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Jfwwitttlf fi&tt rottm Dir.cc n t 4c - ftlA rnuuj 9 V7 iu VOL. XL. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1900. NO. 12,454. PART TWO t - - - - - ,-, ,-, ,-, ,-, ,-, ,-, n - - - 'l hi : : :.7. J3l) NOT FEWER INDIANS Contact With Whites Fatal to the Natives. Not BUT CHANGES ARE ADVISABLE Recommendations of Indian Com missioner In His Annual Report Bad Influence of Money. WASHINGTON, Nov. VL The total ex penditure by the Government on account of the Indian Service from March 4, 1783, up to and Including: July 30, 1900, has been $368,368,217, according: to the annual report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Wil liam A. Jones. The expenditures for tho flsoal year ended last July amounted to $10,175,107. Of this amount at least $3, 833,000 was devoted to the cause of Indian education. The report reviews the change In the system of transporting supplies by which the supplies are Bhlpped In open market by common carrier at tariff or better rates, and estimates that this eaves 20 per cent In cost. Under the head of obstacles to self-support of the In dians the report deprecates the ration system, annuity payments and tho leas ing: of allotments. The ration system, says the report. Is the corollary of the reservation system. The Indian population of the United States is about 267.900, of which 45,270 receive a dally ration. The ration Issued and its value vary according: to the tribe. Nearly two-flfths of the number receiving rations belong to the great Sioux na tion. The ration has been gradually reduced the past few years in accordance with the policy of the Indian Bureau. If the Indians' claim for full rations as a right is conceded, the Commissioner pre dicts that the time when they will be self-supporting lies In the very distant future. If It comes at all. A number ot the Indians are also assisted by occasional Issues, and at several agencies the old And Indigent are provided for. These ag gregate about 12,570. Altogether there are 157,670 Indians receiving subsistence in eome degree, exclusive of Indian children In boarding schools. The Commissioner urges that the Indiscriminate issue of ra tions should stop at once. The old and helpless, he says, should be provided for, but rations should be issued to the able bodied only for labor, while those who have been educated In Indian schools should depend entirely on their own re sources. Annuities distributed last year aggre gated $1,507,648, the per capita ranging from $286 down to 50 cents. The report says that large money payments to the Indians "are demoralizing In the ex treme. They degrade the Indians and corrupt the whites: they Induce pauper Ism and scandal and crime: they nullify all the good effects of labor. Unscrupu lous people Induce the Indian to go Into debt and then, when the debt has accu mulated and the Indian's credit Is gone, pressure Is brought to bear by the cred itors upon the Government to pay the Indian so that he can pay his honest debts. The state of things growing -out of the surroundings at the aegncles is a disgrace. There Is now in the Treasury to the credit of tho Indian tribes $33, S15.955 00, drawing Interest at the rate of 4 and 5 per cent, the annual Interest amounting to $1,646,486 96. Besides this, several of the tribes have large incomes from leasing and other sources. It is a eafe prediction that so long as these funds exist they will be the prey of de signing people. "The ultimate disposition of the In dian funds Is a subject for the most serious consideration. In some cases they are small and In others very large. With respect to the former they can as & rule be paid out to the Indians with little, If any, evil consequences. Wltn respect to the latter their proper disposi tion is more difficult. It is admitted that great wealth Is a source of weakness to any Indian tribe, and productive of much evil. Two remedies have been sug gested: First, the gradual extinction or these funds, setting aside a sufficient sum to maintain the reservation schools a definite period of years, say 21, and then dividing the balance per capita and palng each member of the tribe at cer f.'n ages, his share. Second, as a corollary to this, division of the land belonging to the tribe per capita. The remedy proposed would almost Invariably Immediately relegate the Indians to pov erty, though the remote result might be for them to work to save themselves from actual want." The general leading of their allotments by the Indians to white men Is de nounced. There were 260 Indian schools of all kinds conducted by the Govern ment, and an Increase of 1412 pupils in or roll men t and 1141 In average attend ance shown over the previous year. About of the 34,000 eligible school children are unprovided for. Compulsory eJU'&tion of the Indian children Is Etrong'v indorsed, and Congress Is urged to authorise the Commissioner to place every one of school age In some school, the selection of the school to be left largely to educated Indian parents. The report controverts the commonly accepted theory that by constant con tact with the whites the extinction of the Indian is only a matter of time. It cays it can be stated with a great de gree of confidence that the Indian popu lation of the United States has been very little diminished from the days of Col umbus. Coronado. Raleigh, Captain John Smith, and other early explorers. The first reliable Indian census was In 1870, and certainly since then the Indian popu lation haB been nearly stationary, whai eer decrease there Is being attributable to Indians becoming citizens. Reviewing Indian Territory affairs, the rerort states there are 60,000 children of white parents there who should have schools, and that thousands of these chil dren thus deprived of education are growing up in vice and Ignorance.already filling the United States jails at Musco gee and other points with youthful crlm lrals. The cost of education will not be excessive, compared with results. Sohooi beneflts also should be extended to the 450 Choctaw Freedmen. Government control of the schools In the Chickasaw Nation Is advocated. No Chance nt Blythe Millions. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1L Concern ing the claim of Jacob J. Haffner, of New York, to a share of the Blythe es tate, the attorneys here who were con nected Vlth the litigation In the cele brated case say that Haffner has no etand'ng, even if his claim is a valid one. The final distribution of the estate has been made, and no one can change it The Blythe case was in the Probate Court for IS years before a final settle ment was reached and the millions were awarded to Florence Blytfie. now Mrs. A. A. Moore, Jr. Immediately following Che order ef distribution, which was con firmed by the Supreme Court, the legatee divided her Inheritance with her attor neys Over J?,O09.00O was divided between the lawyers. 1 - JcTVlnh Jlonpltnl for Consumptives. CINCINNATI. Nov. 1L The trustees of he Natloaal Jewish Hospital for Con teumptlres at Denver met hero today and perfected permanent organisation. The board was fully represented, and there were other distinguished visitors, includ ing physicians. By-laws, rules and regu lations were adopted, and the following officers elected: President, Samuel Grabfelder, of Louis ville; vice-presidents, Sol W. Levy, of Cincinnati, and Louis G. Enrtly. of Phila delphia; secretary, Alfred Mueller, of Denver; treasurer, Ben Altheimer, of St. Louis. The executive committee was fully em powered to increase the capacity of the hospital, which means a large extension of buildings and other Improvements. At the meeting tomorrow afternoon a Board of Managers and other -officers will be selected. MANY CHINESE STARVING. Their Crops Failed Marine Disas ters on Asiatic Coast. TACOMA. Nov. lL-Oriental advices re ceived by today's steamer state that 4.000, 000 to 6,000,000 Chinese north of Pekin aro SUMMARY OF OREGON COUNTY. Bakerf Bentont ...... Clackamas ... Clatsop t Columbia .. Coos Crook Curry Douglas .... Gilliam , Grant Harney , Jacksonf .... Jpsephlne ... Kiamatht .... Like Lonet ......... Lincoln .... Llnnt Malheur Marlonf Morrow , Multnomah . Polkt Sherman Tillamook .. Umatilla .... Unlont Wallowa .... Wasco Washlngtont Wheeler , Tamhlllt Totals 7C& 99,8771 Complete. tOfflclal. In danger of starvation, their crops hav ing been a total failure. One million plculs of tribute rice were to be dis patched from Shanghai and distributed among these hungry hordes from Tien Tsin and Pekln. but the military officers at Shanghai gave notice that no rice should be sent out of Central China. There Is great danger that an immense swarm of robbers will be sent out of the famine district, as usually happens. Many shipping disasters happened last month on the Asiatic Coast. The steamer Matsunaye caught fire and sank In Esashl "Boy. Her passengers were rescued In. the nick of time. Tho steamer Tadotsu and bark Kawata collided near Yokohama, badly damaging both. Tho steamer Ho koshiu Maru was wrecked on the coast of the Chlshlma Islands, both vessel and cargo becoming a total loss. The steam er Izangi Moru sank after striking a sunken rock near Osaka, and 16 of her passengers were lost. The Japanese third class coast-defense vessel Katsuragl, of 1600 tons, went ashore near Oshlma, and before she could be towed off was wrecked by a severe gale, A cruiser was sent to her old, and sucoeeded in taking off the crew. News has been received at Yokohama that 11 Belgian missionaries were mur dered by bandits In Mongolia last month. COMING ATTRACTIONS. "A Trip to Chinatown" Mara. nam. at the Wherever true comedy Is known and appreciated, the name of Hoyt Is a house hold word. While other authors are vain ly trying to feel the public pulse and force It to partake of whatever they may chose to dish up, generally to their own financial sorrow, Hoyt goes on In the even tenor of his way, without the sha dow of a failure to mark his unbroken record of successes, filling the theaters all over the country with thousands, to whom the name of a Hoyt comedy Is a i synonym for all that Is clean, bright and wholesome in American farce, It Is not hard to discover why this is so. Hr. Hoyt is a close student of hu man nature, and In all his plays tho subject selected for satire Is ono with which all are acquainted. The lack of conventionality, freedom from established rules of playwrlting which has made Hoyt famous, is no where better brought to view than In this charming comedy, "A Trip to Chinatown," which will be presented next Thursday, wnicn wm oeprcacnicu ne Auuruay. Friday. Saturday matinee and Saturday evening at the MaVquam Grand. -LAIS piece, by reason of Its great success when last presented here, is very popular