The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-03-07
Entered as second class mail matter at Il
postotfice at Hope, North Dakota.
This paper will continue to be sent till all ar
rearages are paid and it is ordered discontinued.
JONATHAN BEESWAx.
Oregon City, Feb. 25th, 1901.

oregon Clty, req. Zotn, lSUl.
To the Editor:
Fearing the authorities might become
worried about me I have thought best
to again awaken the echoes with re-
port of my whereabouts. lam now To-
Gated in Oregon City, picturesque spot
in western Oregon where the falls of the
Willamette tumbling over bank sixty
feet in height make music very much
in keeping with the wild and rugged ap-
pearance OF the surrounding country.
Here is where one of the largest paper
mills in the world is located. Ninety
tons of newspaper are made here every
twenty yfour hours. One machine makes
sheet of paper twelve feet wide and
runs it out at rate of four hundred
feet per minute. This is the machine I
am working under. Not wishing to mis-
lead anyone in regard to the facts in the
case, will state that there are a few
others working on his machine beside
myself. Oregon City is about the size
of Fargo but it's Importance is consider
ably eclipsed by Portland, ten miles dis
tant. with which it is connected by
electric cars. Every state in the Union
is we'll represented here except N. Oak.
Not till about weeks ago did l meet a
man from the old state and he was about
the toughest looking Joke on human
nature ever looked at. | don't know
what his face looked like as he wore a
grizzled beard about four inches long
over it and his eyebrows looked like
hazel brush hanging out over a sheer
precifice. He was not man whom one
would pick out for a bosom friend, but
when l heard he was from N. Oak. felt
drawn toward him and / wanted to wei
come him by handshak and take him
to my heart. There is nothing about
the monotonous plains of N. Oak. which
is especially attractive, aud there is
nothing about the climate that | admire
and ] don't know as care to live there,
but still it contains all that hold dear
in life and when / hear voice speaking
familiarly Of the old sod it ignites a kin
dred spark which flames into pleasant
memory and I love to hear the voice
speak of the place where | learned to
play my first game of draw poker and
first learned the lesson of how to be
happy though broke; "a lesson which
has been invaluable to me since coming
west. The above mentioned gentleman
is Ed johnson from Pembina, and after
talking for while he pointed to the
several saloons located here and remark.
ed the difference between this and the
prohibition towns Of N. Oak. I asked
him if he didn't think the difference was
in favor of N. Oak. He replied that he
did not. He esaid he didn't think leg.
islature had any constitutional right to
place restrictions on any body's appetite
and though he was as much opposed tc
drunkenness as anyone, he didn't think
there was any harm in taking ''convi
vial glass" now and then with friend
where it went just far enough tocontain
the virtue OF good cheer without going
far enough to contain the vice of inebri
alton. I accepted his philosophy and
went and took a 'conviyial glass with
him. After supper | came back up town
where l found Mr.. johnson among sew.
eral acquaintances he had formed dur
ing the proceeding hour and with each
of whom he was taking "convivia]
glass" He kept this convivial business
up until at the end of the third day he
was occupying front seat at one of the
largest snake shops on the coast They
took BIN to hospital the other day fol
treatment and last night went down tc
inquire about him, but the doctor told
me he had succeeded in reducing the
size of Mr.. Johnsons snakes and he
thought with good treatment he could
have them down to harmless variety
of Garter snakes by Saturday night.
When roll out of bed every morning
at six o'clock I think Of the easy days on
the farm in N. Oak. ct this time of the
year, when | used to stay ia bed morn
ings till was tired and then lay there
till | was rested again.
We havo had considerable frost,
weather here this winter. A man stop
p, . e :
ping the hotel where I reside who
came out here from Kansas some time
ago to dodge the cold weather and Mre
Nation, said he would Just as soon live
in cold country as to live in warm
country where it got cold.