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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1900)
'"'''MBIJIW'liSf J !; v-sr'Tr(r-f,e7Pa'r!t4jpJS" r '"T?f'-'Ji(!sIa5C,',aS!?iJ''' ' "US' -'j1 llll"J'5lii " i"? THT5 MORNING OBEGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12," 1900. WOMAN AND HER WORK 'OAiaSWIGA' IXATIGIIRA.TED FAVOR ING FREE LIBRARIES. BMI JXer Onc-nf tk of a. 3U11 Tax to Be Presented at Next Lesls- latare. jffwtkw ctabnwM are about to In nwgurate & vigorous campaign throughout Mm state In favor of free libraries. The nwomont Is by no is&ns a sudden and unpremeditated outburst, but Is based a thoroughly 8yst.enm.Uc inveflUra- C the question extending back over months and covering a wide range of Mtwtes. Its leader is a woman of ster MMC good senee and persevering temper, mmm the campaign bids fair to be con jsjctad In a thoroughly practical spirit as the following circular letter "will show: T the Clubwomen of Oregon The 11 lamry department of the Woman's Club mt Jutland, after a thorough examination C the constitution of Oregon and all its tawe pertaining to education, has discov ered that not one dollar of the state or alt' funds could be legally appropriated Jot ttoe establishing or maintenance of free public libraries. Oregon stands ol MMt alone in tMs respect. "President Strong, of the State univer sity. In an able address recently said: 'The tear to the educational future of Oregon Mee in Ite university,' and Carlyle has seM: The true university of these days is a ooltectton of books.' The greatest owootion therefore before the clubwomen et 4he state today is. Can Oregon any lengor afford to be wittiout this most Meoeesary means of public education free jMtfeMe libraries? Realizing that unless JMmuies are established, giving to the msjoobo this only means of continuing their education after school days have sdteeei, Oregon the mother state of them aK wilt fall behind in the competition Sec ftnrt place In this struggling galaxy sf Northwestern states. The library de jMwtment of ttoe Woman's Club has deter Mhted to present to the next legislature a Mil praying that one-nfth of a miU tax be levied or set aside for library purposes in every town of a given number of tahab ttaate in the state. "To succeed they must have the support C every clubwoman in the state there Sere we earnestly sottclt the aid of your oh, regardless of its stated object, in taklng up this work and co-operating with us. This may be done by giving this let ter to your home or county papers and praeurtng their indorsement and support; enatahitng to the taxpayer ttie necessity and advantage of such a measure, making jitoHt that the tax would be but $1 on MM worth of property, getting as far as possible their indorsement of the bill and bringing all this pressure to bear upon the representative from your district. It ie Important that every delegate to the IfbdatMre be personally interviewed and anked to support this bill. It will facili tate the work of our commlbtee if you WW from thne to thne report wihat prog ress you are making, giving us any in formation or suggestions that may be fcetpfat to us. We would suggest that your club form a library department, and take up the wnrtc through committees, as much may se aooompUshed by systematized action. "After considering the subject, will you JdwHy report to our chairman. Mrs. Sa nk A. Evane. Oswego. Or., what action yew slab has taken in the matter. "LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. "Woman's Club. Portland." "Indorsed by Library Committee, Ore gna lederwtton of Women's Clubs." Ah at of these letters have already bean sent out to all the women's clubs of '4m state. Meanwhile, the chairman is te ewrespondence with Senator Simon, Xirewt whom have been received many val- ttbrary report issued by the com- of education. A meeting of the department of the Woman's Club wM be held Thursday. February IS, at 2 P. t. at the home of Mrs. Philip Lawton, Ml First street, for the purpose of ds puasmg these reports. PcHdleteH Is Interested. That Mrs. C. B. Wade, president of the mmte Federation of Women's Clubs, is cor nhtlty Interesting herself in this movement, ie shown by the following letter written mm her Pendleton home: TBvery woman's club in Oregon has been hwtoaa to co-operate with the library i apartment of the Portland Woman's Club hi tta work for free libraries in the stale. Owr Pendleton clubs voted their support to this measure last ear, when it was Jtrat proposed to them, and they arc no less ready now. The State Federation, through Its library committee, Is working far the same end, and is glad to follow Where the Portland club has so ably led the way. The Bast Oregonian has the fol lowing good words for our encouragement: M 'Strange it is, but free public libraries are apposed by many persons, who express a belief that they are not desirable. And ymt, almost universally, a test of the met ropolitan character of a municipality is the establishment and maintenance of free lib paries, libraries for all the people. Every orgnment that warrants free public schools alee makes for free libraries. Every rea son why the state should maintain a school uyiHnm, in which all children may tread the paths of learning in common company and p a common level, is a reason why libra ries should be maintained upon the same principle. Any movement for the legal pwhttng for such libraries In the state of Oregon should have the support of progressive people. " 'It Is of vastly more importance than inanr hwuoo over which it Is not difficult to stir a community or engage the atten tion of the voters of a state. When comes the day of free libraries, established and maintained at public expense, and made the center of local Interest in the various communities of Oregon, then will have eo we the time when the mental and spirit ual th of the people Is recognised as of more Importance than the material; when cMttnre and refinement and well-trained minds are valued above crops and live stock and bank balances, and when strength of character and mental worth weigh mere heavily In the scales of pub lic estimate than the possession of the evi dences of material wealth and prosperity. A movement Is now on foot by women's otafbe hi Oregon to bring about such a eansnmmatton, and the movement de serves support by all good citizens.' For Cleaner Streets. "Omt City Improvement Society has long mourned over the state of our sidewalks, and the other day got its courage up to the stlck'ng .point, and requested the city fathers to pass an ordinance prohibiting the enstom of using the sidewalks as a receptacle for tobacco juice,' as a local paper tersely puts it. The best of it Is that the whole city government is very glad to grant the request, and now we are Jl sorry that we didn't ask before. Boxes at convenient corners for holding scraps of paper, banana skins, old gloves, tin cans, etc. would further aid In adding an air of cleanliness to our streets. Let the good work go on. ADKLIA D. WADE." Wise Advice From Maine. 