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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1901
PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
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Published very evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning' at Th
' streets, Portland, Oregon, i v
THE PORTAGE MUST
IT IS NOT NEARLY a generally or thoroughly realised
as It ehould be that the key to the whole Inland em
pire, that will immediately open it up to business aa
.well aa bringing about fairer freight rates, la a portage
" railroad from above The Dalle to Celllo. .Th permanent
; Improvement will come when the general government
. build Its ship canal which will extend from the big- eddy
above Three MJle rapid to Celllo, a distance of eight and
en half miles. In the very nature of things the work on
..- ..... n nlint lui axnected to be finished for ser
in j uiiuviwmib - .
oral years to come.. With the record
Cascade lock staring them in the face-
could reasonably be anticipated. But as the good effects
. which subsequently came from the locks were immediately
'' secured after a portage road fiver eights
was built' so It Is argued; and that rightly, that the same
results would immediately follow the
age road to Celllo. , ; ,
While 'it may be true that there may be difficulties in
..turning over to the government the "right of way for the
canal with provisos attached to It, and
- tnent may not be willing to accept the right of way unless
It Is turned over absolutely , without conditions, It U. or
should be, equally true that when the mutter is presented
to the government after that has been done and It 1
demonstrated that there Is great publio need for It, the
authority will be given to build a railway eJong the canal
right of way. ' Those who have gone caref ujly oyer the
ground haver found that the one project will not Interfere
with the other. " The proposed canal will be 66 feet at the
bottom and 50 feet at the top and the
braces not less than 150 feet at the worst part ,
The railroad, for the building of which the- state ha at
ready appropriated $1(5,000, once the
settled, could be built and got ready
single season. This would mean that
available for next year's wheat crop.
Inland empire know precisely what they are about when
they advocate the immediate building of the portage road
for they reason from analogy that if relief came from the
- building of the portage road about the cascades precisely
the same result would follow the building of The Dalles-
Celllo portage. But they are not alone
There ia not a disinterested man in Portland who has given
the subject any study who Is not of the same opinion and
who does not know that the same results will follow, tt
1 for this reason that the movement in
age road, originally looked upon as an
has now so crystallised that If It can be Drought about
through the influence of public 1 opinion it will be done
without a moment's loss of time. ;
The state improvement meeting, which will be held In
Portland beginning next Tuesday, should take advanced
and positive grounds In this matter and leave no doubt
Iforectsely where It .stands, what It wants and what the peo-
xle- of the state must have. This Is
helping those who help themselves.
" OJways been good; we have accepted what was banded us
with grateful , hearts and profound thankfulness. : What
we have got has never been very much and in no case has
. it been as much as we were entitled
basis. Now let us. change the plan and
right, no matter wno it of fen as nor wnat prospects it ap
parently opens up. 'htt the portage read be buUt at all
hasard and set in motion next fall. If that la don we ven
ture the assertion that In a single season the saving to the
shippers will more than offset the whole cost of the road;
even though, it exceeds the figures allowed by the state.
Such a result as that Is manifestly worth while on the face
of It , VV
RURAL ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. v
BEFORE large enterprises are undertaken and carried
out there is always a good deal of preliminary talk
about them, and rumors of their immediate ma
terialisation are generally afloat, at interval, long before
It occurs. - So it wa with the first bridge across the Wll
' Jamette at Portland, with the work being done by the Port
of Portland commission, with the drydock, and other en
terprises that made for Portland's upbuilding and out
growth." . . ''
So it ha been and 1 with the construction of trolley
railway line from this city westward and southward,
connecting it with principal Willamette valley town.
The project at first and for a long time talked of and the
almost Immediate carrying out of which was often prom
ised or reported. Is a line between Portland and Hills
boro, or Forest Orovs. But . while this ha not been
abandoned or passed out of view the talk now, all along
the line, is for a road, or connecting roads, not only to
these towns, but also to Salem, and even beyond, to Al
- bany and Eugene. This big enterprise has Its Initial dis
cussion and agitation up the valley, in Salem and other
Willamette valley cities, rather than In Portland, though
this city is by no means Indifferent to It, and Portland men
will no doubt do much to aid It
-. Such a line, or succession of lines, may not appear very
swiftly, but will surely appear, in the not very far-distant
future. Eventually there will be extended electric lines
through the valley on both sides of the river, Just aa the
team railroad were built on both aide. To'a great ex
tent they will probably parallel these road, though in
place they may be able to select better routes. Then
from these trunk lines will ramify branches and feeders
, to various Interior points. ' -
All this will not happen in a year or two, perhaps not
within four or five years, but will happen before many
; years, and will begin to happen pretty soon. The time Is
lip for such a beginning. All Oregon, and perhaps es
TWO TEBROn
From 'the Albany Herald.
