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fccA v W - FIUDAV, f t , t' 1 THE OR EGON. E AILY.TOU RN L: .7X-.T i V lr'-r : ANINDEPBMDtNT NKW AFX V H - t'l -f', r ; published ; by Journal. pucusinNQ ca SMALL CHANCE nro. v. CAimc-i Fublatbed ryevwatng . (ejxeept Sunday) and eeety Sunday etroota, Partlaa A, Orago. at The Journal Building. Fifth avnd Yamhill PROOF OP AN INADEQUATE CANVASS. fTHAT KOTHI.KG touIJ be more unreasonable " I than that the vest aide of this' city had lost 4,000 . wmhucu m m fM swvur auu a nau years. a the UMtwi wiiwaat asserted and the Morning Mowbeck st$& stortrftsisaTae. Journal was fully sat bfitoL frtft. it its an tjfcimc sere of a thing and ; ttmjn& ejufc VKtttimf see-v it to the point of dawascncikm. , Iftm ewrm trVii las beea done in the case el th csntMA fiur k ift Qaihaes to the district bounded ?by Scewitth to Ctwimwti ami l&aae to Jefferson, In that arft tries !wojf wmmnnlon returned 446; ' The JiMKWMfc nmwti(WTnft? .fry jheT directory people re turns JifS ctf f QhmwmM tesideats. - Fair , visitors T?teee ffjpufift mupy -lb apoa'as absolutely cor- ewitt. "Ch4itttf 'WBTm ik ia the hands of the manager 1 eff tite lt iUwmT5 2J eass is the atate of facts in one .SiiJawfflj ub w ae ss fckety that the same ajipshod "aarcWl Wsavi)r4 aa eAtt districts where there haVe ibee a3ered? u3t3tm of the: inhabit ants, . .This t vtwSI mesdi thatHt chuass of acrttrscy -cannot be allowed jal that dteadsf ftiarsa jfaas beesi done Co PortlamTs pres- t is sd3cc torth as fodaJ ftgmrea that f all so far I sheet of rrfceseatdBS oiar troe population. That being the. fact the tocatiedl ceams shovld at once be repudi ated. If eeasma s rreiiired it should be taken oVer land mader awek strict tegalatiosi that Portland wjol get ' hat k is eacxJed to, mo snore bet no less. Neither -the assessor aor aay other official ahoald be permitted to ' enre oat ach tirnres. as correctly representing Port !. lied's popalstirisi' It ahimld siow bn msnrfnt tn ttstj- g tn give np for good and Jsll his excursions to v Mu, . Ill the are. (hen the neonle 1 1 country. of PortlsBd' shoald not permit the city , to suffer from I ' Th Jury that trisa the eas of Itaare Mntativa , Williamson In " - Oraaon failed . to aaraa. If Mr. wllllamaon wants a declslT ysrdtet ha should sub mlt his ease to hla conatltiieiil Waab lastoav post. ' Tbay - wouldn't aaraa, either, 'Orovar Clavaland has outlived moat of the Diimbcn of his cablnat Bayard, Mannlnav j Whitney, Endloott. Uarland, , Qraaham, Morton,- and. now Lamont, are dead... , Parbapa a better navy Js more needed than Mipr one. ;.vt- The Portland axpoaitloii appaars to be havlna a rather quiet time of It.' Tha fxpoatlon is unfortunate at this season in be ins situated so far from the Oaor. sis watermelon. Atlanta Journal. ' The Oraaon waternelona are vary rood to take, thank you, sveffTT they don't cause people to howl . , m a A Swede who wanted to niarry . Alice Roosevelt wee put in Jail, but how was his desire a crime Others are doubt- lass equally guilty. A , .'-i' .'- ; . 'US e e rart err tne warrant Broken' occu na tion ts son, to everybody's ultimate sattafaetlon except theirs and tha Ore fonian'a . . - . ' . v-TvTfe -effVTr-f.-r-r-' Portland's poetoffice receipts for July were fl par cent creator than In July, lsOi, and vat tha word nwi nut ihit terrof a centurir later Philadelphia war scourged by it phe eitys Increase. In "population haa but better sanitsrv. conditions and a growing confidence P""",-r ." v per cant n in men's ability to conquer the disease nave tor a long time confined it to the Gulf states, and even these have been free from itior.Jteme yeirSv,:; ,v -. CI There is reason to believe thst in spite of this recur rence within a limited district of the pestilence, man's fight against it is nesting the goal of complete victory. He has almost, if not quite, conquered it in Cuba, and must see to it that it is thoroughly and permanently eradicated from the Isthmus of Panama. Then with due . precautions in the. Gulf ports, yellow, jack should OREGON'S PRESIDEN : i HAL CANDIDATE . " ' PnitMAPfi A FARCWSLL VISIT. np HE ."YELLOW ver epidemic in New Orleans ; J .. and . vicinity tt likely not to be exterminated V .entirely -till frost comes, several weeks hence in that' regioiCaad in the mesntime will add many to the number of victim and millions to those representing the damage done already to thst city and other Gulf com- munrties. -This will be a lesson of value, lot. amce tne disease has bot" visited tbst section for several years it may well be presumed that the health authorities grew careless, as they, will not do soon again. ' Neither the number of cases nor the mortality -will probably be anywhere near so great as they used to be when yellow jack" ran ridt almost unchecked, for men are better equipped now. mentally and scientifically,, to com bat and curtail Ji is. rsvages, yet he is: exhibiting power and perststeacy enough to do great damage, though, wttn the exception of a few scattered eases. the disease tias been confined to a not extensive section of the Crescent Gty. la 1873 yellow fever earned away over 3,000 people in New Orleans and Memphis and the. intervening coun try, and ra various other yesrs the, loss of life and con sequent .terror were scarcely less. In 17W Boston was a heavy suffererjrora .yellow ,fever, snd more than a quar- them. rr-;-;-'.:.