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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, OCT. 2S, 1002.
JLK OPPORTUNITY AND AX APPEAL.
The opportunity and the duty of Port
land In relation to the long-neglected
central and southeastern parts of the
state have been- graphically set forth
during the past two weeks by a member
of The Oregonian's staff writing from
Lake and Klamath Counties. It hag
been shown that there He9 within our
borders a province rich in its present
fortunes, capable of a practically un
limited development, sound in Its Ore
gonian character and warm In its Ore
gonian attachments, bound by condi
tions of transportation to an exclusive
business connection with another state.
It is a condition anomalous in its separa
tion of political and social and business
Interests, and, of course, extremely un
favorable to community progress. If
Southeastern Oregon is not to have ac
cess to Oregon markets, if its trade and
general business connection Is always
to be with California, then its political
connection with Oregon Is a hardship
under which it ought not to be com
pelled to suffer. Where its business
connection is,, there its political connec
tion, ought to be, for in a thousand ways
related to community advantage the
one may be made to work helpfully
with the other. r
The political -connection of -the south
eastern country Is fixed in its relation
to Oregon; change in that respect is not
to be thought of, for, practically speak
ing, change Is an Impossibility. And
change Is not desired. The people are
soundly Oregonlan in sentiment; they
want no change In the matter of polit
ical connection; but at the same time
they do not want to suffer for being
Oregonlana They want, both in their
business and in their politics, the
strength which one in association with
the other may give them; and they re
sent the division of interests and the
loss of power which follows from trad
ing with California and voting with
Oregon. They feel that if they could
bring the two elements of their strength
together, and employ them co-operatively,
great benefits would follow; that it
would give them an Identity and a
standing not attainable under present
conditions, when In Oregon they are re
garded as half Callfornlans and in Cali
fornia as half Oregonlana If, they de
clare, our political power went with our,
trade; if we were Callfornlans and had
been this twenty years past, we should
be far better off today than we are now,
for there Is a spirit in California which
looks after its own. This is denied to us
now, and we gain nothing from Oregon
which compensates the loss.
It is for Oregon for Portland as the
commercial and financial factor in Ore
gonto see its opportunity and duty in
this connection. "We ought to make
much of the situation in Southeastern
Oregon; we ought not to permit Oregon
to lie under a reproach based on the fact
that a great section of country suffers
through its association with us. It is
our opportunity to establish a close busi
ness connection with the southeastern
district; it Is our duty to cure the situa
tion of the hardship which it puts upon
the southeastern people. The mens of
doing this has been set forth clearly;
It is to extend one or the other of two
railroad lines either from Shanlko, in
Wasco County, or Detroit, In Linn
County to a connection through Central
Oregon Into Lake and Klamath Coun
ties. Of course, this would cost some
thing; but the money markets at the
East would take up the greater part of
it if our people would by a reasonable
investment Illustrate their approval and
confidence in the project It is an en
terprise which calls for Initiative, for an
earnest will to do It, even more than
for capital.
And if this thing is not done and
very soon the chance to do It will be
lost. From both the southeast and the
southwest railroads are slowly pushing
their way toward the Klamath coun
try. That which comes from the south
west, connecting with -the Southern Pa
cific main line at the Klamath cross
ing. Is penetrating the timber belt which
lies between the Klamath Lakes and
the Cascade Mountains; and it Is being
built with a view to the general traffic
of the Klamath Lake Basin. By com
ing up the Klamath Canyon it avoids
the mountain climb; it Is In all respects
a practicable route; completed into the
Klamath country, as It surely will be
within the next two or three years, it
will be In a position to spread out like
a spider's web over the whole south
eastern district, and, by occupying the
favorable routes, effectively to shut out
competition for many years to come.
And this occupation of the country defi
nitely accomplished will seal its business
future to San Francisco. This, indeed,
Is the plan of the railroad-builders, and
It explains the friendship and support
which the Southern Pacific Railroad Is
giving the Klamath Canyon enterprise.
These facts ought to have attention
at Portland interested attention. For,
to put It on the strictly business basis
alone, the opportunity is one we cannot
afford to neglect. Under the stimulus
which transportation will give the
country" the business of Southeastern
Oregon will be all that the Alaska trade
has ever been, and more. It is a prize
worth far more effort than will be re
quired to make It permanently our own.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTOX.
There lies upon an honored bier In
New York City today a venerable form
that represented through many years
of earnest erfdeavor a purposeful and
aggressive life. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
stood before the world for more than
half a century as an advocate of what
she considered justice for her ex and
the advancement of humanity through
personal liberty and equality before the
law. A colaborer with Lucretia Mott
and Lydia Maria Child; with Whlttier
and Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe
and Julia "Ward Howe in the anti-slavery
movement, Mrs. Stanton long sur
vived all but the last named of this
band of unselfish workers. Of those
who have stood shoulder to shoulder
with her in her work for the enfran
chisement of women, Susan B. Anthony
and Mary A. Livermore are the most
prominent among the survivora The
names of these women are synonyms of
earnest endeavor, and, though the cen
tral thought around which they rallied
their forces the enfranchisement of
women has not received general In
dorsement, the trend of their effort has
been widely successful.
