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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, HONDAS, APRIL" 21, 1902.
FIXING SIMON SLATE
Managers Are Working on
Legislative Ticket.
OTHER OFFICES ARE SETTLED
Tizimes of Rlcnnrd Scott, Sydney
Smith, Henry Hoirard, L. G.
Clarice and Henry Fries Are
Considered.
The Simon managers are at -work on
their share of the lesrlslatlve ticket.
Names of double the number to be se
lected will bo oresented to the mass
meeting, which will probably be h6ld
Tuesday evening. The names of Rich
ard Scott. Sydney Smyth, Henry How
ard, L. G. Clarke and Henry Fries are
being considered. The slate for the
city and county offices Is complete.
Yesterday the Simonlte managers "were
still arranging their legislative ticket.
Names mentioned were: Richard Scott, of
Slilwaukie, lor Joint Representative; Sid
ney Smith and Harry Howard, contract
ors, for the Board of Public "Works; I.
G. Clarke and Henry Fries, for Repre
sentatives. It was doubtful whether any
of the five would accept, and it was con
sidered wise to communicate with each
one before presenting the names to the
..mass meeting. Some others were men
tioned, and, if reports are correct, the
bosses will repeat the method used in the
Democratic caucus that lb, to propose a
number of candidates, and thus commit
each one whose name is presented to the
support of any hybrid ticket that may bo
nominated. To make the scheme a suc
cess, they will first secure the consent of
each man to the proposal of his name.
For county and city offices the bosses
had, up to yesterday afternoon, named
the following candidates, to be indorsed
by the Democrats:
For County Clerk J. P. Kennedy.
For County Auditor W. H. Pope.
For County Assessor Charles E. Mc
Donell. For City Treasurer George E. Streeter.
For Constable West Side, Lou "Wagner;
East Side, A. M. Cox.
The mass meeting, which will be com
posed entirely of Democrats and Slmon
ites. will be expected to Indorse all the
nominations. It will probably be held
Tuesday evening, as the Democratic
County Committee will meet tonight, and
that will require the attendance of 70 of
the. 177 delegates to the county and city
convention. The meeting of the commit
tee will be 'attended by some of the can
didates on the state and Congressional
tickets, who are seeking votes In Mult
nomah County.
"OSTLER JOE."
Tragic Melodrama Pleases Die; House
at Cordray's.
"Ostler Joe," a play founded on George
R. Sim's well-known poem, was played
before a big house at Cordray's last night
In a fashion which was eminently satifac
tary. Judging from tne reception it re
ceived. The play, ike the poem, tells the
story of a love great enough to triumph
over enough adverse circumstances to
scatter an ordinary passion to the four
winds of heaven a love for a wife who de
serts husband and child, and leads a life
rf exceeding rapidity among all classes of
London society, while her husband never
lor a moment thinks harshly of her, and
arrives at her death bed to tell her Tith
profusely flowing tears that there is noth
ing to forgive. It must be admitted that
cases of this kind are infrequent, not to
say rare, in real life, but there is some
thing in the blind devotion of the
hostler for his wayward wife that exerts
a strong Influence on the playgoer, and as
a consequence the applause was always
simultaneous with the presence of the hero
on the center of the stage.
The play, with true regard for the melo
dramatic proprieties, is cut up into five
acts, each showing a stage in the career
ot the girl who cannot see the advantage
of happiness in a hovel. She is taken.
irom. her lowly but happy home, where
ehe appears in the first act, to the villa
ci a Lord of much wealth and little char
acter, introduced again In his club, re
appears when her charms begin to fade
in a Whltechapel saloon, and finally ex
pires in a miserable room, deserted by
every one but the faithful husband, who
is true to the last.
The play contains a number of good sit
uations, and the dialogue, barring one or
two places where It exceeds the bounds
strictly necessary to the pointing of a
moral and the adorning of a tale, is all
that could bf desired. In the cast are
G. "W. Shields, who plays Ostler Joe with
considerable force; Frederick Montague,
who proves himself to be a good actor by
his portrayal of the character of Hugh
Stanley; Lucllc York, who Is the erring
wife, and a number of other people, all
of whom fit into their respective places
without rattling around. The scenery is
adequate, and the costumes are consider
ably better than the average. "Ostler
Joe" will run all the week.
