OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1907.
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SHIP NOW,
jr. S. Casto, of Carus, In his letter t
The Courier published in our last is
sue finds in the present telegraphers'
strike new argument for govern
ment ownership of telephone and tele
graph lines.
Comparing telephone and telegraph
service with the post office service is
not argument for government owner
ship of the former. The postofflce
service affords a means of communi
cation between practically every por
tion of our large territory. In so far
as it is self-supporting its peculiar
characteristic lies in the fact that
-each individual pays for the service
In the proportion of the use he makes
of It and the only inequality In the
system lies in the deficit that must
each year be made up from govern
ment revenues. These revenues are
not paid by the large property class
but to a great extent by the poorer
class, the consumer of imports, and
so to the extent that the postofflce
fails to be self supporting the tax im
posed for its maintenance Is not
strictly equitable, but considering the
fact that it is of universal use and
worth much more thatn he pays for
its maintalnance to every member of
our population there Is no opposition
whatever to the present system,
Telephone service is of a local
nature. In the hands of the govern
ment political manipulation and not
the natural business demand would
determine the particular territory to
be covered. For certainly there would
be no effort to furnish a telephone
service to the vast areas of our
country that are sparsely settled. The
same is also true of the telegraph ex
cept that it is not as largely a local
convenience as the telephone. Both
would be subject to the abuse of
political manipulation.
But our government is already be
coming an unwieldy affair. MrM. Cas
to's proposition is but a step toward
the abandoment of individualism and
the adoption of socialism. In fact,
when he says the ownership by the
government and operation of the post
office argues the practicability or ex
pediency of a like ownership of the
, telephone and telegraph he virtually
says that the proper step is for gov
ernment ownership of all public util
ities. And between this policy and the
socialistic theory there is no distinct
line of demarkatlon, but since the
governmental machinery Is already
cumbersome and unwieldy what may
we expect when It Is rendered doubly
complex by the addition of numerous
business undertakings.
That the government Is unable to
protect Itself in business enterprise
is shown by nearly every matter of a
business nature that it has undertak
en. In the disposal of its lands it
has been robbed of billions of dollars.
In the carrying of the mails it has been
defrauded of millions and in its con
tracts for the improvement of harbors
and waterways it has been cheated
out of other millions. Had It been
obliged to stand on its own feet as
a business enterprise it would today
be the monumental bankrupt of the
age. The fact of these business loss
es running up into the billions of dol
lars warrants the statement that the
government as a business concern is
cumbersome and unwieldy.
Society is organized in what we call
a government or state for the pur
pose of insuring to the ( individual
property rights and the rights that
pertain to his person such , as free
dom from confinement and protection
from bodily harm. When this funda
mental principle Is understood and ac
cepted the notion that the government
should have a paternal function will
cease to be a popular chord on which
the demagogue can awake In the
hearts of the unthinking portion of
our population unvst, dissatisfaction
and anarchy. . .
Simplicity and no complexity is
what will insure the "continued exis
tence of our form of government.
Every, innovation threatens our sta
bility. Conservatism will ward ub
from the danger that threatens on un
traveled seas; intellectual develop
ment will, inch by inch, but not by
leaps and bounds, load us to the pleas
ures and happiness of the highest civ
ilization. Let us not endeavor to ut
terly discard but rather to add to the
wisdom of our ancestors. Let us not
make too great haste in this responsi
ble business of state-maklug.
to be. In the second place these are
timbered lands and the act of trans
ferrlng them to the railroad required
that they be sold to actual settlers.
But an actual settler on them, In the
true meaning of the term, is an Im
possibility. A crow might barely pick
his living from an average 160 acres
but no man could dig out a living
there.
It is simply a case where the gov
ernment on account of lack of atten
tion to Its rights has forfeited them.
Many an individual has slept on his
rights in the same manner and the
courts have refused to recognize his
belated claim.
