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But what special interest is persistently, system atically, deviously and by every means at command of great wealth and cor porate power, seeking- to rule Portland? For reply let us .refer to resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens in South Portland ten days since: Whereas, The Taxpayer' League, a self-con stituted organisation composed of about 6' very wealthy citizens of the City of Portland one-third' of whom are. active members and stockholder of the Portland Consolidated Railway Company, are seeking to amend see' tlon 105 of the city charter, a ruse by which the Portland Consolidated Railway Company may acquire an exclusive franchise on all the streets In the City of Portland without any cost or compensation therefor; and. Whereas, That In the event of the Tax payers League effecting such change of the city charter at the coming June election, the Portland Consolidated Railway Company will have an exclusive franchise on all the streets for 2000 feet, or five blocks, on cither side of all Its trackage now in operation, thereby ex cluding all competition and subjugating the property rights of residents and citizens to the will of the corporation. All this ought to be highly interest ing information to a public that has been led tobel!eve through the vari ous organs.- subsidised and otherwise. by which these disinterested gentlemen reach the public, that the only special interest that, is improperly seeking to rule the city is the special interest that is falsely declared by their unprofitable newspaper to be in control of the city's thief executive. In the Circuit Court f jr Multnomah. County a trial has just been concluded in which Councilman Rumelin was called to answer to charge of attempted bribery. He es caped conviction through a hung jury. Mr. Swigert. vice-president of the Port land Consolidated, gave some very val uable testimony during the trial as to the methods of that corporation, the loial owners of which are so much "wrought unioverjfthe moral welfare of the city; 'TwoJaridges were to be built over MafquaTj?.Giieiir-in South Port land The Portland Consolidated hoped to defeat construction of one ofnkem To that end it wanted to get the con tract in friendly .hands the Pacific Construction Company, a related cor Deration Now appears on the scene Councilman Rumelin. He manifested great Interest in geting one Maney to withdraw hs bid, which was the low est- Ex-City Engineer Elliott says Rumelin tried to bribe him. Rumelin denies it. Be that as it may, Rumelin exerted great and continuous pressure on Elliott and on others. The bid was withdrawn. The Pacific Construction Company got the contract-, -and, finding that the bridge was to be built despite the objection of the street railway com pany and its Importunities and threats against the Executive Board, as the District Attorney showed, sublet the work. For whom was Councilman Rumelin bating? "What authority did he have to offer a "cut-up" with the City Engi neerIf he offered a "cut-up"? "Who told him to bribe a public officer If he attempted to bribe? Who gave him the money to do this dirty .business If he had the money? Possibly we may be able to get some light on this interest ing problem at the second Rumelin trial, when It is to be hoped that all the high-toned gentlemen who are run nlng the Portland Consolidated and seeking at the same time to control the city's morals will be subpenaed. Now, then, we may begin to learn who these smooth gentlemen are that are trying to run. and are actually run ning, so far as they can, the City of Portland, for private Interests, and at the same time are professing- great public and civic virtues through such means of communication as they can find with the public, including their un profitable newspaper. Just as well, and better, have business In Portland closed on the day of the opening of the Exposition, June 1. It is noticeable to find Meier & Frank taking: the lead In the movement The Oregonlan can't shut down any day in the week; but any other and every other business can on this supreme day for Portland. THE CASE OF PHILADELPHIA. Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, has issued a declaration of Independence from the machine which nominated him and controls absolutely the affairs of the city. He has demanded the res ignation of two Important public offi cers who are potent Instruments of the Republican organization, and the war Is on. Mayor Weaver has several times shown a disposition to divorce himself from the Iron rule of Boss Dunham, but there has heretofore been no open break. Philadelphia is the worst boss ridden city in the United States. Be side the Philadelphia Republican or ganization, Tammany is an unsophisti cated amateur, a white-winged dove of political purity. The Philadelphia ma chine's hold has not for years been broken, so perfect is Its manip ulation and so bold its meth ods. At t-he late election there was a great outcry, but the usual Republi can plurality of 100,000 or more was rolled up. The-' acknowledged truth -is that the political managers have so enormously padded the registration rolls, and handle the ballots so skill- fuly, that a vote of any desired size and character may be returned. The last straw with Mayor Weaver was the proposal to lease the city gas plant for seventy-five years for $25,000. 