CARED ONLY TO LOOT
THE MOBNiyG OBEGONIAff, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900.
Average Chinese Took Little
Interest in War.
VIEWS OP A RETURNED SKIPPER
He Ha Hot a High Opinion of Bs
sin's Boasted Military nd
XbtkI Strengrtn.
Captalh M. E. Pennell, "who has been
In command of coasting steamers In Chi
nese waters lor the past seven years, Is
In Portland, on his return to his home at
London, England. Steamboatlng in hos
tile waters and with hostile crews of
sailors and deckhands has become rather
distasteful to him, and he will now sus
pend operations over there until matters
have quieted down.
"When seen at the St. Charles yester
day. Captain Pennell said the present
troubles have been brewing in China for
the past three years, and that the war
in the Transvaal has had a good deal
to do with hurrying matters to a crisis.
The Chinese became impressed with the
idea that John Bull had his hands full
In South Africa, and so they thought
the present a good time to strike, as Brit
ish troops could not be spared. They did
not dream that the whole world would
combine against them, and this, here
after, would be their excuse for defeat.
"The average Chinese," the Captain
said, "took no particular Interest In the
war further than the chance for loot re
sulting from the strife. They were simply
watching events, and if the tide of victory
had turned their way a general uprising
would have resulted. The Mongolians,
from Mandarin to coolie, hate the white
race, and make no attempt to conceal
their feelings. As domestic servants, they
are impudent and independent, and as
sailors or deckhands they need a great
deal of driving to get them out of their
naturally slow swing. Freight on vessels
is usually taken charge of by the com
pradors, who give bonds for safe-keeping
of the goods, and these compradors have
large numbers of petty clerks and freight
handlers under them. The shipper or
consignee who offends any of this host Is
subject to all sorts of little annoyances,
for which there Is no redress."
The captain thinks the only solution
of the Chinese problem lies In subdivision
of the empire. If the country were di
vided between civilized powers the con
dition of the horde of Chinese would
soon show improvement, and foreigners
could safely travel In the Interior, he
said. Conditions in the extreme north
witl not change much, even though Rus
sia takes charge of the custom-houses
and fortifications In Mongolia and Man
churia. Busslan influence has long been
predominant in those regions, and the
mere formal transfer of authority to the
Czar will hardly be felt. Russia's ob
ject seems to be to et hold of the port
of Che Foo, which has the only harbor
on the northern coast that does not froeze
up in "Winter. Russia could be easily dis
lodged from the coast, however, by the
forces of America. England ana Japan,
even should Germany and Austria decide
to assist the Czar.
From his observation of the Russian
forces at Port Arthur and other points.
Captain Pennell does not think Russia Is
the country of boundless resources it is
supposed to be. The troops, even the
crack regiments of Cossacks, are ragged,
dirty. Ill-fed and badly disciplined. With
the vast navies and carrying capacity of
the combined opposition, troops could be
landed in every port on the Chinese
Coast before the Czar could utilise his Si
berian railway, which Is by no means
the magnificent imperial appurtenance
popularly considered. It will take a long
time to bring the road to a state of ner-
fcctlon necessary for the rapid transpor
tation of soldiers, armaments and sup
plies. "Nor is the Russian treasury by any
means a prodlgous aggregation of gojd
and silver." said the skipper. "The Czar
would have to borrow money to carry on
an expensive war, and where would be
go to get it If he were to fall out with
England and America? The Siberian irold
mines from which his government Is sup
posed to be digging gold are worked al
together by convict labor, and I doubt
about them being so exceedingly rich.
If matters should reach a climax between
the Czar and a combined opposition, I
think he would hesitate to go to war,
even though he be ever so anxious for
an outlet into the temperate waters of
the Pacific Ocean."
GIVES MONEY AND STOCKS.
Colonel William M. Rid path Settles
Property on His "Wife.
The terms of the agreement between
William M. Rldpath and his wife. Sarah
J. Rldpath. relative to the division of
their community property Interests, have
been made public by the filing of a copy
of the Indentures for record with the
Auditor of Spokane County. The agree
men was entered into between Mr. Rld
path and his wife about one year ago,
the date of the Instrument filed for rec
ord being August 25. 1899. and Is "a set
tlement of mutual property rights regard
less of domestic difficulties which hv
arisen or which may arise in future."
By the settlement, Mr. Rldpath has as
signed to his wife 55000 In cash, the north
SO feet of the west one-half of lot 2, block
8. Railroad addition, and tho following
mining stocks, notes and mortgages:
100.003 shares of Sullivan mining stock.
1S.O0O shares of Mountain Lion. 20,000 Res
ervation Mining & Milling stock. 10,000
shares Crystal Mining Company stock and
notes and mortgages to tne value of
$16,860.
"It is understood that the agreement
Bhall stand and abide forever, whether
iho parties continue to live together as
husband and wife, or shall separate and
live apart without divorce, or whether di
vorce shall be had In Washington or any
other state or country. The agreement
shall bar Mrs. Rldpath of all claims to
counsel fees, alimony, suit monev or
other claim or provision for her support
in any divorce or other proceedings touch
ing their domestic relations, whether
brought by wife or husband. It is also
agreed that each shall have no claim on
property acquired by the other subse
quent to the agreement."
