' THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 10. 1903.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
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AMUSEMENTS.
SHIELDS PARK. Thirteenth and TVftJ&lar-
ton Vaudeville.
EMPIRE THEATER. Twelfth ana Morrison
VauflerUU.
P.unawat Horse Dbowned. A. most re
markable runaway , commenced at Third
and Everett streets a day or two ago
which It has been ascertained ended In
the Columbia, opposite Vancouver. The
horse involved harnessed to a so -cart, was
wearing: an overdraw rein, drawn so
tightly that it broke and flew over his
head. He naturally stepped on the broken
rein and pulled his bridle off. Being thus
left to his own devices he ran away up
Everett street to Eleventh, where being
headed and obstructed by a mob, ho
turned and ran back down to Third street
and on down it to the steel bridge over
which he proceeded at racing speed. Hun
dreds of hats were swung la his face and
hundreds of arms reached out to seize
the flying reins, but he evaded them all
and continued his wild career along
Williams avenue and Vancouver avenue
across the bridge over the Columbia
Slough, to the Columbia River. The ferry
boat not being there the horse plunged
into the river ending his wild career and
his life simultaneously. . He missed every
obstruction in his route and exhibited
qualities of endurance which showed that
he would have made a first-class long
distance racer. His race throws into the
shade that of the Gaderene swine down
the hill into the Sea of Tiberius, from
which It is reasonable to suppose he had
more djvils in him than entered Into the
whole drove of swine. Oregon beats the
world in everything, and there are more
devils here than on the shores of Galilee,
and horses which can outrun all the hogs
In the country of the Gaderenes. Of
course the hogs In one case and the horse
in the other were the only animals
drowned The old go-cart slightly the
worse for wear was at the ferry landing
when last heard of.
Uncertain, Cor, and Hard to Please.
A little chat between two housekeepers
o-erheard In a market Saturday, recalled
the well-known lines: "Oh, woman, In her
hours of ease, uncertain, coy, and hard
to please," etc. One of the two was ex
pressing her opinion of the horrible, ex
crutlating glare of the white cement site
walks which reflected the rays of the sun
so bllndingly as to make going abroad
or standing on a corner to wait for a car,
torture unbearable. The other thought
contractors might have mixed a little
coloring matter with the outer coating of
cement, but of course they would not do
anything so sensible. Her chief grievance
was that In these days of melons and
green corn it took more wood to burn up
the refuse from the table than to cook
the dinner. The melon rinds, she said,
put the fire out so that they could not
be burned when the fire was required for
any other purpose, and she had to wait
till her household work was done and
then build a fire especially to burn melon
rinds. No solution of the troubles of
either was arrived at, but it will bo re
membered that the sun does not always
shine nor does the molon season last long
in Oregon, so that the best thing to do is
to take theseasons as they come, troubles
and all.
Go to Inspect Mount Baker Mine.
Leo Frlede. who lately returned from
Mount Baker, where he has been helping
to get Installed and In operation the mill
which the Mount Baker Mining Company
has been three years getting up to its
mine above the clouds, returned there
last night, accompanied by Allan Lewis,
one of the directors of the company. Dur
ing all the time the mill has been on its
way to its site, the work of developing
the mine has been going on. Long
stretches of shafts and tunnels and a
gravity tramway from the mine down
to the mill have been completed, and
much ore taken from the veins Is now
ready to bo reduced. Mr. Lewis has gone
over with Mr. Frlede to see some of this
ore reduced and see how the gold pansout,
and what "the prospects are for the com
pany being recouped for all its labor and
expenditures, In the shape of gold bricks
galore. He will also Incidentally indulge
in the pastime of snowballing in August,
the company having among the property
at the disposal of the directors, a per
petual snowbank within half a mile of
the mill. The ore in the mine is said to
be rich in gold and inexhaustible in
quantity, so the output of gold bricks is
likely to be of great value.
