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12 HE MOR2!rI2STa OREQONIAtf, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1902. KLAMATH INDIANS Their Reservation Is Literally aPrincipality. DOUBTFUL SOCIAL PROGRESS The Educational System Is Not Doing Anything for the: Develop ment of the. Indian Character. . By a Staff "Writer Ninth Letter. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 22. A fact very important in its relation both to the present and future of the Klamath country is the existence of the Klamath Indian Reservation, with its population of 1200 Indians and mixed bloods. The miles square containing all told a little ' les3 than 1800 square miles of territory j occupies the geographical middle of J Klamath County, extending at one point across the line Into Lake County. It Is the very heart of the Klamath country, and the very best of it. It was selected by Lindsay Applegate 40 years ago, when he had the whole co'untry to pick from, and with a trained judgment, and an in tegrity not universal In connection with Indian affairs, he picked the best. The whole northern part of the Klamath Basin, including a 20-mile frontage on the northeast side of Big Klamath Lake, extensive reclalmable .marshes at north, and the great Valley, of Sprague River on the east. Is, reserved territory, The area of hay lands Is very' great, and there is something like 600"or-700 square miles of fine hill j-anqe,.,wlth about 500 square miles of very valuable pine tim ber. It has the very best of the water sources of this bountifully watered sec tion of country, for it is on the reserva tion that the wonderful and wonderfully beautiful springs described In a former loiter are found. Great rivers of ex quisitely crystalline water burst from the mountainsides at several points, and at such elevations that they may easily be led by ditches over great areas of highly fertile, but now thirsty, country. This great property, a principality in itself, belongs absolutely to the ;12(X) In dians, counting big and little, who in habit It under the guardianship of an Indian agent at the present time Mr. Oliver C. Applegate. The immediate money value of this tract Is very great, so great that If it were sold for even a half-reasonable price it would make every brown-skin of the lot independently ilch. The timber alone would probably market today for 2,CO0,O0O or more, and it could be sold without affecting the value of the greater arable and grazing sections. The development of the reservation has riot been very great, largely for the rea son that there has been little need of it. The Indians have been very gener ally established on individual tracts, as sured to them permanently, and there is room for more under natural conditions; and if there were 10 times as many, cul tivable, space might easily be made for them by a comparatively cheap system of irrigation. In truth, there would seem almost no limit to the possibilities of the situation If there were really any need to make the most of It. "Vhat the policy of the Government will be In the matter of this great prop erty" can, of course, only be conjectured, but it appears to me inevitable that after the Indians are established in severalty a settlement now slowly In process the lands which they do not need and can not use will be sold. And it is a con summation very much to be desired. To open up this great tract for occupation by white people would of itself give the whole Klamath country a prodigious lilt, for wherever the white man settles he brings his civilized habit of industry, his practice of thrift, his church ,and his schoolhouse. There is room on the reser vation lands, after the needs of the In dians shall have been provided for, for a population equal to the present population of Klamath County, with abundant re sources for its prosperous living. Of course, it is not meant by these remarks to suggest that the Indians be despoiled of their lands. Their rights are plain, and as firmly established as the guaranty of the Government can make them, and they must be respected as they ought to be. In other and similar cases very notably in the case of the Uma tilla Reservation after all the native population had been provided for, the re maining lands were sold at auction under conditions which brought their full value, and the funds thus secured were in vested In Government bonds for the bene fit of the Indians. This method would be a natural and satisfactory one here. No body wants to "do" the Indians out of their property, but there Is a very nat ural wish that the territory which they do not need and cannot use might be made available for purchase by white men. Under the severalty system each individ ual of the Indians is entitled to choice of 160 acres; and their selections are guar anteed to them under conditions which make them inalienable for the term of 23 years, the purpose of the limitation being to give time for the acquisition of domes tic habits and business knowledge before bestowing the right to sell. This Is a wise precaution, for It Is certain that if abso lute" title with privilege to sell were given to the, Indians at this time, not one