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CARED ONLY TO LOOT THE MOBNiyG OBEGONIAff, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900. Average Chinese Took Little Interest in War. VIEWS OP A RETURNED SKIPPER He Ha Hot a High Opinion of Bs sin's Boasted Military nd XbtkI Strengrtn. Captalh M. E. Pennell, "who has been In command of coasting steamers In Chi nese waters lor the past seven years, Is In Portland, on his return to his home at London, England. Steamboatlng in hos tile waters and with hostile crews of sailors and deckhands has become rather distasteful to him, and he will now sus pend operations over there until matters have quieted down. "When seen at the St. Charles yester day. Captain Pennell said the present troubles have been brewing in China for the past three years, and that the war in the Transvaal has had a good deal to do with hurrying matters to a crisis. The Chinese became impressed with the idea that John Bull had his hands full In South Africa, and so they thought the present a good time to strike, as Brit ish troops could not be spared. They did not dream that the whole world would combine against them, and this, here after, would be their excuse for defeat. "The average Chinese," the Captain said, "took no particular Interest In the war further than the chance for loot re sulting from the strife. They were simply watching events, and if the tide of victory had turned their way a general uprising would have resulted. The Mongolians, from Mandarin to coolie, hate the white race, and make no attempt to conceal their feelings. As domestic servants, they are impudent and independent, and as sailors or deckhands they need a great deal of driving to get them out of their naturally slow swing. Freight on vessels is usually taken charge of by the com pradors, who give bonds for safe-keeping of the goods, and these compradors have large numbers of petty clerks and freight handlers under them. The shipper or consignee who offends any of this host Is subject to all sorts of little annoyances, for which there Is no redress." The captain thinks the only solution of the Chinese problem lies In subdivision of the empire. If the country were di vided between civilized powers the con dition of the horde of Chinese would soon show improvement, and foreigners could safely travel In the Interior, he said. Conditions in the extreme north witl not change much, even though Rus sia takes charge of the custom-houses and fortifications In Mongolia and Man churia. Busslan influence has long been predominant in those regions, and the mere formal transfer of authority to the Czar will hardly be felt. Russia's ob ject seems to be to et hold of the port of Che Foo, which has the only harbor on the northern coast that does not froeze up in "Winter. Russia could be easily dis lodged from the coast, however, by the forces of America. England ana Japan, even should Germany and Austria decide to assist the Czar. From his observation of the Russian forces at Port Arthur and other points. Captain Pennell does not think Russia Is the country of boundless resources it is supposed to be. The troops, even the crack regiments of Cossacks, are ragged, dirty. Ill-fed and badly disciplined. With the vast navies and carrying capacity of the combined opposition, troops could be landed in every port on the Chinese Coast before the Czar could utilise his Si berian railway, which Is by no means the magnificent imperial appurtenance popularly considered. It will take a long time to bring the road to a state of ner- fcctlon necessary for the rapid transpor tation of soldiers, armaments and sup plies. "Nor is the Russian treasury by any means a prodlgous aggregation of gojd and silver." said the skipper. "The Czar would have to borrow money to carry on an expensive war, and where would be go to get it If he were to fall out with England and America? The Siberian irold mines from which his government Is sup posed to be digging gold are worked al together by convict labor, and I doubt about them being so exceedingly rich. If matters should reach a climax between the Czar and a combined opposition, I think he would hesitate to go to war, even though he be ever so anxious for an outlet into the temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean." GIVES MONEY AND STOCKS. Colonel William M. Rid path Settles Property on His "Wife. The terms of the agreement between William M. Rldpath and his wife. Sarah J. Rldpath. relative to the division of their community property Interests, have been made public by the filing of a copy of the Indentures for record with the Auditor of Spokane County. The agree men was entered into between Mr. Rld path and his wife about one year ago, the date of the Instrument filed for rec ord being August 25. 1899. and Is "a set tlement of mutual property rights regard less of domestic difficulties which hv arisen or which may arise in future." By the settlement, Mr. Rldpath has as signed to his wife 55000 In cash, the north SO feet of the west one-half of lot 2, block 8. Railroad addition, and tho following mining stocks, notes and mortgages: 100.003 shares of Sullivan mining stock. 1S.O0O shares of Mountain Lion. 20,000 Res ervation Mining & Milling stock. 