Mrs. Stanton's devotion to the best in
terests of women and of society through
the amelioration of some of the condi
tions that brought great hardship upon
women, Is well known. While a young
girl reading In the office of her father.
Judge Cady, of Johnstown, N. Y., she
became acquainted with the disabilities
:of women under the old common law,
and upon this basis her public work
was founded. She appeared many times
before the Legislature of New York in
the earlier years of her womanhood In
advocacy of needful changes In the laws
relating to intemperance, education, di
vorce, the property rights of married
women, etc, and with such persuasive
eloquence that the changes she proposed
Were made, sometimes after a stubborn
fight, political and ecclesiastical, but
usually after dignified, patient hearing
of her argument One of the most
righteous laws upon the statute-books
of New York that which makes habit
ual drunkenness a ground for divorce
found its way tljere through the efforts
of Mrs. Stanton.
It was said years ago by Phebe A.
Hanaford that with Mrs. Stanton the
cause of woman's equality before the
law was not -merely an Idea it was a
religion, and her chronicler In those
early years added: "She would willing
ly give her body to be burned for the
sake of seeing her sex enfranchised."
This shows the zeal of the enthusiast,
which In later years was much revised
and made to cover more material things
for woman's well-being, though until the
last she was an ardent advocate of
woman suffrage. It is, however, upon
her work along more material lines for
the emancipation of her sex from the
thralldom of law and the decree of
arbitrary custom that the name of
Elizabeth. Cady Stanton will rest as a
reformer. Eloquent, persuasive, inde
fatigable, alert her life was one long
day of struggle for what she conceived
to be right, and it may well be account
ed successful, even though her great
desire failed of fulfillment
The private life of Mrs. Stanton was
that of Ideal, wifehood and motherhood.
A home-maker of the old school, she
looked well to the ways of her house
hold. A helpmeet In the truest sense,
she was an honor to her husband. A
mother devoted to the best interests of
her children, she did not fritter away
her time and strength in the drudgery
of ncn-essentials. but conserved It that
she might direct and aid them in the
more" important duties of life. She was
aggressive, as became a reformer as a
reformer must be. Opposition and mis
representation of motives do not bring
out gentleness In response. Hence we
find bitter retort and exaggerated state
ment not Infrequently among Mrs. Stan
ton's utterances In what well may be
called her fighting days. But these days,
have long since passed, and, however
sincerely one may differ with this bold
"champion of Individual freedom now
gone to her rest upon some matters
that were to her of vital moment, he
can scarcely fall to respect and revere
a woman whose life stood for so much
that was noble and of good repute a
womanly woman, whose children rise up
and call her blessed; a woman who
loved the world for its beauty and its
possibilities for human habitation and
happiness; who faced it bravely to the
last and left It regretfully because of
the work that was still to be done.
PERSIA NEXT PLACE OP HOPS.
In time of prosperity prepare for ad
versity, is a rule which Oregon hop
growers should remember and observe.
While rejoicing over a bounteous crop
which now brings 25 cents a pound, they
are too likely to forget the years when
they sold hops for less than It cost to
raise them. They are already count
ing on next year's crop, and It is to be
a good crop with good prices. Elated
over the success of the season just clos
ing, they can see nothing ahead but
continued prosperity in the production"
of hops. It is almost cruel to remind
the hopgrowers of those recent years
when they raised hops that molded In
the bale, when they could not sell their
product for enough to pay the cost of
picking, when they' formed a. pool and
tried to sell In .competition with the
dealers, and when, In the midst of de
spair, the growers planned to leave a
part of their crops unpicked in order
to reduce the supply and thereby in
crease the price.
But these unpleasant, experiences of
the past are valuable as guides in the
future. The great danger is that farm
ers everywhere, -In hop-producing dis
tricts, will set out new yards and in
crease the acreage to such an extent
that in two or three years from now
there will be an overproduction and
consequent low prlces. It must be re
membered that the consumption of hops
Is limited to a certain amount. The
manufacture of beer provides the mar
ket for this commodity, and the price
is governed, by the law of supply and
demand. The brewers must have enough
hops to supply their needs from year
to year, but they do not lay In very
considerable stocks, as a rule. There
fore,, if the supply is short, the growers
are In a position to name the price if
they will, while in years of surplus the
brewers can get the hops at their own
figures. A few thousand bales differ
ence one way or the other make a very
great difference in the price. New
York's crop is this year only 20,000 bales,
whereas a full crop In that state Is
40,000 bales greater. Had the New York
crop been good this season, hops would
not now be bringing 25 cents a pound.
