THE MORNING OREGONTAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1905.
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LETTERS ON CURRENT TOPICS
Portland Accused of Monopolizing Fair Visitors Complaint Against Rates on Branch
Railroad Lines Champoeg Celebration at the Fair, September 15 Merits of
Flax Culture Explained Payment for Use of Convict Services.
TOLEDO, Or.. Aug. 26. (To the Editor.)
From The Oregonlan we glean the fact
that the attendance at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition has passed the 1.000.000
mark, which no doubt assures its financial
success. That the State of Oregon will be
groatly benefited by the Fair. allmust
concede. That the Fair managers and
the enterprising citizens of Portland have
done all in their power to bring people to '
Portland, there can be no doubt. (
But lest we forget, it is well to remem
ber that the real purpose of the Fair was
to advertise Oregon, with the view of
populating its hills and valleys. "vThen we
say Orogon we moan the whole State of
Orogon; not Portland, the Cascades, Sea
side or any certain locality. "We presume
that those who have the management
of this great enterprise are doing the best
they can, and the writer well knows that
it is an easy matter to look on and criti
cize what other persons are doing In the
management of their affairs. But as the
question of the Fair management is open
to discussion to every citizen of the
state, from the fact that the State of
Oregon has $500,000 invested, the people
feel that it is not a private show, and
therefore have a good right to criticize
it in a friendly way.
The sentiment all over the state seems
to be that the Fair managers are not
taking enough Interest In getting the vis
itors from other states to see all parts of
Oregon. They seem to think that their
duty and trust is discharged when the
people reach Portland, and are satisfied
for them to remain there. "We all concede
that Portland is a rich and beautiful city,
and are all proud of It and of its live,
progressive citizens. But were it not
for the little streams of commerce that
flow into Portland from all portions of
the state, it would soon be as silent as the
City of the Dead. Build up Oregon and
you build up Portland.
"We all know that the scenery along
the Columbia River is the finest In Amer
ica, and that if a farmer burns a patch
of brush In the good old Summer time in
trying to build a home for himself and
family he is liable to raise a smoke, and
that that smoke is liable to keep the East
ern tourist and the Mazaxnas from get
ting a clear view of Mount Hood; but it
was not altogether scenery that Lewis
and dark, or the grand old pioneers who
settled Oregon, were looking for when
they blazed the way to this country.
Just at the present time, arid for the next
six weeks the good people, of Oregon are
willing for the poets fto lng of all the
beauties of nature If the real horny-hand
ed son of toll who comes to Oregon to
buy a home and become an actual settler
can be shown the real thing and be
given a trip through the Willamette Val
ley or the great forests in the coast coun
ties of Coos. Lanfc Lincoln and Tilla.
mook, or the wonderful fruit lands of
Southern Oregon, or the great inland cm
pire of Eastern Oregon, where there Is
room for thousands of men to hew out
homes for themselves and posterity.
Excursion trains should be run out of
Portland every day to some portion of
Oregon. "What Inducements arc there, or
what does an Eastern farmer see or find
to induce him to settle In Oregon if he
returns t his home without ever seeing
the country? It Is true, he can go Into
the Fair and see fine displays of every
hing that can be raised here. It is also
true that he could have seen this at the
St. Louis Fair without ever coming to
Oregon. "What the intending settler wants
to see are the hills and valleys where
these fine products are raised. Mohair
looks well in a booth with a blue ribbon
around it, but the farmer who contem
plates settling here would be better
pleased to .visit the oak hills of Polk
County and see it growing on the goat'-e
ack, and the same may be said as to
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the wool In Eastern Oregon. A hop vine :
hung up In a booth does not look to a
farmer as it would In the hop center of
the world in "Willamette Valley.
