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15 PIONEEH DAUS OF MILWAUKIE GRADUATES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TELL OF EARLY SETTLERS AND HISTORY OF THE TOWN. THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1903. The graduating class of the Mllwaukie school, composed of four girls and one hoy. gave a historical programme in the Town Hall of that pioneer place Friday, June 5. For the past few months the members of this class had been collect ing Incidents of the pioneer days of Mll waukie. They interviewed all the old settlers they could And in their search for data. Much of this work was stimulated by the recent unveiling of the pictures of Hector Campbell and Dr. O. W. Nixon, the first teachers of the Mllwaukie school, and the pupils were greatly aided by the recent visit to the school of Dr. Nixon, who until recently was literary editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean. Dr. Nixon, Mrs. J. K. Wait and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lu elllnjr gave them much information. The facts that Mllwaukie, one of the first towns in Oregon, has Just been Incor porated, and that an effort is being made to stimulate settlement there, gives the sketches prepared by the class an added interest. The hall was crowded, and the Mllwaukie band furnished music Profes sor L. A. Head, who assisted in and di rected the preparation of the papers, was In charge. The Early Settlers. "Walter Young's paper dealt with "The Early Settlers of Mllwaukie," and read: "The history of Mllwaukie is the history of the early families who braved the dan gera and hardships of pioneer life to ob tain homes. When the first families came here, about 1845, dense forests covered what is now a beautiful farming country, and Indians fished along the banks of the river. Trees over 150 feet high and 10 feet through covered the land. From this forest homes had to be hewn, but the strong character and stern deter mination which had brought the pioneers across the plains made them equal to the task before them. "Among the first settlers was Andrew Fellows, whose claim occupied the present site of Mllwaukie, and who lived near where the Harlow house now stands. "Another early settler was Mr. Wilson, who settled on what is now called the Lambert place. He was so annoyed by the Indians that he wished to sell his claim and leave. One incident which In creased this desire was a fright which Mrs. Wilson received from a party of In dians one day while her husband was across the river. She saw them approach ing, md knowing that they were un friendly and thinking they might be after her, she hastily threw some of her hus band's clothing over a chair, and when they came up she told them that he was in bed. Glancing through the open door, they saw his clothes, and, thinking that he was there, they left because they knew that they could get nothing while he was there. Planter of First Orchard. "Mr. Wilson soon sold his claim to Hen derson Luelllng. who arrived about 1847, for a team of horses and a wagon with which to get away. Mr. Luelllng had brought a number of small trees across the plains with him. He planted them just south of the Lambert house. This was the first nursery in Oregon. Just before this Lot Whltcomb, with 10 assist ants, arrived at the claim of Mr. Fellows, and bought it. He laid out and named Mllwaukie after the Milwaukee in Wis consin, and tried to establish a co-operative colony. With this end in view, he started to build a mill at the mouth of Johnson Creek. "During the Summer of 1S4S Mr. Meek bought the claim of Mr. Kilburn. which joined the one Henderson Luelllng had bought on the north. Mr. Meek and Mr. Luellmg united their claims and divided them so that Mr. Luelllng had the western and Mr. Meek the eastern half. This enabled Mr. Meek to build a house near where Mr. Richard Scott's aiow stands. "This was before the discovery of gold in California. The news of the discovery was brought by Captain Kilburn in the bark Henry in September, 1848. In two weeks Mr. Alfred Luelllng and Mr. Meek had started for the gold fields. From this time on no more was said of the co operative colony plan. "George and Jacob Wills arrived on the south bank of the Columbia in December, 1S47. They started from Iowa In June, taking six months for the journey. They moved Into the vicinity of Mtlwaukle about a month later. George Wills took up the section of land- on which the Port land Woolen Mills are situated, and Jacob took up the section on which Willsburg Station is situated. First SavrmiU Built. "George and Jacob Wills and Edward Long built a sawmill four blocks west of the woolen mills. When they came here Portland was a dense forest, and there were only a few houses and one small store there. "In the Fall of 184S Oren Kellogg and his son, Joseph Kellog, and Mr. Hath away arrived. Mr.; Kellogg took up a section of land south of Mllwaukie. But at that time