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TiE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 9. 1804.
THE OREO ON
AN
C. I. JACKSON
Published vry venln (except Sunday) Mil very Bunday morning rt.Thi
. . . - streets, Portland. Oregon.
SENATOR VESTS DEATH.
THE OLD GUARD, that la the old guard which waa
active and forceful In the days of th clvU war.
, 1. rapidly pacing away and In tha vary natura
of thing, n.u.1 soon ba numbered with "tha thing, that
were." Another nam. la added to tha list today, that
Of Qeorg. Graham Vest for a acor. of "tor
from Missouri. Vest was a Kentucklan by birth but a
.Missourian by adoption. Ha waa a lawyer by profes
sion but a politician by Instinct and Inclination, aa are
ao many men of hi. native .lata. ' Ha went withthe
confederacy when tha war broke out and , served both
in the house of representatlvea and tha senate. He waa
one of those .who. when tha war waa over and the lsaue
settled, accepted tha Inevitable In a .elf respecting spirit
and In hi .phere aet about tha nrduou work of reha
bilitation. '; ' .V: ''
'. f; Senator Veat wa. a man of charming personality,. with
aU tha auavlty of a aoutherner and an Inherent happy
faculty for reminiscence and story telling. He was
mall in stature but generoua In girth, a man who never
refused the gauge of battle but In no .ense a fire-eater
or a trouble breeder. Few men more completely enjoyed
tha esteem and affection of hi. associates, without regard"
to party. A man. of strong and positive- conviction,
an orator of fine powers, a pungent and skilful debater,
he yet carried away with him from the senate chamber
no anlmosltlea and wa. perfectly willing to award to
others the same honesty and sincerity Of purpose that
he claimed for himself. -t '
l Since' his retirement he a. written a aerie, of remin
iscence, of fine' literary flavor which Illuminate many
phase of legislation and throw some dellghtf ul . .Ida
nh nnn tha rtirrtfn of many national legislator.
All In all he waa a fine breed of American man, clean
and wholesome In all hla relations, who aerved his state
faithfully as well aa long and well and proudly sua
talned tha beat tradition of the great legislative eody
of which he wa. ao long an honored, member.
HUMBLE HEROES AND HEROINES.
THERE ARE MANY HEROES whose namee do not
get into history, ' nor even Into tha newspaper.
The heroes and heroine, among the fire fighter,
down in Columbia county will never ask for or receive
any Carnegie cash, and receive, perhaps, very- little
publlo consideration. ."" ..
, A few namea have been mentioned by the Industrious
reporter among them we read Han. Jensen, Wesley
-Abraham.' and Roy Strong. How suggestive of American
cosmopolity these namea are. Everybody knows ' where
Hens Jensen came -from. Wesley Abraham I. this a
Hebrew Methodist, that Abraham should be christened
"Wesley V - And Roy Strong It la an erven bet that for
three generation, at least hi. ancestors lived In New
England or New York. v. . "'
; And there, down In Columbia county, the World', heroes
of different nationalities and race, and bloods met,, and
worked, and fought' the roaring, raging fire together
and they never thought tf a Carnegie
BIG NEWS COMING.
HERE there are ao many
soon be some fact, forthcoming from the twin
Mat. of war In the far east.
thing to Indicate that the crisis Is close at hand both
at Port Arthur. and In the great Manchurlan campaign
which la being pushed -with such extraordinary vigor In
Manchuria., The very fact that little real war news Is
permitted to trickle out to the world I. proof that events
are nearlng their culmination and that when - the new.
comes It will come, ao to speak, with a crash. . , ;
' It Is not' too much to .ay that almost as a matter of
course the world I. looking for the speedy downfall of
Port Arthur. That campaign', Indeed, has proceeded ao
logically, result, have so regularly followed calculation
and effort, the Russian, have been driven ao steadily
from ! the outer intrenchment utterly regardless of. the
attendant loss of life, that the- moment for the .upreme
effort must be close at hand. Rumors, more or less
well authenticated, are now coming forth that the gar
rison is suffering frightfully from lack of food and other
causes, so the final announcement of the surrender will
create no surprise. - '
In tha field the prolonged aerie, of skirmishes . la
rapidly degenerating Into a foot race with the Russian, at
the head of the column and barely oqt of reach. Gen
uinely startling results may be looked for In that direction,
also, and It la almost Inconceivable In the light of what
has gone before", that they could be disadvantageous to the
Small Change
Build the eleetrio lines.
