The Wonder of Oregon.
ilolph Sutro and son Charles
re been spending considerable
ie in southern and eastern Ore-
this year. Mr. Sutro has trav
t the world over and is familiar
b the wonderland of the old
Id, but Crater lake, in his esti-
Ition, eclipses anything ne nas
:r teen. In speaking of the ul
isnarine effect of the water, which
000 feet in depth, he said: "The
iparison I can make relative to
color, is that of the waters of
Blue Grotto at (Japri, a cave in
island off the coast of Jiaples,
le entrance to the cave is on a
11 with the ocean, and the boat
woo are skilled take the ex
irer into the cave in the trough
he waves, a Beemingly hazard'
undertaking to the visitor,
water in this cave resembles
I: of Crater lake in color only
in magnitude and scenio gran
i the Blue Grotto does not corn-
Two of ft Kind.
j!r. Cleveland told his friend
person that when he wrote his
Ixlebrated tariff message he had
one man in mind the Amen-
lumer. Things are now some-
It evened up. The proceedings
Mcago showed conlusively that
looking around for a presi-
M nominee the American far-
had but one man in his mind
fcd that man was Grover Cleve-
-Philadelphia Record (Ind.)
p democratic party has chosen
Jng leader one who is in sym
with its highest thoughts
desires. It is today the party
progress the party to which
intellect, the usefulness, the
ft and the youth of the re-
ie are attached. It is the
rv,;u .i . il. ...... .ru!
mg millions its own, for it is
1 to the enrichment of the
red few at their expense. Now,
er, it is airainst suecial orivi-
k class legislation, and the
'nation of the plutocracy in
pes. It demands a government
M people, for the DeoDle. and
N people; not a government of
"gies and .Wanamakers, lor
Fgies and Wanamakers, and
Urnegies and Yanamakers.
is the democracy which has
N on the nomination of Gro-
pveland.
""""-aeauaBBnwBawaswswBa
peat vallev of the MisBissiD
por to the settlement of the Pa-
States wan mnaidenvl the finest
t productive in the United
h- During the present year it
in aevastated by floods, ana
ng me past month baa been
by heat, followed by
u aisastrous storms oi rain
ind. Man died of heat
trtion, and life and property
destroyed by the succeeding
The Pacific states are free
uch climatic changes as the
and Southern states have
nced during the present sea-
"i our people should ieei
that their lines are cast in
-ut places, that health and
i Mrs dwell fh it crpnial
"tf prosperity comes with the
breath of ita invigorating
OUR CITY LEGISLATURE.
CHyTainf Five Mills Levled-Als
Cost of Street Improvement, Etc
Council met in regular session, Mondsy
evening, Aogoet 8, t S o'olook.
Present Major MeClang, Coancilmen
Pegt, Matlock, Wheeler end Dorrit Ab
eent Couneilmen WiIIod end Fisher.
Minnies of Jaly 1Kb read and approved.
The financt committee reported favorably
oa tbt bills ntemd and nnuli ware . or
dered duwn for the amounts.
Bales tutpended tad tbe bills of J Helte
mat for $40, H P Morris 6 and C K Hart
ban $2, were allowed and ordered paid.
Councilman Matlock, from flit aire t
oommittee, reported the work on 8th and
Uth streets improvemcnta progreatiog le
vorably. Application of Eli Bengt for permiMiioa
to oonnest hit tUble with tewer; aleo from
Frank Brown to connect the Goodman
baildiog on Willamette ttreet, were read.
Po -mission to connect wat granted eaoh of
i be applicant".
Petition of Da; k Henderson lor perjnie
aioa to erect a corrugated iron abed in the
rear of Dajr'i brick baildiog. wat read, and
piaver of petitioners granted.
Petition of Tbomaa Lacker to connect
hit aidewalk on Pattenon ttreet with the
bridge orer mill raoe, waa lelerred to the
street oomm ittee.
Bill read and referred lo the finance
eomuiiitee.
Ordinance No. 804 levying foor mill
tax for general purposes, and one mill for
ewer purposes, titer a suapenaion of the
rales, was read third time and passed.
Ordinance No. SOS. aaersing the eoat ol
improving 11th atreel from A street to rail
road: after lOKpennion of rales wsa resd
tbird lime and passed.
Ordinance No 2". assessing tbsoost of
imnrovino 8th street from the bridge over
mill race lo Jefferson, and 8th street fiom
the bridge over mill raee to Olive street, af
ter eoapension of rales, was read third tims
and passed.
Paw. from tbt oommittee
on fire and water, reported progress in me
matter of placing a nyarsm or. cistern
ibe intersection ol 6th and Monroe streets.
Serlons Accident.
Daily Guard, Angnit t.
v n.n-i.hntcr foarler asvs:
imnui; n '
Frank Hr, a fifteen-year old son of Jerry
it annMant this mornins
that' came within an inch of proving fatal
Ha waa returning irom bugeoe uo iu.
j i i ..n, off i ha tiain sot oanant
in tome manner and waa dragged for more
than 100 yards as the train polled oot.
