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13 KEEP CLOSE SEASON J H.-Taffe Says Movement to Abolish Is Absurd. SALMON NEED PROTECTION Kisli Warden Van Dnnen's Recora wendatloB, He Say, Is Inspired by' ScIhkIi Desires of Astoria Fisn ermen to Monopolize Industry. "It's preposterous; Its perfectly absurd to talk about abolishing the close sea eon." These words came yesterday from I. H. Taffe, of Celllo. "And I am surprised that Fish Warden Tan Dusen should advocate IU But I suppose the dispute will con tinue Just so Jong as Russian Finns at Astoria think they own every fish that enters the river. What do those men care for the future of the industry? All they want is to get what they can out of the business today. The Fish Warden maintains his office down there among them, and as they manage to get what they want, it's- quite clear how and why the upper river Is left out in the cold." Mr. Taffe owns a cannery and four Ash wheels, and has been dubbed the "Duke of Celilo." He talked pleasantly without show of temper, but as a man who has the courage of his convictions. He said the present fishing laws worked severe Injustice upon the upper river interests, and that residents of the lower river wished to Increase this Injustice In their own selfish interest Astoria Demands Unjust. "Down at Astoria they wish to do away with all gear except gillnets, and to pro hibit fishing above tide water. This Is so rankly unjuac that I don't see how they have the nerve to say It out loud. From time immemorial salmon-fishing has been carried on as far as the sources of the Columbia. When Lewis and Clark crossed the great divide to the Pacific Slope the first evidence they found of the fact was salmon. Along Salmon River they saw Indians catching great quanti ties of the fish. As they passed down the Columbia they found salmon one of the leading articles of trade among the tribes. Stop, fishing above tidewater? But why not let more fisSi up to tide water? Wihy not give a. fish a chance to enter the river? It takes a real smart salmon, one thoroughly on to his Job, to get past Astoria these times. "And stili the Finns are not satisfied. They wish not only to keep upper river people from participating in a privilege that belongs to all parts of the river in common, but they wish to abolish the close season, so that they may be entire ly without restraint." Close Season Reeded. Sir. Taffe Insists that preservation of the salmon Industry requires a close sea son. He favors a conference between committees of the Oregon and Washington Legislatures in the interest of uniform legislation. "Our closed Sunday law is Inoperative," said he, "because of the want of har mony between the laws of the two states. This Is but one example of how the pur poses of other laws could be defeated the same way." air. Taffe declares that a better adjust ment of the close and open seasons could be made than the present one. The seasons are now open from September 10 to March 1; closed to April 15; onen to August 15, and closed to September 10. He suggests a better arrangement as fol lows: Closed from September 80 to May 1; open to July 31; closed to August 25; open to September 30. Down at Astoria they say that after August 15 the fish are not good enough for canning. That may be true down there, but it is not so up with us. Our best season is In the latter part of August and In September. Why? Because the fish we catch at that time enter the Co lumbia River in July and early lir August. It takes them about six weeks to reach the -Cascades. The salmon which enter the Columbia after August 15 do not reach us until the latter part of September. We don't wish to catch them any more than do the lower river people, -but we contend that we should have our share of the fish that come into the river In July and early in August. Our fishing season Is about six weeks shorter than the season at the mouth of the river. This Is because the fish take usually six weeks -to reach ns. Is it fair to shut us out after good fish have left Astoria and before they have reached us? I ask, does this accord with the American spirit of fair play?" The reporter asked whether there could not be two open seasons, one for the lower river, say below the Willamette, the other for the upper Columbia; wheth er the first season could not open easller and close sooner than the other. Mr. Taffe admitted that this might be done, but he doubted the expediency of proposing it. He did not think lower river interests could be brought to agree to it Seining: Skould Be Prohibited. . "Seining should be prohibited absolutely in the Fall season. It destroys more sal mon in the spawn than all of our hatch eries can make good. Besides, it fills up the channels of navigation and thereby costs the Port of Portland and the Na tional Government thousands of dollars Seining stirs up the sands on the shoals. In this way it destroys untold quantities of spawn. This wholesale destruction of salmon eggs costs the Industry dearly. Last September two of my men visited i seining ground below Celllo, on the Wash lngton side. Will you believe me when I tell you that my men saw the seines stir up salmon eggs to the amount of 10 to 15 tons? It doesn't sound reasonable, does it? But It's true Just the same. And how many seines are there on the river? Kot less than 500 or 600. Just think what bljr waste the industry suffers. Why. the salmon that the fish wheels catch don't begin to approach the number that these seines destroy. Understand that I am not speaking against seining In the Spring of the year. "Think of the people at the mouth of the Columbia wishing to monopolize the salmon! Isn't It just perfectly absurd? Think of