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PORTIiAXD, MONDAY, JDXE 22, 1003.
JVO GROUND OP COXFXICT.
Senator Ankeny's great interest in the
river and harbor Improvement of West
ern "Washington is, noticeable, as show
ing the error of professed anxiety that
he would be a representative of Oregon
only; but it has a farther bearing on
the relations of the two states, and
points out a way in which Mr. Ankeny
can and probably will render lnestlma
ble service to the people of the two
states.
The commerce of Gray's Harbor, for
example, is growing at a pace which
justifies increasing Interest and care on
the part of Congress. The Improvement
there is one that should be made. It
will have the earnest and, we believe,
the effective support of Senator An
keny; and it may well have also the
support of the Oregon delegation. Noth
ing is to be gained In these matters by
hostility between these two states.
Nothing Is to be won for "Washington
by such attacks on the Columbia River
as Representative Cushman made in
the last Congress, or as those that are
repeatedly made by newspapers pub
lished on Puget Sound.
It has long been the policy of 'The
Oregonian to treat in a just and even
generous way the activities and aspira
tions of the Puget Sound cities, and it is
therefore emboldened to ask the Puget
Sound newspapers to try for a time the
course of justice and fairness in their
treatment of Oregon affairs and Ore
gon interests. It is a frequent under
taking for these columns to contain
comprehensive and favorable articles
wrlten by men sent to Seattle and Ta
coma for the purpose of describing
Puget Sound activities, and probably
our neighbors over there will concede
that their spirit and achievements have
never received more pointed and enthu
slastic recognition than that which has
been accorded in these columns. This
attitude of friendly co-operation with
Washington men and interests we
would now urge upon the business men
of Portland. Nothing is to be gained
for Portland or Oregon by cultivating
the ill-will and resentment of Tacoma
and Seattle.
After all has. been .said that can bo
said in derogation of one Pacific Coast
city by the ardent champions of the
others, the fact remains that their
growth in the twentieth century will
be, not a carrying away captive of one
by the other, but a development along
parallel lines, with wonderful progress
to all and discomfiture to none. The
growth of one city does not necessarily
mean the decline or ruin of another.
The fact that Kansas City rose from
55.000 in 1SS0 to 163,000 in 1900 did not
prevent St. Louis from growing in that
time from 350,000 to 75,000. The rival
cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis have
advanced side by side, as the surround
ing country developed, but not each at
the other's expense. To the north of
Kansas City, Omaha has grown from
SO.OOO to 100,000, and to the West Den
ver rose from 35,000 to 130,000. Side by-
side with the augmenting greatness of
New York, the City of Philadelphia has
gained 400.000 in 20 years, Boston 200,-
000 and Baltimore 100,000.
Especially on this Pacific Coast,
where development is so .far behind the
country's resources and capacities, is
there room for limitless growth of dis
tant centers of population and Indus
tries without any one's thinking it must
somehow get ahead by setting another
back. There is as much room between
Portland and Seattle as between Cleve
land and Pittsburg, as much between
Seattle and Tacoma as between Phlla
delphia and New York, and from Puget
Sound across to Spokane Is as far as
from St. Louis to Kansas City. Within
an area no larger than Oregon and
Washington are gathered on the Atlan
tic Coast five cities with an aggregate
population of more than 5.000,000. It
will be so here must be so; for the per
slstence of our American cities is stub
bornness itself. Chicago and Seattle
rose again better than ever from the
ashes of their devastating fires, and
Galveston from its desolating flood,
The Alaska trade, which was predicted
to be a mere flash in the pan of Pacific
development, continues to enrich Seat
tie after seven prosperous years, and
here, by the poor old Columbia, every
year sees all previous records of actlv
1ty, production and wealth set at
naught
Pre-eminence, it is also well to re
member, is a thing of manifold and
multiform exemplification. The growth
of Chicago is one of the wonders of the
world. Yet its career is unique. It does
not impair the peculiar eminence in
other spheres of Boston, New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore in the East,
not yet of St Paul or St. Louis in the
vIWest, etere Da the Pacific. Co&strKsXirnp
may have a New York at San Fran
cisco, a New Orleans at Los Angeles,
a Boston at Seattle, a Baltimore at Ta
coma, a Philadelphia at Portland, and
a great Pittsburg and Minneapolis com
bined at Spokane Palls.
it promises to be Mr. Ankenys gooa
fortune to assist In the promotion of a
friendlier day In the history of Pacific
Northwest cities. Por this Important
task he has been called to the Senate
at an opportune time, and for It he is
also peculiarly fitted by his long and
close connection with affairs In Oregon
and Idaho, as well as In his own state.
It is certain that In him the Oregon
delegation will find a sympathetic
friend and co-worker; and it is their
duty and privilege to reciprocate heart
ily in kind. Let us try what good fel
lowship will do for these three states,
whose Interests at "Washington are so
intimately bound together.
PURE WATER IS ESSENTIAL.