' Two Portland men came up Sunday
afternoon In a big red automobile and
'spent yesterday in this city showing
off their machine and soliciting orders.
During the day they drive th big
snorting piece of machinery through
the streets, at tlmes,gofng st the rat
of 11-to 10 miles an hour,' and they
frightened a number Of horses, and dis
concerted driver of teams. During th
afternoon they also drove out to th
race track of the Albany Driving asso
ciation, and while there racsd the ma-
. chine . around the track, but they were
soon ordered away from there. It Is
time that Albany along , with other
cities, had some leglalation .to restrict
these big red devils from runnlnc
through the streets at . great speed,
frightening teems, trampling upon the
lights of others and generally making
themselves obnoxious.
' From the Albany Democrat
' A couple, of Portland men have been
In the city with their automobile. They
' bandied their machine well and were
entitled to credit for care and consider
atlea, appreciating th right of horse
Published by journal, publishing co.'
OFFICIAL, PAPER QPTHB Cliy OP
BE BUILT.
realisation of its
sources, than it
that can be done
valley.. '-: . .'
Such roads will
of. thousands, In
cases double and
Increase and in
a,
mad.ln building the
and will add greatly
It takes much
fid? speedy reult
tween Salem and
before long that
of a mile in length
few years, and the
The Willamette
building of the port
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everybody with any
' -r - r THE REAL ISSUE.
while the govern
by Jury." ,,
right of way em
preliminaries are
for business in a
It would be made
The people of the
th nomination of
great importance.'.
movement which
this republic to en
nam .but a klngdooi
- W may -close
which Ilea between
of this belief.
stltution. but the
favor of the port'
that ha gone before,
irrldescent dream.
light veneering of
another case of God
men of too world.
Heretofore we have4
tfmbark on new seas,
So on a reasonable
tlon' llf. -Th real
insist upon what, is
a submission to the
Imperialism shall
Instead of being the
tional right has
or anything else for
and in discharge of
In the senate of th
doctrine. ,'
Tet in 1S70 the
passage of thl act.
rise to pfegu this country. Th "silver question" Is but
a gentlejaephyr in comparison to th howling gale of rotten
financiering contained In thl decision. Tet It la th law
of the land, made so by five Republican Judge. ;
But a few years
same court, by the earn division, held an Income tax un
constitutional. It wa held by -the same vote that territory
of the United State, ' other than states, whether con
tiguous or distant Is solely under the control of congress,
and that taxation therein 1 controlled by it regardless of
the constitution. It ha held that the right of trial by
Jury do not extend to the Philippines. It ha held the
constitution does not follow the flag. The uniform prac
tice of congress of
tion, not for revenue. A socialistic doctrine pure and
simple.-' .-' - ' . " r ' ,
A protest against
theaim,WllLcorawhen., thoe who hv planted these
seeds will find a growth far different from that anticipated.
We do not pretend to say that all these thing may not
bo the workings of decree beyond our power to change.
We do ay, however,- that they are changing the political
status of this country,, and whether it shall be so changed
Is the real Issue to be decided next November. v
men. They have been over the country
a good deal, and on of them stated
that they had never had any trouble In
meeting or passing teama The auto
mobile Is here to stAy and should nO
longer be a matter of wonder even in
Albany.
' A Cms ia Point
The superintendent of the elty Sunday
school was making an appeal for a col
lection for a shut-In society, and said; .
"Can any boy or girl tU me of a shut
in person mentioned in the blbUT Ah, I
see several hands raised. That Is good.
This little boy right In front of me mar
tell me. Speak up- good and loud, that
all may hear you, Johnnie,"
"Jonah!" shrieked Johnnie. .
i ., This X Awfmt .
From th Chicago New a
"Queer thing. Isn't ttr queried th old
rlrcua clown a be tumbled into the
ring, ' -,.
'What' queer?" asked the ringmaster.
. TTh weather." esplaliled the clown,
nt Is cool outside, but here the heat Is
In tents."
Whereupon the ringmaster cracked his
ter crackid hi
whip and th trouble begaa.