An 111 wind In the Empire State blew
much good to the hopgrowers in the
Webfoot State. But the ill wind may be
blowing in another direction, or in every
direction, two years from now, and then
what? 1 '
There are several things the Oregon
hopgrower can do to prepare for ad
verse yearn In the first place, he
should save enough of the proceeds of
this year's crop so that he will not be
compelled to pledge or sell his crop in
advance In order to get money for har
vesting expenses. He should take the
greatest care in cultivating his yard
eo as to produce a good cropr but should
make every hour's labor count, so that
the cost of production may be kept
down. In these days when the best au
thorities agree that spraying Is a safe
guard against Injury from vermin and
mold, every grower should spray thor
oughly at the proper ttme.. The effort
should be to make the crop as certain
as possible., and to produce It at such a
low cost that Oregon growers can make
money and still sell In competition with
their New York brethren.
Oregon has already many advantages
over New York In this Industry. Hops
yield from 25 to 50 per cent more per
acre In the Willnmette Valley than they
do In New York. Oregon growers use
no fertilizers, while the Eastern grower
must enrich his soil in order to get even
a moderate crop. As a partial -offret to
these two advantages Is the disadvan
tage of distance over which the Oregon
crop must be shipped by freight before
it can reach the market. All things
considered, Oregon should, and doubt
less will, become known the world over
as a great hop-producing state. But In
order to accomplish this attention must
be given to something besides quantity
and cost of production. It is the quality
of a country's product that gives it a
name, and a superior quality we should
strive for.
At the National convention of the
United States Brewmasters Association,
held In Milwaukee last month, Mr.
Ernst Hantke delivered an address
which Is encouraging to Oregon hop
growers at the same time that it offers,
some valuable suggestions. In this ad
dress, delivered by a brewer of recog
nized authority, it was stated that hops
are valued very largely with 'reference
to the place of their production rather
than according to their real worth, as
It might be shown by chemical analysis.
Thus, through a long period of produc
tion of hops of excellent quality, Bohe
mia has gained a reputation which
makes Its product a standard the world
over and secures for it an exceptional
price. Nevertheless, this brewer as
sures us that Oregon and Washington
hops are as rich in essential elements
as the Bohemian hops. Proper treat
ment, especially in timely harvesting,
proper sweating and correct kilning,
would greatly improve American hops.
' In climate and soil Oregon is entirely
satisfactory as a hop-producing state,
and with the exercise of proper care
in preserving the crop, this state should
win a reputation which will sell its
product in the world's markets. It costs
more to raise hops In New York or in
England than in Oregon, eo if any of
these sections must retire from hop
production, it should not be Oregon.
THE COXGRESSIOXAL OUTLOOK.
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
committee, expects that the Republicans
will control the next House, but by a
reduced majority. He does not name
the majority, but thinks It will be
greafer than that of 1S98, when the Re
publicans had thirteen majority In the
House. The Democrats claim the House
by a majority of 34. The Republican
majority in the present House noW
stand stands at 47. There will be 29
more members In the next House than
In the present one, and It will number
386 Representatives. Beginning with
1874, the Democrats have, since elected
a majority seven times and the Repub
licans six times.
The exceedingly small majority pre
dicted by Congressman Babcock means
that the control of the next House Is in
great doubt, with the .drift of recent
events against the Republicans and In
favor of the Democrata The Govern
ment at Washington was not responsible
for the strike nor for its obstinate con
tinuance, but the people always hold the
party In power responsible for business
adversity. So strong is this feeling that
nothing but the successful Intervention
of President Roosevelt saved his party
from as complete a reverse as that of the
off year of 1890, but success did not
crown Mr. Roosevelt's efforts until so
late In the campaign that the issue still
remains doubtful as to the control of
the next Congress. The New York Inde
pendents, that are voiced by the Even
ing Post, will support the Democratic
nominees for Congress while supporting
Odell for Governor, and the chances are
in favor of an Increased Democratic
delegation from the great States of New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
Under these circumstances it Is of the
highest Importance that the Republi
cans of the State of Washington should
allow no factional quarrels directly or
Indirectly to Interfere with the election
of a Republican delegation to Congress,
and a Republican Legislature. It is
true that the great majority obtained
by the Republican candidates In 1900
would seem to forbid all possibility of
Republican defeat, but factional quar
rels concerning railroad and anti-railroad
candidates might result In the
election of a Legislature which would
re-elect Judge Turner to the Senate.
The Republicans of Washington, are
strongly friendly to President Roose
velt, and the effective way to show their
friendship is to elect Republicans to the
House and Senate.
Judge Turner is a bitter antl-imperial-lst
and a strong partisan of free trade.
No state would suffer more b3- a free
trade -tariff than the State of Wash
ington for It can only expect, under
Democratic ascendency, to see its coal,
lumber, wool and hops thrust at once
into heart-breaking competition with
Jhe producers of British Columbia. Of
course, the State of Washington could
not .afford to wipe out her own indus
trial prosperity by helj.ng to enact a
free-trade tariff policy. On a straight
Republican issue the Legislature of
Washington is sure to be Republican,
but factional quarrels on "the 'railroad"
Issue might elect from the small' towns
enough members of piebald political
complexion to make the election of a
Republican-United States Senator doubt
ful. At all events, the Republicans of
Washington ought to feel that the Na
tional situation, so far as the control of
the House is concerned, is too critical
to risk any chances of possible loss.