000. He declines to stand it, antr is about to veto the bill, which will, nev ertheless, be passed by the City Coun cil, and will hecome law. The gas problem Isa serious oneboth in Philadelphia and New YorTi. In. New Yerk-t)je-TJublIc has been greatly out raged by defeat in the State Senate of a measure designed to lower the price of gas in the city from $1 to 75 cents. The fact that the" associated gas companies boldly debauched five Tam many Senators and several Republicans Is not successfully disputed. They paid $500,000. more or less, .in their corrupt effort to defeat dollar gas, the ruling figure per Senator being in the neigh borhood of,$40.000.- It would seem that the gas business is very profitable in New Tork. So it should be In Philadelphia, where the rates are about the same. But the Pennsylvania city has for years strug gled with the unprofitable problem of municipal ownership, and at last was willing to devise a plan of getting rid of its gas plant. The proposed lease was on terms so Infamously unfair that the public rose in revolt, which proves that even in Philadelphia the worm will turn, though ?i 'trifle slowly. More ad vantageous offers for the gas lease were rejected, and the job put through. The chief grievance of the citizens Is that the lease is for many years, and during all that time no material reduction of the present "high schedule Is proposed. The case of Mayor Weaver is not ex ceptional. He is an honest man. and always was. He was, however, picked on by the Republican machine for nom ination and election, two years since. because the public had confidence in him and the organization thought there was no reason to fear him If he was made to see that the machine and thcpubllc were, in Philadelphia, one and the same thing. Mayor Weaver did his duty as he saw It. and, under the conditions, did it well. Because he consulted the polit ical leaders and refused to turn them down without sufficient reason, he was made the object of most unwarranted assaults by a sensational press and an equally sensational pulpit. But he de clined to be swerved. When, however. Boss Dunham asked him to further his ends in the promotion of a colossal Job, the Mayor refused, not because the "re formers" demanded that he should, but because his own conscience and. self- respect required him to do his duty. If the Philadelphia agitators had con ducted themselves with more modera tion and discretion, and had been will ing to credit Mayor Weaver with an honest purpose, the cause of reform there might have been further advanced than it is today. RAILROADS AXI) THE PEOPLE. On this page is now published a care ful letter from Judge Stephen A. Low ell, of Pendleton, that deserves -atten tion. Its leading theme Is that Oregon as a whole, the community of her citi zens, have the right to call on the rail roads now operating In the slate to extend their lines, improve their facili ties and construct new lines -where needed. The writer shows that vast re gions within our boundaries, teeming with demonstrated but undeveloped re sources., into which pioneer bands of settlers have already pressed, demand roads for Ingress and for outlets for their products. He-points out that, lr&i asmuch as- existing railroads assumeloM control, and to exclude competition, a J corresponding duty rests on them to lay aside the policy of'lavethr5 to us and we will attenato It when we get ready," ttnd to take the work In hand without longer delay. Wh-? Because there Is an implledcontract between the people of Oregon and' the heads of the great system which has absorbed and now governsevery railroad in Oregon (with one or two minor, exceptions), -that, if they are let alone by the people to en joy the fruits of their monopoly, they shall effectively use foe the develop ment of the state the powers they hold and the opportunities vested In them by virtue of that monopoly. Judge Lowell probably does injustice to the "controlling forces of these roads' in suggesting that "they neither know nor care to know the marvelous resources of undeveloped Oregon." If these controlling forces sjn, it is against light and knowledge. No one has forgotten the celebrated journey of the officials of the O. R. & N. not so many months ago. through the very re gions of Central Oregon referred to in the Judge's letter, in good Portland company, and the elaborate report on the resources of the country rendered to Mr. Harriman. which dqubtless Is plgeortholed very safely until some other company proposes to take a hand in developing Central Oregon. The Judge's suggestions that , "the people and the railroads should get together on some common ground that harmo nious action may result," Is just a little vague. If not inconsistent. He had al ready suggested that if the people were to organize to construct the needed roads, then the controlling money forces In the East would be not only anxious but able to prevent the neces sary sales of stock and flotation of bonds. So the people's eTforts, he con-r-lders. would bo- futile. That Is not the counsel of experience. It Is senerallv understood -that the inception and con struction of the O. B, Si N. was by Port land men and Portland capital. Fur ther, that the recent experience of the Columbia Southern, and Its construc tion for the seventy-four miles from Biggs to Shanlko. showed that until Mr. Harriman obtained a controlling influence over it" the line was built, se curely If slowly, from stage to stage. Now no further extension seems to be In