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It is of long continuance, and the end probably is not yet. As all know, it has grown mainly out of the contention during many years around the name, personality and career of Senator Mitchell. More recently It has borne the name of a contest between the Mitchell and Simon factions. Judge Williams, though not a partisan of either faction, has been deemed more favorable to the Mitchell faction than to the other. This cost him votes on Monday. It was, however, but a single fact or incident among a multitude. Each faction fears that the other will get some advantages, and each uses "the knife" for the handy purpose of preventing it. Many candidates for the Mayoralty contended in the primary election. The large Republican .majority in the city held out expectation of success to the person who might get the nomination. But this -was to reckon without those who should fail to get it. It seems, as The Oregonlan had so often suggested or predicted, that a nomination by a plurality, which often -will be a email one, is not held to be of binding force on party men, many of -whom consider "themselves free from obligation to party, and will vote -with the opposition to turn down the candidate so nomi nated especially for an Important of fice. In this factional contest some acted fromone motive,some from another and opposite one both descriptions, how ever, -withholding their votes from Williams, some throwing their votes directly to Lane. Some voted against Williams in order, as they said, to "finish Jack Matthews"; others as "a rebuke" to the administration for "pushing the prosecution of Mitchell" and "turning Jack down." Simon men desire present chaos, that they may find a chance of getting hold of the party machinery again; Mitchell men, to show their resentment and furnish proof that the party without their lead ership cannot win. Some things done by the Common Council were objection able, ac least were censured; and the Mayor was blamed on that score. In vain he explained that the members of the Common Council were not his ap pointees; the people had elected them. Some, bating Hunt, the Chief of Po lice, declared they meant to vote against Williams as the only way to get rid of Hunt, and doubtless they did. And such as had grievances against the Executive Board "took it out of Williams." as they said they would. The hullabaloo about "vice" and "reform" had little or no effect. There is vice, of course, and constant need of reform, but conditions will not be better under Lane than they are un der Williams. People do not deceive themselves about these matters even those who. chiefly for a cry, set up be fore election their voices for "reform." It is useless, perhaps', to advise aban donment of these factional differences In the Republican party. If members of one faction can't have the lead they are resolved that members of the other faction shall not profit; so it becomes increasingly doubtful whether any Re publican candidate can be elected to an important office. Each and every one of these acts, by which candidates are sacrificed to factional spite, makes res toration of harmony more difficult Be sides, it is becoming apparent that the new primary election law is an instru ment of party dissolution,' since men are heard on all sides to say that they will not be bound to vote for a candi date whose nomination was effected by a plurality but little larger than the vote received by each of several oth ers. This, strikes us as the sure conse quence to the majority party, under this primary law. With this law in op eration next year, some candidate for Governor on the Republican ticket will have but a plurality perhaps but a small percentage of the total vote. Then the rest of them will probably ''knife" him, in the election. Men 'ervwherv ar h pa rfl to mt -f hnt imri nomination is no nomination. Factional contentions promote and nnrx-rt this view. The primary law certainly gives laqnon. sucn as exists in the Republl can party in this state, rare opportu nlty to display and disport itself. BIGGER .NEXT YEAR. 'They sayj' there would have been many more votes throughout the cltv. especlally in the First. Second. Thirri and Fifth Wards, "if Tom Word hadn't stopped them. Possibly; and The Oresronlan does not complain that he stopped them though many doubtless would have been leiral and they might have been cast for one party or for the other. The Oregdnlan doesn't pretend to know. But Tom Word will not be stopping votes in these wards or elsewhere next year. He will be getting them out to pie pons and will be assuring protec uon to tnem all. One year hence Renublieans of Port. land will know what they did and the consequences of it. when the executive power of the state, of the county, of tne city, is used to the utmost to make democratic majorities in the "North End" and all over town. The Democratic machine will consist of the Governor, the Mayor, the Dis trict Attorney, the Sheriff, the Chief of Police and the whole executive force of state, county and city, standing behind the effort to pile un a vote, and to make .Democratic majorities. Nobody then who can be had to use a Democratic ballot will be afraid to vote in the North