Jump in Price op Salmon. The fact
that salmon was selling in bulk or in
slices for 5 cents a pound a few days
ago caused many to buy who had never
bought before and many determined to
-ave salmon for dinner Sunday. "When
they went to market Saturday they were
astonished to find that Salmon had Jumped
back to the usual price of 12" cents per
pound. There Is neither profit nor pleas
ure for dealers In handling salmon at 5
cents a pound, and they do not try the
experiment very often. The sudden ad
vance of 7 cents a pound on Saturday
struck the public as excessive and many
who had Intended to dine on salmon yes
terday, changed their order to a good
fowl for stewing.
Good Catches in Lewis River. A
young man who came into tofrn Saturday
with a fishing rod strapped to his bicycle
and a coat lull of .trout on his back, said
he had Just returned from Lewis River
where he caught 120 nice trout Friday
afternoon. He further remarked that ho
had enjoyed better success In the same
place several times this season. He goes
by way of Vancouver, striking Lewis
River at a point reached by a 25-mile ride
from Vancouver on his wheel. There Is
some fun in a fishing trip like that.
Another opportunity will be given you
on the 18th. 19th, 25th and 2Gth of this
month to purchase very low excursion
tickets to points East over the Northern
Pacific. These tickets are good on the
"North Coast Limited" or on either of the
other overland trains. Call on or write
A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Pas
senger Agent of the Northern Pacific
Railway, 255 Morrison street, corner of
Third, Portland, Or., for full Information,
maps of routes, sleeping-car reservations,
etc
Larob Crowd at Band Concert. Tho
restful shade of the trees in the City
Park made it an ideal place for another
excellent concert by Brown's park band
yesterday afternoon, and a large crowd
was in attendance. In spite of other at
tractions. All the 4 musical selections
given were well played and cordially re
ceived and further Improvement In tonal
color was noticed In the brass section of
the band.
Low Excursion rates will again be
placed In effect by the Northern Pacific on
August 18. 19; 25 and 25 to points East and
return. Tickets will be good for stop
over and bear limit of three months from
date of sale. For full particulars call on
or write A. D. Charlton. Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent. 255 Morrison street,
corner of Third. Portland, Or.
Columbia River Scenert seen to ad
vantage. Regulator Line steamer "Bailey
uatzert leaves Alder-street wharf dally
(except Monday) 8:30 A. M.. Sundays 9 A.
M . for Cascade Locks and return. Ex
cellent meals. Fare round trip, $1.50.
Phone 814.
Take Regulator line steamer for The
Dalles and all way landings connecting
at Lyle with Columbia River &. Northern
Railway for Goldendalc and Klickitat
Valley points. Alder-street wharf dally
(except Sunday) 7 A, M. 'Phone. Main 81.
First-Class duck shooting privilege to
let, reasonable rates. Inquire at the log
cabin. 143 Fourth, 12 to 7 P. M.
Dr. McCavxn, who has been taking
post-graduate work in Chicago, has re
turned to 617 The Dekum.
Loop-the-Loop reserved scats for to-
nignt. woocard & Clarke's.
lift. Mae Card well, now in the Dekum.
'Aence, 1ST Eleventh street.
Sheriff Storey's Ambition. Sheriff
Storey is going to considerable pains and
expense to qualify himself for a position
in the list of successful amateur rose
culturists of this city. With Messrs.
Slbson, Barnhart. Matthews, Holman and
others who attained this much desired
place. He has already rather a fine col
lection of roses numbering some of the
rarest and most beautiful varieties among
them. He has lately Increased the size
of his grounds by the addition of a large
piece of the adjoining lot and is making
preparations to plant this with the
.choicest varieties obtainable this Fall and
hopes to secure a place well up on the
list by 1505. He is also paying some at
tention to other floral beauties and has a
plat of some 15 of the choicest varieties
of Japanese lilies growing finely. One of
them white, with crimson spots, and
shading of yellow in stripes, known as the
"Golden Banded Lily," is now blooming,
having eight very large and handsome
blossoms out. The other plants In the
plat are making good growth and will
soon begin to bloom when Mr. Storey
hopes to -have the finest collection of Jap
anese lilies in the city. The Japanese are
skillful florists and specimens of their
best productions are constantly being in
troduced here. A beautiful Japanese
magnolia set out many years ago by the
late C. P. Bacon is now in bloom. The
flowers are larger and much more fra
grant than those of the magnolia grand
lflora of the South, of which there are
many specimens here, highly prized by the
owners and admired by everybody for
their glossy, evergreen leaves and blos
soms of pure white.
