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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1890)
WEST SHORE. 7 "The Story of Johnstown," is the title of a book now in preparation by J. J. McLaurin and aoon to be published by J. M. Place, proprietor of the Harrisburg, Pa., Telegram. Its title shows the nature of the work, which will be the only complete and abso lutely correct story of that great catastrophe that will ever be written. This, however, is not its chief claim to public attention, but the fact that the net proceeds are to be devoted to the assistance of printers, orphan children and aged men and women who suffered by the Hood. As this class received but little aid from the great donations made for their benefit by their generous-hearted countrymen, this new fund for their relief will accomplish much good. Mr. Place and his enter prise have received the endorsement of (lovernor Beaver and others, and there is every reason tolsdicvc that the fund will bo properly applied, and not as was the general relief fund, be distributed ujon the biblical theory that " to him that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance, while from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he hath." If ever that idea was carried out literally in this world it was in Johnstown, to the general disgust of the nation. In this new movement the rich will Ihj set one side and the orphan, the aged and tho infirm will l cared for. The book will be sold by subscription. It is rejwrtcd that many vessels are being fitted out to engage in scaling in Hehring sea the coming season, upon the theory that the expiration of the lease of the Alaska Commercial company leaves an ojn-n field for everyone to slaughter seals who may choose. This is a mistaken idea, as the eager sealers will learn. The secretary of thd interior will not permit the animals to be miscellaneously slaughtered in any event, and Pair ing Hca will no doubt be more closely guarded than ever. There is, also, another little matter the? seal ers would do well to consider. A bill is before eon pre which, if passed, will make it unlawful for any person except a native of Alaska, to kill sals.' The disposition of the government to preserve these valua ble animals from extermination is manifcht, and reck lees sailors will find it anything but plain sailing in Ikhring sea. Fcarinir noiwible leeal complications, the North western Exposition Co., of Tacoma has reincorj.orated, with a capital stock of U2.VJ00. If it proj.os.-d to hold in that city an exposition approaching the one in Portland last year, and to erect a building as well suited to the purpose as that of the North Pacific In dustrial Exposition, they will find that 112V") will . have vanished long before that object has been attaint. The experience of Portland might bo studied with profit. Senator Teller ha Introduced a resolution abolish ing the wvrvt session when considering the presiden tial nominations. Tho only senators who will oppose it are those who, under the guise of protecting grave a flairs of state from public contamination, maintain these secret sessions txvause they are ashamed to let the jxoplo know for what frivolous or jursonal realms they vote against the confirmation of nominees not agreeable to them. If the secret session lm abolished there will bo less foolishness and cantankerousnesa in that august body of millionaire jioliticians. If it is true that England has railed uxn Portugal to ajxdogize for the conduct of her agrttt in Africa, and Portugal has called ujion (Serman engineers t lay torjmloea in the Tagus river, it would be a good stroke of common sen for Portugal to apologije. Any na tion that has to call ujmiii foreign engineers to help her lay torjM'doed would make but a sorry de fense against an English lleet, and should not only apologlie to the latter for her conduct but to the whole world for pre tending to lie a nation. Representative Clark has Introdured at Olympla a bill requiring the name of every writer of a aragraph in a newspajr to apear under the aragraph. This matter received a thorough discussion when California adopted her new constitution, and it would do Mr, Clark good to get some of the old newspar fils and read them. A New York writer In the Chicago .Utwt says that twelve erons lost thlr lives in that city by ! trie wires and there is a great commotion about It ; and that during the sam time '.', M thir lives by reason of the salts n and nothing Is Irit.g done aUmt it. He says it is pditir (sit? Having bulIdoiM lo-lpb-M little Portugal, England may now take a ition n the barnyard fav, and after looking carefully to a that there U no other rooster aUul, lisp his wings and crow lustily, The oilier seekers of Han Francisco who were as eager as the totnUone agent who ralM on the widow of a few hours, reived a merit! rrbuk from (lover nor Waterman. In vi-w of the flnanrial riprrk lh new state arc having wouldn't it I wrll U Idaho and Wyoming to take a long breath Ul -re they make the plunge. A bill is !-f'W the Washington legislature to-rn-murage the destruction ( blue Jays; but tU Jay hawkers will still l rmtttfl t run at tar.