THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO, OCTOBER 18. 1D08.
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development over thora, aa4 through II
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Portland must da without. Such aa or.
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LOCAL MUSICIANS
In Heillf Concert
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A eonoart that will pa of a good deal
of publlo Interest la that to be given
Friday evening, October IP, by Frank
a. Elchenlaub, violinist, at tha Hslllg.
Mr. Klohanlaub wm beard hart In re
cital at tba Helllg laat spring when ha
had but Juat returned from at yeara'
continuous arudy In Europe. HI work
waa dona with aeveral or tha maatara
but to muslo he feels that he owea
moat of hla learning. - Mr. Rlohenlaub
le very muslciaaly and hla playing laat
spring iileaaina to hear. He la
ami young aa professional musicians
le4 NE Of THE moat aenslble Ideas
(1 in retard to educating . people
I mualeally haa been ' launched In
Ve Boatou. It waa atarted flrat
, more from curiosity than an'
..' thing elae but In the experiment It
proved -itself of auch practloal value
that it waa continued in serlousneta
And now other cities are beginning to
Lake It up
'The Idea Is to teach people how to
listen to music. That may sound
foolish to those who think that listen
Ing )s not an art and that It Is not ao-
quired . i but Ilka Topay, Juat
. But listening la an art., and aa art
. understood by comparatively few. Not
' many know how to listen well to speak
' Ing to a .lecturer or even a conversa
tionalist 'And how many j less know
I how to listen to music. .
' The Idea of teaching people how to
listen; was first - Introduced aa a real
experiment by Louis Charles Elaon. who
not only had hla ideaa about listening
but who dared publish them In spite
of ridicule. He flrat published an ar
ticle in a magaxlne some five yeara ago.
It aroused a good deal of comment and
people wondered what he meant and
some laughed at him but that was all
for a time. Thla led later to an ad-
dress before the Social Science confer
ence and other articles in the DRDers
till he succeeded in getting people to
isia sdoui ii ana wonaer aoout it. men
.-. he was finally asked to give a aerlea
or lecture-concerts to demonstrate hi
idea. Which ha did with unlooked for
. success. He gave them in toe school
nouses, tree or cnarge ana so man
applied for tickets of admission tha
. thev had to be turned awav in crowds.
Some followed the course eagerly all
over the city from school to school
The next aten waa to Induce the mu
lo. commission to provide a band of
. 10 instruments to demonstrate orches
trat music This was done and at
though thla band cannot and does not
undertake to : play a full orcheatral
score, yet it suffices to demonstrate
tone coior ana me vaiue .ana tecnnic
of each Instrument. The whole plan hag
wvnva iu Bumirsuif. ana n&s oeon taic
en up so eagerly that Syracuse and
New ,Tork have adopted , it and , are
arom to. institute a similar plan.
It naturally remained foi Boston to
; jaunch such an undertaking. And it
remained for Boston to succeed In it-
to find the numbers of people who
were eager ror me opportunity to
learn to listen Intelligently. But why
noma not foruana unaeriaxe sucn a
similar plan7 There is certainly
: einouch music enthusiasm in Portland
to warrant the effort on the part of
Bomponc. Ana ai me same time tnere
-is vcertalnly enough musical ignorance
in Portland to warrant the effort. That
- has been sufficiently demonstrated at
more than one concert here. 1. .
. Time and time again you pay ask
people if they like music. And perhapa
Keven or eight out of 10 will answer,
as proudly a
go, but ha plays with maturity of a(yle.
It will be a Plei
In publlo. lie
eaaure to hear him again
e has since hla arrival
here been a very pouular soloist at
varloua publlo functions. This evening
he will be one of the aololate at the
cred concert at the cathedral for the
benefit of the orphans.
Assisting htm In his Droaram at the
Hal He will be Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed.
contralto, and Qeorge H. Street, bari
tone. Both are well known In musical
circles and need little introduction. Mrs.
Read haa Ions bean one of the leadlna
and most popular soloists of Portland,
ana ner beautiful, rich contralto al
ways meets with delighted apprecia
tion. Mr. Street is a younger and new
erstnger, but hla baritone la good and
hla friends expect a promlalnc future
for blm.
