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14 JOB PRINTNG Our Job Printing- Department Surpasses any in th County for neatness, quick neas and cheapness. Call and be eon vinced. WW HILLS BORO WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6 1900 Vol. XXVIII. No. 7. OUR OFFER .'Nbt-.i'KNbKNT and Weekly Oregcmiun, both for $2.00 per year. Indki'F.ndknt and the Twire-a-Wcek Courier -Journal both for only $tper year. OKNKRAL Dl RECTORY. SI VI FFIfclW. .ov.ruor i,-T-Ui'" -woielarv ulHuu luobr Iroasumr 'baa.o. Moot -upl. futilio liuitrootioo...J. II AeSermaB ititia 1'riiiU.r "mh1 Cbaa. fc. Wolvarfcai K; "v."" F. A. Moor lu.l.r Fifth District .... . A. Monrni Kwriuiy Fifth lilnot . T j. tMwloli .i.l OuiumiHswiiers I'lerk SlierlS d-corder 1 rt)j.urt r .... iHMjr n'tvil SuiKTliilfUiH.nl -vurveyor - unaier - I A. hod .J. t. A. Voiiuii . i.U. Toad .1. A. IlUlnlr .. W l. Iliad'ofd .1 alviu J' .. A. B. 'ady ... f A. O.v.l .. II. A. Hail . A. A. Mornii '. I.. LMft OIlMtiiN 01 I V LAND OH'ICK. Cbaa. It. Moofea Krister Vni.t.a.iosay I IH OrrlOKItti. 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IUKKH I, Y'l'l RN KYS-AT-LA V, tlll.OrttlltO. I'KKdliN tru IVuiral Mloiik. Ilomu i u.l i eiraToa BnWNlS " "'" N.a.iiy I'ul.lie SMI I II ilOMXAft, Y TTO R N KYS-AT- LA W . Illl,llli'.(). OKMN Ovrios: lUamis B and 3. ll.iriraii Una II. T. Itvui.r V, 'ITORNEY AND A 0IJM'I.WR-AT DAW HII.U'-lti'Ho til'.IUtiS. Deputy Di-lriei Aiioine.- ioi Wmli'i V lull Ooiiniv. orrna: Over llta PrugNtove JIIHM M. M U.I., TTOK N KY-AT LAW, lIlLUSHdlto, OKHioN Haili-y MorKHii ltloi k, K hhih I A 2 H. 1. LI Mt LATHI, M. K. 1'. St. pHYHICIAN AND KlTKOW)N HIU-NUOKO. Oil KOI N. I at ri.nlili.liop. i hhI of (Otirl llonaa, vhere b will lm foiiud at nil noma alum not viaitinu patn-nta. J. P. T AM IKS IK, X. I.. C P. H. H. Kl'liUKON, HIMiNHOItO, OUKUON. Orn.ia u Kkniiikhi : ronn'r I bird and Main MtreetH. i llict bonra, Kim l I a. iu., I to 5 and 7 to n p. m. Telf-plu"' t" rraideuOK from Brni'W A S l' l'rn(tiiri' i all honra. All nulla prnmptlt aitfinled uittbt or day. f .1. UULEV, x. i:. IJHYSK IAN, SL'KOKON AND A AtXX)UC'HKUll. UILIJSMOKO. OliWtON. ll. .i.ii' in fharuiaov. Inioii Klouk. Calla attended to, nifibt or day. Iti.Hidi'Uoe, S. W. Oor. Base Line and He ootid tnta. S. H. HIXI'IIKKVS. lONVEYAM IN'l ANU V ARSTRACTINd OK riTI.KS. IULI.KHOKO, OKKUON. Leal paperad awn and Loanaon Ileal Katate nuuotiata i. HiiPiniaa atlriidnd to witb promptneaa and dmpali b JAH.M THOMPSO, NOTARy n'hl.t'. THOXI'SOS M. 20 inn einerii-iH'e in t Hire I.ep-iil HiihI , Ovm-iul IrnalaeyrriltiKl. 1'ropfrty ol Katatus and Imlividiiala la.fd lor. Office at Hie Baiaur, KoreKldroye. Ori'Kon . E. liKM.KK, nOMKOI'ATIIIC 1M1YUICAN AMiSlTKUI-.ON. KOKKST UKOVK OUKdoN. Hnerial allenlion p:id to Miilionl and Mnrfiiral IHaeawa of Women anil liihlrcn mil all c Ii roil ii' n iHt'iir. Ottlira and reni.lenee. Rowlhr hoiife 'aciric ave.. weel ol Foreat timve Iioli l. K. SISOX, KNTIHT, Ki'UKHT (illOVK, tiKKtillN Kml.rl. iljil leelli t.'i.'iO ner net. IVmelit and Aiiuilpini nlliiiKS .'" r n fai li. Hold ll 1 1 1 K" iroin 1 lip llilll.i'.i air lor pnui leaa extrai'tion. Orauia: three diaira nottb of Hriok stir. tnoe hon'a from a.m. to4 p. m. J. K. AllhlNS. Dkntist, iin.l.sr.oi:o , oi;K Ot'ru'K IIokhh: ! a. in. to A t. in. Olliro in Union llia-k over I'linrmary Xokl Tea iollle!j rnrea Sirk lleml arhe, iniliir etion ami coiimi ip.sl nm. A ilcliKhtllll lierli drink, lifiinivi-x ull I'l'iip linlin of the akin, prodiK'inir a prrlW l I'uin. pleiion, or money rel'iimled. ii fla. and iocta ThelKllii Urn; jtlore. HISIMIX'M lillltFKTINK WiHilom'a KoIktIiiip rornt'ln nil llll'lllHllPrt llf the f:Kt Hllll lllltkl H taMUtifiil eoaiiilfxiiifi. Ik'll Drue Store. NERVITA PILLStHi Rtlort VIT4LITT. IGOR HOOO Curea Imputcncy, Niyht KmUsionaand anting diacaaea, all effecta-of aelf- abuar, or excels and liull r ret inn A lierie toiiit anil hlnotl bnililer. Itrintr the pink clow to pale clieeka and feAckaa restores the fire of youth. fVJHy mall f.Oo r,er ho. boxes for 42.nO; With A written triiitritn teetocure or rel'iiiiil the money. Send for circular. Address NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton Jacttaon St., CHICACO, ILL. I for acceptable Ideas. State If