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THE MOENING OEEGOmAN, MONDAY, "AUGUST 20, 1900.
MUST BE RELIEVED
Aid Necessary to Destitute
Men at Nome.
OTHERWISE, A REIGN OF TERROR
Portland Man Gives the Facts a
Tbejr Actually Exist Desperate
Situation Inevitable.
T estimate that there were between
S000 and 10,000 men -without -work and wlth
out money. In Nome, "when I left there
July 19." said M. J. McKlnnon, 533 Mor
rison street, last evening. "The main
street was full of moving and standing
men all day long, going here and there,
no object, no particular purpose, witn
many of them. The Government was
feeding a few. where there seemed to be
a more deserving case. The better class
of men going there did not hang around
the city, but struck out and tr.ed to mine
or prospected. Of course, tome of these
have gone broke, and their case demands
more sympathy. Another class remained
In the city doing nothing, trying to do
nothing. It did not require much time for
uch as had little money to spend It.
"When we arrived, on the first trip of the
Elder, meals were 51 25 to 52 each; when
we left they were down to 7o cents and
$1 50, There is no hope for these desti
tute men unless relieved by the Govern
ment or other outside agency. There Is
nothing there for them to do. There are
perhaps a dozen mines at Nome paying
to work thorn, and but few men are em
ployed. "Where can the others go. and
what can they do? They are there. It
is estimated that there Is probably cnaugh
food In, and about Nome to winter all the
men now there. "Will these men starve?
Owners of stores and supplies think not,
and fear the results."
Mr. McKlnnon went to Nome accompa
nied by his brother. J. D. McICinnon, of
Portland, and II. McKenzie, of Grant s
Pass. Small dredging machines were
taken up and Installed for work Imme
diately after the Elder arrived, June 14.
Like all machines and efforts on the
Nome beach this season, but little was
realized from the work. Prudently ob
serving that the beach whereer discov
ered had been exhausted. Mr. McKlnnon
returned. The desolate, frozen tundia
does not Invite any one who views It. Mr.
McKlnnon Is a close, impartial observer,
and does not berate in wild terms. There
was gold In the beach in large quantities,
but It has been thoroughly washed out.
Reports of this, perhaps exaggerated, and
the news of its limited quantities kept
quieter than the news of discoveries,
caused the rush. Nearly every one of the
miners will lose.
Mr. McICinnon tried his pan at places
on the beach, which did not then seem
to be claimed. The first pan showed about
15 oents in gold. This was very good and
encouraging. Mr. McKenzle, an expe
rienced mining man, pronounced it excel
lent. Another man was engaged, a good
rocker was made, and for two days of 16
hours each Mr. McKlnnon worked. At
the end of that time he cleaned up, and
found for his own and his man's work
there was 51 25 In gold. The rich pan had
been a delusion, as it perhaps was a shov
el of dirt that had. escaped the many
previous washings. The small dredge
owned by Mr. McKlnnon, which was pro
nounced ingeniously devised for saving
gold, was put on the spot and operated
for the remainder of the week. At the
end of that time another clean-up was
made, realizing 53 50 for the machine and
two men, or Si G for the entire week. All
of the dirt had been worked over at least
four times. The first man dug down to the
pay streak, which was from eight Inches
to six feet below the suface, and did not
wash anything above this rich strata. The
second man tried the whole mass of
earth, realizing about 510 a pan In some
of the rich portions. The third man got
far less, and the fourth man barely made
wages, "while those, following make
scarcely anything.
Mr. McKlnnon left Nome July 19. A
day or two before a representative of the
New York & Alaska Mining & Develop
ment Company had taken one of the sol
dlors from the barracks and gone down
the beach, warning most of the owners
of machines located there that they were
trespassing. No effort had been made
by the company previously to indicate
that it owned such large claims along
the beach, no trespass signs were posted,
nor did It -attempt to exercise any overt
acts of ownership. The machine opera
tors paid no attention to the warning, for
there was no place for them to go. Mr.
McKlnnon said he heard, after arriving in
Seattle, that the company had enjoined
any of the machine men from moving
their roaohlpes away, as damages were
claimed for operating them there, and the
machines would be attached. If such la
the case, the action of the company will
add a considerable number to the large
list of restless men, who. It Is feared, are
approaching the point of desperation. The
New Tork company never attempted to
exercise the right of ownership until news
of the enactment of the Alaska civil code
bill had reached there. "When this was
heard of in Nome, the company sent out
engineers and drove stakes right and left
on the beach.
"The only thing to be done Is to get
the helpless people out of there, else
there "will be wholesale murder." said
Mr. McKlnnon. "The great fear among
men owning anything when I left was
that this large number of idle ones would,
when they got desperate, burn down the
town. "When a man is hungry it does not
take long for him to get desperate, espe
cially when ho can see plenty of the food
he needs. I do not believe there is on
man in a thousand up there who has even
a pistol."
