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Washington, July 5, 1901.
The Tost Otilee Department has begun
.a fight in which it is clearly right and in
which it will be purported by all the
strength of tho exocadve branch of the
Government, but notwithstanding those
advantages, it luust gt the supwrtof
t:;o press and of public sentiment in
order to win a permanent victory. This
tight is to shut the fake publications out
of the privilege of second-class mail. The
Government pays $o0,(XK),lXl0 a year for
carrying second-class mail, and receives
less than ? 1,000,000 for it. That much
of this loss is duo to abuses which have
c.re;t into the construction of the law
constructions never dreamed of wheu
the law was being enacted is apparent
to everyone who has become at all famil
iar with what constitutes a large propor
tion of second class mail. In fact, from
on investigation which has btcn going
on for mouths, the postal officials have
been convinced that fully one-half of the
matter now mailed as second-class
ehonl J, under a strict and perfectly
proper construction of the law, bo com
pelled to pay as third-class matter. A
new rule for the construction of the law
is to be assued by the Post Office De
partment for the especial purpose of
t-huttingout fate publications. When
it is promulgated, lookout for squeals
from the owners of the fakes and from
uch legitimate publications as can be
wheedled or paid to say that the busi
ness of legitimate publication is being
interfered with. These squeals will be
worked for nil they are worth for their
effect upon Congress, where the fight
will Jeertumly bo carried. Postal offi
cials declare in the most positive terms
that the new construction cf the law
will not injure any legitimate publica
tion, and count upon getting the sup
port of all such.
Capt. L. Craven, who served a? Quar
ivrjnaster of the Thirty-second Volun
teer Infantry in the Philippines, and
who is now visiting Washington, said of
the opportunities offere I young Ameri
cans in tho Philippines: "Manila i-s the
center of a wiile field of opportunities
fi..r Amcicans. While in the Quarter
master's Department there, I had deals
with iii uiy Americans who went there
fur business purposes. I found that
i:i:n of business quaiiS'jxtioa. common
fi-nse. and energy did well. I would nd
Us young Americans desiring to go
t :,c-re to Require a thorough knowledge
s f Spanish and stenography. Tuy will
. riainiy obtain clerkships in business
houses, and if solid, active workers, in
tt:':id of sharpers and schemers, they
will within several years be in business
themselves. The Filipinos want good
Americans to come to their islands and'
instill new business and commercial
enterprise. In my oflice were four
American boys employed as dorks.
Tnry were worth if 109 a month each to
corporations in this country, ll.cy de
cided to ca-'t their lot in Manila and re
i iained there. All of them are dying
well."
Mr. Paul Sheldon, a New York lawyer,
who has just returned from a business
vi.-it from all of the islands of the
(! router and Lester Antilles, excepting
Cuba and Po-to Ilico, wan a.-'ke I what
t'i natives of ths fr.mish West Indie
thought of annexation to the United
.Stsit;'.-;, which is sure to come, as the
conclusion of the n""jliatinris fur tho
purclrtvuof th.i i.-laidi from Denmark
is only a matter of time, lie replied:
"A few wealthy merchants, mostly
Danes, oppose the sale of the island, be
emse tlir.y aro afraid of American enter
prise. The natives of a!! the. inlsuida of
t::e Lew-er Antilles, I find upon special
inquiry, were in favor of annexation.!
They were very anxious, the French, ea
p'.'C;.rt!!y. They think they are naturally
nu f.r away from their mother conn-:
tri.-s, and say that the officiate . eent
ttr.on aro nevr men with authority who
.(', take hold and alleviate existing
e i'.fi and bunions. The say thee ofli-
' ':-uls never h-tve sufficient influence to '
s--.-);i.puel anything really important."
Tho publication of the action of the
Conmiisioner of Patents in suspending
a!! itearint'fi in appeal cases before him
-!f and the Aisis'at Commisniouer :
during July and AugUht, seems to have
f).;?n taken by some to moan that tho
Work of the, entire Patent Office was
su spended. Such is not the cane by any
Means. Tho l-JO esaruiaers of the Pat
er.!. Office, who decide tlie vast majority
of cases without, an appeal being taken
lu Uia Coauiojiuuer are working six
days a Week, and will continue right
aloi'g. C. A. Snow & Co., patent law
vers, a hose business lefors the Patent
Office exceeds that of any other firm,
says that very few applications for pat
ents, perhaps not mora than one ma
hundred, will bo delayed by tho long
rest of the Commissioner aud Assistant
Commissioner of Patents.