Crops la Oregon never fall.
. Divide up the big tracts of land.
Only a peaceable strike can succeed.
Finest summer. resort on earth Port
land. The chronic .
grata
grumbler should eml-
( But the Roosevelt boy can't hold a
candle to Miss Alice.
" It Is no longer Jane, but the wedding,
are Just as "pretty" as ever.
' The Japs are now feeling the heavy
tug of war also the Russlana
; The nnest summer in Ores-on In the
world. Heaven is no temptation.
' O. well, after the vertical writing fad
Is played out M wilt be something else.
Portland never felt better In Its
life even without the gamblers' rake
off. Good wagon roads are as Important
as eleetrio roads. The cars can't run
everywhere.
' Taggart says be llkee N TOTc. He
went down In d eight' wa-erd and felt
at home at once.
Atlanta Journal: Consider what some
women are married to and you can't
blame 'em for loving poodle dogs more
than It
Is. or It not the Democrat party in
favor of tha free coinage of beef
teaka? If not, Chicago goe for Debs
or Swallow. ,
' Chios o News: Wa ere aot obliged
to (o west to be held up by train rob
bers, but may patronise home Institu
tions with the sssurance that satlifao-
DAILY!
Iff DEPENDENT
NEWSPAPER.
PUBUSHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL. PAPER OF THB CITY OF
haa actually passed, wa are at last told through a decision
of tha supreme court that It waa the duty of the chief
of police to obey the law prohibiting gambling Isn't
there something -extraordinary about It allT Her we
have a body of law. and ordinance, which prohibit gam
bllng. We elect a mayor and he appoints an executive
board and a chief of police. Tha mayor haa been elected
on the Issue of enforcing the law (God save tha mark)
as though there should aver have been a question In
anybody's mind aa to the duty of an executive officer
or that tha naked
forcement of the law should aver have gone before the
people, one those law. have been placed upon the
statute book by the people', regularly delegated repre
sentatives. But that
great municipal battle waa fought and won. '
Then there wene
law would be enforced, followed a little later by the open
ing of tha gambling rooms on tha payment to the city of
certain monthly , "fines." In palliation we heard the
statement that the
it this- extraordinary
stood forth In the-
sibility for this revolutionary proceeding, .but back of
him stood the executive board, a '. majority of which
stoutly upheld the
now discover waa
cording to the auprema court, "obliged', to enforce the
law, saw that the fines were collected every month, and
that tha gambling house got the protection of the
police, and in consideration of the fine paid he saw
that those originally engaged In the business were pro
tected .' against all r comers in the. enjoyment of their
monopoly. And so It went on and on until the sheriff
of the county, newly - elected, took the bit In hi teeth,
ordered all the gambling houses to close and the law Im
mediately began to enforce Itself. ;
There are many , extraordinary things about ' tha law
or the enforcement of the law. There ha never been
doubt or question about the law. and ordinances pro
hibiting gambling; , there has never been doubt or ques
tion 'about the mayor's duty- In the premises, and yet
this condition of affair, continued for a year and a half
without relief or the possibility of relief until certain
private cltlaena, who believe In the- enforcement of the
law, gave up of their own fund, for the employment of
lawyer, to institute legal proceeding, for , the enforce
ment of the law I All of thl. Is doubtless a matter , of
course to those versed in law and who make a living by
Its ' practice, but what an , extraordinary, unaccountable
thing' It Is to the mere laymen, who. falling, to see the
law enforced, would go by some direct method to the
very heart of the matter and compel thoae whose duty
It wa. to enforce the law to act at once or give up the
bribe for heroism.
power which the
them, '
rumor, there must
.There Is every
the "game" and
or at least the
Intelligence of the people with whom he haa to deal.
But there I no need for him to make even a false
pretense of activity and. there Is no. "present need of
bringing against him criminal proceeding, to compel him
to do hi. duty for, with no thank, to him, gambling Is
a dead sport in Portland, and Irrespective of hi feeling
and despite him. It will remain so as long as men with
a full appreciation of their duty, such a Sheriff Word
ha shown, remain n publlo office and are vested with
the power to act : - -
August I. A thick fog detained us
until past 7 o'clock, after which we pro
ceeded with a gentle breese from the
southeast After passing two sandbars
we reached, at seven and one-half miles,
a point of high land on the left, near
which the river has forced Itself a
channel across a peninsula, leaving on
the right a circuit of 11 or II miles,
which Is now recognised by the ponds
tlon will be guaranteed and no money
refunded.
