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Editorial Page of 1 he Journal THE JOURNAL i . AN . IKDEPBKMNT Kgwarara. CL t. JACKSON. .rWUfcar rmhlltM4 anry rolnf (uiwp Besdar) '. 1 riTLk u XeauuU etneta, tocUaaO. r . Onisoe. , , -.- " htm It fix postafttee at Portia. m Ore . for JcreaenlMlee throe tke MiU 'torn. id-etas sutler. ., TELEPUONCa'. , Folterlsl MmM ...'.......... JW BhImi Office roEiioN advmtisiwo BrBft-NTanva .iMlaa-Sealant Speelst AOTertwin W, '. lag. CUtaSe. " BebecrliKVi Tmn by HOi1 te "T sadries -.la Um Ualte States, OuiM er Merwel , -i , -. ... - . , DAILY. ' - . . " bae reer........'.S5 0 I On ....... -SO , . Brif DAT. j,:...... Oa rs.........S.0O Oh mb.......l JB . v , . - - BAH.I AMD UNBAI. On mr ...ST 00 I Om moat. ......I .SB : ' What rnalntaina one ' vice .--' would bring op two children. - Remember, many a Uttle makes a mickle; and further beware of little expenaee. A f email leak will aink great ehipv Franklin. : ,. . . THIS 13 THE TIME. rTTHE JOURNAL wants to tee a v I ' ' greater Portland greater in , , the eenae of population and Industries and wealth; and a better Portland, with good street, " more j water, cheaper lights, more schools an4 -churches and cleaner, greener parka and play grounds for the peo- : " None of these grows withput - effort on the pert of those -who "will be benefited by them. . Portland, not withstanding the favors that nature lies showered on her.ls'oo magnet to draw. people, without intelligent, constant work; T Street! wQI toot make I themselves, nor hare we an architect j tnral Jore from whose brain, springs magnificent : cathedrals or , splendid schools readr for occunancr bv con gregations or classes.'' All things come to him who knows how to wait; but ; municipalities ! must work for what, they get -'t i t . ; '-! , Portland needs many things to help f her work out her destiny as the queen city of the Pacific Some Tf them .hare been spoken of on this page by I members of the executive board, and , the city councflmen will tell of 'others. V The people desire to know what our principal wants are; they are vitally interested in baring them satisfied. In Portland's life there will never be "a better time than' this to buy if it is ' determined that our, water system should be extended, or that we should hare more parks, or that we should own the land on which our fire de f partmfnt Is housed orthat we . should do-all of these things. And . if the people find , that any -of the other suggestions "i" madeare good, they should insist that they be carried Into effect at once. ' . - :U THE GROWTH OP PORTLAND. riTTHE WORK of tearing down ".'I 7-rW ' buildings and erecting 0 A. new enei ;; wg Vnerer being tarred on at such a pace in Portland as ,now. 'Along Fifth 'street, for in stance,, old building,,, aad not very ' badly dilapidated ones' in some cases .either," are. being or 'are soon to be raxed by .scores, and in , their places structures of steel from eixto twelve stories high are going up, or will be ' as soon as possible,: and 'as fast as men and money, can accomplish 'the work. " ''' 1 " . 'v. Thoosands of people in Portland - fcre prospering, succeeding, in all lines of business. ' They demand offices , and apartments for business purposes in new, modern, clean,' commodious, fcafe steel structures, and they are pitting them. ,' '. . .;' '. '", The growth of Portland la visible fn the residence districts, everywhere throughout its 40 square miles of'ter " yitory;7bt)t nowherequheTso con spicuously f Just now as in the busi ness center within a half-dozen blocks of Fiftll and Morrison streets. ' ', f. '.. TO SAN 'FRANCISCO. SOMEONE with a felon on his pen finger, snd a highly in flamed imagination, has writ ; ten to Ube San,; Francisco Chronicle denouncing the people of the north, who he-sys"pTsit5ifi7 affecting'to ' believe the Bay City was irreparably ; injured by the recent fire." He ssys, further, that nothing would please Portland, Tc?ma and Seattle more than to see San Francisco in hopeless .. .despair .brooding among the ashes -of ; ft pat greatnesa. " The Correspondent of the Chronicle has the misfortune to be a self-made aes.i"Eefore"!h lerrified'cttisens of Ssa Francisco had ..emerged from amid their riven walla the people of , the north were 'hurrying money and ; provisions to their' relief;' and be fore the unfortunates began