The President's proclamation declar
ing free trade with Pcrto Uico on and
after July 25 will Ins Issued as soon as be
receives an official copy of the resold
tksn adopted by tho legislature ct Porto
Rico.
New flsthads of Nature Study.
It is refreshing to note 'that nature
study is becoming mow and more, a
common feature of school and college
work, and also that tho methods nsed
aro somewhat different from those hi
vogue some years ago. Time was when
the study of birds meant shooting them,
or collecting their eggs and nests, iul
when the ardent student if quadrupeds,
insects, reptiles, or any other living
tiling, felt it necessary to pr.ove his love
for his subject by knocking it in the
head, and to nuasara his knowladiie by
the size of Ids collection. Thanks to
the camera and common sense, thinjs
are different now. Tho naturalist has
learned that he can fin I out more about
birds and animals by making friends
with them when alive than by dissect
ing them dead.
At least halt of tho popular books on
nature study which hav appealed In
the last few years have evidently been
the work of tho out-door naturalist. The
lo.-er of nature takes his camera, bis
opera-glass, his text-book and his note
book, and hies him to tho woods or
fields, where ha quietly sits down on
the ground or props hmibelf agiinst a
tree, and keeps very still, it is not his
purpose to interrupt, but to watch tho
boiHekeeping of his friends in fur and
feathers. - I l kaotts that the report of
a gnu or tho smell of blood will effect
ually put a stop to the kind of studying
lie desires to do. It is no practicable
to kill a person and make friends with
him at one ?nd the fame time, and the
rule ho! Is just as goal if tha person is a
squirrel or a robiu.
The nature lover, therefore, U for
hours in his chosen placj, tramps for
miles over woo l-paths or through un
trodden wilderness, not for the sake of
bringing homo a well-filled bag of game,
but in order to store his head with in
teresting information, lie wants to
5n 1 out, perhaps, what the habits of a
certain bird are, and ho v its e:ng at
certain seasons of tho year differs from
the mere twitter heard at other seasons ;
whit it lives on, and how far north it
ranges. Can he discover all these
things by lying in rait fer the bird and
shooting it, or taking it homo to live the
ret of its short life in a cage? Nothing
of the kind ; this is a case in which he,
not the bird, must pay for his knowl
edge. So, like an honest man. ho pays,
and in return learns more not only about
that bird, but about various other crea
tures met in his travels, than the mere
sportsman would know if be hunted a
hundred years.
Old woodsmen, it is true, often know
a great deal of the habits of wild things,
not only from the hunter's, but tho nat
uralist's, point of view; but it it' well
known that they sel lorn hunt for mere
sport, an 1 never kiil more than they
neftd fort'ituil coiisunri'.i )!! or for sale.
One doe3 not find an Adirondack guide
runttiitg amuck in the woods, blazing
away at everything ho Powder
and shot are too precious, for one thing.
Consequently the peo,,te in fur and
feathers, not den rod by hiia for food or
other purposes, soon learn to know him,
and ho understands tfn in. Sometimes
he iif not much of a sportsman in the
ordinary sense of tho term. .And the
men who attend to tho preserving of
game and the care of forests know quite
as much of word;:raft as tli wj who live
by shooting the wild creatures.
LOW RATE TO I'.b'FFALO.
If you are going to tfie K.iposition, or
anv other point Fast, do not make
your arrangements until you have se
cured rates from the Partington Route.
They will interest you. Call or write
Ur full particulars. R W. Foster,
Ticket Aent Purlington Route, corner
Third and Htark Sts., Portland, Ogn.
J. II. Miller Invites the people of
Junction and vicinity to call and see the
new ISO I Rambler bicycles. If you are
thinking about buying a wheel, it will
pay you to look at the Rambler before
you make a purchase. Just notice the
number of these wheels in uue. That if
the best pdvyrtisetnent it cau liavfjf
B. 5. fiyiand
Co.,
Ren! Hslaie Dealers,
Haw Iho following farm land foriwlc.
Any inquiries in nKrd to fame will re
ceive prompt attention:
SO acres of the finest land In Lane
county, one mile east of Junction City.
This land is all In glass but 4'a acres.
