WEEKLY OREGON
STATESMAN, TUESDAY APRIL. 21. 1303...
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Aeretea-Hne;. we will keep this notiee rtcdirr1
at this place in the peper. I
t X discerning matt -hotrien to keep track of current
event notices that the output" of new rillread merg ws hA
been ' very light the , last few days, and he thinks the
chances for an Immediate and decided revival of this
branch of industry are peculiarly unpromising. i " : .
that
The Philadelphia ' Record la trying to, prove
panic is not necessary to enable the Democrats! to carry
the next Presidential election. . It Is suggested that when
It finishes with that branch of the subject it should turn
its attention to the question whether a Democratic success
Is necessary to make a pan'c: i'dft-1- i -'
-j The owners of the farm - on whie3 Doiel.We!wter
was born have offered to" give ft ; to"her -stater of New
Hampshire to be kept as a memorial." but the thrifty citi
zens of the state are hesitating about accepting It. Webster
Is no more and they do not know -w-lryta"pae should
be kept for him forever; t They prefer' to; leave it as a
farm In the hope it will produce another Daniel and pay
taxes, in the meantime. "' ' - - " - .
ernment railways 'were for 5" time "liVT 4T-aY operated
SAD ERROR THAT WIVES DO- NO
'-'. N EED EDUCATION.- .'
The matter has finally quieted fdown. there having been
a settlement of some kind, !n which the government sus
tained Its position,, for the most part, at least..':
This contention .will not strengthen the position of
4he people of this "country who argue In favor of the gov
ernment ownership of transportation lines.
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
ST iLABEL
ADVICE FROM MONTANA.
The agricultural editor of the Ana
conda Standard Is evidently busy these
days. He has been giving some advice
on farming, a part of It applicable 1o
any country or climate. The-part pft
about Irrigation has no place in appH
cation to conditions in Oregon, .how
ever. We have' plenty of 2 Irrigatier
here, without the expense of construct
ing ditches or storing the water. " Fol
lowing Is the evidence of the busy dayr
of the Montana agricultural editor:
' "It is seedtime and in the Bittei
Root, the Gallatin and the Yellowstone;
in the Plains valley and the Flathead
the Montana farmer goeth forth to sow"
He spent the Lenten season in the pre
paration of his ground if be was a wise
and thrifty husbandman, and iow that
Easter has brought sunshine, be pro
ceeds to I scatter broadcast the seed
from which he expects a bountiful har
vest. This Is his busy day and h
works overtime, he and his ox and hif
ass and his son and his hired man, foi
time flies and be must catch It iq iu
night.,. ;;, -' v - X '
The agricultural editor is in receip
of numerous Inquiries at this time ot
year and, is fast as he can find time
they are receiving his careful atten
tion. A : few general observations . a!
this time may serve to quiet the anx
iety of some of those who have failed
to receive replies by mail. In the firs
place, all sowers should note especial'
ly that this is not the time, to quott
"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shal'
he also reap." This proverb, whll
eminently true in many Instances, doe
not apply to the case in hand.
"To illustrate -a man should not ex
pect, by planting a mixture of con
and beans to raise succotash. Ever
aft" expert an irrigatiohist "as Professo.
Fortier J of the Agricultural College
would not expect to attain this result
Nor will even Montana's extremely fer
tile soil and salubrious climate enabU t
a man who sows tin tags to reap. 1
harvest of plug tobacco. There Is f
limit, even to the resources ' of v; thii '
state, jit is also a mistake to expec
to raise; dried apples on ground when
there is no water. There are also in
stances j where the distribution of wa
termelon seeds has failed to yield ar
election, to Congress. ,
"There are some special cases tha'
might b mentioned, but their discus
sion would occupy too much space thit
morning. The average Montana farm
er knows his business. He works un
der most favorable conditions, i He -ha
a wonderfully productive soil;, a sun
shiny climate and irrigation assure
his crops each year. The present sea
son promises to be a most successful
one tor him." i
Salem will have a real hero tonight
and she should receive him ; well ' am"
treat him in a manner to let him knon
her people appreciate heroic services
The First Methodist Church ought . t1
be filled to the very doors tonight, ,t
hear and see Captain Hobson. He' Ii
on this tour for the purpose of earninf
money; with which to support hlmseli
and those dependent upon him. having
been denied the justice that Is his due
from a- griteful Government, through
the efforts of a jealous rival of his owr
state and party. Congressman John H.