The people of the state feel that they
have lost one good opportunity of ad
vertising and telling the people of their
own locality by reason of the action of
the manager? of the Fair in making their
special days at the Fair so soon after
the opening thereof, and some even claim 1
that that was done to swell the gate
receipts, that when they had their special
days there were no Eastern people pres-,
ent. and that while they all had an ap
portunlty to blow their own horn, there
was no one to hear them.
Now that the Fair is half over and
Eastern people are streaming in by
thousands, why may not the managers
spend a few hundred dollars in getting
them out over the state on excursions. '
to the hop or grain fields. They could
not spend this money in transportation,
but the railroads could give reduced rates
as they nave promised, and the uoard
could hire a few good hustling men and
women to work up these excursions. The
visitors could be met at the various towns
and stations by onterprlslng citizens who
would show them the country.
The Eastern visitor comes through the
greater portion of this state by night and
does not see the resources unless he makes
special trips out of Portland. The aver
age visitor is shown the Columbta river
as far up as"The Dalles and down to Its
mouth, the City Heights and the Oaks.
This is proper as far as it goes, but it
does not seem to satisfy the farmers from
Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, the Dakotas.
Illinois or old Missouri, who are looking
for homes.
In Lincoln County we live to some ex
tent on scenery and climate, with an
occasional clam thrown In; but It is hard
for the prospective settler when he looks
at the rocky cliffs of the Columbia or at
the peaks of the Cascade mountains to
picture out a happy home there. It does
not seem to satisfy him. He cannot live
on scenery alone. But a few years later,
after he has located In Oregon and is a
hop owner or has a grain field. In a sheep
king, a mine or mill owner, or has a
dairy farm, then he will take his, famllj-
xor & vacation to view all the wonders
and scenery of the Columbia. He will
help build an electric road to Mt. Hood.
For the present give us tollers to sub
due the wilds of Oregon; capital to de
velop our water power, build our rail
roads and manufacture our forests into
lumber and to open our mines, and Ore
gon will soon he xne of the first states in
the Union.
While working for an excursion to run
up through the Willamette Valley and to
the Coast last week. Mrs. Weatherred
says that she met with much opposition
in Portland, and that even some officials
in high places opposed the excursion on
the ground that it would take money out
or .rortianQ. B. T. JONES.
SCORES COTTON'S HATE TALK
Heppncr Man Takes Him to Task
for Harrlman Banquet Speech.
HEPPNER, Or., Aug. 25. (To the Ed
itor.) At a banquet given for the business
men of Portland recently, W. W. Cotton
made thiB statement: "If any man would
ask Mr. B. Campbell tomorrow, he would
say that a branch line in Oregon cannot
charge anything for Its hauL ' Such a
statement from such a source adds Insult
to injury- Mr. Cotton cites the Heppner
branch as an Illustration.
Now. I have heard of that Heppner
branch; have also done considerable ship
ping over the same. lone is a thriving
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town, IS miles below Heppner. on the
Heppnor branch. The freight rate from
Portland' to lone, third and fourth class,
snch as on barbed wire, nails, salt and
cement. Is 60 cents per 100 pounds; the
rate to Heppner on same class of 'goods
is C5 cents per 100 pounds.
It is a fact that the rate on brick. lum
ber and everything we can produce' here
Is not more than one-half the rate on
those articles we cannot produce here.
Cement costs 4S cents nor ioi luuimi, in
carload lots, and 65 cents per 103 pounds
lp les3 than car lots. A barret of lime
costs 5UO in Portland: the 'frelcht to
Heppner Is J 1.32. "Porilajirf crmmt ! r 72
In Portland: the frelsht to Hctmner Is
?2.64. Do you think buildincwill nroceed
rapidly under te conditions? You can
buy your lanrtXMd build vmir hniics In
Portland fwPss money than It would
take to bulld the house In Heppner.
The railroad frelchts at Honnnor
age SO0 per day the year round. "The
neppncr Branch doesn't charge for Its
naui : ii me company cots 60 cnt a
hundred from Portland to
haul It IS miles farther to Heppner for 6
cents, out lr one wants to ship from lone
to Heppner. he has to nav 16 pnt
100 pounds.