TONIC FOR CHINESE.
Their Doctors Prescribe a Nice, Hot
Lizard Stew.
Among the many curious things found
in examining shipments of Chinese drugs
and medicines as they pass through the
hands of Customs officials, is a species of
lizard, or water newt, which is imported
in large numbers.
It is held in high esteem by the Chinese
as a tonic, and is used by stewing it up
with herbs, roots, etc "When an old Chi
nese doctor recommended it as a "valua
ble tonic, good to make old people strong,"
it was replied that the appearance of the
animal as prepared was very disgusting.
To this he responded, "It is no worse
than a frog, and many Americans are
very fond of frogs."
The fact, however, 1b that the animal,
which is practically nothing but the dried
skin, although the ribs and backbone,
head and tall are all attached, and are
spread out to their full extent with splints,
even the four tiny legs being extended on
sticks, is a much more disgusting looking
thing than a frog, the fleshy legs and
thighs of which are the only part eaten.
The thing is called "cup-guy" in Chi
nese, and thousands of them are sold by
the Chinese druggists here, for a price
which would not pay a white man for
whittling out the splints to make a
"spread eagle" of one. The Jaws of the
little animal are covered with full rows
of smalJ but sharp teeth, and the skin
covered with a sort of scales which make
it resemble the swift forms darting about
in desert places in the sagebrush and al
kali regions.
The average white man is never likely
to take kindly to this "tonic," but will
continue to put his faith in whisky and
quinine, -or whisky without the quinine.
the effects of which are moreperceptlble,
tnough, it may be, not so beneficial or
lasting:.
new roadjo alaska.
Captain John Healcy Says Project
"Will Soon Take Definite Shape.
According to Captain John Healey, who
during the past 17 years has been Inter
ested in a large number of Alaskan
projects, and well acquainted on Alaska
affairs, the plan of building a railroad
into the interior of Alaska, which shall
be-entiroly on American territory, prom
ises to take definite shape In the near
future. He has been told, on what he
considers good authority, that $3,000,000
has been placed In a bank at Seattle
to be used for this purpose.
The proposed road will start from
Valdez, an arm of Prince "William
Sound, and end at Fort Egbert or Eagle
City, on tho Youkon River about 450
miles inland. It will pass through the
Tannaah Valley which is reported to be
very rich in copper, and Its terminal
point at. Eagle City will be 200 miles
nearer Dawson than the terminal station
of the "White Pass road, which Is the
only road into Alaska.
Captain Healey In speaking of the ad
vantages of such a road is enthusiastic
"Tannaah Valley," he said, "promises to
be the richest valley in Alaska, and alone
would warrant the building of the road,
but such a road would by Its natural
advantages gradually acquire all of the
Dawson trade, which .now goes over the
"White Pass road. The same trip could
be made in two days that now takes from
six to eight days, and the 300 miles that
must now be covered by boat, or by
hauling over the Ice In the "Winter, would
be reduced to'100 miles. It is also desir
able to have a road that will be entirely
in American territory. All of our goods
must now pass through the hands of
Canadian custom officers, and it is very
easy for them to give a preference to
Victoria and Vancouver goods and 'se
riously handicap American merchants in
competing for Alaska trade.
FOR T. P. A. CONVENTION.
Local Committee Makes Arrange
ments lor Entertaining: Visitors.
Arrangements for the approaching Trav
elers' Protective Association convention in
this city were further discussed yesterday
at a meeting of the executive commjttee,
when it was reported that 5150 had been
raised toward expenses, leaving from $400
to $500, yet to be raised. It was also
stated that tho publishers who are to issue
the souvenir book report that they have
made considerable progress with it, but
that several business firms have so far
refused to advertise, on the ground that
they have now so much business to attend
to that they do not require to advertise
to draw more trade at this season of the
year.
A. N. Smith, on behalf of the transporta
tion committee, reported that Messrs.