the law had not been passed requiring settlers to live on their claims, and so he built a bouse near the Stand ard mill. "Mr. Hathaway lived between the 'Old Veranda Hotel and Mrs. Luelllng's block. The old Hathaway house stood until a few years ago. when it was torn down to make room for more modern dwelling-houses. "These are the principal pioneer set tlers in and around Mllwaukie. Others have come and gone and left their mark upon its history: there were pioneer bank ers, pioneer merchants, pioneer lawyers, pioneers of all kinds, who surged into Oregon during the great immigration of 1S47, 184S and 1849. They were poor enough then, bu.. many have since attained prom inence. Peopled by the bravest of the brave, the strongest of the strong, Ore gon and the other Western States stand as the survival of the choicest of Amer ica's citizens." Early Industries. Ruth J. Young read the following paper on "Early industries": "In he early history of Oregon Mll waukie assumed a prominent position. Business interests clustered around Ore gon City, but the rapids In the river hin dered navigation, and as Mllwaukie was supposed to be at the head of deep water. It became the center of trade. "Vast forests then occupied Its present site and stretched away for miles over the country. The first demand of the set tlers was lumber, and so in 1S4S Lot Whlt comb built a sawmill at the mouth of Johnson Creek. The next year Jacob Wills and Edward Long built another mill farmer up Johnson Creek, on Wills' claim. "In 184S the news of the discovers of gold in California reached Mllwaukie, and had for a time a distracting tendency, as many of the settlers left for the mines, but most, of them returned after a few months. The miners In California needed lumber, and lumbering became a profit able industry in Oregon, as in California almost every one dug gold and neglected other lndustries.- "About this time Meek and Luelllng built another mill on Johnson Creek, a short distance northeast of where the wagon bridge now stands, and later, but not In time to get much of the California trade. Mr. Kellogg built a mill on Kel logg Creek. These mills cut about 6000 feet of lumber in 24 hours (for they worked night and day). Most of this Jum per was three Inches thick and brought JIOO per thousand when delivered on the bank of the river ready for shipment to California. "Another industry caused by the mining was the getting out of .hewn timbers. In Jennie Huntley. 1849 and '50 there were from 75 to 100 men engaged in this work. "With the advance of civilization came the cry for flour, and to satisfy this de mand Lot Whltcomb built a smail gristmill just back of his sawmill on Johnson Creek, in 1819. But as more people came and the trade with California increased, this mill was unable to make enough flour, so the Standard mill was built in 1857 by Oren Kellogg for Lee. Tocker & Doland, who had bought the ground the previous year. Kellogg for a time held a fourth Interest in the mill. After a-fllme the small mill built by Mr. Whltcomb was brought up to the Standard mill and placed behind it, where it was used as a storeroom. It remained there until the high water of '9L when It floated around to the front of the mill, where it was used as a shoddy mill. "On the afternoon of July 8. 1891, the Standard mill fell and with that falling Mllwaukie lost another of its old historic buildings. The building was morticed to gether and when one part fell the whole structure went to pieces at once Just like the 'wonderful one-hoss shay.' The Standard mill had for a long time the rep utation of making the best flour on the Coast, which was due. flret. to the fact that the owners had a secret process of making Hour, and second, to the care which they took with it and the thor ough understanding they had of the busi ness. "About 1853 the Veranda Hotel was GEORGE " ADE'S NCE there was a seventeen-year-old Lambkin with long Legs and his Hair parted in the Middle, who was taken down with a severe case of Love Gripes, known in the Books as" the Spoon ey Infantum. He cutoff on his Eating and became white around the Gills. Most of the Time he sat around looking at the Rugs and feel ing sorry for himself. The Object of this hungering Affection was a 90-pound Gum-Chewer who lived next Door. She was a fresh and merry little Soubrlne half way between Long Dresses and Short Dresses. She was very Lippy and talked back to her Folks and made Sassy cracks at the Old Ladles who came along, and was a Champion GIggler. Most people regarded her as the Neigh borhood Pest and suggested that It would be a Grand Idea to turn back the Calen dar about two Years and go at her with a Slipper. She was Just at the Perky-Age. She had her first Cart-Wheel Hat and a little "Urlst-Bag and she was experimenting with the Powder Puff and putting in con siderable Time on her Shape. She thought she was the Works and so did little Willie. He wanted to marry her but