10,000 shares Crystal Mining Company stock and notes and mortgages to tne value of $16,860. "It is understood that the agreement Bhall stand and abide forever, whether iho parties continue to live together as husband and wife, or shall separate and live apart without divorce, or whether di vorce shall be had In Washington or any other state or country. The agreement shall bar Mrs. Rldpath of all claims to counsel fees, alimony, suit monev or other claim or provision for her support in any divorce or other proceedings touch ing their domestic relations, whether brought by wife or husband. It is also agreed that each shall have no claim on property acquired by the other subse quent to the agreement." The witnesses to the document are Sen ator George Turner and T. E. Jefferson. tho .secretary, endeavored to prevent their confiscation and was hit on the head for his pains, after which the deputy left the hall. The matter has caused considerable in citement, as the loss to the union is a serious one, some of the entries being or a very compromising character. H'KINLEY CONVERTS TOBRYAN Cariosities of the Democratic Cam paign List. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 15. (Special to The New York Evening Post.) Consider able surprise has been expressed here over the recent issuance by the Democratic Congressional Committee of a list of con verts to Bryan and his cause. The sur prise is not that such a list should be made public, but rather that the Demo cratic managers should think that the names it bears, taken as a whole, carry j any great weignt with the general public. The bulletin, as'idven out to th nrp recites that: "The list of such defections (from McKlnley) Is so large that only a small percentage of the influential men who are leading the revolt against abso lutism can be given." It then proceeds to give the greatest amount of space as signed to any one convert, after this glow ing Introduction, to Magnus A. Hess, of Chicago. It announces that he was "the original McKlnley man who organized the first McKlnley club in the United States, by whose personal efforts 1500 votes were oast for the Canton statesman." The bul letin follows with an extract from one of Hess's letters. In which he tells what he is doing this year to brimr about a victory for the "people's choice." Of the sincerity of Mr. Hess's conversion to Bryan, there can be no doubt, but there is reason to fear that ho may prove an expensive acquisition, if Bryan -should ever be .in a position to settle accounts with his followers; for this Mr. Hess has the same name as the Mr. Hess who for warded to President McKlnley a while ago an Itemized bill for campaign -services rendered, Including such Items as these: Wagonload of envelopes, with Major McKlnleys .face printed on them uti 66 Wet and dry goods to keep the boys in line for SIcK .-11313 In submitting this bill," Mr. Hess append ed a note: "Please be so kind k tn nn check for above amount" It Is under stood that 'the bill .was only submitted after Mr. Hess's efforts to secure an office had failed hopelessly. Mr. Hess certainly went through all the forms of ortranizlnir a great club, in the conduct of which he claimed to have spent more than JGOOO. Tho fact that other people" knew less about It than he did, and were less cer tain than he as to Its real oolMrni vnin should be regarded as a tribute to his modest reticence. He has now become the Abon ben Adhem of the Bryan-converts. In the event of Bryan's election, his claim for a first-class office, as well as for a set tlement of a bill of expenses, could hardly be assailed. In view of the prominence which the campaign committee has given him. The other names on the list are. as a rule, less prominent than that of rn.ni A: Hess. Wherever they are known at all their -appearance In it can be explained without a great display of cynicism. Mr. Burnett, said to have been formerly a District Judge in Kansas; and a lifelong wjpuuucan, is so eager to see "Imperial Ism crushed out." that he appropriately announced his Intention to vote for John W. Breldenthal for Governor of Kansas this Fall. He will also vote for Bryan. Mr. Patrick O'Farrell Is described as "an eminent Washington lawyer, who stumped the country for McKlnlev in lKSfi nnd contributed so largely to the success of the Republican ticket" Without reflect ing in the least upon the present devotion of Mr. O'Farrell to the principles of liber ty, it may bo mentioned Incidentally that long before the rise of the imperialist is sue, he had become lukeworm toward tho present Administration, because of Com missioner Evan's retention In the Pen sion Office. Mr. O'Farrell Is a pension at torney, and between him and the Evans Administration a natural conflict of Inter ests arose. Of course, the list contains the name of Webster Davis, formerly an A. P. A. May or of Kansas- City, and a stump-speaker of considerable note. Other names are those of Paul G. Schuh, of Cairo, III., who Is in the drig business in that city) and Is said to have been a private In the Ninth Illinois Infantry: M. C. C. Church of Parkersburg. W. Va.. said to be one of the founders of the Republican party ..i,ii rinerl ana .Patrick Egan, Blaine Irishmen" of 18S4; L. W. Haber- com, lormeny a correspondent at Wash ington for a Milwaukee German news paper, whose campaign services were "re cognized" with an office by President Har rison, but not by President McKlnley; and so on. The list like the rhetoric of some of the speakers, named In It would be strengthened by a judicious reduction In its length. RAISED THE RANSOM FUND MORE THAK BOO PESOS FOR. YOUSG TEJiTILMrs RELEASE, In Case the Tohbs Hero Cab Not Be Fenad, Money Will Go to His Mother. Captain Pease ".. n C. A. Coolldge .... 50 H. N. Scott : 25 Mrs. F. C. Young .". ;.... 30 H. B. Compson . 