End, or anywHere else In cityor county. You may look out then for three times the vote In the North End that was cast last Mondav. And five- sixths of .It will be for the Democratic ticket. Three thousand Democratic majority mas easily be made. In the jortn End. it will be done "legally." too. It will only be necessary that men be encouraged to register and encour aged to vote and assured of protec tion, uy the.powers that be. It will be no safe locality for the quiet citizen, who might have disinclination to hustling or to head-breaklnsr. Then there will be rejoicing over the great vote in the North End. whereas now there Is rejoicing over the small vote tnere. It may carry everythlmr In cltv and county; it may elect the members of tne .Legislature; it may re-elect Cham berlain, and Dosslblv nut evervthinir in the state in the hands of the Demo cratic party. In any event, whether it no so far or not, look out next year, look out for a vote In the North End and In other parts of the city such as you never saw before. And those Republicans who have placed everything In Democratic hands, then, will realize fully what It means. N. B. This article will be reprinted a year hence. A TITLE FAIRLY AND FULLY WON. The efforts of the citizens of Portland in the line of rose culture, looking to a display of roses this June that would confirm Its right to be called the Rose City, have been repaid by such a wealth of bloom, such a variety in color and tints, and such a diffusion of fragrance, as leave no cloud whatever on the title. Roses by the million have bloomed in the city gardens and door yards, along the curbs, in the corners everywhere during the last two weeks. They have cast their petals and been succeeded by others, while the plants still bristle with the promise of contln ued bloom, pledged in thousands and yet again thousands of buds. The rains have drenched them, but have not dls couraged their continued bloom; the south wind has blown in gusts rudely upon them, only hastening by a little time the fall of their petals. A nun dred thousand roses, it was said, were cut and used in the rose display at the Agricultural building at the Exposition grounds last Saturday, and they were not missed from the bushes. Four days previously the graves in the city ceme terles were literally blanketed with roses, and no perceptible inroad was made upon their number. The profu son of the "first blooming" is confident ly expected to last until after Pioneer day June 15 though heavy demand will be made upon It by commencement exercises in all the schools which will be held a few days earlier. After that date It will be Incumbent upon the rosegrowers and roselovers of the city to come to the rescue of the rose bushes with the pruning shears, if they would meet with a generous re sponse in the second blooming. Even now the scissors should be applied freely to the spent blooms that make rose bushes unsightly and sap their strength. A little care and a good deal of industry will be required in these lines If we are to have roses in moder ate abundance throughout the Summer, when the bulk of the Fair visitors reach Portland. The title "Rose City" has been fairly won. Let rosegrowers large and small work for Its permanence. NEUTRALITY. The last few days we have had an American version of the duties of a neutral, unfettered by special relations to either of two belligerents. Weeks preceding the naval battle of the Japan Sea showed to the world how friendly actions of vital importance to one bel ligerent may consist in observing the letter, but defying the spirit, of neu trality. This was the French method. The course of conduct by the British government towards the Russian fleet. through all the earlier stages of its voy age to the "East, was a demonstration. of a desire to preserve the strict rules of neutrality from the British stand point, and with strictness directed sharply to avoiding any help to Rus sian chips. So the one word, neutral ity, covers a variety of actions. How does the French nation Interpret it? The (friendly) belligerent may ac cumulate stores of coal, of provisions. of supplies of divers sorts, in French ports. The belligerent fleet may enter the neutral's harbors and there stay. until rested, cleaned, fed, watered, re cruited. A French port may serve as place of rendezvous for scattered ships. as a waiting place for chartered colliers of various nationalities. French coasts may be used for a naval promenade. with as many stops as may be desired by the belligerent to spin out weeks. aye months, of time. When objection is politely made, a sufficing answer, from the French point of view, will be to admit the soft Impeachment, but ex cuse the "aid and comfort to the bel ligerent by saying that the other one might do the same, if It so desired. To the onlooker this is alliance (not neu trality) carried up to the fighting point The Britisher sees things Just a little differently. The Russian Just looks in. in passing, at a. British port "Any ships here for me? "Not one.' "Any telegrams or mall?" "Here they are. take them and go." "Any fresh beef and pork for my sailors that you can let me haveT' "Not a cask." . "How about staying for a day or two; some of my ships are a little