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.V. ' 1 'it , v ... . m. - r V ''4 THE - OREG OIT ftXTliY JOVTtSAL, rOBTlVP, r S ATTTH PAY- KVXyiH'Qt SEPTEtUER 13. 1903. m ' Bourne, Fulton and Geer Are i U, 11 i ii ..... ' . Senatorial ; Candidates ; c&? , . -. . . . .'. . ,. . . . ;.v ' - f-- v ' f ( . 5 Jtoototd Candidates. C i W., Fulton.' ef AtoriH, sute j Scaator. Crer, of Salem. Governor. Jonathan Bourne, of Portland. Poll s tici&n. . Probable or Potsible Candi ! ? dates. Harvey TV. Scott, of Portland, Edl- tor. ColOmon Hlrsch, cf Portland, Capi talist X K. Booth, of Josephine County, Sute benatar. "W. JX renton. of Portland, Law : t. yt. Wt Cfltton, of Portland, La- ytr, Omiv Browntll, of Oregon City, State Senator. Char lea Crey, of Portland, Lawyer- Jvdce TUf C. -CJaorie, of Portland, ( JuriatN Henry E. McGinn, of Portland," ! -State Senator. George W, McBrlde, of St Helens, I ez-Unlted SUtes Senator. Just four months from today no doubt th Legislature of Oregoa will be strug gling over the election of a United States - Senator, to serve for six year from the 4tfe ef March ,next Sveryone realises Uiat tbe office is one of dig-nitty and pow ejr, and that It is needful that the people oi the g'tata thoroWi canvass the mat ter and Is&rn the, character of (he men wh will , corns before the assembly as caadiaatea, if a wise selection le to be made, then must there be publicity of all 'mattery connected Jfith the prospective e-aeroise-ef- the lBeJve-iilon,,ttey-he Legilature.;;Ck., r'& . i . -.".For; MHsnsslfpffii' "jlttle commeht upon the subject' by the Itepublicu preai af the atte. Naturally, one would look for extended, discussion at this time. eTt overall ef the prooeedlngs , in connection with the' preparations for the election, broods a sllenoe that is as IM-ofound as that Is , presumed to pre vail in the ethereal reaches ef the most dlrtant heavens. i1 All of this presages bitter and nncom promUlng warfare in January, "for even luhtifui &rvest to Be PENDLETON, Oe., Sept. JS.The har : yeet of golden grain In Washington and Oregon is fast drawing to a close, and - Ue season of anxiety end unusual activ : Ity will give way to one of rejoicing and general prosperity, whsn of A time at teast the farmer can rest from his labors after a year doss attention to business, with splendid retrns. for. the effort ex. pended. The crops have been bountiful " -th grain of a high grade, the harvest .Weather has been Ideal and conditions throughout have been very satisfactory. Prospects for good price are exception Ally bright, and at this time there seems but Jffttle chance of a car famine when the garln begins to seek its way to tide- water. Wit ;a .reduction n the freight charge to thf sea and low charter rates to th markets f the bid world, the ' farmer feels well satisfied with the pros- . .pects for CQ to .7 oents per bushel for whpat, an.d consequently is In a happy mood. It has been a long time since con 'dltlons generally were better in Eastern I.5v'sn0ston and Eaaterjn pregonjunong the rural population, and the feeling of a '"harvest home" Jollification Is stronger today than it has ever been In this coun- , .try. OF THE PAST METHOPS. prevalent In the Gathering of the Annual Crops. ! While contemplating the great rnatml tude of farming operations In the North west and realising the facility and ease with which millions of bushels of grain are annually grown, harvested and sent to the markets of the world, it u- hut i natural that the mind revert back to the days of our fathers and grandfathers !n 1 their great struggles to overcome a wild ; country and make the desert blossom, i amid almost insurmountable difficulties, ! tilling the soli imperfectly with the orude ' Implements known in, their time. From the old sickle and reaping tu.ok. with th sweat and effort which accompanied Us use, to the new combined thresher, l-,a.f been a long step, requiring years of effort j and energy, yet there are men living In ' Washington snd Oregon today who have j 'used both instruments of husbandry suc- 'isessfuny. In the early history of grain growing i f In tb Northwest the OLD FASHIONED CRADLE i was the first Instrument used to cut grain.. Following in the wake of the cradle came the .binder of one sort or another. The mowing machine early made its ap pearaaos, aa4 it is wuoh the m mi' chin today that it was when first it came th mountains from "the states." But th reaper Is vastly different FlrsJ MifMi T il roro-. ' ' mnwinf machine arrangement which cut the grain, placed It In binders and dropped each bundle Whs Its weight was sufficient to spring " Sk trap i under a set Pf wooden fingers ' Which, received tbe bundle from the sickle. Other .fwmi reqaire the services of a man With a rske to perform the dropping .pat of th work- Then followed the .binder, which ua ,re with Which to jbrod th bundles. Small wlr was taken from f ' spoofwound around bundle gormed bz machinery m a frame similar now from time to time Is seen tbe glint of steel in the feandii of political lleuten artts who are marshalling the hosts for thsjconfllct. If no other newspapers will take up the eplottatlcn of the theme. The Journal will assume the burden. Let it be said, en passant, that The Journal ttvlewu the subiect with charity for all end malice towards none, at.