-;.; v-; ''jt there Is to be a census we should have a realpne Insteadof one that does such gross injustice,' EXAGGERATED REPRESENTATIONS. w - THE APPROACBTNO PEACE CONFERENCE. "ERY INTERESTING to the whole world will be the conference to begin next week between rep resentative statesmen of . Russia and Japan at '. Portsmouth, N. H. The Japanese have characteristicaHy gfveu.out no bint of the amount or nature of tneir ie menita and 'all jfoorti thereof are mere surmises. thoughtraiijed students of the situation can doubtless make a tolerably close guess. . That Japan's demands will be large and especially large ia Russia's eyes, may. be - , assumed, . ad that they win at .first be made witn a .View to tneir aiminisnmm in iudk arw.uiai a iiuv . abtei jot a. peace negotiating ambassador in such a esse a is much like a horsettader; he asks-et the , outset more than he expects to get and is willing to take ; '- -'rfi.rln'sakiag hroagh- M. Witte hocgh as The ,Journaitlfie'ttme predicteff it would, heha repudiated' ireged-rAsyted-Preea-twtew with him before' L'hft jeft.ilussia-tallcs Jwith . apparentcandor; intimating that Russia js not in a critical situation t all, and at - tempting to give the impression" that his government it in no such 'stress of circumstances as to yield to what "it would, consider Onerous or, humiliating terms. It is likely that M. Witte makes these statements for .Ameri can rather than Japanese consumption.' He Is not likely jeoiinfluence Japan, in any appreciable degree by such representations,? but it may be a very-important point: . gained if he can influence the tide of public sentiment i in the -United. States from Japan toward Russia, as he "may do if he can make it appear that Japan s terms , are unreasonable and such as Russia could not, without t too great lobs and humiliation, accept American popo- lar sentiment is mercurial, and is inclined to flow out in at least .verbal and sentimental suppoft of the under dog Jin the fight, and in favor of fairness.' And Japan, while -"hoeing her own row with fine independence, is not indif- r terent , to American seBiiment, ana uououcss . wouia S SOON AS a strike of large consequence is de clared, exactly opposite statements of the situs- tion are given out daily by the leaders on each side, until the strike collapses or is won, in whole or in part This may be excusable, Jor it has been said that anything is fair in war, and a strike "pitted against a lockoutJs war. Of course it is not true no popular adage that we remember is true that everything is fair in war, or in love either; but to magnify success snd minify disaster is a universal custom of warriors and statesmen unless we except the' Japs, who are mum; and so it might be hypercritical to censure, the railroad managers for saying the strike is not hurting them any, Or 'the strike leaders for declaring that the railroads JThooe Willamette valley alectrio rail- that tuna.. c M. Wltte now reerata that ha cannot speax sngllaa. It la atranaa that ao ra. nutadly . accomplished a man did net learn -tha languare of the world's two If, as reported, neither Jaoan nor Rua. mim mpicii vaaca larma to ' do irraM upon. It la pretty certain that they wlU not be and that Oyama wlU have to gat oumj asuin. v . Does anybody believe that tha nnnnla. tion of tha wast .side section of Portland is aeoreasinar ., -. . . i. a. a v . :' "Watch our smoke!? la tha alaaan at vnensiia. uomg to start a for est-Are 7 . - witta raising up Keraura): Would he were. ratter, . .. a, a , v serene KesrU tar (Rep.l : The fntura uoceaaK tne Republican party In Ore- atm is a matter of greet concern, and plans for anlfylne- It ahould ha arinntt We would as well face' the music and iuw fwuer tne natter. Looka Ilka aalanna on Sunday. in moat, Oregon towns. . Al majoniy or people raaard .them aa an eapeoiai nuisance on that dsy. J A native bf Beaver eounty, Pannsyl rani, bow resident la tha Coast, range foothllla of ; western Orsaon. wants understood that be wUl be a candidate lor preeldent In the- next campaign "You may tell the ceoDle." grimly aa- nouneaa Jamas rnman, farmer. . "Inde pendent," of looking Qlaas, "that I am going to be In the race for l08.r : . Mr. Tnma. h. . . ..kln An an (rrln . uon aitoo, designed to run water to bis handsome orchard. He let the -long-bandied implement faH Into tha furrow ana straightened un lmpresalvely. "If I win," be said, 1 ehall ba tha aama Inman in aimpltclty as before; If I loae. 1 shall not mlaa a meal. The f im wit, booh im inngunng, iw hen J propoaa to stsrt upon a long and vigorous campaign. Juat how