50 L. Protzman " 25 C. W". Sherman 50 F. E. Pyne .............'".......... , 25 Illesrible isienatiir ... f p-jb. ogden .'.:..":.::::::::::: so J. w. McLeon -a- XL. u111 ,three days Leutenant A. N. Wood of the local hydrographlc office, has raised " ransom tuna ior Arthur Venvllle When receipts were hastily counted yes terday after a long day for the naval officer It was found that $250 had been received, altogether. Friday was the dca: he, worked, and he raised nearly $100. Saturday was only a half day be cause of early closing among wholesale ort J,, Tlstrda.y mre than the sum originally asked was made, and there will be some receipts yet Lieutenant Wood win not canvass any more, but of course "",SB o nave contributed already and DAIRYING HERE AT HOME EASTERN MULTNOMAH "WAKING UP TO ITS INTERESTS. Cash in small contributions""!! 24 50 REDECKING STEEL BRIDGE. County Commissioners Will Receive Bids Widening: Havrthorne Ave. The Board of County Commissioners yesterday decided to have the upper road way of the steel bridge and the west ap proach to the same redecked. They wjll advertise for bids for this work, to be re ceived before and ODeried Frldav. Auirust 31, at 2 P. M. The work is to be begun September 15, and completed October 15. The board has been notified that a sec tion of the bridge on the' Vancouver road, some 150 feet long, has settled 10 inches. The bridge is perfectly safe, as the part arenot yet heard from. ffllT VZ.JF?Z?? credited. it'trno yn-! . x.7 ?J " suuiiu, auu iraveris noi mrerrupteo. InttO. R.&Noffl?e about ? Tht sectLon wWch has settled ls an ld - omce about 8 ha been part of the bridge which was not carried Cheese Factories Wnlch. Succeeded From the First Day Quality of Kine Improved. There is rapid and substantial develop, ment of the dairy interest eastward in Multnomah County and part of Clacka mas County. Along this line great progress has been made within the past three years. The start In that direction Is traceable to the farmers' institutes held at Gresham by the professors of the Agricultural College. Two Insti tutes have been held at that point which ls tho heart of the famous Powell Valley. One was .held three years ago, and the second one was held Hast December, more interest being manifested in the last than in the former. At the first one of the speakers said to the farmers assembled: "You have the finest dairy country In VIEW IN THE MYERS' CANNERY AT SEATTLE-12,800 SOCKEYE SALMON. raised or pledged and would be turned In today. There will be a few subscriptions through the mall yet. From present In dications the total will not be far from $300 when the Lieutenant secures a draft In favor of General McArthur. It will be so much better if 600 pesos are offered, than 500. Lieutenant Wood was tired when he nnisnea work yesterday. He has left his away by the flood of 1894. and the block ing under the bents has become decayed. The necessary repairs' will be made as soon as possible. The 'board has been out and looked over the situation on Hawthorne avenue where that street is being widened, and has or dered work to be resumed.' The grade at the summit of the hill will not be low- office work that he might complete the 1 ???,' ,as. " ls found t0 be" the erode es AT THE SOLDIERS' HOME. Should TOOK UNION'S BOOKS. Idaho Officer Broke Into Hall and Confiscated the Records. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Thursday night State Deputy s.itnni Flndlay interrupted a meeting of the Gem Miners' Union and captured Its records. At the time of the issuance of the proc lamation declaring martial law, and as part of the machinery of its enforcement, meetings of The local unions were for bidden, and the deputies were Instructed to prevent them. In spite of those orders, It has been an open secret for some time that meetings were being held with more or less regularity, although the officers never Knew or the time of a meetrag in time to prevent it Thursday night's meeting was well along when Flndl&y knocked on the rear door of the union hall, and It was opened a few inches. The officer is a powerful man. six feet two inches tall and weigh ing 24 pounds, and. throwing his weight JUTEinst th -door, it opraed -crlfle. traierw wWe ktmt Members of the union pres ent who, in response to his ouestion to what they were doing, replied that It Those Deslrins: Admission File Applications. Commandant W. J. Shipley, of the Ore gon Soldiers' Home at Roseburg, Is In the city en business for a few "days. He says everything ls prosperous about the Home, there being 91 Inmates enrolled, which ls all the place can accommodate. People desirous of obtalnlntr admlKslnn tn tho Home should file their applications at once, so as to be able to take advantage of the first vacancy which occurs. Va cancies are frequently occurring, and the man at the head of the list of applicants gets the first chance. No partiality ls shownflrst come, first served. There is a fine garden at the Home this year, producing everything In the line of vegetables required. About 15 acres are under cultivation, and enough potatoes will be raised to last through the year. Some four or five acres of orchard supply fruit during the season, but not enough yet for a Winter's supplv. ane neaun 01 tne inmates ls good. There are about a score of cases In the hospital blind, paralyzed, etc but only one acute case of tuberculosis. Harvesting ls about through In Doug las County. Grain has been light but the fruit crop ls good. The peach crop Is fine. Apples are plentiful, and