Several pasaengers got off tbt tram. Dot
.k.. ik. irainmen DOticKl Ue
accident. The boy was foaod al aboot sn
o'clock tbl morning by Wm 'J10
a few feet trom tne tra in a u.
dition. He was taken bom and meaicai
attendance waa lmuieaiaieiy wn. -
head and face is very oaaij ""
. i uhnnDh nia aarmrntt are
oonea arv -o- '
torn to ahreads. Frsnk being nnable to
speak, it cannot tie learnea
aocideol, wbiob is not considered fatal.
' 1.1 V Mm tliat
Burned. spe
consumed the residence of the itev.tt
M. Driver ai uumu
Oregon 8wut facetiously ?: Key.
Driver Informs us that nenrfy all hi.
aermona were consumed in the nre,
which will be quite a loaa. """"'i
he waa ju.t prepnrii.K to go to laland
City and happened to have one iu his
. u i .JT, ... a. t. The Deople
wUl I be content with It uhtU he
SSiveal new supply. He is lucky in
holding the posit'1"1 ot pidineW
which will give him a chance to re
Dlelh b.ia .totk before making the
Dround.
der that he may m w i"-"V" : . r
embarrMsIng position of having to de
'P.irif L-vu,nr. to 111 more than
cune, uu ---- .
am nppoiuuiwui. i
A CoroAR 8TOB-AJy Demo-
CieiBii "'- ti... kMid lorrje.
robeuntially eorreeC Later.-n wu
bear.
Upper McKeutle Items.
August 8, 1802.
Harvesting Is about over in this sec
tion of the country.
There are about a hundred and fifty
people camped at the llelknap springs.
Archie King will soon start for his
old home in Winconein. "VVe regret to
BOO him go, don't we tttella.
W. T. Campbell will soon erect a
fine dwelling on hi farm near here.
W.T. Campbell and Ed. Harbin
have been doing some good work on
the Renfrew saw mill, they have in
creased the cutting capacity over one-half.
Everybody speaks well of he pro
prietors or tne foiey springs, xuey
are wide awake enterprlHlug men. and
are such men aa will help to build up
our country.
Born to the wife of John laham.
August 6th, a son; mother and child
both doing well, John is in a critical
condition but will probably recover.
CVMTUX.
TJnM tv F.MA!.AMn.Man0ar A Heiilev.
bop factors, writing from London under
date olJoiyWd, say: "we nave maae a
very oarefuf inspection of the bop plants
lions and art sorry to say that onr crop is
in a very critical condition. Wt bavt bad
ten daje ol very cold wet weather, which
hat impeded the growth of tht plant and
halnad la develon tbt small attack of ver
min into a strong attack. This with a good
A A ol 'mould' almost tvervwbere bUoet a
crop oat of tht question. We do not set
kftM v. MR o.t m man hnna aa laai vaar
and with a greatly diminished stock oo hand
. ... i, . .
pnoet mnti oe oin ana an rorvara sub
tracts that bsve been made by growers on
your tide ares mistake. The continental
reports art not very enooarsging. They
do not look like prodaoing more than last
year and will not lie ten to contracts under
OA Aomin nnr market will be the
beat in the world lor your hops, for wa shall
require all yoi oaa apart to make np the
snortagt.
fceaeral SSiwwell Ofllciallv Hetlfled
Ba Fsahoisoo, Aog. 5. General John
Bidwell, ot Cbioo, waa officially notified ol
hit nomination lor president by tbt prohi
bition party at the Metropolitan Temple
1... ...... (Vlnna! V.li F. Riltaf. of
Indianapolis, chairman of tht recent
national convention at iinciooau, maua u
address of notiooation. At tht close of his
-1 ..IJ. I' T mm oivaa hi irrnat
pvvca iu. - -
pleasure, General John Bidwell, to say lo
yon that yon have reoeivea ice uDaaimua
vote of the coasmittet aa Iht man who haa
fulfilled the great prinmplvt of onr party."
n...i nLiaair. in tMDonae. aaid: ''To
yon, delewates, and to the peoplt whom yon
h linMM Ihanka are dua. I
am keenly sensible of the honor dons me,
and tbt honor dont tot reoios kmw m w
lecliog a nominee from here for that stalled
position." He touched briefly on tht proe
peets of tht party.
"Copy." Tlmet-Mountaineer: "To
t.1 i.a In ih. Inva it tiAl.urn hnlda
ill 111 J W 1 M .uv .rww "
communion with her visible forms," It
. .1 . Ml IL.I.I.
may teem iintngv iui one win muamt
. i ..A. .A I. n..n tti m. it T I fa ii II ri II it
these warm and nnpleaxant days,
i iv.t mnA mmintjilna arp an
W 11C II Btwwj. .
charming to the overworked and
weary; but Dunnesa is a nam auu vrun
... .1mlfa r.f nn afitwal fmitl
WHICI, IMi.. . ,t'l
her decree-. But the world jogw along
a usual, and the cry for bread la sot
more urgent man uie ucumuu iut
"copy" to an editor.