vigoroua that campaign will be those who know me temper of the men Beaver -county. Pennsylvania, haa aent ta Waahlnaton oerore me, can Judge beat. Juat, what has induced Mr. Inman to emerge from his western obseurlly to be a nrealdentlal candidate ia not quite clear, although it may ha pride in nia rormer place of residence - - "Baaver county has sent moaa men to WaahlnatOn ta um h. oounlrv than any county In' the Unlted-BUtea. There are . and have been Cailghsy, Imbrla. RuUn, Johnson. Cnnry; Bhallenberger and a score of othere." -o . x Tha United Btatea is not run on cor- reot prlnciplaa. according to the Inman piairorm. xna publication of this docu ment, ha be! levee, ta bound to win for him millions ot votea,, particularly from the working classes. For staid, re. spaotablo man ef the farming persuasion, the planks la It are strlklna-. to aav tha could hot possibly get along without the striking operat- i ors and must come to their terms. Manifestly . neither statement is true The railroad service on .the. line affected by the operators' strike is not being smoothly and. easily performed, is in fact seri ously lamed snd. interfered with, if not crippled, .by the! strike, and is .likely to be so for a considerable time. Qn roads are still spoken of occasionally. t v ', e- a Twaa a long warm spalL but there waa no report of anybody belna? aunatmrk tn uregon. . ;; - a e Sunday trading is seldom really aeees sary; it is cnieny a needless habft." - Tinroelnnayavrio iri aoma ST! "?lamjLjuijmesiaiiioeam'tJMive haps weeks or months, enough competent new men .can beectedtrrBrJtthrbuslessIitf former footing. We-donf know-whether the operators demands were entirely reasonable1 or not. A railroad company with a great army of employes , must have something to 'say. about wages, hours and rules. Yet on the surface of the facts, so far as they are ascertained, it Strike! the aver age citiren that such great rsilroad corporations as the Northern Pacific and Great Northern should grant a sngni increase oi -wages to sucn important ana vaiuaDie - The Loetlne Xedger Is optimlstio; be employes as iciegrapn operators ratner tnsn to suojecti cause or a good prospect for a bank." A womah is to be tha candidate' for vlcf-proatdent on Mr. Inman' a ticket. He does not know ss yst who she. will be. but he -naivety intimates that JClla Wheeler WIloox Is his first choice Mrs. Wilcox la to see the platform. ."Then she can eommunlcsto with me 'whether or not she can accept," says Mr. Inman. "If she ean't accept, the vacancy will be open for any female, ' married or single who may be before the public as a writer and la In sympathy with our cause"1 r ,!.:. '- 'wr - It all the nromlneBt female wrltara-4 reel timid,, woman of business Will be acceptable "Should none offer within reasonable time after the platform is out." declares Its promulgator, "than I shall choose -one of my acquaintances wha, though a -poor man's daughter, la yet -a little goddesa, and aa brlUlant an entertainer as there is in this eountry. Who the "little goddess" is Mr. Inmsa does not reveal, but she is conjectured ta be a farmer's daughter in the Looking uiasa community. - t;., -i "Why do you want a.'. Woman aa running mstst" the correspondent asked. "I have three reaaone". answered the modern Cinclnnatue who hopes to leave tne plow for the purple chair. Tlret, woman has never had her naturaLadJ Juat rtghte having too, long been held as man s subordinate; second, womsn Is superior in heart to man and in many oaaes superior in brain; third, woman ead be better trusted in office and she maaes aiugenp time in nusinsse The labor Question, a sound' money Is laying plans to sweep the country In the coming campaign- ' - Tha pure, clear atmosphere of Look ing Glass is conducive to optlmlstle fig' Bring,- Jsmea Inmaa is an optimist. " . ' t 111 P " " ', i ii. ..W..,.y's- k. VIIAT riA'iT REALtV ( LEWIS . AND CLARK 1 In the eaatera section of tha. Rocky raountalne . , ,;r ', ' iVt , '-. August 4- This 'morning CapUlti Clark proceeded early, and after- going southeast by east for four miles reached a bold 'running creek' It yards wide with clear water, furnished apparently by four drains from tha snowy moun tains en the-left: after casslnc this creek he changed hie direction to south east and leaving the valley In , which he had . traveled for the two last daye entered ' another, which bore east At ins distance of three miles on - this oourse ha passasd a handsome little river, about 0 yards wide which winds throuah the vallavi thaaurrant ia not rapid Bbr the water very clear, but It affords a considerable quantity ef water and appears aa tf It might be navigable for some mllee The bank are low and the bed formed of stone and gravel. He now changed his route to southwest and, passing a high plain., which separates the valleys, returned to the more south ern, or that whtoa he bad left; la pass ing ' tola he .found a river about 4( yards wide the water ef which baa a whitish-blue tinge,-with a gentle ear rent and a gravelly bottom.