Hammond and Mayo, of the Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad, had agreed to
furnish at a nominal cost 10 passenger
coaches, baggage car and engine, on the
occasion of the excursion of delegates
from this city to Astoria. The Astoria
Chamber of Commerce and the Astoria
Push Club have kindly agreed to provide
a fish, crab and clam dinner when the
delega'tes visit them. A vote of thanks
was tendered these donors for their kind
ness. The decorating committee stated that
the display of flags in this city when the
delegates arrive will ba a fine one, and
that they are meeting with success lp
their department. "In fact," remarked
one member of the committee, "a friend of
mine, now in New York City, writes me
that so many conventions are to hold forth
on the Pacific Coast this Summer that
the quantity of rolling stock required will
be something enormous, but the railroad
people say that all visitors will be amply
cared for."
It was the unanimous opinion of the
committee that the arrangements for the
reception of the delegates are in satis
factory shape.
DEATH OF GUS LINDEN.
Popular Spokane Commercial Trav
eler Passes Away.
Gus Linden, of Spokane, a well-known
and popular commercial traveler, died
yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mr.
Linden was not considered seriously ill
on Friday, having up to that time been
rapidly recovering from the effects of a
surgical operation, performed a week pre
viously, and was, in fact, arranging plans
with his brother as to his future move
ments Saturday morning a sudden turn for the
worse occurred, and he gradually sank,
until he finally passed away on Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Linden was a member of Spokane
Lodge, U. C. T., and of the Oregon and
"Washington divisions, Travelers' Pro
tective Association, and was associated
with his brother, Robert J. Linden, of this
city, in tne management or the Pacinc
Coast agency of an Eastern syrup refin
er'. Mr. Linden had a host of friends, who
vlll mourn his untimely end. He was a
genial companion and true friend, the
soul of honor in- all his dealings and his
straightforward manner of doing business
won him the confidence of the trade. He
first came to Portland from Boston, Mass.,
in 1SG8, when but 10 years of age. He has
had his home and business headquarters
at Spokane for a number of years. He
was 44 years of age. and unmarried.
The funeral will be held from the resi
dence of Robert J. Linden, 141 Thirteenth
street, corner of Alder, on Tuesday, April
22. Services will be held at St. Mary'B
Cathedral, Fifteenth and Davis streets, at
1:30 P. M.
ATTACKS A CHINAMAN.
Young? James Demitt "Wrestles "With,
a. Celestial and Is Arrested.
James Demitt, 19, years old, Is a youth
who has an aversion to Chinamen. Sev
eral weeks ago he was escorted to the
City Jail for Interfering with a distant
relative of LI Hung Chang, and last night
while under tho influence of liquor he
collided with a Chinaman at Sixth and
Morrison streets. The two had a wrestle,
and, breaking himself loose, the Chinaman
fled in terror. Just then Policeman "Welch
came up and arrested Demitt and took
him to the police station.
"What's your name?" asked the police
official in charge of the arrest department.
"Demitt," replied that worthy.
"None of that language around here,
young fellow," warned the policeman,
"you must not get gay."
"But that's my name," yelled the pris
oner. "Oh," said the policeman, in a relieved
tone. The charge against Demitt was
drunkenness, as the Chinaman could not
be found to make a complaint.
SPECIAL ON CRAVENETTE
RAGLANS.
Today and tomorrow only the regular
$25 raglans, made of the geaulne Import
ed waterproof cravenette, In the latest
style, will be sold for 518.50. This Is a
rare opportunity.
THE SILVERFIELD FUR MFG. CO.
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
Tou can enjoy the beautiful scenic at
tractions along the Columbia to the beat
advantage by taking the O. R. & N. Co.'s
superb train, which leaves Union depot
daily at 9 A. M., for Cascade Locks and
The Dalles. Returning. Portland is reached
at 4:30 same afternoon, or, if desired, re
turn trip can be made by steamer from
Cascade Locks, Sunday excepted, arriving
at Portland about 4P. E
i
If the lead in your pencil Is poor, try
one of Hardtmuth's "Koh-I-Noor."
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Great Sale of Kitchen Utensils today.
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Sunday's
News Condensed
All our Ladies' $25:00 Suits at $19.85.
All our $20-00 and $22.00 Silk Etons for $16.95.
Great sale of Corsets at 42c pair.
Great sale of Colored Silk Umbrellas at $1.89.
Wash Fabric Bargains 12c yard, 24c yard and
$1.15 pattern.
Opening sale of Boys' Wash Suitsgreat values.