prunes a fairly good crop. . SWINDLERS ARRESTED. fund quickly. Sorrowing Mrs. Mash the boy's mother, bears for him everlasting gratitude, and the public ls not less ap preciative .or tne good work done by him, practically a stranger In Portland, for one of Oregon's most deserving sons sent to war. Lieutenant Wood took up the work for the Navy, as young Venvllle proved an estimable member who should command the efforts of his fellow men when In need. To each of the subscribers Lieutenant Wood put the question what they desired done with the money In case it devel oped, after trial, that It could not ransom tne brave sailor lad. In nearly every In stance the reply was to give It to the motner and sisters for whom the boy was working so faithfully. This will be done If It cannot be used as a ransom for the boy's benefit Not one subscriber will ever object to such an application of It For a time Lieutenant Wood thought he would cable the fund to General Mac Arthur. If the boy was still alive, tha quicker the Inducement for his release was made available the better. But cable rates are high. If the money was cabled, an explanatory message would have to accompany. For each word In a message uiuaurom jrortiand to Manila there Is a charge of $2 is, address Included. A message would cost a considerable sum. Young Venvllle has been held a'long time. If yet alive, and perhaps a month would not add materially to his troubles. Lieu tenant Wood will likely buy Hong Kong exchange and send it with a long letter, to the commander of the Eighth Army Corps. This he desires to do as soon as possible, and If there are anv nthorc u desire to contribute, they should report' tu jinn immeuiateiy. A list of subscribers yesterday and the amounts contributed Is as follows: N. WJ'Mathiesen and family $10 03 Mrs. Sarah M. Kearney...... 5 CO Guy G. Willis loo W. P. Day ?50 U. Sebree S m H. W. Goode ....; 5-m E: C. White. Astoria 7 S rr tii v ---,...... j, VJ tablished by the city. There has been no ena to the fuss and trouble connected with getting this street widened at this point, and lawsuits have been begun and compromised in connection with the mat ter as far back as 11 years ago. A suit was settled several years ago by the commissioners In office, then agreeing to furnish a man with several thonsnnd yards of earth, and this earth was toM De taken from the cut to be made 'in accordance with the proDosed chanen of .grade. Now, as the grade is not to" be lowered, this man will receive the earth excavated in widening the avenue, and enough to make up the deficit will be taken from Thirtieth street, which is still a county road. ThlB will be satisfactory to ail concerned, an.d the avenue will be widened and everybody Interested will be happy. Paris Adppt.i Wood Pavements. Washington Star. The wood pavement nas come to stay In Paris. This news may seem to be no news, so much has the Parisian wood Bryan the Filipino Hope. 100 Bvrnn 7. Hnlmsa N. J. Levlnson ....""""""""""""" 1 CO " . iuiupueii Guy B. Barker C. Mlleni ; J. D. Peters ... E. W.. Moore I 00 1 00 100 100 ICO Ian Lewis ." 1 on f 1 CO : I Xerrspnper Fakers Wanted In Walla Walla and Fresno. $20,000 for Flylnir Machines. The American mmTnint i ... ?to ,htt P"n0e experimenting with flying machines to ascertain their practic&billtv for nK-in fh imv tw is a larjre sum to n.u fnr rn ...vruii .-..... an1 J ,u 5" compare wltti mat spent uselessly by those who experiment With Various ch-cnl!1 rKnr.. ...... Take Hostetter's Rfnm?Vi m ... .,. was none of his business! He then took ' 2??id erPCRE1e ad uncertainty. it is possession of the records, and A. S. Balch, 1T o&t Detectives "Ford and Cordaho lodged two alleged swindlers In the city prison last night who" had been arrested in Astoria. One was C. F. Johnson, wanted In Walla Walla for forgery connected with a news paper, and the other goes by the name of L. L. Whltely. alias Myers, alias Winston. The latter Is wanted In Fresno, Cal.. on a similar charge. The men are newspaper fakers thoso who ro from town to town getting un boom edition C. H. Gruber for the weeklies. for a certain percentage - Munks .. of the profits. When arrested th- vm fv Clark .. engaged In the same business on behalf of the Astoria News, whose proprietor ex pressed himself as glad that the scheme was nipped in the bud. They gave themselves up willingly, but whether they will go out of Oregon with out requisition papers has not yet been determined. Whltely admits that he ls thte man wanted, but Johnson has little to say. The authorities in Walla Walla and Fresno have been telegraphed, and u'" wni dc nere in a few days -to take the prisoners where they are wanted. J. P. O'Brien J. B. Livingston "" -i nn MacMaster & Blrrell ""'.'. 1 q) i. .!... UU J7 1011...................... . 100 Columbia Telephone Company.." '"' 1 co Dell Stuart ; j $ w. p. smith -::: i The Astoria Company i on H. R. Littlefield fm E. P. Geary .; " ton John Cran 1'7" XX Gustav Anderson ." J. B. Crowley 2" W. E. Plunkett -. ?c R. G. Morrow ........ -a C. W. Zeller f. U. K. Hall V" J. A. Houck j H. A. Watklns '. C. T. Schobr L. Falk Jones Lumber Company T S." McDanlei."."."'." 