Could Give Police Force Pointers.
In these days when police matters are
attracting so much attention and com
ment, the sight of the familiar face of
H. M. Hudson on the streets a day or
two ago recalled memories of old times
and early days of the Portland police to
many. Mr. Hudson was for 34 years a
member of the police force of this city.
He Is now in his 71st year, and has for
several years been living on and Improv
ing a ranch 3 miles east of Kalama,
which agrees with Mm. While he has been
doing good work, he has apparently taken
a new lease of life and Intends to bring
the ranch to a high state of cultivation
and perfection. Mr. Hudson went from
Missouri to California In 1S53 and In 1SG0
came to Oregon. Late In 1S64, when
Henry L. Hoyt was City Marshal of Port
land, he was made one of the four
deputies, who, with the Marshal, were
charged with maintaining good order in
this city. His appointment was due to
some extent to the assistance he rendered
and the tact and bravery he showed, in
connection with the arrest of the notor
ious Matt Bledsoe, who killed a man on
Morrison street in the latter part of
October, 1S61, and who would probably
have escaped but for the information and
assistance furnished by Mr. Hudson. Dur
ing his long career of 34 years as officer
he proved equal to every emergency and
developed marked ability as a detective,
being successful iri ferreting out many
difficult cases and bringing the offenders
to Justice.
To Tear Down Mechanics' Pavilion.
The ordinance granting tho Union Market
Company a franchise to erect and operate
a city market on the block so long oc
cupied by the old shack of the Mechanics'
Pavilion having been passed by a unanl
cous vote of the Council and signed by
the Mayor, the operation of removing the
old shack will be got under full headway
this week. It is the intention of the
company to make the dirt fly when It .be
gins, and as there is plenty of dirt and
filth and disease germs about the huge
and decayed structure the residents in
the neighborhood will hope for occasional
showers during the process pt demolition,
so that the dirt will not flyvtoo freely or
too far. It will be a day of gladness to
thousands when the last of that old night
mare of a building is seen. All the same,
many of the people of Portland have
passed many pleasant evenings. In the
building, but that was so long ago that
these evenings and the capacity for such
enjoyment as well, have gone out of the
minds of most. It Is to be hoped that the
new market building will be a source of
comfort to thousands who have products
to market, and to those who havo to go
marketing for years to come.
To Mark Route to St. Helens Road.
The street committee of the Executive
Board, and the City Engineer, will com
mence this week the selection and mark
ing out of the most suitable route for a
driveway for pleasure carriages from the
Portland Hotel to tho St Helens road.
This route will go past the Lewis and
Clark Fair grounds, where grading and
platting is already In progress, and will
connect with St, Helens road at a point
where it Is a boulevard 100 feet in width
and furnishes a pleasuro drive and speed
way, which is shaded by the hills on the
west after 3 P. M. and affords a con
tinuous view of beautiful scenery. It Is
expected that the streets included In tho
route through the city will be put In
decent order and kept so by closing them
to heavy team travel.
Couldn't Stand Turkish Bath. A
Turkish bath yesterday aggravated tho
heart disease from which William Bach
mler was suffering and as a result he
was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital
last evening. The man Is an old soldier
living near Vancouver, and has been
troubled with various complaints of the
heart ' for some time. He went to a
Turkish bath resort yesterday without
seeking medical advice. . Within a short
time after going into the hot room and
undergoing the vigorous rubbing of the
attendant, he began to complain of
violent pain. Dr. Flynn was summoned
and saw at once that the unfortunate
man was suffering from apoplexy among
other troubles. Hemorrhages of the veins
set in and the old soldier was In a very
serious condition when received at the
hospital.
