The sun., 1910-08-11
BOURNE A SARTORIAL HIT
SEN tTOR Tells or nov HE
WENT TO OREGON.
Twas h, Way of china and . shlp~reck
Enthuse. of fruit and iIsniber
sf Hls state and Talks More Freely
Than Of hts Nisit 10 C0loHel Roosevelt.

% Hts state and Talks More Freely
Than Of hts Visit 10 Colonel Roosevelt.
United States senator jonathan bourne.
Jr Of Oregon. who came up from Wash
ington day before yesterday 10 $50 Iol
Roosevelt but would not Hay what the
colonel aaid about the senators hobby
Of popular government and the initiative
and the refsrendum. was willing yesier-
day 20 talk about Oregon and to recall
the unusual means by which he was con-
vsrted from a New Bedford downeaster
into about as extreme We-tern.r as
tho Pacific ocean permi's an American
To be
senator Bourne IN the course OF few
hours established reputation as a pat
tern of sartorial elegance ia the lobby
% the Belmont. and hia suit 20 thin whit"
material claret Colored tIs and vide
brinmed Panama hat with the brim
turned up on the sId.'s were enNied by
all who saw
III Sas thiry-tUo wears ago that l
went Ia Oregon said senator Bourne
L graduated from Harvard ia 1871 and
then sailed for a trip around the world
in a ves-sl IN which my father was par
owner She was a full rugged ship
called the Forest bell We got "a far a.
Hongkong. and then as Ne approached
the island Of FurmOsa coming away
We were wrecked un a rock IA the Rashe~
channel near tho south end of tn" island
There was no indication Of the rock on
tn. chart and the accident took place IN
broad daylight
Passengers and crew took 90 the hoats.
inf HAmnn-
stratIons aud we di not dar' to land
was IN the long boat with about eight
Others, and w~ had 10 row thIrty-t~o
miles 20 get to 1oanfoo, wher" chinese
g,Inhnat Waa anchored Thi. took about
fourteen hours
Tn" g,inboat went down e. guard Our
ship ard our captain chartered an English
brig tn g. down and dIsmantle his weasel.
hen after this had heen done h" siarte,i
for Hongkong 10 get tugs and steam
pumps to g"t her 20 a dry dock bat IN"
natives sei nr" to IN" Forest Hell a. snnn
a. the captain had sailed The plac" wh"r"
the weasel was wrecked - now known ~
orest Rel kock
I was IA Chra for four months.
and then took passage for Portland. or"
~ the tune I reached iher' ~ was rlAc"
~ only 10 csi inhabitants Now u has
?7S o., The, the town Was hike an over
grown villag- Tnsrr was no outlet hv
ra from TIN. state though tne Oregon and
california had h..'n built sou'hWard for
eighty miles
Portland has alwavs iyaan not a f''
Its consar, atI%rn and the great growth ~
tho town and of IN" stat. practically
only started With m" l%SIS and Clark
fair fNw years ago Mh~n | got thor
1 liked the place and wrote home that |
would stAV there and study lKw and did
In INV Judgment Oregon Idaho Wash
inRton ara alifornia will "a the ncSt two
Cis csEeS show a grratr proppTlon ~
d@VcloI,nent than anv Other SECTION ~ the
world Oregon - m IT. infancy thir
fruit lands are famous Why. | have
known orchard lands to sell as high as
a. snD ga acre and I remernip~r when IN"
same land snld ~ So " must ~ borie IN
mind. though. that tne -uT-rIority 81 Ire
gon ,rtnt - not du" entirely 10 IN" -O'l.
btt 20 th,' int''h gent carr ~ IA" orchards
th.us' l'"-
The Iobbng husrn~~s m Portland now
amounts 20 SrU.OsDs wear and the
Panama anal - goins to h- q great I'M
petu- 10 thInRs out tner" oregon -
credited IA the forestry bureau with
gUGpVB.oD feet of standing timt-'r
and tho tIrnber men 'hins there II fully
co. ItsDOD Ss when goes To show tha'
Oregon hsS a larger timirer supply than
anv other Stat. "a the tnion
-pcOple ar. coming into Oregon from
all over the cppufry Lots 81 COlleg"
graduates com" out and invest IN fruit
lands and work them Portland ~ ttI"
larg.-, hlnhrr shipping port on th"
CoaS, and my impression is u ships NOR"
lumber than any single city m 'he United
states II exports more wheat than any
other Citv On the Coast and IN ten wears
m NV Judgment u Nill b~ the biggest
city out iherp because " has about ?iO-
Isl sltIAr. miles ~ territory practically
trihutary 10 u alone hy water grade.
which eituafiOn cannot b" eguaIled 10y
thar uf Anv other Crtv ~ the world
Now US my oTanion that while Oregon
Stli has greater unde dev"lopeh Industries
than other State IN the mon, her pro
gre-sIVe laws have done as much 10 bring
Ieopl. and money 10 tho state a. her
wonderful resources on the theory that
p~opie. gwen equal opportunities. viii
sele,,i new rcsidenCs where they may
enjoy the greatest measure Of personal
liberty 4 demonstration of this ~ the
fact that the new population coming IN
shows an Increasing proportional vote
for progressive law
And to show how keen an interest -
. being taken m oregon and 90 progressive
laws u NAV 10 worthy OF mention that
have had rNsTucs's rom every part ot
tho country for |. .p.GS copies ~ IN"
sp.-ech I delivered IN the Senate on May
& and Of thes- reoi e-ts iuH.fs. have come