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THE HOUSING OltEGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1903. 11 TO PEOPLE OREGON A. L Craig Delivers Address on " Immigration." IS STATE'S GREATEST HEED To Get Slore Worker and Farmers to Develop Reionrcci Requires Thorough, and Systematic Effort on the Part of CItlicna. At the monthly dinner of the University Club last evening. General rassenger Agent A. L. Craig, of- the O. R. & N. Co.. delivered an Interesting addreas on Im migration" and after dinner, the O. It. & N. Co.'s stcreoptlcon views taken through out Oregon were displayed. There was a good-sized assemblage present both at the lecture and at the showing of the views, and the remarks of the evening were often lntcrspcreed with vigorous ap plause. Tho views shown comprise about 150 of the best scenes in the state. Mr. Craig's address In part was ns fol lowu: . . "I take it that the Immigration which the University Club had In ralnd when it asked mi to be here, was that which pertains more particularly to our own state the beautiful, fertile state of Oregon. The Pacltlc Coast does not get directly from Europe or other foreign lands any considerable proportion of Its population. It Is true that more or lews rnrelimers drift to the coast In time, but out of the many thousand immigrants landing at the port of hew orK eacn year not more than 2000 or 3009 come to Oregon. "A largo proportion of those from abroad booked through to California were Italians who are attracted by climatic conditions similar to those of 'Sunny Ttnlv.' nnd bv the onnortunitv Of following viticulture, vegetable gardening and other pursuits in' regard to wmcn tncy are skilled at home. It Is to be regctted that we are not attracting a greater number of Britons. Scandinavians and Germans. a they ore mainly thrifty and sturdy workers and producers, such as arc needed to open up a new country like this. "Oregon's population is largely American born, or composed of foreigners who have been long enough here to become assim ilated. It is the Mstory of Western Im migration that the West settles the West. To my mind, the Pacific Coast offers es pecial Inducement to the law-abiding in tending immigrant owing to tho excellent class of those already resident here. We have no euch class as that which comes from Europe and furnishes the cheap labor of the Atlantic Coast and rarely get beyond the Mississippi River, nor have we the Ignorant and shiftless negro of the South. It is true we have some Chinese, but their number is not great enough now to be material. Some think that in the absence of cheap white Euro pean labor, Oregon would receive material old In its development if we had 100.000 Chinamen here engaged in clearing forest lands, constructing Irrigation ditches'and similar work, for when they are plentiful they work cheap, and much could bo ac complished under such conditions which cannot now be done owing to the scarcity and high price of labor. When It Can lie Induced to Move. '"When times arc dull and money scarce, there !n no sale for lands or personal property. At such times It la almost im possible to -attract lmmignntlon. Peoplo located in the East will seldom sacrifice their belongings in order to move even when they have been convinced that some other locality would be mere agreeable to them. Immigrants can best be moved, therefore, in good tlmm such as the pres ent. As it Is now, the young man from the Atlantic Slope Is buying the farm ot some one in the Mississippi Valley, and tho latter, always looking westward, comes perhaps to Oregon. The securing of Immigration Is subject to the same rules at any other well-ordered business. A shot Into the air some times strikes, but a carefully-aimed shot 1a much more likely to be effective. Syste matic, properly directed effort is, there fore, required. As at present conducted most successfully immigration work Is along about the following lines: "First, a large quantity of cheap printed matter Is distributed by mail and by other means in a certain community. In this printed matter there is an invitation to any one. if at all Interested, to correspond with a certain person. Correspondence, which Includes the mailing of attractive and more elaborate printed matter than that first sent out. Is followed by personal calls, and whenever the Interest Sn the community .seems to warrant, lectures often Illustrated with stereoptlcon pic turesare given. Assistance is given in finding such a home as the training or Inclination of the Intending settler would seem to make desirable, this sometimes entailing a preliminary trip to Oregon, if you please. When the immigration agent hears that Mr. So-and-So has sold his farm, the seller is promptly approached and solicited to go West. Like any other business, after the first symptom of West ern fever has developed. It is simply a matter or persistent. Intelligent work. Bargain days in railroad rates are at tractive. Why $15 or 130 should Influence any one in choosing a home, unless in ver" straitened circumstances, I cannot understand, r can vouch, however, for the fact that the advertising of cheap rates is attractive to the farmer who Is contemplating a change. How to Hold It. "If the present residents of Oregon will look after the newcomer a bit and give some evidence of a desire to have him re main. It will go a long way toward mak ing the immigrant stay with us. A pleas ant word and a friendly greeting to the stranger Is worth much to him and costs tho giver little. He perhaps knows al most no one and is lonesome, and If al lowed to drift aldng without attention from Ms neighbors he Is very apt to be come dissatisfied and return. Encourage him, however, until he has established himself and made new friends and become one of us, and ho will not be apt to regret the move. "Despite tho fact that the movement of homeseekers and prospective settlers to the Pacific Northwest In 1502 was the most phenomenal within Its history, and that during the year there were more public lands entered and disposed of in Oregon than In any state west of the Rocky Mountains, there yet remained at the close of the fiscal -year, June 30. nearly 22.000.000 acres of unappropriated nubile land. The untaken lands lie In every part or toe state, ana incmao lands of all kinds productive and unproductive Near ly all ot the public lands which under present conditions arc susceptible of being cultivated