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TIIE NEW AGE, PQHTLAINP, OREGON
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onicf.Um.i.ifli7.i'..mm.muWltimuH.lliiK st ilQwn m contcntcd ,,encBB nnrt
'"r.ntetthepo.on1ce.tl.0Und,or.,oa,,oxpect a great growth without do.ng
MMcond-ciuitimitw. nnvthlng herself There must bo a
: sutlsCRin.0N Uo-foot channel over the bar at the
o. Y.r. wX: .oo nioutn of tll0 Columbia, which will
o.Y.r. w.bu.r:dvr ,.oo
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I EDITORIAL
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PORTLAND'S RAPID GROWTH.
become a largo city wbb never doubled
by any observer of good Judgment, for
Its location was a sufficient guarnnty
of that, but that ll Bhould experience
Hiich' a phenomenal growth tlic year
nfter the Lewis and Clark exposition,
when many predicted u "slump" was
to most people unexpected. Far moro
building, both of business structures
and residences, Is going on than ever
beforr, prices of real estnte have gone
up by leaps and bounds, a steady tide
There nro plenty of evidences on all Tll,rtl ,,, 1)(J a Krnl Blnt.,tcr nd tho city, a trip on which route Is a "' ' tor, "" t can elect whomsoever .them In fighting rival railroads mot iiBiwitii .t ........... ... .- ...
nldoB that Portland Is growing faster ,n()r0 ,,. facir,CH, ,,ort,lind has 'delight to all who take It. The com- ' ""1 can agrt-o upon. If they want to enter "his" territory. The ( to the people which are elected. Of
than ever before In Its history. That J(! ,() ,, ,t milHt work ,, I10t 'puny has spent and Is spending a great ' "t "ourno, It will bo a potent and power of federal and stnto govern-,ono thing the state Is sure; DrowncIL
.. ..,,...1.1 .iii ,,,i nvriiimillv . ... . .......... f mi i.. .1 sniinlttcil fact Hint under tills now bvb. ment Bhould uo farther even than this .will not be a candidate this time.
It nuiiiu h'"" "'"""' "" -' .llrpnill nit 1IB Creai I CSliny. hhiuhhi ill hiuuuj, unniuiin ill uiu iiii-,
of population Is Mowing In, buHlncss nvHry jmf n century has bevn recog- with any Btrlkes. Tho employes know
In all lines Is good If not booming, "1 't,z,.,i n Unanclal circles far and near thp company Is trentlng them fairly,
It Ib evident that Instead of liavlng'nH (K, en,nMB institution of Kb kind and are Its friends. The conductors
reached a nearly stationary period, as j( ((, a(,t. Northwest. It was and motormen aro almost Invnrlably
homo BhortslghtMl people HtippoHcd 'eHta)lHi,(..l when Portland was but a not only capable men, but are polite,
would bo the case, Portland has '" very sniall town though froin Its loca-'gentleinnnly and careful In their treat
fact Just fairly begun to grow, Is en- ()l incoming 00 of Importance In 'ment of passengers. Tne service,
terlng on u period of real anil larger
growth, which will continue Imloll-',.,.
nltely. Tluro are j.ien of good JiidK -
ment who predict that Portland will
yet he tho largest city on tho Pacific
Coast, and while this may bo an ex-
travagant conjecture, It Is by no means
one Impossible of being made true.
Han Francisco will bo rebuilt, and In
tlmo will becomo larger than It was
before It wbb overtaken by the awful ,,rHt Nntona lll0 fmnl rm,i(( nn(1
calamity of April 18th lust, but this',,, ,,,, ()f nM,lB ,, V()I110 ()f lHIH.
will lake iiiiiny weary, toilsome, x.jIll(HH far ,,,, ()f nny 0lt,p ,mk ,
pensive and burdensomo years, and ,, rtlK,(,)f TPB0 (wo p()llwr
during that period Portland will keep
on growing steadily nnd rapidly, and
iml.ilni! on the bin Hay city. Seattle
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that now claims a good many more
thousands of population than Port-
laud, has lu fact, as shown by all the nimcratln& Mr. Corbctt'a many well .tilled with tho city's growth and In.
usual tests, u few thousand less, nnd ! henenctlons during his llfetlino terrain, nnd hnvo themselves contii-while-
Seattle will grow fast, It wlll'mj j,8 Wn )t may ,,0 sn,, (hnt hu i,utcl and wilt contribute In no small
not show the staying qualities In this
respect that Portland will becnuse It
has not so great and resourceful conn-
ley tributary to It. If. as estimated by
Polk & Co., the directory publishers,
Portland now has a population of
about 178.000.lt should have at least
250,000 by 1!)10. and If developmnit
goes on Increasingly and boonilngly It',
may have UOO.OOO by that time.
