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THE -HOBNING- OEEGOMAN, 4THJJBSDAY, ajJGUST 23, 1900.
ROUND TRIP ' EVERY DAY
STEALER T. J. POTTER. TO DOUBLE
THE ILWACO SERVICE.
Thi I Done to Accommodate the
Crowd "Who "Will Soon Be
Headed for Home.
Press of seacoast traffic has caused the
O. B, & X. Company to arrange . new
schedule for their big river steamer, T.
J. Potter. "Until September 5, this vessel
will make dally trips bet-ween Portland
and BVwaco. Commencing -with August 2.
the Potter leaves the Ash-street dock at
1 A. M., and gradually extends her hour
for departure until 8 A. JL. on September
fi. On the return from Ilwaco she leaves
that place at $ P. M.. August 24 9:30 the
following day, and then Jumps up to 3:30
P. M. on the 26th. The time of departure
from Ilwaco then gradually grows later
until It Is C P. M.. September L ,
No. reason Is given by General Passen
ger Agent Hurlburt for this change -other
than -that seacoast traffic demands It. An,
Immense number of people have been
landed upon the coast by the various
transportation companies, and many still
flock seaward. To accommodate those
still desiring to go, and especially to
afford the facilities required for those
there now to return, is the reason of the
Potter's new daUy schedule. By the last
date fixed in the schedule the press of
business will be over, if tje season is
anything like the ordinary. Then the
Potter will be given a rest. A general
overhauling will follow the close of the
coast traffic, and she will face the next
season better adapted than ever to ac
c&znmodate passengers. The new sched
ule and announcement accompanying it
are as follows:
Leave Leave
Portland. Ilwaco.
August 24 7:00 A. M. 3:00 P.M.
August 25 8KA.M. 9:30 P.M.
August 26..... 6:30 A.M. Si30P.M.
August 27 7:00 A.M. 4:03 P.M.
August 28 7:33 A. M. 4:30 P. M.
August 29 7:30 A. M. 3:03 P. M.
August 30 S:r0 a. m. 5:00 P, M.
August 3V 8 00 A.M. 5:30 P.M.
September 1. 8: A. M. 6:00 P. M.
September 2 9:C0A.M. 6:00 P.M.
September 3 9.03 A.M. 6:00 P. M.
September 4 9:00 A. M. GrfOP.M.
September 6 9:00A.M. 6:00 P.M.
THUGS WERE RESISTED.
Two Attempts to Hold Up Men With
Jferve and Muscle.
That thugs are at work in North Port
land again is manifested by the two at
tempted hold-ups this week. In both at
tempts the assailants were beaTen off
and, thougn the tootpads had nerve
enough to make the assaults, they seem
ingly as the misfortune to meet men,
of unusual courage, who gave blow for
blow, and kept on adding interest until
the iSugs fled from fear of being killed
The flrst attempt was made Monday
evening abouT rrrJO, which was" reported
at the police station yesterday by Harry
Anderson, a boat-builder, living at 47
North Seventh street. Anderson was on
ids way home, and when he reached
Seventh "and Ankeny, where the street
makes an abrupt turn, and where the
tall shade trees RSSp the walk In total
darkness, two men jumped out of their
hiding place and one man struck at
him. This must "have Men before they
sized tip tjir ruui. Anderson Is six feet
tan and has the proportions of a giant,
"With one blow from his flst he felled
his assailant, and, bending over him,
tried to take from him his weapons, with
whloh to combat the other footpad. The
latter drew away 10 feet and called out:
"Drop my partner or I'll blow your head
ott"
Ahderson. being unarmed, felt It was
an aot of discretion to release the one
thug he-had captured, rather than te 4
-shot to pieces4" by a man wh nad mm
coveted with a gun. The two fhBn es
caped, but one or them bore the marks
ot Anderson's neavy list.
Late Tuesday evening the second hold
up occurred at Tenth and Burr.slae, also
participated in by two men, and also un
successful. This time the thugs"" tackled
anether man who was a scrapper an
Irishman of unknown name, who failed
to tell the talo at the pollce station how
ho had single-handed baffled two mid
night marauders.
Abeut 11:30 the residents in the neigh
borhood weflt aroused by the noise of a
scHffle in the street and by tho noisy
shstits of the Irishman:
"Toz will rob an honest jnan. Take
thot and thot"
And he kept on filling the air with his
clamor, not for help, but to voice his
wrath on the Infamous attempt to rob
him of his hard-earned coin. The. hold- j
up men fought like fury, and the three
swayed back ana forth In tne street
But their efforts wore not equal to the
task of overpowering his muscles, hard
ened by labor, and finally, wrencning
himself loose, the Irishman drew his
plstel and fired one shot at his assail
ants. They took alarm and vanished In
the darkness, pursued by the old man.
The whole affair was witnessed by mem
bers of the household of C. E. Davis, at
Tenth and Burnslde, and was described
as a w.olcome diversion for a quiet neigh
borhood. The victor returned to the scene
tC" talk it over wit.7 tho croTTu, but tc
seated any attempt to ascertain his name,
and teemea "fearful of arrest for carrying
concealed -weapons If he reported the af
fair at the police station.
HOTEL GUESTS.
.New Orleans Caterer "Who Xcvcr AI
Iown One to Be Contradicted.
N Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Wiuwi a guet of mine says 'It's rain
ing, it's raining." declared a well-known
Xew Orleans caterer, talking about the
Itotel ad restaurant business. "If be says
"It's snowing. it's snowing. I never a'ljw
any (C ih employes to cr nfradlrt a cus
tomer ) r) subject whatever No
matter hew preposVrous his assertion?,
ttoey go. as long as he ha the price. If, a
CHjst at the taWe complains of anything
SiMU. Is served to him andays it Isn't
seed, or Isn't what he wanted, he Is as
aataeA to be right, and the dish is Imme
diately removed, and no charge made
Swr H. When the complaint Is totally un
wearranxsi I follow the rule of making
rwa charges. If the recond service is
stilt unsatisfactory the guest is told po
Mtsly that we fear we will not be ablo
t itfaj5 him. and must decline tofill
fttttirc orders.