Bankhead, of . Alabama, Democrat. I
I
This seems to be a time of pools. Now
it is a wool pool that is proposed, at
will be seen by the notice In another
part of the Statesman. 1 z. '
Poorly?
For two i years I suffered ter
ribly from- dyspepsia, with rreat
depression, and was always feeling
poorly. I then tried Aver s Mrss-
Jsrilla, and was soon s new man."
ohn McDdaald, Philadelphia, P.
Dont forget that it's
"Ayer's" Sarsaparilla that
will make you strong and
hopeful. Don't waste
your time and . money by
trying! some other kind.
Use the old, tested, tried
and true Sarsaparilla.;
SLMSMsOfc A
Ask yoor doctor wbst be thicVs ef this
grsad old fanuly mediciBe. follow bis
sdTicesadwewuibssstisfled. -
If you are bilious or constipated,
use the old, tested, tried and true.
Acer's Pills. Gently laxative.'
! J.C.ATrRCO Lowell, xUss,
Work Is to proceed at once on the band stand of the
Marion Square Improvement League, or rather the Marion
Square Rostrum, as the good ladies of the League have
named it. - They propose to persist In their efforts until
the Square is the pride of the city, and put to uses : for
which It was Intended when It was set apart and donated
to" the public by the original townsite proprietor,-'V : A
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--We have heard a good deal of late of .the superiority
of the Amerieajn worklngmen ovtr.the British-workers, but
now comes an Englishman, according to an exchange, who
says the workers of the 'old. country are better than the
American, but the American managers are 'far superior
to tn British managers, and get more work out of their
men,; Perhaps there Is : some truth In : that view of it.
There Js nothing like looking at things from all sides.
, The American packing houses are. making large con
signments of cured meats to Vladivostock, and the market
for these products In Asia . is expected to . grow . rapidly
and to becomer enormous In the course of time. A large
part of the raw products should come from the Pacific
Northwest, and this will require more and more live stock.
Stock raising in this section. ; while already a large in
dustry compared with a few years ago, is yet in Its Infancy.
and protected by the gendarme's." Xommerre at Amswt,-
dam and Rotterdam was paralyze-l." Steamships mooring
.' .:--t.ii '.i4a:;,kn'kli.mTOwit I '"Asl curpose not to marry." said
.w. d.'Klrt who is about to graduate from
w y uir ipt..i.s &vu'.y " -preparatory school. "I think I may as
ing with-rgllsHj ports "anir the'dlam o to the. university and cultivate
in lympauiy. ne eropiuj ni i- yi us u wt mi - .
the, country .threatened : sympatlfc-strike, "and tliejif this were merely the flippant re
movement promised to Inyotvlvtry.Industry iV the co jt should not
try unless the governmenyielded; f'lS' -'i'- - J be. noticed, but It seems to be the real
V For. a. time itj was feared the "German Kaiser -would0pnj0n of a Sood many.grown men and
interfere, ana-prooaoiy. attempt w jinnn noiano, un V" , women tnat education is wasiea on
count of Interference : with .Oefmaa, trade and commerc.-Kj T who afterwards marries. andn that
college training Is good only for a wo
man Intending to remain single - and
earn her living by, teaching, writing,
practicing medicine or some other form
of gainful mental - labor. A . writer In
the San Francisco Bulletin insists that
this Is a sad error.
