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For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1613 Farnam street; Megeath Stationery Co. 1303 Farnam street. For sale, in Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 25th street; Jaa. H. Crock-well. 242 25th street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 "West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck. OG-612 Seventeenth street; Lou than & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy -with probable showers; westerly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, CD; minimum, 43; total precipitation, .04 inch. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1O03. OUR LATTER-DAY JACKSON. President Roosevelt has Teen various ly compared to Clay, Logan, Garfield and Douglas In personal magnetism in affinity for the masses. Some think he resembles Cleveland; others think no President has been personally so popular as Roosevelt, save Washington. Jackson and Lincoln. The comparisons are not just, save In the Instance of Jackson, whom Jtoosevelt does strongly resemble; making due allowance for the difference between a man of great nat ural, parts, like Jackson, who had re ceived but a very slender scholastic ed ucation, and a man like Roosevelt, whose natural temperament has been modified and restrained by the disci pline of a thorough college training. President Roosevelt does not resemble Cleveland In temperament. Both are men of resolute will, but Cleveland's temperament Is of the sort that made the soldiers of the Army of the Cumber land call General Thomas "Old Pap" Thomas, and the soldiers of the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac call General Sedgwick "Uncle John." No body ever called Grant "Pap" Grant, or Sheridan "Pap" Sheridan. Why? Be cause of the temperamental difference between these sturdy soldiers. Had Cleveland been a soldier, he would have been resolute and stubborn In defense and slow and deliberate in advance, but Roosevelt would have struck as quickly and as furiously as Sheridan. The difference is one not of talent so much as of temperament. The temper ament of Roosevelt in war and peace is that of Jackson, the temperament of Intense, nervous energy in speech and action. His domestic virtues are those of Jackson, who, despite his rude early training, was a man of pure life, "whose weak side was love for and de votion to his wife." Jackson loved to ride so well that he rode a spirited horse on his inauguration from the Cap itol to the "White House. Jackson was a man utterly without cant or hy pocrisy. He was a man of absolute veracity and honor. He was so frank and bold that his enemies knew as soon as his friends what he meant to do. Jackson was Intensely loyal to his friends, and held a most tenacious and aggressive memory of his enemies. He shouldered every responsibility; was ut terly without disguise; dealt little in abstractions. He was not an orator, for his training had been small in that direction, although he was flu ent, picturesque and Intensely in ear nest in his conversations. As President he tolerated no Idleness, and he swept the Government departments clean of masses of corruption that had been suf fered to accumulate without disturb ance under the Administrations of Mon roe and Adams. President Hayes re moved more men from office in his first six months of rule than Jackson. Ten men were appointed from Ohio by Hayes to one from'Tennessee by Jack son. A majority of the undisturbed of ficials under Jackson had been opposed to his election, and but one-seventh of the whole were removed and the ma jority of these for gross offenses in character and conduct. In his diplo matic relations with both Great Britain and France, Jackson was prompt, reso lute, but courteous and fair-minded. Jackson was a man of firm and kind heart; he was full of self-confidence, but was free from offensive arrogance; he was pugnacious, but never quarrel some; he had unflinching courage and exhaustless hardihood; he was satu rated with the spirit of National, pa triotism; he was not without super ficial whimsicality sometimes In his im pulsive speech, and he made some er rors of judgment and administration which were due to Imperfect knowl edge, but never to unworthy or selfish political motives. This Is a fair picture of Andrew Jack son; and, allowing for the distance of time and the difference of opportunity and early education, for the difference between a man who was chiefly a sol dier before he became President and a career that was purely civic Bave his trooper's charge up San Juan hill, the picture of Jackson stands for the most striking virtues of President Roosevelt. This resemblance becomes still more re markable and striking when we re member that Roosevelt Is the first Pres ident since Jackson to put himself be tween "the people and the politicians. His success in pushing his way into the hearts of the people is due to the fact that he has always taken the peo ple Into his full personal confidence. Roosevelt's popularity puzzles the poli ticians, just as JacksoVa popularity puzzled them. The heroic element, the Intensely patriotic passion of Jackson puzzled the politicians of his day, but it attracted the people. Jackson cap tivated the popular heart, not because he had been merely a successful sol dier, but because he was a most mag netic patriot in his policy and his proc lamations. Jackson won the affection and sympathy of the people because, in his great virtues, his strong, pas sionate aggressiveness, his imperious courage and his Ingenuous whimsicali ties of superficial speech and. action, he was so intensely human. In his strength and in his infirmities, the people saw that they had to