Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-21

pounds of fish. So day that did
not start auspiciously ended well.
"Bad beginning, good ending" or
"all's well, that ends we'll" have
fished in several of the tidewaters of
this coast but there is none of them
equals Yaquina Bay for boat fishing
, with baited hook. The best fishing
or pleasure boats are kept by oscar
Olsson, who is considered by some the
best oarsman on the Bay. He is also
a good sailor, and it is noticed that
pa rites he takes out get fish if any
body does.
STATE SUPT. IRWIN
has been over here a week and tells
me he has travelled in every county
excep: Tillamook. l judge he knows
the lay of the land in Oregon as well
or better than any man in it. He was
for thirty years a circuit rider and
Methodist preacher in Iowa, Illinois,
and on the Pacific coast. After all
that has been said about yellOw-legged
chickens, the Methodist preachers
on the frontier lead a hard life, have
rough fare, seldom sleep on feathers
and get small pay. When | came to
Oregon about eight years ago Irwin
was in charge of the government
Indian school at Chemawa. The
Statesman under Bob Hendricks
made incessant war on him until in
1894 Irwin succeeded McElroy and was
able to compel respectful treatment
from the Statesman. He was for put
ting Hendricks out at once, but COM
promised by putting Prof. Robb, who
was fellow subject of criticism at
Chemawa, in as principal under
Hendricks. 1t was Lord and Kincaid
who kept Hendricks in his place. 1t
was Irwin's vote that threw Miller
out at Corvallis. Irwin is man of
great reach in some things.
GENERAL CoMPSoN'S COURAGE.
There is a good side to sny man and
| think full justice has not been done
to General Compson, the Democratic
member of the railroad commission.
There is not more popular man at
this summer resort than Compson.
He is brave man By sea as he is re-
ported braYe on land, ais a batchelor
or widower, no one seems to know
which, but no one asks questions be-
cause the General is such a favorite
with the ladies young and old. A
great big solid military man, holding
exalted official position, the hero of a
Numbered battles, man of literary
tastes, who has lecture on the siege
of Atlanta in which he took prom
inent part, with money to spend, he
is Just the man to be in demand by
misses in their teens, young ladies In
the matrimonial market, widows OF
all degrees, even elderly ladies, chill
dren and grandmas-all dote on the
gallant general. Justice compells mer
to say that the general is most in
defatigable beach-comber-that is he
Is always ready for an adventure of an
excursion. He is always on tap anc
running over for frolic-to go clam
ming, to go oystering, TO go crab
bing, to go fishing, to go to Ottel
Rock, to the lighthouse, over the bar
anywhere day or night, and he i
ready TO pay his share without muir
muring. No man in Oregon can com
mand one of these seaside sorties, o
storming parties, where scaling Ih'
pinnacle of pleasure is the only object
equal to this General, who, great IL
war, and great ia peace, is still
greater in the hearts of his country
women at the summer resort. Tn
generals great holdn is clam bake
but he is almost without an equal fl