'Let me urge you to be loyal to our federation. Stimulate and strengthen It t that we may grow in good works. YtnV less and work mora, is good advice for us. Human sympathy, the students nf social solence assert ie the moral force that la today more needed than aught else la the world. Let ue have it in large maanur heaped up and running over. In It. say they, 'lies the germ of all social prorreas.' We aspire to progression; hu amvn aatnpathy win aid us. There Is ax at Spanish proverb that reads, "Three v"kln; too. ether are equal to six work ,?V separately. If tMs be true, what jr.iy we. a body of 4W women, accom ptah, whose aims and sympathies are one. If wo each persistently do our part, no matter If it in onrty the cup of cold water' Sure? we can exert a powerful influence which wttl tell for good in the educational, moral, social, political and economic Hfe of our grand old state. Alice Frye Briggs, president of the Maine Federation. Opposed to Gossip. An anti-gossip society has been organ ized in Springfield, Mo. At an afternoon card club the Idea was suggested. The members pledge themselves to speak no evil word of any other woman. The mem bership Is unlimited, and every woman in Springfield, regardless of condition or de nomination, Is most cordially invited to join, and all members are urged and ex pected to do all in their power to bring others Into this new society. There are to be no dues, no officers, no regular meetings; nothing but the simple pledge. The idea was received by all those pres ent In the most responsive manner, all signifying their most hearty approval, and promising their wannest co-operatloh. It will be known as the Woman's Self Elevating Society, and its existence Is to continue forever. A Home Woman. Mrs. Mary Brlglvt Sewall, president of the International Council of Women, de lights In the management of her Indian apolis home. "I always set the table for a luncheon or a dinner," she says, "and I often design the cards." ARTISTS' MODEL BUREAU. Scheme to Lighten the Lot of Girls t "Who Pose. A group of philanthropic women, most ly artists, has for some time had under consideration a plan for the amelioration of the hard lot of the artists' model, and to this end has established a "bureau at 11 East Forty-ninth street, where the ser vices of models can be obtained at a mo ment's notice, says the New York Her ald. Five hundred dollars has already been subscribed and Invested in fitting up the bureau. Hitherto the models have had no other way of making themselves and their ad dresses known to employers save to call, with timid knock, at the doors of the different art'sta and Inquire whether their services were required. But the Artists' Model Bureau will change all this, and it le the model artist only who must come with much misgiving If he desires to obtain any consideration at the hands of the stern matron who presides over the Artists' Model Bureau. It Is not to be Imagined that this office is by any means a show room, and that the fair clients are on view. Nothing of the sort. If an artist requires a model he Is accorded a solemn interview with the matron, who confronts him with a book of measurements, taken by four women artists specially chosen for this duty, and a description of the models. He selects such as he thinks likely to suit his re quirements, and Is told that he will receive a call from the lady of his choice. But even then he Is not at all certain that he has obtained what he requires. His personal qualifications must first be inquired into lay a committee of women, whose business It is to make a dossier of every artist in New York, and should he be found wanting In moral standing the sacred bureau will he closed to him for ever. A well-known artist who resides not far from the bureau recently made personal application for a model, whose fair face and form he desired to. immortalize in a classic study of a Grecian maiden. But cruel rumor had preceded him, and the portals were closed against him. He was not a model artist. Then, as Kipling says, a strange thing happened. On returning to his studio he was awak ened from a melancholic retrospection of his life and the causes of this cruel re pulsion by a knock at the door, which he opened to a group of shapely dam sels who hailed low be It spoken from the temple of Fifty-ninth street, and the remainder of that day was passed in an swering applicants for the posing of the Greek maiden. So the end of that man was better than his beginning. WOMEN'S PALACE AT PARIS. Attractive Meetlnnr-Place for Wonicn of All Nations. At the Paris exposition of 1900 the wom en's palace is to be situated at the foot of the Eiffel tower, a well chosen spot, affordinsr a nlace of renose and of rpnnlnn and a meeting place for the thousands or women trom dinerent countries who are to go to this garden spot of the world next year, says the Philadelphia Times. In the building proper will be exhibited the handwork of women of all ages, climes and classes in society, from the aristocratic to the crude, from the manual to the most Intricate results of "gray matter" evolutions. The palace Is Intended to afford a tem porary shelter for any woman who dis likes the promiscuity of the average res taurant or waiting-room, or who may find every desired incentive to such wishes. There Will also bo a rnetanrnnt an lunchroom, where sweets, chocolates, etc., will be served for those who do not te. sire the entire dinner course In the res taurant Itself. When tired of the glories of the exposition here one may meet friends and chat for a half hour before returning to the city, or have nn im promptu 5 o'clock tea. It is the Intention of the committee to open a readine-room In connpntinn with the women's palace. This reading-room will contain newspapers and journals deal ing with art, literature, science and poll tics, sport reviews, and publications of vol umes relating to feminine question's. Adjoln'nsr