The value of the Investigations to be
made by the State- Board of Health in
the Willamette Valley towns will be in
direct proportion to the thoroughness
of the work. A superficial Inquiry will
be of no value whatever. An investi
gating committee that would start out
with opinions already formed or with
a disposition to close the eyes upon any
unwholesome conditions might as well
stay .at home. But there is "a great op
portunity for accomplishing good await
ing the State Board if the determina
tion be to wage a relentless war upon
unsanitary' conditions wherever they
can be found.
It will be unfortunate for any town
to suffer an official declaration that its'
water supply is unwholesome, -for ever'
community prides itself upon its reputa
tion for having good water But it is
far better that a town endure for a
brief period the humiliation of knowing
that it has been maintaining a breeder
of disease than that the contamination
should be- permitted to continue. Bet
ter to lose a few prospective new resi
dents than to have the present popula
tion subjected continually to danger of
infection. Better to have the existence
of an impurity proven and the Impurity
removed than to have the community
suffering from an evil whose form is
but little suspected.
Every town In the Valley should wel
come the visit of a committee of mem
bers of the State Board of Health and
should give them every aid In deter
mining the sanitary conditions, and
particularly the character of the water
derived from the different sources.
More than this, each town should In
sist, if that were necessary, that a thor
ough test be made in order to ascertain
whether any unhealthful conditions ex
ist. The consumers of water should not
be satisfied until they have ;the highest
authority in the state upon record as to
the quality of their supply of this neces
sary liquid. If the water is go.od, the
record will be something to be proud of;
if it is bad, the sooner that fact is
known the better.
Oregon has always been proud of its
splendid drinking water, "and as the
sparkling fluid comes from our springs
and mountain streams it merits all the
praise it has ever received. Buckets
never drew from a well a more health
ful or more refreshing drink than that
which comes from the cold depths of
Oregon soil. But streams may be pol
luted and surface water will find its
way into wells. This much is certain
that there has been enough typhoid in
some of the Valley towns to make an
investigation necessary.
The State Board of Health has its
reputation to make. Individually, its
members stand high in their profession
and in the social world. It sometimes
happens that boards composed- of such
men do not measure up to the standard
one would expect considering the abil
ity of the persons composing them, but
the manner In which the present Board
of Health has begun Its work indicates
that the results will be satisfactory.
What is needed is a vigorous, careful
and entirely impartial campaign. It is
not the business of the Investigating
committee to consider whether its re
port will bankrupt some water company
or increase the patronage of such a
company. Neither is it any concern of
the committee if its report compels
some town to abandon its present water
supply and get a supply from some
other source at a tremendous cost. The
one thing to be determined is whether
unhealthful conditions exist Knowing
the original purity of Oregon water and
the salubrity of all natural conditions in
this state, one cannot but feel that the
investigation will show that, by the re
moval of sources of contamination and
the abandonment of water supplies
from which Impurities cannot be re
moved, the general healthfulness of
some of the Valley towns will be Im
proved. A LAY SERMON.
President Roosevelt preached a ser
mon on a recent Sunday. The occasion
was the consecration of Grace Memorial
Reformed Church, in Washington. The
text was not taken from the Scriptures.
It was given, however, in the spirit of
brotherly love, and was as follows: "In
this church, consecrated to the service
of the Lord, we can best serve him by
the way in which we serve our fellow
men." Applying this specifically to the
duty of the denomination, to which the
President belongs, toward the welfare
of these brethren who come hither from
over the sea, he said:
Now that we have, established ourselves let
us see to It that we stretch out the hand of
help, the hand of brotherhood toward the new
comers, 'and help them as speedily as possible
to shape themselves and to get Into such rela
tions that it k will bo easy for tbem to walk
well In the new life. I trust that with the
consecration of each new church of the Re
formed creed la this our country, thexs will
be established a fresh center ot effort to get
at and to help for their good the, people that
yearly come from over was to us. No more
Important work can be done by our people;
Important to the cause of Christianity, import
ant to the cause of true National life and
greatness here In our own land.
This indicates not a duty restricted
to the Reformed Church, but the duty
of all churches to new-comers "frqm
over the seas." These people represent
the raw material, so to speak, from
which American citizenship is to be
molded. It does not represent the duty
of Presbyterians to be on the look
out for Presbyterians, of Baptists to
look out for Baptists, or of Methodists
for Methodists. It is a simple Christian
obligation that rests upon all to make
the stranger, whether from over the
seas or across the continent, or from
half across the continent merely, feel
that a welcome awaits him, coupled
with an interest that is distinctly hu
man, but not necessarily actively sec
tarian. It may be said, however, that a
church that starts out by seeking its
own is attending to business upon first
principles. If It applies itself diligently
to this duty, it can hardly f&il to ex-
pand In brotherly love and patriotic
pulaet. in teadeocy- -hlch, is tajjto th-Klondike. through a British, port
sink denominationalism into the uni
versal fellowship which is instinct with
the spirit of Christianity, whose after
glow Is neighborllness and hospitality.
FREIGHT SITUATION AN ENIGMA.