J NO. P, CARROLL
Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
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PORTLAND
pecially the Willamette velley, Is awakening to a clearer
opportunities, and appreciation ,of its re
ever entertained before. And he people
of the Willamette- valley, not only of the cltleV but of the
country,' are realising also that the building and operation
of these electric railways will do more than anything ela
to develop this great and resourceful
. .'- , " " -- .
induce the location of settlers, by tens
their vicinity; will .increase, and in many
treble the value of country property; will
some localities even multiply production
to th region's taxable wealth.
money to build such roads, but in such
region as that between Portland and Forest Grove, be
Dallas, and others, capitalists will see
they Will pay, If not at once, surely, in a
money will ba forthcoming.
valley - needs electric railroads, iand
strength at all should pull for them.
TN THE DISSENTING OPINION of Mr. Justlco Har
lan. In the case' denying an American cltlsen residing
In the Philippines the right of a trial by Jury, will
be found the following sentence-; "Referring to the dec
laratlon by a French writer that Rome." Sparta and
Carthage, having lost their liberties, those of England must
In time perish, Blackstone observed that the writer should
have recollected that Rome, Sparta and Carthage at the
time their liberties were lost were stranger to th trial
Too little' stress has been laid upon th manifest changes
being made In our organlo law by Judicial .amendment of
the constitution through decision required by political
exigencies and In every instance by a divided court It Is
these departures from th historic land marks that make
Judge Parker for president of uch
HI nomination ia a protest against s.
will, as certainly as It continues, reduce
imperialistic oligarchy, a republlo In
in fact. ,
our eye,-lf we- will, to th great gap
us and the old land marks of th eon
gap is there, and the chasm is widening
every day,. We may, if wer will, lay the flattering unction
to our oul that by some secret process we have de
veloped a human nature quit different from anything
but after all, human nature-, with a
what 1 termed "civilisation," 1 what
It always has been and probably always will be. The
advice of Washington is now archaic th constitution old
fashioned, and th Declaratlpfa of Independence aa "Irrl
descent dream. ThoC"wno stand for the compact 'as
entered Into, who believe In a republlo of freemen, are
sneered at as "little Americans," are taunted with a lack
of courage, a disposition to avoid the burdens imposed on
Thl I both unfair and unjust If the old ship is to
let it be done knowingly. To many
the thought is a very serious one. Republic are con
fessedly shortlived. ' On hundred year Is no test of a na
Issue in-this election is, at the root
people of this country whether or not
prevail. To many, even now, it would
seem that th seeds of- socialism. Imperialism and com
mercialism hav taken such root that th future la very
uncertain, .- - "
The strangest feature of tt all Is, that the supreme court
defender and -protector of constitu
been th greatest offender in subverting
them. Daniel Webster said "Most unquestionably there
Is no legal tender in this country under th authority of'
this government or any other but gold and silver. It
(speaking of congress) ha no power to substitute psper
coin as a tender in payment of debt
contracts." This statement was mad
United States and accepted as th true
. ., ' ' ' ,
supreme court, by a vote of five to four,
held that notes Issued by congress, no matter what their
convertible value Is, are a legal tender for all debt public
and.prtvate, and whether contracted before or after the
Thl decision was characterised by
Bancroft the' historian, as "Th crime of th nineteenth
century," and no less an authority than ex-Secretary of
the Treasury McCulloch states that appointment were
made ttth court in order that thl decision should be
rendered. The decision Is dangerous, and will some dsy
ago, after a century of practice, the
late ha been to lay duties for protec
the things is met with a sneer. But
Cause aad affect
. . . From the Chicago New.
Mrs. Dlggs Did you hear about Mra
Naggaby's misfortune V
Dlggs No; what was ItT '
Mrs. Dlggs 8n lost her voice sud
denly a few days ago.
Dlggs Huh ! I wondered why Naggs
by looked so cheerful when I met him
this morning. ' ,
' ' meal Thing." . . .
From the Chicago News. -
Native Bee those two men standing
over there, on the rornerf
Stranger Tea What of them?
Native They ar professional high
waymen, j. .
' Stranger What are you giving met '
- Native Facts. One is a lawyer and
the other la a doctor, so It' a cae of
your money of your life. - '
Smpty. -From
the Philadelphia Ledger,
"We need a drawer or something to
pat these cuts away In," said the fore
man of ths country' weekly. - -
"Haven't got any drawer now that's
not in use," replied the editor. But hold
ont Tea, we have. Take th each
drawer," ;
- - , ' , '
Teddy accepted)
Roosevelt couldn't resist Uncle Joe's
invitation.
Well. Port Arthur, we're still listening
for that promised fall.' .
Oreat event for Oregon August t. Be
local reports In The Journal,, ;
Boston 1 sending beef to Chicago.