The witnesses to the document are Sen
ator George Turner and T. E. Jefferson.
tho .secretary, endeavored to prevent
their confiscation and was hit on the head
for his pains, after which the deputy left
the hall.
The matter has caused considerable in
citement, as the loss to the union is a
serious one, some of the entries being or
a very compromising character.
H'KINLEY CONVERTS TOBRYAN
Cariosities of the Democratic Cam
paign List.
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 15. (Special to
The New York Evening Post.) Consider
able surprise has been expressed here over
the recent issuance by the Democratic
Congressional Committee of a list of con
verts to Bryan and his cause. The sur
prise is not that such a list should be
made public, but rather that the Demo
cratic managers should think that the
names it bears, taken as a whole, carry j
any great weignt with the general public.
The bulletin, as'idven out to th nrp
recites that: "The list of such defections
(from McKlnley) Is so large that only a
small percentage of the influential men
who are leading the revolt against abso
lutism can be given." It then proceeds
to give the greatest amount of space as
signed to any one convert, after this glow
ing Introduction, to Magnus A. Hess, of
Chicago. It announces that he was "the
original McKlnley man who organized the
first McKlnley club in the United States,
by whose personal efforts 1500 votes were
oast for the Canton statesman." The bul
letin follows with an extract from one
of Hess's letters. In which he tells what
he is doing this year to brimr about a
victory for the "people's choice." Of the
sincerity of Mr. Hess's conversion to
Bryan, there can be no doubt, but there
is reason to fear that ho may prove an
expensive acquisition, if Bryan -should
ever be .in a position to settle accounts
with his followers; for this Mr. Hess has
the same name as the Mr. Hess who for
warded to President McKlnley a while
ago an Itemized bill for campaign -services
rendered, Including such Items as these:
Wagonload of envelopes, with
Major McKlnleys .face printed
on them uti 66
Wet and dry goods to keep the
boys in line for SIcK .-11313
In submitting this bill," Mr. Hess append
ed a note: "Please be so kind k tn nn
check for above amount" It Is under
stood that 'the bill .was only submitted
after Mr. Hess's efforts to secure an office
had failed hopelessly. Mr. Hess certainly
went through all the forms of ortranizlnir
a great club, in the conduct of which he
claimed to have spent more than JGOOO.
Tho fact that other people" knew less
about It than he did, and were less cer
tain than he as to Its real oolMrni vnin
should be regarded as a tribute to his
modest reticence. He has now become the
Abon ben Adhem of the Bryan-converts.
In the event of Bryan's election, his claim
for a first-class office, as well as for a set
tlement of a bill of expenses, could hardly
be assailed. In view of the prominence
which the campaign committee has given
him.
The other names on the list are. as a
rule, less prominent than that of rn.ni
A: Hess. Wherever they are known at all
their -appearance In it can be explained
without a great display of cynicism. Mr.
Burnett, said to have been formerly a
District Judge in Kansas; and a lifelong
wjpuuucan, is so eager to see "Imperial
Ism crushed out." that he appropriately
announced his Intention to vote for John
W. Breldenthal for Governor of Kansas
this Fall. He will also vote for Bryan.
Mr. Patrick O'Farrell Is described as "an
eminent Washington lawyer, who stumped
the country for McKlnlev in lKSfi nnd
contributed so largely to the success of
the Republican ticket" Without reflect
ing in the least upon the present devotion
of Mr. O'Farrell to the principles of liber
ty, it may bo mentioned Incidentally that
long before the rise of the imperialist is
sue, he had become lukeworm toward tho
present Administration, because of Com
missioner Evan's retention In the Pen
sion Office. Mr. O'Farrell Is a pension at
torney, and between him and the Evans
Administration a natural conflict of Inter
ests arose.
Of course, the list contains the name of
Webster Davis, formerly an A. P. A. May
or of Kansas- City, and a stump-speaker
of considerable note. Other names are
those of Paul G. Schuh, of Cairo, III.,
who Is in the drig business in that city)
and Is said to have been a private In the
Ninth Illinois Infantry: M. C. C. Church
of Parkersburg. W. Va.. said to be one of
the founders of the Republican party
..i,ii rinerl ana .Patrick Egan,
Blaine Irishmen" of 18S4; L. W. Haber-
com, lormeny a correspondent at Wash
ington for a Milwaukee German news
paper, whose campaign services were "re
cognized" with an office by President Har
rison, but not by President McKlnley; and
so on. The list like the rhetoric of some
of the speakers, named In It would be
strengthened by a judicious reduction In
its length.
RAISED THE RANSOM FUND
MORE THAK BOO PESOS FOR. YOUSG
TEJiTILMrs RELEASE,
In Case the Tohbs Hero Cab Not
Be Fenad, Money Will Go to
His Mother.
Captain Pease ".. n
C. A. Coolldge .... 50
H. N. Scott : 25
Mrs. F. C. Young .". ;.... 30
H. B. Compson . 50
L. Protzman " 25
C. W". Sherman 50
F. E. Pyne .............'".......... , 25
Illesrible isienatiir ...
f p-jb. ogden .'.:..":.::::::::::: so
J. w. McLeon
-a- XL.
u111 ,three days Leutenant A. N. Wood of
the local hydrographlc office, has raised
" ransom tuna ior Arthur Venvllle
When receipts were hastily counted yes
terday after a long day for the naval
officer It was found that $250 had been
received, altogether. Friday was the
dca: he, worked, and he raised nearly
$100. Saturday was only a half day be
cause of early closing among wholesale
ort J,, Tlstrda.y mre than the sum
originally asked was made, and there will
be some receipts yet Lieutenant Wood
win not canvass any more, but of course
"",SB o nave contributed already and
DAIRYING HERE AT HOME
EASTERN MULTNOMAH "WAKING UP
TO ITS INTERESTS.
