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'THURSDAf, JULY Si, 1W8.&
i'XSfa on J)M seen those cU tlWkl being
hauled aut of town on skids."
Tha president is making an awful pun
When b eta eJeqreUryIWot to gi ut
on the atump.
Pullman conductor hav had their aal
aria "rald.' They tonay perhap here
after be able to f well Ilka the portera.
1 PPR'MUew.'tb flretug movement , to
wane. ' It la Imperative that Peruana
ba abreast of tha time in thia matter.
A Tfew Jersey bog p.t a politician. Far-
hap the porker waa 111 and believed in
tha pathological doctrine: glmllla imi
llbu curantur.
. Tha chief point in favor of tha Ping
ley 'lav la that under It foreigner may
buy American goad eheaper than Ameri
cana way . Jt l H eleemosynary affair.
Henry Loomi Nlson want glory.
Therefore) he attaoka General Nelson A.
Miles, General Mllea ahould shake off
thl small fellow, and not carry him
into an undeserved fame.
A St, Louis physician waa fined SS for
swearing at the-telephone girt. It was
tha pniy.vsy the girl couM get even
for probably a thousand cases when aha
ought to have awon at him.
Tha Chicago papers are boasting of
something- juror who refused a bribe.
Chicago paper are not alow to find ten'
aatlona. But they have never yet found
an Assessor who was like that one lone
Juror,
Tha American mule bath his victories
la peace m well as in war. Although
tha South 'African war has ended, the
American mule remains, and will ha a
part of the permanent economics of the
British, armies.
'Helens, want! Water," is a headline Iq
" a paper printed there. What people down
hra want is to know What in the1 world
Helana wants water for? It is a rude
hock . to preconceived notions regarding
that enterprising mining camp.
'vThf pacific Northwest Baseball League
Is playing as good ball as any of tha
Eastern leagues, yet few papers report
the games, or take notice of them, It
1 taking tha East a long time to get in
terested Jn th ' savage pt the Paclflo
Coast.' . .
' Mary MacLane doesn't like newspaper
reporters, yet Mary MacLane would not
be entered in the ledger of literary fame
as worth 30 cent if it were not for
these same reporter. There are many
people in the world who have been
made by reporters, and who yet miss
no c hence to make coarse flings at thelr
best friend.
Whatever site may be chosen for the
Lewis and Clark fair, let it be remem-
bared that every park and view point in
or near the city must be kept in mind
as attraction for visitors. Portland's
unrivalled,, advantages in this respect
over any other city on the Coast should
be cb pi tallied by those who are behind
the Fair. The City Park, the City View
Park, the Willamette Heights, the Port
land Heights, Council Crest, the boule
vard drives, the White-House Toad, all
of these, and others, are wonderfully
beautiful and everyone who comes here
must be shown them. They will equal
the Fair as means for amusement.
AFTER CANADIAN LANDS,
Certain Canadian paper are mlaln
tsrprctlRg the meaning of the heavy in
Pax pf cltlien of the United States into
that country. They appear to believe that
tha Tnkoes are going order to live
tuler bettor law and more desirable o
!.tl condition 1 - '
Let them disabuse their minds. The
Vankeea are going there, nvl to find bet
ter law and more) desirable conditions,
1 ut to get land, and incidentally to a-
'rt In maklnr Canada a bettor place in
hich to live, " - ,"' , .
Yankee don't go to other countrie to
The Journal recently passed under
a paper, useful and erviceabla to Portland and Oregon was begun. A plain
statement of the change was made In theae columns at the time of tha transfer
and It would appear that thl statement would be accepted In food faith. In
the spirit In which It was made. But many people have been educated; Jn
"double dealing" anfl so many mors waar'aqug faces, that every kind of t rumor
I given circulation regarding The Journal and it new proprietorship., ;
To those aoqualnted With the man at tha helm, It Is not necessary to relter.
t and explain, ' but t Is different with those not posted, Let it be said' to
them thit he mean what h ay; tbat He knows what he is about; that they
will In time Bnd Tha Journal all that he promleed It shall be. The paper wUl
be under his control: it will ateer a straight course: it will carry aU the sail
that It Is safe to carry and it will go forward. Tha imianagemeot of thl
paper will take fugfestlon from oth friends and enemle and value them In
the light of their worth, regardless frpm.Nwhom they may coma Jn hort, Tho
Journal-has no friends td reward, nor enemies to punish, for it is no admirer
of the "Oct Even Spirit," which has done so much to retard Portland's growth
and. prevent .ber oltlaens from pulling together. -
That th pirit behind this paper may be better understood we. hope to ba
pardoned for again reproducing the following: - . '.