Tbere i no sentiment about this; It Is
oeM-bteeded business. I have figured out
ttoat it is cheaper to lose t few rejected
dishes j6w and then than to risk losing a
owteiaer Besides, It hurts a house to get
the reputation of wrancllng with Its
patrons. You understand, of cour that
I an speaking or a general rule, .and
that there are exceptions In which one
ia;t toe guided entirely by clrcum
etaaces. A iraiabcr of years ago, to cite "you an
example, one ef my occasional custo
zsers was a certain elderly clubman wnt
was a aaturalbom growler. Nothing
ever swiud him, and nls complaints were
cf vocJferous that they had a bad effect
oa bcher quests. At jast j coudn't stand
It aay Sanger, and told him courteously,
bat Ansly, that we must decline his fu
ture cusm. He was dumrounded and
loft furious; but. about a month later,
lie walked in again, and again his order
was refueled. That made htm wild, and ho
aware he would never come within a
black of the house; but th'e mere fact
that there -was one place in Xew Or
leans from which he was barred preyed
oa his mind, and finally he sent me a
sate saying that he was willing to let
bygaaes tee bygones. I replied that I had
decided fleflnlty to forego tho honor
of his patronage.
Now cams the funny psrt. It is human
nature, of course, to want the one par
tlcihar thing we can't have, and when we
And it positively out of reach It assumes
an extraordinary value. The old gen
tleman never cared much for my place
until I shut him out; then It became
the most desirable spot In New Orleans.
He worked every Imaginable scheme to
reinstate himself sent friends to Inter
cede, threatened me with a damage suit,
and wrote me a dozen pleading letters.
Still I stood firm, and three years elapsed,
when he made me a fresh overture
through a former partner. I thought it
over, and a few weeks later told the
chef to get ready .to distinguish himself.
Then "I sent ttie old boy a polite invita
tion to dine with" me. "What do you
think? Hanged if he didn't refuse it and
sent me hack word to go to blares! 1
had broken the spell by weakening: When
he could cemeu he didn't want to. He
died soon afterward, rejoicing, I'm sure,
that he got the better of me at Jast."
ON THE OREGON MIDLAND.
Portland Contractors Will Construct
the First OC Miles.
Ashland Tidings.
Messrs. Thompson and Lyman, of the
Midland Construction Company, of Chi
cago; John Hale, of Portland, of the con
struction corporation of Smith & Hale,
accompanied by Manager L. W. an
Home, Engineer J. A. McCall, and David
Horn, treasurer, of the Oregon Midland
Hallway, returned to Hornbrook, Friday,
after their trip over the survey of the
proposed Oregon Midland Railway from
the Southern Pacific Company's railroad
to Klamath Falls.
At Klamath Falls, President George T.
Baldwin, Secretary Rufus S. Moore, At
torney H. L. McWllllams and Auditor W.
J. "Woods were on hand to meet them, and
a general conference was held. At Kla
math Falls, the Midland Construction
Company entered Into a contract with
John Hale, the well-known railway build
er to construct the first 66 miles of the
proposed Toad, from the Southern Pacific
Company's line as far as Spencer Creek,
leaving the continuance of It to Klamath
Falls for a future contract. Mr. Hale
was In Ashland Saturday and went on. to
Portland, where he will arrange to begin
work at an early date. It Is thought that
at least 2000 men will be put to work on
the grading and building. The procuring
of so many men at the present time, when
laboring hands are so scarce, is one of xhe
problems that seriously confront the con
tractor. Messrs. Thompson and Lyman will leave
for Chicago- at an early date, via Port
land. "When In Portland they will consult
with some ot the shipbuilding firms there
regarding the building of several steam
ers to ply on the waters of Klamath Lake
an.d operate In connection with the Oregon
Midland railway.
Reports from Klamath Falls state that
the people out there are considerably
elated over the prospect of early railroad
connection with the outer world, through
the Oregon Midland. The locality has
been so long isolated that many of the
people can scarcely realize that their
dreams -of rail connection with other por
tions of the state are about to prove real
ities. . s
REMOVED THE FISH TRAPS.
. i
Gillnet Fishermen on Gray's Harbor
Win H Victory.
The gillnet fishermen of Gray's Harbor
who commenced suits against the owners
of fish traps constructed In water used by
them to secure the removal of the ob
noxious tiaps, have come out victorious.
"When tho case was called Jn court, Au
gust IS, the attorneys on both sides an
nounced that negotiations were pending
for a settlement of the case, and imme
diately after a meeting was held at the
Sheriff's office In Montesano between the
representatives and attorneys of the gill
netters and the agents and attorneys of
the trap men, where the matter was
talked it over and'a compromise agreed to
as to the defendants In the case.
T. J. Gorman, of Portland, who acted
as representative of the trap men, agreed
to remove immediately the traps from
the objectionable locations, provided the
defendants were allowpd to construct and
'operate traps In waters not ued by the
gillnet fishermen, and to this the gill
netters gave their consent. The fishermen
are elated with their success and are
much pleased with the fair dealing and
liberal concessions of Mr. Gorman in the
matter.