Three great bargains in Laces and Tuckings.
- II HEIER & FRANK COMPANY
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BETTER MINES AT HOME
ST. HELENS DISTRICT RICHER
THAN THUNDER MOUNTAIN.
Much More Development "Work Done
Here, and the District Is Not
So Inaccessible.
PORTLAND, April 19. To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan of April 18 appears an
interview, of H. B. Brown, of Grange
ville, Idaho, In which he points out the
importance ,to Portland of the trade of
the Thunder Mountain district. In this
Interview, Mr. Brown gives a resume of
tho development and the character of the
oro found in, that district. He Bays- that
only two of the properties are. developed
in that district the Dewey, with 400 feet
of tunnel work, and the Falrview, with
160 feet. In the Dewey, the ore runs about
$S per ton. Reports from all parts of the
country indicate that a stampede is about
to take place to that remote camp.
That tens of thousands of people will
flock to that district during the coming
season is not an exaggerated estimate.
Even in staid Portland the fever is gain
ing headway.
If we may credit reports, there is no
doubt but that the Thunder Mountain dis
trict will become a large and rich camp.
But why Portlanders should look so Jar
from home when they have 'better with
in sight of their own city, it is not easy
to sec.
The St. Helens mining district Is at our
very door, and nature has made it trib
utary to us. And yet few realize that in
tho extent of the district, the character
of the ores, the amount of the develop
ment work, and the actual results In sight,
our own district Is so far superior to the
Idaho camp that comparison almost
dwarfs the latter to Insignificance.
For the 5C0 feet of tunnel work in the
Thunder Mountain district, the St. Hel
ens district can show not less than 10,000
feet. For the ?S ore of the first camp the
St. Helens district shows ore running from
$10 to $20 on the surface to upwards of 5100
in the tunnels, the ore bodies being in
solid masses. The Polar Star mine alone
has nearly 00 feet of tunnel work, and has
reached a depth of nearly 150 feet, and at
the end of the tunnel shows a solid mass
of copper ore bearing -gold and silver for
a width of seven feet, and the ledge has
not been crosscut. At the surface the
croppings are over 100 feet wide, and the
tunnel has penetrated that enormous mass
of ore, the smelting test and assays of
which show from 505 to over 5100 in value.
The Minnie Lee, owned by the same
company, has 250 feet of tunnel and a
ledge at the end of the tunnel three feet
and nine inches in width, and showing a
high grade of ore.
The Goat Mountain Mining & Tunnel
Site Company has 150 feet of tunnel work,
and an excellent prospect. The Germanla
has 250 feet of tunnel work and a fine
showing of rich ore. Dr. Coe's mine, the
Earl, has 750 feet of tunnel work. The
Bronze Monarch, COO feet, and he has over
1700 feet on his other properties. Smelter
tests fTom his Norway mine have aver
aged 1.1 ounces of gold per ton, besides a
rich showing In silver and copper.
Tho Ladd and Bourne mines have had a
large development during the last yean
There are now more than 100 properties In
the district being developed, and so far
not a single property has been abandoned
because of an unsatisfactory showing.
, Nearly all this work has been done in
the last two years, and so quietly that
few know anything of It, and no one save
those Immediately Interested have any
conception qlthe magnitude of the work
or of the possibilities of the district. All
this work, except that' of the Ladd and
Bourne mines, has been done by men of
small means, and Is now being prosecuted
.by them with vigor.
In the Idaho district lumber is worth 5100
per 1000 feet, and Is scarce at that. Tim
ber Is scarcer, and will become more so.
It is 100 miles from a railroad. The St.
Helens district Is but 25 miles from a rail
road, and but CO miles from the City of
Portland, tho commercial center of the
Northwest. Every claim has on It a
large quantity of the best of timber, much
of it bearing from 10,000,000 to 12000,000
feet per quarter section. Every mountain
stream furnishes an abundant water
power to run the machinery ot a sreat
mining camp.
No other mining district in the world
can show such results with a like expendi
ture of money as the St. Helens district.