Xo state of life, calls for. more highly
developed Inteliecutual powers In wo-
,,.-. . - - "
men than that - of matrimony. . ; There
would be' fewer, divorces Jn the upper
classes .. if the women that marry had
better mental training.. A. woman of
cultivated intelligence can hold a man's
love ' and respect, make herself neces
sary to him as a companion and coun
selor, be his intellectual guide and phll
osopher and remain always and literal
ly be his better half; While a woman,
mentally undeveloped, may sink to the
level of a "mere drudge and household
ornament and In time become weari
some to him.
, The ideal wife ought to be superior
to her husband in both ethical and in
tellectual culture. She ought to be an
exemplar fori htm in conduct and in
thinking. . She ought to read and reas-
, SURE-ENOUGH REFORM. '
Recognizing the Importance'of the corset in the race
suicide business, some young, men In Pennsylvania have
declared war against the, contrivance. ' They will crusade
against this5 enemy of .the 'human race until it is out of
existence; they"; will extend their campaign all over the
country and ; will not desisf. until woman is emancipated
from the corset habit; their 'war-cry is to echo from East
to West and from Norh, to South; they will devote their
lives to this noble work. The corset must and shall be
banished. " .' ; -;t . ;- , ? . : .
The declaration of principles of this anti-corset league
is a strongly worded document. It sets forth the , lofty
purpose of. these new reformers, who see no hope of the
perpetuation " of mankind .-unless the corset goes. These
men know all of the evil things of which the cqrset Is
capable;' they are familiar with Its depravity; ther. view
with alarm the icon ti nuance" of its frightful iniquities; they
their high am-
According to the estimates of the Department of Agri
culture, the American wheat crop of 1903 will be the great
est that the country has ever produced, j The acreage of
winter wheat Is thirty-four millions this year; and It is
predicted : that; this vast area will yields more" than five
hundred millions of bushels of grain. , The winter and
spring conditions have been perfect, the experts say, for
the growing crop and there Is no probability of a-failure
later in the year. We are accustomedTd f 'large figures In
this country but this estimated crop Is ahead of anything
that has ever been recorded. ? It m?am a prosperous year
for the farmers and an unprecedented amount of business
for the railroads, and Incidentally Increased activity In
all other branches of business.
; The Presidential boom of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
has received a decided I pi pet us from the result' of his
successful municipal .campaign this spring. His boomers
have beenivery active during the pasVw'eek' or two, and
Mr. Harrison Is already booked for several addresses be
fore. Important meetings of Democrats, ' He will speak, at
Kansas City and Denver, during the present . month and
his friends expect, great -results from these two speeches-J
Of course, it's a long look ahead but MrJ Harrison's sup-
porters evidently oeueve m the advantage of getting an
early start.'' They are now planning- a dampalam for the
purpose of capturing' their own state delegation and Har
rison clubs are being organized at important points." At
the head of the first one of these clubs Is no other than
Pop". Anson, the veteran baseball playeit, who announces
t TWO SIOE8 TO IT.
There are two sides to the question of allowing a
franchise to the Silvertou concern asking' for the right to
do electric lighting In Salem, with the necessary privileges
of erecting poles, stretching wires, etc.; A - -m "
The company how doing business here Is not making
money. It has never made any. y It has fbeen out the use
of its money all these years, without any dividends or
interest. All the motif y that has . beeft ol)ected here.
from individuals and institutions, has beert spent; in Salem,
and large additions have been made to j the. reclpts for
betterments, extensions, etc. ... '.'.t 'tl.r '; . , .
The fact that there .'has been .no money1 In the plant
for the owners is due largely to the fact that the street
railway system, a part of- the property ".'of the concern, has
not paid the cost of operating and keeping up. Money
has been taken out of the earnings for
lighting and put
into the fund fot operating and Improving the street
railway system.: :'-' : ; 1 p :
, If the present company i Is allowed ito have the - field.
perhaps In time extensions: will - bem ;ade to the 'street
railway system.; The property is owned by a banking
concern. They secured It on foreclosure. They are used
to dealing with cold figures. If competition oomes in.
dividing up the lighting business and making it unprofit
able, the street' railway service, may suffer. ; T ; V - i r f
: There' is certainly not room enough-.here now for two
strong lighting-companies.' vt'l''-' v' -V
. The other side Is the,! one, favoring I competition. . But
there are cases where competition Is a, detriment. Port t
land found .this in the. case of. two telephone companies.