The crade on the Hennnnr hniuih te
such that If a car Is startprf nt Rinnnr
and given the track and held under con
trol, it wui run to Heppner Junction. The
company hauls many empty cars from
Heppner, yet It charges for third and
fourth-class freight IS cents per 103 pounds
irom weppner to lone, a distance of 18
miles: 24 cents ner 100 nounrf. tn nmtMac
24 miles; 31 cents per 100 pounds to Rhea's
bluing, ji miles. A four-horse team and
wagon could make mon mrninr hiniinr
freight from Heppner along the Heppner
orancn at railroad rates than at any other
work.
The comnanv finished n VirnnMi itnn
from Arlington to Condon early this Sum
mer, a. distance of about 50 miles. The
Condon merchants comnlain nnrc that
they have to pay 10 conts per 100 pounds
more ior i reign t tnan berorc the road
was built. The "whole-hog-or-none" pol
icy of these branch lines la r.mlmW- m-
snonsioie ior me undeveloped condition of
this country.
If Mr. Cotton would tell the business
men here that the branch lines do not
charge for their haul, they would give
him a coat of tar and feathers.
The crying need of this region oast of
the Cascade range is an open river: If
those locks were finished we would soon
have independent lines of railroad run
nlnir through this countrv to riiftan it
The people here have the nnsh atu thn
energy, and would make this the richest
pan ot me state ir they had half t
chance, but there Is too much YnnVw
In their general make-up to produce much
when the branch lines take all the profit.
HARRY CUMMINGS
In his statement Mr. Cotton was talking
about freights out of Heppner, to be de
llvered to main lines. The rate must be
"absorbed," and the Heppner branch gets
nothing. Mr. Cumimngs is writing about
freights Into Heppner, and freight rates
between points on the Heppnef brjLnch.
HONOR T0.5IATTHIEU AT FAIR
Tribute to Distinguished Pioneer
From Joseph Buchtcl.
PORTLAND. Aug. 2S. (To the
Editor.) On September 15. there is to be
held at the Lewis and Clark Fair a cele
"bration commemorating the invaluable
J J
services of F. X. Matthlcu. At the his
toric convention held May 2, 1S43, at
Champoeg. now in Marlon County, for
the purpose of settling . the motion of
national control whether tIflHpOregon
country should be given to Great Britain,
according to the disposition of one-half
of the members of the convention, or
whether It should become and remain a
part of the United States.
While the celebration may be said to
be Intended to commemorate the event it
self, all Its features and ceremonies arc
to be In honor of Mr. Matthlcu. the only
survivor, and the one to whom, more
than all others, is to be credited the great
and lasting benefits to the United States
resulting from the action of that me
morable convention.
It will be remembered that the conven
tion was composed of one hundred and
two delegates, determined frontiersmen
and that at first they were equally di
vided. Fifty-one were in favor of hoist
ing the British flag and proclaiming al
legiance to It. while an equal number
were for addng the area to tlhe American
Union. Through Mr. Matthlcu. at that
time by birth a British subject, and his
friend, Peter Lulce, a Canadian French
man, who spoke none of the English
language, and who was induced by Mr.
Matthlcu to change his attitude upon the
question, the vote stood fifty-two to fifty
In favor of the United States. Since that
day Mr. Matthleu has been an honored
citizen of that government to which,
through his Influence, came the sover
eignty of the Northwest Empire.
To honor him and to commemorate tne
Important event, the celebration Is to be
held. To it the people of the whole .Nortn
west are most cordially Invited. The
Exposition management and the com
mittee having the corcmonles In prepara
tion Indulge the hope that a very large
number of citizens will honor themselves
by bolng present to participate In the
effort we shall make appropriately to
celebrate the event and publicly to pro
claim our grateful recognition of the
heroic services to our common country,
of our beloved, venerable citizen. F. X.
