THE MORNING OREGONIAN, " TUESDAY," JANUARY 29, 1901.
NEWMANINO.R.&N.
Craig, of St. Paul, to Be Gen
eral Passenger Agent.
IS A NORTHERN PACIFIC MAN
Was Born In St. Paul and Always
Lived There, and All His Rail
road Experience Has Been "With,
the Northern. Pacific.
A. L. Craig, assistant general passen
ger and ticket agent of the Northern Pa
cific, has been appointed general passen
ger agent of the O. R. & N In the place
of W. H. Hurlburt, who resigned January
15. The announcement was made In a cir
cular from the traffic department of the
O. R. & N. yesterday. The new appoint
ment Is to become effective February 15.
Mr. Craig arrived from St. Paul yes
terday morning, and after he had had a
conference with Traffic Manager Camp
bell, of the O. R. & N., the news was
given out that he had accepted the vacant
office here. He left again last evening
on his return to St. Paul to prepare for
the transfer to Portland, and expects to
be ready to take up the duties of his new
position at the time his appointment will
become effective.
There is eald to be no significance at
tached to the appointment of a Northern
Pacific man to the vacant office In the
O. R. & N. It was simply a matter of
getting the beet man available for the
place. The relations of the O. R. & N.
with the transcontinental Is said to have
had a bearing on the selection, in that a
man affiliated with either the Great
Northern or the Union Pacific might be
suspected of partiality for the one or the
other of the lines if he ehould become
general passenger agent of the O. R. &
N., while a man from the Northern Pa
cific would not be open to such suspicion.
This Is said to have been an influence in
determining the appointment, the O. R. &
N. wishing to preserve its present rela
tions with the Great Northern and with
the Union Pacific system.
More than half the life of Mr. Craig
has been spent In the service of the
Northern Pacific. He was born 39 years
ago, last November, In St. Paul, was edu
cated there, and before he was 20 years
old he began work In the construction
department of the road, remaining there
a year. Then he was seven years In the
accounting department, three years as
chief rate clerk in the passenger depart
ment, and nearly nine years assistant
general ticket agent. Last June he was
made assistant general passenger and
ticket agent.
Mr. Craig is a tall man of light com
plexion, wears a mustache, and has some
what the air of a student. His family
consists of a wife and three sons. The
boys are In school in St Paul, on which
account the removal of the family to
Portland may be deferred a few weeks.
"I cannot say yet whether any changes
will be made in the working force or pol
icy of my department," said Mr. Craig,
yesterday. "I would rather retain the
present force, for I have much to learn of
these men regarding local conditions and
the business of the company. I am not In
position to say what will be done before I
shall have had a chance to study the sit
uation on the ground. '
"I have been to the Pacific Coast a
number of times, and have had a desire
to locate in this country, which I like for
its climate and people, and for its possi
bilities in the way of business. When
this opportunity came to me I decided to
accept it, and I do not doubt that my
relations here will be pleasant."
"I know Mr. Craig well," said Mr. Hurl
burt. the retiring general passenger agent
of the O. R. & N., "and know him to be
a clean and capable official. I am glad
the company has been so fortunate as to
Becure his services. I am sure he will
make an excellent record here."
Mr. Craig's Successor.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Jan. 28. A. L. Craig,
assistant general passenger and ticket
agent of the Northern Pacific, has re
signed, to become general passenger agent
of the O. R. & N. Co., at Portland, his
resignation to take effect February 15. He
is to be succeeded by A. M. McClelland,
chief clerk of the Northern Pacific Pas
senger Department.
LOOKS LIKE REPUDIATION.
Clncknmns County Commissioners
Rescind Railway Franchise.
OREGON CITT, Jan. 28. The Board of
County Commissioners today revoked its
order of the 10th Inst., granting- to the
Oregon City & Southern Railway Com
pany, a perpetual franchise to operate a
Ftreet-car line over and upon the county
road between Canemah and Oregon City,
a distance of about one mile. The action
to revoke the order was instituted on pe
tition of the Southern Pacific Company,
the Oregon & California Railroad Com
pany, C. W. Ganong, et al., on the ground
that It Interfered with the franchise of
the Southern Pacific Company heretofore
granted and for the further reason that
the operation of such a line of cars prac
tically destroys the utility of the county
road for pedestrians and teaming. The
railroad company argued that the neces
sity of the new car line crossing its track
twice within half a mile endangered traf
fic on both railway lines, and the taxpay
ers aver that utilizing the public road for
such purpose where It is scarcely 20 feet
In width, destroys Its value for all prac
tical purposes to the taxpayers.