Seldom if ever In the history of the
wheat business In the Pacific North
west have exporters been confronted
with so difficult a problem as the pres
ent ocean freight situation. As the
farmerpays the freight, the uncertainty
which now prevents the exporter from
taking the usual steps to secure the
tonnage required for new crop loading
is also a matter of much concern .to
the man who grows the wheat In no
other wheatgrowlng section of the
United States does the ocean-freight
rate absorb so large a proportion of the
value of a bushel of wheat as is the
case from Pacific Coast ports, and at
no other ports are the fluctuations so
great From the Atlantic seaboard and
the gulf ports where about seven
eighths of the exportable surplus of the
American wheat crop seeks tide water,
a rate of 8 cents to 10 cents per
bushel to Europe is unusually high.
From North Pacific Coast ports, a rate
of IS cents to 20 cents per bushel is
below the average, and within the past
three years it has been as high as 34
cents per bushel.
At the present time a reasonable
amount of new-crop tonnage could be
secured at 25 shillings, or 16 cents per
bushel. This is 4 or 5 cents per bushel
below the average rate paid for new
crop loading at this season of the year,
and is below the rate at which some
owners will move their ships. It is
practically certain that there will be
the usual amount of wheat to go out of
Oregon and Washington ports the com
ing season. With this assured and rates
so far below the average. It might be
expected that exporters would display
less hesitancy in chartering ships. And
yet, notwithstanding the fact that rates
have been bumping along on the bottom
for months, and also that in despite
of the large amount of tonnage certain
to be required, the statistical position
of freights on the Pacific Coast Is the
weakest ever known.
With little or nothing of the old crop
to be taken -care of, there are now en
route and listed for Portland, Puget
Sound and San Francisco 550,000 tons
net register, with a carrying capacity
of about 900,000 tons. In addition to
this, there Is a disengaged fleet of 140,
000 tons capacity lying Idle in San
Francisco, making a total capacity of
over 1,000,000 tons already available for
new-season loading on the Pacific
Coast As there Is nothing in the pres
ent outlook to warrant the belief that
there will be to exceed 1,000,000 tons of
grain for export from the three states,
the hesitancy of exporters to load up
even with, what would ordinarily be
considered cheap ships can- be under
stood. Despite this hesitancy or indif
ference, there is a slight feeling that
perhaps a change may come. Nitrate
freights from the west coast of South
America, under normal conditions, are
10 shillings higher than wheat freights
from North Pacific ports, but at the
present time this differential has
shrunk to about 3s 6d, and all of the
shrinkage has been at the expense of
grain freights. This condition will nat
urally divert to the nitrate ports ton
nage which formerly sought business In
North Pacific wheat ports. Another
uncertain factor on the bull side of the
argument is the refusal of many own
ers to move their ships at 25 shillings.
As some owners began laying up their
ships when rates were 27s 6d and 30
shillings, they may be less Inclined to
move them now at 25 shillings or less.
The tramp steamer is also a feature
that must not be overlooked, and the
outbreak of a war of good proportions
might withdraw enough of these mod
ern freight regulators from commercial
routes to help sailing ship owners a
little. Under any circumstances which
now seem within the range of possibili
ties, high rates, -or even anything better
than average rates, for the coming sea
son, will be impossible for more than a
brief period. Delayed arrival of ships
and a possible quick selling movement
of wheat early In the season may serve
as a temporary bracer to the freight
market, but it can hardly be expected
to last Yet the unexpected frequently
happens,. Viewing the situation as a
whole, it never before at a correspond
ing period left so much dependent on
the ability of the exporter to "guess
right"
THB ALASKA BOUNDARY.
Richard Wayne Parker, member of
the House of Representatives from the
Sixth New Jersey District "contributes
an able and interesting article on the
Alaska boundary" question to the cur
rent number of the North American
Review. Up to the discovery of gold In
the Klondike, the treaty of 1825 between
Russia and Great Britain had been un
derstood to mean that Russia had full
control of all the sounds, channels and
inland seas of the Alaskan coast This
construction Is shown in all the maps
from 1825 to 1S97, whether English, Rus
slan, American or Canadian. Russia
and afterwards America had occupied
to the head of all these Inlets. By the
treaty of 1825, It was agreed that be
tween the 56th degree of north latitude
and the 141st degree of west longitude
the boundary' should "follow the summit
of the mountains situated parallel to
the coast" and also that wherever this
summit "shall prove to be at a distance
of more than ten marine leagues from
the ocean, the limit "between the Brit
ish possesions and the strip of coast
which is to belong to Russia, shall be
formed by a line parallel to the slnuos
Itles of the coast, and which shall never
exceed the distance of ten marine
leagues therefrom.'
Up to the discovery of gold in the
Klondike in 1897, it had always been
supposed that this line, parallel to the
"sinuosities" of the coast should go in
side of any bays, inlets or arms of the
sea; but the Canadian view is that the
line should cut across these Inlets,
channels, bays or arms of the sea, so
as to keep the boundary line within
ten leagues of the points of the conti
nent Some of the Canadian dissenters
to the old interpretation of the treaty of
1825 hold that the line should run ten
leagues inside of the outer line of ma
rine jurisdiction, and cut through the
islands which border the coast The
coast of the mainland of Alaska is
broken by deep, narrow inlets or chan
nels often running nearly one hundred
miles into the land, with a width of
one or two miles. The Lynn Canal
from the harbor at Its head affords
access to the Klondike over the summit
of the Chilkoot and Chilkat passes,
which lie a few miles north of the
canal. At Portland Canal somewhat
similar conditions prevail. The Cana
dlan claims would disregard these sin
uosities and seize the whole head of the
Lynn Canal, so as to have direct access
Canada has offered to surrender to
American contention all the rest of the
coast provided it can have Pyramid
Harbor upon Lynn Canal.