in ten would keep his tract or te proceeds of Its sa!e-.a twelvemonth. It Is, I think, very much to be doubted If they will ever acquire the 'self-control and thrift essen tial to an independent career. In the long run, the white man is pretty likely to get the lands. There are, however, Individual Instances which go to stimulate hope for the In dian. Among the present population of the reservation there ure a few Indians who display qualities of an exceptional kind. Henry Jackson, a full-blood of the Pitt River tribe, lit his early life a slave, ie one of the substantial men of the coun try. His wealth, in "addition to his lands held under the usual tenure, is reckoned at $20,000, being mostly In Npattle and horses in which he works with the best breeds. He is a capable practical farmer and stocliman, a shrewd buyer and a shrewd seller, and his standing for business relia bility lis as good as that of most white men. A prominent business man of Klam ath County told me yesterday that he had had many transactions with Jackson, and .that he regarded him as an absolutely "cauare" man. But it must be con fessed that this man Jackson is a very exceptional Indian. And the average sort are poor enough, making almost no use of the bounty which belongs to them, heedless of the opportunities which the guardianship of the Government puts be fore them. There are two well-equipped schools on the reservation, and all the children are required to attend them, the theory of the Interior Department being that the Indian Is to be saved by the grace of "ed ucation." The studies are similar to those in which white children are disciplined; and in addition to the academic feature of instruction there is a rather lame effort toward manual training. Girls are taught the domestic arts and boys are taught the rudiments of the several manual trades. I tried to be Interested in It all, but did not find it easy to believe that much of' any practical account was being done. I have known the Indian too long to share In the optimism of those who Imagine that the physical and moral differences between him and the white man can be overcome by a school system. When the theorist's have got their Indian boy or girl "educated" they will still, I think, have an Indian on their hands, with the tendencies and weaknesses which characterize the race. I believe the ef fort to bridge over the space between bar barism and civilization a space which it has taken our own race some thousands of years to pass with the spelling book Is the supremest folly; and I believe a great cruelty Is being Inflicted upon the younger generation of Indians under this policy. Even If it were possible, which I believe It Is not, to "educate" the Indian Into some approximation of the white man's character. It would be only to make him unhappy, 6lnce there Is no place In the world for the educated Indian. The ef fect of education, I think, as It Is prac ticed here and at other Indian schools, will be to develop the taste for things un attainable, and therefore to fill the minds of the Tlslng generation with discontent; and there will surely follow the deterior ation of character which this mental habit produces. It is the common testimony of those who come Into close contact with the tribes here that the old Indians who never heard of the spelling book are really better men and women at all essential points of character than the younger product of the educational system. I believe the Interior Department Is wrong in Its presumption that educa tional training of the young ones com bined with the personal ownership of land will make the Indian capable of looking out for himself, for In the end I think he will, generally speaking, be found as an In capable as now. Abandoned with his property to struggle with the world, he will quickly be despoiled and his descent to poverty will be rapid. If the Indian is to be saved from u'.tlmate vagabondism the Government must continue inaefinitely under some system to restrain his un thrifty Impulses and to guard his In terests. Individuals like Henry Jackson may safely be left to the management of their own aftajss, but In the main the Indian will havl to be looked out for or he will fall Into the abyss of complete moral and physical degradation. There Is an illustration to this effect in the case of the non-rcservatlon Pitt River tribe, which occupies a considerable stretch of country In the northeast corner of California, not far below the Oregon line. In a settlement most unwisely made with these Indians something like 40 years ago, General Wright promised them that they should have Independent settlement free from the control of an Indian agency. Under this agreement they were given land In severalty, and since it was made inalienable for a long period they have It yet; but they have not lived upon It in any regular or consecutive way, and have done little or nothing toward the devel opment of industrial or domestic habits. They have fallen Into a sort of gypsy existence, hanging about the outskirts of the Northern California towns, and gain ing their living, including much firewater, by small trading, thievery and the pros