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V p Mi Gorki Page of : 15e ; .Journal PORTLAND," OREGON, I- ' " FRIDAY, - MAY i 1J. 1903.--; .... . A t7 T H 1C.O R E G AN C JACK30N Published eyery-- Wrunsr except Sunday - and : every Sunday morning at - '. :-.A TT. - , etreettf . Portland,, OTCfon--- THE . T MUST NOW he perflydec-. to every cttirm of 7 1 Oregon, eastern " Washington and northern Idaho that if the Snake and 'Columbia rivers" were tYm -rnstc4 h am the, conation' the railroads would have us T--vonpletely at their mercy for-all time to come. In the division of interests that has long prevailed Vnd is now ! again about to- be inaugurated this great section .of the " C "country," its development; the welfare ofuhe people, even j thjC good of ""the railroad most directly concerned, cuts -aftBotntrtyfrf 7 -ir With "the-'Ma'TlOtbing'" policy nhii-h Ini r ripplprf' aftif ""r paralyzed lis for so many years. . - "' ; .'"".;' " - 7 f, ButletfI61. be ; forgotten that-we are rtofnrlthe r5s "ff JietpJess condition, in which w u.sed to be.-JWe have realize as, never before the-tremendous importance of the 7J "t Columbia river nd have wiell begun. tho work. 6t making 7niThar effectiyer it almost ready for operation, .Active measures are being taken to ' f get boat J on the upper river. The seanrinind by tlia captain of the Mountain Gem shows unsurmountable obstacles - lalSe - way is now apparen tlh at every en ergy-wait r ANOTHER DIVISION OFTERRITORY TREATYrf L-y-yLAS-KOW- geems--!rrobaWler4tH-ba4vcaryr I for the people, through' the federal and state gov-- ' - ernments, to exercise far gTeaterTTOntroyovtr rail 1 t roads and regulate strictly their operationsand affairs, j they will go farther than to consider rebates, discrim inations and rates, and will take measures to prevent -: ritory" ashas for many years been maintained nthe ' Tils' now reported that tne anti-Harriman people .in Xe wYork city have gotten theuppcrJiands of him. and his supporters and that the three or I and manipulators have arranged and reatyrf division ef western-territory, ras reported is that there will be no tion with the Ilarriman lines into,, tne lion min me mi w" ww-v) .... . .. . , ....... .... ... i -i The Hill crowd will eijdeavor to continue to- carry. tfeeLand destroying nearly half a million dollars .worth of - - prmrts-wfherw-4dahe- by " tiafnral and ahsnrtl route over tne mountainy 10 rugct " Sound, at-rates prohibitive of that region's development ' And this holding uj and handicapping, of a great natur allv rich and resourceful resrion is to be kept up in- ' definitely if nor forever merely at the idstockaml bo itfietvfte-inter estr-of-Un f millions idvwnee their own-'tainted fortunes, : : These things cannot" go on very-yiuch- kmgerr The ,,: west 'Will, iot ndure"wcfr outrageous 'treatmcTit for jtbere are oUier;region clamoring for, development and -4ectui rcatmenr and-scrvice-aa well as-nortbern Idahp, ith4s-aeh-p"e-re-gwiVg toraise-tfl TOoney" rrhi-m A ill - nil f aunn . . . - - . .... i i 41CSS OUgUt-tO- Have oeen omit oy tne at Jeast-10 years ago. -And if the cannot do this, or if the New' York-moguTriri "y1tTy'Viit "th' wlll be added to the constantly increasing number. of-4eople who are demanding, as the only adequate means ot relief -" arnd justice, absolute public ownership r:;3Tharmiionrf people--sJiouldctliiiirncldlupe-- prtrcd Of XraTisp6rtationtacilitics) their products and labor and resources thus parceled out and bandied about lyllitili. rptfrjf ff Wall street stock gamblers, is sim- a stWrk nrana anI In t Kt ' " The people of northern Idaho, eveH " eastern Oregon and Washington, are comparatively few and by the gambling .moguls are considered very insig- Vnificant in potiit of power; but they have allies all over the west, and even back east also; and it will not be long t until these misused and outraeed-settlers, producers, hiiinei men, and ritirenn nf all aorta, , najority,. will ascertain that fact, will fider their power as. well as their 4: iuire the Jlammans and Goulds and Kuhn-Locbs to get entirely out of iheaiTfoad busiriesslihd stay out. . n1 n Tata TO TBECX --From.4hf St. I.ul Republic- -iVrecklng the Ferris wheel with dyna-1 twlta. the grand finale Jt. tha Loulalauall -. l'urchaaa exposition, promises 40 be by far tba moat apertacular, extraordinary - nd thrlllinc performanca in the long , line of remarkable performance whlrh - - hava marked the course of the world'a -- fir. . ., When Foreat park and the world's fair site have been denuded of "the .palncea i. wlxkJlmad menwable-'The-aummer rff ' ' 1301. when everything; aervlceabla has leen removed to place of aafety. It la the-pln -of the -wreckers to complete their work of deatruction by planting; a mine undrr the Ferris wheel, and as the great structure of cobwebby gleel col Japnea, the