A Flower That Flames. A very strik
ing looking flower lately exhibited by
florists here, has, from Its remarkable
color, attracted much attention, although
it Is hardly a rare plant It Is known as
"Flame Flower." or "Redhot Poker." and
these names give a good Idea of its ap
pearance. It is a native of South Africa
and sends up flower stalks the size of a
little finger, and about three feet in
height on the top of which is a spike of
flowers of a red-orange color. This pe
culiar color gives, at a short distance, the
idea of flame Issuing from the flower
stalk, or that the spike of flowers are
redhot The flowers are not suitable for
the buttonhole or other boquets, but In
clumps on a lawn produce a very -striking
and strange appearance.
Bears "Waiting to Be Shot. The re
port that a drove of bears had collected
on a ridge along the Columbia In the east
ern part of Multnomah County and was
waiting to be shot created considerable
excitement among hunters here Saturday.
Several old bear hunters were endeavoring
to get up a crowd to go out and kill tho
bears, but there were no reliable doss
available. Tho only pack of bear dogs
In this bailiwick Is owned by Honeyman
Bros. As Thomas and James Honeyman
were out of town and their dogs were
away out back of Vancouver, the hunting
party could not be got together and the
killing of the bears was put off until
Messrs. Thomas and James Honeyman re
turn. The bears will not object to wait
ing. Excursion to Castle Rock. Sunset
Lodge, No. 130. Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, had an enjoyable outing and
excursion to Castle Rock yesterday, about
SOO of the lodge members and their friends
taking the trip up the Columbia River on
the stoamcr Albany, which was turned
over to the pleasure seekers by genial
Captain Mclntire. A musical programme
was rendered on the trip up stream, and
refreshments were served. .Landing was
made at the Rock and two hours were
spent In rambling through the timber and
over the hills.
WHERE TO DINE.
All the delicacies cf the season at ths
Portland Restaurant: fine private apart
ments for parties, 305 Wath.. near oth.
Imperial Hotel restaurant 2d floor;
six-course dinner 50c; first-class service,
a tat carte, tM A. M. to 8 P. M.
AMUSEMENTS
Shields' Vaudeville.
Vetln Character Impersonator.
Harrison brothers Matrimonial agency.
TVhIUnjr sisters Staging and dancing
duo.
Eennr and Senorn. Fraacellas Athletes.
Perry and O'Dell Comedy. .
Bartelexnes Barrel balancing; etc
Hooiey aad Kelton "A Country Con
stable." Illustrated songs.
Polyscope.
There was riot an Inch of standing room
to spare last night at Shields' Park on the
presentation of an attractive vaudeville
programme, and over 400 people were
turned away. Those .fortunate enough to
find seats found plenty of entertainment
There have been few funnier acts this
season than that presented by Harrison
Brothers, in djplcting the joys and sor
rows of a matrimonial agency. One
brother flresses up as a "Jay" farmer who
wishes a wife capable of taking care of
60 cows, 50 hogs, 762 chickens, doing cook
ing for all the farm hands, and hauling
a plough in her spare moments. The other
brother acts as the proprietor of the mat
rimonial agency, and then cleverly
changes into a lady of uncertain age, who
wishes a. husband. He uses a falsetto
voice to. good advantage, and brings out
roars of laughter by his kittenish at
tempts to draw out a proposal of mar
riage. The Francellas, strong man and
strong woman, again made a sensation.