deal with a very strong, forceful man; a man of unaf fected, simple manliness; a man with out the grace of an orator, a man of earnestness who sincerely believes that he is right, and that it would be better for the people and the country to fall in with his thinking. Jackson was an earnest, sturdy, strong, sincere, self-confident, patriotic, truthful, honorable man, who won the people and kept the people in defiance of the politicians, because the people recognized that, in his strength and his Infirmity, Andrew Jackson was "a man and a brother." The people said: This man will never fall us for lack of courage or patriotic manhood; he will never lie to us or permit his subordi nates to steal with Impunity, If he knows it; such a man may sometimes say the right thing at the wrong time, or he may, in his ardent temper, say more than he means to be literally un derstood, but such a man will never prostitute the Nation by an act of weakness or folly or duplicity. The Na tion was safe in the hands of Andrew Jackson; and this is what the people think today of our latter-day Jackson, President Roosevelt OS HOSPITABLE THOUGHTS INTENT. As often as the hospitality of the cit izens of Portland has been tested it has been proven. This Is a matter of local repute, and as a fact It is unques tioned. As individuals, our people have nothing fb say about It True hospi tality never boasts itself In a personal way, but Is content to let Its acts speak for It Of the hospitality of our city, however, our people and the peo ple of the state are justly proud. In vitations have gone out from time to time to bodies, commercial, social, edu cational and religious, to comeihither, and, these being accepted, the atten tion bestowed upon the visitors has Teen without stint of welcome or gen roslty. Hretofore, for the most part visiting organizations that have ac cepted these Invitations have found the hotel and lodging-house accommoda tions equal to their needs, the railway systems sufficiently equipped to insure their transit In and about the city am ple, and a multitude of smiling women and affable men ready "to show them around." Of the latter element In public hos pitality there Is and will be a sufficiency to meet the large demands of the next two years. Efforts are already being made to meet the transportation de mand. But what of the hotel and lodging-house facilities? Is it not true that they are now taxed day after day and every day to their utmost capacity to meet the current demand? Is It not true that hundreds of people coming hither today to witness and par ticipate in the festivities Incident to the visit of the President will struggle far Into the night to return to their homes upon overcrowded cars, for the simple reason that they cannot secure supper, beds and breakfast In this city? Has not the lodging space of the hotels and lodging-houses been taxed and over taxed during the session of the Grand Encampment and Grand Lodge of Odd fellows during the past two or three days? These things being true. Is not the question of what we are going to do with the visitors that have been Invited and urged to come here in 1305 a serl oub one? Of course, we want the Rail way Conductors Convention that year. But, while on hospitable thoughts In tent, is it not well to look ahead, to the end that the delegates to this conven tion, with their wives and friends sev eral hundred strong, may be assured of ample and suitable hotel accommo datlons? Exclusive of the demand of the Lewis and Clark Fair and of the yearly In creasing excursion business, the growth of Portland warrants the building of at least one more hotel of the capacity and rating of the Hotel Portland, and two or more of the grade of the Im perlal. It Is shortsighted hospitality that invites people to come here for whom adequate preparations of bed an'd board are "not previously made, There Is plenty of time, but none too much, in which to back our hospitable intent properly by providing accommo dations for those who accept the invi tation to come here in 1S05. A hotel cannot, like Jonah's gourd, spring up in a night Many forces are to be reck oned with In construction in these days, and it is well to begin in time to con sider actively and practically the fact that Portland's facilities for lodging and feeding people must be Increased, not only to round out with consistency Us hospitality as extended In wholesale Invitation to passing visitors, but to meet the demands of its steady growth and increasing prosperity. When President Roosevelt yesterday addressed words of reverence and con gratulation to the veterans of the Civil War, some of those old soldiers re called the day when President Abraham Lincoln of blessed memory reviewed the battle-worn lines of the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va., in July, 1862, In the week follow ing the famous retreat of McClellan from Richmond to the James River. The Army of the Potomac, about 90,000 strong, had been forced to evacuate its lines on the Chickahomlny. within four miles of Richmond, by General Lee, who had about 85,000 men. The Army of the Potomac had stood under arms by day and retreated by night for seven days. It had fought the battles of Beaver Dam, Gaines' Mill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale and Malvern Hill, had lost 16,000 men In killed, wounded and prisoners, had suffered greatly from thirst heat loss of sleep and short rations, and, while In no ense demoralized, was greatly depressed by defeat President Lincoln came down to Harrison's Landing to see McClellan, and a grand review was held. General McClellan, accompanied by his leading officers and by President Lincoln, rode along the lines of the