curtain will be rung- down iiiprm the exposition as a. physical prop.. The wreckers at prepent do not pro- poi-e to born any exrrsvasraht quantitli'a - - of red fire as the great wheel goes into, the a.lr to come d6'trratnr "neither are they "planning ao spectHculitT-en-end to the amusement' and engineering marveY merely to aeo what will happen when: the exploalon oc.cura. It la a plain bualnexa pfnpoaltlon. The whVel. which wna baptised unto the rteamifa fit tha ,,,,CQlMa4ffo" .exposition .' throngs, nnd through the l!i"-f years has ministered to the' desires ot Btinday lej,',wda In t'hloago nnd Toner frrlnnd ' A whieh smplili.il Its isii'T itI M. oula. la no longer iworth eonsldsrlng he atatnment T perisona Intt-rostrd In Its' pat and future. -The wheel lia been torn down and. re constructed three times, and. dating Its origin from IMS,' there are those who believe that It could no lunger be -made aaf for carrying passengers. tlndnr Such elrcntnstanees. It Is the opinion that the cost of tnklng If "down piece by ptc would 'not be worth the whHe. aa the labor neceaaaj-y, would tw is I most as great as wsa needed Jn cOn atrucllBg the hwge roerry-go.rownd. T- - Krorq acrnptfon 1 earn and to aemp Iron 'it must return Is the verdict, and the eaaest and quickest way of reduc . lu the wheel to chunks of twisted fron . and tcJ wULprbabl..bisfollowed, The nreaent tdan. .as rpO"d. la " to sever One of the towering legs -Just at the pn'nt where tia axle resta. and thus remove on of the-eihlef surport of tlx lona of construction. -A. charge fcr uyns- O N - D A I L Y INDEPENDENT,NEW8PAPR PUBLISHED BY- JOURNAL" PUBLISHING CO. 1 1MJU, E UK ACT1UN H Ab . Vre n.Vt t gfl nuri SpTgaSC&Htfl-ul-tuc that there are no - rAs n ever before ;it -b -atraiaed jin - and even the lives .Oklahoma, that last winter. bas sourcfn, anil fnr f Tw.t-- Rn in lather severe and at times lour chiel moguis agreed upona new thrlerma and sudden death road builf in connec- pened yesterday M town of some 2,500 viearwaier country. Joug, diffkult- un-U nroDertv dictation of rail- vlM-hbitatly?e--Urom thcse- C -of people, in order 60 years ago, has manyizenMjJlsaaoni an as. one.- bsolute anfi liL i j i- i-t-:e rt.firfil--,-. fi lurnman pcoyic ..u..b- ;". of the railroads. peace ana pleasant Few events in spread sympathy incfuduTg those oT will be in a .lrgf.-Uuahedside. Still realize ind con- rights, and will re- of confidence -and upon hint. . mlte or similar explosive, not necesaarlly base ef the remalnBf;teg.nd -over, wheel and all would topple. - Jrha. engluccra. wliq are plann)ngthla novel rinlali believe inai me wneei n tumbling over would land upon Ita edges and poaslbly roll for a. distance, but would Boon collapse Mi to a heap of rutna becauaaof Jh lnj'Trtenaa weight of the component parts. KOTXZi COMTOBTfl OH TH i 7HTM. New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch. The new steamahlpa going Into com mission this year are- to be Waldorf a and fit. Reglses afloat. On the new hotel steamship the grillroom has grown) into a large, modern, a la carte restaur ant. I'aescngerg dine when they please. xliealot friends whom they may chance' to meet on board andJ(ve a change from the meals. .served In the regular dining-room. The much-desired upper berth finds no placa In the first cabin staterooms. The comfort of a lower berth Is thus Insured to every passenger.- Bpnclousness la an Important feature of the staterooms. Some of them have the unusual dimen sions ef 10 feet by 17 feet. Suites of .X': room with bath, and toilet, are numer hi The ladles' saloa"" sn"''"ir cuHtunmry features -found on all Hnera are larger and more splendidly furnished on the "vO-foot ship of todii' From the New York. Press, ' Flower ovrst jwmtlefy-yHkJ find more artfsttc floral .decorations any where than, grace the home of Miss lletsitt Gould. She Is one of 'those' who objwt to elaborate arrangement of flow arssTwr table use. No ro.y with mangled and tWlsle4 stems, (Ire- shown upon her poard; but rreet' rM atately, fresh and fragrant, they atarld. their roots em bedded In earth, and nod hetr blooming bud over snowy papery and glittering glass. 'One of her favorite decorations Is the bab'y. primrose, which 'glveg'to the tnble that charm of which . wlldwood flowers ire -supposed Tn-'hajre the mo nepoly. Aerosti one aids of heodtning rnom is a screen aeversi. wiyL.1V- T'1 glossy green fotago e.mti1etely covers the framework and gives almest tht ef fect of a wall. - --'j .... . T O XJ R N A L "JNO. P. CARROU. Th rjournal Bufldlnr F-ft-1 aniiembill . " rrrr - LUML.