The man toyed with the dumb-bells weigh
ing 250 pounds, and not content with this
he lifted his wife who must weigh 225
pounds and the dumbbells. Then for a
finish, he seized an iron bar between his
teeth, using the latter as a lever, and
broke the bar In two. He has an enor
mous muscular development
Westin Impersonates a number of char
acters, very cleverly, among them being
Napoleon. William Jennings Bryan,
Sousa. Bismarck, Roosevelt De Wet
Gladstone, Dreyfus. Lincoln, Washington.
McKlnley, Schley and Kruger. The best
representations were those of Kruger,
Bismarck and Washington. He changes
on the stage and In view of his audience
from one character to another, and has a
mastery over wigs, mustaches and cos
tumes. The Weston sisters, two pretty visions
In white, are two of the most Interesting
young women seen at Shields' Park this
season, and their act Is so enjoyable that
one wishes there were more of it Perry
and O'Dell work hard to make a laugh
and they succeed Bartelme's work in
balancing and swinging a barrel on his
toes is so clever that the work must be
seen to be believed. Hooley and Kelton
present a fair act, and Hooley's song.
"The Blue and the Gray." made one of
the hits. He Is a better actor than a
singer. Kelton Is a good-looking young
woman and she shone In "Nancy Brown."
Edward Raymond sings two Illustrated
songs, but why does he choose as one of
them "The Holy City," a song that Is
sung to death. An excellent picture of
the Brooklyn handicap is flashed by the
polyscope. The same bill all week.
"LOOP THE LOOP" TONIGHT.
DIavolo Will Do His Feat at Maltno
mali Field.
DIavolo will positively "loop the loop"
at the Mutnomah grounds tonight and
will continue the performance, twice
dally, closing the week of sensation
with Wednesday night's performance.
lestoraays sensational ball game
brought nearly 10,000 people to Twenty-
fourth and Vaughn streets. What will
"Dlavolo's" daredevil race with" death
bring to the Multnomah grounds tonight?
Tonight's performance will "set Port'
land on fire." The Kilpatrlck Loop the
Loop company has, since its first per
formance. turned thousands of people
away, for want of standing room. Den
ver and Salt Lako City turned out the
largest crowds In their histories.
The performance consists of Dlavolo's
delirious sensation, Kilpatrlck's world
famous ride down the 100-foot electric
stairway, an exhibition by the four
world's champion cycle dazzle riders, one
of them a woman, a musical festival by
one or the best military bands in America.
assisted by a ladies orchestra. 20 all-star
vaudeville acts, and concludes with a $1000
fireworks display.
The fireworks display, according to
comment of the press, is one of the most
beautiful as well as the most costly spe
clallties ever presented In open air. The
artist who directs the display, has even
put the Chinese to thinking by his mar
velous productions, and this number will
attract many to the performance who
may not have the nerve to view "Dla
volo's" ride through the loop in which
so many have plunged to death.
Opening; NlRht at the Empire.
Tonight the Empire Theater presents Its
new programme ror the coming seven
days, and theater-goers will have their
first opportunity to see Julian Rose, fa
mous as "our Hebrew Friend." Rose's
act Is one of the best things ever seen on
a vaudeville programme. All of his Jokes
are new and sparkling, his parodies are
well-worded and his whole act is one long
laugn. uuian Leslie, the singer whose
gowns divide the honors with her voice.
is another feature on the bill. Anderson
and Wallace, the travesty stars; Wilson
and Leicester, an operatic duo, and the
Grlerson Sisters also are among the more
ciever or the many entertaining acts.
while the famous gun-spinning Reese
is ro in era are bound to make good.
KEEP UP THE BARS.
Better Scarcity of Labor Than Supply
From China.
PORTLAND. Aug. 8. (To the Editor.)
a nave naa tne sensation of reading in
your issue of July 27, an article under
the caption of "Cheap Labor Needed.
used as an argument to admit Chinese
to our country, etc. "Just to admit a
few thousand," you say, which propo
sition is, of course, impracticable, for
you cannot admit some and not alL All
must be admitted or none.