are somewhat remote from transportation lines. It is not only upon Government lands, however, that the new Immigrant can be placed. In thousands of Instances those already here have title to much land which Is not cultivated, and what is under cultivation is not yielding tho best results. The present owners of land unfilled or improperly tilled must give way to the Eastern farmer, who has learned through many bitter trials the value of diversified farming. Therefore even if "Uncle Sam Is no longer rich enough to give us all a farm, there is no dearth of room. If you want to dream a little, Just close your eyes and dwell on this single statement: If Oregon were as thickly settled as the anthracite coal re gion, which has given cause for so much though during the past year, she would be supporting as many people as were jn the whole ot the United States in 1900. and have something over 40.000,000 souls be sides. Value to Oregon. "Nearly every newcomer to this stata brings with him something of Intrinsic value which adds to the taxable property In the state. I am safe in saying that thero was brought Into Oregon and Wash ington In 1802 by newcomers from the East not less than J6.000.000, which will hereaf ter be taxed to help support our Govern ment and public Institutions. Besides this, these people come from thickly set tled regions, where competition has forced careful and advanced methods of farming. I do not mean to advance the Idea that Eastern people know It all. but I do be lieve It Is a fact that, other things being equal, methods are more truly econom ical, and therefore rnro advanced, where competition is keen and the volume of business large. I believe that until this rtatc Is fairly well settled and support ing a population of at least 2.O00.000 people Instead of 500.000 Oregon could well af ford on expenditure of $100,000 per annum to be spent in inducing immigration. A part of this should be spent In Europe. Exhibits should be sent to Eastern State end County Fairs, newspapers freely used, pamphlets and maps printed and Intelli gent men employed to explain by word of mouth and by correspondence the advan tages of this country. "I regard Individual effort as a great factor in the settlement of Oregon. Tho consistent sending. of printed descriptive matter, such as pamphlets, holiday edi tions of newspapers, newspapers or maga zines containing Information regarding the state's productions, scenery, etc.. sup plemented with seasonable and pertinent facts, to acquaintances in the Ea.t will be of material help: for Instance, a few days ago. In writing a friend in Minne sota, my wife Inclosed a sprig of pussy willow, thus demonstrating that our Spring Is nearly three roanths earlier than theirs. 'Received as this was when the thermometer was t-elow zero, such an object-lesson cannot fail to leave its Im press. These thlmrs are talked of and commented upon in tho Immediate family clrclo as well as among f.amily friends. What first attracted me to this country was the fact that every one I met from here was In a hurry to get home. in Summer In the East it was too hot, and in Winter too cold, but 'all right' in Ore gon at all seasons of the year." MANY MILES OF SIDEWALK Lint of Street Which City Council HnM Ordered Improved. The Council at its regular meeting passed resolution directing the City En gineer to prepare estimates and specifica tions for the Improvement of no less than 39 streets of this city. This Is tho largest lot of improvement resolutions that has ever been passed in a single meeting, and it will mean many weeks' work for the City Engineer's- department. All the streets running east and west from Jcffereon to Hoyt and as far. up as Nineteenth treet in some places will be improved with cement walks, and 16 of the principal streets of South Portland will be macadamized. This Improvement will cost many thousand dollars and it will be several months before it Is fin ished. - By passing these rcrolutlona on Wednes day, the Council expressed Its intention of Improving the following named streets with cement walks during the coming Spring: Jefferson from First to Fourth, Madison from Front to Fifth, Main from Front to Fifth. Salmon from Front to Sixth, Taylor from Front to Sixth, Yam hill from Front to Sixth, Morrison from Front to Chapman, Alder from Front to Sixth, Washington from Front to Nine teenth; Stark from Front tp Seventh, Oak from Front to Park. Pine from Front to Seventh. Ash from Front to Park, Ank eny from Front to Fourth, Burnslde from Front to Washington. Couch from Front to Park. Davis from Front to Park, Everett from Front to Park. Flan ders from Front to Park, Glisan from Front to Park, Hoyt from Fourth to Park and Irving from Seventh to Park. This propdscd Improvement will mean the laying ot no less than 12 miles of cement walks. Resolutions were also adopted express- ,lng an intention of mending and improv ing tne roiiowing streets with macadam, and by laying cement walks and curbs where the old wooden ones are In bad condition: Twentieth from Washington to Savler, Front from Arthur to Seymour, Bancroft from Macadam to West, First from Arthsr to Seymour, Corbett from Hood to Seymour, Hooker from Water to Seymour, Meade from Corbett to Sec ond, Water from Arthur to Hooker, Ar thur from Front to Water, Hamilton from Macadam to West, Hood from Caruthers to Baker, Hood from Porter to Grover. Corbett from Curry to Gaines, Corbett from Porter to Grover, Front from Woods to Grover, First from Woods to Glbbs and First from Sheridan to Arthur. This will include practically all the Important streets in South Portland, and by the time they are finished that part of the city will be the best-paved section of Portland. MANY AFTER CITY JOBS. Civil Service Commission Receives Numerous Applications. The city Civil Sen-Ice Commission evi dently has its work cut out for it. It Is not likely to meet In session until after tho Legislature adjourns, as there Is no particular necessity for it meeting sooner, and It has other things to attend to than examining applicants for posltlona Meantime persons desirous ot securing po sitions continue to apply for examination papers, the majority being persons who wish to become policemen. It is remark able how many persons desire to be clad In a little brief authority and a suit of blue with brass buttons. Auditor' Devlin had 1500 applications printed, thinking that they would bo