sight. It may be true that in the case suggested the money power of Mr. Harriman and his supporters would be exerted to Impede the sale of stock and flotation of bonds for an independent. still more for a hostile, road or roads. Were the people of Oregon to combine, town and country, to organize and com mence to subscribe for the stock of and to build such roads as they consider vital to the state. It would probably be impossible for any one money power to prevent the sale of bonds. For Oregon is a great state and invites railroad de velopment, if not by one, then by other systems. The rear difficulties would commence after such railroads were built and had commenced to be oper ated. Traffic arrangements with one or other of the transcontinental roads would be needed. At that point would come the tug of war. For' that emer gency the powers of the state should be reserved. Appropriate legislation might be effective.- and then, indeed. the people and the railroads might Well "get together," as Judge Lowell says. It Is, perhaps, a pity for any non-ex pert toannounce so decided-an opin ion thadl''roads can be .built north and south much more economically than east and -west." On that, different and opposing views are strongly held. It is well, however, that the public mind should be directed to the point that more railroads .are. jieeded-Jn the state, ana that right now. RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY. Threatened reprisal of Germany for persistent refusal of the United States to entertain, even In a mild degree, re ciprocal relations with that country. has awakened so much Interest In the subject that the Department of Com merce and Labor has prepared a series of tables showing the business between the two countries for a number of years. A comparison for ten years il lustrates quite forcibly the manner In which our exports have Increased, while In Imports from Germany the Increase has been very small. The total Imports from Germany In 1894 were ?69,3S7,S05, and In return Germany purchased from us products to the amount of $90.065,10S. Ten years later we had increased our sales t6 Germany to $212,357,144. but in return .we took imports valued at but $109.1S8i554. In other words, there was a balance of trade against Germany in 1S94 of only approximately 25 per cent, while in 1904 it had increased to nearly 100 per cent. We trebled our exports of raw cot ton In the ten years, but only doubled our imports of manufactured1 cotton goods. In 1S94 we permited Germany to sell us more than $11,000,000 worth of sugar, but. In the Interest of the one sugar trust, and to the disadvantage of a good many million sugar consumers, we shortly afterward placed a duty on that staple which cut down the Imports from Germany to such an extent that an Insignificant $50,509 represented the total value of the sugar Imports from Germany In 1904. The production of beet sugar in Ger many Is almost as important an Indus try In that country as the growing of corn and wheat in the United States; butj while our exorbitant sugar duty was ruining Germany's .sugar trade with the United States, the sales of American corn, wheat and flour in creased from $7,804,296 In 1894 to $15. 302.491 In 1904. This latter Item is of special interest for the reason that Ger many, except on rare occasions when there Is a crop failure In Russia, can be Independent of -the United States and can purchase her wheat and corn prod ucts from other countries, which are willing to establish and maintain recip rocal trade relations with her. - A poor crop and high prices for the season of 1904-05 have left the United States In a measure Independent of for eign markets. If the low prices abroad and the high prices at home mean any thing, they mean that Germany and the rest of Europe can get along very well without American wheat and flour. But it may and probably win be many years before we again experience so poor a crop that we shall not have a large surplus for export. The Agrarians In Germans' have for years been fighting for a high tariff on wheat and other agricultural products, and refusal of the United States to entertain recipro city with Germany would offer an ex cellent opportunity for granting their demands. The German consumers who have opposed the levy of a duty on American wheat can now be pacified with cheap wheat, which will still pour In from Russia and other "favored na tions." If Germanrproposal for a reciprocal tariff with the?OnltedStatcs Is rejected-. the. Unltid States will be swinging a two-edgeil sword among our own peonJi51 Dd- suffering which seem a part Pje. We shall not only "be comnejjjd to continue M pay hlghr prices for the goods which we" Import from Germany but our farmers will be forced to sell ineir wneai ai a aisao.vani.age wun me farmers of countries which are willing to trade fair with Germany. There was no duty -on sugar in 1894. when Ger many sold us more than $11,000,000 worth of raw sugar,. and the quotation in New York. May 23, 1894, was 2 7-16 cents per pound. Yesterday the quota tion was 3 11-16 cents per pound, or 1" cents higher than It was In 1S94. The duty of 95 cents per 100 pounds has accordingly not only shut out Ger man sugar, but It has enabled the trust to Increase the price more than one fourth of a cent per pound above the duty. These high-tariff Iniquities have become so glaring that they cannot much longer exist if we expect to con tinue In business with other