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. EditoriflS Pago of JiSi3 -, (PORTLAND, i OREGON. . Saturday, july 2, m. TH E XTR EO ONrEttl Y O U RNAIs Small Change, Oregon Sidelights AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER , J 7" C a. JACKSON KbUsbed vary evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning tTbt , - t . -OPPICIAL', NOTABLITDISSENTINQ HE, Colorado supreme court, by upheld the revolutionary act Tnody and his military satellite . bullpeha and. deporting men not convicted nor even, spa clflcally accused of any crime, but from thito decision Jiis- , tlee Steel of that court baa (lied. a notable dissenting opin Ion. the gist of which may be gathered .-extracts: ' '.. ' . . ;"' he present executive la the sole dltbmahlch can call into action the , the? government, and can exercise all r . t . . .w- .,1.1 - to enectuaiiy aoms wie (;vuuiiiuh.i ;V department cannot. Inquire Into 'the legality of hla ; ' acts, the next governor, may by his ukase exercise the V 'same arbitrary power. If the- military authority may ' deport the .miners this year It can deport the farmers, .. next year. ' . ' '.'-".. , . 1 , ' ' -' ;V.V. ' ' ' i-v" ,':.' If a strike which is not a rebellion must' be so re-'; garded because the n-overoorBays'lt Ja, then any con- . , dltion jnust'-b regarded as a rebellion which the gov-.: " ernor declares to be such; and If any condition must ,' be regarded as .a rebellion because the governor says , so, then any' county. In" tha. state"1 may be de. . ' clared to be' In a state of rehelllon, whether a rebellion exists or yiat, and every cltlsen . subjected to arblttary arrest and detention at the; will and pleasure of the head of the executive department. .. We may then, with each succeeding .' ecuttve-branch of the government, have class arrayed ' against class, and. Interest against Interest, and we hall depend for our liberty net upon . but upon the grace and favor of. the governor and .his '; military subordinates. ""..' '... In no other case presented to this court have prln elplec -so Important and far-reaching been Involved. :'! . The court has -evaded thetuhdamental questions; presented, 'and has based It decision upon theories long ago determined .by Juries and statesmen to be 11- " logical and false. '. . " v " ". . ":tt - The questions Involved, Justice Steele . very foundation of our government;" the majority of tha; court, ha declared, cedent that Is so repugnant to my: notions of civil liberty. f o antagonistic to my Ideas of a republican form of gov ernment, and so shortclng to my sense Justice, that I cannot properly characterize It." ; In Colorado, as in Oregon, three supreme court, and the other two united Jn an opinion bus talnlng the acts of the governor and his military chief. T The late Justice Thayer, then of the Oregon, once delivered a characteristic dissenting opinion, upon which a witty lawyer, who like almost everybody else perceived that he had completely upset the false theories -and illogical cpncluslonsjof the other two, remarked: 'T'hayer .ls rlght, but"two. deuces always beat a lorie ace." Colorado needs to discard" one of Its Judicial deuces "at the first opportunity, and "dravr another ace. ". .- THE EXAMPLE OF G i HICAGO, that Is contemplating of publle utilities, especially , perhaps other American" cities ing in' this direction, can study' with Interest and possible' advantage the results of this policy In British cities,, of which Leeds furnishes a good example, . -During 1808-4 the receipts from that city street rall- ways, or tramways, as they are called there, were 11,863, S35, as against 11.288,152 In 1803-8. The' surplus, howeVer, owing to Improvements, reduction of fares and Increased wages, was. over $288,074 .In the latter year, as against ,1301,810 In tha former. The gross profit during the- past year waa '6639.806. from which, to obtain tha net foroflt are 'deducted vsrlous sums for depreciation. Income tax, ! and Interest, leaving a net profit of 8416,618.' From this a . redemption fund -of 2128,348, 8s deducted, leaving the net surplus at'the sum stated. This Is said to be, however, the largest 'profit shown by the tramways In any city In the United Kingdom. . The fares on the Leeds, railways are 8 EXPERT ON HOOD RIVER BERRIES - . "The strawberry season Just closing suggests a lesson or two - that the farmers of Hood river valley would- do . well to' learn," says H. T. Davidson of tha Davidson Fruit company In the Hood ' River Glacier. "It ' demonstrates that - rotation, of crops Is best for strawber ries; it further teaches that the farmers should raise a few raspberries and -cherries.; - y "Land that has produced strawberries . year after year showed the need of a cHange of crop this ftr. The fruit was i- not of the quality , that grew on land that had been used for rotation of crops, ' as clover ,or potatoes. A man who puts but 12 of bis 20 scrvs into strawberries will reap mora profits than the-.farmer - who places alt of hta Jo-acra