CITY COUR
OREGON
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRDAY, NOV. 3, 1911.;
29th YEAR.
THE BIG GIE
AS WEPUY IT.
At the Finish the Loser
is The Winner.
A LITTLE TALK OF BIG THINGS
Whether you Win out or Strike
out Depends on Point of View
When you were a young fellow,
and full of thtt self importation that
the world need d yon to make it roll
around regularly, you med to look
around ahead at some fellow who
yon thought liad the world - by the
Black of the pants anil conclude that
if you could ever get that far up
there was nothing left to long for.
But suooess is a relative proposi
tion, you nod that out later.
As a boy you have a ten norse
power yeain to get up on the top shelf
and ait side of the wan you have hong
up as vour example, while he is lying
awake" nights thinking out how he
oan better his present dissatisfying
position and pall up beside the fel
low a littlle higher up.
And the fellow ne is trying to
catch is bending his energies and
barking his shins trying to get higher
np where he can shine brighter.
And so it goes, in this age of ambi
tion and aerop an s.
Within two weeks nn iuetunce,
bearing out that suooess is a" some
thing in name only, cauie td the
writer's observation, when a minister
in one of Portland's wealthy ithurclifB
wrote to a friend that he wonld be
obliged to give np his pastorate and
ask for an assignment in a small town
where he could make both ends meet.
Now ahont uiuety-niue men ont of
a hundred would point ont this minis
ter's position and career as having
made good as success.
He had a salary of f50 a week, a
beantifnl home, pleasant surround
ings, and to one in his audience it
wonld seem that he had about all
that was coming to him. Twice a
week he delivered 80-minnte eermonB
and reoeived $25 apiece for them.
What more oonld a man ask?
,. thia- minister wrote he oonld
Doc maun uuth ends meet and he must
have something better. And his idea
of Bnuiething better was a pla"e way
back down the line the same place
lis passed years ago the plaoe from
wheie he once Baw success as the
place he now tilled.
The fellow who does the hunting is
about the only judge of the quality of
gnooess. It depends altogether on
Who measures it. ,
'No two of us have the same way of
sizing up a matter, and if we had a
standard and measured suocess like a
cord of wood, there wonld soon be a
glut on this market.
It is mighty hard for a man to be
satisfied, and perhaps it is well so. -
The dissatisfied, oneasy, ambitious
WE GIVE SERVICE
If Every
Only
WE GIVE SERVICE
ii en are the ones who make a coun
try. A rolling atone doesu't gather
mass, bat we don't need moss.
I know a man who has spent the
better part of his life bb a rolling
stima, and people poiut him out as a
fuilure, but this man is the greatest
success by his own measure. Born
with a gipsy's disposition to roam,
he liitB indulged it, and while he is a
dismal failure as to piling np money,
yet he hus lived and learned. He is
bid ani poor, but happy. Life has
been full of what to him wm neces
sary to uiakn it worth living, and he
is yet happy in witioipation of travels
yet to come.
And I know another man who has
always lived in the one place, and
who will die there,, a contented,
happy, successful man b? his meas
ure. His yard stick was a home, a
family and money iu the bank
Each of tlitse men is a fuilure bv
the other's measure, and neither has a
right to judge.
Happiness and content are success,
and these are about all there is to the
game.
If you oan steer things to make
them go as you want them to go, you
are getting about all that is laid out
for you.
If they are oomiug wrong, and you
can't make them break right, then
yon are a time server, and you might
as well put on tiie stripes, or get a
new start.
in the, western part of the state will
act as agents for the company in the
sale and distribution. The splendid
assets behind theBH bonds and the
great success of the company in put
ting ttiiH road far bevond the point of
uncertainty, make them gilt edge in
vestments, and their sale will be no
trouble
From the starting to the present
this railroad undertaking has been a
success that will be pointed to all
over Oregon as what may he done if
you can hitch up the right men to do
it.
It doesn't need easter i capital aud
eastern promoters to build an Oregon
railroad where one is ueeded It
simply needs men who have faith in
the undertaking, faith iu themselves
and men whom the people have faith
iu then building railroads IB dead
easy.
Aud, by the way, what these uieu
have done in railroads can be applied
to other entirprises, and tliev can be
brought through to juss aa successful
end and ba made to pay good divi
dends to the stockholders and big div
idends to the city.
Get together, pull together, tane
the Knives out of your boots and tub i
the money you put into advertising
Oregon into some labor-providing,
farmer-drawi g enterprise, and the
work will be its own advertising.