Price ?M per acre. ?
1w-avr farm four miles east of liar
risburg. in l.inu county ; 110 acres to
cultivation! voting orchard; new house,
fair bam; plenty of water; Kr acre.
lf.0 acre farm, '-' miles east of liar
risburg ISO aeres iu cultivation; bal
ance jHulov; good Improvements,
house, barn, orchard; la miles to
school house, f-'3 per acre.
220 acres, two miles south of Harris
burg; 00 nrres under cultivation, bat
mice timber, maple, ash, etc, ; no build
im; new fence around cultivated land:
llarrisburg water ditch tuns through
land; good deed; known as south hnW
of old Mausiidd donation claim ; 10 per
acre.
200 acres of good level f irm land,
three miles south from Mai risburg;
about Hti acres in cultivation : SOacret.
in light timber: 10 acres in hops; splen
did orchard of 4 acres; school house 1,
miles distant. This farm is well fenced
and plenty of water. The property has
been previously held at t22J per acre.
It can now bo purchase! for $-M, If you
were, t look the length and breadth of
the Willamette Valley you couldn't find
a better bargain. Iho owner nctvd
IKX) from the 10 acres of hops the j arl
teason.
403 acres of fine nrairie land, 4 mile
southeast of Junction City, on the river
road, and 10 miles north of Fugene;
300 acres under cultivation; tvj acre
fine hard wood timber; resilience and
two barns; but little gravel; 12-nere
orchard ; well fenced. Can hedtvidtd
east and west so as to glyj each ball
part of limbrr. Will U divided or sold
as a whole to suit. Price $ '; jht acre.
This is tlu old Il'uliu farm, and is wotth
$.') an acre.
100 acres, 2j miho Kouthwent of Junc
tion ; 2o0 acies under cultivation; M
acre: timber, oak and n-h; watered by
the hong Tom and several sucll hhes,
over 10 miles f fen.'o, divided into 10
fields and pio-tnrcs; could It' divided
into 3 farms and each one eould have a
imol road all graded and graveled all the
way to Junction City; 3 stock harus
40x:x) ; I barn U'x72; " blacksmith shoj,
ha scales, wniron phtd and mnchinc
hed; out bnild tms and'a dwelling
house cf 8 rooms, gixnl as new, c.st -Hs)i) ;
two orchards, all kinds of fruit uTid l-r-ries.
I rice, f 11 per acre. Kasyti rms.
A great bargain.
B. S. HYLANI) & CO.
JFNCTJON CITY, OKE.
Office iu "J'.ulletin" 0;ace.
Centrally Located.
Free Sample P.'ioms.
K'ectrh: Lights and Pells
FlllST-CLASS.
Hotel Eueno
Moti.i.xaKCK P.aos , Proprietors.
Rates, $1 to 2 jor Day.
Headquarters for Commercial Travelers
ana .Mining .Men.
Eugene, Oregon.
Imp
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rial
Limited
FEKVICE WILL l'.E
in.',uoi:i:atf.d ji;xe 10.
100 Hours
prG
ACROf TI1H AMERICAN
CONTLN'KNT.
For fuil particulars, call on or address
II. II. AioioTT, Agent,
- 1-12 !!d St., Portland, Or.
1J. J. Coylk, A. L V. A..
Vancouver, 15. C,
Mod's Nerven'ne Pills
3.
Thz prcaf
nervou3 pros
tration and
all nervous
dkeart of the
trx, such as Nervous Prostration, Failir-j or
los Rlmnoodl, Impotency, Nightly Etnis
ilons, Youthful Errors, Mental worry, ex
m,'ivt ve. of Tobacco or Opium, which
'e&S to Ginjumption and Insanity $l.0
-tt box fcv nail! 6 boxes for $5.00.
f-9rrs f'fLKIWL CO., Frcp's, Clorelsnfj, Ohifj
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ill Going -tasf
Ttrhapa I can be of service to you.
I can ticket you over any railroad running
trains out of Portland ; tell you when io leave
home; where to change cars; when you will
reach your destination, and what there is to
be seen on tho way.
Call or write I 'II take pleasure in answer
ing your questions.
Omaha, Chicago, Kan "an City, St. Luui-a3d
EVEKVWMEKJC LrywaJL-.. , .
A. C, SiiEt-eoK. Gf ncral Agent,
Cor. Third and Stark Slju, Portland. Ore.