behind?! "One day. no more, then get out and on." "What about coal? I will pay a good price. "You can take as much as. will, with what you have, take you to your near est port; not a ton more, at any price." Rather a cold shoulder, one thinks, but strict neutrality after the British ver sion. And British ships are on hand to see that the Russian does not loiter along a British coast Then comes our turn. Three Russian ships of war come limping into Manila, shot half to pieces, and full of wounded sailors. "You are our friends, our tra ditional friends." says the Russian Ad miral; "you see the state my ships are In. Let me repair, and I will then go on to sea." "Repair? Yes," says the American Government, "but only to the point of seaworthiness as ships. Just ships, you can mend those holes, and repair those engines no more. As a ship of war. no belligerent can or shall use our dockyards. As soon as your ships can go to sea without sink ing In the first storm, then sail you must. If you cannot, or will not, con sent to this, dismantle your ships, dis able your guns, and you can stay in the American port until the end of the war." This, after all. is common sense, the real meaning of neutrality. -To the limit of humanity we will go for either side. To allow ourselves to be made use of to assist in the war by indirec tion, here we draw the line. For wounded sailors we offer the best our surgeons can do, or our hospitals sup ply. The beauty of a simple and straight forward course Is that it raises no real trouble with either side. From neither Russia nor Japan has a word of com plaint been heard. Nor, we venture to say. will there be so long as "neu trality" Is by us honestly translated into action. RETALIATION" THAT MAY HURT. The United States is a big country. It is one of the greatest countries on earth. In fact, we generally believe that It is the greatest. Politicians, de lighted with applause of the grand stand, love to tell us how we are so mighty that we are Independent of all other nations on earth In all things. They almost lead us to believe that we can get along without In any way In viting favor from less fortunate na tions. Acting to a considerable extent on that theory, we have erected an Im penetrable tariff wall around many of our Industries. We have also been car rying enforcement of the Chinese ex clusion act with a pretty high hand. In both cases retaliation is slightly over due, and Is apparently about to strike us. ve have doubled and trebled our export trade with Germany, and In re turn we have shut out Germany's beet sugar, bulbs, toys and other specialties, from which her commercial llfeblood Is formed. Before our exorbitant tariff shut out German sugar our consumers paid much lower prices than are now ex acted by the sugar trust, and It was the friendly reciprocal trade relations then existing that laid the foundation for our present Immense trade with Germany. But the sugar trust con vinced us that we did not need to 1m port German sugar, and we shut It our. and restricted the import trade In other commodities. Germany has been mod erately patient over this unfair policy. but has at last acceded to the general demand for retaliation. Early next year American exports will go up against a German tariff wall erected especially for the United States, with many openings through which the prod nets of other countries will be admitted on more favored terms. We can live without the German trade, because our politicians have assured us that we are Independent of any and all other na tions on earth. Nevertheless, the e'nor mous and rapidly increasing trade of that country is well worth handling. and our loss will be the gain off the favored nations" who conduct busi ness on the give-and-take policy, which alone can establish and maintain friendly trade relations between en lightened countries. Our independence of the rest of the world, which in this case means our dependence on the tariff-bullded trusts. is about to play havoc with our trade with Germany. It Is also in a fair way to shut iis out of one of the richest trade fields on the globe. China, which Is now pul sating with a new life, has been nurs ing a grievance that Is older than that of Germany, and, while the cause is In some respects different from that which is now threatening our trade with Ger many, the germ from which It sprung was the old belief of absolute inde pendence of the rest of the world. With desire to march in the ranks of a civilization which has lifted Japan from an obscure heathen nation Into a world power. China has been displaying much Interest In internal development and establishment of trade relations with other nations. The United Staes, through Its geo graphical position, is much better situ ated for profiting by this awakening than any other country; but we will not get that share of the business to which we are entitled unless a sudden change is made in our policy regarding China. The tariff is one of the grievances which the Far East has against us, but the factor of greatest importance is the manner In which our exclusion laws are enforced. When the treaty of 3894 went Into effect, and the exclusion laws began shutting out undesirable Chinese laborers, there was a mild