You will never have to advertise
for men .to come to Oregon City or
Clackamas county when you have
something they want here, and if yoo
haven't the want, yon certainly don't
need them.
Let's railroad
A petition at king Willian Beard ton
De a cauillUUlo xui Vliy luuuuiiuiou
the third ward is being cironlated and
liberally signed in that section of the
city. Mr. Beard stands high with the
people and he would make a popular
oonncilman.
WE
Knew
Storekeeper
-Saving
he could effect in his light bill by using
MAZDA lamps he would never have
any inferior illurriinant in his store at any
price.
HE WOULD PREFER ELECTRIC LIGHT
as a matter of economy, to say nothing
about the brilliant white light of the
the MAZDA Lamps, unrivaled for show
window illumination.
If you would like to know more about
the service these lamps are giving others,
ask us.
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH ALDER.
PORTLAND
WE
BOOH THE
CLACKAMAS
0
Hustling Both Ends
in the Middle.
and
NEWELL BRIDGE NEXT WEEK,
A Little Outline of Progress and
a Moral at the End.
The Clackamas Southern is going
some tlies bl ight days, ani Manager
Swift is getting sixty seconds out of
every minute and trying to wedge in
more.
The big trestle bridge from the
srade at the point of the hill to the
Southern Pacific railroad is almost
completed, and it has risen like a
mushroom in the night. The big
piles are all in, driven frcm 15 to Si5
feet, the frame work and big limbers
are down and the structure is prac
tical ready for the ties.
The bridge is built standard. It is
identical in structure ' and strength
with the viaducts on the Northern
Paciflo, and it. will be permanent un
til such future day as the company
thinks best to fill the span.
All along the line from Oregon City
to Molalla every day is being made
the most of, for as Manager Swift
savs oue dav of this fall weather is
worth three of the winter's rainy
days.
If weather holds favorable, three
weeks more will see the grade com
plete from this oity to Beaver Creek,
and the bed ready for the ties.
Next week work will be commenced
on the big bridge over the Newell
oreek ciuyon, and this will be a big
nndHitftkinflr. The canvon is deep and
in nlaces the bridge will he 125 feet '
high. It will take 500,000 ffet of
lumber for tlrs stracture, or to give
yon a better understanding the logs
required for the work put end to end
would reach distance of live miles.
There a e twenty car loads of ties
ready for delivery at Hubbard, a con
tract under way for ten thousand
more, aud a part of the rails will
soon be delivered.
The nnloading of these supplies will
be at this end of the road, where the
laying ot ties and rails will start, and
the road utilized to deliver the ma
terial along the route, building as it
goes.
About two-thirds of the grade is
completed from Molalla to Mulino,
and a force is working every day.
The bridge at Newell creek, like
the trestle in this city,' is not under
contract, and ii being built by the
company, and it la reported that the
directors have saved thousands of dol
lars by working out this policy on the
entire road construction.
The bonds are completed and will
be ready for sale and distribution
next week. Many hae already been
contracted for and the different bank
Carried to 2d column, this page.
GIVE SERVICE
GIVE SERVICE
ITS "THROW IP
0
AND
S."i
A Hold-up Game, East A City of Sun Worship
Side or West Side. ers and Dog Eaters.
IT'S PUBLIC MONEY, GO TO IT
God Made the Falls for Specu
lators, Get Your Grab.
Under the editorial head "Dizzy
Figures" the Portland Journal puts a
few straight over. On this matter of
government looks in this city, and
regaiding the enormous indemnity
valnes asked by private interests that
paper says :
The troth is that a lot of fancy
valaea are being thrown in the
way of the government project at
"Uregou Oity. If private owners
were paying taxes thereon the
valnes they ask for rights of way
and other things needed by the
government, there wonld he a
perceptible lowering of the ' tax
rate.
The latest report of damages on the
east Bide was somewhere between two
and three million dollars.
Mind you. the mills and railroads
will be there, just as they are now,
after the canal is oomploted. These
millions are partial damages to prop
erties, and we want to oall the' asses
sor's attention to this matter, aud
have them, determine what these prop
erties are worth NOW. And if they
are worth these enormous sums, why
aren't they paying taxes on tome
nhere near the value?
As we understand the Southern
Paciflo's damage list was simply
pinged in to help swell matters and
Ecare the government oft the east
side a part ot the game.