The great Butte copper mines, after spend
ing from 540,000 to 550.000, made no such
showing as the Polar Star. No effort has
been made to get a railroad Into this dis
trict, and yet the Portland, Vancouver &
Yakima is extending its road into the
heart of this district, and Is now but 25
mlles-away. There is a road reaching out
from the Northern Pacific at Ostrander,
and another at Castle Rock, with the pos
sibility of the Tacoma &. Eastern tapping
this district in the extension of its lines to
the-near-by coal mines. It is also rumored
that the O. R. & N. may build a road into
the same fields In its effort to get to the
caol fields.
A. H. Goddard, of Castle Rock, Wash.,
brother of the Wisconsin timber man who
owns 15.000 or 20,000 acres of timber land
along the course of a railroad frccn Castle
Rock, to these mines, has recently esti
mated the timber adjacent to such a road
at 14.000.000,000 feet of lumber. Mr. God
dard has been over the whole of the dis
trict, and personally inspected the same,
and knows of what he Is talking. Mr.
Goddard is about to take a trip to the
)ar0irir
East for the purpose of arranging for the
construction of a railroad into the district.
Dr. H. W. Coe has recently returned
from a trip to the large mines In New
Mexico and Arizona, and in every one of
the large mines he saw Oregon timber,
and in several of the smelters coke and
coal from Tacoma, Wash. Dr. Coe also
says that In all the great mines, except
the United Verde, they are mining for
copper only. Yet, 1000 miles from tide
water, without freight competition, with
scant water for mining, and none for
power, with a total absence of local tim
ber and high prices for coal and coke,
these companies are able to pay large div
idends. How much more, therefore, can
the St. Helens district be depended upon,
with its access to transportation, timber,
water and coal and coke, and with ore
rich enough in gold and silver to pay for
working, treating the very rich copper as
a by-product!
With all this wealth at home, much of
it to be had for the faking. It is not easy
to be seen why our people should become
excited over a remote and Inaccessible
district. Why not garner the better
things In our own back yard?
G. G. AMES.
COST NOT INCREASED.
Delay "Will Not Affect Drydock, Say
a Commissioner.
"I notice," said a member of the Port
of Portland Commission yesterday, "that
a member of the board is quoted as say
ing that the delay in letting the drydock
contract has resulted in increasing the
total estimated cost of the drydock about
520.000. That is not true. At least, wo
have had no information from any
authoritative source that would lead us
to think that it was true. The estimates
of Engineer Blackwell are not at all dif
ferent from the estimates ho gave us
three months ago, except, possibly, in
the one item of lumber, which has in
creased 51 per thousand. In that event
wo shall have to pay about 53000 more
than it would have cost us then.
"But all engineers' estimates then were
tentative, as they are now. Physical con
ditions have not changed, and no harm
has been done by the delay, except the
annoyance of the delay' Itself; and for
that the commission is not in the slight-,
est degree to be blamed. The matter of
the bids and estimates for a drydock
was then carefully weighed, and I am
prepared to assert that the commission
did exactly what it ought to have done
and that was to accept the offer that,
under all the circumstances seemed the
best. It could not have been foreseen
that the contractors would 'play horse
with us; and when the commission dis
covered it, all negotiations with Faber,
Du Faur & Donnelly were broken off."
PERSONAL MENTION.
Governor and Mrs. T. T. Geer spent
yesterday in tho city.
Walter Lyon, private secretary to Gov
ernor Geer, was in the city yesterday.
State Senator William Kuykendall, of
Eugene, is at the Imperial, accompanied
by his wife.
Frank W. Benson, one of Roseburg's
leading lawyers, and a brother of Judge
H. L. Benson, is at the Imperial.
W. F. Butcher, Democratic candidate
for Congress from tho Second District, is
registered at the Imperial from Baker
City.
W. A. Wann, Democratic candidate for
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, is registered at the Perkins from
Eugene.
R. Alexander, tho well-known Pendle
ton merchant, who Is at the Imperial,
says that times were never more pros
perous than they are today in Umatilla
County.
A. G.' Hovey, president of the Dane
County Bank, Eugene, is spending a few
days in the city. He says that Dane
County's Republican majority In the June
election will he a record-breaker.
Mrs. Adair, of North Yakima, is in the
city, having been called to the bedside of
her mother, Mrs. Owens, a pioneer of
1813, now dangerously sick at the resi
dence of her daughter, Mrs. H. Abraham.