100 50 50 0 50 J5 A. M. Oakes .. L. W. Williams 5 M: L. Rellley 5? W. K. Smith " P. Hughes I"" 5s J. M. Williams ' W. R. Bernard S G.Rosenblatt 2? e. a. KiiDnei ::: s TT -XT-.i. W 50 I have the great pleasure of informing your excellencies that you may in your town cause to be publicly known that I data, according to the foreign newspa- 1 pers, very strongly favorable to the in- dependence of our fatherland exist In the "fact that the party of the North f American people -which calls Itself tho Democratic party, preserving unimpaired its ancient tirlnrlnl gm T"iiminnoi in stitutions by which It obtained in the I past century the independence of its own country, emancipating it from England, sustains and defends today with ardor the declaration of Independence of the" Philippines, and that the Massachusetts periodical having the widest circulation among the agriculturists of the country, t known under the head of the Farm and .Home, having interested Its -subscribers f in the subject, asked that they manifest f tnemselves In favor of the independence of the Philippines or their annexation, with the following result: (We omit the figures.) May Providence decree in the elections for President of the United States the Democratic party, which defends us, shall triumph, and not the Republican party, which is headed by Mr. McKln ley, and which attacks us. The great Democrat, Dr. Bryan, one of the most eminent men of the, TTnito States, Is assured that he will be the t future President, and then our happy I Thero have also been rplAhi-ato t New York and Chlcaco great meetings f u uanqueis in honor of our dearly be loved President Sr. Agulnaldb. who was entitled one of the world's true heroes. The masses who have thus voted in our favor have done tm same with reference to Cuba, asking her independence, for which she is already todav stnic-s-llnn- Finally, the conduct of the Filipino " uiiiicniiuuisus condemns itself they have chanced their Hag as they change " -.-... huW, auu ure liiiiniHipn qn t f the momentary luster of stolen gold; but ', ! f by their vile conduct aided hv rh.ip I thieving country, they are onlv ralslmr tneir own scaffold. Proclamation signed uj uummgo aamson, Gunabatan. H. H. Hovt uuu uaiman ;. gn J. M. Johnson rn A.5. Brown- m C Cummlng ......, w J. A. Rbckwood ..'.'.'.'.'.'. 23 S. K. Bergman : " "" H. G. Jenkins "."."""".""""" jjn A, H. Hartung -50 H. A. Heopner ..- en George M. Frazer ."" 50 A. P. Hays Companv " 51 S tVllsoti ....' 1 """" 50 V. J. O'Connor .. "-""" & C F. Howland " 2 M. H. Battler Is Ci. S. Shenherd -' S William Dnt " - 50 j'utuie .oueiie - I D. D. McClure .." 50 """f 11 imnm pavement been described, admired and and classified as an accomplished fact by tourists spending their time in the smart, wood-paved sections of the city. The clas sical "Parisan" street remains neverthe less the stone-paved street with six times the surface of the new wood-paving still and 20 times the surface of the asphalt that after a brief popularity, has been condemned as too soft under the Summer sun and too slippery under the Winter frost In 1950. A Ciubblst Come on. fellows, let's get out of here, quick. Here oomes old Geez-' -r- ine itest or 'Em ITint nf ( "n-'ii I be sure "to tell some of his tiresome old stories made. the State of Oregon. Tou can grow finer clover here than anywhere I know. I would earnestly advise you to engage in -the dairy business. Get a higher class of cows and improve their breed in every way. Grow clover and construct silos, so you will have green feed the year round. Mark my word, you will have Unbounded success." vThls advice was given three years ago, and made an Impression upon the farm ers In that district. They were slow to move, but a year ago they got down to work and organized the co-operative cneese factory. Co-operative Cheese Factory. The old building that stood on Johnson Creek, erected about six years ago for a cannery, and abandoned because there was not enough cash to carry on the en terprise, was purchased by a combina tion of the most enterprising and public spirited farmers and business men, and Mr. Lewis, an experienced man, was en gaged to set up machinery for a cheese factory. It did not take long to demon strate that the enterprise would be a success. It was a success from the start A high-grade of product was established at the opening, and has been maintained all through. The factory cannot meet the demand for It although It has In creased Its output and Improved Its ma chinery! The effect on the Gresham district is very perceptible. Over $1000 a month In cash ls distributed to those de livering milk to the factory. If one will take the trouble to wheel through that district at an earjy hour In the morning he will see something of the results of 'this factory. He will see vehicles roll ing along-the various roads leading Into Gresham, with their shining milk cans for delivery of butter fat. At many door steps he will see these big cans standing ready for the vehicles that go along the roads and gather them up. Place yourself at the steps of the fac tory, and you will see the delivery of the milk. Toung women, farmers' daugh ters, with the glow of health on their cheeks, drive up and with a business air deliver their cans of milk to Manager Lewis, receive their recepts therefor, and then drive away and make room for an other, mayhap a farmer's stalwart son, who lifts his hat to the handsome milk maid as sb.e drives away with a smile. So It goes for about' three hours every morning. .Manager iewis measures the butter fat and fills the big vats. Inside the factory there are rows and rows of golden cheese, some ripe and others green. The shares of stock In this fac tory are not for sale at any reasonable price. It will expand. Fine cows have been gathered In the district and one sees a much better grade of kino now than a few years ago, when scrubs were the