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21 MORAL PROGRESS OF WEST GREAT CONFERENCES AT FAIR WILL DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF MORALS AND ECONOMICS. THE HOBXIXQ QKEGONIA2?, liONDAT, JANTJABY 2, 1905. N OT only the material but the Intel lectual and moral progress of the world will bo displayed at the Fair. By resolution of the Board of Directors of the Lewis- and Clark Corporation, President Goode has appointed a com mittee of Ave on Lewis and Clark Con gresses, which will have charge of such conferences and congresses pertaining to the moral life and institutions of the Pacific Northwest as shall be .held un der the auspices of the' exposition; will have direction of, all Sunday religious services at the Exposition, If it shall be deemed wise to hold such services; and will endeavor, so far as practicable, to co-ordinate with our local organiza tions and needs all National or other large conferences pertaining to social photographs of school buildings and grounds, of classes at work and of neigh boring scenery: maps for binding and contour maps; raffia work and basketry! sewing and art needlework; manual work under the sloyd system; specimens of minerals, natural history, botany and curios. Demonstration classes in draw ing, calisthenics, physical culture, kinder garten and manual training are expected from the state schools for the blind and for deaf mutes. Not only the grammar and high schools, but the higher institutions will show their work and Us results, namely, the Oregon University, the State Agricultural College and the State Normal School. The private academies, colleges and busi ness colleges; the Catholic convents and their affiliated schools, and the Young Men's Christian Association will all lay before the people what they are doing, each of these In a separate exhibit, fol- a very large exhibit of cattle, sheep and swine from near home, but there will be much larger exhibits of flocks and herds from beyond the Rocky Mountains. As it will be the first tlm that the Eastern breeders have come out in force to meet the breeders of the "West, il behooves all the breeders of the Pacific Coast to get their studs, herds and flocks In the best possible show condition so 'as to try and keep the laurels of all the best and most popular breeds at home, demonstrating that we have not only the climate but the stock, and can hold our own in com petition with all tho "world. It will never do, after Messrs. Ladd. Blddle and the Baldwin, Sheep & Land Com pany have gone to St. Louis and won prizes and grand prizes, to let the Eastern breeders come out here and beat us. "This will be the first chance that UNITED STATES LIEK-SAVIXG CREW TKAIMXG AT STATION ON GUILD'S LAKE. progress which have selected, or may Eelect, Portland and the period of the Lewis and Clark Fair as their place and time of meeting. For those conferences which shall be directly under the con trol of this committee the attendance and voice of distinguished leaders will be procured. It is hoped to bring about such as semblages and utterances as shall be both historic and prophetic It will be the aim to have the relig ious institutes addressed by the lead ing men not only of every Christian church, but of the Mohammedan, Budd hist, Confucian and other Oriental faiths. Such men will be invited by the committee in charge. The National Conference of Charities and Correc tions will bring the leading men In that field of work being devoted to discus sion of those topics with special refer ence to the Northwest. The duties of citizenship in promoting good govern ment will be the subject of a National conference. If the National Municipal League can be induced to meet in Port land this year; otherwise a conference of Northwest cities on those subjects will be arranged. A conference of Northwest educators, reinforced by some of the National leaders in such work, will discuss problems of educa tion and kindred topics. History will be enriched with oral and written rem iniscences of pioneers, as well as ex hibits illustrating the settlement of the Northwest. Leaders of labor and capital, both in the Nation and the Northwest, will confer on Industrial questions. The subject of public health will be considered by leading sanitary authorities, who will attend the Ameri can Medical Association convention. "Women's work will be presented by able women of National fame, many of whom will attend the National Woman Suffrage convention. Carroll D. Wright, chief of the United States Bureau of Labor; E. E. Clark, chief of the Order of Railway Con ductors, and Jacob Bits will attend If dates can possibly be arranged, Mr. Wright having written a particularly friendly letter. The committee is In correspondence with President Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard; President Hadley, of Tale: Mr. Harris, the United States Commissioner of Education; Booker T. Washington, and others of equal stand ing, and has strong hopes of favorable replies. The National Civic Federation has also been interested in the Expo sition and will, it is thought, send a delegate. The Lewis and Clark Centennial will thus be more nearly upon an intellec tual and moral level with all other great Expositions, and In no other way, perhaps, could the social resources of this region be better made known and its social progress .stimulated. Sundays at the Exposition will be given up to religious services and dis cussions on charitable, social and