President Roosevelt cannot possibly
enact his policy without control of both
houses of Congress. The present Re
publican control of the House is in very
great danger of capture by the' Demo
prats. Washington doubtless will re
turn her two Republican members by
good majorities, and her Legislature
ought to have a working Republican
majority so large and reliable that an
able and sound Republican will succeed
Senator Turner. There is no danger of
the control of the Senate being wrested
from the Republican party at present,
but the Republicans of Washington owe
it to. themselves-that their state be no
longer misrepresented in the Senate by
Judge Turner, who is an able and bitter
enemy of our Philippine policy and will
be compelled to fall In with the Demo
cratic tariff programme. Tariff revision
Is always desirable when necessary, bur"
a tariff under whlcn lumber, coal, wool,
hops, cattle and farm products would
be free is precisely the kind of tariff
revision the State of Washington does
not want.
The recent activity of the United
States Land Department in the matter
of forest rec Jve withdrawals is due to
the rapidity with which the forested
parts of the country are being "cap
tured" by timber exploiters. It Is plain
that unless something is done, and done
quickly, the mountain regions of the
Pacific Coast will be, denuded with ul
timate effects in relation to climate and
moisture which it is not pleasant to
think about In one part of Oregon
there Is furious and unreasonable pro
test, and through It there Is danger that
the Blue Mountains, nature's great res
ervoir for the northeastern part of the
state, will be degraded to a gi
gantic dust heap. They have bet
ter sense in California, where there is
great clamor for Government action be
fore the exploiters shall get control of
the timber fields. Responding to the
universal appeal, the Land Department
within the present month has made four
withdrawals of California mountain
lands under the rules governing timber
reservations. The regions involved in
this action are as follows: The Klamath
River forest reserve, embracing 37S0
square miles; the Mount Shasta reserve,
3024 square miles; the Lassen Park re
serve, 1292 square miles, and the Dia
mond Mountain reserve, 822 square
miles. There has recently been a great
rush for lands In the districts covered
by these withdrawals, and the action of
the department comes just In time to
save the forests from extinction and to
protect the moisture-conserving' power
of the now forested districts.
The pressure upon the seating ca
pacity of schoolrooms, city and sub
urban, is great . The universal cry is
"The schools are overcrowded." The
worst of It is that there is no prospect
of adequate relief during the present
school year, though school boards are
doing all in their power to relieve the
situation. The. portable schoolhouses
that are to take care of the overflow
from the several overcrowded buildings
of this city are admirably adapted for
the purpose, being well lighted and
comfortable, but it may be dopbted
whether the number that Is to be sup
plied will furnish adequate accommo
dations for the Increased and still in
creasing number of pupils. From pres
ent indications, the school funds will
require careful financiering on the basis
of essentials within the next few years.
Rapid growth of the city means rapid
'increase in the school population. And,
it may b added, there is no recom
mendation that any city can give that
will attract homeseekers of the more
desirable class that Is equal to that of
a well-equipped school system that Is
able without hesitation to take care of
all the children who present themselves
at the doors of the public schoolhouses.
Steamship agents in New York say
that grain can be moved in cargo lots
at this time eastward to European ports
cheaper than ever before. This is be
cause of the movement to Import coal
due to the strike. Nearly 100 steamers
were chartered to load full cargoes of
coal this way. and the return cargo will
be of wheat at phenomenally low rates.
The Journal of Commerce recalls the
fact that some years ago regular lines
offered to carry grain eastward from.
New York free of charge in order to
save the expense of ballast The steam
ship of today, however, is equipped with
more ballast facilities, and it is no
longer probable, that wheat or any other
product will again get a free ride on
that basis. The demoralization of
trans-Atlantic shipping eastward Is an
indication of the Influence of the coal
strike In a new quarter. There is no
such word as "my" or "mine" In the
business, Industrial and commercial
world as a present organized and op
erated. All Is "ours," and this In a
wide and constantly widening sense.
Coal operators have, It may be hoped,
learned this lesson from the tutelage
of the past few weeks.
The Portland boys who were over
hauled for trespass on the farm of Cap
tain Apperson, near Oregon City, last
Sunday and taken Into custody by the
Sheriff of Clackamas County to answer
to the charge, may learn a lesson In
good manners at least by this episode.
They are reported as having b'een ex
ceedingly Impudent to the owner of the
premises upon which they were tres
passing when told, to leave, and carried
the air of "smartness" which indicates
plainly that the rod has been unduly
spared In the bringing up. Discipline
is what such lads need, and It is a good
thing for all concerned, and especially
for tfiemselves. when they get It.
