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PORTLAND. MONDAY, MAT 14. 106.
ROBERT LA FOLLETTE.
When Senator La Follette, of Wis
consin, arose to make his speech on
the rate bill his fellow-Senators acted
like a flock of crows at the sight of
a farmer with a shotgun." With fright
ened squawks and terrified caws they
took to flight. Like the Philistines be
fore Samson brandishing the deadly
Jawbone of an ass. or a flock of sheep
before a coyote, they scattered, they
absquatulated, they fled. What was
the reason for this extraordinary ex
odus? What were the venerable and
T-onsclentlous Senators afraid of? "Did
they think La Pollette's speech would
be a bore? Hardly. They knew very
well that he could talk better than any
member of that sapient and sinuous
body, with two or three exceptions. ' As
a matter of fact, his speech upon the
rate bill was the only one that had a
particle of human IntereBt. It was the
-inly one except Bailey's which read
neither like a plea of a devil's advo
cate nor a page of geometry. The other
rate bill orators had the sole object in
mind to show how much technical law
they knew and how ingeniously they
rould twist It this way and that to
prove anything and everything, no mat
v'r what. La Follette's purpose was to
toow 'why rate regulation was neces
sary ant", what it should Include. He
iwept sway the complicated sophistries,
both of the open enemies and the so--alled
friends of the rate bill, and went
directly to the heart of the matter.
There was no lack of Interest In his
peech." It was not in dread of dullness
that his brother Senators executed a
swift heglra when he rose to speak.
The plain fact of the matter Is that
they knew La Follette would tell the
truth about the railroads and their
Senatorial retainers and they were
afraid to listen to him. They were like
a lot of unregenerate sinners at a
Campmeetlng who take to the woods
when a good, old-fashioned exhorter
confronts them with a picture of their
Ins and adjures them to flee from the
wrath to come. La Follette did not tell
Aldrich and his shivering gang of rail
road parasites that they were "Hair
hung and breeze-shaken over hell" as
Lorenzo Dow used to say to the wicked,
but he came next thing to it. He did
tell them that some of the seats which
were that day vacated by a guilty
conscience would later be vacated by
the mandate of the outraged people,
and he told them the truth. Few pub
lic speakers have ever set forth so
clearly and completely the crimes of
the railroads against the public as the
Junior Senator from Wisconsin did In
this great oration, which is destined to
take a place among the classics of our
political literature. No man ever dared
to exhibit on the floor of either house
with such terrible and uncompromising
veracity the derelictions of Congress in
performing its duties to the country.
La Follette violated all the rules of
Senatorial courtesy.
Senatorial courtesy is an unwritten
agreement among the members of the
Urper House of Congress that no mem
ber shall ever be brought to' book for
his misdeeds, no matter how flagrant
they are, no matter how ruinous to the
commonwealth. It permits any Senator,
however mediocre his abilities, however
corrupt his character, to hold up and
defeat every Presidential nomination
which, he thinks will Interfere with the
smooth working of his political ma
chine. Senatorial courtesy permits
Piatt to smother every proposed law
which would interfere with the extor
tionate monopoly of the express com
panies, and gives Aldrich the power to
kill every measure contrary to the ne
farious interests of Standard Oil. It is
a cunningly wrought device to give the
privileged interests control of the Gov
ernment and keep them in control. It
is an Ingenious artifice to nullify the
Constitution of the United States.
The Constitution gives every state
equal representation in the Senate and
provides that no state shall be deprived
of such equal representation without Its
.own; consent. Senatorial courtesy nulli
fies this constitutional guarantee in
two' ways. In the first place. It puts
the control of legislation iu the hands of
certain star chamber committees. Each
of these committees Is presided over by
an adroit attorney of the trusts who
says absolutely what measures shall
come before the Senate and what ones
shafl secretly perish. Thus Aldrich
has It in his power to kill the bill to
make denatured alcohol free. The
tyranny of one-man power was never
more flagrantly and more ruinously dis
played than it is in the Senate by the
device of Senatorial courtesy. The voice
of every state may be ruthlessly
smothered, and Its equal representation
na.de a mockery. In the second place
Senatorial courtesy disfranchises a
state which sends a new man to the
Senate, especially if he is displeasing to
the monopolistic ring. It is not true
that no new man can be Influential in
the Senate. Knox is a new man and
he has been received with open arms
by the corporation crowd and advanced
without delay to the foremost place in
their counsels. One would think from
his prominence that he had been a
member as long as Aldrich. Piatt, or
any other of the railroad and trust at
torneys, while In reality he has only been
in the Senate a short time. It i a rule
of Senatorial courtesy, however, that a
new member shall be put down and
suppressed, and it Is ruthlessly enforced
when, like La Follette, he is persona
non grata to the trusts. Thus a state
which dares send to the Senate a man
who represents the people's side on the
great living issues of the day loses its
representation to all Intents and pur
poses unless he has a character so
strong and determination so resolute
that he will fight his way to the front.