to shiver amid the dead embers of their homes ' we in the north were denying our selves clothing thst they might cover their nakedness. And for-weeks afKr end to this r -a very daythe women of the north were and are buying , cloth And "making garments to clothe the mothers and babes of stricken California. i ; The Journal can speak .for Portland and its people. ' There is room on the long coast line-of the western side of this continent for more than one great city; population arid commerce go where there are opportunities and business; California offer advantages that are no better than those of Ore gon, but of . which the people of the east have heard more; Portland will become a vast metropolis,' and would have done o if no earthquake, had ever shaken the life out of San Fran cico; from her ashes San Francisco will riae again, greater than ever, and Portland, which helped her in . her hour of need, will rejoice in her re habilitation. . ? v- ' If the people and papers of Cali fornia think that Portland rejoices In San Francisco's misfortune, they mis Judge us. We are as magnanimous in contemplating the successes of our neighbors as we are generoua to their misfortunes. CHAUTAUQUAS IN KANSAS. E FEAR that the editor of the'Topeka Capital needs to take a vacation or go to church. Or he might ease himself by going out in the harvestiield for a month.Ke aays: '.. KansM is swept kr Chautauqua even a the ocean tawpt by bUlowa. Every towa that can find a grove Ur anouah to akoltar a Sunday achool picnic or- k-anlsoa a ChautAuqua assembly. Wber tnara war one only thrs or four of the Institutions to tb suts titer ar now 20 or SO. And next year there prom ise to d so. - Kansas will beoom the summer lecturer paradlae; ' and ' Cap tain Hobaon and Sara Jones will ran- up and down our prairie for week at IIS A -day entertaining; the Jubilant farmer, with wheat In the bin with the sort of thing he like. In the present tat of development of the Chautauqua assembly it form of entertainment I confined entirely to discourse on crave subject with occasional humorous Il lumination of a not too hilarious nature. Chautauqua humor 1 of that diluted character calculated to set ripple of merriment going through the audience without any danger of their fall In a off their seats In paroxysms of mirth. It Is mild snd tempered fun; sometimes a little mould y.but well suited for outdoor consumption. " There are also stlriina occasion when magio lantern slide are shown, and the multitude ee for itself. in counterfeit, noted scane In Europe. . And so on. We suspect this fel low has been caught when a collec tion plate waa being passed, or has been held up by an alleged atatesman or poet But there might be worse things in Kansas than Chautauqua assemblies'. Possibly. th ditf of the Capital can put his finger on one of them. ' ' ' ' '- JUtnpeTor7 William pause! long ehoHgh-Jn hispraiaet6rTiimseIfto say that newspapermen for the most part are brainless, uneducated and ir responsible. This, unfortunately,' is true, fn some part, and 'the charge is particularly applicable .in a land where the prison gates -yawn widely for the editor who. fails to see a demi god in a plain man with a withered arm and something suspiciously like a hot box under his crowd. Who can doubt that there will be an immediate cessation of the hor rible butcheries in Russia? .The min ister of Justice has just issued a proc lamation, in the hame of the czar, begging the . people to observe the laws,-which hitherfo have not been regarded as bars to murder and pil lage, when the objecta of the outrages were the Jewa. , ; '.' ' , .Even the citizen who never goes to a ball game, and whose knowledge of the great American pastime is limited to recollections of the days when the pitcher was allowed nine balls and the batter half a dozen strikes, feels a sense of pride ;n the fact that Port land's team still leads in the struggle for the pennant Poverty is the best protection after all. We have heard of no deaths among the , indigent " that could be traced to the "septic paint, on the maraschino cherry, nor have the. dis eases common to those who stuff on pate de foie gfas of dog carried off any of our toilers. " "r ""r" The, government is atjast aroused to the value of the dog, and is de termined to prevent his ronrinned tise as pork and beef sausage. The grad ual decrease