MAMMA'S HAN'KER. , !
Our dear little Helen, not three years
old,
Yaw muwilvna 4-s its 4Van Via. WAlffht
In gold.
Bad always slept in ber mother's
room.
On ber own little bed by the larger
one. ;
There, tired with play, fast asleep she
wmilri Tie.
Mamie and Julie and Anna close by;
Those dear, precious dolls and nursey
kept
The little one company while she slept
But mamma was ill, and the child
one night
Was carried away from her mother's
eight
Poor, little, grieved darling! She
sobbed and cried.
Kor with dolls or book could be pac
ified. All at onoe a bright thought entered
her head
"Pease. Damma, dear, miamma'a
han'ker," she said,
"To wipe my tears!" Grandma speed
ilv went
And brought the han'ker to the child's
content.
And every night, while mamma was
ilL
For comfort she clung to the han'ker
still:
Her favorite dolls on her pillow might
rest
But mamma's han'ker was hugged
to her breast
I clasped the child In a lovjng m
brace. And kissed very fondly the upturned
face:
The tears were all gone she smiled
and I thought
What a magical change the han'ker
had wrought-
My own eyes were dim, and the tears
would come.
My thoughts went back to my child
hood's home;
And I heartily wished for all my
years
For say mamma's han'ker to wipe my
tears!
(MRS.) MART A. TOWNSBND
PIPPO."
There was onco a little black and
tan dog, whose name was 'Pippo; his
mother's name was Nola, and his
father's name was Cricket; Cricket
had little " sharp - ears that stuck
tralcht up in the air, and Kola had
long ears that hung down, and Pippo
admired both his parents very mucn,
When he looked at his father he
would say to himself: "How brave
and handsome Papa Cricket looks,
with his ears standing up so
straight" then he would try to hold
Us ears up in the same way; when
he looked at his mother be thought:
"How pretty and graceful Mamma
Nola is, her ears flop so beautifully
when she runs," then he would try
to hold his down, so they would flop
too.
Now I do not know whether one of
PIddo's ears was stiff er than the oth
er or not but I do know that after
awhile his right ear stood up all the
time, while his left one always hung
town, which gave him a very runny
roe-sided appearance.
Pippo lived on a farm where there
was a big barnyard, be, bis papa ana
mamma had a bis kennel in this
barnyard, and three times a day
good woman who was the farmer's
wife, would come out and bring
plate of nice Juicy bones, and some
times a pan of milk for the dog ram
tly, then they would all three stand
around the dish and eat until every
bit was gone, and each of them had
mad Just enough.
Pippo was very fond of the farmer's
wife, and always wished he could do
something to help her; he was a grate
ful little dog, and was always wishing
to help someone.
-Right next to the barnyard where
Pippo lived there was a big hen-
bouse, inside this hen-bouse, all along
each side, was a row of square open
in-rs like little doorways, that led
Into a long box that was fastened to
the side of the hen-house, and all
partitioned off into little rooms, each
room having one of those doorways
Into the ben-house, and nice clean
straw all over the floor.
f uiu uvi buuw Oil ainfut um-i,
nit he had often seen the hens go
Into the ben-house, and after awhile
omo out and go about cackling as if
iney naa done someining very smart,
then the farmer's wife would come
ut and go up to that long box, raise
a little hinged cover, and take out
something white and oblong In shape
sometimes she opened all the covers.
(for there was one above each little
room), then her whole apron would
ae mil or eggs.
Now Pippo thought the hens must
save something to do with those pret
ty white things; he did not know they
were eggs, but he knew the farmer';
wife liked to have all she could find,
and one day he heard her say: "I
haven't seen anything of old grey hen
for some time." Then the farmer said
"I heard her cluckin around here
good while, shouldn't wonder if she'd
stole a nest somewhere and was goin'
to set"
Pippo had no Idea what all that
- meant but the next day be saw the
uiu grc-J iicU ouu uiau; up uio uiiuu
to follow her and see if he could find
some eggs for the farmer's wife.
She had just come out of the stable,
. and had her feathers ruffled up ' so
she looked a little cross; fippo thought
It might be better to go in the stable
and look around while she was gone,
so he slipped in quietly and looked
through the enmtv stalls, and bv and
by he came to the one where Dell,
the grey' horse was; he kept out of
the way of Dell's feet and the good
old horse put down his nose and
sniffed at him, but he and Pippo were
good friends, and Dell would not
hurt the little dog for the world.