This is in substance Mr. Parker's
statement of the facts upon which this
controversy over the Alaskan boundary
question rests. Mr. Parker, who is a
lawyer, points out that the present
Alaskan Boundary Commission has
been appointed to negotiate as to the
exact settlement of the line. These are
'questions of survey, under the treaty, to
determine whether the summit ot the
mountains lies within the ten leagues
line, or, if not, exactly where that line
shall be laid out The American Com
missioners, however, will never admit
that there is any question with refer
ence to the principle on which this
boundary line should be laid out, for
that is settled by history and by the
terms of the treaty Itself. During the
negotiations" for the treaty of 1825, when
Great Britain Insisted upon possession
of eighty miles of the coast behind the
Russian islands, Russia broke off all
those negotiations, upon the express
ground that unless the- islands were
protected by a strip of shore upon the
mainland, the Russian Fur ' Company
would be exposed to competition by the
Hudson Bay Company, ,whlch It was
their purpose to exclude. At the same
time the Russian envoy reported to his
government that it was their object, to
establish a barrier to stop the encroach
ment of the Hudson Bay Company, or
the access of the English to the sea.
The English envoy at the same time re
ported that the establishment ot the
line on Portland Canal, as afterwards
adopted by the treaty, would deprive
England of the inlets or small bays
lying between latitude 56 degrees and
latitude 54 degrees 40 minutes.
The negotiations were broken off at
this time upon this essential point of
the establishment of a barrier strip of
coast, which would include all the In
land seas. But the negotiations were
renewed on England's acceding to the-
Russian demands on condition that the
strip of coast should not be so wide as
to run to the Rocky Mountains, and
also that Russia should trrant some
trading privileges in "the interior seas,
gulfs, harbors or creeks upon the
coast" The Canadian government al
ways assented to this construction of
the treaty and to American jurisdiction
at the head of Lynn Canal until August,
1598, when Great Britain, at the sug
gestion of Canada, first made claim to
take the boundary line from above the
Portland Canal down to the coast, and
across the Inlets, leaving an average
breadth of shore to.the United States of
five miles broken continually by arms
of the sea. The conclusion reached by
Mr. Parker is that it is absolutely plain
from the terms' of the treaty of 1825
that
The whole shore. Including the gulfs, bays
and Inland seas, was to beloife to Russia
down to latitude 54 degrees, -10 minutes, and
that south of that line hey were to helong to
England; that the word "ocean" Included all
tidal estuaries, that the Interior boundary line
was to be a line of mountains on the continent.
Inside of "slnuoeltles of the shore." unless
the range of mountains were more than ten
leagues therefrom, when a line at that dis
tance from these sinuosities should be the
boundary- The well-defined point where the
line was to begin was fixed by the survey at
that exact distance from the head of the next
nearest bay or Inlet, and far within any Cana
dian line fixed by tho projections of the conti
nent. Let us take advantage of the present
occasion to correct the current pronun
ciation of "lone," the town on Willow
Creek, below Heppner. In current use
they call It I-one, with accent on the
last syllable, almost, universally. But
lone Is a name of three syllables, the
accent properly on the second. So, many
of our people say I-rene, two syllables,
with accent on the last But Irene Is a
name of three syllables, with accent on
the second. We have a steamboat that
most persons call- Cal-H-ope,. with ac
cent on the final syllable. But Calliope
Is a name of four syllables, with ac
cent on the second. Again, In the name
Arlon the accent Is commonly placed
on the first syllable. But the correct
pronunciation places it on the second
syllable, making the "i" long. Our
schools and academies should insist on
right pronunciation of these and other
names. In Idaho, on the Oregon Short
Line, they call a town Sho-shone, two
syllables, with accent on the ultimate.
Now, Shoshone Is not a classical Greek
name, as the foregoing are, but an In
dian one. Nevertheless, the Indians
called It Sho-sho-ne, accentuating the
final syllable, as emigrants who came
the plains across perfectly remember.
The victims of seven separate and
distinct highway robberies in this city
since May 21 have given Chief Hunt
and his detectives accurate and corre
sponding descriptions of the three men
who, In the role of "Gentleman Jack,"
are "doing the city" so successfully.
Unless some plucky citizen gets the
drop upon these robbers as they de
scend upon him with the command to
stand and deliver, the trio, after lels
urely working the town, may walk
quietly out of it and embark In thst
banking business.
We bewail sometimes that statues of
great men make their appearance in
public places so tardily. Most persons,
however, will agree that excess In the
opposite direction Is more deplorable,
Out In lowa, lor example, tney are
about to unveil a statue of ex-Speaker
Henderson. It is of semi-heroic size,
and represents him leaning lightly on
his crutch and brandishing a gavel,
This would be bad enough were the
subject dead, but under present condl
tlons It Is both embarrassing and super
fluous.