Cortelyou feels sure - already ' of
Pennsylvania, Vermont and Iowa, and be
has hopes of Ohio.- ... . .
Ther are a lot of alleged or professed
Democrats in Missouri who don't like
Folk, end won't vote for him, but
watch his majority. , , ' .
' A lot of people from Seaside, Long
Beach, Taqulna tfay and other coast re
sorts are in town for a day or two to
rest up and recuperate. . , ..
Our John Barrett having arrived at
Panama at last thaf country will be
properly fixed, and John will leave on
the next steamer for a vacation. . -,
Arbitrate,' arbitrate, ' :
Today and tonight;
Arbitrate, arbitrate.
End the packers' strike. Buffalo News,
affect thoae fellows.
It will Uke better poetry than that to
Please, If you go away snd get
drowned, do It in the forenoon, or be
fore 1 p. m. . The evening newspaper
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J OURNAL
JNO. P. CARP.'
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Journal Building. Fifth u TamhUJ
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PORTLAND
Japs, whose plan of campaign has been followed with
practically the same precision aa that originally laid ut
by von Moltke and carried through with such brilliant
success In the Franc6-Prusslan war..
AND THE LAW IS THE LAW.
FTER ALL this circumlocution, after the plea, of
able counsel and the decision, of learned Judges,
after month, of time and when crying need for 4t
question of enforcement or non en
waa the' Issue. and on that Issue the
loud and positive statement that the
city needed ' revenue, and needing
source had been tapped. The mayor
limelight to accept aU tha respon
policy. The chief of police," whom we
not. In reality an autocrat, but, ac
people had temporarily delegated to
v T ', '.".; .
And now come, forward the chief of police, the com
plainant and extraordinary chief who so frequently found
a congenial resting place In tb Inviting private offices
of the gambling kings, who extended hi. protection to
who kept everybody from "dipping in'
except those ' who bad originally dipped, and charge,
that . he could do , nothing because some other publlo
official .would not support him Tn. his determination to
stop gambling. What a superb case of nerve! Her Is
a man who never made the slightest pretense of doing
his duty In this respect, whose relatione were aa intimate
a. they well could be with what waa called the "gambling
push," and who seemed to think that the law. were made.
police department must be employed.
to give aid and comfort to the gambling fraternity. Thl
la hla record and every . man and woman in Portland
know. It, and that he should make any charge against
any other official In pretended exculpation of hlmaelf
is proof of the low estimate which he place upon the
and islands It contalna At 17 H miles
we reached a point on the north, .where
we camped. The hills are at a great
distance from the . river for the last
seversl days; the land on both sides
Is ow, and covered wtth Cottonwood and
an abundance of grave vlnee. Aa elk
was seen today; a turkey was shot and
near our camp la a beaver den.. The
mosquitoes have been more trouble
some J nan ever for the last two daya
will speak well of you If. you will be
so kind. , t ... - ..'
Much obliged te the government for
informing us that living la high. But
no; if the government had kept still,
we might not have known It Bother
these lavestlgatlng fellers.
corams abb aun,
From the Weston Leader. ',,'.'"
Over 600 delegates attended the meet
ing held at Portland to organise the
State Development league. The occa
sion waa productive of much enthusi
asm, much oratory and much local pride.
It remains to be seen what the perma
nent fruit will be; but however large or
small the harvest the men who are
spending their time and money for Ore
gon's greatness deserve laudation. As
In every such effort for commonwealth
and community advancement, some will
work end some will stand Idly by willing
to share the ret urn a As for the Weston
country, It does not appear to be greatly
In need of development With CO-buekel
wheat at to rents a bushel following
prosperous seasons in the past Its con
tentment snd serenity are unruffled by
the march of progress elsewhere. '
Oregon Sidelights
Brownsville is steadily growing,
f Big barley crops near Pilot Rock,
Another green apple victim reported,
, 1
Grain hay by the hundred-tons, f T per.
In Grant county. .
Tracklaylng between The Dalles and
Duf ur will begin la September.