- The Journal property has been purchased and has passed under the control
of the undersigned, and the paper will be conducted on lines of greatest benefit to
Portland, to Oregon and to the great Northwest, and in many Way conducted
differently, a to men, measures and methods, to those of Hi '-con temporaries
which follow narrow grooves pf newspaper habit. , v. fi .
The Journal in head and heart will stand for the people, be truly democratic
and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing In the principles
that promise the greatest good to the greatest number-to ALL MEN. regard
less, of race,: ereed. or previous condition of servitude.
Exuberant assurances are cheap and empty. I wish to make none. Perform,
ance Is better than promise: action more fruitful than words. The columns of The
Journal from day to tday will better reflect the spirit behind th paper. It shall
be a FAIR newspapei and not a duU and selfish sheet In abort, an honest sin
cere attempt will be made to build up and maintain a newspaper property n
Portland that will be a credit to "Where Rolls the Oregon" country and the
multitude of people who ar Interested in its development and advancement
Portland sapltal largely 1 behind The Journal, and the fund le ample for all
purposes. Coupled with energy and enthusiasm, the work of making a paper,
devoted t Portland' varied interests, is begun. The support of th freedom
loving, the Intelligent, generous people of Oregqn Is invited amf will be duly ap
preciated by still greater endeavor and achievement on the part of The Journal,
Which hopes ever to become stronger Id equipment,: stronger in purpose, stronger
In news resourcei, and stronger in good deeds. C. S. JACKSON,
i Portland, Or., ,Jtily 23. J902. ,
get better Jaws. W who acknowledge
allegiance to the Stars and Stripes think
we have Just about tha (best country on
earth. True, We sometimes quarrel be
tween ourselves over details, for the sim
ple reason that one man believes ba has
a better plan than the'' other fellow baa
But we who are Yankees believe that
Our systems of laws are better than any
other in the World, and ft of us
think some of ours are better than others
of ours, we do not think Canadian laws
excel oure. ..... 1
TOURISTS' IMPRE88IONS OF
OREGON,
' Two bright young men came into Ore
gon this week, from th Bast, looking
tor location. They wanted room to prao
Uce one of the professions. Alighting
from the train at th Union Station they
shook some of the dust from their cloth
ing, and asked: .
'On what do you people live out hereT
I cannot see how Oregonlans live with
such desolate land to work.'
They "had Judged Oregon by "the por
tions seen from the observation end of
an' overland train. Viewed from the
standpoint, these young men ware justl
Bed in retaining, tha impression that Ore
gon was a forbidding region, aria in
spots, dusty everywhere, and offering lit
tie ' to induce energetic people from the
Bast to coma here and make homes.
It la to correct these impressions that
the present movement has been started
to advertise Oregon. Tha movement is to
b supplemented by device that will
make It easy for tha homeseeker to ee
th aotual condition all parts.
Perhaps, It not unfortunate that these
wrong Impressions ar obtained. The
truth always removes such Impression,
and th performance by th wonderful
State n which w liv never 1 less than
the promise that ha been made by mod'
erata people who have set forth th ad
vantages her to b gained.
Of course, untrue statements rebound.
Extravagancies harm. But Oregon has
had little of that, and in the main the
assertion mad In th Bast have been
less than might havaneen said.
The tourist therior, ome here, ex
pec ting much, but receiving more. He
alight from th train and soon alter
his ton of complaint to op of wonder
at th beauties of scenery, richness of
oil, limitless resource, and th chance
are that ha will remain permanently.
la the long run, Oregon Will gain be
cause of the thing. It I the case of
the honest advertiser who gives the .cue.
tamer more than he promises.
WOMAN IN JAPAN.
