The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 08, 1906, PART FOUR, Page 45, Image 45

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    THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTXAND. . JULY 8, 1906.
45
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
International Sunday School Lesson for July 8, "The Duty of Forgiveness," Mat. 18:
21-35. Golden Text, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Mat. 6: 12.
BL WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
ALIVi: man cannot escape enemies.
That they are a factor in life may
be acepted at the outset. Only the
colorless and the ineffective can avoid
them. Whoever would do the work of a
strong character In the world must ex
pect to have foes, and not be surprised
or over-troubled when they appear. Every
character who has counted in history had
his enemies. Jesus had more of tiiem than
most great men. And enemies are useful.
They serve a certain high purpose of
spiritual culture. The soul's fiber is
tested and proved by them. Whether one
is fit to master life and to engage in its
strife is demonstrated by how he bears
himself when he Is face to face with
those who seek nil hurt.
Light on the proper way to meet ene
mies Is shed, not only by the life of Jesus,
but also by this great parable which deals
with the subject. It is to be remembered
that the parable was spoken In the midst
of the most hunted period of Jesus' life.
He himself was surrounded on all hands
by the spies and emissaries of his pow
erful foes. These very words would be
reported to men whose principal present
Interest in life was the putting away
tills new Teacher from Galilee. The par
able is a tremendous one, vitally related
to everybody's philosophy of conduct.
Is Vengeance Right?
In one of the magazines there is ap
pearing a series of "exposure" articles,
which are commonly believed to be in
spired by a spirit of revenge. They have
accomplished and are accomplishing great
good; but their motive is avowedly and
markedly revenge upon enemies. There
Is a deal of this sort of thing cropping
out now. Many men are taking advan
tage of the quickened public conscience
to "get even" with old foes. In fact,
vengeance Is one of the master motives
of life. We would rather not think so.
but an open-eyed view of the world con
vinces us that men still follow the Mosaic
law. "an eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth." In pursuit of their revenge
even big men will stoop to incredible
littlenesses. Nothing calls out the mean
ness of a man's nature quite so thor
oughly as his endeavor to hurt a foe.
A Man With a Problem.
The Immediate occasion of the telling
of this story by Jesus, was a question by
Simon Peter. The Teacher had previously
pointed out how to deal with a brother
who had wronged one. The position as
sumed by Jesus was advanced ground. It
troubled Simon Peter. 8o he came to the
Master with the question, "Lord, how
often shall my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? until seven times?
Jesus said unto him, I say not unto
thee, until seven times; but, until seventy-times
seven."
Peter thought that he was doing the
handsome thing In setting his magnanim
ity at seven times. The rabbis said a man
should be forgiven three times. Peter
doubled this number and added one for
good measure, and doubtless plumed
himself on his lofty spiritual attitude.
Jesus showed him that he had not yet
escaped the bondage of the literalism of
the old law. Christ's religion was not
one of rules, but of principles: so by using
the figure seventy times seven (or seventy
times and seven, whichever he said; ver
sions differ on this point), Jesus conveyed
the idea that there was no definite limit,
and that forgiveness was to continue
without measure. He Illustrated his mean
ing by a parable.
Before passing on to this, however, it
Is worth noticing that Simon Peter was a
man alive to spiritual questions. He was
really concerned about moral duties and
about the perplexities of the spirit. There
are some persons, frankly, who are dead
to all such matters. They are ndt alive
to the soul's problems, and look upon the
doubts and anxieties of their fellows wit.i
B sneer. They think the man who Is more
anxious about his soul's elation 'to the
Infinite than about the state of the stock
market is nothing less than a plain fool.
It does not occur to them that perhaps
they are fools; for the highest capability
of the human mind is to be concerned
over the big questions that have to do
with the spirit and with eternity. There
Is little hope for the mere sordid mater
ialist, who never has a thought above
his stomach or his pocket. It will be a
sad day for the world when It ceases to
have Peters arising with their perpetual
spiritual problems.
A Study in Contrasts.
, The Bible contrasts man's way of dealing
with an enemy and a debtor, with God's
way. A man once wrote a book entitled.
