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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall A we." 'From First StatesmanMarch ZS. 1851 , THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CD Aries A. ShUo SiLon F. Sacxett, fV&hsAers A. r. Spkacvb SacKWY EHCLDOD hfesaber f tb Associated Pre Th AhteMM Presa'ts kclustvely niltM to A taw to ptib eatton si all aewa dispatcher credited U it or not etiMrwM crwSUM in this pape - . Ratine Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthar W Gtypes. Iftc., SAB Francisco, snaron Bids.': Eastern Advertising Representatives: FDrt-Varaoua-Stecher. Inc Nw Vera, if I aTilo0 A.) CMcago. SCO N. MkhiU Ave. waaaMMa n hi i i i iMthfcrtaa Enteti mi iht Foetofice et Ssfem, Orp, ts Sftf-CIas llatttr. Jw4tefcd ewr msmdtp except tfondaf. BuMimt ofice 215 5. CftiMrffa? SttttU .4 SUBSCRIPTION KATES U!l $iWr!pti6n Rat ml ta AdvaAc. WRhhi6r-t DaflyJUW SmtdayTt 3fe to eenti; IMa 1 15; Mo. LJ5 1 rear .e. Bias wtwr f ma t4 pf Mo or it-OS tor 1 rear at adrabc. f ct cmnirt s eonte a tiitk : S.M a rr far M Ops? aeam w traAM, aa News euada rest. Hie Truth About the Convention "When An effort vu made U fear progressive republicanism of Oregon uaasimeusly approve the seleeflon tit Pitt. Metsehan tot the governorship this afternooaV there wad Witnessed i Wild scene as a storm Of Xfrot est and derision echoed dawn to the stag in, front of whkh eat twenty of the thirty-six delegate! who had triumphed in opposition to the pressure from those who sought to hirte i can didate In aard with th Joseph principle Toted fa the pr imarr." The above is from Portland dispatch appearing ift the Sunday Medford News. It is thoroughly untrue as & picture of the closing scena of the committee session. The 'facta were these: When the 14th ballot was an nounced there was quite enthusiastic cheering from the aud ience, but no great demonstration, People, including the members ef the committee, started to get up preparatory to breaking away. The show was over. It had been long and rather tedious. Men and women were anxioils to get out. of the hall. In this respect it was just like any other sort of : a A.-A A. J1 - ...M.S... t t. inauur .couiesi, event, or similar axxair. wntu we result was known the crowd turned its head on breaking away. The chairman pounded his gavel and quieted the con fusion. A motion was made and put to make the nomina tion of Metschan unanimous, which was carried with a rous ing vote, thosgh with a very few "no" calls from the aud ience in the rear of the room. The committee then voted an adjournment. There was ho "wild scene." There was no "storm of protest and derision." The applause was temperate and the crowd promptly started to file out of the hall. The writer has attended political conventions for a good many years', and has Some knowledge oi the methods of convention manipulation. We must confess that the meet ing of the state committee last week was the most individ ualistic affair and the feast "machine-ridden" of any he has observed. The committeemen did not know in advance nor during the balloting how ether members were voting, save as a 4evt had expressed themselves openly. There was plenty of .pressure brought on individual members, but the heavi est of all was from the Meier faction. There were appeals for support, there may have been "promises," there may have been threats; but they were not raw and conspicuous. As a matter of fact, conditions made "deals" almost impos sible. No member could deliver more than his single vote. There were no groups hanging together as a group. Various proposals were made, for instance to Mr. Kay respecting the treasurership, but those who made them could not give any assurance that their overtures would be carried out. Kay declined to trade; but we do not think that cost him the nomination because as just stated, all one man could deliver was his own vote. A lot of criticism was made against the secret ballot. Yet if people wilMtop to think, the secret ballot proved a real preventative against deals and machine control. It gave each member of the committee the chance to .vote as his conscience dictated. It made it difficult if not fmpossible for candidates