Tho causes of this new growth nro t,,K wlth the larger banks of the great
several. The Lewis nnd Clark fair cut.H r ,10 country. It has grown
did much to Btart It. Through the steadily with the growth of the city
xpoHlthm Oregon, and particularly (,j country, and It Is needless to say
Portland became known by Individual H nnd always has be-en as safe, sound
contact to tens of thousands and by nnd solid ns tho Rank of England,
favorable hearsay to PiiuulVcds of Tlo present president of this great
thousands. Tho deteriuliintlon of lmnk )H Mr- A L MmH w)lo wnH
James J. lllll to break loose from elected to succeed the late 11. W. Cor-Dog-lii-the-uianger
llarrlman and build iu.t. nnd who Is In every way capable
the north lmnk railroad to Portland ,, ,i worthy to till so Important a posl
was another great factor In tho growth jtlon. Mr. Mills Is a talented man of
of this cltytho gruitest. Indeed, of Kr,,t industry, enterprise and ability,
all factois. It Is doubtful If most of .While neglecting nothing pertaining to
(be people of this city realize how n,,, imlcs business, ho is interested In
much It owes to Mr. lllll for taking parlous other enterprises and Is an
that action. Of course ho did It lu lllcer or director of several other
his own Interest rather than Port-J nrK corporations and Industries. Ho
land's, yet Portland owes him a tre- 8 u exceedingly public spirited man
meudoiiH debt of gratitude for thus mi never falls to respond to nny call
acting, (ven lu his own Interest. Ho having In view tho advancement or
gives this city a direct competing development of Portland. Mr. Mills
transcontinental' line, ho Is spending served ns a member of the legislature
tens of millions In unbottllng this 1905, but owing to pressure of pi.
state and city, liud tho still greater J vnto business declined re-nonilnntlon,
If Indirect result Is that Harrlmnn has
111 iiihi iieeu uirccd 10 get uusy nun
build a fov railroads in Oregon him-1,,,,,
self, and as anciently all roads lead
to Rome so all Oregon railroads ill-
rectly or Indlnctly lead to Portland.
i no united railways ni-ojtrt though
not yet under way. mviiid assured, and
uiis is unoiner cniibo or Portland's
giowth. lu a fw years this city will
bo connected by bevoral electric lines
with till Willamette valley towns;
there will be two and perhaps three
roads to Tillamook, probably two to
Coos Hay. railroads through central
Oregon lu both directions, probably
two trunk Hues across the Cascades,
Ollil thrco nillmilll milled III Kill, k'mll.
elsco. Tho railroads n.-. ti.., Br..i.
.developers. If they build Instead of solldnted Railway Comany. Portland everybody knows that except for his whomlMr. llarrlman has become chief, proprlation for an .Oregon exhibit at.dld. street car and electric .lighter
inerely keeping others from building. Is spread over a very large, area of lavish expenditure of money, he would Though rather late In tho day, these the Janestown trlcentennlal exposition vlce-
'and we shall see a great amount of
ii i i.,.it.nn.r in rwnn In ti.n next
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It'll JVMIOl
Portland, however, cannot afford to
niouth of ,ll0 Columbia, which will
take the- government several years,
a. will the CHI. canal. There must
be a deeper channel between Portland
and Astoria, and as heretofore Port -
land must stand .most or a large part
I l II IHUBl Stand .most ur II IlllSU jiuib
'of the cost of that work. There must
'be a far larger eoaalwla. commerce,
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IIUJiU ori'iiii nii'itiiiuio iu mu vnvnw
Tho New Ago has lived In Portland
over 10 years and always had tin-
))omi(lol confidence In Its great future,
N ,m)ro t,mn , nny J)rcvouB year,
does the JiiBtlflcatlon of that confi
dence nppenr.