sufficient, but it looks now as if 15,009 will be needed unless the com mission should meet soon. The tilling out and attesting to so many blanks will furnish a lot of available in formation as to the age, birthplace, educa tion, residence, height and 'weight of a large number of people, and all who deetre can And out whether these applicants have been married or had the rheumatism, or have been convicted of any crime. There was considerable sympathy expressed by all In the Auditor's office yesterday morn ing forgone unfortunate applicant. He had evidently suffered some severe illness and did not appear tp be strong or capable of much physical exertion, and beside had lost his hearing, but was still able to speak a little In a strange voice. He was anxious tQ secure some kind of employ ment and willing to take a position as Janitor or In tho street-cleaning depart ment. The poor fellow received every courtesy from Auditor Devlin, who was obliged to tell him that he was not fitted fnr Mtrfif-dr.'in'nrr xrnrlr n ..-i , - . , . ... - - i wn.ijg lu ins deafness, he would be likely to be run over ay streetcars or oiner vemcies. A by stander remarked aside that he was not fitted for a Janitor, as soma one would have to write out for him whatever he might be required to do and hunt him up to give him the paper. All felt sorry for him, but all knew that the city was not a charitable institution and could not cm ploy lncapables. and they feared for him when his case came before the commis sion. BRIKGS CHICAGO NEARER. Seventy Honrs Is the Time East Via "Chtcnco-Portlnnd Special." The time between Portland and Chlcai-o via the "Chicago-Portland Special" nows 70 hours, or two hours less than three days. Train leaves every morning at SJO o'clock. Inquire O. H. & N. ticket office. Third and Washington. DCSIXESS ITEM8. If Baby la Cutting Teeth, Be snre and use that old and well-tried remedy Mrs. WlnsloWa Soothing 8rrup. tor children teething. It soothes tht child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cores wfod collo and diarrhoea. BARRETT BUSYAT BOMBAY LUGES ORIENTAL exhibitors TO 11CMEM DCIt JOS PA I It. Tells Them They Can Kill Two Blr5 1- Sending; St. Lonis Dis plays Here. The Bombay Gazette of January 9 has the following account of the visit of John Barrett. Commissioner-General of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in which Mr. Barrett urges exhibitors to "kill two birds with one stone" by sending their displays to the Lewis and Clark Expo sition In 1903: The fit. Louis World's Fair Commissioner Central, the Honorable Mr. John ltarrett, ac companied by Ms secretary, Mr. Theodore Har dee, have returned from attendance at the Delhi durbar, and are stopping at tbe Royal Yacht Club chambers. Uy Invitation of the Hombay Chamber of Commerce, the Commissioner-General will address that body this afternoon on the subject of India's participation In the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, as this World's Fair Is officially known. This meeting bids THE I.ATU IIOWAGKK EMPRESS OF CIIl.VA. The late Dowager nmpress of China, upon whom, by the death of LI Hung Chanc. devolved much of tbe djplomatle work of the present complex situation la the "Celestial Kingdom," was a rather handsome woman In her youth. The pic ture is a reproduction of a photograph ot an early ralntlng. The Empress was the daurhttr ot a Chinese laborer, and was sola In her childhood to a mandarin, throuzh whose favor she was taken to court, where the then Emperor saw and lOTed her. Her full name Is swelled with 57 letters. fair to be a large one. nnd will probably be at tended by the representative business men ot Bombay. This evening ha will be the guest ot the Toung Men'a Christian Association, and de liver by special request. In their Apollo Bunder rooms, a brief address on the subject ot "The Opportunities ot the Toting Man ot the Twen tieth Century." The Commissioner-General will leave Bombay on Saturday by the P. and O. steamer China for Marseilles, and after spending a week in Paris and London, conferring with the Colonial Offices of France and Great Britain in regard to the representation of their Asiatic dependen cies at the 'World's Fair, will proceed to Amer ica with the expectation of reaching Washing ton about the middle of February. He Intends to remain in America about one month, com pleting the arrangements there for the partici pation ot Asiatic countries at, St. Louis, and then go on to Australasia, which he has not yet visited in the execution ot his mlsson. When the Commissioner-General sails away from In dia he will -have negotiated with every Import ant Independent and dependent government from Toklo to Bombay, including Japan, Korea, Russian Siberia, China, Philippines, French Indo-Chlna, Slam. Straits Settlements, Ceylon, Burmah and Indian proper. Although he has met with many dlfacultles largely due to the prevailing Ignorance In Asia of the plan and scope ot the St. Louis World's Fair, and ot many unhappy experiences with former exhibi tions he will carry back to America with him the official assurances of a majority ot these countries that they will take part In the Louis iana Purchase Exposition on a larger scale than they have done at any other World's Fair. As his mission Is chiefly a diplomatic one, he has devoted bis attention principally to ar rangement with the governments and to con ferences with the representative business In terests. He has no time or authority tor the actual collection of exhibits. When the Commissioner-General was asked by a representative of the Gazette to give an interview on the World's Fair, he asked to be excused from making' an extended statement In adrance of his address before tbe Chamber ot Commerce this afternoon, but consented to an swer a few questions that were asked him. In resptnse to an inquiry about his declination of the Japanese mission, and he alleged opposi tion ot Japan to his appointment, Mr. Barrett sad: "Although I appreciated greatly the honor that President Roosevelt showed me by offering me the high and responsible post ot United States Minister to Japan. I felt that I could sot possibly accept without doing serious injury to the Interests" of the World's Fair, and dis regarding my obligations to complete mr pres ent mission. Tbe offer came to me Just as I was Beginning uie exploitation or India, which I consider a most Important field. Had I ac cepted I would have been obliged