Matthleu. JOSEPH BUCHTEL.
PARKS IX CROWDED CITIES
Minneapolis Jinn Asks for More
Recreation Grounds.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 22. (To
the Editor.) The rapid growth of our
large cities is more evident, and year
by year the congestion In the uown
town districts becomes greater. We
can hardly realize the sufferfhg and
exhaustion that the residents In those
districts have to endure In the hot
weather. Happily, small parks and
recreation jrrounds, are becoming more
general, but.lt is absolutely necessary
In many of the cities that there snail
be. more of such breathing- places, and
I sincerely hope that the citizens, as
far as nosslble . will provide sucn
places, where It is possible.
In most cities are many vacant lots
that could be secured for park pur
poses; and the benefit to the public, by
securing such paces would be incal
culable. We fill our large cities with
the young men who have obtained
their health and vigor from the fresh
air of the country towns; let us In re
turn, as far as possible, give them
the same privilege In the cities.
ARTHUR MEACHEN.
TELLS FLAX CULTURE MERITS
Writer Urges Agricultural College
Take Up the Industry.
PnTJTt.AXD. Alir. 3G- fTo the Ed
Itnr.W If thi flax industrv of the valle's
is to be throttled by Incendiarism it
proves the value of this fiber as a profit
able Investment and the Individual ef
forts of Mr. Bosse should be supplcment
vl to nromote flax culture amonr farm
ers who have small clearings where
grain cannot be raised to advantage. It
Is -a mistaken idea that skiu is required
! 1
to prepare the flax crop. The returns
would equal that of hops per acre, and
there would be no loss in deterioration in
value from age or otherwise of the pro
duct. The market Is unlimited as the
Importations are very heavy. The textile
and thread mills depend on Belgium and
Ireland for the raw material and would
purchase all that was placed on the home
market willingly. The value of the fiber
Is covemed bv thp fineness and length.
Thirty-Inch will bring 400 per tph, de
creasing according to length, discolora
tion and strength.
A flax dressing and scutching machine
Is made In New York that will prepare
100 pounds of fiber per day for market.
Would It not be to the Interest of the
state to place such a machine In the
Agricultural College and have an in
structor appointed to exploit the Indus
try? There Is no limit to the value that
such Instruction would produce, as It la
only Ignorance that causes such valuable
resources to be overlooked In developing
the country. The amount of money sent
out to purchase twine and all the other
articles manufactured from tho fiber Is
enormous. A. J. MILLER-
PAY FOR USE OF CONVICTS
Salem Attorney Commends Governor
for Check or Graft Evil..
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) A Salem dispatch announces
Governor Chamberlain has discovered
that in order to entertain a vlsltlnff son
of Superintendent James, of the Peni
tentiary, two prison officials went on
a fishing- trip and took with them as
servant. a 22-yenr man, whose
term of servitude lacks nine years oH
having expired. We are further in
formed that It was the Intention ot
those prison officials to pay for the
services of the convict at the rate of
35 cents a day, but that. Governor
Chamberlain compelled them to pay
J2 a day and, severely reprimanded
them.
I am under some personal obligation
to povernor Chamberlain for this, his
official endorsement of my contention
that, where a convict Is employed in
the service of an officer of the Peni
tentiary for the personal benefit of
that officer, the Prison funds should be
reimbursed at the rate of not less than
35 cents a day for each day a convict
Is so employed. The session laws of
1903 provide that the minimum rate
for each convict hired Is 35 cents a
day and the maximum rate shall be
the largest amount obtainable by the
Governor for the services of the con
vict. The code provides that the of
fleers "of the Prison shall not receive
the labor of-any convict for their profit
or benefit. And now, when two In
ferior officers of the Prison use a con
vict the Governor goes the limit and
charges 52 a day for the services ot
that convict. Inasmuch as these In
ferior Prison officers cohcedo that tney
should pay 35 cents a day for the use
of the convict. I feel that my position
In this matter is sustained by the Pri
son officials, as well as by the Gov
ernor.