Far be it from The Oregonian to deny
that It may be a fine thing to wind a
red sash round one's portly form, hang
a tin sword to It and ride a big horse
at the head of a Fourth of July pro
cession. But there will be other years
for these glories. Just now let us de
vote the fund to the relief of Heppner.
How quickly electricity spreads fame,
At noon Saturday the Picket was an
obscure race horse; before the sun went
down, the whole country knew that he
had covered a mile and a half In 2:33,
His own achievement and the Associ
ated Press made him the object of a
National sensation.
There Is a genuine ring to the news
from Chicago that the Alaska Central
Railway will Immediately begin con
st ruction ot 400 miles of track from the
southern coast to the Tanana River.
This .enterprise marks' the beginning of
big things on American solL
In localities near the mountains keep
your towns out of the bottoms of the
gulches or canyons. Build up a little way
on the benches. How many places are
there In the mountain districts ot
dozen states as. dangerously exposed as
JHeppnec-xaaZ - ;
NO REMONSTRANCE TO RDSS1A
Chicago Tribune. ,
The president of the B'nal B'rith said in
bis address at the annual meeting of the
order:
-We must not overlook the order of the Car
-to his officers' to suppress and punlsh'any out
breaks against the Jews. ... It Is neither
fair nor wise to execrate the government of,
Russia because of the murderous brutality of
& frenzied mob. . - . The fate of the Jews
In Russia, will depend finally upon the ruler
of the Russian empire. To his sense of justice
and to the humane spirit which be has so often
manifested, the Jews must look for protection
when ignorance, prejudice, and lawlessness
assail them.
Manifestly this Intelligent philanthropist
knew whereof he affirmed. He believes the
Czar to be naturally a humane man. that J
the Russian government is convinced that
its safety lies in maintaining peace and
order, and that it is opposed to the perse
cution of any class of its subjects. Since
the massacre at Klshlnef. which nobody
can apologize for or defend, the Governor
of Bessarabia has been dismissed in dis
grace. It is authoritatively said that more
than 500 Russians are now in Jail for fall
ing to enforce or for violating tho laws
and for not protecting the Jews In the
province. Whether the statements are ex
aggerated or not it is clearly demonstrated
that the central government is in the
sternest manner punishing the individuals
responsible for the outbreak at EJshlner,
and is showing every disposition to protect
the Jewish population.
A remonstrance from the United States
addressed to the Russian government on
behalf of the Jews would have precisely
the contrary effect from that Intended. If
would Increase hostility among the com
mon people of Russia towards "the Jews
and would make the lot of the four mil
lions or more of them in Southern Russia
harder than it Is at present It would Irri
tate and provoke "the ruling race" and
do no good to anybody.
If the policy of remonstrance which
would be so disastrous to the Jews should
be insisted upon it would be difficult to
avoid the conclusion that it was inspired
by political feeling or considerations in the
United States that Its promoters took lit
tle' or no account of the real welfare of
the persecuted race, but that under the
pretense of sympathy for" Jews abroad
they were endeavoring to embarrass the
President and Administration at home and
to cultivate a low order of politics in
their own country under the pretense of
promoting the causa of humanity in the
dominions of the Czar.
A Beautiful City Desirable.
Manchester (N. H.) Union.
The prosperous city would not suffer
by being as well tho beautiful city; but
too often the process of growth ha3
been so fast or so Irregular as to leave
beauty out of the question. Somo of the
most attractive towns in New England
are towns which have made no material
progress for years, and which, even in
their most flourishing times; were ap
parently of slow growth. They are old
towns, and perhaps their attractiveness
is in part due to their age, which gives
a sense of permanence and reliability.
Manchester lacks age, which Is one
drawback; but in spite of it Manchester
is indisputably a beautiful city. Its res
idents are accustomed to its beauty and
perhaps think that the visitor who is en
thusiastic in its praises Is so from his
cense of duty as a guest But the visitor
is right Seldom can there be seen a
manufacturing town In which there is so
proportionately little of the mean, the
squalid, the unlovely, and so much that is
pleasing to the eye. This is due-, in part
to the care for the future With which the
city was laid out, providing for the many
parks, sufficiently wide streets, and space
for plenty of shade trees. One fact,
however, which appears to have much to
do with the general attractiveness of tho
residence portion of the city Is that so
many families own their homes. They,
and not their landlords, are responsible
for the appearance of their houses and
grounds, and in most cases the respon
sibility is. borne cheerfully and with
good results. The average man who
owns his home takes a proper pride in
keeping his lawn watered and clipped,
his trees trimmed and his house in good
order, and Manchester owes much of its
attractiveness to the care expended upon
these little estates. A few pretentious
houses set in elaborate srrounds do not
make a beautiful cl(y, however beautiful
they may be in themselves. It is the
little things, the care expended upon the
great majority of homes, which gives
the general effect an effect which in
Manchester is most pleasing.
Wardrobe for an Ocean Trip.
Outing.