Tho fight is. however, not yot concluded,
as McGowan Bros., of Astoria, who have
a number of objectionable traps In the
Humptulips channel, have not yet ap
peared In the case, and the compromise
made does not affect them. The suit
against them will be pushed as rapidly
as possible, and the fishermen are con
fident of having nil the objectionable
traps removed in a short time. "When
the trap men encroached on the naviga
ble channel In Baker's bay. -and outside
of Sand Iland. the United States engi
neers took the matter in hand and obliged
them to remove the traps. Such obstruc
tions to navigation are not permissible.
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DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
Newton McCoy and wife to Theodore
Nicolal, SB. Vi of SE. i, and lot 2,
section 4. T. 1 N.. R. G E.. Juno 9.. . 1
R. S. Oakley and wife to A. B. Nich
olas and S. A. Neppach, undivided
in SE. of SE. 4. and lot 2, sec
tion 4. T. 1 N., R. 6 E.. November,
HI 193 1
Ada M. Giddlngs to A. "W. Balrd et
al.. lot 23, block 69. Fulton Park,
June 27 TOO
Addle E. Kerns and husband to Ell7a
Stone. S2; alo 51 acres, sections 20
and 21. T. 1 Ny. R. 3 E.. August 22.. 03
J. P. Marshall, trustor, to Alnsw'orth
Notional Bank, lots 5 and ", block 2,
July SI 1
William Ferrier et ux. to George
Goos, on-slxth acre, commencing at
the quarter section corner, sections
S and 9, T. 1S..R.1 E.. July 2G 30
, Jli'lldln'tr Permits.
Sltton & "VVvgant. rep-slrs to bu'ldlng on
First treet, between Morrison apd Alder,
E. "W. Bell, two-story dwelling on East
Seventh street, between Stephens and
East Mill. $2400.
3Inrrlnc:e Llcen-es.
Axel G. Anderson, aged 31, and Annie
Juhl. aged 24; G. E. Jackson. 35. and Ma
rie Harwas. 21; Benjamin Simpson, 27, and
Mamie Means, 26.
Births.
August 21. hoy to wife of H. A. Thomas,
3SS North Twenty-first street.
August 2L girl to wlfo of Louis
Schmeckle. S2S Caruthers street.
August 1. girl to wife of Joseph "W.
Lewis, University Park.
Contagions Disease.
Ferdinand Krisbe. 514 Market street, ty
phoid fever.
Death.
August 2L Lee Suey, 6 years, 270 Pine
street; tuberculosis.
IMPROVED SERVICE TO
FROM ILWACO.
AKD
Read the O. R. & fC. adv. on page 7 and
note change la leaving time of steamer
T. J. Potter from Portland.
Stars That Ontshlne the San.
Youth's Companion.
Professor Simon Newcomb, writing of
stars which are so distant that they have
no measurable parallax, remarks that one
of these, the brilliant Canopus, can be
said, with confidence, to be thousands of
times brighter than the sun. "Whether
we should say 20.C09. 10,000 or 5030, no one
can decide." The first magnitude stars,
Rigel and Splca. also are at an Immeasur
able distance, and must. In view of their
actual brightness, enormously outshroe
the sun
SOLDIERS AT REUNION
JUDGE GEORGE TE&X.S OF A BAT
TLE "WITH INDIANS.
How Nine Men Held. SOO Braves at
Day lor Three Days Other
Addresses. V
The second annual reunion of the ex
Sallors' and ex-Soldiers' Association of
Multnomah County was opened yesterday
at Hawthorne Springs, under favorablo
auspices. In the forenoon Secretary Foss
put up the headquarters" tents of the as
sociation and the auxiliary, and opened
books for the registration of veterans
of all wars. The reunion includes the
veterans of all the wars, and badges
were Issued to all who were entitled to
wear the same.
During the "day many old soldiers with
pray1 hair and feeble steps were on tho
grounds.
The programme was opened In the after
noon from the platform. There was an
attendance of about 400. .The fine Brown
orchestra discoursed lively airs at the
openingand between the addresses On tho
platform with President John 32,7 Mayo;
were T. A. "Wood? E. W. Allen, General
C. E. Caukin, and Judge M. C. George.
President "Mayo, in behalf of the associa
tion, delivered a fitting address of wel
come. In tho course of his remarks he
paid a high tribute to the American vol
unteer, who, he said, was the bulwark
of American Institution. He said that
the association included veterans ot all
wars Civil, Mexican,, Indian and Spanish
Ho expressed the hope that all would bo
benefited from attendance during the re
union. Responses.
E. W. Allen responded to Mr. Mayo'a
address of welcome and spoke briefly ot
his experience as an Indian fighter. Ha
then said that the organization would be
very profitable If accepted in a proper
spirit. The members were joined In the
sacred tie of brotherhood, he stated;- and
were representatives of one nation and
onepeople. In closing, he said:
"We can but feel, a throb of patriotism
when we consider thenobillty of bur
standard. Let us strive to be worthy
MISS EVA SHONTZ, "WHO
of our grand and glorious Union, the
United States.".
Commander T. A. Wood followed with' a
few minutes talk and he dwelt largely
upon the early Indian wars of Oregon
and the Northwest, and especially of tfie
war of 1847-48. He drew a vivid picture of
the Drivatlons by the brave men 'swho
fought to hold the Northwest for the
Union and said that tho Indian War Vet
erans were proud of the .fact that, th'ey
had aided materially In building up a Re
public that could not- fali.
General C. E. Caukin was next Intro
duced. He spok'o In a humorous stialn
and read an Interesting sketch of the es
cape of a woman of the Flathead trlbo
from her cap'tors and of her wanderlns
back to her-home. The story was "told
to illustrate the love of home and people,
a trait so strongly "developed in tho Indian
nature.
Judge 31. C. George's' Address.