in the entries for the bench ahows and the increase in the price of high-bred dogs are said to have caused the government's action.' The extraordinary persistency with which the Portland ball team clings t0 !0PJLnn8LOl the percentage lad der . encourages the hope that . be fore long we will have a banner to hang in the inner walls of the his torical society, i l'From time to time intimations ap- pear-fnr Republican papers of "the state that Jonathan Bourne, may not be. elected United States senator by the next legislature. . What is the covert significance oIJhtseuttet-- WW la PortkndV Greatest Need? MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TELL JOURNAL V WHAT WOULD IMPROVE ROSE CIT.Y. - Improving Streets; A. N. Wills. ' - A. N. Wrlls belfeve that street Im pravemeiHs are moat Important for tb city's welfare. Amonar other thins he avoeaie Keeping - men constantly at work repairing pavement. No new and untried pavement should bo used, he oeiieve. until the contractor ha proved them by a practical teat for at least on year and At his own expense, "I m a kind of A crank on tret, Aid Mrr Wills. "I think thst when A street Is once Improved there should be -enough money on hand to keep It constantly t repair. Take First street, for example, a lot of money la put In on improvements and then the street 1 never touched until It la completely " , vul. ii Deueve we snouia - Keep men ( constantly - at ' work repairing treat. Take a brick street like Stark when any of the brick wear out they ought to be replaced at once, v 'Another thing. Portland should not experiment on any sort of patent street until It is thoroughly tested. ' For A smooth street there Is nothing Ilk the pavement that we hare on 'Fifth and Second atreeta. , It Is the best of all except for the heaviest sort of travel, when ton block are beat. Portland ha decided to experiment with bituminous macadam, which lias proved a failure In many cities of the east I contend that any new pavement should be put on for at least a year At the ex pense of the contractor. When Any one has a pavement ha wants to Introduce, let him select a block of street where there I reasonable travel and let blm prove by actual wear whether the pave ment will bear the test . , ."Lalao-beUe- that- there hould be some law that will compel property owner to pay promptly when the Im provement la finished. On reason why A Little Out THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT. Twins Born in Different Years. "I have often been present t the birth of twin, aald an old nurse. "Only once waa I preaent, though, whan the twin war born la different years." 1 "Twine born In- different years T Ton are crasy," aald -the young bride. "Not a bit of It," said the old nurse. The thing happened In Pittsburg In IStS. The first win was born at 11:10 o'clock on the night of December Si, 189, and the second waa born at 1 o'clock In the morning of January 1, lioo. ....... . . There are, ma'am, a number of other case recorded of twin born - In , dif ferent yaar." . i r- ; Yawn It Maaaagea. Your Throat "Yawning I beneficial," aald a throat specialist, "and In certain troubles ore throat, bussing in the ear and o on I - recommend - artificial yawning. This . I mors helpful in Bom case than th best gargle.. . "You see, during the act of yawning there .1 a considerable . strengthening and exercising of th muscle of th pharynx And - of t palate. On these muscles th yawn acts. In fact, as a massage, "Furthermore,' yawning contraot th throat tubes and drives Into th pharynx any wast matter that, accumulating there, may hav Impeded th breathing. Nothing clears the throat Ilk A good yawn.- - v- -iL-liExpNstinlvw Dress Oooda. ,' "A much a tie a yard Is often paid for gold and llvr tissue cloth of gold, a It 1 called, though It I not really,' aald a dressmaker, "cloth of gold at all. For cloth of gold, tb real thing, I mad of pur gold, drawn Into fin wire, and then woven by hand. Such cloth was often used during th middle age. It I now used only In Sumatra. It coat I quit 1200 a yard. That seem high, doesn't ltT . It la nothing, though, . bealde the coat, of lac. A court train of moire antique, decorated with gold thread and pearl, was mad In - Pari for an American lady last, year at a eot af 17.400. . "To the empre of Russia not long ago tne nobles of th p son presented an ermine mantle