-J this direction rid very'ri (let made to render effective the opcrationTof that line. . . ; i - -- Evcfy7itlerTrshouid Jobk this, matter squarely in the faceT He should, realize that 'a genuinely critical emerg ency mnf fonts" tn at" involi'cdLlfl-Jtis Jht2prejracy of Portland as welPas the welfare of the people of the inland empire and the development of the enormously rich country tributary to It. Everybody who studies the case will agree upon this" but, there are ptherTand fur ther 'measure of f eliHjiaLbouldJ)C-XomidejdVe but thiV fr-TTtg-1lT hr v'ifif to mil i i .11. -J" I. I. I .icgiaiatuxc 10 enact men irKismwu asrnay b JJcedcU'.for elf protection. We are now ber twecn the upper and nether millstone. We have tried being. more (hau.fair and dec,entwithejailroadsMur mmcrcTaTTBodics have e:ven! stultified themselves in the,ir behalf " and the outcome '.is that we have got noth ing and that our tributary country is being raped front us by rival railroads' and for the advantage of rival cities. A point has beeh rcached when patience ceases to be a yrn hfn if tin nnt permit in tti pen and fight for ourselves we might just as well throw upurjiands aliaepTTlventcTioriitaTenThe northwest which the precnt systemjscisisted in, will- tnevrtably bring us - OKLAHOMA AND OREGON. H AT- DOTJ! IT - PRO t IT maBaaOwaft-aPF state or region which thougk ordinarily yield imr srood crops is subject to frequent tor nadoes, that are liable at any time to destroy muefcof his property rops, livestock,, buildings and fences of himself and Jamilyl narroIy - jaitscjlJbecQming : jejttate much good soil, and large, natural re- iiti ' "T )'" pimirnrrarti cil- pnrtinttfcoflhe--ear-lhe'--cIuuate--i almost intolerable, and occasionally if not irenuently-a tornado brcyclpne gathers inland pui cif.the angry elements and swoops down upon some por tiouef the country, carrying -devastation,-destruction in its -mlA, terrible breath. Ihis jiap and around Snyder, an Oklahoma inhabitants, killing about 100 beople Oklahoma has rich farming lands and large timber re sources, and iiv iTfew years has growtrfrcrrrTin almost uncultiyatedwaste,; largely an Indian reservation, to a territory of more thajj half a million people, while Ore gon, with vastly greater resources and at all. times free sterf settled, bv sturdy-pioneers scarcely in all this" time.jacquired as Under wch conditions-with-the&e.JneteorologieaLier- rors -Jo-faceH that-territory, nd-4hese-invariably coffl lortailcf and safe cdnditions in this stateit-would seein tiat Oregon ought to have ten inhabitants to Oklahoma's JtecdamJrorn these climatic calam- mail. Ifnftu-tl flftit Vnr inntantlv in ,71-;,,.' T7 xt u i view of tlie people of Oklahoma, Kansas, "Nebraska, Iowa, -and all the states where these tornadoes occur, and ii,a--tinTtf-TTT-aiVmnii..r jnii winter sraaona araTjIifctrp.&a, ingly rigorous. ' Those afflicted and constantly worried orajprjhjnsjyjLpT should lrn that Vir i a tnr wEere these calamities never occur, and where they can pass their lives, so far, as the climate" Is" concerned, in - . - . - - i : . T " patns. recent months hayearQUscd the yde-; and interest that have teen occasioned by the dangerous illness of Judge Bellinger. -Much Lit has gone forth as an appreciation of the man and citizen but very muchbecause at this,time he.ws one of the most important element jn the great land ..fraud trials which are nowready to proceed. While it seems like hoping against hope, from the reports which come from th - unanimous hope of the-peonie-Qf city and state is that he-may still recover and yet be given an opportunity, toenjoy the many manifestations good - wUi thatwould be showered r jxrrxxsoir Am xzimraTOir. From the Boston Herald.- The winter of 1894 and 1S9S Joseph Jefferson, ' with hla family,- srrent at were a number of people who were very congenial to Mr.- Jefferson. Among them was big. bluff Frederick Reming ton, always looking for srtlstlo material among the Florida cowboys, who made tha little town a rendeavous. Jefferaon and Remington were always discussing: art-and. one day they were Sitting In the rotunda of theftotel, en Joying a passage at arma uponthe dlf ferences of the two rival schools of painting, Remington being a realist down to the Inst detsil, and Jefferson an equally - enthusiastic Impressionist The latter took exceptions to Kemlnsr ton's detail in one of his receht pictures of the far west, -Wyr-wi not photographic , lenses. - It would be Impossible to count the-buttons- on' a riding officer's oat r the apples In a glowing heap under the trees aa you pass. You -would be conscious only of the man -m-motion or tha heap of applea, Remington took the ground that every button vn the coat andevery apple in th heap win a distinct form, with a oertnln liht ind ahnrie. .whtfh. lulr.n trm- sugested but actually made up the mental perception, so that thra mtis he-an approximately egdal miniiKT ut riuiiunn 011 the coat qr apples in the heap on the canvas to convey to another the true idea. - xr-rasT Jerferson tore a leaf from a blrfrkr uporj the hotel desk.