TirB FIRST NATIONAL
A financial Institution for Portland
and the State of Oregon to bo proud
)f I(J 10 j,.jrflt National Unnk that for
thH ,.0f.oni jtH founders unci chief
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lllry mntt President, and tho late' patronage at certain hours, Is as a rule
w CmUoitt Vcc I'resldent. and on 'prompt and ample, and wherever moro
Mr .'HnK'H death, Mr. Corbel t be-
cnm president in which position ho
ri,mi,,1L., till his death. These very
Jn)Io jjnIK.,,rH n, exemplary and pub-
jc H,,rnc, citizens nnd their nsslBt-
, u)( H,,ccessors, put and kept tln
IHn,,HH , not 0y wm, vury HUC.
cnnHfiil. hut dl.1 much in ludn imliii nn'F. I .Fuller.
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iiii lh;i vsuu hi iik; imiimiu nJiiifiin iOii" fi.ti f-iwiiir ! miuh; !
',,.,, f0P Mr. Falling nnd he greatly
UC(1 (,0 IMllIc .ry. ml Wlluiit
,uoro ,,n ully ten or perhnps any 100
,ncn pill tho Ii0WH ,, Cnrk fnr on
Jt8 f00t mil, nmim Its biicccss.
T10 ,eposlts of tho First National
nftIll r,lnH ,, .. ,..... iiniii01I8. it'
carries on an ImmeiiHO business, and
.i.n.. n u...... i... i.lf..,. n... 1....1.1 of PnrHnn.l'H Consolidate .
!" l nvn till trill i 1(11 f7
I-
,, H,ioeessful banks here. It Is the
,,. preeminently great Institution of'
Its kind In the Purine Northwest, rank-
, ,,0 ,nk08 n Vl,,y ,lterest lu public
affn i-h nn.1 11 why hnw ilm -..lfn.... .,
d,y. county, btato and country nt,fnrl1 '""" ,B ,)0"ml b' f"Bh "K"C
u.urt. m0Mt or "'euBo under such clrcum
Portland can point with pardonable
'pride to many things, and niuong them
ls ,i,8 K,out banking establishment,
'which Is without a peer In any city of
Portland's size lu the country.
PORTLANDS STREET
SYSTEM.
RAILWAY
Visitors fiom Eastern cities who re-
about considerably by means of street
cars almost Invariably express sur-!
tu-U.. nn.l mliiilrutlmi nt tli.
splendid
'ir.i o..r rvln. nf ti.., i.,rti.,.i p...
ground, flomo GO square miles, with a
nonulRtloti at iircscnt of ncrhapR 175,-
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oon nconle. and haB many suburbs sev-
(" - - -
eral miles distant from the business
cenlcPf yot all parts of the city and almost a disgrace and a calamity, for
all these suburbs are well served In, slate to be represecU by Bourne,
every respect. This enterprising com- an this widespread sentiment may be-
pany is constantly extending Its lines,; effective next winter In accomp-
and accommodating people In tho re- ll-.lnB his defeat.
and accommodating people In tho re-
mote portions of the city and In sev A few Democratic senators and the
era. directions, even miles beyond the'' Docr.l.o representative are
city limits thus enhancing the value of "".nted on as adherents to Statement
'suburban and country property, and N - 1. but they are but very few, and
making It possible for hundreds of
lmIh of
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'families of small Incomes to obtain
'homes of their own. It has just
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nil tn nil Pfl n lino to nnunnll Prpnt. ihn
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littrtntur ntid Annul vlnwnnlnt In ir nnnt
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gregnto In new tracks, new cars of tho
most modern and approved typo and
In other Improvements and better- V'"'B t0 tl,c senate, and If u million-
ments. In not many cities of Port-'"'"' "' scattering his money broad-
land's population can one have bo long'1 JHt can Bccure a .mere plurality, a
and flnoa ride for five cents as here
perhaps 10 miles In some cases. It Is
noticeable ttKJ that thlB company never
hns any trouble with Its employes.
From time to tlmo the wages of street
.car men have been voluntarily raised,
and tho public has never been afflicted
while on some lines not quite BUfllelent
'to nccommodnle Hie runldly Increasing
frequent service or greater accommo-
dntloiiB aro needed tho company pro-
vldes them as booh as possible. It Is
securing additional power and building
inoro cars and tho people may rest
assured that everything necessary for
their prompt and cumfortnblo transit
will bo attended to Just as fast as
money and men can do It.