titution of their women. Efforts have been made to promote their reformation and civilization under the educational sys tem, but to no practical effect. They pre fer to be vagabonds, and vagabonds they will be until vice and disease shall make a painful and pitiful riddance of them from the face of the earth. The general administration of the Klam ath agency has been good for the Indians, and they have more of the marks of civ ilization than at any other center of native life In this country- Every Indian Is now nominally a farmer. In that he has a ranch of his own, come capital In the form of livestock, a house to live In, and the general "plant" of a more or less civ ilized home. While not diligent in the civilized sense, they make fair herdsmen and teamsters, and on the whole, under the careful and almost' paternal authority of Agent Applegate, are doing well for themselves. But the Initiative in all civ ilized ways comes from the agency head quarters, and it soon falls If not main tained by the agent's authority. Some thing In the way of progress has. Indeed, been accomplished, but It Is a progress en forced from the outside, not an outgrowth of better motives within or of an enlarged capacity for self-control. No greater mis take could be made than to infer from the superficial facts of the situation as the visitor sees it here, that the IiJUIan pop ulation of the Klamath agency is capable of standing alone. ,01d citizens, men who wish the Indians well, know that with all the apparent progress of the past 40 years there Is little real progress, and absolutely no development of character. A. H. FEARS FOR MISSIONARIES Christians in Morocco Are Shut Up Like Rats in a Hole. LONDON. Oct. 24. The English mission ary. Mr. Cooper, who was murdered at Fez, Morocco, recently, had a wife and two children, and there Is great appre hension as to their fate, as well as that of four other woman missionaries, for It Is known there has been a considerable recrudescence of anti-foreign feeling. Let ters from the Kansas mission of Mequlnez, composed of 12 Americans, describe the situation as critical. The missionaries say they are "shut up like rats in a hole." r1 Capital of the Broom Trust. NEW YORK. Oct. 24. Arrangements have been made, according to the Tribune, for financing the proposed combination of brcom manufacturers which, If formed, will have a capital of $3,000,000. The total capitalization of the companies engaged In manufacturing brooms in the United States is about $3.CG0,000. and their yearly output Is about 42.000,000 brooms. The manufacturers who have been asked to give options on their plants 'represent 25 per cent of the broom Industry of the country. Roosevelt Invited to Negro CoHefre. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Booker T. Washington tqday invited, President Roosevelt to visit the. Tuskcgee Institute at Tuskegee. Ala., In event of his making a Southern trip this Fall. The President promised to take the subject under consideration. LOW RATE FOR GRAIN TWO SHIPS TAKEN AT TWENTY TWO AIVD SIX. Canneblere Cannot Get Business at San Francisco, So Comes to Port land for a Cargo. . Another low record has been made in the freight market. Two ships were fixed yesterday for Portland grain loading, the Canneblere and the Nesala. Both were taken at 22s Cd, the lowest rate paid here In five years. The Canneblere is a French ship of 1759 tons. She Is now at San Francisco, but owing to the demoralized condition of the market there, she will sail In a, day or two for this port to get a cargo. The ship, since her arrival at the Bay City, has been offered at IBs 9d, with no takers, for S.in Francisco loading. The North western Warehouse Company, of this city, chartered her and will load her with barley for the United Kingdom. The Canneblere has had a long search for business. She went out In cargo from Barry to Fremantle, Australia, and from there sailed in ballast July 23 for Saigon, where she arrived August 14. Being un able to get i charter there, she left five days later for San Francisco, where she arrived the 16th Inst. The California city offered no better advantages, arid Captain Lefeuvre entered Into negotiations with the Portland exporters, who took her. In spite of her trip half way around the world in search of a cargo, the ship Is no worse off, owing to the subsidy granted by the French government to the mer chant marine. The Nesala Is a German ship of 1G70 tons and is commanded by Captain Gerklns. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. are her charterers. The ship Is now en route to Kaiq Chou, from Bremen, which port she left May 6. She Is about due at her Chinese des tination, and should reach Portland In time for January loading, which her char ter calls for. Of conditions existing at San Francisco the Commercial News of the 23d said: "Every on& who is familiar with the vicissitudes of the 'grain freight market wilt recall some particular year of specu lative activity In the fore part of a sea son, followed by disappointment as to yield of grain, or as to prices, in the consuming markets, with the result- that tonnage, chartered to irrlve by specula tors, was later put on the market regard less of consequences, and rechartered for anything obtainable, rather than have the vessel, which could not be loaded by orig inal charterers, go on demurrage. Very little of that description of business has come with the decline In freights this year, but the market bids fair to be quite as much demoralized by an entirely dif ferent but fully as potent a cause. Of the 13 bounty-fed French vessels In port, four are disengaged, and while lying in port are earning nothing, but must keep the crew by the vessel, and in that and other wcys are under considerable ex pense. When at sea the bounty, it Is said, more than pays running expenses, so that any freight is clear profit. Besides the four disengaged French bottoms In port there are 41 bound to thl3 Coast, 29 to this port, one to San Diego, seven to Ore gon and four to Puget Sound. Some, but not all by any means, of this fleet are un der charter. Those that are disengaged will not long He idle, but taking what they can get, will move. Recently, ISs 9d from this port, with grain to Europe,, usual options, was accepted by a vessel to arrive; a spot vessel has unsuccessfully pressed on the market at that figure, and It is more than probable the French ves sels, one or more of them, will accept lower rates, and make the market for the disengaged tonnage so low that ISs 9d will, before long, look like a big figure." There Is a scarcity of vessels available for cargo loading on the other side of the Atlantic. Portland importers are anx iously looking about for ships to put on the berth for Portland, but can find noth ing suitable. Enough cargo Is on hand or in sight to fill several ships. Rates have gone up there, while grain freights have gone down on this Coast until they are almost equal, shipowners asking 16s to ISs for cargo ships to Pacific ports. ANOTHER SNAKE RIVER BOAT. Norma Goes Into Service to Move Wheat Towing; Facilities Better. The O. R. & N. Co. yesterday put an other boat In service on the Snake River, and will soon add a third. There are only 17 Inches of water at Riparla, but the prospects are for a better stage In the near future. The company has been hold ing off, waiting for a rise, and believing that it Is about at hand, has taken chances on It and put the Norma In serv ice. The Norma will be used In bringing out the big wheat crop raised In the Snake River country. The Lewlston has been on a dally service between Riparla and Lewlston for several weeks, and when the river -rises six Inches or a foot more the Spokane will also be put on the run. Captain Conway yesterday Increased the towing service on the lower river by puttlng the Harvest Queen into the busi ness. Tho Queen has been on the Portland-Astoria passenger route, while the Potter has been undergoing some repairs. The sldewheeler Is again ready for opera tions on her regular run, which will en able the company to relieve the pressure for towboats. In addition to the Queen, the R. R. Thompson and the Ocklahama are now engaged In moving- wheat and lumber vessels up and down the river. Four ships arc ready, two at both ends, to be moved. The Dynomene, with a full cargo of wheat dn boafd, will go down, towed by the Queen, today, and the wheat ship Chile may go tomorrow. The G. W. Wolff and the Matterhorn are at Astoria waiting to be brought up. The tug Samson, which will -do duty for the O. R. & N. Co. at the bar, has been taken down to the boneyard, where a few repairs will be made. She will go into commission In a few days. BEING TOWED INTO PORT. Steam Schooner Celia Has a Close Call From Destruction. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 24. The steam schooner Celia Is being towed Into port by the steamer Brooklyn. The Cella left Fort Bragg at noon last Wednesday, and met with such heavy weather that her cargo of redwood lumber shifted. By the time she reached Point Arena, the regular port of call, the vessel was In. a bad way, and Captain Hansen notified his owners, Beadle Bros., of this city, of her condi tion. They sent orders for the Brooklyn, on her way here with a cargo of lumber, to take the Cella In tow for this port. The Brooklyn left Point Arena Thursday evening with her tow. The unusually stiff gale that was blowing from the south east for the past two days caught the steamers at a great disadvantage, for with their cargoes they were unable to stand up against the tremendous seas' and high wind. The parting of the hawser left the Cella altogether at the mercy oft the waves. She had already become water logged, and the flooding of the engine room made it Impossible for the vessel to help herself, and the Brooklyn, after re peated attempts, was forced for a time to abandon the idea of getting another line fast. The Cella's crew abandoned her, and were picked up by the Brooklyn, which afterward succeeded In getting an other line on the Cella, saving her from destruction. COASTWISE STEAMER TRADE. PrentlsM Lenvc for the South One Dor Late. The r.teamcr Prentiss, In the Gray Steamship Line, left down yesterday morning. She loaded 175,000 feet of lum ber here and will fill up at Kalama and Rainier with Cedar poles for Santa Bar bara and