TITE 8UXDAY OREGOXIAN", PORTLAND, APKIIi .7, 1913.
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SEVENTEEN YEARS' PRACTICE IN PORTLAND
FATHER TIME ID
Francois Xavier Matthicu En
joys Life at Age of 94.
HOST JOKES WITH GUESTS
Hundrrd: Call During Day to (iroct
Murdy I'lonrrr Who Kcmalns
an Optimise In Son.
tct of Ills Life.
BY LEON B CAS3 XAEfl.
Individual rfj at times upset the
apple cart of vital statisticians, and the
never-ceasing pother of the apostles of
sanitation and prevention, and prove
that life Is longer than It used to be.
Surely there has been an extension of
the time limit for Francois Xavier
Matthlru. the Ore .in pioneer, whose
vote In the historic Champoeg meeting
rf Mar. 1443. settled the question of
American soverlegnty In the British
Northwest.
Oregonlans. and Portland citizens in
particular, rannut help but feel the
stirring of interest, the touch of senti
ment that renters la the observance of
the lth anniversary of the natal day
ft this fine old gentleman.
So often the object of interest in slm
I'.ar Instances la given Into print as of
"feeble frame." references are made to
"bis fadlna- eye." and sadder still is
the marking of the "vacant mind.
Father Tlnae IVala Kladly.
Frankly. Mr. Matthicu gets smaU
rrcllt for bjs l years. On evidence of
looks and wits this happy young-old
man might be the son nf any of the
toxen of oM men who bob and nod be
side the fireside or creep about with
the load of a mere TS years.
Testerday ha held a sort of modern
court at the residence of his son. P.
.A. Matthieu. 551 Kusjene street, and re
ceived homage from hundreds of call
ers: favored visitors, a few descendants
of contemporaries, friends of his middle
aire, younser folk of the third gener
ation, and a great many strangers who
railed for the sole privilege of extend
ing him greetings.
I was fortunate to be among the
latter list and though Mr. Matthieu
bad been an Individual receiving; Una
il day long, he was as eager to talk,
and his mind as untlred as when he had
begun his day.
Hvat Ulvea Dally Re-atlae.
"I never tire of anything." he smiled.
"It's people and things that tire of me.
When my chair gets weary of my body,
I go and walk about the veranda, and
when the floor gets tired of- being
tramped on by my feet, then I lie
down. Then when my couch la weary
cf holding me, I sit again, or walk,
itv only other variance in this pro
gramme Is when I eat." He laughed
as ne said It, not the laugh of old age
at its little-joke, but the outward and
visible expression of a sense of humor
that recognised the wild -excitement of
a life bound In by eating, sleeping and
walking, when once that same life had
lived In the fullest, biggest sense of
the term. (And yet no shadow of re
gret tinged his words. He is content.
If his bodily frame shows the signs of
decline, the spirit burns with unim
paired force.)
Intensely clear, his Inner self -sees
within the circle of Its vision, and. he
looks out upon the world with a great
ptimlsm which nothing has shaken or
brought low.
Gibbon reluctantly observes that "two
dualities the abbreviation of time and
the failure of hope will alwaya tinge
with a browner shade the evening of
life."
Melaaebely la tbeeat.
Which is by war of explaining tht
there Is not one speck of brown, the
Inevitable shade of melancholy and de
cav. In Mr. Mstthieus color scheme
of life. It's all old rose, with velvety
softness of lavender ' In Its quiet
shadows.
In tU living of Ms long life he has
gained a balance of mind, he Is a
philosopher after his own observances,
and lias kept In his mind and heart
the greenness, the rose and the gold
of things.
The synovial raids of his life have
not dried up.
Wosaaa SwaTrag DUeasaed.
It might be thought that to this
aged pioneer, who haa seen whole gen
erations pass, who saw this great state
at her birth and watched her growth,
the present-day happenings would be
but shadows, hardly of substantial
substance, but people and things,
taken one by .one, Mr. Matthieu la a
material observer.