protest against the unnecessary severity exer cised at times in enforcing the law. The assent of China to the first exclu sion law, which was enacted In 1ES2. was obtained under the belief that the limitations should be reasonable and should apply only to "laborers," other classes not being Included in Its limi tations. Under this Interpretation of the law, the only Chinese required to register in 1S9 were laborers. The same rules were followed in-the second, registration, which expired in May," ISM. and since that time there has been no registration. Meanwhile a large number of Chinese whose vocation, when registration of laborers was demanded, did not require that they register, had become labor ers. They were here lawfully without registration, but a few years ago the Immigration Department decided that the absence of -a certificate was justifi cation for arrest arid deportation, the presumption being that the accused was a laborer In 3S32 or 1S34 and had failed to register. There have been wholesale deportations under thi ays- j tern, and the Chinese government long ago denounced the treaty of 1S94. but not until quite recently has a move been made to threaten the trade of the United States. Press dlsoatches a few days ago announced cancellation by the t,ninese government of a lance and val uable railway franchise, or concession, neid by an American, and further re prisals are contemplated. What will make It all the more dlsas trous to the United States Is .the fact that there is on the ground waiting for tnese golden opportunities for trade and exploitation a hungry horde of Ger mans, British and French, who will not oenooic any opportunity to crowd the Americans out of a field from which our own stupid laws are dragging us. The Chinese are not opposing a reason able exclusion act, where the enforce ment is not too drastic, and they will not oppose a tariff duty that Is fair. All of the Independence In this matter, however. Is not with us. We are in competition In that coming great trade field with a number of other enternrls Ing nations; and our policy must be as fair, or nearly as fair, as that of our competitors, or we shall lose the trade. .roe .Portland Consolidated Railway Company digs up Its rotting stuff in the streets all over the city, and leaves It lying for weeks and, months In front of owners property, till owners, dlscour aged and helpless, are obliged to move it at their own expense. This is seen all over the city. Of course Mr. Mills, tne president, and the board of dlrec iwia ui uie nrst xamuies" wm say tney don't know It. But the unfortu nate householder does, and the person wno uses tne street does. Let it not be icrgotten that there Is a franchise for use of the public streets, capitalized at J4.000.000. for sale on the basis of this usurped ownership. The organ of the banking and street-car syndicate has not, however, had the pleasure of an nouncing thai the new scheme to "con vey other streets to the use of the monopoly has carried. The attempted steal was beaten mightily; which Is the first and thus far the only setback which these plutocratic grafters have received. But there Is more In store. The Legislature at the next session will enact a law for the taxation of these franchises and their millions of valua tion. Meantime The Oregonlan will not fall to remind the monopoly to take Its rotten rubbish off the streets. But per naps it will find a useful friend In the new city government, which It helped to elect. It Is not a little surprising that in this day, when religious toleration has grown to a principle, recognized In our constitutions and laws, and pervading. too. uie general mind, we should still have persons among us who are stran gers to it. There are members of Protestant Churches, and persons not attached to any .religious denomination. wno tiy to frenzy almost upon sugges tion or thought or anything that per tains to the Catholic Church, to Its work or- to Its members. On smallest occasions they express themselves in terrible terms, about "the dangers of popery the "designs of the papists." and the like. The latest Is the act of a Methodist brother at Salem, who has been endeavoring to obtain an Injunc tion against the payment of an appro priatlon for the Refuge Home at Port land, an institution for recovery of way waru giris. on tne groan a mat It is a "paplsh" Institution. It Is true, no doubt, that th's institution Is conduct ed by Catholics, but not for their church. Its basis is benevolence and humanity. Let us not be alarmed. The Pope of Rome will not get us for a while yet. Such voting as we have seen In re cent elections does not show discrim ination so much as, contrariwise. It shows a subordination of the faculty to other motives. Almost the entire Re publican ticket was elected on Monday. That Mayor Williams should have been the exception that he should have failed where others got so full a vote proves that other motives prevail with large bodies of voters than regard for the candidate's abilities, services and character. Some voted against Will iams on the allegation that he was the "whisky candidate"; but If he was, so were all the rest The liquor trade Is not hurt by this election. Including the election of Lane. It Is, In