Of Portland men there the news con
certos them is largely the same. All are
contending with common conditions with
about equal success or failure.
TWO SORTS OP STRAJfDED 3TEX.
Those "Who Have Too Much Invested
and Tnose "Who Aire Broke.
There are two classes at Nome who
would like to get away, out can't." said
S. M. Barr. a returned Portlander, yes
terday. "One class is broke and cannot
pay its passage, and the otner has large
Investments which are unproductive, but
the owners hate to give up. One man
from San Francisco paid 515,000 for a lot
upon which to erect a 530,000 hotel. The
hotel was shipped, knocked-down, with
all its parts fitted, so as to save as much
carpenter work as possible on nis arrival
at Neme. When he reached there, early
in the Summer, he could sea that the
crash had come, but he reit It his duty
to put up his building, in hopes that the
adjacent beaches and creeks might yet
prove rich. He is still waning, although
there is nothing for men to do up there
but sit down and look at each other.
There are scores of others who have less
pretentious buildings, filled with house
hold goods and merchandise, and they are
not willing to pull out and leave the
property to rot. without waiting to see
whethor something won't turn up.
"Then there are men in charge of large
mining plants, whose owners are back
in the States. To desert these expensive
outfits, without having first exhausted
every effort to guard against failure,
would be to Incur the displeasure of the
stockholders and employers at home.
These plants are lying on the beach.
while those in charge are endeavoring to
find some place to work where they can
at least come out even. One Oregon man
had a large dredge on rollers, but there
was no gold deposit on the beach to work
it, and so he has placed It on a scow
at an expense of 53000, and in desperation
will try to lift something out of Snake
River. I sincerely hope ne will succeed,
but I have fears for the contrary.
"Then there is a San Francisco capi
talist named Lain, who stands a good
chance to drop 5LO0O.O00 in that region.
Lain sent up shiploads of expensive ma
chinery, having first purchased several
claims on Anvil Creek from tne locators.
These locators were not citizens of the
United States, and -so had no right to
sell. "When this fact leaked out, tne
claims were Jumped In short order.
"Lain has a four-mile railroad In op
eration from Nome to Anvil Creek, and a
line of lS-lnch Iron pipe strung out all the
way along. He expects to pipe water by
steam power from snake River to worn
his creek claims, but development of
these 20-acre placers proves that there
is no gold on the hillsides. It is all in
the creek beds, and these can be washed
out with the water already In the creeks,
as a good rain has lately fallen. Instead
of 20 acres of rich gravel, the claims
do not average over three, and, as the
bedrock Is near by, the placers can bo
exhausted In a few months.
"Then there are men wno are broke
and will not return In that condition.
They are men of nerve and will use
every effort to find something in the way
of a mine. As the country has been
pretty thoroughly prospected for many
miles, I don t see what those poor iel
lows are going to do. They will stay
there this winter, and strive and suffer.
In the hope of finally succeeding. These
I consider the most melancholy cases of
distress, as many of them have families
depending upon them in the States, and
yet pride keeps them from returning to
face the 'Joshing of their friends.
Mr. Barr came out even on nls milk
ranch venture. There was only one cow
at Nome last "Winter, and her owner
made money, at 51 a pint, for the use
of Invalids. Then a man "came along with
six cows and milk dropped to 51 a quart
"When Mr. Barr landed his stock, milk
dropped to 52 a gallon, and kept ther,e. it
things had proven as he expected, he
could have cleared 5200 a day, and his
previous mining camp experience justified
his expectations, but there was no money
at Nome, except what people had brought
there. "While the longshoremen were get
ting work at fl o0 an hour, they could
buy milk, but this period lasted only
three weeks.
"There were 000 people living in closely
set tents on one portion of the beach,
cast of the town," he said, "and my
milk peddlers could not sell DO cents'
worth In the whole settlement. "When the
men struck the portion occupied ty long
shoremen, they managed to dispose of
what they had."
IS HIS OWN DEFENSE.
Policeman "Welch. Gives His Version
of a Melee.
Patrolman Azel C. "Welch, who was sus
pended from the police force a few days
ago and fined in Justice Vreeland's
Court for assault and battery, desires to
state his side of the case. He asserts
that he has been made the victim of a
prejudice, the animus of which he is un
able to account for. Mr. "Welch said
yesterday;
"I have been heavily fined and much
maligned in Justice Vreeland's Court.