with theater-goers, and its return will be a welcome treat. That its return engage ment is looked upon as being an event out of the ordinary Is attested by the very heavy demand for seats. PERSONAL MENTION, O. H. Fit hi an, a wholesale leather dealer of Boston, Is at the Perkins. W. J. Rhud, a Gray's River, Wash., timber man. Is at the St, Charles. Dr. F. C. Broslus, of Hood River, reg istered at the Imperial yesterday. J. C. Campbell, a retired capitalist of Grant's Pass. Is at the Imperial. J. W. "Virtue, a mining man of Leland, Josephine County, is at the Imperial. E. G. Jones, a timber land speculator of Wisconsin, Is registered at the Im perial. J. R. Fagerstrom and son, of Fo salon, (Minn., are registered at the St. Charles, while looking for farm property In Ore gon. NEW YORK, NovTil. W. H. Sherrod. of Portland, registered at tho Astor to day, and E. E. Coley, of Seattle, Is at the Manhattan. THROUGH TO CHICAGO Without Change. The ChicagoPortland Special runs through to Chicago without change. In W hours. Palace and ordinary sleepers, dining-cars (meals a la carte), chair cars and buffet library cars on all trains. Choice of many different routes to all Eastern points via the O. R. & N. It Is learned from a private letter, says the Baker City Democrat, that Colonel Ray, of Ray, Street & Co., bankers, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Can., has effected a consolidation of the Bunker Hill, White Elephant and Montezuma properties' THE SETTLER WINS Second Contest Over Land on Malheur Lake. DECISION OP THE COMMISSIONER Show How Depnty Surveyor- Acted In Dual Capacity His First Record Held to Stand. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. The lands sur rounding Lake Malheur continue to be a bone of contention, and new features are continually cropping out which affect In one way or another valuable grazing lands that have been uncovered In lato REPORTS BY COUNTIES. 637 4( years by the recession of the waters of this lake. The most recent case to be decided by Commissioner Hermann, of the General Land Office, Is that of the Pa cific Livestock Company against Otto Ar mack, Involving the southwest Quarter of section 25, 25 south, 32 east, lying just north of the present waterllne of Lake Malheur, land which, along with other uncovered tracts, was surveyed by Neai in 1895. Briefly stated, the facts are these: On November 9, 1897, Armack made home stead entry of this land, and on tho same day the Pacific Livestock Company filed a protest against the appropriation of cer tain parts of the land embraced In the Neal survey, including the land In con troversy, claimed by reason of the alleged fact that It was the owner of abutting lands. The local land office rejected1 the protest, and, on appeal, the action was sustained by the General Land Office. Ap peal was made to the Interior Department but afterwards withdrawn, and on May 31 the case was closed, Armack's entry remaining intact. Armack submitted proof, but against this also the company filed protest, al leging that it was the owner by mesne conveyance from the State of Oregon of the land abutting upon this land; that the land involved was a part of Lake Malheur at the time the abutting land, the property of the protestant, was sur veyed, etc. The company asked that the proof be not approved, and that a hearing be ordered to determine the rights of the parties. The protest was submittd, sup ported by affidavit of C. Z. Merrltt, secre tary of tho company, and of John S. Devlne, stating that in 1881, by reason of a break in the sand ridge separating Har ney from Malheur Lake, the waters re ceded until the lake reached its present level, the involved lands being exposed, which had previously been covered by the waters of the lake. The local officers recommended that the protest be dismissed. This was followed by another affidavit filed by the com pany, maae oy uepuiy surveyor n. j, Perklns who made a statement favorable ',.. of the comDany. to the claim of the company. The lands Involved' were not approved to the State ofOregon until 1890 and 1891. When this same case was previously de cided In the Land Office, the protest of the company was dismissed be cause It was found from the returns of Deputy Surveyor Perkins that the rea son for not extending tho township lines in their entirety was not the presence of open water. In other words, that the land to which the company lays claim h SUrvey was shown by his Held teM tn h nn ,,, distlnct from I --.-. nA thaf fTnaAfAfA It rmil1 lov Tift claim to such abutting lands. According to a recorded statement ot Perkins, "nearly all of the land Is over flowed in the Spring. The eastern part Is a tule swamp, water standing thereon the entire year. The mean elevation is about S650 feet above sea level." There would probably be no difficulty In extend ing the township to Its entirety, by his own admission, however. "What is usu ally called Lake Malheur," he continued, "Is only a vast marsh or tule swamp, with comparatively open water, and it Is sus ceptible to reclamation by cutting a canal through the peninsula which separates HaVney from Malheur Lake. This vast marsh is invaluable for stockralslng." He refers to tho lands In the incomplete por tions of the township as being low and swampy, and the lines of the survey be ing extended to tho margin of Malheur Lake marsh. In the present application