The Board of Commissioners in rescind
ing the order granting the franchise held
that "the said order granting the fran
chise was entered by mistake and the said
order as entered does not conform to the
intention nor understanding of the court
at the tlm said franchise was granted
and bald order entered, in the extent and
manner of using said parts of the county
roads and streets granted in said fran
chise." The proceeding Is somewhat, extraordi
nary. The Commissioners' Journal, con
taining the franchise in full, granting un
limited privileges in the county road, is
signed by the board, and the acceptance
of the Oregon City & Southern Railway
Company has been duly filed and con
firmed by the board according to law, and
the action of the board, therefore, has the
appearance of repudiation of contract.
A XEW TRAASCONT1XEXTAL LINE.
Plans of the Canadian Northern Are
llelng Perfected.
WINNIPEG. Man.. Jan. 2S. The plans
of the Canadian Northern for a new
transcontinental line are being rapidly
perfected. The coming Summer the con
necting track will be laid binding the
main line now running east to Lake Su
perior, with that which now stretches
north and west from this city. The com
pany's engineers have also definitely se
lected the route up the western plain'
and through the Rockies to Port Simp
son, on the Pacific, which point will, it
Is planned, be reached by 1905.
Efforts to buy from the Northern Pa
cific Its lines In Manitoba having failed.
It is announced that new lines will be
built tapping all the wheat country In
the province and beyond. Under this plan
through freights will not go through Win
nipeg at all. but 100 miles south. Some
400 miles of the new road will reach
westward to Battleford, in Saskatchewan,
from which point the route lies directly
west of the McLeod River to the Yellow
Head Pass, in the Rockies, and so on to
Port Simpson, just south of the Alaska
boundary.
Four thousand laborers will finish the
strip of 231 miles through Northern Min
nesota In time for the wheat crop of 1905.
SETTLERS FOR THE WEST.
Mr. "Whitney Says They're Coming
Congress Should Irrigate.
F. L Whitney, of St. Paul, general pas
senger agent of the Great Northern Rail
way, and J. W. Blabon, of Seattle, West
ern traffic manager for the same com
pany, left Portland last night for Seat
tle after spending three days In town
looking over business. Mr. Whitney says
the year will see Immigration pouring into
the Northwest in as large a stream as
ever came In the boom days of 18S8-9.
This will be domestic Immigration, too,
the kind that will most improve the coun
try. "What you want out In this country,"
said he, "is to get your vacant land set
tled up. Too large a proportion of your
population is In the cities. Pressure
should be brought to bear on Congress to
irrigate the semi-arid lands and then sell
them to settlers. Hundreds of thousands
of acres of land that Is almost worthless
now would be made as fertile as any by
the introduction of water. This Is too
large an undertaking for private enter
prise to handle, and the Government
ought to do it. The Government should
take possession of the water sources,
build canals to lead the water on the
soil that needs it, and tfhen there would
be no difficulty in selling to people who
would cultivate and make every acre pro
ductive. That would make your state
great.
"The people are coming, anyway, but It
would be better for all if they could go on
new land Irrigated by the Government.
They are coming with money to take care
of themselves, to buy homes or go into
business. We expect to triple or quad
ruple our train service every Tuesday
from the 12th of next month to the end
of April. We should much prefer to make
this every-day traffic and thus avoid the
crowds that are inevitable when settlers'
rates apply only on Tuesdays, but the
other lines would not agree to that.
Whether the settlers' rates will apply af
ter April has not yet been decided."
WAS PRESIDENT HAYS IDEA.
Putting Colonist Rates of the North
Into Effect in the South.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S. President
Charles M. Hayes, of the Southern Pa
cific, made his first great official move
ment when he ordered the rates for col
onists from the East to California slashed
down to ?25 from all points West of the
Missouri River. President Hays says
practically: "If the upbuilding of Oall
forunla can be accomplished in this man
ner, I will fetch people here."