The death of Judge J. H. D. Gray, 'of
Astoria, takes from the ranks of the
Native Sons of Oregon a man of long
and useful life. Memories of mission
ary times in an Isolated but beautiful
wilderness, known only to the" outside
world as the place "where rolls the Ore
gon," are and will long be recalled by
the sound of his name. Born at Lapwai
Mission In March, 1839, Judge Gray was
truly an "old Oregonlan." The record
of his life is that of Industry, sobriety
and good citizenship.
SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS
Montana's Rotten Politics.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
It cannot be denied that political mor
ality in Montana Is at a low ebb. For
10 years the standards of political lntec
rity have been falling. In party politics
thenotion that honesty is the bert policy
was long since exploded. Corruption has
honeycombed state, county and municipal
affairs, and it is reported that even that
great pillar of free institutions the ju
diciary is In danger of being scarred by
the canker of favoritism and barter. Great
issues are made the subjects of discus
aion, but it is the check book that talks.
The Idea prevails too widely that the man
who wins is he who puts up the "stuff."
Hence, politics has developed into com
mercialism, and the men who run things
are those who have wealth and are able
to retain the support of political prganl
zation by paying good wages. The state
ment of Charles W. Clark, son of the
present United States Senator, that he had
been offered a bribe of $2,500,000 for assist
ance in securing control of the Legislature
and two Supreme Court Justices may or
may not be true. Corruption has stalked
forth so openly and brazenly In Montana
that people outside of that-state are pre
pared to believe anything that involves
political turpitude. Party contests for
principle, honesty in elections, legislation
and official conduct of affairs have become
a subject of so much Jest 'that rectitude
seems to be the exception and not the
rule. It Is upon evil times that the state
has fallen, and those who are responsible
lor the rottenness will have much to an
swer for to decent people, who at some
time in the near future must surely rise
in indignation.
Would ReiJp.il Carey Ac
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
- The Carey act should be repealed. It
was passed simply in the Interest of land
grabbers. Like all such laws. It was per
mitted to go through on the pretense
that It was for the good of the people
generally, and especially the homeseeker.
Capitalists have succeeded in taking in
nearly all of the good irrigation sites un
der this law and corrallng all of the good
lands adjacent to these sites. It will re
sult in driving the Government work from
this section. If these landgrabbers are not
bought out or legislated out They knew
what they were doing at . trie time, and
acquired the Tights knowing that the
Government would eventually take the,
matter up, and that then they would be
enabled to get In their graft. Of course,
they cannot be legislated out without
being compensated, but this should be
done as early as possible. The future of
this section of country depends greatly
upon irrigation, and it will never be done
with advantage to the people by private
enterprise alone. Drive out the Govern
ment work and you retard the country's
growth. Drive out the landgrabbers and
schemers and you open the way for the
Government, and the country will be
blessed.
Scenes That Are Xo More.
Moro Observer.
A station Is to be established on the
railroad eight miles west of Centervllle,
sayA the Journal, to be known as Brooks
It Is near the old Happy Home postofflce,
where years ago was a typical frontier
stage station. At that time there was a
saloon at the place, and It was the meeting-place
for cowboys, sheepherders and
other grotesque characters which have
been pictured so often in the dime novel.
If Its history were .written. It would be
more interesting than cheap fiction. Yet
that day has passed forever. That was
one stage of the country's development.
It was a stepping-stone from the uncivil
ized country to the prosperous farming
country that it now Is. And as one gazes
over the large farms on which are good
houses and other improvements, It is hard
to realize that practically all this devel
opment has been made In the last 15
years. This is not only true of that sec
tion, but of most of the Klickitat Valley.
Many happy homes have been built here
In that time. Yet away down deep in
the hearts of some will be found a pang
of regret that they may never again wit
ness that wild, happy life.
Republican Tariff Doctrine.
Astoria Astorian.
One of our exchanges expresses a great
truth when It states that while the
principle underlying the tariff is sound,
it was not made for all times, and that
changes must come with our progress.
This- is exactly what the people now de
mand. Many of the articles on the free
list should no longer receive protection,
for the reason that the trusts that manu
facture them are beyond that stage where
they require any fostering. Those great
concerns which have been using the Amer
ican people as a club with which to beat
foreign manufacturers to death have been
protected long enough. The people now
need some protection, and it ' is up to
Congress to provide It The principle of
protection which the Republican party
developed made the Nation what It is
today, and there Is no reason to believe
that that party will refuse to make the
necessary changes. Tariff reform and
free trade are two vastly different ques
tions. It Is an 111 Wind, Etc.
.Pendleton Tribune.
The ranchers included In the forest re
serve should consider themselves fortu
nate. They have the right to remain on
their land and to enjoy the first privileges
of the surrounding Government land. They
will be allowed the ilrst chance for per
mits and will havo the first claim on
water and grazing lands near their
ranches. And if their land be poor, they
can obtain scrip for it, which they can
plant elsewhere. Persons owning timber
claim, will be allowed to cut off all the
timber and then, if they desire, will be
given scrip. They, too, are fortunate, and
there are .several of them. The Grand
Ronde Lumber Company, for Instance,
will thus get a price fo' hundreds of acres
that was practically worthless before the
reserve was created. And then there are
sheepmen. It is an ill wind that blows
nobody good. But It was a cyclone to
Grant County.