- and. hnetlly sketching his Idea of a bit of scenery theyhad-both enjoyed ' that morning, said: ' ' ' ".. .; : ; - . :. atre.' Remington, "there's our "Thin In the boat." "H ! no.V cried he. "Do It thti way. Here's the man In the boat, and here's the.eussed Florida scenery." . Both of-'the same opinion still,, they raised thelir rods, and probaly -continued the argument, with the-flshes for audi enca. -Assnrdr- Fromjthe Chicago Heeord-TTerald. 'Don't you thnk." her mother asked, "that It (is Shouf time for the baron to be proprialngr" ' " - "Oh, 4"hw" h petulently replied, "howiealn ynu expert him to say any thing with pa on the bull side of this kind of k market r. r . SMALL CHANGE The rain is helping to clean up and also otherwise. . '-Partisanship should cut but" a alight ngure in any municipal election, - F.l-AlaJ'BP liarrisnii 6f L'hlcagO Is at'lll enjoying private life very well. ' It looka about a a much like Lane now s 4t dlt4keWoT4 arid "Manrrrn g a y ear ago. . fiecretaryl.oeb says h never saw Mae Wood. Maybe that Is partly what alls her. - - ProtJatiiyt'MrrClerehnd -wHl never now be elected an. honorary member of a woman's club. 7 A Georgia, gooae laid SIS eggs in ' year. She made a mistake In not being born In Oregon. ' :'''. Municipal ownership control of good uumii,ii v, laws - .. - V. -. - .. . . i . tleeded In Chleaao. ; ; " Gas "boodllng 'doesn't smell any worse than sewer, bridge, dock, pavement and dlrjmoylnf boodllng. ' . - The conductors .and their families all want to come back; would Ilka to get a regular Portland .run. . . . : .' A German scientist saya yawning li healthful." But It la not always "good form," even in church. r - -The gnul Ailll'l UlluTnule will also be entltled to considerable f ha credit for digging: the Panama canal. -In klsslni la sometimes Important to know whether it ny-ffin.t Jhg ur Old Senator Piatt is not noted as a literary man, but Mi. WmiI I. iH.pn.A to hMr that he Is -manot letters. "- The first thing to do In Chicago Is to restore order and enforce, the laws; the next thing Is to keep on doing this. SenatdV Reverldge has gonHoJEurope to rest But If he . takea that ' tre at troopaars:. In .flns-splma.-f rom-whloh It may be Inferred that4hey have ra delved a aupply of vodka. The'auggestlon to "turn to the right," whilenot new orreeently original, 1 timely and worthy , to" be 'kept In mind and acted u pon. And move along, too; 4QJrttfr "nd loaf. g r ' It seems as if the street car -lines would never -be fully fixed up fnr regu lar and unlnterrupted travel, But,there fs a- fair prospect that they will soon batter serv vice.- OREGON SIDELIGHTS j rrTguiTasrTrnsW-iaTge onercEandls stora. The Brno annual plcnlo was-a.' grea t uceeas. Good reads eonvehtlon tn Pendletowf I'eST 'week. Bilrerton will probably have a new pbank soon. ' T Ra)lroitt IJ&$Z3 Times bernmlng llvwly on the lower Coqullle river. flcs moisture - n - eastern Oregon. Good fruit- prospects away up Hamey eoiintyv- ' In - Many " pplaowj"ustljngup ex Mblts for. the-fair. , . - Much - white paint Is being - used on buildings in Dayton. Thanaw--aUvollo churehat Wasco waa dedicated Sunday.- . The Salem Journal la vigorously urg ing etrcet. Improvements. . People ' of the Myrtle Creek country are improving their roads. . The new Third district Judge, Harris, ls.ault.lng the people L. T. tt Interest tn more railways la Increas ing In the Willamette valley. I ' 1,1 WW eouwty wHt tmtld'S new teTTyT boat to be used at Harrisburg Many thoroughbred chickens are be ing ralaed around Independence. - Marshfleld needs a new schoolhouse or a, large addition to the old one. .There la how a prospect that the long, desired creamery at Cottage Grove will soon materialize. ' . ' Brownsville may have a second pa per, but doesn't need it, for the Times fills the bill excellently. , : Th.M b' hmil Snn seres Af berries arotind Salem and It lshouBht4 rJwes-syit.--r.-.' tiri,.A..tLra .- iu. acre. .. ... Albany Is still wishing to getlthati new' woolen mill. But to brlna-ff affse cess wishes must be accompanied VJ. work.- : Albany Democrat: Twenty-one hobos were., passed along yesterday through the -etreiuiouaafforla of t he chief f police. 1 Crowds are going north to th Lewis and Clark -fair, helping them. serves along the way. Myrtle "Point Enterprise: A youth of about, IS-years of age, beastly drtipk. cam near"-drownlngby rolling down the'rlver bank Into, th,a water Sunday. He was determined -to get intoTthe wa ter wagon, seems If. . " . Senator -Futt on and Governor Cham berlain were shown the farms up ButM ter creek last Sunday and aaw tens of thousands of acres of land, that was worth nothing a few years sgo, but Is now "worth , more than 1100 per acre, simply by the . application of winter water. 