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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1003. GAMBLERS FLEECED v BY KEEN SHARPERS Citvr of Ontario Shuts Down on the, Knights, of the Green GOSSIP OF CITIES "ABOUT THE BAY THE MAIN TOPIC HICKORY Weekly Letter from San Fran- The Trans-Mlsslsslppi Com c scb n Wh ch Are Discussed mercial Congress Will Dis t , Cloth .and Will Assume Dig-. I.- Matters.. Political, Social and cuss I his Important Subject at Length, mitme ' fr tie Library i pity of a Moral Place, ,, f ' t, " taucaiionaii. f Fat- Pickings for the Expert Big Town by the Golden Gate Will Attempt to Harmonize the Stranger Who Finds Country Districts More Profitable Than the Wise Cities. . ' - Filled with Grand Arnjy Men Lumbermen and the Forest Preservation Enthusiasts and Unite Action, , Who Enter Into Spirit of Na tional Convention.'. TIMBER SAYING LB) fw (Journal Special Service.) y (Special Journal Service.) (By J6hn E. Lathroo. Journal Staff ONTARIO. Or,, Aug. 17. The City of SAN- 'FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. The . . Correspondent.) , ' I rHmtrform-ltrta-limttr. the culmination of a long-argued point. veterans composing the Grand Army I win te a subject for treatment at the Since the Fourth of July the town haa of the Republic and Ita auxiliary bodies. I Trans-Mlsslsslppi Commercial Congress beora besieged by exDert ramblers that Th eitv never before baa entertained which begins Its sessions here tomorrow. fleecbd home talent vigorously. No ao many oeoole of National distinction. It Is to be expected that the congress mtter how strenuously home combines I at eaat Jiot since the Grand Army, held I will Incorporate in Us resolutions some re put upr tne strangers picaea up it. national encampment - here berore. expression rnawng to me poucy or ui tl? money right along, until one of the Tn, mreeta are packed morning, Boon win nnmi gamDiers iosi o m ium .H rht with en ever movlna- Droces or 14,000. Ontario hss long been a . of tn old boya no longer boya town or gambling, no other place or its ... k .n i .n.wrmnt candle to Ontario. The hotel, always I,. t0 he otel and boarding-house - " " . I accommodations of the city It finds it jnainra lor me rourxn xo general mi.. . ... ... ,u. in ni.r government In handling forest reserves. ! Quite naturally, two currents otv Influ ence will be manifest one by the dele gates who emphasise the abstract Idea of forest preservation, at the same time tending to Ignore the practical consld eratlons and legitimate claims of those who are engaged In the lumbering bus! throng of this profession and already " ' "f"ZTZZ j,o,t- of via- ne": tha otnr- tne man hlro- tb closing- down of the Joints has been 5SJL out In Mlf- wn0 DrhP o"r forgets the reaa fflt by restaurant and hotel-keepers. orm- Market street Diossoms onable demanda of the theorlat and. In Don. b, laJoonman. " ' "''i Zm dlaVonolntment felt by hJ .lY'!?.! The rambling here la done by saloon- Kk. in remittee when it waa l"DU" .upon lne -" 01 conn . . . . . . i -ww- rnnpnuinni. m An ann tn 1 1 r r lat rnrni or jimibi Jtm i A . i a w. i j , . u . " comt-wiiea o oinuuii iui viawtrnw round .bout, who gath.r In the un- m arch at tn- lnt,rBectlon of Third t0 'Sl ,! suspecting country fellow who has been ,H w-rv.t la aoftened bv the I narmonise ineae two conniciing m- h-riin, r rivin r.U Th "n1 Market streets la sortenea py tne terests. for, even although there be no teamaters from the far Interior I J a-orgeoua display which roae In place of nnn nnntuntlnn thorax la and will Via Preuv good "nilnt for the talented th one flrBt contemplated Everywhere w'.y. a connlct 'betwe(n tn6 lumDer m.n carap,h7 of the tVwn but when tne O' ?7 SlTZtJ? t n1 the 'orMt Pre-ervation enthusiast rejl thing drops In from the larger city " T " ' .," A Lesson from Klstory. njfjropens-up the turtle it soon Decomes J"":Zi:.-Z The exnerience of the North-Mlddle Rilbl thst all they had here before SSh X itairi c S Wten lt,,Mlhr, '"W1 ''' " as the mock. There are three or four " th cruelty of the daye of the d-vaata- va..ail1nrtt main hnra wfik hflvja fAliilf t f lArtl I WW J a- k iuia uicd-jhvo . m . i of puttlnB up a hard game, but It ap- old heroes Is most Intvlrlnc In Northern Minnesota, Wlaconaln and ? X , J" Michigan. 