patented. THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore. Mo. HulMbfipuuu pftte of tbe ATrT kNivaa LSa 4 i flki Mm mil whim. m n. I I I I I I I H I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 t It I HABITS OF HOGS. I THEY AR HTEIUSMT AL. 4 ways aao raaTloioiia watata T TUKV HAVBI A CklAJim. I iiihii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IIoks ara not atupld, Ura proverb and the popular wind to taa contrary not wltbalaudlng, aaya the Waablnfton 1'oat Id herds they are tmmendoualy preKarioua. They fed and range and aleep lu gangs. Their loaf bads ara heaped together aa aoon as froat faila. The older anlinala begin the baa ping, and tha pigs quickly fall In line. At 11 rut the wound la mode rata, but when cold or snow threatens It grows aa If by uiuglc. Not only leaves, but low, buahy bruab and strawy sedge ara guuwed off and carried In great mouth-' fuls to re-enforce the bed. If 20 hogs are to sleep lu It, It wlU be breast high to a umii before tbe accumulation ceaaea. Then as aoon aa feeding Is over the hogs wake a dasb for It, bur row under and bury themselves, bead and ears, in Its depths. Tbey lie crosa aud pile any fashion. Indeed, wbleb brings tbeui aa close together aa possi ble. As the cold strengthens In the night those upon tbe outer edges puab themselves under and between tbelr Bleeping mates, thus rousing them to squeul dlaconteut. A suckling sow wakes her own bed ami fiKhta away from It everything ex cept her pigs. She beapa It conlcally, gets upon top, works herself half way down In It, then whirls around and around until she baa hollowed for her self and her piggies a snug nest After she lies down In It with her pigs strung along ber side she rises upon ber fors log and with her snout flirts the bed stuff all over ber Utter. Upon a bitter day the pigs do not leave tbe bed. Hogs of every sort Indeed He asleep through the cold unless driven out by hunger. Hogs learn quickly to discriminate. They will set up a prodigious squeal ing when hungry at algbt of tbelr habitual feeder, yet pay no attention W1HS COVKKKU BOO TBODOH. whatever to any other person. Tbey alao learn their own calls as distin guished from those of other animate Up In the region of mountains and uioonahlue whisky bogs are called with loug wooden trumpets, whose sound Is like that of a hunting born, but more powerful and carrying farther. Reve nue vigilance la of course tbe bora's reason of being Its blasts do not awaken auapiclon aa would the usual culliug. The hogs ranging miles ef mountainside come when tbey bear the trumpet a little before daylight for tbelr beloved swill, but cannot be fooled by blasts of any other horn. Similarly once upon a time three pet pigs were trained to come for their morulug mush and milk at tbe sound of Dixie moat vigorously sung. They never failed to bear aud bead, even though half a mile off, yet paid no at tention whatever to any other song er sound. Another pig, friendless and est ray. fell Into the way of feeding with the cows In pen and until be waa transmuted Into bacon answered only to the call of "Book cowl Boo-ookl" And still another learned to regulate feeding by tbe aouud of tha big farm bell and came grunting and galloping to the trough whenever be beard Its clamor. While a fat pig la about the tasleet and the clumsiest of created things one lean nnd hungry Is among the moat active In mind and body. A fearless forager, the fence that turna him has to be almost bullet and bomb proof. He learna to climb post and rail as a dog climbs, to throw down snake rail after the manner of breacby cattle, to evade barbed wire aa shrewdly as a politician evadea tbe fulfillment of a promise and to worm his way through everything lu a manner to justify tbe angry farmer who said, "I don't know about a cauiel going through tbe eye of a needle, but If It waa a bog I'd bet on bis dolug It every time." Horses' Caats. Nature provides tbe horse with a tut aud comparatively abort coat for sum mer wear ami- a coarser aud longer one for winter use. says tbe London Live Hloek Journal. Tbe animal aheds tbe former covering during tbe autumn and the lutter during the sprlug. Tbe hairs of the forelock, mane and tall ami the long hairs about tbe musale ami eyes are uot