I was not intoxicated on the occasion
when the trouble arose, a fact which 1
proved by several witnesses. If It be
said that they are particular friends of
mine, I have to say that the witnesses
of the state have manifested every evi
dence of particular friendship for the
complaining witness, as their eagerness
to pounce upon me showed, as well a3
their biased and exaggerated statements
given in evidence. I have been made the
object of a bitter attack. "Why was it
necessary for some person interested in
this case to employ two competent at
torneys to assist a competent Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney? Mr. Spencer was
certainly able to handle a simple assault
and battery case, and especially If I
were so plainly the aggressor, as was as
serted. But when the case came to trial
two additional attorneys were present to
prosecute, and they seemed to have
thought their surplus time should be de
voted to vilifying me. When Attorney
Strowbridge was making his argument in
behalf of the state ho indulged the fool
ish and small argument that I was a
bad man, by telling the court that I went
to the Philippines to shoot Filipinos and
Spaniards, that there was bad and flght
ing blood In my veins. I went to the
Philippines as a member of the Second
Oregon Volunteers, but hope that this
fact will not be brought Into court to
prove that I am a bully and maneater. 1
was not told that such would be the re
sult of my enlistment when I proffered
my services.
"To prove tho irregularity of Conductor
Kirkendal, my witnesses testified that he
returned the money to Mr. Fralney which
the woman charged him with wrongfully
taking. He took Mr. Fralney" s ticket,
accepted payment in cash for his fare
from Mr. Fralney's friend, and later col
lected another cash fare from Mr.
Fralney. The woman with Mr. Barger
saw it and called the conductor's atten
tion to the fact. The conductor returned
25 cents, but as he held out his hand
to do so, applied a very opprobious name
to the woman. "Why did he return the
fare If he was regular? I heard his
words to the woman, and intended merely
to ask an explanation and demand an
apology If I had heard correctly. Any
man should do this upon bearing what I
heard applied to a woman. "When I, still
sitting, reached over to tap him on the
arm and to call his attention, he turned
and struck viciously at me. I did not
utrlke back, but pushed the man back
to prevent my being hit. In doing this I
pushed him so far back that he fell from
the running-board, but easily caught the
car again. Somebody stopped the car
about that time. The conductor got off,
picked up a rock and got back on. Mr.
Barger telling him to drop it. The car
went on again. No songs out of the or
dinary were sung while coming down, but
only such as can be heard at any time
In a respectable family, or among picnic
parties. There was no loud or boister
ous talking that I heard. None of the
conductor's witnesses were on the trail
car. on which we were riding. He had
only three men, riding on the rear plat
form of the front car, with him. and ap
parently especial friends, and two men,
probably sitting near the rear of the front
car. They said they heard us talking all
the way down. "When the cars are run
ning, this Is very difficult to do.
"When the car reached First and
Washington streets I stepped toward the
conductor, who was standing by the
steps, and reached out my hand to tap
him on the arm, as any one would do
when speaking to a man from the rear.
He. without words or warning, whirled
around and struck me across the face, at
the same time throwing his arm around
me and drawing me across his hip. Then
his three friends lunged at me viciously,
striking before and behind. Until I had
been struck many tmes, and was still
held awkwardly across another man's
hip, did I strike. I struck the conductor
twice or three times in the face, which
made him release me. By that time
two or three of my friends, who saw the
conductor and his friends rush upon me,
came and parted all. Mr. Barger struck
no blows, yet he was fined $50. I struck
only In slf-defense. and was fined 550.
One of the conductor's friends, while on
the stand, admitted that he struck some
one two or three times. No effort was
made to fine him or prosecute him In an
manner, although by my witnesses it
appeared they were the aggressors. The
Justice merely Impatiently waited until
arguments -were over, uncrossed his legs
and Imposed the limit without a thought
or meditation.
"These are facts I proved by witnesses
as unbiased as those prosecuting, and
can produce others to testify to the
same."
G. A. R. RATES.
Chtcnso and Return, $71 SO.
Tickets on sale August 21 and 22; good
60 days; choice of routes. Call Great
Northern city ticket office, 26S Morrison
street.
FILLING THEIR CONTACT
GOVERmttElTT HAY TO BE HEABT
BY SEPTEMBER. 1.
Opportunity for the Display of Pub
lic Spirit "When Jfext Bids Are
Advertised.
Preparing and baling of the 3C00 tons of
haycontracted for by the Government ln
Portland a week ago Is progressing rap-"
Idly. AH the hay desl-ed will be"1 ready
at the wharf by September 1. So far as
has been seen, the quality of hay is ex
cellent This has been a splendid hay
season for the state, one of the best evi
dences of which Is the clean, fine tlm-thy
now being delivered for use In the Orient.
The note issued by the Quartermaster's
Department specified that the hay should
not contain more than one-quarter clover
GALLERY OF OREGON
E. E. YOUNG, OF THE SUMPTER AMERICAN.
Edward Everett Young; was born on a plantation five miles from Florence, Ala, He was
graduated from the State Normal School at xHoronce, and finished his education at Nash
ville. Tenn. In 1SS0 he went to St. Louis, Mo., 'where he was four years In the Postofflce,
first in the registry department, then in charge of the general delivery, which position he re
signed to enter the field of Journalism. He was for a number of yeare on the staff of the
St. Louis Republic, filling nearly -every position on that paper. Later he was associated with
the Examiner, and had charge of the literary bureau of the Haggen & Tevls Colonization
Company. In 180S he started to Alaska with the Government relief expedition, which was
abandoned by Secretary Alger. He went to Eastern Oregon in August, 160S, and went to
work for the Red Boy Mining Company. In order to get a practical knowledge of mining, he
began as a common laborer. In December of the same year he took charge of the office, and
was later made secretary and treasurer of the company, which position ho still holds. In
June, 1890, he bought the Sumpter News now the Blue Mountain American. From an ob
scure country newspaper, the American in a few months advanced to tho rank of a first
class 10-page stato Journal, devoted to tho interests of Eastern Oregon. Mr. Young was a
Cleveland sound-money Democrat, but left the party on account of the Chicago platform,
and now stands for the gold standard, expansion, and a reasonable political tariff.
