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 THE PACIFIC MONTHLY— ADVERTISING SECTION.

The Pacific Monthly for May, 1907

The May issue of the magazine will mark in several respects a still greater advance in the general character and literary strength of the publication — in illustration, fiction and special articles.

THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM— OREGON'S BIG STICK, by Lute Pease, is one of the leading features of the number. The writer tells how the persistence of a coterie of so-called "cranks", led by a " dreamer " (really very wide awake), eventually established the principle of direct legislation, practically revolutionizing the state government, and making Oregon perhaps the most politically progressive commonwealth in the world. How the people are making use of their new power. "Oregon confronts the pessimists of the republic, refuting the charge that the people, indifferent to principle but slaves to party, can always be handled like sheep by unscrupulous politicians." How Oregon is able to elect two United States Senators in twenty minutes "without boodle, or booze or even a cigar." Illus- trated from photographs and drawings of the leaders in the direct- legislation movement.

WESTWARD TO THE FAR EAST. How the Trans-Pacific Steamer has Shifted the World's Commercial Highway, by B. W. Wright. This is a most interesting historical account of the develop- ment of trade on the Pacific, and of the famous steamships of the past and present carrying the American flag on the ocean of the West. Il- lustrated from photographs of famous Pacific Steamships.

THE STORY OF THE OREGON RAILROAD is the next of W. F. Bailey's series of striking articles on the railroads of the West. It describes the rise of Henry Villard, and the manner in which the O. R. & N. Co. developed from the union of the original Oregon roads with the ocean and river transportation companies. Illustrated from photographs of Henry Villard, Ben Holladay and J. C. Aiusworth.

THE SUDDEN PASSING OF A MOTHER TOWN, by Lanier Bartlett, is a sympathetic account of the destruction of the old Spanish settlement of Los Angeles to give place to modern improve- ments. Profusely illustrated from photographs.