scien tific topics. On that day the gates will not be opened until noon, all buildings except the Fine Arts. Auditorium and those of i similar nature will be closed throughout the day, and all machinery will be stopped. LEADER IN EDUCATION. Methods of Teaching Youth of Oregon Will Be Illustrated. yp S A STATE which has only 3 per r cent of Illiteracy, Oregon will mako education ono of the great features of her state exhibit. All the schools, public and private, have been Invited to partlcl pate, and preparation Is so general that It may safely be predicted that all will exhibit. Each of the principal cities and each county will display the work of Its gram mar schools, in all departments, both as to method and result, the county or city being the unit- The arrangement will be primarily by grades and subjects, so that the work of a certain grade In all the schools of Portland, for instance, will be brought together In comparison, so far as possible. There will also be a division by subjects within these lines, allowing of still further comparison. At the same time the name of the pupil and the school will be on each piece of work, that each may get full credit for its excellence. The high schools will make exhibits sep arate from the grammar schools of their cities, and may be brought Into compe tition as a separate class. So far as the primary rule of arrangement by exhibits allows, the work of any one school will be kept together that It may retain its individuality. Written work. In which original com position will hold the most Important place, will be bCund In volumes of 300 leaves, all of uniform size, with subjects always In the same order. The composi tions win ileal with subjects of local, state and National interest. There will be lowing the general plan of arrangement. Aside from the display in the experi mental ground and In the Agriculture budding, the State Agricultural College expects to make a complete exhibit of each department of study. Under the head of botany It will show, by means of laboratory apparatus, models and charts of how the science is studied. It will show all the apparatus used In dairying, with graphic illustrations of the amount of butter and cheese made from milk. Mineralogy will be represented by a blow pipe apparatus, about 100 mineral samples in bottles and apparatus used In extract ing metals. There will be complete sets of chemical apparatus and chemicals, with Illustrations of blowpipe analysis and mineralogy: pharmaceutical prepar ations and chemical sals; testtubes, con taining live organisms, with drawings and descriptions of them; apparatus for the study of them, and practical Illustra tions of inoculation of guinea pigs with various bacterial diseases; birds and in jects to illustrate Oregon zoology; writ ten wont in .cnc'ian irom every ciass; class work In history, art. mathematics, household science to include a model kitchen and pantry; library, physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engi neering, shop work in wood, iron and ma chinery. The military regiment of the Portland has had to sew what it can do In handling a large livestock show, and, owing to Its geographical situa tion, we could, with the right kind of effort, make Portland the international center of the Pacific Coast. The $40,000 put up by the Lewis and Clark Fair Board and the duplicate premiums put up by the different breeders' associa tions will give the largest premium list ever offered by any society in Ore gon or California. There will be five premiums in each class in 3-year-old bulls and over, ranging from 350 for first to ?10 for fifth. These premiums will be duplicated by the Shorthorn Breeders' Association, which gives 52500 to duplicate premiums. The Hereford Breeders Associations give the same amount, and other cattle-breeders' as sociatlons will help. The Sheep Rec ord Associations are also very liberal, giving from ?100 to 5150 for the differ ent breeds." A tract of 15 acres on the neck of the peninsula has boen allotted to the live stock exhibit and a spur track from the Northern Pacific Railroad will traverse It. affording facilities for de livery of stock right on the irround Here sheds and pens will be built ana all conveniences provided for the dairy e Lewis and Clark Exposition AT PORTLAND, OREGON . - Will Be Open Continuously From June 1, 1905, to October 15, -1905 One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Days college, under command of Lieutenant Qulnlan. U. S. A., will attend with its band of 24 pieces. Athletics and various other departments will also not be over GREAT LIVESTOCK SHOW. Owners of Blooded Stock Coming From Afar to Contest. LIVESTOCK will be the banner ex hibit of the Pacific Coast at the Lewis and Clark Fair, for the corpora tion has set apart 540,000 for distribu tion in premiums and the breeders' as sociations have made liberal additions to this sum. TJiIs will attract exhibit ors not only from all parts of the Pacific Coast, but from the Eastern States. East ern exhibitors have been put on their met tle by the capture of prizes for beef and dairy cattle, sheep and goats by Oregon exhibitors at St. Louis, and they will have a double motive for meeting their Oregon rivals on the lat ter's own ground. Richard Scott, of Milwaukle. who has chargo of the de partment, says to The Oregonlan: The livestock exhibit will by far ex ceed the most sanguine expectations of livestock breeders of this and the ad joining states, -as we are