- -This he waded and found waist deep. ' He then oonUauad down it till, atjlha distance oal life along other llnea. ; From the New Tbrk World. ' i ."Seventy-two years olde great many -days knd months and yeareaome of ' them fruitful, some' barred, but none of them worth tha while- - ,- . v - -. "No. it haa not been worth while. It eould have been so much better or at least so different from what it to."' , Senator - Thomas ' C, riatt. . victor 1 in countless hard-fought political battles. , kiiu suocesstui eorpora- tlon. deputed wealthy the lion of a thousand ioyat friends, and avowedly in better health than he haa bean for years, made this remarkable euteraent ' yesterday, and la the next breath aalds "X never felt better In my Ufa." The senator stood on the plassa of his home, Tioga Lodge back In the Bkun nemunk mountains. Bear Highland Mllle.' New York, and looked out over 19 miles ot blue aky and green woods.- No shads Of indifference waa in the old mans eyes; hla rotoe waa firm end had la it thatring of hope and deolatoa that one , hears la men half his age man who are -going' up the hill ot Hfe sot mmi down.". i' - v' ;'" i i ..!.. ' ' Mr. Piatt had been up early In the " morning with a dosen guests who had spent Saturday, th senator's birthday. at his home vV '.;...". .... t;-... - . - has been worth while. If I had it' to o over again a saouia model my poltl- " of three quarters of a mile he saw thai entraaoe of the small river he had Juat I passed; as ha went on two miles lower! down he found the mouth of the ereeki ne naa seen in -the morning. rrooaedlng farther on three mllee he arrived at the -Junctltn of this - river wttn another whloa rises front the south west . runs through the south valley I "Would you have the veers aama K.t for another chancer' he was asked. - -'"No," was the reply, "I would aot. but I would do much differently."'1 , -. Whyt How dlfferentlyn ! " ' ; ' "I should rather not say," replied the senator. "It would . lead to . develop ments. I do not Wish anything to de valon from tha ata tenant, that tha' about II mile before it forma its Juno-1 have not been worth the battle or that hub, wusra n ia aw yaras wiae . we now I wouia live out a different political found that out camp of last night was about sr mile and a half above the en trance of thla large river on he right side This la a bold, rapid, clear stream, but Its bed is ao muoh obstructed by gravelly bare and subdivided by Islands that the navigation must be very in secure if not Impracticable, r . ... The other, or middle stream, has about two thirds its quantity of water and Is more gentle end may be safely navh gated. - As far aa It eould 'be observed. policy from the one J have so long pur- auea. .," , ... . . "Tst you have been su'ocessfuir "Psrhape" waa the answer. ' '1 hsvs soms desr old friends." v. ', The senator then changed 'the subject ' "It la a trifle too serious a one' for ' euch a beautiful day," he exclaimed.' Senator Piatt diverted the eonveraa- tion to praising hi dogs: two araat at. . Bernards, two fox terrlare a setter and '' a toy spaniel that is Mre Piatt's net Its course wss about houthweat but the land his 10 horaea. Beauty. Dimplea, Jamas I OREGON ipEUGHTS ..Many campers around Wallowa take large sections of the country to inconvenience, annoy ance, and in many instances actual loss. S; :.:p;; A TIMELY COMPLAINT...; ;K'' "V'.'. H. GRUBER did a good service for .the public ia. calling ita attention . as he did definitely, specifically and in detail, to many lota ai4 leia eonwaeranie w retain i popular approoation in wis blpck, of otherwise vacant ground in the residence die , country, snis tneory oi ra. in i purposcmay explain I tricts of Portland that contrary" to law are overgrown with noxious weeds and littered with unsightly rubbish. Complaint of these forms of nuisances has frequently been made in The Journal, not; eve believe, withdut effect, for much improvement has been made, but a reiteration of the - complaint is especially timely now, when the thistles, burdocks' and other weeds are approaching their maturity and if-not cut down soon will disperse their annual crop Mr. Gruber mentioned many blocks or portions of blocks that need attention in this respect, and it is to be hoped the owners or agents, instead of being offended, as they have no good right to be, will rather accept the gentle hint and other property-owners as well and Jo . . , . i . i . , tneir neignoors in particular sna ine community in gen eral the favor, which is also a duty, to clear off.and clean Up 'their grounds. This-is the month to do this, before the seeds are 'ripe and the fall rains come. : , , How many will do this? And should not those who refuse or neglect to do sd be bbliged to pay for the doing of it by others, ss the law requires?. ; , ':; i .The Oregonisn vehemently opposes an increase In the pay of the detectives. For several reasons. One ot which will suffice They are poaching on the Ore gon ian's preserved In Oregonian employ Is a gifted young man with talented legs. - He; discovered thst the city was overrun with thieves, , That is, he thought he did. In reality he was a victim of misplaced confidence. But -he took the public into his own confidence. Hence he .has been' a source, of joy to the ungodly 'and un righteous who knew the duference between a hawk and a handsaw." Hence also he is opposed to increasina- the Vava rannA a Strilra nf nnrtara t t,a K.ll r,t ,t,rlinl ant ia stt mk f i J. 