He discussed woman's cause and the
suffrage movement with a keen Insight
and Intelligence; he told anecdotes of
pioneer life, of the days of the "forest
primeval." and told them. well. too.
with culmlnative Interest; be talked
of early Portland, and when begged
for the recital of the famous meeting
at Cbampoeg. he told It with simple
charm and expression.
Seated In a Morris chair, his silvered
head thrown In fine relief against Its
dark covering, hla gentle voice thrilled
the listeners.
"The meeting waa held to determine
whether our Oregon country should go
over to be a British possession or stay
American territory.
Meek Calls far Prefereaer.
"Again and again they voted, by bal
lot and by voice, but could reach no
decision. Then Joaeph Meek called to
us to declare our preferences. Of the
10S men present, SO were members of
the Hudson's Bay Company and they,
of course, were holding out for the
British possession of Oregon. Fifty
were American trappers and pioneers.
"When Joe Meek called for those
who atood for the American flax to
step over the line to the right. I, who
an a French Canadian, went first, and
Lurlrr. a quarter-blood Indian, fol
lowed qnlrkly, and for all time Oregon
wss won for the United States."
Somehow the telling of it made Ms
all thrill with not so murh patriotism
perhaps, as at the big-straight-out
f rom-the-shoulder way our forefathers
had of dealing with tremendous mat
ters. Nowadays It would be such a mesa
of dirty politics and so long In (ret
ting It done that It would excite neith
er interest nor patriotism.
LoofeJaar Backward Haaay Pastime.
' Looking backward through his
years, he says, be has got as much
as he expected, of love and of truth,
and rejoices that no sneering, pitying
goblin of brown, sere, pathetic old age
ran filch from him the things he has
stored In his memory. His strong
sense, his tolerance, experience, poise,
gentleness of spirit, all of the "best
of life." are still his, dimmer and
more faintly etched, 'tis true, but they
are with him. 'When he leaves matters
of a personal nature and contemplates
the wider circle of his observation, the
face of his Oregon, the course of time,
the general view seems to All his mind
with an Impregnable content. His
judgment of life Is almost aggressively
cheerful. To him this old world Is still
a marvelously contrived place.
He portrays the power of doing and
enjoying his work way beyond what is
commonly accorded as the law's limit,
and for that very reason lends en
couragement to his Juniors.
"I am happy," he says.
Who could desire for himself on the
eve of hia 94th birthday a fairer ending?
Elk Offered to Klickitat.
' GOLDEN-DALE. Wash.. April (.
(Special.) Representative ' Warbnrton
haa offered to obtain a carload of elk
from the Tellowstona National Park
for Klickitat County. Mr. Warburton
says that yearling and 1-year-old ani
mate can be obtained fnom the large
herds now grazing near Gardner, Mnt..
at a cost of flO a head for loading
charges. The County Commissioners
are considering the matter, but It Is
not probable that the offer will be ac
cepted at present, on account of lack
of facilities for caring for the animals
after they arrive nt Klickitat.
Th monntlns of waterproofed photo
crapha of trl-nta on the finrer nails is a
diw fad la Germany-
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Carpet M
Half Wool
60c
A sale of a stock from Medford, Oregon, bought by
us at 40c to 60c on the dollar. The name of the
firm we are not permitted to advertise, but you
can see their price -tags on the goods.
Fine Carpets, Riigs; and Mattings
Draperies, ILace Curtains, Fixtures
It Will
Pay You
Well
to look in on our lace cur
tain sale.
Buffled Muslin curtains,
worth $1.23 per pair 75
Nottingham Lace curtains
priced about half. .90
Scrim Curtains in various
stylos from .....$1.40
Noyelty Net curtains
worth $1.75,' now $1.10
m VINPQ. 7 SHADES 25k
Couch Covers and
Portieres
These are regular 40c Shades, 3 feet by 7 feet.
Oil Opaque Shades ........... . ... . . . . . .50t
Good rollers and good cloth,-3 ft. by.7 ft., at this price.