The canal will not touch their prop
erty or come anywhere near it, bnt
they jump in with a row of dauiase
figures long enough to make Morgan
bat his eyes. They evidently fear
that sometime along about 1045 the
snow may -all melt in the mountains
in one great dissolve ana the river
come over onto their tracks; that the
government engineers do not know
their business, and that only a Noah's
ark could save them.
This may be the reason, and there
MAY be Others. Mr. Southern Paoi
flcis a smooth politician.
Of the west side route the Journal
says:
The prioe of $600,000 set by the
owners on ths Oregon City looks
is absurd. The company insists
that the operation of the looks
results in a deficit. If so, how
does th! property come to be
worth $ti00,000?
That isn't the point. The point is
the government and the state have a
big appropriation, ana it isn i ntsi w
have any of it left over to spoil If
the owners of the locks were trying
to all them to pivate individuals they
wouldn't first show that they were
running behind on the investment
each year and then touch for $600,000.
But the government is easy ana
doesn't often oome to Oregon Oity.
WI.ea he does, give him the gall,
throw the hook into him.
And again the Journal voices pnblio
sentiment:
The absurdity of the whole
spectaole is revealed in the appar
ent belief by these claimants
that the Willamette river was
originally created for the sole
benefit of a few men who set np
claims to vested rights at the
falls.
Three weeks ago in an estimate of
damages, one of the mills was report
ed to have stated that the proposed
canal wonld seriously interfere with
the use of the river for logs, bom
eta.
Aud somehow this makes one ask,
for information only, what goes with
a water nower franchise at the falls,
how mooh or tnj river acove ib
thrown in with the rent, and have
the mills a right to post "no tres
pass" signs as far up as Oanby? Mutt
the city pay for what water it nses
from the intake and will they forbid
the hova to bathe later on?
And when one gets to thiuking
along these lines he wonders wherein
one eets the power to tie np a navi
gable river; how it has the right to
ton a croverninent's work for an open
passage, and how far np or down this
publio stream tne interest reany
claim rights.
In a way the whole shine is amus
ing.
For twenty years the citizens have
worked hard for government aid, and
when tliev finally get it, they can't
use it.
Some oties would have had the
route and the details all arranged for
when the appropriation came, and
wonld have met it with brass bands
and a ratification meeting; they would
have first got the right of way and
been ready to pot the men on the job
the minute congress yielded.
While we have the money, but can't
use it
The government must wonder if the
state bus house isn't looated at the
Willamette falls, and if there hasn't
been a general outbreak.
FRESH DAILY
Salmon, Halibut,
Etc.
CRA&S, cooked on the premises; OYS
TERS, direct from the shell; CHICKEN
to order; No Cold Storage Hock in 6th
or fowl. Headquarter for OLYMPIA
OYSTERS, the best on the Coast.
MACDONALD'S MARKET
FISH! FISH!
Next Weill Fargo
IR COUNTRY'S
UNKNOWN Z
BACK BEFORE COLUMBUS' DAY
Living as they Lived before the
Conquest in Zuni Today. .
Forty-eight miles by wagon road
south from the little desert town of
Gallup, in a remote and practically
unknown corner ot New Mexico, close
to the Arizona Hue, is zuni that
-j i i, .. . ; .. ..
pvramiu ui gray wuu uuubcb, luiuiiug
the most wonderful oommunial dwell
ing on the western continent.
It is wonderful, weird, gruesome,
fascinating and revolting. It is a
oommunity aDd a people of the far
past ages living in the present an In
dian pueblo whose inhabitants lived
where they now live ages before a
white man's foot ever touched Amer
ica. Aud yet but few ot we so-called
Americans' know anything about Zuni
and its strange people, living in oar
midst.
Neither history nor tradition tells
us when Zuni was founded. Some of
us know that it is the oldest contin
ually inhabited Indian village in our
country, aud that is about all we do
know.
Once it was one of the famous
"Seven Cities of Oibola," now it is a
community of sun-worshippers, dog
eaters and degenerates. Once its in
habitants were famous as relentless,
blood thirsty savages, missionary
bntohers, weavers, pottery makers;
now they are spiritless, aepravea,
filthy and live as becsts would not
live.
It was the fabled hidden gold of
Zuni that hundreds of years ago
blazed a path aoross the desert plains
from Mexico to the ltio Grande aud
Zuni was an ancient pueblo then.
Ooronado found this village ait)
years ago, aua now many nunureas oi
years it had been occupied before his
coming, none know and few oan make
a reasonable guess
And there it stnndB in the desert
sunshine today, and there its 1800 in
habitants live just as they lived long
hefore Columbus ever tried to pound
it into the thick-headed Spaniards
that there was another pieoe of the
world over here.