the company seeks to show that the field notes were Incorrect, and that the lines estaollshed by Perkins did conform to the then waterllne. In the former decision It was held that the only standing the company could have in the case was on the theory that It Is the owner of the abutting lands that bordered on the waterllne of Lake Malheur, and that the land owned by it was returned as abutting on the waters of the lake at the time of survey, and has since been uncovered by a gradual recession of the waters. "The conditions required are not met in this application to contest," now holds the Commissioner. "In 1SS1, long before the Government parted title with the base lands the reliction of the waters began, and it was due to a known and well recognized agency, namely, the cut ting of the sand ridge that separated the two lakes. The reliction was not gradual, but violent and sudden. At the time the protestant became the owner, if indeed it Is the owner, It was charged v with notice that before the Government parted title to the said base lands It was not then abutting on nor contiguous to the waters of the lake, but that the waters had receded therefrom prior thereto. If indeed they ever touched the same. Nor $ 33 q 5 SK3a I S &B S : ? : : &1&1 37 4124 27 1458 1696 40 4 44 .... 133 16 1556 16 928 766 83 3 7 162 .... 36 4701 34 2104 1S29J 102 26 129 6S5 .... 26 25631 26 1326 6SSJ 34 6 65 63SI .... 1$ 16931 131 875 395 26 321 1 480 .... 26 253H 81 828 668 f .... 400j .... 21 11S3 8 229 831 f .... 150 .... 14 660J .. .... 100 29 4297 29( 1851 15941 ....I 257 .... 11 946 111 474 306 191 12 .... 78 .... 18 1922 .. .... ...J ....( .... .... 300 ' .... 18 1004 4 201 190 .... 2 2S 2 2956 32 1568 1625 OS) 20 72 S3 .... 16 2103 16 920 774 43 5 37 176 .... 11 m 11 42S 324 10 8 4 104 .... 12 3S7 12 692 364 2C8 .... BO 6266 60 2621 2037 138 9 48 488 .... 131 961 13 471 272 33 199 .... 01 5122 30 1927 1935 223 92 26 .... 63 18 1133 5 1SS 2021 ...J ....f ....( .... 381 68 3SJ 3091J 23021 187 S0 861 783 .... 141 1327f 14 742 3S2f 411 41 ZJ 390 .... 801 18754 80 99S1 44631 496l 48J 375 5518 .... 21 2725 21 1163 988 103 18 22 175) .... 8J 1043 II 120 1001 231 If ....I 250f .... 18j 10361 IS 617 296 66 ....) ....) 321 .... 341 4596! 271 1852 1482 ....I ....I ....I 400 .... 27 4034 2t 1766J 1S54I ....) ....) ....1 ...J 93 .14 15101 ..! .... .li-f .."f .... -- 150J .... 25 31311 26 16521 10201 80l J 37j 5321 .... 211 34531 21 1644 llOSJ- 1261 41 47J 636) .... 131 858 ..I .... .... .... .... .( 226 .... 211 3417 21 16861 12351 .... .... .... 351 .... M62j 2S4321 1761 321 1045 14014 SOS did the Government recognize the exist ence of an open body of water abutting on said land, and that Its dominion was surrendered no further than the boun daries of the land 'designated In the several lists. "But even admitting that the survey did approximately represent the then water line, and that the land in controversy was then a part of Lake Malheur, the posi tion of the protestant company would still be untenable. It cannot be denied that the owner of land abutting on water, which jcarrles with it riparian rights and privileges, can dispose of the land abut ting on the shore and by apt words of limitations retain the shore privileges, etc. In this case the Government as the owner of the land abutting upon the water of the lake made a survey of the land and described and established its boundaries and defined the extent thereof. It declared further that it disposed of certain par cels of land only, and by necessary im plication that It parted with no riparian privileges, for the reason that the land alienated did not abut upon the waters. 'The company has not been deceived. The field notes and plat of survey called its attention to the intention of the Gov ernment and to the status of the land. It cannot be claimed that it was misled by the alleged fact that the waters of the lake, Instead of the land, bounded Its present properties In 1879, because what ever Its possession of land, lawful or otherwise, prior to 1890, might have been. It did not become the purchaser nor owner of the said land prior to tho date above mentioned, as the Government did not part title to the land until 1890. "The affidavit of Perkins is without weight, and will not be taken as Impeach ing his former statement of duly recorded returns entered more than 20 years ago. It can have no effect further than to show that he acted In the, dual capacity of Deputy Surveyor, whoso duty it Is to faithfully and correctly make returns or his work, and of agent of the State of Oregon, who was paid a certain price for all the land secured by said state as swamp and overflowed. The Government acts, to a large extent at least. In the Jurisdiction of selections by tho state over swamp and overflowed lands, upon the returns of the Deputy Surveyor. Therefore It Is manifest that such work should be done by one who Is entirely without Interest, save the honest dis charge of duty, and not by one who holds a direct personal Interest In color ing or falsifying his returns. "Inconsistent and incompatible as It was with his duties as Deputy Surveyor, Perkins' action In receiving pay from the state for all lands secured as swamp cannot be taken to prejudice the rights of "this claim, and under the settlement laws, especially as it would Inure to the Interest of the state, one of the parties to the