worth 150.000. , . There are lac handkerchief worth 16,000. - Evan the thread of which lac I mad oome ridiculously high. Dtie fin hand-mad thread used In th beat Brnaael lac 1 spun from flax grown ances? Does anyone seriously pro pose to attempt to defeat the people's will? If so, why hot come out boldly In the open and say so? . Mr. Bourne waa hot The Journal s choice for sen ator but he proved to be the people's choice and he is therefore entitled to the office. No legislator who sub scribed to statement No. I can refuse to vote for Mr. Bourne without the grossest bad far It certainly is no compliment to Roosevelt to insist that he ia a liar, and will run for president again, Shouldn't the man be given credit for knowing his mind on the subject and for telling the truth?; : 'I Still we haven't heard of Mr. Geer profiting by our kind suggestion to go -out and help take care of the cf6peVrT"TT' .m.,y'"J. 1 " The popular demand for owl cars can readily be made unanimous if the street railway company really, thinks it necessary.-,. - . C'oorl;. old ;.Dowief ..'.His Elijah's chariot of fire isn't ' anything more thatr deacon's tme-horse chaise.' . The Southern Pacific should be made to get off Fourth street or pay for using it. " ; If you are a Republican, have you ponied up your dollar yet? , Perpetual franchises arc getting ! . a- ' out of date. , : I READERS A. N.Wills, the-contractor put In uch high bid Is that the property .holder refuse to pay when the work. I etne. When the work I finished the contractors should get their jnonejfc A-god"planwould be to give the property owner 10 day. then If he doe not pay make him bond hi property or have the city bond It ror mm. of tte common at Rebecq-Rognon, and 'fetches. In good easona, as much a 12,800 a pound. . T Shall Not Die Tonight!" 4' r "W. EL S." suggest th following a a third verse for Ben King's famoua poem, "If I Should Die Tonight," pub lished in this column soma days ago: '"' '' ' " ', : i , . I ahall not die tonight ' v But I shall live to see another day When to my lawyer I shall say, . ' - i "I did not die last night, : Bo hunt that parson . with your tongu and pen, , - -. By day and night, and get that ten, And if you get it, then, oh then, I'll gladly die some other night!" Ten Tips. . Brussels lias a clock that th wind Wind. .. l. ' Women are invariably much longer lived than men.' Measles I a disease Imputed largely to th eating of pork. . Salmon, pike and goldfish - are - th only fish that never sleep. '' - Spanish bullfighters a versa; 15,00 a year. Stare omrlmes get 16,000 A per formance. , 1 T ... Van Eyck of Bruges originated the Art of painting in oil la th fourteenth century. . . Borne Insurano companies refuse to lu policies en the lives of those who dy their hair. - ; In Japan there are familie that hav conducted -the -same business for 600, TO end even-1,000 year. --.' - ) . Among th Dyaks of Borneo a youth may not marry till h can show th skull of an enemy slain In battle. . - Th only teet required of recruit In th Chinese army Is that they at able to make a running broad Jump of six feet. - . . ; " r Personala. ..." , ; H. O. Well one wrote 7,000 word In on day He mad th fact publlo, and ever nine then, he says, hi reviewer hav accused him of loos and -car construction. , v af ascagnL to protect himself from th vll eye, carries a halt doaen charm of The German emperor has th flneet win cellar In the world arid his. head butler I an American. i - The Prince of Wale Is an anthuataa tic cultivator of white rosea - - Coquelln, before h took to th stage, was a baker. ,,. w . . Letters rata of B. W. Xayward. ..... , Portland. Aug.. J. To th Editor of th Journal I nstlc ' In tonight's Journal th report of th convention at De Moines, Iowa, and thought It might interest other town that read your val uable paper to know that ,W. C. Hay ward, nominated a aecretary of Stat, I th father of Burt W. Hayward, 646 Rhln street. Reapectfully, (. . , :,;-,'. CECIU A RHODES. - urprlsd the Pastor. Vancouver, Wash,' Aug. 3. To th Editor of Th Journal Will you permit m pao in, your paper to expre my gratitude fpr th kindly way w were received by th man from th govern ment rock I quarry at Flhr In th sad accident that happened a few day ago when Edward Ellson lost hi 1KT W were called on to ay a few word ovr hla remalna Iraagln our urpiia whan two