Boston prefers beans, anyhow.
Tile Russians are winning great vic
toriesIn successfully retreating. ,
Prepare to be hospitable t the dele
gatea'to the development association.
Ths public. It should be Mpiembered.
has something at steak In thAbutehera'
strike. - r- r.
The song of the political bee Is sweet
but most political bees have long, sharp
stlngsrs. ,..'.(...
Under Governor Folk, boodlera In th
Missouri legislaturs will hav to . work
under thick cover. . ..
By th time h'e get through. Russia
will not be as great a world power el
he thought herself to be. . .
The trouble with the full dinner pall In
eastern cities Is that the good wife puts
In such a tiny piece of meat
The man Id Che'foo far frequently a
liar, but It Is small satlsfsctlon, though
safe, to say so at this distance.' '
Buffalo Times: . Hearst Is- not th
worst; he le- young, able, ambitious,
brave, bold and thoroughly American, .
'. To ItiifM Tin Portland Is not to build UB
Oregon, but to build up Oregon Is to build
up Portland. Tom Klcnarason. 1 nai is
right ' '. . ;
"I cannot speak for Senator Gorman,"
says Qrsndpa and Brldegroom-to-Be
Davis. And Gorman can't spesk for
himself. .... , .,.,.
Atlanta Journal: . Secretary Xjatib de
serves to have his salary raised If he
Is to be the one to bear the blame for
all the break th president makes.
Albany Democrat) Several towns ar
having voting contests on the most pop
ular voun person. Just about as reliable
Judgment oa popularity as a government
weather forecast on the weather. ,
rhioam nrf.1ltrill! RanrvNevsr-
thought and Fred- Love lady have auo
AmA in Mttln their names In the
Chicago directory- They should be warned
against the rooxmg or ooai ana some
of the teachings of th - letter Dgy
uaints. , . - '
Aii,,in ,n tha nlnalna of nublla ram
bling In Portland. The Dalles Chronlcls
remarks: "Men will not violate any law
If they believe tne oincers win attempt
to enforce tt Officials ar to blame
for violation of law. because they per
mit it -
Tia Viur tm freouantlv resorted a de
siring to be at and Intending to' go to
the front; but he doe not budge, perhaps
reasonably concluding that If he patiently
wait long enough the front will come to
him, end be can avoid the fatigue and
danger of a long trip.
T txb was BxraWA
. . . From th Chicago New.
If X were Kuropatkin
And I led the Russian troop
-I'd land upon the Japanese
With loud. - triumphant . whoops. :
I'd end complaints -monotonous '
Of most egregious slips
. This blowing up of officers .
And blowing up of ships. -.
And blowing up of everything .
By critics near and far, ,'"".:""
If I Were Kuronatkln.
Commanding for the csar, ,
' If I wer Kuropatkin '
And Grand Duk Boris cam' -'
With all hi train of beauties
I woudn't cry out "Shame I"
I'd camp them In a canyon
To lure the Japs along
; By dint of beauty's witchcraft ,
And smile snd dance and song. -Then,
when rd got the enemy -
Ia that enticing ring,
Bay, would I do a thing to them?
Oh, not a single thing I .
If t were Kuropatkin
And you'were for Japan,
Td ' draw you round by Fenghoang-
- cheng : . -'
' And oa to Helnslngshan.
Td hurry back to Halchlaollng; ,
At Wangehlmen I'd stop . .
And from Shlllnkaihuo '
Some syllables I'd chop.
With these I d double load my gun
And, as you turned about,
rd shoot you full of alphabets
And put your men to rout
If I were Kuropatkin
And you a lighting Jap, -Td
'leid You through a mountain pass
And catch you in a trap.
Tou'd be In such aa awful
Nomenclatural mess '".-
Twould pussle the postofile
To find your lsst sddresa
Thus, dazed and hors ds combat
You'd shriek. "Let's stop the warP
If I were Kuropatkin,
Comandlng for th csar.--.-..
mzxxoo takes Binnm STOPS.
Mexico Is thinking about a new navy,
Is taking some of the preliminary steps,
and Is also lsylng out quite extended
plans of fortification to be carried on
thrcugh W period of years a her
finance will fford It Her engineer
are preparing plans for m modern fort
ress on Ban Juan fl uuoa isiano, just
outside of Vera Crus harbor, a site now
occupied by the old military prison, and
It Is expected that the worn win oe De-
gun this year. Defenses for other parts
of the gulf and Paclflo ooast are alo
In contemplation, and win n negun
later, not because of any urgent pres
ent need of them, but to be ready and
Rtted up with all modern Improvements
In esse they should at any time be
wanted, i, ' , .! L '
TH UMT OF TTS CUBUaTY.