The day was not very., long ago when
the wardrobe necessarv for crossing over
to England was discussed with a great
earnestness as the preparation of a trous
seau. Now with a couple of business
suits, a heavy coat a soft hat and a
steamer trunk full of linen, the regular
traveler is ready for the voyage. There
is always one man who wears his even
ing clothes at dinner, and the curious
thing about him Is that he always looks
as If he had never worn them before.
But there is usually only one of this type.
Just as there is one of the man who ap
pears on deck the last day out with a
silk hat
Learned More Than They Taught.
Collier's Weekly.
Public men have learned more from the
people thus far in America than they
have taught to them. Mr. McKinley's
ideas when he died were a startling con
trast to what he had believed only a few
years earlier. Office Is a fine school for a
man of docile Intelligence. Everybody
offers his best thought and In order to
grow the official need only know how to
accept. An orator has been described as
absorbing public opinion in the form of
vapor and letting it out again In the form
of a torrent Public men who are not
orators go through a similar absorption
of the general thought
Spokane's Good Name Saved.
Spokane Chronicle.
Spokane's good name has been saved.
Help has been sent to Heppner help
which might as well have been given
Wednesday morning, but which was still
timely on Thursday afternoon. To the
business men's committee, to tho Pente
costal mission, to every one who has con
tributcd or aided in gaining contributions
for this relief work, let thanks be given
not the thanks of the people of Hepp
ner, welcome as the gifts may have been.
but the hearty thanks of the people of
Spokane. For by these gifts Spokane's
good name has been saved.
Relics.
William Winter.
The violets that you gave are dead
They could not bear the loss of you;
The spirit of the rose has fled
It loved you and Its love was true.
Back to your lips that spirit flics.
To bask beneath your radiant eyes.
Only the ashes tld with me.
The ashes of tha ntined flowers
Types of a raoture not to be;
Sad relics of bewildering hours;
Poor, trail, forlorn and piteous chows
Of trrant pasalcn's wasted woes. .
He grandly loves who loves In vain;
Thee withered flowers that lesson teach.
They suffered, they did not complain;
Their life was love too great for speech.
In silent pride their fate they bore;
They loved, they grieved, they died no more
Far eft the purple banners flare.
Beneath the golden morning spread,
I know what qu.ea is worshiped there,
What laurels wreath her lovely head.
Her name be sacred In my thought.
And sacred be the gTlef she brought
For. since I saw -that glorious face.
And. heard the .music of that voices
Much beauty's fallen to disgrace.
That used to make my heart rejoice;
And rose and violet ne'er can be.
The MBt tht occa they wera to to. -"
AX AMERICAN VIEW.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Andrew D. White. ex-United States Am
bassador to Germany, is probably as well
Informed regarding Russian, tendencies
and policy as, any man In public life. He
always has takes an American view of
the situation in the Orient
As an American, interested in American
trade and the furtherance ot American
policy, Mr. White favors the original pro
gramme of Russia as to a port in Man
churia. Russia has the port and has con
structed railways to make that port the
outlet for her Pacific commerce. It is
only fair, Mr. White insists, that she be
given such control In Manchuria as will
assure the safety ot the port and the
lines of railway that form a part of the
Trans-Siberian system.
Mr. White contends that even if Russia
extend her tariff system to the Manchu
rian ports the situation will be made
more favorable than if China were in ab
solute control. He holds that it will bo
to the Interest of Russia to adopt only
such regulations as will encourage Amer
ican trade, because all the Asiatic prov
inces are in need of American products.
In addition to this, Russia has promised
to regard existing treaties between the
United States and China.
Tho policy of Western Europe is to op
pose Russian control in Manchuria, with
the idea of preventing Russia Irons secur
ing a southern or open harbor for her
Asiatic commerce. The United States has
no interest in forwarding such a policy.
On the other hand, our interests will be
promoted by maintaining the status quo
in Manchuria. Ever since the opening of
the Russia railways our commerce has
been Increasing, and we are in position
to take full advantage of the opening of
the Trans-Siberian Railway system. Our
relations with Russia give U3 also other
advantages.
The contention of the European powers
that Russia should retire from Port Ar
thur and from Manchuria and surrender
all that she has gained in the last five
years, sacrifice all the investments made.
and close the doors of opportunity which
she has opened, is preposterous.
Russia won her way in Manchuria, and.
as Mr. White says, Is entitled to what
Europe conceded as her right when Port
Arthur was occupied.
He Should Be Remembered.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
The itrajredy at Heppner, Or., has
striking similarity, in many of its details
and incidents, to that at Johnstown, Pa.
The cloudburst In one, a bursting dam m
the other, let loose the destroying ele
ment Death came upon hundreds, in
each case, with the same appalling sud
denness, in the shadow of night, un
heralded and undlscrimlnating. The
morning's sun rose In Oregon, as in
Pennsylvania, on a scene of sickening
desolation, where the site of numberless
human activities had been converted into
graveyard. Heppner, too, had its he
roes. Tnese are seldom laciung in Amer
ica when occasion calls for them. In
Heppner, gray hairs and youthful locks
alike wear their laurels. The man or j0
attempts such a "deed of daring do" as
calls lor the strength" and endurance of a
man of SO. He sacrifices his life to his
courage and devotion. A youth is found
who repeats again the incident of a well
known tale, where the hero flies on horse
back before an advancing flood to warn
the villages in its path. Young .Leslie
Matlock, by his forethought, by the speed
of his horse and by good luck in escaping
fall as he clattered down that stone
strewn Orejron valley, no doubt savea
scores of lives. He should be remembered
when next medals for heroism are to be
distributed.