days later they presented to th work of th Lord a gift of I10J.60. Tour respectfully. W. E. ROBSMAN, Paator Methodist Episcopal Church,- "', Carious Pear 'of Preeh" Air. From the Boston Transcript People who were born and bred In th country and who still live there ar a a rul curiously afraid of fresh air. From their living room, especially th "parlor." they rigidly axcluda evei-r an proach of outdoor air except at house cleaning time, and they ar more cau tious still as to sleeping rooms. Th farmers. In spit of their outdoor em ployment, puffer not a little from eon sumption. It seem a pity when the country dweller might hv their lung rilled with pure, fresh air day and night, leaping and waking, , that th nplsoned air they breath at night should be al lowed to offset th good ffeeta obtained through the day wark In th Yield, if the nlishtened .visitors paying guest and summer boarders who hav learned that one' manner ef llvlna rather than on' plac of living may be de pended upon to prevent consumption would nut circulate tnair anowieog in a practical way ia eountry piece thalr vacation would accomplish somsthing-L veeids a refreshtng ef fchlrowa'helth. A Little Nonsense - ' Sisters in Moderation. . - Tommy la a lonely little) boy who ha no brother or sister. H I vary fond of three little girl named Ethel, Maud and May. . On yenlng hi mother was listening to him say his prayer, and she was rather surprised to bear him add to hi ptltloni "Dear Lord, pleas and m an Ethel, a Maud and a May. After he had flnlahed hla mother tried to explain to him that they were too poor re hav a large family ilk that. Tommy listened attentively. And then, without . A .word flopped -down -on -his knee again And offered up this suppl- mentary petition: ? r "Dear Lord, mother say w can' afford an Ethel And a Maud And a May, so don't sand 'era In a bunch. Jut send an Ethel, and when w ean afford th rt, i ii in you know." ( ; Thought She Got Even, 1 "From th New York Globe. Everybody who, has livd In Len don," said th woman who ha traveled a little, "will agree with Bishop Potter tnat mere 1 very little good will ex- niMtee toward-Americana there; " nar- iiouiarty Americana who Are - not an- qumbered with ' wealth, but I got even with them once for eight month of nagging at our nation and eustom. , It waa on a Fourth of July. W were on the balcony. In Russell sanare. watch. Ing aome American start off In a eoach with great cracking of whin and fir or cracker and flourlah of flag. Aw er. don t you knowr asked an Englishman who stood by me. 'What er are they making All that noiee fort What .1 it er-r-that they ar celebrat ing. I ho'uld-llk t awskr Thv Ara-oelebrattnar-'tha'Sav w licka yu.- aald I. , t -- . A Hoapital Joke. : ' ; Among young ' hospital physician tory I now going th round, which I imported from Boston. In on of th hospital there it hi creditably reported th following correspondence between a nurse In a ward and a physician - took placo The physician wa at dinner, and jut at 'In start received from the nurse th following note: ' - "Patient sinking; l very low.' On th back of th paper tb young pnyatcian wrote back: , "Threw out th H..II..H ..... r Jut- at th clbs of th dinner th am not cam back with th addl tlonal scrawl: "A . directed, threw out th lifeline; waa too short. He Bank." ' . Praying for Rein. '.' An old Bootch minister, hkvlng been asked repeatedly by hi congregation to pray ror rain (an exercise or devotion in which th old man evidently did not believe), as often refused, until . on morning Just as h waa entering th pulpit, a petition bearing th signature of, every member of tb church was nanaea to mm. aemanuing inai n ac- oede - to the requeat - At th - tlm for reading th notice, th minister read alio tne document pleading that prayer be offered for rain, and then Impa tiently remarked, a he looked over hi glass At th congregation. . "Well, A'wull to please y, 'but hang a bit y'U gat till the wund change. 