La Follette is such a man. He has
victoriously fought the privileged cor
porations in his own state for many
years, winning one triumph after an
other for the common people against a
combination of forces powerful, persist
ant and unscrupulous. Sagacious, elo
quent and unflinchingly courageous, his
loyalty to the public interest has never
faltered or swerved and the people of
Wisconsin sent him to the Senate to
carry on there the work which he be
gan so well at home. Forthwith all the
servile cohorts of monopoly arrayed
themselves against him.
The contest between La Follette and
the corporation ring in the Senate is not
between one man and a code of outworn
precedent and pernicious custom. It Is
between the i corrupt interests which
have hitherto t controlled the Govern
ment and the people of a great state,
who are determined to secure their
rightful representation in the Upper
House of Congress. The attacks on La
Follette are insidiously made upon the
people of Wisconsin, whom the corpora
tions wish 'to punish for sending such
a man to the Senate. The efforts to
suppress and ignore'hlm are "in reality
efforts to exclude -Wisconsin from the
American Union in punishment for her
audacity. The exodus of Senators
when he rose to speak was partly the
natural effect of guilty consciences
i upon those who fled and partly intended
to show contempt for the people of a
great commonwealth which has revolted
from the rule of special privilege and
compelled the monopolies to bow their
arrogant heads to the law. The cor
poration attorneys in the Senate de
clined to listen to Robert La Follette;
the American people listened and ap
plauded. The Senate is not the fountain
of honor in this country, nor can its
mandate condemn a public servant to
obscurity. The Nation whose rights he
has championed will remember and re
ward him. :
SOL SIMPSON, LOGGER.
Sol Simpson, logger, died in Seattle)
last Wednesday, leaving a wide circle
of business and social friends to mourn
his loss. The business of logging has
never been credited with the same de
gree of importance as some other call
ings in which men engage. There have
been loggers on Puget Sound for more
than half a century, just as there
have been on the Columbia River and
In British Columbia. But Sol Simpson
was not an ordinary logger. He was
one of those rare captains of Industry
who prove by their life-work that,
while all men are created free and
equal,' a few of them, by individual
effort and energy, soon dissolve the
bonds of equality. Early environment
and opportunity caused Mr. Simpson
to drift into a line of industrial effort
where brawn and brains were alike
necessary to success. The rare execu
tive ability and financial acumen that
developed in Mr. Simpson later in life
is proof positive that equal success
would have followed his efforts in al
most any financial or commercial line
on which he might have started.
Beginning as a common laborer on
the railroad grade, Mr. if impson saved
his meager wages, and through his
great industry and ability to grasp the
essential features or the most ordinary
task allotted him, was soon In a posi
tion to undertake sub-contracting on a
small scale. From that he moved on
up the scale until In the railroad build
ing era of the "seventies" he held a
number of Important contracts on the
Southern Pacific. With the decline of
the railroad building, he went to Seat
tle and engaged In the business of gen
eral contracting, but finding an insuffi
ciency of that class of work, turned to
logging, a business in which for more
than twenty-five years he has stood at
the head. Beginning with a handful of
men, half a dozen oxen and a' few
chains, the Simpson Logging Company
developed into an enterprise which now
employs BOO men, owns many miles of
Tailroad with numerous engines and
cars, and annually puts in the water
more than 100.000,000 feet of logs.
A business cannot grow from noth
ing into such magnitude without the
controlling Influence of a master mind,
and until the foundation for his suc
cess had been firmly placed, Mr. Simp
son remained in the woods with his
men and oxen, directing every move
ment. He reduced the work of trans
porting merchantable timber from the
forest to the mill to a science, and
while less enterprising lbggers were
still engaged in hand-logging pr using
oxen, Simpson had Installed the donkey
engine, the logging railroad and other
up-to-date equipment. The world pays
tribute to industrial genius, and in due
season, by strict attention- to his work,
Sol Simpson, logger, accumulated more
money than he needed In his -work. He
bought steamboats and steamships,
and became heavily Interested in num
erous banks on Puget Sound. Here in
Portland the steamship Oregon had
been lying Idle for months, badly In
need of repairs, which her owners would
not make, because they were unable
to discover a route on which she could
make money. Regarding her m this
unfavorable light, they sold her cheap,
and her purchaser, Sol Simpson, log
ger, repaired her and placed her on the
Alaska route, wliere, on her first trip,
she made enough profit .to pay for her
purchase price and the cost of repairs,
and on her second trip added more than
$50,000 to the Simpson bank account.
No preference was shown Mr. Simp-'
son In the Oregon deal, and. his success
was not due to luck. There were
plenty of other men who had more
money and knew more about steam
ships than Simpson did, but the same
keen Judgment which had made all of
his ventures so successful disclosed to
him an opportunity not discernible to
others less gifted or more timid. The
death of a staunch, rugged industrial
expert like Mr. Simpson Is a distinct
loss to the country where he is best
known. As an example to the "youth on
whom fate has not beamed kindly in
the matter of birth or environment, the
life of Sol Simpson, logger, stands forth
bright, exhilarating and worthy of
emulation. '
HOW ABOUT CHAMBERLAIN?