John S. McClure, a prominent young
railroad man of Seattle, Is it the Per
kins. Mr. McClure is an Oregon boy, be
ing a native of Lane County. He is a
brother of the late Professor Edgar Mc
Clure, who was killed on Mount Rainier
five years ago.
NEW YORK, April 20. Northwestern
people at New York hotels are:
From Portland W. C. Lawrence and
wife, J. Simon, at the Waldorf.
From Seattle C. F. Shepard, C. H. Kiel,
at the St. Denis; F. C. Harrington, at the
Ashland.
Longrfellovr's Old Home.
Boston Transcript.
The repairs on the outside of the old
Longfellow home, Portland, Me., have
begun. The house Is to have a new roof,
and the woodwork and blinds are to be
painted. The door In the vestibule, from
the street. Is to be restored to its orig
inal appearance, and the old stone front
doorstep, which has been covered up
many years. Is to be raised and used
again, sls formerly. Over this old step the
family had gone from the beginning
of this house. On It stood Zllpah
Wadsworth in 1793, the mother of the poet
Longfellow, and presented a standard to
the Portland Federal Volunteers, the first
uniformed military company in Maine.
This company was reorganized as the
Portland Light Infantry, and next year
the present members are anticipating a
centennial celebration.
TO ENLARGE POWER PUNT
PORTTiAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
CO. TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
Building: "Will Be Erected at Sev
enth and Alder New Dynamos
Have Been Ordered.
The Portland General Electric Company
Is preparing to make extensive additions
and improvements- to Its plant. In order
to keep abreast of the Increase of busi
ness incident to the rapid growth of the
city. The plant In the generating sta
tion at "Willamette Falls Is to bo In
creased hy the Installment there of four
750 horse-power dynamos, as soon as they
can be secured. The order for these dy
namos has been placed, but builders of
electric machinery are all so busy these
days that It will be impossible to get all
these machines at once. It is expected!
however, that one or two 01 tnem win
be installed this Fall, and the others by
the first of next year.
This addition to the plant at "Willamette
Falls station will, of course, render nec
essary a corresponding increase in the
plant at the station In this city, and, in
order to furnish the additional accom
modation for new transformers and
switchboards, and the rearrangement and
extension of their distribution service, the
company will erect a fireproof building
at the cornjer of Seventh and Alder streets.
The transmission lines between this city
and the generating station at the Falls
will also be overhauled, and the voltage
increased to about double what it Is at
present, and the Insulation improved, so
as to do away with any loss of current in
transmission and add to the efficiency of
the plant.
These additions and improvements will
Increase the capacity of the company's
plant to 10,000 horse-power, and there Is
still room to make other additions when
required, as the power available at Wil
lamette Falls Is practically unlimited.
THE DEMO-SIMON ALLIANCE
A Striking? Letter From n Citizen of
Wasco Conntr.
MOSIER, Or., April 19. (To the Editor.)
I wish to contribute this much to the
campaign. I was. somewhat prominent in
the campaign of 1896 in support of Mr.
Bryan, and In 1898 In support of Mr. King
for Governor, but I feel like saying some
thing now In the interest of the Repub
lican ticket.
It Is not useful to say much about my
self, more than that I am a very humble
citizen of Wasco County, entirely In pri
vate life. However, I helped to organize
the Republican party in Illinois, In 1S54. at
which convention we discovered the stuff
in Abraham Lincoln that makes good
Presidents, and saw in him in 1858 a pos
siblo candidate.
I have been a life-long Republican, In
harmony with my party except the two
campaigns above named. Neither Is it
useful to name the reasons why I acted
with the Democrats, except that It was
a matter of principle exercised by an
American citizen, in a higher sense than
party. I was opposed to the election of
McKinley, and to Mark Hanna as a Na
tional boss. I was opposed to the elec
tion of Mr. Geer, and to Mr. Simon as a
state boss. I was opposed to the machine,
and tried to defeat It at the polls.
In those two campaigns the main argu
ment used by the Democracy, so far as
Oregon was concerned, was the charge
that Joe Simon was an unscrupulous
demagogue and political boss for revenue
only. Ho was said to be devoid of princi
ple. They claimed that he had control
of the machinery of the Republican party,
making merchandise of the offices, and
that the decent element of the party was
powerless to do good. I believed it, and
his methods were so distasteful, so unfair,
so far from statesmanship, that I acted
with the Democracy, as did many other
Republicans. I believed this was the right
thing to do at that time.