1 .QoodlJewav- A. The decision has gon against me; I've got to pay Miss Weber a thousand pound for breach of promt of mar riage. . B. My dear fellow, I am - delighted. (Shake hand warmly.) . ' A. What, you ar delighted? - B. Yes. Excuse my feeling, but It la Impossible for m td hid them; I'm engaged te her, you know. ' . An Honeet MilUonsire. .. . They war motoring la te buetnes in th cool of th morning. - "Fine place, that old ' Millionaire Bunk's," said the vlaitor, a they hst paat a great Ellaabethan house set In a unken garden. "What sort of a chap le Bunk, enywayt" . Well." ald th host, "Sine hi re tirement from buslnes. an honter man than Bunk doesn't breathe." A Fiahln' FOosify. : Remember, tank, how w went 11 shin' down on Salmon crick, - How you caught more'n I did with yr Indian arrer stlgk- 'N I busted up my Jointed polerV took hasel sprout, .. Nn eueeed my luck At naggln' "em. but couldn't pull em out. Remember, lankt! ,.' " ' . r.- Remember how I'd eneak out In a hoi you'd point m to, N sUn' tbr In th wtr till my finger nail was blue, . My teeth a chatterln' euese 'cause no j hungry trout would bit; Teu'd splash along an' yank a big an . - for yr book ud lit, . Lank, rmmbrT Remember how 'I damned th crick when I fell off that log; Ton ylled Ah' tor tn sora big trkpfd tak m fer r frog- ; i Th way I lunged and bubbled! . How you laired till you was sick. N' I was fluffy as a nan that tlm I damned th erlck, . 'Member, Lankf That flshln' trip on Salmon crick say, X can aaa ua now. IT, Lank.4 that teached m authin' an' It seem to stick omhow. MS elo you wear, ner pole you paotCll yield yer any fun Ner fish, if look I nuthln te a knowia how It's don,.1 1 Lank, 'memberT . By .Bart Gear. . Worked Both Way. , By Wax Jone..". i, Smith' wife had gon t th moun talna, o h prepared a atack ol postals, gave them to hla atenographer with In structions to mail one. every day, and want to Saratoga with a few friende. . Mr. Smith got postal No. 1. "Work ing away at business thi hot weather. Miserable without you." "Poor mn," he murmured, "h must be lonely." . Max t day postal NovS. "Home seem a desert Ml you terribly." "Poor John." aald Mr. Smith, "it a hems for me to, b her anjoylng mylf, while h slave away In lonelln." Postal No. S earn th next morning. "Can hardly llv without you. Lit a blank." . . . Mr. Smith packed hav trunk and went horn a ' . .. Thar waa trouble.' ." Thl year Smith thought hd be wis. Th first postal h left for mailing to hi abentwJfwaai.-"QtUng-alonj Splendidly- Having great time.' "Humph I" aald Mr a. Smith, - Next poatal: "Beat time of my Ufa Stay as long as you Ilk and don't both er about ma I'm all right." Thla time Mrs. -Smith, started home we sec on a aay. Whan . ahe arrived there was trouble again. T3IRDSEYE VIEWS J- cf TIMELY TOPICS ' s SMALL CHANOB. ' The harvest la humming. '' " "Tina time for camp meetlnga , ', ' "-..'.'. S , . e , j ,' ;.' Bettet go to church tomorrow.1 jtore nols aad smoke than necessary. Sometimes the only thing to do I to airiae. . Lets of good road ought to be mad yet . inis year.' h , ., . ,, , A llttl rata would be mighty welcome iv most people, ...... .-. . . ; It Is doubtful if vrv aroeerv bill is a pur rood MIL v Bryan may stand som show. In snlta w somp 9i but atiga upportera - Mr. PluvLia'you can rain enoarh to isy me oust wnenever you re ready. .' .'... ;,' . Th people hav a rlrht to mora eara ror moving their produce in proper ttma On good thing1-- bout ' getting Inta ozrico i mat you treasure or a vacation, on salary. - : - J-. ' ., A . . So far as the publlo know. Fonnv and Bne ar happy as-if-they were not king and qun. . . v- v 4 . , , . ' '' '-; ,. ' There is no danger of a shertaa of beer In Oregon, even If larg portion of th atat ar "dry." There ia a ausplclon that th Pitts burg brand of . moral were canned .la the Chicago atockyarda, , V r -v, v It 1 ' foo bad that harvest tlm couldn't ceme In th winter, when peo ple don't want to be off on a vacation or go flahtaig. ' ' V' : '. It probably will mak no definite dif ference with your aternal destiny whether it I JJra Jone or Bob Brown that la lectd. , ,. :.'.. . Th eynle of th Topeka- Capital re mark: There ar three kind of drunk th fighting drunk, th crying drunk and .the drunk who thlnka he ean alng. Minneapolis Journal: Th vr-bum- ing question, "What ahall w do with our boysf appear to be aatlafactorlly answered ' In the following advertise ment which appear in th .window of a Farrtngton road butcher' chop: "Wanted respectable boy for bef ausag." 