to go to individuals voting against them and make offers and promises to get them to switch over. The candidates were working quite in the dark even through the noon recess. So while from the standpoint of the newspaper reporters and the public on the outside, the secret ballot form was not so interesting, yet the claim that the secret ballot was vkious hardly holds water. The Statesman opposed the nomination of Metschan, and still thinks the committee erred in judgment. But writ ing objectively in the effort to give an honest report of what happened, we must repeat that the committee meet ing was freest from machine domination of any nominating convention we have observed or participated in. W may expect the democratic press joined by the extreme pro-Joseph element to start a coyote chorus about the secret ballot and ''machine control," but the howling will be solely for po litical effect, because the voting by the 36 committeemen was the most independent and individualistic which we have ever seen. It would not have strung through fourteen ballots with all the shifts and turns it did if the business of nom inating had been cut and dried. Albany's Banks Merge A LBANY'S bank owners have stolen a march on outsid- xjL ers who might prod a camel's nose in the Linn county seat financial tent. Quietly, controlling. Interest in the stock of the First National bank at Albany, in the First Savings bank and in the Albany State bank has been Se cured by the Linn Securities company tthich also controls the-Valley Building and Loan association, This means that the major financial institutions of the city are in the hands of one board of directors through the operation of the holding company. It also means that any outside chain organization wishing to invade the Linn cotm ty territory must deal with a holding company and can not bid one bank against the other in an effort to enter the community. For Albany citizens the merger has the advantage of keeping control of Albana banks in local hands and in creating an effective barrief to the sudden entry of any outside banking interests. The bining all the financial interests of ft community m one XAUui ui iiauuo w ui uvuuu auuuab uiiiiicav liid lauucaa. the sound judgment, the balanced conservatism and pro gress! vis of the management. The Albany development in banking procedure is by any test interesting, one which wul De watched by other communities. "Ma" Ferguson won the Texas primary j a Mi" lead and now entera the ran-ott primary with good chane of tacceai. "Ms" la Just the front tor that old heller Jim Kdrtuso Wb !-W8S kicked ont of office and made Ineligible to hold the roTernorahla a rata. Primaries are bad, and we can't ter. Bow much longer hare we aow, eocT One of Pastor Rassell's mea literature and proved by one of is solas to heU. Of course he venal serration which he guaranteed would get the world est et the fit it Is getting la. Be showed as a statue "ef the eeming grand smash-vp. If anrtWMf want to be around to corer it. Ah Astoria editor refers to the practice et "Jerrymandering." His idea If correct; his spelling erroneous. "Gerrymandering -was a 'tens first Applied in early Massachusetts history when the Ir regular and political layout of districts forming a mse resembling e sAUmander Some, hanorlat said the snap ahsald he called- a Gerry-ssAadr" After Geremor Editor-Manager limrtjfinff-EdiUfr Portlaad, Eecortty Bid.. lm antetca w. n. advantages Or Vils of com see that conrefttlona are en bet got to ttva on this eld earth an?- . was In to sell as some of his oar own editorials that the world had the only patent ketavme of tot that IS : tola XV happen we It will make a busting good story. Genj whe-fcad cieatedV ttr HEALTH fiy H 9. Copelajui 1L D. Person wno lead seetaxy lives are liable Id have health hasards which must reeeire cart- "ful Atteatldn. Especially Is this th ease here there is -lack et exertft d t rong diet. It li mere fcetnmoB ta eer lala types.,! eeii e a lion .which kelp tb maw nActld mu ele. It eOmea, te. hee there Is a poor. Working eohditlon OC the veridta tlahdi elt eecrsttdnh Of the body; - tildttey etdit ani . ttinUlafc pAinrel ceUe ta one of the heAlti haAArda