ranch into ' . berrlaa Ha can give the 12 acres bet . tar attention for tha sama coat .and. by rnganfrTjr-ptsnTSTjnta new soli every three or four years 'the quality, of, the v fruit will more i than piake up the - difference iti the sise.of the patch. "Hood river must produce a berry of fine quality to compete with the east- 'era berry. This year a carload of ber ries went all the way to Cleveland, " where the fruit was distributed into the cities of western New Tork and Penn sylvania. .The fruit .is said, to have ' arrived in very fine shape. But the ' dealers there say they cannot handW a anything - less then a four-tier berry. There are .plenty of home grown flve- 'tier berries, and to get a fancy price for' . the Oregon berries the fruit must be a fancy article. In Chicago '. tha Hood liver berries sold for Just' twice what tha Michigan berries bropuht. .But-th ' barrtes must be extra- fancy or the Jl a i erata freight bills will" ear away all the profit. "nasphfiTlee aranowrqmg at 33 a rrate, and thre'is not euougTrPf -the - -fruit to nit mil orders w receive.' Every farmer should plant a few, a half sore or so.. They are of'llttle trouble, and ran be planted along the fence next to tha Irrigating ditches. If the valley had the berries, the cannery could afford 'to put 4 cents a pound for raspberries and. po"lbly 6 cents. I wouldn't advise tha farmers to plant 'exclusively to raspberries, possibly a half, acre, or so. Just what s'Jjfarmrr ai4 hla family can tnke rare of wlth,ouV.addltionaI exprnae. The four or ntye- -emtearavay ould ' bring to. town . would go a- long - way toward paying his grocery bill. The Cutlibert raspberry doea well In IIoo river. ... ' ', "If there wars moUirh tit a variety of . ' fruit grown; hers the cannery coCild sse mure of tus As i It la now. sirawtwrrles . are tha only fruit for canning extensive ' lr Kew daalets care te Jiaadle a car. ?.ia of eanaed strawberries, but If ws - u - : PUBLISHED "BY JOURNAL PUBLISHXNQ CO. , nmii, xui ucuiu, union.' PAPER OP ,THB CITY OP OPINION. been raised during a majority pinion, of Governor Fea,- Electric lighting of Leeds, the total In. imprisoning in which 8240,751 was Interest and sinking Gradually, in the It may reasonably from the following Leeds and other Judge of the con- 'military power of large profits that, tions will be retained by the people..- ' means necessary 4iiIi.IA m A BLOW HE OREdON tlon of the Lewis an,d character.' There of spirit exhibited is yielded that on department does Cark stamps the and the exposition ef the stampa Is ciple for which' the exposition should cal In character, change In the ex- will be general In that constitution. relations of Portland ern side of South peojJteT" r '. promptly.xesented other-ar-wallerx6sttlonBhomauWy3le said, "strike at the and the opinion of an event among tha "establishes a pre our national history. of propriety and Justices comprise the ; .polled -8,600 creased to 8,500, and supreme court of nial if Irregular standards occurred, LEEDS. Then It rose again 1904?. -J - the munlcipallxatlon There might seem street railways, and that exhibit a lean yond any former with either, but on ists had nominated pected to gain a as the candidate their record vote of J !:.. , 1 The- surest aim, kneeling.-? could put up a mixed car of. straw berries, raspberries., cherries, tomatoes. etc, we could find easier markets for the eannery products, and we could., in this manner dispose of more canned strawberries. 4 , "Hood river cad growths best straw berries in the world, that's a fact. But ths farmers must expect to do business st a smaller profit per crate. Unless they see a dollar flroflt per crate toe many-of the growers will let the fult rot on the vines. This is poor business. The merchant figures on marginal profits and the shrewd farmer must do likewise If he looks for success in his undertaking." . Commenting en this the Glacier says editorially: " -. Mr. Davidson probably bas ths straw berry' situation better In hand than any other" man In Hood River. In addition to the suggestion Mr. Davidson offers to growers, he says tha question of freight rates is becoming a' serious -one. The Northern Paoiflo company deliberately advanced the freight charges 30 per cent or more this year, and ths O. R. A N. refused to haul' the C. F. X. cars unless there was a train of five or more oars. - This prohibited the Hood River berries from going into the Southern markets when the prlee was good there. If one or two cars .could have gone Into the nfliidle west and southern markets each day for a' weak before the berries were dumped n by the train load the good -prlcea could have been taken ad vantage of,- says -Mr. Davidson. The railroad companies are making too good a thing out of the . Hood river, straw berries. They know thefrult here sells well and they have taken advantage of the shippers to demand- more than their share of the spoils. , - V- From the Kansas City BUr. Judge Goods' of Virginia tells of an interview ha had