Let me tell vou something of this
unknown odd snot of our oountry tell
vou of some of the sights I saw tin re
in the closing days or 1H1U oi a peo
Die and conditions that you oouid
hardly believe exiHtea in una great
country of ninety-three millions popu
lation. ......
Unlike the oommunity dwellings or
Lagnma and Aeoruo Zuui is not clilf
built. It is bnilt on a rise of ground
nn the bank of that lit'le sluggish
Btream called the Zuni river. It is
built entirely of dobie snn-dried mud
hrick each houBe Joining the other
and reminding one of the plans of our
modern stock yards. Years ago when
the fighting Navajos made life on
these Dlains a survival of the fittest
the outside walls or tins inaian cny
were forts without doorB or windows,
but now doors have been cot through
most of the outside walls. There is
one common entrance, wide enough
for a team to pass through, and once
inside there are several acres or an
loining houses and cut up with nar
row, irregular alleys The whole oity
is one great communial house, and
the Inhabitants one great family.
The streets, or alleys, are BUed with
Indians, dogs. DigB. turkeys, (luck
burros, water. :ars, mnd ovens aud
Donies. The filth is something awful,
and the first wonder to me was why a
pestilence or fever had not long ago
wiDed Znni and its people off the
United mates man. cue uiey are iui
mune to everything bnt suiallpoi
they seem to fatten on filth and fara
ine.
I walked in at the main entrance'
and started to 'do Zuni," and the
first hoiror that met my eyes started
me back to the trading post to get a
white man to aocompany me. It was
but-a common sight of deparvity and
cruelty, but I will long remember it,
A little puppy had Dotn legs m-oxen at
the hips bv these fiends and it wbb
dragging ' its hind quarters as it
crawled about the streets, wnne me
Indians laughed. That the anima
had been in this condition many days
was shown bv the Mesh being worn
through to the bone, where the legs
dragged on the ground.
The nost trador told me that I need
not have an? fear of the Indians, for
he said there was nothing left iu them
but cruelty, and that I could tie one
hand behind me and drive the wnoie
village out.
And now let me explain something
that will give you a reason for this
and many other instances of horrible
rroeity ana aepravuv mat i saw iu
this village or at least tne reason
clven by the few white men who live
iu this country.
For hundreds of years the Zunis
hv lived in this one vilUgo, lived
nd lute, married in this one family.
nntll ther are all. or nearly all, blood
relatives. They have degenerated un
til nearly all the old instincts ano
arts, executing uofsibly cunning and
nrufiltv. have been bred out of them
aud they now are debased, cowardly
and ft thy defendants or a once la
moos tribe of the southwest.
I saw an Indian ride into the village
and dismount from a burro, and
noted a ktreain of bbod running down
the aonkev's shoulder The trader
showed m the cause. Oil the ani
mal's shoulder was an old sore, a Bore
keut oonBtantlv irritated by the mas
tar. anil when In wanted the donkey
to go faster he would prod this wound
with-a sharn stick. It was fo mucn
easier than twinging the quirt Ion th
touun hide, and the Indian enjoyed it
so much more. A hog was running
the streets with a great sore on its
lower iaw. a cart of which an Indian
had cut off because It crowded the
uii8 away from the street refuse and
got more than his share.
Farther down the street I rao onto
another interesting sight, but this oue
while a little repulsive to oar ge and
tasi.es, was more humane, in tact an
act of mercy. Sitting in the sun were
two warriors. One had his blanket
off. his back bare, while his neighbor
picked from his person and his rags
body lice, and ate them, with appar
ent relish. This was combining
mercy and necessity, and I considered
it a sign of progression.
There are Indians over six feet tall,
splendid figures'of manhood from a
distance, but on" does inspection their
wrists are not half the size of a
woman's. There are squaws, broad
shouldered, fat-faced and full-busted,
whose legs below the knees are not as
large as their arms.
But one of the strangest marks of
inter-marriage that I saw in this vil
lage wan two albino Indians pure
blooded Zunis. There are four iu
the pueblo, it is said. They are as
light as any white man, with
straight, white coarse hair, pink
oheeks, white eyebrows and almost
pink eyes. I could not believe that
these men were Indians until close
inspection showed the unmistakable
features, the high cheek bones and
the Indian hair.