Klamath Falla la linprovtag rapidly.
It will be a great town some day.
- The future of Glendala Is promising.
declares the Nawa Nobody doubt. It
In ao very far distant day you will be
able to ride to Coos Bay In a Pullman
car. " - :
Linn county farmer, complain of town
hunters slaughtering Chinese pheasants
by the wholesale. . ,
It la estimated that La Grande "will
have IT lawyers aa soon aa the eounty
seat transfer la mad.
Columbia eounty beef cattle are In
prime condition and a number of our
farmers have a surplus on hand.
South Myrtle Creek eorrespondenoe of
the Myrtle Creek Mail: The hay crop la
looking fine, and crops of all kinds are
much better (ban waa expected. (Told
you so).
Found A slender,- brows pup, with
white ring on neck; white breast and
four white feet; also white noee and
white tip on tall Advertisement In The
Dalles Chronicle.. O, the precious pet, -
Some of the boys have been Indulging
In crawfish and ltmburger lunchea late
ly, and they are said co be fine. union
Republican. What are fine, the craw
fish, the boys, or tha things la the
cheeseT ''..
A - fine-little- daughter was bora go
Mr. and Mrs.. William Cockerell at Can-
yonvllle last Friday, Dr. Bogus of this
place "officiating." Myrtle Creek Mall.
The daughter, aotloe, waa little but fine.
We believe It- .
The ball . game Sunday between theJ
married and single men waa won by
a score of 44 to 1 in favor of the mar
ried men. Long Creek Light Shame,
married men! Only 44. And your wives
looking at you. Yet It might have been
worse. ;.,..,.-.
In sptte of the very dry season the
crops in TamhUl county will not fall
far below the average Fall wheat le a
trifle thin upon the ground but It la
exceptionally well filled, and If any
thing, will exceed that of last year.
Newberg Enterprise. (Told you so).
Mr. A. R. Hadley and his newly-made
bride, captured here last : Wednesday,
left oa that evening's train for Portland
and an extended trip east aa f ar aa Co
lorado, where they will probably spend
their honeymoon and t several other
moona Lebanon Express-Advance.
Ternonla eorrespondenoe of the St
Helens Mist: . Dame Rumor haa it that
one of the Vernenla tougha la going to
hitch up in double harness with a young
lady from Washington county. Let the
lady provide herself with a gun and
mother-in-law. and the .Vernoniaa won't
be so tough a year bene. ;
' Fossa Journal: J. i Tantl. has a
beautiful spotted fawn that . Is . the
cynosure of all eyes. This tiny deer Is
the offspring of two pet deer that Mr.
Yantls has had la captivity for aeveral
years, and the little fellow la naturally
made much of by the family and neigh
bors; in facaV by almost all' our towns
people. .. . .. . v, :..
In Tillamook eounty there as of
school age 1,711 persons, the average
dally attendance at school being to;
14 teachers are employed and paid aver
age of for males 148.14, for females
tiS.lt per month. There are tt school
houses and three built during tha year.
Disbursements flt.lOO.Il; cash on hand,
K.14I.I0.
Dufur Dispatch: Our worthy Judge
A. B. Lake got things a little mixed in
his first 'marriage - oeremony, starting
off oa both feet to swear them to keep
the peace under heavy, penaltlea. We
hope the Judge-Impressed this senti
ment on the young couple snd that they
may live- long and peaceable lives to
gether. ...
Owing to the removal of the News
office to our new location, we go to
press early and much of our eorrespond
enoe and other nawa Items ar neces
sarily delayed till next week. Forest
Grove News. This Is another ourlous
circumstance. Most newspspers, it would
seem, would have gonetdpress"Tater,
not earlier, under such circumstances.
Albany emoorat: Mr. Lewis Cox.
visiting in the elty, says the first hog in
Linn county was brought here by Hiram
N. Smead. whose wife now lives In Al
bany, In 1147, from Marlon county, being
a aow and a Utter of pigs, and from
them came the long line of Linn county
hoga It will thus be seen that Marlon
county haa a claim on the title of- hog.
The first wheat sown in Linn eounty
was also placed In the ground by Mr.
Smead, according to Mr. Cox.