It was the Democratic war cry that the
domination of the Republican party by Mr.
Hanna, Senator through practices in the
Ohio Legislature which had their counter
part in the election of Mr. Simon In Ore
gon, showed a degree of disgrace and dis
honor that cannot be tolerated by high
minded men of any party. Knowing these
things, it is only needful to state that
pome method should be adopted of teach
ing the people with the facts. I said these
things myself, and don't yet deslro to re
tract. No Democratic orator failed to Impress
his audience with the Importance of de
feating the Republican party in order to
defeat the adroit Mr. Simon, whom they
claimed turned all political tricks In mod
ern politics to his own personal use, at
the expense of the public good. No Demo
cratic newspaper failed to lay the sins of
the Republican party at Mr. Simon's door.
It was claimed that he was the core of
the rottenness of the party, and If the
party could get rid of Mr. Simon that the
Republican party would be In itself good
enough.
When In Portland, a few days ago. I
found the managers of the Democratic
campaign were In partnership with Mr.
Simon. At least they said they were. It
was denied, however, that Mr. Chamber
lain was in the. scheme, or that he had
any knowledge of it. I said: "Surely, Mr.
Chamberlain is not a fool; no one takes
hkn for being Ignorant of what Is going
on. Since every one else knows it, how
could it be kept from Mr. Chamberlain?"
LDS.-WD
ONE DAY SALE OF
CHIFFON HATS
at $1.45
Stylishly draped effects in
black, white, pink, blue or tan.
General favorites and
TODAY ONLY $1.45
BARGAINS FROM ALL ROUND
THE STORE
"Marvel" Washable. Kid Gloves worth $2.00 at....$1.69
Novelty Wash Ribbons, 40c and 35c kinds
only 23c yard
Ladies' Handkerchiefs, pure linen, hemstitched,
special 10c each
Big Sale of Laces. Reduced prices 10c, 18c to 98c yd
650 Flannel Waist Patterns with fancy yoke, em
broidery, etc $3.65 each
Novelty wool Waistings, many colors, $1.50 and
$L25 grades :.....98c yard
Irish Point Lace Curtains at very special prices.
$13.50 Frou Frou Portieres, something new, only $8.50 pr
All Velocipedes and Tricycles just half price.
Extra reductions on Ice Cream Freezers.
Misses' San Toy Hats worth 75c at 49c each
65c Rough Straw Sailor Hats this week 29c each
Reduced Prices on Flowers and Foliage.
Ladies' Slippers and Oxfords at special prices.
TTlSJf "DOMf"" As made
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24,sky 1FM f Jikn-
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Great vSale of Pictures
and Picture Fram?s
eetitaceeetto(istaeQt8te9
3ut it was generally understood that the
spoils of office were to be equitably di
vided between the" Bourbon element of
Democracy and the Simon faction of the
Republican party.
If this is Oregon Democracy In 1902, then
I am not a Democrat. If It is spoils the
Democratic party Is after, and It will
abandon Its principles for the hope of
office for a few of its leaders, every man
that was a silver Republican In 1896 should
abandon them now, for if Mr. Simon was
a villain before he was defeated In the
Republican primary election, he would
not become a saint simply from the fact
that he sulked out of the Republican parjy
and joined the enemy of his party In a
compact to receive a part of the spoils of
office.
I desire, therefore, to urge every Repub
lican in Oregon who acted with the. De
mocracy in 1898 and 1898, for the same rea
sons that I did, to not longer hesitate as
to his duty In this campaign.
Mr. Simon's political methods are either
right or wrong. If they were right in
1896 and 1S9S, the Democratic party was
wrong in those- years when it exposed him.
If he was wrong then, he Is wrong yet,
and the Democratic party goes in partner
ship with him to do wrong for the sake
of getting a part of the offices, and make
a contract to do wrong to obtain plunder.