-! v'ith only the desire to perform its func tion as a disseminator of Information re lating to the passing of events in this state. Kditor. MITCHELL. AND SIMON- Both Will Be Elements in the Senatorial Contest All instructed persons will concede that the Senatorial campaign cannot be treat- f.axl without accounting for the attitude of the present Senators. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Simon are going to be elements In the contest, and both must be reckoned with. As to Senator Mitchell, It Is probably a safe guess that he would be highly de lighted were .he able to name the suc cessor of Senator Blmon, and in that he cannot is the rub, although there is no doubt that -he will have much to say on the subject ' As to Senajtor Simon,' while he himself cannot be. elected, no one with a modicum of sense will deny that Mr. Simon will have U be figured upon as a potent fac tor In the wielding of influence .and the i manipulation of affaire prior to the cast- Ing of the ballots. .ng in? . - - . THESE ARE THE OPEN CANDIDATES, Though the Governor Seems to Be Didn't Support Furnish. The avowed candidates are: t Charles W, Fulton of Astoria, Jlf, T, Geer, of balem. a ,;witjiiin Hourn. oi raruana. hls at Statement may be a little lnaccur- ate. Perhaps It should be said that the Governor thinks he If A oainlldate, made to offlclally by petition and popular vote under th Mays? Iaw The Governor Is crnaiiu yviyu v. . MltcheU. Mr. Soott and the tither dis- posing powers) and yet-that is not . the J bad politics to support him, and there are reason why he Is not to be accounted As others here who would not mind wearing In fhe'ronnlng-he refused to suppop theJ the "toga" themselves. : More thaiyhU, ticket' last June, that's the reason ws Senator Yulton will have to convince sucn most people look upon his candidacy asjt'potentiallUcg as Mr. v.orbett and others, ' ' 1 .."!... ' . to those used; on 'raceoS binders, and se curely tied. This proved unsatisfactory, and the "twine binder" soon took Its place. The world looked On In astonish ment at a -reapef r which would, cut, bundle and bind securely grain of uneven weights and lengths by the use of horse power alone. It was thought then that farming had been simplified so thoroughly that grain raising would become . a pastime and hard work disappear.. In the early history of threshing in Oregon and Washington.-many an old settler has ' ... MANY POINTS OF INTEREST j and most of them have at least unfailing recollections ot one of the machines used j apparently everywhere and ali the time the farm fanning mill It Is easy to fuid I old settlers who recollect distinctly the; great task and backache connected with the operation of th, old mlll when dirt, chaff, grit, dust and'atraw had to bo separated from the grain after u primitive attempt to thresh a few acres of grain grown with great effort and care upon the old homestead. Different methods of threshing, ot separating the grain, from the- straw were "In VogUeT an early -and common na being tb place the grain on the hard ground or upon a floor and drive horses over It until the hoofs of the stork had separated the grain from the, heads of the straw and left a great mam: of chaff and dirt to be passed through the fanning ralU!-. The horsepower separator, a primitive machine In many respects, cume to this country many years aco. end soon replaced everything save the fanning mill. Which had to be used on the grain threshed before It could be sent t market The cleaning apparatus of early threshers was usually defective, and it took years to place upon the mar ket a thresher which would save ail the grain and separate It from impurities and chaff. And after all the work that has been done along this line the old fanninjt mill is still In use on moat farms, and a great deal of grain I passed through the. additional set of fans before It Ia placed in the ground as seed or rassol to the market for flour. IMPROVED MACHINES. Used Today by the Members Of the Fsrm Colony. Wonderful changes