Dell was eating hay, and some of it
had fallen through the cracks in the
- manger, and what do you think? the
old grey ben bad found ' it and
scratched it around into a nest, and
right there under ,the manger lay
' twelve beautiful' white eggs; so far
under that the farmer had never seen
them at all.
Pippo was so happy he barked with
joy. then he picked up one of the
eggs in his mouth, and it was so
large his little jaws could just hold
it; he held his head up high, and
started toward the house very slowly,
for fear he would drop it
He carried it to the back door and
found that shut, so he went around
to the front of the house, and climbed
- up the steps, which were very high,
mo high he could hardly climb up
with the egg in bis mouth; then when
ne got upon xne porcn ne iouna tnat
door shut too; he did not know just
what to do. but he thought if he put
the egg right by the door the farmer's
wife could not fail to find it, so he
put it down, and waited for just a
minute, and while be - was waiting
something, happened that surprised
him very much; the porch was made
to slant down a little, so the water
would run off when it rained, and
When Pippo put Jhe. egg dawn It be-
gan to roll toward the edge ' of the
porch, and before he could catch it
It fell over on the first step and went
spat, spat down the whole flight, and
the-outside of it came right in two,
and a funny yellow kind of staff ran
out in a little stream all down the
nice clean steps.
Fippo bad - not had any idea such
a thing 'as this was going to happen,
and he hurried down the steps to
run and hide, but just at the foot be
met his mother, who asked him in
dog language what he had been doing;
and he told -ber .he had ben trying to
help-the farmer s wife, and she saw
the broken egg and asked him If he
did that; so he told her all about it.
for he had found it was better to tell
his mother everything.
She told him to come home with
her, and when they got to the kennel
she talked to him a long time, all in
dog language; it . sounded like this:
"Bow wow, wow, r, r, r, rr, . rr, rr.
yap, yap, yap," out wnen translated
it meant: "You are a kind little dog
to want to help the farmer" wife,
but you see you are not old enough
yet to understand about everything,
and it would be better to ask your
father or me, before you do anything
like that besides, you have no right
to take the old grey hen's eggs while
she is cone: do not take any more.
but wait awhile, and see what will
haDDen."
Just then the farmers wire opened
the door and saw the spilled, egg.
Mv eoodness!" said she. "what a
nasty mesa on the front steps. I won
der how it came here. sue got a
broom and some water and scrubbed
it all off. and never found out how
it came there, for Pippo oould not
tell her.
And Pippo waited, as his mother
had told him to. to see what would
haDDen. and did not disturb the old
grey hen, ana Den never tola wnax
was eoine on under his manger, and
one dav while PIddo sat in front of
the kennel in the sunshine, rigm out
of the stable door stalked the old grey
hen. cluckins loudly. Just like the
fnswv old thine sne was, ana an
around her, cheeping at the top of
their voices, were eleven little yellow
thinks, and the old hen couia not
count so she never knew that there
ught to have been twelve.
IN BROADCLOTH GARB.
What a Well-dressed Man Wears-
Hints to Our Male Society Buds.
A man in Ihis salad days ts apt to
ray much attention to his clothes, In
deed it Is one evidence or the approacn
of the tender passion. In later years
that fatal indifference that steals upon
us unawares is sure to invade even the
sajared domain of the tailor and hatter
with disastrous results. A bachelor
may grow more finical in taste as time
slips away, but a married man is
doomed; some even becoming so de
praved as (to let their wives select their
neckties.
While i Salem Is not subject to the
same fluctuations in styles that obtain
in our large cdttes yet the innate love
of the beautiful tthiait impels a man to
gaze Into every to oh of mirror he sees,
may make a few suggestions timely
in regard to what a well-dneesed man
should wear.
For morning wear the coat Is con
fined to the sack or cutaway. A Der
by or soft hat should he worn with the
former, a silk one toeing permissible
with ttihe latter. The accepted after
noon dress is always a Prince Albert
frock coait. This is full dress for amy
social furactlarj that occurs before din
ner. Trousers should he inconspicuous
at all time, checked ones being a relic
of harbarism.
' A dress suit Is never correct for any
occasion whatever before dimmer. It
should be warn to formal dinners and
for other evening entertainments at
discretion. Incidentally. the cut of the
dress coat is longer than formerly, in-
dead there seems to be a tendency to
lengthen all coats, while trousers are
made full at tb p t op and smaller at the
bottom in peg--t p style. - A man's linen
should be severely simple, not too
highly polished, and above suspicion in
its ipurity. He should avoid embroid
ired and fancy styles in shirts. Collars
ind cuffs should be made on the shirt
and pearl studs are in better taste than
diamonds.