Cash in small contributions""!! 24 50
REDECKING STEEL BRIDGE.
County Commissioners Will Receive
Bids Widening: Havrthorne Ave.
The Board of County Commissioners
yesterday decided to have the upper road
way of the steel bridge and the west ap
proach to the same redecked. They wjll
advertise for bids for this work, to be re
ceived before and ODeried Frldav. Auirust
31, at 2 P. M. The work is to be begun
September 15, and completed October 15.
The board has been notified that a sec
tion of the bridge on the' Vancouver road,
some 150 feet long, has settled 10 inches.
The bridge is perfectly safe, as the part
arenot yet heard from. ffllT VZ.JF?Z??
credited. it'trno yn-! . x.7 ?J " suuiiu, auu iraveris noi mrerrupteo.
InttO. R.&Noffl?e about ? Tht sectLon wWch has settled ls an ld
- omce about 8 ha been part of the bridge which was not carried
Cheese Factories Wnlch. Succeeded
From the First Day Quality of
Kine Improved.
There is rapid and substantial develop,
ment of the dairy interest eastward in
Multnomah County and part of Clacka
mas County. Along this line great
progress has been made within the past
three years. The start In that direction
Is traceable to the farmers' institutes
held at Gresham by the professors of
the Agricultural College. Two Insti
tutes have been held at that point which
ls tho heart of the famous Powell Valley.
One was .held three years ago, and the
second one was held Hast December,
more interest being manifested in the
last than in the former. At the first
one of the speakers said to the farmers
assembled:
"You have the finest dairy country In
VIEW IN THE MYERS' CANNERY AT SEATTLE-12,800 SOCKEYE SALMON.
raised or pledged and would be turned In
today. There will be a few subscriptions
through the mall yet. From present In
dications the total will not be far from
$300 when the Lieutenant secures a draft
In favor of General McArthur. It will
be so much better if 600 pesos are offered,
than 500.
Lieutenant Wood was tired when he
nnisnea work yesterday. He has left his
away by the flood of 1894. and the block
ing under the bents has become decayed.
The necessary repairs' will be made as
soon as possible.
The 'board has been out and looked over
the situation on Hawthorne avenue where
that street is being widened, and has or
dered work to be resumed.' The grade at
the summit of the hill will not be low-
office work that he might complete the 1 ???,' ,as. " ls found t0 be" the erode es
AT THE SOLDIERS' HOME.
Should
TOOK UNION'S BOOKS.
Idaho Officer Broke Into Hall and
Confiscated the Records.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Thursday night State Deputy s.itnni
Flndlay interrupted a meeting of the Gem
Miners' Union and captured Its records.
At the time of the issuance of the proc
lamation declaring martial law, and as
part of the machinery of its enforcement,
meetings of The local unions were for
bidden, and the deputies were Instructed
to prevent them. In spite of those orders,
It has been an open secret for some time
that meetings were being held with more
or less regularity, although the officers
never Knew or the time of a meetrag
in time to prevent it
Thursday night's meeting was well
along when Flndl&y knocked on the rear
door of the union hall, and It was opened
a few inches. The officer is a powerful
man. six feet two inches tall and weigh
ing 24 pounds, and. throwing his weight
JUTEinst th -door, it opraed -crlfle. traierw
wWe ktmt Members of the union pres
ent who, in response to his ouestion
to what they were doing, replied that It
Those Deslrins: Admission
File Applications.
Commandant W. J. Shipley, of the Ore
gon Soldiers' Home at Roseburg, Is In
the city en business for a few "days. He
says everything ls prosperous about the
Home, there being 91 Inmates enrolled,
which ls all the place can accommodate.
People desirous of obtalnlntr admlKslnn tn
tho Home should file their applications at
once, so as to be able to take advantage
of the first vacancy which occurs. Va
cancies are frequently occurring, and the
man at the head of the list of applicants
gets the first chance. No partiality ls
shownflrst come, first served.
There is a fine garden at the Home
this year, producing everything In the
line of vegetables required. About 15
acres are under cultivation, and enough
potatoes will be raised to last through
the year. Some four or five acres of
orchard supply fruit during the season,
but not enough yet for a Winter's supplv.
ane neaun 01 tne inmates ls good.
There are about a score of cases In the
hospital blind, paralyzed, etc but only
one acute case of tuberculosis.
Harvesting ls about through In Doug
las County. Grain has been light but
the fruit crop ls good. The peach crop Is
fine. Apples are plentiful, and prunes a
fairly good crop.
.
SWINDLERS ARRESTED.
fund quickly. Sorrowing Mrs. Mash the
boy's mother, bears for him everlasting
gratitude, and the public ls not less ap
preciative .or tne good work done by him,
practically a stranger In Portland, for
one of Oregon's most deserving sons sent
to war. Lieutenant Wood took up the
work for the Navy, as young Venvllle
proved an estimable member who should
command the efforts of his fellow men
when In need.