sued. Oood grooming and the use of warm clothing greatly tend to reduce the difference between the summer coat aud the wluter coat. If while the coat Is being changed In the spring the brush or other means be employed to hasten the process, the roots of the hair will become prema turely excised to tbe action of tbe air and consequently will become stlmu lated, with the result that coarser balr will be formed than would have been the rase had the winter coat been al lowed to remain on for Ita usual pe riod. Hence tbe summer coat would be rougher than It would otherwise have la-en, ami Its appearance may be more or less sxi!led. To prevent, therefore, auy loss of good looks la tbe summer coat of their animals grooms who have to study appearances. Ilk thoae In tha rife of fashionable carriage burses In the London seaaon, are gen erally careful to avoid brushing or hand rtiliblui; the coat while It la being sbed durlug the spring. UNIFORM STANDARD. " atkat Ike Market Dfm4( la se ll lie of the needs of the time Is Some uniform standard of butter and cheese niaklug. so that there will be less dif ference N t ween the grades which are hi'Hd to our markets, says W. B. Partner In American Cultivator. Such uniformity of our product would be ef lm Miiinitile value to our' ahlpplng trade, which at present has a good Seal to contend with la foreign max- kata. if all dairlinsa tried to their butter and cheese after a certain excellent formula, the products would soon obtain a better reputation iu Eu rope. jUne of tbe secrets of tbe suc rose of Canadian cheese lu tugland Is that It la all of a uniform standard. Cheeses from 40 or 60 factories or farms tan be placed alougslde of each other, and tbey look so much alike that it would be bard to believe that tbey were made In widely different parts of the country by as many different men. Through co-operatlou aud united ef fort the Canadian cbeeseuiakere have come to adopt a modern, clean, suc-i-esaful method of waking and curing i heir cheese, and, as all cheese that fulla to come up to the standard can uot lie exported as Canadian cheese, the shrewd dairymen have little In centive to make anything except the best Now, having established an en viable record for their cheese, these same dairymen are devoting their at tention to Uie Improvement of their butter product. They are employing tbe aame method to do this that tbey adopted so successfully fur their cheese. It Is tbe uniformity of tbelr cheese more than anything else that baa given tt the reputation abroad. In looking around for a standard of either cheese or butter, It Is ouly neces sary to examine the product of the careful, skillful dairymen lu the spring and summer of the year. Nature's succulent food Is at Its best now, and It la not difficult to make One, yellow butter or rich, fine, full cream cheese. The product of the dairy at this season should be accepted as the standard for tbe year rouud. Our June creamery butter la considered so fine that specu lators buy hundreds of tons of It and store It for winter trade. This would not be necessary if we made an effort to keep up the staudanl. Caws as FooS Hrndeeers. The cow Is oue of the most valuable of tbe farm animals as au ecouowlc producer of food from the coarse and cheap fodders of the farm, says a cor respondent of Tbe Breeder's Gazette. Tbe following Illustrates this point: One pound of dry matter lu uiilk Is produced from 8 pounds of dry matter In food. In beef from 27 pounds, la mut ton from 21 pounds and In pork from 7 pounds. Tbe only fair comparison Is between tbe ruminating animals, which are fed on similar food. Tbe hog is fed al most wholly on concentrated foods, as the various grains. It takes nearly three and one-half times aa much food to make a pound of dry food In beef as It does to make one pound of dry matter In milk and over two and one half times aa much to produce the same results with aheep. Tbe cow is therefore a much more efficient food producer than either the ateer or tbe sheep. Tbe cow, moreover, produces a food that la adapted to a wide range of use and la almost Indispensable to tlw young of humankind. Milk, too, and tbe products from It are more thor oughly digested than other animal foods, snd there la less