and Improvements have bwn made within the past fifty years in all classes of farm machinery and implements. With the steam thresher jind eelf-blndor we now. look back and wonder how our forefathers got along with nothing in the way of machinery, and but crude methods In everything. Tet while this evolution has been going on great thing have been doing. The coun try has settled up from the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean, and the Northwet T fifty years ago. uereai production nas in creased wonderfully, and where thousands of byshftls were -formerly raised, millions now are produced, going to all parts of theVorld. The 70.000,000 bushels of grain whlcn comes from the great fields of Oveeon and Washington each, year and find a ready market tn the countries of the world is not produced with the aid of primitive machinery and tools, but by the proper use of 6ie most modem appliances in all -departments of the work. In the something that exists only in his own mind. . Krom a party standpoint, he committed t.o'Uual suicide, allege the political wtse-ailis SENATOR FULTON8 STRENGTH. A Man of Force and Ability and Milch Strength. State ptnator ' Fulton has considerable Ktrt-iiKth, unci g looked upon as the log ical and a wurthy candidate. Hi U i man of force and ability, and at this time ha$ more votes pledged to him than lias any other man In the Held. It is being claimed that Senator Mitchell favors him above all others, though there may be doubt on this score. Senator Mitchell is under obligations to. Senator Fulton, but also He is under obligations to othtrs-ex-Se.nator McBrlde, Mr. Scott Mr. Hirsch. It is remembered by old residents that years ago, when Senator Mitchell was but a political child, Mr." Hiisch was his friend and that he has been for the 40 years that have ensued. Again Mr. Fulton being in the lead, be becomes the target of all of the others who have aspirations. It becomes one .gainst the field and those who have "played the races", know that usually the field wins. . MATTER OF LOCATION; While locality should not enter Into the consideration of the matter, it does, Hjui Senator Fulton Is badly situated geo graphically. He comes from a section 'cn, so iar a. can o newspaper sentiment, is practically una- , unanmoua Ior dosing the river above T,.r1c.1.o intn " He la ton broad-minded j tQ guch vlewg but people ot th. refit or me state arc jioi uibjjub w , o -nn.il river. Human ! n,r. i. mnr.h the same all over the I .nru RcniiH of the money that hai i been and is being spent for an open river from Portland to the sea,, the average UP-lhe-rlver-legtslator is,;not. disposed; to take any chances on Voting wrong on this, question. Too much is at stake for that It is said he has a few votes In the Mult nomah delegation. This Is probably true, but It is apparent that the "bit guns' from this county are not yet booming ! (or him Tne Oregonlan Is silenti it 'a j M, Matthews thinks it would i be great wheat belts will be found all the modern and ponderous machinery known today, made and operated by skilled me chanics after vast expenditure of money and constant study. But for modern ma chinery It would be impossible for Ore gon to market 30,000,000 bushels of grain, or for Washington to send to the markets of the old world 40,000,000 bushels, while the population of either state is less than half a million, or approximately so. Thou sands of meri are required to do the work which macnTnery cannot do, but the Tabor1" saving machinery makes It possible to, produce greater quantities of grain' than could be contemplated were ft necessary to import men to do the work of har vesting and warehousing the grain. ONE Of the Great Inland tmplre and Its Qreat Contents. The great wheat basket of Eastern Oregon is comprised in the wide prairies of Umatilla County, stretching out as far as the eye can see in all directions, j Wallowa County, with its fertile stretches of level land,- the Orande Ronde Valley, which comiHls' large portion of Lnion i , - ...... ,, .1 . '.l.rr ntvfl. VallAV t. i the south of th- nde Ronde. Her Is OTtef the KPeaTest-'wheat producing sec- ' tions In the world, acreage considered,.: .hi. ; Kit .nA n.4ln. ' IIIC 11 VI v. - . ' . -' -- with Jt in UmatllU County, ties the great grain growing' region of Washington. Uprising the Walla .Wall- Valley. reading Wer the counties of Walla i Walla, Garfield and Columbia; across the j Snake Biver to the north lie the Palouse country, famous for Its wealth of golden ' grain; and it the northwest lies the Big Bend confer which during the past fw?t years has made a new record In grain raising. Last year a town of 1,200 popu- j - 1 f