those people wishing to shut out the people of Idaho! Isn t it ridiculous? "Mr. Van Dusen I like personally, but It's his misfortune that he doesn't know enough about salmon. H. D. McGuire knew more about salmon than anybody. in this country- As an authority next to him I place F. C. Reed. It's very unfortu nate that Mr. Reed was deprived of his office. "Is it not better that all interests along the river should share in the fish under fair restraint than that one class of In terests at the mouth of the river should monopolize the fish without any restraint? Is It not better to conserve the fish by let tirg air interests share them for a part of the year rather than to let one class of interests have all the fish at all times of the year?" immortality in the Love of Life. r Kansas City Star. Oh, how I hate the thought of dying. I would like to live forever. Not because I lear any thing the hereafter has in store for me. but be cause I love this life. I love the sky, the drift lng clouds, the sunshine, the storm. I love na ture. I love my friends. The world has been good and kind to me. I hate to leave it- Judge John W. Henry. Lord Bacon said that It was doubtless as painful for a little child to be born into tho world as for a man to die. In either case It is the change that Is distressful What has become the habit of the soul is not easily put off. It is the young who look on death with the least averted eyes.' A long life and a beautiful one has. en deared Itself to its surroundings and taken Its Inmost -qualities from hem. Perhaps few would live their live over again, but unless the bitterness of neglect has come in later years all would linger in the at mosphere that a well-spent life has created. For who, to dumb forgetfulncss a prey. This pleasing:, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day Nor cast one longing, lingering iook behind. The negative dislike of death because life Is pleasing reveals nothing incom patible with the Christian's resignation to the will of God. The companionship of earthly things has been dear to the good man or woman. Religion, philosophy, the untranslatable teachings of the soul can only, in rare moments, lift the heart above the longings of mortality. "For love and beauty and delight there Is no death nor change" and yet alike he who dies and he who is left behind sorrows for the silent voles and the vanished hand. Eternity is Imprenetrably veiled from the moment that stands next to it. That part of Immortality bounded in the span of earthly life lies in the associations of mem ory. Friends, sunshine, etorm, the things that have been loved will they retain the substance and the form that personality has given them "when this corruptible has put on Incorruptlon "and this mortal has put on immortality?" Will not the in exorable law of mutability work most in all things for him who dies? It is a beneficence of Providence that one who has loved the world has left his im press upon the world Its living and its inanimate things. His earthly existence has ended only for himself. If In the per fection of Nirvana or the consciousness of heaven the things of the world are to him little or of no avail they still have power to charm those, vested with decay. The friends he has loved, the children whose life was colored by his influence still feel his presence in al .the manifesta tions of Nature. After the first sense of irreparable loss has softened, every inci dent of daily life, each change of season and recurring year, will bear to them some restful memory of the living dead. The solace of things that have been remains with them where ceaseless repetition is pervaded with the sense of the departed. The indomitable man who loves the world where he has fought the good fight, the mother whose thought of death is regret at the separation from loving children, have left an Inheritance of peace and com fort that may reach beyond the grave and bind them to the scenes they brightened. A RECORD IN TRACK-LAYING Philadelphia the Scene of the Fast est Work in That Line. Philadelphia Ledger. Philadelphia, termed slow by the joke writer, is breaking another record. This time It Is the street railway track-laying record, and the honor goes to the Phila delphia Rapid Transit Company. The work done Sunday is thought by traction officials to be without parallel. A complete new track, from Fifteenth to Twelfth streets, was laid, and traffic on Broad street went on as usual. New as phalt was laid and the paving between the tracks was completed. All this was done in 24 hours. To make a record, the company has in troduced some new and novel appliances. This has aided materially in the rapid progress of the work. Four city squares a little more than a third of a mile aro torn up at one time. First, one contingent of the construction force takes up the cobble .stones between the tracks and prepares a ditch. This is done in the daytime, but It is at night that the real work begins. First a plledrlver breaks the joints of the old rails, which five years ago were cast welded. Sometimes the rail Is broken instead of the joint Horses drag the old rails out and the new ties are put in. Then the new groove rails, 60 feet long and weighing 2700 pounds, are placed in posi tion. First the sand blast a piece of elec trical mechanism which compresses air and forces dry lake sand through a pipe at terrific velocity, is played on the joints of the new rails to remove the scale. Then the ends are fixed in a "chair" and the electrical reamer smoothes the rivet holes. The two final operations prevent a "high joint" and electrolysis. With the ends of the two sand-blasted rails In the "chair" the electro-pneumatic riveter