From the New Tork Time.
Everybody sees, of course, " that th
current sets toward the Democrsey, and
the initial set of ths current Is a vital
thing in presidential campaigns. The
sound money Democrat, who directly or
indirectly supported McKlnley have
eorae baok to their party substantially
In. a body, Thst means that th Repub
licans have lost, in ths twinkling of an
eye. the votes thst gve them their
great ' majorities In many states that
must now be considered doubtful, ss
well ss In New Tork. which we do not
think any prudent -Republican will call
doubtful unless h wish to deceive,
himself, - .- -r
1 w
July mh, with an invitation toxth
Indian to meet us above on the river,
and the proceeded. We soon cam to
a northern bend In the rtvar which rur
wlthftvlO yards of Indian Knob creek,
the water of which la Ave feet higher
than that of the Missouri. In less than
two miles,' we passed Beyer's oreek on
th north, of yards width. . We
stopped to dine under a shade, near the
high land on the .south, snd caught sev
eral large eatflah, on of them nearly
whit and all very fat Above this high
OREGON'S EXHIBIT AT ST LOUIS
T. H. Adams in Forest Grove Times.
Wherever an exhibit of state products
IS to b found Missouri is in th front
rank.' Much money and time baa been
spent on these exhibits with th result
that they ar th very first order. Th
people of Missouri feel that In a large
measure this is their fair, and that they
must put th beat foot foremost This
they have done so well that Missouri
stands In a new light before the people
of the United States and the world.
Next comes California with her mag
nificent srrslna and cresses, fruits and
vegetables. - No one who passes through
these splendid exhibits can forget tnai
there Is a California.' and 0 one"Who
once catches a glimpse Is going to fall
to pass through. In semi-tropical rruus
California excels, and a great many peo
ple know it but the people of California
are not content to do less than show
these fruits to their very best advantage.
In .raenv other frulta they do not excel.
but' In showing them she does excel.
Doesn't California raise the finest ap
ples In the world? Tou would get that
Idea from looking at other exhibits and
then looking at hera. Doesn't Califor
nia raise the finest prunes In ths world
and th most of them? Tou would
think so to look at her exhibit Doesn't
California raise finest potatoes In the
world? That th way If looks in her
exhibit. Doesn't California raise all
the grape ia th world? She 1 th
only state making any showing . So on
It runs Indefinitely. , California 1 show
ing th bast she ha and showing It In
the best manner she possibly can. Ar
not other states doing th am? VI
Itora who do not know - different natu
rally suppose they are. . Thl i th
natural supposition, every state and
every country is doing th very beat it
resources will permit -
These are not th only states malting
fin exhibits, but on the whole they are
making much the fineet Most of ths east
ern atate hav splendid exhibits, and
a great many of the western slso. Idaho
ha on of th prettiest exhibits in the
agricultural building, and though small,
th exquisite taat of th arrangement
at one catches and hold th visitor's
eye and the high quality, of th exhibits
do not fall to lmpreaa him. Colorado
has one of the finest and costliest min
eral exhibits in ths mineral building, and
Is certainly a source of pride to all her
people who look upon It . For that mat
ter. Colorado hss a costly and splendid
agricultural exhibit Just across ths aisle
from the Oregon exhibit nd as we
eame home through that state I won
dered all along where they got It and If
they had not sent up into Oregon and
borrowed it for the occasion. They are
displaying liberally of the very best
they have.--: .-- :
But what about Oregon? That' alt"
or Just about alt Th Oregon timber
exhibit I In front rank, probably not
the best but among the best - It Is' not
so extensive as some others, but it Is
comprehensive snd is well arranged
and shows th timber products of th
state to good advantage. The Oregon
mining exhibit Is good, though not ex
tensive. There Isn't nearly enough of
it It is well arranged, and considering
TTTAJTXO mAXLWAT. COMTXIT.
OhrMlogy aad Comment Ooooernlag
, Kill's Bl Wal Battle.
From the New Tork Herald.
The contest between the two great
groups of financiers that precipitated th
famous panlo of May , 1101, la not yet
ended.