There la no better evidence of the prog
ress being mad in Japan than tha de
cision of a Japanese court the other day
that a wife who refused t. Obey a tyran-.
leal order from her husband was not
compelled to do so when the order com
ported not with reasonable demands of
consideration on hi part
It was not long ago that Japanese
women were chattels at the command of
their husbands or fathers. They had no
right that the law respected. They were
slaves. They were less considered than
were the brutes, so far as concerned the
finer sensibilities. It Is true that usual
ly Japanese men were not exceedingly
brutal physically and that In many re
spects Japanese women were better situ
ated than those ofl cither hatbn" ooun
tries. -W . :' '
But to propose to question the au
thority of a Japanese b,uband a decade
or two ago woulg .bav bei to propose
what was not understandable by the av
erage Japanese mind, '
The reoeut 'Incident 1 aignlflcant, .In
deed, upon th theory that a a nation
new management and lbs wprk of making
treats Its women 1 it rightly governed.
It is calculated to engender self-complacency
on the "part of Americans to
reflect that perhaps the major portion
of the influence that hae transformed wa
pan has emanated from th . United
States.
HENDERSON THE STORM CENTER
David B. Henderson, speaker of the Na
tional House of Representatives, Is the
storm center of tha tarl-trut fight. It
he remain as the dispenser Of power in
the House, It will mean that there is to
be no tariff reform. If be go down to de
feat It will mean that perhaps some m
rational ideas will obtain at Washington
relating to the neoeaslty of revising our
tariff schedule. V
The first skirmish In what Is to b a
great battle was won by Governor Cum
mins, against Lafayette Toung, In Iowa.
Governor Cummins wanted to reiterate
the former plank calling for revision of
tha tariff In a manner to prevent trusts
from growing into greater power. Toung
opposed and lost.
Henderson, as Speaker, has blocked
progress by those who desired to save
the Republican party from defeat by se
curing recognition of the tariff reform
Idea, He was in a position of direct
antagonism to the. reformer who would
utilise the most effective means at hand
to curb the trusts. j
The sequence is that back there in Iowa
the strength of the tariff revision idea
is great enough to endanger Handerson
retention of his position, and It is being
freely predicted that h will not go back
to Congress. While It may be that there
Is little danger of his being defeated for
re-election, It cannot be denied that,-he
must rise or fall with the tariff reform
If tariff reform, win, he will lose Ms
speakership. If It lose, he will win.
Ha should lose. He was th one tool
In the hands of those Who, beneficiaries
of the ridiculously high tariff,, even pre
vented consideration of the subjeot in
the last Congress. He should ba defeated
MONTANA GIBSON'S ECONOMICS
United State Senator Gibson, of Von
tana, wants a, high tariff on ' wool. He
Uvea in a wool state. He pretends to
be a Democrat Ho 1 applying with a
vengeance the theory that th tariff la
a local Issue.
Yet 'after all, Js not Senator Gib
son right? Is not politics rightly a a1
ance of Interest T Is not statesmanship
tov harmonise the conflicting demand of
this locality with that; to approximate
justice by conceding here and granting
there? Of course, Senator Gibson will
never be a statesman. . But he 1 , a
rather good politician, and represent his
constituents well. They demand feign
wool tariff, and he obeys their behest
and works for high wool tariff.
Somewhere between the extreme of the
high wool tariff man and th absolute
free trade man Is to be found the sound
position. Senator Olbson will never find
that sound ground, but he will contribute
towards Its discovery by setting forth the
view of the Montanana, who ar entitled
to due consideration.'
A MUTUAL SURPRISE.
Wot's th ntaanln' of th wold 'a mu
tual surpriser " asked the asltant Ice
man to the Iceman in chief, ha looked
up from the newspaper be waa reading-
" 'A mutual surprise " said th chief
dispenser of hard drink, a he carefully
placed his stale tobacco out of the reach
of the assistant "la. fer Instance, th gin.
eral condition of affair that followed
whin I wanst walked up to a Myrtle ave
nue olothin' ator dummy an' banded him
a rale swift push in tha kuiser." . ...