Jefferson Review: A few. day. ago
Paul Schmidt James Blackburn and
Fred Schults of Albany and William
Armstrong of Salem made a fishing trip
to the head of the Calapoola. When
near .Crawford villa on their return,
Armstrong espied a hog walking around
on Its hind legs in an orchard, eating
apples from trees. He wsnted to catch
It and take It home to mix with the cele
brated Salem hog. but the boys were out
of bait and wouldn't stop, much to Will
iam's disgust
YOUBOABS SXOTODBB ABOUSXSB
' From the Tillamook Headlight
Tniamook should now and forever
abolish the tollroad. Every Tlllamooker
when spoken to by strangers In regard
to our fine roads takes pride in the fact
that for a practically new country we
have roads not even excelled by the Port-
landera' White-House road. But on the
other hand, let's hear what some new
comers have said In regard to our toll
road system. It Is deplorable, neverthe
less, when one thinks of it that we are
virtually hemmed In by them, to the
north, to the east and to the south, only
bounded on the west by the great body
of water that prohibits toll and Is as
often spoken of as "the poor man's high
way." It Is not so much of the fact of
paying toll as it Is getting nothing for
your money, and it really keeps nam
berlees camper and pleasure-seekers
away from our beautiful beaches and
mountain streams, the very fact of pay
ing this selfaame toll. It Is said the
county can't handle the great road prob
lems that confront us on every hand.
There is a great .deal In this, too; but
look at the work that has been accom
plished in the last half-dosen years.
then look ahead to the future half-dosen
years to what may be aa the year Just
STOP GAMBLING
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BXTxesa Fomro' Buxiraro.
Chief of Police Hunt declared thl
morning that If. the supreme court has
decided that h is directly responsible
for the enforcement of the law relative
to gambling In this clty, hei will close
every game and kp them closed by
breaking to bits the paraphernalia in
every bouae raided.
"I do not yet know whether the de
cision of the supreme court in the man
damus case means that it Is now up to
me personally to keep gambling closed.
but I shall ascertain immediately, and
if assured it Is, I 'will do my duty," said
Chief Hunt .
Mast Be Saekea Vp.
"The only way I can close gambling la
Portland Is to smash every bit of para
phernalia in every gaming-house every
time l make a raid, and that is what l
will do if It Is up to me to close the
town. Without the co-operation of. the
authorities, and especially the district
attorney, the chief of police cannot stop
gambling otherwise than to break the
fixtures in making raids. I might ar
rest and rearrest every gambler In the
city, furnish 'the evidence against them.
and when they get Into the circuit court
the district attorney has power to re
lease them. .It he does, then I have to
go . right over the same paths again,
making an endless chain and bringing
no .results except hard work for the po
lice. But onthe other hand, if the dis
trict attorney gives me hla hearty co
operation, prosecutes vigorously and
lends me his assistance In every possible
manner, then gambling will close and
remain closed. v
Xaadyja.JAotv.
"I find that there Is a general agita
tion against gambling all over the coon-
try. People, do not want it I believe.
But to undertake to close it and to keep
tt closed Is a glgantlo task, except there
be the most hearty co-opc ration between
officials, as I previously said." - -
Chief Hunt made this reply when
asked if the supreme court decision
made him the officer to close ths games
he would stop all gambling:
I cannot make a statement so sweep
ing as to say that there will never be
any more gambling while I am chief, but
I do unhesitatingly say that If the su
preme court really makes me responsi
ble lor the games I will stop them."
In a Jocular vein Chief Hunt said:
"But I do not think my task will be
very hard as long as Tom, Word Is sher
iff. He has all the games closed, hasn't
her .
Mayor-WllHame refused to venture an
opinion on the decision of the supreme
court..
"I have no opinion to offer," said ha
AU that I know of the decision is what
I have seen in the newspapers, aa I have
not read the opinion of the supreme
court I cannot say what I will do in
regard to the matter. Everything' so
unsettled and the city is all a-flutter
and I do not know which way things
will turn. It would not be right for me
to make .any statement of what I am
going Co do. for if something should hap
pen to change my mind then I would be
plaoed in a wrong light"
ADVERTISING MEN :
OF COAST ORGANIZE
A meeting of advertslng men of the
Paciflo coast waa recently held in San
Francisco, at which several prominent
persons connected with this profession
In the Pacific northwest were present
Harry C Whlttier, of tha firm of Olds,
Wortman and King, was one of the
leading spirits of the convention, he
having Issued a call for the gathering,
together with A. Allison of Los Angeles,
W. IX' Creamer of Fresno, Hamilton
Wright of San Francisco, A. E. Grafton
of Tacoma, and" R. C. Ay res of San
Francisco.