It Ib a pleasure to rcllect that Mr.
n. Ooode, the piesldent, nnd Mr.
o general mnnngor, of
th
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ant concern, aro Portland men, wlllo tno election or Mr. Mulkey. Ho was
have lived hero a long time, been Iden
degree to ItB development nnd pros
perity. As president of tho (lenornl
Klectrlc Company, nnd of the Lewis
nnd Clnrk fair, Mr. Goodo has become
widely and favorably known, nnd no
.better mnn could hnvo been selected
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railway system, while for Its general
niunnger Mr. Fuller Is by training,
experience nnd nntutnl talents espec-
tally fitted. Portland should be not
only satisfied with, but proud of Its
street railway system. There Is no
occasion for public ownership of this
utility here.
NOT CERTAIN YET.
It Is yet uncertain how ninny mem
bers of tho legislature who, professed
adherencu to Statement No. 1 Inst
Spring will feel themselves bound by
It next Winter. Mr Ilourne, It Is under
stood claims that there are enough
subscribers to Statement No. 1 to elect
him, but oven If so It Is always to bo
remembered that men .may cluing
their minds In the course of six or
eight months. Agreeing to something
before tho nominations nnd election
that seems to be popular, and sticking
to that agreement when It may bo
perceved by members of the legisla
ture that they would be wronging tho
state and doing worso violence to their
conscience than by breaking the agree
ment, are very different things. How
stances each member must nnswer for
himself, but it ls not likely their con-
stltuents would blamo members of tho
legislature severely, would rather com-'tho
mend them, for voting for a better man
than tho plurality candidate, espec-
lnl,y "s t"0,r Pledge was 111 a manner
forced from them by popular clamor.
The fact Is that very few people sup-
'l'od that Mr. nournos great expendi
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tnro of moticv would mill him throueh
" lm tho nominee. It was
Incredible, supposed to be Impossible
that such a .man would receive more
votea than any other candidate, and
not lmve received the nomination at
Mi.. prlmaricB. A great proportion of
'h. people or Oregon feel that it
be In the nature of a scandal,'
would
lH"ng his defeat.
' likely to think better of their bad
-
'- Spring's bargain. So, too, may magnate ought somehow to be pro-
o of the supposedly pledged repub- hlblted from taking millions of profits
..n. Affor nil t.min- thn nnr.Hnt..'frntii nni nnrt of Mm rnnntrv mid
i ins. Arter an, under tne constltu-
the legislature must elect the
.I'M
n in only a man with a great amount
"f icy 'o risk has any chance of
f"vv ,,loro votC8 thnn' " 0,ll'' o'
,,v,rnl poorer but better candidates,
,ll(m'1 ho ,nny,,t receive ono fourth
j"f lho republican votes of the state,
'"' ",UHt bo elected. Unde'r such elr-
(Utnstances It must bo considered
doubtful iib yet whether (ill tho mom-
hem who are supposed to be obllgetl
to vote for Uounie will do so.
SKN'ATOR QKARIN'S SUCCKSSOR.
On the eighth day after the next leg
islature meets, according to the con
Hiliutlon, t lie two houses must meet
H,"",lo,1 ,llf'
'" J"lnt C0I,VU:
ntlon, having voted sep-
"'u'ly ,llu '"' before, and veto for
,,l,rt s,nt(-'8 -'tr. f ne Is to bo
elected during the session. Next win-
ter the legislature at that time will
vote for two senators, ono to fill tho
seat held now by Senator (Jonrln, who
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one for the full term of six years be
ginning March I next. For this long
term Mr Jonathan Hourno Is the pri
mary electon nominee, and for tho
short term Mr. F. W. Mulkey, Is tho
nominee. Whether opposition to Mr.
""""lo will develop or not. there Is no
ilt of or occasion for any opposition
me only caudidnto in the primaries,
and no one will oppose him. It will
bo a very short term indeed. Tho
legislature will not meet till January
14, and tho election by the Joint con
vention cannot take place till January
!i'2, so that Mr Mulkey will have only
10 days to serve ns Senator.
It might bo thought by many Hint
,B0 Bhorl a t(r,n WIIH "ot wor,h "living
I01 ol een iiccepimg, mil .Mr .MUlKey
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does not look nt the matter in ti,a conform to tho spirit of tho times nnd
light. Of course ho cannot do very ,ho bron,,er RCtlvltlc8 ' tl Pnle.
much for Oregon, nor make much of Tho chief problem perhaps will be that
a record for himself, lu that )ref "Maxatlon, particularly of franchises,
space of time, but he- will hnvo been,ft "rowing subject that the legislature
'n. United States senator, one, too,
chosen by the peoplo and tho legisla
ture and not a gubernatorial ap
pointee; ho will gain a Ilttlo exper
ience nnd knowledge, and he will havo
attained some prominence that may
bo useful to him hereafter If ho should
on somo future occasion desire a full
Instead of a short fractional term
Mr. Mulkey Is yet a comparatively
young man, Is a successful lawyer and oml' aml n lftW vnci U P8Blu'. t0
a useful, enterprising nnd popular clt.Went unjust discriminations and un.