la pestles, tt eeetai ti he 1 very eemtoea eoaittiei,. Id1 day. Those whft afer rith geel e e tee ASafidant Amount ot trie acid the ayfttete, rnty hive It. Wine drinkers an hearr tari( Are affected hf kidney atoh had Witt. , Iastead ef reraahifnf ift iola tion, and ieht oarried Along by the kidney, enrrent, aometimea the solid materials Aecumalate ta one of the kidney eanties. Thli forms it first sand-like subetanei a. which later grew to the else of grarel. Three materials go .to make bp this tuhrtaiice-phosi phate snd oxalate et lime and arte acid. "Kidney" Colic Some of these snbBtaftces are fine end others coarse, gome Are sandy or erambly, and ethers hard aa rock. They may be smooth, or Jagged and do maA harm. They vAry lit size front that of a pea r bean to A hefte egg. If partleles ef SABd4ik sab stance appear in the urine as it' is passed. And if At the same time there is a dall pain in the loins, kidney ' stone may be saspttfted. The diagnosis will be confirmed if blood also Appears In the trine. Connecting each kidney with th bladder is a narrow tebe about eighteen inches long; This is the "ureter." When one of these stones begins its passage through one of the ureters, the pain is excessive. This pais is called "kidney" or "renal" colic. Sleep, Esercieo and Air This colic comes on rery sud denly. One may be awakened! from sleep with it The pain may be felt after lifting, or violent ex ercise. The pain la first felt in the loin or groin, and soon extends to the back and abdomen. The patient suffers Intensely, there being nausea, vomiting and eren ! fainting. The patient's face Is bathed in perspiration, the. pulse fails and he collapses. While the doctor Is being sust moned, there are some measures which may relieve the sufferer. Get the patient Into A hot bath. running the water hot as eaa he borne. Or yoa may Apply hot water compleses. Hot drinks Are water compresses. Hot drinks are For one who is subject to this trouble, he should lire simply, ret plenty of sleep, exercise, a Ad fresh Air. He should eat easily digested food end avoid rich and highly seasoned foods. In this. way his health will be Improved. Scissored Squibs Editorial Bits from the Press-of the State Prison, inmates at resorted to be Attempting to organise a an ion. They wast to go out oa Btrlke.AshABd Tidings, etm. we bar an IdeA that the motorist who drove eft and forget hie wife kept lwmarktn at inter vale All th way to Rates: "Yes, deer, thatl right.'' Dallas Chronicle. We're hecmhlna- to snnmt th Editor thgalls tt the Corrallls GasAtte-Tlmes, Who professes to (iuii urn anyone wae weuia tone id oa Amoi end Andy is a moron, is tantst rate the moronic class himself. We notice that lie Is "re gusted about something Mora lsg Astoria. France, "bled waits'' a few years ago. has recovered hen ee omosaie stability, mad is now en of the moat prosperous ef aro peaa countries. . Paul Eeyaaed, Freheh minister et finance, aires this as the reesoat "The French work hard end spend little."-- KngeM Beglster. We Afe aUdlr aarhHasd are th XM f fltn InMtl wediiaf , havtag supposed that he was wedded te the tariff. Baker Herald. TJont lorreL af f . Mr Smoot halls from Salt Lake Cltr. Hob. Aid Enterprise. 4 WaIIa Waita ministers ere com- plAlning ot th proximity ef golf courses te their churches. : They probably Beard some, golfer ex press him self After topping his drive or missing a 9utt,-AstorU Badges, t-'. v" The geternor of Michigan hhs threatened to stake a "cleAn-anT la Detroit which win "rltal" that staged In . Chicago foDowins; th Llngl murder. After looking over the Chicago sltnatloa since Llngle was pat ea th "spot- we an te see Wher th totemor has much work to do. hfornlng AstorlAsu ir sir. CtacS, presldeht ' ef the Bethlehem Steel Co4 testified that his salary is $12,000 a year bat that be was glren a bonus pf fl.C23.7CS last rear. We eaa imagine thst this new sUr of Bethlehem caa Aay is all sin cerity that h isn't At aU inter eeted t tho-salAry et hie fob. ASTOrTA-BOdger, f?3 Z n n iff mxm - 4KU Smb BOORS ON A .fca-irfSp 1 ipr 3Q cfttessl "Qie SEA BIRD DE" By BEN AMES WILLIAMS CltAPTKR XXTV. The days held fine snd clear, the Bights were warm, And the crescent moon