Our wily friend, Wu Ting Fang, said
a while ago In a speech that his people
were not disposed to leave China in any
consmeraDie numbers and go to Amer
lea or anywhere else, so if all China had
a chance to come, some fools might be-
lievo that a nice little "few thousand."
Just enough to furnish a few Portland
lawyers with cheap land grubbers, would
come, and you could not get them to
come In any large numbers even if you
begged tnem to come and paid their ex
penses besides. Of course, Mr. Wu Ting
Fang's statement Is all rot What is he
"moving heaven and earth" for. In tho
direction at opening our doors to Chinese
emigration, if it were even plausible that
but few could be induced to darken our
shores. Any on who has at least lived
on the Pacific Coast 15 years and longer
knows that once given a chance to come
here as they wished simply hordes of
them would overrun us.
We have been through all this Chinese
question and the most of us who are
about 25 years old have by dear expert
ence settled it In our minds forever that
we have troubles enough of our own
on hand and are likely to have enough
and moro In the future of races and race
! wars and labor questions, without mon
i keying with free Chinese. Supposing there
is some little trouble in some directions
about a temporary scarcity of labor.
what's the use of getting excited about
It and working up some Chinese emigra
tion scheme, which will bring our coun
try untold harm and trouble. Just to
bridge over a temporary scarcity of
some kinds of labor which is wanted to
do something that does not clearly seem
to be particularly needed. Ten to one, if
SO per cent of the farmers who com
plain that they cannot get land cleared
at certain figures have not got more land
cleared now than they can urn intelli
gently. If those several professional and
business gentlemen desire to operate
farms for "pastime" as much as profit
what's the matter If they do pay the 575
per acre and charge up $37.50 of It to
pleasure, and the profit part would come
quite reasonable anyhow, and it would
surely be infinitely better to have a few
suffering lawyers stand that than to put
more serious trouble on to the commu
nity and one that probably never be ef
faced. As a matter of fact unless those "pro
fessional" men's fancy farms are in
some very undesirable locality, say
near Portland, where the labor market
might be more unique than most other
places, land can be cleared for less
than either 575 or $50 per acre. I know
of land being cleared in this year of our
Lord 1903 for 533 per acre, and by white
men, too. and as for "such work being
not fit for white men to do," I can only
express the hope that the man who made
that remark was a "professional man"
(and a lawyer at that) Instead of a
"business man." The "orchardist" who
had to pay out all his profits for help
may be happier when these exceptionally
good times pass along and times get hard
(and future indications already look
somewhat ominous). Then there will be
plenty of help at hl3 own price and he
can even up the score. And as for. the fel
low in California who dug up 500 acres
of trees, there are too many trees in
California, anyhow, for the good of their
owners, no matter what the price of
labor is. Let no one howl about cheap
Chinese labor. It does not smell good to
the average decent white man and Amer
ican citizen, who has posterity or even
the hope of any. and who can look for
ward to the healthful condition of Amer
ican life.
In one paragraph you say that "Dairy
men cannot afford to pay the price for
labor, etc," and in another that tho
"supply of poultry, eggs, milk, butter.
etc. is never equal to the demand.'
Now what's the matter of equalizing the
thing by raising the price of these prod
ucts so labor can be afforded. Butter
is quoted on Front street at 1522 cents.
What does the dairymen get out. or itf
Eggs are quoted at 2122 cents. What
does the farmers get out of those, and
how about the supply? Farmers are sell
ing plenty of eggs right today to local
nlcklers. If we have to have more laoor
why not try in an intelligent business
like manner to Induce people to come
here from our Eastern States or even
from Europe (if we must keep up the
damnable drum-drum of crowding In the
population) seeking a quality such that
we can at least stand some show of
absorbing them Into citizenship.