1 La Curry county man has Installed the system., of -logging across, gulches and rough places by hauling log on a sus pended wire, a method very extensively used throughout thew, mountainous -regions of the. northwest. It Is a- com paratively nw method and a very in teresting one to watch in operation. Tt eliminates the most expensive and dif ficult roads, and la practical and eco uomlcak . -- ; FRA" ALBERTUS IN ' NEW ORLEANS' . From the Phlllatlne. . January -H-1 - apokeat-tlioAthen aeum, New Orleana, for the young Men's Hebrew association ten tiiy baa asitea me my (iee answered: ( "One hundred and fifty dol lars." They replledi ."We will pay you two hundred It Js Jo Jba a ppeclaLoc casfon." " ' "" " ' . A carriage was sent to my hotel for mt,- The Jews may be close traders, but when t come to social functions, they know what to do. The Jew la the most generous man In the world, even If he can be at times cent per cent.- - "As I Approached the Atheneum I thought "What a beautirul bunamg It waa atone and brick solid, subdued. complete, aubstantlal. The lower roorus were -used for the Hebrew ciurj. up- stairs .stretched the vaet hall I could tell from the brilliantly lighted win- .dasVlassflssaai I noticed the stairways were russels. w Ulanclng through the wide doorwsys I beheld an audience of over-two-thousand people. The great chandeliers sent out a das- illng glory from their crystal and gold. At-thS-sldos, rlch:4pestrlesna veivtt hangings .covered the windows. The Jews know how to carry a Aiea- sage to Garcia,' " I aald to .my old-time friend, Maurice J. Fass, secretary of, tha club. He smiled in satisfaction and s-eplled: "WelL we -seldom lot things go by default you have tonight as fine an audience as ever essembled la 2ew Orleans. We paaaed down a side hallway so rter the atageL preparatory to going on the platform. In the room below a sin gle electric light shone. The place was darTF-'RhdVIngypm singular contrast-to the beauty, light, cleanliness and order Just-bayoni, There were tables piled high. In the corner-i-evldentiy useor Tor banquets broken furniture and dls- carded bos "Several snfart young -sneh-la full" dress sat on the table smoking cigar ettes. One young man said In explana tion: "We were crowded out had .to give -up our seats to ladles so- we- are going to alt bn the stage." The sort blue smoke from tne cigar ettes aeemed to hug ' elosesbout - th unely electric light.. I liwili. imok and thought' that beside the odor of Smoiderh "Isn't it a trifle smoky hereT'I said td tha young man nearest me. : He -laughed at this remark mnd handed me a cigarette. . 1 m here to speak, not to create panic,""! thought to inysetfr he secretary of the club and I went Up 'the narrow-stairs upon the stago. As we stood there behind the curtain I looked at -the pleasant-faced mn.-s'Joi didn't detect the odor of burning wood down Jsucra. dld-youX'-i asked.' 11 -eoon bexu"No, but you aee the windows are open.' and' there ara-bonflrea tutsIde.Tnn-: suppose.' I am a f 00L -1 . thoughts "And James Whitcomb Riley was right when he said that the speaker who Is about to make hla bow to an audience Is always j so. jteyeu ud ma. at tne momeui pe is Incapable of aane thinking." , I exuused-niyBelfKnd walked over to an open window at the back of . the stage and looked down. It must .have been 40 feet to the stony street benea.th. Then I wetit to a side "window and threwrup be saahrThtgwtndow looked ?at got a broken broom that stood In the Tner and propped the window, open. The -though t--of fire -was TpeB--mer and I was Inwardly planning what I would do In case of a stampede. I am always can ,ur.ttlful a. the sea.on there advance, and prise me not even death.- If any ot my best helpers should leave me, I have It all planned exactly whom I wTn-purln their, places- I have It arranged -who - w llLtakejny. own place my will is uisub aim in 7 uuuji -v sjrsy fjrtsinMLeu. "CrematedT Not tonight," I said to myself, as I placed' the broom under the sash. If a panlo-uccuca, the peopIewllI go out of the doors and I will stick to the stage until my coat-tails singe. I'll shout that the -fire is In sn adjoining building; then 1 11 smilingly bow my self off' the' stage and gently drop out of that window."' """All ready when you ax." said Mr. Fass.