hen. Ho has never sought office be-, rensonnblo rates. Tho annual and
fore, but since attention will havo'Krent,y Jr!ous car shortage should
been thus attracted to him, office mny,bo tno m,bJect of remedial legislation
seek him hereafter, and ho Is entirely
capable, of filling well any position
that ho would accept. Mr. Mulkey was ,,no Iruuei 01 tno nuns unu tarms
raised In Portland-, and has witnessed Promptly, failure to do which Is cans
Its growth from Infancy, being tho ,nB nM lm"en80 aggregate loss to the
worthy son of an honored- pioneer law- 8tnte New nnd competing railroads,
yer, whom nil old timers knew ,u,
respected. Tho short term senntor-to-bo
Is a man of lino personal appear
ance, agreeablo address, good educa
tion, much experienced lu business,
and In every way rellablo and worthy.
Oregon would hnvo nothing to fear
from him nor any apologies to make.100-000- or considerable sum to bo
for him If he wero to bo a member of
senate for six years Instead of 40
days.
PEOPLE AND RAILROADS.
The Journal, following up the Ore-
gonlan, Is showing how Oregon during
many years has been "milked" by
Harrlmnn et al In order to build up
tho Union Pacific and to help carry on
tho speculation schemes of tho wan
"street" railroad Block gamblers, of
exposures mny yet serve some pur-
. . I
pose, In prompting the next legislature j
i.w. rilrulnted to give
to pass some
the people protection and relief. Just
what can "constitutionally" be done In
.this behalf
needs thorough study and careful con-
.(deration; but though Oregon nor the
United States does not want to own
In
United States does not want too
tho Harrlmnn rai.roa.is ,,,,. ...
ought to be done to show that he does
not own the country or even Oregon,
Not only should rates be regulated
and made reasonable, out n rmiroiiu
rrom ono parr, or me coining mm
applying them elsewhere, or UBlng
to compel, under Wirt penalty of
the forfeiture of Its charter, a monop-
ollstlc trunk railroad to build other
railroads within Its claimed territory
when urgently needed, ns hiiB been
.thc cnsc ,n Oregon for many years, or
at least not oppose the building of
- them by others. Or, If that Is not
'possible, tho law can at least tax a
"milking" and dog-ln-the-manger rail-
road to such nn extent ns partly to
set even. Oregon has patiently sur-
fered and been held back under the
llnrrlnuin regime for ninny years,, and
It is tlmo now that the state should
have as little to Bay about the rail
roads within Kb borders,
Wo do not believe that tho scarcely
less than crazy scheme of Mr. Ilrynu I
dual ownership of railroads by na
tion and state Is the proper solution
of tho dlfllculty or Is at all practicable;
but the federal government and state
government can and must exercise
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run power or control over tno nuironus
m '"o interest, or mo people ami not
iIb heretofore of Wall street multl-
iillll"iiiiltk untk Mittitr ti tn 111 it ru T An
- r, .
Itlu ftt nn tn till 1wttirmnH it tmntitfl '
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must be- careful not omy of the men
they elect to congress and put In high
' '
executive positions, but also of tho
Jilf?.'s they put on tho bench There
needs to bo nnd In some quarters la
beginning to be, a new lino of decl-
hIoiib In tills country In favor of the
inainun in tne cases ot tne pcop.o
TUB NEXT LEG I SLAT URIC.
There Is no urgent need of many
new laws to be passed by tho leglsla
tin o next winter, but It will bo moro
Important oven than usual that some
new laws under contemplation should
bo very carefully considered. Oregon
Is entering upon a "new era," as wo
aro often told and legislation Bhould1101 bo 'or moro than a nilnuto It would
must consider. It ought not to bo
many years beforo all the stalo rev-t
enues aro collected by taxation of
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corporations, miu iiiiieniuuces uiiu per
haps an Incomo tnx will follow, reliev
ing the peoplo of direct taxation en
tirely for tho purposo of running tho
stato government.