While the artistic nature of the well-
dressed man is largely shown in his
linen, it he tie should be the piece de
resistance, the finishing touch to
work of art The four-in-hand scarf
Is the most approved. When in black
it should have some pattern in it.
Perhaips there is nothing so abused as
to time of wearing as the white tie.
Like the dress coat it should not be
donned before dinner. Even in the
dog days, delicate pink, blue and lav
ender linen ones are better form.
To that rash mortal who would wear
a ready-made tie, one word of advice
is given: Don't"
If the fin-de-siccle youth would be
very English let him wear his watch
jhain attached to a trousers' button
leading down to the right trousers'
pocket where the watch is kept.
TAXATION
OF CHURCH
PROP-
ERTY.
We believe that all church property
to exceed the value of $1,000 should be
taxed juat as other property. Almost
every community is now unduly taxed
by the too numerous church buildlnes,
If taxing church property does away
with some of the church buildings in
aaoh community, there will toe devel
oped a more tolerant and religious
spirit for men and women with tout an
ulmoet imperceptilble Shade of diver-
Mice in religious beliefs will be drawn
closer together and worshln ClnH in
true holiness, and much of the petty
iealousy and enmity now existing will
be done away. Let us build hospitals
where they are so badly needed and do
way with superfluous churches. Real
religion is practical, and practical out
aide of church .buildings in deeds of
.ove. While we maintain that all men
should be -allowed to worship God ac
cording to the dictates of conscience
so long as such "dictates" interferes
not with the business or liberties of
3thers, we do advocate the -taxation of
valuable church property, and would
' 'the attention of the present legis
ature to this matter. We do most
neartlly endorse this part of Gov.
Lord's message. "Where one class of
property is taxed and another to any
large extant allowed to escape, the bur
dens or government are not equally
shared." It may be said of Japan that
he thoroughly understands ber own
affairs, and resents interference. She
has Shown herself capable of chastis
ing and dictating terms of peace to a
mighity empire. Why then should sh
ask help from a tnaHon nhM i
America, has Shown herself incapable
of 'harmonizing her own discordant
elements, chief of which is the clash
between labor and oanitai? Wh
America has swept her own doorstep
then will it seem more teonsistent for
her statesmen to offer to arbitrate and
legislate tow other nations. Porhi
Japan has not forgotten the strained
relation that once existed between her
self and America, when the latter gob
bled up, J&paese shekels without value
given.
"SADIE."
(A Southern Oregon Sunbeam.) '
The tatter part of May, 1894, a small
party started out from Jacksonville,
Oregon, .to visit the famous Sturgis
minenine miles idiatatut. The day
was perfect, not a cloud in the sky
to shadow the ardor of anticipation,
as the occupants of carriages and bug
gies started to ascend the mountain
that rises- back of Jacksonville i the
foothills were toroidered with vineyards
and orchards, rich in their green foli
age, and high above them the broad
driveway wound around a steep cir
cuitous grade, with here and there a
small stream of sparkling water drop
ping from ithe mountain side into the
culvert below, forming a pleasing con
trast to the iheat and dust that op
pressed the air. When the summit was
reached and the tired horses stopped
for a Short rest while with widely dis
tended nostrils they drew in the fresh
air of the mountain top, the entire
party turned its eyes backward to
gather in the beauties of vRogue river
valley, that lay spread out like a
gorgeous panorama at its feet
From ithe deep blue line of the Siski-
yous, to the Table Rocks, the placid
waters of Bear creek flowed in ease-
murmurings, until they were lost
In (the waters or Rogue river, and swept
by its resistless tide onward to the sea.