waste. The dairy cow will long survive the steer as a producer of food for man. Cara OH Meal. We are receiving many Inquiries of late concerning tbla relatively new by product from corn, says Hoard's Iaii y maa. It Is wade from coru hearts, or tbe germs of tbe corn keruels, and la claimed to have better If not greater feeding value than Unseed oil meal. While we are not prepared to vouch for the literal accuracy of this claim, we have uo question that It Is a valua ble addition to tbe list of highly con centrated foodstuffs rich In digestible protein aud one that dairymen will be well repaid for giving a fair triul. Feed merchants In dairy districts ought to be prepared to distribute this meal to tbelr customers this spring In small lota so that Ita value may be demonstrated aud the farmers be pre pared to place their orders for next wluter'a feed understanding. It ought to be sold regularly for about $22.50 per ton at retail, aud. If It shall prove on trial to have tbe merit claimed for It, It will All a place now largely va cant because of tbe excessive prices charged for Unseed oil meal In many sections of the country. riltar Milk Hi Olea. The oleo wen are now making much of the argument that filthy milk la sometimes aent to tbe creamery for butter making, aaya Rural New York er. Then tbey aay that la wa to compel Salrymea to be clean are more needed than lawa to regulate tbe sale of oleo. Of course tbey think so. From their standpoint filth In milk Is a terrible crime, while filth In business morals Is a little thing. Dairymen do not object to fair sanitary laws. Tbey will be clean If the oleo people will be honest. All manner of tricks are resorted to lu order to evade tbe present laws. Just as In the aale of "process," or deviled, butter, all sorts of schemes are prac ticed to pass tbe stuff off dishonestly. In some cases where the state laws de mand that packages shall be plainly marked purple wrapping paper is used, with the printed name In about tbe aame color Ink. !n other cases yellow Ink IS used on the white wrapplug pa per, so tbst It cannot be easily read. No use talking, tbe oleo business Is full of fraud which our present law can ot prevent. ASvaataaea af . WISa Tires. Experiments made at the Missouri agricultural station show that in near ly all road conditions broad tired wag ons pull easier than those with narrow tires. On macadam road a load of 2.51S pounds can be hauled on broad tires with the aame draft as a load of 2.000 pounds on narrow ones. On grav el road, except when wet and sloppy on top, tbe draft of tbe broad tired wagon la much less than that of the narrow tired wagon. A load of 2.482 pounds can be hauled on broad tires with tbe draft required for 2.0OU pounds on nar row tires. Tbe trials ou dirt roada give varying results. Wbea It Is dry, hard and free from dust, 2.530 pounds can be hauled on broad tires with tbe draft required for 2,000 pounds on narrow tires. Wbea tbe surface Is covered with two or three Inches of dry, loose dust, tbe re sults sre favorable to tbe broad tire la general the better the road tbe greater tbe advauume of the broad tire. tn turf It hi much easier of draft il'OlPtTlllo IX IRON PKoutlT!. the American Steel and Wire tJoiniieuy aunouoevs that it will add several large furnaces tt Us plait, and make for itself tbe pig irou aud the Hieel required for its euoruioos output of wire aud Dal Is. This is In effect rucogtiitlon of the fact that It is going to have serious couupetiliou lo confront. An ext-wded review of the iron business iu 44 The Journal of Commerce" mentions two formida ble competitors which are puahlug work on a large stale. Tbe Sharou Steel Company has for I's president Frederick Buhl, who built' the large open hearth tU-el plant at Sharon, t'eiiu , which the Steel and Wire Compauy has purchased, aud with him ia Jehu Uteveiisou, formerly super 1 1 teudei.t of the Newcastle works, which were sold to tbe Bteel ami Wire. Tbe new plaul Is lo have great ca aclly, with all the latest de vices for economising-' labor and other ct, a furnace I urn lug out six hun dred tous a day, and the skill of men who have not been' unsuccessful. But the Union Steel Company is also to build woiks at Webster, Petin., thirty mites below Flit-rbuiY, on