to have given that up. as well as Australasia, another very Important section ot the world which I have not yet had time to visit. It Is my desire and ambition to see the Asian and Australasian representation at St- Louis the most" complete ever displayed In America, and so do all In my power to promote the growth of commercial and friendly relations between the United States and the countries bordering on the Pa cific and Indian Oceans. In view of the mag nitude and character of the World's Fair, I anr striving to arrange to have these Asiatic ex hibits not only comprehensive, but thoroughly legitimate and Illustrative of their real re sources, products and possibilities I am not seeking spectacular features, which often are demoralizing In tone and effect, but am urging Asiatic governments and exhibitors to permit only such exhibits to be sent to St. Louis as will in every way reflect credit upon them. In regard to Japan's alleged objections to me on account ot certain political views I was de scribed as holding. I have no definite knowl edge. I cabled my declination almost Imme diately after the tender." As Comciltsloner.Genera! Barrett comes from the Paclfie Coast of the United States, he takes more than the usual interest la the development of American commerce and pres tige on the Pacific He speaks In earnest and almost enthusiastic terms of the growth and prosperity of California. Oregon and Washing ton, the three American states which border on the Pacific Ocean. He prophesies for them a future equal to that of the Atlantic Coast, uiu bukscbib i(.ai mv Business interests or India should keep an eye on that section ot America, with reference .to future possibilities of trade. The Lewis and Clark Exhibition, which la to be held In Portland, Or.. In 1905, to celebrate the centennial of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest by Lewis and Clark, was mentioned by him as an excellent opportunity for Indian exporters and Importers to become better acquainted with the Pacific Coast ot America. He advises that all exhibitors" who have displays at SU. Louis should plan to take them to Portland In 1003. after the conclusion ot the World's Fair at SU Louis In 1901. As he aptly puU It, they will thus be able to "kill two birds with one stone." Tbe Louisiana Purchase Exposition will close on December 1, 1004, and the Lewis and Clark Exposition will open early in 1605, giving exhibitors from for en countries sufficient time to transfer and In stall their displays to advantage. The Commis- eloner-Oeneral also advises all people who go from India to travel- well over the United States, Including the far West, and visit such enterprising cities as San Francisco, Los An geles. Portland, Taeoma and Seattle, which typify the present progressiva spirit of the American people. In speaking of the durbar, Mr.-Barrett said that it was magnificent and Impressive beyond description, and well worth a Journey round the world to see. He says that It was the grandest pageant he ever beheld, or ever expects to look upon. Great Britain, and Lord Canon as its chief In India, can well feel proud of such a mighty and unprecedented achievement. IRISHMEN PROTEST. Clrcnlnr Letter Voices Imllsrnntlou nt Sentence o Colonel Lynch. Tho following letter has been Issued by JamesK. Dolan. National president ot the Ancient Order of Hibernians, to the offi cers and members of the society In the United States and Canada: "Again we are called upon to enter our solemn protest agalnrt, and condemna tion of, the action of the British govern ment against one of our race, Arthur Lynch, who is under sentence of penal servitude for that crime for which eo many Irishmen have suffered, high trea son against the" British government. The crime has always been popular In Ireland and among Irishmen everywhere for the reason that they love liberty and hate oppression. Having lived under the yoke of tho oppressor so long, a yoke against which they always protested, nnd to throw off which they have shed seas of blood. It might be thought that Ireland has been subdued by conquest, but no gent-ration has passed without a deter mined effort having been made to strike off the chains which bind her to her op pressor. "Tho most conservative Irishmen" have always said that 'England's difficulty Is Ireland's opportunity.' and when the great Boer war began Colonel Lynch went out to South Africa primarily to investi gate and determine for himself tho' Jus tice of the Boer cause, and having found that lust for gold was the underlying mo tivo of England he foreswore allegiance to Britain nnd enlisted In the army of the patriots. Sn thousands of his countrymen formerly did who served in the armies of Washington and Jackson and others, whose successful campaigns drove the hosts of Britons from our shores. But, being an honorable man, he first fore swore his allegiance to Britain beforo taking up arms against her. "Ho saw that the came spirit which Im pelled British soldiers to shoot down de fenseless citizens In the streets of Bos ton, to slaughter people of all ages, sexes nnd conditions who bad taken refuge around the Celtic Cross at Wexford, and to blow the patriots of India from the cannon's mouth still exists in tbe breasts of Englishmen and was being practiced upon the Boers, whoso only crime was that their country possessed wealth which Englishmen coveted. "The only crime of Colonel Lynch con sists In that he was elected to Parlia ment while serving In the army of Eng land's enemy. For this Insult of his con stituents he must now suffer. "The people of Cape Town were British subjects. Many of them served in the ranks and gave aid and comfort to the Boer cause, yet these people are to bo spared, and Colonel Lynch, who owed no allegiance to Britain and consequently was not a traitor, is to suffer. The Incon sistency ot England's position In the Lynch caso must again remind the civil ized world that England has one law for Irishmen and another for those with whom It is wise to deal' leniently. "We deem It tho duty of tho members of the A. O. H. to protest In the strong est terms against this, the latest outrage against Ireland and Irishmen. We hope that our members evesywhere will take up the matter and act upon It In a manner worthy of Irishmen and 'of the causa of Irish Nationality." MR. NEWSOM AND SETTLERS Is the Irrlprntlon Compnny Retard ing Development Workf SALEM. Or.. Feb. 1. (To the