fact, more in fluential In the city government than it was before. Lane got a heavy share of the liquor trade vote, while Williams lost much of the "antl" vofe. Way wardness In voting Is not discrimina tion In voting. The Emperor of Germany Is at great pains to let It be known that his voice has always been for peace between Japan and Russia, or would have been it he had been permitted to speak. The Emperor's views are no doubt shared by the unfortunate Czar; but he doesn't know how to let go. The Czar is con fronted on the one side by a revolu tionary people and an enormous indem nity, and on the other by a hopeless war. Which Is the cheaper, and easier? He appears to have decided to try to maintain his army somehow in Man churia and fight on without expectation of victory, but In the hope that he may weary the Japanese into offering mod erate terms of peace. Hitherto, for several years, there has been no contest between the Republi can and Democratic parties In Oregon. But there is. and for years has been, a contest between factions In the Re publican party alt trying to "get even." They probably will get even, through triumph of the Pemocratlc party. It's moving that way, fast enough to please the most enthusiastic Why shouldn't the Democrats be happy? They have all the offices and none of the factional troubles that be set the Republicans. If they want anything, all they have to do is to men tion it to the Republicans. Mr. Jimmy Hyde6 announced pur pose to retire from the directorates of the Union Pacific and O. R. & N. Co. we shall all endeavor to bear with Christian fortitude- It is a proverb that republics are un grateful. Judge Williams, after a long. laborious, distinguished and unselfish life, finds that Republicans are un grateful. The Oregonlan made Its effort chiefly against the proposal to give away ad ditional street-car franchises. The scheme didn't carry, did It? It has all at once occurred to the public that the streets are for some ether paree than to be gives away to a street railway asowpely. 0REG0N0Z0NE With most of her ships interred la the Straits of Corea. and the rest of them interned at Manila. Russia seems to be reaching out to attain the shlpless navy. It Is to be hoped that Secretary Bona parte, of the Navy, may escape his Waterloo and never be marooned upon nis St. Helena. A lady poet from Clearsprlng, Md.. arises In the Baltimore Sun to ask "What does It matter, John Paul Jons. wnicn country holds your musty bones?" Mr. Jones has been dead too long to be expected to answer uch a question. The general synod, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church has resolved that Christmas and .Easter observances are without d.Ivtna authority, and calls opon Its clergymen to preach against such sinfulness. The Reformed Pres byterians may resolute until the cows come home and the mules jump the fence and the jackrabbits lend thalr ears to Mark Antony, but the children will continue to celebrate Christmas and their mammas will continue to wear Easter hats. One wonders If Alfonso had the pleasure of meeting with Gastonlo while In Paris. The United States now has a popu lation of SJ.51S.02d. not Including Alas ka, our Island possessions and William Waldorf Astor. The Wasco, Or., News of June 2. 190S, carries a double-column adver tisement of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, a portion of which. In dis play type, follows: "HO! FOR ST. LOUIS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR! WILL YOU BE THERE? SEE NA TURE'S ART GALLERY OF THE ROCKIES IN ADDITION TO THE AT TRACTIONS AT ST. LOUIS!" The Was co News may be newsy In its news col umns, but Vjs advertisements app'ear to belong to the antique. For the benefit of tne News it may be stated .that the World's Fair at St, Louis went out of business December 1, 1904, and the Lewis and Clark Exposition began business at Portland, the metropolis of the state in which Wasco Is located. June 1. 1303. Is It possible that the News has mistaken that railroad adver tisement for -Tennyson's brook? Missouri has two men who have been running for the office of State Railroad Commissioner ever since they reached the age uf 21. One Is now 43 and the other 67. but neither has caught up with the office. It may be that this is a Missouri scheme for getting perpetual passes over the railroads. A Better Business. . "Have you given up story-writing?" "Yes. indeed: I've got something now that there's a great deal more money In." "Ah? "Yes: you sec 1 wrote story after story. snJ all were rejected by the edi tors of the magazines." "And what Is It that you are doing nowT "Running a literary bureau that teaches the art of short story writing by mail." As to Nicholas. Is he Czar of all the RusMas. Or of only half a dozen Of his nephews and his nieces And his mother and hi? cousin? Is It true? Is it so? Oh. sexy'. I want to know If he's Czar of all the Russia? (Is It blow?) Is the Little Czar so little That his realm In bare reality Is a common household matter A domestic principality? Ip it so? Is it true? Now I'd like to know who Is the Czar of all the Russia?, (Wouldn't you?) It appears that many Russias Don't acknowledge Father Nicholas. 