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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1890)
vrT hiom:. A conte mporary editorially opp the till to grant !.'( jrnoion to til lurvivor of confederate prim f,.r evrry day of their i near rat ion In th- d'ath j n, on the ground that it offrrt a premium on ur frti'lrr. l u . It would aomrthing like lliii J hnnj Iteb would ut hi handkerrhirf on the lip of hi iword and war it aloft, and when the firing rral he would come out anl add ret the trtmtlwg fc!rrl m f..lloiri: Here, you Mlt-r, e ran lick you out f your hut we don't want to hurt you Juit mrrrndrf and we will Uard you f.r a yrar or in Andrraonrille, where you can li out im the and in the cold rain or arorching uo; you will ird no rlothci tut a hirt and a pair of draarr your ot, jant and lmoti we will take ourdvr and then yu ran frat every day on five ounce of mrmvli mel and fil fjuare inrlm of Mark hread If you do n.t die and marly half of you pn.Uhly will m.l whrn your bonm protrude though your kin and yu are to f.thle to walk, wp will rart you through the line and eichanjr" yoti fr a p, hrallhy rtUI. Then, if you till purcTo-1 In living, a juarU r of a n ntury later you may I ahle to gt 12 m a day n ion from the government fr the time you wr re enjoy, ing yourelf In our hotel doing nothing Uit hunt fr bone and trying not to get t n-ar the dead line" The Invitation completed, what a ruh there would l to xrure thi " premium' the g.urmment I vuwl of offering. It I all th to ay that it (a only lrag. glrr and coward who are rapture I, and the man who y o never aw enough of war to entitle him to talk cm the lul-jwt. Hw alut PreMiea'a divUloit at Hhiloh, who aurretideml afWr a tuUri rrltn that o delayed the confederate tvlrartr that night ram and avrd (Jranl'i army from detrution! lt u hear no more lur ujfi the greatest martyr of war the men who endured the um ttt u-rUl agony In the hell h W of the uth. If. a I rrj-rtr-l, th- railr-ada 14 the tvrthwMt have woman -tter at w.,rk aUl 'lt ,,,'r, oljt l i to entrap omdutr into ti i..!al"i of the r,.n.ny't rule, they are er ? In wA of 1jiinrM. FjUr are alHit a ot,Uij tiU ji men of humanity a wandr at lafg'.ar.! th cm pny that put It faith in lhn wtll pf -UUy tu that it ha M .tt fA and fa;thful un while it ha rrtainr,! R raraU A -Uf di M t; muit how rrtulu.ff hs at u-ti"0 U f H lay carrfj trp t rUh tU enwafy, af.d wU U rJ. he galf. f -f .!. If ''"f Uai 0 l , Ike tU n.an wh-i a-M h!.lf V lh ''1 f'! l had tU ranta yrarly hy rt.if.ar.r h ja.an al I'j tp charge agaiwt tU UtnM' tA t,t .j into jrt.fih p with tU vtrAU, U mangr t.i tnke a thing of it white it tat. and ) n tiijny t't ofly d n 4 m rnt, lit fla My h- th rvk of $ of it lt twn lt railr I rn;jan!f pay thrir rndKlf a ttlary r f rj ndiiig to t!r;r w.rk and grtat ipiUlity, a I the jtUr will I a un"fy a h U urlr a- 0'ttm)ptil4e At lal an agrnimt ha r aridity whWh I'oMlarM! will U given mammoth tonUn tir and fright lA f r th u ' the thfw gfft Iran, nmtinrnlal hi trrtninatiftg l tU rity the f-nth em, I'nlon and Nfth rn Tarift.' A Urgw and mw mctital Uifk and lt lrurtur will U ft'I oi th- gnund of the iVrtland Trrmlnal tN-foj-any, wht h tl) .r4 all lit anrti..fSr an ! rnvrnlKM of tU .t drj.4 in tli- ortii try, lh K-uthffn iVifW will rh the trr Irfidge i f the t'tl"l !' if-" Th ! NW gauge line on the rt U of the Vittiitt will I-wtdrnl, and train from that l will enUf tU nty hy way of the prwnt lte thMJgh 0f -n I'll andrn the hridge and tntr the unUi Uj-, In making thi l"te the ropnU have fnlir.the grtat lmj-irtaMre of iVrtUn I m Urminal "iot, an lm.-rtar--whlh thr vn fvlltti' will maUriatly lnrrra Tody iNftland I the nl important fall r rentrr wt of th lt ky m i.tair;, and th nrw limw pfjtl ly grtmin vA 'Mnl romphi" will give it a it'll gfUr -T.draMtwvef all ohr (itirt j f the Vtf" rt Vt Hn-ae l in rrr:pt of a .w hmUA " V life lilne,N wrilUn hy Hugh Th j -to U arMi.pantl l y numUr of pr triti ritm whwh ftty r 'hat "TU UU I'i viw" 4ww it author alwg ilef Milt-n. VuAe, and otUr M-mIi filPum U (.lih The lark etrry elnt.l. eirejt w f 1 and g A Ufrtf l,n. that tfiM to the j.etry t f )Ml..n ar.l H ffitiial rharm Ittri haa gln an ir,!.p.U J ' ' '( right to U ei t'rl pr "' I; '"'h It g tU !.u irry t Un lU '.-Ufg A ry lal!ral ' l ( wtll ru.mMe aa .n m fa't IV U an fnUfpf I'. h jrg ha I g w -ikUg f i, it oti jl'ti n Ifv,ti ri' anl ctV tU f-gi i xl ' il Kitifi ly m ity U a4 rvf ifj ry lwua. ta4f ia N Vk (to.tal f ''1 u-t uf'Ul th