There were 40 or more present at the
gathering and permanent organisation
was effected. Officers were elected and
committees appointed, and meeting, are
to be held every two months, each city
represented In the association being the
piace or meeting in rotation. The Oc
tober meeting will be held In Los An
geles, and the next meeting will, in all
probability, come to Portland. Accord
ing to the plans, each state Is to be rep
resented by a vice-president to be
elected at the next meeting of the asso
ciation. The object of the association la to
educate its members along advertising
lines, urougn tenoning new Ideaa and
by the exchange of experiences.-It-wa.
decided that beginners , should be en
couraged and . possible advertisers
started la the right direction.
OFFICIAL ENTRIES
FOR 1RVINGT0N
i ' ' '
The offlcisl entries for tomorrow's
races st Irvington, as announced by the
Multnomah Fair association, are:
First race, t furlong, for 8-year-olds
and up, selling 708i, Handsome Florry,
100; 4271, Fox Lake. 106; 7124, B. C
Green, 114; -7181, Phil Cr 1mm Ins, 10;
7041, Targette. 100; 716,' Pure Dale, 107;
71SS, lone, 107; 711, cinnabar, 107;
4416. Louis Mo, 107. -
Second, race, 4H furlongs, for 4-year-olds
and up, selling 70, Almoner, 111;
7131, Homage, 104; 117, Myrtle H.. 104;
7101, Legal Maxim, 111; 71S1, Landseer,
104; 7120. Elmer- L., 114; 7117. Miss
Vers. 104;. 7144, Modder, 101; 7124, Ca
thello. 104; 7101. Louwelaea, 104.
Third race, 4 furlongs, for 1-year-olds
and up, selling 7114, Ooldflnder,
10S; 7118, Tom Hawk, 87; 7114, King
Herald, 106; 7128, Rosebud, 101; 7106,
Sir Dougal, 103; 7108, M. L. Rothschild,
104; 7120, Profitable, 108. -'
Fourth race, Oregon stakes, ( fur
longs, for 8-year-olds and up; handicap,
600 guaranteed 6444, Whisky King,
110; 7117, Bummer, 110; 7188. Suburban
Queen, 104; 7018, Lady Usk, 108; 7064,
Madeline Manger. 32; 7117, Mtstys Pride,
114; 7062, - Uletma, 102; v 7136, Agnes
Mack, 104.
Fifth race, IH furlongs, for 4-year-olds
and up. selling 7017. Bell Reed,
107l 7133, Miss Provo, 100; Till, Mlmo,
102; 7443, Priestlike, 100; T134, Eld red,
106. .
Sixth race, mile and 108 yards, 4-year-olds
and up, selling 70S3, The
Stewardess. 104; 7184. sjeaah, 100; 7114,
Glenrlce, 106; 7126. Invlctua, 106; 7114,
El Plloto, 103; 7136. Cot Van, 108.
, BonrcsoTA bbo wan.
(Joornal Apodal Berries.)
St Cloud, Minn., Aug. 8. The Minne
sota great council of the order of Red
Men began Its snnual session here to
day with en attendance of dnlegarea and
visitors surpassing all previous meet
Inge of the great council. A street fair
and- carnival Is being held In connection
with h meeting. Both will eontlnut
until Friday, y i.
PORTLAND SHOULD
BE PACKING CENTER
Denver Authority Says This City Is Naturally
the Best Situated and Equipped of Any
Coast Point for a Big Plant
Portland is the best point on the Pa
cific coast for a modern packing house;
It can capture and hold the oriental
trade In meat .products; its natural ad
vantages outrival those of any city west
of the Rocky mountains, i
The .foregoing points are declared to
be absolute facta by Douglas K. Holly,
editor and proprietor of the Record
Stockman of Denver, who is touring the
coast with hi wife.
"After traveling - over : the Paolfle
coast, making a thorough investigation
into the conditions existing along the
slope, I unhesitatingly say that no other
city west of the Rocky mountains can
compare with Portland for natural ad
vantages ' relative to the livestock in
dustry." said Mr. Holly. "Contrlbutary
to this city Is the most magnidoent area
of land that Z have ever seen, snd Just
what 1 needed for the Industry in ques
tion. ' .