'House in Chicago. A strike ot the long-suffering public 1 tectives. , All oPthis will explain much that otherwise jhis carefully prepared compliment to the American press, pwnicu comiDg iron m siaicsaisa vt jvussia, wncro inert 1 is' ho free press Snd no news except such as the govern- i ment allows to bt published, is probably not free from ' fwell coated and nicely embellished irony.. , The probabilities seem to be, or the general opinion r ' is that the probabilities are, that terms of peace cannot ; . be agreed upon; yet each side may secretly intend to yield . a good deal of what it presents in its initial pour parlers. "'v- The Morning Mossback has always favored gambling. tit has always favored an open town. It has always fa- i ered anything that brought it tribute. So" it says, alluding to the Inrington racetrack where the sucker is delicately and discreetly relieved of his cssh. ."we have here a' variety of gambling that is not fostered suffi j ctently in this city." Could the Morning Mossback, with- ;6ot yiblatmg confidence, suggest some method by which 'it, could5 be , "fostered sufficiently?" Some little non- alcoholic method that would touch the spot without 1 Slopping over?.., The public,-we doubt not, would be ' f interested. It Is anly nght and proper to fine people for riding bicycles bn the sidewalks, but the city should, under such .circumstances, provide them with streets. In several sections of the east side the streets are simply desig nated for map purposes but ere of , no further utility; Fine tbd bicycle rider as the ordinance provides, but do not bunko him by taking away from him "his streets, for .he must get along somehow and at he has no balloon attachment ne roust-stipe to tne eartn. that pays the tips Is now in order. might seem beclouded and befogged. Hinc illae lacrimae r'7 K.f'. ' ' '."-:." - , f peculiarities of .Typhoid. ' ' Kew Tork Correspondence Phtladelphta . . " .- -. Laidger. - ... ' " Many peculiar things have bean ob served by the Now York health oftfr. l.w4 attute ot tvshold fever. . .11 vMv.a -' . . One of the most peculiar, one for which there seems to be vtti explanation, is that the people' who live on thorough. " rare running north , and south aaldom ' .r fever, while the vtctuna are those -v ne llve oa ths thoroughfare running U at and. weat And. again, tha resident as the 'south side of thoroughfare running oaat And wast Is ators liable 'o contract th dlaajaae than is the ens living on Ih north side of the treet. Those living la tha middle of the block are mere often aaaaHed than those on or neaT'the oraer. ,. " . ' ' y -Typhoid is not eonf lnad to' ehy -hs '.mctAt Oa' tbeieaat aide, where the . rapulalUw it is said, is the thickest of any in the world, there is little mora -rphAid tba ta ths faehtonebl aptown oaaav-. Saa aaaae ti true at IvaeUya. The disease is very evenly' distributed. People In the country have typhoid In ss great numbers as people In the city, when the Same populatioa is taken and statistics culled. It does not seam to be a question of where on Uvea unleae it be on the south side of a street running aaat and west, but rather the milk and water that one drlnke . k. . . ' in . , y Old Chauncey's Water Works. iTrom the Philadelphia North American. One can almost hear the tear trlok llng down the cheeks of that tender hearted philanthropist. Hon. chauncey -M. Depew. because paal Morton has vetoed th penaion ot Henry B. Hyde's Starving widow. . f. "" iiia , . 't A Profiuble Occupation.. ' ' ; rrom the Kew Tork Herald' t Rudolph Dodla, our eonaular agent at Caracae "Venesuela, Is ssld to be a laadrymsn 'Shouldn't have say troa. Me ia making a fortune la that eountry. Record of Cleveland's Cabinets. From the Philadelphia' North American. : . Of the membera of tha two cabinets of President, Orever Cleveland, only seven are now living and . are dead, a foiiowsrr.T"."'"' """'' - ' - - Living John O. Carlisle, Don M. Dickinson,- Hoke Smith, Judson Har mon, David R. Franota, Richard Olnay and Charles R, Fslrehlld. i Dead -Daniel B. Lamont Thomas F. Bayardi Walter Q. Oreaham, ' Daniel Manning, William C.. Endloott Lucius Q. C. Lamar, William F. VUaa, WUllam C, Whitney, Hilary A. Herbert Norman J. Coleman, J. Sterling Morton, Wilson 8. Bissau, William U Wilson and Augus tus H, Garland. "? r Old Manuscript Bible. , Ths exposition of rars old books and manuscript now being held tn ths Brit ish museum Includes tha oldest known manuscript ot the Bible ot tbe ninth eenlury, .:.'