"If I were God." I know nothing about
the book, but the title is suggestive; be
cause the audacious proposition of Jesus
was nothing less than that men should
act as If they were God. The way of
the Father Is meant to be the way for
his children. So Jesus related this par
able. "Therefore Is the kingdom of heaven
likened unto a certain King, which would
make a reckoning with his servants. And
when he had begun to reckon, one was
brought unto him, which owed him ten
thousand talents. But forasmuch as he
had not wherewith to pay. his lord com
manded him to be sold, and his wife and
children, and all that he had. and pay
ment to be made. The servant therefore
fell down and worshiped him, saying.
Lord, have patience with me. and I will
pap- thee all. And the lord of that ser
vant, being moved with compassion, re
leased him and forgave him the debt. But
that servant went out. and found one of
his fellow-servants, which owed him a
hundred pence: and he laid hold on him.
and took him by the throat, saying. Pay
what thou owest. So his fellow-servant
fell down and besought him. saying, Have
patience with me, and I will pay thee.
And lie would not; hut when and cast
him Into prison, till he should pay that
which was due. So when his fellow-servants
saw what was done, they were ex
ceeding sorry, and came and told unto
their lord all that was done. Then his
lord called him unto him, and saith to
him. Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee
all that debt, because thou besought me;
shouldst not thou also have had mercy
on thy fellow-servant, even as I had
mercy on thee? And his lord was wroth,
and delivered him to the tormentors, till
he should pay ail that was due. So shall
also my heavenly Father do unto you,
if ye forgive not every one his brother
from your hearts."
The Biggest Debt We Owe.
This story hinges on the contrast In
the two debts. One man owed. aroxi
maiel. Jio.ooo-.ooo. the other man owed
J17. The idea in the mind of the teller
of the story, doubtless, was to convey
an impression of the ratio between the
debts of man to his maker and the debts
of man to man. The magnitude of the
obligations which God cancels shows his
magnanimity. It Is hopeless for mortals
to think of paying his debts to God. They
are beyond measure or estimate. As we
look at them, looming large like moun
tains, we perceive with new clearness
the patience and compassion of the merci
ful Father In heaven with his erring
children.
It is always the biggest debts that we
cannot pay. A man may pay his grocer
and his butcher, but never can he repay
his parents, his friends, his teacher, his
school, his church, the society in which
he dwells, or the period of civilization
which he has fallen. It is to such
as these that our greatest debts are
owing. A lifetime of unselfish service
cannot suffice to recompense for them.
However independent a man's spirit may
be, he must face the fact that he is
hopelessly in debt to his time. The de
mand that each person should use his life
in self-denying service to his fellows is
no mere Christian Utopian dream of sac-riflc9-.lt
is a plain requirement of honor.
A Mean Man's Method.
The forgiven debtor, as soon as he was
released, had his fellow-slave by the
throat and It is to be noted that the
man not only owed $10,000,000 to his mas
ter, but he owed himself also, for he was
but a slave, a bit of property. Probably
this ingrate never thought of the incon
gruity of his action. It would be whole
Fome for us If we could see how incon
sistent much of our conduct appears in
the eyes of our fellows. One reason is
that even the best of us has a small con
ception of his obligation to other pet sons,
but a great conception of others' obliga
tions to him. There Is an easy, unde
fined socialism In most men's minds,
which thinks that it can In one way or
another escape its plain obligations.
Even in heroic San Francisco there has
arisen a problem, with thousands of per
sons as its main factor, because the lat
ter are quite willing to go on indefinite
ly receiving relief from the country. They
somehow think, as the lazy and shiftless
man so often says, that the world owes
them a living. Even the steady, industri
ous, clear-thinking man is likelier to re
member every penny that is owed to
him. than what he owes to his fellows.
We all want Justice for the other man,
but we claim mercy for ourselves. We
are horrified at this man in the parable
who takes the sternest measures with the
servant who owes him a little debt. Yet
he typifies life. Despite the fat of our
great debts which have been forgiven
us, we go on exacting the uttermost far
thing from every creditor. ,
Forgiving the Other Fellow.
A young man making his entrance into
the -world of politics or finance, is sur
prised to find how quickly enemies get
together. Newspaper readers stand
aghast when they see how captain- of
finance, tyro or pirate king, who yester
day were at each others' throats, are
NEWS AND NOTES
The Torrey and Alexander meetings
are now being held in Canada. The
evangelists are to be in Montreal in
October.