25 years ago, lumber men oi me -i in irue acoutej the Idea of exhausting the tlra rnmary siaouoBs. ber .jppiy before the middle of the The primary elections held last Tues- Twentieth century. It waa argued, and day brought out in full loree the bet- figures Riven therewith, that the stand pears that the Influx of sharp fellows has taught even these Individuals a few tricks. Ontario haa now six saloons, with the seventh almost ready for Ita licenae, but the closing of the gambling feature .therewith is supposed to be the signal for closing two or three of the weakest placea'of drink. The City Council Is discussing the advisability of elevating the saloon license to $2,000, as against the pnltry sum of $400, the present fee. Some of the more prominent saloon ter elements- In the two great parties. with the result that clean politics won the fight. Martin Kelly waa defeated In his home ward where for many years he has held absolute away, and where he was ready at any time to "deliver the goods" to the highest bidder. Specu lation Is giving way to certainty in proprietors favor this move as a means i " 7 "Vk- , hr' 7; 7 L,Z -,f .k.M.. forecasting the choices of the coming The Gama of Twenty -One. The twenty-one made a big run In Ontario this summer. One or two quiet men got ahead several hundred dollars on twenty-one. while some other fellows Just as quietly got behind the same amounts. Ontario Is a great racehorse town. Some of the best horses in the state are owned by Ontario men. One horse owned here would be a wonder, but for his lark of sense. He fails to start. If ho will start In anything like seasonable distance of the others, he always man atees to get In the front ranks when the end Is reached. Ontario Is Just making a clearing of some of her disreputable cltlsens. For several weeks' there had been' a middle nominating conventions, and unless something- unforeseen turns up between now and September Frank Lane- will lead the Democrats and Henry J. Crocker the Republicans in the fight for the mayoralty. Schmlts will again be the nominee of the Labor Party, but the conditions are not at all like those existing- two years ago, or one year ago, when the worklngmen were so heartily dissatisfied with their former party actuations and broke away bodily. Lane Is regarded ss a much safter rep resentative of the laboring- men than al most any other and his vote last fall for Governor showed very plainly that ha can command the great majority of the worklngmen. It Is claimed by the Republican press that Botitnlts can get ing timber was of such enormous ex tent that the United States could use from it exclusively, and yet have Um ber left In the year 1950. Today, lumber men of those states are going over the lands for the third time, and In some Instances are taking up stumps from which to cut shingles. They are sawing logs that out here would be rejected excepting for tele graph poles. Their forests are exhausted, and those who follow that line of business are now In the West and South, where they have bought extenalvely of forest lands. Oreg-on and Washing-ton. According to the quantity of lumber that Is being sawed annually In Oregon and Washington, the supply available for commercial uses would last about 62 years. This estimate is baaed upon these figures: Government surveys show Oregon has 231.000.000,000 feet of standing timber. and Washington 118,000,000,000. Later and more accurate estimates by forestry experts revise these figures as follows: Oregon, standing' timber, feet, board V TIT " New Arrivals ' We have just received a big shipment of the popular OLD HICKORY FURNITURE. It is made up in the natural wood, and is extremely appropriate for the Porch, the Lawn, the Library or the Bachelor's Den. Many of the pieces you may see in our Morrison-street window, The backs and seats are woven from the bark of the Hickory tree, They are comfortable, durable and economical, Many of our patrons have been waiting for these goods to arrive, We would advise them to make an EARLY SELECTION as we were only able to secure a limited number of patterns, A FEW Settees $ 1 0.00 Arm Chairs $1.75, $6.00, $3.50 Arm Rockers $2.75 Chairs $2.25 Porch Jardinieres $2.50 Morris Chairs - $9.00 Children's Rockers $2.00, $2.50 Porch Tables $4.50 Andrew Jackson Chairs $2.75 Andrew Jackson Rockers $3.25 PRICES PLAINLY MARKED ON THE TICKETS Come and see this Furniture and you will want to buy. aged woman living In a little house In enough Democratic labor votes to turn measurement. 