with Judah P. Benja min when the latter was Confederate secretary of - war. "You are a lawyer, are -you not?", asked Mr.t Benjamin. Mr. Goods answered .in the affirmative, whereupon- the secretary-asked r "What do. you consTder a large feet" -'"Well, up In th mountains, where I'ftve, If a lawyerget t5e-ne thinks- he-naj struck it rich," replied Goods. The seo retary reflected a moment and then sold; "Kow, ray practice ha been this: If a client comes to my ofllce I charge him a good retainer. If he comes around to botheir me I charge him a refresher. If he comes to . have some .work dons on the case t charge him a reminder and when the ce is concluded I charge hint a Uniaher." ; . - ... , ... J NO. P. CARROLL Jounjfcl JwililniJFifth aadjTamblll .. , PORTLAND and 4 cents (American money); wages of .employes have ' the year; and every three .months hBhuS eTreTTowearTnoTormVr whdTraVeffa'n'ffTUScraBnt: is also owned and operated by the city receipts for 1903-4. being 83(8,008. of gross prooV an3 J18.672. fter paying fund, was" the net surplus. - not. far rHetant future, American cities, be expected, will follow the example of British cities In these respects, so that now go to a few individuals or corpora AT THE EXPOSITION.-- OOUNTRT should resent .the litiputa postofflce department that the 'coming Clark exposition is to be local In. its has been entirely too much of this sort In and out of congress and If the point the score of economy or otherwise; the not deem it advisable to issue Lewis and Impression will be. further emphasised Itself dealt a severe blow. .The' incident trivial In Itself, but It involves a prin city and section responsible for the not stand. The exposition will not be lo j, It occupies a field and will exploit a country peculiarly Its own and -one with which the rest of the country Is too. little acquainted. While its exhibits character, rendered even more so than they could otherwise have been "by the .circumstance of their eolleotloft-for Ihe St.-LoillS exposition, It will he of peculiar and special Interest because, of the contiguity and to the oriental countries, to the west America and to the great Alaskan . coun try which is unknown to the vast majority of the American 'J"""".""5"- ':.T'r" . - Any official purpose to. belittle the enterprise should be and-.what-has -beeBeheerfully-done for the Lewis, and CJark. expoaitionwhich will MmmenWrate most significant In ther whole range of " i . r THE PROHIBITION PARTY VOTE. fTHE PROHIBITION PARTT nas been in existence as . I a national organisation since 1872, In which year It TOteiT-In 1876 this total was In In 1880 to 10,300. In 1884, when many people of strict morals had strong objections against both Blaine. and Cleveland- and when St. John of Kansas, a noted man and a strong campaigner, was the candidate. the vote rose to 151,000. Inl888 this was further In creased to 246,000, and ftrif 92 to 264,000. These quadren Increases, encouraged the ProhlblUonlsts to believe that they had only to keep trying, to carry the country, 'but In 1896," when the fierce ".fight of the money tfm Prohibition vote fell to 182,000; in 100 to 208,000. What will It be-in .'!'.' ' ' v1-r a good opportunity to run It up be record, for there Is no very exciting or absorbing Issue between the main parties this year, and an Increasing number of voters are not entirely satisfied the other hand Roosevelt Is-a man whose personal record is good from a Prohibition view point, and the Democratic candidate will 'doubtless be equally unobjectionable on this score. If the Prohibition General Miles, they might have ex good many new votes, but with Swallow the prospect is th.at they will not reach 1892. :. ; v 4 4 4 4 way to a woman's heart la to take . ' DOUGLAS JERROLIi "XZTD B1AT" JJTKJTBTTa, Wallace Irwin In New York, Oloba. and commercial Advertiser. Suppose a seat Is empty when You get upon a car. It doesn't really matter then . How mannerless you are. . . it you woiaut, lounge or cross your Knees . It will not come amiss. " And you may sit on either end . : Like This 7 or This. - - . But when at last the car has stopped To- let a lady on, ' With all ths grace of etlquetta, - Your manners you must don. Bmlla, bow, remove .your headpiece to The Missus or ths Miss, Then courteously hunch along j. - - . . And sit . . . Like This. As other passengers get on Retain your -wtlho -plettBH; 1 " It is not right that civil folk Should stumble on your knes. ' Invite Intruders to your seat. As though the act was bliss, -Until they've shoved you deal across, To i- sit - like This. v " '-' , Now conies the final act to test Your breeding to the core. Six people ocoupy the 'sent .l'e- Although 'twas made for four. U Still with unflinching courtesy Restrain your angry hiss, .. Although ilka canned sardines YoureforeadtoslUlkethla MMVVf O If TSABS WOSK. '' '-' ' Ssventeen years ' ago,' an . Illiterate French'Canadla'aK.walked" Into Wallowa valley in search of a Job. All he had was the roll of blankets on his shouldor. 