or other Inferior grade of hay. This
means almost pure timothy, and such a
has been inspected fully meets the re
quirements. In the Government specifications the
hay furnished was not to exceed 75 cubic
feet to the ton. .Nottingham & Co. own
a press that reduces the bulk to this size,
and Albers & Schneider have recently in
stalled a new Whitman steam press that
can brlns the bulk down to 60 cubic feet
per ton. This press is doing a rushing
business. The smooth-cut bales come
sliding out as firm and perfect as a piece
of timber. They are square, and there
fore can be packed in far less space than
the cylindrical bales turned out by the
Boston hydraulic compress. If there wero
any Inducement to reduce the bales below
a 70 or 75 cubic foot dimension to the ton
this new press would easily do the work.
In Seattle, where largo quantities of hay
are being prepared, it is said that the
contractors use the same style press em
ployed here until they get-, crowded for
time. Then the firm that operates the
hydraulic press, which turns out a large
amount of hay, puts the big machines In
motion. It Is said on reliable authority
that they are not used except when there
Is a rush of business, because of the
greater economy In using the ordinary
press.
When the contract for 5000 tons of hay
was let over In Seattle, Albers & Schnei
der, of Portland, got the privilege of fur
nishing 500 tons of baled hay to one of
the contractors there. The price for this
quantity paid by the Seattle man, who
was to furnish It to the Government
there, was nenriy Jl higher laid down in
Portland than tho prices which the Port
land contractors bid on the 3000 tons to
be delivered to the Government here. This
Is accepted as evidence of a rather con
clusive nature that hay can be had In
Portland as cheap. If not cheaper, than
In Seattle, for the regular price for haul
ing from Portland to Seattle Is $2 a ton.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce
and other business men are highly pleased
with the consideration shown to Portland
already. The contract of fitting up the
Thyra will distribute a considerable sum.
It Is now considered certain that the
Argyll will be fitted up and loaded here.
The Government surveyors went over the
vessel three days ago. Their report was
the only thing to delay the Government's1
acceptance. If It should be favorable,
then the Argyll will be chartered as soon
as the contract can be signed with the
new owners.
With this evidence of benefit, members
of the Chamber of Commerce regard it
doubly Important that every business
man of the city and state should co-operate
to draw this trade. Producers of
hay and grain will have to consider that
when they get contracts to be delivered
here. It means ships here and great bene
fits to everybody. Merchants handling
feedstuffs should consider the same point
when making their bids. In fact, it Is re
garded as the proper time, for everybody
to show a disposition even to sacrifice
a little. If It Is necessary to get this
trade. The situation must be carefully
studied, and If the time comes when a
vessel can be secured, even without profit
to some particular line of contracting, the
vast general, benefit should be considered
as an argument to do without immediate
gain.
WAITING FOR THE END.
Sir. Evarts in the Retirement of His
Home.
New Tork Tribune.
To the casual observer passing the
northwest corner of Second avenue and
Fourteenth street, the plain but spacious
house which stands there appears un
tenanted. The closed shutters, the calm
which seems to pervade the structure. In
strange contrast to the roar of the
street; the great weeping willow slowly
trailing its branches over the eastern por
Ucob of the house. All appear to Indicate
that the place is closed and its occupants
gone elsewhere.
But should the passer-by chance to
watch a certain window at the close of
the day he would see the clear cut fea
tures of an old man looking out on the
city's ceaseless activity from the quiet
of his room. After a little whlla the
shutters close and the face Is gone.
The old man at the -window is William
Maxwell Evarts, and the bouse has now
become practically his only world. The
man, who has been Attorney-General of
the United States, Secretary of State and
United States Senator, has now confined
his waning activities within the walls
of his own house.
Mr. Evarts was S2 years old on Febru
ary 6 last. It has come to be known
through the relatives and friends of tho
great lawyer that his advanced age has
made it impossible for him to go to
his Summer home, at Windsor. Vt, for
the last four years. His falling strength
has even confined him to his bed at
times, but again he has found himself
strong enough to go from room to room.