Numerous villages and hamlets, silent
In he distance, but with the smoke
curling up from mils and workshops,
told of the ceaseless rounds of busy life
within them. A Southern Pacific rail
way train was sweeping southward
through the valley, telling-its story
of commercial and industrial life -that
had called it hither. In the east Mt
McLaughlin reared its snow-capped
head high above the Cascade- range,
and numerous smaller peaks were
variously conjectured to be worthy of
historic names with (never a caiviler,
whether to call them Mt. Tacoma or
Mt, Ranier, and for- once ithat vexed
question was sweetly settled by giving
place to each. Surely no fairer picture
was ever (transferred from summer
landscape to the Imperishable walls
of memory than swung out .that day
from a, cloudless sky in the valley of
Rogue river. Again the mlae; down
the steep hillside, over mountain
gorges, and across ithe limpid streams,
the party wended its way, basking in
the grateful shade of the forest, and
drinking the variegated beauty and
bloom that filled the air with delicious
fragrance. The home of the proprietor
of the mine was reached; not the ideal
miner's cabin of the. past but the neat
modern (home of the house-holder, hold
ing In its treasures a delicate, refined
lady, and a lovely little 9-year-old girl.
the Satdie of my story. What mat
tered it if the roots of the alfalfa and
orchard trees were gathering their
life forces from a soil rich in virgin
gold, and the tiny rivulets that rippled
from the mountain side, made bare the
bedrocks seamed with- the precious
metal? Here, forty years before, had
the owner of the mine builded his
miner's cabinl Here had he grown
gray in simple pastoral life. Here had
he wrested from nature by honest toil,
the knowledge of geology that revealed
to him the wealth upon which his pos
sessions rested. In the mountain fast
nesses he had wooed and won the del
icate woman who had crowned his life
with loving kindness, and separated
the dross from the fine gold of his
better nature. -Ah! here had come to
the home a" diviner revelation, a fair
and delicate flower was fast unfolding
its tiny -petals in the sunshine of love
and affection; a 'Southern Oregon sun
beam was giving an added effulgence
to the home life, and shedding a ray
serene upon the mining camp. Whence
the grace and courtesy with which the
miner and his wife received their
guests? Had nature in- its finest har
mony, imparted to them a benison
that radiated in their cordial welcome
Eagerly the party listened to the story
of the miner's experience, end with
that strange fascination that the sight
of gold begets, they admired -the spec
imens and nuggets, that were brought
out from nook and cornier for their in-
spec ti on. Still ini the gold pan' on the
top of the bookcase were several! hun
dred dollars taken from the sluice
boxes the day before. Little Sadie
carried about the specimens and
tossed the golden dust in the blower
and balanced ithe larger pieces In the
gold scales with the childish uneon
eero that Indicated that she had never
realized- the value of gold; to (her it
was simply a! part of the great fvroll
of nature from which she had (loaned,
untouched by the greed and av
that later on darkens the pathway of
human life. When the father epok
the happy, carefree life of the chi
and that she mni soon go away with
her mother t: ojhool, the little sne
caught the gentler cadence of his
voice, and into the startled blue eyes
at once came the full meaning of the
coming separation. She slipped
around to her father's side and enrobed
deftly to his knee, and stroked the
grizzled beard with her tiny hand
the father 'turned upon the child alov
tnjg; look of affection that indicated toad
she was the dearest of all his earthly
possessions. Not less loyally did the
child give to the mother a lingering
fond embrace, and again she was
caroling with the wild birds, with no
thought of the clouds of tomorrow.
Over the rushing tide of water that
poured through 'the ditch down ts the
mine, the party wended its way,
led by the child. A full force of men
were cleaning the bedrock with steel
picks and little willow brooms. In
great shallows, upon the cleaned bed
rock, dear pools of water were stand
ing, left by a mountain storm "that
had swept the mine the day before.
In these the child splashed and dab
bled, now here, now there, with a kind
ly word from -the- miners who paused
to greet her as she passed. On the
uncleaned bedrock, where ths
gold glistened among the sand and
boulders, and in the riffles of the sluice
boxes, where it was caught in shining
meshes, little Sadie gathered up the
gold and tossed it about until her sen
sitive ear caught the notes of a wild
bird, and She mingled her gleeful voice
with its carol. The pipes were still
while the work of cleaning the bedrock
was on, but the party would see the
mine in motion, and the proprietor
started to the bulk head fa. half-mile
distant to turn the -water on. Soon
the roar of the water was heard thun
dering down through the pipes and the
water in the by-washes poured over
the ;20-foot bank In rainbow tinted
spray. A 3iiuge pine tree root , was
firmly embedded in a point upon which
the pipes began to play. The party
grouped about watching the mighty
forces of nature, yielding to -the in
ventive and mechanical genius of man
in carrying on the gigantic enterprises
of ths mine, and ail propelled by the
inherent desire for gain, that formed
such striking contrast with- the sinless
soul of the child which was as yet un
touched by the baser elements that
flourish and fatten and devour each
J other in Che worjd's great marts of
trade. For more than, am hour the
mighty . torrents - poured through
ithet giants (against . 'the . .ibank
and rolled Idomm in a muddy
stream into the tail race. The blinding
spray had ; rapidly cooled the atmos
phere, and a strange sller.ee fell upon
the scene. Even' the glad, happy voice
of the child was silenced by the roar
of the water and she was gathered in
her mother's arms, and became at
once an interested spectator. Pres
ently the great point of dirt and bould
ers tumtoied down, and was soon dis
solved by the piles, and carried down
the muddy Streatm. The ride home
ward was filled with wondering
thoughts of the great inventions and
mighty machinery that are tearing out
the heart of the mountains in the mad
search for gold. Enshrined above the
sordid rush, for gain, is the beautiful
horns life, where the grace ' of the
presence of little children keeps bright
and beautiful all the nobler impulses
and higher attributes of humanity.