With these racts called to Vour minds,
and at a time when the issues of 1SSS are
obsolete, I wish to appeal to every silver
Republican to exercise his calm good judg
ment under the circumstances of today
as to what is best for the public good,
regardless of what individual It might
hurt or promote. If voters are actuated
by what seems to them to be right, they
need have little fear of doing wrong.
THOMAS HARLAN.
BUTCHERS WILL PROTEST
Proprietor "Will Be Asked Not to
Violate Closing Agreement.
At the meeting of the Butchers' Union,
held yesterday afternoon at Eagles' Hall,
a committee was appointed to confer with
the proprietors of shops who had violated
their agreement wltn the union, and sold
meat later than 9 o'clock on Saturday
night.
Some time ago the union men asked that
the shops be closed at 6:20 every night
during tho week and at 9 o'clock on Sat
urday nights or nights before holidays,
and that they be closed on Sundays.
The people, they argued, once In the
habit of bo doing, could Just as well buy
their meat within these hours, and their
days could be shortened without any ef
fect upon the amount of business. Their
request was granted and agreements en
tered into with all the employers except
ing ono or two. Saturday night, however,
several shops that had signed the agree
ment kept open after 9 o'clock, some as
late as 10 o'clock, and a few even opened
their shops Sunday morning.
If the offense be allowed to go un
noticed, the union men say, It will be
MM
N
-SALE OF
LADIES' WHITE
PETTICOATS
Muslin or cambric with double
flounce of lawn, lace edged, or
cambric flounce with tucks
and embroidery trimmings,
worth $1.00, now
ONLY 73 CENTS EACH
ieecttie9
by Hamley Bros., High Holborn,
Eng., $2.25, $3.50, $3.95, $5, $6.50
Vfa
LADIES'
Real value $15
Special
today
These Raglans are made of all
wool covert cloth; colors are
tan, gray and black; made with
three top capes, half fitted back,
turned flare cuffs, velvet collar,
half lined; also without capes
and with flounce skirt. Most
pronounced bargain at $9-85.
only a short time until the other shop3
will have to keep open later for their own
protection, and the butchers will have to
go back to their old hours.
At the meeting yesterday no Ill-feeling
was expressed, the general belief being
that the offenders had done so without
consideration, and that when their atten
tion was called to the matter there would
be no further trouble.
Rates to Educational Meeting.
For the association meeting at Minne
apolis in July next, the Northern Pacific
has named a rate of ?52 from Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle and other North Pacinc
Coast common points to Minneapolis and
return. Tickets will bo on sale June 23
and July 1 and 3. good till September 1
for return. Stopovers will be allowed
both going and returning, but going trip
must be commenced on date of sale and
Minneapolis reached by July 10.
On the same dates', tickets will also be
sold to Missouri River terminals at the
same rate and with the same conditions.
Tickets to either Minneapolis, St. Paul, or
Missouri River points will be good to re
turn via a different route. Tickets will
also be sold to Chicago on the same dates,
same conditions governing, at the rate of
$72 for the round trip.
TRIED TO GET TIRED
In Order to Bring: on Sleep.
When people are kept awake by coffee
drinking and get into a nervous con
dition from it, they try all sorts of ways
to overcome the trouble, but generally
endeavor to stick to coffee.
A lady says In part of a long letter:
"The only way I could get any sleep at
all, at that time, was by walking at night
In the yard until I got so tired I would
fall asleep as soon as I touched the bed.
but after a little I would commence roll
ing around and could not He still or sit in
one place for any length of time.
"I became despondent and unhappy. My
stomach was all out of order, and my
nerves absolutely broken down. One day
a lady friend, when calling, said: 'My
dear, I believe it is coffee that makes you
so sick and nervous.' I replied: 'I don't
believe coffee hurts any one. !My phy
sician knows that I use coffee and he has
never said anything about Its being hurt
ful.' She replied: T can't help that, they
did not tell me either, but I found out
myself when I quit coffee and began to
use Postum that I got well.'
"I will never forget that October even
ing three years ago, when I had my first
cup of Postum. It was made right, and
tasted, oh, so good. In leas than a week
I could see a considerable Improvement
and the second month I was well and
happy and peaceful again. I have kept
so'ever since, and am now the picture of
health, and do lots of hard work when I
want to." Name given by Postum Com
pany, Battle Creek, Mich.
RAGLANS
$085