318,000.000,000. town. Sh had a monkey-man with her and the two were discovered entic ing young boys to the premises. The man Is a little dark fellow with a face bearing the expression of a squash and a head about the slse of a summer cymllng. The womsn Is anything but attractive. She In about 45 years of ae. Yesterday this outfit was given to understand that the house must be vacant instanter. and they have hiked out for some part between here and Portland. ' "Mary Qneea of Boots." Ono pretty good swindle came to the surface here during the summer, and while It was not known to have been worked in Ontario, it makes good read ing for other towns to look out for. One of the gang goes Into a saloon or Ftore and makes a small purchase and hands over a ten-dollar bill. On this bill Is written something, say for ln utance, "Mary, Queen of Scots." He Is given his change and he goes on. Pres ently another drops In, makes a small purchase and hands up a one-dollar bill. The change is made, whereupon the pur chaser kicks for change out of a ten that he claims he handed In. The dis cussion grows and finally the proprietor the tide' against Lane and thereby elect a Republican Mayor. There Is every prospect of a very pretty fight for be sides being a millionaire. Mr. Crocker nas never antagonised any of the dif ferent factions in the three elements snd can enter the fight without fearing attacks in the dark. Death of W. 0. English After a gallant fight with the grim destroyer, William D. English finally gave up and passed to the beyond on Friday. Mr. English was born in Vlr ginla In 1842 and came to San Fran Cisco Ih 1858. He had long been identi fied with the Democratic Party and had held several positions in the gift of his party, having been appointed Harbor Commisioner, and later Surveyor of the Port He retired from political life some months ago and became vlce-presl dent and general manager of the Con tra, Costa Water Company, the position he held at the time of his death. For many years he was the most powerful man in the Democratic Party in Call fornla, but wars denied the reward of Its highest honors for he was several times defeated for the gubernatorial nomination. His death waa caused by Is called. The swindler states very inability to recover from the shock at emphatically that he gave tne cierit a I tending; an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Tylsr eturns. James S. Tyler and his charming wife have returned to San Francisco much to the delight of their friends. Mr, Tyler's experience as managing editor of The Journal doubtless gave the peo Tk. All ten-dollar bill, and to further substanti ate the fact, he asks the proprietor to look through the drawer and find the Identical bill with "Mary, Queen of Scots" written thereon.' This proves It beyond a doubt. He gets change for a V. a ntavlr oat, a rmtnHtnff lln. fnr his' oversight, and the house Is out the P ' Portland an opportunity to be "nffarenee come acquainted with his fine personal- a ti nv Illy mnu mrmi nuimj a, irewoiaici Jit h.i7 mofVlH. man. It Is the report on the streets :s of short-changing methods . 4lT .v.. ki m tave been worked on the saloon houses " . Jrl? - k L- summer and diver, ways of fleecing ,- C,. J L,7-" tlAi have been worked rrom start to . , it not until thev found told me a day or two ago that he needed their bank accounts getting lower and Bhort rest and would J10 take UP ,. tha mnnu u ami.it Th these matters for a week or two at home talent little gamblers are just now least D-noMlnr who flmnnff their worth v ebl- Ho Politics for WlHlH, leagues has tumbled onto the tricks On account of the close personal re ' used here this summer by the artists lationshlp existing between President who have condescended to pass a quiet Roosevelt and President Benjamin Ide season in the little village of Ontario. Wheeler of the university or caiirornia. The foreign gamblers can doubtless pick when the latter was recently In the up quite a wad Just as they vamoose by East a rumor was circulated that he teaching their tricks to Ontario's was about to resign from the University straight-forward gamblers. None of the and enter the diplomatic service of the Ontario gamblers have ever Deen sus- country, several first-class missions be pected of demonstrating that the move- in sua-Kested as the probable billet ment of the hand is quicker than the president Wheeler has returned home sight or the eye, ana tne winnings nave an(j givea out a positive denial to these all be stralght-up It is supposed. But rUmors. saying that education is his