unaercimnffii ILee wuh in Portland thei*th« r day. lit* dittcusHed tint affair* of the day with insight and sagacity. Hi* i* patriotict»» Hit* run , ii heavy buy4 rof Liberty bonda, liberal nub*•eriber In the Ited (Vok* anil ready to do everything that producing ability ran lt;1** t*»to h# Ifi hia country to w in thewar, whether hia contributions be earth, wool nr mutton. And in the course of intensely inter*•ting convimotion he told tin reasons why In* suhrtrrtlied£5,0410 to the Stanfield campaignfund. I first began to dealwith Hob in 1UUC»M he said. ** I have hail many business deal* ingn since. I always found him on the square. He was a rnan if Ids word, and he ni vei drovea sharp bargain, was always willing and anxious to mw thatthe producer made money and was encouraged. I discovert dthat be wan a big man, a verybig man, although he was onlya boy In yearn. I watched him dev * lop, Hu anil I talked overnubile affaira, and 1 found thatI la iiLuu tL I-.* f ii i .i tfllkf M 11 I fid l l I [