-;,. .;y.' . with water system p radically aasurad. with two stone buildings and a new hotel iq eourse of eonstruotlon, t besides nu-; merou other: buildings in proa Dec t. with th best school building and ad mittedly : the beaf school in Wallowa county, and with the best agricultural land in the eounty Immediately r sur- , rounotng tne town. J. ...... !.: Borealls Falle nw mining town or camp in the Calapoola district bad -last week four bouse ' and )S .Inhabltante ana expect ea snore soon.-, a a ). v Haystack la the Willamette valley are mora numerous than ever' before ., w-. -v i v- i,'. -4 s .... : - Toledo business men' met te consider the substantial encouragement of .new enterprlaea there e tannery, a wooden- ware factory, a oold storage plant ete A' Lincoln eounty man has prepared what bethink will be a premium-winning exhibit of honey for exhibition, at th Lewis ' and .Clark exposition. a : e - ; i - Springfield men who have beeii up an th Three Slstere or one of thorn, re port that the snow there waa four or five feet deep. They are ehlll slstere Both Grants Taee paper favor muni cipal ownership -of that town's water plant ; : ' ' ,-;- -r: : '.! . At Oold Rill a masked man lined up ths eceuDants of a saloon and was pro ceeding to rob them, when one man who had. been overlooked began shooting at him. and be suddenly departed, and es caped, minus ths expected cash. Tillamook county dairymen and farm ers are hunting tor some kind of graee w . , wrltl I,M mm, m r A nnt "rtt, aw in a'fow yeare :; '? .'.-: Kerosene oil costs to eents a gallon In Lakavlsw. Bettor bore for ou. f ,..- a ' .a . .' When th mercury stood at US In th shads at Monument people of both sexes found relief In a large swimming pond that fortunately sxists there. , North Bend people expect . boom this fait-' - - ., .'-'- r- . r .'- Large, bathhouse at Grants ' rase through popular subscription. . , A man near Ashland has flv acres ef fine proline tomatoes, t. ; , r .- v ,v. a; e .'V '..',''' -1 A goldbug has been' discovered In a Polk county bopyard.' It Is of greenish hue, ths slss of a small marble clings to ths stem of th hopvme and Is dotted with gold specks. Its kind is not numer ous snd no dsmsgs Is noticeable from Its presence '" 'i -1' ".' '' f La Grands has outgrown If water sup ply In such a dry summer. . ; s-'".' - . ' V'" .'v ; Soms onions In northeastern Umatilla oounty measure -eight, Inches each In circumference. 1 :X':r i . Seaside and vicinity have i population Just now. r a large sion systems tariff revolution, whiskey probleip. woman suffrage, good roada. ths Philippine issue. Chinese and Jap anese exclusion, ths Anthony Comstock measure, ths negro race question. White House receptions morals of congress men and polygamy are all dealt' witn in tne "independent" platform. Although hi platform, which In Its present unhoed state comprise long typewritten sheete la supposed to be vote-getter, it doe aot appear how Farmer Inman hopeato win ths south by bis aogr plank. Perhaps the fear less nasa of his conviction ha mads the ax-Pan'nsylvsnlaa forgot that ' ths land beyond the Msson-Dlxon line may not car to exalt th, oolored bid. "In realisation ot the faet that south srn plsntera and : others have grown wealthy by slave snd other .degrading labor." reads his unique ukase "as a part atonement to th forced degrade. tion ef th colored people f tha eouth, no whit maa should paaa a colored man, woman or child oa the highway without tipping his hat.' tf Jama Inmaa Is eleotad president the strictest simplicity wUl be carried into the White House.. For instance hs does aot . bellsve tn aocial precedence and two valuable pages of bis platform are spent ta telling ef the baneful re captions that take piece there 'I believe In avoiding the disgrace to the nation of tboaa receptlona," he d Clares. ' 'True ' Americanism should be preferred to codfish aristocracy, which leads almost to a riot as to who should bs considered first lady of the land and who second. Ia attending recaption at tha White TTousa. soma hava naen ra. minded at times of a hard oi swins feed ing, where each 'tried to stand length wise in the trough. . r . "The wlvee and daughters ef "me chanics, farmers and laborers would show ' batter behavior and enjoy - them selves better at White Hous receptions than ths 'upper erust' eomposed in part ot mllllonalree' ;. f v -: Reed Smoot will have . a doughty ehsmplon, If Fsymsr Inman take tha presidential chair, for he believes that ths law against polygamy is unconstitu tional. Ha does not deem It any wore tor a senator to have two wives st home than one wife st horns and several 'lady friends" abroad. .