the Monongchala river, the well known bank em, MeCon Bros., beiug largely ii teres! ed In the eotjrpriae, ami, according to reiKrts, Mr. H. V. Frick is also interested. This plant is to be of a similar kind,' and It is said that it will be lu operation be fore January 1. These concerns are going into the business to make money, and they therefore intend to lie able to t-ike business at as low a cost as anyrmdy can. But com pet i tion has not been at alt confined to this line of manufacture.' The Tin Plate l-onipany was another of the great combinations which fell not very far shoit of a monopoly In its m lit. Not to speak of several minor companies organised for this manu fact u re, two are mentioned as having ieen organised since July I, one with a capital of 15,000,000, aud one claim- ng pateuis aud processe far superior to those ol nny other concern. . In addition the old companies which were not absorbed fry the big corpo ration have also been extending their plants, one having added thirty tin plats mills wilhiu a coin oar tiely short lime. These are merely asm- I pies of Ihe expansion now going ou in almort every Hue which a great coiuliluat'on has umletttken to con trot. In wlte and nails and in tiu plates the great combinations secured plants about able lo supply the entire quan tity required for consumption in this country. In fact, tbe St -el and Wire Company has pushed It enterprise into foreign markets also, and In ten mouths, ending with April, the actual exports, mainly by this com bination, were 198,274,01)5 pounds wire, 20.665,130 pounds wire roils, nnd 77,592.208 pounds wire nails, with other Items making over 800, 000,000 pounds. The tin plate works have scarcely exported any products ss yet, the price fixed for the home trsdo having been quite high. Bui while new and powerful works are entering the field as competitors, either will be in position to seek the home or the foreign trade, with a prospect that a big foreign 'rude will be necessary In each Hue ol manufac ture to keep all the esttl'll-him nts at work. Owing lo Ihlsexui.ded de mand, the quantify of pig Iron re quired may be found larger than has been anlh lpat. d, for one of the con siderations which have seemed of especial Importance in the trade Is that the decrease In demand for fin ished products, and tbe increase in production of pig iron by the finish ing companies themselves, would leave a large surplus of Iron produced hy the old furnaces for which there will be insufficient demsnd. The truth is that none of the par lies Interested will be able to deter mine what relation the supply ol pig iron will bear to the demand until the reduction of price to about a nor m tl range has given encouragement to hou e purchasers. No one pre tends to deny that the extraordinary shrinkage lu demand since last No vember baa been lu large measure due to the high prices asked for fin ished products. As long as the de mand waa constantly running far ahead of the supply, so that the prices of materials were being stead ily forced upward, the constat t ten dency was to cut down that demand. The obvious remedy for thst slate of things ia a return of prices to such normal figures that the home and foreign demand may both he eocour a;ed to the utmost. When that happens it will probably be found that, as 1 1 other times, the American demsnd is practically unlimited ex cepting by advance in prices. The room for development In this fortun ate country has not been measured aa yet, hut can o. ver he fairly tested except under conditions of reasona ble steadiness in price and moderate coal ofpnaludion, THKOKT JrBAlXcYr TRADE, It has not been many years 'hat a bale nee of trade in favor of Amerloan mtibaovi baa been a reality and tha people have not yet learned how to interpret our giaal fortune of the past few mot ths. Home have expressed wouder how K'tglaud eau tie at all prosperous aud have a trade balance against her every year. Oo gresr- man Payue, chairman of the Ways aud Means committee, recently talk ed ou the kuhject to a uewpaar reporter. ! do not believe," said Mr. Payne, "that a natiou can meet with contin ued prosierity whose imports exceed Its exports, auy more than can au individual whose expeuses exceed his