rule. Free Mnil Delivery. No wonder this district is prosperous, and no wonder the postal authorities have selected the district In which to establish free mall delivery in the near future. The matter of free delivery has beerf under discussion for some time. Mrs. McColl, the postmistress, has been look ing for the arrival of Postal Inspector Ormsby, at any time, who will go over the district and ascertain just what is required. It is known that the Gresham district, those who get their mall at that postoffice, number enough and more than enough to get the free delivery, and the Inspection is regarded as mere form. and for the purpose of making arrange ments for the Installation of the system. It Is expected that about three carriers will be required to cover the territory. They will have to know the roads where the people live, so they can jump right in and carry the mail. But there are young men In the district who can do that all right It is expected, that within three months at the farthest free deliv ery will be installed at Gresham. In the Falrvievr District. A progressive movement Is making In the Fairview district where J. Thomas established a cheese factory some time ago. He has sold out his interests to a practical cheese and creamery man, S. J Carlson, who has taken hold with vigor! He has interested the. farmers for miles In every direction, and the result prom ises to be a great industry. The fac tory buildings secured from Mr. Thomas are too small, and the location Is not suitable for the proposed enlargement or tne uusiness; Hence, before Ions ground for another and larger building will be secured and suitable quarters, erected, so that both cheese and bnttw mav . Before this enlargement could poses. It is desired to secure- a. place centrally located, so that tarmers may deliver the milk by covering the least distance, within a radius of three miles east and west of tho Sandy. The pat rons are well pleased with the prospects of this- establishment The output of the factory will all be taken to Portland, and top prices have been guaranteed. Those backing the enterpriser seem abun dantly able to carry It out Beginning with 2000 pounds of milk as a starter, it Is hoped sopn to take 10,000 pounds, part to be used In the manufacture of cheese and part for butter, the latter by the sep arator process. Tho customers deliver ing milk will be paid according to th mlllt test for butter fat, the same as at Gresham. In order to get an under standing with the milk dealers of the aistrict. there will be a meeting of those interested at Fairview, the latter part ot the month, when there will be a full dis cussion bf everything pertaining to this enterprise. At Pleasant Home. At Pleasant Home. 20 miles from Port land, there ls a small creamery, which was started by S. W. Kern last Spring, on his own capital and experience. So far it has proved a great success. Some of the people out there were skeptical, and thought It would not prove a suc cess. It was difficult to get promises of milk delivery, but Mr. Kern persisted, and started up In a small structure he erected near a spring. He now takes 1500 pounds of milk daily, and states that he will enlarge in the near future, and double the demand for milk. Those who were doubtful are now convinced. They are getting more cows and raising the standard of a better breed. It is no use to offer a scrub cow to the farmers of this district or, for that matter, in any of these districts. They will not buy any such. They want the best, or none at all. This district ls partly In Clack amas and partly in Multnomah, and the possibilities of development and expan sion are great indeed. The soil Is pro ductive. It produces fine clover hay, and also a very high-class growth of field corn. At Pleasant Home today may be seen a small yard of corn that ls as line as can be found In the country. All around there are patches of corn of the same kind, showing what may be done aiong tnis line. At Gresham also fine corn ls grown. So the farmers may grow corn for their cows as well as clover, which they can store away In silos, when they have them built, and inus nave green feed the year around. The Pleasant Homo district Is very pros perous. New house have sprung up all along the roads. Great barns have been put up, and the whole district Is "on the uplift" Built a Silo. Jt was stated some tlmo ago that the only silo In the county was that on W. W. Cotton's place, on the Powell road, near Gresham, which was built last year. There ls another on the farm of John S. Simmons, which Is near Pleasant Home Mr. Simmons built It in the early Spring. The only difference between this one and that on Mr. Cotton's farm Is that the lat ter Is built round and Inclosed with steel hoops, while that built b- Mr simmer, I is square. He said he put It ud In that form for the reason that It was difficult to obtain the necessary hoops, whereas. If built square, the hoops are nov n. quired. Also the expense is very much less, and Mr. Simmons thinks the square is Just as good as the round. He has his filled with clover to the amount of about 60 tons. There ls much Interest taken in the question of construction of silos, especially In the neighborhood of Gresham and Pleasant Home, and a num ber of farmers who have stock will con struct them In the near future. The great and growing dairy 'interests in that part of the county are causing farmers to adopt up-to-date methods In feeding their stock. The cost of a silo in r,n great, when compared to the