A Joseph Parker Memorial Church is
to be erected in Sussex, England, in
memory of the late pastor of the City
Temple, Ltondon. For this purpose the
sum of 2500 is being raised.
Dr. Timothy Richard, a veteran mis
sionary in China, is said to have gained
the requisite endowment for a chair of
comparative religion to be under inter
denominational missionary control.
Rev. R. J. Campbell, of City Temple,
London, is scheming to establsh in Lon
don a Free Church Ministers' Club, to
which properly accredted British Colo
nial and American clergymen may have
resort while in London.
A movement for a new organization
of the Congregational churches in Eng
land is in progress. It is an effort at
concentration, plans for which are
based upon the methods which have
been successfully used in this country.
The petition of the protesting minor
ity of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church has been denied by the civil
courts. The General Assembly of that
denomination and the highest judicial
authority of tne Presbyterian Church
North have consummated the union of
these two bodies whose separation be
gan In 1S08.
Father L. L. Conrady, who was the
companion of Father Damien in his last
days at the Hawaiian leper colony of
Molokai, and who succeeded him in his
work there, is completing plans for es
tablishing leper colonies in China. He
spent eight years on the Island of Ha
waii and attended Father Damien in
his last illness.
The well-known ministers. Dr.
George A. Gordon, of Boston, and
Dr. R. F. Horton, of London, agree in
their impressions of Palestine in re
Squaring Life's Accounts
Terse Comments Upon Uniform Prayermeeting Topic.
They who ask much should also give
much.
"Be to men's virtues very kind.
And to their faults a little blind."
...
It needs soul capacity to be able to for
give. A small spirit is of necessity venge
ful. "There is so much bad In the best of
us, and so much good in the worst of
us," that it really is the part of sober
wisdom to withhold Judgment from any
of us,
.
The person who feels that he is above
the need of forgiveness is a Pharisee,
the most hopeless class to whom the
Great Teacher ever tried to make plain
the big truths of life.
...
It requires no depth of philosophy and
no peculiar sense of fairness to enable
even the dullest o perceive that, since
he must ask forgiveness for himself, he
ought to extend forgiveness to others.
The stern law that runs through the
divine decrees, that the unforgiving may
not expect to be forgiven, is manifestly
Just and beneficial. For even by the
sight of the rod the great Schoolmaster
teaches that man must be merciful and
patient and magnanimous.
"Oh for the rarity
Of human charity!"
Men and women are harsh with every
body but themselves. They commonly
place the worst possible construction up
on tho acts of their fellows. Censorl
ousness is the day's sin. And yet even
the censorious are quick to cry out In
bitterness against the unkind spirit of
criticism when they themselves are made
to feel It
The self-righteous often think them
selves warranted In passing strict criti
cism upon frailer mortals. They act as
If they felt superior to the necessity for
being merciful. In that case they are
better than God. For the Almighty shows
his divinity by nothing more than by his
quality of mercy. His willingness to for
give is the most lustrous Jewel in the
crown his divine sovereignty. It Is
because God is God that he forgives
us our debts; and If we would be like
him we must forgive our debtors.
.
N'o seriously thoughtful person is likely
to be boastful. He knows that at the
best there is a balance against him on
life's ledger. Try as he may, he cannot
square all his accounts. There are obli
gations, and the biggest obligations at
that, which cannot be paid. Everybody
is destined to go through the world a
debtor. None is above the necessity of
today fellowshiping in a Joint partner
ship project. So it is with the reconcil
iation of political oes, which has crys
tallized Into the proverb, "Politics make
strange bed-fellows." The principle un
derlying this is that men cannot get aloug
very well and cherish grudges. To do
business in this old world there must be
a great deal of overlooking and forgiv
ing. It Is Impossible to nurse In one's
bosom animosity if one means to work
with his fellowp. Allowances must be
made for the other man. Life is too
short for enmities. On the lowest plane
of utilitarianism it is essential to be mer
ciful. On a higher plane the fact remains
that to try to injure enemies hurts us
more than we can hurt them. To pernrtt
one's self to hate a fellow-man Is to do
a greater injury to one's self than It Is
in his power to inflict. Hate's blows
always rebound. Still higher Is the attl
ture of Jesus Christ, which he set forth
in this parable, as well as In the prayer
which he taught us all to say. The unfor
giving cannot be forgiven. As we hope
for the mercy of heaven, so we must ex
tend mercy to earth. The divine way
of getting along with our fellows Is to
forgive them times without number, if
we would be sons of our Father who is
in heaven. There is no room in the heart
where Christ dwells for any passion of
unlovlngness or bitterness. Whoever con
quers his own natural Impulses to vin
dictiveness and vengeance wins a greater
victory than he who overcomes his enemy.
