The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-31
FAMOUS POET OF THE sIER.
RAS TO PUBLISH A
NEW BOOK.
Has Bought an Oregon Home
Miller Will Spend His Sum
mers on Ranch Near Sius.
law and Winters in
I California.

Portland, July 2S.-Portland
Oregonian: Attired in the same
style of dress that has accompanied
his fame throughout the country,
aud with his fatherly manners that
have made him a favorite with eve
ry one, Joaquin Miller, the venerable
poet and prose writer of Oregon and
California, arrived in Portland last
evening en- route to the East, where
be will publish his latest book,
"For Love Is All; in Ali. Love-"
Mr.. Miller Is staying at the I'm
perial hotel.
Some time ago the poet purchas.
ed tract of land near Siuslaw,
where In the future, he intends to
make his residence and build anoth.
er house which he can call home.
81 will spend my summers on
my Oregon Farm" he said laet
night, shortly after his arrival,
"and my winters at my place
ia California near Fruitvale. My
latest purchase is beautiful place,
and bas enchanting surroundings.
I shall spend my days fishing and
hunting and riding over the noun
tains which lead to tbs sea beyond. |"
Mr.. Miller Gays he is feeling bet
ter than he ever did in his life, in
spite of his 81 years.
II feel so good at times 'hs con-
tinued, that I am tempted to fight
the first big, strapping fellow I
meet. just to amuse the crowd, and
myself as we'll"
II love to look back to the day S
of old, during the CO.,, when I was
county judge in Eastern Oregon
by daylight and fought Indians at
night" he declared. Times were
difere1t in those days. We did
not have the modern implements OF
war, nor the libraries to study law
that the present age has produced
About all I possessed then was an
old law book and two six-shooters.
That was down near Canyon City"
Speaking of the early days re-
minded Mr.. Miller tha. his two first
books, Specimens" and "Joa quin, u
were published in Portland by Geo.
Hines, now secretary of the His
torical Society.
This is Mr.. Mille1's first visit 10
Portland since lest year, when he
was the guest of the Exposition on
Miller day" "Think of it!' be
exclaimed, "there was ene day that
was truly mine. And how appre
cia,ed it. And how I look back
Fard think about the great honor
bestowed upon me by the citizens
Of Portland and Oregon. How a
man loves to be loved. d. you re.
member what Browning says: and
a man isn't loved every day. Eve
ry time I recall my day at the Fair
it brings to my mind Browning's
quctatio". And I think of the &C.
casicn often. 1t was a great honor
and I shall never forget it,"
As Mr.. Miller talks his great
mind asts, and now and then he
will bring out something amusing,
followed almost instantly with pa
thos. He always refers to himsel
in the lighter vein. He likes tt
talk about his homes, his writings
his talks with others and how he
passes the time away.
II have wIitten too much al
ready" he said, when questioned
about whether he had undereaker
any new books. Then he related
how he writes, how he has writer
and how he will always write.
am methodical in my writings. ]
can't help but write," the gray
haired white-whiskered poet said
nT am an early risar and invariahl,