abore them fatten ed, night by night, till it was no longer a crescent but half a circle of silrer radiance that touched the beach and the trees and the sea with magic fingers. That night, with the full tides still a week away. Roy Kilcup came from the fo'c's'le Into the waist and looked aft. There was no officer In sight At the moment sate old Tichel, And Roy hailed hia softly. Tichel went forward to where the boy stood; they whispered together. Then Tichel west with Roy toward the fo'c's'le. Faith was In her cabin: Dan'l was in the main cabin; and Wil lis anf Brander were playing eribbage near hiss when th out cry forward roused them. A man yelled. They Were on the deck in tumbling haste; and Faith was at their heels. Cam Tichel. dr&ggiag Hanger by the cellar. Hie right bend trip ped Mauger; his left held a bot tle. He shook the one-eyed man till Manger's teeth rattled, and he brandished the bottle. - . Caught the pig!" he cried fur- ously. "Here he 1st With this hid under his blanket!" I never put It there," Mauger protested. Tichel cuffed him Into silence. "WhAfs thAt, Mr. Tichel?" Dan'l asked sharper. wnisky. Mr. TObey. He took tt forward and eld ft In bis bank." Ten the wbele ef it, Mf. Ti chel." Faith said. "What happen ed?" Sh looked from Tichel to Brander. Brander was standing stiffly; she thought his face was white. Mauger hung la Tichel's grip. Old Tichel had siren a promise to Roy; Roy had begged him not to tell that the boy had spied. I saw him go forward with something under his coat," Tichel said. "Never thought for a min m a AVA A a A. . A Si ute; then It eome to me what It might be. I took after him. Rest of the men were on deck sleeping. it's not below, you'll mind. I dropped down Quietly. Mauger, here, was In his bunk. I routed him out and rummaxed. and there you Are, ma'am." He shook the bottle triumph antly. "Where did you set 1L Mauc- etz Faith Asked the one-eyed man. Netf knowed it was there," Manger swore. "Honest f the Lord, ma'am." Tichel slADDed his face stunn ingly. "No more of thst. Mf. TSchell" FAlth said. "Danl, what de yoa think?" Danl lifted his hand, with 4 glance At, Brander. "Why nothing! Somebody's been doing it; him as well as aH other." "Willis." Fsith Asked, "waifs yettr notion?" . I guess Mauger done it." "Brander?" Brander lifted his heed and met bar eyes. ; "Other men hare tonal whisky ta their banks without knowing how It got there," be said. "1 be Uer Mauger." "I'm urtnr T uw Yifnt aft," old Tichel snarled. He drop ped Mauger And took a fleree ate? toward Brander. T think rd lie?" - 1 think you're mistaken." Brander said evenly. Tichel leaped At him: BrAhdet gripped the other's Arm at the a mm k a a v eiDows sna neia aim. "Enough of that!" Faith said sharply. "Well end this thing to night, Mr. Tobey, get lanterns end search the ship till yoa find the rest ef -this stuff." ette toeirthe Whlskey-botle, opened It, And LIFE'S LIKE THAT poared Its contents over tb rail. "Search tt oat," ehe said. "Be about It!" Save Dan'l Tobey, the officers stood stockstill, as if not understanding-. Danl acted as Quickly as If he had expected the order. He sent Silva, the harpooner, to get the foremast bands together forward and keep them there un der his eye. He sent Tichel and Telia Boy into the main hold, Willis and Long Jim into tbe aft er 'tween decks., Brander and Eph Hitch were to search the cabin and the captain's store room, and Faith went down with them to give them tbe keys. Loum, Kellick and Tinch, tbe cook, were put to rummaging about the after deck and amid shlps There was no need of lights upon the deck itself; ' the moon bathed the Sally in its rays, and one might hare read by them with out undue effort. Below, the whale-oil lanterns went to and fro. Brander and Hitch made short work of their task, and they came on deck with Faith. Dan'l sent Brander to rummage through the steerage, where the harpooners slept, and at Faith's suggestion. Hitch and Loum went aloft to the mastheads to make sure there was no secret cache there. They were an hour or more At their search of the Sally, and at tbe end of that time they were nh wiser than they were before. Faith stie came on deck as Tichel and had gone below