They who live by the royal law of the
Son of God must ever be extending am
nesty to offenders against them. This Is
a world of frail people; we are frail our
selves; therefore we must be merciful.
The dlvinest quality of God is his readi
ness to forgive. The same is the dlvinest
quality in man.
The apex of the noblest Life that has
ever shed its radiance upon the world
was that scene on gloomy Golgotha,
when the princely Jesus died an unde
served death for the sake of those who
deserved death. In that hour of bitter
agony he cried, from the depths of an
infinite spir't: "Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do" And man
is likest to Jesus when he can likewise
cry. though writhing in an agony of
soul anguish: "Father, forgive them."
This willingness to forgive an enemy is
nothing less than the stamp of God
upon a character, proving it to be a son
of the Father.
spect to the horror caused by the sec
tarian bitterness that is found there.
The divided Christendom that exists in
the land which Jesus trod is impeding
that country's progress.
The logical meeting place for Na
tional gatherings of Roman Catholics
has come to be in Washington, because
with strategy they have massed their
church's educational and administrative
headquarters there. One hundred mis
sioners assemble in that city-early in
June to discuss the ideals and methods
of evangelistic work among non
Christians and Protestants.
The Gwaikwar of Baroda, one of the
most enlightened of the rulers of the
native states of India, has arrived in
this country to study our social condi
tions and especially our institutions of
learning to which he plans to send In
dian youth. He has seen much in this
country that he wishes to understand
better and have duplicated in his do
main in India.
Dr. Abbott, of Bombay, reports a visit
paid that city by the Hon. Wlliam J
Bryan, who of late has been making a
tour uf the world, having in many
piares given effective addresses on
themes closely related to Christian life
and character. When invited to give a
lecture in Bombay, Mr. Bryan chose for
his subject, "The Prince of Peace." his
special line of thought being the ideals
taught by Christ. The town hall was
crowded to its utmost capacity. More
than half of the 3000 people present
were obliged to stand during the lec
ture, which was an hour long. People
of every class in the community were
present, non -Christians composing the
large majority. Dr. Abbott says that,
though "the subject must have been un
popular to a large portion of the audi
ence, they listened well and frequently
applauded, and at the close gave Mr.
Bryan a great ovaton."
asking for forgiveness. There is a pro
found reason in human nature and so
ciety for the universal petition taught by
Jesus, "Forgive us our debts."
Seven Sentence Sermons
The sunrise never failed us yet.
Celia Thaxter.
No good thing is failure and no evil
thing success. Proverb.
Great privileges never go save In
company with great responsibilities.
Hamilton Mabie.
I am not concerned that I have no
place: I am concerned how I may fit
myself for one. Confucius.
Seek the good that is in people and
leave the bad to him who made man
kind and know-s how to round off the
corners. Goethe's mother.
If you were born to honor, show It now;
If put upon you, make the judgment
g-ood
That thought you worthy of It.
Shakespeare.
Woulds't shape a noble life? Then cast
No backward glances toward the past,
What each day needs, that Shalt thou
ask.
Each day will set Its proper -task.
Goethe.
Rev. M. Eells Finds a
"Mqre's Nest."
Continued Prom Page. 44.
and that they must be careful of quoting
and relying on him implicitly.
I replied that I knew Brother Spald
ing's rather erratic way of leaping to
conclusions, but on more acquaintance
I usually found him very correct in
the statement of facts, though strong
in prejudice against the Jesuits and
some who seemed to uphold them. I
then said to him, "Mr. Treat, I wish
you to know these facts as they are
for the honor of God in your missions
in Oregon, and for the encouragement
of the churches. I refer you to Rev.
Cushing Eells to confirm what I say.
He Is very careful in all his state
ments. You all rely upon him." He
said, "We do, and I will write him."
He did so. and your father (C. Eells)
confirmed w'hat I said, and added more
facts which they used at their annual
meeting at Plttsfield, Mass., and made
a strong Impression.