Editor.) Noticing In your paper of December 26, 1902. page 12. ,a letter from S. J. Newsom entitled "Not for Poor Man," I saw the following: "Juniper has nvcr been con sidered timber, evidence; surveyors are required plainly to blazo tho timber on section lines, mark bearings to corners, etc, which Is never done in the survey of land where Juniper to the wood growth. Juniper and sage bruh are vegetable growths which water will kill." Why, tho northwest corner of the very land that S. J. Newsom filed upon under tbe desert act Is a Juniper tree and plain ly marked in numbers that a blind man cpuld make out with his fingers, also the section lines ,nre plainly blazed upon Juniper trees. There li another Juniper tree on the south end of Mudsprlng butte numbered Sec 4, T. 16 B., R. 11 E., aJeo the northwest corner of the township in which Newsom'a land lies Is a Juniper tree numbered Sec 31. T. 15 S.. R. II E., and plainly numbered. "I have been to the Identical trees with Mr. Newsom," also another nt the northeast corner of Sec 31, T. 15 S., R. 11 E.. and hundreds of other Juniper trees mark section cornera and are blazed on section lines, but I gave the above corners and numbers because any one can easily And and go straight to them. s Now about water being death to Juniper and sago brush. The writer as well as dozena of others, tried to kill both Juniper and sage with water and we found that they both thrived and made a remarkably fine growth I givo the following named persons (without their knowledge or con sent) to disprove Newsom's statement that Juniper trees were not blazed, on section lines and not numbered on section corners: Thomas Arnold, George McCallcster, M. C Aubrey. William Buhkhard. J. S. Churchill. T. M. Post, Lewis McCallester, Ed White (not the saloonkeeper). M. Phillips. Dr. McKlnney. Gibson. Robert McGowan, Jesse Harcrow, J. Cramer. Wood. William Fryrear. James Linton. E. A. Hammond, John Hammond. Perry Polndcxter, Samuel Prewltt, Knox Huston, surveyors, and I could name scored of others. Now, the truth of the matter Is that Newsom and others organized what Is known ns the Three Sisters Irrigation Company, said company corraling all the wafer in the Tomallo River and also ap plying for several thousand acres of land under tho Carey act; they, the company, did a little work on their ditch two years ago last Fall, but as the settlers did not bite according to expectation the work suddenly ceased and now the said com pany Is trying to sell out to the Govern ment at a good round figure. Mr. New som's spiel about the poor homeseeker Is all bceh, as we that know Brother New som know that he has about the same feeling for a poor homeseeker that a coyote has for a chicken, and this same Juniper timber Is and has been made Into violins and guitars, some of them selling for $40 each, and the timber- in very valuable for cabinet work, taking on a polish equaled, by very few woods, also the knots being tight and never falling out and the grain being beautiful. Now, this Three Sisters Irrigation Com pany has retarded and held back from settlement nearly all the tillable land west of the Deschutes, freezing out most of the settler that did locate upon land under their proposed ditch, as the com pany built li miles of ditch, then issued themselves a certain amount of non assessable preferred stock and then kind ly offered to let the settlers finish the ditch for them and they (the company) would let the settlers have water out of said ditch forever, providing the settlers would pay the company Jl per Inch per annum for water. HENRY M'CALLESTER. FOR PORTAGE ROAD BILL Chamber of Commerce Circulates Petition Among Business Men. The Chamber of Commerce was Instru mental in having a petition circulated around the business part of Portland yes terday in support of tho Johnston-GInn bill for a portage road. The petition, which follows, was well signed: To tho Members of tho Multnomah Delegation of the Legislative Assembly of the SUte of Oregon: Wc. the Under signed merchants of Portland, respectful ly request you to give your earnest sup port to the bill Introduced by Represen tative R. J. Glnn, providing for the con struction of a state portage railroad be tween The Dalles and Celilo and appro priating tlC,0C0 therefor. The building of this port l go railroad would open to con tinuous navigation 510 miles of water on tho Columbia and Snake rlvera and save our merchants and producers fl.50O.O0O an nually In freight charges. It would mein the opening of the Inland EmDlre on a I large scale and the marketing of Its prod ucts at Portland. In our Judgment, a portage railroad between The Dilles and Celilo Is essentia! to tho commercial prestige of Portlind and to the proper development of our tributary trade field. Action by the State of Oregon is urgent, as It will be many years before the Gov ernment of tho United States will com plete its proposed locks and canal to overcome tho obstructions in the Colum bia between The Dalles and Celilo. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Mnrrlace- Licenses. Mun Munson, 36; Jennie Stenholm, 23. Victor Westerlund, 25; Edla Mattson. 22. ContnRloua Disease. Mildred Wright, 392 Sixth street: diphtheria. Julia Pratt. 1200 East Taylor street: scarlet fever. Lillian Tlmm, (39 Third street: scarlet fever. Albert Tlmm, CSO Third street; scarlet fever. Miss Bruce, smallpox, arrived from Tacoma. Georgia and Ida M. Dingle, East Ninth and East Burnslde: scarlet fever. Births. February 1. girl to the wife ot F. P. An drews. 375 Stark street. February 3, girl to the wife ot J. Slngletary, 262 Clay street. February 3. boy to the wife of George Rout ledge. East Twenty-fourth and Knox streets. February 3, girl to the wife ot C. R. Powell, 131 '.4 Union avenue. Denths. February 4. Leontlne M. Lambert, 42 years 11 months 23 days, 4SS Columbia street: can cer. February S, Mary E. Cain. 45 years, Good Samaritan Hospital; endocarditis. February 3, Margaret Hale, 91 years 8 months 1 day, Patton Home; old age.' February 3, Wllhelmlna Robinson. C4 years 0 months 0 days. 184 Market street: pneumonia. February S, Patrick Prunty, 01 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; sarcema. Building- Permits. J. S. Weed, repairs. Albtna avenue, between Fremont and Beech; J1S0. George Klser. addition, southeast corner of Irving and Sixth: $4000. F. Brlthauer, one-story dwelling. East Sixth, between Shaver and Falling; 1500. George King, one-story dwelling. East Thir teenth, between Shaver and Falling: 1150. L. Stelnhauser, one-story cottage. East Twenty-third, between East Main and East Madison. O. W. Kelson, two-story dwelling. East Six teenth, between East Burnslde and Couch; S2SO0. 