liV I i I nil i ii ista 1 1 " X - t--f"--- w..,,!,--, , . A. , . . iWaLjik I It GREAT WHEAT BASKET that be la tn favor of a deep river from Portland to the sea before he eaa sou at on. votes with safety from this county. QUESTION OF OPPORTUNITIES. Mr. Pulton's friends attempted to Indufr him to take the nomination for Gov ernor last spring, and most of the state politicians think that, had he done so. he would have bad better chances than he now has, He did not, ami hence there are likely to be tears of rgrtt At this Juncture Senator Simon will probably appear upon ihe stage for a moment to stick pins In Senator Fulton and turn the tatter's stunt Into a crying heat for Mr. Simon loves not the Senator from Clatsop. When the Republican state convention met last spring was the golden oportuhity for Mr. Fulton., He should have forced the selection of a United States Senator ial candidate, and had his name gone be fore the convention, he would have been nomlnatd in A scene thnt w'1"1" not soon have been forgotten, for he is deservedly popular, and could have carried the dele gation off their feet. But it was not done, and now it Is a fight of Intrigue, dkplo mcay,' so that these lines perhaps apply: "He either1 fears' his fate too much. Or his deserts are small, Who fears to put it to the touch To gain or Jose It all." "JACK" BOURNE PROCLAIMS. "Makes no Bones" Thst Hs Wants B , 8enator. Here Is an assertion that will surprise many and Interest all Jonathan Bourne Is a candidate for the United States Sen ate. He takes his candidacy seriously, too. Few are able to figure out whence apparent bar to Jonathan's winning there are no Populists In the Legislature, slature. so the Jonathan mada' his reputation Informed will remember, when he cut a large figure in the first ilryan campaign, when he leas for free silver and a whole lotrof othop things that would seem p constitute obstacles to his progress ta wards Washington. He was active in "holding up" the Leg lslature. In fact U was Jonathan himself who did the Work of holding up the et sion. He had complete charge of; the nlem end of the fight. J V le was a 'member of the Third H,ouse Of the last Legislature, and stood fof atA Corbett; first, lasj; and all of the time, , Jack" Bourneils a spectacular worker who always ConAicts campaigns much as Gathered; In the latlon In the Big Bend produced and mar-. keted more wheat than any producing station in the United States, according to railroad figures on shipments. At the town of Ritzville, Wash., over 1,600,000 busfiels of grain was sent out by railroad last year. A BIO INBU8TRT. Anywhere In this great wheat belt grain growing and harvesting is seen at Its best and all the modern methods are employed. Just now the harvest Is at tr height, and -thousands , of men are dally employed In handling the millions of tons of weight "that must need be handled before the grain is placed on the open market. Here farming Is forced to Its noblest and best place. Keen compe- I OF THE COMBINED HJHtVESTE tltlon has made farming not so much hard toil and manual labor as a solentlfio pro cess from which only the very best re sults muxt be obtained. la this way alon has money been made, and the successful farmer Is the energetic, thoughtful buai ness man. Time plays an important part In the work, and when seed time comes It must be made the most of quickly and properly; then when harvest rolls around and the crop h,i ripened and tuned lnt a golden hue then' the. reaping operatioa mlluf ha ....-,,,.,,., wltV. all iwwultllA ftklll. tact ana rapjdHy-r-lWay majr mean weTTrompietanenn on wneeis usjjaiy tn weather and loss of part or au or tn crP- In vlt"' this fact farmers have own . casting noout tor m. mimv yw, - niwi - V ILJnintS n.rf 'orm 8 ot Sraln into one of br while' the grain U securely acked and ee frog, danger. TUv cipm j ?T"1 .1 - s J T-., j w ... a ! Labor-Saving Devices tJssd by All Agrl- - - . J-h,r' ' Nowhere in all th world is farming! done Just as It is in this .Inland grain j ' a small, boy rung a Fourth of July eels- bration. with plenty of fireworks going oft and a plethora of nolae. Qt!TB A DESTRI'CTIONIST. Mr. Beursa. appears to be the ideal de- ptructionisi, an never has exnioitea any of the qualities of the constructive states man, It was so long ago as 1886 when he was an .active member of the minority r-that' defeated Mr. Hlrech for the United States Senate. He was the brains of the oppbsitfbri to Senator Dolph. He con-, trlbuted much to the election ot Mr. Simon, i k - ' Politically, Mr. Bourne has run through an of the parties like the measles, or vice versa", as th case may be- He cannot expect support from