going to hav test of butter, milk and dual purpose cows. The fund has been allotted as follows: Horses, class A. 512.000; cattle, class B. 51C.500; sheep and goats, class C 56500; swine, class D, 53500; poultry and pets, class E. 51500. There will bo 20 classes for horses, 15 for breeding cattle, one for each breed of dairy cat tle and a prize for the champion of all breeds, 17 classes of sheep, three' of goat. 12 of hogs, IS of poultry and 20 of pigeons. ADMISSION IS AUTOMATIC. Drop Half-Dollar in Box and Will Openvto Fair. Gate VISITORS will enter the Fair through four ornamented gates equipped .with self-registering turnstiles, which will ad mit a person when he drops half a dollar into the box. while a separate stile will turn to admit children who drop 25 cents In the. box. This device has been adopted from St. Louis by Mr. Wakefield, who has charge of admissions as well as con cessions. It proved both practical and economical, reducing the cost of opera tion and saving people the trouble of buy ing tickets. As hard money circulates on the Pacific Coast. It will be easy to pro cure the necessary half-dollars, and they should be plentiful In Portland this year. OREGON'S FREE LANDS UNDER IRRIGATION The only cost to settler or purchaser, is for putting water on the land, which averages ten dollars ($10.00) per acre; and cost of mainte nance. Under State control. For full information, write or call COLUMBIA SOUTHERN IRRIGATION CO. 539 Worcester Building, Portland, Or. j u -x. - . -V GXirz 3V f Ml IK I m rs WHAT TIME HAS WROUGHT One hundred years ago those daring souls, Lewis and Clark, were fighting their way, step by step, through the dense forests of the Oregon Territory, beset on every hand by wild beasts and wilder men, who resented with a deadly hatred the coming of the white man. They, however, were In the keeping of an All "Wise Providence, and passed un harmed to their goal, the Pacific Ocean. From this point of view they took cognizance of the mighty rivers, mag nificent forests and fertile, valleys of this new world, and turning their faces toward the now Justly celebrated valleys of the "Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue Rivers, exclaimed. "Behold the Promised Lan. Here In the near future will rise an empire that for riebnes will be a mar vel and a wonder, the like of which no other land can boast." How true has been this prophecy only those who are familiar with the wonder ful resources of this most-favored re gion can know. Where erstwhile the savage roamed In search of fish and game, the prosperous farmer tills the soli, and bounteous harvests now make glad the heart and lighten the dally toIL Where deer were wont to herd thou sands of cattle graze, and where the bear, wolf and coyote prowled, ten thousand sheep browse on the hills and prosperity reigns supreme. "Where once the trail turned In and out, the only thorough fare through this vast domain, countless well-built wagon roads lead o'er hill and dale, and for six hundred . miles the Southern. Pacific Company's lines fur nish means of transporting not only the people from one part of the state to an other but also vaslous products to the local markets, as well as to the markets of the world; for be It understood that, notwithstanding Oregon ha3 less popu lation according to area than any other state in the Union, she is the greatest producer of them all. shipping from the valleys named nearly as much hops as Is produced in the balance of the United States, several hundred cars of fruit, principally prunes and apples, a great deal of which finds a. ready market in Europe; large quantities of stock hogs, cattle and sheep wool and mohair, and more poultry perhaps than from any other, part of the Pacific Coast, to say nothln? of the vast quantities of lumber which go to California and Eastern mar kets; in fact it is said .that for quantity and variety Southern Oregon leads tha world in timber. As to dairying, experts say that the re gion named equals if It does not excel any other dairy country on the globe. The mineral wealth of Southern Oregon Is wonderful, and it is not necessary to go to Alaska, suffering the privations in cident to that climate, when gold, silver, copper, quicksilver, nickel and many other minerals are at our very doors in Buch quantities as to astonish, those not familiar with this industry. Then, too, the climate is universally mild and no hardships are endured in pursuit of this wealth. To the people of the East or Middle West who contemplate making a chango with 'a view to bettering their condition, we would earnestly recomend that they Investigate this territory, which is with out question the "Garden Spot of the World." Land Is cheap, the climate de lightful and there Is no fear of floods or drouth, no cyclones nor storms, and sun stroke 13 unknown. Here one can in a few years become well-to-do without hav ing to wear hi3 life away. Investigate and you will surely locate here. AN OKEGON GOLD" MINE THE SUCCESS OF ONE OF THE MANY MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE THE past year has witnessed wonder ful progres In the quartz mining dis tricts of Western and Southern Oregon. Immense sums have been expended In prospect work. In the erection of stamp mills, smelters, etc, and there is no ques tion but that the results obtaining in the ensuing year will center the attention of mining men to these sections particu larly the Blue River district. Among the many mining industries of