If aone of them nas seen tne oppor- i,... -nd that he haa no intention ity of graduating into an upper inch of the fraternity by taking a few quiet lessons from tne strangers who are now about to look for other quarters, they have indeed overlooked a bet. What the Strangers Claim. The strangers contend that they have been run out by the closing of gambling of abandoning; it Oregon reople at Xotels. Recent hotel arrivals: W. H. Eules, W. S. Ctitter. S. T. Reed, J. R. Thomp son. E. R. Knight, .G. P. Wells, I. F. Powers,' A. F. Mann, R. R. Gardner, James 8. Tyler and wife, B. S. Cross- well, W. A. Ling-ham and wife. C. P. sily orde? tothm ouTof the HaUowayG. It Elliott Cre.gh. Port, and wife. The Dalles; W. A. Mclnnls, E. L. Cross, Grants Pass. JOHN J. HARRISON. Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers!!! ' Mrs. WinsJow's Scathing Spp fsu bees ased for ever ICCTT YKAKS by itll, UONS of MOTHCftS for their CHHJ)&EN wails THKTKIWO, with PB1FECT SCCC88& tt tOOTHES the CHILD, BOFTSItS tat GUMS, XL4.Y9 all TAJit CUKBS WTOT) COUC, and T l h h. Mr,r ..SKI I " IH DW TOUWIT IOC VtAKKZtVBa. ' SOW OT in Relfast S.000"members have resolved Dragftits 'r Vmtt of the world. Bt SOTS to form an Independent Orange order run d ask tar "Mrs. winstow Soothing Syrap, un democratic lines. - J Ia4takarkia4 TwsstMvtcu.abetUa; way. They say that this is an pia game of smaller towns. No sooner will the field be cleared of the experts than gambling will once more be opened, so' say the strangers who are departing to that place where the woodbine twlneth. They state that the country Is a more lucrative field than the cities. The home talent gambling gathers up all the money from the small fry and have it congregated where they ean pick it up In bigger pieces. The City Council smiles at such ac cusation and promises that gambling Is a thing or tne past ior Ontario, in former times, before the city was on Its feet, gambling was tolerated, but since matters have assumed a different bear ' ing, saloon business is asked to take a better basis. ' a few years ago it wastoo uncommon thing for a stockbuyer to be "rolled" in broad daylight here in Ontario, but such Is an unheard of . transaction at the present. , .' Washington, standing timber, feet board measurement. 180,000,000,000. The total for both, 498,000,000,000, feet. If one-half this be of a character to warrant cutting for lumber It would yield 249,000,000.000 feet. The amount of the total of standing timber that would be of use to lumber men, or the exact rule adopted by the surveyors, as to minimum size of trees included in what they refer to as standing timber, is largely a matter of speculation, with one man's speculation r.bout as good as another's. How Jtong It Would feast. Were one to raise the query, how long will this marvelously abundant supply of timber withstand the onslaughts that are being made by the lumber men? he would probably hear scornful answers from the mill men, who would assert that such a contingency Is so far In the remote future that It scarcely need eon cern us of this generation. On the other hand, the forestry enthusiast probably would reply that, that the promised rate of lumber cutting. Nature s rich endow ment of wealth of flora In the North west will be squandered In the lmmedl ate future. If one-half the timber standing; be commercial, 82 years Is the period of time the supply would last if the pres ent annyal lumber cut were to be kept up. But so rapidly is the lumbering in dustry developing on the coast that the present rate docs not by any means rep resent the rate that must be figured upon In the future. It must be taken into account that the Easterners have Invaded the Pacific Coast during only the past few years; that they first bought lands, and that they have merely begun the erection of mills to saw the lumber. Development. Dealers In sawmill machinery and re cent purchasers Interviewed on the sub ject give assurance that the quantity of timber sawed at present will not be re garded as much when plans now formed have been carried into execution. Washington now saws annually 2,000.- 000,000 feet. Oregon now saws annually, 1,000.- 000,000 feet This makes the total 3,000,000.000 feet At the end of 1903 improvements will have been' made and new plants started that will increase the annual output to: Washington, promised output of 1904. 2,660,000,000 feet. Oregon, promised output of 1904. 