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4 '. ;,.T!-S.
Frank O. Eichenlaub, Violinist, Who Will Give a Recital Soon.
gan postlude, 'Testive March," Rogers.
Evening Organ. "Adoratlo et Vox
Angelica," Dubois; anthem, "Still, Still
With Thee," Koote: offertory; organ
Sostlude, Weber. The choir, soprano,
Irs. E. 8. Miller; contralto. Miss Eve
lyn Hurley; tenor and director, W. H-,
Boyer: bass. Charles "Cutter: organ.
Mlas. Laura Louise Fox; chorus of 30
voices.
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Mrs. Alice B. Marshall's class of
"V TOTED COMPOSER TO
JL N Live West Temporarily
a
PORTLAND SINGER
Wins Foreign Honor
a
A mattar of congratulation to her
many frlenda In Portland la the sue
cess with which Miss Mary Adele Caae
has been meeting In Paris the past
year. She haa succeeded in getting
flattering recognition from more than
one Important quarter. The latest suc
cess which has brought Joy to the
hearts of her sanguine admirers was
her aDDOlntment as soloist to accom
pany Harold Bauer, the renowned pian
ist, In his tour of the British Isles.
There were many contestants Dotn at
8ueen'a hall In London and The Salle
aveau in Paris. Miss Case, who has
a beautiful contralto voice, was select
ed. She was introduced to Mr. Bauer
through Baron D. Krlanger, who had
been particularly charmed with her
! slnains; and playing of the native Ha
waiian Instruments at a reception giv
en by Ambassador White.
Miss Case Is an Orearon City e-lrl
who studied here with Mrs. Kose ( our
I sen Reed before she went to New Yorkf.
She has always been a great favorite
here and m California where she has
many friends. In Honolulu while vis
Itlnr there she was made a (treat deal
of and was reauested to arive concerts
and to sing at a number or public af
fairs. Here she was one of the official
soloists at the Lewis and Clark expo
sition, tvne was enabled to ro to Ku
rope for further atudy through the aa
slstance of a friend In California, but
her untiring eners-y and her constant
ambition have done more than anything
eise 10 win ner ner piace.
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music, gave a recital at the Sherman,
Clay hall Wednesday afternoon, which
wag attended by a number of friends.
Miss Ella Stockton particularly dls
nudlv as. if they were savin a-. "I I Unmii.hori 1ri in riovinr hi-
!.V;.'V out . hate anything inferior." I numbers entirely from memory, after a
That term classical music, covers a ahn,t m,u n tvii,vn,in
muniiuuB -m sina, uy mo way. Avery- ia the program: Septette (2 pianos)
- tiling that Is not ragtime, anything (Beethoven), Mrs. McDonald, Miss
insi ooes not nave ine mosi paipaoie Rathjen, Miss Helen McOulre, Miss Mc
melody, 'anything that does not catch Bride; Sonatina, con spirlto, andante,
uM.c.msu ,,cv.r. ronao (c:iementi;, Jtiiia M. BtocKton
, moments notice Is to him classical Turkish March; Var, No. 4 (Mozart)
u,rn. ouauc. i y.,aaa,. u xuirS Helen Mcouire; Kustie or spring,
' Tn.kf: .?.'' assertion as proudly as if (Binding), Mlsa McBride; (a) Melody
me nmuite ror classical music were a F (Rubenstein), (b) Brook Son;
f " ., .. (Koinng), miss Froda Kathjen; Ka
, vp 'Li-ipi iiv. menno,-8tr,w (Rubenateln. Miss Haw
"h8. fiJSLiViJi J? " lev: The Witches Dance E. A. Mao
- 1 the appreciation of it .a nowell). Charles O. Hararave. Chicairo
f i Jif th!. iii6 Xtr .Kln a Aridante (Mendelssohn), (b) Afie
3" lbtfl?tnHmnlllw ?" A"a (Mendelssohn), Ella M
that it Is a matter of ignorance, not a a"10"- ,
matter of lack of gift. Probably these
sajne people though thev might enjoy Miss Dorothea Nash has started
reading the lightest kind of novels, I class in sight reading for vocal students,
TLZ"!9 1Y1 loI-an,"V"? class evidently much needed. She
lines uiu - jjiji. cuji'jr mo i laoti- .