nations which conduct their commerce on a fairer basis. If the' revolt about to be instituted by Germany should spread, we might In time find ourselves with a much restricted foreign demand for products which we could not consume at home. Three Sisters of Charity set sail a few days ago from Vancouver, B. C , 'for Klmantu, Japan, where there Is a large colony of lepers, there to minister to the afflicted until death from hls most repulsive of all diseases gives them re lease. The act. is one of uter self-abne-gatloTi and ultimate self-destruction, and can hardly be accounted praise worthy, unless deliberate suicide for a special end can be so considered. Against such self-sacrifice is opposed the theory-or fact that no human be ing has a right to do anything premedl tatedly that will shorten his or her life. These lepers are beyond all possibility of. help except of the most temporary kind. It te a tremendous stretch of thity that requires untainted persons to give this help with the certainty of ac quiring a disease at once" the most loathsome, lingering and hopeless of any that afflicts mankind. The most devoted humanitarian can hardly look upon such an act with approval, even though he may exalt the motives that prompt It. It is reported that Mr. Harriman will send to Portland as manager of his properties In this territory Mr. Buck ingham, of Salt Lake. Mr. Harriman has in the past sent some very good railroad men to Portland, and, had they known as much about local conditions on arrival as they did when they were called to higher places, Portland would, and the entire Pacific Northwest would, have been decided ganlers. Mr. Buck ingham is. without doubt, a very able railroad man, but, If he Is thrown sud denly Into a field with which he Is un familiar, there will be the usual period of waiting until he can get his bearings and know what to recommend to his superior offi cers. It is, of course, needless to men tion that there are a number of rec ommendations that should be immedi ately made and Immediately acted on. Reasoning from past experience, Mr. Buckingham will probably be moved on as soon as he gets In touch with the local situation, and reports accordingly. Philadelphia shipping men are offer ing to deliver freight for Panama in barges. It is not known that the Gov ernment will be satisfied with this kind of service, but .Tj-vw-aujd seem quite feasible ajtejrtfeti longer ocean tptusJ liave'been -Ai'ade by tugs onboth the Atlantic and the Pacific. Even a barge line to Panama would be preferable to turning the entire business over to the American shipping trust to be handled. It is to be hoped that the Government will stick to its original intention and purchase a good fleet of ships where they can be secured to the best ad vantage. When they are no longer .needed by the Government, they can be sold to private citizens who would to day be engaged in the business of ship owjilng if they were permitted to buy ships at the same price at which the foreigner can secure them. E. J. Smith, San Francisco's embez zling tax collector, has just been sen tenced to ten years in the Penitentiary. The amount involved was $65,000, and this was the second offense, a former shortage of many thousand dollars being made up by his relatives In order to quash criminal proceedings. Mr. Smith was widely known as a spend thrift and diligent pedestrian on the "primrose path." The good times which he enjoyed while the money held out undoubtedly made him the envy of oth ers less fortunate at the time; but there will be none to envy him the ten long years behind the bars at San Quentin or the remorse over a misspent life whl' will torture him when the prison gates swing outward a decade hence. The Blackfoot Indians have presented a claim to the Government for 2,000.000 acres of land in Montana. The conten tion of the Indians is that the land In question was never ceded to the Gov ernment, but was appropriated by Uncle Sam along with a strip which they did relinquish to the Government California Indians are reported to have won out In a similar contest with the Government, and as white "Indians have stolen several million acres of the .public domain, there might be no great wrong committed If the tract In ques tion was handed back to the descend ants of the original owners. The net earnings of the Northern Pacific Railway for the first eight months of the current fiscal year were $17,700,000. After paying dividends and all expenses for betterments and equip ment a surplus of $4,000,000 was left. This excellent showing Is one of the results of the liberal policy of the Northern Pacific In building extensions throughput Its territory. The main line of the road Is not yet so burdened with traffic that It cannot carry more and the new extensions now proposed and building will next year still further swell the net earnings. The Japanese continue to become Americanized. Several hundred of them are on strike in the Hawaiian Islands and have become so violent that the white population of the place has taken "refuge 1n the courthouse. Labor unions on the Pacific Coast have pro tested against the advent of the Japs In this Industrial field, but If the re ports from Honolulu are true the little brown man has all of the qualifications for unionism that are possessed by. the men who are engaged in the Chicago strike. The teeming millions of stricken India are of a very' low .order of Intelligence, and this Is