had only SO cents In his Tin Bank and a license cost" $2. So all he could do was to worship her with a yearning and hopeless Love and write seven or eight mushy little Notes ever- day. Although she was shy on Ex perience she had the Feminine Instinct, for she would carry on with two or three other grammar-school Tadpoles all tho time, just to keep Willie heated up and miserable. Willie's mother had seen a good many Children and was familiar with the Symp toms of the Veal Period so she was treat ing him gently and trying to nurse him throush the Attack. Not so with the Old Gentleman. It made him wrathy to see a Hulk of a Boy make such a Blithering Imbecile of himself. Like nearly all Pa pas, he believed that Puppy Love should be cured with a Piece of Scantling. The more he roasted Willie and poked fun at the gabby little Tld-BIt next door, the more deep-seated and Inflammatory became the Fever that Willie Mistook for True Love. The poor Kid fell behind In his Classes and moped around the House, trying on different Cravats. Sarsaparllla did not seem to help Him and when any of the Callers told hls Mamma that he was looking Thin and Pale, he put on a wan Smile and felt En couraged, for Willie had It all fixed up that he was to die of a Broken Heart and have a Swell Funeral at the First Pres byterian Church, with his Beloved sitting in the Front Row and weeping copiously. He saw np other way of getting back at his v.ruel Parent Willie's Papa, in trying to hammer the Divine Sentiment out of nls Idiotic Off spring, made a Specialty of the familiar Song-and-Dance beginning, "When I was at your Age.'" So far as Willie could gather from the rough Line of Conversation handed to him GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES READ PAPERS ON THE "Walter Yocnp. built to lodge visitors and millhands. It was used for many years aa a hotel, but after a time it was used as a schoolhouse for Bishop Scott's Academy. It was after wards abandoned because it was thought unsafe. The Veranda has recently been fixed over and will again be used for Its original purpose. "Mllwaukie had In early times a tan nery, livery stable, blacksmith shop and furniture factor besides its stores. The tannery was near where Mrs. Bonnett's house stands, the blacksmith shop was north of Seth Luelllng's and the livery stable was near by, while the furniture factory was on the block where the Ore gon Water Power &" Railroad Company's car barns are. The machinery for this mill was run by a treadmill. City' First Newspaper. "Before the Veranda Hotel was built there was another hotel on the Shearer place, and here, about 1S50, the Western Star was published for a few months, when It was bought by a man In Port land and the name changed to Portland Times. "MIlwauKle had several stores In early times. Among them were the store kept by Lohman & Lorans on the bfock where Mrs. Quant's" house stands; a store kept by Mr. Paulmen, Just across from Durst's store; also the store kept by the Hon. Hector Campbell in the hotel on the Shearer place. The stock of goods in Mr. Campbell's store was obtained from a FABLE IN SLANG OF THE CUB LOVER, THE SUPERIOR WHO TOLD THE TRUTH. about three times Per Day, Papa had al ways been cold-Dlpoded and sensible, even In his earliest Youth. Papa never had been so weak and foolish as to fall in Love. Sometimes Willie wanted to ask him If he married Mamma on a Bet, but he was afraid to start anything. As for Mamma, she sat back with heri Lips closed tlgntly and listened while the theoretical Head of the Family joshed poor Willie and bragged about himself and tbld what a bright. Industrious, level headed Boy he had been, along about 1876. She stood for it a long Time and then she decided to take charge of Willie's Case and put him Wise. Pape's Scheme for breaking up the Affair with the Ban tam next door was to threaten to send Willie to a Military School if he ever spoke to her again. Papa knew a lot about the Insurance Business, but he was a Shine when It came to pulling off a piece of Fine Work in which tender young Affections were all snarled up. It happened that Papa had to go East for a Month, and no sooner had he jumped the Town than Mamma took Wil lie Into her Room and flashed a Bundle of Letters on him. "There are a few samples of the Juju Paste that your Father used to send to me back In 1SS0." she said. "I hate to Call "him. but I want you to know that no matter -what you do. It runs In the Fam ily. Glance over this one. for Instance. He calls me Honey seven times In three Lines, with a couple of Sweeties thrown in to make It good and strong. As a Ju venile Gush your Pa was the Human Lim it. Of course, that was long before the HE WASTED TO Phtlo KarnaTTorth. trading vessel In exchange for lumber. 