the readlnoronm will ha o library, which will contain exclusively women s writings in all languages ana of all epochs. The committee has sent out petitions to well-known authoresses all over the world, asking that they send one or more of their works. But recently the committee on organiza tion or some other corporate body' having a hand in running the establishment, has magnanimously declared that the reading room, which adjoins the library contain ing the works of irmriMi nnlv mm i onoft to men. 3phere the horrid things may repair and reaa, write and reflect on what women have been up to In the last few years," sayia an Ironical newspaper man. "It's a pity we can never know which of the women authors will be most popular with these visiting men readers. Perhaps there will be some way by which the librarian can keep tabs on the sterner sex and their literary likes, and then, after the exposition closes, sho may bo able to dis pose of her data. It would Interest other writers than those who were favored, to say nothing of outsiders who never scrib bled at all." Solving the Servant-Girl Problem. A new method of solving the servant-girl problem is being tried in New York, with good promise of at least partial success. It is intended largely to relieve that class of family In the middle-social strata, which cannot afford to employ a servant regu larly, but when the housewife occasion ally would be glad to pay for outside help in the performance of her home duties. The experiment is under the charge of an association of nhllanthronlo women vho have already done much to amelior ate me lot or tne working girl. To a home for their unemployed clients, which had been actively existent for some time be fore, the patrons of the association, about a week ago, added what may be described as a scrap employment bureau. Through this agency young women who have no regular situations find odd Jobs of family work to do, at fairly remunerative wages. The woman who wants to go to the theater, but has no one to mind the baby; the woman who Is taken suddenly ill and is without a servant; she with the big day's washing, or the general house-cleaning spell ahead of her all these and their sisters In the category of practical house keepers, find relief through the scrap employment bureau. Any of them need but telephone her want to the bureau office and It is supplied with street-car dispatch. None of the girls thus hired are per mitted to take her meals In an employer's house. The pay Is 20 cents per hour, cash down, for every hour of actual labor. Ex cept In the case of a nurse, the casual servant Is not supposed to sleep in the house where she works. These regulations, as may be readily seen, make for the comfort of the mat ron whose home Is none too large for her own family, and whose table Is not spread over lavishly. They also conduce to the self-respect of the working girl by elimi nating from her daily toll the two espe cial elements which go to make the menial eating In a kitchen and sleeping in an attic Should the system succeed In New York, and no good reason appears to the con trary, Its speedy adoption in other cities is most probable. Denver Republican. The Footpath to Peace. To be glad of life, because ft gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world, except falsehood and mean ness, and to fear nothing except coward ice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that Is your neighbor's, except his kindness of heart and gentleness .of manners; to think seldom of your ene mies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors these are little guide-posts on the footpath to peace. Henry Van Dyke. What Did His Wife Say? Moody, the evangelist, often showed much practical shrewdness in dealing with religious cranks. Not long ago a man who claimed to have attained perfection went to him and commiserated him on his low level of Christian experience. Mr. Moody asked his caller If he really never did anything wrong. "No, I have not committed even the smallest sin for years," was the prompt reply. "Well," said Mr. Moody, "I am glad to hear it; but before I feel quite sure, I'd like to ask your wife." A Difference. "Dust the drawing-room, Jane; I'm go ing to have a visitor." "Shall I dust It for a lady of for a gen tleman?" Life. Heine on "War. I love battle-fields; for, terrible as war is, it still sets forth the spiritual great ness of man, who has gone so far as to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy Death. Heine. "Why They Are More Interesting:. He I wonder why It Is that married women are so much more interesting than single women? She Probabl" because they have learned to conceal their opinion of men. Puck. Snccessfnl Illustrator. Miss Sarah Stlllwell, the young Phlla delphian whose pictures of children were one of the fetaures of the Christmas Har per's, has, in consequence of the hit made by those Illustrations, received orders for more work than she can accompllshin a year's time. One of her commissions la the making of page borders and vignettes for the "jubilee number" of Harper's, with which the magazine will celebrate Its 50th anniversary in May. Rather Funny. Mrs. A. I was just thinking. Mrs. Z. Thinking of what, dear? Mrs. A. How funny it is for them to sell umbrellas at a clearing sale. RETURNED FROM MEXICO. Former Fortlander Surprised at City's Growth in Eleven Years. A. M. Granger, a clVil engineer, who was employed on the Northern Pacific when that road was put through to Port land, returned yesterday from Mexico, in company with his wife. At the Perkins last evening, Mr. Granger expressed him self as very glad to get back to "God's country" again, as he has no desire to spend his days in that hot, dry region, where a good drink of water Is among the articles considered costly luxuries. He spent over a year in Mexico, alid when he reached El Paso on his return he sold 700 silver dollars for $340 of the same metal, with Uncle Sam's stamp on. Americans are developing that country to a great extent, 'and he thinks it only a question of time when the Anglo-Saxon race will be the dominant one there. The Mexican women prefer to marry Ameri cans whenever possible, and this angers the Mexican men, who have no use for the "gringos." The gold, silver and copper mines of the state of Chihuahua are now nearly all operated with American capi tal, though occasionally he came across one still In the hands of the natives. These are of great interest, he says, as the old