Best Duplex Shades . .-. . . .... . . . ... . .... . . . . .75$
A shade with different color on each side, 3x7 feet,
on best rollers. .
We can furnish large Shades at Reduced Prices also.
Some great values in this
,line. Also a" lot of piece
goods Sundours, Madras,
and Curtain Nets at prices
you caniot resist.
Muslins and Nets at. . .10
Madras, very fine 50
Beal Sundour ........ .83
Couch Covers, 60-in $2.50
Portieres, sundour. . $3.40
Portieres, special, . .$5.00
, $ ill
magi ttisSi'ii
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Your Old Stove Taken in Part
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and we will allow you everv cent it is worth. Just telephone Exchange De
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Has the Famous Duplex Draft That Saves One-Third the Fuel
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means less money expended for fuel, better coking a big saving in labor
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crates, thus saving in coal. ' .
RUGS
' at the lowest prices you
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10-6x12 Body
Brussels
10-6x13-6
Body Brussels
10- 6x13-6 :
Wiltons......
11- 3x15 Body
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11-3x15
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.$35.00
$39.00
$38.50
$40.00
.$48.00
$5 Go-Car ts
at $2.50
If you want a-go-cart to knock
around come in and see what wc
can give you for $2.50. This is
a close out and the carts all cost
us more.
Enamel Cottago
Rods stronger and
better than brass,
complete with the
ends and brackets.
TAFT VICTORY FORESEEN
BOISE BAXKKR PREDICTS PRES
IDENT WILL. YYTN'.
G. W. Fletcher Believes Efforts of
Borah for Roosevelt Will Provo
Una-railing-.
"Idaho probably will be strongly for
Tf thl Fall." 1 the tatement made
by G. W.' Fletcher, of . Boise, Idaho,
president of the Idaho National Bank
and formerly candidate for nomination
for Governor against James H. Brady.
Mr. Fletcher, who is at tne Oregon
Hotel, is one of the leading; business
men of Boise and well acquainted with
conditions throughout Idaho.
"Though United States Senator
Borah Is working for Roosevelt and at
tempted to dominate-. the. recent Lw
Iston convention," . said Mr. Fletcher,
"the state will doubtless show a big
majority for. the President. Southern
Idaho is strongly for Taft. i Roosevelt
sentiment appears to be mostly In the
north and due. In great rneamwe. to the
efforts of Senator Borah. Another fact
that must be considered in the present
campaign is that the entire Mormon
vote of Southeastorn Idaho, which dom
inates politics in that state, as it does
In Utah. Is supporting Taft. In fact.
It has been reported that delegates will
be Instructed for' him In accordance
with the. wishes of Joseph F. Smith,
president of the Mormon Church.
In the past, candidates always have
played strongly for the Mormon vote
in Idaho. Govemora usually have car
ried the state through that means. This
means that whoever holds the Mormon
vote will swing the rest of the state
Into line. The fact that Senator Borah
Is out acalnst Taft, however, probably
will make the fight more Interesting."
Mr. Fletcher explained that he was a
close friend of Senator Borah- and
would not wish it supposed that he was
against him in the present campaign,
but he said that he could not under
stand the reason for the Senator's sud
den opposition to the President, since
it hardly could benefit the Senator and
probably would produce a split in the
party In Idaho.
"As a' matter of fact," he. said, the
Democrats are taking advantage of the
attitude of Senator Borah and nurs
ing the movement for a split among
the-Republicans for reasons of their
own."
Mr. Fletcher said there will be a
good deal of -competition among candi
dates for the new Representative at
Washington. Ex-Representative ' In
Congress Hamer will be a strong man
in the race and the present Represen
tative, Burton French, will be a candi
date for re-election. Mr. McCrackcn,
whose candidacy has Just been an
nounced, he said, would hardly be. a
winning man partly because of his at
titude in local option matters. ,
A' proposition has bean prnted t the
MlnUirv of Public Works for utilising tna
raplila "of the Falto Grande Falls, In tha
Uruguay River. anm 1R mll from th cl'V
rf hallo, to a-nrfe !clrical energy for
tranamli'Sion to towm on both banks of th
rlv.r and ultimately to Busnos Ayraa and
Montavtda
DETAILS LEFT TO TAFT
rvNocrrvT purchasers bivi
MAKING PROGRESS.