les of literature Scott, Thackeray, I keeps her classes small that each stu
or some of -.the essayists or his-1 dent mav receive Inrif vlrinnJ Attention
torlans or poets. That, they would feel, and they meet onco a week The effort
.. -.iT C. WTk; th.i 7, 7. " has met with much encouragement from
' n.Z?1! lAlifZ i55 fm tl'.i? the Prominent vocal teachers of the city,
matter of education and custom their who realize-that there is much need oi
.y " IVr; such training. Many of -them have ar
. they would resent the Imp Ication that ranged' to send to Miss Nash the stu
tney couia not unaersiana inese pigger acnt8 who neea the work, and especially
" ' ' " ' - J " " - . nose wno wish to quaiiry ror choir po-
-Bynonymous sltions where ready reading Is essential.
I l thla error that Mr. Bison has M,a Nash is making the course very
tindertaken to correct In Boston and interesting. She Is herself endowed
that interested people elsewhere have with the Vnae of absolute pitch, and
Jk7 U?X rhllir1a t schools .are wlth the special ,,tudy he ha made of
uunM. i, lnJS work )s admirably adapted to pre-
volces because It seems to be a gen- nare atudnt v
orally recognised Idea that they can all P 6 "tuaents.
he taught to sing. They cannot all be ... , . A .
' taught to sing that is a gift But The music at the First Baptist church
they can be taught to understand tno- today will be as follows: Morning
, '1ten to .'"t"1 ??Ly' Teaa volunury, "Berceuse from Joce-
Mr. El son s plan Is to teach people ,.... . . ,, ,
what to listen for In music; to teach lvn (Godard); anthem. Come Holy
they to understand what the composer Spirit" (Warren); solo "Grass and
w" "'"a- t In Mi R"s" (Bartlett), by Miss Kathleen
2f, Lawler with violin obligato by Miss
-ITfttftViVJJjSh "t?.! Cornelia Barker; postlude "Nocturne
went into orchestral work. He first
i. .,m .t,u . I 1 'uinnai axuiuii tv-UDi j , snLlieill.
on lh rtano. rDeatlnfir them often that I
they mfght stick in the memory. Then CailinV' (Brewer) aosoel solo hyPMl,
he brought forth his little orchestra and hi?Wa- raethid "PilUlm". M-rA-
showed what each Instrument had to frr.H,, ea' PBtlude- P"grlm s March
do and why It was given certain parts. "LrK-- .
jn this way the llstenera were enabled , .
to understand the work " In question The Vorsplel class, representing the
when It was next heard played by a big advanced students from Miss Grace Wll-
Mr-M haV-opened up a new ton's rpiano .ehool, will give Its first
branch of education which it would bo program of the season next Saturday
Interesting to follow out. The result afternoon. Th mpmhprhin nf th,
of such education should surely show Includes Miss Anna Scott. Miss Knther
Gertrude Sans Soucl has been struck
with the advertising fever, and it Is said
that she Is to tour the west presently
in the Interest of her own composl
tlons. To musicians this may seem un
necessary, for Sans Soucl Is one of the
beat known names In modern musical
literature
Miss Sans Soucl has been spending the
summer and early fall as a guest at
"The Crossroads," the country estate of
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Snyder, Como Park.
St. Paul. "The Crossroads" Is a meet
ing point for the musical element of
the Twin Cities, and some Interesting
companies have been gathered there
during; Miss Sans Souct's visit, and she
has. made herself one of them. She left
New York last week, starting west on a
transcontinental. tour, and will visit the
principal music centers of the Pacific
coast. Indeed it is .announced that her
present lntentloiv Is to remain in the
west four or five months, and to mskn
Seattle her headquarters, operating from
there. Doubtless before snrina hr com
positions will have received wide pub
licity on the coast and the clubs anH or
ganizations Interested In music will
have heard her charming songs inter
preted in the most charming manner bv
the composer herself. It would he a
pity were she to spend so much timp in
Seattle that Portland should not have at
least an equal share of her time, for
Portland is generally recognized as be
ing more musical, although it has not
the enterprise to organize and retain
CIUDS.