advantages of having green feed for dairy cows during the dry and Winter season. Mr. Simmons says that he knows of several farmers who will build silos In the near future. TRYING FOR RIGHT OF W ST. JOHNS PEOPLE STIU, WOl TO SECURE A SWITCH. Some Property-Own era Refuse Allow the Track to Go Thfoujcli Their Land. The efforts that have been made fl aorae qme to secure the right of way io wuairucuon 01 a railway to -uhus nave not yet succeeded. For mo u. tne aistance concessions ,havo be granted, but several holderr nr it properties alone th rivw tkm,,.i. .. the spur will have to be' extended, hail .u S4""cu ino nsnt to build throus lu"r Property. The promoters of scheme to get the switch built have bored very earnpstlv -nHtv. k have not granted th THirin- .. show them that It Is- to their lntr.it encourage and promote the constroctlc of the railway, and rhnt ,-,- ii ceive large benefit from It but they hav occu il in mat light. The route of the nronn.i c,i..t. along the edge of the riwr nr, v....Ji ThT "fAl- !.-. wug . .o 1UW ground around the una versity point It is said th ,,v, 2 pends on the construction of thl3 swttcl mo ww manufacturing establish ments, which are announced tn k o- ed at St Johns when It Is completed, il Is known that Wolff & Zwicker IroJ works have acquired SO acres of thl Minar tract at St Johns, paying there! t iT a.w. The company k-J cs on wo water front A largd """""J "fittresttung aoout $20,000 waJ raised for this company mwrtdAd Z3 establish a large Iron plant at St. Johnl nu move tneir plant there within twd years. According to the terms of th bonus the firm has one year In whih J start to move to St Johr nnd Ja years In which to complete the removalj 11115 wie one interest that ls striving to get right of wav for a. rniiwn. to St Johns, as tho proposed shlpbuildl 4ib iiiM4u cannoi De established therd v4.uuut rauway facilities. la fact iti BCCU43 10 00 tne only tangible Interest Others are mentioned as dependent or u.c vunsirucuon or tta rail-wav ti,. people of St Johns, have been very act-J 4vu xui uvcr a. year in tneir efforts to uiuuuiawunnff estaDI19hmpntn o- there, and have been ready to tax them selves heavily to raise a bonus for tho en couragement of factories. They were disappointed over the loss at h. t-v- becher factory, but are not dlscouragedl MORE ROOM AND LIGHT. Some of the Connty Officers Are Well Provided. The Summer Improvements at the Courthouse are nearly completed. The two rooms formerly occupied by County Auditor Pope have been made Into one, affording more light A partition ha3 also been torn down In the quarters occupied by the- Sheriff in the tax-collection depart ment, which gives more space and light The courtrooms are being renovated. Judge Sears has been supplied with a new carpet for his office. The office of Judge Cake has also been, newly carpeted, and likewise the Clerk's office attached to Judge George's courtroom. More room Is needed by the Clerk of the County Court and the Clerk of the Circuit Court, but this cannot be given them without the erection of an addition to the building, which is not contemplated at this time, because of lack of funds. The Courthouse has long been too small, and the County Commissioners and County Treasurer have their offices in, the City Hall. The office of the County School Superintendent was also for a time located In the city building, but the last Incumbent for convenience to his other business, moved his office down town. The Courthouse, if large enough, should accommodate the District Attorney and West Side Justice Court with an offlce. The Phonograph In Politics. New York Commercial Advertiser. Mr. Bryan has been busy repeating that speech of his to the phonograph. The plan is to have a great many rolls made and sent all over the country In order - that every one may have a chance to hear the speech. Some favor a nicKei-m-the-slot device, but most are incnnea to think It should be on exhi bition free of charge. The hotel-keepers are to be asked to put a phonograph In each hotel office. The "Behold a Repub lic" peroration has gone In, and so has the what-1-would-do-wlth-the-Phlllpplnes passage. The plan Is an alajrnlngly thorough one, and the chances are the thing- will be going off day and night on every corner until "Behold a Republics" are as common as "Raw Hot" ni t Cash C16." And there are a good many people complaining of our street noises already. The nlckel-ln-the-slot plan would be fairer to the nuhlln at Tnr.r. because the service would be rendered only for those who wished it Then, if it were free, some of the phrases might sound hackneyed after a while. "Behold a Republic" was used some eight times by Mr. Bryan In as many sentences, and when It is running through a phonograph all day mixed up with all those bumble bee sounds and breaking Into a squeak at the oratorical climax. It may lose some of Its originality and freshness. Keeping one's self before the public may be carried too far. No matter what a man's politics are, there must be hours of the day when we would prefer to be away irom Mr. JBryan. Rearraaslne Proenunmc. Secretary J. S. Foss, of the Multnomah! county ex-ooidlera' Association, with! auaia ot tne committeemen, was yester day trying to fill out the programmes! ior me reunion, which will open tomor row at Hawthorne Park, under the aus pices of the association. It was thought! that all arrangements had been com-S pie ted. but Jt has been found that thai ayetuters ior Indian war day and Sec ond Oregon day, Wednesday and Friday, may