0. W. Nelson. two-tory dwelling. East Couch, between East Sixteenth and East Sev enteenth; j:noo. C M. Hlnkle. two-story dwelling. Ivy. be tween Williams and Rodney avenues: 2000. Ileal Estate Transfers. The Alliance Trust Company. Ltd.. to Max and George Loewenson, S. H of lot 3, block 16, Couch Addition fC500 I. D. Peters et al. to Jacob II. Cook. E. Vt of lots 5, 6 block 21. Hanson's Sec ond Addition SSOO Robert W. Schmeer and wife to Alfred R. Wright, lots 4, 5, block 2. Howe's Ad dition 300 Max Loewenson et al. to Frank Klernan. trustee, S. of lot 3, block 16, Couch Addition 00 J. P. Menefee and wife to John A. Eng lish and wife. W. 85 feet ot lots 14, 15, block 23, Alblna 2000 LI da J. Jones and husband to Robert W. Wilson et al., undivided one-third of lots 1. 2. and N. 5 feet of lot 3. block 303.. 4000 Multnomah Cemetery Company to Clara Hale. '.4 of lot 42, block D, Multnomah cemetery 10 P. H. and Jessie V, Marlay to John D. LItherland, lot 10, block 1, Alblna Home stead , 1 W. E. Lewis and wife to a E Longe necker. lots 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 21. block 8, Trunedale 350 Mary Jane Gray to Margaret A. Eliton. lots 1, 2. block 12. Klntel Park.- 200 Marie Forsythe and husband to Henry V. v Adlx. N. H of lot 3. block 1G4, city 2150 Harrison E. Dempsey to M. L. Dempsey, lots 2. 4, fl. 8. block L subdivision of Brown Tract, section II. T. 1 S.. H-IE. 500 IT. L. Dempsey to 8. A. Demrsey, lots 2. 4. 6, 8. 0. 10. II. block 1, same .1000 George Schafer and wife to Adam Kawel. lot 4. block 2. North Irvlngton 2T5 Mary E. O'Connor to A. It, Draper. lot 15. Arleta Park 113 Mary H. Couch to Timothy Dlnneen and wife. lot 4. block 290, Couch Addition.. 1500 Jl. E. Stemler to Addle M. Stemler, lot 1. block 11. Alblna 1 Emma L. Cole to J. S. Cole. lots 25. 20, 27. Palatine Hill. No. 2 1 Richard M. Butler and wife to J. L. and Ida R. Forbes, lot 14. block 11. Mount Tabor Villa Annex , 1050 W. F. Flledner to Daisy S. Flledner, lot 1. E. 12 feet of lot 2. block 1, W. W. McGulre's Addition 'l W. M. Seward to Victor Westerlund, lot 8. block 8. Lincoln .Park Annex 200 W. B. Struble and wife to.Jestle L. More head. S. H of lot 3. Park block 4. city.. 5000 Anna B. Sutton to Charles O. Tlgglln. lot 7, block 13, Couch Addition 3200 The Title Guarantee & Trust Company to F. W. Wegner. lots 15, 18. block 7: lots 10, 11, block 8, Holladay Park Ad dition 2550 Edwin R. Bryson and wife to Thomas Leese. undivided 14 of lots 1. 2. 3. 10, 11. 12. block 2. Lesh'a Addition 1100 For Guaranteed Titles Co Tnr1fl rv9 rtnanintAa jr. Trust Co., 204-5-6-7 Failing building. Fifty - Seventh Annual Report TH CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY To the Members: For many years the operations of the Connecticut Mutual have been assuming a more and more distinctive and peculiar interest for Its members, for the American public and for the whole insurance world, and for several remarkable reasons worth noting. For many years tho great majority of companies have been gradually swerving from the lines of practice which are na tive and Inherent In 'life Insurance, until at last many ot the largest and most rapidly-growing companies have openly aban doned the motive of life Insurance as the motive to which they appeal for their business: they no .longer otter the results of real Hfo insurance attained by them as tho attraction to the men whoso fam ilies need Its protection and whose busi ness they seek; they give their contracts other names; they suppress so far as pos sible tne appearance of a life insurance contract: tiey endeavor as faj as possible to give them the appearance of a profit- . able Investment for the insured himself. I He Is offered, not a life Insurance policy tor the sake of its protection to those who need Its protection, but a "Bond" as a money-making investment for himself, trusting, apparently, to the general lgnor an5,e not to discover the unalterable facts which make such a thing impossible, so far as the great body of their clients is concerned, and possible, if at all, only to a few at the undue expense of the many. Life Insurance undertakes to pay the money value ot a man's llfo to tnose de pendent on it, whenever they may lose It by death. While be. lives he contributes to pay the values of other men's lives by way cf a premium proportioned to his risk of dying-, according to his age. His risk of dying Increases each year, but his pre mium does? not Increase; therefore it must pe so calculated that a proper part of It can be put Into a Reserve Fund to meet the future increase of the risk: this Reserve Is put at interest, a certain part of which is yearly added to the Re serve; an addition to his premium Is also made to provide for his share of the ex penses. If the death losses are as heavy as was assumed In computing the premium. If the interest earned is no higher than was as sumed, and if the expenses are as much as was assumed, then the company will Just pay Its losses as they occur, and there will be nothing over for anybody; the cost of the insurance will Just equal the Income; but If the losses are lighter, the interest rate higher and the expenses less than t.as assumed, a saving will be made on each of these items of total cost, and that cost to tho company will be so much less than the assumed exist. Mutual Life Insurance undertakes to give each man his Insurance at only what It costs tho company; at his equal share of that total cost In proportion to his risk end to tbe premium he has paid In. It returns to him. therefore, his share of the savings. If It does this each year, then he pays each year only what his risk has actually cost the comnanv for that vear. The more carefully the risks are selected,-' mo Dexter tne rate ot interest earned; the smaller the expenses in proportion to the income, the greater the whole yearly saving; the less the total cost to the company, the greater each man's share of the total savings and the less his share ot the to tal cost if he gets back his share of the savings. That Is Mutual Life Insurance. Thero Is no speculation In that; there Is nothing in that to make It attractive to a man as a personal venturer