Such tltante Interests are Involved in
this Northern Securities fight that every
skirmish or mors strsteglo movement
sends a thrill through ths nerves of
Wall street
The decision rendered yesterday at
Trenton by Judge Bradford of the United
States circuit court, slthough It merely
protracta ths existing relations of the
parties to ths suit was followed by a
convulsive speculation in which more
than 520,000,000 of Union Paoiflo stock
were dealt In on the stock exchange,
with an attendant rise of 14 a, share.
Nothing In th history of finane can
be compared in magnitude to th orig
inal plan of th rival financier, to th
disastrous effect produced by their con
test for control of the Northern Paclflo
or to th audacious scheme by which
they later agreed to bury the hatchet
and merge their Interests by forming th
Northern Securitle corporstion' to own
snd hold sll the stock Of th Great
Northern and the Northern Paclflo roads.
, Ths Hill and Great Northern party de
posited its holdings of Nqrtbern Paclflo
and all the Great Northern stock, while
the Union Paclflo and Hani man party
deposited only its holdings of Northern
Pacific. Two great competing and sub
stantially parallel lines from the great
lakes snd the MlsslsslppSto the Paclflo
were thus merged Including th sys
tem of th Union Paoiflo which had ac
quired control of th Southern Faclflo-r-about
11,000 mile of railway, traversing
qne-thlrd of all the states, ' and with1
bonds and shares aggregating more than
11,500.000,000, were placed at the dispo
sal of a small group of capitalists.
Some of the states began suits, but
the successful ene was brought by At
torney General Kndx in the United Btatea
circuit court for ths district of Minne
sota, which sustained his contention thst
the "deal" was a violation of ths federal
anti-trust set Ths legality of ths North
ern Securities company, per se, was not
questioned; but it wss enjoined from
holding the shsres of ths two railways,
and from exercising any influence or
control over them, and wa "permitted"
to "return and transfer" the share of
th two companies it had reoeived. This
decision, oa appeal, wa sustained last
March by the supreme eourt of the
United States. Mr. Hill snd his friends
In control of the holding company pro
posed to make the "return snd transfer"
by distributing its holding pro ra law
giving to each holder of Northern Secu
rities some Northern Paclflo snd soms
Great Northern stork. Th Union Pa
clflo people objected, and demsnded th
return of Just whst they had deposited
their big block of Northern Pacific and
said they wanted bo Oreat. Northern.
land we observed th v trace of
great hurricane; which passed the river
obliquely from aw. to se. and tore up
large trees, some of which, perfectly
sound and four feet la diameter, were
snapped off near the ground. W mad
10 mile to. a wood oa the north, where
we camped. The Missouri I much more
crooked since we passed the Platte,
thouarh aensrally speaking not so rapid;
there Is - more of a prairie, with less
timber, and . Cottonwood In the low
ground, with oak, black walnut hickory
and elm. -
the fact that mining, , in the modem
sense of the term. 1 Just beginning in
Oregon the exhibit' la perhaps all we
could expect, and doe th state credit.
' The educational j exhibit. U all that
could b made out 'of the material the
tat has ' to offer and the , only, criti
cism to be made on It la. Dosslblr it
should not hav been attempted. The
agricultural display la about as bad ss
It can be and th horticultural ia worse In
fact, than nothing and th Oregon state
building is less than vicious, so false 1
the Impression it. creates on the mind
of the casual observer. Th last state
ment needs' qualifying, to the extent
that people who hav a good, fair idea
of Oregon or who have traveled through
the atate are not deceived and many of
them, not-all appreciate this building,
as those who planned tt doubU hoped
tt would be appreciated. Alio, all th
reasonably Intelligent people to whom
It can bs explained are pleased with It
and consider the idea good. But this is
a very small percentage of the people
who see the Oregon building and th
Impression Is too - often created ' that
this is a sample .of . Oregon, life, for
there are thousands, yes, doubtless,
millions of psople east of the Missis
sippi who look upon Oregon as a pioneer
settlement full of wild Indians, and the
appearance of this structure lends color
to - this preconceived idea. ' It 1 not
sufficient to 'say that these people are
ignorant and could do Oregon no good.
for doubtlee many Worthy and useful
ettlsens . of Oregon had a . very er
ronous, or at least imperfect idea of
the country to which he was coming.
If - people knew sll about Oregon w
would need no exhibit and It la our duty
to th publio in general and ourselve
as wall to glv people a far a poeatbl
a correct idea of th country. Placed
in ita Intended light the Oregon build
ing ha merit for it attract attention.
but in th light it appear to the pass
rby it effect I bad, for It glv n
impression exceedingly detrimental to
the state. I learned that thla Is true
from my conversation with beople . I
chanced to talk with.