To each of the subscribers Lieutenant
Wood put the question what they desired
done with the money In case it devel
oped, after trial, that It could not ransom
tne brave sailor lad. In nearly every In
stance the reply was to give It to the
motner and sisters for whom the boy
was working so faithfully. This will be
done If It cannot be used as a ransom for
the boy's benefit Not one subscriber will
ever object to such an application of It
For a time Lieutenant Wood thought
he would cable the fund to General Mac
Arthur. If the boy was still alive, tha
quicker the Inducement for his release
was made available the better. But cable
rates are high. If the money was cabled,
an explanatory message would have to
accompany. For each word In a message
uiuaurom jrortiand to Manila there Is
a charge of $2 is, address Included. A
message would cost a considerable sum.
Young Venvllle has been held a'long time.
If yet alive, and perhaps a month would
not add materially to his troubles. Lieu
tenant Wood will likely buy Hong Kong
exchange and send it with a long letter,
to the commander of the Eighth Army
Corps. This he desires to do as soon as
possible, and If there are anv nthorc u
desire to contribute, they should report'
tu jinn immeuiateiy.
A list of subscribers yesterday and the
amounts contributed Is as follows:
N. WJ'Mathiesen and family $10 03
Mrs. Sarah M. Kearney...... 5 CO
Guy G. Willis loo
W. P. Day ?50
U. Sebree S m
H. W. Goode ....; 5-m
E: C. White. Astoria 7 S
rr tii v ---,...... j, VJ
tablished by the city. There has been no
ena to the fuss and trouble connected
with getting this street widened at this
point, and lawsuits have been begun and
compromised in connection with the mat
ter as far back as 11 years ago. A suit
was settled several years ago by the
commissioners In office, then agreeing to
furnish a man with several thonsnnd
yards of earth, and this earth was toM
De taken from the cut to be made 'in
accordance with the proDosed chanen of
.grade. Now, as the grade is not to" be
lowered, this man will receive the earth
excavated in widening the avenue, and
enough to make up the deficit will be
taken from Thirtieth street, which is still
a county road. ThlB will be satisfactory
to ail concerned, an.d the avenue will be
widened and everybody Interested will be
happy.
Paris Adppt.i Wood Pavements.
Washington Star.
The wood pavement nas come to stay
In Paris. This news may seem to be no
news, so much has the Parisian wood
Bryan the Filipino Hope.
100
Bvrnn 7. Hnlmsa
N. J. Levlnson ....""""""""""""" 1 CO
" . iuiupueii
Guy B. Barker
C. Mlleni ;
J. D. Peters ...
E. W.. Moore
I 00
1 00
100
100
ICO
Ian Lewis ." 1 on f
1 CO : I
Xerrspnper Fakers Wanted In Walla
Walla and Fresno.
$20,000 for Flylnir Machines.
The American mmTnint i ...
?to ,htt P"n0e experimenting
with flying machines to ascertain their
practic&billtv for nK-in fh imv tw
is a larjre sum to n.u fnr rn ...vruii .-.....
an1 J ,u 5" compare wltti mat
spent uselessly by those who experiment
With Various ch-cnl!1 rKnr.. ......
Take Hostetter's Rfnm?Vi m ... .,.
was none of his business! He then took ' 2??id erPCRE1e ad uncertainty. it is
possession of the records, and A. S. Balch, 1T o&t
Detectives "Ford and Cordaho lodged two
alleged swindlers In the city prison last
night who" had been arrested in Astoria.
One was C. F. Johnson, wanted In Walla
Walla for forgery connected with a news
paper, and the other goes by the name
of L. L. Whltely. alias Myers, alias
Winston. The latter Is wanted In Fresno,
Cal.. on a similar charge. The men are
newspaper fakers thoso who ro from
town to town getting un boom edition C. H. Gruber
for the weeklies. for a certain percentage - Munks ..
of the profits. When arrested th- vm fv Clark ..
engaged In the same business on behalf of
the Astoria News, whose proprietor ex
pressed himself as glad that the scheme
was nipped in the bud.
They gave themselves up willingly, but
whether they will go out of Oregon with
out requisition papers has not yet been
determined. Whltely admits that he ls
thte man wanted, but Johnson has little
to say. The authorities in Walla Walla
and Fresno have been telegraphed, and
u'" wni dc nere in a few days -to
take the prisoners where they are wanted.
J. P. O'Brien
J. B. Livingston "" -i nn
MacMaster & Blrrell ""'.'. 1 q)
i. .!... UU J7 1011...................... . 100
Columbia Telephone Company.." '"' 1 co
Dell Stuart ; j $
w. p. smith -::: i
The Astoria Company i on
H. R. Littlefield fm
E. P. Geary .; " ton
John Cran 1'7" XX
Gustav Anderson ."
J. B. Crowley 2"
W. E. Plunkett -. ?c
R. G. Morrow ........ -a
C. W. Zeller f.
U. K. Hall V"
J. A. Houck j
H. A. Watklns '.
C. T. Schobr
L. Falk
Jones Lumber Company
T S." McDanlei."."."'."
100
50
50
0
50
J5
A. M. Oakes ..
L. W. Williams 5
M: L. Rellley 5?