Similarly in Rev. M. Eells" biog-
raphy of his father, published in 1895,
we read (pages 106-7): "Rev. H. H.
Spalding was about the first person to
make known the fact of Dr. Whitman's
going East on a political errand. Dr.
G. H. Atkinson learned of it. and be
lieved that this work ought to be set
to the credit of missions. He said so
publicly. In his Journey East in 185
he told the secretaries of the American
Board that while they had been ac
customed to look upon their Oregon
mission as a failure, it was a grand
success. They were very skeptical and
thought that many extravagant asser
tions had been made about Whitman's
achievement. Dr. Atkinson replied:
'Write to Dr. Eells, as you know him
to be careful in his statements', and are
accustomed to rely on what he says.'
"Secretary S. B. Treat did so. Dr.
Eells, under date of May 2S, 1866. made
a full statement, which was published
In the December number of the Mis
sionary Herald."
But for this letter of Atkinson's we
should not know the genesis of Rev. C.
Sells' version of the Saving Oregon story,
which, though published a year after the
Spalding-Gray version, is. as to the origin
of the ride, not only Irreconcilable with,
but is wholly .destructive of the Spalding
Gray version, and Is as false as that
version, in every important particular.
If there was no "controversy" before
1ST8, why was Spalding, in 1868. 1869 and
1870, going up and down all over the old
Oregon Territory and procuring the sig
natures of all sorts of people trf the cu
rious hodge-podge of "statements," "affi
davits," "resolutions." etc., many if not
most of. which Spalding undoubtedly
wrote, and which (with certainly some,
and probably very many alterations by
himself, when their original form did not
suit his purposes) he "pitched together"
into his notorious pamphlet (Sen. Ex.
Doc. No. 37, 41 Cong., 1st Sea.)?
One reading that crazy document would
suppose there was not merely a contro
versy but an exceedingly bitter contro
versy about the Whitman question eight
or ten years earlier than the date Mr.
Eells now insists was its beginning. But
It is very significant of Walker's unbend
ing honesty that there Is not a line from
Walker's pen Indorsing a saving-Oregon
story in Spalding's pamphlet.
With one other proof that there was
not only a controversy, but a very lively
controversy, I will close the discussion of
this mistake, not of William I. Marshall,
but of Rev. Myron Eells, D. D.
Page 147 of the biography by G. H. At
kinson, by his widow. In an account of his
trip to the states in 1868-9, says: "He
then took the opportunity to try to estab
lish the fact of Dr. Whitman going to
Washington in midwinter to save Oregon
to the United States. In Oregon at that
time very few admitted this, but Dr.
Atkinson was firm in the belief of this
important fact, and urged Dr. Whitman's
associate missionaries to speak out to es
tablish it. but there was great opposition
to the idea, especially by enemies and non
sympathizers w:th missionaries."
If but few in Oregon then (more than
three years after it was published lty
Spalding) believed the Whitman-saved-Orcgon
story, and "there was great op
position to the idea," there surely was a
very lively and sharp "controversy,"
though it took another ten years for those
who disbelieved it to get hold of enough
of the contemporaneous evidence, so care
fully concealed by the missionaries, that
they felt prepared to begin a newspaper
discussion of the subject.
But it is not to be supposed that even
Rev. Myron Eells. D. D., imagines that
either the prophet Jeremiah or the Apos
tle Paul referred to any "newspaper dis
cussion." or any other "public discussion."
in trie cases cited by the Century Diction
ary as the best and most familiar illus
trations of the definitions of "contro
versy." -
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fewer than 4,000,000 rivets were used, with
a total weight of BOO tons.
Each of the three anchors weighs ten
tons.
There are 1800 feet of steel cable, and
each link weighs 114 cwt.
The vessel will be fitted for an arma
ment of 12 six-inch guns.
The building of the vessel began in
September, 1904, and she will start on her
maiden voyage in the middle of next year.
I
FEATS OF HEROISM.
Performed by Mounted Police He
roes In the Northwest.
Winnipeg Cor. New York Times.
The Blue Book Just issued by the
government on the Northwest Mounted
Police contains many stirring narra
tives, told In brief and official style.
It furnishes proof that crime within
the Jurisdiction of the police will be
dealt with, no matter how remote the
district nor how dangerous the jour
ney. Inspector Genereaux, of Prince Al
bert, traveled 1750 miles by canoe and
dog train to inquire into an alleged
murder case.