. To oorrect this Impression, much lit
erature ought . to be distributed and
sverv Ore gonitis visiting th fair should
mis no opportunity to explain that thl
how Oregon in the day of Lewis
and Clark, and not of ths present time
Th agricultural - display has many
good things, but It Is not arranged so ss
to attract any special attention and is
not nearly extensive . enough. Our
people have not saved enough of their
good grain, grass and - other . farm
product, or- if they have, hav kept
them at heme It I not nearly aa much
the fault of those in charge of th ex
hibits as It is our own for not saving
soms of our fine products and having
them ready. And 1n this connection tt
Is well to say that unless all or us Be
gin now a th season goes by to collect
and preserve the best of our products
snd have them ready when the time
pomes our exhibit st the Lewis and
Clark fair will be in the same condi
tion. Don't b afraid that your ex
hibit will not b needed, for it eerUlnly
WUL ' - ' '
Here began the seoond contest which
Is now In progress. The Union Paclflo
people at onoe appealed toy the circuit
court In Minnesota to direct ths man
ner of distribution. Their application
was denied. Then they began suit In ths
circuit court In New Jersey. ant asked
an' Injunction to restrain the Northern
Securities from carrying out Ita plan of
pro rata distribution. -, Judge Kirk Pat
rick's death caused daisy. Judge Brad
ford took over the case. The Hill con
tention Is that so many shares of North
ern Securities hav changed hands tltal
It is Impossible to trao baek atnd give
to each share what it wss originally
Issued In exchange for. Moreover, It Is
argued that the Northern Securities
company took titl to th shares ofsthe
two railways when deposited.' and can,
therefore, rightfully 'make 'Ita proposed
distribution. The Harrlman contention
la that under the supreme court' de
cree the Northern Securities could never
legally hold or own ths share, and must
glv back that big block or Northern
Paclflo - which carries control of that
road.. Judg Bradford ytrday,' on th
ground thst ths distribution one mad
would be Irreparable, decided to enjoin
thl until th case can be tried.
If the Union Paclflo party ahould
Anally get back It block of Northern
Paclflo stock on th theory that "what'
eaoce for the goose is sauce "for the
gander," there may ' be a , question
whether it can legally hold control of
both' these parallel lines. Perhaps the
contestants may be. sbl to reach a
compromise out of court Otherwise the
contest Is not over by any -means, but
In any event there 1 no possibility of
its sssumltig any jhas which would
hak th market Ilk th-xtruggle of
three year ago.
The ether Sunday two Kensington
boys were Industriously digging In a va
cant lot. when a man who waa passing
stopped to give them a lecture.
"Don't you know that It I a sin to
dig on Sunday, except It be a ease of
necessity?" asked the good men.
Tes, sir," timidly replied one of the
boys.
"Then why don't you stop It?" --'
' "'Cause thl is a ess of necessity,"
replied the little philosopher. "A, feller
can't flsh without bait"
;. -. Variety, tpie of Xdf. '
-'Angry Gent How thl? Yesterday
you were a blind man and today you're
deaf and dumb!
Beggar Tea, guv'nor, and tosnorrer
I'll be a cripple. I believe In variety,
I does; It ain't so monotonous aa always
being one thing.
Chip" Off th Old Block.
"Johnny." said th Village editor to
hi young hopeful, "ar you In th first
else at school?" .
"No, pa," replied th son of bis father.
"I'm like your paperr-entered a second
da mttr." . . ....
Prepare to visit th atat fair
Going to th regatta next month?. v
Many people ar at th various astern
Oregon eprlnge. .
. ' . -
Which Is going to b Oregon' seoond
city next year? , :
Hunters say deer r unusually hard
to get this year." . i
If the bqp crop Is light, lay It to the
local option law. , ' . 4
If It rains a long a 'It wa dry
oh, well, don't worry. .
Th Odd Fellows ar to erect a fin ;
new building In The Dallea.
The 100-ton smelter being Installed at
th Waldo mtn will coat 540,000.
- All th reef of th tat I pleased .
to se or bear of th awakening of Ba-
lem. ' (.:' ; v. '
.All Oregon m going to pull together
never before to advano her- inter
eat. 1 . . ' . -. .' v .- V -
'Harney valley la being greatly Im
proved will not know Jt old self In a
few years.
Burdocks and bull thistles ar In '
bloom. They ahould be well harvested
but won't be.". ; A " -4
On Wheatland man , shipped ' 1,500
crates Of Logan berries at 51-15 and
51.50 a erat. ,
Anna Coy of Eugene want a divorce.