before tbe end; Telia Boy reported nothing found below. "HAve you found anything?" she asked Dan'l. "No." "Where have you looked?" "Everywhere aboard here. Faith. The Staffs well hidden. Bure!" "If it's not on the Sally, It's near her," Faith said quietly. "Search the boats, Mr. Tobey." Danl nodded. "But lt'd not be In them," he Maid. "That's sure enough." "It's nowhere else, yoa say. Try." Willis Cox and Brander turned toward where their boats hung by the rail. "Willis Mr. Brander," Faith said quietly, "let Mr. Tobey do the searching." Willis stopped readily enough Brander forewarned, perhaps by some Instinctive fear heel tated. "Mr. Brander," Faith said agaia. He stood still Where he was. Danl WAS looking through his OwA boat At the moment. He Wed to old Ttehera; to thAt of Willis Cox. Crander's boat came last Danl Tobey flashed his lanterA ta tt aa be had In th others, studied It . from bow to stern.: opened: the stern locker be aesth the eeddy beards. Tber wae a jas there a Jag that ta tbe other boats had con- ItaiBSd water. Bf balled the stop per aa4 eeaelleA, 'Br Jupiter, FAlth, it's here!" be'erled. The closer the bead between man And shah, er between man And wofnaa, tbe easier it is to em broil them, one with the other. It is hard tor Aa outsider to pro voke A tf&Arrel between strangers, et betwst casaat fteanaintances: bat It la not hard for a crafty hTAs, te mate dissension between meads; end aitaeet Ahy one may, If be chooses, bring about discord between lovers. This is e strange And eeatrAdietery thing., ' When DAirT found the whiskey ia'Brander's boat and came to ward Faith, with tbe open jag In his hands. Faith stood with a white face, looking steadily at Brander, and not at Deal at aIL Brander had "-mads & ohw move when Denl lifted the Jag: bo bAd THE ROMANCE OF AN EVENTFUL WHALING CRUISE stepped quickly toward the boat, but Faith spoke' quietly to him. He stopped and looked at her. Dan'l was watching th two of them. Manger saw e. chance, and as the mte passed where the one-eyed man crouehed, Manger leaped at him to snatch the whis key away. Tichel eaught Mauger from behind, And held him. The little man bad bad the beet intentions In the world; but this movement on his part completed the evidence of Brander's guilt; far Mauger was Brander's man, loyal as a dog. and Faith knew it gh thought quiekly, remember ing the past days: rememberlne Manger's furtive air end Bran der's Aloofness, sad his support ot Mauger against Tichel. She was sere, before Dan'l reached her with th Jag. tht Manger and Brander were guilty as Ju das Brander especially. She scarce considered Meager at all. Deal handed her the. Jag, end sh smelted At It. Whisky, be yond a denbt. She took tt te the rail and poured It overside at she had poured the contents of the bottle; then came slowly -back and handed the -empty Jag to Brander. "This Is yours." she said. "Ton had beat tins it and rlU it With water and pnt It fn your boat again." The moon was bright upon them as they stood un th deck. He could see her face, be could se her eyes; and be law that she thought him guilty. His soul sickened with the bitterness of it; and his lips twisted in a smile. "Very wen," be said. She looked at him a little wist fully. "You're not denying it's yours?" He shook bis bead. "No." if she believed, let ber believe. He was furious with her. "Why did yon do it?" she asked. He said nothing; Ahd ah looked np at him a moment store, nad then tamed te Meager. "Why did yhd de It?" she asked the little men. Mauger squinted etdewise At Brander. Mauger was Brander's mea: and all bis loyalty vu to Brander. Breeder chore not to speAk, aot to deny the Charge she laid against him. All tight J If Blander Could keep silent, so could be. If Brander would sot deny, neither would be. He grinned at Fafth, And the dosed lids that covered his empty eye socket seemed te wink; bat he said nothing at all. (To Be Continued Tomorrow) Free ALL THIS WEEK July 2Sth to August 2nd Demonatratinr the exquisite Beattty-BaHdinf qualities' of the ' Thet deltehtfd preparations ard Bade with Almond OH, Aldofifr Ileil and other Kattrral Beaaty BnHdera. They: are not only the ideal Eiafce-trp for daily tse tut actually refine this pores, remove blemishes and add s Cuiiita Loreliness to the complsrlaa that is a pcmxrtnt leitty. This is be causa thu tnarvelo&s Almond OH refines the) inner tissues! Yoa should tooVinoreabOTitthe rare and ranaaual . ' This Is yotrr epporttihity. 