1 "Thus It will be seen that In Its early j history Mllwaukie was an active bust- I ness center a rival to Portland. But Its j situation was against It, The water be- I low it was too shallow and as might be said, it grew backwards. One by one its business enterprises ceased or went else where until Instead of the active business town Its founders dreamed of It has be come a residence suburb of Portland. "Many of Its early settlers are dead or have moved away and few 'are left to tell its early history. Those who have gone away and returned to visit the scenes of their childhood notice most the changes that time has wrought. Dr. Nixon, In his address to the school during his recent visit to Oregon, eald: "The thing that I miss most are the trees that towered 150 and 200 feet abdve the earth.' Yes the trees are gone. The line between nature and civilization is pressed far back into the mountains. On either- side of the ranges It is being crowded upward until soon only the rugged peaks of our lofty mountains will be exempted from the changes wrought by the hand of man." Lot Whltcomb, the Pioneer. Phlla Farnsworth read a paper on "Lot Whltcomb," saying: "A short distance from-t the road, going from Mllwaukie to the Southern Pacific station. In a small grove overshadowed by trees and surrounded by wild plants and flowers, there Is a grave, at the head of DAD AND THE LADY Rheumatism caught him and he began to see the Doctor about his Liver. You must always respect your father, but you needn't believe anything he says. In re gard to your deep and steadfast Love for the Beautiful Creature Just over the Fence I will say that I have framed It up with her Mother to have the two of you Mar ried just as soon as you are old enough, which will be In about Five Years. In the meantime you are at liberty to put in all your Time with her. I suggest that you go over to her House Immediately and Converse with her for several Hours concerning Art, Literature, History and whatever Topic Is uppermost In her Mind. When you get tired of calling on her, she can come over and see you. It is cus tomary for an Engaged Couple to be In separable." When Papa came back from the East he found that Willie had gained eight pounds and was very busy organizing a Junior Ball Team to do up the West Side Gang. Every tme that little Sweetheart came through the Side Gate to play with him he gathered up his Mask and the Big Glove and made a quiet Sneak for the Alley. Papa saw that the Affair was busted and told his Business Partner that he had reasoned with the Kid and brought him to his senses. Moral: In case of Neighborhood Com plications, send Papa on a Business Trip. (Copyright. 1903.) Rose Festival. At Blank's Hall, on Powell street, the Martha and Mary Society of the Mizpah Presbyterian Church gave a pleasing rose festival Friday evening. TheXhall MARRY HER BUT HE HAD ONLY 0 CENTS IX HIS TIN BANK. EARLY HISTORY OF MILWAUKIE Rata Yonng. which stands a weather-beaten monument. The top has fallen off and lies beside the grave, which Is covered with grass and ferns, and at the foot Is a little red daisy that is now blooming. The follow ing words are written upon the tomb stone: LOT WHITCOMB. DIED MARCH 31, 1857. AGED 49 yr, 11 mo. 7 da. Farewell my wife and children I am not ttead but sleeping here. All ye that are now standing by. As you arc now so once was I, As J am now so you must be. Therefore prepare to follow me. "Lot Whltcomb came to Mllwaukie in 1847. He was a very Industrious man. He built the first sawmill here In 184S at the foot of Johnson Creek, and the first grist mill the next year. He built the first steamboat made on the Willamette. It was named the 'Lot Whltcomb, of Ore gon.' by an act of Legislature, and chris tened by Governor Gaines. It was launched on Christmas day of 1850, and during the celebration Captain Morse was killed by a cannon. He was buried in Mr. Sellwood's ' woods, but was moved to the cemetery last year. "So there, among the tall firs of Leh man's grove. Ilea this sturdy pioneer of Mllwaukie, Lot Whltcomb. Surrounded had been prettily decorated with roses. Among the interesting numbers were the club drill by pupils from the Clinton-Kelly School, and a piano selection by Miss Kristy, while the chorus under charge of Mrs. J. M. C. Miller was excellent. Twelve young women'' gave "Comln" Thro the Rye" In pantomime, while Mrs. Miller sang the solo; Mrs. Julian Peterson 'was accompanist. The rose drill by 16 young women was one of the most creditable numbers on the programme. CHINESE ARE INTERESTED They Have a Night at "Cat and the Cherub" This Week. A year of two ago New York grew en thusiastic one day after the performance In a Broadway house of a play which had the ring of originality. Alan Dale and even William Winter, the nestor of American dramatic critics, confessed that something new under the sun had happened In New York's theatricals when "The Cat and the Cherub" was given its initial. The little play Is steeped In the atmosphere of Orientalism, and the love affair which Involves Ah Yol and Wing Sun Luey is as naturally worked out as In a Clyde Fitch crea tion. There