Income. But exporta are uot to he confined t merchandise alone. Ureal Britain ia a great creditor na tion. Her people have investments In every quait-r of Ihe globe. They own goverument, state and munici pal and private corporation bonds; I bey have In vet ted in stock of every description and embarked in count less private enterprises. This pro duces an income of which no account is taken in the bslantes between her impoiti and ex pom,' which goes far in paying up the' trade balances agaiuat ber. In additiou to this, she does a large poitionof tie carrying trade of tbe world. From tills source she receives huutlrede-of millions which help to make up this trade balance. Wi re It not for these com pensations tbe balance of her imports over her exporta must of necessity be paid in gold. On the other hand, the United Stttea is and has been a debtor nation. Great Britain holds many of our securities on which tbe snnual indebtedness is enormous. Our traveling people pay tribute to the old country by spending abroad an amount eetimated by many at 1100,000,000 a year. In other words, we expoit Ibat much gold. We pay large sums to owners of foreign ves sels engaged in our carrying trade. This is estimated as high asf200,000,- 000 a year. We could not pay these vast sums annually If our exports did exceed our imports, thereby creating an Indebtedness from abroad to counter-balance these heavy payments. With our wonderful increase in ex ports and especially of the balance over our imports, the ttblea ere gradually turning and enormous quantities of our bonds and stocks have been brought back during the last two years. New York has ac tually subscribed for a Russian loan during the past few mouths. If our trade lucreases as it has for the pai-t year, aud the balance due us annual ly becomes larger, we shall aoon ab sorb all our securities held abroad, and our people will be making In vestments in foreign countries. "When a nation becomes Indebted abroad," said Mr. Payne, "It does ui t necessarily mean the movement of gold, although this is often the case, various means are resortea to to prevent the eiKirt of gold such as the raising of rates upon the l ank of England. We have not been forced to adopt any of these schemes lie- cause of Ihe large balance t f trade In our favor. Under the last adminis tration, II Is true, we were obliged to buy gold (much of It from abroad) Willi bonds, In order to keep up the equilibrium. Other uieaiii are re sorted to to pay the balance due for el n nations, like the selling of gov erument bonds, as was our case in 1894 or 18U5, and the sale of various other securities. The baukers will seek In each Instance to hold on to the gold, and lo exchange every form of security for the indebtedness. "The reason, therefore, that Eng land prospers with so great a balance of trade against her is because of her enormous wealth In Investments abroad. These Investments are sap ping tbe wealth of every nation lu the world, and are the means hy which she Is enabled to pay the liv Ing expeuses of her people. If there was the same trade balance against this country as there Is against Eng land our people would become bankrupt. "Nation , like Individuals, when business runs agaiuat them, are forced Into economy, and thus avert disaster. While, ou tie other hand, when rolling In wealth, tbey sur round themselves with luxuries and thus scatter thetr surplus. It Is thus that equilibrium Is preserved, and each nation retains its quota of gold." Kl'HHIi IS WiR El). Senttor Henry Cabot Lodge, a member of the foreign relations com mittee of the Uilt"d States seuste, made a remaiksble sieech at the afternoon meeting of Ihe Essex Club, held to rat fy t e nomination of Mc Klnley aud Rievelt. He described the work of the punt four years, com mented on the work of the conven tion, declared that Koe'evelt was a great civic executive and hero, ami made the following close, which evoked tremendous apptauae. "We have put the tariff law on the statute books we have put the gold standard law on the stttute books; we have fought Ihe war with Spain; we have made the peace with Spain; wa have given Hawaii a government; we have given Alaska a government we have given Porto Hico a govern ment wa ara res tor kg order In tbe Philippines; we are guiding Culm along the path to independence am safe government. Th.