army. Lincoln, who was over six feet four In stature, wore a tall "stovepipe" hat and was mounted on a horse so small that Lincoln's legs almost touched the ground. The great war President presented a ludicrous figure, and the soldier boys could hardly hide their, smiles as he rode beside General Mc Clellan, who, as usual, was well groomed and mounted on a fine horse. Lincoln took his hat off and bowed to the men as he rode along, most of whom had never seen him before and never saw him again. The old veterans of 1S61-65 saw a deal more fighting than President Roosevelt experienced In his gallant charge up San Juan Hill, but that fight was enough to settle the question of his mettle as a soldier; so the old veterans welcome his warm praise as that of a man who in military spirit Is a worthy successor of such gallant comrades as Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley. THE OHIO STATE CENTENNIAL. The celebration of the centennial of Ohio's statehood is in progress. Ohio was admitted to the Union February 18, 1S03. Its population by the census of 1800 was 45,365; in 1810 it was 230,760; in 1820 it was 581,295; in 1830 it wa3 937,903; in 1840 It was 1,519,457; in 1850 it was 1,980,329. Thus in fifty years Ohio had risen In population from less than 50,000 to nearly 2,000,000, an ex traordinary growth. In 1900 its popu lation was 4,157,545. It is today the fourth state in population in the Union. Measured by the number of men of. superior public distinction, whether statesmen Or soldiers, Ohio has a most remarkable and brilliant record. Presi dents Grant Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison and McKinley, and Vice- President Hendricks were born In Ohio. President William Henry Harrison was a resident of the state when elected President and. his whole public life was spent within Its borders. Among other American statesmen of note who were contributed by Ohio to the service of the country were John Sherman, A. G. Thurman, Salmon P. Chase, Benja min F. Wade, John Hay, Thomas Ewlng, Thomas Corwln, John McLean, Edwin M. Stanton, William R. Day and Alphonso Taft Ohio furnished to the United States Supreme Court -Salmon P. Chase, John McLean, Noah H. Swayne, Morrison R. Waite, Stanley Matthews, William B. Woods and Will iam R. Day. Thurman, Wade, Chase and Stanton were not "born In Ohio, but their public career was pursued In that state. ' The record of Ohio In the Civil War Is still more remarkable. Grant and Sherman were born and reared In Ohio; Sheridan, while not born in Ohio, came to the state when a child with his pa rents, lived there all his days until his appointment to the Military Academy. Among other eminent Ohio soldiers were Generals Rosecrans, McPherson, Crook, Stanley, McCook, Cox and Kautz. This notable fertility of Ohio In men of distinction Is due to the fact that her Immigration drew equally upon men of New England and the South for its settlement The first President Har rison was a native of "Virginia; the an cestors of Grant and Sherman came from Connecticut; Salmon P. Chase and Lewis Cass were born in New Hamp shire; Allen G. Thurman in Virginia, The Western Reserve of Ohio was set tled up chiefly by a fine class of New England men. From Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky came an equal ly good strain of blood. Given as she was, a fine stock of immigrants, a fine soil, a land well wooded and with Its southern front reaching the Ohio River, while Its northern border was reached by Lake ErIe, and It Is no wonder Ohio grew rapidly into a great state. The Increase of steam railway transporta tion and the concentration of business life at Chicago finally sent Illinois ahead of Ohio In population, but Ohio Is likely long to hold its present rank as the fourth state In the Union. The greeting of Oregon and of Port land to the President of the United States was most cordial. Proof that patriotism knows no party or creed Is forthcoming every time there Is a de mand for It, and the occasion of the President's visit gave another demon stration of this fact Some of us re member the loyal demonstration that the visit of President and Mrs. Hayes called out, notwithstanding the fact that a large number of our feliow-clt-izens at that time dissented from the decision of the Electoral Commission by which President Hayes was seated, Very many of us remember the extrav agant demonstration of welcome that greeted President Harrison when he came among us In 1891, while the pub lic disappointment that resulted when President McKinley was compelled, by the Illness of his wife, to return to Washington without extending his trip through the Pacific Northwest Is a matter of recent experience. President Roosevelt's visit called out the same general Interest and the same cordial welcome that characterized the former Presidential visits to this state, accen tuated by its growing resources and In creased population. There Is proof in every section of the country, whenever occasion presents Itself, of the depend able quality of American patriotism, which first accepts the verdict of the Presidential election and then forgets the political differences that were stren uously exploited In the campaign that preceded It The unanimous verdict of a loyal people Is that the President Is the President for all that ) The preliminary fight for the .trans-Pacific- trade has very suddenly devel oped into a decidedly hot contest Ad vices from San Francisco state that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has adopted drastic measures to stifle competition by cutting the rate on flour to $1 per ton. A rate so ridiculously low cannot hasten the settlement of the difficulty, for the gross returns of a cargo of $1 