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CNLQCAl Li: SKUVICB via
(iP.KAl HALT LAKK K017TK.
The favorite route to tho Hast is via
Salt Lake City and Denver over the Ilio
Grande Western Ihitlway, in connection
with either tho Denver & Pio Oramlo or
Colorado Midland Ihwlroads. Yon will
find it a t'loanant way to travel, couj
ling an it does the mowt remarkable
scenic ride In America with an nitmir
jinnseil train "erviie. Three (ant through
traiiwoiitinentttl trains dully, carrying
all elates of otiuipment, Including Pull
man jclacc ami ordinary or tomit
hh-cpeiH to Chiciigo and St. Loniu with
or.t change, free n c'ining chair curs, oh
nervivtion cart mid a 'crieet ilinmg cir
nervico, Scud f r folder and other in
form itiott to J, D, Maiiflhld, general
ngent. 122 A Third i ireet, Portland ;
Geo. W. Heinz, general agent, bait Lake
Ci:y. ' ; .
Scrwi.no MATjuo-im,
Such as
, Whale Oil Soap,
Lime,
' Vitriol,
Quanta Clds.'
For inscctH on garden btoffij .
Such an ' ' ,' , ...'' '''.':
J ' : , ('al'hn':o, ;'
Lettuce, etc.
TJn Insect Powder or Ifolchore'
AhI: us for prices,
Mulier.V Hill,
rrofcription Drngguds.
The I'ut.Mtri.v is in receipt of a Land
somely illustrated booklet entitled,
'Health and Pleasure Along tho Line of
tho Oregon PallroadA Navigation Com
pany." The hook cor.tninH a number of
viowRof picturcHno inountainM, river
and ocean econcry, and it Is nil desenhud
in an accurate and -leasing style. Per
sons contemplating. an outing this sum
liter should have a copy of Ihls souvenir,
as it will enable you to decide w here to
Hpendyour summer vacation, The hook
may he procured free from any agent of
the O. It & N. Co., oron receipt of a two
cent poHlairo stump, from A, L. Craig,
General Puksengcr Agent Portland, Or.
soMrniixci kewi
iiHt .ubllMied by the Southern Pa
ciflc Co. is a t.imphlet upon the re
sources of Wrstern Oregon, which In
cludes an excellent ma -f thitute, and
coittuins inlormiuion on climitte, lands
education, etc, existing Industries i nd
their capabililten.
Attention is also directed to such new
fields Ut energy or capita! as i roiuhio
fair return.
This publication fills a need long ex
perienced f'V Oregonians, in replying it
inouiries of Ivoitern friends.
Copies may bo had of local agent S. P.
Co., or from (!. II. Ma'hkii.vu,
O. P. A , Portland, Or.
LUMP-FK! LUMUKUl LUMP.EIl!'
l. W. Wright has on hand WiO.tXK)
feet of dry lumber, which h will div
ivs(of at re:o"oniible price. 1ong tim
bers ft specialty. Ik'i t IiiriIkt on the
rmuM. thv.j) oai.. Will bo delivered
promptly at any port of the county.
Postolflcu address: Uoldson.
TOPUKFAU).
ti.u ! ulmt tlie establiHhed rute
smounts to in each direction making ihtt
for the round trip, and by arraiiK.ag .
utili ihn Itnrlini'if.n Itoule. pussetigt-rs
imjuiiH -t .v.-m. -
. i Jl.-tt IX.ll.. 1.11 111. Ill
or sain. V'lin upon oi
pnrticuhtr beforo nafcinjiner arrant
mer.ts.' H. tV.FoHti'r, Ticket Agent,
itririhi.inii tionto. coiner ThirU and
Htark stieels, Portinnd, Oregon.
INGRAM FKUTiY NOTICE. ';
Tlil fi.rrv 1ih chunked bands. Pcing
now in gootl condition w ill bo run by
, ; . ; , ' Jons lawwa.
ON TO YAQUINA BAY. -
quina Bay, where can bo had excellent
fare,, good llshlng, good boating, safo,
bathing, alluring rides and ranibleet
The courses mid exercises at the r.tnn
mer School,. of P.)0l. nt Newport, will
afford great variety of instruction, diversion-and
entertainment.
No other renn offers equal attrnc
tiona and advuntaes. , tl