Mormons Arc Industrious.
Grant's Pass Courier.
Within the past three years 200 Mor
mons have settled In the Grand Ronde
Valley. They have purchased some of
the choicest farms on the Sand Ridge
and divided them up Into 20, 40 and SO-acre
tracts, and are raising sugar beets prin
cipally. In the. city of La Grande they
have a commodious church building, with
a seating capacity for about 500 people.
They own the beet-sugar factors', have
recently purchased the plant of the Grand
Ronde Lumber Company at Perry, by far
the most complete sawmill In Eastern
Oregon, the Steel Spur sawmill, the Hil
gard planer and all the available timber
near these mills. They have a grocery
store, paint store, jeweler, loan agent,
real estate men, lawyers and other busi
ness men in La Grande, besides a thriv
ing community at Allcel and Union. They
are Industrious folk, and cultivate their
farms to the highest degree.
Fame for Oregon Goats.
Independence Enterprise.
The fame of Oregon goats is spreading
far and wide. Last week a carload of
goats was shipped to Troy, Mont. Tho
Montana man who came .here, James
Stonechest, says he had been hunting for
goats everywhere, and found none that
could equal the Willamette Valley prod
uct. This ought to be the best kind of
encouragement for Polk County farm
ers to keep right on Increasing and im
proving their herds.
Not an Imminent Probability.
Woodburn Independent.
Verily, President Roosevelt is President
of the common people and a stanch friend
of organized labor, of which he Is a mem
ber. He Is a t'ower of strength, and there
is as much chance of the Democrats de-j
leaimg .uiiu iui mu .E-i esmeuuy as mere
is of a mole leveling Mount Hood.
, ITS OBVIOUS L"ESS0N.
Chicago Chronicle.
The entirely obvious lesson of the strike
and Its ending is that it need not have
occurred at all, and- would not have oc-:urred-
but for the. arrogance and obsti
nacy of one of the parties in Insisting that
It was wholly In the right and the other
wholly In the wrong, that there was noth
ing to arbitrate and that It would have
no dealing with the chosen representative
of the other.
The strike involved losses to the parties
directly Involved estimated at not much
less than $203,000,000. This Is exclusive of
the losses and annoyances sustained by
the millions of consumers of coal, both"
hard and soft, In the United States.
All this enormous loss, not to speak of
ill-feeling, bodily Jnjuries. a habit of dis
regard of law begotten or strengthened,
and general demoralization, Is to be
charged to pig-headed obsinacy, to an
arrogant refusal even to discuss the mat
ters of difference at the beginning Vof the
trouble.
It has come to arbitration at last: it
might as" well have come to that at first
and with advantages to all concerned
which do not admit of measurement - in
dollars and cents.
So It Is In moat cases of disagreement
between employers and employed. The
spirit which say's I am all right and you
are all wrong animates one party or the
ether or both, with the result that Indus
try 13 suspended, losses and even distress
are inflicted upon both sides and the pub
lic, and, worse still, a feeling of disrespect
for laws and for constituted authorities
is engendered and made habitual.
Moral: "Agree with thine adversary
quickly, while thou art In the way with
him." And if you cannot agree, take your
witnesses, choose your arbitration and
abide by their decision. Meanwhile so
right on with your work.
The Cnncer 'Mystery.
New Yor.k Times.
Those who are looking to the results of
special investigations now In progress in
Europe in the hope that they will solve
the dread mystery of the cancer have not
much to encourage them in what has al
ready been accomplished. In England the
Middlesex Hospital has a fine record for
practical charity in making as comfort
able as possible the last days of those
who have passed beyond hope of relief
from surgery, but its clinical researches
have unfortunately contributed very lit
tle to the sum of human knowledge con
cerning this malady. During the century
of Its existence there has been a consider
able extension of knowledge respecting
the nature and structure of the morbid
conditions collectively termed cancer, but
that is practically all.
Paget and VIrchow, by exact patholog
ical work, laid the basis for a scientific
study of the structures themselves, while
the statistical work. in various countries,
notably in England, has rendered it pos
sible to formulate some tentative conclu
sions with regard to the prevalence of
the disease and its geographical distribu
tion. The microscope has revealed the
fact that cancerous tissues are composed
of the same elements as normal tissues,
but why these normal tissues grow in an
abnormal way and In abnormal places Is
as much a mystery as ever. The work of
the research laboratories of the Middlesex
Hospital consists chiefly In the refutation
of theories which have been advanced to
explain the phenomena o cancer. This
has Its value, no doubt, but it Is really
very little In proportion to that which
would attach to one affirmative demon
stration. The net conclusion to be drawn
from this mass of data is that everything
pertaining to the cancer is abnormal, and
that "In no case can any single examina
tion be found to show any special char
acteristic that can be regarded as specific
or of tba slightest diagnostic value."
Cost of Living-.
Harper's Weekly.
It seems to cast a great deal to live now
adays. Most persons notice It, especially
persons who are Hard put to it to find the
money to pay their bills'. The statisti
cians report that commodltle"s In general
use cost, on an average, about 10 per cent
more than they did a year ago. The rise
in the price of meat contributes a great
deal to this advance, though brcadstuffs
have been high. too. Articles of luxury
like good clothes and country houses
have grown dearer In proportion than
most articles of necessity, becauss the
huge Influx of money that the country has
sustained -has made a brisk market for
luxuries. Rents are higher; hquses cost
more; servants get higher wages; board is
higher at Summer hotels. Another thing
that counts for a great deal is that In
prosperous times like these the incomes
of very many people are increased and
their expenditures are proportlonatly am
plified. They spend more money, live
more luxuriously, and raise the standard
of living. The living expenses of any
given family are very much affected by
the expenses of other families of their
acquaintance, and the scale of living of
"other families" seems just now to have
become inconveniently liberal. There is
nothing that we are readier to share than
our economies. It is easier to economize
when it is the fashion. Just now prod
igality is so conspicuously prevalent that
It has become more or less epidemic.
Grant Was Insubordinate.
Youth's Companion.
A spmehat dramatic conversation is that
which G. S. Boutwell reports as having
passed in 1866 between President John
son and General Grant
"I may wish to send you on a mission
to Mexico," said the President.
"It will not be convenient for me to go
to Mexico," returned General Grant.
Some time after this Grant was invited
to a Cabinet meeting at which Mr. Seward
read a paper of instructions to him as Min
ister of some degree in Mexico. The con
tents of the paper could not have made a
strong Impression on General Grant, for
he said afterward, in speaking of the in
cident: "The instructions came out very near
where they went In."
But at the end of the reading he re
marked: "You recollect, Mr. President,
I said it would not be convenient for me
to go to Mexico."
Some discussion followed, and then the
President rose from his seat and struck
the table with some force. -
"Is there," said he, "an officer of the
Army who will not obey my instructions?"
General Grant took his hat in his hand
and remarked, quietly:
"I am an officer of the Army, but I am
a citizen also; and this Is a civil service
that you require of me. I decline It"
He left tho meeting. It happened Anal
ly that General Sherman was sent to
Mexico.
Ilarnnmesqne SIsy-Scraper.
Atlantic Magazine.
The sky-scraper to a considerable extent
has been merely another expression of
that Barnumesque trait which our ene
mies are prone to regard as the chief .ele
ment of the American character. That
the buildings erected by corperateinsti
tutions are not valuable as investments is
shown by the fact that severalT them
have been ignominious failuresJand that
the average returns are not fnuch more
than 2 per cent. Indications of a change
In public taste are shown In such seml
publlc undertakings as the new clearing
house, the Chamber of Commerce and
Stock Exchange. Had the Chamber of
Commerce been erected three or four years
ago. it Is likely that this venerable insti
tution would have built a large office
building, reserving a few offices for Its
own use, Instead, as is now the case, of
building a beautiful low Renaissance struc
ture of marble, the whole of which it will
occupy Itself.
Well, Wonldn't Tills Jar Your
Tacpma Ledger.
Without doubt the most ardent protec
tionist publication in the United tSates
is the American Economist Its opinions
are always received with respect, because
they bear every evidence of sincerity and
arc based upon a logical analysis of the
facts.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The gentle rain will quickly bring skirts
Street-cars should, be fitted with con
densero. . .
The sailors on the MorVen believe in
spending the Sabbath In recreation.
A man in -New York gave his friends
a banquet and blew his brains out at
the end. Did he get "his desserts?
Joseph" Chamberlain is to visit South
Africa soon. The world will be glad of
this assurance that the Boers are i com
pletely pacified.
The other night in one of the theaters
a small girl amused those sitting near
by her Ingenuous remarks on events. A
long second act found .an end at last,
and there was a general movement to
ward the entrance on the part of the
men. The little girl watched them pity
ingly a moment, cast a reminiscent glance
at the curtain hiding the scene of so
much enchantment, and ' then turned
quickly to her mother. "Poor men!" she
sighed. "Do their mammas make them
go home eo early?"
Not long ago Senator William P, Frye,
of Maine, was summoned to prepare a will
for a man who was very 111. It was neces
sary, of court-e, to secure two witnesses,
and they had to be sent for. While await
ing their arrival the Invalid seemed to get
worse, and Senator Frye thought It his
duty, no minister being present, to talk
seriously to him. He told him that he
was very 111, and that It was likely ho
would i'ocn depart thjs life. "And arc you
ready to meet this great change?" Frye
asked him. "I will be," was the reply,
"as soon as those d n witnesses get
here."