"Tea," said he assistants
"An dlsklvered," Continued tha iceman"
In chief, reralnlscently, 'that t .was th
cop that belonged to th bate, dressed Up
In clttsen's colthes." .r . .
I understand." said tfie assistant, at he
resumed hi rdlng.-glng Sing Star of
Hop.
SEATTLE'S STREETS.
(By 'aBt Writer.)
SEATTLE, July- tLV-Aa investigation
of tha street problem in Seattle, by We
who does not protend to be an expert on
that subject, 'conclude that vitrified
brick is perhaps th beat pavtment ever
put down her.. ay perhaps, because it
is a matter that requires careful inquiry
and some Intimate knowledge of tne
science of roadbuilding. In order to th
formation of Intelligent opinion, Vltri
fled brick are now in (use on soma of
th streets her, that were laid U year"
ago, and, judging from the present con
dition, will b good for tnany year yet.
It is knawn by veryon, too, that vitri
fied rick eta cheaper than aphalfum,
which, probably, 1 better than the brick,
but coats more. Whet cost and utility
are taken Into consideration as co-ordinate,
vitrified brick I th better. If origi
nal cost be not considered, few will
question that asphaltum Is the better.
HAD HEAVT TRAFFIC.
I was shown street over which had
traveled the heaviest of traffic, too, and
they ar in good condition. There ha
been a tendency In many quarter to
favor vitrified brick for streets carrying
lighter vehicles, or even average heavy
bualnesa In collecting information on
this subject, the writer ha found that
dosens of American cities have experi
mented with tha brick and have never
found them falling to meet the need.
The majority of City . Engineers, bow
ever, have suggested that vltrlfled brick
are good only for street that do not
have the very large truck and load that
come from the wholesale district Seat
tle appear to hav added valuable testi
mony' to the other that has been ad
duced, and to argue by her experience
that vltrlfled brick' will answer even
where host sever demands are to be
made upon them for Wearing qualities
and permanency. At any rate, the vltrl
fled brick streets of Seattle are good
enough to satisfy anyone who will be
content with less than the gold-paved
streets of the Paradise of our youthful
conception. .
CEDAR WAS A FAILURE.
I was Informed that some years ago
there was a demand for the use of native
cedar block, and that In answer thereto
the 'city authorities laid some street of
that material. Now, those who advocat
ed the native cedar . blocks are sorry
they spoke and the autorifles are won
dering how soon they may remove th
block and replace them with some more
approved street-making materials. The
cedar block street are something fear
ful. They make one think of the reeky
road to Dublin, ' even ' though he-never
saw that Dublin road. ' It.' was quite iecm
mendable indeed to atvthua to, nVrni
industries, and buy natlv timber for
the construction of streets. 'That Is al
ways a commendable spirit. ratronise
home industries, is a good ' motto, and
one that any city and state may afford
to adopt. But, when some brilliant gen
lus conceived using - Washington cedar
blocks for street building, ha was on the
wrong track. He was applying a cor
rect principle , in thi W-ori-( ' manner.
However, the idea of patronising horn
industries need not be disregarded, for
the vltrlfled brick may ba Wade her
on the Coat at a number, bt point. '
WATTLE'S TABIC c
Seattle has a difficult task In the mak
ing of good streets. Th town to.'Hf
ated somewhat like Duluth or Kans
City, and ha some rather precipitous
hills to climb. Two blocks from th
water front; in places, onmuaf mount
up. a grade that cut at an angle of 45
degrees. Teaming Is necessarily ex pen
elve, and th topography of th town. la
going t P, against it always,' I believe
that th Seattle people wilj overcome lt
They appear to have plenty Qf lorv and
energy, and, to hear them talk on would
think that it were better to have steep
hills on the sides of which, to do busi
ness than to nave eo excellent level
ground as that In Portland. Streets her
are even more Important than In Fort-
land. There they are prim desiderata-
Here they are vital necessities.. ' If there
be not sood streets it will b imposstbt
for a team to haul up en f th big
truck that must be used In d raying for
wholesaling. Hence it i that the treet
problem it paramount here. Plank will
not do. I saw a street two year old
over which a horse could scarcely haul a
rubber-tired buggy. . I
NO HARMLESS MATCHES.