and zinc smelter Is called Into play Rivets are heated, and In les3 time than It takes to tell It the riveter has completed Its task. Then the space between the rails and the "chair" is filled with molten zinc and the joint is solid and a complete band is made. While this Is being done hundreds of men are at work ballasting the track, filling it In. placing the granite blocks In position and filling the crevices with cement Back of them come the pavers, who lay entirely new asphalt on both sides of the street. In the new rail the transit company has a Joint which steam railroads envy. So tlcht is tne nt that no lar is noticenhlp. and It Is practically" impossible to separate the ends. The connection Is perfect, and there Is not the slightest jar. The life of the new rails is estimated at 10 or more years. Phillips and O'Reilly. Our Dumb Animals. it was our privilege during many years to count Wendell Phillips and John Boyle O Keilly among our best friends. We well remember the evening when both, at our request, took part In one of our annual meetings at the Tremont Tem ple. It was at the time when we were fighting at the State House for our law to prohibit the shooting of pigeons from traps. We were opposed by some hundreds of Boston gentlemen, who employed three prominent lawyers, and we needed helD We need not say that our application to Wendell Phillips and John Boyle O'Reilly brought the help we wanted and assisted us In causing that law to be enacted. From o JKeiuy s poem on the death of Phillips, In the Boston Pilot of November lo, we take the two last verses: Come, brothers, here to the burial! But weep not rather rejoice. For his fearless life and his fearless death; for his true, unequaiea voice, Like a silver trumpet sounding the note of hu man right; For his brave heart always ready to nter the weak one's fight; For his soul unmoved by the mob's wild shout or the social sneer's disgrace; For his freeborn spirit that drew no line bo tween class or creed or race. Come, workers; here was a teacher, and the lesson he taught was good; There are no classes or races, but one human brotherhood; There are no creeds to b9 outlawed, no colors of skin debarred; Mankind is one in its rights and wrongs one right, one hope, one guard. By his life he taught by his death we learn the great reformer's creed; The right to be free, and the hope to be Just and the guard against selfish greed. And riches of all are the unseen wreaths on his coffin-lid laid down By the toil-stained hands of workmen their sob, their kiss, and their crown. The Xcw Color for Street Gowns. New York Evening Sun. Oriental red Is the name given to a new street shade of that fashionable color, which appears In cloth, vigognes, bour. ettes. boucles and zibellnes. It Is a hand some dye, between that of. a deep crimson rose and a rich dahlia color. It is re ma'rkably becoming to both fair and dark women, and one of the best shades that the neutral-toned type of women could possibly select The color is so subdued that, among the array of brilliant reds now worn. It is not at ail conspicuous, Braid work, DiacK passementerie, ap .pllques and squirrel, mink, otter, lynx and chinchilla furs are -used to trim .skirt and jacket costumes made of Oriental red wooL If you have never used Carter's Little Liver Pills, go at once to the nearest drug store and get a vial. They will sure. ly please you. Don t forget this. I amend timber land law SEW BILL OFFERED TO CONGRESS BY HITCHCOCK. Instend of Repealing Present LaTty He Proposes Provisions to Pre vent Prevailing: Fraud. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. While Secre tary Hitchcock thoroughly approves of the proposition to repeal the timber and stone act, he goes further than the ad vocates of the measures recently Intro duced for this purpose, and proposes a substitute law which meets the demands of those who are opposed to an out-and-out repeal of the law under which such flagrant fraud has been perpetrated. The Secretary urges Congress to take up and pass a measure that has been reported to the House, whiph Is in the form of a substitute for the" timber and stone act The bill Itself is rather long, but Is com prehensive, and is believed to thoroughly guard against -fraudulent entry on all classes of Umber land. The bill reads as follows: A bill to authorize and regulate the sale and use of timber on the unappropriated and unreserved public lands, and to pre vent depredations thereon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the "United States of America in Congress assembled. That' after the passage of this act the timber or timber products on the public lands of the United States, surveyed or unsur- veyed, mineral or nonmlneral, not reserved or appropriated In the public land states, territories, and the district of Alaska, shall be sold or appropriated, exclusively as herein provided, to supply In a legitimate manner the necessities of those dependent upon public timber in set tling the country, In developing and main taining its Industries, In making and maintaining public Improvements, and In providing means of transportation. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the In terior is hereby authorized, in the exer cise of his discretion, to dispose of by sale from time to time, upon proper ap plication therefor, to citizens of the United States, or to those who have declared their intention to become such citizens. being bona fide residents of the'state, ter ritory, or district within which is situated the land from which the timber Is to be procured, including companies lawfully doing business therein, and any county, township, city, town, or other municipal subdivision therein, so much of the tim ber or Its products growing or being upon said public lands as may be, in his judg ment, demanded to supply ae necessities of those dependent upon public timber for the purposes specified In the first section hereof; provided, that the removal of such timber will not Injuriously affect the water supply of the country or other In terests. Sec." 3 That before any timber, cord wood, or other timber product shall be sold, the Secretary of the Interior shall causo the same to be appraised and ad vertised for sale for not less than 30 days in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation throughout the county or coun ties In which the land Is located. Such advertisement shall offer the timber, cord wood or other timber products for sale at not less than the appraised value, specify ing that payment therefor shall be made to the receiver of public moneys of the local land office of the district wherein tho said timber or other material Is sit uated, subject to conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. No timber, cordwood or other timber products sold as herein provided shall be e.-.ier cut or removed until payment In full therefor has been made, and receipt for such payment has been issued by the receiver of public moneys; and the proceeds of a., such sales shall bo accounted for by the receiver of public moneys In a separate account, and shall be covered Into Treasury of the United States as a special fund to be ex pended In protecting the timber on pub lic lands not embraced in forest or other reservations, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, or as Congress may provide; provided, however, that where the timber, cordwood or other tim ber product sought to bo purchased does not exceed the stumpage value of 5100 the Secretary of the Interior may. In his discretion, dispense with advertisement and appraisement. Sec 4. That in selling timber, cord wood, or other timber products under the foregoing provisions the sale shall be made conditional upon the removal of the timber or other material within period of 12 months from the date of purchase; and all timber, cord wood or timber products not so removed shall be retained and disposed of as the property of the United States: Provided, That the limit of 12 months herein named mny be extended by the Secretary of the Inter ior, in his discretion, upon good and sufficient reasons for such action being shown. Sec. 5. That miners, prospectors, agrl culturallsts and bona, fide settlers who have not a sufficient supply of timber, cord wood or timber products on their own claims or farms for use thereon for such domestic purposes as firewood, fencing or building purposes or for necessary use In developing the mineral and other nat rural resources of the land lawfully claimed or owned by them, may procure timber, cord wood or timber products free of charge from unappropriated, un reserved public lands for the purposes enumerated in this section (but not for sale or disposal, nor for use on other lands or by other -persons, nor for ex port from the state or territory or dis trict wherein procured), to an extent not exceeding. In stumpage valuation, $50 In any one year. Sec. 6. That no timber, cord wood or other timber product procured under the provisions of this act may be exported out of the state, territory or district wherein the timber, cord wood or other timber proauct was grown: Provided, nowever, mat wnere, m cases of ex ceptional difficulties, caused by the re moteness of timber or the physical fea tures of the country, the nearest public timber in any state or territory Is in accessible to those residing near the bor der of another state or territory, the Secretary of the Interior may, In his discretion, permit timber to be procured within a reasonable distance, subject to the same terms and limitations as other wise herein provided, from the more ac- ccssible lands in the adjoining state or" territory, to be transported to and used only in the state or territory wherein the applicant or applicants reside, as though the same was grown In the lat ter state or territory, subject to the same terms, provisions and limitations as pro vlded in this act and the rules and recti lations prescribed by the Secretary of tho Interior. But no timber or cord wood shall be cut or removed under this pro viso to the detriment of the residents of the state or territory -where said timber was grown. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the In terior is autnorizea to make all proper rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this act for pre venting abuses thereof, for protecting the timber from fire and depredation, and for promoting the younger growth of timber: and he may designate the tract or tracts of land where the timber or Its product may be obtained hereunder. and It shall, not De lawful to cut or re move any timber, cord wood or timber product, except as 'prescribed In this act and said rules and regulations. Sec. 8. That the sales of timber, cod wood and other timber products here tofore made as authorized by the circular of the General Land, Office, which was approved Dy tne secretary or tne In terior March 17, 1S9S (26th Land Do clsions, page S99), be and the same are hereby affirmed. Sec. 9. That every person who, either directly or Indirectly, , in. any manner whatsoever, except as allowed . by .the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder by the Secretary of the Interior, cuts, removes, receives, or otherwise- .appropriates, in jures, wastes, destroys by fire or other wise, timber growing or being on any of the public lands, other than those em braced within public forest or other