- .. . I passed out on the stag before that vast. sea. of - faces. I twn s a glorious sight There was a row of military men from the French warship" In ' the harbor, down lrt front; prleata and ladies with sparkling diamonds; a bishop w.'ch a purple vestment under his black gown Bat to one aide; a stout lady In decollete waved a feather fan in rhythmic hiystlo motion, far back to the left. audience applauded encouraging- 4y, I wished I- was lack:l ttiar dear East Aurora. But I began. In a few minutes my heart ceased to thump, and Iknew. we WEMufll - I spoke lor two hours, ana 1 spoke well. I did not push th lecture In front of me, nor did I drag It behind. I got the chancery twist on It and carried It off big as I do about . one time in ten. I finished In' a whirlwind of ap plause with, the bishop crying "Bravo 1 and the fat lady with the 150 feather fan beaming approbation. Fass stood in the wings to congratu late me. I shook hands with a hundred. The house slowly emptied. I bade the genial Fass good by. H shook my hand tn both of his. "You will come, backed Ton must com come back!" he said, He walked, with me, bareheaded, to my - 59Iif"f.ft .Ha again pressed. my. hand. 1 roni rode to my hotel and went to bed, and to aleep. I was awakened by a bright glar of light that filled my room.-- - 'v '" I got up and looked at my watch. It was Just midnight..;,' Off to th east I saw red tongues of an gry flame streakHur- tne sk y - from hortsorr-.to senlth. "It Is the Jewish club, all right," I said. ' ' ' I pulledT TheTTIna"down and - went back to bod. -f" ' -When I went down to breakfast at 7 Hie illuming 1 beaut nm news' boys in th 'streets crying. "All aboul the fire!" I bought-), paper and read Itoer-t'HubbareVe -lseture -Hot Stuff!'' . " I walked out St. -Charles avenue nn viewed tha amolderlng ruins' -where only a few hours before I-had spoken ta over 3,008 peoplo wnere ino 01s nop rt purple .vestment had oried "Bravo!' and tha stout lady with, feathered fan had beamed approval. "Was anwbody hurt?'. I asked on of th pollcemn on guar. --"Only one man killed Mr. Fssa, h lies somewhere over tner beneath- thai toppled wall." ' - ' " - , , . . . -1 rcmsArav-MOMTOm-BV- - From th Pilot Rbck Record. , , f The "oldest Inhabitant" Is trying to figure out how li la that th Pilot Rock oountryv liltjierto accounted the semi arid belt Is, putting to shame the Wil lamette vafley fori ft number of con-1 secutlv wet, days. , - , Ihr hsa scarcsly been a Aty day la-Pilot Rock sinca the JOth fit Mfrch and the weather ia still cloudy. Several years ago an attempt was made to arro land in this section without! success, and Litftq.CJ.auIx-il gntre.T.1 wpt years, in succession to restore tne connueuu settlers tn the "wheat-growing, posale bllitlea of thla te'rrltorvTh8 splendid fields -of gratll' nOw tolie seen every where around Pilot Rock Ts the very best evidence of what can be done now. JTtiy sevefaTjnchea and uowliere in tlie v",,, una uiciv un inula ,!!', this year than here. With snow In the mountains and an abundance 'of green grass en the low lands, stock wfen -and farmers have good reason to feeUwell satisfied with, their prospects, t-- j " . 1 .THE MARKET BASKET What's nicer than a Columbia river royal chlnook salrnon to serve to you? pastern - visitors X - The- flshmen bring the fumous specimens to market in a condition . that weuld make the mewth of almost any person water. . Although thn rntrflTrtf rhlnnok aalmnn'ls nnt as heavy as in the- fore part of the season, the supplies are sufficient for the local taste and at prices that are Pot Out of -line. Tba gonulnaroyal chlnook salmon- may .be qbulned In the retail markets at l(o a pound and some dealers are selling two pounds. for 2 60. Just now the' salmon Is at Its best for food purposes. t ' ; " ' Oregon - strawberries are shown ' In every market. Supplies fromall -parts (jX Uie-etate- are increasing Very fast, although It Is not believed that there will be as heavy a production aa In the previous season. . California strawber ries still linger in the market, but along- doinT lakch out of the store; even the heavy discount In price. appeare-to-be-no ob ject Gooseberries made their flrat appear ance In the retail markets this - weelt Supplies are still -very small, and prices are rather high; IS cents a pound is the ruling pries today. Oregon erarden" peas, right from the fields, are In the market. Supplies are Increasing rather slowly. Local pea are-aelUrig, at 1 6-centa,a poundwhlls I f 0 fn I a go.et 10 rents. Not very much longer will the house- 5iYwyraucn lunser win mm wneps in ini irP .." "" I bine. Alreadit California new red onion are shown In the markets, and theysre eheaper and better than the atocks of last season. Indications point to-larger auppllea and "a good drop In prices soon. At present th new red onions are selling St three pounds-Tot 25 cents LwarstTChtteotatuBafrom - thi south are tn market, and stocks are of excellent quality, and selling at six pounds for -25 cents. - Old. .potatoes" are not of good Quality, and -stocks are be- eomin rather scarcer 'The ene' the season for old potatoes Um approach A florlsrat Mount Tabor has begun supplying hothouae tomatoes to this market, but aa yet the plan la -experimental. Some- were - received from the aanhouseJhIweelc of good coloiand sold 'readily at 60 ceiila apoundT. Cucumbers over a foot In lehgthare In-frorn the south. Theyar or tn English variety, -and have practically the same taste-as ordinary- grades r ;e cents aolece Ik he BrleeTUllhg today: j Cherrtesiare-now good emoughtoieBt. BS-ver-flne-ilaclc UrtarUna are In from the south, and although they are wot "'of -suchv gnnlrty- s those raised st homeUiey ..