1 'Portland as an Educational Center , ' Superintendent Robinson A elty of home la a city of perma nenc. Portland 1 proud of her many beeutirut home. v -Ch la - proud T h bad tree and greea lawn a- She le proud of her aplendld acenery. She la proud also of her many commercial re- aources. Bh 1 proud or her-acnooia Teurlst and homkra coming among ua are at onoe Impressed with th educational - faoUltl offered here, They And that with the development of oar industries we have a horn develop ment which 1 at onoe the moat etrlklng feature of our beautiful oity. : - The larg and eommodlou school buildings snd th - xellno of our schools ar la keeping with other fea ture, which contribute to mak Fort- land th moat attractive reeldeaes elty In the nortfewest Aa an educational center w hav gained our . reputation not o much through ' our higher , institution of learning, although these .hav eon tributed greatly to th end, a from th work of our eommen school, publlo and private W hav never aspired to leadership In higher education, but w hav taken just prld In our common school and have gradually developed a yatem of publlo aducatlon that rank high a , compared with other progres- lv cltlea Ae th majority of our achool build ing ar new, in architecture l or comparatively modern type. Excepting th High achool, our buildings 'ar all built of wood.' Wooden atructur, well painted, eem to glv better satlefac tlon than brick, and th lint oost I not o great To build and properly equip school for a rapidly Increasing popula tion snd to psy ror them as w build. I a rlou problem, but our citisen hav met It bravely. Our largest tax payers ar among th first to demand good achool buildings. - Thsy want th moat approved system of hasting and ventilation and they demand a policy of Tsy as you go" in th construction and mslntenance of our schools. The estimated valu of ' our public school and grounds. Including our near suburbs, now exceed 11,100,000. Our indebtedness for thl purpose 1 VPr? mall compared with what we have In valu. If w add to thl amount th valu of our privat achool building and th furnltur and apparatu. th aunt will reach nearly 11,000,000. , In th chraotr of instruction our schools occupy a unique position. W hav not only th best thought of 'our horn teachers, but w hav a large per- "Spook House" g Sanatorium, ' ' From the Washington Post.' "" The famous "spook house," on Ben ton avenue, Mlddletown, New York, oc cupied by Luther R. Marsh, th noted lawyer and on-tlm partner of Daniel bster in hi declining year, has been old to Dr. B. B. Klnn of Philadelphia, who will turn th mansion Into a aana torlum. " 1 ' - . - Bom week ago an effort waa made to sell the property at publlo sale, but no bidders appeared, though the prop erty is a moat desirable on. Supersti tious - peopl '"Claimed the hous was haunted- " 1 '- " " Th property belonged to th estate of Clarissa J. Huyler, th Alleged me dium, who, It I ld, for years duped tn venerapia Lutnes r. Marsh. It was here that Mr. - Hurler dlotated : tka greater pert . of one of Marsh' wen- known book, Th Vole From Patri arch. Mr. Huyler Called to earth tb spirit of the many Blbl . eharaetef a and Marsh communed with them, put ting their word In hi book. It la un derstood that th houae waa sold at a aaoriflea r : :; Needa a Whittier. From .the New Tork Bun. Another western mllllonali' has mar rled a humbl hotel maid. . It wa lov at first light s ah twirled a feather duster with lss ferae in th cor- Idor, Thls-dntltuaUon of our capital- ffl ' OREOON SIDKLIQHTS. The reapera are running. , ..: ..e t .- :v Great erop after all, a usual. . ' .' v - l . Big hop-picking bulnea soon. " ' '" " - e, ; . h Bill Jone of Jafferson got maH4rrJ' . . f . Many bears being kind tn eoaat eouni V tlee. . . . s . ... ... . ' -,. ., 1 ....... .:--,e e- ., : " x--.- No better summer raaort than Nw- p0Pt --.'. . , . . v.W:'ij:: Many aw phones are being put la at Newport, - - - - -v , ',. . -, ; -.' Lote of large flah to be eaught n the Slletg rlvr. , . i . v-r. '':y . Lot of Oregon straro bow afford I fin trout fishing. . : k . ' " '. ' ,e e .. ','-' Big aoeffnern Oregon dtatrlet fair th ' first week in September. , ., - ". .' " Visiting automobll are becoming qu)t common In Tillamook county. ' ' Soma country ' exchanges ' nerslat ' tn : printing It "Teacher' xaminatlona" Something- doing out among llbe-i gralntalk,.aayf the-Alnan Democrat ButTth editor wasn't thera t r Sample of alfalfa grown nea Har. rlsburg ar S4 ft- tall, .and - sofa ' planted last spring ar H ft: v Woodburn Independent: Robert Stone " ha -sold hi yard of seven acres - of . hop they stand to O. F. Llvlv ' for 1560. y .'f.i ....... 