Such is the Divine mission of Sadie,
the boutherm Oiegon Sunbeam.
"CHRONICLES."
Chap. I. It came to pass that the
days of Sylvester the Perunoyeriite were
fulfilled that he should reign over the
various tribes of the state of Oregon.
And he arose and opened iwide his
mouth in ithe presence of the Sanhed
rim sitting to the synagogue of the
state of Oregon, and he spake thusly:
Lo ye men of Salem, take heed! for the
time cameth that I, the mighty Hoo-
dad, the ruler of the synagogue shall
retire to my mill where the buzzsaw
buzzeth not, for the times are hard and
lo, the people have waxed' great in pov
erty and haveth neither shekels In
their pockets or grain in their gran
aries, and the corn and wine In the land
bringeth forth mo revenue as it once
did, the song of the cddlim moth is a
burden in the land, the calf and the
young kid gambolleth not on the hill
sides, the hop . hoppeth not, and the
hop grower hangs his harp on the lank
hop-pole and by the waters of the Wil
lamette he aitteth down and weeps and
wist not what he shall do, . while the
tax-gatherer staflketh abroad in the
land and itaxetih everything under the
sun. Lo! the only thing that flourish
eth is the tax. Therefore I steppeth
dawn and out and attenideth to my
own business and it pleaoeth me great
ly if you aittendieth to yours. Selah.
Hearken ye rulers, ye high- priests, ye
mighty men in Oregon there oometh
one after me whose shoestrings l am
not . going to unloose. He is . mightier
than I, hear ye him. Selah.
Ohap. II. Then arose the mighty
judge in Oregon, whom the people had
chosen to reign over them in the place
of the Hoodad Sylvester the Pennoyer-
ite. He was mighty of stature and
commanding of voice, and he spake to
the tax-gatherers, Scribes, Sadducees,
Pharisees, the Republicans and Sinners
Populists and Democrats and that
were gathered together with the San
hedrim in the temple, and they were
well pleased and stampeth their feet
and clappeth their hands end Shouteth
Verily the Lord reigns! Let the peo
ple rejoice! let thlem sing Psalm tunes
In the market places, let the cymbals
sound, bang the Psaltery, play upon the
hautboy, flourish the Hewgag, blow
upon the ramshorns, for we are de
livered from the rule of the Pennoyer-
lte. Rejoice greatly. Verily the face
of the Lord doth shine upon us. Then
again spake William the Lord and
taught them saying Blessed are ye
when ye "Make a resolute effort -to re
duce the burden of taxation to the
lowest possible limit consistent with
the wise economical administration of
the public business." Blessed are ye
when ye realize that "There is a wide
complaint against the Inequality of
our tax laws. If these deflects exist
they should he speedily remedied.'
Blessed lane ye that ye openeth your
eyes to the fact that the "Law, inflicts
punishment upon the criminal and to
deter others from the commission of
crime. The punishment consists in
confining him in the state penitentiary
for a period of time proportionate to
the enormity of his offence," and not
in loosing the jail-bird that he may
stalk abroad and prey upon and devour
your substance, and lie in wait for you,
ana swoop mown upon you; for the Jail
bird is 'a curious bird that flyeth no
with his -wings but preambuiateth
with Ms feet, and trampeth from place
to place, and beateth the air with his
fins, and worketh only with his jaw
bones. Yea, verily, this jail-bird hath
oylveatter -the Pennoyerite loosed upon
ma .community and him men fear
greatly, and calleth upon the hills and
rocks to fail upon them that the jaij-
oira slay them mot. O ye people, go
to now, anoint your heads with hair
on, weep, Ihowl, gnash your teeth, re
pent in sack-cJoth and ashes for your
sins, that ye did allow the Pennoyerite
to siay your judgment with jaw-bone.