per ton of flour would not pay the coal bill for the voyage. Mr. Hill has announced his intention of spending millions to build up an Ori ental trade. Mr. Harrlman's latest move would Indicate that he Is prepar ing to spend millions, or as much as. might be needed, to prevent the China Commercial Steamship Company from participating in the upbuilding of Ori ental trade. This rate-cutting Is de moralizing, and so long as a rate below the cost of handling the freight Is in effect the companies making It are not only losing money, but the men who supply the freight generally find their business thrown out of joint until there Is an adjustment The laborer Is worthy of his hire, whether he Is carry- Ing freight with a hod or a steamship,' and it Is not he alone who suffers when he falls to get what Is due him. The French merchant marine now Includes 2S0 sailing vessels which are drawing bounties from the French gov ernment This is not an imposing ar ray of tonnage when compared with that of some other nations, but It is sufficient to break sailing freight rates In any part of the world, where the bounty-earnera assemble In very large. fleets. The generosity of the French government In providing other nations with cheap freights to the foreign mar kets, has been highly beneficial to the -i Pacific Coast as this is a favorite part of the world for the French sailing ships. In coming here they can place to their credit more mileage than by going to almost any other part of the globe, and at the same time are always sure of a cargo at some kind of a rate. At the present time nearly seventy French sailing vessels, or about one- fourth of all now afloat under that ban ner, are headed for Portland, San Fran cisco and Puget Sound. They receive a sufficient amount of bounty to pay all operating expenses, and anything received for freight Is practically net profit A shipping subsidy Is a great convenience when the other fellows pays It Portland may justly claim great credit for the admirable conduct of yes terday's exercises, which abundantly attested the fidelity with which the committees concerned discharged their laborious and delicate tasks. Through out the day there were continuous ex pressions of surprise and delight, and especially of comfort and cheer, by the President and members of his party, which did not cease until the dinner table spread of Manager Bowers had been pronounced by the guests the most beautiful of the entire Journey from Washington to Portland. Though the local committee had governed its Invi tation" programme by the arbitrary rule of, first an official dinner, embracing those whose official position gave the President the right to expect to meet them, and, second, the largest subscrib ers to the fund, It developed that this simple plan brought out, as the neces sary complement of hosts for the guests of the evening, as desirable a repre sentation of theclty's solid interests as could have been chosen In any other way. The warmth of the President's brief address of appreciation left no room for doubt that he felt as he ex pressed himself, at home In Oregon, among men who believed In and fol lowed his own ideals. Highly gratlfjing Is the news that the work of converting the steamship Grant Into a huge bar dredge for the mouth of the Columbia Is progressing rapidly, and that the big craft will be ready for work In August If the hopes of the engineers In charge at Washing ton are realized, there will be time be fore the Winter gales for an amount of work which should have a highly bene ficial effect on the channel. The last two Winters have been marked by ex ceptionally bad weather, anu with the bar shoaling considerable, shipping has been delayed more than ever' before. The expectation that something would be done for the improvement of the river has buoyed up the hopes of for eign shipowners, so that no concerted action has been taken toward advanc ing rates over those In effect at other Coast ports. In order to prevent this advance in the near future, however. It will be necessary for the Grant to get to work early and keep at it until she has scraped out five or six feet of sand from the thirty-foot channel that the Jetty scoured out a few years ago, and which has since refilled. It is officially announced by Presi dent T. C. Power, of the Montana State Board of Sheep Commissioners, that 900,000 sheep were lost in the recent blizzard, and the total loss through blizzards since December has been 1,500,000 head, valued at J3.750.000. Mon tana has long held the record as the greatest wool-producer In the Union, but It Is hardly probable that she can hold that position this year after suf fering such an enormous loss. Oregon has had a cold, backward Spring, which may have caused a few shivers to run down the backs of the shorn lambs, but the loss from storms has been In finitesimal, compared with that of Montana. It Is the admirable climate of the state, together with the fine range available, that makes Oregon the best state in the Union for the sheep industry. Our sheep men do not al ways make money In periods of de pression when wool prices are low, but on such occasions they have the con solatlon that they are losing less than their Montana friends who are engaged in the same business. However It may be with mature folk, It seems that the youth of Portland do not know the correct pronunciation of the President's name. An esteemed subscriber sends the following note: To learn for myself whether the children of Portland know how to pronounce the name of the President. I stopped 23 children as walked about town today and asked: "Who's coming to town?" Only tnree out of the- 23 said "Rose-velt." The other 25 pronounced It "Roosyvelt." Their ages were between 8 and 15. What can be done to correct the error? This plan ought to be effective. Let City Superintendent Rigler instruct every public school teacher In the cor rect pronunciation, and then issue or ders for a drill In each room on the word until every pupil has learned to speak It right Principals of private schools could follow the example. The defeat of Congressman Loud, of California, when last Fall a candidate for re-election, by efforts of the letter carriers, whose organization for influ encing Congress "on lines, favorable to large salaries" he had antagonized, may turn out to be something of a boomerang to the carriers, If, as Indi cated In Washington dispatches, he is to be placed at the head of a bureau having much to do with appointments. His knowledge of postal affairs will be of great value to the department As for the carriers, popular as they are, the St Paul Pioneer Press Is perhaps right in Its view that they never had the approval of the people In their at tempted organization, and President Roosevelt has expressed his strong dis approval of any such movement among Government employes. The latest,, and to some minds the mpst convincing, argument against spelling reform, so called, comes from an English bishop, who says that the present method of spelling helps the churches. Elucidating this statement he says: "By the time you can make a boy believe that t-h-r-o-u-g-h ( spells thru, t-o-u-g-h spells tuf and d-o-u-g-h spells do, you can make him believe al most anything." One-Slded to a Fsnlt. Spokane Chronicle. With the golden whiskers of James Hamilton Lewis floating Idly In the breezes of Chicago; with Wheat Chart Jones basking In the smoky sunlight of Copperopolls; with Deep Creek Jones holding office under a Republican ad ministration; with George Turner pro testing that he Is out of politics, at least for the present; and now with Col pnel BIcthen hauling down his -colors and handing over the keys to the Governor's office, the legislative hall and the toga cupboard, how can the most enthusi astic sportsman hope to see & decent' match in Washington next year? SPIRIT OF THF NORTHWEST TRESS Another Loas-Felt Want. Eugene Register. The country needs a new Cupid, one less a flirt and more a real matchmaker, tying heart and hand together so firmly and honestly that man and wife have no curiosity to view the Interior of a divorce court l Will Vote All Right. Tillamook Independent Petitions for referendum of the legisla tive acts making appropriations for the Lewis and Clark Centennial and the port age railroad were very generally signed by the Tillamook people, we do not be lieve, however, that thie action Is an in dication of hostility or that they will vote against these appropriations If given the opportunity. The referendum Is a newfangled affair, and the people want to try it That's alL Bat Will the Governed Consent? Boise (Idaho) Statesman. It will contribute very much toward preservation of the big game of the state If the law be strictly .enforced against the Indians. They have slaughtered thou sands of animals every Fall, and there has seemed to be no way to check them. The Attorney General has now decided that tho Indians must take out licenses to hunt. In other words, they are amen able to the game law, and it is to be hoped the law will te enforced In their case. Sow Ton Get the Inside. Roseburg Plaindealer. Secretary Hitchcock insisted that the Rogue River timber lands should be made Into " a forest reserve during the time Mr. Hermann was in the Land Office and Mr. Hermann opposed the plan. Just as soon as Mr. Hermann was out and before he could be sent to Washing ton as our Congressman. Secretary Hitchcock has attempted to foist his lieu land script graft upon tho people of Oregon. We want Binger Hermann In Congress to stop the graft and setback to the state. We shall have more to say about this in our next Issue, as we have been down to examine what that timber reservation Is good for. " The Office and the Men. Pendleton Tribune. There Is a special reason why every worthy young person should see the Presi dent It is because be Is Roosevelt Not In a political sense, for be is the Presi dent of all the people on such an occasion, but because he Is a vigorous, clean, up right young man. More than any other National character does he stand for healthy, honorable Americanism. He Is an Ideal for young manhood. He should be, as a man, an Inspiration to every youth In the land who deires to build a splendid character. To see him and hear him speak Is to become more Inter ested in him. This will cause young men to study him and compare his .actions with those of other men in the higher ranks of American life. The idealistic school boy will "learn of the practical common sense of our President and the too practical boy will learn that there is a lofty phase of human character. Something: in This. Tacoma Ledger. Considering the magnitude of the postal system, the wonder is that scandals are so few. When an official does break faith with the department the fact Is eoon dis covered and the punishment Is generally prompt and severe. The bad conduct of the men who went to Cuba to Inaugurate the postoffice system there seems to have started many rumors, most of which as yet lack confirmation. These men were convicted, and except for clemency on the part of the Cuban government a clemency in no measure deserved, would now be in the penitentiary. Postmasters and postal "clerks who are dishonest have learned not to expect their crimes to be dealt with lightly. Therefore there will be small tendency to believe that if there Is corruption In the department there Is any effort on the part of the higher