-re remains the question of expansion. I am pot go. log lo argue that great question here this afternoon. 1 shall have occasion to say a great deal bImiiiI it to the people of MasSHchu-s'tts, I aupxise before they vote iu November. But sll eyes are fixed um China. It looks a if the agony of that crest empire, so long predicted, had begun. It may be laxtiioiied; it may las put off; but the question of China there. It would have arisen Dewey had never seen Manila Bay. We bad for thirty years but one ship on the, China tttion, the old Mono- caey; which was tint weak to ' lie taken across to Manila by Dewey. "If it had net taeu for the war jn the Philippines our missionaries, our traders, our consuls and our tner chauta would I t -lay unprotei t "d iu China, or left in ll.e protection ol some other nation. As it is, holding Manila, we are the strongest nuval power in Ihe eai-t and can pn tct our own. We are no longer to live like a hermit crab, not allowing our peo ple to go iLto China or India or our missionaries to spread religion. We are to protect them. We are to tske our share in the trade and commerce of the mighty east. We need tbe maikels of China, and I say Manila, which came to us providentially, as I believe, hy the fortunes of war, is the great guarantee of ' American safe'y in the East. And as to the Filipinos, if the republican parly could be trusted to free 4,000,000 slaves in our own land, is it t lav susiM'ttd ol a wish to ur ke 10,000, 000 new slaves lu tbe Philippine Is lands? Their welfare is to us a sacred trust. Wearett guidi them iu the great problem of aelf-government. ."We have China on the far wettTn shore of the Pacific, but we hold the other side. The people who live on thefuitheht shore of the Pacific cau uot be a matter of indifference lo the masters of the western coast of North America. Study the Chinese ques tion. It Is the great question of the lay. The events tiiut are going ou to-day lu China are big with future results. All the great nations of the world are gathered there. One great nation is planning to seize that em pire and close it to the rest of the world. That, in our r wn interest. and in the Interests of humanity, and the interest') of civilization, too, we can not afford. I am uot afraid ever ti see the Uuiled St ties take her place iu tho struggle of the great world powers, where she belongs. I lionet mean that we will have to me die in Europe. Ood forbid! But I do say that the other side of the Pacific Is a u American interest, and I want to see the United Slates pro t&'t her own throughout the East. She can- do it. We are no weak lings. The blotal of youth is in our veins, and we shall triumph over these dif ficulties as we have triumphed over greater oues lu the past. No one has yet come b. ninth the flag except to bless it, aud the people wherever it waves to-lay, in the far Eist, will bless It, too, even as we and our children." a M. TboTtF iTm KOK. I A. California is the natural para.lise i f ihe holy maker. Its resources are inexhaustable, its invitation univer sal, and its resorts and attractions among the most noted of the world. "Itesorts and Attractions along the Coast Line" Is handsomely illustra ted folder, giving a description of Ihe health aud pleasure resorts on the coast between Hau Franci-co and Lo Angeles. "Shasta Itesorts," emliellshed with beautiful half tone engravings, des cribes the senic and ' outing attrac tions of the vast and wonderful Shasta region, Ihe grandest of pleas grounds. The Southern Pacific Company publishes descriptive literature con taining valuable information alsmt all of them. It is for free distribu tion aud may la obtained from any Southern l'sciflu agent, or C. II. Markham, General Pasaengi-r Agent at Portland, if you apply by mail enclose a stamp for each puhlii-alion wanted. California South of Tehachapi" tells all about Ihe charms of that remarkably favored aemi-trropic garden spot of the world in Southern California. A handsome map of California, complete In detail, reliable, skillfully indexed, and full of information about the State's resources. It is the only publication of kind folded for