At thek conclusion of Mr. Caukln's talk
Judge M. C. Georgo was Introduced. He
prefaced his excellent address by compar
ing his experience as an Indian fighter
with that of E. W. Allen. He felicit
ously remarked that he, too, had a "run
ning acquaintance" with Indians and'that
they had raised his hair In the same
manner as they had Mr. Allen's. Judge
Georgo then proceeded with an In
tensely Interesting incident of early tlays
In. Creson. He said In part:
"Recently, while at Mount Jefferson, a
place called Grizzly Flat was pointed out
to us, and considerable speculation arose
as'to the reason for It being called by
that name. I vouchsafed the explana
tion that tho flat was probably named In
that manner for this reason: When the
whites flrst came out into the great un
broken West meat was scarce and the
Indian, realizing the market value of
meat, herded grizzlies on this flat, and
then drove them down to Portland for
market. There were some who accepted
my version, but most of the pary'were
Inclined to discredit it.
"As this Is Indian War Veteran day, I
propose to glvo an account of an affair,
which took place on this Coast in the
early dayd. At that period. 1851, there
was a vessel called the Sea Gull running
between Portland and San Francisco.
Captain Tlchnor was in command. , He
regarded Port Orford on the Rogue River
as an excellent .site for a clti' and a
good place from which to develop tho
mines In Josephine County. Accordingly
ho interested nine persons in the scheme
and took them to Port Orford on his ves
sel. -They were Captain J. M. KIrkpat
rick, J. H. Egan, J. L Slater, George Rl
doubt, J. D. Palmer, J. Hussy, Cyrtlfc W.
Wedden, James Carigen and Brastus
Summers. They were to build a road to
the mines 'andbegln the work of con
structing a city there. Captain Tlchnor
knewr that nine men could do little, but
he expected to bring others from San
Francisco when ho returned.
"Tho nine men were landed on a
rock, since known as Battle Rock, after
the battle the nine men fought there
with the Rogue River Indians. Captain
Tlchnor had represented these Indians as
peaceable, from his acquaintance with
the Untpqua tribe, but they proved to be
highly resentful of the white men's Inva
sion of their territory and proceeded to
mako their stay there very uncomfortable.
The men told Captain Tlchnor of their
fears, but ho leassured them and gave
them a few rifles and some ammunition.
An old cannon was set up on the rock
and pointed down on the rocky ridge
which the Indians had to cross in order to
reach tho little band. After the vessel
loft the Indians became more threatening
and Indicated by their actions that they
Intended to drive away the Intruders.
Next day their demonstrations became
greater and twelve boat loads of Indians
came up th'e river and joined their forces,
making some 300 Indians In all. As they
came up the narrow ridge for their flrst
attack Captain Kirkpatrick loaded the old
cannon and stood ready for business. He
waited for the moment when he, could do
the most deadly work. The Indians filed
nearer and the Important moment ar
rived. He touched the fuse with the
lighted match -and In an instant there
came a blinding flash. The Indians were
stunned. Fifteen of thejr number were
killed. They had never seen or neard
of such a death-dealing monster before,
and greatly frightened,, they fell back.
They parleyed a while for permission to
bury their dead, which oermlssion was
granted and the fighting ended for that
day. Then on the morrow they renewed
their efforts, but 'were beaten back after
one Trolley from their rifles. This time,
they lost their grand chief, and bo
awaited the next day.
".With their third aUacltthey were again
repulsed, and it then became xsvident that
they intended to make a.-night attack. Rut
in the meantime Captain KIrkpatrick had
told the Indians' that If they would cease
shooting the white men would leave their
territory when the vessel, which was ex
pected In 14 days, should return. The In
dians agreed to this, ut remained at
their post to watch the men and see that
they did not slip away. At the expira
tion, of the 14th clay no vessel appeared
and the provisions were out. Preparations
were made then for strong breastworks,
and the Indians -withdrew to the beach
wherethey celebrate their supposed suc
cess by a. powwow before making the at
tack. While they were off their guard
the men escaped from the rock, where
they had spent so many weary hours, and
disappeared from the redskins. To be sure
they were pursued, but finally reached the
peaceful Umpqua Indians, who aided
them in every possible way until they
reached the Valley settlements.
"This incident I consider one of the
most thrilling of the Indians wars. Here
were nine poorly-equipped men who suc
cessfully fought 300 Indians for three days
and finally escaped with out thejlqps of
a single man. It Is only equaled by the
story of Mrs. Harris, of Rogue River
Valley, who kept at bay, for 10 hours 100
Indians. Her husband was shot down,
but she saved her own life and that of
her little child by heroic efforts. "When
the jUnequal contest was ended she had
slain 15. of the bloodthirsty redskins."
Today's Progrnmme.
Today will be devoted to the Civil and
Mexican "Wars. The exercises will open
this afternoon at 1:30. The speakers will
be Professor M. L. Pratt, Major T. C
Bell and Captain H. V. Gates. In the
evening Rev. Henry Barton will deliver
his illustrated lecture on the Clvll "War.
Tomorrow night he will lecture on the
Spanish War.
A fine treat is also in store on Satur
day night. Professor Pratt, of the "Williams-Avenue
school.will glvo a ecture on
"Abraham Lincoln," and "Drake's Ad
dress to the Flag." Altogether the pro
grammes are attractive. Brown'sorches.
tra will furnish the music. .