'Tis a situation truly Calculated much to tickle us. Is it true? Is it so Nick himself doesn't know If he's Czar of any Rush las? (Ho! ho! ho!) Uncle Robert's Essays. NO. 2 THE FISH. The fish ought to be a verry happy creature, but I doubt If It Is. It. goes swimming every day In the year, without having to sneak out of the back gate while Its mother is cleaning up the front room; and after It has its swim It does not have to ait out In thor hot sun two hours and dry Its hair before going back home Also. It Is never subjected to the indignity of having Its clothes tied In triple bow knots by its playmates while It Is seeing now long It can stay under water. One thing that should make a fish happy Is that the weather never worries It. Down where It lives the climate la always de lightful, and it never gets cold feet or the grip. Snow always melts before It gets down that far, and rain doesn't mat ter. A fish never has to carry an um brella, wear rubbers or hold up its skirts. If a school of fish want to hold a Sun day school picnic the fear of the Inevi table rain needn't prevent. All these blessed privileges ought to make a fish happy, but there aro other circumstances thafrender its life miserable at times. If a fish tries to swallow a. Uttlo worm It Is liable to get caught in the act, and tnat may get It Into hot water. A fish ought to be a highly moral creature, and no doubt It is. It never gets thirsty enough to take to strong drink and invite D. T. or the Keeley cure, and down where It lives the weather is so damp that matches won't burn and It never acquires the cigarette habit. Yet, In spite of these facts. I have met tainted fish at my boarding-house. Some kinds of flsh are not very bright; they bite too easily, like some people. Most fish are long on fins and short on brains; they don't know enough to come in out of the wet. ROBERTU8 LOVE. Japanesed English. The World's "Work. Often the Japanese imitator srodncM laughable labels, that are worthy of not ing as specimens of "Enslish as sa. Is Japanesed." Take, for instance, a label on a bottle of wine produced at a native hotel in Southern Japan, whea I skd the boy to bring me some St, Jullen. Th label on the bottle he brought read: Togren County Wins Uttle Seal at Jullen bottled by Bordeaux." A label placed on some EnrUeh beer de clare 4: The efficacy of this Beer Is to jcIy the health and especially the streogth for stomach. The savor is so sweet aad sta ple that aet injure fer stack ktec" WARM WORDS FOR OREGON'S GREAT FAIR Nrtktrest Pxecs t7lte I Praise the MagalgceBt KxpesUlwt tTl- venal SeUmtmt That Ike Beaeats Will Be Well Btetrlbated Tkrarcfcmt The Three States. Marks Dawn qf a New Era. Crook County Journal. Today witnesses the opening of an Ex position In Portland which In no small way marks the dawn of a new era for both Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, It Is Up to Portland. Seattle Republican. ".On to Portland." The Lewis and Clark Exposition, at Portland. Or.. Is now a liv ing thing. It having been formally born yesterday, Thursday, June L Now, Miss Portland, it is up to you. Every One Shoukl See It. Woodburn Independent. The Lewis and Clark Exposition opens with every prospect of a full measure of success, which we heartily wish It, Every man, woman and child should embrace such an opportunity by going to see the big Fair held within the state. Opened to the Limit. Lincoln County Leader. The Lewis and Clark Fair opened in Portland yesterday. Vice-President Fair banks, "Uncle Joe" Cannon and other big guns were present, and there is no doubt that the big show was opened to the limit Easterners are cordially Invited to come out and take a look at It, Great Store of Knowledge. Chehalis Bee-Nugget, The big Fair opened in Portland under most favorable circumstances. There Is not as much to see at the Lewis and Clark Fair as there was at St Louis, but there Is enough, and anyone who sees all there Is to be seen, and learns even a nart of the facts about the exhibits will ac quire a great store of knowledge. Milestone In Our History. Spokane Outburst. On Thursday last the Lewis and Clark Fair was opened, and from now until Fall win continue to delight thousands of citi- ens of every country on earth. This Ex position, marks a milestone In the history of the Northwest: from a wilderness in habited by savages to the brightest and most progressive portion of America, is a long step In a century. Progress In Art and Industry. Bellingham .Herald. The opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland is a significant event. In one sense the Fair Is broader In Its sope than the Northwest, and in another K-nse It Is narrower for Its ex hibits repre.ent. as any fair must, alt of the resources -f the original Oregon Coun try, iscvertne.