Mr, Mlt. chell or from any of those new In the control of the Republican organisation. But he will add Interest to the fight, and will compel the others to remember that he Is around the state capital. He will be an element, and while he may resume playing golf after the Senator has been elected be will add somewhat to the gaieties of the nations and perhaps fur nish the comedy in what Is assuredly go ing to be an absorbingly Interesting po litical drama. HQW "ABOUT MR. SCOTT T May Net Enter the Active Fight for the Sanatorship. A number of good citizens have been mentioned as probable candidates for the honor. A partial list is: Harvey W. 8cott. Solomon Hirsch, Senator Booth from Josephine. W. D. Fenton. W. W,. Cotton, Senator Brownell from cfack amas, Chas. D. Carey, Judge M. C. George, Judge McGunn, Ex-Senator Geo. W. McBrlde.' So far as Mr. Scotf Is concerned, some are very doubtful that he Is considering the matter seriously, but not unnaturaVy wants to have something to say p. . That he would not object to being (Senator goes without' saying, but unless all signs fall, h' doesn't "want It badly enough to engage 1n ni active canvass for It. , He is admirably equipped for the work, but it is doubtful If as he contemplates what la necessary to be done to win. he And the prospect very alluring. Mr. Scott has done a good deal of "scrapping" l,i his day; has said many hard things about many people, stepped on acres of toes, mn a newspaper and edited It for many years, and all these' things are not cal culated to grew a" very heavy . crop of votes. He knows If he goes'lnto the light seotlon.. Farmers take advantage of all labor-saving .Tnachlnery and appliances, and tftB farmer's wife is given advan tage in many ways. In plowing the steam and gang plows are used, with arator 'is started before the machine is either A steam engine or a band of six or eight horses drawing a number of plows arranged tn a gang, one following the other, Li the process of harrowing the ordinary method is to attach six or e'lght horses to a harrow covering from tQ t 2i feet,, the driver riding a pofty i during th, ru,hi 0B buJ,et,n boards, tele acroas the fields from morning to night T , 'A Few farmers ask hired help Q walk after k , , . , , .... stock In the fields. And the hired men on all large farms are given the freedom of the farm with the exception of the r-. , family residence. Th owner of the place expects to feed the men and usually does so to the satisfaction of all but be does not allow the men about his residence. They are provided with quarters separate, keep their own cook, and live largely as they choos.' In the harvest time the men usually take a roll of blankets each and , SLEEP IN THE OPEN AIR; preferring th strgwstacks and freedom of tns farm, to, the bunk-house or the fannhoua for that matter. Nearly ail crews are ted from a cook wagon," t. Charge of a skilled cook. Th.fopd sup plied la of the best and when the cook falls to - come up to . the standard a change Comes quickly- or the men refuse t worjt longer. The Invigorating SiV r.t the grain fields and. the vigorous exer. else of . the long day s of labor create healthy,'fcd' Strong appetites, and mess pall Js never sounded-twlce In advance ot a meal. ; This plan, generally gives satis faction to loth men and employer, and is fallowed by. trews In cutting and thresh? Ing graju even on mall farms. In years past the harvest' season- has ''.' ' . ' --" . . . . - juat what U ahead of hint nd hi feaUy prefers pee-19 .wajr, , . IN HIS DBCtlNlNO yAPS. - In his declining years be would itks ta , dwell in harmony with all .men and have a blessedness t ergetfulness cover and heal all old wounds. ?, A SenitonM fight is not conducive te thfs. : It tlM 'scrapper" te wis such eon tests, and j it majy not b bad gUeas that he Will not enter the Hats to rid the Senatorial .'tourney. ; . !vtf;j 'y,';-m ' - He will have somewhat to say, how ever. And he might throw his Influence towards any of several- candidates. He has In his heart a warm spot for Judge George, Judge McGles. aJtd Judge'. Fen ton, and It might be that, could he op so, he would name en of tbM three. i On ef th friend ef the dlstlnguishe 1 editor argued thus- with The Journal man: ':';..: " "What would salt a man of Mr. Scott's disposition would be a foreign mission. If he could get an appointment to some of the higher missions,' h would not r fuse it, and he would reflect aredit upon both the state and himself1' , . . , There will b few who Will mot acoeds to this proposition. Indeed, no "one will presume to question the correctneea of these view, and to look upon Mr. Soott as the ideal material for the making of foreign ministers In capitals wherein brains and wisdom congregate.