transaction. It merely serves to call attention to Perkins' questionable con. duct and to require t e Land Depart ment to view his statements in the light of his previous actions." On the above ground the recommenda tion of the local land officers that the protest of the Pacific r :vestock Company be dismissed has been affirmed, and Its application for a hearing has been de nied. ROLLING RESIDENCE. One of the Landmarks Front Street. of North The house on wheels, which has become quite a landmark on North7 Front street, now occupies a position on the bank of the river just below the North Paclflo mills. The craft, as it is termed by the owners of the scow houses in the vicinity, x Jyi&iC mm was built by its owner, for the purpose of being moved about without expense when the family tired of any one location. Sdveral children have been born within Its diminutive rooms and the family seems as happy as though they dwelt in a sta tionary mansion on the Heights or In a floating house on the bosom of the Wil lamette. When Its owner desires to move, a team Is hired or borrowed, and the housa on wheels is hauled to a new location. Thus, .the site which might be a pleas ant one In Summer, can be vacated for a mote desirable one In the Winter. High water has no terrors for the Inmates of the house on wheels as the craft can bo hauled to safer elevations at short no tice. TO A BETTER COUNTRY. California Farmer Comes to North- vrest to Live. 31 C. Eustig and family, of Maderla County, California, stopped over in Port land yesterday on their way to the Yaki ma Valley, in Eastern Washington. They lived In the San Joaquin Valley for 10 years, but became tired of the eternal sunshine, which proved altogether too mo notonous for the good of the farmer. Their place was among the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where more rain fell than out In the -valley, but yet cot enough to mature paying crops. Of late years the Irrigating ditches have become dry, and so even ar tificial watering could not be resorted to. "We had a nice climate." Mr. Eustig said, "If the rain would only fall when needed, but it wouldn't," Tho family have relatives near North Yakima, and they have already secured a tract of land where 10 acres is now J considered enough to afford a good living, and they expressed themselves as being willing to stan.d a dash of snow and Ice a while in a' country where the crops never fall and where no one need to worry over the rain. No rain had fallen yet in Maderla when, they left the-e Friday, but people were looking for rain, as usual. Horses Thrive In the Philippines. Cosmopolitan. It has been successfully demonstrated not only that horses and mules can be transported to the Philippines, but also that a majority of them arrive there In a better condition than when they were loaded on the Western coast of the United States. Having reached the Philippines, experience bas shown, they stand the climate as well as they do that of our Southern and Southwestern States, and the mules thrive better than they do In the more varying temperatures to be found In America. Never again need a nation hesitate to send along with its ad vance guard an equa force of horses, or to ask the question. "Can a horse stand on his legs 40" days and land alive?" A vein has been struck In the Grizzly gold mine of Eastern Oregon, which car ries 4 per cent of copper, says the Baker City Democrat. riS .j? - k! TWT3sra-s.i;, MONEY EOR REPAIRS Bicycle Paths Will Be Taken Care of. NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO RUN DOWN People of Tremont "Want a Street- Car, Line Improvements la Street Work. Those who have feared that tho cycle paths built In the county, over about SO miles at much expense, would deterloate and become ruined, will be glad to learn that the work of repairs on all the paths will be commenced this morning. Com- THE VOTE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. Partial Est. Partial Est. Partial Est, vote, plu. vote, plu. vote. plu. K a g a g a -j a o r a a a . a if if in 1 1 mi( ? : ? ! I I j I P I I I I f Adams , k 214 "80 Asotin 69 13 ... ' Chehal,9 1543 793 7RU.. 1330 836 453 ...14401440 652 662 778 ... Chelan 60 100 25 Cla1111 250 ... 609 468 150 ... 625 624 36 371 257 ... Clark 1646)993 652 ... 161S 1262 256 ... I6U1I6II 987 987 624 ... Columbia 896 712 184 ... 837 758 79 ... 8S4 886 701 6971 183 ... Cowlltx 645 500 600 ... Douglas 616 616 ... 101 399 626 ... 227 433 449 569 566 ... 130 Ferry , 4131 365 901 ... 536 432 416 819 818 ... 4O0 Franklin 50 .. 100 60 Garfield 628 437 91 ... 4511 601 ...1 601 60S 600 426 427 76 ... Island 150 ,...? 100 ...I 125 ... Jefferson 300 125 ... 285 ... King 10090 8006 2065 ... 876219036 .... 284 8754 9162 8031 8991 400.... Kitsap 884 499 3S5 ... 807 566 242 ... 851 853 494 517 350 ... Kittitas 1166 923 242... 9461125.... 179. 200.... Klickitat 250 330 350 ... Lewis 19041371 633 ... 1794 1611 2S3 470 ... Lincoln 250 700 200 Mason 60 60 ... Okanogan 200 320 200 Pacific 693 293 600 ... 558 313 325 450 ... Pierce 6970 3549 3.421 '... 4721 5118 ... 397 0016 5681 3204 3062 2,715 ... San Juan 433 263 170 146 153 ... Skagit 681 303 612 ... Skamania 28I....I....I ...1 431 30 Snohomish .'...12878 2372 650 ... 2501 2761 ... 275 600 ... Spokane (530415033 8611 ... 4548 6872 ...1324 5264 5328 6086 4983 262 ... Stevens .... 600 800 600 Thurston (.... 