The Zunis dress and live in the
same manner as they did before they
ever saw a white man's faoe. They
all wear the bright-ootored band
about the forehead, the hair, about a
foot long, braided and looped np with
red yarn ; all wear the Indian blan
kets, bought from the Navajos ; the
urquoise is worn in ear-rings, brace
lets, beads, finger-rings and belts.
The turquoise is to the Indians what
diamond is to the American, and
silver of equal value with our gold.
doubt if an Indian would piok up a
gold ring if he found one. The
tiquaws wear haugs low down on the
forehead, many wear them below the
eyes, they all wear the blauket, leg
gins and moccasins.
it is a curious sight to sit on the op
posite side of the river aud watch
Znni. You will see an Indian ap
proach the village from the opposite
side from the main entrance. He will
go into the first lionsa that has an en
trance, olimb up a ladder that pro
trudes from the roof, and then run
over the tops of the houses to his pen
It is so niuoh nearer than following
the crooked alleys And at sunset
ou will see the aged Indians climb
to the tops of the houses and there sit
and watch the sun go down.
One startling sight that connonteu
me ou my slumming trip was the sud
den appearance of a nianiao. lie
darted out of a mud hovel, stood di
rectly in front of me, and glared with
his wild eyes. His olothes were al
most torn from him, and his long
white hair wbb a uibbb of tangle. I
began to think that the trader who
told me I could drive these men out
ike a hunch of tlieep had put one
over on me. Hut the lunatio only
stared at me and then went back.
This man was to the Indians a witch,
and while they feared him and hated
him, not one would ever dare touoh
him, or refuse him food.
Nix for the camera in Zuni it is
barred. X had a pocket size Eastman,
and wore my overcoat to hide it.
They were having a sport clay, horse-
raciug and suck throwing, and l
wanted some pictures. A big Zuni,
the only English speaking inuian in
he village, soon had me spotted
'Taking pictures," he asked. "No,"
replied. "Just looking around,"
he again asaed, and when I nodded
he went away, but I noted that he
watched me continually. They will
not allow a camera or a Mexican in
the village if they can prevent, and it
s only by oaution and through tricks
that one can get a Buap.-
-M. J.
iirowu.
(Continued next week. )
AN EPIDEMIC.
"
ever has Broken out in Port
land and may Reach Here.
Uoiu' stark mad.
Or gone.
Did you ever got astride of a hobby
aud ride it to death?
Well, the most of us have, and word
comes from Cortland that the ladies
of that city have sure gone daffy on
'bridge."
Now do you know what bridge is?
Well, it's a thing that ought to hitch
two together, tie 'em up securely, but
it s a misnomer, judging from what
we hear from our neighboring oity,
and bv the way they term it the
yueeu oity or tne west."
Did you ever play a game and gtt
so wiapped up in it that you fcrgot
your family and iriends, torgot mat
anyone had a right to "pass" but
yourself? Well, if you haven't, don't
get in; you may lose a your friends
aud part of your hair.
It appears that the game nas Deconie
so interesting, ana mere hub ueuu
added a little salt and pepper, that
the players are not satisfied to merely
beat the other lellow and taue away
the "honors," but the desire to get
more beoomea so strong that real
money has taken the place of an m-
signifioant fork or spoon (sterling)
aud the hours are whiled away, while
the infants are loft to bawl their eyes
out, or the husband left to git his
own meals, or starve, aud in seme In
stances a little something is ottered
on the side "to make things look
different."
It's an innocent game, as far si the
game is concerned, but it appeal 8 that
serious results follow when one gets
to sticking to it real earnest, just like
Doker. aud I am told that it leads to
all sorts of things.
But Portland is an exception, we
don't find these conditions to exist in
Oregon Oity, that is not in a virulent
form. Of course we ouuoc not, tnat
bridge is quietly used hore to aninse
those who have absolutely nothing to
do seven or eight days in the week,
and there may be some "wool" pul
ling, but it's kept mighty quiet, and,
well, those things always remind me
of two cats in a bauk yard ; you leave
them alone long enough and the lur
will fly. It may grow, here in Oegon
0 ty, but we believe there are in this
city the best lot of ladies in the
world, who would never allow it to be
said that their home was being ru
ined, their family ties broken, or
even a suggestion that they devoted
stven-elghthB ot their time to some
thing that might lead to well, it's
worse than poker-and eventually the
mongrels, the low bred story imaginer
and carrier, might get hold of it,
then good Lord deliver you.
1 Don't play the game.
STATE CANAL '
BOARD SEE LOCKS
Governor West, Olcott,
and Kay Make Visit.