'He didn't even, have an education, but he did have good horse sense and thrift. He had left the O. R. W. Co.. where ha bad. worksd-o-ene of the section gangs and goije as a farm nana i urande Ronde valley. He thonghi'the chances would be better In Wallowa county, so he' Walked In. . When he came he didn't own' land enough to spread his blankets on. Now he can pick a good snot Mo spread his blankets oa a tract of T,00ft'kcres'. all of which he' owns. r From a man with a roll of blankets in search of a job, he has become the heav lest t payee -In .Wa41o?wa eounty Jta has sold all but 10,000 of. his sheer. He runs a thnrinHe sharih sheen eamn andOperates 40 maohlnee. . Any man who has . been in Wallowa county II years and is In poor circum stances. Is either a poor mannger or has had adverse lack. , If Pete Beau don, an unlettered French-Canadian, Can. in IT years, make what he baa any man should. make a good living here. - There Is alio thav sprinkling bog. or hoggeas. - . , Some "Democrats regard Bryan as political Dowte. : . . . . It Is hard work for the trust to pre tend ?o be. displeased. ... Prohl s will gladly 'follow their leader, Revereod- Ua S wall Preacher Swallow Is used to being beaten, and doesn't mind It, Tha time ' arrows short ia which Mr. Cleveland can again decline. The salmon 'are acting meaner ' this year. If possible, than the weather. Some men who . uae' whisky only medicinally are chronically ailing. It will be easy for enthusiastic Fre ibHtoiitots to s' The bigger the celebration planned. the harder It will rain. (No guaranty.) Complete harmony would not do for Democrata But there is no - danger of It ... . Somehow.'' nobody has. suggested Cleveland and Bryan ,for Dimocratlo ticket. . . -: A tailors' strike is on In New York. But-not much clothes are needed there just now. . , , The national campaign will not Inter fere wlth business as much as usual this year. '. Give us anything wet Salem States- Salem hasn't adopted prohibition yet, Ms it? But think how a soaklnc rain would disappoint the Intending picnickers and exoursionista -. What a delightful barber was lost- to tonsorial art when 'Judge Parker chose the law for a profession. Bens tor Fairbanks looks down en ordinary, humanity In more ways than one; he Is 6 feet 4 Inches high Deslrlna to attract attention to and exhibit her pet snake, a California girl carries It la her perforated shirt waist. Tt might : be expected that Cyclone Davla would turn up in a Prohibition convention. He cannot be long satisfied anywhere. . ,. , i . ' . ? Dr. Amos wag .not nominated.' .but he can reflect next November that he could not have beaten Teddy or the other man anyway. .- It looks as if General Miles' last chance tor a nomination for president naa gone, uniese nis admirers form a Miles party especially for his beenflC Last year 466 'persona were killed and 3,988 injured In this country In cele brating the Fourth of. July. Will the record next Monday show a greater de gree or sanltay? And -still another man has been killed by a foil friend who mistook hire for a Mar, It 'would be wen to see If during few years he could mistake a nenl tentlary for a palace. There never-Is a really good excuse for such an accl dent ' . By a drastlo ordinance the Salt Lake council Is ' attempting to make all peddlers In that city give full weight and measure and sell only sound, pure stun. ui u this be 1 accomplished, won't the peddlers put the grooervmen oui or ousinessr Automobile fatalities are becoming numerous, in . one ;.case near Chicago the auto was run into by an electric car. the tank exploded, and the occupants, a man ana ma wire, were quickly burned to death. But a good many people will take a big risk of death la order to ride In one of them. A decrtplt Journalistic pervert." Is the. way in which the Seattle Post-In telllgencer alludes to', its disesteemed ntemporary, the Spokane Spokesman Review. The reason Is that the B.-R. ventures to differ with ths P.-L on some political points. This styls of debate is some evidence that the P.-L hag bo meritorious srgument In stock. ra arnvm a mawah. From a Chicago Special. - Governor Carter of Hawaii got Into a dlscusalon last night with Senator De- pew about the platform to be adopted at this convention. Well. It doesn't make any difference to us in Hawaii what sort of platform ia aaoptea.nere," declared the governor, ror we nave a platform of our own there, and it does not make silver or the tariff .or any of. those thlnas the Issue. Cremation is, tha.bumlng question with us, although the Democrata started It. They got the idea they could win on that sort of platform. Ths people of nawan nave a nor ror or cremation, and so the Democrats 'started the report that the Republicans favored cremation. The fight was a hot one, and In the last elec tion of our local legislative body the yemocrats won, and there was mors fun. The opposition got together and framed an anti-cremation bill, and the delegates wrangiea. f inally one qid delegate