res ervations, or who girdles, boxes, chips, j cuts, or. bores sucH timber for turpentine purposes, or who removes, receives, or otherwise appropriates the resin, gum, turpentine, or other product therefrom, or who as contractor, subcontractor, agent employee, or otherwise aids or as sists Jn any of the matters herein pro hibited shall, upon conviction for every such offense, be fined in a sum not less i than one hundred dollars nor more than : five thousand dollars, or shall be im prisoned, in the discretion of the court; I and the provisions of section fifty-three hundred and 'hlnety-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall be applicable to proceedings under this act and the regulations prescribed hereun der. That in addition to the criminal proceedings herein provided the United States shall be entitled to recover in civil suit the value of all timber so unlaw fully, cut removed, received, or other wise appropriated, Injured, wasted, de stroyed, girdled, "boxed, chipped, or bored, and the value of all resin, gum, turpentine, or other timber product so unlawfully removed, received, or other wise appropriated, and shall also be en titled to recover In such cases exemplary damages. Proof of any one of the pro hibited acts described in this section shall be deemed and held sufficient proof of the criminal intent Sec. 10. That sections twenty-four hundred and sixty-one, twenty-four hun dred and sixty-two, twenty-four hundred and sixty-three, forty-two hundred and five, and forty-seven hundred and fifty one of the Revised Statutes of the United States; the first proviso of the second section of the act of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter seventy-six (Twentieth United States Statutes, page forty-six); the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight chapter one hundred and fifty (Twentieth United States Statutes, page eighty-eight); the act of Juno third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight chapter one hundred and fifty-one (Twen tieth United States Statutes, page eighty nine); section two of the act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, chapter three hundred and seventy-five (Twenty-seventh United States Statutes, page tnree Hundred anu lorty-eigntj, amending last cited act; section eight of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, chapter five hundred and sixty-one (Twenty-sixth United States Statutes, page one thousand and ninety five), and the amendment thereto by the act of the same date, chapter five hun dred fifty-nine (Twenty-sixth United States Statutes, page one thousand and ninety-three), so far as the same relate to the use or cutting of timberon or Its removal from the public domain; the act of February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, chapter one hundred and three (Twenty-seventh United States Statutes, page four hundred and forty- four), further amending the last-cited act; that portion of the appropriation act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight chapter five hundred and forty-six (Thirtieth United States Statutes, pages five hundred and ninety-seven to six hun dred and eighteen), which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits to cut timber on the Snake River and its tributaries; section eleven of the act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, chapter two hundred and ninety-nine (Thirtieth United States Stat utes, page four hundred and nine), and all other acts or parts of acts authoriz ing sales, appropriation, or free use of timber, cordwood, or other timber prod ucts on the surveyed or unsurveyed, min eral or nonmlneral, unappropriated and unreserved public lands of the United States, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are here by repealed: Provided, That nothing In ihis act shall be construed .aa applying to or in any way affecting existing laws relating to the forest or other reserva tions of the United States, or existing law making provision for the use of tim ber from the public lands for original construction purposes in connection with right-of-way privileges, further than to direct the Secretary or tne interior to make needful rules and regulations gov erning' the exercise of said privilege, and to require, as a prerequisite to the taking of timber from the public lands for such purpose, that a permit therefor shall be obtained from him designating the' lands from which and the time at which the, timber may be taken. AN ASTORIA GIFTFOR ROADS Ten Thousand Dollars If the Sew Yorlc-Chicago Ronte Be ChnnKcd. New York Herald. Colonel John Jacob Astqr has offered to subscribe J10.000 .toward the objects of the New York-Chicago Road Association, provided that the route of the proposed highway between the two cltle3 be changed from the west bank to the east bank of the Hudson River. Colonel A3tor has taken much Interest In the project, and In a conversation with Mr. S. M. Butler, secretary ofi the club, authorized him to make the offer to the officials of the association. Colonel As tor's argument Is that the route to King ston to the west of the Hudson, as now proposed, passes through a comparatively sparsely settled country, while a road along the east bank would go through many large towns and a thickly popu lated district In addition, Colonel Astor points out, along the east bank are clustered scores of country seats of wealthy New York ers, who, he thinks, like himself, would gladly contribute liberally to the high way were It built near their properties. Under Colonel Astor's amendment the road would run up the east bank of the Hudson to Rhinebeck, where It would cross the river to Kingston. From that point the route