1,340,000,000 feet. Total output of 1904, 4,000,000,000 feet. According to many reliable mill men the following year will witness an In crease in the capacity such as to almost double this 4,000,000.000 feet. Boon Exhaust Forests. under these conditions tne 62 years would be cut In halves, leaving 81 years as the period during- which Washing-ton and Oregon could boast merchantable lumber. Thereafter they woul4, like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, be wail the devastation of forests that once appeared to be Inexhaustible. But in these estimates shingles have been ignored. The Washington shingle output is enormous, and it is large in Oregon. Add shingles to lumber an nuallv cut and to he cut in the immedi ate future, and the result Is rather startling to a thinking person. It means simply that before another generation 'passes all the merchantable timber of the two North Coast States .will have been cut down. And, too, not only- will this constitute an economic loss, but it will Influence powerfully the meteorolog ical conditions, bringing drouths and floods. . .. ' - Looking at It from the standpoint of the forestry enthusiast, one can scarcely avoid a panicky feeling, and la disposed to vote for armed resistance against the hordes of -timber destroyers. Ths Other Sid. When the timber man has his oppor tunity to present some arguments it I apparent at once that this question has, TOLL SUCCESSORS TO H. C. BREEDER CO. two sides, ss. Indeed, all debatable ques tlons have. Intelligent mill men desire aa much as any others to prevent destruction of the forests. They are not entirely lost to all sense of patriotism, and wish to preserve for future generations some of the natural supply now on the moun tain sides. Probably they have not in the past been quite faithful enough to these standards, but In the main the better class of them will co-operate with any rational movement looking towards pres ervatlon of the timber. The problem Is to conserve the rights of those who have invested money in lands and mills and also to contribute a share towards the world's supply of lumber; at the same time, on the other hand, assuring that there be not devas tation. The middle ground will be right Stand of the CongTeat. It Is obvious that this Commercial Congress will get upon middle ground on this subject. There will not be ex tremlty In either direction. Indeed, the congress is for this as much as for any other object to harmonise conflicting Interests and secure Intelligent action by legislative bodies. Oregon will be vitally interested in the question. Enormous tracts of land have been set aside and other enormous tracts have been temporarily taken from the lists of lands available for public entry. There must be active effort by Oreg6n's Influential citizens to compel justice towards the thousands of people who will be affected by these forest res ervations. Retarding of the state's prog ress and financial ruin for hundreds of settlers are concomjtants of a merely theoretical administration of the forest reserve policy. Oregon should contend against either. MEETS AT BIRMINGHAM (Journnl Special Service.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 17. The annual convention of the United States Association of Plumbers and Gas Fit ters, which opened here today, is un usually well attended. Members are present from Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities on the Pa cific Coast aa well as from all parts of the North and East. The sessions will continue several days . and many Im portant questions of Interest to the trade will be discussed. The president of the association and presiding officer of the convention Is William Merrick of Beverly, Mass. BAKING POWDER TRUST'S METHODS Manufacturers Have Their At tention Called to the Methods Used by the Combination in Missouri. Its Efforts to Destroy Com petition by the Passage of the Alum Bill Ihrough Bribery and uorruption, MEETING OF FLORISTS (Journal Special Service.) MILWAUKEE, Aug. 17. Many of the delegates arrived here today for the an nual convention of the Society of Ameri can Florists and Ornamental Horticul turists which Is to be held this week. The feature of the gathering is expected to be the elaborate floral and plant ex hibltlon. mm BEERS Guaranteed Pure. None So Good. ftiilai fmaw I FleeksBStetax Mayer Cosay Local baking-powder manufacturers and members of the American Baking Powder Association have received a let ter from the headquarters of that