Corporal Mapley left Dawson City by
dog train for Fort McPherson in the
dead of Winter, and went by an un
known route across mountain ranges
for a distance of over 500 miles to
make another inquiry.
Inspector McGinnis and Sergeant
Egan penetrated 200 miles into the
wilds of Keewatin. where the In
dians say the foot of white man never
before trod, and arrested a murderer
there for a crime committed more than
a year previously.
Constable Pedley traveled from Fort
Chlpewayan to Fort Saskatchewan In
the depth of Winter with a raving
maniac strapped to a dog sled, and
the hardship and anxiety dt the Jour
ney made him Insane.
Constable Conradi galloped from
safety to the help of a settler and his
family, In deadly peril from a tremen
dous prairie Are, and fought it, singed
and almost suffocated, until the great
er part of his clothing was burned off
him.
Behind these bald and brief state
ments of official facts loom up the out
lines of stories of endurance and unos
tentatious heroism. At the time the
report was Issued the force consisted
of 54 officers, 650 non-commissioned
men, and 109 interpreters, guides and
artisans, making a total force of 813.
In the year the police brought 4627 of
fenders before the courts, and of these
only 822 were dismissed. These cases
cover a great variety .of crime, from
murder to cattle stealing.
Arrangements have been made with
the new Province of Alberta and Sas
katchewan for continuing the force,
each province paying $75,000 yearly
toward its maintenance.
C. GEE WO
The Great ChineseDoctor
Entrance 162V2 FIRST STREET
Corner Morrison
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
Oregon
SliOIgrLlAE
AND Union Pacihc
3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY
Through Pullman standards and tourist
sleeping cars dally to Omaha, Chicago, Spo
kane; tourist sleeping car dally to Kansas
City. Reclining- chair ears (seats free) to tne
i-.t. aaiiy.
UNION DEPOT. I Leaves. Arrive.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 17
SPECIAL or the But :30 A. M. 5:00 P. M.
via Huntington. Dally. Dally.
SPOKAN-B FLTErT y-uvfl
For Eastern Waahlngtbn. Walla Walla, Le
stonJToeudVAjene ana Great Northern points.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS S:18 P. M. 7:15 A. st.
for the East via Hunt- Dally. Dally,
lnxton.
PORTLAND - BIGGS 8:M A- . 6:00 P. M.
LOCAL, for all local
noints between Biggs
and Portland.
RiVER SCHEDULE.
FOR ASTORIA and :00 P. M. ;6:00 P. M.
way points, connecting Dally, Dally,
with steamer for Ilwa- except except
co and North Beach Sunday. Sunday,
steamer Haasalo, Ash- Saturday
st. dock. 10:00 P.M.
FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M.JIO P. M".
gon City and Yamhill Dally, Daily,
River points, Ash-st. except except
dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday.
For Lewlston, Idaho, and way points from
Rlparia. Wash. Leave Rlnarla 0:40 A. M-.
or upon arrival train No. 4, dally except Sat-
uraay. Arrive itiparla 4 f. Ju. dally except
Friday.
Ticket Office. Third and Washing-ton.
Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger, City
Ticket Agt.; Wm. McMm-ray. Gen. Pass. Agt.
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DBPOT. Arrives.
8:45 P. MV
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burg. Ashland.
Sacramento. Og
den. San Fran
cisco. Stockton.
Los Angeles, El
Paso, New Or
leans and the
East.
Morning train
connects at
Woodburn dally
except Sunday
with trains for
Mt. Angel. Silver
ton Brownsville,
Spring-field. Wend
Mng and Natron.
Eugene passenger
cfi n n e c t s at
Woodburn with
Mt. Angel and
Silverton local.
Corvallls passen
ger. Sheridan passen
ger. Forest Grove pas
senger 7:25 A. M.
8:30 A M
6:55 P. M.
4:15 P. M
7:3)t A. M.
4.50 P. M
J10:45 P. M.
10:35 A. M.
8:25 A. M.
51:80 P. M.
Dally. Dally except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN
SERVICE AND YAMHILL
DIVISION.
Depot, Foot of Jefferson Street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:80
A. M.: 12:50, 2:05. 4:00, 6:20, 6:25. 8:30. 10:10,
11:30 P. M Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30,
8:35. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. 9 A. M.
Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland,
daily, 8:30 A. M. ; 1:55. 3:05. 5:05. 6:15, 7:38,
9:55. 11:10 P. M. : 12:28 A. M. Dally except
Sunday. 6:28. 7:28. 9:30, 11:48 A. M. Sun
day only 10:00 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and In
termediate points dally, 4:15 P. M. Arrive
Portland 10:15 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlie, con
necting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and
Independence.
First-class fare from Portland to Sacra
mento and San Francisco. $20; berth. SS.
Second-class fare, $16: second-class berth. $2.50.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan, China, Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third and
Washington Sts. Phone Map 712.
C. W. STINGER, WM. M'MURRAY.
City Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Act.
Special Alaska
EXCURSIONS
Cottage City. June 29;
July 13, 27. City of Se
attle. July 20. Fare $66
round trip.
'AROUND PUGET SOUND" EXCURSIONS
EVERY FIVE DAYS.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE.
From Seattle at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan,
Juneau. Skagway. White Horse, Dawson and
Fairbanks.
S. S. City of Seattle, July 10 20.
S. S. Humboldt, July 3, 13, 23.
S. S. Cottage City, (via Sitka). July 13, 27.
NOME ROUTE.
Third sailing S. S. Senator, about July 16.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO DIRECT.
From Seattle at 9 A. M. City of Puebla.
July 10.
Portland Office. 249 Washington St.
Main 229.
O. M. LEE. Pass. Ft. Agt.
C. D. DUNANN. G. P. A.
10 Market St., San Francisco.
Columbia River Scenery
Regulator Line Steamers
THE EXCURSION STEAMER "BAILET
GATZERT" makes round trip to CASCADE
LOCKS every Sunday, leaving: PORTLAND
at 9 A. M., returning arrives 6 P. M.
Dally service between Portland and The
Dalles except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7
A. M., arriving about 3 P. M., carrying
freight and passengers. Splendid accommo
dations Cor outfits and livestock.
Dock fon of Alder street, Portland; foot
of Court street. The Dalles. Phone Main
014. Portland.
San Francisco 6 Portland
Steamship Co.
Operatlnjr the Only Direct Passenger
Steamers
Future sailings postponed Indefinitely ac
count San Francisco water-front strike.
JAS. H. DEWSON. AGENT.
ALASKA
FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE
"Jefferson." June SO; July 12. 24. via
Wrangel.
Dolphin." June 24: July 6, 18, 30.
CHEAP EXCURSION BATES.
On excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka. Metlakahtla, Olacler, Wrangel.
etc.. In addition to regular ports or
call.
Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful
Alaska," ' Indian Basketry," "Totem
Fjles."
THE ALASKA S. S. CO.
Frank Woolsey Co.. Agents.
282 Oak St. Portland. Or.
TRAVELERS" GUIDE.
TOE COMFORTABLE WAY
TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY
THE ORIENTAL LIMITED
The Fast Mull
VIA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE.
Dally. j PORTLAND Dally."
Leave. Time Schedule. Arrive.
'To and from Spo
8:30 ami kane, st- Pul. Mtn- 7 :00 am
neapolls, Duluth and
11:45 pm'AlI Points East Via 6:30 pm
I Seattle.
- . 1
To and from St.
Paul. Minneapolis.
6:15 pm Duluth and a : S:00pm
(Points East Via
'm 1 Spokane.
Great Northern Steamship Co.
Sail lis? from Seattle for Japan
and China ports and Manila, car
rying passengers and freight.
8. S. Minnesota, July 35.
v S. Dakota. Kept- 9.
NIPPON YCSEN K AIM! A
(Japan Mall Steamship Co.)
8. S. KAGA MARL will sail
from Seattle about July 10 for
Japan and China ports, carry Ins
passengers and freight.
For tickets, rates, berth reserva
tions, etc. call on or address
H- DICKSON, C. P. T. A.
12S Third St.. Portland. Or.
Phone Main 680.
t3i6 world
:e thiaS
Cool Breezes Guaranteed by the
Northern Steamship Co.
S. S. NORTH LAND
Between CHICAGO
Milwaukee, Harbor
Springs, Mackinac Ib
land, Detroit. Cleve
land and BUFFALO.