"I believe that .a -modern packing
house here would pay from the start
and not more than $400,000 would be. re
quired to build it and equip It with up-to-date
machinery. Stockyarda 'are
needed, but with a. packing house, they
would naturally coma
"I learn that there are 1.600.000 head
of cattle, 1.000,000 head of aheep and
700,000 head -of hogs raised yearly in
the territory contrlbutary to Portland.
"Portland la in a position to capture
and bold the meat trade of the orient
and bar cltlaena should
NEGRO FREED TO
EAT WATERMELONS
"Judge, don't send me to Jail, right
In the middle of the watermelon sea
son." This unique plea saved William Wade
In the municipal court this morning.
It awoke the sympathy In the heart of
Judge Hogue and the colored man went
free. .
Last Saturday, Wade married Lucy
Dale, a pretty colored girl, end last
night a colored man Informed him that
Lucy bad another husband in Spokana
It made the bridegroom very angry, and
when ha met hla wife he asked her
about the "other husband."
Lucr became highly Indignant at her
husband and tried to strike him. Wade
blew out the light In the room and tried
to escape, but Lucy, he says, armed
with, a penknife, caugnt him. and tha
first blow out a piece off the. end of his
nose. Another strike and tha knife cut
ARTIST'S SONG WON
HER
It was a vole that he had never heard
before but It caused him to stop and
listen aa he waa passing a Seattle play
house a year ago. He beard It many
times after and the romance that waa be
gun by listening to the song culminated
In this city Sunday In the wedding of
Lillian Marr, violinist and prima donna,
and A. W. Williamson, local manager of
the Brunswlck-Balke-Collendor company.
She was prima donna with the Palmer
Herman Faust company when he first
heard her 'sing. He visited the place
again aMd again and contrived to meet
her by means of a mutual acquaintance.
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Oregon will be well represented at the
national encampment of .the G.rA. R
which meets this year In Boston, Mass
A party of veterana and thalr friends
left last evening to attend the encamp
ment . In the party were Mr. Ross of
Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of
Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Pike of Mora, Mr.
Edmunds, Mr. Rldgely, Mr. and Mra
Henley, Mr. and Mra Merrill and Mra
Charles Smith of Portland, Mr. and Mra
Parvln of Salem, and Colonel Lang of
Portland. '
A number of prominent O. A. R. men
have already left for Boston. The tour
ists go fully equipped with advertising
matter to arouse Interest In the 1306
fair. It was the Wish of soma of the
members to establish Lewis and Clark
headquarters at ' the encampment but
this plan was not found to be practical.
The eastern delegations will carry
their old battle-flags with them. Ore
gon, however, had but ona regiment at
the time of the civil' war, and this en
gaged la struggles with the Indians In
the home territory.
The encampment will begin August 16
and last until August 31. There will
probably be 70,000 or 60,008 veteran In
line at the review, ., .
VISITS JAIL AND
BEGS FOR A CELL
Dashing down the eteps leading to the
county Jail, W. A Phillips, colored, giv
ing every eviaenee in appearance and
action of being demented, shouted: ,
"Lock me up aa quick as you canl rm
erasy as a loon, and I know Hi -I'm
afraid I will harm myself or somebody
else If you don't care for ma I. will
give you 3 a day to look out for ma"
The man was Imprisoned and a charge
of insanity preferred against him. He
wss afterward examined by County
Judge Webster and Dr. Gtesy and or
dered committed to the asylum at Salem.
W. J. Downing, the man found crawl
ing over housetops Saturday by the po
lice, waa also adjudged Insane. Down
ing removed his clothing and climbed
all over his cell, trying to pull th bolts
out. cold water was thrown on him,
but he refused to don his garments. His
mania is that people ar trying to kill
him..
steps to do so before other cities with
less natural advantages get ahead of
her. She has better railroad facilities,
which, combined with the wonderful
area of land lying back of her, make her
the natural vantage point for the trade.
"Portland Is destined to be the pack
ing house center ' of the northwest
Livestock can be raised here far cheaper,
than In the middle west or sast, because
you are not hampered by drouth;, you
have good grass Marly all of. the win- -ter
and conaeqiMttff go not have to feed -hay
at a high price aeveral monthe of
the year, and you' raise your own grain.