The new rates are record-breakers In
the history of the Southern Pacific. The
colonist rate from Chicago Is fixed at 30;
from St. Louis, Memphis, New Oreans,
$27 50; from Omaha. Kansas City, Min
neola and Houston, $25. The rates will ap
ply to a series of excursions and the tick
ets for these excursions will be sold at
the points named every Tuesday morning
beginning February 12 and including April
30. The rate from all points west of the
Missouri River is practically a maximum
of 23. Previously it has been about double
that figure. The trains will start from
each of the points mentioned on Tuesday
of every week, and the experiment will
extend over a period of two months and a
half.
Moving Troops by Central Pacific.
OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 28. Passenger
agents with headquarters In Omaha today
received a notice from Secretary of War
Root stating that the Government would.
In the future, In shipping troops and sup
plies, give preference to bond-aided roads.
The notice called particular attention to
the fact that the Central Pacific road Is
very largely Indebted to the Government,
and will receive as much Government pa
tronage as possible. The effect of this
announcement on railroads with Western
connections cannot be anticipated at this
time, but it is apparent that railroads
bidding for contracts to carry troops to
the Pacific Coast will be requested so to
route them as to give the Central Pacific
the advantage of as long a haul as possi
ble. St. Paul Executive Committee Met.
NEW YORK. Jan. 28. A meeting of the
executive committee of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railroad was held at
the local headquarters of the company
today. There was a full attendance, in
cluding J. P. Morgan. At the conclusion
of the meeting. Chairman Roswell Miller,
of the board of directors, said that noth
ing was done concerning a lease of the St.
Paul by any other road. He also said
that nothing was done toward effecting a
closer relation with any other railroad
company. As far as he knew, Mr. Miller
said, President Hill, of the Great North
ern, was not a stockholder in the St. Paul
road.
Manitoba Wnnts a Railway.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Jan. 2S. Premier
Roblin today stated that the Manitoba
Government was making attempts to pur
chase the Northern Pacific Railway In
Manitoba, but so far, he told, nothing
definite has been done.
PERSONAL MENTION.
.Albert Gelser. of Baker City, a well
known mining man. is at the Portland.
D. R. Mcintosh, a merchant of Brook
field, Wash., and wife, are at the St
Charles.
E. S. Clark, a prominent timber dealer
of Eau Claire, Wis., is at the Imperial,
accompanied by his wife.
A. L. Craig, of St. Paul, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Northern Pa
cific, is at the Portland.
A. P. Massey, traveling passenger agent
of the Boston & Maine Railroad, is reg
istered at the Portland, from Boston.
D. A. McAHster, representative of
Union County, registered at the Perkins
yesterday, on his return from his home
at La Grande to Salem.
George H. Murray, well and favorably
known as one of the few theatrical agents
with a conscience, whose maxim "Men's
Conscia Recti." arrived in the city yester
day to complete all remaining details with
Manager Heillg for the production of that
extenselvely heralded story of New Eng
land life, " 'Way Down East," which will
be presented in Its entirety by Manager
William A. Brady, at the Marquam Grand
the entire week of February 4.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. Northwestern
people registered at New York hotels to
day as follows:
From Portland J. H. Montgomery, at
the Grand Union.
From Seattle F. A. Wing, at the Vic
toria: B. Schoenfeld, L. Schoenfeld, at the
Herald Square.
From Spokane F. G. Mathlson, at the
Cadillac; W. E. Bell, at the Grand; M. L.
Bliss, at the Hoffman.
From La Grande Mrs. M. T. Hoffman,
at the Everett
She Turned on the Gas.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. In a .flat In West
36th street, there died as the result of in
haling illumatlng gas a woman whose
son says she came of one of the most
distinguished families of Tennessee. She
was Mrs. Anna Terry, the widow of Di
C. C Terry, a graduate of the Harvard
Medical School, and until his death, eight
years ago, one of the most distinguished
surgeons In New England. Dr. Terry's
death was accidental, his brain having
been pierced by the foil of a fencing roas
ter with whom he was engaged in prac
tice. Mrs. Terry was found dead in bed.