- W. W. COTTON POSSIBLE. Might Be the Man Whs "Lews sad rerms.. The foregoing list Includes those most likely to be mentioned by receiving vote in the Legislature, excptlng one man who was voted for by Senator Brownell heretofore W. W, Cotton of Multnomah. Brownell is still there, and he went back to the. Senate With more Influence than ever, and if he starts 'out t land the gentleman from Multnomah this time, more surprising thing theft Mr. Cotton's eleotipn might. octir.; v , . . MR. HIRSCH QUALIFIED. But HI position It Not Openly Defined Just Now. In Mr. Hirsch Is found another man well qualified for the office. -. He ss many friends, and at any time, whst is more to the point some votes la the Leg islature. He has filled a number of high offices and always with credit -' No one seems to know Just what IS hi position. Inlnd been one of anxiety to th man who had, say 500 to WOO acres of grain to save, all the work having to be don with hired labor. Employment agents used to reap a rich harvest in "shipping" men to the grainflelds, and every effort was made te secure hundreds and even thousands of idle men from th citlss and from tim bered sectlonstQ do the work of harvest ing. '. ' "Men Wanted for th Harvest Fields" are familiar placards seen everywhere 1 " , , ... v,. anywheie. The mea eom front' th CU- , les, from mining camps, from place where ordinary wages only are paid. The haiv ester wants to make a "stake." and he comes here because wages range from $2 to )4 per day, and .board, while soma, exceptionally good mechanics draw, from $4 to i per day and all expenses. la the pest thousands of. mH earns to th wheat fields, some because the? Want, to, others because they ar tired of Ill-paid ,'obs in hotweather, still others because neccsrlty causes them to get money for winter supplies, , and .last-the fellow who want to change climate and see now I farming is really done. - AH these people get toprethtr, and a MORE METROPOLITAN. CREW than, a harvesting crew Is hard to Im agine. The fresh air of the country, filled w'th the fragrant and strengthen- ( Ing aroma of plowed fields, flowers and herbs, piove invigorating and healthful to most every one, and a band of hac vestcrs generally look the picture at health and strength. With good wages and ready money they seem to enjoy ihe strenuous life for a few weeks at least Bui the day of the harvester and the big crew Is about past This season large number of farmers have purchase 1 'combined harvesters," machines which heau and thresh grain at one operation, leaving the cleaned product In sacks In the field, ready for the- car. Two years a0 several of these machines were In use', and they proved so satisfactory tha' a score of others have been brought and all over Eastern OregoA and Washing ton the "combined" Is to be seen at work. This year a new Innovation ha been made in Walla Wafla County, Wash., and Umatilla County, Or. Tha big machine is being drawn by : steam power Instead of horses, .as in the Pa.it The machines in common uss require from 24 to 32 head of horses to operate them and the expense of operation has been found to be' large, although a great saying over the' old. - plan ' of cutting. Stacking and threshing. , t- THE STEAM COM BINS. It Weighs BO Tons and Costs More Then - v . troop... . . , The steam combine 1 a huge machine, weighing in all about twenty tons, and costing over $7000,-' It Is a huge Steam en gine, with A boiler capable of furnishing about 160 horse power,? white It carries two engines, one! of" 0- 'and one of l horsepower.' Its driving' wheels ar eight feet in width, and it uses about on and a half tor of coal and SOW gallons of water In 10 hours. In 'th hands ef two mcn this engine wilt draw a header ami thresher ovr an are of about to aors It Is certain b would not refuse th of fice If tendered. Again, alt familiar wtth Oregon politics know that n on-would bf mor satisfactory as a colleafu t Senator Mitchell than Mr. Klrsch. Time only can tJl t what extent Mr. Hirsch will tak part la the oontest. His can didacy has never been " authoritatively announced, If he should 'shy bis castor in t ring, there will he many a on to wish him good luck, JUOQES QEOROE ANO FSNTON. ,. Both F-oesiallltlss Sut Not robbl Win rs This Tim. ' Ther ar ethra. Among them Is Judga George, so old face, And Judga renton, a nw faca, Judglcrge baa beao votju for frequently, and may be acaln. Judge Fenton la but a recent convert from ih Democracy and that would b against htm. yet ther be those who caJt U mind that Judge Williams wssaeat t th Ben. at four year ge after hj conversion to