'1 rmly belMve that at a future date
Portland -will hive a livestock market,
equal .to some of those In the large east
ern cities. The Industry here Is in its
Infancy, but from indications It wilt
grow very rapidly from this time forth.
Hogs are scarce here. I find. From the '
kind of country here,- I -believe there
would be big money In raising goats.
They thrive on underbrush and shrubs,
and there. Is much of that sort Of land
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The publication of which Mr. Holly is 1
the head is issued dally In Denver. It
Is the most influential livestock Journal
in the west and is the only dally paper
of the trade west of the Mississippi, it '
la the official organ of the National
Livestock association, which met here
in January last of the Colorado Cattle
and Sheep Growers' association and also'
publish the brands f or th stat
a deep gaah In his neck. He cried tor
assistance and Policeman Jones ar
rived and took them both to the central
police station.
Wade explained to Judge Hogue this
morning Just how It happened.
"We were married last Saturday," ha
said. There waa a " colored preacher
there and four wltnessea We all held
up our hands and the preacher said wa
were married. I paid him $3 and gave
htm some ctgara When they told ma
my wife had another husband, I got
mad.-1 asked Lucy about It, she grabbed '
a knife and out me to pieces."
- Lucy's story was a little different
She said bar husband Jumped on her
and tried to strike her with his net
She used tha knife in self-defense, she
aid. - -. . .
' Judge 'Hogue listened to Wade's plea
and permitted blm t go. - The bride,
however, was sent to Jail for 10 daya. .
A HUSBAND
So pleased waa he with the voice and tha
possessor of the voice that when she
came to thl. city nla visits were re
newed. , They were married at the White
Temple, Twelfth and TamhUl streets.
Sunday night Immediately after the ser
vices. The wedding waa quiet and un
ostentatious and few of their friends
have heard of It' '. To them they ar at
home at 843 Jefferson street.
Off the stage and In private life Mrs.
Williamson was known before her mar
riage aa Bonnie Snow, In whose nam
the license was Issued.
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, ForesTTIres are still raging In certain ,
sections, of the country, and it la be
lieved that there is a disposition to un
derrate the actual damagea resulting
from the biases by tlmber-ownera In
spite of. the precautions observed and'
the close watch kept fires are springing
up dally and doing more or less damage
Early thla morning a hook tender In
Benson's Bunker Hill logging camp, on
the Washington side, reported that th
fire had done but little damage, and waa
under control. Later reports today. In
dicate that the fire is still raging In the
timber belt been or Oak Point. Mr.
Dowllng of Mayger, who arrived today,
said that the fire In the Benaon timber
was itlll burning. In spite of the f
forth to quench it .. This report also
waa confirmed by other partiea who .
came up on the Astoria train. Mr. Dow
llng aays that fire haa not been under
control since it started, although a large
number of men have fdught It vigorous
ly. Only a short distance back of the
Benson holdings Is a large acreage ot '
choice yellow fir, belonging to the Wey-'
erhaueer Timber company, and unl ea
something occurs to check the progress
of the fire the latter company may agala
be heavy losers on a body of fine Urn
ber.
A slashing on 1 a Wlckstrom'. fat?4 -back
of Bt Helens was set on fire last
night and spread over the adjoining
country. The fire had ' spread for a
distance of two miles and destroyed
three-quarters of a miles of fencing on
Muckle Bros.' . ranch on Willamette
slough. ; Several dwellings were onlr
prevented from burning by the act've
efforts of the numerous persons engage I
tn trying to whip out the flamea Ti
fire is still burning, and tha extent of
the damage cannot yet be ascertained.
Nine-tenths of the fires this season
resulted either by setting fire to slash
ings or caught from sparks flying friin
a logging railway engine locomotive.
The dead timber on logged-off ground
la becoming dryer every day, and ther
la danger of worse conflagrations.
SMAQtrAS OOAXV MXSXI OXOSB.
(.pedal DUpatck te The JoeraaLt "
Seattle Aug. 3 The Iaaaquah Coal '
company has announced Indefinite sus
pension of work In Its mines owing to
kits inability to secure nonunion anon la
sufficient nnmbers to work the Seams.
But tne miners still are on strike and
are receiving f 8 a week apiece from tha
national mine-workers' union. .
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