2faks aa appointment NOW for A delightful . FUEE FACIAL ' Capita 1 BITS for BKEiAlvr AD l -By R. J. HENDRICKS - Jasoa Lee's trip east: . v-v . Tho resder left Jasoa Lee serosa the Greea river, at the Junction ef the PawpawahxA, on July 18, im,,ThU was opposite the place where the;reAdervous was held that year, and bta pwv ty bed been Witnessing, the wUd seene of that mushroom city of camp la the wilderness forfour days. H hid tnet there the fart of missionaries coming west . to reinforce the stations, of Dr. Whitmaa at Watilitptt and Hev4 Spalding At Lapwal; five men ind four women. Only. two. white women had theretofore come to OregOn.lcotihtTy by lnnd. They wbre Mrs. Whitman and Mrs, Spalding, who traveled th same route two yeh before. JASon Lee wrote in bis diary: v. . .. "July 1$. Mended my frank; which Was shattered very much by my bore .running away and throwing tt off. Wished tb b on ottr way. . . - - . "Jniy., 14. Much talk bt SUrOng but Anally (as I had anticipated) deferred te Sunday. "15th; Sunday.. Left Ahd made one match; Like sailors, they (the mountain men) prefer Btartihg 6h Sunday. The better day, the better luck. How unde sirable a situation for a Chris tian, v to be Obliged to follow a company that has no respect to the Sabbath. "1. Ate A piece of gray bear. Very fat and better tban any of the kind that have tasted before. "Camped on a small stream; was obliged to guard for the first time on the journey. Must take my tarns or hire some one to do It, for no one is excused in this camp. Intend to stand my own guard, for I will not pay mission money, and I have but little. tHe meant he had but little) of his own money.) "17. Crossed the dividing ridge between the waters of the Yellowstone and tho Platte. Dined, and slept, on the Sweet water , river." That ends the Jason Lee diary on that Joufney. Accompanied by P. L. Edwards, who wss return ing east, having given up his Oregon mission work, the two In dian boys from the mission, Wm. Brooks (a Chinook) and Thomas Adams, Mr. Ewlng, who was go ing back to Missouri, and the three half breed sons of Capt. Thomas McKay, of th Hudson's Bay company, to be placed by him in school, he hurried on, with "the company thAt was going to Missouri" from th rendezvous, taking back for the markets the year's supplies of furs, pelts And skins. He arrived At th mission at the point that became Kansas City on September 1, 1883, and was there overtakes by the In dian messenger with the news of the death of his wife, . sent through the help of Dr. John Mc Loughlin. He .was too busy and too much distracted and weighed down with grief to write. He had been too busy on his way to the Missouri mission. . Be did not turn back. His hand was to the plow. He plun ged into the memorable soeakinK J tour, informing the peopl f th states east of the Missouri of the needs end the resources ef the Oregon country; starting tb movement that led te tho covered Wagon days, th greatest trek of the kind la history. He went to New York and convinced the of ficiate of the Methodist mission board. And to Washington snd led the government heads there te the conclusion that brought the LAHsana, starting la 183, freighted with the "greet rein forcement," to Oregon. ThAt was the Mayflower of the Pacific. . Who wae the "Mr. Walker," whose "squaw" gave birth to a son At 8 o'clock in the morning of June SS, and was only aa hoar late after "a long march to the little lake", beyond Fort Hall the into day? Jasoa Le wrote fs taittarly f,hievAAd he was most likely Courtney M. WAlker, the young man engaged At Indepen dence, Missouri, in 1124, to ao company the Lee party west, in tho capacity of a helper. Hows a bright yeeag fellow, bat not a missioAAry, His engAgement be ing finished, he left the old mls Sioa About the time Cyras Sbep. Ard caate from his teaching At Fbrt VAncourer, in March, 1125. H (WAlker) then engaged as a dark with Nathaniel J. Wyeth At Fort William, on