-- re sounds forth his pis tform with ne unoertaln note: . "At ths close of nearly every - session of- eongrese there is . a national scandal over drunken congress men, who gs staggering through the halls of tha capltol. While' th inmates of thslr seraglios dance ths can-can in tipsy revelry in the committee rooms. Yet congress kept a committee day after day and week after .week taking census of Smoot'a vsrious wtvse" .. y ? -"Ths public may want te know some thing of. my life,"- Mr. Inmaa Intimate, in a preface to a lengthy skstch of his early daye Beaver eounty first saw him on New Tsar's sve, 1144. lis was youngest ot flv sons In a family of nine Neither father nor sons aver used tobacco or was ever drunk, assert. Educated la a country school, he want to work for Andrew Carnegie who was then building ths gunboats Msnayunk snd Umpque on th Moriongahele- Next year ha went to war, being sent home after Fort Stevens in pitiable condition. School teaching and then pnmpln oil for Rockefeller ware Mr. Inman'e next occupation Later yeare hava broken hla esrly allegiance to the trust meg nates, or perhaps som of hi early ex periences account for his present hatred of such institutions ss Standsrd OIL "Because ths foreman found a copy St Shakespeare in the boiler-house I waa discharged,"- ha , complalne "and went to hueklng corn on a Pensylvsnla farm." LI fa ia Kansas followed, after which Inman returned to Pennsylvania. Ten year ago be set out for Oregon. Mow oa hi Douglas county farm he opening of th valley induced him to believe thst farther above it turned mors toward the west- Its wster is more turbid and warmer than that ef the other branch, whence it may be pre sumed to have Its sources at a greater distance lh the mountains, and to pass through a more open country. Under this Impression-hs left a note recom mending to Captain Clark tha middle fork, and then continued hla course along th right aids of the other, or more rapid branch.' After traveling It mHea bs arrived near a place where th river leayea tha vslley snd enters the moun tains. Here he encamped for th ntgnt The country he passed Is Ilk that of the rest ot this valley, though ther I more timber In this part of the rapid fork thaa there bee been on th river id th same extent sine we entered Itj for on some, parte of tha valley the Indians seam to have destroyed a great propor tion of th little timber there wSs, by sailing nre to tne pottome , . ue duck of th two specie common to this ceaaad to appear, npr doe it am to be aa Inhabitant of this part of th river. We proceeded soon sf tsr sunrise Tbe 'first Tiv mile we pessed four bends on the left and eevaral bayous oa both feldee At 8 o'clock we stopped to breakfast, end found the note Captala Lewis had written n ths Id Instant During tb next four mllee 'we passed thro small bend of the river to ths right two mall lalsnds snd two bayous on the same aide Here we reached a bluff on the left; our next eourse waa sht miles te- our encampment - In this course we mat six circular bands oa ths right and several small bayoue and halted for ths night in a low ground ot eottonwood on the right - Our day's Journey, though only II miles in length. wss very fatiguing. , The river la atlu rapid, and tha water, -though -clear, is very much obstructed by shoals or rip ple at every tw' to throe hundred yards i at all these place we are obliged to drag th canoe ever the etonee as there is not a sufficient depth ef water to float them, and in the other parte, tbe current obliges us to havs reooora to the cord. But as tbe brush woof on 'ths banks will not permit us to walk , on shore we are under the necessity ef wading through ths river as we drag th boate Thla soon makes ' our , feat tender, and sometimes occasion severs falls over ths slippery stones, snd ths men, by being constantly wes, are pa oominar mora feeble In the eourse of Henry. John Madden. Bessie. Jim. Pat - bit of a pony presented to lira Piatt by ' former Lieutenant-Governor. Timothy L. Woodruff). nd a mule. ' -'-.. ' Two years ago, when "Mr. Piatt was to, he' aald h would - oot , join the -Hundrad'Year club. , V . ,.,, ' "Five years more will satisfy- me" ha ' ssld on thst occasion. "That Is enough." v - "Do you still stand on thst declara tion r be was asked yesterday.. - v ' . "I do." ho replied.. .....- j.s . "':' -v.' Then you only, wish for three more yearsr .v . -i . v,-- . . j "Nof five!" said the sens tor. "I, wee not vaasr well two years ago.' Mv health i had. run down. , But I have regained it " ; all up bore In the hllle.i I teal like a new 1 man. I atlll stand on the original Hve- year propoaHlon I atlll want Bvs years i saare",.