The . tearing down of the business of any of our home con-'
ceros. for the mere sake of ruinous competition, is not
good policy.' .-:-. V I '.V-' " V-L "f-"r'".
' The service of the Old company Is good. Its managers
say it is" supplying light and power asr cheaply as it can
be manufactured or transmitted here, ji quantities sufflci-
em wr ine wse ot me wnoie cuy. But thereare other
ways to reach prices. If they are too bih, other than in
viting ruinous competition. ';" - ' i" : - .
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AH this matter is worthy of serious consideration."
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THE CASE OF HOLLAND.'
The matter of the labor troubles In Holland Is com
mended to the consideration of those who ' believe that
national ownership, of industries - is' an" Ideal policy. In
HolUnd the railroads are owned by the government Some
months ago the railway employes struck or higher wages
and shorter hours. There was more or less' disorder which
was more or less successfully stopped by the military;. The
strike failed. The government "held th' ' iV was In the
nature of a military mutiny and enaee4. legislation mak
ing such conduct criminal. I -'K. X ' -
; The Dutch labor organizations regarded this legislation
as a direct attempt to deprive workmen of the right to
leave employments that do not suit them, and against it
declared a general strike of alt labor employed In land and
water transportation. : This strike wai Intended as a pro
test against the "anti-strike. laws. Every trade , in the
country threatened to become Involved in It-' Government
railroad employes, and dock workers went out. The gov-
point with pride to. their lofty- purpose and
bit ion. A bas .corset! ' ' l. ' i.'. '-' '.
" ' Literature is to be circulated freely by. these young
men, regardless of expense literature which wilt set forth
the evils of corset-wearing; men-wir be urged not to marry
."corset wreck"; women will be 'implored , to1 break away
from 'the thraldom of this iniquitous device. -As-for the
leaguers, the.nselveej they are pledged nxit to wear-corsets
and not to marry girls who do' They go even further than
that and declare tbaf they will have nothing , to do with
any girt, however charming and. beautiful she may 'be.
unless she discards the corset, This is a reform that V
means business. The. future cd the "race is assured.
";'. ', And the girls. ;A wiiter In an exchange predicts that
they will smile at these earnest reformers and go on wear
ing corsets just' thei same as ever. ; They know that they
are irresistible and that even the seal of the leaguers will
not make It possible for them to live without girls. In
the end the league' will have to surrender but for a while
it promises to make things Uvely In the Keystone State.
," TALKING OF- BRIBERY.
For various reasons the peop"t of Kew England have
been very much occupied of late. in. discussing the pre
valence of bribery Iti . eectlons.; Out of the discussion
there has come of course A Conference on the subject- The
principal speakers we're' Governor Garvin,' of Rhode Isl
and, who described the., bribery practices of that state;
Rev. J. J. McCook. of Hartford, who spoke of the -evil in
ConheCticuCrTand Gee rge Itenhan,' who 'told of -the way
things have, been tain nDeleware, with incidental 'refer
ences to' MassachusetfsAltqgether .they made a, strong
showing arid an ihttr -sting one. It appears that when tt
comes to the use of ' noney to carry: elections or t per
suade. Legislatures tlu Pacific- Northwest is -in the 'kinder
garten class while -New- Kngland Is getting ready 'for . the
doctor's degree : - . . - . : . . ..