300 420 300 ... Wahkiakum 319 180 190 ... 266 209 S6 ... 298 297 187 185 160 ... Walla Walla 21231541 682 ...19071677 330 ...2055 207414551457 610 ... Whatcom 26921444 1,250 .'.. 2670 1934 700 900 ... Whitman I2366I2S26 ... 460 2060 3123 ... 1063 235S 2344 2785 2706 ... 377 Yakima J 483 175 400 ... Totals 14.044 2204)3.1.... 50U6C25....'l.. ...... 1L608 1803 Not plurality ..... IlX,840J ...(.... ........l614....(............( 0.716 Complete, missloners Steele, Showers -and Mack made a tour of Inspection last week over the county roads and cycle paths, and know what Is required to keep the lat ter In first-class condition during the Winter. Tho first work will be done on the paths on the Section road, where they aro used more generally than else where. These will be regraveled where needed through to Gresham, and on the Powell's Valley road will be graveled on to Pleasant Home. Between Portland and Gresham the paths are In daily use almost through the entire year, and it is very desirable that they should be kept In the be3t of condition. The constant wheeling has worn away most of the gravel, but the foundation of the path3 Is intact. The paths on the Mllwaukle road to Sellwood, which were the first built, are In bad condition. On the west side path most of the surface gravel has disappeared, but on the other sldo of the street the sur face Is In fair condition.. A large num ber of people at Sellwood use these paths every day, coming and returning to Port land, and they had begun to think noth ing was to be done toward repairing them, but assurances have been, given that repairs will be made on them also. On the Base Line and the Willamette boulevard tho paths are generally in good condition, and will not require much work. Only here and there will new gravel be required. It has been found that the path along the Willamette boule vard to St. John's Is used fully as much aa the others. Since construction on the Cone Bros, sawmill was commenced at Portsmouth, houses have filled up and people wheel to and from their homes on this path. The Commissioners will be commended for their efforts to keep the paths in repair, although no new ones can be constructed at present. Want Car Facilities. There is a fairly well settled district east of Woodstock, known as Tremont, where the people are very anxious for car facilities. The Woodstock Railway ends at Woodstock, over a mile from this settlement, while the Mount Scott Ral way leaves the territory off to the .south. The Mount Scott Railway follows the Foster road for some distance and then turns abruptly south ,to the Chicago tract, and thence to Mount Scott. An effort has been made to get the route of this railway changed so that it would swing over to and pass through Tremont direct to the Chicago tract. For several miles after leaving the Powell road there are only three houses, whereas if the line were changed to the south so as to take in Tremont settlement it would se cure the business of SO or 60 families. The railway was built by a subsidy, and the consent of those who gave toward the subsidy would have to be secured, but It ia thought this could now be obtained. Tho people have more hopes of some thing being done for them, now that the East Side Railway Company, which op erates the railway. Is to be taken out of the court It has been figured out that by changing the route the patronage of the line would be nearly doubled at once. Bis; Gradlnfr Camps. There are two large grading camps nn East Taylor street, which is to be im proved between East Sixteenth and East Thirty-fourth streets. At East Twen tieth street Hale & Kern have their plant. Here are half a dozen big tents. One nearly 100 feet long is used for the horses. Then there are tents for the men and tools. In a shed is located a blacksmith shop. The plant covers sev eral blocks. A horse railway is being laid from the high ground down to the deep depression at East Eighteenth street, so the transfer of dirt from the high ground may be accomplished quick ly. At East Thirty-fourth street Con tractor Wolff has another big plant. A shed about 200 feet long has been put up on a vacant bjock for the horass used in grading. The work on this street will be crowded forward with energy, so as to finish up before the bad weather sets in. Good Class of Work. City Engineer Chase is well satisfied with the street work in progress on the East Side, and says that that part of tho city is moving forward rapidly. There are now no plank improvemen's being made, but all' the streets are being improved with upland or cement gravel, most of which Is taken from the pit at Woodlawn, and it is solidly packed after being laid in courses with a heavy roller. This kind of improvement, says the cn- XgLatttt, 13 much ahead of plank; and is not expensive. It would not do where the travel was heavy and big trucks aro used, but is salted for such teaming as may be expected on the East Side streets. It would not do for Grand avonuo, -where there Is heavy teaming. Will Slalce Fills. Contractor Wolff, who has tho Improve ment of East Morrison Btreet. between East thirty-fourth and East Thirty-second streets, will use the dirt In filling up the low lots on both sides of Belmont street, east of East Thirtieth. He has purchased nine lots in this low ground. There will be heavy cuts on East Morri son and enough dirt will bo taken out to fill up the lots. Mr. Wolff has bought them and will make them valuable. FOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. Plan for Professional Team In Port land Kext Year. Tuesday evening, of this week, there will be a meeting ot the men who are Interested In the project of organising a professional baseball team for Portland. W. H. Lucas, who was last season presi dent and secretary of the Montana league, is one of the prime movers in the plan which has for Its main object the forma tion of a Northwestern league, with Se attle, Spokane. Tacoma and Portland as members. Tho projectors, remembering the palmy baseball days of 1890 and 1891. are confident that professional ball can be made to pay in the Northwest, and already have the organization of teams under way in Seattle, Spokane and Ta coma. As they say, "It's up to Port land now whether the league is a go." Speaking of the plan, Mr. Lucas, who was manager of the Tacoma team in the old league, said last evening: "It will take about 1500 to organize a team. The plan is to issue stock for that amount. When this amount is sub scribed for, each club will send a delegate to a league meeting and a president and secretary will be elected. We have al ready available two fine sites for grounds, one on the East Side, near East Elglthr and Morrison, and the other on the West Side. New grandstands will have to bo erected and players signed from the East, which makes It necessary to organize at once. There are several reasons why the revival of the game should pay. The railroad rates are lower than they were In 1890. All of the cities have Increased In population, and there has been a great revival in Interest In the game, especially in Spokane. The people are tired of ama teur ball, and are eager to see a gilt edged series of games by professional players. Salaries of good players are lower, and each club's weekly list should not exceed $1000. " We will conduct the game on a high-class plane, and no fak ing or rowdyism will be tblerated. There Is great Interest in the project among leading Portland business men, and It can be safely said as practically assured that Portland will have a team." After the meeting Friday night. If there is enough money in sight, a temporary organization will bo effected, and later officers and a manager for the team elected. VICTIM OF SCORCHERS. Youncr Woman Maimed by Tvro Reckless Riders. Miss Estello Stewart, saleswoman at Olds & King's, was soverely Injured yes terday noon, by two wheelmen, who ran over her as she stepped Into the street at the corner of Fourth and Washington. The men were riding rapidly "up Washing ton street as Miss Stewart stepped off the sidewalk at the northwest corner, and the young woman was thrown heav ily to the pavement, both bicycles falling on her prostrate form. She was taken to Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s drug store, where restoratives were administered and afterwards was assisted to her home at 72 Seventh street. Her physicians would permit nobody to see her last evening as the nervous shock had been very great and she was suffer In? from spinal Injuries and bruises about the head. Those who witnessed the accident con demn the wheelmen for their carelessness in riding so rapidly on a crowded thor oughfare. Both men remounted their wheels without trying to find out the ex tent of Miss Stewart's Injuries. Such accidents ore of very common oc currence in Portland, as wheelmen ride rapidly in crossing streets and often omit to ring a bell, as was the case in this Instance. Any person who steps into a street is likely to be run down by ono of these wheelmen, unless care is taken to look In all directions before leaving the sidewalks. Mdss Stewart's injuries will confine her to her home for two weeks. England's Anthem of French Origin, Paris Messenger. God save the Queen! We always thought that the national anthem was of English, .origin. A contemporary informs its read ers that it is not so; in short, that it is of French origin. There was, states our contemporary, a document recently pub lished, which had been signed by three ladles of Salnt-Cyr, in the presence of the Mayor, In September, 1819, attesting that the national anthem of England was but an old hymn, well .known In the Com mune of Saint-Cyr, since the time of Louis XIV, and that It had been com posed by Lulll. Are free from all crude and irritating matter. Concentrated medicine only; very small ; easy to take; no pain; no griping. Carter's Little Liver Pllla. HOME FROM HAWAII Phil Metschan Returns From the Pleasant Isles. TELLS OP, WHAT HE SAW TliEXl IYatlves Faror Democracy of Cktt Cleveland Varlety-Prlaoi David's Candidacy Phil Metschan of the Imperial Uefefcj returned from Honolulu yesterday wltb his wife, after an absence of a xno&Uk from Portland. Mr. Metschan says ha had a most enjoyable trip, and he tfr'nVn a good deal of the Hawaiian Islands elnco he traveled among their thriving towns and prosperous sugar plantations. Ha spent a week In Honolulu, which ha soys is a pleasant town of 30,000 inhabitants, though the weather was too hot for aa Oregonfan's comfort while he was there. "People seem to get used to the heat,' he said, "and several Portlanders I met there seemed to be thriving under it," Mr. and Mrs. Metschan left San Ifran clsco about throe weeks ago, on tas steamer Zealandla, which the Bhrinera had chartered for the excursion. There were about 200 passengers on board, and the trip to Hllo from San Francisco took seven days. At Honolulu they stopped at the principal hotel, which la kept by William Allen, formerly cashier of the Hotel Portland. The Hawaiian aristoc racy gave the excursionists a grand re ception and a regular aboriginal banquet, where the tables were set low on the ground, and tropical fruits were served In connection with milk, fresh from the cocoanut, Mr. Metschan did not seem to relish the bill of fare, but Mrs. Metsohan says she enjoyed it. The visitors had to sit on seats which were only an inch, from the ground, in order to feast at the low table, and this, of course, was looked upon as rather an uncomfortable posi tion. The party did not stay at Honolulu un til election day, but there seemed to be considerable interest taken in the local campaign. Hawaii is now a territory, with ex-President Dole as Governor, and sho is entitled to a delegate on the floor of Congress. Three candidates were run ningSam Parker, a former Prime Min ister under the monarchy, being the Re publican; Prince David, a nephew of tho deposed Queen Lll, the Democratic can didate, and the third aspirant was run ning as an Independent, The natives of the Islands seem to know very little of American politics, Mr. (Metschan says, and they remember the Democrats only through the mention of ex-President Cleveland, who hauled down the Stars and Stripes and gave the Ha wallans back their own flag after it had been deposed In the local revolution. This episode strengthens the Democracy wltix the kanakas, and so Prince David was a very strong candidate with them. The result of the election Is not yet known in America, as there Is no cable 10 tho Island, and It takes a week for a steamer to bring the news over. Honolulu Is pleasantly situated, where the oeean breezes temper the atmosphere to a certain extent. The population is largely made up of Americans, who aro engaged in business, but the kanakas, Japanese and Chinese are numerically very strong. The two latter races do all the work, and at tho hotel where Mr. Metschan stopped Chinese waiters were employed In the dining-room, while China men did tho chamber work, also. They seem to be rather slow In their move ments, but on the whole were fairly satis factory. On the plantations, the Japs do the work, and Mr. Metschan was at one sugar mill where tho cane was run In at one end between great Iron rollers, while the manufactured sugar came out at the other. He thinks there are good openings for business men with noma capital in Honolulu, but that it Is a poor country for a laboring man, as the In ferior races do the work. The Japanese have large families growing up on the sugar plantations, as they bring out their own countrywomen from Japan. They do not Intermarry with the Ha wallans, but the Chinese do to a great extent. He mentions one Chinese mer chant who married a -Hawaiian woman and reared eight daughters before ho finally returned to his own country for good, when he left each ot the daugh ters $80,000. Honolulu is rather a quiet town, as It Is off the great highway of the world, and the weekly steamer has to be de pended on for news. Street cars are drawn by little horses, which seem to have more than they can do when tho little cars are loaded. There Is some talk" ot electrifying the roads, and then the' hum of the cars will give the place more of an American appearance of life and progress. He thinks the acquisition of the Islands was a wise move on tho part of the American Government, as they will be a great source of wealth for all future time. He has no uneasiness about the hordes of Chinese and Japa nese of the plantations coming to the United States, as they seem to prefer to remain where they are. OUR IRRIGATION CONGRESS. First One to Be Held Bast Mississippi River. of tho WASHINGTON. Nor. 1L The ninth annual session of tho National Irrigation Congress, which this year will meet in Chicago November ZL 22, 23 and 24. promises to be of exceptional Interest and Importance to the West. This is the first session of tho congress to be held In any city west of the Missouri River, and it should be well represented by Western men familiar with, the subjects to be discussed. Chicago is a great business center and the opportunity is a splendid one to present to the business people and interests of tho country the entire prob lem of land and water. The Irrigation Congress has assumed a National character, and the programme which has been prepared for this session will attract wide attention. Some of the most prominent men of the country will speak Senators and members of Con gress, Government officials and some of the heaviest business men of Chicago, who see the chance for the development of trade through the opening of the West by irrigation. The great Audito rium Theater, which seats 4000 people, bas been secured for the evening sess'ons, and Illustrated lectures will bo given on forestry and irrigation. The National Irrigation Assoclaton has tho matter in hand, and is .striving hard to bring the subject forward as the one greatest and most Important question now before tho country. A good repre sentative Western attendance Is hoped for, as the occasion presents an opportu nity for exceptional benefit to that half of the United States. 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