perhaps a blessing, for the -of their feifinre wuJwne1teTTble to- contemplate, werEThey stffficlentlycl-- Ulzed and educated to regard tMelr-con dltlon as It appears to the civilized world. Millions starve to death every year, and this year the plague is raging with such unusual severity that more than 750,000 people have perished from it since January L That is a strange story that comes from San Francisco of a child suffering from hydrophobia, from having, some months ago, been knocked down by a mastiff. She was not bitten, so the tale runs, but the shock developed the dis ease, and she now barks like a dog in the Intervals of the convulsions from which she suffers. This is the first case of germ transmission by suggestion that has been recorded, and is more than likely without basis in fact. The schoolteachers of Chicago have a union, and belong to the Federation of Labor. It may not be surprising, there fore, to find in a news dispatch that "teachers in the public schools not only participated in the demonstrations, but have encouraged the children to shou at the nonunion teachers." The low plane to which pugilism has fallen Is shown by the match between John L. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell artd another match between Bob Fits stramons and one Schreck. Dr. Osier's theory, after' all, deserves to be some thing more than a theory. The ministers of Portland will least testify to the fact that Mayo Williams has just as much vim and vigor as ever. The report of Admiral Rojestvem death Is. says the Russian Admiralty not tree; at least not yet. m. OREGONJZONE. The Ira pre Ted Emeron. Hitch your wagon, to a-star; but don't expect the star to do all the pulling. One is constrained to wonder If there Is Mason and Dixon's line In heaven. Most of the church denominations here on earth In the United States seem to be bisected from east to west. Color-blind Christian ity may be a development of the twenty first century. , Thomas Brighton Bishop, the author of John Brown's Body," died last week, but John Brown's soul goes marching on. It, is asserted that- Russell Sage for manyyears has helped . himself to the morning newspaper on his way down town and refused to pay forlt, and that he also has compelled the bootblacks on the elevated railroad platforms to shine his hoes gratis. Let us be charitable. No doubt Mr. Sage has kept a memorandum of the names of all those newsboys and bootblacks, and when he dies we shall find that he has willed each of them $100,000. Watch for that provision In the will. Put on your specs and watch for it. Get an opera glass and watch for it. Buy a mi croscope and watch for It. Hire the Lick Observatory and turn the telescope In that direction. Rusell Sage. You jtave Hvedi lengthy life, Russell -ager Had .your share of stress and strife, Tlul! Sac: hV)U.Jxave gathered much of pelf And have kept It all yourself. Now you're laid upon the shelf, Russell Sage. Was It truly worth your while, Russell Sage? Did you ever crack a smile, Russetl Sage? Ever do a kindly deed For a brother man In need? Now, alas!' you've gone' to seed, Ru&sell Sage. Many men the race has known, Russell Sage, Living not for self alone, - Russ-ll Sage, Who, though poor In worldly gear. Have endowed the world with cheer. You are not of them, I fear. Ruescll Sage. Do you not sometime regret, . ' Russell Sage, That you have not paid the debt. Russell Sage. To the world that each man owes Shedding sunshine as he goes. K ' Ere he sek the grave'e repose, -Russell Sage? Now that you are near the erirf. Russell Sage. Won't you try to make amend, Russell Sage? Ere you leave us. can't you see 'Tla your duty to be free With your money? . . . Think of me, Ruseell Sage! The Little Brown Peril. According to the Kansas City Times, T. Daniel Frawley, actor, who has visited the Philippines, makes this remark: "Mr. Tart told every little Filipino that he was eligible to be President of the United States, and now" each one wants to be President, and you can't do anything with them." This Is a piece of Information that Is calculated to stagger humanity Let us add to the list of perils this new and terrible peril the Little Brown Peril But. seriously, we hereby nominate Scnor Aguinaldo for President of the United States. Unless he has changed ereatlv he would make a great run. There are men who earn incomes by inventing cute sayings of children for the market, but an actual one that discounts many inventions was the question asked of a Portland papa yesterday by his three- year-old daughter. "Papa," inquired the little" one, "what is peanuts' last name?' The Aurora Borcalis. The Aurora Borcalis of Aurora, Oregon, Is a roaring, boring journal I should like to labor on; Oh. I'd love to be the editor of nueh a sheet a? that. For with a name That's so aflame. How could my stuff be flat? V How I long to be the poet of the Boreal In bright! could sing auroral sonnets every day and every night; could blaze with burning, beacons. I could glow with golden gleams; 'Twould be a treat To run a sheet So bright with rosy "beams. Why, who couldn't be a journalist of dazzling brilliance on The Aurora Boreal is of Aurora Oregon? The reflection of ' auroras couldn't help but make him glow With jnich a glim That verve and vim His work roust always show. U I ever get so gloomy that my spirits droop and drool. I'll repair to fair Aurora, where auroras arc the rule. And I'll bore ray way to brightness wlththe