In a New. England, conference- -Delaware should not
have been brought to the bar, for she is outside the Puri
tan pale. - It happens,' however;', that the 'alleged master of
bribery in Delewaie Jp-iAddickV arid Massachusetts has al
deep interest in'AdmcxS. He, orve,. monkeyed, with a Halt
sachusetts Legislature and got away jWlth It "4 Moreover
and this grinds the New Engenders he got ajvay with It
cheap. Mr. Kennan relates that when, AddicksV manager
went down to Delawaee to fix ..things Je expected to have
an easy job, but to his surprise, he ' found he could not
; Concerning that phase of the issue Mr.- Kennan la re
ported; as saying:, : He - (Addicks) thought' by putting
$14t).ft00 into that campaign, he had bought a, Senatorship.
and no doubt he was going to get rW- But It was found
that while the Republicans had a'tnajorlty of eleven" he
could control only six or seven of them. He therefore
turned his attention to buying votes of legislators in the
Assembly! : He and his workers offered .from . $10,000 to
$20,000 apiece for;every vote they rould get- t am jgrlad
to say for the credit of Deleware .that' although $20.0Q0
was offered to legislators for 'their votes he did not get a
single man during that session of the-- Legislature. And
his Boston worker. Mr; Donohue, w'a! so disguested with
this result that, he said to the chairman of the Sussex
County Republican coynrnitteerThiV is a, d--d queer state
of things down her In liawaire." tn Boston Mr Addicks
can get all the men he wants for 15,00 apiece, but If there
is any man in this' d-i d Legislature that can be bought I
haven't -found him.'.'
V Governor Garvin, after reviewing the exposure of brib-,
ery In Rhode Island, suggested as a remedy the abolition
of the secret ballot and said: "I think the final way to
vote will be to hand each voter th voting list, .with his
name upon it, ; and at the side of Uhe name a space for;
him to . write the name ot the candidates for whom he
wishes to vote opposite his rme. . There we will have
the list and know who votes, and It U a matter of, proof
in courts. ' It Is an open ballot, to be sure, but that means
yon will ned no corrupt practice act, i ! "t V .' : " -
Mr.- McCook; estloiateB-tht- l,oCMUiectlcut there- are
upwards of 30,000 venal voers and. that they hold the
balance of power In every election, so that bribery virtually
decides every contest- . By way of snggesting & "remedy
he said; "What is required Is that plain, honest' people
begin to attend primaries,' -committee meetings, the polls;;
that they put on no airs; that' they be ready to give and
take; that they plant their fieeia at every favorable spot,
taking in and holding evepr, Inch, of the slack, and' thai
they suffer not themselves. to. be discouraged because they
get more cuffs than ha'pence, and because their Rome
can not "be built lit W day, fjin ra word, duty, conscience,
unselfishness. ''imperturbable good nature. Invincible stub
borness. ' . .. '.--- , r ;
The results of the conference are by no means encour
aging. CJoveTnor Garvin's plan, of an open ballot Is too
much opposed to American tradition to be adopted. Mr.
McCook's plan Is easy toWecommend, but there appears nd-
way of getting it enforced. 'Probably if some vitally. lm-
on, and keep ahead of Tiim, no- matter
how fast he ' grown. Her presence
should be the constant presentation of
an ideal of pure living and high en
deavor; a continuing antidote to. the
tcynicism that living in the world and
observing men and manners tend to
breed in a man. The Ideal wife should
be' such that when her husband sees
examples of folly and . depravity he
may think of her and thereby assure
himself that there is purity and hon
esty and high thinking and fine doing
in the world. The ideal wife ought, to
give her husband intellectual stimulus,
to spur him on to doing the best- that
Is In him, to think for him as well as
pray for blm, to help blm in his career
by lOve, by encouragement, by counsel.
by example. ,
Friction with, the world while earning
a , living- or rnakfng a career is very
likely to blur, a man's ideals and dull
the fine edges of his character. It is
the business of a wife to keep fresh
these Ideals and these sharp edges.. At
home, with books, pictures, friends,
leisure, she can preserve a clear sense
of the beautiful, a' firm belief in . the
ood. She Sees one side of life and he
nother, and her observations are nee-:
ssary to supplement his and give him
true and complete idea'' of life, which
s"; neither all striving-and selfishness.
ior all beauty and gladness.