ocket use. "Hummer Outings" is a 32-page folder devotrtl lo the camping retreats in the Shasta Itegion and Santa Crux mountalm: It apal more dirtct ly to that large and growing class of recreation seeker who prefer this popular form of outing. "Pacific drovt'' is the Chautauqua of the west, and this folder not only describes the pretty place itself, but gives a program of the religious and educational meetings, conventions, schools, etc., to he held there this summer. WIIATIIASIIAPPEll) DURING THE WEEK Items of General Interest from all parts of the state WIIITK Fill IN II KM AMI The town of MarshbVId will put in a gtaal sewer system. Seventy families camped at Turner lat week where the state couventlou of Christian chuiches was held. The remains of young Clttyson, who waa murdered ou the Dawson, Alaska, trail last winter, was burled in Portland on Friday of last week. A fraudulent ageut has been swindling the people of Portland by taking subscriptions to Muusey's monthly magazine at 75 eeuta tr iiuujUt. The Eugene (Juard is informed that hop lice are scarcer lu Lane county than tbey have been for 10 years before at this season of the year. Farmers in Umatilla county have beeu harvesting fur two weeks. I'here wac but little harvesting done until after the first of August last year. Sheep shearing U in progress lu various parts of Curry county, and the yield ia proving must satisfactory to all coucerned, says the Port Orford Tribune, Wild blackberries are more plenti ful In Columbia county this year than for any season for several years. The crop is ripening about two wetka earlier than usual. Conservative estimates place the value of this year's 1Imm1 ltiver strawberry crop at 1175 au acre ataive all expenses. The U. It. & N. Co. reports that it has handled 75 car loads. The University of Oregon mailed a wagonload of catalogues to nearly every point in the Northwest. The demand for catalogues Is large, indi cating a very large attendance next year. Fiom a private source The Dalles Chronicle learns that 100,0 JO pounds of wool was so'd at Puudlelon Mon day at 12 and 13 cents a pound. Tho Dalles scouring mill bought a lot of heavy wool at 9 cents. Johnston Bros, are said to be the heaviest losers in the vlciuity of Dufur by the storm of last Saturday. They had nearly 100 acres of flue fall wheat knocked down by the hail. I'heir damage Is probably about $1500. The Fourth Regiment O. N. O, brass band have received their instru ments which were bought In New York. The outfit cost $1500. The horus are silver-plated, but Unit ex tra finish does not make tin m silver toned. A crew of 20 men is at work at Cayuse Station in Umatilla County, building a new wheat ware house for the Pacific Coast Elevator Company. Next week Balfour, Out hrie A Co., will have a crew of men there to put up a house for them. Saturday Daniel Ross, employed in the Nixon logging camp near Peoria, Linn county, sustained a severe injury, crosswise of his face, and under his eye, there is a gash several inches long. A felled tree bent a sapling to the ground. Ross released Ihe sapling and it struck him in the lace, lie was Insensible for some time. 11. r. Bruce, of Salem, has return ed from a trip up the Willamette Valley, for the purpose of buying some stock sheep. He went as far as llarrishurg. On the way up he bought 15M head, paying to $1 each for them. The poor grain crop has stimulated the fanners to hold on to their sheep. The first veteran o! the Spanish -American war to enter Ihe Ujseburg Soldiers' Home Is Frank Taylor, of Portland, a lale member of Company O, Second Oregon Volunteers, who Is suffering with consumption and Is now in Ihe Soldiers' Home Hospital iu a very critical condition. He la 80 years old and became an Inmate of the Home on June 21. Three years ago there was an ugly labor strike at Astoria and Ihe na tional guard was called out to sup press Ihe moh. The grievance was that the fishermen demanded 5 cents per siund for salmon which the canncrs declared they could not af ford to pay. Thla year, on the same grounds, 8 rents per jsiund Is the price. Steel heads are worth CJ cents. The reason for these better prices is the comtmtitlon made hy the cold storage plants that were established la 1898 and '99. t