Leaving: Chlcako
June 33d and every
Saturday. Buffalo
Wednesday a through
8. 8. NORTHWEST
Between DULUTH,
Houghton. Marquette,
Sault Sta Marie,
Mackinac Island,
Cleveland and BUF-
IFALO.
Lea v ins: D tj 1 11 t h
, June 26th, and every
i uesuuy tnroagnouc
out the summer.
EUROPEAN OR
Itne Summer.
AMERICAN PLAN
TICKETS
Optional, Rail or Steamship
For full Information, rates, etc., apply to
H. DICKSON. C. P. T. A..
122 Third Street. Portland. Oregon.
TUir c i nrv
Sffiv i lint: LAKU
A I Til 1 IMC
4i?7t rOK I LAND
Depart. Arrive.
Yellowstone Park-Kansas
Clty-St. Louis Special
for Chehalis. Centralla.
Olympia, Cray's Harbor,
South Bend. Tacoma,
Seattle. Spokane. Lewis-
ton. Butte. Billings,
Denver, Omaha, Kansas
City. St. Louis and
Southwest 8:30 am 4:30 pm
North Coast Limited, elec
tric lighted, for Tacoma,
Seattle. Spokane. Butte.
Minneapolis. St. Paul
and the East 2:00 pm 7:00 a ml
Puget Sound Limited for
Claremont, Chehalis,
Centralla. Tacoma and
Seattle only 4:30 pm 10:55 pn
Twin City Express for Ta
coma. Seattle, Spokane,
Helena. Butte, St. Paul.
Minneapolis, Lincoln,
Omaha, St. Joseph. St.
Louis. Kansas City,
without change of cars.
Direct connections for
all points East and
Southeast 11:45 pm 6:50 pmk
A. D. Charlton, Assistant General Pas sen-;
ger Agent, 255 Morrison et, corner Third
Portland, Or.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
no truHLife
Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Dally. For Maygers, Rainier, Dally.
Clatskanle. Westport,
Clifton. Astoria, War
,8:00 A. M. renton. Flavel. Ham- 11:53 a. Jfi
mond. Fort Stevens.
Gearhart Park, Sea
side, Astoria and Sea
shore. '
7:00 P.M. Express Dally. , 9:50 P. lC
Astoria Express.
Dally. .
'Pbrtland-Seaside flyer" Saturday only,.
leave Portland 3:10 P. M.
C. A STEWART. J. C. MAYO,
Comm'I. Agt.. 248 Alder St. Q. F. & p.
Phone Main 006.
ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIP
NEW YORK, LONDONDERRY, GLASGOW,
NEW YORK, PALERMO AND NAPLES.
Superior accommodation. Excellent Cuisine,
The Comfort of Passengers Carefully Con
sldered. Single or Round-Trip Tickets Issued
between New York and Scotch, English.
Irish and all principal continental points at
attractive rates. Send for Book of Tours.
For tickets or general information apply to
any local agent of the Anchor Line or to
HENDERSON BROS., Gen'l Agts., Chicago,
Steamer Chas.R. Spencer
FAST TIME.
Up the beautiful Columbia, the most enjoy
able of river trips. Leaves foot Oak st. fofl
The Dalles and way points dally at 7 A, M.
except Friday and Sunday; returning at 101
P. M. Sunday excursions for Cascade Locks
leave at 9 A. M. ; return 6 P. M. Phon
Main 2060.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamers for Salem, Independence and Al
bany leave 6:45 A. M. daily (except Sunday).
Steamers for Corvallls and way points leav,
8:45 A. M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO..
Office and Dock. Foot Taylor St.
Every Woman
is UaEeresiea nu uoaia .now
about the wonderful
MARVEL Whirling Spray
new TftctBft! rriac. AlifC
tion and .Suction. Best Ba.
eat Most Convenient.
Amk mr drori lit far It.
If he cannot supply ths
MA Strata, fccceot no
AtVisxr hnt land stamc 1( T
fllfiBtn.Ml hook J4 It dves
f nil n.rtlenlsri and 'Mr -rtons lu-
TAluable to ladies. M HVKi. CO.,
m. 28(1 ST., 1VBMT YORK.
Woodard, Clarke & Co., Portland, Oregon.
S. G. Skldmore & Co.. 151 3d. Portland.
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