W. K. Smith "
P. Hughes I"" 5s
J. M. Williams '
W. R. Bernard S
G.Rosenblatt 2?
e. a. KiiDnei ::: s
TT -XT-.i. W
50
I have the great pleasure of informing
your excellencies that you may in your
town cause to be publicly known that I
data, according to the foreign newspa- 1
pers, very strongly favorable to the in-
dependence of our fatherland exist In
the "fact that the party of the North f
American people -which calls Itself tho
Democratic party, preserving unimpaired
its ancient tirlnrlnl gm T"iiminnoi in
stitutions by which It obtained in the I
past century the independence of its own
country, emancipating it from England,
sustains and defends today with ardor
the declaration of Independence of the"
Philippines, and that the Massachusetts
periodical having the widest circulation
among the agriculturists of the country, t
known under the head of the Farm and
.Home, having interested Its -subscribers f
in the subject, asked that they manifest f
tnemselves In favor of the independence
of the Philippines or their annexation,
with the following result: (We omit the
figures.)
May Providence decree in the elections
for President of the United States the
Democratic party, which defends us,
shall triumph, and not the Republican
party, which is headed by Mr. McKln
ley, and which attacks us.
The great Democrat, Dr. Bryan, one
of the most eminent men of the, TTnito
States, Is assured that he will be the t
future President, and then our happy I
Thero have also been rplAhi-ato t
New York and Chlcaco great meetings f
u uanqueis in honor of our dearly be
loved President Sr. Agulnaldb. who was
entitled one of the world's true heroes.
The masses who have thus voted in our
favor have done tm same with reference
to Cuba, asking her independence, for
which she is already todav stnic-s-llnn-
Finally, the conduct of the Filipino "
uiiiicniiuuisus condemns itself they
have chanced their Hag as they change "
-.-... huW, auu ure liiiiniHipn qn t f
the momentary luster of stolen gold; but ', !
f by their vile conduct aided hv rh.ip I
thieving country, they are onlv ralslmr
tneir own scaffold. Proclamation signed
uj uummgo aamson, Gunabatan.
H. H. Hovt
uuu uaiman ;. gn
J. M. Johnson rn
A.5. Brown- m
C Cummlng ......, w
J. A. Rbckwood ..'.'.'.'.'.'. 23
S. K. Bergman : " ""
H. G. Jenkins "."."""".""""" jjn
A, H. Hartung -50
H. A. Heopner ..- en
George M. Frazer ."" 50
A. P. Hays Companv " 51
S tVllsoti ....' 1 """" 50
V. J. O'Connor .. "-""" &
C F. Howland " 2
M. H. Battler Is
Ci. S. Shenherd -' S
William Dnt " - 50
j'utuie .oueiie - I
D. D. McClure .." 50
"""f 11 imnm
pavement been described, admired and
and classified as an accomplished fact by
tourists spending their time in the smart,
wood-paved sections of the city. The clas
sical "Parisan" street remains neverthe
less the stone-paved street with six times
the surface of the new wood-paving still
and 20 times the surface of the asphalt
that after a brief popularity, has been
condemned as too soft under the Summer
sun and too slippery under the Winter
frost
In 1950. A Ciubblst Come on. fellows, let's
get out of here, quick. Here oomes old Geez-'
-r- ine itest or 'Em ITint nf ( "n-'ii I
be sure "to tell some of his tiresome old stories made.
the State of Oregon. Tou can grow finer
clover here than anywhere I know. I
would earnestly advise you to engage in
-the dairy business. Get a higher class
of cows and improve their breed in every
way. Grow clover and construct silos,
so you will have green feed the year
round. Mark my word, you will have
Unbounded success."
vThls advice was given three years ago,
and made an Impression upon the farm
ers In that district. They were slow to
move, but a year ago they got down to
work and organized the co-operative
cneese factory.
Co-operative Cheese Factory.
The old building that stood on Johnson
Creek, erected about six years ago for a
cannery, and abandoned because there
was not enough cash to carry on the en
terprise, was purchased by a combina
tion of the most enterprising and public
spirited farmers and business men, and
Mr. Lewis, an experienced man, was en
gaged to set up machinery for a cheese
factory. It did not take long to demon
strate that the enterprise would be a
success. It was a success from the start
A high-grade of product was established
at the opening, and has been maintained
all through. The factory cannot meet
the demand for It although It has In
creased Its output and Improved Its ma
chinery! The effect on the Gresham
district is very perceptible. Over $1000 a
month In cash ls distributed to those de
livering milk to the factory. If one will
take the trouble to wheel through that
district at an earjy hour In the morning
he will see something of the results of
'this factory. He will see vehicles roll
ing along-the various roads leading Into
Gresham, with their shining milk cans
for delivery of butter fat. At many
door steps he will see these big cans
standing ready for the vehicles that go
along the roads and gather them up.
Place yourself at the steps of the fac
tory, and you will see the delivery of the
milk. Toung women, farmers' daugh
ters, with the glow of health on their
cheeks, drive up and with a business air
deliver their cans of milk to Manager
Lewis, receive their recepts therefor, and
then drive away and make room for an
other, mayhap a farmer's stalwart son,
who lifts his hat to the handsome milk
maid as sb.e drives away with a smile.