When this termination becomes ap
parent to the victim of the railroad
timber land locator, let him not waste
his breath in crying robbery. He will
have simply missed what he thought
was his first opportunity of obtaining
something for nothing. As is usual
in such cases be will instead have giv
en up considerable for nothing.
WILDCAT BANKING.
The failure of the Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank of Portland during un
precendented prpsperous times is ab
solutely Inexcusable but at an oppor
tune time It points a valuable lesson.
There is lacking even the extenuating
circumstance of Its being the result
of a financial blunder. The manage
ment deliberately took the funds of
its depositors and invested them In
securities that the president of the
ing with his own money. In case these
securities should happen to become
of established par value the bank was
a big winner by reason of the stock
bonus that was given as an induce
ment to the purchase. But the un
wary depositor had no chance to win
In the game. Had the venture proven
successful he would have had his
money returned to him with 4 per
cent Interest and the owners of the
bank would have pocketed the gain.
In short the depositors furnished the
money or . the bank management to
gamble on.
As to the lesson: This was not
the only wild cat bank in the country.
There are others in Portland organiz
ed for this same purpose of getting
bold of the widow s and orphan s sav
ings as a gambling stake. Most of
them will have the decency to await
a stringency in financial circles be
fore "busting". The best policy is to
be very Blow in taking up friendships
with new banks. The presdent or
cashier may be your friend l)Ut his
advice to you to deposit your Bavings
in his bank is rendered of little value
because of its interested source.
Many will be losers from this disas
ter but many more will take warning
and place their savings In safe places.
Those who were attracted by the In
terest rate offered will hereafter be
more particular about the security of
fered than the rate of Interest to be
paid.
CLIMBS MOUNT
IN CALIFORNIA
H.. M. Staudinger Tells of His
Ascent of Famous Snow
Peak.
THOSE RAILROAD LANDS.
We have heard of some people got
ting something for nothing, but the
something they received was, as a
rulo, as valueless as the nothing they
gave. Those who are rushing after
railroad land In Oregon are not go
ing to get lauds worth $40 an acre
for 12.60. But they will have the sat
isfaction of preaching the monstrous
injustice of railroad corporations, nev
er thinking to criticize the locator to
whom they paid $50 or $100 for "steer
ing them up aguinst a losing game.
In the first place the railroads
have expended more than $2.50 an
acre on these lands lu taxes alone and
the government has never asserted
any right to them or in any way lu
terfored with the railroad company's
exerciso of what it assumed Its right
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION.
Figures from the Department of
Commerce and Labor show a steady
increase In the tide of immigration
that is flowing into this country.
There has been an annual immigra
tion of over 1,000,000 for each year of
the past three years, the high record
being made in 1906 with 1,200,000
aliens. But the figures for July past
are 97,132, an Increase of 15 per cent
over the figures for the Barae month
of last year. There is this to be said,
however, that there were fewer de
portations and the Immigration Bu
reau states that this was not due to
more lax Inspection, but that the
standard of Immigrants was actually
higher. It is, of course, to be regret
ted that so much of this immense
tide is congested in - the big cities
when there is a real demand for im
migrant labor In the country districts,
and especially In the South. But it
Is believed that the newly established
bureau of Information for immigrants
in-the Department of Commerce and
Labor 'may do something to obviate
this trouble. ' :
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The Immunity bath Is a curious de
velopment in modern legal practice,
and the Department of Justice Is now
carefully considering the case of the
Chicago & Alton officials whose testi
mony made possible the prosecution
resulting in the now famous $29,000,
000 fine against the Standard OH
Company. It Is true that the officials
of the road were promised lmunlty
from prosecution on condition of furn
ishing testimony agalnBt the Stand
ard. But It now appears that the Al
ton was concerned in some railroad
gobbling on its own account before
the rebate complications with the
Standard arose. Now comes the ques
tion whether the officials can, or
more properly speaking, should ,bfo
prosecuted for their part In this prior
performance. It Is just possible that
the Department will agree to let by
gones be bygones. But the Attorney
General Is studying over the matter
carofully, and in spite of the immuni
ty granted it on one count, the road
may be called to answer on another.