H -
ERNESTO CONSOLO TO
Tour the West Coast )
A report comes that Ernesto Consolo,
the eminent Italian pianist, will appear
In this city during the coming musical
season In ' concert recital under ' the di
rection of William K. Zlegfeld of Chi
cago. Mr. consolo has never appeared
before in the west and his tour this
season will be limited to 20 concerts
west of the Mississippi. His first
American recital was given two years
ago and since men ne nas neen engaged
many times oy the Boston nympnony
orchestra, the 'i neoaore xnomas or
chestra, the Pittsburg, Washington and
New York orchestras and this season
he is to open the series of concerts to
be given by the Thomas orchestra of
Chicago.
Mr;Jonsolo waa a pupil of Anton
Rubenstein in Dresden. Carl Relneckc
in Lelnsic. Syambutl in Rome and his
debut was made In 1893 in Berlin un
der the patronage of Joseph Joachim.
Ills success in America as well as in
the old world has been pronounced and
his first western tour has elicited
much favorable comment from music
lovers.
Europe's production of beet sugar In
the season of -1907-08 was 6,552,000 tons,
a decrease of 158,000 tons from 1906
07 and 380,000 tons from 1905-6. Ger
many led in 1907-08 with 2,132,000 tons,
follnwerl hv A ustrlA-Hllns'n.rv with " 1 .
The Women's Musical club in 1 440,000 and Russia with 1,410,000.
ETWIS RAND." by Mary John-1
son With the sama strength
of 'setting, though perhaps
with leas wild plctureaque-
neaa, as In her flrat story.
"To Hava and To Hold," Miss John
son . haa wrought another historical
novel that will take Jts place among
tha great works of American fiction.
She haa chosen one of the most turbu
lent and unsettled periods In the his
tory of America; the years when Thom
as Jefferson reigned at the White
House, when Blannerhassett held his
daxcllng court on his beautiful Island
home, and Aaron Burr went up and
down the land, Inciting to trason and
rebellion those who were dazxled by his
chimerical scheme of southern empire.
which was to place the son of Theodosia I
Burr upon a permanent throne, and
make lords and nrlnces from soil-grown
Americans.
The story opens when Jefferson was
secretary of state and the head of the
Democratic-Republican party, and be
fore the fatal encounter between Aaron
Burr and Alexander Hamilton.
Liewis Rand, the son of a tobacco
roller, was then a lad of 14. His mother
was dead ground to death by the
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Gideon Rand, under whose tyrannical
and brutal treatment the boy was de
veloping an uncontrollable hatred and
temper. The boy. however, was con
sumed with ambition and possessed
with a determination to get an educa
tion and become a lawyer like some of I
his Federalist neighbors. On one of I
his father's visits to Richmond to sell
his tobacco, the boy fell upon Jefferson
In a book storp, who immediately con
ceived a liking for the boy, procured
him some books and later secured per
mission from the older Kand for the boy
hiYe up tobacco srrwn and go to Albert Henry Smyth, Author or. "American Literature," "The Life an
a lapse is then left in the story writings or Benjamin rankiin.
which opens again when Dewls. Rand
and Ludwell Cary oppose each other as nd, j .
ni,iai th. 'hn.i. nr Aknto. educator to those who do not know
BATHER PLAY THAN REIGN
v?ry quickly.
Tatham, Miss Eunice Thompson of Sa-
jem, miss isaoelle Kecuwlth, Miss Nan
It sounds promising at least to y Mann. Mlsa Norma Turner. Miss Percy
Litherland. Miss Anna Demnsev Mlo
Min t inman, miss K.atnevrine Mhannnn
of Forest Grove, Miss Rita Allen, Miss
Alice Dempsey, Miss Florence Wunst.
that tha opera The Girl of the Golden
West," or "La Fanciulla dell'Quest."