-'ss. the Fair stands for the progress In jrt and industrv in th Northwest during t?e century Relatively we are just at the beginning of dvioD- ment. Great Year Tor Oregon. Union ReDublican. The opening of ih Lewis j.nrt ri.iru Fair this week is the sicnal to. httr things In Oregon. It means an Immense j.0 , new PP1. looking for h.mes and business locations: It heralding of Oregon's matchless resource ; now rears itself on the shore of Guild s to the four points of the world. The , Lak cqua'sC nerhan. the blazing of th effect of this Exposition will be per- vail throuch the wilderness a century a.sro. manent and far-reachins: and the net j result must add greatly to the future prosperity and well-being of our beautiful State. rnlS Will be a srreat war fnr Oregon. . ' Every Obligation Has Been Met. Olympla Recorder As an achievement of Portland enter prise, the beautiful scene which has been wrought for the setting of the little city o industry la deserving of high praise, and every obligation which the undertak ing implied has been creditably met. But in the Exposition as It stands today ail the commonwealths that have been carved from the great Northwestern empire which was added to the National domain by peaceful conquest following the Lewi3 and Clark exploration have an equal share In the credit for the splendid evi dences of progress and marvelous Illus trations of wealth in. resources so attrac tively and Impressively presented, and to each will come a material and lasting benefit as generous compensation for the effort and expense involved. Portland Accomplishes Wonders. Olympla Olympian. It is an exposition that ranks among the country's great fairs, and is. in some re spects, of more importance than any of the others, though perhaps the least in magnitude. But It Is not by Its size that tne importance of the Portland Fair is measured. That It fs of sufficient magni tuae to attract world-wide attention Is enougn. it Is the Exposition of the West, In the West, a country that offers unlim ited opportunity for men in every wahc of life. Where the Chicago and St Louis fairs were merely great shows, leaving notning to do. once seen, but to take up the homeward Journey, the Portland fair will give everything the suggestion to stay and ample assurance of the reward. Not to Portland, not to Oregon, is the benefit to be confined. The thousands who come will come to see the Northwest as It is represented at Portland. It is of equal Importance to Washington, and the interest "of California and Idaho is very great Few will return without see ing the entire Northwest and when they again Journey westward the tide of travel will be as an open fan. Portland has accomplished wonders In this Exposi tion. Event of Paramount Importance. Tacoma Ledger. The event is one of paramount import ance to the whole Pacific Northwest Nothing in the history of this section of tha country has ever brought its romantic past, its superb climate,. Its boundless resources. Its vigorous growth and its teeming possibilities into such general notice throughout the length and breadth of the land as the preparations for the celebration at Portland by a magnificent exposition of the centennial anniversary of the expedition into Ore gon country of Lewis and Clark. Today every intelligent reader of the news papers in the United States has a vastly better conception of the Pacific North west than before the Exposition was de termined upon. Today the people of the whole country are looking with Interest toward this wonderful section and hun dreds of thousands of them are prepar ing to make the journey to Portland and to see for themselves not only the splen did cities that have sprung Into world? wide prominence in tne last quarter of a century, but to Investigate for them selves the resources and opportunities of what Is justly proclaimed to be the most promising and highly favored por tion of our entire domain. Fair Is Common Property. Seattle- News. The next thing to do now is to visit the Fair. Portland has done her part credita bly and merits encouragement She has opened the Fair on time and prepared the grandest "show" ever seen on this coast The railroads should do their part by excursions at low rates and by advertis ing, to make the Fair successful. By do ing so they will profit Indirectly as well as directly. The attee dance win depend in great measure on the faculties which the railroads afford to psovle in Califor- afe, Oregsa and Washington. This Fair might be regarded as the commdh prop erty of the Coast In the Eastern and Middle Western mind It is associated, with this Pacific slope. It would not have been possible but for the growth of Washington and California, which ought therefore take common pride In promot ing Its success. Failure, which is hardly possible, would have a depressing effect on the coast from Blaine to San Diego. Benefit Will Be for All. Bellingham American. The opening of the Lewis and Clark Fair at Portland is one of the most 'im portant events in recent years for all the Northwest country. Jhrough which these famous explorers 100 years ago made their toilsome way westward to the sea. People from all over the world will be at Portland within the next few months aad see what the Northwest ha3 for dis play, along with the exhibits from East ern. Central and .Southern States, and from many countries across the seas. But the City of Portland will not bo the sole gainer. All Washington will profit by the coming of the visitors. Every city on Puget Sound will entertain those who come, and many will stay, attracted by the advantages that the West presents. Bellingham will not be left out when the profits are counted at the end of 1905. Great Educational Institution. Astorlan. Every