His mind is said to have retained its
clearness and acuteness. Even now he is
as much interested in the law, did his
physical strength permit him tf engage
In Its practice, as in the days when he
defended the interests of the United
States before the tribunal of arbitration
at Geneva, which met to settle the Ala
bama claims. Although he is no longer
able to take an active part In the busi
ness of his firm, his associates are proud
NEWSPAPER MEN-NO. 19
to retain his name at the head of the
old and well-known partnership of
Evarts, Choate & Beaman of 51 Wall
street.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
J A Cranston, city
Wm Eccles
James I De Bennetto,
Philadelphia
(Andy McCarthy, S F
C H Ruggles, San F
,r .o oiiiuii, uaKQr uuy
jv iu. ivnapp, cujr
Mrs A M Knapp, city
L M Knapp, city
J K Salsbury, city
C W Nibley, Baker Cy
Dr E A Semmor, Ore
gon City
W W Whipple, Astoria
Francis B Clarke. St P
R S Stevens. Seattle
Mr & Mrs Julius Kahn,
San Francisco
Cant Geo W Wittman
John T Llghter.Aatora
Lady Wolseley, Wolse-
ley, Eng
Master M "W Wolseley,
Stafford, Ens
M A HIrschman, S F
J B Snow, Chicago
Robt McLeod, Colllng-
wood. Ont
Geo D Gray, San Fran
Mrs J S Kloeber,
Seattle
C M Avery, Chicago
A W Clark & wife,
Fresno, Cal
Geo H Taylor & wife,
Denver
A G Hubbard, "Wheel
ing, W Va
Elmer E Poxton, Hon
olulu, H I
Mr & Mrs C H Morse,
Jr, Chtcaro
1 & wife, San Fran
E Li Powell, Spokane
P P Powell, Spokane
J B Allshlno, USA
E V Orford, Idahp
W D Lawton, San Fr
M D Young, San Fran
P J Hener i w. 8t L
John W Pratt. Seattle
jW J Ryle, Nome
F S TImberlako. St L
S Myers, Boston
I John H Dome, Seattle
Frank G Moyer, N T John H BullocU. wf &
A D Rickey, Phlla child, San Francisco
A S Moses, St Louis D McGarrity, San Fr
J H Seymour T E Dunn. San Fran
J R Winchester, N Y Mrs J C Horr, Olympla
D C Adams, Salt Lake Mrs A Granger, N Y
Wm Martins, city Dr Dora Fugard, Daw
Dr C W Faull fe wf. son
Baker City Frank Schlefer, San
Mrs J P Faull, do Diego, Cal
F D Chamberlin, ChgolL, C Stanley & wf. Wis
H E Hadley & wife. Mrs Robt Smlth.Perry,
Indianapolis Or
J G MacK & wf, city Wm Smith, Oregon Cy
Mr & Mrs B H Nicoll, W E Tallant. Astoria
city I
Columbia River Scenery.
Resnlntor Line steamers, from Oak
street dock daily, except Sunday, 7 o'clock
A. M. The Dalles, Hood River, Can
cade Locks and return. Call on, or "fone
Agent for further lhformatlon.
THE PERKINS.
5 B Tregloan, San Fr IE Hannafln, Dalles
M Udell, Tacoma A D Thomas, San Fr
W N Barrctt.HlIlflboroiF v Langell, Seattle
Mrs W N Barrett, do
Ira E Barrett, do
Willie Barrett. do
H E Windier. Ely. Mln
D Shanahan, do
Mrs D Shanahan, do
T R Lewis, San Fran
Mrs T R Lewis, San F
C E Beckwlth. Harris-
burg. Or
Mrs C E Beckwlth, do
Arthur D Marshall,
Astoria
Mrs A D Marshall, do
Ogden E Marshall, da
Harold Daniels, Seattle
F M Spinning, do
Eugene McCanner, S IB
Flora A Strode. S F
C H Walker, Salem
J W Hayes, Pasadena
W B Hayes, do
A S James, Ely, Minn
V M H1UIS, DuluUl
Jas Pitts, Denver
W W Ohner. Idaho
i, D Reisey. Salt Lake
A J Mcvittl, Omaha
E E Williams, St Paul
E M Williams, do
Mrs John Projut,
Klrkville, Mo
J P Huftman.Corvallis
Edward Stebb, Eliza-
beth. N J
I Serton, San Fran
W Waybrlght, Che
halls. Wash
P A Hurlburt, Arling
Mrs C H Walker, do
V H Miller, Tacoma
Miss Agnes Miller, do
Mrs N A Miller. do
John D McGowan, As
ton, Or
toria
H Moore, Moro, or
F E Atkins, Palmer,
Or
Max Schults. Pe-Ell
C M Bills, Astoria
F Drugan, Vancouver,
Wash
J R Stephens, Chehalli
S Grevsmlth, Ban Fr
Mrs H L Green. Vancv
E G Howman. Rainier!
M B Bulla. Tacoma.
