Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-01-09

| the Indian down into fine art equal 10
Moorhouse. the most famous amateur
photographers in the wide, wide world
Pendleton is a hotbed Of journalism
and breeding place Of ststesmanship
Jackson, Of the Portland Journal, was
hatched out here in his own incubator
the East Oregoniau, which is now con.
verted into Petaluma brooder Of
: poetic fancies, presided over by Bert
Huffman Huffman does some very
nice things in prose and nicer in verse.
He did me in prose, TO the tune Of
two columns, and the stuff would have
been picked up az a bargain by any
politician in Oregon at twenty cents
line. offered him two bits for some
Of the papers and he declined and gave
me all the extra papers he had in the
shop. II brought him good luck, as
there was a big FIRE In town right
away that gave him a big story FOR
his paper next day. Tho Umatilla
river runs through the town, and in
summer, when Il runs low, it has a
nourishing, fresh milky taste like the
Willamette river beverage. The
Umatillians IN and OF the reservation
take 10 drinking imported liquor. This
city has bang-up public schools, in
charge Of Professor and Mrs l.. r.
Traver, formerly Of Salem and Rose
burg with a full fiedged high school,
this city is the real spot 70 put the
eastern Oregon normal school. That
institution was at Weston, but Il got
an overdose Of referendum. a disease
almost ~ fatal ~ appendicitis. Tho
people win perform the operation next
June.
Senator Walter Pierce Lives here.
He IL Observation-Disclosures
cnt. Roosevelt Republican With a strain
Of Socialism and Prohibition woven ir.
70 his fabric. just the same, he be.
iievcs In direct election Of senator's
While not born on tho reservation. he
, II a native Of the bunch grass country
and a hard political serappcr lie and
DIR. Smith are members of the school
board aud senators sentenced 10 hfe
terms In both institutions. Good, hon.
cat old John Gurdanc called AZ my
room at the hotel and We fought over
the senatorial holdup OF 1895 Uncle
John 10 So and tho best preserved man
In Oregon for his age. Few men are
better posted In politics and would
not publish our talk for che world
/ spcnt n day IN Baker City, but ala
not have time 10 visit any Of the mines
I, wanted 10 go down In some Of che
deepest ones and DO some thinking
over tho political situation, as some
deep thinking Is going 20 be required
I visited tho beautiful Elks' temple
that cost $4,000. All tho men In
Baker City, nearly, are Eiks, aud some
Of the ladies would join II they could
Two bright Salem girls are employed
here, Miss Merle Davey and Miss
Maud Laughead-one as sienogFapheF
and one as teacher In the high school
Both may be otherwise employed II
social Fumors prove true. Many Baker
City boys 90 90 western Oregon 20
attend school. Few return 20 eastern
Oregon without a wife. It's catching.
Mayor Johns has a life lease on hii
qfiee, aud school director besides. II
he ever gets 20 be governor he will
break tho one-teFm limit that Republi
cans seem 10 have put on their COVER
more. What he wants 10 be governor
for / eannot see. He has just moved
into the most beautiful house In town
-nOthing iSs il in Salem, where he
win have 10 rent sl5 a month shack
or live at a boarding house. Mrs
Johns has furnished the new home
with taste and elegance. She Is Dc.
voted 10 her house, an art student, and
has a rare collection Of art works in
masterpiece bindings and three beauti'
ful daughters and a son. To break up
such home for even tho honor Of q
goveTnorship Is a sacrifice the state
should not ask Of any citizen, without
better compensation than Oregon pays
The expenses OF a campaign for nom
inatiOn, then election, then the loss Of
business, and At the end become al
most a nObOdy-go into the list Of .
beens, ex-sOmething, this, that or the
! 0theE-exeuse Us from the eontempla'
, tion even OF Ohieial life. But Mr.
Johns Is philosophical. He thinks it's
a great honor and il he'd make as good
a governor as be built a house, not
only Baker City but the whole state
would be bsnehted. He could easily