Wlckersham and' Fisher Differ as to
Minor Matters Regarding Ore-'
gon Railway liands.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April . A. O. Dixon, of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, had a
conference with the President today,
following the conference with Secre
tary Fisher yesterday. In regard to
the pending bill for the relief of in
nocent purchasers of Oregon & Califor
nia Railroad lands. .
Attorney-General "Wlckersham has
reported favorably on those features -of
the bill which apply to settlement with
innocent purchasers, but Secretary
Fisher has taken a somewhat different
view, especially with regard to requir
ing these purchasers to pay $2.50 an
acre to the Government for their lands,
after going Into oourt and confessing
Judgment. ' t ,
- It therefore was decided to submit
this slight difference to the President
and he will act when he receives the
written report from Mr. Dixon. After
his conference today, Mr. Dixon ex
pressed entire satisfaction with the
way matters are progressing and he
expects a favorable outcome. There
will be no further hearings on the .bill
before Congress until B. D. Townsend
Is ready to submit his statement, which
will carry the question over until next
week or later.
- Poor Farm to Bo Inspected.
' Final arrangements have been made
for a formal opening April 10 of the
Multnomah County Poor Farm. Invi
tations are to be sent out to a delega
tion of representative business people
and heads of organizations to be the
guests of the County Court at an in
spection of the new farm and at an in
formal luncheon to be served. A short
programme of music and addresses also
will be carried out. The opening was
planned by County Commissioner
Lightner for the purpose of giving
representative people an opportunity
to see what is being done for tha re
lief of the poor and aged. The party
will leave Portland in automobiles at
1 o'clock In the afternoon and will re
turn in the early part of the evening.
The automobiles have been contributed
by those interested in the welfare of
the institution. . It is planned later to
run an excursion to the poor farm over
the electric line for the benefit of the
general public.
NATURES ESSENCE.--Extracted From Forest Plants.
fta,mn's laws are perfect, but disease follows if these laws are not obeyed.
Go trails te sntare for the cure, to the forest ; there are mysteries here that we
a tatbea lor you. Take the baric of the wild-cherry tree, the root of mandrake,
steme Orefea frapo root, queea's root, bloodroot and golden seal, make a scien
tffe, oa-aleohiio extraet of them with just the right proportions and you have ,
Doctor l-ioroo'0 Golden Medical Discovery.
ktek Dr. Flare, with the assistance of two learned chemists, eijht years of
rork exparisneatia to mano tmi pure giyceno "
t ofloleaoy sad Without the use of a partiole of aloohol.
JUtt tuO tort Ot remeay you ncsu to uua -ncu, rea
blood, and eure that lassitude and feelinf of nerve exhaustion.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bears the stamp of
Pwblio ArraovAL and has sold more largely in the past forty
years than My other Mood purifier aad stomach tonic.
acatMo
Lftutstbt
"Some 'time are I rot eat of health my stomach seemed to t
it ox the twabls, writes Ma. Ezra Williams, of Belleville, ;
be tha
sat OZ t&e QOaOlS, wnui inn. xiuM ' iil..j. mm i. v. irauvTiiMk ami..
"t asnSMneaa to doctor with all tha doctors at bom aa well as with
Mier apodaliats am stomach and digestive org-ans. None seemed to do
ssw eeoS a fact, most of the medicines did me harm. Finally, I wrote
at Dr Pierce. Buffalo, M. who replied, statins; that I haa liver cem
e taint With lndlrestton and conitfpatloo. and advised Dr. Pierce's Gold an
The Discovery' and Pellata. have put me on my feet again
DnlttltVaUIMCaai. A cwitt no wpiwiwai wiuium uimi.
a, (fef'ee'a Peaaeat Pelleti are tor lifer HI: