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IftlT PF.«Ht QLiLDb» WEST**
don't • 'c* I'd care for politic»." No,
THE FAKE FOLLOWS THE FLEET.
be *Mild not. Nor will politics "earn
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for" him. But be and the type ha
* •*p»»44««M by Floats In-
r
reptwwnts, when they grow up. will
ti«4
It4 •44OUK44.
growl about the "graft,” and wonder
Portland'» grant annual inetituion,
why It 1» not suppressed. His com­
OKON
BANDON
the Rose Festival, which va* inaugu­
panions deserve soma commendation
rated last June under such auspici ua
I for attempting to learn and to do their |
oircumstracea,
Will, this coining June,
•can» m»R nsr horn great ant noi» political duty ; but lie and his kind are
be consummated on • scale to t>r,wx<x
Amount First Considered Necessary
thru4f theni»elve4• upon greatness.
a» much responsible for corruption
and grand that it will have 4 general
Has Been Increased and May
and udsgoveFtnnent as are the bribe­
appeal to the whole state of Orgton,
•rill. It Isn't much comfort to man­ givers and bribe-takers tlxmi*lves.
Need Stretching Again.
and
an individual aprenl to every com-“
gimi at large to learn that diamonds
tnunity in the commonwealth. Tl}»
<ad tutomoldles are cheaper than ever.
It was high time that some person
grsnd jubilee, which will be one round
of pleasure for the whole week login­
wns coming to the defense of the awk­
•omeone states that the President ward boy. Every awkward boy, and IT'S ONLY A HOUGH GUESS NOW.
ning Monday, June 1, and ending in a
“4liot a turkey and a rabbit, one of every man who was once an awkward
blaze of gloty the following Saturday
inn on tile wing.” Can you KUfSi boy. ntnl every human being who can
night, is not for Portland or Portland
thicA one?
people alone.
appreciate the sufferings of the awk­ Colonel Goethals Expects to Make
One of it» most spectacular and bril­
• In order to Induce young men to ward boy will Ite glad that a person
Foreeast Next Year—Unknown
liant feature» is to be the magnificent
as
capable
and
sympathetic
as
Presi
­
tnllst as soldiers Uncle Sam may have
street pageant.* This 1» a competitive
Difficulties May Be Met.
to give the army one of those nice lit­ dent Hughes of De Pauw university
event
open to all cities and towns of
has taken the subject in hand and
tle Junkets.
Oregon outside of the Rose City. There
the
done Justice to It. lie lias divided
will be grand prizes, the capital prize
The London Times Is to be modern­ life of the average boy into three pe- Washington corresponrlpnce :
being a princely sum in cash with 'a
ised. After this, who can doubt that rlmls, or stages—the unconscious, the
number of costly souvenir cups and
The wonder is growing among Sena-
other trophies of great value and
even Russia may wake up and Join in awkward, and the maturely conscious— Mrs and Representatives on what ba­
but the second stage only is tho one sis the original estimators fixed the
beauty.
the march of progress?
which has an Interest for us here. With probable cost of the Panama Canal.
Up to the present time about 20
cities and towns of Oregon have been
The other day one Texas woman was regard to this period President Hughes There is a halfway suspicion that the
heard from, each showing great inter­
twice widowed In twelve hours, if she remarks: “Now, what the boy needs at first estimators didn't know their busi­
est in the special state parade, and
wasn't red headed before, she certainly this time Is adroit sympathy. If you ness or were afraid to give out a truth
several of there towns, through their
are at some social gathering, aud you that they thought might be appalling,
kad a right to be after that
business organizations and "boosting”
see some boy standing by the door, Hilf- j With tfie characteristic bluntness of a
clubs, have sent representatives to this
The Ohio exchange that recently ferlng like a modern martyr, go to him 1 soldier Colonel George W. Goethals
city to confer with the Festival manage­
spoke of an esteemed fellow-citizen and make him forget that be ha» j has said that he can only guess at the
ment with reference to character of the
meeting his death “at the hands of a bands, feet, a collar that gorges him, I total cost of the canal, but that he be­
floats which will make the most effect­
clothes
that
are
too
big
for
him,
and
horse” has succeeded in putting its foot
lieves It will not exceed $250.000,000,
ive
showing for their communities.
for Just a minute let him be a human excluding the original purchase price.
tn it.
The Festival association has secured
being. He may also need an appeal
As another has put It, "the estimat­
the service» of a master float builder
The University of Chicago having to his Belf-re»pect at this period. Ai ed cost of the Panama Canal keeps ascertained that the price is to tie high­
NEARLY BURIED ALIVE.
from the East, who is now here with a
Just received another $2,000,000 from a matter of fact, no man can think too pace In the ascending scale with the er than has been believed the country
corps of assistants ready to advise with
Founder Rockefeller, should now make much of himself. We do not have the cost of living. Every year the [»rice will be told. It seems that the canal Man in Burial Casket for Twenty- all who desire to enter the list».
it a point to burn a little more mid­ one-thousandth part of the self-respect the United States will have to pay for Is to be dug, and dug quickly, no mat­
Four Hours Now Getting Well.
| The railroads of Oregon, and the
that we ought to have. And the boy the water way ls marked up.” First ter how much it will cost, and proba­
night oil.
Weet, in fact, are planning 10
William Young of Savannah, Mo., whole
at tills time needs to have real tribute
bly that is what the people want.
give special reduced ratas on all lines,
Jealousy, says a French physician. Is paid to his personality, so that he will estimates put it as low as $140,000.000.
barely escaped being buried alive, re­ good for the whole week of the Festi­
1 disease. If he wishes to confer a feel that, after all, he ls somebody in | Then came what was called an authen-
gaining consciousness only an hour be­ val. Special low rates from Portland
Why More Ilog Babies Die.
favor upon humanity let him discover the world.” Nothing could be truer I tic estimate to the effect that the coun­
fore the time set for the funeral. Young to all points In Oreogn.
Francis Warner, senior physician
some method of preventing it by vacci­ than this. If there ls a time in the life try would have to expend $184.000,000 of Dr.
had been ill a long time, and a few, Every town in Oregon is Invited to
the London hospital, has drawn atten­
before the canal could be completed.
nation or Inoculation.
of a boy when he should have a large Colonel Goethals' guess Is $300,000.000, tion to a curious sex problem. Taking days ago he apparently died. A physi­ enter some characteristic float in the
share of affection and respect and flat­
the births of 1905, he showed that 57 per cian was at his bedside, and he said tlie "All Oregon” parade, and the Festival
Now the coinage of the new gold tery—when he should be held up to and he ls frank to say that the limit cent were boys, yet the death rate of man was dead. The body was pre­ association invites corespondence and
pieces will have to stop because there himself as a really su[>erior person— may have to be raised at least once boys was so much higher than that of pared for burial by an undertaker and personal conference with cities and
girls that of 5-year-old children only 43 placed in a casket.
Is not enough room for 1908 In Roman it Is when he Is passing through this again.
towns, large and small, m this all iin-
numerals. Most of us are willing to awkward stage, for it ls at this time lias Appropriated Eltthty Million«. per cent were boys. Further statistics
Friends of the dead man went to the portant matter.
Up
to
the
present
about
$80.000.000
showed that 27 per cent of boys, as com­
accept them with any old date on them. that he Is most sensitive, and most im­
has been appropriated by Congress for pared with only 22 per cent of girls, died house to express their sympathy to the I
Publications for Farmers.
family, among the visitors being Rev. I
pressionable, and most inclined to think
The scratch of a collar button has well or ill of his kind and of the world
J. E. McLaughlin, pastor of the church ' The following publications of interest
to farmers and others have been Issued
killed a locomotive engineer who escap­ In general. He does not invite affec­
to which the Youngs belong.
ed railroad dangers for twenty years. tion, or kindness, or even charity at
The mourners had assembled for the by the Agricultural department of the
Which shows that there are couutless this period. He Is more likely to repel
burial, and the time was only an hour Federal government and will be fur­
unexpected ways of getting It in the all of them. But if he is approached
distant when Rev. Mr. McLaughlin nished free, so long as they are avail­
neck.
went into the room where the corpse able, except where otherwise noted,
In the proper spirit, and reasoned with
lay
to take a last look at his lifelong upon application to the Superintendent
of Documenta, Government Printing
Efforts to create a cabinet position In the projier tone of voice, and advised
friend. While gazing at the face he Office, Washington, D. C.:
to be called the Department of Health by the right person, he will soon be­
thought
he
detected
the
twitching
of
a
Bulletin No. 119.—Report of Irriga­
are not meeting with much success. come easlef* himself, and will gradu
muscle. He looked again, and for tho tion Investigations for 1901, under di­
Few people care to have the consump­ ally fall out of the way of making ev­
second time was sure lie could see a rection of Elwood Mead, chief of irriga­
He
tion of deviled crabs aud Ice cream for­ erybody around him miserable.
slight movement.
knows
that
he
Is
awkward
—
knows
it
tion investigations. Pp. 401, pls. 64,
bidden by law.
better than those who apologize for
The body of Young had been lying Aga. 12. Price 50 cents. This is the
in the casket 24 hours and was cold. third of the annual reports of the irri­
A Chicago man who is contemplat­ him, better than those who make fun
of
him
—
and
he
Is
resentful
because
of
1 he minister feared that he had been gation investigations of this office. It
ing matrimony says: “I want a woman
It.
He
would
give
the
world
If
he
could
mistaken,
and not desiring to cause deals chiefly with the duty of water,
who can cook, mend my clothes, who is
only
be
as
self-contained
as
the
milk
­
excitement
among the people assembled but contains also repcita fiom four sta
of a good disposition, loving and kind,
man,
or
the
gas
man.
or
even
his
fath
­
for
the
funeral,
went quietly out and tions in the humid states, where irriga­
and who has a fairly good education.”
er,
and
If
he
had
his
choice
between
summoned
a
physician,
who soon found tion 1 b not a necessity, but a means of
Me must contemplate polygamy.
the diamond mines of Africa and the
that Young was still alive. Then tlie increasing the returns from farm lands;
ability
to
look
calm
and
cool
when
a
preachi
r went out and announced thnt a report on the underground water sup­
Lake shipping ls increasing more rap­
ply of the San Bernardino valley Cali­
tlie funeral would be postponed. At fornia, and the second progress report
idly than was dreamed possible a few woman smiled at him he would choose
the
latter.
He
has
not
the
satisfaction
that
time
Young
was
sitting
up
in
his
years ago. There are three canals
on silt measurements.
coffin and was seen by some of those In
round the rapids at the foot of Lake of knowing it, and he would not be­
Bulletin No. 86.—The Use of Water
the next room. They tied from the un­ in Irrigation. Report of investigations
Superior, two on the American side of lieve it if told, but he will learn some
canny sight.
STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK IN CULEBRA CUT.
made in 1899, unuer the suverpision ol
the river and one on the Canadian. The day that bls awkwardness and freckles
Young was removed from the coffin Elwoed Mtad, expert in charge, and C.
larger of the American canals was sup­ and all the characteristics of the pe­
posed to lie lilg enough to accommodate riod have never yet prevented and nev­ the canal work. July 1, 1907. $31,000,- in the first year. Dr. Warner attributed and placed on a bed, and It is believed T. Johnston, assisatnt. Pp. 263, pls.
50, figs. 18. price 30 cents. This .bul­
all the traffic that would ever seek to er can prevent true merit from coming 000 of the Bum remained unexpended. the preponderance of females in England, that be will fully recover.
letin explains the methods in use in
use It, but ft is now crowded, and work to the top, and that it ls the awkward , When Colonel Goethals succeeded Mr. despite the more numerous birth of boys,
the arid states in the distribution and
is Just beginning on a third American hoy who usually becomes the suave and Stevens last March ns engineer in to the fact that a much larger projtortion
use of water in L'-lgation. It gives a
canal. It will cost five million dollars successful man and has money» to lend charge he found that circumstances of males hnd the same physical defect. A
large number of measurements made to
to
the
man
who
grew
up
from
a
dandi
­
minute
examination
of
thousands
of
chil
­
and take five years for Its completion.
warranted an increase of the working
determine the duty of water and the
fied and self-satisfied youth. 80 be force and an enlargement of the plan dren showed that 9 per cent of boys were
losses by seepage and evaporation from
in addition to its ninny other Inter­ kind to the awkward I my. He will not ' of the work. It was In August that physically defective, as compared with 7
canals,
and discusses the methods by
per
cent
of
girls,
but
taking
the
children
’
s
esting and curious characteristics, the need . your kindness very long, and the soldier-engineer told the Secretary medical wards, where practically all were
which the water supply may be more
there
is
no
telling
when
you
may
need
Druce trial In London brought to public
of War that if the work was to be physically defective, the mortality of de­
effectively and economically utilized in
notice two legal words of curious mean­ his.
pushed at the rate at which it has been fective girls was higher than that of the
the production of crops.
ing. One of the couusel in the case ex­
pushed since the army took charge the boys. Hence he deduced thnt while the
Bulletin No. 104.—Report of Irriga­
pressed the opinion that all the direc­
fetnnle sex apparently approaches closer
appropriation
which
had
been
made
tion
Investigations for 1900, under su­
-vvnen 1 went west first, said a
tors and shareholders of the company
Vzi ;
for the year ending June 30, 1908, to normality than the male, yet when
pervision of Elwood Mead, expert in
Unitarian
minister,
“
I
was
In
a
small
which supplied the means for the
charge of irrigation investigations. Pp.
would be used up by the first of the normalities are found equally in both, the
girls have less vitality, a fact which
prosecution were liable to arrest and town called L., and in the choir of my calendar year.
834, pls. 25, figs. 29. Price 50 cents.
A proposition for a reduction of the
causes
a
more
rapid
breakdown
under
an
church
the
village
blacksmith
did
noble
trial on the criminal charges of “cham­
This bit of information, which was added strain. It was also noted thnt per diem charge of 50 cents for the use of This report covers the second year of
perty” and maintenance.” Champerty, work as baritone. He had a voice that I cheering to those who hoped for a while the male sex supplied a great ma­ freight cars is being considered by the investigations relating especially to ths
in law, is a bargain with a litigant to could shake mountains, aud whatever speedy completion of the canal work, jority of criminals, yet in murders com- American Railway Association. This is duty of water. '1 he reports of the field
share or bear the expense of litigation, It lacked In any other feature It made was given to President Roosevelt, who plicated with lunacy women were in a due to the trouble with the New York, agents contain also a large amount of
New Haven and Hartford, and also to information on laws and customs, agri­
in consideration of receiving a share of tip In volume. He couldn't read music nt owe ordered Colonel Goethals not great majority.
the fac t that the falling off of business cultural methods, crop returns and
the proceeds. Maintenance is meddling any more than he could English, but to stay bis hand, but to go ahead at
ODDS AND ENDS.
has resulted in a plentiful supply of cars. other subjects related to irrigation. A
in a suit by one who, having no direct be learned a tune very readily.
“One Sunday we were to be favored the same labor rate and incur a defi­
Chinese troops in Formosa mut in levi
concern in the outcome, nevertheless as­
The October report of the earnings of prog lean report on the quantities of silt
ciency.
The
Colonel,
like
a
good
sol
­
with
a
new
anthem
because
ft
was
a
and killed sixty-three Japaners.
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific carriid by a number of southern river»
sists or sustains either party with
dier, obeyed orders, ami now the ap­
Horace McKinley of Port hnd. (Ire. railroads shows a substantial increase in is also contained in this volume.
funds. Both are rare words to Ameri­ sfreelal occasion, and the baritone had propriation made last year, which sup­
»
'
one portion all to himself. Unfortu­
bored his way out of jail at Mukden.
gross earnings over the same month of
can reader» who nre not lawyers.
Idaho
Corn Show.
nately he had missed many of the prac­ posedly was large enough to provide
liMHi,
but
on
account
of
the
advance
in
Two hundred students nt Kiev Russia,
for the continuation of the work until
On the 2d, 3d and 4th of December,
tices.
operating expenses the net earnings were
were arrested to quell an incipient riot.
All over the country and at all times
“The anthem went along excellently July 1. 1908, Is exhausted and an ur­
Richard Croker announced Ids ¡nten materially decreased. tins dcs-rease in the 1908( there will be h« Id at Moscow a
the charge ls made that evil conditions until It came to a beautiful part which gent deficiency bill calling for $11,000,- tion of leaving Ireland to sp>-n<J the win Union amounting to $.'135,037, in the state oorn show under the management
in politics are due to lack of Interest roads, ‘And. dying, bills tis all aspire.' 000 Is .pending in the House.
Southern to $1. 420.40.3. The increase in of the Idaho Agronomy association. Not
ter in Egypt.
The Secretary of War has told the
and lack of work on the part of the
“Here the rest of the singers stopped
The l'ope postponed until January the expenses is chargeable principally to the only will there be a show, but also a
better class of citizens. Tile charge Is short In that quick, sudden way that Senate committee on interoceanlc cu- consistory which was to have taken place greater cost for repairs, owing to heavier rousing program, which in itself would
traffic, the expense of keeping up locomo­ pay the farmer to come to Moscow.
true, and has been bo long repeated, choirs have, ami in the ensuing still­ nals that the work was kept going at in December.
tive» of the heavy type now demanded, The snbjtct of corn will be taken up
I
high
speed
and
that
the
deficiency
was
that it is beginning to stir a little pat­ ness sounded the ponderous tones of
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClin­
i incurred because it was his belief there tock, a mainstay of the British navy, and increased wage schedules.
and discussed from a practical and sci­
riotic sentiment in the breasts of mon the blacksmith:
The executive committee of the Order entific point of view; the »oil will be
who have neglected their political du­
“ ‘And dying brides are filled with ' was greater economy in going ahead died in Lindon.
than in lagging.
ties; and this, of course, is a whole­ Are.’ ”—Boston Herald.
The King of Spain was entertained at of Railway Conductors and the Brother­ considered in its different phases; irri­
Of the Increased cost of tho canal a ball given in the subterranean palace hood of Railway Trainmen nt Chicago gation and dry farming will bn talked
some symptom. Among those who have
has determined to hold in abeyance the abyut end the various live stock, dairy
over the original estimates the Secre­ of the Duke of Portland.
Napoleon.
been touched by this tiny flame of civic
demand for an incrense in wages and im­ and horticultural subjects will be con­
tary
of
War
has
said
:
"The
widening
virtue are some members of a political
A stone hurled through a car window
Tliere Is no doubt Napoleon
working conditions npon sixty-five sidered.
of the locks in accordance witli the re­ in St. Petersburg injured “ho Austrian proved
club tn one of the great eastern uni­ through the sheer dizziness of
railway companies east of the Mississippi. I
There will be some good premiums
quest
of
the
Navy
Department has ambassador, but not seriously.
versities. They determined to get a height he hnd climbed to. “The
The vote of the men asked thnt the same offered to the winner» of the ahow.
been
approved,
and
it
means
an
addi
­
Miss
Mary
Robinson,
a
witnosa
in
the
taste of real politic» at the primaries de Raguse," says the (\>m tesse
rate of wages and the working conditions
tional cost of about lo per cent in the famous Druce case, fainted in a London adopted for the western lines a year ago Now is the time to begin preparing by
for a recent city election. Their ex­ Bolgne. “once explained to me thè
construction of the locks. The locks court room, where she was testifying.
be put into effect upon the eastern lines, p’anting some good corn and getting in
periences, as related to a reporter, are tore of his connection wlth thè
but
lieeause of the financial flurry ami ths line.'
themselves ns now projected will cost
The session of the Russian damn open­
worth considering. One of tlieib said, peror In a phrase which ls more or
Tell your neighbors about it.
of the freight traffic the com­
“1 didn't enjoy some of the things I applicable to the whole nation. 'When $52.000,000. anil this means an addi­ ed without extraordinary scene», it being condition
f
Ik> not forget the data. Mark those
mittee
deemed
it
unwise
to
carry
on
nego
­
in
marked
contrast
to
former
meetings.
hnd to do, but they were instructive, Najioleon said, “All for France," I tion of $5,000,000 to the price."
dav» on your calendar and plan to come.
tiations
with
the
general
managers
of
the
Frenchmen, eager to help America in
In talking to the Senators Colonel
anj way." Another said, "I didn’t know served with enthusiasm. When he said.