-mxm . coaidere4 quite ;ood by th trade. The price baa dropped to 20 cents a pound. .- the nrlce has taken a drop to J5 cents a nbund. ' the quality Is likewise Im- moving - bow -to um ivoira. From the New York World. Professor Boyd Laynard of.Dondon. EngTahdieadlhprwauthor cfworkB err hygiene, gives tUese It Tfflss for thos who deslr to live a -healthy and long life;- r" . 1. Avoid every kind of excess, espe cially in eating aBd-drlnklfig.- 2. Do not live to eat.-- Select thoee aliments most .suitable for nourlahlng the body and not those likely to Im pair It 3,'Xook upon freaU,.air as your best friend. Inhale lt life-giving oxygen ss much as possible during the day, while at night sleep with the bedroom window open at th top for a epac of at least four or flv inches. Follow this out evn In the depth of winter. It Js one of the great secrets ot long life. 4. Be elean bothHn -mlnd and body. T"Cleanllness Is next to godliness. It Is a fortification agalnst-dlseas. 5. Worry tiot nor grieve.- This advice msv- asemr-btit'-cold-ohllrismjhy- and to be eaalef te-nlv thai towseveTforowri0- tntSTfTrrrie, thelesa. I have known persons of a worrying disposition almost entirely break themselves of it by a simple ef fort of the will. Worry kills. 6. Learn to love work and hate Indo lence. The laxy man never becomes a centenarian. 1 ; ' 7. Have a hobby. A man with a hobby will never die of senile decay. He has always something to occupy either mimt or body: therefore they re main fresh and rigorous. , -8. Take regularexerclae In th open air but avoid overexertion. - 9. Keep regular hours, and Insure suf ficient sleep.. t 10. Beware of passion. Remember -that-yvery outbreak shortens Ufa to atEeeBthecails : nf tlielr undoing . In- certain- degree, while occasionally It Is fatal. 11. Have an object In life. A man who-has o purpoa .to 11 v for rarely lives long. 12. Seek a good partner in life, but not too early. Cxic-cxx rxrzm xm alsxa. From th Corvallls Times. Two, years s go II was limber. Last yes it was cheese and chlttim, but this struck Alsea. Th valley has long been noted for the product of the hen, but la the past the old Domlnlo heqhad full sway when It came to the propagation of her species. This time-honored cus tom has been abandoned on several of the farms of late; as no less than eight new Incubator have gone Into tha val ley this spring and the fever mounts higher - and higher.- A -Correspondent predicts that this time next season, anyone wanting a hatching machine can get one for half price, with the present owner's experience thrown in. ,- VunlsaasBt. - - From th Chicago Reord-Herald. --Whst did they do with t bat-aider-f snan who was charged here, some tlm ago, with having received a brlb?" Convicted him, and sent him to the penitentiary." ..- 'oood, wnrx nay tney aon to ne bMbrT" 'Granted him an extension of hi franchise', and are now busy buying th new bonds h'a off rln." .... - ' . - ' ' : --'- , - f ARlvJY . OFFICER" AND IGHTGOWN- .From .the San Francisco Examiner. .' .-A.-wea's-rrta1itawirTlgurd'liTair an luavu-maae r yesterday- by- Mr; -anfl " Pll OUHIBIIIUH Ul I'fUVKlei'i'c'e? Rhode Island, who are guests at the St Francis. -Thl particular piec 'of fem inine nlghtwear se the property of MrsOoldsmlth. as thla tale will show"" later on, and up to date It has resulted In driving a good patron of one of Provl- " dence's beat hotels away from it, cost a " chambrmaid her Job. given Mr. Goldi smith and his pretty wife no end of trouble and caused the estrangement of -an armywfficer and hla Jealous wife. Yesterday's affidavit whs mails at th request of the army officer and Is"'7 to be sent ,to him In the eaat In order to finally, convlnc his angered spouse that th. nightgown was put Into his " valise by mlstake.Tu luUel proprietor- lr""y ."f'"1"-: tilings to th. ... army omcers wTTe, but it appears his xplanatton -does noti suffice. " The' UoldBiltlis were suiiulsed Tn wst s lawyer representing the eastern army" officer-call on" them for an affidavit, but they cheerfully compiled." Mr, Gold- smith says he lsjn honor bound not to ' divulge the nam of the array man and hl wlf. "It was all the outeom of a ridicu lous mistake about -10 or It day ago;" remarked Mr. Goldsmith In talking on . th subject "One morning, a few days ago, while my wlf and myself were stopping at a Providence hotel. -w left out nightgowns hanging on -the foot ef - thhdr aarlr'TinT-cuatonn - When the chambermaid made ten the bed and gath- .ered the linen she carried my wife's. nightgown away In on nf the sheets and did not notice the-fact until aha reached the laundry room. "She remembered aeMg a, -nightgown somewhat like It "In one of the rooms occupied -by am -army, of fleer . and hla wife. and. supposing It belohged there. ' 166k-4t-"6ack. The oeeupants hsT";one: away for the day and she laid the gar ment "across the foot of the bed.