The long-continued attempts te produce
a match harmless to thos engaged ,(n Its
manufacture seem domed to failure. The
Belgian Government offered a reward of
12000 to the discoverer of a ; past for
matches not containing whit,, phos
phorus. , The offer waT mad, four year
ago, ana sine men the Board of Arbi
trator ha been testing various prepara.
Cons submitted. "."'.(
The Belgian Arbitrators havet reluctant-.
ly come to the conclusion that none of
tha products" fulfills the requlerd condi
tions, being defective in inflammability,
Igniting on all surfaces, or, in igniting.
ejectng inflammable matter-, oontalnlng.
poisonous substances. The matter 1 of
especial Importance for Belgium,, because 1
there most of the cheap matches on-1
sumed In thl country ar made'
.ORIENTAL ED1T03S
In amusing candor and ingenuity pf ex
cuse tba average 'editor might learn
something from his Hindoo brother, who,
when anything goes wrong with the pa
per tar which h is responsible, is as
fertil in Mouses a a Chinaman,
Whan th Hindoo editor wishes to rest
for a time from) hi labor, he calmly and
confidently announces th- fact in these or
similar words i "As w are beginning to
feat th physical and mental effects of a
year's unremitting devotion to the Inter
est of our Madera, wa feel it due to them
that w should take a rest which out la
bors in their behalf demand and deserve,
and. a a natural consequence, beg to no
tify that this paper will cease to appear
for. .the spec of four weeks."
A short time ago an Indian newspaper
appeared with two very conspicuous blank
column on the front page. The editor
explained, this ocentrioty thus; : VW
had reserved thl speoe for an xeptlon
ally crowded article on a subjeot of uni
versal interest to our reader, but at th
last moment we find that the article can
not be eotppreesed into the two columns
reserved for it It will make ltf appear
ance next week. "-Los Angeles Herald.
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS.
Texas I another state with a bad
memory for name of former leader.
W. J. Bryan is not mentioned in the
recently adopted state platform.-Ptts-burg
Oasette.
If General Leonard Wood Is to have the
Job of building the Isthmian Canal the
yellow fever will have to keep Its hands
off. Chicago News. , '
Mr- Bryan will receive a marble man-
tleplece from the states that supporter
hlro for the Presidency. Baltimore
American.
Since Senator Spooner shaved off hl
mustache things have been going against
him more than ever. Anaconda ' Stand
ard.
Chauncey M. Depew is no doubt con
vlnced that Bishop Potter married at
good, sensible age. -Washington Star.
Senator Burrows inreatens to . revive
the Balley-Beverldge Incident next win
ter. Probably it will come up under the
head of unfinished business. 8t. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
POEMS WORTH READING.
CREDO.
Mary Ashley Townsend was born in
Lyons, Wayne County. N, Y in 1832,
but removed in her 'early youth, to New
Orleans, La., where she grew up
staunch Southerner In sentiment. She
died in Galveston, Tex,, on the 7th of
June, 1901. Although she was the author
of many poem, she was known to the
world as the author of but one. That
one has been printed in newspapers and
magazines In every part yof the. country
and copied Into scrapbooks and diaries
Innumerable. It has also been trans
lated Into most of the continental langu
ages. The name of the poem is "Credo,
but It sometimes appears under the title
"Love' Belief." The following is the
author final version of the poem, which
its admirer will be glad to have, as so
many garbled versions have been pub
lished In th course of Its wanderings:
I believe If I should die.
And you should kiss my eyelids when I
He
Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world
contains,
The folded orb would open at thy
breath,
And, from It exile In the Isles of death,
Life would, come gladly back along my
- vetni. ,
I believe if I were dead,
And you upon my lifeless heart should
tread,
Not knowing what thpoor clod chanced
to be.
It would find sudden pulse beneath the
touoh
Of him It ever loved in life o much,
And throb again warm, tender,' true to
thee, - '
I bellv If pa my grave,
dldden In woody depth or by the wave,.
uur eyewue snouts, urop some warm
tear of regret,
Prom every salty seed of. your dear
grief.
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into
- leaf. ..