made the objection that the bill did not in flict any violation penalty, and he said no law would be obeyed when no pen alty, was imposed for ' non-obedience. Then another deles-ate. who favored tha bill, offered an amendment to imprison for six months any man who should be cremated. The amendment was carried, and now we are golnir to have tie flaht all over again in the territory.. "it ooean t make any difference whit- ine piatrorra here mar be. I know what the platform-will be in Hawaii.". A Kumoris Writes Xls Zpltaph. William F. Kirk: the clever humorist of- ths Milwaukee Sentinel,- appears be fore the publlo In s volume of "Fleeting Faneles,rfpubllahed by Badger. Mr. Kirk believes In ths gospel of mirth and says ao in this wayi THE JOKKBMITirS- PRATER. -do not aak for lnaHn fim. I seek not for tha rift auhllma.' . That wins the flattering acclaim -"' ' Of thoae who love Immortal rhyme. I only pray that what I write -May help to "knit care's . raveled sleeve," -, . That ft may curve, with laughter light, ; The white, drawn lips of those that grieve". , l . . I do not ssk -for riches great I do not Jong for pomp and powers The emperor that alts in stats Is helpless st ths fateful -hour. I only pray that whan the night - Has closed my eyes.-nn longer clear, Upon the marble they wflr-write; . "We laughed with him when he was ( here." . - .. j y- l Wa left camp,-opposite - to Which Is a high and beautiful prairie on the southern side, and passed up tha south of The . islands, . which- are high meadows, and a creek on the north called Pares or Park creek. Here for half ao hour the river became eowred with drift wood, which rendered navigation danger ous, and was probably caused by the giv ing away oi soma sanaDar, wnicn naa detained the wood.' After making Ave miles we passed a stream on the south called Turkey creek, hear a- sandbar, where we Could scarcely stem the . cur, rent -with 20 oars and all the poles - we had. ' On the north at aboux two allies further is a' large lsiana Called by the Indians Wau-car-dawar-card-da, or the -Jul charles Warren Fairbanks VFrom the Kansas City Star. Charles Warren Falrbanka is a farm product. He belongs ttt -lhat class of man whose early .home - life was not conducive to the pursuit of a college or svsn of sn academy training; men, who, like Lincoln, . Garfield and Grant were - forced to - enflure hardships and work with, their bands if they were to secure the benefits of a scholastic training. 'He la one of those envied men who - like sn edueatlon so . muoh that he was willing to-work his way. through Ohio Wesleyan college. While other youths drove-or rode or sought the company of the "co-eds and thus acquired a polish, Fairbanks was doing odd Jobs about -the college to make pos sible his stay there Cor a longer time. But ' he acquired the polish of ths others, somehow. Today he is tha most scrupulously neat and the meat correct ly dressed man' In the United States senate. ' He does .not appear to be farmer,- although he la and nas been such all his life. , At bis ' farm near Mansfield. I1L, run by his brother. W, XX Fairbanks, he Is known by the old residents as "Charley." This Is all ths more surprising when his almost pond erous dress and courtly demeanor Is remembered. He Is an evidence of man who la not a mixer in the gener ally accepted sense, but who hss been eminently successful as a politician. The vioe-presldentlal 'candidate la six feet four Inches tall. As a youth he was 1 dubbed "lanky" and awkward, titles which, of course, never could be given to a man who la a United States senator or vice-presidential candidate. His manner of publlo address is not oratorical or brilliant. He la analytl His speech is like that of a man addressing a Judge, not a Jurg. The only Impression be hopes to create, it seems, is that which grows out of. an unassailable array of facts clearly given. - The ordinary listener would call the senator's speech-dry and uninter esting. Lawyers, Judges, thinkers of all sorts, gtfe the senator the closest at tention, and when he takes the floor In the senate everyone knows he hss some thing to say that will add materially to the subject under discussion. He has been a corporation lawyer almost whol ly. His early law practice turned to ward -this field. - His criminal cases were few. . His arguments never were to arouse the Jury's sympathy . or to move it by flights of oratory or Indulge In rhetorical flourishes. He is a plain speaking, profound thinker, who aims not to- arouse the emotions, but to ap peal to the Intellect. Senator Fairbanks wss born In Union- villa Center, O., May 11, 1863. Ha, is of Puritan stock. At 20 years old he waa graduated from college and -two years later he was admitted to ths bar. - Ha began his practloe In Indianapolis Im mediately- and there he has lived since. Ha reached the United States senate without having held previously a po litical office. His first appearance la the national councils of his party was as temporary chairman: of ths