Then tho relation of tho rallronds to
th l'e01,1 nu,8t bo cnrrully consld-
,nna lr ore bo nny way to-do so, tho
railroads should bo compelled to move
however, should not be burdened moro
than Is necessary, for they nro the
state's great developers, and are to
bo welcomed and encouraged. So to
legislate wisely and Justly will require
much caro and wisdom.
Tho proposition to .appropriate
m ,n advertising Oregon If the dis
bursement of tho fund can bo sufll-
clently safeguarded, is one worthy of
favorable consideration. Tho appro
priations for tho Columbia exposition,
tho Louisiana Purchase exposition and
the Lewis and Clark exposition seem
to havo been well used, and In each
case a portion was returned to tne
treasury unexpended. If an Oregon
advertising fund can b as well man-
ageu, it ougni .0 ue u goo., ,..
ment. as will also a reasonnme ap-
next year.
n ..n!dra nrn to lui elected: BB
to one there Is no doubt, ami If tho
others hopes are realized early In tho
session tne legislature win. uu utu u
session tne cfe
""."h t wl. b
.measures w.nt
c
or the waste bask
eally few Important
be Introduced. Tho
bills are good only
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s dered outs Neither I it .
t.on of the houses ' b
iu:iii.-". " ...oa.
lM..n r.f Hfnalflntif-
occurs over the selection o re Id nt
of the senate and speaker o the hose,
but uiiIeBB there Is a well cleflncil nna
.
wide difference In policy or tnethodB
MR. LADD VINDICATED.
After a prolonged and exhaustlviv
trial, the county court has decided
that there Ib no cause for removing
M yy
M. auU ns administrator of
the Johnson estate, and that all the
charges brought ugaliiBt hi in wero
without foundation. The shrinkage of
the estate wuh due to tho panic of
1893 and the suhsciiuuit hard times,
when, bb everybody who was hero
e(,(nlt. coul(, ot ,m
sold at any prlco and other kinds of
property greatly depreciated In value.
For this Mr. Ladd was not respon
sible, Admitting that ho might liuvo
made somo errors of Judgment, tho
court finds that ho was guilty of no
flduclniy misfeasance, and In no way
had acted wrongfully or profited Ille
gitimately In his management of tho
estate. Ii'o did not seek or desire tho
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tn,Hl( ,, lntor ,ocnmo n.lmlnlBtraCor.
am! ho did tho best lie could with (Im
properly In hand. Mr. Ladd's many
friends were confident that such would
I bo the outcome of tho trial, for It waa
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unreasonable to believe that a man of
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.his standing nnd chnracter In this com
munity would do or sanction anythlng
crooked or savoring of fraud lu such
a matter, or In nny other. The hard
times of ten years ago or moro
wrecked many estates ami firms anil
Individuals, and to that terrible slumit
nnd not to Mr. Ladd tho Johnson heirs,
must nttrlbuto their 111 fortuuo
(live us another detective Uko Pntriik
Maher and the citizens of Portland can
(loop toiindly at nights with safety.
District Attorney Manning has u good
detective.
If the Democratic pnrty should ever
get together In harmony ngaln It would
immediately uy an io pieces again.
Up to tho tlmo of going to press,
there were no signs of that long-rum-ored
removal of tho S P tracks nnd
trains from Fourth street.
Tho colored peoplo of Portland arc
on an equality with tho white citizens
' uel"B nroud of tho city and desirous-
ol llH Kiowui.
Hon. T. T. Geer has reformed at
least has becomo an editor, though ho
has not yet sworn to keop out of
politics,
Senator Tillman Is keeping very
quiet and It Is supposed a prong or
two of his pitchfork hnvo been broken.
Tho volumo of evidence? did not cor
respond very well to Attorney Fen
ton's thundering In the Index.
A colored man was burned to death
down In Louisiana this week, and not
by a mob. That's curious.
A majority of tho council are acting
Just as If they didn't want to hold
office again In this town.
Bryan will gain no colored votes by
hobnobbing with that arch-negro-pho-blst
Governor Vardeman.
Now perhaps Mr. Gompers realizes
that ho ls not ns powerful a personage
as he thought he was,
It Is rumored that Representative
Ellis has nn idea but tht report ls not
generally credited.
Tho stato fair was In luck as to
weather after all, and is a bigger suc
cess than ever.
Industry, thrift nnd good behavior
will win for colored people ns for
others.
Tne owf car proposition was tho
only ono that seems to stump Mr.
.
Portiand will develop much down
ilnnton way, thanks chiefly to Lafe
-
Portland should appreciate Its splen.
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