REPORT IS NOT YET PUBLIC.
State Officials Entertained by
the Commercial Club.
Oregon City was greatly honored
last Saturday by tbe presence of Gov
ernor Oswald West, Secretary of State
Ben. Olcott, and State Treasurer
'fhos Eay, who met here officially
representing the state canal board, to
iuvestiag e the proposed government
canal and locks.
At about the same hour arrived
from Portland Maj. J. F. Mclndoe;
government engineer E. O. Thompson!
advertising manager, W. T. Bu
chanan, of the P. K. L. & P. Co., all
more or less interested iu where the
locks mayb bo located.
Sight seeing started off promptly at
ten o'clock a. m the guests being
met at the station by about sixty citi
zens, who escorted the notables about
the city in antos, viewing the Clack
amas Southern railway grade and
trestles, from there going over the
proposed canal sites, around the basin
in launches, aud along the river
banks, giving all an excellent oppor
tunity to look into the matter of just
where the locks should be located,
aud listening to all the arguments pro
aud con from those who a e interested
financially aud otherwise.
- At about the noon hour, luncheon
was served in the MaBouio banquet
hall by the Oregon Oity Commercial
Oluh, at which tune President J. .
Hedges called upon diHerent gueBts to
give short tulks,
Governor west stated that he saw
no reasonable objection to locating
the looks on either side aud that he
came here with an open mind as to
where they should he located, but his
views ou the matter were only of a
personal nature and that the matter
should have serious consideration by
the board before their views could be
given out. He stated that he thought
the damages asked by some of the
property holders on the east side were
exoessive, and that they were uot en
titled to receive a cent more than
what their property was worth, aud
advised getting together, to see if a
reasonable figure could be obtained,
and stated that there was anothor
remedy, the courts, if fairness wm
not fliown by the interests. The ,.
Governor stated 'further that free
locks were uot so far off as one might
think, as he stated Unit he believed
that It would Iw a good pulley -to put
out at interest the state appropria
tion, the interest on which would
cover the toll now exacted, and that
thereby the people would be given the .
same nb free service until Bnoh a time
as new locks could be built, He also
reiterated the opinion of Major Mc
lndoe, that the government owns the
water power on the yillamette river,
and intimated the indemnity might
be ever go small if the government
saw fit to proceed.
Secretary of State Oloott in his talk
gave pleasing reminisuenoes of early
days iu this city when he assisted in
the construction of our streets, com
plimenting Oregon Uity people on the
present appearance of the oity, oo
inoiding with the governor's views
that in the government locks propo
sition the greatest good to the great
est number, which he oited was the
apparent policy of Oregon City peo
ple. , ,
State Treasurer Tom Kay has al
ways had a warm spot in his heart for
people in this oity aud the oounty,
and stated that the fire therein was
still burning, expressing his detlre
that some definite action might be
had at once ou the locks question, as
the greatest benefits would result to
the Willamette valley and people of
the state if free looks could be con
structed. In his talk lie tossed bou- -quets
to our highway commission aud
stated that the work of our local
commission had done more to bring
about speedy action and good results
in the start of the highway work than
any other body of men or efforts of
counties in the state.
, Major Mclndoe gave a resume of
the government work on the locks
question up to the prosent time, ex
plaining his position in the uiatter,
setting practically at rest the feeling
of nuoertaiuty as to where tbe gov
ernment desired the locks constructed,
mid why, aud stated that he was act
ing under government orders to pro
ceed to secure estimates of damages
trom proporty holders along the east
Bide of the river, intimating when he
had accomplished htat task, the gov
ernment would then proceed with
their work, the initial work,' of ooune
securing reasonable indemnities. In
the course of his talk the Major stat
ed that in Mb opinion the plan of
Governor West to place the state ap
propriation at interest might not
work to the best advantage, as the
government desired officially to know
jurit when aud in what amounts the
state appropriation might be avail
able, aud placing it at interest might
tie it up so that it could uot be ob
tained when desired, and would thus
make it non-available.
After the banquet the guests depart
ed for Portland to go over the ottloe
work of Major Mclndoe in connection
with the plans of the government
concerning the proposed canal aud
locks.
Mayor Petition Presented.
The petition signed by about four
buudred representative citizens of Or
egon Oity requesting him to be a can
didate for mayor and pledging their
support, was Thursday afternoon pre
sented to Wm. Aodresen.
Upon beiug questioned, Mr. Andre
sen stated that he would take the
matter under advisement for a few
days before making any announce
meut.