methods of 200 years ago are still in vogue. "Those peons are very strong men," said Mr. Granger, "and they bring the ore up out of the mines by main strength and awkwardness. In a shaft several hundred feet deep, logs with notches cut in them for steps, are used as stairways, and a peon with a strap around his forehead will carry a load up these logs that I could not lift at all." The growth of Portland since he left, 11 years ago, has been marvelous, he thinks, and he 's quite bewildered at the array of towering buildings in the business por tion of the city. He visited the City Park yesterday afternoon, and saw spread out before him a magnificent city, where 11 years ago he had left a respectable-sized town. He has decided to locate here per manently now, and grow up with a coun try that is always growing, hut never booms. MANY NEW CURIOS. Colonel Hawkins Continues to Add to City Museum. The city's free museum will need larger quarters pretty soon, if Colonel Hawkins keeps on getting curios from all over the country as he Is doing. Already the mas sive skull and ribs of a whale attract people's attention as they ascend the first stairway in the new City Hall. Great chunks of Oregon timber are lying loose around the upper corridors, and histori cal logs are reposing on the marbled floors. In the rooms devoted to the classified se lections, well-filled showcases of rare In dian relics, curios, birds and ancient woods, almost confuse the visitor with their profusion and suggestlveness. But the colonel Is not done yet. He Js now preparing to lay in a warming-pan used in 1745, and two candlesticks, which date back to the same year. A pair of snuffers, so old that their year can only be guessed at; pipe tomahawk from the Sioux of Dakota; sandstone pipe made by the Chlppewas; Images from the Aztec ruins of Mexico; ball of coral gum; terra pin from Indiana; artificial cucumber; seed of Mamee apple; hat made by Ar menian women; Armenian spoon; wom an's pipe from Constantinople; bunch of porcupine quills, two gimlets, a needle, fishhooks. 6lx skinners, two axes, two smoothers, and three chains from Indi ana. An exploded shell from the battle field of Gettysburg, In connection with some grapeshot and a leaden bullet, were presented by George H. Lucke, of the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania volunteers. A good many articles In this recent collection have been loaned the museum by A.. A. Pettit, from his pri vate collection. Mr. Pettit will add to them from time to time. to BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby In Cxittlnc Teeth, Be sure and use that old and xrell-tried remedy jir. "Vlnlow's Soothing Syrup, for children tcethinff. It soothes the child, softens the gunu, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. ESHMATE OF AUFHORS EMERSON, HAWTHORNE, CHANNING AND MATTHEW ARNOLD. Discrimination, as to Their WorJc and Place in Literature and Social Philosophy. BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 7. ((To the Editor.) Judging the editorial page of The Orego nian by the same standard day after day, his must be a hypercritical mind that does not recognize in it a well-directed energy working along broadest lines of modern culture toward the truest development of human progress; and when, no matter how rarely. It utters something which strikes that same judgment as false In ethics or criticism, It Is as though some fair specta cle was bedimmed by a blot on the sun. Such was the effect of your remarks on Emerson and Arnold In the Issue of Feb ruary 4, wherein there seems to be a super ficial estimate of Emerson as a great moral force In American life. This mlsjudgment If It is a misjudgment arises, I should say, from a fundamental misconception of the mental attitude which Emerson occupies in the world of letters There is no kinship In any respect between Hawthorne and Emerson; one Is the crea tive artist, supreme and unapproachable In American literature; the other Is the seer, the expositor of moral beauty, the worshiper of law In Its purest essence. No profitable comparison can be instituted between them as a basis of critical esti mate which will not be unjust to either. As between Emerson and Channlng, be yond the fact that both were Influenced by New England transcendentalism, and great factors in It, a similar unlikeness exists. While Emerson and Hawthorne are Intensely American, and could' not have been the product of any other an cestry, Channing was almost as extreme an Idealist ashls German prototypes, and, although a great influence In his time, .the effect of his teaching is restricted to a much narrower circle than Emerson's, whose Inspiration Is felt throughout the land. You say that "his poetic genius Is all that makes his philosophy permanently charming to an Intelligent, thoughtful man," and but for which it "would be to a well-read man nothing but moral plati tudes and the merest truism of worldly wisdom." Surely "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal" cannot become a source of Inspiration to thousands of readers by tho mere embellishment of poetic phrase! There must be the power of truth behind It, as every page that Emerson wrote is irradiated by the vital power of a man who "puts himself In parallelism with na ture's streaming forces"; and such litera ture is seldom put forth as mere potboilers. It Is true, Emerson was not a constructive philosopher, much lees a metaphysician; yet In an essay of 30 pages be has given us the most living exposition of Plato's philosophy that was ever written; he was not a skeptic, yet Montaigne as the type of modern skepticism never had more ap preciative criticism. His "English Traits" bear witness to the profoundest study of the underlying Influences of civilization, and a depth of historical Insight that Is hard to match. The Oregonian has always, and justly, ridiculed the Bacon-Shakespeare folly; but now It says that Emerson, minus his sense of humor, In Arnold' environment would have been .an Arnold, and the latter in Emerson's environment would have been an Emerson. It seems to me this is equiv alent to saying that Emerson could have written "Oberman once more," and that Arnold could have written "The Problem"; and it might as well add that Bacon could have written "Hamlet" if he had been brought up In Shakespeare's shoes. Granting each re tained his hereditary influences, this is certainly giving a far-reaching effect to environment Both drew inspiration from ancient and modern literature and exten sive travel: neither could be called provin cial; both escaped, to some extent at least, the limiting effect of environment. Inher ited genius, the stamp which differentiates one individual from another, they could not escape, It could not be educated out of them. The trumpet-tongued Emerson would have announced visions of beauty, where Arnold was listening to the wailing of the time-spirit, and writing subjective poetry which, with all Its exquisite charm, appeals to few, and never rouses the read er to heroic thoughts or deeds. C. H. SHOLES. RAISING WHEAT. It Costs Renters Not Leas Than Fifty Cents, In Linn County. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 8. (To the Editor.) In the figures on cost of raising wheat, furnished by the Hon. J. H. Scott, of this county, which, in the main, seem to me correct, he has Included storage at 4 cents. If wheat is sold before December 1, the warehouses only charge 3 cents, and mills still less. It is misleading to count the storage as part of the cost, as the farmer sells at a net price, which does not Include storage. This will reduce his figures to 31 cents. He says that he does not include interest on land, Implements and animals, renewals and repairs or taxes. Renters usually give one-third of the crop for the use of the land, and while this does not Include all the expenses he has omitted, If we figure on that basis it costs a renter 46 cents per bushel for his wheat, net, delivered at tho warehouse, not including Interest, repairs and renewals and taxes on his own property. It would then appear that Wheat must cost that class of farmers about 50 cents net to produce in this val ley. The farmer who owns his land will make some money, which will represent interest on his Investment, but the renter will gain little each year, when selling at B0 cents. My observation leads me to be lieve that this is true, even where the strictest economy Is practiced. I do not take so gloomy an outlook as. to the future of wheat as many do. The wars In the Philippines and in South Africa are creating a demand for tonnage which cannot continue indefinitely. The increase of trade across the Pacific has also added to that demand and increased the freight rate from this coast to Europe. The return of peace and the natural In crease in building of ships, which will be stimulated by high charters, will, in time, relieve us of this handicap. This will hard ly be accomplished this season, so we "may look for low prices, unless much damage occurs to crops. Argentina has an uncer tain cHmate, and cannot -be depended on to produce each year such crops as she has marketed In the past two years. C. C. HOGUE. n HoIIaday Schoolhousc. The contractor Is making a special ef fort to complete four rooms in the Holla day schoolhouse for the opening of the second term, tomorrow, but whether he will succeed seems doubtful. On the sec ond floor four rooms In the west wing are very nearly finished, and at the utmost should be ready In a few days. The black boards are In shape and the carpenters have been rapidly laying the top floor. Yesterday Contractor Moore was engaged In putting in the finishing touches to the heaters In the basement There Is sure to be a considerable Increase in the number of pupils In the lower grades in the HoI Iaday school, which makes it almost a necessity to get more room. Probably one room may be furnished some time dur ing the week, and the pressure somewhat relieved. Then the other rooms may be completed as soon as possible, and the two rooms in the Wetmore building may then be abandoned, aid the pupils all concentrated under practically the same roof. In other portions of the building work Is progressing rapidly, but there still re mains Innumerable little things to be done before "finis" can be written above the structure. It Is a handsome schoolhouse throughout It Is regarded as an Improve ment over the Thompson building, in Cen tral Albino, The assembly hall is ar ranged better, and can accommodate from 300 to 700 people when public entertain ments or exercises are given. The stage is built Into the south side of the hall, and does not take up any considerable por tion of the space, while in the assembly hall of the Thompson building the stage is at the east end, and takes tip much room. In the court facing south a space Is left in the center of the concrete for flowers, which extends from the sidewalk to the main entrances. ORIGIN OF "OREGON." Claim. That It Cornea From the Name of an Indian Dish. CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 9. (To the Editor.) In your issue of the 6th Inst ap pears a communication from George H. Hlmes, entitled, "The Word 'Oregon.' " From the New York. Herald he quotes what it says on the topic in 1846. This idea as to the name "Oregon" Is entirely wrong. The name comes from the Canadian French, through the Hudson's Bay Com pany, and is thus derived: In times past there was used a wooden dish, oblong n shape, about eight or ten Inches wide and 12 to 14 Inches long, and about three inches deep, with corners rounded and the sides slanting outward. Many of your older readers have, no doubt, seen this dish. By the Canadian French this dish Is called an Oregon pronounced O-rl-go When the first whites saw the Willamette valley, with its mountains to the east west and south, they said It looked like an Oregon (O-rl-go), and called It "Ore-gon.'-' This is no doubt the origin of the name as It Is applied to your state. Nine teen years ago I conversed frequently with a Frenchman who formerly lived in the Willamette valley, and he assured me that Oregon was named by the first Hudson's Bay men, some of whom were French, on account of the Willamette val ley's resembling the old wooden dish called "Oregon," and I think, and you can verify by talking with some of the old French settlers, that this is right. M. YODER. - There Is nothing In this conjeoture. The word "Oregon" was written by Jonathan Carver, long before the Willamette valley was known to civilized men. a a AT JUNCTION CITY. Native Sons and Daughters Entertain Ofllcers and Pioneers. The members of Hannah Gilbert's cabin, No. 2, Native Daughters, and Mllliron's cabin, No. 8, Native Sons of Oregon, of Junction City, gave a joint entertainment at that place last Friday night, In honor of their pioneer fathers and mothers, offi cers of the grand cabin and friends. Pro fessor W. W. Allingham presided at the meeting, the music was furnished