Mavis's or Wapate IslaneV near Fort Van couver, Whea the Hudson's Bay company had bought tho stations And: business of Capt. Wyeth, C. M, Walker was employed by that greet tar trading .monopoly. He Was a clerk t Fort HaU, And it is evident that ho aad bis "squaw" were oa tho way te tho re&desvous, , oa business for ale eompAay, as was Fsctor ErmAt lnger. The Bits bias vestures the Facials - i . I Drug Stote fa oitonuontm assertion that the "Mr. Walter? of the Loa diary was Courtney M. Walker. ; Ue , was In . .tS4 elected by the.prst. territorial legislature prosecuting attorney ot toe first Judicial, district just established; .comprising Marion, Line pnd Clackamas, couhties. He Went to Tillamook county, was long more or less prominent there, and. died fhere, . He. fur nished to Bancroft's thief writer some valuable historic informa tion, including ,f nets fcbout th chAr Acter; i t ; Dr. acLoughlin, whom he Admired. WUUAtn Brooks-, the Chinook Ihdiap. boy Jason. tee took with him on his Journey, fell aick , at Peoria DIsM sad was left there. He bed tuberculosis. It .was through t bis Influence, partly-, that the Peori party . CAme jtQ.tbe Oregon country. lAelsdlAg Joseph, Holman, grandfather, of, Joseph H. Albert of Salem Jfrr Ho.lmA arrived tho -day the...Lausnn docked, at, FQrjJfrneoaTer .1 1811. He. first work.! for the old mission. At th. origlnAl tte, end at what became !em, ..Ho b camo .one fit Salem s..weal thy. Ahd leading cHliens. BrookSwah taken to New York; kept Id. An elegant borne there,. And died there. The other Indian boy, Thomas . Adams; . was brought home. with the Lausanne party. The Brooks boy WAS blessed with native wit And eloquence. He told great snd Wild stories about fife In Oregon. . A fine lay m da eastern audi ence Asked him why the Indiana followed the foolish custom ot flattening th head. He answer ed: "All custom; Chinese make small the foot, Indian make flat the heed. You looking at her and putting his hands en his waist, "make small here; cus toms differ: all custom." At a great meeting -In New York Brooks said: "Indians must have agreement in writing that white man do notsell whiskey to In dians; white men make tt, and white man must drink It," la both cases, the young fellow was greeted with roars of laugh ter. -.-. Why did Jasoa Lee pea the lines on his 35th birthday? Why did he forsee that be would not live long. He dally encountered dangers., and he had suffered much from sickness. Perhaps he already knew that his body car ried the germs of tuberculosis. They likely cam from his Indian wards at the old mission, where ther was much crowding, and Where eAnitary laws were not much observed: Indeed they were not well known, compared with th enlightenment of th present day. Bat Jason Lee did a great work after that. He died March H, 1845. W His plaint on the plains on his natal day Is apt to remind one of that of Cecil. Rhodes, conqueror of the better pert of a continent,' in the last hour Ot his short life: "So much to do So little done." Both bad done great t blags. But the epochal Wrk of neither raaa was In his life time more than fairly started. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town. Talks from The States man Oar fathers Bead July 29, 1905 Strangers Attempted yesterday to pas raised bills At th Whit House restaurant her. Folic had mad no Arrests late that night. The Marion and Lina county courts Are busy figuring on eon structiea ef a bridge Across tho Saatlam at Mill Cltr. th. oM oa bridge hAVlAg collapsed. Mrs. D. J. Fry, president of th Salem park board, has reeal. ed a letter treat Eeraa Snow of tho firm of Saow end MeCAmmaat in Portland, la which Snow eoa gratnlated her on her coarago shown In instituting; prosecaUoa AgAlnst tb foreman of tho Pac ific states Telephone and Tele graph company far cutting a shade tree In front ot her rests en e In this city. The fence surrounding a ree tanguiAr lot cost 115.10 At TSe a rod. it the lot was St. rods wide, whet was its valae at fill en -acre?:' - Answer to Yesterday's Probsostt 1C3 miles. ExplAnAtlea--Mul Uply ISO ad ISA each by T Aad Add the square roots ef tbe re sults. Tske squsre root of this sum. . A Problem For You For Today