So It goes for about' three hours every
morning. .Manager iewis measures the
butter fat and fills the big vats. Inside
the factory there are rows and rows of
golden cheese, some ripe and others
green. The shares of stock In this fac
tory are not for sale at any reasonable
price. It will expand. Fine cows have
been gathered In the district and one
sees a much better grade of kino now
than a few years ago, when scrubs were
the rule.
Free Mnil Delivery.
No wonder this district is prosperous,
and no wonder the postal authorities
have selected the district In which to
establish free mall delivery in the near
future. The matter of free delivery has
beerf under discussion for some time. Mrs.
McColl, the postmistress, has been look
ing for the arrival of Postal Inspector
Ormsby, at any time, who will go over
the district and ascertain just what is
required. It is known that the Gresham
district, those who get their mall at
that postoffice, number enough and more
than enough to get the free delivery, and
the Inspection is regarded as mere form.
and for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the Installation of the system.
It Is expected that about three carriers
will be required to cover the territory.
They will have to know the roads where
the people live, so they can jump right
in and carry the mail. But there are
young men In the district who can do
that all right It is expected, that within
three months at the farthest free deliv
ery will be installed at Gresham.
In the Falrvievr District.
A progressive movement Is making In
the Fairview district where J. Thomas
established a cheese factory some time
ago. He has sold out his interests to a
practical cheese and creamery man, S. J
Carlson, who has taken hold with vigor!
He has interested the. farmers for miles
In every direction, and the result prom
ises to be a great industry. The fac
tory buildings secured from Mr. Thomas
are too small, and the location Is not
suitable for the proposed enlargement
or tne uusiness; Hence, before Ions ground
for another and larger building will be
secured and suitable quarters, erected, so
that both cheese and bnttw mav .
Before this enlargement could
poses. It is desired to secure- a. place
centrally located, so that tarmers may
deliver the milk by covering the least
distance, within a radius of three miles
east and west of tho Sandy. The pat
rons are well pleased with the prospects
of this- establishment The output of the
factory will all be taken to Portland,
and top prices have been guaranteed.
Those backing the enterpriser seem abun
dantly able to carry It out Beginning
with 2000 pounds of milk as a starter, it
Is hoped sopn to take 10,000 pounds, part
to be used In the manufacture of cheese
and part for butter, the latter by the sep
arator process. Tho customers deliver
ing milk will be paid according to th
mlllt test for butter fat, the same as at
Gresham. In order to get an under
standing with the milk dealers of the
aistrict. there will be a meeting of those
interested at Fairview, the latter part ot
the month, when there will be a full dis
cussion bf everything pertaining to this
enterprise.
At Pleasant Home.
At Pleasant Home. 20 miles from Port
land, there ls a small creamery, which
was started by S. W. Kern last Spring,
on his own capital and experience. So
far it has proved a great success. Some
of the people out there were skeptical,
and thought It would not prove a suc
cess. It was difficult to get promises of
milk delivery, but Mr. Kern persisted,
and started up In a small structure he
erected near a spring. He now takes 1500
pounds of milk daily, and states that he
will enlarge in the near future, and
double the demand for milk. Those who
were doubtful are now convinced. They
are getting more cows and raising the
standard of a better breed. It is no use
to offer a scrub cow to the farmers of
this district or, for that matter, in any
of these districts. They will not buy
any such. They want the best, or none
at all. This district ls partly In Clack
amas and partly in Multnomah, and the
possibilities of development and expan
sion are great indeed. The soil Is pro
ductive. It produces fine clover hay,
and also a very high-class growth of field
corn. At Pleasant Home today may be
seen a small yard of corn that ls as line
as can be found In the country. All
around there are patches of corn of the
same kind, showing what may be done
aiong tnis line. At Gresham also fine
corn ls grown. So the farmers may
grow corn for their cows as well as
clover, which they can store away In
silos, when they have them built, and
inus nave green feed the year around.
The Pleasant Homo district Is very pros
perous. New house have sprung up all
along the roads. Great barns have been
put up, and the whole district Is "on the
uplift" Built a Silo.
Jt was stated some tlmo ago that the
only silo In the county was that on W.
W. Cotton's place, on the Powell road,
near Gresham, which was built last year.
There ls another on the farm of John S.
Simmons, which Is near Pleasant Home
Mr. Simmons built It in the early Spring.
The only difference between this one and
that on Mr. Cotton's farm Is that the lat
ter Is built round and Inclosed with steel
hoops, while that built b- Mr simmer,
I is square. He said he put It ud In that
form for the reason that It was difficult
to obtain the necessary hoops, whereas.
If built square, the hoops are nov n.
quired. Also the expense is very much
less, and Mr. Simmons thinks the square
is Just as good as the round. He has
his filled with clover to the amount of
about 60 tons. There ls much Interest
taken in the question of construction of
silos, especially In the neighborhood of
Gresham and Pleasant Home, and a num
ber of farmers who have stock will con
struct them In the near future. The
great and growing dairy 'interests in that
part of the county are causing farmers
to adopt up-to-date methods In feeding
their stock. The cost of a silo in r,n
great, when compared to the advantages
of having green feed for dairy cows
during the dry and Winter season. Mr.
Simmons says that he knows of several
farmers who will build silos In the near
future.
TRYING FOR RIGHT OF W
ST. JOHNS PEOPLE STIU, WOl
TO SECURE A SWITCH.