offi cials to conceal the truth. On the con trary, they doubtless are doing all they can to purify the roster of unworthy ser vants. Roosevelt Trout Doctrine. Albany Democrat Practically the only argument the Re publicans have Is "prosperlt" As a mat ter of fact It Is no argument at all. but among people who are governed by sentiment It has Its weight, and without consideration undoubtedly influences large number. This Government with its . wonderful natural and acquired ad vantages, ought to have prosperity what ever party is in power, but there are other things to consider, and the matter of right and Justice should enter Into government What Is needed is laws which will cause a more even dlstribu tion of wealth, at least give common people a chance with the corporate pow ers of the country... It Is not In the nature of things that men with their different capacities shall have the same wealth, but it is right that there should be a limit to the methods employed to monopolize wealth, and the policy of our laws should be to curb the. undue ex tension of wealth to the detriment of the masses. . In His Own Right. Ashland Tidings. President Roosevelt will have broken bread and lodged within the borders of Oregon In a few days and passed hence, In many respects President Roosevelt Is a really wonderful man many-sided, transparently honorable, a lover of books, and the streams, woods, trails and moun tains, of which Oregon possesses such plentitude. He has learned that best of all honesty, the sort which comes to man who pulls up a blanket about his shoulders and far from the habitues of men Is lulled to sleep by the night voices from out canyons or forests of pine and fir. The people care little for Roosevelt the politician, but they do love "Teddy" the scholar, the woodsman, the plowman. the hunter, and that noblest and scare est work of the Almighty, an honest man. Theodore Roosevelt 13 a worthy type of the gentleman In high place a man who knows the bitterness of the big army of politicians and neither fears or trusts them. In office and out of office of the Republic needs Just such men and many more of them. Taxes on North Beach. Ilwaco Journal. D. L. Williams came to North Beach a few weeks ago and took possession of a cottage owned at one time by his mother. How he got possession no one knows but himself and the man from whom he took the place and the latter has disappeared. Mrs. Williams owned a cottage on the beach in 1SS3-4. No taxes were paid on the property and after it had run, nearly ten years It was sold at delinquent sale last year. J. W. Smith bought the prop erty but he offered Mrs. Williams back her place If ehe would pay the back taxes amounting to over $100, which had accum ulated during the ten years she had owned it This, it seems, she agreed to do and sent a man with the money to redeem the property. This man fell by the wayside and report has it lost the money entrusted to him gambling and in other sporty ways In Astoria. At any rate the money never was paid over' to 3mith, Later C F. Rogers, of this city. bought the place. Mr. Rogers placed a man In charge of the cottage. A few weeks ago D. L. Williams came down from Portland and Mr. Rogers states either bought his man off or ran him off with a gun. This man in whose custody the place was left has not been heard of by Mr. Rogers since abandoning It As to the taxes: It Is true that land which Is sold from the county to a citizen cannot be redeemed by process of law but It can be redeemed from the county. Land, that Is bid In by the county for delinquent faxes Is held for one year which gives the owner ample time to redeem -it HARRIMAN" ROADS IN OREGON. Bend Bulletin. Tho way Mr. Harriman Is backing and filling on the question of getting a rail road up the Deschutes Valley does not give promise of an early construction of such line. In New York a few weeks ago he Is said to have definitely agreed that a road should -be built up the Deschutes, though he mentioned no time; In San Francisco a few days ago he said he must know more about the resources of this, country before deciding on so Important" a project as a new railroad 100 miles long. Then. Instead of making the Investigation himself In a manner that would give him unquestioned knowledge of the country, he asks that somebody else make the examination and send him word of the re sult This savors much of a mere time-killing device. Mr. Harriman cannot afford to Ignore public sentiment, so he promises what is demanded and then proceeds to begin to prepare to see if it is practicable. It is all gammon. One does not need to be a very shrewd observer to read in these acts and declarations a design not to per mit, at least not to aid,, the extension of the Columbia Southern Railroad. Now If the Columbia Southern can go it alone, well and good. It not, we misht as well quit looking for relief from that quarter. Harriman evidently expects to bamboozle the Columbia Southern for a wihle. then. when his plans are matured, to make a stroke that will entirely cut the small road out of it and clear the situation for the Harriman Interests. The Columbia Southern must act soon or Its opportunity will be gone. Of course, the Upper Deschutes Valley will have a railroad in course of time. We should not fret overmuch about that But it is possible that adjustments made with reference to an advance of the Columbia Southern will need revision when we do get a railroad. If, for example, Harri man should conclude tdt throw a line across the state connecting the Corval- 11s & Eastern with the Oregon Short Line at Ontario, It would make a total change in business alignments here. The Colum- lba River would no longer serve as a club over