so that ye elected him to riegn over
you. -
But ye wot rot what ye did, and now
that ye bringeth forth fruits meet for
repentance, Blessed are ye, Tor ye have
been saved as. brands from burning in
tnat; ye maketh my calling and elec
tion sure. But hear O Israel, Blessed
are ye when ye fall not In love with the
damsel Polly Ticks, for she ia exceed
ingly fickle and full of guile and lead
eth you in crooked ways. Blessed are
ye when all men revile you for voting
for the man whom it plea Beth you to
have for United States senator, for if
ye voteth for the man that getteth
mere, veray, your reward shall be
great upon the earth.. Selah. ;-
Chap. III. And when the Lord had
spoken thusly and smoleth an exceed
ingly hilarious smile upon the multi
tuda they rejoiced greatly anid stamp
eth their feet until the temple shook
from dome to foundation, and the dim
corridors resoumdetlh with ithe cry. The
Lord reigneth! then they sung a Sam
tune, and sounlded the ramsfaorcs, and
went forth exceeding joyful.
Then Sylvester the Pennoyerite
bowed his bead upon his bosom and
wept, and gnashed (his teeth, and put
ashes upon his" head, and plucked his
beard, and mourned as one who cannot
ba comforted. And he arose and trav
eled a Sabbath day's journey to his
mill where the sound of the buzzsaw
is heard no more, and where the
whangdoodle mourn eth with great
lamentation. Selah!! Statesman.
THE ENDLESS STATUTES.
New York, Feb. 4. President Benja
min Norton of the Atlantic Railroad
company was arraigned before the
United tSates commissioner of Brook
lyn this afternoon charged with violat
ing the United States statute in dis
playing United States mall signs on
trolley cars that were not carrying
mails.
BOISE STILL UNCERTAIN.
Boise, Feb. 2. Na cbang
ia ie
senatorial situation,
II
Bills for Their Crea
tion Introduced.
Educational Measures
Proposed.
Lealing Sections of the Beet Sugar
Bill Now before the Lejjiala- ,
.'. tuxe Other Capitol ews.
Three measures are before the leg
islature to add new counties to the
list and in case they should become
laws it would be well to have an ac
curate understanding of them in ad
vance. With a map and pencil they
an be easily traced from the sub-
Joined information:
Mr. Davis's bill which passed the
bouse a few days ago, describes the
lew county of Vernon as follows:
"Beginning on the state line between
Washington and Oregon on the town
ship line between ranges 32 and 33
ast, thence running south ten miles
to the southwest corner of township
3 north of range 33 east; thence east
six miles; thence south five miles;
thencd east four miles; thence south
seven miles; thence east on township
line about five and one-half miles to
where said township line crosses center
of the channel of the Umatilla river;
thence up Umatilla river and North
Fork thereof to Union county line;
thence northerly along Union county
line to state line; thence west to the
place of beginning."
This takes the northeast portion of
Umatilla county and the west and
south boundary lines dodge around so
as not to get too close to Pendleton f
also to leave Adams out Milton is the
provisional county seat, Weston and
Athena being rivals.
Mr. Lyle's bill for the creation of
Sutton county covers the following
territory: "Beginning at "the north
west corner of township 13 south,
range 20 east, running south on town
ship line to the southwest corner of
township 14 south, range 20 east;
thence east to the southeast corner of
section 33, township 14 south, range
26 east; thence north to the boundary
line of Grant county at the northeast
orner. of section 33, township 6 south,
range 26 east; thence west to the
aorthwest corner of Grant county;
thence south to the center of the
John Day river;- thence down that
stream to where it crosses the line
running east and west through the
enter of township 8 south, range 19
east; thence west on said line to the
summit of the mountains dividing the
waters of the John Day and Deschutes
rivers; thence following the summit
to place of beginning."
This is the northeast corner of Crook
county, a piece of Wasco county about
three miles wide and twelve miles
long and a strip from the northwest
orner of Grant - county forty-nine
miles long and twenty miles east, and
west ' The east line runs close to
Monument in Grant county and the
southwest corner is exactly twenty-
four miles straight east of Prineville.
Mitchell is the provisional county seat
and would probably be the perma
nent one.