a-aaameaaBaaawawAaaw
Aisnrtn tv ArrsMrnm Ram. Albany
Herald: oftAtj ItS Hardwkk was ar
rested on cbarge ol attempted rape on the
nine-year-old daughter of Mr. Iriah. Ex
aminatio was set lor today and Hardwiok
waa Dlaosd la Jail last tvtning. Tht gill's
mother it tht woman who raoeatiy sloped
with train wrecker HtlL Binct aer aepan
u. i.v V... Viaaai aotiaalifia' himaell
with the amikt of another woman. 'Ins
complaint was made by the woman who has
been taring lor tht eh ildrea.
u. w.. trlmA arul la now in the Linn
county jail in default of $300 bond.
a t iwr Previoi-8 The Florence
West of Friday, aaya: "Report reached
... hai Hold!!, the contractor, com
menced work today oa hla fifteen mile
grading contract for the 81 unlaw A
Eastern Railway near Eugene."
think thai iiunortant
devvropmenu will be made in tht
matter aboruy.
Sodden Death.
Pally (luard, Aopiit la
Coroner J. W. Harris received a dispatch
at I o'clock Ibis afternoon giving informa
tion of the endden death of a man named
Brown at Cottage Grove and asking that an
inquest be held Tbt coroner eoald not at
leud the summons on account ol being pro
feesionallv engaged, and telegraphed J aetiot
Medley to attend to the buaineta.
LATER.
Special to Ocabd.
COTTAOR (J rove, Or., Aug. 10.
Raatua Brown died suddenly thin
morning at 40 o'clock, near Itouse'n
mill, sixteen mile south of Cottage
Grove. He waa apparently In good
health, last night. E. F. Adams,
with two other men arrived at
his residence about midnight and
found him breathing neavllv,
and the men thought fie
had been drinking heavily, and
therefore thought nothing seriously
of the matter of bis breathing heavily.
He continued sleeping until be ex-
fitted at 40 o'clock thia morn
ng. He was not a drinking
man. He leaves a wifa and foor children
and waa SO years of aga. Aa inquest will
probably be held tomorrow.
A Lively Harbor. ,-
Tht Floreoot Wtat, Aug. 5.
Sunday night Ihe'Jubn MoCullogh, a neat,
trim little schooner, waa towed in over oar
bar by tog Lillian. She bad on board sixty
tons ol brick and tbiry tone of merchan
dise. This boat having discharged ber oar
go, waa taken to the Bioalaw Lumber Com
pany'! mills where sbt wss loaded) with
110,000 feet of lumber, and this evening
will be towed lo tea.
Tuesday afternoon lbs schooner Bio Bey
was sighted in the offing end lbs asms even
ing was towed over the bar. Her carxo
consisted of siity tons of brick snd forty
lots of merchandiae. Bbt haa discharged
her incoming ireight and la now loading
with lumber. 8be will take out about 125,
000 feet. Tbt Bio Bty It almost a new
boat and it a beaaty to look upon. Thia it
her first trip lo ihia port, bat it is more
than probable It will not be ber last.
Yesterday afternoon tcbooner Mary Gil
bert cams into tight and tht aamt tvtning
waa brought in, and It now unloading ber
cargo of 1M) tons of brick at Pags's wharf.
Bheisthe largest boat that haa been in
to onr harbor Ihia season. (She can carry
150.000 of lumber loaded. She will load at
tht Coihmaa mills.
Takt things np ont tidt and down tbt
other there is no kick ooming on tht oom
mtroc of tbt river thit week.
The Kxeursloa.
Dally Guard, Anguit t
The excursion Ista left for Yaqulna
shortly after 5 o'clock Saturday even
ing. In addition to thoe mentioned
in Saturday's issue Mias Ella bteveus,
8. V. Condon and little son, Misw-a
Lulu and Carrie Matlock, E. J. and
Mrs. Fruitier and her sister. Mist
Carrie Hall, Mia Learned, Mis
Hattie Lee, Mint Htella Dorrit,
Guy Davis, Lee Wallla, Chan,
and Will Goodale. Additions to the
party boarded the train at the
ditlerent stations all along the route an
that when Yaqulna was reached at
10:30 It amounted to quite a crowd.
The day follwlong,Handay,waa spent
In rambles on the beach and over the
hills enjoying the refreshing breezes
wafted off the placid tea. The) train
started on Ita return trip about p. m.
arriving here at midnight. A portion
of the party remained over and will ar
rive home thia afternoon or tomorrow,
while the Misses Emma and Btella
DoitU, Mr. aud Mrs. Frasier and Mias
Lee will remain for several days long
er. PsUy Guard. August a
Clbarixo tub River. W. C.
Bailey left here this morning with a
crew of anea for the bead of tide on the
Biuslaw river. The company of which
Mr. Bailey Is a member will attempt
to clear the river above that point of
drift and rock to that they can run
logs from aa far up the river aa Wolf
creek. This la quite an undertaking
but the company have heavy timber
Interests In this section and that is the
only outlet. It will abto be of valua
ble benefit to residents all along the
upper river.
The Biuslaw wagon road is aaid to be
la an excellent condition by travelers.