--Alt ; these'detalls, of course, I learned later In trying to untangle the snarl. --."In the- afternoon- the army off leer and hla wife were to depart. She did not go back to the room." He went upz sHyne'tef-get'"the trnvellnir sult'case.tr" ornybeir.y tTWwirrii rnrTrfe'6Tner"T5f: iong.jni. tfl jm. 11 pink rlbbone. and, supposing It had been. overlooked by his - wife, he " trvurTladly-- tucked It in his own case. . "We later learned that-on their r-"" rlaT In-New York the wife found the valise and raged -about It He wired to Providence for an explanation, I helped the hotel proprietor to give H and the 1 Xoimerlachargedr.lhhAmlii,m&ldi d were close friends and th latter thought the strongs nl)jhtgov,B wss -a- practk-al- Joke played by the -hotel man on hlm. -" for Jils.telegram read: 'For Pod sake, explain nightgown Jokei ease serlbusr - reafns all-, sorts -at- things- I - understand th wife Insists our Joint explanations a ruse to help her husband r out of th bad scrape she thinks her Is - in I hope the -afflda-vlt-wl-eieer- their domestia atmosphere.Bhe etlll - has ny-wt.fe'eis;h4awn by .the w K- LEWIS AND 'CLARK En -route un the Missouri rlrer from Fort Mendan tnear th sit. ofth city of Blsmark. North Dakota) to ihe Rocky mountatna.i;aT'" ''. r May li. Th weather being calm and clear, we set out early. Within a mile - tht 0 yards . wide, emptying Itaelf on the south." At 11 miles we " reached bolht bt woodland on the soutrr. ppposite to which Is a creek of the same width as the last.-but with little wster. which we called Pine creek. ..- miles w came to a place oh the. south, opposite to th lower point of a willow Island. situated In a, decs band ot the v th southeast? her we "remained durlnn the day. the wind haying risen At It - high, tbat-we -could -aotproceedv -lt-ennji tlnued..toblow- violently all night, with occasional sprinklings of rain from sunset till midnight On bhth sides of the river, tha country Is rough and broken, the low grounds becoming liar- rower; the tops of the hills on the north exhibit some aoattered pine and cedar; -on the south the pine nas not yet com- . menced, though there la aome cedar nti th ldaof the hills and l.n thajltt.l I ravines. The chokecberry,"- lh wild -hysop, sage, fleshy-leafed thorn, and particularly the aromatic herb on which the antelope and hare feed, are to be found on the plains and hills. The soil of -the-hllla has now -altered tts txtur- considerably their bases.-Ilka, thatof the rlver-plalnsr-ls as-usnat a rich, black loam, while finiii' ff.1 a'.i'iMte to the sum mits they are composed of a light and intermixed with a coarse whit aand. . BOYCOTT DID ITT WOIK. "From the Milton Eagle. - The persistent agitation of the Pen dleton East Oregonlan for lsw-enforce-ment and better moral conditions has borne fruit and appearances Indicate that gambling and Sunday closing laws are hereafter to be enforced at ' that city. Naturally the sporting and law-defying element of -the town are not overly pleased thereat and, out of revenge, are endeavoring 10 Tore- a boycott against , th paper that ban pursusnce .mill plan a numner or them, Including two councilman, stopped their subscription. Greatly to their surpfta. doubtless, th papef oontlnueiT" to be Issued, and It contained a list of thos who had discontinued., with-- the regions therefor. : One merchknrwhoir 4-name-sppeared in -the-st had a Bevero attack of cold feet tne louowing morn ing while soliciting orders and, beintf told by Several of his ..best customera that they would not need anything morn al" long as he maintained his attlturio -tnwnrd gambling" and lawbrenklnar hn Immediately experienced a PhanKif of heart and had hla nam put back on the E. O. subscription list and stricken from -: th list Tr boycotterBT-Thri Tntlennci-" dent illustrates the only . successful - r method of fighting the gambling and " llquof queBtlonai.et the friend of de- ? cency and good government nmblnA and support those who ars fighting thair battle. . - - . mvssxAjr lOiArxma oo mas. ; - " ' From' the London Tattler. - .' " ' ,;Pr6fesaor : Nlcanoroff of Charkoff. rwko hsa examined ?S dismissed offl- - ears and soldiers Invalided from Man- -churla, has found that In 'addition to jvh mental dlaordeM caused by exposure, ln , sufficient nourishment, and abov axil -by th scenes of horror they, liave wlt neksed. - rrofessor Nlcanoroff sees no res snn to think these rases form any ex ception to- the tens of thousand saattered all over-the, land, .What heri tage will tUeyJesv to tn ot inera tlont : " j, r , .,...