LOOKS LIKE MISS WILLARD
How Miss Eva M. Shontn Has
Aroused the "W. C. T. U. f
Eva'M. Shontz, president of the Young
People's Christian Temperance Union, la
APES FRANCES E. WILLARD.
causing, stir of indignation in W. C. Tv
U. circles by posing as thesuccessor of
the late Frances E. Willard. An official
protest has .been issued.- against her atti
tude. Miss Shontz, it lg said, within tho
last few months has even changed her
pqrsonal appearance to conform with, a
well-known portrait of Miss Willard. For,
merly the president of the Y. P. C. T. U.
wore her hair in a style known as "curled
bangs," with her back hair fixed In a
coll 6n top of her head. Tho last num
ber of the New Liberator, the official
organ of the Y. P. C. T. U.. presents &
picture of Miss Shontz which shows that
her personal appearance ha3 undergone
a radical change. Her hair is now parted
In the center and combed in ripples down
over the forehead. Her face also seems
to have changed in the "official picture,"
which bears a startling resemblanco to
photographs of Miss Willard.
It is this sudden metam,orphosl3 that
aroused the indignation of W. C. T. U.
workers, who declare the title of Miss
Willard's successor rightfully belongs to
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, president of the
National W. C. T. U. and vlce-presldent-atlarge
of the world's organization.
When the White Rlbboners were told of
the transformation of Miss Shontz. Mrs.
Helen M.. Barker, treasurer of the. Na
ktlonal Women's Christian Temperance
Union, sent the following communication
from official headquarters to the various
state presidents of the union:
Dear President: We it headquorters are- con
stantly 3-eccivlne clippings from papers wher
ever Miss Shonts goea. statine that Mtai
Shontz is Miss Willard's successor. In her clr
culars and cards Bont out advertising her
meeting's she quotes what somebody said about
her b?Inr the successor of Miss Willard, and
the papers take It for granted that it Is true.
This places our president, Mrs. Stevens, In a'
very delicate position, and It devolves upon us,
her coworkers, to see that the press Is duly
informed that Lillian M. N. Stevens, of Maine,
is not only the successor of .Frances H. Wil
lard, but that Miss WlJIard "herself chose her
as vice-presldent-at-larsre, undoubtedly antici
pating that the time would come when Mrs.
Stevens must take her place, jit is astonishing
to us that Miss Shontz would 'allow herself to
be Introduced In such & misleading- way.
Xoura most cordially,
HBEBNNM. BAREER.
Dvanston, 111., Aujr. 7.
Evidently as a foil for the claim that
Miss Shontz is the successor of Miss Wil
lard the W. C. T. U. is sending out
to the newspapers all 'over the country
and asking the publication of this para
graph: a
Mrs. E. M., N. Stovena was greatly honored
at the world's convention In Edinburgh by
being" elected vlce-presldent-at-largre of the
World's W. C. T. TJ. This was fitting. In
asmuch as she was MIes WIllard's successor
as president of tho larg-estfnatlonal union. The
United States has a larger membership than
England, Canada and Australia combined, and
the delegates, recognizing' the superior execu
tive ability i of Mrs. Stevens, weri unanimous
In conferring upon her this high honor." We
all rejoice that tho ability of our chosen leader
is recognized by tho women of other nations,
thus confirming the wisdom of Miss Willard in
designating her as her choice as her Imme
diate successor. She is strong and true, and
has the conndenco of all the women.
A Welcome Shade. ,
In August days I rarely roam
By inland lakes or ocean hay,
A not unwilling stay-at-home.
You'll find me at my desk each day;
And though I seek no sylvan 'glade,
A sweeter btfon Is mine than all-.
For, oh! I find a welcome shade
'Neath Jolly's sljken parasol.
When Dolly deigns to take a walk
I'm neffr to Join her; so you seo
We oft enjoy a pleasant talk
Beneath the lace-frlnged canopy.
And though the sun with torrid spite
Beams down on this terrestial ball.
We're screened against his vengeance quits
'Neath Dolly's silken parasol.
The out-of-towners and their Ilk
We envy not. 'Tls pleasant here.
When Just a circling span of silk
Doth bring two heads so very near;
And when love's vows wo whisper low
We're Interrupted, not at all
A fact we found out lonfe- ago
Neath Dolly's silken parasol.
Judge.
POTTER CHANGES TIME.
See O. R. & N. adv. on nage 7 for com
plete schedule. Potter makes round trip
daily.
Don't wait until you are sick before try
ing Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get a
vial at once. Tou can.'t take them wlth
.out benefit. - -
A JOURNEY TO SHANIKO
NECESSARY TO TAKE THE TRAIN
THAT GOES TO MORO.
New Town Does Not Strangle Around
bat Stands Up Pertly, Like a.
Forced Production. -
OREGON CITY.-Or., Aug. 20. I have
often wondered "why It was that people
who traveled were not contented until
they had written accounts of their trav
els, but I understand It now. Circum
stances oyjer which I had no control
caused me to take a flying trip Into East
em Oregon a short time ago and since
then I have felt a great desire to rush
Into print and enlighten the untraveled
public with a detailed account of my
journey.
To begin at the beginning, I will truth
fully say that I didn't know where I was
going when I started, but I knew why I
was going and the name of the place
that was to be my destination, and keep
ing those two facts well before my in
ner consciousness, I approached the ticket
agent Jn the Union Depot and confided to
him that It was the ruling ambition ot
my life to purchase a ticket to Shanlko.
Then I waited expecting to hear him sky
that there was no word like Shanlko in
his vocabulary, but from the nonchalance
with which he gave me my ticke and
exact change without one unnecessary
syllable, I concluded that Shanlko had
been the home of his youth.
After studying my ticket, ' which was
something less than a yard long, for the
better part of an hour, and then asking
-a few pertinent questions of an official,
I learned that I was to go by the O. R.
& N. to a place that revels In the poetic
title of Blggs and Is located more or less
east of The Dalles. There I was to
change cars and go on my way rejoicing
on the Columbia Southern Railroad, and
I trust that tho owners of that road
will not feel hurt when candor compels
me to state that until that bright Summer
morning I had never heard of its ex
istence. 9:15 A, M. having now arrived I suc
ceeded in getting the child and myself
and twice as many parcels as convenient
on, board the Chicago-Portland Special,
and' we started exactly on schedule time.