Repub lican national convention In 1886, to which he had been sent as delegate at large from Indiana. Two years later he was a member of the United States and British Joint high commission ap pointed to adjust : certain Canadian boundary questions. He was chairman of ths United States high commission era, - He became senator January 80, 18(7, over Daniel W. Voorheee and Le- roy Templeton and took "his seat the following March. His regular term will expire In 100, Kate Carew, the newapaper woman. In one of her newspaper srticles tells of the peculiar fear that Senator Falr banka. seemS to. have of the newspaper Interview. She remarked that- she was going to call upon Benatpr Falrbanka to one who knew the senate members well and was answered In this way I doubt that you wllgtget much , out of Fairbanks He is aa timid as a hare. There's not k more timid publlo man In Washington. It isn't that he Is afraid of newspaper men in particular, but he Is suspicious of every - one that comes near him Is always afraid of falling Into some political trap." - All of which was not so vary encouraging. - Here is the way Miss Carew relates the story of ths morning assignment: "It waa morning the time when sen ators are te be found at their commit tee rooms. Senator Fairbanks was in his. Ha stood In ths outer office, tall, grave4 and spotless,"- ' talking to a stranger. The stranger departed. 'and ths senator turned inquiringly t'o my escort, who proceeded "to Introduce me. " Glad to see your said Mr. Fair banks, relaxing from his great height to bestow upon me a warm and urgent ly hospitable handshake. How do you do? , Fhiy, walk inside.' Baying which s ushered me with knightly courtesy Into his Office and bowed me , Into a chair. -' - - 1 To the end of my days 10 will be a mystery to me why Senator Fair' banks, knowing my mission, took ths trouble to go through, this. comedy of cordiality when he had no Intention that anything should come of it. The only explanation I can think of is that his greeting- was wholly automatic a formula prescribed for - every visitor and -observed In my ase quite invol untarily before reflection came to ' the rescue. Is fact, now I oome to think of It, therg Is something of the autom aton In the character of the talV sen star's movements and even in the ex pression Of his fane. "Bnt not It would be too Inconvenient to have the . earns greeting for every visitor. .--Surely a senator needs three or four or more. It -must have, been that Mr. Fairbanks got-his. greetings mixed and gave me greeting No. Al when I was only entitled to greeting No,. B3 or something of that Sort. At all events It deluded me completely and I Indulged in - soms Impulsive expres- Bear . Medicine- Island. Here we landed and replaced our mast, which bad been broken three days - ago, ' by - running against a tree overhanging the. river, Thence we proceeded, and - after night rstopped on the ' north side, above an Island, having come lift miles. Opposite our camp is a valley. About a mile in the .rear ef the village was a small fort. built by the French on an' elevation. There are now no traces of the village, but the situation ef the fort may recognised "by some remains of chimney and general outline of the roruncauona. as well' as by ths fine spring which sup nlled it with water. The party who were stationed here were probably "cut off by the Indiana, as there are no accounts oi them, v ,.''.' - ' slons of gratitude for his kindness in meeting my wishes. . -'Mr, - Fairbanks -had -deposited -hlm- self with exemplary - propriety or- de portment In the seat at his-desk. - At my words his expression, changed- It. was then, I am convinced, that he sud denly realised his blunder. The change in his ; demeanor filled ' me with per plexity and alarm. His syes dilated and be looked Wildly toward the door. "Wh-what was that? I didn't un derstand.' be stammered. - " 'I was only thsnklng you for your kindness . In consenting to be . Inter viewed.' ' ' ' : . ' " 'Interviewed? Not No! That " Is quits a mistake.' "I Judged It wise to demonstrate my harmleasness by propounding - some nrlmltlve and Innocuous auestlon... I ' "" Were you-born ln Indiana? Inquired I with what was meant to be a reasaur- Ing smile. '.'But at. that the senator's symptoms became more alarmtngthaneverr" He ssemed to breathe with difficulty. "Tea, he gasped, yes but I cannot have -this. . I I will not talk. . I have nothing to say. Hs reached out nervous hand and brought to light that bright blue volume so deservedly pop ular . In Washington the Congressional directory. - "Tou will find everything In this, hs said. ' "everything about ma It la aulte accurate. The faots are all here.' "'But those are not exactly the sort of facts I. want If you would only let me aether a few harmless points about your tastes, or habits, or philosophy of uv, or T " No. Nor he cried. " '- ' " Or whether you play "golf, or' have l-anv other hobblea. or" " No; I wm net taut about-my sen at all ' "About something else, .t