not be present Governor Geer, who was to make the address tomorrow afternoon, is absent from Salem, but his private secretary writes that he did not Know tnat no was on the programme. For Second Oregon day Rev. Mr. Gilbert, wuo wm 10 maica tne address, and also General Summers, are out of the city and may not be present Arrangements will be made to get others to take the places of the speakers who will not be present although the time ls limited. The committee will do the best it can. For Thursday and Saturday, and Sun day, the programmes are fixed. Thurs day Jtroressor M. L. Pratt. H. V. Gates and Major T. C. Bell will be the speakers, and for Saturday Mrs. E. S. Miller, past department president of the Woman's Relief Corps, and Mrs. Lucia Additon will make the addresses. There, will ba programmes of musio by Brown's or chestra every evening. Sunday Rev Mr. Adkins, of Oregon City, will preach In the forenoon and Rev. Robert McLean of the Third Presbyterian. Church, will speak in the afternoon. In the evening there will be a sacred concert For to morrow and Friday it is hoped to fill up the vacancies In the programme today. The attendance oa each day promises to be large. East Side Notes. I. Schiller, residing at 28S Broadrnv. left for Hood River yesterday. F. A. Ford and family, living at BW East Pine street, left for Seaside yes terday. Mrs. George Landers, residing at 3f75 East Third and Schuyler streets, ls out of the city for the present Warren Pullen, a young man well known, and who has relatives at TrouN dale, died at Amity Sunday. William R, Stokes returned yesterday from Baker City, where ho went to bid on the erection of tho opera-house. Tha contract was secured by a local bidder. B. B. Coman and family, living: at 330 East Weldler street returned to their home yesterday, after an absence of a week. Br. C H. Raffety and wife have re turned from, their trip to Bull Run. Their horse took a run down a steep grade, but no harm was done. C A. Mooro and family, who have been rusticating at Wllhoit Springs, have re turned to their homo at 11 East Four teenth street North. W. W. Banks, of Portland; C W. Mc Laughlin, of California, and B. T. Hurl burt, of the Arlington Bank, have been visiting friends at Gresham. Winona Tribe, No. 4. ImDroved Order of Red Men, has issued invitations to friends to attend a social in the wigwam of the tribe. In Foss Halt Hawthoma and Grand avenues, Monday evening, August 27. Br. Wise, room 6H. The Dekum. A Philippine Protectorate. Indianapolis News, Ind. What Mr. Bryan and his party advocate is not an Independent Philippine re public, but a Philippine protectorate, a dependency, for the preservation of which as well as for the good conduct of which the Government at Washington shall be responsible. It Is verv much no )hnn.h we should establish a protectorate over a province of China In which the Boxers had terrified the peaceful and industrious people, and for the conduct of whose government we should be rnnni!hir. We do not believe that this proposition to extend the Monroe Doctrine to territory half-way around the world will appeal to the American people. The impression created by Mr. Bryan's discussion of this question ls ,at ne ,a tryjjjg- nanj to outline, a programme that shall be different from the one pursued by the Administration. In other words, he Is strugggllng to make an issue where none reauy exists. We believe that th run. BREAD DYSPEPSIA. The IHsestlnar Element Left Ont. Bread dyspepsia ls common. It affects the bowels because white bread ls nearly all starch, and starch ls digested In tha intestines, not in the stomach proper. Up under the shell of the wheat berry Nature has provided a curious deposit which is turned into diastase when it is subjected to tha saliva and to the pan creatic Juices in tha human intestines. This diastase ls absolutely necessary to digest starch and turn It Into grapo sugar, which ls tho next form; but that part of the wheat berry makes dark flour, and the modern miller cannot read ily sell dark flour, so Nature's valuable dlgestor ls thrown out and the human system must handle the starch as beet it can, without the help that Nature In tended. Small wonder that appendicitis, perito nitis, constipation, and all sorts of trou ble exist, when we go so contrary to Na ture's law. The food experts that per fected. Grape-Nuts Food, knowing these facts, made use. In their experiments, of the entire wheat and barley. Including all tne parts, and subjected them to moist ure, and Iong-continned warmth, which, allows time and the proper conditions' for developing tho diastase, outside of the human body. In this way the starchy part ls trans formed Into grape sugar In a perfectly natural manner, without the use of chem icals or any outside Ingredients. The little sparkling crystals of grape sugar can be seen on the pieces of Grape-Nuts. This food, therefore. Is naturally predi cated, and Its use in place of bread will quickly correct the troubles that have &ccn DnniaW aDour uy tne too rree usa of starch In the food, and that is very common In the human race today. The effect of eatinsr Graiae-Nuts ten days or 'two weeks, and the dlscontinu- """" "" c000 1Q umea wiwn this country ne contemplated Mr. Carlson secured the pre would rVtw tV nTI Arc . I ""? ot lnary wmte oreao, is very was a Republic.--i.lfe. promise of milk sufficient for both pur! Son on this MblShS? Mr Sfommls- marked- The user will gain rapidly in y ' s on on tms sject than Mr. Bryan. J strength and physical and mental health.