Being an Oregonian and qult.e free from
prejudice, I do not-exagcerato when I say
that the O. R. & N. affords travelers an
opportunity to see some of the most beau
tiful river scenery In the world between
Portland and The Dalles: but It has so
often been pictured with pen and brush
and camera that it seems needless to
attempt anything more; for all that has
been written, said or sung about the tow
ering mountains with their sparkling cas
cades -and magnificent forests, and the
glorious river that runs to the sea, fails
to do justice to the grand reality.
Man's efforts to destroy and tear down
and rebuild In his own Image are very
evident all along this portion of the way
and there was life anrt activity, and
fresh fruit and fish to hj shipped at al
most every station. We reached The
Dalles about 12 o'clock, high noon, and
after a lengthy stop, went on, crossing
tho Deschutes River whero It empties into
the Columbia and then through miles of
glistening white sand billows that glim
mered and shimmered In the hot sunshine
and soon after" 1 o'clock we reached the
aforesaid Biggs. At therst glance there
seemed no adequate reason for popping
there, as there was nothing in slgat from
tjhe car windows but the ever-beautiful
Columbia on one side and a sandy bluff'
on the other, and had it not been that
there was a hieroglyphic on my ticket op
posite tho word Biggs and that the brake
man's persuasive tones had already ap
prised us that those who wished
to go to Shanlko and way points
could only do so by disembarking
tat once from the through train.
I would have gone on to a more likely
looking place, but there's a good deal in
a name after all, especially when one Is
traveling, so J alighted with all my be
longings and found that Biggs consisted
of a platform, large enough but not too
large, and a building containing" ticket
office, baggage-room, etc., painted in that
warm and cheerful tone so loved by rail
road companies, and a sidetrack.
Up to that time I had supposed that
Blggs was at least a junction, but I was
mistaken. It 1b a sidetrack that make3 up
In length what It lacks In Importance
and In the dim distant perspective at the
far end I espied waiting train and to
ward -it made my way, carrying two grips,
a heavy jacket and two umbrellas, and
accompanied by about a dozen weary pil
grims somewhat similarly encumbered.
A blonde and good-natured brakeman,
six feet tall and of goodly width, came
to my rescue, saying, "Allow me to carry
your grips, madam; I guess I'm stronger
than you are." I thought if ho was not
he belied his looks as much as any man
I ever saw, for I stopped growing when
I reached the proud eminence of five feet
one inch (with high-heeled shoes on), and
my worst enemy cannot say that I re
semble an athlete, so I thankfully relin
quished my burdens and soon found my
self possessed of a seat In the only coach
of the only train that goes to Shanlko.
The through train went on at once, but
we waited half an hour or more, why, I
do not know, if It was not to give the
family from Kansas time to mend their
trunk, (whlch some vigorous but indis
creet brakeman had burst - asunder, for
when that was done we pulled out onto
the main track and rushed along beside
.the river for several miles until we
reached the actual junction at the. mouth
of a narrow winding gorge, and there we
parked from the river and traveled south,
at flrst between the bold rocky hills then
out Into a fertile region where gardens,
orchards and wide grain fields and com
fortable farm buildings, with here and
there a church or schoolhouse. gladdened
the weary' eyes.
The Train That Goes to More.
The little town of Wasco 13 situated In
themldst of tljls peaee and plenty and
seemed from the glimpse we had In pass
ing to be a thriving place. The next
town of note beyond Wasco is Moro, the
county seat of Sherman County, with a
large brick Courthouse, a commodious
school building, and other evidences of
prosperous growth. It Is also said to be
the town that Inspired a local poet to
write a song beginning thus:
"If you want to go to Moro
You will hare to go today.
But the train that goes to Moro
Is a mile upon its way," eta
Twenty miles beyond Moro Is a vMaga,
very appropriately called Grass Valley, fdr
It Is a green and grassy place and there
Is a great deal more, valley than village.
Soon after passing It we entered, upon
a bleak and barren stretch of country
where "no farms are to be seenno verdure
ibut a few willows or some grass down In
the depths of a canyon nothing but sand
and patches of alkali and rocky knolls.
At this season of the year the flocks and
herds are driven to the Summer range
In the mountains and the few signs of
life seen only accentuate the dreariness
and solitude.
There were occasional section crews and
their tiny houses; once we saw a tram
of freight wagons tollingslowly along the
dusty road that leads from The Dalles to
Canyon City, and now and then a buzzard
wheeled lazily through the quivering air.
At last a higher level is reached and
we look out across a wide table-land
nearly 2000 feet above the sea-level and
see 50 miles or more away in the we3t
without one Intervening tree or fdbthill to
obstruct the view. Mount Hood, towering
white and cool, like some great iceberg
stranded in the sage-green sea, and farth
er south. Mount Jefferson stands, the two
reigning majestically over a region that
in point of space and weatlh, too, Is
well 'termed the Inland Empire.
For this vast territory that might easily
be mistaken for the Desert of Sahara has
already yielded great wealth to hundreds
of stockmen and needs but a practical
system of irrigation to make it blossom as
the rose. There la even now a plan under
consideration by which a large canal Is to
be constructed that will water these thirs
ty acres and then homes will appear as
if by magic, long ranks and files ot hardy
poplars will point their waving branches
"toward the sunny skies, and the sage
brush will give place to, fields of y golden
grain and green alfalfa.