Sympathy, in our country, Is always
prompt springing eager and full-handed
to the relief of sufferers from calamities
such as this. The first thought of many
a reader of the Pioneer Press, as he read
of Heppner's sorrow, was, "What can
do for those afflicted people?" But they
are far away, and other hands are al
ready ministering to their necessities.
Should there be need of more than these
have to bestow, those in positfon to in
form us have but to speak.
German Colonics a. Failure.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
It is generally known that Germany has
not made a striking success in Its at
tempts to colonize, especially In Africa
but the extent of its failures has been
fairly well concealed. Almost all the
German colonies are largely dependent on
subsidies paid by the imperial govern
ment to balance their budget This year
these subsidies amount to considerably
over $7,500,000. The one colony which is
financially independent this year is Togo
land, and this Is due to the fact that the
expected construction of a railway has
been delayed and the payments on it de
ferred. And the worst of It is that hoth
the Reichstag and private capital have
so little faith in the colonies that very
little new capital is going into them for
their development
Duties of the Skirted Colonel.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daughter of the Governor of Colo
rado she's 16 and pretty, of course has
been appointed by her doting papa
Colonel on his staff. And now her time
will be taken up for several weeks to
come In designing a uniform that will at
once harmonize with her complexion,
with the hues in her fellow Colonels'
uniforms, and with the color of her
horse.
Explained in Simple Fashion.
Hygienic Gazette.
A French journal cites the following
example to show the simplicity of lan
guage used by German chemists: "It
benzoynaphtylamlde is treated with nitric
acid, it forms two isometrlcomonltroaml
dobenzonaphtylamides, of which one gives
monoamidobenzonaphtylimlde and the
other adhydrobensodlamldonoleana."
Puppy and Parrot.
Frank Rob Batchelder.
There's the lout who whistles shrilly (though
be never keeps the tune).
On the "street-car and the elevated train,
And the bleacher fiend who wholly spoils your
pleasant afternoon
By his yelling at the umpire quite In vain,
And the porcine theater-goer, who dissects the
play aloud,
While he crowds you over sideways In your
seat,
And the dolt who keeps his hands upon your
shoulders. In a crowd,
And the ass who shouts to people on the
street.
And the bawling, blatant huckster, who dls
turbs your beauty sleep
They are savages of note, I grant you that
But the man who makes them all look inslg
nlficant and cheap
Is the cad who keeps a. puppy In his flat!
Kl-yl! bow-wow! Hear the mongrel yelp.
Yapping at a nonexistent rat;
There are villains "doing time"
Who are novices In crime.
To the man who keeps a puppy in his flat
There's the girl who murders Chopin and be
Heves she has a voice.
And the chambermaid who wrangles with the
cook.
And the woman buying tickets, who can never
reach a choice.
And the lady who desires to sell a book.
And the chit who likes to call her mother
down before a guest.
And the typist who tajks "fellers" through
the phone. .
And the cackler who recites from Robert
Browning "by request"
- And the actress with the rasping nasal tone.
And the shop girl who la sure she la a lady
In disguise.
And the flirt who thinks she's charming
though she's fat
They are worthy of a mention, but the one
who wins the prize
Is the old maid with a parrot in her flat
Bquawk-wawk! schrecca-screech! Hear the
demon scream s
Scolding an Imaginary cat;
Only la the padded cell
Can yau find a parallel
aroctbe qUL S3 aW. with a parrot la br flat
NOTE AND COMMENT; ; j .
Observe the spirit of brotherly love In
the Baptist Church.
For a small country, Servla occupies
considerable news space.
The little boys will celebrate on the
Fourth, whatever th'e old folks do.
Let the Portland teams win- on the
Fourth. That's, all the celebration we
need. ,
The rain saves us the bother of paying-
for sprinkling the lawn, and that's one
comfort anyway.
The weather Is very cold now, consider
ing the amount of hot air that's being dis
charged about It
The hold-up artists who tackled the
Oregon City car for booty seem to havo
got nothing but boot
It seems evident that the antl-nrizefleht
committee didn't get a share of the com
plimentary tickets to the last exhibition.
A broad general classification of the
graduates of the Military Academy up
to date shows that West JPolnt has given
us one President and two candidates
for President eight Presidential elect
ors and four members of the Cabinet
29 diplomatic representatives, 24 members
ot Congress, 122 other Federal officers.
18 Governors and Lieutenant Governors,
5 members of State legislatives, 121 civil
and ITS military officers of states, H city
officials, 230 educators, 236 railroad offi
cials, 233 civil engineers, 214 Judges and
lawyers, 22 clergymen and 50 men of other
professions, 263 business men, 230 farm-
era and planters and 172 authors.