Mrs M B Bulla, do I
P Crowell, Colfax. Wn
Mrs v uroweil, do
MIs Crowell, do
Master Crowell, do
Hugh Cochran. Cari
boo, B C
Miss Agnes L Hill, do
P Rohrbeck. So Bend
Chos L Clough.Woodld
John Bogart, do
P Mcintosh, Tillamook
Mrs Hugh Cochran, do
Miss Cochran, do
Master Cochran, do
Mrs Smith, Tillamook
G H Van Buren, Jef
ferson THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
M L Conn, city
Miss Wilson, city
A Jones, city
'C I Irwin, city
H D Rogers. Sacmnto
T J Potter, Cleveland
R R Garretson. St PI
Mrs M Baumlster.WW
Alvin Baumlster, do
Oltra. Baumlster. do
J P Elsenbach. N T
F F Porter. San Fran
S A Kozcr, Salem
W H Thorne, N Y
H L Hexter, Pendleton
Miss Hexter, do
Miss Si 11a Alexander,
Pendleton
M Damnorth, Seattle
Mrs Damporth, Seattle
C A Hardy. Eugene
Mrs R H Crealins. NY
F C Franck, San Fran
C H Park. Grant's Pas
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I INFLUENCE OF BAD BOOKS
THE REV. MR- SUITING PREACHES
ON THIS SUBJECT.
Counsels His Hearers to Keep Their
Minds Pare Rev. Dr. Eliot on
"Character of Balaam."
"What Are Safe Subjects of Thought?"
was the theme chosen yesterday morning
by Rev. ANaliace Nutting, of Providence,
R. I., who has been filling Dr. Hill's
pulpit in the First Presbyterian Church
during the latter's absence on a vaca
tion. The speaker applied his subject to
what should be read. Including dally pi
pers, and complimented Portland on the
purity of the press. "If you could dis
pense with the stuff that comes from Cal
ifornia; It would be well," he said.
TaKlng his text from Philipplans, lv:S,
"Whatsoever tnlngs are true, honorable,
just, pure, lovely, of good report, if tnere
be any virtue and If tnere be any praise,
think on these tnlngs," Mr. Nutting said
In part:
"This category defines the proper
habitual range of human thought, A
pnysiwan may need .o study a disease.
A specialist in morals may be requtrec
to study sins. We cannot altogethei
avoid the evil of the world without leav
ing tho world. But us we enlist regi
ments for Cuba from persons not liable
to yellow fever, so tne person who be
comes a special student of sin should
certainly Know himseir Immune to at
tack from It. A quack spiritual doctor
is the most dangercus of all quacks.
"Farther coi'umplation of evil is al-low.-ib.t.
when ve are driven to It from a
sense that wc must aeal with it, but not
because wc like the atmosphere. Par
ents at -times arc compelled to take not
of the evil m their children. They do
so with bltteiness of heart. If, In any
itspect, the.' uijoyed tne discovery, they
v:oui-.i show themselves devils, not hu
ni.tn. loving parents. The test, then,
when you meet error face to face Is this:
Do : ou feel as Cnrlst did over Jeru
salem ready to weep and shudder; or
& you enjoy the prospect of vengeance
against the sinner.' One's mood is the
test v, nether his heart is right, and he
may safely deal with sin. If he enjoys
talKing of It, or has the slightest ten
dency to dwell on It, he has mistaken
his calling in hems a sin-hunter. He will
not overcome It.
"The introspection of the hermits re
vealed to them an unpleasant view of
themselves. We ought to avoid their
error of morbid self-treatment. Our case
requires the iye of another being to see
if there be any evil way In us. God
wearies of seeing us handle our own stock
of sins. To Iook unto Jesus is to be rid
of a whole brof-d of base children of our
brain. Bleised is the man so absorbed
In tho righteousness of others th.it ht
hao no leisure for his sins. As a de
scription and depicting of various kinds
of serpents Is- not calculated to calm a
nervous perr-on, so a vision of sin is not
what sinful men need to cure them. As
the telling of alios l stories will not re
lieve chi'.dren of fea,.- in the dark, so to
know tne aoiibts of the weak will not
establish us in the falm.
"This explains the deplorable effects
of conversation, whose chief subject is
the faults of our neighbors and the follies
of manklid in general. A human soul
trusts a friend, whe proves false. Con
sequence, distrust of all men. If we
were reared among wild animals we
should naturally conclude all animala
were wild. We cannot be brought to
believe In the good so long as we mostly
see or dwoll with the Dad.
"If tne gi cater part of our 'reading
pictures sii.ful men, If the greater part
of our thinking is concerning evil deeds,
we ourselves shall be evil. Even a Chris
tian cannot maintain his life on husks,
however much ht may try. Love sus
tains Itself by feasting on what is lovely.
Truth has to see truth to maintain Itself.
Tho honorable man must have In his
thought a living vision of honor. A
pattern must exist In his mind of what
he has seen In communion with a holy
bolng. Hate brings forth after its own
kind. A low plane of life Is always tha
consequence of thinking about what Is
low.