is battle, murder and sud den death in the Chinese prose-poem which Chester Bailey Fernald has given our stage, and mysticism enough to sug gest and even vitalize the lotus-eating East. Mr. Ralph Stuart and his company will present the Chinese drama at the Baker Theater this week. Every effort has been made to Insure accuracy in cos tuming and settings, and- there should be Oriental -atmosphere and to spare. Wing, Sing Lang Kee & Co. have the contract for supplying genuine costumes, furniture and properties, and- everything used in the production will be Chinese in fact, and not the creation of the stage cos turner and carpenter. The Chinese pop Faith YoHng. by the wild and rugged scenes of pioneer days, he was laid to rest. He sleeps on. but the scenes have changed. If he should arise, he would hear, not the sounds of deer and other wild animals In the forest, but the sounds of an advancing civiliza tion, the roar of the passing train, the whirr of the electric car, the hum of the busy city in the distance, and the tread of many passing footsteps back and forth along the highway. And he will still sleep on when all this is changed and we are gone and others have come to tell of the early pioneer days, to recount their deeds and perhaps to Journey to the grave' of Lot Whltcomb and there to sit and muse upon the progress of civilization, as we have done." Another paper by Phlla Farnsworth tells of "The Black Republican Cherry Tree." and reads: "One of the most Important events in the early history of Oregon, and an event which will always be connected with Mll waukie and give it historic Interest, was the coming of the first nursery, the 'Traveling Nursery as It was called, to the Pacific Coast. "In 1847 Henderson Luelllng left his home In Missouri with his wagon boxes filled with earth In which were planted 700 shoots of apples, plums, cherries, quinces, grapes, berries and flowers. "in- opposition to the advice of his friends, this sturdy, pioneer went on with unwavering determination In his enter prise. ulation of the city is taking a keen In terest In tho forthcoming production, and it is settled that one night of the en gagement will be designated Chinese night, although the date has not been agreed upon. Mr. Stuart will be at home in the "Cat and the Cherub" as he ap peared in the original New Yorki produc tion. KAISER WANTS FOLK SONG His Impression of the Great Sanger fest at Franlcfort. BERLIN, June 6. Emperor William has for several days been attending the pre liminary contest at Frankfort of the va rious singing societies, numbering 5700 voices, for the prize, which he gives an nually for the best chorus work. He as sembled the conductors Jury today and gave them his Idea of the kind of songs amateurs ought to sing. "It Is a happy fact," said the Emperor, "that the cultivation of art does not suf fer In Germany, In spite of the great amount of time consumed by the more serious life work. Above all, I am aston ished that the laborers also who axe all day in bad air, coal dust and heat, have shown vocal qualities here which can only be heard with admiration. On the other hand, one must ask how many sleepless nights have they sacrificed in order to reach this height of technique. "In this connection, I must say what I have to say against your work. We have already reached in instrumental music tho acme "of intricacy. That may he charac teristic, I cheerfully admit, but It Is not beautiful. When, .however, this style is carried into song, you forget that the human voice has a limit. "I do not demand that yon sing only folk songs, but these must be more cul tivated. 'Klllwode' was composed here in Frankfort in 1833. That is a beautiful German, song. You have the Rhine In your voice, yet who of you sang a Rhelnlsh folk song? I can only say to you that If a single one" of you had sung Mendelssohn's Yon Beautiful Forest that would have been a real relief for us." The Emperor in closing said he would have a collection of folk songs published. MAY INVADE PARIS. French So Interpret Frehmaa'a Fly Ins Trip to That City. LONDON, June 6. Charles Frohman's flying expedition to Paris tomorrow with the entire company and scenery ot "The Admirable Crichton" to give a perform ance at the Renaissance Theater, June 8, returning to London In time to give a performance at the Duke of York's The ater, where the play Is now running, the following night, is watched with much Interest, and it Is Intimated that the ulti mate hope of the American manager Is to establish an English theater in Paris. Mr. Frohman will be accompanied to morrow by a party of guests. Including J. M. Barrle, author of the piece; Haddon Chambers, Sir Gilbert Parker, John Hare, Arthur W. Pinero. Henry Arthur Jones, Ethel Barrymore, the Duchess of Suther land, Marie Tempest and William Gil lette. Daniel Frohman has secured the American rights of a four-act play "Sher idan," by Gladys Younger, daughter of Frank Younger, of