Borcalis bit; My oul will rise And soar the aktes By those auroras lit! - . ROBERTCS LOVE. Thc'Shortcakc. Chicago Chronicle. . Day by day the sun grows warmer and the grass te growing green. While the moving vans get ready to appea upon the scene: There Is Joy throughout this country and ou hearts - are getting light. For the shortcake's on the table and the ap petite Is right. Far and near the fishers wander and the fish log yarns grow ripe. M the hunter haunts th. meadow wh:s he finds the speckled snipe. And the cowslips in themarshes fill the soul with df-eii delight. When the shortcake's on the table and appetite right the They are shipping in the berries and they look so ripe and Ted, v For they picked them in the Southland in a Southern sunnv beJ. And wr give them hearty welcome for the world grows very bright. When the shnricak. on the table and the appetite is right. Now they build the toothsome viand -and the sight of It is grand. Build It of the red, ripe berries and of short enlng and sand. But It i a downright pleasure in- those lus clous .hlngs to bite. When the slortcake's on the table and the appetite Is right. One Hundred Miles an Hour. Philadelphia Xorth American. Three hundred and fifty-three miles In six hours and 25 minutes was the record made by a train bearing A. J. Cassatt and several officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from Pittsburg to this city Saturday. The speed of the train averaged for several hours nearly ICO ralles. and when the train steamed Into "Bread-Street Station all records for speed en the mate Use ef the Pennsylvania road were brekea. RAILROADS' DUTY TO THE STATE v; Xw Linen Are Essentia ta Preper Development, Yet t'oastractlea Is ot Uadertaken PhMIc Seatliacat la GrewlBg Agralast the rreaeat Inactive Policy. PENDLETON. Or.. May 22.-To tho 1 Editor.) I believe I reflect the sentiment I of the citizens of the rural portion of Oregon when I sav that -the movement now agitating the business interests of Portland for fairer treatment on the part of the transportation companies finds re sponse In every community in a willing ness to co-operate with the commercial capital of the commonwealth in every reasonable effort toward the end sought. It has been my fortune, in the perform ance of duties, public and private, to be brought In contact with representative men from almost every portion of the state, and therefrom I have reached the conclusion, to the correctness of wnlcn i am convinced, that every person who Is a student of the conditions around him as reflected by the sentiment of his own community will agree, that the railroad companies must promptly perform tneir proper part in the development of the state by the construction of new lines to the coast and into the Interior, or prepare to meet soon such popular campaigns as have made Wisconsin's Governor the most potent, as well as the most spectacular, figure In the Industrial and political por traiture of the West today. The reasons for this sentiment among the people are not far to seek, for tho men who are upon the farms. In the fac tories, in the offices and conducting bus!-. ness throughout the state, are just as in telligent as the gentlemen whose good' fortune It is to be among the railroad elect, and several things by keen observa tion arid hard experience have been borne in upon them. The. public believes, for example, and such belief is .probably well grounded, that the state substantially. he mer cy. -of a'.iont interests, the contror-of the railroads, once-:sodlir''our own people. having passed largely to foreigners, who are represented by the great banking houses of New York. The people are Impressed further that the controlling forces of these roads nei ther know, nor apparently care to know, the marvelous resources of undeveloped Oregon an empire, when transportation facilities are accorded it, capable of sup porting millions of people and of sustain ing Its proper share In most of the Im portant industries of the age. It has become patent, too, that the Ore gon Railroad & navigation uompany. which always, under proper management. has been a rich dividend-earner, and which even showed a profit when operated by a receiver, Is being utilized as a pro ducer of money to construct and perfect railroads in distant territory, while Ore gon, greater In resources than any other state on the Pacific Slope, and capable of rivaling even Pennsylvania as an Indus trial commonwealth. Is compelled to lag in the procession for want of even re- pcctable transportation facilities through out two-thirds of her vast domain. And It certainly Is just to assume that that portion of the Southern Pacific run ning south from Portland, through one of the most fertile valleys In the world. Is an equal source of profit to Its owners. Finally, the public bellevesand has rea son to believe, that a continuation of the present policy of division of territory, so-, called, among the transcontinental lines. and failure In consequence on their part to build new roads within the state, can have only one result, namely, permanently to retard the growth of Portland, a city of which, regardless of political jealousies. the people of the state arc proud, and make a great portion of Oregon tributary to the trade centers of California. Personally I am not In sympathy with radical railroad legislation, although heartily in accord with the policy of the President In the matter of rate regula tion", and