then any- thine vou Dlesse." " N6, I don't know of anythlnaworjth . i....,, www- ' "Allrof wrhich was accompanied with symptoms of acute. mental distress and anxiety which continued to perplex me exceedingly. Not until afterward did recall- what, I had been told of Senator Fairbanks abnormal rear o pqiiuoaj trapa; but even that seemed an Incred ible explanation of symptoms so much at variance with the, sedate complacence which sits so well upon him at other times. It sudenly occurred to me 4hat he might, after all, be willing-to talk of publlo affairs, and I said: " 'As a lawyer, you are Interested, of course, la the merger decision ana its posslbls effects.' But at that the signals of distress flew more plainly than be fore. tint mt all nnt at aJTL -1 know notb lnaAebout It.' he -eald. " The president and the pension listr Hs waived, -a negative with hla hands quite lnartioulata this time. ." 'Surely there must be . something, senator literature, music, ' the . Mor mons? i . - "A vigorous shake of ths head, "The Russo-Japanese war f" "Another shake. ' ' " Waahlngton society?" "Another shake. " 'Your candidacy tn the coming cam paign r. ". .." ' "Alarming symptoma "I remembered that on my way to the committee room X had seen soms hitherto unfamiliar examples -of his torical paintings, dating from ex-artis tic - sge; also that- Senator Fairbanks' committee waa that on publle buildings and grounds, which suggested a repe tition of a question I bad asksd Attor ney General Knox whether something couldn't be done reverently to put those weird relics, out of sight and replace them, with works of the Abbey s "and Sargents of today. '. ; "Mr. Fairbanks looked more alarmed than ever and this time there waa a rec ognisable cast Of suaploion In ths me tallic syea "Pictures r he repeated hurriedly; 1 have never seen those pictures. I have never noticed them never looked at them didn't know there were such pic. turea. I never notice pictures. I don't know anything about art,,. I couldn't talk about such things.' -if was nis longest speecn. end his last I rose to depart Senator Fair banks rose with ceremonious precision and .breathed a sigh of relief. Again hs relaxed from hie great height and be stowed a handshake less warm this tme and lesa urgently hospitable, but none the less a model of social and sen atorial decorum. With" stately meln.hs ushered me to the door and bowed nie out, then watched, my departure with no small contentment . ,. "For my part it was ths strangest In terviewing experience. I had. ever met with, and the most unaooountable. And I continued to ask myself, Dld Senstor Fairbanks think he waa foiling aome deep laid plot when he refused to tell the hard working Interviewer whether he cared for golf T I suppose I shall never know." . : ' Benator Kafi'bafiks'asrcTdsrTrierid of PresldentMoKlnley and wss -ens of the original 'Indiana men who started ths McKlnley boom in that state whloh resulted in Mr.. McKlnley's nomination. Senator Falrbanka became the treated friend of Judge Walter ..n Q.--Oresham while the latter was on the dlstrlot bench, and the frlendehlp thus begun continued through Judge Greaham's. en tire llfVr Senator FalrbanlrV first not able entry Into polttloafrTife In Indiana was as the political manager of Judge Greaham's campaign for the praaldenoy In 1886. He undertook this work for his friend st the letter's earnest solicitation, was present at ths Chicago convention at the head of the Gresham forces, snd was finally ths ohs who -conveyed to the, judge the information that his nomina tion was practically Impossible and that Sheridan has a hearse, , , ' - ' . -Hillaboro streets are aj rawed Instead of sprinkled. ' . ' ' I. '. . i ' "s . - Taqutna bay oysters promise te pros per and please. ' : . From a ll-eore field hear Ashland TO tons of alfalfa. hay were' cut Antelope has been (water) dry lately, , but water is to be brought In from springs In Adams canyon. , , - .- - : A ' Dolly Varden trout caught In tha . upper Deschutes rlvsr ' waa' 24 inches long and weighed 8' pounds..-. . A local drams tie - company la enter talnlng the people Of Coos bay towns- . Rather lata In the season, but this may be the fashion over there. - . Noting the report that nice strings of flah are being caught the Springfield News sdds: "But ; peeing- is believing, knd eating la more - convincing, and we have done neither yet" . -. v - ' A Roseburg man's automobile, that ha was riding - from Portland, scared team drawing a carriage in which was an invalid girl. Who-In turn became so frightened that shs had ' several convulsions-and died. . , v. . Crooked '.creek' '. preelpct : Malheus County, like Sau vies Island, held no eleo- . tlon on June 6, only 6 voters being present and strange to say, they were all Democrats. So they made a standoff; for the Republicans over In the Co lumbia river who did' not open the polls, . Irrigon Irrigator: The man who used to explain how Impossible It was to run water for any distance through a ditch - In