5 e ..,'' ,.S ' Dalla . Itemlser: -, Some ' on atol ' ' Chaunney Crlder gum lot machine ' that hange In front of hla store, but got nothing but gum. They could net get Into the cash drawer.-; . Fall City Logger: Mr. Jacob Rhode barger met with a painful aceldent Mon day. ' H vii riding on a load ef hay and In aom manner It careened te one id , throwing -him oft onto a fane. Th breath waa knecked oat ef htm and he auatalned several Injuries about the body. '.'-)-.: ,. - " Sand ' Lak rcorteapondenoe y of Tilla mook 'Headlight: . Hello, averybodyl Large and email, old and young, abort and UIL We all are alive. We will have to aak the editor to exeu us for not sending any Items v th last two week, but we will try and do better . In th future. ' ' ", . -- in Board of Trade Journal. ' progressiva eastern statea. and. lnstltu- tionAt'vr ' . -"r - -.f r" f " x 5. - In organisation.- City . Superintendent Rlgter's plan of olasslflcatlon I prhap our most distinctly feature. It I re ferred to among eastern educators ss "th Portland Plan." It provide sa ad justable schedule, ao that a pupil's rat of progress through achool may be mad to fit hi capability) and pupils may b promoted by subjects instead of avr age. -- ; " " Th drawing work ef our elty seheole compsres ' most favorably With that ot blder el t lea It Is not encumbered with fad. It Is so arraagad a .te broaden the child' perception and cultivate a love for th beautiful and aa apprecia tion of what 1 really goad ia art a well aa to train th hand. The art work le under the uprvlJoa of Miss Anna B. Knox, wh keep It up with th newest and beat Physical tSalnlng was first Introduced Into our schools 10 .ysr ago by Pro fessor Robert Krohn. th present in structor. This work ha proved ot great value, embracing a If do so many feature of appllcatloa. ' i The privat achool of, our elty net f only 1 attract numberebf ur resident children, hut receive many pupil from th eountry tributary to Portland, W hav three business colleges, each of which provide a complete commercial course, including stenography and type writing. W hav tw schools for . young woman, which for years hav been Important f aotora - In the eduoa- . tlonal work of the northwest " , . ' Columbia university, recently estab- , llshed ow th peninsula between Port- -.' -lsnd and St John, ha laid a found- - tion for a larg and permanent Inatten tion. The alte being. of easy acceas to , th elty, i admirably adapted for pur pose of higher education. Portland alao hae- achool which offer, oppor tunity for specialising In , dentistry,' medicln and law. ... - Through the bequest of th lat Kr. Simeon Reed, Portland I promised an Industrial institute, thoroughly equipped and endowed. Thi Institute will doubt less arouse greater , activity In advaac- , Ing among u Industrial standards In ducatlon. It would afford an oppor tunity for tha establishment of a train- ' Ing achool In connection with the In duatrlal . Institute, where teacher may be instructed In th manual training work, ha beea don in th tralntna '.' school of Mcnomonle, Wlaeonaln. 1st for th hotel help I a' theme to which only a Whittier could do luetic. Th American heiress, however, le not on racord as marrying a bellboy or a porter. Bh doesn't "ear so much for a uniform as for a title. . .' - ""T He "Was Weak on; Prayer. ,;, - From the Kw Tork Trlhuna ' ' Th father of Dr. Moor of Amherst NeW Hampshire, consecrated hi eon, , whan a small boy, to,., the., ministry. After the young man had graduated from college hi father nt him to a theoloalcal school. The young man had north slightest inclination, toward this profeaalon. t Hla - father wrote mm, arter aome month, desiring him to writ and tell . how as was getting along. Th eon re plied that h eould write good, aooepta-' bl aermons. but h would aet pray worth a d HI father trnfrrd him te a medical college. , , 'TT Divides Office Between Two.' , Being unable to deelde between ae plrants, Mayor- Fr W. Swexey appointed both ,D- O. W. McQuown and Dr. E. O. ,. liarrom to tne orate oi city health of- fleer, ch te erv on half ef th term. Th doctor tossed a ootn to deter mine who would -rv the first half. Dr. McQuown won. Ih took up th duties at one and will' nerve on and en half year, wheu Pr. Uarreld will flalsh the term, 'I J -r.f -