Pnorlnl (a vritlm la in ha In
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threa act. only. Perfcap. that will "Rinemal.'oV Salem" "lo"a-""
rnaae ii anoner tnan ina performance ti -ar
ine nearly overlaps tha evening per- . ""rj -"nr-. wen r Known in
forma nc. However, the drama sems musical circles In this city, had charge
to be so full of thrills for most of the of the music for the evening sessions
ty institute. heU
and so are contented. In the writing of M" Rainier last week. Miss Conyers
lila nrvrt TuiwIb1 la no litnnr mllah- Sang three beautiful solos and was well
rating with the poet Illem. but has received Both evenings she presented
rtao Instead Ouelfo Clvtnlni to ba his wme ner pupus m song including
librettist. Mrs. L.. K. Rutherford Mra Madge H.
uunce ana weorga v . vogel. The Rain
ier male quartet sang and Mra. Fry
waa inc icrgmpanill.
w w
im nm rtaitl kVtllnn vna. at n
afteraootu Aa IntUn, program was ke, Voimrt to t, hlm hov l0 com.
'rloiin numbers. Tht toom twnlt in- M0- Tn aen' Wolfgang Amadeus
tn1 giving a bewTit for t Children s I mo answer that the questioner wa
Home la the near future Tba rannbfr- 1 ,0 young o oe ininging or such a e
rha 1noio-!ee 10 ineinbra, with the I rlous occupation. "But you were much
fallowing officers: Irene pmiK)t. r- r""ir hrn you . bgan," protested
Mnt; tv Vnr, iea-pre4deiit: Argot I" aspirant. -Ah, ys, that la true.
' Mlsa Oraca Wilton, aaalatad by Miss
laaaell Baejrwitn. mtertaJnad tbe Port
land Junior Muical club laat Saturday
Iaea. necratary; JJelen Pearca, Inav
nr.
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Mlas Mlnaia PAosft of Xareka. Cal.
hsa rea thtajclty to mpen4 tba wta
1 r 1 nrrea Meg fcer rwperto4r with Mrs.
-arl. ZtwV.' Vlaa ITAoeat wllj
r e aa areraar la efart soon,
t teg m a am ner of ronspesltkns fcy
Ii. s a mcnperra.
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Tte sieilt T" fTi at tb Flrrt
t charrh t4y wlU h aa fc-l-
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M . rl mm lA mri t V. . mmmlXm. W.. U
rou j did not ask asybodj how to
wuiy-var. iVa.lln'S,
Charles Mitchell, a music teacher of
rrtmilnence from Ashland, has come to
Portlsod to study a few months with
W. Glfford Nash,
.
"rereons wba sit doubled tap trying to
P4aj a Boechaniral piano may truthfully
be said to poaaeas nanatcal beat Mus
ical Cm rier.
A lara-a aadienrw heard Mra Tfnmm
r-H-e.n-ieH m recital at Nawberg. Or.
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candidates for the house of delegates
at Richmond, and Iewls Rand, the son
of the tobacco roller, defeats Ludwell
Cary, the aristocrat and Federalist.
Kroni this on the story develops rap
idly, but never dn a conventional man
ner. Into It are introduced many prom
inent historical figures of that period,
the most prominent and disastrous be
ing that Of Aaron Burr.
At first glance lewls Rand does not
fulfill tha promise of his boyhood, but
upon closer ooservation one can see mat
Miss Johnson has done exquisitely nne
work in molding him into maturity and
has but tilled out the disposition, char
acter and training of his youth and,
therefore, has created nothing abnormal.
With the same accurateness with which
he author has carried Lewis Rand
through the book, she has carried the
others, and has surrounded the whole
with the tender chivalric atmosphere
that has always characterized the peo
ple of the south. Jacqueline Churchill
reminds one. throughout, of a delicate
Dresden figure and even as she lies
crushed and broken in the tragic climax
f the story one cannot rid themselves
of that impression of her.