Having to spendThis 'strength and his
bays in earning a living, a husband has
hot energy or leisure for keeping pace
yvith the-development of -the world in
hings ot the mind. Ills wife ought to
be his mentor in this regard; ought to
luform him of all new things; ought, to
be able , at once to entertain and en
lighten him by her conversation.- The
leisure1, which his labor enables -her to
have should be employed In some meas
ure for his benefit. A wife ought to
dress her mind with as much care as
she Presses 'her body.' " She ought to
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keen in touch with the literature, the
high thinking of the day as scrupulous
ly as she' keeps in touch with the peo
ple on her calling list. A wife should
iot ,be a mere toy, nothing but an ar
ticle of vertu, in her house. , She should
be- the Informing spirit of the place, a
graceful Intelligence, to" whom her hus
band can talk to us a man, and whose
opinion he respects as much as any
man's. . ' ' .
Even In the kitchen and the nursery
a -Wife has use 'for a thorough educa-:
tion. To .rule a house well requires
brains, and the . better a housewife's
brain' the better she will do her house
hold work, t And In the bringing up of
children, which is a labor of . Infinite
nicety,' requiring infinite patience, tact
and intelligence, a woman might well
employ the intellect of a co-educated
seraph. If she possessed it- u
Those persons that think a married
woman has no use for scolarshlp ' and
mental culture have but a narrow idea
of a-wife's functions.- They degrade
woman to the level of an Indian squaw
who Js the servant of all work for her
lord and master. "That Is not. the civil-'
Iced "notion of the marital relation. .' V
-5fs, and a bright and shSnin firn.iment
. - - i
to the entire anjmal kingdom. Tlv
Pr4Wit,pat ted Sally on her. head ami
ilre3fll his. appreciation of her nobi.
fecundity In term- of warmest graU-
fica tion. Mother and fourteen cubs do-
Iftg w.ell, AnafrpniLt Standard. t
Assistant Superintendent VT. P. Camp
bell, of the United-States Indian Train-
Inn School, mav bcredite,i with fin.!
stroke of policy in securing Mr. Her
mann to deliver, the address at the lay
ing. of tlje. vcor;ner stone of -the ne
building on Tuesday morning next. It
will-helD to"cemnt.tiu M.niahin
Mr. Hermann for. the instltution, and h!
can be a powerful friend In Congress
This Is the second, school In the service
now, and; the same kind of work thai
has brought It up to this distinction
continued for. a few years, will make I
without question, the first. The con
iriDuung ierritory wUb Justify U. Onh
the active help of our delegation r
C6ngress in addition to the vigorous
policy of the management of the instl
tion, is required to bring about the re
sult, which must redound to the glorj
and the roflVof the Capital City, whirl
is already a fortunate beneficiary of s
great and growing-. -patronage on ac
count of the large- and thrifty eommun
uy clustering, around the schooL
General W. 'T.'-HalrreS of Malm; ha-
been collecting educational statistic
with relation to success in life and de
duces , from, them the conclusion tha
In this country an. uneducated boy ha
but one chance in 159.000 of obtain in
distinction, a common school edueatio
Increases his chances, fourfold, a hig)
school training gles twenty-thre-
times as. many chances as the comrnn
school, and a college education give
nine times as many chances as a hip:
School. Even on that showing, how
evfr, the , chances are very heavj
against any kind of a training, anl
level-headed newspaper man says th
surest way for a man to ret distiiu-tio
is to advertise."