No. there Is. as you say, no more
cheap Chinese labor in the country, and
I for one am very glad of it ana wnne
those Chinese who have acquired prop
erty rights here should be allowed to go
home on a visit and return sareiy n
they wish and can be properly Identified,
I am very happy to know that the cus
toms officers are so strict I cannot dis
cover in your article that the scarcity
of cheap or Chinese labor is working any
hardship on any one in particular, surely
not enough, nor likely to be enougn, to
balance the curse of Chinese Influx.
These kind of times are not going to
hold up forever and when there is a
reaction, mark you. there will be plenty
of labor at proper prices, and possible
troubles enough to keep us guessing with
out going back to take on some that have
already caused us much grief.
SAMUEL M. I;LiTUl.K.
Tho Oregonian does not favor admission
of Chinese. The expressions this letter
complains of were the quoted ideas of
persons wishing cheap labor, and not the
ideas of The Oregonian.
.
GLAD TO GET RID OF MILES
Armr Officers Approve Administra
tion's Policy.
That Lieutenant-General Nelson A.
Miles was retired from the Army, at the
legal age without any fulsome praise on
tho part of the Administration is not sur
prising to the retired Army officers of
Portland. Though more Illustrious com
manders than Miles were placed upon the
retired list without any special commen
dation from the War Dtpartment, there
Is a strong feeling that both Secretary of
War Root and President Roosevelt were
only too glad to see Miles take a back
seat
"I can fully approve the action of Secre
tary Root and President Roosevelt" said
Colonel W. H. Jordan yesterday. "Miles
was all right so long as he was not In
command of the general Army. McKln
ley bore with him most patiently. His
Indian record is second to none, but as a
great General he Is an entire failure.
"Had General Miles acted as others ho
would have been accorded the same treat
ment upon retirement Up to the Span
ish War his record was of the best His
report upon the Philippine situation re
flected on men found Innocent of the
charges made against them, especially
Major Glenn. . He took, every Tom, Dick
and Harry's story against the statements
of men under oath.
"Secretary Root came In favorably dis
posed toward General Miles, but the Gen
eral set a bad example to other officers
which could not be overlooked. No doubt
it was a painful duty of Secretary Root
and President Roosevelt not to publish his
record, but I think he would have been
retired long ago had not political pressure
been brought to bear.
"General Miles would not have been
made Lleutenant-General had it not been
for his combination with General Corbin
Neither would Corbin havo been mado
Major-General had It not been for his
combination with Miles. Corbin is an in
dustrious man and cannot be dispensed
with. He has little standing in the Army,
however. I have hoped for a long timo
that Secretary Root would make him go
'way back, and sit down.'
Captain J. A. Sladen didn't care to dis
cuss the retirement of General Miles. "I
don't think it anything unusual for Miles
not to receive any special commendation,"
said he. "Miles has antagonized every
Administration for years."
"The War Department does not usually
Indulge In sentiment on the retirement of
an officer," said Colonel James Jackson.
"No comDllmentary order was issued on
the retirement of either 8herldan or Sher
man, and it Is very unusual that anything
of the kind should be done. Had Miles
died an order would probably have been
issued. No doubt they were glad to get
rid of him."
POULTRY PRODUCTS HIGH
Xot Enough Hens to Supply Eggs for
Portland JIarltet.
The fact that strictly fresh eggs, fur
nished by reliable poultry growers direct
to families, cost 30 cents per dozen, and
have been as low as 25 cents per dozen
for a short time only this Summer, while
eggs shipped all the way from the East
sell for. 224 cents per dozen or there
abouts, shows the truthfulness of the oft
reiterated statement that more poultry
ranches are needed in Oregon.
A poor woman whose husband has been
Incapacitated for labor for several years
has made a living for the family by rais
ing chickens on a small tract of land sev
eral miles from the city. She also keeps
a few cows and peddles the butter and
eggs herself. To a housekeeper, who
complained a day or two ago of the high
price of eggs, she said that It was very
hard for her to make any profit now, even
at the price complained of. as feed Is so
high. The price of everything she has to
buy for her chickens or cows or horse Is.
she says, excessive, and as she has only
a small tract of land and could not culti
vate any more If she had it, she Is having
a hard strugglo to get along.