it is a pure expense to him. and no one Is advantaged In any case except il3 beneficiaries, who get tho money value of bis life, which they would otherwise have lost by his death. The only motive for a man to tako a policy of Mutual Life Insurance, there fore, is the need of those dependent on his life for its protection, and his duty to give that protection to those whom he has made, or who rightly are dependent on his life and its financial product, and his desire to get it at only Its actual, proper cost. The only way to make a policy attrac tive as a nersonal venture to anr man Is to do away with mutuality, except in the premium charged; charge the full mutual premium, but instead of giving back to eacn man nis snare or ine yeany sav ings, divide them up among only a few and make the rest go without. No man would accept such a proposi tion unless he was either assured or felt a considerable degree of confidence that he was to be one of the few. So the thing Is put up as a gamble. Each man agrees to leave his sharo of the savings with the 'company for. say, 20 years: that If he dies meantime, his policy being still In force, all his yearly shares of sav ings which he might havo had back shall be forfeited to the company for division among the final few; also, if he does not keep- up his policy, his share of tbe sav ings while It was In force shall k the same way. The division Is supposed to take place at the end of 20 years among those who have survived so long and also havo paid their full premiums straight througn; but each one 'has had to agree beforehand to accept whatever the com pany allots to him as his share: there Is to be no statement of the size of the "pot" nor any- accounting for its distribu tion. The expected value of the share in It of each of the final few Is set forth In the estimates of various "bonds" and oth er forms ot contracts, the specific feature of all of which is the postponement of all iivldonds for some period of years. It Is tho chance of being in at the final division and petting what others have lost that is the attraction, addressed to the personal Interest ot the man and not to his sense of duty and honor toward his dependent family. That chance, as estimated by the companies originating the scheme. Is about- one In three. At least two-thirds will drop out by the way. Bach man expects to be of the one-third. So he stakes bis own proper share of the sav ings for 20 years in the hope of helping divide what the other two thirds must lose. And the company holds the stakes without accountability to any one. Notwithstanding the fact that none of the companies doing this sort ot "Invest ment" business have ever made a divi dend which even approximated tho esti mates which attracted the "Investors and that these dividends have steadily and rapidly shrunk through all the many years of tntlr experience, it is true that they still succeed in attracting great num bers to their membership. Personal In terest In vyfcat Is made to appear a "good thing," for which some one else Is ex pected to furnish the contents. Is a mo tive far more easily appealed to, with less effort, and with much readier suc cess, than one's sober, unselfish duty to those he "has made helpless and dependent and whose protection he has no right to put In hazard.. . The point of view of the companies sell ing postponed dividend schemes is admira bly revealed In the Instruction recently given to Its agents by one of the very largest of them: the capitals are the com pany's own: "Get the Idea out of your own head, and keep It out of the Invest or's head, that you are simply ASSURING HIS LIFE. Avoid that Inadequate con ception of the transaction. View the mat ter accurately and scientifically. You are selling a block of bonds that Is the first Idea. To that you add the idea of Insur ance. Insurance of what? Why, Insur ance of the INVESTMENT. It Is not. STRICTLY SPEAKING, life Insurance any more than it is fire Insurance or marine Insurance It Is bond Insurance." "But your client may say: The question of cost is a gamblo after all.' Well, you can. for the sako of argument, admit that It IS a gamble. It may aid you in selling your bonds " It Is precisely because the great bulk of business now done by life Insurance com panies Is made to appear and to be ns lit tle like real life insurance as possible, and as much like a financial venture of personal profit to he "Investor" as pos sible, that the operations of The Connec ticut Mutual take on a peculiar Interest to all whose families need the protection that pure life insurance alone can give. For The Conhcctlcut Mutual Is not of fering "Bonds" nor "Investments" which can be made an actual Investment to one man onlv by taking what two other men have lost on tuelr "gamble." It seeks out the men whose families need- life Insur ance; It offers them real life Insurance. In Us own name, on Its own proper motive nnd basis; It does not expose itself and Its business nnd the protection of Its bene ficiaries to complete destruction by policy contracts which permit all the reserves tn be drawn out In cash. In any year, at the will ot the policy-holders, like de posits In n bank; it holds and treats Its funds In the only manner In which they can be held and treated for the proper protection of real lite Insurance contracts and with an eye single to tne sure care of He beneficiaries, whose certain protec tion Is the only reason for the existence of a life Insurance company. Therefore The Connecticut Mutual re mains actually a mutual life Insurance company. It selects its risks with great care. In a limited area where the condi tions ot life and health are well known; It seeks safety and fair returns on its In vestments; It keeps down Its expense rata as low as possible; all In order to save as much as possible of the premiums re ceived by it, to be returned each year to those frcm whom they were received, so that each man's Insurance shall cost him as little as possible, and only what It has cost the company; and It seeks to deal In entire equity and the good faith ot true mutuality with those who lapse or die. so that no one is plucked tor the advan tage or some one else. In a word, it Is dolr.ir and seeks to do business as a. real mutual life Insurance company, for life Insurance purposes, knowing that never before was pure life Insurance so much needed as now. and "all the more because so much has Its place been usurped by that which is not pure life Insurance at all, and the funds for which can no longer be held with any certainty for any purpose ot life Insur ance. It is In this lleht as a real mutual life Insurance company that its operations are to be viewed, and their results weighed. The Experience of 10O2. In general, the experience of the Com pany during the past year has been of that steady, even-going character which should characterize an old, thoroughiy- grounded company, conservative In hold ing to the real purpose of life insurance) and to all that best effectuates It, and yet progressive in mat wnlcn win tne better commend it to -those who want it only for that purpose. The New Business taken on In 1302 was somewhat more than that of the previous year. The Old Business has persisted In the usual remarkable degTee. so that the amount of business in force at the end of the year shows the same steady gain aa for several years past. Tho Mortality cost for the year 1901 was 22.7 per cer.t less than that expected and provided for, effecting a saving ot $543,258. The Expenses of management for tha year were less than for the year 1&0L Interest. For several years the abundance of money-seeking conservative Investments has caused a progressive decline In the rate of interest on good securities, and this Company has been somewhat affectel thereby. In common with all other finan cial institutions which derive their Inter est Income from Investments of a perma nent character. Our Interest income has. however, been satisfactory, considering existing conditions, and a considerable margin above reserve requirements has been saved. Owing to tho very low rate of Interest obtaining early in the year and during 1901, the market value of our bond hold ings was very high, even on a conserva tive view of the market. During the year the money market so radically changed, carrying the rates of interest so high, aa to cause something of a decrease in mar ket values, though very slight as a per centage on our large holdings, indicating their strong character. Such changes do not affect .t all the Income from them, and with a return of former conditions a return of former values is to be expected. With the exception ot two items of Texas municipal bonds, interest has been very closely collected on all securities. The Real Estate Market In 1902 was not a very favorable one for selling, but tha Company disposed of 83 pieces of fore closed property, costing Sil,SS3.t6. As our mtmDers are already aware, the Company has during the last three years been erecting a new oiflce building, which is practically completed; It has also been makiig such changes in its old building ns Increase its capacity, add greatly to Its convenience and attractiveness for ten ants, and connect it with and adapt it to the new edifice. This work Is near com pletion, and the whole seems likely to prove a Judicious undertaking to a satis factory result. The Surplus at the end ot the year stands at JG.379,992.43; by tho legal stand ard it is over $9,000,000. It was reduced during the year by tho temporary shrink age In market values of bonds already re ferred to by a balance of profit and loss of J37.2a7.98 on sales of real estate and various other minor items, and also by the fact that we returned surplus to our policy-holders on the same scale of dividend that we have maintained for 22 years. From 1881. when our surplus was $3. 251.155, we not only returned this high rate of dividend. Increasing it somewhat In 1S92. but added to the surplus each year until 1SSS. when It stood at $7,521,909. Since then it has been more or less drawn upon each year In order that the cash payments by our policy-holders need not be In creased, and In order to tide over, as tar as may prove practicable, the conditions which are still unfavorable to so large a saving of surplus as was possible for so many years. mu maintenance of the low cost to our members during unfavorable years was one of the purposes of that great accumu lation, and our. present scale will be maintained until It shall seem expedient to draw no further on the surplus fund. Attention Is called to the list of assets and liabilities published elsewhere. We also ask careful consideration of the following summary of our financial history of 57 years: mm t c o o -t 6'd13'JS,,,? 2cs-0-2 .33- 2 "5.3. ife P " s o : : i : r: : : : : 33: ?: : : : t-;r : : : : : : .tt-o; : : : : : : : : : : , ! o, , ' . . . c g S s as r x si ? : g2. : "So :o3o iss : : 2. : : : : Ho : : ?.- ris . - C rt : : 3n : : "'o- : 25 - 2.1 I :: jp i ait 3rf : : : : PpsU : gSSfg S2 332 5 9 a mQ Of the J22.022.8M.S3 which The Connecti cut Mutual has received from Its policy holders It has returned to them or paid to their beneficiaries J220.-t72.64S.69, or 99.30 per cent. What it has so paid back and What It still holds as security for policy contracts aggregates $2S8.117,1S3.40. or 12S.S7 per cent of lt3 receipts from policy holders. This has been done at an ex pense ratio of only 9.21 per cent of tho total receipts. This Is a record of a Mutual Life Insur ance Company doing actual Mutual Life Insurance, nnd It challenges comparison. Respectfully submitted. JACOB L. GREENE. President. Hartford, January 2-1, 1903. Hotv to Arvnrd Rhodes Scholarship. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 6. Dr. George R. Parkin, of Toronto, Canada, who rep resents the trustees under the Cecil Rhodes will to decide -upon the method by which free scholarships to Oxford Univer sity are to be awarded to American boys, held a conference inUhis city with tho presidents of the universities of the South west. A tentative arrangement was com pleted and a man from each ot the states and territories will be sent to Oxford In 1S04 under thcterms of the will. The con ference recommended that tbe president of each state or territorial university should appoint two or four heads of educa tional Institutions in his state, who, with himself as chairman, shall constitute a committee of selection. The following were present at the conference: Presi dent William Prather, University of Texas; President D. R. Boyd, University of Oklahoma: President Henry L. Hartzog. University of Arkansas: Dr. W. S. Cbab lln. Washington University, St. Louis, and Dr. W. B. Brown, University of Mis souri. Many causes Induce gray hair, but Parker's Hair Balsam brines back the youthful color. Ulndercoms, the best cure for corns, iscts.