To prove death could not make my love
forget.
believe it 1 should fade
Into those myeMo realm wher light 1
made,
And you should long one more my face
to aee,
would com forth upon th hill of
night - '
And gainer stars, ilk fagots, till my
ight. -
Led' by their beacon-blase fell full on
me,
believe-my faith In thee,
(Strong a my life), so nobly placed to be,
would a soon expect to see the sun
Fell like a dead king "from hia height
ubllme, . . ".i"t-- . .
HI glory stricken from the throne of
time, . -1
A thee unworthy th worship thou hast
won, -
believe who hath not loved .
Hath half the sweetness of his life un
proved!.
Like n who, with the grape within hut
grasp, .
Drop It, with all it 'crimson Juice un-
preesed, r ' -; "
And all Itk luscious sweetness left un-
- guessed, .
Out from his careless and unheeding
v ClaP.."'V"".,
believe loVe. pure and true, '
Is to the oul- a sweet. Immortal dew
That gem life1 petals In the hourpf
"dusk. v" - -
Tha watting angel ee and recognise
The rich crown-jewel, Love, of Paradise,
When life falls from; us like a withered
huil. ' - -", '.--'
,,-Mr. Mary Aahley Townaend. t
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Full Set of
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"Try It
Why i it that so many of our very
rich men devote-so much time and in
genuity to avoJd paytng taxes?
Here is the great "Bonanea King" John
W. Mackay, just dead in London, Ills for
tune Is estimated ah the way from $50,-
000,000 to 000,000, with only his widow
and a son to inherit It. Tet except for the
real estate, which could not be hidden,
he has vast property built up, valuated
and .protected by government national.
state' and municipal has. practically paid
no taxes. And now it Is said that tne
bulk of hs real property 'was deeded to
bis heirs Home tlm ago in order to avoid
the succession and inheritance taxes. Mr.
Mackay is said to have given away a
large amount" in private charities and he
had admirable trait of Character, but the
ruling passion of tax dodging that gov
erns so manf millionaires . appears to
have been strongly developed in him.
Without wishing to be invidious, $1
case of John D. Rockefeller is equally
Illustrative. Unlike Mr. Mackay, the
Standard Oil magnate h given very
large sum for educational and religious
purposea, but wherever he has lived he
has been at war with the Assessors. To
the average cttisett it seems unaccounta
ble that public spirit and public, duty
aside a man burdened with enormous
cares, with a fortune estimated at S300.
000,000, should permit himself to be wor
ried by taxes that Wouldn't absorb his in
come for haif a dayi'
So, too, of the long fist of summer col
onists who establish a legal residence out
of town mainly to escape taxes In the
city that yields them their income and
safeguards their lives and their property.
Worse still Is the passion for tax dodging
in our rich residents who-do no srcuple
te swear off their just assessments or to
employ other questionable means of eva
sion. ' ' - i,-
It is an interesting question .why so
many men who are mean In nothing else
shirk their Just share in the support of
the Government. New Tork World.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
CHAMBERLAIN'S SUCCESSOR.
To The Journal There have been re
cent discussions th the local paper con
cerning the appointment of District At
torney for this district 'and the ability
of Governor-elect Chamberlain to appoint
his successor. So far as the ability of
Mr. Chamberlain Is concerned, I liave
no objections' to offer, but I do object
to the supposed, right of Mr, Chamber
lain to appoint his 'own successor. . If
he resign to accept the office of tovernor
the office of District Attorney will cer
tainly be vacant and our present Gover
nor, ueer, would nave tne ngnt to ap
point the successor.
If it is the intention of Mr. Chamber
lain to hold, over his resignation until
he take his seat as Governor, he might
be treated to a surprise party on the day.
of his inauguration by finding that he
was riot qualified to hold the office. . ;
If I construe article 6, seotlon 3 of our
Constitution correctly, 1 am led to be
lieve that Mr. Chamberlain Is not quail
fled to hold "the . office of .'Governor, so
long as he . hold any , other Office, and
the Legislature has no right to 'declare
him elected,- If ba fail to qualify before
the count of, the votes.