The house was redolent of the odor of gas,
and the stopcock in Mrs. Terry's room
had been found turned on full. A police
man, who was summoned, reported the
case as on of apparent suicide.
CRIMINAL ACT DEFINED
JUDGE GEORGE CONSTRUES WARE
HOUSE LAW.
KIs Charge to the Jury In the Case
of William E. Splcer on Trial
for Fraud.
The case of William E. Splcerr the
charge being disposal of grain to which
he had issued a warehouse receipt in
favor of the Spokane & Eastern Trust
Company, was submitted to the jury yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock. They had
not agreed up to a late hour last night
The closing argument for the defense
was made by Ed Mendenhall, who con
tended that the company, having obtained
a hold upon all of the property of the
defendant was now trying o send him
to the penitentiary, and rob him not only
of hl3 freedom, but his reputation. Coun
sel, conceding the fact of which there
was no dispute that Splcer owes the bank
money, asserted that the Income on Splc-
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GOVERNOR T. T. GEER.
A sketch from a life-size oil painting painted from life by E. W. Moore, Portland's artist
and photographer. This portrait Is true to life, and Is one of the best that Mr. Moore has
ever painted. It would grace the walls of tho state capltol.
er's property In Moscow, $2C0 a month,
amounted to 6 per cent Interest a year
on $50,000. The property was therefore
ample security for the debt. District At
torney Chamberlain for the prosecution
argued that Splcer had been well treated
by the bank so long as he acted right
and thai the evidence showed that Splcer
sold the wheat and did not account to
the bank, as he was bound to do under
his contract.
Judge George charged the Jury very
fully and Impartially, covering all of tho
points at Issue in the case. Upon the
subject of the warehouse act, the con
struction placed upon its Intent was stat
ed by the court in its charge as follows:
"The warehouse act makes It criminal
for warehousemen in business receiving
commodities on storage and giving re
ceipts therefor, to part with the custody
of the commodity without the written as
sent of the owner holding the outstanding
receipt.
"The act Is Intended to protect the orig
inal holders of warehouse receipts only
where the agreement was to have the
goods or commodities kept and held In
the warehouse in storage, and if the com
modity was stored under an agreement
expressed or implied that the custodian
might manufacture the product (as, for
instance, to manufacture wheat into flour
In a mill), or sell or dispose of the com
modity in ordinary course of business
sales (as, for instance, in a grain or
feed or sales store), and account only for
the proceeds, that on these facts the pen
alty of the act does not apply, the act
only relating to actual bailments of prod
ucts to be kept in storage for the owner
of the outstanding receipt.
"Title to the warehouseman's own
goods actually in store may be passed
by a warehouseman (if owner) by the
issuance of a warehouse receipt when so
Intended. If, however, the warehouse re
ceipt Is not the entire contract between
the parties, and Is a receipt in form mere
ly, and the testimony and evidence of
facts surrounding the transaction should
show that the receipted paper was only
a memorandum of the event for other pur
poses, or that the legal title remained In
the warehouseman, and that he was still
the owner of the commodity stored, In
cases where only the rights of the orig
inal parties are concerned, no assignment
of the receipt having been made, the pen
alty of the act for removal by the ware
houseman does not apply. If the title,
however, was In the holder of the receipt
or was passed to him by the issuance and
delivery of the warehouse receipt, and
the goods are to remain in the store .sub
ject to the order of the holder of the
receipt, the provisions of tho act do ap
ply, even where the warehouseman, be
ing the owner, issues on his goods actual
ly In storage, warehouse receipt to be
held as collateral security for loans, or
where the goods are to be held as col
lateral for advancements for their pur
chase in the first Instance."
The warehouse act was passed In 18S5,
for the protection of farmers and others
storing grain. This is the first prosecu
tion under it In Multnomah County within
the recollection of Courthouse officials.
Splcer Not Guilty.
Just before midnight the Jury returned
a verdict of not guilty. On the first vote
the Jury stood nine for acquittal and
three for conviction. Then one man came
over to the majority, and then another.
The vote stood 11 to 1 for some hours,
when the 12th man, who perhaps wanted
to catch the last car, gave In about 1130
and the Jury came Into court
Cases Set for Trial.
Judge Sears yesterday set cases for trial
as follows:
Fannie Relfiln vs. Rose A. Hawks, Feb
ruary 1.
State vs. Maud Atkinson, February E.
State vs. Julius Greensteln, February 6.
State vs. Cranston, February 7.
Under the present arrangement the ser
vice of the Jury Is expected to be dis
pensed with after February 7, although
the Jury may have to be retained until
February 15. It 13 the desire of the
Judges to dispense with the Jury as rap
idly as possible, so as to save expense.
Judge Cleland yesterday set cases for
trial as follows: Rebecca Easterbrook vs.
William J. Easterbrook: Mary E. Smith
vs. Robert Smith; Luella Magruder vs.
James Magruder; Emma McKenzle vs.
George McKenzle; George Koontz vs.
Cora Koontz, February 14. -
Eliza Kalfus vs. C. S. Silver, Febru
ary 26.
In the matter of the estate of Sol Rich
ards deceased, March 12.
Evidence Concerning a, WiH.
Upon the petition of Arthur Wilson, ad
ministrator of the estate of John Perssbn,
deceased, Judge Cake has authorized the
testimony taken of Ceptaln A. C. Ma
comb, Sergeant Henry R. Drake and Ser
geant Max Richert of Troop A, Fifth
Cavalry, United States Army, concerning
a will Persson is said to have executed.
The evidence will be taken In the form
of depositions, as the men are stationed
at Fort Hauchuca, Ariz. Persson was a
member of Troop A, and died October 25,
1S99. at Porto Rico. He left $6100 In pos
session of the War Department, which
the administrator has received, and the
estate altogether Is valued at $5500. It Is
stated In the petition that Persson exe
cuted a wlllt which was witnessed in the
presence of the persons here named, but
was afterwards lost and is supposed to
have been in a handbook which was
among the personal effects of the de
ceased when they were sold. What be
came of the will no one has been able to
ascertain. According to its terms the es
tate Is said to have been devised to the
mother and two sisters of the deceased,
residing In Sweden. The- witnesses, it is
believed, can testify to its contents.
Qourt Notes.
An information was filed against Ed
ward Tlbbetts, Jr., charging him with
uttering a forged check for $185.
An information was returned against
James Hoyt charging him with burglary
In entering a house at 110 Twelfth street
Gertrude Young was appointed admin
istrator of the estate of her husband,
Fred Young, valued at $3000, of which
$2100 is cash.
Mr. Reid argued that Mrs. North is in
competent to examine the books of the
concern, and Is entitled to have a per
son who Is competent do so.
An information was returned by the Dis
trict Attorney yesterday against Charles
Turner, a negro, charging him with lar
ceny of a diamond ring valued at $195
from the store of A. N. Wright
P.H.Tynan was appointed administrator
of the estate of J. J. PnilUps, who was
killed on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The company compromised the matter for
$500. The heirs are the mother, sisters
and brothers of the deceased, residing at
Los Angeles, Cal.
The complaint sets forth that the de
fendant recently endeavored to persuade
the plaintiff to surrender her stock and
accept in lieu thereof a certificate of stock
in the Co-operative Investment Company,
and told her In explanation for such
change that the officers of the Union
Savings & Loan Association were endeav
oring to liquidate Its affairs, and to trans-
RING THOSE BELLS A Timely Warning
MR. or MRS. BICTCLE PURCHASER: This is the time of the year when the "fly-by-nlght"
bicycle agents Unfold their tents and announce that they are here to stay and
have the best bicycles in the world to sell. All kinds of "gas-pipe" machines, with a
nice coat of enamel and nickel and a nice looking saddle, will be shipped Into the North
west before March 1. Why? Because they can't sell them in the Eastern states. They
have reached the end of their rope. Thousands of Eastern riders gave up bicycling In
disgust after getting "soaked" with one of those "just-as-good" bikes which have flooded
the East during the past two years. Now those manufacturers of "punk wheels" are
turning their attention to the West to dispose of their output, and If they succeed, down
will go the excellent bike business of the West All sorts of names and subterfuges will bo
employed to unload their stock early in the seaso a before the country agent and the pros
pective purchaser "get wise."
There are reliable agents selling reliable bicycles In every city and town In the North
west. Why not patronize them and be protected? We claim the honor of building up the
high-grade bicycle business of the West, and we want to 3tlll protect It and if necessary,
we will come out In "cold type" and show up the fakirs, with their mongrel wheels, who are
swarming into the Northwest like bees to unload their "freak" and "best-In-the-world"
truck and then fold up their tents early In the fall and "hie themselves hence," and all
the while laugh In their sleeves to think of the damage they have done to the bicycle
trade.
FRED
Wholesale
Main Stores :
fer the business to the Co-operative In
vestment Company, and unless she con
sented to the change there would be great
danger of her losing her stock.
In the United States District Court the
Beaver Coal Company bankruptcy case
was argued and submitted yesterday. Tes
timony was heard In the case of the
A. J. Luce Hop Company vs. .J. P
Meeker et al.
Mr. Reid contended that as the counsel
and representative of the petitioner he
had a right under the law to see the
books. He said she was the owner of 10
shares of stock fully paid up, of the
value of ?1000. The books were compli
cated In character, and it would do Mrs.
North no good to examine them unless
she was an expert In such matters.
The petition of Mattie E. North against
Moses Billings et al., asking that plain
tiff, by her attorney, William Reid, be
permitted to examine the books of the
Union Savings & Loan Association, was
argued berore Judge Sears yesterday, and
was taken under advisement. John H.
Hall, attorney for the defendants, stated
that the company had consented to allow
Mrs. North to make an examination of
the books, but maintained that her attor
ney had no such rights; also that it
would not be proper to permit the attor
ney to go through the books indiscrimi
nately, and she should state what partic
ular books and Items he desired to Inspect
DIVISION OF THE STATE.
Argomeat of Judge Lowell Answer
ed by John Mlnto.
SALEM, Jan. 26. (To the Editor. A
communication of mine published In The
Oregonlan In which a division of the State
of Oregon is proposed as a means of cur
ing local Inequalities and seeming Injus
tice in the application of public moneys to
public objects has procured me the honor
of a letter from a citizen of Baker County,
Or., containing an invitation to contribute
a paper of say 1000 words on that subject
to another Pacific Coast paper.
Being too old a man to have time for
such work, and too old an Oregonlan to
desire to start or help a newspaper ri
valry or contention over such a question,
j I ask space in The Oregonlan to state
briefly causes of dissatisfaction with pres
ent condition and Impending changes for
which I see no cure or opposition in. any
direction Just now.
Small causes of friction such as those
mentioned by Judge S. A. Lowell are. It Is
asserted, insufficient to Justify a division
of the state. Mr. Lowell suggests per
haps a cheaper and more peaceful remedy,
1. e., amend our old Constitution to meet
our new conditions. Your correspondent
(1859) gave a brief and true statement of
tho reasons for that portion of our Con
stitution requiring the public buildings at
Salem economy In cost of a state govern
mentand the object was answered for a
time. On a tax levy of $40,000 annually
for state purposes, some $45,000 accumu
lated In the state treasury during Gov
ernor Whiteaker's term. Our population,
was about 55,000.
Allowing that we can cure or endure
much of the vast and increasing differ
ence between the early and late rate of
taxation for state purposes, In response to
the sentiments for unity Judge Lowell
Invokes, there are yet two questions which
I think should receive our attention and
enlist our endeavorers to solve. First
Tho local obstacle, the learned Judge
thinks, we can climb over for the glory
of Oregon, namely, the Cascade Forest
Reserve, of area sufficient for several
states the size of Delaware, and richer
In, resources. It Is a physical division, ef
fected by act of Congress, not one of
the reasons generally given for which ex
ists. It Is a merely arbitrary act pro
cured by a comparatively few citizens
4 upon theories, not one of which Is yet
demonstrated to be founded on scientific
truth. To effect it the Constitution of
the "United States and compact between
the National and State Government of
Oregon are both believed to be violated
In effect it is absentee ownership In as ob
jectionable form as ever existed between
Klpg George III and his American Col
onies. It has already brought about a
condition, of competitive activity between
the native sons and daughters of Oregon,
whose parents, by coming here, gave the
Nation Its possessory rights, and timber
cruisers of land grant corporations for
timbered lands In Oregon, thus stimula
ting another form of absentee owner
ship. ,
The Atlantic seaboard statps, whence
emanates the Influences over tho action
f of Congress and tho President, which
maintains this division of the State of
Oregon, against the petition of the Legis
lature, have 18 Senatorial votes, against
6 which represent more than 4000 miles
of Pacific CoaBt line (inclusive of Alaska),
towards which the homeseekers of the
world are now tending.
Then, these six Pacific Coast Senators
are divided by three local Interests, San
Francisco, Puget Sound, and the Colum
bia, (the last first historically, and des
tined to be commercially, I think.) That
however. Is a minor consideration com
pared with the Importance, Just now, of
the entire Pacific delegation in Congress
working together in mutual assistance,
In securing needful National aid for the
cheap and safe movement of commerce
to and from our shores and overland
to the Atlantic side.
The lesson recently read to Mr. Cush-
T. MERRILL
PIONEERS
and Retail Bicycles, Automobiles, and
PORTLAND
JyOlZciatcAy
FROM THE GRAMMAR GRADES
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PARK AND WASHINGTON
A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. B.. Principal. J. A. WESCO, Penman and Secretary.
man, of Washington, by Mr. Tongue, of
Oregon, ought not to be lost
My Baker County friend mentioned,
thinks "Oregon, which has given to the
Union a State of Washington, could now
appropriately present to the sisterhood of
states. Eastern Oregon, under the new
name of Lincoln."
That would be an admirable name for
a division of the State of Washington.
Historically, Jefferson's name has the first
claim to the next new state on the Pacific
side. Indeed, from the point of view of
industrious statesmanship, Jefferson's
name Is entitled to first place. His ac
tion resulted In giving us the strong claim
of exploration, and three out of four of
those first occupying were his disciples.
The writer would like to Join a body of
such 'men as came to Oregon prior to the
admission of tho state, right now but
Bryan, bah!
Judge Lowell truly said that the chief
cause of dissatisfaction amongst the peo
ple of Oregon is their being so far apart
ithey don't understand each other's
wants. Tho same Is true between the
people of Oregon and their fellow-citizens
on the Atlantic seaboard. We can well
afford to work hard for a fair In 1905, and
show the products. of the land Jefferson,
conceived of by the best products of all
Industries from Arizona to far Alaska.
Every energy should bo exerted to make
the results of the Exposition a bond of
union between all American countries but
especially all of North America.
JOHN MINTO.
YE EDITOR EVOLVING.
How Departments of Newspapers
Have Grown.
Baltimore Sun.
When Benjamin Franklin embarked on
the Journalistic sea the title "The Editor,"
was not a generic term. Mall matter so
addressed reached the office of the Penn
sylvania Gazette with such promptness as
was considered post haste In those days.
Franklin was not only the editor, but also
foreman, typesetter and the genius tnat
squeezed philosophy into plain black and
white on his primitive hand press. In the
course of time "Vox Popull," "Constant
Reader" and "An Old Inhabitant" ob
truded themselves, and with their assist
ance the Pennsylvania Gazette began to
shake off Franklin's Individuality.
There Is not historic verification for th-l
Statement, but It is assumed that this
period marked the Inception of the asso
ciate or assistant editor. As time wore
on views expanded and the vest-pocket
newspaper kept pace, widening its utility
from that of a mere purveyor of thought
to a domestic necessity when window
sashes warped. Meanwhile the assistant
editor was given an assistant, and the
"departments" began to assume definite
characters. The occasion had not really
arisen, bub there came a titular revision,
and In the distribution of designations the
generality of "associate" was dropped,
that functionary either In the singular
or plural being known as the genius pre
siding over some one of the departments.
As a matter of fact, however, It was usu
ally more than one, but tho telegraph ed
itor, the city editor, the financial editor
and the like came forth In a procession of
evolution. The literary, art, dramatic
and science departments appeared simul
taneously, and then a "long-felt want"
having been discovered for the farmer,
the agricultural department became a ne
cessity. Its guiding head must be a stu
dent of cause as well as of effect He
must know the weight of a potato at each
stage of Its development, and tell whether
a rooster or a hen will natch from an
ess, by holding It to the sunlight This
is a department largely to Itself, and, as
Nature Is constant, is less subject to
change than some of the later editorial
creations.
The universalizing of athletics occa
sioned a noticeable gap in the then well
recruited "staff" for that is what the
composite editor became In the expansion
process. A sporting editor was as much
of a crying need as any other of the spe
cialists. He must be an encyclopedia of
athletics, wear a diamond and smoke per
fectos, but the "tough talk" of some of
the fraternity is an affectation and not a
qualification. In his department there Is
another colony of "subs," Including ex
Weighs exactly
The 1901 New Model Ladies' Rambler
is a little dream of lightness fA
and beauty and sells at p40
The 1901 Regular Roadster Rambler
with Heavy Tread G. & J. Clincher
Tire and proven tobe the strong- c
est wheel in the world, sells at..5o5
Then we have
Ideals
We have from
Ramblers and
"We vrlll sell for cosh or on installments.
We vrlll trade for your old wheel.
We carry several thousand wheels In stock and
parts of all wheels sold during: the past 10 years.
"We keep onr stores open and our skilled em
ployes all the year round.
We keep oar free Rambler air pumps going
day and night. .
In fact, we are here to protect and care fbx'oun cus
tomers In every possible manner.
Thousands of Rambler riders in Oregon, Washington, v
Idaho and Montana will attest to 'the truthfdlness ofv
our every statement, and our several thousand sales
Xear after year to the same, riders prove the quality
of the Rambler and the G. & J. tire and our business
methods.
L
CYCLE COMPANY,
Bicycle Sundries, Oregon Washington
-SPOKANE
SEATTLE
perts on baseball, horseradng, cricket and
tho Indoor sports. Golf la a recent ad
dition, and demands a man fluent in curi
ous words, and Inclined towani pedestrian
Ism. Another requisite Is la ablMty to
find his way home after a bay's unnerv
ing excitement on the links.
These are all more or less fixtures on a
well-equipped staff. If any pne of the
sporting division Is in dasher of finding
himself without his famlliir occupation In
the course of years, ho Is the horse editor,
whose Idolized equjne maj some day drift
Into the "zoo" among ober rare beasts.
But the horse editor's am has not set
hopelessly, since the autonobile has come
Into vogue. He can Juntas well become
tho horseless editor and Jo more modern
than any of his confreres,
But erven to contemplate it, the spec
tacle would be the most distressful of all
tho changes In Journalls'n. The very
thought of a horse editor, his nose keen
to the scent of blooded troters, reporting
an automobile race amid the noxious
odors of gasoline, excites ply.
The editor and tho staff nuy hare taken
their place as fixtures, bu the prefix
"auto" and suffix "less" are destined to
work wonders In editorial nmenclature.
"When My Dad Was a Boy.
New York Evening Sua
Wonder why I don't have run. i
Like my pa sez he hod.
Wen ha wuz some one else's son
An' got spanked by his dad.
Pa sez it us' to snow so deep
The houses wuz all hid
Jest in the night when he's asleep
Wen my dad wuz' a kid.
An' nex' day he'd climb out the too.
Vi'lt snow so high about
They made big fires an' that's the twff
To melt my grandma out;
An' nea, he sez, he tuk hla sleigh
Up top a. hill, an slid.
An' slid, an' never stopped all daiy-.
Wen my dad wuz a kid.
An' nen pa made a big snow man,
More'n seventy feet high,
"Wtf regular stairs inside wot ran
Most clean up to the sky.
Oh, golly! wouldn't I Jes shoot
To have fun like pa did? ,
I guess it snowed tho snow all out
Wen my dad wuz a kid!
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The 1901 Light Roadster
$40
22 lbs. and sells at $40.
the 1901 Reliable Shelby
at $25 and $20
50 to 100 Second-hand
other wheels from $5 to $25
5o Why experiment?
Look to yonrfntare and take no chances.
"We are here to stay. "
and Idaho.
TACOMA
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