Charles Cunningham, owner of Rev
eral thousand sheep in- Umatilla coun
ty, predicts high pricesfor wool th.
coming spring better than has beer
paid for many years. He predicates hi?
opinion on. advancing prices in Europe
occasioned by the wholesale destruf tio
of sheep by flood and drouth In Siutl
Africa and. Australia, and the depltio:
of the surplus stocks of wool held if
this jcountry by their being made ui
Into goods.' ,f ' '
The San Francisco Call says 20.001
new people have come. to California
seeking. homes -since the first of Feb
ruary. The Golden Stat is doing bet
ter in this line than the Webfoot State
buC 'they naVe 'oeeri'ad'vertiaing longer
and doing- it more extensively. re-
gon Is getting a good start and her turr
is coming.. 1 ! v - . . :.
A NEAT COMPLIMENT.
.. Cinnabar. April 15 In honor of th?
President's Visit. Sally Stick, who will
be remembered by" all National Park
tourists as the young and sprightly
brown J bear .with the banged . hair,
saucy smile and - inordinate appetite
for the Mammoth Hot Springs garbage
pile, gave birth this morning to a hand-;
some, robust and in -every way notable
Utter- of fourteerf count them four
teen cubs. The event was all the more
surprising In view of the fact that Sal
ly was" popularly supposed to be too
giddy, frivolous and volatile a charac
ter to entertain serious thoughts cf
maternity. In so resolutely turning her
face against race suicide she not only
pays a delicate and timely, compliment
to the sociological dogmas of the Pres-
portant issue were at' stake the good citizen would go to
the polls and scorn tf fell his vote; bu as politics go today I
there appears no .way.to get the good citizen interested; Ident. of the United,. States, but she re
enongh to d" his duty - and oaseqViently the man who is- vealsi qualities' of mind, soul and bos
ready' to "iay Tof'yites generally gets more of them than iom,"that stamp her a" permanent honor
the other 'fellow.' "J I ' "''''' '" ' " - ' Ito tier sex. a distinct credit to her spe-
Remarks -h " exchange: "It affordr
the country' no small satisfaction t
learn that the .Western . Union han
equipped the park with sufficient tele
graph facilities xto Insure the deliver)
of fell base'bali scores to the President
befjore bedtime.
However the bears of Yellowstont
park -.ma.y .have, disported theni."elvii
lately,: those of Wall street have been
exceedingly robust, active and Joyoun.
But evidences begin to accumulate that
tney are not uoosea iot
performaneei": ' - , f
contmuouc
'- irj the matter 'of. these 'April show-
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rra.. il vr-ciiia lhul 11 never raJim iiul it
nnsi: Anaran'i Standard. You ca.il
have .the -real thing by ; coming down
here to the Willamette valley and the
beautiful, balmy sunshine between the
showers, ,''
It. threatened rain just enough yes
terday td make the farmers busier than.
they Were before! and they were about fl
as' busy as. they could be already, tak-
m. ' m' ' - a n M Tm
ing aavantage pi tne penou nnc i
weather. ', ' ' . i
Remarks lan exchange: Although
they have been , legally "divorced, the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
era are still suspected of considerable
cbhju'gal fidelity. '
An exchange remarks that from the
Indlcatloas, at present, 4903's railroad
merger crop will fall far short of ISOrs.
Mitchell Hall' and the Congressional
campaign will be duly and appropriate
ly dedicated ai Chemawa this morning.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
'A daughter of Thackeray, a son of
Diekens and a grandson of Balr Lyt
ton will attend the Jubilee of e an"
Chester Freo-Llbrary next month, m
England. ' "" .'
An appeal from the Kansa City Star:
The hext time the tracer U sent out l ;t
hIrAlso'find out what has become of
Nikola Tesla, ,M. Santos-Dumont and
Oberlin MI Carter,
When Mrst .Ellen M. Stone finishes
her lecture course this spring, begun
last October, she will have told 148 au
diences the story of ber kidnaping by
Macedonian brigands. - 4
Another bit of antiquity gets a se
vere blow from the Chicago lda--What
a pigmy was old Vulcan." says
he RevDr. Stoltz. "Desiae our
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