The bill Introduced by Mr. Temple-
ton to create the new county of Cala
pooia describes its bounds as follows
"Commencing at a point in the mid
dle of the main channel of the Wil
lamette river, due west from where
the township line between township
12 and township 13 south south, range
4 west, intersects said river, running
thence east on said township line to
the summit of the Cascade mountains;
thence southerly along the summit
of said mountains to the northern
boundary line of Lane county; thence
west on said boundary line to the mid
dle of the main channel of Willamette
river; thence down said main chan
nel to the place of beginning."
This practically cuts Linn county
in equal parts on a line starting east
from the little town of Peoria, running
aorth of Shedd station about a mile
and almost through the town of Soda-
ville, taking the south half for the new
oumty. Sweet Home is the nearest
town to its geographical center, but
Brownsville would probably be the
aunty seat
The people are always interested in
education and in the taxes required
to support it, hence they will be anx
ious to know what measures' are be
fore the present legislature In that
direction. Aside from such claims as
may be entered by the institutions
now in existence for a liberal remem
brance in the general appropriation
bill there are six bills in for higher
and special institutions of learning-
three for high schols and. three nor
mal schols. -
. The first is by Mr. Bridges (H. B.
9) for the permanent establishment of
the normal school at Drain, creating
a board of seven regents for it and
appropriating $5,000 for its support the
ensuing two years, to be paid in quar
terly installments. The act is amend
atory of an existing law on this sub
ject The appropriation is condition
al upon a deed of the school and prop
erty to the state.
H. B. 10 by Mr. Conn is for the ap
propriation of S5.000 to be paid as sal
aries of teachers in the state graded
school at Lakeview, $2,500 each year.
H. B. 119 by Mr. Dunn is for locat
ing a state normal school at Ashland
conditioned upon the people there
deeding to the state .five acres of
ground and the buildings known as
tne Ashland Collegiate Institute. It
creates a board of twelve resents
with the usual powers and duties and
appropriates $5,000 per year for the
support or the school.
Mr. Buckman of Coos (H. B. 141)
wants the Coquille college, at Coauille
City, declared a state normal school
for the purpose of conferring practi
cal value upon Its diplomas for per
sons desiring to teach school. There
id no appropriation asked this time.
Mr. Patterson of Grant county (H.
B. 276) wants a high school estab
lished at Burns, Harney county, for
which an aprporiatlon of $5,000 is
asked, contingent upon the building by
the citizens of that place of a $12,000
building that will accommodate 200
students. The branches to be taught
are higher arithmetic, algebra, geom
etry, political economy, rhetoric, theory
and practice of teaching, and - such
others as may be prescribed by the
directors. ,'" -.
Senator Maxwell has a similar meas
ure for the city of Tillamook, so it
will be seen that the desire for edu-
oaitlorjal facilities la abroad waoug
Oregon representatives.
The leading sections of Senator Den
ny's beet sugar bill are as follows:
. "That the Oregon Beet Sugar com
pany, a corporation organized and ex
isting under the laws of the state or
Oregon, and its assigns are hereby au
thorized and empowered to make use
of the labor of the convicts' confined
in the penitentiary, for the period of
ten years, in the manufacture of su
gar and other saccharine products
from beets and In the cultivation of
beets for the-purpose of experiment
and use in the manufacture or sugar.
The said Oregon Beet . Sugar com
pany and its assigns are authorized
and empowered to make use oi sucn
part of the state penitentiary build
ings and lands as may not be already
appropriated to other purposes, ror use
in the manufacture or sugar rrom
beets, and the cultivation of beets for
experiment and use in the manufac
ture of sugar. The saia uregon iseet
Susrar company and its assigns snail
pay to the state of Oregon for the
labor, so used by -tnem tne sum oi
thirty (30) cents per day for each con
vict employed. The governor is also
hereby authorized to contrac-i. wjui
and lease to any person, firm or cor
poration, upon- such . terms and for
such time and compensation as ue
may deem advisable the whole or
any part of the labor of the "convicts
confined in the penitentiary of this
mafia not reauired or employed by the
Jsafld Oregon Betet Sugar - compaiijj;.
NO COnVlCl snail OB coiuyeueu w
while sick or otherwise incapacitated,
and the superintendent and warden
of the penitentiary shall have general
charge and custody of the convicts
while engaged in sucn laoor.
ABOUT FL AX CULTURE
A LETTER FE0M MRS. GOVERNOR
LORD.