Some Property-Own era Refuse
Allow the Track to Go Thfoujcli
Their Land.
The efforts that have been made fl
aorae qme to secure the right of way
io wuairucuon 01 a railway to
-uhus nave not yet succeeded. For mo
u. tne aistance concessions ,havo be
granted, but several holderr nr it
properties alone th rivw tkm,,.i. ..
the spur will have to be' extended, hail
.u S4""cu ino nsnt to build throus
lu"r Property. The promoters of
scheme to get the switch built have
bored very earnpstlv -nHtv. k
have not granted th THirin- ..
show them that It Is- to their lntr.it
encourage and promote the constroctlc
of the railway, and rhnt ,-,- ii
ceive large benefit from It but they hav
occu il in mat light.
The route of the nronn.i c,i..t.
along the edge of the riwr nr, v....Ji
ThT "fAl- !.-. wug
. .o 1UW ground around the una
versity point It is said th ,,v, 2
pends on the construction of thl3 swttcl
mo ww manufacturing establish
ments, which are announced tn k o-
ed at St Johns when It Is completed, il
Is known that Wolff & Zwicker IroJ
works have acquired SO acres of thl
Minar tract at St Johns, paying there!
t iT a.w. The company
k-J cs on wo water front A largd
"""""J "fittresttung aoout $20,000 waJ
raised for this company mwrtdAd Z3
establish a large Iron plant at St. Johnl
nu move tneir plant there within twd
years. According to the terms of th
bonus the firm has one year In whih J
start to move to St Johr nnd Ja
years In which to complete the removalj
11115 wie one interest that ls striving
to get right of wav for a. rniiwn.
to St Johns, as tho proposed shlpbuildl
4ib iiiM4u cannoi De established therd
v4.uuut rauway facilities. la fact iti
BCCU43 10 00 tne only tangible Interest
Others are mentioned as dependent or
u.c vunsirucuon or tta rail-wav ti,.
people of St Johns, have been very act-J
4vu xui uvcr a. year in tneir efforts to
uiuuuiawunnff estaDI19hmpntn o-
there, and have been ready to tax them
selves heavily to raise a bonus for tho en
couragement of factories. They were
disappointed over the loss at h. t-v-
becher factory, but are not dlscouragedl
MORE ROOM AND LIGHT.
Some of the Connty Officers Are Well
Provided.
The Summer Improvements at the
Courthouse are nearly completed. The
two rooms formerly occupied by County
Auditor Pope have been made Into one,
affording more light A partition ha3 also
been torn down In the quarters occupied
by the- Sheriff in the tax-collection depart
ment, which gives more space and light
The courtrooms are being renovated.
Judge Sears has been supplied with a new
carpet for his office. The office of Judge
Cake has also been, newly carpeted, and
likewise the Clerk's office attached to
Judge George's courtroom.
More room Is needed by the Clerk of
the County Court and the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, but this cannot be given
them without the erection of an addition
to the building, which is not contemplated
at this time, because of lack of funds.
The Courthouse has long been too small,
and the County Commissioners and
County Treasurer have their offices in,
the City Hall. The office of the County
School Superintendent was also for a time
located In the city building, but the last
Incumbent for convenience to his other
business, moved his office down town.
The Courthouse, if large enough, should
accommodate the District Attorney and
West Side Justice Court with an offlce.
The Phonograph In Politics.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Mr. Bryan has been busy repeating
that speech of his to the phonograph.
The plan is to have a great many rolls
made and sent all over the country In
order - that every one may have a
chance to hear the speech. Some favor
a nicKei-m-the-slot device, but most are
incnnea to think It should be on exhi
bition free of charge. The hotel-keepers
are to be asked to put a phonograph In
each hotel office. The "Behold a Repub
lic" peroration has gone In, and so has
the what-1-would-do-wlth-the-Phlllpplnes
passage. The plan Is an alajrnlngly
thorough one, and the chances are the
thing- will be going off day and night on
every corner until "Behold a Republics"
are as common as "Raw Hot" ni t
Cash C16." And there are a good many
people complaining of our street noises
already. The nlckel-ln-the-slot plan
would be fairer to the nuhlln at Tnr.r.
because the service would be rendered
only for those who wished it Then, if
it were free, some of the phrases might
sound hackneyed after a while. "Behold
a Republic" was used some eight times
by Mr. Bryan In as many sentences, and
when It is running through a phonograph
all day mixed up with all those bumble
bee sounds and breaking Into a squeak
at the oratorical climax. It may lose
some of Its originality and freshness.
Keeping one's self before the public may
be carried too far. No matter what a
man's politics are, there must be hours
of the day when we would prefer to be
away irom Mr. JBryan.
Rearraaslne Proenunmc.
Secretary J. S. Foss, of the Multnomah!
county ex-ooidlera' Association, with!
auaia ot tne committeemen, was yester
day trying to fill out the programmes!
ior me reunion, which will open tomor
row at Hawthorne Park, under the aus
pices of the association. It was thought!
that all arrangements had been com-S
pie ted. but Jt has been found that thai
ayetuters ior Indian war day and Sec
ond Oregon day, Wednesday and Friday,
may not be present Governor Geer,
who was to make the address tomorrow
afternoon, is absent from Salem, but his
private secretary writes that he did not
Know tnat no was on the programme.