Eastern Oregon freight rates, be cause the bulk of Eastern Oregon traffic would be cut away from the river by the new line. Ther portage railroad would then hold small terror for Harriman. While it is not among the phsslcal possibilities that a railroad should pene trate this section from the southward and drain our commerce off to San Francisco, that would be poor policy in many ways and is hardly to be feared. The significant thing at present Is that Mr. Harriman appears to be preparing for a stroke that will cut the Columiba Southern off at the pockets and rearrange the Industrial map of Oregon. We should like to have the Columbia Southern advance because many agencies of development In this region are already adjusted for that move. But let us at any rate have railroad connection with Portland. NO COLOR LINE IX 3IUSIC. A Sonthern Tribute to the Melodies of the Darkies. Raleigh Post Those who have charge of the local arrangements. for the Confederate reunion at New Orleans very properly want music and call for 20 bands. The bands of the city all belong to a union, and some of them are composed of colored people. To supply the 20 bands called for makes it necessary to Include some, at least of the negro artists, and this the local managers object to. They have been notified by the union that unless they accept the negro bands along with the white they can march without music. Where the objection to the colored mu sicians can come in we fail to see. They will only be employed for their music. and nothing more, and we venture to say they will furnish more really -inspiring. heart-lifting music than all the other bands composed of foreigners as they are ever dreamed of. and more reaching after the Southern heart Why, the Southern negro melodies are the only distinctive American music to day. And when did Southern people cease employing the colored hand, string or tooting Instrument, or both, for their strictly social functions? We have danced all night till broad daylight and gone home with the girls in the morning to the Inspiring strains of Old Frank Johnson and Pompey Long, and they have suc cessors who are quite as responsive to de mands upon them. If our belles and beaux -can afford to step to the music of colored bands, we old veterans can afford to march to the strains of "Dixie," or the "Mocking Bird," or the "Suwanee Rlbber," when rendered by our own Southern darkles, and If any one on earth ever threw hl3 soul Into his music It Is our Southern negro when he Is glorying hallelujah, touching the light guitar or tooting a familiar Southern mel ody on a horn. Let the committee of ar rangements go on with its business. The old vets are wiping for the sons of their old plantation darkles to make music for them anywhere. Two Sonthern Vie-vra. The intlmldators of the negro rural route carrier have absolutely no ground to stand on; their action will be con demned by representative Southerners, We of tho cities have many colored letter carriers as a rule competent and satis factory public servants and we would not countenance hostility toward them. Of even less reason to object have those living on rural routes to whom the service Is a boon. It is highly probable that the intlmldators at Gallatin, Tenn., were either defeated contestants for the civil service appointment, or else of the class to whom tho enlightenment of postal fa cilities has no attractions. Columbia (S. C.) State. The wishes and preferences of the white' people are not worth considering. They furnish and receive 99-100 of the mall go ing out of and Into the districts, but the carrier must be colored. If they maintain this attitude the service will be suspend ed, or troops will be sent to escort the carriers about It Is the course which would naturally be followed In like cir cumstances in the Philippines or In the enemy's country anywhere, and Is the proper course, it appears, for a Repub lican Administration to apply anywhere "In the South." The "race problem" has been precipitated anew, and the Adminis tration must maintain a firm attitude on that problem in the South. It is more concerned about asserting its views on the race question than about making ac ceptable mall service or any other public service to the public in the South. Charleston News" and Courier. Picture Not Worth the Frame. Denver Republican. It does seem a pity for Mr. Carnegie to give The Hague tribunal a $1,500,000 palace in which to settle a lot of 30-cent Interna tional scraps. " Welcome, Mr. President. - Our Jfatlon'n Chief, all hall to thee! To thee, we homaga pay; Our NaUon's Chief, thrice welcome be To our fair state today. Whero srand Columbia's mighty roar And Willamette's rlppUngs blend. We welcome thee with patriot's love Our ruler and our friend. From every mountain, -wood and -dale. From every hill and plain: From every nook and tiny vale; From every field of grain. Where Lewi. Clark, their company led. And savagedom was rent, "We hall to thee, our Natlons head Our noble President. For: The royal blood of right not might Is coursing through your veins. Yon rule the lan by freedom's light. Too forge no despot's chains; Tou set no store by wealth or birth. Ton "wield no tyrant's rod, Tou bend the knee to none on earth. Save conscience and your God. A. It IV . NOTE AND- COMMENT. Did you see him?" 4 Did you get near him? pid you grasp him by tha hand? The President got his sample of Oregon weather all right- J Does any one remember how the bail games came out? Nobody ever accused a coyote of being a howling success. The man who predicted that yesterday would be fair spoke a fairy tale. The price of marriage licenses has been raised. Another step toward race suicide. About the only man who was