I do not believe that the ma jority of the people entertain extreme views, but all unite upon the platform of the state, and that they owe it to duty. moral at least, which cannot be avoided, to expend a reasonable portion of their profits In the perfecting of old lines and OPENING OF' THE GREAT FAIR New Orleans Daily States. Official announcement has been made of the memorable fact that on June .1st prox., the date originally set ror tnc opening of the Lewis and Clark Expo sition, that event will take place, and the Exposition will be complete in all its departments. The people of tnis country have aever yet, we believe, seen an exposition that was complete on the day of opening, while the usual thing seems to have beeri to postpone the date of opening several months later than the date originally et, and still have the exposition incomplete. They order tilings differently in the new and splendid nortnwest. ana to Portland, Or., belongs the honor of showing the people of the older sec tions of the country how to do things. According to Information sent by Pres ident Goode, the Exposlton will open. complete in all its departments, on.tne first day of June and continue for four and one-naif months. The railroads, we understand, have offered exception ally favorable opportunities to the American public and the attendance is expected to be large. ' Portland Is a wonderful city in a wonderful section of the country, and this Exposition, which commemorates the centennial of the two daring ex plorers of the Northwest, will attract manv people to mat rapiaiy develop ing section, "those who have had the great, .enterprise In hand have Je?i4h.iic the atmospTvSro-1? very light, jy-lth working quictjy And. without ans"gtfeat blare of trumpets, --but rrey nave worked wisely and effectively, as is now shown by"the results. We know of no more Interesting nor profitable way In which one from New Orleans, or any part of the South, could spend a few weeks recreation than in visiting this interesting Exposition. Our neople are pretty familiar 'with the points of Interest between the Rockies and the Atlantic Ocean; many of them have been visitors to the Pa cific slope as far north as San Francis co. But tfie mighty region of which Portland will be the center of attrac tion during the next few months. Is almost a terra Incognito to the major ity of Southern folk. Therefore a Sum mer vacation spent there will furnish the tourist with new and delightful onDortunities. Portland Is out of the ordinary beaten line of travel from the South, its irrand scenery, delightful Summer climate and Its pushing, pro gressive people make It one of the most Interesting sections In the world, and the people of the Soath would find this a fascinating trip to make. lodern Morality. "Atchison Globe. We stonned loner enough recently to renri a stnrv like this: A wife of a rich man fell in love with a man not her husband. She took the Jewelry be had given her and some of his money and was eloping with the man. The automobile In which he was to carry her away wouldn't work, and he got" mad and said. "Damn une woman refused to elope with a man l who swore, and so she climed. out and went back to her husband. Indians as Fiddlers. Kaneas City Journel. The flute was the musical instrument of the Creeks until the fiddle was brought to them. Its music was mostly martial. Every Creek Indian who plays the nddle knows "The Arkansaw Traveler" in all Ita-varittion the bulldlnc of new Ones to the end that the state which gave them life and as sures them profit and protection may have facilities which the times demand. for the exploitation of Its myriad sources. of unquestioned wealth. The claim of railroad officials that lines built Into the Interior or to the coast counties would not pay demonstrates only the utter lack on. the part of these gentle men of correct Information as tor the soil, climate, mineral wealth and productive powers of the vast regions some time to be adorned with a million homes. Citizens of the state well know that scarcely a railway could be constructed south fronv the Columbia River or west to the, ocean" which would not pay safe dividends on any legitimate stock issue. The natural conditions are such, topo graphically speaking, in the eastern por tion of the state, that roads can be buil north and south much more economically than east and west, and their construc tion from The Dalles to Klamath Falls, trom Shanlko to Lakevlew. from Pendle ton to Burns, for example, would assured ly pay, and the Immediate result would be the establishment of towns, the open ing of mines, the development of indus tries, the displacement of wastes by the. arts of agriculture, and all the concomi tants of modern industrial life. Central and Southeastern Oregon, except in lim ited area, Is not a desert. It is simply semi-arid, and capable of maintaining an enormous population. The Harney Valley comprises the largest body of level land in the state, and Is a region of matchless beauty and untold possibilities; it only needs a railway to attract people and smile with prosperity. It Is but a larger type of most of this vast region which railroad magnates apparently regard as beneath their consideration. Grant County, teeming with wealth of -Mtnber. nTltisruttyUvestock and agriculfTVritf posstoiutlcs. only Illustrates anotllJr phase in the gTeat interior which is kaleidoscopic in its attractions to those who know It. The question