this sand now sits on the ditch bank - 16 mllea from the head-gate, with tha water flowing past: at the rate of 16 or 80 cubic feet per second, and tries to explain his explanation. Since the first day of August .'last','" year between 1,106 and 1.300 ears, or seven miles of cars, of lumber have been shipped out of Springfield.. At present there Is an average of 10-. ears per day shipped. The Increase of freight Vaa something llte-6t,000 mors In the month of May this year than last and the busi ness la steadily Increasing. ; .. I ' Early in July Chief . Hydrogrkpher Newell and Chief Legal Adviser Beln will visit Malheur county and address the people at ' Ysls In regard to the government reservoir soon to be begun in that .county. The object . of , this J meeting' is to Inform-the people what the government proposes to do, and . what they will require of the people. Prairie City Miner: Prairie City's lo- oatlon Is a distinctive one In the history . of mining camps. - Instead ' cf a camp situated on the bleak side of a desolate hill, she rests In the center of- a valley. rich Irt every element of nature. 8 ha has combined all those conditions whloh : ' contribute to a prosperous, healthy peo ple. Her soil is as fertile as any under neath the skies .and her plains extend .: tu.gielnttO-support a great popd Bulletin: Bend "eah'1 " waltTV direct connection with the . Its- busiirfess demands better and is of. sufficient volume and - ance to command attention. Land golnjat the rate of 6.000 acrea a week. - lumber going from the saw Into build- Ings 120.000 feet a week all . . this . speaks of activity that la berond anv. thing ever before known in these .parts . and the new growth must be recognised and provided for. the convention would agree on another. cltlsen of Indiana Benjamin Harrison. After Greaham's defeat . Mr. -Fair banks returned te Indianapolis and Im mediately Interested himself In General Harrison's candidacy, and went over the ' state making speeches and. showing the. liveliest Interest in the campaign of that . year, which -resulted m General Harri son's election .- r ... . Senator Fairbanks married one of tha "co-eds" of his alma mater. Miss Cor- nella Cole, daughter of Judge Cole of Marysvllle, O. The young people were1 editors of the college paper. The chll-' . dren. In the order of their axes, are: ' The daughter, Adelaide, wife of Ensign ' John W. Tlmmons of the U. a & Kear- sarge; Warren C, who . recently mar ried Miss Helene Ethel Cassldy of Pitts- . burg, secretary and treasurer and a di rector of a typewriter company in Chi cago; Frederick C, 'a graduate . of Princeton university class of 108. now a student at the Columbian university' law acnooi in wssnington U. c The third son, Richard, is in the Junior rear at Yale college, and the fourth eon and youngeat child, Robert is a student at Phillips' academy; Andover. Mass, cre- parlng for Princeton. T think the position of senator and - of a senator's wife, too la a perfectly ' delightful one, don't you? ' It X mean- -the position of senator la one of dig nity end Influence, and social prestige, -snd all that and I snjoy Washington life Immensely." So said Mra Fairbanks, ths wlfs of the -Vice-presidential nominee, the dav before the nomination, as she sat in the parlor of the Annex in Chicago holding an Informal reception to the hoste of ' friends who crowded about to greet her. 8he had been asked how she would like to be, the wife of a vice-president snd with skill worthy of her husband, she '. parried the question. . ', But' Mrs. Fairbanks . hsstened to . add, "the position of -vice-president is . one of great Importance, It Is the sec ond In the land, you -know second pnly ' But would you like to be the wife of the vice-president V the questioner per-' Slsted. .! . ' - , i - . . Well." replied Mre. Falrbanka "vou know that whatever the senator-decides to do i snau Know that it ia best-and ,' shall help him In eVery way." ' i And the conversation shifted --to leaa - dangerous ground. ' - - Did I like the convention?" said Mra. Fairbanks. "Yes, Indeed, X did. Secre tary Root's speech was grand, wssn't it? It struck!hakeynots-o the whole convention. , . You see, I am really an old-timer at conventions. X was with Mr. Falrbanka t the oosventlon that nominated Blaina - and the one that nominated Harrison. Ana men. you Know, the senator, was temporary chairman-of the St. Louis ' , convention when President McKlnler was nominated. Oh. I snWr tha mn.. Ventlons immensely."- ' Mrs. Fairbanks sat in a box at the convent lon Tueaday afternoon with a " party of friends. When Senator .Fair banks came into the .hall five minutes. before the convention opened, the crowd applauded loudly. '1 don't know whether ougn to appiaua or not" said Mra - Fairbanks, thinking perhaps that such sctlon might , commit the -senator in soms way. Ths others of the party.'how ever' sdvtsed her not to be afraid, ami - Ben must fla rallroaff. Beryl imfwd she applauded as vigorously as the rest - ' . V.