There Is plenty of Idle and unimproved
land In the eastern part of the little
County of Multnomah within a few miles
of Portland, as. was stated by an old resi
dent of that section a few days, to sup
port 560.000 people. If this ground could
be settled and Improved many could make
good livings raising poultry, operating
dairies and cultivating- fruit and vege
tables to supply xhls city, and then fami
lies, here could be supplied with eggs and
other farm products fresh from the grow
ers, without having to pay freight across
the continent on stale eggs and wilted
vegetables. The questlpn Is where are the
people to be found who will do the work
necessary for the Improvement and culti
vation of this idle land. The class which
does not like to work on the land and pre
fer to follow the "hold-up" business ap
pears to be constantly increasing. Were
It not for the number of professional and
business men who obtain and operate,
farms, dairies, etc, experimentally and
for pastime, the farm products of Mult
nomah County would be much less than
they are, and the growth and advance
ment of the county much farther behind
the city.
FROM PROF. WOODBURN.
-With These Explanations, He Seems
Xot So Far Astray.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 3. (To the
Editor.) My attention has been called to
an editorial In your journal for June 2S,
1303, under the caption "Jefferson Again,"
In which you criticize a sentence in my
book, 'Political Parties and Party Prob
lems." May I be permitted to suggest
that the sentence which you make the
basis of your editorial can be fairly un
derstood only In connection with the
context? I was considering Jefferson's
first inaugural and had quoted a notable
passage from It It seems to me the plain
Implication of the passage may fairly bo
held to be "Jeffersonlan Democracy as
set forth In thisaddress, has never since
been seriously combat ted by any political
party," etc Jefferson's constitutional
construction (with which your editorial
deals) in connection with Hamilton's Im
plied powers, I treated of in another con
nection. (See "American Republic and
Its Government," chapter 3.) It was there
I attempted to set forth the differing prin
ciples underlying American parties on
the line of constitutional construction
which forms, in a measure, .a continuing
basis of division between American par
ties. But even a casual reading of the chap
ter, from which you have taken an Iso
lated sentence for comment, will cer
tainly not leave the Impression that Jef
ferson's constitutional construction was
subsequently accepted by all parties. It
is clearly stated that this construction
(elsewhere discussed and referred to by
a foot-note) was used as a means for
the defense of the principles of Jeffer
sonlan Democracy, and that these prin
ciples were afterward universally ac
cepted by parties in their professions,
at any rate. You will, of course, recog
nize that Clay for the Whigs, and Chase,
Hale, Sumner, Andrew, Morton, Curtln,
Trumbull and other leaders of the mod
ern Republican party, claimed their po
litical antecedents in Jefferson, not in
Hamilton, and they always resented the
charge of their political opponents that
they were only Federalists in disguise.
These Democratic Republicans and their
Whig colleagues, who united with them to
form the Republican party, defended their
Democracy and their policies by different
constitutional construction, but they all
united in claiming for their Democracy
against class government and the usurp
ations of power, a common ancestry m
the Democracy of Jefferson. No party has
been uniformly consistent or worthy of
support in its course in the matter of
construction; and much les9 would I wish
to be mado to say that the teachings
either dl Hamilton or Jefferson on that
subject have been accepted by subse
quent parties, though Webster and Madi
son were not far apart In their construc
tion in 1S3L
I beg you to believe that I do not write
in any spirit of controversy, and I wish
to a-o!d party bias. In the light of your
criticism It may be well to make the
sentence which you took for your text
expressly say what I supposed was clear
ly Implied in the context.
Very sincerely yours,
JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN.
Harness Stolen In Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) Some
miscreant entered the barn of P. C. An
derson, in Albany, and stole a fine double
set of buggy harnes. Chief of Police Mc
Claln has sent out printed descriptions of
the stolen articles to all parts of the state.
The harness was valued at JS0.
Por Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
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