San Francisco. Filling ant Morrison Street. The filling of East Morrison street, be tween East Water street and Union ave nue. Is going ahead rapidly. Wagons with dirt taken -from the basement of buildings on the West Side have been dumping their loads under the elevated roadway, and now about half of the street has been filled. If the filling continues at the pres ent rate, there will soon be a solid erabankmentj According to an esti mate made some time ago, it -will require " They will dry up and die on tho plains,' " 'Your oxen will give out. " 'You endanger "your family. "With these admonitions ringing in his ears, he set out on his journey and came through successfully. "Along with the trees he brought a bushel of apple seed and a half -bushel of pear seed. From that stock sprang or chards and nurseries until Oregon .be came 'the land of the big red apples. "Henderson Luelllng arrived In Mll waukie at the beginning of 4S. and bought the claim of Mr. Wilson, or what Is now known as tho Lambart place. Here he planted his nursery- Later, Seth Luell lng started a nursery of his own on the place owned by Mr. Strelb at the present time, Seth Luelllng was very fond of ex perimenting . and propagated many new varieties of fruit. The most famous among these new varieties la the 'Black Republican cherry- "Thls tree first began bearing during the campaign of I860. The Republicans, who were opposed to tho extension of sla very and were in favor of freedom to the negroes in Oregon, were called by their opponents. 'Black Republicans. Mr. Luelllng was a Republican. As tho cherries were black and of a good flavor he called them 'Black Republicans. Thus the name applied In derision is perpetu ated In history, and has for Its monument a tree which 3hall probably always ho known In countries where cherries thrive, and thousands of people shall enjoy Its frult3 every year. Seth Luelllng was also the originator of the Lincoln cherry tree. which he named in honor of Presi dent Lincoln. "It might be added that the cherry trees broughtover by Henderson Luelllng and from wlilch these var.eties were obtained were the Royal Ann, Black Tartarian ard Red and Black Carnation. He also nroi- agatcd the Sweet Alice apple tree, which he named after his daughter Alice, an i the grape which Is widely cultivated in California. "His experiments led him to develCT many curious trees. If. upon bearing, the fruit of a young tree did not su!t him. he would plar.t another by its side and graft the tops together so as to form one tree. In hopes that the fruit thus pro duced would be better than the first. It is stated that in this way he grafted trees together u.itlL there was one with IS trunks and but one top; another with 13 trunks, and many with a lesser number of trunks. There may yet be seen trees standing with five an( six trtunks. "Seth Luelllng is gone. As there giant monarchs of the forest crashed be fore the advancing pioneers so he has fallen before Father Time. But his work still remains a fitting monument to his memory, and a work of which the people of Oregon might well be prouc. "It was only natural that In the course of events, when those great trains of emi grants had - rolled across the continent and the sound of ax and hammer wa-i heard in 'the continuous woods where rolls the Oregon,' when the proud monarch of the forest had given place to the clear ings of the settlers, and the Bostons had taken possession of the country, that the first public school of this state should be organized by a man from New England the Hon. Hector Campbell. "He and his family left their homes In Chester, Hamlin County, Mass., in the Spring of 49, and arrived here on the 10th of September of the same year. They brought with them the enthusiasm for public schools which characterized peo ple of New England. In reply to a taunt about the poverty of New England soli, he said, 'They build schoolhouses and raise men.' The zeal of Hector Campbell was expressed not only In words, but In actions, and so aroused the people al ready here that It resulted In the erection of a schoolhouse on. the block occupied by the Luelllng family, and Its donation, with the lot on which it stood, to the school district on the 30th of November of that year." 60,000 cubic yards of dirt to fill up East Morrison street. Owing to the great travel over Morrison bridge, the street leading to It will have to be a solid em bankment. Already the planks laid a few months ago are wearing rapidly, and will not last more than two years at the most. "Bf that time the new bridge will probably be completed. Have you friends coming from the East? If so, send their names to the Denver & Rio Grande office. 124 Third street, Port land. Or. NEW LIFE FOR MEN. The Long Sought "Elixir of Life" Discovered by German and Eng lish Physicians; Not Only Pro longs Life, Bat Gives Man the Vigor and Vitality of a Ball. 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