Redondo. The Prentiss' sailing was delayed one day because of lack of fuel. The steamer Is an oil-burner, and as the oil company is. not allowed to keep a quantity on hand here, it was- neces sary to wait until some arrived by rail. The steamers Melville Dollar, In the Woolsey Line, and the Leelanaw, bring ing freight for the O. R. & N are on the way up from San Francisco, and will reach Portland Sunday. The Dollar will discharge cargo at Columbia dock and at Leelanaw at AInswdrth. Repairs axe being made to the Colum bia and Elder at the Willamette Iron Works- dock, while the steamers are laid up by reason of the engineers' strike. The general impression Is that the iabor dif ficulty will soon be adjusted. Nome Steamer Arrives. SEATTLE. Oct. 24. The Nome liner St. P.aul reached port this morning from Nome with $394,249 In trpasure, 416 passen gers and news from the metropolis of Behrlngr Sea to October 15, the date she left that port. The St. Paul reports the following vessels at Nome on the 15th: Garonne, Ohio. United States revenue cut ter Bear, Newsboy, John S. Kimball and Elk No. 1. En route south she passed the Roanoke northbound, in Behring Sea, and also met the Oregon last Sunday. They reported all well. Of tho liner's passengers 236 left the vessel at this port and 160 will continue the trip to San Francisco. To San Fran cisco' was consigned $309,649. of the treas ure. The Cj'promcne Repaired. Robert Lbller, who had the contract for repairing the Cypromene, which was dam aged in a collision down the river with the Hassalo, has completed his job and returned 'to this city. Captain Roberts, of the ship, also came up to settle his ac counts, and is highly pleased with the work done by the ship carpenter. A new fore-topgallant mast was put in, and the bowsprit repaired. The ship will sail out ward in a few days. Broke Her Crank Shaft. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 24. The Hamburg American Line steamer Fuerst Bismarck, from New York, October 16, for Ham burg, arrived here this morning at 10 o'clock. Sho was delayed about 24 hours In the passage owing to the breaking of the crankshaft of her starboard engine on Sunday. She only used her port engine during the rest of the voyage. - The vessel experienced fine weather. Austrian Ship Stokers Strike. VIENNA, Oct. 24." Another strike of the stokers employed by the Austrian-Lloyd Steamship Company at Trieste has begun. Twenty vessels are affected. The strikers demand that only such stokers as are ap proved by the Intermediary bureau shall be employed. Marine Notes. The Matterhorn, which arrived at As toria Thursday from Hamburg, brings 15, 00 barrels of Alsen cement, consigned to the J. McCrakcn Company. Workmen were busy on the new Port of Portland dredge Columbia yesterday, taking out the big flyer and putting In a smaller one. There Is nothing wrong with the large one, but it was thought a good opportunity to test the efficiency of the smaller flyer before the dredge begins active operations. The Prince Louis, 173 days from Van couver for Cardiff, has been posted as overdue at 15 per cent reinsurance, and the Fred E. Scammel, 175 days from San Francisco, for London, at the same rate. The rate on the Clydesdale, now out 107 days from Newcastle, has been advanced to 50 per cent; -Beech Holm, 108 days from Newcastle, for Callao, to 35 per cent; Glenmark, 190 days from Tacoma, for Liv erpool, to 25 per cent, and Lynton, 1S8 days from PIsagua to the Channel, to 15 per cent. .Domestic and Forelsrn Ports. Tacoma, Octl 24. Arrived German ship Carl, from Port Townsend., Sailed Schooner T. P. Emlgh, from San Francisco. Boulogne-sur-Mer. Oct. 23. Sailed Noordam, from Rotterdam for New York. Cherbourg, Oct. 23, Sailed Augusto Vic toria, from 'Hamburg for New York. Plymouth. Oct. 24. Arrived Fuerst Bis marck, from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg, and proceeded. Queenstown, Oct. 24. Arrived Merlon, from Boston for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed Commonwealth, for Boston. Southampton. Oct. 24. Sailed Auguste Vic toria, for New York, via Cherbourg. Naples, Oct. 24. Arrived Phoenician, from New York for Genoa. Movllle. Oct. 21. Sailed Corinthian, for Mon treal; Ethiopian, for New York. San Francisco Oct. 24. Arrived Steamer Mackinaw, from Tacoma; steamer Queen, from Victoria; steamer Titania, from Nanalmo. Sailed Steamer Melville Dollar, for Portland; steamer Robert Dollar, for Seattle; schooner Salem, 'for Portlnnd; steamer Wyeneld, for Nanalmo; schooner John A., for Portland; steimer Sequoia, for Willapa Harbor; steamer Newburg, for Gray's Harbor; steamer G. C. Lindauer, for Gray's Harbor. WILL STICK TO OIL. Southern Pacific Does Not Intend to Rcsnmc Conl Earning. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. (Special.) The officials of the operating department of the Southern Pacific declare that the dispatches which emanated from Tacoma to the effect that the company Is prepar ing to resume coal burning on Its pas senger locomotives, because bitumen be comes deposited In the flues of engines that burn oil. and that the company has placed orders In Washington for 25,000 tons of coal per month to replace oil as fuel, are absolutely without foundation. The trouble over the bitumen deposits In the flues Is an exaggeration, as such accumulations are easily removed with sand. Officials say oil has proved such a suc cess that the company Is committed to the policy of converting all of Its loco motives Into oil burners. It Is announced that coal will be abandoned absolutely on all the lines of the company within a year. It Is estimated that the oil burning engines on the Western division alone ac complished a saving of $40,000 In the com pany's fuel bill for the month of Septem ber. Minnesota Merger Case Next Week. ST. PAUL, Oct. 24. The attorneys for the state In the Minnesota stilt against the railroad merger have scn out notices that the first hearing of testimony be fore the referee would take place next Wcdilesday. The state has about 70 days yet In which to take the testimony, but .the work will be completed as soon as possible. Attorney-General Douglas said today that In order to save time and ex pense, as much as possible of the testi mony taken In the Government case and also in the Peter Power cases would be stipulated. It Is said that the Minnesota case will be taken up by the United States Court in January. Knows Nothing of Wage Demand. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-J. Agler, manager of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Company, today declined to make a statement regarding the report ed intention of the firemen and engineers of this company to go on strike In the event of the company not meeting their demands for higher wages. "I know nothing officially regarding the demands of the men. We will do nothing In the matter at present." Asked If he would be In. a position with in a few days to make a statement re garding the situation, Mr. Agler replied: "I do not think it will be necessary." "Boss" Shepherd's ENtnte. CHIHUAHUA. Mexico, Oct. 24. It Is an nounced that the estate of the late Alex ander R, Shepherd, better known as "Boss" Sh&pherd, far exceeds the esti mate of $6,000,000 in value, as originally made. It amounts to more than 310,000,000, and donshtts almost exclusively of rich mines in the Batopolis district, in a re mote section of this state. WORK QN PORTAGE ROAD EVIDENCES OF REVIVAL OF THAT UNFORTUNATE PROJECT. Spokane Men Originally In Mohr Transportation Scheme Snld to Be Ready to Complete It. For several days past some men have been engaged In surveying on the unfin ished part of the Paul Mohr portage rail road. They have been In charge of Civil Engineer Bartow, -who has headquarters at The Dalles. The purpose of the new op erations Is mid to mean that construction on that road Is about to be resumed, with assurance that It will be carried to com pletion. It Is said that the men who are causing this work to be done are -Messrs. Wakefield, Peyton and Graves, of Spokane, the men xvho were In the original prpject for the Mohr transportation system In the Columbia Basin. Several weeks ago the report got out that an adjustment of the affairs of the portage railway had been arranged, but nothing authentic could be ascertained as to the purpose of the adjustment. It was intimated that an arrangement had been made to dispose of the property to Inter ests representing the Northern Pacific. Subsequently that was denied. It Is now understood that all claims against the portage railroad have been satisfied In one way or another, leaving the owners of the property to. go ahead with it, and It Is now declared to be the purpose of those owners to complete the line and put It in operation, unless it shall be made more profitable for them to sell before the en terprise shall reach the point where it can be put to work. Paul F. Mohr went to Honolulu In Au gust, and It is said that he will remain there to engage In business, though no positive information on that point is avail able here. RAILS FOR KLICKITAT ROAD. First Shipment From Portland Yes terdayMore From Enrope. The steamer Dalles City yesterday took the first shipment of rails from Portland to Lyle for the Columbia River & Northern Railroad. Another lot of 20 tons will go up on the Hercules today, and the ship ments will continue until all the steel shall be delivered. Enough Is now on hand for laying about 20 miles of tnack, and that work will be taken up early next week. Another cargo of rails from Europe is due In Portland In about three weeks, and that will be enough to finish the track to Goldendale. ' An Incline Is now under construction at The Dalle3 to get the rolling-stock of the Columbia River & Northern from the O. R. & N. track to barges for transportation to Lyle. That will be done in a few days, and a locomotive will be taken over when there shall be enough tracK to run It on. Testifies in Behalf of Merger. ST. PAUL Oct. 24. The testimony of E. N. Saunders, president of the North western Fuel Company, In behalf of the defendant In the ca;e of the United States vs. the Northern Securities Company was taken before Specl3l Examiner Ingersoll today. Mr. Saunders' testimony was main ly on the effect of the purchase of the Burlington by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific on the shipment of coal. The savins to the consumer through this arrangement he estimates at 25 per cent, and hethlnkii It will result In the location of more Industries In this region. Rates for Livestock Meeting. DENVER, Oct. 24. The secretary of the National Livestock Association has re ceived advice from Chairman E.ben E. McLeod that the Western Passenger As sociation has granted a rate of one fare for the round trip from all points within Its territory on the occasion of the sixth annual convention of the National Live stock Association, which will convene In Kansas City January 13. Dickinson Takes New Job. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 24. President Stlllwell today formally announced that E. Dickinson, geeneral manager of the Union Pacific Railway, had accepted the position of general manager of the Kan sas City, Mexico & Orient Railway, ef fective November 1. BErErRS Pure. None So Good. 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Impos sible for any one to have an appetite for alco holic liquors after using White Ribbon Rem edy. indented by Members of W. C. T. U. Mrs. A. M. Townoend, Secretary of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, Bo.ton. Mass, writes: "I have tested White Ribbon Remedy on very obstinate drunkards, and the cures have been many. In many cases the Remedy was given secretly. I cheerfully rec ommend and Indorse White Ribbon Remedy. Members of our Union are delighted to find a practical and economical treatment to aid us in our temperance work." For ale by druggists or by mall. SI per box. Trial packase free by writing. MRS. T. C. MOORE CO.. Supt. W. C. T. U.. Ventura. Cal. gold In Portland. Or., by Wocdard. CIarke& Co., Fourth and Washington Pts. HAND SAPOLIO Is 'especially valuable during the Summer season, when outdoor oc cupations and sports are most "in order. GRASS STAINS, MUD STAINS and CALLOUS tPOTS yield to it, , and it is particularly agreeable when used in the bath after violent exercise. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS Jcotfs SantaS-Pepsin Capsules POSITIVE CURE For lnSammatlon or Catarrh of tho Bladder and Diseased KIdnsja. No cure no pay. Cures quickly and Perma nently tho worst caae3 of Gonorrhora and Oleet, no m&tt-r ofhowlonj stand Iejj. Absolatelv harmless. Hold by drucriats. Prico $1.00, or by taail, postpidd, 11.00, 3 boxes, 32.75. Tltc CAMTAt.nraifiii r.i EEtLSFONTAINE. OHIO. LACE-I1AVIS UltlU CO.. Portland. Or. Is the worst disease on earth, yet the easiest to cure WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. Many have pimples. ;putu on the skin, sores in the mouth, ulcers, falling hair, bone pains, ca tarrh. don"t know it is BLOOD POISON. Stmd to DR. BROWN. 1)33 Arch St.. Philadelphia.' Pa., for BROWN'S BLOOD CURE. $2.00 per bottle, lants one month. For sale only by Frank Nau. Portland Hotel Pharmacy. Blft Oils non-poieonotu remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gloot, Spermatorrhea. Whites, unnatural dig charges, or any lntlamnin Ttnu tentsdoo. tion of mucous meat lltEYAlsOHUI(Ul.u0. branes. Non-astrineent Sold by Bmjnsiatm, or sent In plain wrapper by exprcM, prepaid, foi Ji.ro, pr 3 bottles. S2.76. Circular sent; on itqussfc STftUNG ; I Hunter j Whiskey S lBltaSat7- I JL HW fnl ta 9tMtarfl THE PALATIAL HI! 1111 111 1W I 1 111 ' i&U5"! fig Vot ilnrlc oHlcc in the Imlldliisj absolutely flrsrroot; eleetric liKbt.n mul artexinn rrnter; perfect Kanita lioii and tlioroub ventilation. Ele vators ran dny and nigrht. Rooms. AIXSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician 413-4U AXDEP.SOX. GUSTAV. Attomcy-at-Law...6l2 ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mgr..S0O AUSTEN. F. C. Manager for Oregon and - Washington Bunkers Life Association of D-es Moines, la 50-503 BAKER. G. EVERT. Attorney-at-Law tJOT BAXKKRS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES MOINES. IA.: F. C. Auster.. Mgr 502-503 BENJAMIN. R. W.. Dentil 3U BERNARD. G.. Cashier Pacific Mercantila Co 211 BINSWANGER. OTTO S.. Physician and Surgeon 407-403 BENJAMIN. R. W.. Dntlst 314, COJ-G05-60C-00;-i:J-C14-615 BOHN. W. .. Timber Lands 515 BROCK. WILBUR F.. Circulator Orego- nian 501 BROWN. MYRA. M. D 31-ai4 BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician... 412-413-411 v CAMPBELL. YM M. Medical Referee Equitable Life TOO CANNING. M. J C02-C03 CARD WELL. DR. J. It.. Dentist 50ti CAUK1N. G. E.. District Asent Travelers Insurance Company 713 CHICAGO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; W. T. Dickson. Manager 001 CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J x.. 710-717 COFFEY. DR. It. C. Surgeon 403-40(1 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY (X)l-G05-i;oO-t;i3-!U4-G13 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. .and Surgeon... 20I COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre. Manager 413 COUNTY rilYSICIAN -103 COX. RALSTON. Manager American Guar anty Co.. of Chicago 502 CROW, (.'. P.. Timber and Mines 513 DAY, J. G. & I. X 313 DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714 EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth Floor EVENING .TELEGRAM 323 Aider Stret EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCI ETY; L. Samuel. Manager; G. S. Smith. Cashier '. 