th doctrines cf th RipubUcao party, "Besides," remarked a political phllan. thrgpigt, "th glad brni of welcome ex tended to brothers as they sros th Una should not chang lnt a slsnched fist if they seek some of th honors. Still U U vsry doubtful if the psrtj will set aaid the old standby to show their kindly feelings to th new men."' THE M'BRIOES ARg LUCKY, Hence Ctore W. Might Be th Winning Man In Jaauary.. Oregonlana know that .the MeBridu always ha ben lucky In polities, and that It haa been long time sine soma on of them has not held offlo In this State. Th friends of x8ntot McBrlde will urge with good grace, to, that he was an efficient worker for th State, and that he made a good record, Tby will remember, too, that he was plaued upon the blacklist by the' Morning Ore gonian. because h was a friend of Sen ator Mitchell, for at that line anyone who was a frlwd of Mr,' Mitchell sauid viV find favor ill lh i's of th astai editor or th Republican newspaper. In consequence. Mr. McBrlde t(as knocked. Now It's different, and it may be thjit th controller of the Kepublloan journal ism of Oregon will remember that Mo Bride was for th gold standard whsn Mr. Fulton was for free silver. People know how obsequiously the Oregonlan worslilis the gold standard, and that Its edtior crosses himself whenever a free silver man passe before him. or mentioned In a political relation. Empire per iw of 10 hours, and will allow foui other men to out, thresh and laa, plaet in sacks anT"pll in lots of 10 tn th fitild, an average of 12W saeks ef whe.-t In a day.. In the old way with haadors and threshers, this would require per haps 40 men and aa qual number of horses, whll tb expense for cutting ani hauling Is entirely dons away with. The grain la cut, threshed and cleaned without the straw passing through th hands-of single man. As the machine Is- drawn across th fields by the big engine the grain is gath ered by the header and fails on an endWaa apron r draper which carries it up to the front part of the machine. Tbsr it Is introducea to the cylinder, passes through the separating proves, Is elevated to the cleaner whieh is located on th top of the separator, and recteaned, then it goes to the saeksr where it Is sewed In sacks rs Is the cagS with wdlnary threshera. The sacks as dissbarged by the machine tn lots of 10 as fast as they accumulat. Cai-es are said to have occurred In Cali fornia where grain was cut threshed. . made Into, flour, and-ted to the machine crew within 24 hours. The machine cuts a swath 34 feet wide. and the knife" can be. lowered so as to catch short grain or that which has been knocked down by rain or wind. This year the saving in this section on this account win amount to tnousanos of dollars, so farmei's say. And the process of separa I tion Is very complete and in many ways 1 new. On the reur of the engine Is located a secondary engine drawing eteaqt frost ' the main holler. This engln can carry 40-horge power under high pressurs. Vropx I this engine the separator gtts power, and the machine can be kept at a certain ! speed even though the traction be Slow I on account of grades or hills. The sep ' given motion, and it Is run until thai' cylinder .and cleaner have discharged all grain taken in. In this way the thesh ing is finished N with absolutely no loss. It is estimated by farmer who have used these machines that good grain can be cut threshed and sacked for about half the ordinary price charged for threshing alone- Were it possible to harvest all th grain in this Inland section with' these machines th saving would amount to hundreds of thousands ot dollars annual " ly- THE MOVEMENT TO TIDEWATER. Following 1 th harvest rush closely la the annual shipment of the millions dt bushels of grain to tidewater where it falls Into the hands of. exporters and ultimately finds a place In the markets of the world. Few' people realise what a monstrous undertaking It Is to move hun dreds pf train loads- f wheat thousands of cars ot on' eereal, from 200' to' ioa miles to the ships lying in the harbor waiting for It All the surplus grain f r52!LJlLJh!s regiQiLgoea-toJb Jaetft - either at Portland of Puget Sousd. and It taxes the railroads to th fullest when the movement -begins. By a peculiai feature of human nature. It seems that everybody sells at the same' time or re- ' fuses to sell in th same manner, and thus It Is that everybody wants ears at th samw particular time, and In sora cases blockade have 'occurred, With prices ranging abv Ed cents It Is pre sumed that many farmers will sell hla year, and an early movement of much ot th crop Is predicted. . A. HERBSRI. 'I . - r.-L" "A- '." :.' '.--;- v . ;!