In his address to the jrraduatlnir class at
the military academy In Wilmington, Del.,
General James H. Wilson Indulged in a
side blow at General Leonard Wood, now
in line to occupy the place now filled by
General Miles. The speaker said that it
any one ot his hearers could get appointed
to either of the National academies he
would do well to select the naval academy.
it is perfectly clear," said he. "that in
the Navy no doctor of medicine, however
distinguished, will ever be Jumped over
the heads of either the Captains or the
Admirals. It is perfectly certain, also,
that whatever may be done in the Army,
no outsider volunteer or mere political
leader will ever be out in command of an
American battleship or fleet."
James M. Barrie, who is very shy at
social functions or banquets and can
hardly be induced to either converse
freely or utter a speech, is not above
poking fun at himself. On one occasion
there appeared in the Scots Observer a
brilliant lampoon in which Mr. Barrie
was represented as attending a public
dinner, keeping his unceasing stream of
wit and epigram, and finally ending up
by making the speech of the evening.
When a certain literary friend of Mr.
Barrle's saw this wickedly clever piece
of- s'atlre his indignation knew no bounds,
and he rushed into print, demanded that
the author of this Infamous article should
straightway disclose himself and be dealt
with accordingly. But, alas, for the
well-meaning friend the author was none
other than Mr. Barrie himself.
The death of Prince Edward of Scho-enburg-Hartenstein
in the monastery of
Emmaus in Prague serves to recall his
most remarkable career The Prince
was born in 1S63. He entered an Austrian
cavalry regiment and for a decade he
was notorious as the wildest and most
dissipated young blood in "Vienna. Sud
denly,' at the age of 30, when he had
reached the rank of captain and had
gained the reputation of a smart officer,
he threw up his military career to be
come a monk. His renunciation of world
ly things was quite dramatic. He rode
direct from the maneuver field to the
monastery, doffed his uniform, broke
his sword and assumed monkish attire.
Instead of going through the usual period
as a novice he observed the strictest
rules from the beginning. The cause of
his withdrawal to a monastery has never
been definitely ascertained. ,
During the recent visit of Major-General
Baden-Powell to Liverpool the ladles of
the city in particular paid him special
honor and so impressed him that he re
ciprocated by revealing the well-kept se
cret of why he Is not a benedict "The
ladies are critical." he pleaded, "and see
no great points in me. I have had that
pretty straight from one of them myself."
And he told the story of how when In
South Africa his duty was to tell an old
Dutch lady that she must leave her house,
which was wanted as a police station. He
told ,the lady to go and presumed she
would obey. Finding in a few days that
she was still in possession, he sent his
men to turn her out She refused to go
and she said no one had told h'er.. "Oh,
yes," replied the Sergeant "the General
told yqu himself." Then came madam's
silencing retort: "You don't mean to say
that little red-faced man was the Gen
eral!" PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
"How did old Hardfax enjoy his trip through
the Thousand Islands?" "Not very well. He
put In all his time counting them." Chicago
Tribune.
llrs. Chic Tour sister Is not going with,
you to Bar Harbor? Miss Au Fait No! Papa
said he couldn't afford to marry off both of.
us this year. Brooklyn Life.
Oltlien See here! Why didn't you publish
an account of my daughter's weddln to that
Duke yesterday? Editor "We Intended to, but
at the very last moment it was crowded out
by a greater er catastrophe. Judge.
"I want a book on how to build a house for
$2300." "Here's one cn how to build a house
for $5000." "Yes; but. you see, Tve only $5O0O
to put Into a house." Puck.
Little "VVIllle Say, pa, what Is a contingent
fee? Pa A contingent fee. my son. is a law
yer's conditional fee. It he brings a suit for
a client and loses he gets nothing; if he wIm
the client gets nothing. Chicago Dally News.
"What's up, old man? I never saw you toolc
so haggard." "The "Steenth Bank Is up; that's
what's up. And my deposit's gone up with It."
"Oh. I wouldn't let a thing like that upset
me." "I'm not upset; merely lost my bal
ance." Philadelphia Press.
Wise parent So you have made up your
mind to marry young Parsons, have you?
Miss Kallowgal Tes, papa. I love Frederick.
Wise parent Well, I don't know as that should
prevent your union. It Is not Impossible Vou
may learn to respect him. in time. Boston
Transcript.
"Didn't they start at once on their wedding
Journey?" "No. There was a mistake about
the railway tickets." "What sort of a mis
taker "Why, It seems that her father didn't
understand that the bridegroom expected him
to ray tor tiem." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Here the eminent statesman who 'was dic
tating the particulars of his early career- to
the reporter paused for a moment. "This will
be the place, I thlrk." he said, "to Insert the
statement that I don't like to talk abou my
self, and that I mention these 'facts with evi
dent reluctance." Cblcaco Tribune.
The great college pri?ldent was sl6w to
speak. But at length, the attacks upon the
modern system of education becoming more
virulent, he raised hU Yclce. "The insinu
ation he declared. Indignantly, "that the stu
dents who make brilliant records at their
books do so at the expense Jbf their athleUa
standing, U falte &nd w&olly wswarraB.eJ."
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