The fact is, the superintendent and
the warden dally use from five to seven
convicts to wait upon themselves and
their families in the capacity of men
ials. The question as to whether they
should pay to the betterment fund 35
cents a day for each convict so em
ployed" 1? now before the Supreme
Court of this state and I take this
method of directing the attention of
the court to the fact that the Prison
management and the Governor now
concede that for the services of those
convicts the officials should pay. As
these officers -since their appointment;
have consumed enough labor at the
minimum rate of 35 cents a dny to
amount to a little over $1000, it will
be seen that the betterment fund un
der this ruling of the Governor, could
bo benefited to a considerable extent.
The friends of the superintendent
OP.
will not object that the salary paid
to the superintendent will not jus
tify the expense of paying for
servants at the rate of 35 cents a.
day each, for the reason that at the
present time the superintendent re
ceives a salary of $125 a month, his
daughter (as matron). $40, his 18-year-old
son. (as guard), 550. while another
daughter enjoys a salary of 550 a
month for services performed, in the
office of the Adjutant-General. This
makes a total of 5265 a month which
this family draws from the public rev
enues of the state, and in addition
thereto it Is furnished at the state ex
pense all the table luxuries obtainable.
laundry work, servants, coachman,
hostlers, team, and house furnishings
of every luxurious kind. And the
state with a lavlshness, swelled by
these officials to the highest point of
hospitality, generously extends its
favcrs In like degree to the unem
ployed members of this family and all
visiting relatives and friends. Truly
a great and growing state Is expected
to support each ofnciai m a styio oe
flttlng the dignity of his official posi
tion. L. H. MCMAHOW.
Invitation to Governor Chamberlain.
Port Orford Tribune.
Governor Chamberlain, with the bliss of
lgnosance, refers to Port Orford as a
small harbor." When he was so near.
not long ago. It was a pity he did not
come down here and get hi3 eyes opened
as they all do when they see our harbor.
though many see It with eyes green with
envy.
Does not the Governor yet know that
Port Orford Is the grandest harbor south
of Puget Sound on the entire Pacific
Coast, and the only one except the Sound
THE XX CENTURY
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OThe highest type of FAMILY SEWING
MACHIN E the embodiment of SIMPLICITY
and UTILITY the ACME of CONVENIENCE.
SINGER MACHINE
Are sold only fcy SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO., deal
lajf directly from Maker to Uier. They are now being sold
at Lower Prices
Alio the Beat Oil, Needles, Belts, etc, of which we carry a
larger stock
Than Any OtKer
dealt aad we are "s the spot" U gire carefel attention to
all customers.
gowins: machines ranted or exchanged.
At tKe Singer Stores
Morrison Street
402 Washington St. f540Williams Ave.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
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on whose deep waters the largest ships
can ride safely at anchor?.
southwest storms, of
harbor gets lough, and
lied when our dilatory
rtfcs the breakwater
ted
nexu time, Governor,
ea-ed!
NEW '"POTTER"
JfcHEDHLE.
Additional TripoMfeb -Too Beach Arranged far
Popular Steamer.
The T. J. Potter leaves Ash-street dock
for Astoria and North (Long) Beach
points as follows: Tuesday. August 29.
1:30 P. M.; Wednesday, August 30. 2:30
P. M.: Thursday. August 31, 8:15 A. M.:
Saturday, September 2, 10 A. M. Particu
lars and O. R & N. Summer book at City
Ticket Office. Third and Washington
streets. Portland.
GORDON
That's the
question in
Gloves. No
where between
London or St. Paul furnishes the
equal of cither. What Gor
don Gloves cost in London
. is unimportant.
London Gloves in St,
Paul cost $2.50
Gordon Gloves ( T -
SEWING MACHINE
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of the world
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Winter tHjr
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