organ ization telling of the work being carried on In an effort tn prosecute the Baking Powder Trust on charges of bribery of Missouri state officers. A review of the case to which the letter refers Is as fol- ows: The Royal Baklng-Powder Trust has run up against It good and hard In the State of Missouri. Men of high rank In official life were bribed with thousands of dollars In order that the Baklng-Powder Trust might keep the state from repealing a law for bidding the use of alum In the manufac ture of baking-powder. The object of this was to shut out the trust's rivals. Alum. It Is weU known. Is not harmful, but the trust, m Its literature, pretends that It Is. Former Lieutenant-Governor John A. Lee's name Is connected with the story of boodle, and he has been practically convicted of corruption. Daniel J. Kelley, legislative agent of the Royal Baklng-Powder Company, oth erwise known as the trust, has been In dicted by the Missouri Orand Jury and has fled to Canada. Tried to Avoid Exposure. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, at the time of the exposure of the trust's cor ruption campaign,had on file In Its of fice a contract for advertising amount ing to many thousands of dollars and drawn by the Royal Baklng-Powder Com pany. The Post-Dispatch says this about the efforts of the trust to secure Its silence: "With - the fatuous folly which has marked his career as a boodllng poli tician, former Lieutenant-Governor Lee suggested to D. J. Kelley, agent of the Baklng-Powder Trust, whose lobby work Lee was doing In the Legislature, that It" would be well to "plug" the Post-Dls- patch, as. unless the Post-Dispatch could be Induced to stop attacking his acts In behalf of the lobby, his chances for the governorship would be ruined." Advertising' to Bay Paper. The Post-Dispatch . says the offer ex cerpt containing the suggestion of Lee to Kejley that tne rost-uispaten be pulled off by offering It "a chunk of business." "Don't fail to plug the Post-Dispatch man, but be careful. Why not give the paper a good chunk of business? Maybe that would stop It." Lee's Xequnrt for Btamps. The work- of ex-Lieutenant-Governor Lee was perhaps the most brazen of the entire gang of boodlers and blackmailers. He Is alleged to have received large sums of money from various trusts in order to stop certain pure-food agita tion that was springing up all over the state. His letter to the tobacco tru follows: "I am starting my campaign for the governorship of Missouri with fairly good prospects; have decidedly the best of any other aspirant and Intend to stand for pure foods. It may be, however, that conditions may change. . . . You will find me true to my friends. . "For Illustration, I am to make 60 speeches In about 4S counties. . , and have to pay my own expenses. have concluded that you should furnish me with some postage stamps, as fol lows: Twenty-five thousand 2-cent postage stamps $500; and 60,000 1-cent postage stamps J&00. Total. 11,000. would rather have the stamps than the money. Newspapers over the entire country have taken the matter up and many of them call for the prosecution of the heads of the Baking Powder Trust on various charges of bribery, libel and corruption of a state legislative body, Editorial Condemns Trust. The following excerpts from an edi torial In the New Orleans Harlequin Is a fair sample or wnat tne American press has been saying of the Missouri boodllng: "It Is a truth Indisputable that as long as brlbe-glvers continue to exist, there will be found men Teady to accept their bribes. The only thing to do and as I have stated, it cannot be done too soon Is the arraignment of the Royal Baking Powder tnpany of New York In trie persons of Its active princi pals and officers, before the bar of Justice. 'Defamation, libel, bribery and per jury, an appalling list of charges, all these can be laid at their door. Defa mation Insofar as these 'gentlemen' have for years attempted to render un availing the efforts of smaller and younger concerns to furnish the public with a healthful commodity at far mofe reasonable rates, by a course of abuse and misrepresentation of the latter s products. Libel, stnee they have put this abuse In print and circulated It all over the world. Bribery that has been shown at length. Perjury Daniel J. Kelley and his associates, the Trust's henchmen and tools, held perjury more lightly than a lady holds her fan. Who will stand up and deny that the dis grace