She doe not want - to Coy, any more,
but may again be ooy. .
Wallowa county I to hav a fair of
Ita own. It ha fin and varied product
nough to make a good one. .-
For a second offense, a Stlverton boy
caught out on the street after t o'clock
p. m. waa lodged in Jail over, night ;
Ther ar aeveral Inches of snow In
the mountains close around the mining
town of Bourne. . And Fairbanks hasn't '
been there, either.- .. .
John Baker of Champoeg. 50 year
old, a pioneer of '47. pitched five ton
of hay into a loft Wednesday, arid an
other ton the next morning, and then
called for more "hay. - 4,
A Frankton. Wasco county, man
shipped 2,000 crates ot cherries, mostly
to fit IjouIs, receiving about 51.60 peY
orate, net. There's "good money" off
a small tract of land. . . . ;
Th Halne Record says thst a Baker .
City man ha bought cow pelt enough
In Union and Baker counties in th last "
K years to make a leather-belt a cow- .
bid wide around th world, t r
Fossil Journal; It Is now generally
conceded that the heavy rains that fell
during the first half of July, doing a
great deal of damage In some localities. -have
don mor good than harm.
A swarm of bees took possession of
one of the front windows of a Dayton
store one day this week. They workwl .
hard for several hears to regain their
freedom, but finally ( died from ex
haustion. ' :..'''-. .
Th old squaw of Hppnr, who it
wa reported predicted . the calamity
that overtook that town last year, is
again phophesylng disaster, . but no
body heeds her; people regard the other
ease as a mere : guess of hers, or a
coincidence. . '.- j . - i
' A ayndlcate ha completed arrange
ment for a sswmtiron Cow creek with"
a capacity of 10.000 feet a day. and that
they eontemplate putting in next spring
a mill of 100.000 feet capacity, to
supply which they have purchased 15,- -000.
acre of timber. , .
While several nn wer moving an
bid bonding to be used a a school
house on Salt creek. Lake . county, a .
miniature tornado tore- the building
apart and blew a section of It 50 feet,
nd it alighted on two of th man, on
of whom waa seriously Injured.
Th town of Wsseo purchased two
tank-ears of oil, 15.000 gallons, cost
5400, and used tt on six and a half
blocks of streets, 50 feet wide, blocks
being from 500 to 550 feet ilong, with
good results: no more dust Next year
Wssco will buy mor all, end apply it
mor xtnlyly. , ,'-.;
From th Ion Post: A farmer named
B perry hired three young men to work
In hi harvest. They being Impecuni
ous, 'he advanced them money, and even
bought one of them a suit of clothes.
Then they refused to do any work, and
when Mr. S perry demanded his noney '
beck they assaulted him severely.
They ought to be stripped and horse
whipped, and kicked Into Willow creel
Advicp to th? Lovelorn
BY IXATaiCI VargyAX.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young
lady of 17-years snd am very much In
love with a young man of ' 15. This
young man I know from childhood. Ha
gave me a present of a watch last Feb
ruary, and last Mondy night we got
angry and he asked me for th watch,
Which I gave film, and he went around
tailing all hi friends about It Hs slso
gav m an umbrella. Now, Miss Fair
fax, ought I to glv him th umbrella
back and ought I apeak to him again.
a he told a lady friend that he would
give me baek the watch? If he doe
glv it to me, ought I to take It or not?
A HEART-BROKEN GIRL.
. If your quarrel 1 not mad up you
had better send back the umbrella, as
you would not dare to keep a present
from a person with whom you wer not
friendly. If I were -you I would not
accept such handsome -presents from
men. Take books, candy or flowers, but
no Jewelry.
Dear Miss Fairfax , I am very much
In love with a good young man, who In
tarn love m and ha asked me to marry
him. About a year ago I had a so
called palmist or fortuna teller read the
cards for me, snd she told me I would
receive an offer of marriage and If I
accepted It I would be left a widow with
one child In a very short-time.
. Would you sdvlse me to marry this'
man, or do you think there Is any pos
sibility Of uch aq awful thin happen
ing? : WORRIED.
' My dear llttl girl, how can you be so
extremely foolish? . How could a worn
sn possibly tell your fortune my eards?
Do you intend never to marry on ac
count of all that nonsense? Go ahead,
marry the man you love and keep away
frem palmists and all such unreliable
folk.. When you marry you must, of
course, take the chance of your husband
dying. W cannot control death, but do
not pml your llf by belief in what ny
fortun-taller tell you.
1 ' ....' -
J.