I submit this from a Constitutional
point of right and law, rather than from
any preference as to who should ap
point. - E. T. T,
(As The Journal understands the posi
tion of the Governor-elect he has not
yet even ' decided that he Is legally en
titled to appoint hi successor. He will
carefully examine the law and the Con
stitution, and upon the basis of bis in
vestigation form an opinion in the prem
ises. ' 'Again,, be has made no promises,,
so The. Journal believes, .to name any
particular man .for the position,' in th
event ha ha authority so, t! do, Mr.
Chamberlain la pursuing bis usual course,
keeping his own counsel, listening to ad
vice from anyone who may offer It, wth
the intention of eventually doing hi duty
conscientiously and selecting ; a suc
cessor who wm .carry -on, tne, omce in
a manner equal to the requirement and
In the Interest of good government)
' ARROW jHIV0RY.
An Eskimo arrow of walrus ivory,
found Imbedded jn the breast of a healthy
Canadian gray goose shot near Spokane,
is on view in a .ator In that city. No
arrow of that, sort was ever seen Th Spo
kane before, The bird had evidently car
ried it thousands upon, thousand of miles
from the far North. Where it wa shot
by some Eskimo, ' ' , . . ; ,
of tbs Dentil Chair
No Gas
Teeth $5.00
Be Sweet and Beautiful
ON YOUR SUMMER TRIP. -
Wild Cherry, Powder
keep you o, ' Purest made. Leaves
soft and smooth. A heallna- and
powder. Bold in Portland
by
York Electro Therapeutic Co, ,
- 70 MARQUAfl BUOLDINO. '
nce end yo'H alwsy It afterward'
TALKS WiraHSlTORSe
IRRIGATION IN THE WEST.
George U. Maxwell, of Chicago, execu
tive thalrniah of the National Irrigation v
Association, was in , the city yesterday,
in the Interests of hi association. H
left for San Francisco last night, and
expects to return in about ten weeks. .
In an interview Mr. Maxwell said ,
"Yes, I am here for the purpose of con.
nectlng the business people of th East
and the West In the way of agitating
the Irrigation of th Western country,
I have addressed meetings throughout the
towns f Montana and agltaftd th ques
tion quite a little over there, and I ex
pect to do this all over th Week To
give you an Idea of the benefit of irri
gation, I will show you an example. A.
S. Lohman, of Chinook, Mont, has been
in business for 10 years. When he com
menced' business he sent out half a car
load of agricultural Implements. Now he
ends seven carloads. This Is directly
due to Irrigation. You .see we Agitate
the question with the people, who In.
turn agitate Congress, as Congress I
but the mirror of the people It reflects
the people's wishes."
HE LIKES PORTLAND.
A.- pupre, who Is connected with the
Southern Pacific's operating department
ot San Antoplo, Tex., arrived her this
morning from San Francisco. "My ex
cuse for getting so far from home."
said he, "is that I am taking a . two
months' vacation. I came to San Fran
cisco to see the Jeffries-Fitasimmons
fight, and from there I came here, (
have long been desirous of visiting Port
land, and, franltfy, what little I have
seen of It makes me like the place very
much. I shall be here for a week or eo,
and am sure that I will have no occa
sion to change my already good opin
ion. '
"I am arranging to 'take a number of
little side trips. Tomorrow 1 hope to
steam up and down the Columbia.
Frankly, I am delighted with the cli
mate that has met me here. Portland
has a better climate I think than that
of Ban Francisco. At least, It Is minus
the sea fog."
Peculiar and Pertinent.
Cocaine is extensively used
as an
in
toxicant In India.
The Slaby-Arco wireless telegraph sys
tem is being Installed by Russia on the
Baltic Sea. -
There are 702 different flower In th
Arctio circle, and not one in, the Ant
arctic. ,
More than $7,000,000 wa spent for fire-,
works In the United States the first seven
day in July.
It la estimated that (3,000 letter were
stolen from letter boxes In France last
year. -
PAINLESS
DENTISTRY
that Is painless In All tbat
the term Implies, . . .
BEST
DENTISTRY
that I best because of our
facilities and skill, . ,
LOWEST ,
PRICES....
that are as low as can bo
matjut consistent with the
kitd of work we do and that
are lower than you'd pay
others for less worthy work,
and SATISFACTION IS
QUARANJEEP.
DR. B. E; WRIGHT.
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