"The literature of death may be ap
plied to much modern reading. A book
containing the lives of several notori
ously evil persons Is offered for sale
Intellectual pander is a proper name for
the author. If any book makes a base
passion in one. It is not fit for him to
read. The claim for realism Is that
truth demands that we shall see things
as they are. It Is a plausible claim, but.
a delusion. Men have Jived as nobly as
any portrayed fiction. When the mas
ters set forth ideal men we shall coma
out Into God's real eternal world.
"A bad book Is worse than any Institu
tion on earth. A child turned loose in a
library is In greater danger than If
turned loose to sample the bottles of the
apothecary. It makes an Impure heart
that cannot see God. The papers say
that people want to read cf the bad deeds
of man, and therefore they publish those
deeds. That is equivalent to saying
1 that the people have a vicious taste, and
they (the papers) prcp-se to cater to it.
"But perhaps they misread human na
ture. Are we not more Interested In the
horolc courage of young Venvllle, who
stood repairing a gun while the bullets
stung him four times in succession? The
magazine in which Lieutenant Gillmore
tells the story Is more interesting than
any mag-ztne of crime could be.
"In the olden days people enjoyed wit
nessing a hanging. But the sounder
sense of Christianity has for the most
part forbidden a public hanging. And it
was well reasoned In the Legislatures
that If it was bad for the public to wit
ness It was equally bad for the press to
give columns of ghastly details. In
many states now It Is properly against
the law to publish anything more than a
bare statement of the execution. I am
glad to say your Portland papers are
fai higher in tone than the average daily.
If you could dispense with the stuff that
comes from Cal'lornla It would bo well.
"But It Is objected that the good men
do makes no noise, and Is not noticed
or even knowable. It Is a false objec
tion. When we seek to discover good
as pertlrtently as we ferret out evil, we
shall have an Immense stock for con
templation. There are enough distin
guished heroisms to keep us In material.
As the spirit if God comes In we shall
see the magaz'nes packed with the things
that arc lovely, the dally papers Issuing
supplements laden with things that are
hoiitrtble, the hotel corridors sounding
with the things of good report. The
race will learn tc think on these things."
Bev. Mr. Nutting leaves Portland today
to return home, and will not again be
heard In the First Presbyterian Church
this searcn. The congregation has en
Joyed his slay, and regrets his depar
ture. "CHARACTER OF BAALAM."
Sermon by Rev. T. L. Eliot, of the
First Unitarian Church.
"The Character of Baalam" was the
theme taken for the sermon by Bev. Dr.
Eliot, who conducted services at the
First Unitarian Church yesterday, In tht
absence of Bev. Dr. Lord, pastor. The
local color of the episode of Israel's his
tory, In which the Prophet Baalam fig
ures, was given, as well as a sketch of
the criticism, which now enables us to
date and analyze the narration, and sep
arate the legendary element from the nu
cleus of history. Dr. Eliot Illustrated
this historical method treating the text
of the Bible by the analogy of the legends
of the Gorge of the Columbia River,
among the Indians, with the contrast of
the geologist's story, in which titanic
slides from the Washington side, 400
years ago, met by later slides from the
Oregon side, explain the course of the
river, and furnish the nucleus of the
myth of the "Bridge- of the Gods."
Baalam was, by the speaker, treated
as a symbol of tho natural penalties which
follow evasion of duty. Bialam tried to
evade his message and, as a consequence,
deceived himself kept thinking that in
some other place or at some other time
the oracle would change. The very- beast
he rode could see the opposing angel,
when the prophet could not. This Is a
type of what happens when we evade or
postpone a plain revelation of duty, or
a call to bear direct testimony, or commit
ourselves by action, against the right or
for the wrong.
The fatality of bias in many relations
of life wis described. Every man Is
surrounded by concentric circles of bias
ing Influences family, friends, trade or
profession. Communities have conspicu
ous selfish bfas. This was Illustrated by
Ibsen's prose drama, called an "Enemy
of the People." In which some town with
hot springs and biths, Is discovered to
have poisons and fever germs In the wa
ters. The citizen who tried to publish
the fact, and organize a remedy. Is fin
ally frowned upon and denounced, be
cause "It would Injure the town," and
the press, Common Council, and citizens
of every class join hands In a process of
self-deception and falsehood, stoning tho
prophet sent to them. Dr. Eliot hinted,
not doubtfully, that such "community
bias" takes place with terribly blinding
and perverting power among us, and that
something of the kind always threatens
every community concealing its real du
ties, under the garb of public Interest or
commercial advancement. Even nations
have the same constant danger to be
watched agilnst. in the Interest of "larg
er humanity." Finally, It was noted, that
Baalam climbed with BaiaK, King ot
Moab, from height to height, m hope that
he might evade the message of God. He
may change the omen, and climbs in order
to increase vision and purify conscience.