For Second Oregon day Rev. Mr. Gilbert,
wuo wm 10 maica tne address, and also
General Summers, are out of the city
and may not be present Arrangements
will be made to get others to take the
places of the speakers who will not be
present although the time ls limited.
The committee will do the best it can.
For Thursday and Saturday, and Sun
day, the programmes are fixed. Thurs
day Jtroressor M. L. Pratt. H. V. Gates
and Major T. C. Bell will be the speakers,
and for Saturday Mrs. E. S. Miller, past
department president of the Woman's
Relief Corps, and Mrs. Lucia Additon
will make the addresses. There, will ba
programmes of musio by Brown's or
chestra every evening. Sunday Rev
Mr. Adkins, of Oregon City, will preach
In the forenoon and Rev. Robert McLean
of the Third Presbyterian. Church, will
speak in the afternoon. In the evening
there will be a sacred concert For to
morrow and Friday it is hoped to fill up
the vacancies In the programme today.
The attendance oa each day promises to
be large.
East Side Notes.
I. Schiller, residing at 28S Broadrnv.
left for Hood River yesterday.
F. A. Ford and family, living at BW
East Pine street, left for Seaside yes
terday. Mrs. George Landers, residing at 3f75
East Third and Schuyler streets, ls out
of the city for the present
Warren Pullen, a young man well
known, and who has relatives at TrouN
dale, died at Amity Sunday.
William R, Stokes returned yesterday
from Baker City, where ho went to bid
on the erection of tho opera-house. Tha
contract was secured by a local bidder.
B. B. Coman and family, living: at 330
East Weldler street returned to their
home yesterday, after an absence of a
week.
Br. C H. Raffety and wife have re
turned from, their trip to Bull Run. Their
horse took a run down a steep grade, but
no harm was done.
C A. Mooro and family, who have been
rusticating at Wllhoit Springs, have re
turned to their homo at 11 East Four
teenth street North.
W. W. Banks, of Portland; C W. Mc
Laughlin, of California, and B. T. Hurl
burt, of the Arlington Bank, have been
visiting friends at Gresham.
Winona Tribe, No. 4. ImDroved Order
of Red Men, has issued invitations to
friends to attend a social in the wigwam
of the tribe. In Foss Halt Hawthoma
and Grand avenues, Monday evening,
August 27.
Br. Wise, room 6H. The Dekum.
A Philippine Protectorate.
Indianapolis News, Ind.
What Mr. Bryan and his party advocate
is not an Independent Philippine re
public, but a Philippine protectorate, a
dependency, for the preservation of which
as well as for the good conduct of which
the Government at Washington shall be
responsible. It Is verv much no )hnn.h
we should establish a protectorate over
a province of China In which the Boxers
had terrified the peaceful and industrious
people, and for the conduct of whose
government we should be rnnni!hir.
We do not believe that this proposition
to extend the Monroe Doctrine to territory
half-way around the world will appeal
to the American people. The impression
created by Mr. Bryan's discussion of
this question ls ,at ne ,a tryjjjg- nanj
to outline, a programme that shall be
different from the one pursued by the
Administration. In other words, he Is
strugggllng to make an issue where none
reauy exists. We believe that th run.
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
The IHsestlnar Element Left Ont.
Bread dyspepsia ls common. It affects
the bowels because white bread ls nearly
all starch, and starch ls digested In tha
intestines, not in the stomach proper.
Up under the shell of the wheat berry
Nature has provided a curious deposit
which is turned into diastase when it is
subjected to tha saliva and to the pan
creatic Juices in tha human intestines.
This diastase ls absolutely necessary to
digest starch and turn It Into grapo
sugar, which ls tho next form; but that
part of the wheat berry makes dark
flour, and the modern miller cannot read
ily sell dark flour, so Nature's valuable
dlgestor ls thrown out and the human
system must handle the starch as beet
it can, without the help that Nature In
tended. Small wonder that appendicitis, perito
nitis, constipation, and all sorts of trou
ble exist, when we go so contrary to Na
ture's law. The food experts that per
fected. Grape-Nuts Food, knowing these
facts, made use. In their experiments, of
the entire wheat and barley. Including all
tne parts, and subjected them to moist
ure, and Iong-continned warmth, which,
allows time and the proper conditions'
for developing tho diastase, outside of the
human body.
In this way the starchy part ls trans
formed Into grape sugar In a perfectly
natural manner, without the use of chem
icals or any outside Ingredients. The
little sparkling crystals of grape sugar
can be seen on the pieces of Grape-Nuts.
This food, therefore. Is naturally predi
cated, and Its use in place of bread will
quickly correct the troubles that have
&ccn DnniaW aDour uy tne too rree usa
of starch In the food, and that is very
common In the human race today.
The effect of eatinsr Graiae-Nuts ten
days or 'two weeks, and the dlscontinu-
"""" "" c000 1Q umea wiwn this country ne contemplated Mr. Carlson secured the pre would rVtw tV nTI Arc . I ""? ot lnary wmte oreao, is very
was a Republic.--i.lfe. promise of milk sufficient for both pur! Son on this MblShS? Mr Sfommls- marked- The user will gain rapidly in
y ' s on on tms sject than Mr. Bryan. J strength and physical and mental health.