Is sometimes asked. Why ao not the people themselves organize and construct these needed roads? The an swer Is that, were such attempt to be made, they would find the same forces, which control the great railroad sys tems masters of the Eastern money markets, and they would be found not only able, but anxious, to prevent such sale .of stock and flotation of bonds as would be necessary for extensive railroad building. We are compelled to accept the situation as It exists, for Oregon's needs are pressing, and we must depend for im mediate railroad construction upon the great transcontinental companies whih now occupy the field. It certainly ought to be possible, when the welfare of a whole state is at stake, for the people and the railroads to get to gether on some common ground, to the end that harmonious action, not icono clastic disagreement, may result. For such co-operation the people have shown at all times unusual readiness, but the Inaction of the Tallroad companies, their neglect, and In some cases apparent- hos tility, seem to be accomplishing the cer tain result of alienating, that favorable pub.ic sentiment which Is always neces sary to the prosperity of quasi public cor porations dependent upon the people for revenues and support- The construction of those feeders of the Oregon Railroad. & Navigation Company of which I have spoken, and a line from Coos Bay to the Southern Pacific, would meet public demands, serve the needs of the state for perhaps a -decade, assure it a population in that period of two millions of people, and guarantee to Portland her Justly dominant place In the commercial life of the Pacific Northwest. For a quarter of a century the people of Oregon have been paying money Into the coffers of the railroads. Is it not fair that now these corporations should do something for the people for the state to whose liberal legislation they owe their existence, protection and prosperity? STEPHEN A. LOWELL. "MARS -INHABITED." Interview with Camille Flammanon in London Chronicle. A, the planet Mars. I have been study ing that planet closely for 30 years, and 1 have prepared a regular map of It with all its canals. I think I am more inter ested in this than anything, for one rea son, that I am certain it is inhabited, and probably by people much more ad vanced than we are. A thing which is particularly interesting to us at the Juvisy Observatorj;. which I founded, is that we can watch the snow- melting at the poles In the Spring, and. Jn fact, it nearly disappears in the Sum mer. "This, mind you. in spite of the fact that the year in Mars is twice as long as ours, "that Is to say that it really con sists of 730 days, so that, naturally, the Winter is longer. With regard to the In habitants. I think they are very lignt in wfiichtr for irfttance. a man who weighs 140 pounds on. the earth, if he could be suddenly transported to Mars would weigh only 32 pounds. The nubile at large does not reaiiy know the precision of some of our astro nomical observations. Thus we know the length of the day in Mars by diurnal ro tation to 'the 100th part of a second, and from observations, which have now ex tended over 100 years, we find the length of the day on the planet Is -H hours 47 minutes 22 seconds. The climate of the. Martians is very mild; there are no gales. scarcely ally clouds. The Inhabitants en joy fine weather, the climate being some thing like that or uavos Jfiaiz. ary anu clear. We know the globe of "Mara per fectly; In fact, far better than the earth. Pressing, the Rascals. Under the above headline the Springfield (Mass.) Republican prints the following article to show Its interest in our humble affairs in Oregon: The assurance of full support which Fraocia J. Heney, the able San Francisco lawyer who Is prosecuting the land frauds in Oregon, took with hlnx from "Washington was the real thing. It will be remembered that Mr. Heney was made Special District Attonwy to suc ceed John Hall, who was dismissed by the President because of his lack of Interest In pushing the land frauds. Now has followed, the removal of "Walter F. Matthews, of Port land, Or., from the position o United States Marshal, because of his alleged efforts to Impede the Government's prosecution of Sena tor Mitchell and the many others indicted for frauds under the land and timber laws. The salvation of the public side of these cases has been the earnestness of Mr. Heney, and the able support given him by the secret service men from, the Treasury Department in Wash ington. Matthews was the political manager of Senator Mitchell, and his sympathies were obviously on the wrong side. Mr. Heney sent his complaint to Attorney-General Moody, who took the letter to President Roosevelt, and. the latter, after reading it, promptly ordered the removal of Matthews. The very businesslike way In which Secre tary Hitchcock and his chosen agents are moving In a very rious matter la worth far more to the public and to the Administration than would be the fulmlnatlons of a cam paign orator In that position. Mr. Hitchcock make? no speeches, but he does buslneta. Sec retary Shaw is not In the same class with him. Just now Secretary Hitchcock and Postmaster-" : General Cortelyou constitute the business end of the Cabinet, eo far as federal houseclean .Ings are concerned. Smoking Among Oriental Women. Mary Cavanaugh In Rosary. Smoking is an. innovation InjJYesfers female circles, but a fast dying cuet among Orientals: