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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1902.
FOREST RESERVE CONTROL
FORCE TO BE EMPLOYED TJXDER
THE NEW ORDER,
Secretary Hitchcock "Wants Experi
enced Men and Han Recommend
ed Increased Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. There li ev
ery Indication that the management and
administration of the forest reserves of
the West -will hereafter be conducted on
thorough, systematic and comprehensive
lines, in great contrast to their control
heretofore. The total appropriation for
the control and management of forest
reserves In late years has been but $300.
000. In order that conditions may be
materially improved, the Secretary of
the Interior has asked that this annual
appropriation be Increased to $300,000.
A lengthy rejjort showing the present
unsatisfactory management, and the pro
posed improvements, has been submitted
to Congress. During the past year, the
Cascade reserve In Oregon, the Olympic
and Mount Rainier reserves In Washing
ton, and four other large reserves have
been without any rangers during the Win
ter months, and have In consequence been
entirely unprotected. The surveys, meas
urements of timber, estimating and .scal
ing have been left In the hands of Indi
viduals without special training for the
work. As a consequence, men and com
jjan.es having the duly authorized right to
cut and remove mature timber from the
reserves complain that they have been
greatly hampered and delayed. Miners
and prospectors within reserves have also
been hampered because of the inexperi
ence of those who must authorize them to
cut such timber as Is necessary in the
legitimate development of their claims.
This Is all because the small salaries
afforded failed to bring men of proper
training and experience Into the service.
The locating of timber cuttings had to
be left to purchasers, the timber was
left unmarked, was imperfectly measured
and the cleaning up of slash was com
monly neglected, leaving large areas sub
ject to damage from fires.
In the near future the department ex
pects to create new reserves, and these,
together with reserves now In existence,
are to be systematically surveyed. It is
proposed that the forestry force shall
conduct these surveys, beginning with
those parts where the greatest amount of
business demands most attention. The
force will also bo required to make care
ful measurements and estimates of tim
ber ahead of actual purchase, so that
there need be no delay when applications
an filed.
In certain sections, the forest rangers
hav been employed In cutting trails
through reserves, but the work has not
been according to system. It Is now
proposed that the inaccessible areas of all
reserves shall be penetrated by roadways
or trails, so that adequate patrols may
be made, and access may be readily had
to any section suddenly exposed to dan
ger. Among other changes, the department
has decided that no timber applications
will be considered where a proper location
and satisfactory marking and measuring
is not assured. This In Itself, In the Pa
cific Northwest, where there Is a con
stantly increasing demand for timber, will
require many additional men, men of ex
perience in timber business, and will mean
that they will be employed 12 months In
the year.
4 The New Forestry Force.
The new forestry force will consist of
seven superintendents, to dlrject and In
spect the work on the reserves, 40 super
visors, four Inspectors, 30 head rangers,
100 rangers of class 1, 150 rangers of class
2. and 2O0i rangers of class 3, aside from
specially employed scalers and extra help.
The four inspectors are men of superior
training in forestry work. The head rang
ers will act as technical assistants to the
supervisors, and will have particular
charge of all timber cutting. They will
also have charge of rangers, and must, In
addition to being men of technical train
ing, have considerable executive ability.
The grading of rangers Into three classes
Is intended to secure better work by pros
pect of promotion. Rangers of class 1
must be men of superior knowledge ajid
training, conversant at least with the or
dinary methods of timber measurement
and exploitation. In business life, such
men command $3 to $5 a day. The depart
ment proposes to pay them $S0 a month,
this being the lowest compensation which
they are likely to accept. Clases 2 and 3
will be made up of ordinary rangers.
These men will do the patrol work of the
reserves, and assist In timber surveys,
blocking out cutting areas, measuring,
marking and scaling of timber, and in
laying out and constructing trails. Those
of class 2 will receive $75 a month, and
those of class 3 $G0, the prevailing rate
for rangers. In some localities, more Is
expected of rangers than In others. The
amount of work to be done, taken In con
nection with the efficiency of the Indi
viduals, will determine the rating of or
dinary rangers. Promotions will be made
from time to time, from class 3 to class
2, as' the men show adaptability to the
work.
To avoid Inefficient measurement, as
well as unnecessary delay to purchasers
of timber. It is Intended to employ com
petent timber scalers wherever necessary.
These men will be employed temporarily,
end will be moved from place to place.
Similarly, extra help will be employed
whenever needed.
Superintendents, under the new order of
the Secretary, will receive $3500 a year,
supervisors will draw $2500 and the in
spectors will command $4000 each, while a
salary of $1500 is to be paid the head
rangers.
The Secretary points out that the in
creased appropriation Is largely based
upon an increase In the number of offi
cials. While the increases alone in force
and salaries are large, says he, yet If a
high standard of efficiency is to be se
cured, the appropriation heretofore made
will no longer suffice.
There is very good reason to believe
that this Increased appropriation will be
made. President Roosevelt will undoubt
edly sanction the expenditure of $500,000,
if not more, In the protection and admin
istration of the reserves, and with his In
dorsement the proposition stands a very
good chance of being favorably acted up
on. Moreover. Congress has come, of
late, to recognize the vast Importance of
the forest reserves, and Is more willing
now than ever before to provide for their
proper management.
WOMEN ARE TO BLAME.
Hen Are Xot Responsible for the Les
sening: Karaber of Marriage.
PORTLAND, Jan. 18. (To the Editor.)
In your editorial of the 17th Inst, you say
that men and women are equally respon
sible for the declining number of mar
riages. I dissent. I have been trying to
find somebody to marry for a long time.
But I am an Intensely practical man. I
look, on marriages as a pure matter of
business. In return for the home, clothes
and feed I should give a woman, I should
expect her to darn my socks, sew on my
buttons, keep my house, wash my shirts
and cook my meals on time. I want no
monkey business. The woman who runs
to bargain counters, theaters and concerts
and who desires to dress in fine clothes,
eat candy and drink soda water, will not
find a place In my house. I have been so
long In search of a wife that I can say
positively that marriages are fewer In
.number because of the flippancy of the
present generation of women. They are
responsible not the men. And if no wo
man will come to me on my terms, the
whole sex can go to grass, for I am not
going to throw away my money on any
female on earth.
A certain Miss Hope, I notice, Is adver
tlfalng for a husband. I herewith offer her
(a -share of my earthly possessions on the
above terms As ehe seems to be a prac
tical woman like myself, I think she -would
just about suit me. I see she refuses to
keep house on $52 10 per month. For the
sake of a compromise I hereby agree to
allow her $52 50 per month for household
expenses. I have had too much of hard
times "to allow any more.
THOMAS GRANDGRIND.
LIEU LAND SELECTIONS,
important DeclHlon by the Secretary
of the Interior.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Recent decis
ions of the General Land Office In forest
lieu land cases have not met with general
approval at the hands of the Secretary
of the Interior, and an examination of
the records of his office shows a consid
erable number of reversals of decisions
handed down by Commissioner Hermann.
One Arden L. Smith recently appealed
from five decisions of the Commissioner,
each of which rejected selections made by
him of tracts of unsurveyed lands in the
Vancouver land district. Wash., in lieu
of tracts of equal area in the Bull Run
Reserve, Oregon, the Black Mesa Re
serve, Arizona, and the Sierra Reserve,
California. All five cases are exactly
parallel and action in all Is alike.
From the records it appears that on
September 15, 1900. Smith presented his
selections of tracts In the Vancouver dis
trict, and these were held up by the local
officers awaiting final action, on similar
and prior selections of the same lands
by ono C. W. Clarke. In due 'time
Clarke's selection was cancelled, and no
appeal was taken.
Previous to this- time, however. Smith
had been advised by the local officers that
his selections could not be accorded any
effect prior to the rejection of Clarke's
selection, and as before, that time the
act of June 6, 1S00, restricted .lieu selections
under the act of June 4, 1897. to surveyed
lands, Smith's selections, which were of
unsurveyed land?, would have to be re
jected. The Secretary, however, states
that the act of 1900 did not affect the
rights of those who, previous to October
1, 1900, delivered to the United States
deeds for lands within forest reserves
and made applications for specific tracts
In lieu thereof. Smith complied with
these requirements prior to October 1,
and delivered to the United States deeds
for his several tracts within the reserva
tions, and made application for other spe
cific tracts, and was therefore exempt un
less, as held by the General Land Office,
the applications were of no effect while
the "prior selection of Clarke stood undis
posed of upon the records of the local
office.
Here the Secretary takes Issue with the
Land Office. The selections by Smith of
lands Included in a prior and pending se
lection, says he, should have been prompt
ly rejected by the local officers. Not more
than one selection of this character can
be entertained at the same time for the.
same land. By receiving Smith's select
Ions, and holding them to await action
on the prior and pending selection of
Clarke, the local officers Justified Smith
In believing that if Clarke's- selection
should be eventually rejected his (Smith's)
selections would be recognized, and given
effect if no other objection appeared.
Had Smith's selections been promptly re
jected on account of the prior selection,
as ought to have been done. Smith would
then have been at liberty to exercise his
right of exchange under the act of June
4, 1897, upon any other vacant land open
to settlement, surveyed or unsurveyed,
and If advantageous to him to do so. he
would probably have exercised his right
upon other unsurveyed lands before Oc
tober "1, 1900.
Under the circumstances, however, and
In face of the errors of the local and
General Land Office, the Secretary believes
that Smith's applications should be treat
ed as within the saving clause of the act
of 1900, and on that account the local
and General Land Office Is reversed, and
Smith's lieu selections will be approved,
If otherwise regular.
Again, in the cases of Edward H.
Brehm and Charles H. Cobb, the Secre
tary reverses the local and General Land
Office. Thcee two men held tracts former
ly within the Olympic Land District,
Washington, and relinquished same, mak
ing lieu selection of equal tracts In the
Seattle Land District, which lieu selec
tions were rejected by the General Land
Office. It develops that the lands orig
inally held by these men were Included in
the tract excluded from the Olympic re
serve, but this exclusion was made alter
the lieu selections had been filed. The
Commissioner took the ground that at the
time the selections came up for action,
the original lands were no longer within
the reserve, and therefore no longer con
stituted lieu base. It Is a fact, however,
that It takes months, and even years to
secure final action on lieu-land selections,
and the Secretary holds that the right of
both Brehm and Cobb to make lieu se
lections should be recognized, and accord
ingly reverses the General Land Office.
Tho rights to make lieu selections was
based on conditions that existed at the
time the, relinquishments and selections
were made, and not after subsequent ac
tion of tho President, ex post facto ac
tion, so to speak.
RACES AT OAKLAND.
Favorites "Won In the Majority of the
Events.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. The horses
raced over a muddy track at Oakland to
day, but favorites and well-played horses
were successful In the majority of the
events. Results:
Futurity course, selling Dr. Boyle won.
Young Morello second, John Welch third;
time, 1:14.
Six and a half furlongs, selling San
Velado won, Katherine Ennls second.
Urchin third; time, 1:24.
Three and a half furlongs, selling Eyl
vla Talbot won, Adirondack second, Tom
Mitchell third; time, 0:44.
One mile and a sixteenth Jim Hale
won. Bathos second, Slddons third; time,
1:50.
Six and a half furlongs, selling Nellie
Forest won, Bard Burns second, Pat
Morrlssey third; time, 1:23.
Six furlongs, selling Meehanus won,
Duckoy second, Matt Hogan third; time,
1:15.
Races at Xeir Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan., 20. Crescent
City summary:
One mile, selling Dr. Hurl' won, Frank
Jones second, LeRoy D third; time, 1:42.
Seven furlongs, selling Ecome won.
Queen W. second, Poyntz third; time,
1:29.
Mile and 70 yards, selling Eva Rice
won. Sir Florian second; Pirate Queen
third; time, 1:44.
Handicap, 6 furlongs Andes won,
Scarlet Lily second, Grantor third; time,
1:19.
Mile and an eighth, selling Star Cot
ton won. Campus second. Prince Real
third; time, 1:54.
Six and a half furlongs CoL Stone won.
Blue Ridge second, Dlgby Bell third;
time, 1:21.
Rifleman Break World's Record.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.; Jan. 20. Peter Ber
gerson, a member of the Cheyenne Rifle
Club, yesterday broke the world's record
for 1000 consecutive shots, off-hand, 200
yards range, standard American target.
His total score was S95, beating the pre
vious record of SS9, held by Marksman
Kelly, of the Walnut Hill Club, of Mas
sachusetts.. Bergerson's shooting was
strictly off-hand, no palm rest of any
kind being used.
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FREE RAW MATERIAL
EFFECT OF THE TARIFF OX LEAD
ING INDUSTRIES.
A Large Claaa of the Duties Doci Not
Protect, "hut Hardens the En
tire People.
BOSTON, Jan. 15. The American. Free
Trade League publishes the following ar
ticle on "Free Raw Materials," by J- B.
Sargent, of J. B. Sargent & Co., hard
ware manufacturers. New Haven, Conn.:
It Is of great importance that iron, steel.
lead, wool, hides and other articles- wnicn
are the basis of manufacturing Industry
shall be free from any tax or duty whatever-First
In order that manufacturers of
countless articles shall be able to put
their industries upon a sound basis.
Second In order that their products
shall be cheaper, so that they may supply
more of them to our people, and there
fore give more employment to our labor.
Third In order that the extra cost of
materials shall not handicap the products
of American labor In. Its competition with
foreign manufactures in any country In
the world.
The protective tariff upon some of the
materials named has aided those who pro
duce them In this country to extort such
a price that the manufactured articles Into
which they enter largely cannot be sold
abroad. In some lines the tariff burden
upon the cost of materials Is lightened
for the exporter by the rebate which Is
allowed on exported goods made of Im
ported materials; but In others exporta
tion Is checked, because It Is not pos
sible to present the proofs- which are re
quired, and the rebate cannot be obtained.
In spite of all, however, we do export
both crude and manufactured articles to
every part of the world. It Is as clear
as day that we could export more of
them, and employ more American labor In
making them, if it were not for the pro
tective taxes which Increase the cost of
the materials. Implements and machinery
used In producing and marketing them.
The protective duties are thus taxes- upon
all American labor, but fall with espe
clal severity upon the labor engaged in
producing articles which must And a for
eign market. These articles are Increas
ing in quantity and variety. Those en
gaged In producing them now outnumber
those "who could possibly be exposed to
the injurious competition of Imported
products, if every protective duty were
to he abolished. We must now seek a
market abroad for our surplus produc
tion, not only of cotton, corn, wheat, flour
and provisions, but also of finished manu
factured goods, such as cotton fabrics,
machinery, hardware, and metallic prod
ucts of every kind.
"But," It has been asked, "are not pig
Iron and steel bars and billets produced
so cheaply here that this country exports
millions of dollars' worth? How, then,
could we get these materials cheaper,
even if there were no duty upon them?"
The answer is that, while iron and steel
are produced cheaply In this country, they
are not sold cheaply here. They are sold
for export at lower prices than those we
have to pay, and foreign manufacturers
who use them get the benefit. In other
words, the bearing of the protective du
ties is the same hat it was 10 years ago,
although the conditions have changed.
Then foreign hardware manufacturers
were able to buy cheap foreign Iron and
steel, which we couldn't get on account
of the protective tariff duties; while now
foreign manufacturers can buy cheap
American Iron and steel, which we can
not buy so low because of those protect
ive duties.
The protective duties give to the great
steel combinations their power to extort
high prices front Americans, while selling
for fore'gn export at a reduction. This la
true in other lines besides hardware, as in
the steel plates used In shipbuilding, for
example; and the only just and effective
remedy is the removal of the protective
duties.
It is true now, as it was 10 years ago.
that the foreign hardware or macnlnery
manufacturer's advantage lies In his abil
ity to obtain cheaper materials, and not
In cheaper labor. Our labor Is really the
cheapest in the world, because now, as
then, it Is paid more; but it produces
more, so that the labor cost of production
is less .here than In foreign countries. In
deed, the articles which we most excel in
producing are those In which the propor
tion of labor Is comparatively large and
material small, like machinery and shelf
hardware; .while we find it harder to
compete with articles requiring less labor
and more material, like anvils.
It would be a great mistake, however,
to rest th demand for free raw materials
solely upon the benefit to those produc
ing goods for export. It would free them
from grievous burdens. It would stimu
late their Industries and Increase the em
ployment they would give to their labor
But In a still greater degree It would free
the whole American people from grievous
burdens, from gross Injustice, from dan
gerous monopolies, from oppressive extor
tion; and It would give still more employ
ment to American labor, now deprived of
a part of Its fair share by the protective
duties which restrict production.
Free raw materials should be demanded,
kA
not for our export business alone, but to
benefit the whole American people; not as
an end, but as a first step in a steady,
consistent progress toward the only Just
and permanent condition for a free coun
tryfree trade.
HERE'S A SERMON.
Blessed Are They That Hanger for
Domestic Happiness.
PORTLAND, Jan.17. (To the Editor.)
Strange some wimen will fight to ware
the trousers! Perhaps now. The lady who
wrote the artlckle in Tne Oregonian and
put woman on such a throne of honart
as, to avow them the superior of man,
has been much dlsapolnted. because she
has failed to find a "plyant will" that
will agree to wash dishes, make beds, and
rock the cradle. While his helpmeet dons
her silks and sits in a glass cage like a
fair Rosemond In a dower. Such Ideas
seamlngly has lodged In the rong pen.
Surely a true woman's Ideal would point
to a brave heart, a strong hand, a firm,
noble charector. If our fair writer has a
heart, surely It cryes sometimes for a
SHE WON'T BE HAPPY
I'd like to have an issue
If an issue can be found
But I declare, I jest believe
There ain't
sympathetic companion. That shares all
Its Joyes, comforts and grief. Such as
can come from no other than a true,
manly man. How uplifting those words
are to me, "A true, manly man."
Yes, I am married, and desldedly I feal
that I was mounted upon the mos"t hon
orable pedstals. And instead of fealing
that I am a slave I feal like a aucent- In
my own humble little home. Surely a
queene could not be more happy In per
forming her duty to a nation than I in
mlnesterlng to my husband and my home.
My home! How sweet that word. The
one spot upon earth to call heaven, a
garden filled with fragrant blooms, a soul
lnstlrelng spot, where naught but love
prevails. My husband and I are only dear
companions, and neather feal superior to
the other. Yet neather could stoop to lay
aside for one moment our rites, as men
and wimen. And could our brave "man
hater" realise for one moment the peaces
full rest found In the love of man! I am
sure her hate would fly away never more
to return.
"Beauty onely goes skin deep." Sorry
we cannot all agree. A Beautlfuil face,
surely reflects a beautlfuil soul, and man
has wonderfull lntutlve powers in thai
J une ana can. In most cases, redlly see
wheather a "beautlfuil face" Is a coun
terfit of the soul or wheather It Is onely
"home made." My knowlldge of man
points to far higher Ideals than most
wimen possess. Wimen undoubtlvely are
the weaker sex. Then does It not aply
mentaly as well as pnlslcal strength?
Truely some wimen have wonderfull in.
telect. Surely then their Ideal companion
Is as rlchely endowed as themselves. I
should suggest the young lady to put
out surcb parties. Surely that wourthle
Individual of whom she Is to be a help
meet will grow weary soon If she falls
'to make herself known. What a plttle to
have him grow old and gray In surchlng
for the queene of his heart.
How strange some wimen feal it their
duty to shoulder masculine responslbllltes
and carylng It about as though It were
some great virtue to out rival their male
companions. Instead, could wimen see
her true position I- am sure she would
blush for Bhame to think for, one moment
such ambitions were alowed to live with
in her own refined and cultured lntelect.
Wlmens highest Ideals In life should be
In living wourthle of our husbands, fath
ers, brothers highest respect and esteem.
Those are the ones that love us, cares for
us, and puts their shoulder to the wheel
and works for us, with all their power.
Those are the ones that supplies us with
all material comforts and most of them
shed a hallowed light around his every
moavement. And men more generaly than
wimen expect, nay demand the highest of
high respect from all that may come In
contact with them. This, I say, to the
bitterest shame of my heart.
Woman should represent all that is
pure, all that Is true, all that is most
divine, and In her man expect to find a
fountain ever flowing with love, with
trulth, with vlrtuallty. To her he comes
to renew his own shattered faith and
drink with her from heaven's deepest gob
let, filled with the pure nector of her own
virtuous indlvlduallity.
Is, then, there any higher position In
life for woman kind than tho mistress
of her own home? A queene in her own
rite. Though one may occupy the hum
blest of worldly positions, still it can be
a home In Its highest terms. A place
of rest and peace, from strife and cares.
Which surely comes to all alike that bat
tle with the world for bread. My Hus
band onely receives $50 00 a month, and
we live and are Just as happle as two
mortals can posslbely be. We live for
each other and love and sweet peace ever
fills our little home, and I am sure we
neather of. us could be so happy If we
felt there was Inequality with eather ot
us. Surely there Is something far higher
and nobler In life than mear exlstance.
And If money and living In luxuries
makes our happiness I am sure there will
be onely a chpsen few that will reap the
harvest of golden grain.
A SUBSRIBER.
The Spokane flyer leaves Portland dally
at 6:15 P. M.; arrives Spokane following
morning at 9:50. This is the favorite
train with everybody for Eastern Wash
ington and Coeur d'Alene points. Ticket
j orfice Third and Washington streets, O.
R. 8c k. co. ,
GREAT CANALS OF WORLD
DATA GATHERED BY TREASURY
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Commerce, Cost and Dimensions of
the" Great Artificial Water
Trays, Nine in Xmmher.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. "Great Canals
of the World" Is the title of a study pre
pared by the Treasury Bureau of Statis
tics for publication In the forthcoming
volume of the Monthly Summary of Com
merce and Finance. It shows the com
merce, cost and dimensions of the great
canals of the world, especially those con
necting great bodies of water and which
may be properly termed ship canals.
Ship canals connecting great bodies of
water and of sufficient dimensions to ac
commodate the great modern vessels ply
ing upon such waters are of. compaxa-
TILL SHE GETS IT,
none Iayin' 'round.
tively recent production and few In num
ber. The one great example of works
of this character which has been a suf
ficient length of time In existence and
operation to supply satisfactory- data as to
cost of maintenance and operation and
practical value to the commerce of the
world, Is the Suez Canal, and for this the
available statistic begin with the year
1ST0. while Its new and enlarged dimen
sions only date from the year 1896. For
the Sault Ste. Marie canal, connecting
Lake Superior with Lake Huron, statis
tics date from 1S55, though for the canal
in Us present form they cover but about
four years. Statistics of the Welland
canal date from 1S67, but for the canal
in Its present enlarged form cover only
two years of operation. The other great
ship canals of the world are of much
more recent construction and data re
garding their operation, therefore cover
a comparatively brief term, and In some
cases are scarcely at present available
In detail.
The artificial waterways which may
properly be termed ship canals are nine
in number, viz.: .
1. The Suez canal, begun In 1S59 and
completed In 1S69.
2. The Kronstadt and St. Petersburg
canal, begun InlSTT and completed In 1890.
3. The Corinth canal, begun In 1SS4 ana
completed In 1S93.
4. The Manchester ship canal, complet
ed In 1S94.
5. The Kaiser Wllhelm canal, connect
ing the Baltic and North Seas, completed
in 1S95.
6. The Elbe and Trave canal, connect
ing the North Sea and Baltic, opened
in 1900.
7. The Welland canal, connecting Lake
Erie with Lake Ontario.
8 and 9. The two canals. United States
and Canadian respectively, connecting
Lake Superior with Lake Huron.
The description which Is given of each
of these great waterways shows that the
length of the Suez canal Is about 90 miles,
the cost 5100,000.000. the present depth 31
feet, width at bottom 108 feet and at the
surface 420 feet, and that the number
of vessels passing through it has grown
from 4S6 in 1S70 to 1494 in 1S75. 2026 in
1SS0, 33S9 in 1890. and 3441 in 1S00. The
tolls charged are about $2 per net regis
tered ton.
The Kronstadt and St. Petersburg canal,
which gives a passageway for great ves
sels to St. Petersburg. Is 16 miles long.
Including the deepening of the bay chan
nel, 20 feet In depth, and the total cost
estimated at $10,000,000.
The Corinth canal, which connects the
Gulf of Corinth with the Gulf of Aeglna,
Is four miles In length, 26 feet in depth,
72 feet wide at the bottom, cost $5,000,000,
and reduces the sailing distance about
175 miles. The average toll3 charged are
18 cents per ton and 20 cents per pas
senger. SHE KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT
Lived With Married Sister 15 Years
and Finds Men Beasts.
PORTLAND. Jan. 17.. (To the Editor.)
I wish to congratulate Miss Hope for. her
defiance hurled at the male sex. She Is
right In everything she says. I used to be
a schoolmate of hers and will testify that
she always told the truth. Her resolu
tion never to cringe before man will win
the commendation of every self-respecting
woman.
The abuses heaped upon woman are
ably epitomized In the communication.
I know all about married life, for I lived
15 years with a married sister and helped
to raise her family. The discoveries I
made of man's gross nature made me
happy I never married. But men never got
any encouragement from me. Lots of them
have tried to make love to me. Every
man that I pass on the street looks at
me as if he were just dying for an Intro
duction. I watch them out of the corner
of my eye. BuI never grant them the
pleasure. I am glad there Is another
women that stands on her dignity.
Although I neYet? received an offer of
marriage, it Is because I never suffered
the men to go far enough. I knew they
were trying to reach the point whenever
they addressed me, and therefore I always
cut short every man. Men are such
beasts that If they get a chance they will
take all sorts of advantage. I know this
ls true because I have seen It done so
often on the stage, in novels and In the
newspapers. No man has ever been able
to call me his, and I shall pride myself
for it to my dying day.
PERDITA CHANCE.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
William E. Carter, 20: Eliza J. Gordon,
20.
Henry Baker. 22: Katie Mllger. 20.
John Howard, 34; Amanda Lett, 29.
Bnlldlnj? Permits.
T. C. Thorsen. two-story dwelling'. East
Yamhill, between East Thirty-ninth and East
Fortieth streets: $1000.
E. M. RasmuKsen. twp-story dwelling. East
Madison, between East Fourteenth and East
Fifteenth streets; 5000.
il. McNamara, repairs to house. Sixth and
Burnslde stieets; $100.
E. I. Hund. 1-story dwelling. East Davis,
between East Twenty-eighth and East Twenty-ninth
streets; ?140O.
Q. G. Shastlnger, repairs to house. Union
avenue, between Staver and Mason streets;
$200.
James Lyon, two-story stable. Union ave
nue, between East Alder and East "Washing
ton streets: $2000.
Birth Returns.
January 17, boy, to wife or H. C. McEwen,
Forty-fourth and East Main streets:
January 16. boy, to wife of D. J. McLaugn
lln, 331 Harrison street.
January 7, boy, to wife of B. Brady, 014
Quimby street.
January 16. girl, to wife of C. B. Jackson,
II Grand avenue.
Real Estate Transfer.
Sheriff (for Charles B. Sims and wife)
to Kate Sprenger, lota 1 and 2, block
88, Carter's Addition $1100 00
M. E. Thompson and wlfa to Amy L.
Healey. lot 7. block 17. Multnomah.. 225 00
Peter Roth and wife to Ira Morrison, lot
11 and 12. block. 5, Maegley Highland. 800 00
Arthur Saunders and wife to L. Chrl-
tensen. NE and 8. tt of NE. U
section 6, T. 1 S.. R. 4 E
E. E. Merges, trustee, to Bridal Veil
Lumber Company, 10 acres. Bridal
Veil, lot 3. section 22. T. 1 N. It. 5 E 7575 00
H. J. Mann and wife to Samuel J.
Pitkin, lot 2. block 13, Glencoe Park.. 430 00
James H. Nelson to Albert Nelson, lot
10, block 10. Mount Tabor villa Annex 600 00 l
0, block 10, Mount Tabor Villa An
nex 05 00
Frank S. Hallock and wife to same, lot
10, block 10, same 215 00
Title Guarantee & Trust Company to
John Panning:, lot 5, block 2, North
Irvlneton 275 00
M. E. Thompson and wife to John SI.
Plttlnser. lot 10, block 6. Piedmont; lot
10. block 19. Lincoln Park 1 00
Sheriff (for Mike P-olIo) to Tlllo Trav
arso. lot 19. block 1. Tabasco Add... 2 70
Peter Schnell and wife to Henry Get
belhouse. lot 12, block 14. Albina
Homestead 300 00
Samuel Swanson to Emily A. Geer. lot
7, block 318. Aiken's Addition 3000 00
Investors MortgaR" Security Company
to Bernhardlne Westphal, lots 7 and S.
block 71. Fulton Park 800 00
Oakes M. Plummer and wife to H. M.
Taylor. NV. U of SW. Y of N'W. U.
and north 5 aores of SE. of SW. H
of NW. U. section 22. T. 1 S.. P. 2 E. 1000 00
William H. Cone to Conrad Rlndlaub,
lots 3 and 4, block 4. Kensington Addi
tion 600 CO
Florence Chandler and husband to F. F.
Plenkner, lots 3 and 4. block 17, Glen
coe Park 1250 00
George A. Brod'.e and wife to Clara
Barrlnger. lota 10 and 11, block 4,
Klnzel Park 200 00
John "W. Lelghton et al., to Julius J.
Graves. lot 15. block 3. Kenllworth.. 700 00
Portland City & Oregon Railway Com
pany to F. F. Plankner, lots 8 and 4,
block 17. Glencoe Park 1 00
J. H. McMillan and wife to Elizabeth
Cox. lot 7, block 27. McMlllen's Add.. 1200 00
Railroad 40 Yearn Bankrupt.
Railroad Age.
The, foreclosure sales of 1901 include one
road whose Insolvency has extended over
40 years. The Blue Ridge Railroad,
commenced In 1E55, was Intended to run
from Anderson C. H. In Northwestern
South Carolina, across a corner of
Georgia and through North Carolina, to
Knoxvllle, Tenn., a distance of only about
130 miles by air line, but considerably
more over the difficult mountain route
that was involved. Its construction
would have completed a direct line from
Charleston to the West, and hence that
city and the State of South Carolina took
the chief financial -burden of Its construc
tion, subscribing for J2.100.000 of the stock.
Thirty-four miles of track were complet
ed In 1869 from Anderson to Walhalla,
and at that point the road has ever since
terminated, with the wall of the Blue
Ridge Mountains discouraging further
progress. t Some tunneling and rock
work was done beyond, but in 1S61 all
work was suspended, after about $3,000,000
had been spent, for lack of the $10,000,000
more needed to complete it. In the con
solidations and combinations of subse
quent years the Blue Ridge Railroad was
left alone and has long been operated
under a receiver. The foreclosure sale
may perhaps result In annexing the little
road to one of the big systems with which
connection Is had, but It Is not likely
that the original project of crossing the
mountain range will be carried out.
No Adequate Memorial.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Editor.)
In referring editorially to the project of
erecting to the memory of William Mc
Klnley an arch or other monument. The
Oregonian of the 17th Inst, says that "not
even to this day Is there in the National
Capital a memorial either to Lincoln or
Grant." Had The Oregonian stated that
no adequate memorial has yet been erect
ed, It would have been In accord with the
facts. In the early '70s, or thereabout,
a life-size statue of Lincoln, on a shaft
perhaps 20 feet in height, was unveiled In
Judiciary Square In that city, and, at
about the same time, one of Grant at the
southeast corner of the Treasury Depart
ment at the intersection of Pennsylvania
avenue and Fifteenth street. Did either
of them adorn a public park In Portland
or Salem It would be an object of great
interest, but at Washington, where Is so
much that Is vastly superior, It is small
wonder they are neglected and forgotten.
E. A. P.
Colonel De Lancer Floyd-Jonen.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Colonel de Lancey
Floyd-Jones, a well-known veteran of
the Mexican and Civil Wars, Is dead of
pneumonia at the Park-Avenue Hotel.
Colonel Floyd-Jones was born In Queens
County in January. 1826. He was a son
of Henry O. and Helen Watts (Delancey)
Floyd-Jones. He was educated In the
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