It Is wise to go above the level of our
doubts, or problems, or temptations. A
wider horizon often belittles obstacles,
and reveals the bias of selfishness or flat
tery, or a fear or false hope and on tio
"bare heights" and "watching place of
Pisgah." the eternal skies embrace us
and we have the whole light of God.
from whose altitude and plentltude we
may come down again to the plane of
common dutj. with accurate measure and
standard. Let us not. by evasions and
accumulated bias and recreancy, bring
down on our heads the judgment which
befell Baalam, the son of Beor. whose
dumb ass saw an angel when he saw
nothing, and rebuked him leader, though
he was. of a nation and an "oracle" of
truth and life.
EASTERN MULTNOMAH.
Probability of a Farmers' Telephone j
System Beine Started. j
TERRY. Or.. Aug. IS. A country tele-
phone system for farmers Is being talked t
of in this vicinity, and will probably take .
tangible shape soon. A. T. Webb is I
agitating the matter somewhat, and will
connect his farm with the line at Terry
If he cannot Interest others In the plan.
A few wires and posts would have to be
placed, but for several long stretches the
barbed wires on fences can be utilized,
thus saving expenses. Thickly settled
districts in the east have found the plan
to work well, and it Is thought tho same
can be done here.
Another New Store.
Ross Larscn Is putting up a new build
lng at Sandy bridge, and will open up j
the second east of Terry which will be
ready for business In a short time, as
a result of the establishment of the
three new postofBces. Sweetbrler, Gage
and Hurlburt, and the Terry-Hurlburt
stage line. The other store will be opened
by Sim Stafford, at Gage. There Is con
siderable travel over the road past those
points, and several new settlers are
coming In, all of which encourages the
people to expect a dally mall delivery In
a very short time.
Will Take a Vacation.
Postmistress McColl, of Gresham, has
been granted a vacation of two weeks
by the Postofflce Department, and will
take a rest for that length of time as
soon as the rural delivery agent, H. J.
Ormsby, shall have made his promised
visit here. He is expected at any time.
Miss Bessie Cox will have charge of the.
office during Mrs. McCoIl's absence.
Saved by Tar.
W. W. Cotton's hopyard. at Greshnm,
the only one In Multnomah County, was
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saved from fthe worms by bulWlng a lot
fence around It. which was smoared with
tar. There were millions of worms all
around It. but they were effectually kept
out The crop will be a good one, and
picking will begin In about two weeks
more. About 80 persons- will be em
ployed, mostly people of this vicinity.
Cheating the Worms.
Numerous potato patches, which wera
killed by the cutworms, are being dug
it having been found that the tubers wero
not very badly Injured. The potatoes
are not quite ripe, and wsuld not keep
until Winter, but are of good quality and
excellent for presont use. Their pre,
ence In the markets accounts for the
prevailing low prices at this time.
Brief Noted.
Rockwood Assembly, United Artiaana,
was organized at Rockwood last week,
with 26 charter members.
S. S. Logan is putting up an addition.
1Sx22 feet, to his store in Troutdalo. It
will bo finished next week.
Work on the railroad bridge at Trout
dale is progressing rapidly., tho eastern
span being finished and the next on
nearly so. It will take a month yet to
complete the Job.
W. E. Bramhall and A. E. Stone left
Tuesday last, tht former for Des Moines
and the latter for Kansas City. Mr.
Bramhall will remain permanently., but
Mr. Stone will return here in about threo
months.
Chicken-thieves are getting troublesome
again, several farmers having reported
losses within the past week. A. T. As
tell, of Falrview, lost two dozen Plymouth
Rocks on Wednesday night, which he bad
cooped up ready to take to market.
Four ministers of the Evangelical
Church will begin a revival service at
Troutdale. next Thursday, the meetings
to extend over the following Sunday.
The services will be In charge of Rev. C
C. Poling, assisted by Revs. S. J. Lind
say, C. T. Hurd and Peter Bittner.
Seventeen thousand hewed railroad ties
have Just been delivered at Troutdala
from a distance of 10 miles up the Sandy.
They were floated down, and had to be
taken from the river by hand, as they
were too large for the chain elevator.
They are considered much superior ta
sawed ties.
ST, LOUIS FAIR FUND.
SIot- ProgTcnn at Raisins' Money
Interested in Foreign Lands.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19. Plans for the re
sumption of work on the world's fair
fund of $5,000,000, which has been vexa
tlously Interrupted, are under daily con
sideration by Chairman D. R, Francis
and William H. Thompson, of the two
principal committees. Mr. Francis exv
pects to sail for Pari3 about September
16, and hopes to have things In such
shape by that time that tho fund will ba
pretty complete. In fact, ona reason
he delayed his departure was to assure
himself that there would be no hitch.
The traveling men, who have been
among the active workers for the fair,
have asked permission to locate their
special building first. Communications
from. United States Consuls at different
points Indicate the interest that is being
manifested in the Louisiana Purchase
Centennial abroad.
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on sale August 21 and 22. For further
details concerning this cheap rate, call
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corner of Alder, Portland, Or.
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