which awaits Lieutenant-Governor Lee and Senators Busche, Farris and Or chard, and all the rest of the bribed, is not weighty and powerful enough to kill slay In the mind and In the flesh some poor, sweet, honest-hearted woman who had faith In the father of her child ren, and whose reason and vitality are not liable to survive the destruction of the cherished Ideals of a life time. Boyal Company's Methods. "There Is no need of entering minute ly Into details. The country knows the facts In the case fairly well. It has been for many years the Royal Baking Powder Trust's method, to attempt the annihilation of its competitors by force of defamation. Slander and the monop olization of the press having proved in sufficient to accomplish this purpose, the officials of the trust hit upon the scheme of a gigantic legislative campaign. As alum waa one of the main ingredients used by rival baking powder concerns. and as this substance had been system atically attacked by the trust's literary agents who declared it unsanitary and dangerous to the public health despite the unanimous Indorsement given it by science and the public, the war-cry of anti-alum was raised. Missouri was the battlefield. Wholesale bribery was the weapon of the trust It was used to splendid advantage, and an anti-trust bill waa passed. This occurred in 18S. (It waa this bill's repeal, in 1901, that brought out the developments regarding Missouri' legislative degradation.) Tha gross dishonesty of the matter was too palpable for durable Reception, t A vigorous course of Investigation brought fraud after fraud to the light o' day. City Attorney Folk of St Louis had the courage to do his duty, and Lieutenant-Governor Lee, President of the State Senate. Senators Farris and Orchard, and a number of other 'states men' and 'state officials' have been prac tically convicted of the most flagrant dishonesty. Among- the documentary evidence is to be found a cheek for $1, 000 payable to Robert E. Lee. the brother of the Lieutenant Governor, and signed by Daniel J. Kelley, the legisla tive agent of the Royal Baking Powder Company of New York." OHIO NATIONAL GUARD i (Journal Special Service.) NEWARK, O., Aug. 17. Two thou sand tents, sheltering- 600 officers and 6,000 men, is the extent of the division camp of the Ohio National Guard, which. opened today on the state camp ground near this city. The encampment is noteworthy, not alone because the en tire division Is In camp for the first time since the Spanish-American War, but also for the reasoa that It Is the first assembling of the guard sine It became a part of the organised aux iliary to. the regular Army. The camp is in command of Maj. Gen. Charles Dick, the author of the Dick law, which, brought about the reorganization of the National ' Guard of the entire country. The drills and maneuvers, which form the most Important part of the eight days' program, will be conducted on a large tract contiguous to the camp grounds. The camp itself Is one of tha finest ever seen In the state. It is lighted by electricity and equipped with a fine telephone field service, under con trol of the Signal Corps. TRIPS YOU'LL' REMEMBER Along; the Columbia to Tha Sallea and to nwaoo on The Potter. Visitors to - Portland have two tiins that are memorable along the Columbia from Portland to The Dalles, and down the Columbia to Astoria and Ilwaco. The beauties of the Upper Columbia are best seen from the O. R. & N. Com pany s "Chicago - Portland Special, which leaves the Union Station every forenoon at 9:20, arriving at The Dalles at 12:35 (noon). Returning, the train leaves The Dalles at 1 p. m., arriving at Portland at 4:30 p. m. If desired, return from The Dalles can be made by boat The palatial O. R. & N. river steamer leaves Portland dally (except Sunday and Monday) for Astoria and North Beach, the popular North Pacific Coast resort For particulars about these and other delightful trips out of Portland ask at the O. R. N. City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets. The largest tree in the world Ilea broken and petrified at the end of a de file In Northwestern Nevada. It la said to be 666 feet long-. CASTOR I A - For Infants and Children, The Kind You Kara Always Bought Bears tha QigBAtartof MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Or TBS UNIVERSITY OF 0.1EGO;J Seventeenth annual tension txii:s September 16. 1S03. . Address S. E. JOSKfTTT, M. 15,, V-.. lit Dekura Building, l on!uiX