An East Side boy. five years of age. who
had recently become the brother of an
other little boy, was sent to the grocery
j the other day to get some loaf sugar. By
mistake the grocer gave him granulated,
and the boy was sent back to have It
changed.
"How do you like your new brother?"
asked the grocer, as he was weighing
out the right kind of sugar.
"Oh, I don't like him very, much," tho
little fellow answered. "He cries all the
time."
"Why don't you change him," then, a3
you do the sugar?"
"We can't change him now, 'cause we've
used him three days."
An Illinois Grand Army man who at
tended the recent National encampment
in Washington tells this story on himself:
He and some other veterans were over In
Virginia visiting some battle-fields of the
Civil War. While driving in the country
they met a native, and the Illinois com
rade jokingly said: "Hey, old man, haven't
seen you since 1S61." The countryman
reined up. looked the party over and an
swered quietly: "You are right, sah. I
haven't set eyes on you since you lit out
from Bull Run." The joke was distinctly
on the Northern veterariT for, as a matter
of fact, he actually was at Bull Run. He
acknowledged the corn laughingly, and
there was a fraternal reunion on the spot,
blue and gray drinking out of the same
canteen.
The last published communication from
Ellziccth Cady Stanton was the follow
ing letter to the New York Evening Post:
In view of the recent Judicial decision that
the Bible shall not be read In the" public
schools of Nebraska? I suggest that Inasmuch
as the Bible degrades woman, and In Innu
merable passages teaches her absolute sub
jection to man In all relations. In the state,
the church, the hom. and the whole world of
work. It Is to her Interest that tho Bible, in
Its present form, should be taken from tho
schools and from the rising generation of
boys, as It teaches lessons of disrespect for
the mothers of the race. Or else to get out
an expurgated edition of the Book, putting
In one volume all the grand declarations, the
moral lessons, poetry, science and philosophy,
and In another all the Christian mythologies,
for those who would value It its ancient liter
ature. The first would then be lit to place In
the hands of the rising generation.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
New Tork.
The reform crusade Inaugurated by Sec
retary Shaw against malingerers, gam
blers and other discreditable employes of
the Treasury Department, has resulted
among other things. In unearthing a class
of sluggards known as "two-hat men"
a man who wears two hats, not both at
once, but separately. When the two-hat
man arrives in the office In the morning
he apparently has only one hat, which he
removes and hangs upon a peg. Later in
the day he becomes possessed of a desiro
to drop the business of the Treasury De
portment for a while. He leaves his hat
on the peg. walks out of the office, pulls
a soft hat out of his pocket, puts it on,
and stays out as long as he pleases. It
his chief notices his absence, a glance at
the hat hanging on the peg is sufficient
to assure him that the clerk is still in the
department building, and presumably at
tending to business of some kind. Tho
two-hat scheme has only been discovered
within the past few weeks, and. as a
result, the officials have become eo exact
ing that it Is dangerous for a person
known to be a "two-hatter" to leave his
room even on business of the office.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEItS
Browne He's In love with himself. Towne
He'll never feel the pangs of Jealousy. Town
and Country.
Patience "What is a penny-a-liner?" Patrice
A man who has the cents of humor. Yon
kers Statesman.
"How did he ever get the title of 'Hon.'?"
"He declined a nomination for Alderman
once." Chicago Tribune.
Von Blumer (roaring) Who told you to put
this paper on the wall? Decorator Your wife,
sir. Van Blumer Pretty, Isn't It? Harper's
Bazar.
"They claim that peritonitis Is a cure for
appendicitis." "I suppose that's on the same
principle that beheading Is a sure cure for
squinting." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"How about that new cook of yours. Is she
good?" "I hope so." "Don't you know?"
"I can only trust so. She tried to light the
fire with benzine yesterday." Philadelphia
Press.
Oh, coalman, do not be severe.
But heed this gentle text:
If pforle freeze to death this year.
They can't buy fuel nxt.
Washington Star.
The Court What's all that noise? Lawyer
I've lost my hat. Your Honor. The Court
Why, people lose whole suits here every day
and don't make half as much noise. Chicago
Dally News.
"Father," said the small boy, who had been
reading the newspaper headlines, "what is a
franchise?" "A franchise," replied the father.
"Is not infrequently a bill of sale for a few
reputations." Chicago Evening Post.
The Shortest Poem. A Chicago druggUt who
has a little Hard coal displayed In his window
sums it up as follows:
Once fuel,
Now Jewel.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Did WUllgs borrow $3 from you?" "Yes."
"That's too bad!" "Don't you think he will
be able to pay me?" "Oh. yes. He'll be able
to pay. I bet him $10 that he couldn't coax
the loan out of you." Washington Star.
Mamma (to a friend who Is lunching with
her) I don't know why it Is, but I always eat
more when we have company than when
we're alone. Tommy (helping himself to tho
third piece of cake) I know why It is 'causa
I we have better things to eat Brooklyn Life.