308 FENTON, J. D.. Physician and Surseon.50'J-lO FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear... .011 FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 503 GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draughts man coo GEARY. DR. E. P., Phys. and Surgeon 40 GIESY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon.. 709-710 GILGERT. DR. J. ALLEN, Physician.. 41)1-402 GOLDMAN. WILLIAM, Manager Manhat tan Life Ins. Co.. of New York 1VJ-2H GRANT. FRANK S.. At:omey-ct-Law 617 GR1SWOLD & PHEGLEY. Tailors 131 Sixth Street HAMMAM BATHS. Turkish and Russian.. ' 300-301-303 HAMMOND. A. IS 310 HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Physician and Surgeon 504-505 IDfcxtMAX. C. M., Attorney-at-Lnw.. 410-17-18 JEFFREYS. DR. ANNICE F.. Phya. & Surg. Women and Children only 400 JOHNSON. W. C 315-31C-317 KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents. Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co COS L1TTLEF1ELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surg 20tl MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Thy, and Surg..711-712 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK: V.'. Goldman. Mgr 200-210 MARSH. DR. R. J.. Phys. and Surg 404-10tS MARTIN. J. L. & CO.. Timber Lands 001 McCOY, NEWTON. Attornvy-at-Latv 713 Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phys. & sur.701-702-703 McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer. . .213 McGINN. HENRY E., Attorney-at-Law. 311-13 McGUIKE, S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier. Publisher 415 McKENZiE. DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg.512-13 METT. HENRY 21S MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and Oral Surgeon 00S-C09 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 513-314, MUTUAL. RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.; Mark T Kady. Supervisor of Agents.. CO1-003 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorr.ey-at-Law.71tl NILES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Llfu In surance Company of New York 200 NOTTAGE, DR. G. II.; Dentist 003 OLSEN, J. F., General Manager Pacific Mercantile Co 211-212-213 OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-213-210-2iZ OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY 400-410 OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP; Marsch & George, Proprietors 12U Stttn, OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU; J. F. Strauhal. Mauager 200 PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO.; J. F. Olsen. General Manager 211-213 PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY Ground Floor. 133 Sixth Street QUIMBY, L. P. W.. Game and Forestry Warden 713 REED. WALTER. Optician.. .133 Sixth Street R1CKENBACH. DR. J. F.. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 701-703 ROSEN DALE, O. M.. Metallurgist and Min ing Engineer .....510 RYAN. J. B., Attorney-at-Law 513 SAMUEL, L., Manager Equitable Life 30U SHERWOOD. J. W., State Commander IC i O. T. M 517 SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath 400-410 SMITH, GEORGE S., Cashier Equitable Life 300 STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-7C5 STOW. F. K.. General Manager Columbia Telephone Co 00a SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P. TERMINAL CO 708 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201 THRALL, S. A.. President Oregon Camera Cub '. 214 THREE IN ONE" QUICK ACCOUNT SYSTEM COMPANY. OF OREGON 518 TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 010-GU U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH DJST.; Capt. W. C. Langfltt. Corrs or Engineers. U. S. A 80S V. S. ENGINEER OFFICE RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS; Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.. 319 WILEY. DR. JAMES O. C Phys. & Sur.70S-9 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N., Physician and Surgeon ....304-303 WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surs..70ti-707 WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg.307-503 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELE. CO 013 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-113-414 Ofllces may be lind by applying to tltc sapcrintciitlcnt of the bulltlln-, room -Ol. sceontl lloor. narx CHICHESTER'S CMRLISK ENNYReVAL PSt-LS Orlvlnnl nt Only Oenolae. for CHICHESTER'S KNGLISII In RED ftiM Cold matallk teln. l)fd with Ma ribbon. Tukcnn other. Rcftuo Dnxrerona Snbtltton aud Iinlts tlona. Buy it jour RnigsMi. or n4 4p. la imr. lentlaonlals dlro." ir let tor. hr re. OtIO Tfotfonalila. .HoUtbj Ivhntrr Chemical Co. Urntlon thli t mt WnilUoo Rmm . 1IU..V MEN fiO CURE KO PAY THE MODERN APPLIANCE. A puaRIt way to perfect nianhutd. Tba VACUUM TREATMENT cure you wltaout rjediclae u 11 ntrvcu or diseases of the generative or gans, uch m lust manhood, exhaustive drain. arlcocela. tmpotency. te. 9Men are quickly rt ttored to perfect health and strength. Writ for circular. Correspondence confidential. THE HEaLT APPLIANCE CO.. room 47- Eafe Deposit building. Seattle. Wash. M At-