would, follow the original course through Binghamton, Elmira, Corning and Jamestown to Erie. It would run thence through Ashtabula, Cleveland, Elpia and Toledo, O., and Goshen. Elkhart, La Porte and Valpa raiso, ana., to unicago. Mr. A. R. Shattuck, president of the club, outlined the progress of the Good Roads movement in Massachusetts, New Jersey and this state. Mr. Shattuck spoke of promises as the best the New York City officials so far have contrib uted to highway reform. It was sug gested by him that the National Govern ment appropriate ?2,000,000 a year for roads, which would give 40-mile stretches In each of five districts on the route of the proposed great National highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Such a transcontinental road, ho de clared, would attract automobilists from all over the world, who would bring mil Hons of dollars Into this country. Reed's Ancient Family Lineage. New York Times. Incredulity nas been excited in some quarters by the statement that ex-Speaker Reed belonged to the eighth generation of a Portland family. This statement 'ap peared in several obituary articles, and It did seem Inconsistent With general ixn presslons ao to the antiquity of American families and towns. Portland, however, was not founded yesterday or tho day be fore, and Mr. Reed took more than usual pains to look up the records of his for bears, making the task the amusement of an active life, of course, Instead of the business of an Idle one, and thereby avoid ing any possible criticism on the subject of his genealogical tastes. His investiga tions carried him back to one George Cleeve) who settled In 1632 on what was then called Falmouth Neck, flrt as the agent of Sir Ferdlnanda Georges, who owned all the land thereabout, and re mained in a similar capacity f of Alexander RIgby, who, exercising authority derived from Cromwell, erected the region Into a province named Lygonla, and made Cleeve Governor of It Cleeve had! no sons, but his only daughter, Elizabeth, Marriedan adventurous Irishman, Michael Mltton, who had drifted to the colony, and one of her daughters, in turn, married the fam- Downing, Hopkims Established 1893. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor LOW RATES EAST AND RETURN Tickets on sale January 8 and 9, 1903. Call at office or write for full particulars. oua Indian fighter, Anthony Brackett, from whom Mr. Reed derived his middle name. Tho remainder of the line, as Mr. Reed himself once gave it, runs Anthony Brackett, of Portsmouth; Thomas Brack ett (killed by the Indians in Portland); Joshua Brackett, Anthony Brackett, Thomas Brackett, Mary Brackett (married Joseph Reed), Thomas 'Brackett Reed, Sr., Thomas Brackett Reed, Jr. The fancy may be Innocently, If not very profitably, exercised in crediting to one or another of these ancestors the various elements In Mr. Reed's character. Many a European nobleman cannot trace his descent so far, or with so much reason for honest pride and personal satisfaction, as the ox Speaker could. Several times, as now, the house has depended for perpetuation upon an only daughter. THE COLUMBIA'S SQUEEGEE Another Illustration That 'the Guard ians of LnngunRe Never Sleep. New York Sun. The Independent Order of the Sons of Syntax and Worthy Outside Guards of the English Language never sleeps. It has all seasons for Its own and is as great by sea as by land, terra marlque, as our solemn did friend. Dr. Thomas Kerchever Arnold's "Latin Prose Composition" used to tell us In the brave days of yore. From the Brooklyn navy-yard and the United Stat'.-s steamer Columbia comes this voice of flattering blame: Your high position aa a purist in English must not be menaced by your use of the word 'squeegee." The word is "squilgee." A purist in English! Bless your heart, liver and parts of speech, man, we are neither purist nor Puritan, neither Philis tine nor prig. The language was made for and by man, not man for language; and for years we have bidden the pedants, the lexicolaters, the solemn, strutting gram marian?, go hang. And now, as to that sweet, strange word,, "squilgee," and com pany. You prefer the form "squilgee," a form more truly nautical, perhaps; at any rate, dearer to you and the Nautical dic tionary. "Squilgee" be It, then, for your use; and the man who would take those precious letters from you Is a "swab," as they say in squeegeese. But if David or Dick prefers another member of the squilgee family, and likes the looks of "squeegee" or "squegee" or "squilgee" or "squlllagee," who shall say him nay? These are all respectable family words. In the matter of melody, "squlllagee" may seem the most gifted. You remember Dlb dln's lines? A wet, wet deck and a flowing eea. And a storm that scrapes like a squlllagee. Another grief of the seafaring critic: "Marines are the ship's soldiers, not the sailors. "Why do the newspapers call ma rines "jackies"? Do tho newspapers call the marines "jackies"? If they do, their authority Is Admiral Kipling, R." N., who says that the marine Is soldier and sailor, too. Third article of complaint: "Don't say 'lit' for '.lighted.' " Thus docs our Colum bian mariner draw his ociuilgee and sejek to scrape away an unoffending, imperfect and past participle. Hall, Columbian, hap py man. Would you mind writing on only one side of your paper the next time you squeegee the English language? EMPIRE SPREADS WEST Center ISoiv, Tnkinf? Into Acconnt .the Philippines, Is in Kansas. New York "World.. A monument placed last Wednesday in a lonely field between Wlgg's Station and Elizabethtown, seven miles southeast of Columbus, Ind., marks the center of popu- Hatlon of the United States proper at the end of the 19th century. It