The political flavor or the nooK is
ntensely strong and conveys a very
xcellent Idea of the forces that were
at work at that time, though It would
ot be safe to found ones ideas of
Burr and his- southern empire wholly
on the viewpoint obtained from Miss
Johnson's narrative. But whether or
not one accepts the situation, as pre
sented in "Lewis Rand," as wholly cor--
rect from a historical standpoint
there is no gainsaying the fact that
she has presented a pawerful story,
and one that is second only to her "To
Have and To Hold.'l And then It takes
second place only because her first
work was founded in an unculled field
of historic fact
The book has some fine Illustrations
In colors by V. ( . Yohn, and it is hand
somely bound. Houghton, Mifflin com
pany. Price $1.50.
"The Journal of American History."
There Is perhaps no other magazine pub
lished today that presents a study be
fore Its leaves are cut, but this is one.
We certainly have many beautiful and
artistic cover designs, but it remains
for "The Journal of American History"
to present a historical binding. In the
copy Just to nana, wnicn is numner
three or the second volume, ine art
cover-Is In imitation Russstan leather
and old gold historic art of book
binding In America and a reproduction
from an ancient volume in the Lenox
librarv of New Tork. 1825. There Is
an exquisitely dainty title page in sil
ver and gold by Howard Marshall, and
a most elaborate heraldic Illumination
In gold, "sliver and colors which is the
arms of Admiral Oeorge Dewey.
The number is dedicated "to Canadian
America. This does not mean, however,
thnt the entire volrme Is devoted to
thla feature of history, for the scope
of the articles is from ocean to ocean,
and from Canada to South America. One
of the beauties of the book is that it
contains no long articles or Individual
opinions, but Is, In fact as in name, a
journal giving manv valuable fart's,
many of which have been burled so long
they have almost been lost to human
view. Then there are up-to-date articles
that are rounded on historic Incident.
as for Instance, "America's greeting to
the Britons.' and coming under that
head we find. "Kxpreaslon of Oood Will
r,xienoeo in rue rrinc- or ales Dy
Honorable Charles W. Fairbanks." etc.,
with manv brief historic articles re
lating to this occasion. The magaxlne
contains a great number of historically
Interesting Illustrations, among which
we note a facsimile of the Introduction
of tbe first American magaxlne show
ing the autograph of Judg Samuel
SewalL Tt la from a rare copy In the
Prince library In the Boston librarv.
Another Is a double page facsimile of
the flrat lean of tha first established
newspaper In America wit h which bu
rins the history of American journal
ism.
Not only la the sub tact matter of tha
bonk unique In Its amount of -raluaM
and Interesting material, but Ita tech
nique) Is perfect. Few magaslnea. In
deed. w know of none that Indulges
In auch high grade materials or that
para each rlnwe attention to the beaatT
end eerrlce of paper. Ink and work
wiansblp. They are hooks that aay one
will feel thr muat hare pat Into per-
maaent nlndlng aa moom as each relume
la complete-.
It Is rmhllaned at New Haven. Conn
tt annually. ( rents each. Four copies
ar.
from experience the devious ways of
ine motor car. The narrative is that
of an exciting race across tha continent,
from New fork to Portland, Or., of two
magnificent touring cars, and their
varied careers of accidents of every de
scription that would necessarily befall
a trip of this kind, with the ingerrllity,
inventiveness and steady nerve that
would be In constant demand. These
are the things that would be of sug
gestive interest to the motorist or
mechanic.
W hile not exactly a wager for her
nana, u was an understanding -that
Drignrc ana witty Betty Albright would
give u to me man that won the race,
ana this adds Just the touch of ro
mantle Interest the story needed. One
or the contestants was a rich and ut
terly unscrupulous Italian nobleman
the other was an honest young Amerl
can. Just making a very difficult start
In the business world by buying an in
terest In the manufacturing house that
wai turning out his car the Nero.
From the start tha raoriAi la in num.
pathyVlth the Nero, which never lags
niriiiK me long ana trying race ror
they know its success means not only
me gin ne loves out world-wide ad
vertising and immediate business pros
perity. The part that will specially ap
peal to Oregon readers is tne trip from
Boise to Portland. The Nero and 8u
perba are supposed to be the pathfind
ers over the trail that has become
familiar to many automobillsts today:
and to these, the many familiar land
marks ana people mat were met with,
there will be a special interest in the
book.
One is always glad to meet a familiar
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