WEED, Calif., Ausr. 20. This morn
ing my friend, Mr. E. Winters, and I
leave Weed on the 4:40 o'clock train
or Slsson where we are met by M. Kohn
the guide, whom I had engaged a
week previous. We then make prep
arations to begin a never-to-be-forgot
ten journey the ascent of Mount
Shasta. The horses are packed, and
at 10 o'clock the guide leads out ana
we follow. We strike right Into a
wilderness of manzanita, scrub pine
and juniper, the home of the rattle
snake and jackrabbit. At times the
trail Is invisible, owing to the heavy
growth of underbrush, which comes
together at a height of about four feet,
while underneath Is a well beaten
trail.
Thus we ride onward and upward
with the great snowy dome of Shasta,
rising like a monarch ahead. After
a few miles we come to where rough,
rocky cliffs rise before us, up which
we go zig-zag like a great worm. Here
the brush grows thinner and finally
disappears, while heavy timber begins
and finally gets so dense as to shut
off the sight of the mountain. Thus
we ride on for several miles. Then
the guide spies a buck track. He
gives us minute directions as to the
trail to Horse Camp (snow line),
where he is to meet us. We ride on
slowly up deep defiles and over rugged
ridges, when finally we round the
head of a deep canyon, we emerge
from the timber into the open, and oh
what a grand sight lies before us. We
find ourselves at the timber line, and
before us lies the cone of Mount
Shasta, in all Its majestic glory,
bright and dazzling to the eye, the
snow within a mile of us. We ride on
a short distance ahead, and to the
left in a sheltered clump of trees, we
dismount at Horse Camp. The eleva
tion Is 7,500 feet. We unsaddle and
picket our horses and soon have a
fire going. It is now 1:15 o'clock, and
heavens for our roof, and nearly a
a fine buck tied to his saddle. We soon
had a great pan of delicious venison
sizzling over the fire. We were soon
enjoying a hearty meal and did jus
tice to the venison.
My friend, Mr. Winters, and I spent
the remainder of the day resting and
gathering fir boughs on which to
spread our blankets, while the guide
made an examination of the trail for
an early morning start. We retired
at 9 o'clock with the canopy of the
heavens for ous roof, and nearly a
full- moon shining down on us, and
it was a beautiful night, indeed.
August 21. We are awakened by
the guide at 7 o'clock, and we prepar
ed breakfast and also a lunch to carry
with us. Now we are ready and start
at 3 o'clock to make the ascent. The
guide leads out and we follow; one
fourth of a mile over broken rock, and
then we find ourselves In a small can
yon with snow around us. On snow
it is easier to walk, as the corks In our
heavy shoes stick in the crust of the
snow and keep us from Blipping, also
the pike pole with its sharp iron point
helps us along. .It took us two hours
climbing, and daylight finds us far
up the mountainside. The canyon has
widened out and now we are on the
broad side of the great snow-clad
dome. Each step must now be taken
more carefully as the Bnow Is frozen
and a misstep might cause us to slip
and fall and slide many feet back, as
It is now quite steep. We are "on the
southwest side, therefore, we can
not see the sun, but we can see where
it is shining on the summit far above
us. Mr. Winters, being a man of 225
pounds weight, is getting weary. He
slips and falls, but by rare chance
saves himself, but in bo doing he
breaks his seven-foot pike pole. We
are now at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
Mr. Winters Is fast giving out. The
guide and I relieve him of his pack
and I give him my good pele and take
his broken one. Thus we scramble
upward until 8:30 o'clock. We then
reach the summit of a high ridge run
ning toward the southeast. Here we
get our first view of the morning sun.
Also we can now see a few hundred
miles to the east, south and west. We
now follow the ridge until at 9 o'clock
we reach Thumb Rock, where the al
titude is 12,500 feet. Mr. Winters is
about "all In." The guide calls a
halt and we eat our lunch in a lltle
sheltered nook in the sunshine. Mr.