also commem orates the folly of those, who, at the cen tury's beginning, thought It impossible that seaboard civilization would ever pass beyond the Alleghanles. Our center of pop ulation. Including Alaska, PGrto Rico and the Philippines, Je somewhere in Kansas exactly where Is unknown, as we have no census of the Filipinos. In 100 years the center traveled West ward 478 miles, or about three feet per hour. The line made by Its progress was drawn to its southern-most point in 1830 by the deevlopment of Kentucky, Tennessee and the lower Mississippi region, wavered north until 1S70, went south in 18S0, and northward again In 1S90. Its longest jump was 81 miles between 1850 and I860 because of the California gold fever: the shortest was from 1S90 to 1900, when,, because of the growth of the Eastern cities it trav eled but 14 miles west, and when th de velopment of Texas, which gains as many Congressmen in the new apportionment as New York, aid of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, deflected it three miles south. At the end of the century it Is vdry nearly due west of where It started. Where- will the center be in A. D. 2000? Eastern prophets see it crawling slowly Into Illinois, and there pausing; Far We3t ern men say that it will continue to go rapidly westward. Systematic irrigation with. Its small farms and compact civiliza tion, they say. Is only beginning the trans formation of the West Into plains as rich and populous as Babylon's of old; and they may not be dreaming. If the center were to move westward In this century just as It did in tho last, the year 2000 would find it in Missouri a little southeast cf Leavenworth, Kan., where it would still be considerably east of the geographical center. For this Is Indeed a very big country! A Penion "Widow's Record. Washington Times. Pension Commissioner Ware has just &Co Chamber of Commerce TICKET OFFICE: Cor. Third and Statk SS ft. W. Foster. Ticket Aflont - completed an investigation that revealed a etrange case of a woman's love for the Army. The charge was recently made that Mm Ashton, of New Albany, Ind., was drawing four pensions. A search of tho records brought to light the fact that Mrs. Ashtori has had four hus bands, and. that each one of them was either a soldier or an ex-soldler. It also enows mat sne arew two wiaow s pen sions of $8 a month, although she did not draw them simultaneously. Her first hus band died soon after the war, and In course of time she was given a pension. When she married again her pension stopped, but It was not long until she asked to be restored to the payroll owing to her second husband s death. Her claim was verified and she got the pension. a hen she married again, and her third spouse went the way of the others, while sho went back to the Pension Office. Be fore the necessary formalities could bo gone through, however, she accompanied a rourtn battle-scarred veteran to the altar, so she received no pension. The department Is awaiting further develop ments. A Crane's Body Stopped the Cars. New York Times. Something happened to the transmission lines of the Utica & Mohawk Valley Rail way uunng me Dig nre in vvnuesooro a few nights ago, and It was at first thought tnat tne trouble was due to the fire. As soon as possible men were sent over the lines, and on the river flats they found the source. The body of a large crane was hanging over the wires. It is sunnosed that the bird flew against one of the wires and was killed by the shock. The body fell against the other wires, and this short- circuited the power. It resulted in stalling the cars of the system, and the bird's body wm De mounted ior the company. is interested and should know about the wonderful MARVEL Whirling Spray TheNewLiadic3' Syrinsre Host, tautest. Most Convenient. Ask roar dnutsltt for It. it ni cannot supply tna other, bnt send etainp for 11 lnitrated book !iJ.lt elves full particular and direction in. Talnable to ladle. WAltVKLCO.. Room 200 Times Bdr.. New York. For sale by Woodard. Clnrlca & Co. s b ? s t sis is WILCOX TAK3Y PILLS a JTor 20 years the only safe and rellabl) F- a lo me iioxniator lor tm troubles. Believes 3 within 8 cys. At drncRists, or by malL i ; Prlca 2. Fru trial of "Tjuury " and 1 Wocaaa's Sato Quart" its 15c. Addma ' IWliUlVa'iA TRAVELERS' GUIDE. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co lirjtot KiftU ana 1 Streea. AIUUVj Tot Maygirs, Kalnttr. ClaUV.anle, lYestport. Clifton. Astoria. "U'ar rcntoo. Flavel, Ham mond. Fort Stereos, Gcarhart l'k., fieasld. Astoria and Seashor... Express Sally. Astoria Exprecsv Dally. t.-OO JL U. 11:10 A. 3L :40 P. M. Xlcxat emc. s atomsoa it. aad union Depot. J. C XATO. CB. Fcss.,At.. Astoria. Or. For South - Eastern Alaska Leave Seattle O A. 31. Steamships Cottage City or uuy or Seattle, Dec 7, 13, iv, m, ji, Jan. u. Steamers connect at San Francisco witn company'i steamers for ports in Call rornla. Mexico and Humboldt Bay. for xurtiwr lnforma tlon obtain folder. Bight Is reserved to change steamers or sail ins dates. AGENTS N. POBTOK. 240 "Washington st. Portland: P. W. CARLETON, 007 Pacific ave. GEO."W. ANDREWS, North Western Passenger Atrent. Han Francisco, xickoi uuice, ew Montgomery St. C. D. DUNANN. Gen. Pas Act.. San Francisco. DOMINION LINE SPECIAL NOTICE Resumption of trips by the mammoth popu lar twin-screw steamers Commonwealth and New England, to the Mediterranean from Bos ton. direct to Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Na Dies and Alexandria, Egypt. "New England" Jan. 17. Feb. 23 "ComKonwealth"" ..Jan. 3, Feb. 14, March 28 To Azores, Naples ana uenoa. iAr.MiW .Ton 1ft TroVv "Cambroman" Jan. 31, March 14 Proceeds turougn to Alexandria xn the Jan arv and February voyages. Also sailings Boston to Liverpool; Portland, Me., to Liverpool. For rates, nooKlet. etc. aDolv to THOS. COOK & SON. 621 Market st. San Francisco, Cal., or COMP ANT'S OFFICE, 60 .Dearborn st., Chicago. Willamette River Boats . Steamer POMONA, for Salem. Independence. Albany and CorvaUls, leaves 0:45 A. M. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. Steanier ALTONA, for Dayton, McMlnnvllIs and way, leaves 7 A. M. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. OQce and dock, foot Taylor street, ilill,.,.... 1 TRAVELERS' -GUIDE. Line and Union Pacific THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST UNION DEPOT. Leave. Arrive. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:20 A. M. 4:30 P. M. SPECIAL. Dally. Dally. For tho East via Hunt ington. 6POKANE FLYER. 6:00 P. M. 7:35" A. M. For Eastern "Washing- Dally. Dally, ton. Walla Walla. Lew lston, Cocar d'Alene and Gt. Northern points ATLANTIC EXPRESS 8:15 P. M. 10:30 A. M. For the East via Hunt- Dally. Dally. lncton. OCEAX AND RIVER. SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRANCISCO. S. S. Columbia (From Dec S, 18. 28. Alnsworth vnn B. S. Geo. W. Elder Dock, .. 3-C0 P M" Deo. 13. 23. 1 8:00 P. M. FOR ASTORIA and' 8:00 P. M. 8:00 P.M. way points, connecting Dally ex. Dally with steamer for Ilwa- Sunday. excopt co and North Beach. Saturday, Sunday, steamer T. J. Potter. 10 P. M. Ash-street Dock. 0:45 A. M About For Salem. CorvaUls Mondays, M and way points, steam- Wedneaday t'vo-a' er Ruth. Ash -street Fridays. SSSa "CK- I Saturdays. FOR DAYTON. Oregonl7:00 A. M. 3:00 P. SI. City and Yamhill River Tues.. Mon.. points, str. Elmore, Thurs.. Wed.. Ash-st. dock. Sat. Fri. (Water permitting.) For Lewiston, Idaho. 4:03 A. it About and way points, from dally 5:00 P. M. Klparia. W ash., Hteam- except daily ers Spokane or Lewis- Saturday, ex. Friday. ton. TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington. j-eiepnono iialn 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. TTnp Trtlffthnm. nnrf TTnnc TTAMn M11f, - Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight cuuuctuns steamers lur Manila, Jfort AX thur and "Vladivostok. INDRAPURA SAILS ABOUT DECEMBER 23. For rates and full Information call on or ad dress officials or agents of O. R. i N. Co. EAST via SOUT Leave Ltiiiuu JJeyot Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem, Rose burg, Ashland, Sac ramento. O g d o a. San Francisco, Mo lave. Los Angeles. El Paso, New Or leans and the East. Morning train con nects at Woodburn (dally except Sun day) with train for Mount Angel. Stl verton, Brownfi v 1 1 1 e. Springfield. 8:30 P. M. 7:45 A. VU 8:30 A- M. 7:00 P. 2t Wendling and Na tron. Albany passenger 4:00 P. M. 10:10 A. M. Connects at Wood burn with Mt. An gel and S U vert on local. Oorvallls passenger. 7:30 A. M. 3:50 P. M, fl4:gQ p. M. hherldan passenger. 1 13:25 A. M. Daily. JIDally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICS AND TAMHILL DIVISION. Leave Portland dally for uawego at 7:30 A. M.. 12:50. 2:05. 3:25. 5:20. U-25. 8:30, 10:10 P. M. Daily except Sunaay, 0:30, 0:30, 8:33. 10:25 A. M.. 4:00, 11:80 P. M, Sunday only. 8:00 A M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland daily 8:30 A. M., 1:55, 3:05. 4:35, 0:15. 7:35. 0:55, 11:10 P. M. Daily except Sunday, 0:25, 7:25, 0.30, 10:20, 11:45 A. M. Except Monday, 12:25 A. M. Sunday only. 10:00 fi. M. Leave from sami depot ror rvuias and Inter mediate points daSJy exc-pt Sunday 4:00 P. M. Arrive Portland 10;SO A. M. The Independence-Monmouth motor line oper ates dally to Monmouth and Art:e, connecting with S. P. Co.' trains at Dallas and Inde pendence. First-clasji rebate tickets on sale from Port land to Sacramento and Ban Francisco; net rate, $17.50; berth, $5. Second-class fare. $15. without rebate or berth; second-clasa berth. $2.50. Tickets to Eastern nolnts and Europe. Also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITT TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and Washington streets. Phone Main 712. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND Departs. Arrirsa. Puget Sound Limited for Ta- coma. Seattle. Olympia, South Bend and Gray a ,, Harbor points 4:25nia 4:19 pa North Coast Limited for Ta- coma. Seattle, bpokane. Butte. St. Paul. Mtnneap- -n. Vti Mew York. Boston and all points East and Southeast .............. : :00pm 7:00 aa Twin City Express ior ia- mi T Seattle. Spokane. Helena, St. Paul. Minne apolis, Chicago, New York. Boston and all points ' East and Southeast 11 :45 pm 7:00 pes North Coast-Kansas Clty- St. Louis Special, for Ta- coma. Seattle. Spokane. Butte. Billings. Denver. Omaha, Kansas City. St. Louis and all points East and Southeast 2:00 pm 7 00 an All trains dally except on South Bend branch. A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Pas senger Agent, 255 Morrison st.. corner Third. Portland. Or. Threat Northern Ticket Office 122 Third St Phone 689 J LEAVE No. 4 0:15 P. M. Tho Flyer dally to and from St. Paul. Minne apolis. Dulutn. Chicago and all points. East. ARRIYB No. 3 7:00 A. M. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, DInlnJ ana tsunec oiiioiuus-i.iuriiry wars. JAPAN - AMERICAN UNI RIOJUN MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points, leave Seattle About December 30th WHITE COLLAR LIKE PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTHl STEAMER BAILEY GATZERT Leaves Portland daily 7 A. M.. extent sM Leaves Astoria dally 7 P. M., except Sndayl STEAMERS TAHOMA AND METlIcO Leave Portland daily 7 A. M., except Snday. Leave The Dalles daily 7 A. M., excei Sun aay. ,Lanaing iooi Aiaer si., Portland Both phones. Main S5L Js. W. CHICHION, Agent, Potland. SUNSET -n