by the Native Sons' orchestra, of Junction, and the commodious lodgeroom was filled to overflowing. All participants expressed themselves as heartily pleased with the programme rendered, which consisted of the following numbers: Music, by the Na tive Sons' orchestra; "Let Hills and Vales Resound," chorus; recitation, Professor W. W. Alllngton; music. Native Sons' orches tra; recitation, Miss Grace Hill; address, Sol Blumauer, grand president; "Sweet Oregon," chorus; address, F. H. Saylor, grand historian; music, Native Sons' or chestra. After the conclusion of the literary and musical programme, a sumptuous and ele gant collation was furnished by the Native Daughters, and heartily enjoyed by all present. Then ensued some two hours of most Interesting general conversation, after which the great meeting was con cluded, entertainers and guests seeking their homes with strengthened friendships and renewed love for the early scenes and noble-'hearted people' of pioneer days In Oregon. Several applications for new members were received for both cabins. Told of Steevens. General Kitohener is the sworn foe of war correspondents, yet he said to a rep resentative of the London Mail, apropos of the death of Mr. G. W. Steevens, in Ladysmith: I was anxious to ell you how very Borry I was to hear of the death of Mr. Stecvena, He was with me In the Soudan, and, of course, I saw a gTeat deal of hlid, and knew him well. He was such a clever and able man. He did his work aa correspondent to brilliantly, and he never save tire slightest trouble I wish all correspondents were like him, I suppose they will try to follow In his footsteps. I am sure I hope they will He was a model correspond ent, the best I have ever known, and I should Hko you to say how greatly grieved I am at his death. The Academy tells this of Steevens: An old friend had set Stevenson's beau tiful lines to music: Under the wide and tarry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live, and gladly die. And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me! Here he lies where he longed to be; Home Is the sailor, home from the eea, And the hunter home from the hill. He said one evening at his happy home In Merton Abbey, before he started on his last Journey, that, when out In the Sou dan, he crooned himself to sleep night after rright with those lines which had been set to music by his friend. It Is fitting that he should lie at rest out there In the spacious country, "Under the wide and starry sky." o The Central Fact. Kansas City Star, lnd. dem. The murder of Goebel, the effort to can onize him, the protest against political assassination, the mistakes which have been made by Taylor In seeking to inter fere with the functions of the legislature and the courts none of these things can wipe out or change the fact that the re publicans carried the election In Ken tucky In November. This has been ad mitted by many democrats and Is fully apparent to all persons who haxe exam ined the facts with an Impartial mind. A democratic administration In Kentucky will simply mean that any party having control of the legislature may, whenever It has the disposition to do so, override the will of the people as expressed at the polls, and place In charge of the state government officials of Its own choice. This Is a deplorable commentary on popu lar government, but that Is exactly what it amounts to. "What Queer Things We See. Springfield Republican. We don't know Which incident seems oddest to us Frank Sanborn "shouting" for William. Jennings Bryan, or Mrs. Julia Ward Howe welcoming the subjugation of the Filipinos. This is most decidedly a world of change, and things are not what they have lately seemed to be. NEW TODAY. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE. 22 Stark t Mortgage Loans On Improved city property, at lowest rates. Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 7 Chamber of Commerce. Mortgage Loans On Improved city and farm property, at lowest current rates. Building loans. Installment loans. Macmaster Sc. Blrrell. 311 Worcester b'.k. Forbes-Davis Fuel Co. Union 4S1, Columbia. K19. Best Fir Wood, Sawed 3.50 Best Fir Wood, 4 Feet Lone...... 3.25 We handle all kinds of wood and coal. We ruaraatee full cords. FOOT OF EAST TAMHILI. ST. AMUSEMENTS. MARQUAM GBAN3- CALVXN HBIUG. 3gr. Three nights. begtenlBg Moaday, Feb. 12. "The Little Minister" Is a. triumph fer purity in theatricals. New York HeraW. MR. CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS THE SUCCESS OF THE CENTURY, "THE LITTLE MINISTER." By J. M. Barrie. founded oa his novel of the same name. Presented for 300 nights m New York. PRICES Lo-wrer floor. .0O; eateeay. first 3 rows, $1; second 3 rows, 7oc; last 6 rows. BOc; gallery, 25c Seats now on. sale. CORDRAYS THEATER "ERIN GO BRAUOH." All the week, commencing Sunday. Feb. 11. A company that stands jMir-exeelleBC to Irish Dramas, THE MOORE-ROBERTS CO. THE MOORE-ROBERTS CO. Sunday. Monday. Tuesoay and Wednesday, "Mrs. Qulnn'a Twins"; Thursday. Friday, Sat urday Matinee -and Saturday evening, Beuol c&ult's great play. "Arrah Na. Pogae." Correct costumes. Special scanterr. Strong cast. USUAL PRICES. METROPOLITAN THEATER Four nlghte, commencing Wednesday, Feb ruary 14. extraordinary event; benefit of sol diers' monument fund; auspices Oregea Na tional Guard. Grand opera, recital CHARITY MARTIN. And ELLIS BROOKS. Picturesque Musical Spectacle. 100 realistic scenes, depicting: the Hfe of th soldier and sailor. Third Regiment band. OS pieces. The music of "OIG Glory,' conducted by the composer, Ellis Brooke. SIG. ERNESTO BALDANZA. The Great Italian Tenor. John J. Blackmore, pianist and accompanist; Professor G. D. Strong, projector. Reserved seats. $1 and Toe; general admission, 50c Sale open 10 A. M. Monday. PORTLAND LODGE. NO. 118, I. O. O. F. Regular meeting this (Monday) evening at 8 o'clock, Ablngton building. First degree work. Visiting brothers Invited. E. R. BUSH, Secretary. B. P. O. E.. PORTLAND LODGE. NO. 142 The funeral of our late brother, John R. Trem bath. will take place in Oregon City on Tues day, February 13, about 2 o'clock P. M. All brother Elks are Invited to attend. Oregon City car will leave here at 12:15 P. M. on Tuesday. H. D. GRIFFIN. Exalted Ruler. LOUIS DAMMASCH. Secretary. AUCTION SALES TODAY. The furniture of residence. No. 006 Rodney avenue, between Russell and Sacramento streets, at 10 A. M. S. L. N. Gltaaan, auc tioneer. At residence, 460 Johnson street, corner 12th. Sale at 10 A M. sharp. George Baker & Co., auctioneers. MEETING NOTICES. NOTICE. AH menvbera of Company G, Sec ond Oregon Volunteers, are requested to meet at Hotel Portland S o'clock Tuesday night. C. E. BATY, First Sergt. HARMONY LODGE. NO. 12. A. F. & A. M. Stated communication this (Monday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. By order "W. M. A. J. MARSHALL. Secretary. MARTHA WASHINGTON CHAP TER. NO. 14. O. E. S. Regular meeting this (Monday) evening at 8 o'clock. Work. M. HOWAT30N. Secretary. IVANHOB LODGE. NO. 10. K. OF P. Regu lar convention this (Monday) evening at 7 30 o'clock, in Elks' hall. Marquam building. Coa ferrlng of esquire rank. Visitors welcome. . S. G. DRUSCHEL, C C. L. CARSTENSEN. K. of R. and S. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY, of the First Baptist churoh. having invited the G. A. R. to meet with them In. cerebrating the anni versary of Lincoln's birth, all comrades are requested to meet at G. A. R. hall, at 7 P. M.. February 12. and go In a body to First Baptist church. J. S. POS8. Commander. George Wright Pest. A C SLOAN, Adjutant. DIED. LAMBERT In this city. February 11. 1000. at hlfl late residence. CO Eaut 10th street. North. William H. Lambert, aged 68 years. The funeral services will be held today at 2 P. M. at J. P. Flnley &. Son's chapel, corner Third and Jefferson streets. Friends Invited. Interment In Greenwood cemetery. EDWARD HOL9IAN, Undertaker, 4th and Yamhill sts. Rena Stlnson, lady assistant. Both phones No. 507. J. P. FINLET & SON, Undertakers. Lady Assistant. 275 Third st. Tel. O. NEW TODAY. WE WANT TWO GOOD 10-ACRE TRACTS near the city. We want a 20-acre tract. We want one acre, with hotse, close in. We want two acres, near the car line. We want 30 acres, within 10 miles. We want 40 acres near Vancouver. We want a quarter blocK bat ween. Wash ington, Marshall. 10th and 25th. We want a corner lot In same district. We want an 8-room, strictly modern dwell ing, same locality. We want a. hay farm tributary to city. We have customers for each of tne above. HARTMAN, THOMPSON & POWERS, 3 Chamber of Commerce. 19 POUNDS DRY GRANULATED SUG -. Arbuckle's or Lion coffee, 2 packages, 25c; Oregon ranch eggs, 15c a dozen; best cream ery butter, COo square, coal oil, 5-gaJlon can, 83c; good) flour, 70c sacK; 10-pound sack Gra ham flour, 15c; 18 pounds No. 1 rlee, $1. Oregon Cash Grocery Co., 232 North 14th st. WANTED NAME, AND ADDRESS OF AT torney or notary who In December, '91, or January, '02, drew quitclaim deed from heirs of Louise Baker to Wm. Baker. B. D., 72 Front st., city. MORTGAGE LOANS. PRIVATE FUNDS, IN sums to suit; large or small; on city and farm property, at lowest rates. M. G. Griffin, Agent, 314 Commercial block. Wellington Coal. Pacific Coast Company. Telephone. 229. 210 Washington street. m Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that the regular ex amination of applicants for state certificates and state diplomas will be held In the rooms of the Portland business college. Fifth and Yamhill streets, on February 14, 15. 16 and 17, as follows: Commencing Wednesday, Feb ruary 14, at 0 o'clock, and continuing until Saturday, February 17, at 4 o'clock. Branches for Wednesday Penmanship, his tory, spelling, algebra, reading, school law. Branches for Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics, civil government. Branches for Friday Phrrfology. geography, mental arithmetic, composition, physical geog raphy. Branches for Saturday Botany, plane geom etry, general history, Engllsn literature, psy chology. The state board of education has decided that an applicant for a state paper need not writs on all branches required for the same at any one examination. The work may be made to extend over three consecutive examinations, the applicant choosing the branches to be taken at each. The writing on the different branches must be done on the particular days above designated, and all applicants who choose a certain branch must begin thereon at the same time. IN EXPLANATION. It should be particularly noted that this ex amination Is for applicants for state papers only, and not for those who desire to obtain county certificates. An examination of appli cants for county certificates will be held on AprU 11, 12 and 13. A. T ARMSTRONG. County Superintendent. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. MOUNT TABOR RESIDENCE FOR SALE A nice home, with large grounds, overlooking the city. Any person wanting a nice home, low in price, with easy payments, should Inspect this. Sixth-street residence Fine, large, modern home, with good corner lot; a very attractive home. A bargain. Nob Hill Nice, new 8-room modern resi dence and full lot. Owner leaving state, will sell at very attractive price. Any farrtly wantln a nice. new. clean home, at a bar gale, should Inspect this. Neat 5-room cottage on East 14th St., only t&CO. Easy terms of paymoats' If wanted. Two 7-roora cottages, with full corner lot, on East 22d st.. at only $2500. A good chance for two families to get homro on easy terms. Irving-etreet lot Very nice lot. 60x100 feet In size. In the vicinity of fine lmprovemeats. Low price. 17th and Pettygrove sts. Nice quarter bloc at a bargain. Belongs to a nonresident, and it Is A SNAP. Nice home, with full corner lot. on 22d t. Is a nice modern-cost hme, and is cheap at 52500. Several nice home on the East Side in dif ferent additions. Persons wanting a home r building site should call upon Mr. Henry at 273 Stark st. Fine corner lot on East 14th and Tillamook sts., near car line, and In vicinity of geod Improvements. Any person wanting a fla lot to build upon should inecect this. Lincoln Park Annex I have a number of lota In this addition, frontlrg on Grand ave , East Sixth and Seventh sts., and on Pres eott. Skldmore. Mason and Shaver sts., at from 100. S12S to 2120 ier lot. There Is no sense In any poor man teing -without a. boae- wcen he can buy these ruu-slzea lots at suon prices. Come and select one of these lots. Apply to CIXAS. K. HENRY". 273 Stark st. K DAILT MKTBOROLSeiCAL RBFC POKTLAXD. Pee. It t P St 3 tegtperators. M; aatataran temperature. river readtag at 11 A. M.. 5.5 feet last 34 beers. .; total precipitation 8 to 8 P. 3.. trace, total precipitation fronl tombar 1. itm, 34.M toshes: normal precli tie from aaotomhtr 1. HM. 28.92, ItHi 4.96; total umMm. February 10. 