But the sun shone down from a cloudless
sky and the dust rose up and permeated
everything. The children raided the ice
water tank until there was nothing left
but the drinking .cup. The engine labored
and panted up the heavy grades, for al
though the land lies apparently level It Is
seamed with gullies and deep ravines
that are seen only when crossed or avoided
and the road winds and curves about In
a way that Is no doubt highly edifying to
a civil engineer.
When we had almost reached the llml$
of our endurance and could only gaze
listlessly at one another, so warm and
travel-stained that we would hardly have
known our best trends, when the family
from Kansas had" exhausted their disap
pointed and invidious comparlslons be
tween Oregon and the beautiful state they
had left, when the brigade of Hnen-coated
drummers had ceased their jokes and
gibes at one another and become as mum
as their sample cases, then the' engine
made an extra effort and with a Ionjr
shrill whistle that may have penetrated
to the lonely herders In the plne-sccnted
solitudes of the distant mountains, dashed
Into the brand-newest little town I ever
saw and we were in Shanlko.
It is a boom town with mostly canvas
roofs and unpalnted buildings and Is In
the midst of a plain that extends as far
on either side as the eye can see. It
does not straggle around over tho ground
like a town of longer growth, hut stands
up' pertly, like a forced production, like
an incubated town, as it were. For the
specific Information of those who know
as little about its whereabouts as I once
knew, I will say that It is 100 miles east
and south of The Dalles, eight miles east
of Bake Oven, and 91 miles north of
Prinevllle.
A box car had been fitted up to do duty
as ticket office and waiting-room and,
there we were Identified by our friends
and with them speedily repaired to a hotel.
There were two hotels in sight. The one
nearest the track being composed mainly
of canvas, we decided to patronize tho
other, which was a frame building with
a canvas addition. ,
Mlffht Bnlld Before Bedtime.
The large front room, which we entered
directly from the street, was used indis
criminately as an office, a parlor and a
dining-room. We Inquired for accommodar
tlons for the night of our host, who was
also the clerk and waiter; he appeared
rather embarrassed, not to say preoc
cupied, and said he would see what he
could do for us. I think he meditated
building on a room before bedtnne. Leav
ing the matter to his discretion and sense
of hospitality, we allowed ourselves to
be shown into the addition, which proved
to be a bedroom, full to overflowing with
furniture and wearing apparel; there we
washed and brushed until we presented a
more civilized appearance and .then joined
the others In the dining-room and partook
of a very good supper, neatly served and
of considerable variety for a place of
that kind.
After supper we sallied forth to view
the town and found In front of the hotel
a graded street that extended for several
blocks but It was ankle deep with dust,,
so we walked In the paths through the
sagebrush, though in constant fear of on
slaughts from the deadly sagetlck. which
Is an animal about an eighth of an inch
long, whose habitat is the sagebrush,
and whloh Is very fond of the tender flesh
of unsuspecting human beings. After
walking a short distance we came to a
couple of fine buildings that would do
credit to any town. One belongs to well
known merchants of The Dalles. The other
Is a drug store, containing complete
stock of drugs, paints, etc. We stopped
here- to make a. purchase and found an
affable young salesman, and bustling
around gathering up his Instruments and
remedies was a doctor as young and
fresh-looking as the town. A prancing
steed was led up to the door and he
mounted and rode off In hot haste, taking
comfort and relief to some anxious family
or unfortunate rancher. There was a good
plank sidewalk around two sides of this
block and having traversed It. we re
gretfully plunged Into the sagebrush
again and walked toward the depot, pass
ing some comfortable cottages, a black
smith's and tinner's shop, a grocery store
and a feed-yard, where more than 40
horses were munching hay and oats and
looking as contented as If horseless car
riages had never been invented. Evi
dently no one had told them that they
were to be superseded by steam- or elec
tricity. There Is another feed-yard In the
town and still another just outside the
city limits,, and when we saw the im
mense amount of wool the large ware
house contained, we ceased to wonder at
the many freight wagons and the numer
ous horses that were to be seen, for nearly
a million pounds of wool were received at
Shanlko in June and it was all brought In
from the ranches by wagon. This Co
lumbia Southern Railroad opens' up a rich
country and Shanlko will be a lively place
as long as It Is the terminus ofAhe road
and the company has agreed not to ex
tend the road beydnd there for two years
at least. At the time I was there It
contained a population of about
1E0 souls, and there were perhaps
three dozen buildings in all stages of
completion and lncompletlon. besides tent3
of every shape and size. The Columbia
Southern had the foundation for a brick
hntnl nf 36 rooms, and I heard that they
vexpected to occupy the building by the
end of six weeks; if so tney wiu prooamy
occupy it before it Is finished, for even
in that salubrious climate I doubt if It
could be completed In so short a time.
Until March 11 last no building of any
kind srraced the site of Shanlko, but on
fthat day, a man, who may have been
a prophet or the son or a propnet. or
who knew the railroad was coming that
way, and thought that while men were
content to forego the luxuries of life, they
must have the necessities, began a build
ing for a saloon and that was the flrst
building finished. Then th large ware
house was built and on May 13 the flrst
'train ran into town.
From Scherneckan -to Shanflco.
About half a mile beyond Shanlko is the
old and well-known ranch called Cross
Hollow, where two long hollows Intersect
and form a cross. There many years ago
a man by the name of Ward settled and
afterwards sold out to a German by the
name of Scherneckau. now a prosperous
citizen- of Astoria, but who still owns the
ranch but does not live there. It Is from
his name that the name of Shanlko has
been evolved, either through lack of time
properly to pronounce It or because Shan
lko Is considered more euphonious.
It 13 from Cross Hollow, that the city
gets its water supply, for It has city water
and a street sprinkler. I was told that
there was a street sprinkler there and as
I afterward saw t, I had no reason to
doubt the story. I "was told, too. that
there are trees and a stream of sparkling
water at Cross Hollow, but they are not
visible from the town. There Is nothing
green there and not a tree In all that
wide expanse.