-. "--i. ,-: J "The" ' subject ,ut-. ths Equltsbls Life i I scandal was saentloned, . snd Senator ' J Plstt exclaimed warmly : - y ;r, I , ii - t h mii llUcat and flnanelal llf hava baaa an- juatlytarnlahed through their ooaoao- 4 tion with great svente It kills som of 1 them; others it doe not harm. I under- ! Stand thst. Mr. Jame W. Alexander," former president -of th qultable has ' ' J softening of th brain, r ,w: i , -This la deplorable : .. i',.v "My friend, Mr. Depaw, ia too greet a men to remain down In this connection. Hs Will rise again. Tha stories hat have connected his name with the af fair will do him no harm. His friends know him. I am glad that Senator Depaw waa elected again before the Equitable talk begae ...It might have mad some little differance te ths sens tor from New Tork." - - "I oast my first vote Just 41 years sgo up 4a Owego, Tioga eounty." continued he snator. "1 voted for General Fra. mont; I've been at it ever sine. I've never msde a dollar Inpolltlce and I'm prorounaiy giao or that. .i,-. T don't know JuSt why f say thle ex-" cept that It came to mind when I spoke of men in. pubJIO life sometimes being unfortunate in what is said about them. .I J LETTERS FROM THE ; . PEOPLE Square Heal f oe Oonatry Taaoaare -Oreaham, Or Aug. J.--TO the Editor a Th. t.,.ln... v.. - -. the tay e: hunters kUlad wrr; eapidly along eduostlonai llnea during some geese, end ducks, knd the Tarty saw antelopes, eranes, beaver and otter. Evening Papers Are the Winners. "-' F. W. Strang. J Advertising Expert M Seattle Timee ..', ' The evening newspaper in every Held is the .inevitable winner. . Take tha. case of th Minneapolis Journal and the St Paul Dispatch. The Journal started ss a little four-pas's sheet to compete with tha Tribdne and the Dispatch, as com- naUtore had the treat Pioneer Press and ths Globe all three ttrong morning newspspere ' In St. Psul today tha Globs ia dead and the Pioneer Prase 1s getting a diminishing amount ot advertising, while the Dispatch-- and . th 8t - Paul News are both growing more prosperous snd ' successful all th tlms; and over tn Minneapolis ths Journal Is carrying an enormous smoust or savertising. and tha News is coming to the front-rapidly. while tb Morning Tribune1 Is getting reog" in ths grlndlng-out mschina eg an ths past 10 ysars but your editorial of yesterday ahows that as yet she has not yet fully rounded out har public school system. Ths country boy Is entitled to ' ss good a grammar school education as this boy living In the city. If he has sn equally good teaoher he will get a broader educatloA because of his living nearer to nsturs. : ; ': , , '. ' Recognising the rights of ths eountry : child CelifornU sarly arranged thst the country districts , receive what prac tically, amounted to a bonus with trils ' raault. thst you find, there ths educated teacher getting a fair salary, . Recently with advance in wages, due to greater cost of living, -the'-leglelature passed a, -law new operative, by which a further equalisation of salsrles is msds and th eountry' teaoher receiving practically tha same salary, as tha -city teScher .is -more eontsntad In her position for she IS 'the boss" Instead of being Just ; d lsss and less advertising all the time Take It in ' Spokane. The Evening Chronicle, struggled along with, the Spokesman-Review In command or tns Held, but after a wh He the Chronlcl be came a very eueoessf ul newspaper, and was finally purchased by Mr.' Cowlea, who. also owns tha Snokeaman-Hevlew; hs no doubt considers ths Chronicle his. most vslusbls property. . , j - Ths evening newspaper has also bean pushed to the front in Portland, even s gainst ths powerful Oregonian. The Journal coming Into the field has, X un derstand, secured a strong following of ths best-informed loesi eavertisers. . Mad on Secretary Shaw. , - , - From a Houghton (Mich.) Dispaten.. Ths first day of ths Michigan bankers' convention waa spent in sightseeing, with a reception and ball at th Amphl drome Isst night Secretary Shew left on an evening train tor . Washington. The secrstary wss strangely - desirous of sseing all thst wss to be seen, and, among other" things, becams curious to witness ths discharge of a big copper milt When it came Mr. Shaw was the muddiest msn in - Michigan, "Never mind," said the eecretary to' Captain John Jolly, who was his guide "corns down to Washington snd I'll show you a lot of thing's that ought to b dls- Chargtev .,, ,4 , . ... : , .:. intricate city system.." Pardon ma for ssytng It :; JAMES T. PRESTON. A traaaoe to aiuatake . Sandy Postofflc, Or., July t. To the Editor-ot The JournalFrom The Journal's way of commenting tyro read-' era may, get ths , idea that - St ysars ago .Norway, without her protest was snnexed to Sweden. This wss not so. It wss brought about through military fores by Bernadotte,; wh at thst time wss king of Sweden snd ga liral.of the armies of ths alliee Very truly your., J .' An Estimate.' of Lamont , ' From the New Tork Sun. v . Mr.' Lament's rspld progress In both-y publlo and private Ufa was. due to his natural and Intrinsic abilities solely.; It Is true that ha attracted the attention of -msn powerful ta Influence Ilk Mrt T- den, ! Mr Cleveland and Mr. Whitney, but not through any puahlng persistency an his part He wss a man of modesty wh waa .discovered rather thaa self exploited. His rise to polinoal distinc tion and to privet wealth and financial Influence was dua to singular merit util ised by those who recognised the ability of a rarely forceful snd resourceful man and who profited exceedingly by meana at R; ....'', U. ' .t- ., v. , I : .