For further information address, R.
railroads at this time.
I
Just what we were there for, but I did “Frince and I '• 1 served with zeal. Goethals used the word “guess” when the financial stringency, urged the Bank
E.
Hyalop, Superintendent Idaho Ag­
The New York, New Haven and Hart­
France to ship gold to the United
what they told me. They sent me round When he said, ' I and France,” I serv- he was telling them about the price of
ronomy Association, Moscow, Idaho.
States.
ford
railroad
has
adopted
a
new
style
the district to get out the vote. I «1 with obedience. When he said ”1” of the completed canal. At first* the
»•re»er»»«.
Count Okuma urged Japan to take a of sleeping car for the midnight ex­
tramix-d from door to door, and some without France, I felt the necessity of , Senators didn't approve the word, but hand
press on its shore line.
Instead of
Make
a
syrup
of fire pounds auffnr
in
the
affairs
of
India,
saying
that
of tlie men promised to go down and parting from him.’ ”—T. P.'s London they came to understand that the nctu- heaven has granted an opporttmity which l>erths. the car is divided Into compart­ end tw’o cups water; boil until cl4ar.
al
cost
was
past
the
power
of
man
to
ments the size bf tfce average single “room Waal), »tern and seed one gallon cher­
vote.” The most suggestive w wus Weekly.
estimate accurately, and so they fell cannot be ignored.
In n hotel, with two Is-rth* in each r^om,
that of the young man who related his
The
German
Kaiser,
visiting
the
Isle
in with the soldier’s Idea and feel thnt
and fitted with toilet conveniences. .Thfe ries. drop U> the «yrup and loll thirty
A FI k M.
existence thus: “I wns handed a list
of Wight, where he was supposed to take
minutes; »kirn welt. Fill air tight Jank
“Life for them lu '»ne continuai It wa# better to have Indefinite state- the rest cure, devoted himself to the more rooms open upon a corridor running the0
of men to get after. 1 flgur,xl It out
•eal
and put In a cool place,
length
of
the
ear
and
are
so
arranged
, . men»» than definite statements which strenuous pursuits.
that the country would lx1 safe Sven If struggle.
that they may lie taken In suites. The
nMaht hrinor
In
fholr
imho
«1
To ( loan a »tool Haifa.
••Which
one
usunlly
wins?
”
—
Houston
nflght
bring
id
their
wake
dlsappolnt-
they didn't vote, so I went up to a
The English turbine torpedo boat de­ finishing is rare, the woods <*ed lieing
Cut an Irish potato in half, dip on»
ment.
_____ __________
' ! ------
I I r-> n and stayed there ithtft iwt l’ost.
stroyer Tartar, in her final trials broke such as tigerwood, which. resembles the
it the pieces in the brickdust which
dosing time, and rWen »went hack md
What has become of the old-fashion­ J From all«that han been said by the all records in fast steaming, attaining a markings of a tiger; jigue wood. Spanish .» generally u»e<J for cleaning knlve*.
engineer
In
char**
It
may
be
expected
speed
of
37.037
knots,
and
maintaining
mahogany,
'Wibarfl.
»<
4
a
wooff
ftotn
1®
gtiis-es a* to which were R.^uta ed man who amaktd 9I Ug fclfcUCVU
u that the cost of Amstructlon will run the unprecedented speed of 30.3(13 knots the Philippines of whi,4l the S[>ecies has R«b the Iliade of the knife and the
lituus an# which were Demounts. I bis piysf
not yet bFen determined by thè experta. Main will lmwe<1lat«ly disappear.
•w to $400,000,000, but a» noon a» It la on a six-hour test.
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