She Talks About Flax, Linen, Pepper
mint and Several Other
Industries.
During the late fall months it was
my good fortune to visit friends in the
Eastern cities. To the casual ooserver
the East seems more prosperous than
the Pacific coast at the present time.
One thing was very marked the low
price of all farm products. .
'This is a great boon to tne city
people, but what is to become of the
farmer in the meantime.' 1 saia to
my hostess, who was rejoicing over the
prevalence of low prices and what It
meant for the poor: "Their profits are
greatly cut into by the l-ng hauls.
Our farmers cannot go on in this way.
You have visited Oregon, and you
have expressed yourself enthusiastical
ly as to its soil and climate, and possi
bilities of future greatness. Now give
us some suggestions."
"The crop for you as flax, she said
. reply, "and I shall he glad to In
troduce you by mail to Mrs. Olburg,
of Minnesota, who was lady manager
at the World's fair from -that state,
and judge of linens. Her father was
a linen manufacturer in Norway."
Since my return to Oregon I have
received some information from Mrs.
Olburg, who is greatly interested in
fostering the flax industry in Amer
ica. She writes me that the making
of linen has been experimented with
In 'the penitentiary at Stillwater, and
is no longer a matter of doubt. It
pays, and places twines at -less cost to
farmers also. It is to be hoped that
some member of the legislature will
thoroughly investigate this subject
and sec if it will not be a starting
point for a new and valuable industry.
Mrs. Olburg has been in Oregon, and
admits that we .have the ideal climate
for the growth of flax superior to that
of her own state. From manufactur
ing first the coarser articles we might
be able to locate mills and make linen
manufacture one of the leading indus
tries of the State. Half the linens ex
ported from Great Britain and Ireland
are taken in the United Staites, and
amount to $30,000,000 annually. I un
derstand that in Ireland much of the
weaving of linen for art purposes is
done in hand, looms in the houses of
the peasantry. Space is too limited in
this valuable paper to discuss this
question as fully as its great interest
demands, but I hope some of our public-spirited
Joiirrafls will cpen their
columns for remarks and suggestions.
I said to my hostess: "What is this
new fad of offering peppermint creams
at dessert? I see it at all the leading
hotels, and they are . in evidence at
every well-regulated at-home dinner.
They seem to have supplemented salt
ed almonds."
"They are considered an aid to diges
tion and, by the way, why don't you
suggest peppermint for a crop? Won't
it grow with you?"
"Grow! why it is a weed by the
wayside."
"Better turn your attention to it,
then, for it has more than doubled in
value. Last summer, when I was in
the Adiirondacks, I heard some inter
esting items about peppermint. It
seems that many years ago, before the
day of railroads, a peddler of essences
was making the rounds with his com
modities in Wayne county, New York.
He noticed the rank growth of pepper
mint, and, having some knowledge of
distilling, he asked the farmers' con
sent to cultivate it, which was given.
As he -made more than he found a mar
ket for, he sent a sample to the firm
that furnished Ihls supplies and asked
them to buy his surplus. They replied i
they were very particular about the
quality of their peppermint, and would
only purohase from the established
firm in. Holland. Our enterprisinsr
Yankee sent his sample to the -Holland
firm, and in due time had the pleasure
of receiving an order for all he could
make, as it was superior to their own
article. From- that day to the present
time -this has been one of the leading
crops of the Wayne county farmers.
They cultivate it in rows and are ex
tremely careful to' keep it free from
weeds, as they injure its flavor. They
distill it in their own homes."
This lady then brought me out a
small vial, for which she said she paid
75c, purchased from Ithe country drug
gist, who had it directly from the
Quaker family who had for two gen
erations been- famous, for the superior
quality of their iproduotj
One great advantage of such a crop
is in its small bulk which means
small freight. '
Our agricultural college could ex
periment with peppermint and give the
farmers much help particularly in di
rections fior distilling.
THE STATE LOSES.
Cheyenne, Feb. 2. Reports of the
joint committee appointed to exam
ine the books of 'the state auditor and
treasurer show a shortage of $56,454.70
a the treasurer's office, the - exact
amount lost by Treasurer Gramm by,
Jh faflur X tt Rent towUs, - i
A BUSINESS SUGGESTION.
Shanghai, Feb. 2. It to stated ithat
the British, French and Russian mia-
isters at Toklo and Pekln ; have re- -i
celved instructions from their govern
ments to ad"i3e Japan and China to ST-
range terms of peace.
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