schoolboy and schoolgirl on the Pacific Coast should visit the Exposition, as it will afford an opportunity to acquire Information upon many matters not taught In the public schools and give the rising generation an idea of the grand resources; the wonderful, inventions of the past century and Impress upon their minds the grand and glorious possibilities of the future greatness and grandeur of this Nation and its people. They will be given an opportunity to study the arts, and sciences, the American Inventive ge nius, every branch of mechanical skill and the agricultural and horticultural re sources and possibilities of the great State Of Oregon, so that when they step upon the world's field of action to uphold and direct our commonwealth, they will be better prepared for the great responsibili ties and duties that will be enjoined upon them. It will be one of the greatest edu cational institutions ever conceived in the mind of man, and what will be seen and displayed there Is certain to make a last ing impression upon the minds of the boys and girls, and be a valuable assistance In pursuing their" studies at the public schools. Climax or 'the Storied Past. Tacoma News. The Lewis and Clark Exposition is an accomplished fact With imposing cere mony It was opened to the world. Its Importance to- the Nation, as well to the Northwest was evidenced by the fct that the chief figure in the ceremonies attending the opening was. the Yice-Pr?3-Jdent of the United States, the second i highest official -of this Government TSie Fair was conceived seme two years ' n Roniti a!mn ta a c iLnt. ku la I 3et the two explorers in commemoration i of whose journey this Exposition is held, That breaking of the nnh nnrnod tn the- , state-.? on the At.antic seaboard an empiif of iH'nitn' : -vcatth. ar.- r"de posv 1 ihr aHr.nrimnt tn the 'Panliir. nxmn of ! the "thin red line' of eiviliziitlcii. ih Exposition s typical of the same splrrt that animate Lewis and Clark. It mark the dome of tr.e foundation they laid and it point a: fitter toward a future r' which they had no vision, and which" is doubtless beyond the dreams of tRoi who built this Exposition. It is the climax- of tire storied past and the prophecy of an age yet to be. AH Who Come Will Be Repaid. Spokane Spokesman-Review. The Lewis and Clark Exposition opener last Thursday under circumstance? presaging success for the first Interna tional fair in the Northwest With" tin-clouded- skies -and soft sunshine, and in the presence of a vast throng, the In augural ceremonies were carried through with spirit and promptness. The grounds and buildings are in complete readiness, and the exhibits are less behindhand than is usual with such enterprises. With in a few days the last exhibit will be in place, and there Is every prospect that the Exposition will handsomely realize the expectations of- those who have man. aged its preparation and of the hun dreds of thousands who attend it From the East come indications that this North western Fair Is going to be Immensely popular with Americans generally this Summer. The railways report large num bers engaging transportation by every line, and citizens of the North., South and Middle West may be looked for in multitudes. All who come will be well repaid. The journey alone will.be an era In the lives of most 'of those who make It. To the average . citizen of the states be yond the Rockies the Northwest's a for eign land, filled with strange be'asts and marvels. ODD BITS OF OREGON LIFE. Silver Creek's Ladylike Men. Silver Creek Corr. Burns News. Ladles' sidesaddles are now used here by both ladles and gentlemen. Mr. Hoxie Brings the News. Ontario Argus. W. 3. Hoxie, of Nyssa, was in the city the first of the week. He informs us that our sister city Is enjoying prosperity in a marked degree and that the new depot Is about completed. What Charlie Hajcl. Spruce Corr. Tillamook Herald. Mr. L. Fleck and wife, of Hebb, -went to the Yellow Fir mill Friday to visit their son Charlies, who had an accident, while working In the mill, to have a log roll on him. He is now Improving at this writing. Look Out, There, Jim: Take Care ol Yourself. Macksburg Corr. Oregon City Courier. J. O. Morris came home with a brand new buggy Saturday. No wonder he Is so liberal in donating work towards the Improvement of the road by his place. We advise all the old maids and red-headed' schoolmarms to keep an .eye on Jim Bees Busy With Billjfe Weston Leader. In attempting to corral a .swarm of estray bees at the Prendergast place near town, Billy Graham had an experience that, added largely to his sum of knowl edge and to the sundry bumps that com prise his cranium. He tried to follow the advice lot Iven O'Harra, an alleged expert on bee culture, and to shaKe the clinging lumps of bees- into a box. They fell on him instead, and he was stung in a sep arate and tender spot by each individual bee. With the busy little honey-makers staying right with him he made a bee-line for the house, and was promptly driven out by Mrs. Graham, who said she wasn't conducting an apiary. He only escaped after every bee had stung him until glut ted with vengeance. Although still alive. the painful saemory of his cruel u&doing jLbringa tears to Billy's eyes,