Oregon, the properties of the Great Northern Development Company, with headquarters at Eugene, stand out as one of the most promising In the entire field, and with the advent of the new year the Company Is able to show a condition of development that must, appeal to the good Judgment of all careful Investors. The Great Northern group of mines is situated in the northern part of the Blue River Mining District. Lane County, Or egon, and consists of eight full claims, carrying three wejl-deflned "veins, the values of which are almost exclusively In gold. The ore In these veins is of a soft, decomposed nature, a large per cent of it being black manganese. The formation is porphyry and all the conditions point to the existence of a large ore body. By an imense amount of prospecting work per- has been done on all the ledges, giving the most flattering results In assays, ex tent of veins, eta, the real energy of the company has been directed upon a single ledge in order to secure immediate re sults. Into this ledge two tunnels are being driven, one at the 100-foot level and one at the 300-foot level. The first tunnel Is In on the vein COO feet and shows as says from $10 up. The last assay made was from average samples taken across the face of the drift at the 450-foot point, and shows a value of $35.35 gold per ton! This vein Is cross-cut at the 400-foot point of the tunnel and shows a width of 30 feet of solid ore. The tunnel on the-200-foot level Is in about 200 feet, showing a 1 5? formed during the past year the com pany have demonstrated "that the prom ising surface showings are more than ful filled In the fact. While prospecting work well-defined ledge. At the proper point In thl3 tunnel an upraise will be driven to the upper tunnel and all ores from both tunnels will be delivered at tho mouth of the tunnel on the 200-foot level. It Is the Intention of the company at a later date, probably during 1305, to drive still another tunnel some 1500 feet further down the mountain side and In such lo cation that the magnificent water power furnished by the Calapoola River may be used for all mill purposes as well as for furnishing electricity for the entire plant. When this tunnel has been driven and the necessary shafts and cross-cuts have blocked out the Immense ore body known to exist, a second .and Independent mill will be erected, with a capacity of S00 to 1000 tons of ore dally. It Is confidently expected that this mill wHl be completed In the latter part of the year 190S, since, owing .to the soft nature of the rock, the proposed tunnel can be driven very rap idly and at comparatively little expense. The present mill, which has been in op eration for several months past. Is a two stamp plant and Is handling seven to eight tons of ore dally, saving in free gold on tho plates 'about $7 per ton. As no concentrator has been in use the past year, it has been Impossible. to save the base values In the ore which, according to the tests, consist of about two-thirds of the assay value. There is now In process of construction on the property a new mill of a minimum capacity of 60 tons daily. Thi3 will consist of four stamps, two concentrators and one "Huntington" a grinding process espe cially adapted to the economical handling of soft ores. Ore will be delivered to the mill In buckets running on a cable tram, working on the gravity system. Water, In a seven-inch pipe, having 150 feet head, will furnish the power. All these Im provements will be completed early In January. It Is the Intention to store -the concentrates for the present and in the Spring Install a ten-ton cyanide, plant, which It Is confidently expected will han dle the concentrates at a cost not to ex ceed 50 cents per ton. This will save the heavy expense of hauling to railroad and shipping to smelter, and will there-, fore add very materially to the net profit of each ton of ore handled at the mine. There are some 8.000,000 feet of standing timber on the property, suffi cient to supply the mine timbers: as well as material for outside construction for many years to come. A sawmill will be installed early the coming Spring for the purpose of supplying all necessary tim ber and lumber. One-quarter of the cap ital stock has been set aside as treasury stock, and all outlays for Improvement will be paid from the sale of the same. All profits of operation will be distributed in dividends payable monthly, beginning such payments early the present year. The officers and directors of the com pany, are: W. S. Standlsh, president and treasurer. H. C. Mahon, vice-president and secre tary. Directors W. S. Standlsh, H. C. Mahon. C. L. Inman, George W. Leslie and J. s! Mahon. These officers deserve great credit for the fine showing which has been made the past year through their energy and good judgment, and the stockholders are to be" congratulated that the property has so soon been placed on a paying basis. With a mllion dollars' worth of ore now blocked out, with many millions "known to be lying deep down In the earth awaiting the day when man's energy shall bring them forth to the light, with the 60-ton mill and power plant prac tically completed, with Immense water power available, with all. the timber nec essary for use In many years' operation of the mine, the future of the Great Northern Development Company bids fair to be even brighter than Its early pro moters ever dared to picture. i, . -"- ' BRIDAL VEIL LUMBERING CO. BRIDAL VEIL OREGON OREGON FIR AND LARCH