1900. Poteo sHtosMaa, Ifeag. WBATHaaR SYNOPSIS. No rate ha feilea to tfcw past 12 ceot .M of aa tow to tne Sound country oc aa toea to Somtowcot Oregon, and 01 iaea la Southern Idaho. The temperati slightly telle ovw the Pacific Northwest. the advert ot a hish area. on. the '-o&st. wilt ave eastward, bom tag fair weather It lasts, aad sMajMly lower temperatures. toferstrw an from 3 to 38 degrees we Caaeadea, aad 42 to 98 degrees ' 'WKATHSt 7UKBCASTS. FttreeaAfe wMiiln at Vvtkurf fa- th "fl eadlag mfctaajht. Monde. February 12. IS nerara urezoa aaa western, waam: Fair: west to south ivtarfa. "Baatora Wasntagtoa aad Northern Iii Fair: west to mh whuia S Saetora Oregon Fair; west to ncrUij wMrat. Southern Idaho T?liv Mnlrn- iwwthwn PMtkuKi aad vietoHr Fair, west to g. X. SALISBURY, Section IMrecj CLASSIFIED AD. RATE "Rooeas." "BeosM und ttnanf Krtti teg Rooms." "SUuatteBs- Wanted," IB word less, is cents; I to 29 words, 20 cents. 21 1 words. 2S ceats. etc No discount for adJIUJ iasertteBs. UNDKR ALL OTHER HEADS except "i ioaay," 30 eeats for 18 words or less 16 words. 40 cents; 21 to 36 words, 80 cents. first hfSerUOB. liaefc mbHttmuI Inaai-tfnn- lWlf; BO further dtseeuat nml.r nna mnnth. "NEW TODAY" (gauge measure agatei cuuw per irae. ut tosertlOB. 10 cenU per mk- ease aamioaal insertion. ANSWERS TO AnvsR'i'iitii'uwMTq dressed care The Oregonian and left at tnii flee, should alwava K Wui t , m opes. No stasia Is reaaired nn nirh lf f.rs. i The Oregonian will sot be responsible fol ran " aaverusetBeata taken through the phone. FOR SALE KKAL ESTATE. CHOICE IXVE8TX1WTS $13CO Cottage and lot. Fast Side cheaj 0500 Modern dweniac . etn and ja 700 Choice lot. X. 17th. near E. MjuaS 8000 Boet Tees property Wll arrs pays good laoosae; will advance ravlXy 2TO0 For a good coraer on :sa st. 24003 acres, west alooe of Mt Tabor 1200 LoWW feet. Overton st near 22d luw it on rettygrove st. nea- ssc 2200 Corner. 100100. 21st and Pet' 505 80-aera farm, with some un; meats. 3000 30 aeras, one mile east of M: Ta.9 0000 Half block and flue dweLIcg near jl Tabor. 2600 Quarter, eor. X. 20th and Madli Dairy farm, near Seappoose. 4SO a 'res. 1250100 acm. IS miles east of Portia good Improvements. MOO 4 kite, Portland Heights. 12002 lots. E. atHk and jU-rrlson sts. 200030 acres near Milwaukee, house,! ohard: a harxajn. I HARTMAN. THOMPSON 4 POWERS! 3 Chamber of Commerce bli CHEAP HOMES ISO acres: 30 cleared; orchard and lags: 3 miles station: MO0. 40 aeree; 15 cleared; rwt cottage, $2S. A nice eettage, large lot. rortsmou.i S30. Anotlter good nfcv-e. Portsmouth. $3o0 Ntee Quarter block. North Alblna S250 DUNN, HOi T!r FOR-SALE $1080 PART CASH TWl-3T1 &-roora house, and barn, 1171 u&wtscre City water. 18 fruit trees, lot 138 feet &4 HawUKHrne-ave. ears past? door 650 -ACRE STOCK! AND GRAIN RANj half In euhtvatlon; Yamhill count v at sal flee; terms to suit purchaser Yanduri Walton, 279 Washington st. THE BEST BUY IN THE CITY -A heme on the West Side. Nob Hill, mast: soid. For patlcttlars see Xaldlaw, room Chamber of Commerce. TWO BARGAINS. WE8T SIDE RESIT! property, wen- leeatoa: H-roem nouse I rooms and 38xlft, lot. $3800. David Ward & Co.. 272 Stark st $3600 FOR 17 LOTS ON BROADWAY SI $700 for 3 lots on Powell st Both goci bu Miller, 306 Chamber of Commerce. EXCHANGE NICXEL-IN-SLOT GRAPli phone, with 3 records, for bicycle or writer. R., box 414, city. AT HALF FRICB RDTUSED CHOICE 1 mock, near imperial hotel, partially Improv f ii, care uregonian. TTO 1ATH! uni'W rvs it nnnue lots. Improved, near Fulton; cheap. Y 9. c uregoman. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Well Imrr ranch. H. B. Corapson & Co , 613 Marqi.ar INTEREST - PAYING H BLOCK KRl roruana, a Bargain, uoelblng, 250 Stark $1250 LOT ON OLI8AN ST. NEAR Hart, room 7 Sherlock building FOR SALE! FARMS. IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE IN parts of Oregon and Washington, payme made to suit purchasers. For ful. par. 'mil as to various properties, apply to Macmasl & Blrrell. 311 Worcester block. 317 ACRES. PARTLY IMPROVED. SILV1 ton; fine rolling ground, bargain. 168 acr HlUsboro; 4v acres baver-dam, snap. Kraemer, 517 Commercial block 300 acres; 200 cultivated. 100 good timber 13 I W. of city, near R. R.: $30 acre 2K Wal TO EXCHANGE. FOR SALE OR TRADE 20 HOR!E-Prvr engine aad holler McPherson Gllman bnte FOR SALS MISCELLANEOUS. PIANO CLEARANCE SALE OF SECONi hand lustrum onto We will make autek work in closing: thi out, and are offering them herewith for W than one-half their vowe, viz. . 1 Kimball $ IHeinae . 1 Blddle -. .... l 1 Schlrnvr , i 1 Wellington 1 Wellington, Hae if 1 Howard ...... lFteolwr ... 18 1 Chlckermg. good as new. ......... 1 Fischer, good as new 1 Ellington, good as new .... . THE WILY B. ALLEN T 200-211 Finn st., Portland, Or J LOW-MAR6IN, CASH. CUT-RATE GROTErI 200 Fourth St. Roast JUo coffee. 10c it Costa. Rica, 15e, 2 lbs., tte; lb. plug Batti ax. jw-h. box miiaiwis or vermicelli 3i 5 lbs. rice. 7 lbs. heacs. W, lbs. oats wheat flakes. 25c, faney table syrup 10c q aoc sai., - cans tomatoes, corn or 2- lb brM eednsn. ise, buiic teas, Sc lb . Nn 1 pork or hams, 8e rb. , 6 cans deviled ham S lbs. prunes, a&e. BARGAINS IN SEVERAL SECOND -HANl and snzittiy used mnaos tils week at v.v Piano House: Whitney 5213. Stelnwarv SIS Decker Brothers 3360, Kimtall $268. Emersd siso. Jennings at sen $W. E. Gabler Brother SOS. Hardman S185. Cable $150 Tar cash or $90 dews and $8, $3 or $10 monthlj xv ruow 7b, imvvcn tt KBuiziKiou ana atari SOLFILINE. SOLFILINE, SCLFTLINE. Everyone needs It. Preserves leather lutely waterproof; shoes, ha-ness and bel'lfc treated with SaMHne protonre life of leathl iuu per cent, insist cpon yur deaier carrj lBg it. nenry Miner & Co.. 502 Wasruzgu ib, x-oriittBU, ur. FOR SALS ONE DDtECT-ATrACHED STT.'l devant Drvkell entrine and fai. with 22flo f ft AtAam iw.Hi. 1A w M ft ii. .... Inches diameter. 12 feet lon s-men tubes. All good as new AOdr Charles L. Lewis, Markham, Wash. FOR SALE 2 BUTCHER CAPTS. SAUSAOl stuner. Jara press, chopping machine au aeales, etc.; drrt cheap Atply Waldem octvn, aiwntejr-ai-Miw, womroerciai Duiiui ScnBd and Washington, room 302. FOR SALE F18HKRMAX-S B4TAT. GOOD new, with sails; two seto osjs, cheap. A5 drees n 26, care Oregonian. FOR SALE CHEAP; CITY 3dILK ROU1 and dairy; net far from city. Address J care Oregonian. RAD AM' S MICROBE KILLER CURES dteeases. Can 380 Morrison for pampluet sample. Magic lasteras, new. second-hand, moving tares. Buttard & Breek. 131 Poet, san $8 FOR A XWW GAS COOKER $2 CA balance $2 per month. Gas Co., 74 Fifth A Llppman; high-grade ladles tiilor'ng guaranteed. Ore. tot. Jtteoa vr. mussi i