Winters lies down and takes a nap.
For one hour we rest and then the
guide takes a bottle of vaseline from
his pocket and rubs it on his and our
faces and after that rubs burnt cork
over the vaseline, which makes us
look like negroes. This is to keep the
reflection of sun and snow from burn
ing our faces. We also put on dark
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glasses. At 10 o'clock we start out
again. I am feeling fine, the light
air does not effect me in the least.
Mr. Winters can only go a few steps
at a time then must. stop and rest. He
Is breathing very fast and his heart
is going like a triphammer. The
guide gives me directions as to gain
ing the summit. I then go on and
leave Mr. Winters in care of the guide.
As I go higher grander is the view.
Far to the east is a great storm. To
the west lies the coast range and to
the south the Sacramento valley.
At 11 o clock 1 reach a great snow
flat on which is a great pile of rough
rock 200 feet high the summit. I now
smell the strong sulphuric odor. I
wander around and find the trail that
leads up the rocks and at 11:30
o'clock I reached the summit, 14,444
feet above the s6a. - What a grand
view, but I must look fast for clouds
are coming fast from the east and
south. Already eastern California and
eastern Oregon are out of sight. I
catch one glimpse of Mount Hood Jef
ferson, the Three Sisters and Klamath
Lake in Oregon ten minutes more
and the clouds hide them from sight.
I now look west and range after range
of mountains are In view, until Just on
the horizon is a line of haze or mist.
(The guide afterwards told me that
if it had been clear and no mist, I
could have seen the breakers of the
Pacific Ocean. At 12 o'clock the guide
arrives with Mr. Winters, who is very
weak, but determined to gain the sum
mit. We signed our names in the
register, then looked around. Below
us, to the west, Is the other peak of
Shasta, known as Shastena, on which
is the crater. I examined It with the
glasses, and it seems to be about 50
feet in diameter, filled with ice. The
Ice has sunken in a few feet, causing
it to break around the brim. One pe
culiar feature is the ice is a greenish
color around the edges. At 12:30
o'clock we descend the huge pile of
rocK, at the foot of which is a boiling
hot spring from whence comes the
sulphuric fumes I mentioned above,
great clouds of steam rise from the
spring. The guide warns us not to
go near, as the fumes are poisonous,
but my cuiosity is aroused; I want
to see the spring so I take a big
breath, pinch my nose and rush to
the spot, one glance and back I came,
even then I get enough of the sicken
ing odor to set my temples throbbing
for a while. I found that the water
was a dirty gray color, and it disap
pears as fast as It comes to the sur
faco; I also noticed little jets of
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steam gushing from the ground all
around within 10 or 12 feet from the
spring. By this time a heavy cloud is
within a few feet of the summit. It
was interesting to watch the workings
of the big cloud so close, but time and
space will not permit me to describe
It. We now begin the descent, which
1s uneventful. Arriving at Horse
Camp at 2:30 o'clock we cook arid
eat, then break camp and leave at 4,
arriving at-Slsson at 7:15, tired but
well pleased with our trip.
H. M. STAUDINGER.
SCHOOLS MAY CONSOLIDATE.
Highland Division of District Is Not
Entirely Satisfactory.
There Is a possibility of the return
of School District No. Ill, to the
arms of District No. 35 from which
the former district was separated a
few months ago, and John Schrara
states that a petition will soon be
placed In circulation for the consoli
dation of the two districts. It seems
evident that several of the people re
siding In South Highland, where No.
Ill Is located, have become dissatis
fied with the conditions and desire to
return to their first love. The South
Highland district, recently authorized
their board of directors to levy a tax
for the construction of a new school
building, and if this work Is done be
fore the opening 'of the Kali term of
school, it is unlikely that consolida
tion will bo effected. Mr. Schram
states that the division was made
against the protests of n largo number
of the residents of Highland. County
School Superintendent J. C. Zinxer,
when questioned about the matter,
stated that movements for consolida
tion of districts must come through
the annual school meetings which aro
held the third Monday In June of
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