The moon rose up looking as large as
a cart wheel In that clear atmosphere and
cast Us silvery gleams over the plain be
fore the golden glory of the sunset had
faded from the beautiful snowy peaks.
One by one the sounds of toll ceased and
the tired workers sought their well-wirned
repQse In "Nature's sweet hair restorer,
balmy sleep."
We returned to our hotel and found that
the worjhy host had prevailed upon one
pf the resident gentry to give up his tent
to us, and we gladly availed ourselves
of Its shelter. Our host apologized to the
gentlemen of the party because he could
only provide them a "straw shake down"
on sbme planks In a tent at some dis
tance from ours, so they bade us good
night and left us to our slumbers which
promised to he peaceful, but this fair
promise was rudely dispelled; for a time
when we heard a man in a. neighboring
,tea,t aak: another neighbor tC ho kept that I
hair rose axonnd his tnt tn . i-
Smttfima!riHt
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The reply was inaudible, but th it!
that
it ramesnaxes were abroad and mt
any moment come anoonlnir mu!
edge
re of the tent win anvtMno -fl
narcotic, ior we naa no nalr rope, not
lng
? in tne namt ot carrying such artlc
our traveltobag. FortunatMv out i
In
was
L3 a srjrlnsr mattress nn a nttut. (
bedstead andwlth the hope that snail
were
their
not given to climbing ha search
prey, we Anally fell &iiwm i
slejit
the sleen of the 1uat- fn !
hours. Then the Jong chattering howlaj
nomesicjc coyote woice tne echoes, ox
plain
and provoked defiant hark ft?
every
honest watch dotr in th tmm
Again we slept only to awako In &
mat made the tent flap and shako
we feared the guy-ropes would part
their moortnsrs and our tent tnfc
itself wings and fly away, leaving?
wun no protection against & cold and i
world.
The thought that our neighbor mli
all
snarst tna rara trttn vnx Tin (nvnfri
for
they were nearlv all of ts mJ
persuasion and the. plight of a boom to
with Its tents carried off by the wli
in the wee sma' hours was too dree
fully embarrassing to contemplate f
fortitude. Gust after trust mmnt
hannllv the rooes held and -whiu v&
still hoplmr to get another nap before tl
to get up, tne town awoke, and atai
buggies and wagons rattled by, going
and comlntr In to town, and If thnr l i
truth in the oldsaytng that early xlali
conduces to wealth, the dwellers In Shea
lko and the surrounding country will sol
all be millionaires. 1
I think. I am Justified In saying that !t
a wide-awake place. 1
The train leaves there for Blggs; at
o clock in the morning, and my mlsal
beinic fuinued, I figuratively shook
dust from mv fet llterallv tht t
most Impossible and with earnest wist
ior tne speeay ana lasting success of
little town, I departed for'home.
J. H.
THE BUSY BIRDS.
want' They Do for Man That Cre
ITot Otherwise Be Done.
Bostoa Transcript.
It has been proved by the work, of:
Audubon Society and by the researches
Mr. E. H. Forbush, ornithologist ot
Massachusetts State Board ot Agrlc
ture, that much as we humans claim
love the trees and the forests, the hi:
love them even more, and are In a po:
iion 10 ao more airect gooa m tneir p;
ervatlon than are we. Take, for instan
the fact that the stomach of one yello
billed cuckoo shot at 6 o'clock In
morning, contained the partially digest
remains of 43 tent caterpillars, and see
you have In your acquaintance a pen
who would be likely to have destroyed
many pests by that hour In the mornln
Then take into consideration the fact r
vealed by Mr. Forbush that there are
of our native birds that feed from prej
erence on the gypsy moth, an.d it is eas
to compute the good work these birds w!
do If given a chance and It's not costl
the commonwealth so much by a go
round sum to protect them a3 did tl
great sham battle the gypsy moth co
mission put up againqt that nutsanc
Most of these birds that are so fond
a gypsy moth diet are also partial to
brown-tall moth caterpillar, tho tore
tent caterpillar, the tent caterpillar.
canker worm and all tho rest of t
worms and Insects that take the beaut!
out of tree and forests.
It Is acknowledged, ot course, by
most ardent advocate ot bird protectl
that blue jays prey on the nests of oth
birds; that the grosbeaks and purpi
nnches eat buas and, biossomi; that
good many of the birds eat fruit and
buds of trees, and that woodpeckers
soma damage to the trunks at the tree
yet all these sins charged up to their di:
credit are as nothing when weighed in
balance with their beneficent minis!
tlons. It Is urged that nesting boxes ah
boxes, also, which may be Used for Wli
ter quarters, placed about In the woo
and on the edge of the woods, will do
great deal to prevent harm coming t!
them from cats or from exposure to e:
treme cold weather. Then, this much a-
complished. It would be a simple matte
and lot an expensive one, for a comm
pity to undertake to supply thetpi wit
grain or food of some sort when the sno'
covers the ground and the twigs. Othf
foes to the birds, tho gunners, and th
mischievous boys, must also be dealt wit
by, say, one part of moral suasion t
nine of rigid legislation; and a long 11
and a useful one may be assured
birda.
Reatorlns
the Church at Wrexhai
New York Tribune.
The ancient parish church at Wrexli
In whose churchvard the remains
Ellhu xale, the founder of Yale Unlver
slty, are burled, is in the hands of thi
restorer. Its tower was the pattern thi
architect of the Parliament houses use!
In designing the Victoria tower. Man!
Americans make pilgrimages to Yale'j
tomb, and 3000 ot the S00O required t
restore the church Is understood to havi
been contributed by Yale graduates
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