not im pressed with the dignity of the occasion yesterday was the gentleman who handles the rain supply. -The deficit In the Poetofflce Department delivery system Is about $230,000. It seems that if the department wants to hava scandal it haa to. pay for it All Uncle Sam's employes except thosa In the Weather Bureau were granted a holiday yesterday. That accounts for tha rain; the forecasters were Just getting even. Secretary Shaw's one comment when somebody asked him tho other day how he liked his portrait as painted by Char tran. was: "At any rate, he has pictured me for posterity with my hands in my own pockets." It was suggested that M. Chartran, being a foreigner, did not un derstand the relation of a Republican Sec retary of the Treasury to the American protective tariff, or he might have changed the pose. Hereafter the chaplains of the Penn sylvania Legislature are to get $6 a day Instead of S3. "Why should not the poor fellows who do tho praying havo a fair share of the boodle?" asks sarcastic Dr. Swallow, tha prohibitionist "Doubtless $6 for a three-minute prayer will double the applicants as compared with $3 a prayer, and the fight for these positions will grow more bitter as the next session approaches." A Marylander suggests that a portion of the Yellowstone Park ba set aside for the occasional exclusive use of the Presi dent and his family, and that it be well stocked with game and put In charge of experienced huntsmen. ''The terrible strain," said tho Marylander, "under which our Chief Executives labor demands rest and there should be a spot to which they could retire when feeling the need of a respite from official cares." Booker T. Washington was much over come when he heard of Carnegie's gift of $600,000 to the Tuskegee Institute. The millionaire's letter requests that "the modern emancipator" be relieved of further pecuniary cares. It also declares that Mr. Washington is a second Moses leading his people to a better condition. "Maybe," said the recipient of the com pliment, "but I'll differ from my prede cessor in this I'll not burden my people with another set of commandments. The original ten will suffice." In Venezula many yeara ago a wealthy agriculturist was appointed Minister of Marine. . Being- a hard worker, he asked at once for particulars of the fleet Tho Secretary brought him particulars about the' only warship. The details gave length, tonnage and horsepower. At this last the Minister stopped the Secretary and bade him write down quickly an or der to the Chief of Customs: "Take out these 120 horses at once and I will send you good mules in their places," explain ing that mules were much more economi cal both as regards food and ability to withstand fatigue. A naval officer who ia visiting friends In Chicago was enjoying an after-dinner cigar the other evening with his host when, the latter remarked on the proverb ial neatness of men who "follow the sea." The officer's reply rather startled his friend. "Yes, we're, too blank neat," he said. "Tom, I'd give three months' pay for a chance to get as muddy as I used to in my .boyhood days. There's never a speck of dust on board a war vessel and the shlniness of it all positively makes me hungry occasionally for a stroll dowr. one of the muddy streets for which youft city is famous." PLEASANTRIES OP PA AGRAPHER3 "He loves his home, doesn't he?" "hJft yes. It Is almost as- sacred to him as hl3 club." Life. The Doctor Didn't I say he was to avoVl all excitement? The Patient's Wife Yes that's what got him excited. Town and Coua try. "You don't mean to tell me he's a pugilist?1 "Not at alL I said he was a Hghtwelgl boxer." "Well?" "Well, he's a packer u strawberries." Philadelphia Press. Bertha What do you think of my new hatfl Tilda says it Is lovely. Eunice That's whs I like about 'Tilda. She's so sweetly tact ful. you know. Boston Transcript. Miss Woodby Really, you don't think thaG; I'd consider for a minute a proposal from hlnv do you? .Miss Newitt Oh, no. Of course yoC wouldn't take that long. Philadelphia. Pressst Victim (faintly) W-what Is It? Bystandefc Why, man, you've been run over by a steant roller. Victim Thank goodness! I thoughft It was a racing automobile. Chicago Dallj? News. Mamma But. darling, you shouldn't be angry when Bobby gets the largest piece of pie he's the older. Bessie Yes. that's Just It He's been eating pie two years longer'n I have, already. Brooklyn Lire. "Children, don't go Into that room. Your father told me not to let anybody disturb hlnr for the rest of the day." "What's he doing?" "He's trying to Invent a name for a new breakfast food." Chicago Tribune. "You say his honesty surprised you?" "Yes." answered Senator Sorghum. "When I overbid the opposition for his vote, he went to the trouble of giving the other fellow hl3 money back." Washington Star. Git Inter Line WId de Babies. Atlanta Constitution. Git In de percesslon, believers It's always do foremost what wins; President's klssin de babies fetch on de trip out er de track! M03en en Aaron, Ep Je-hos-aphat Don't you be hldln Yo' faces lak dat! Git Interline Whar de babies Is at Git Inter line wid de babies! Git in de percesslon, believers don't you falk out er de track! De hope er de country is babies don't keer ef dey bowleg en black! Joshua en Jonah. En Wasbln'ton Jones. Don't you be hldln" En makln' yo moans; Come ter de klssin' Lawd bless yo sweet- bones! x Git Inter line wid de babies! Den It's In de percesslon. believers en bring .all de babies along. On de back er da hoss ter ole Bammery-Cross, ter de nursery Jubilee song! , Moses en Aaron Napoleon de Five, ' Sho' be on han W"en de big -train arrive! y Come ter de klse'n- Bless God you alive! Git Inter line with de bableat A