Driven to desperation by the mani
fest failure of their attack upon Dr.
James Withycombe because of the place
of his birth, the Democratic campaign
managers are endeavoring to abandon
that issue and raise another. They have
found that the people of Oregon will
not be misled or prejudiced by vehe
ment protestations against the Repub
licans giving one place on their ticket
to a man who came to Oregon from a
foreign country and spent 35 years of
his life aiding in Its development. Dis
couraged In their efforts to force an
issue in this narrow fashion, they have
sprung a new issue, narrower still, if
possible, and on a lower plane. With
glaring headlines they proclaim that
Dr. Withycombe has held two offices
in Oregon,-one paying a salary of 11000
to $1500 a year, and the other a salary
of $2000. Because Withycombe came to
I Oregon In 1871. and was appointed to a
$1000-a-year office in 18S9, and filled
that and one other office since, they
protest that he is unworthy to be elect
ed Governor. Now, let us remember
that this is a Democratic issue, which
Chamberlain's friends deem important,
and let us see to what it leads.
The Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor came to Oregon in 1876, and in
less than four years was a candidate
for the Legislature in Linn County.
The people raised no objection to his
time of residence or the place of his
birth, but elected him. Two years after
his term in the Legislature ended he
became a candidate for District Attor
ney in the Third Judicial District, and
was elected. His compensation, under
the then existing fee system, amounted
to about $3000 a year. He served nearly
four years as Attorney-General at a
salary of $3000 a year, two and a half
years as District Attorney in Multno
mah County at a salary of $4000 a year,
and three and a half years as Governor,
receiving a salary and perquisites
amounting to over $4360 a year. It will
thus be seen that the Democratic can
didate for Governor has received from
the public in Oregon In the neighbor
hood of $42,000 for hi services, while
the" Republican nominee has received
$28,000, of which sum $16,000 was from
the Federal Government. In proportion
to the length of time they have been in
the state the re Is little difference in the
length of time they have been in public
service. Now, what have the Demo
cratic campaign managers gained by
raising an objection to Dr. Withycombe
upon the ground that he has been
upon the pay rolls of the state and
Government? If the Republican nomi
nee is objectionable upon this ground,
he is less so than the Democratic nom
inee. But it is to-be regretted that the
leaders of Oregon Democracy choose to
pursue such childish methods in a con
test for the Governorship of the state.
The Republicans have desired to con
duct their campaign upon a higher
level, assuming, for the sake of argu
ment, that each of the nominees is a
man of good character and fitness for
the office, but insisting that one stands
for Republican principles and policies
while the other Is for Democratic
'principles and policies, and that the
people should make their choice ac
cordingly. As experience has shown in
the last three years, the election of a
Democratic Governor means the ap
pointment of Democrats to fill vacan
cies and the aid of Democrats to secure
election. The election of Democrats to
office constitutes a Democratic victory.
If this is not a party contest, and if
party lines should be ignored, as Dem
ocrats insist they should be, why did
Chamberlain and Gearin and others
seek nomination in Democratic pri
maries when they could, with less
trouble and expense, go upon the ballot
as non-partisan candidates? This is a
contest between parties and the Demo
crats know It is, but they seek to con
ceal the issue by resort to petty meth
ods, beneath the dignity of fuil-grown
men.
INDIFFERENCE NOT IN EVIDENCE.
"Who," asks the Boston Globe, "can
explain the psychology of this indiffer
ence on our part to the Southern mar
kets in an age when the nations are
hunting for commerce with 12-inch
guns in every remote corner of the un
civilized world?" The Globe has ap
parently been reading some of the ship
subsidy literature prepared by the
deep-sea experts at Cleveland, Ohio,
and Wichita, Kansas. Otherwise it
would know that there is no "Indiffer
ence" on our part to the South Ameri
can trade. -Quite the contrary, there is
so much interest shown that our trade
with the Southern markets Is increas
ing more rapidly than that of any
other nation. (See official statistics,
Department of Commerce and Labor.)
Naturally, it is not yet equal In volume
to that of Great Britain.
When we offer our Southern neigh
bors a market for their wheat, corn,
stock, wool, etc., in the United States,
our trade with them will surpass that
of the European countries. Just at
present, however, strange as it may
seem to those who bewail our alleged
small trade with South America, we
are engaged in selling Instead of buy
ing those commodities, and the South
Americans naturally trade with the
people who trade with them. It is
hardly probable that the free admission
into this country of Argentine wheat,
corn, flax, wool, hides, etc., would meet
with the approval of the hide-bound
protectionists who are to be found in
considerable numbers in the ranks of
the ship-subsidy seekers.
All of this hullabaloo about the
United States falling to secure a proper
share of the Southern trade is raised
by the friends of the ship-subsidy for
the purpose of diverting attention from
the real issue in the case. There are
plenty of steamers plying between the
United States and South American
ports to handle all of the business that
can be obtained. There will be more
steamers as the business grows. There
are more steamers now plying out of
European ports for South America than
there are out of American ports, simply
because Europe is forced to buy' in
Immense quantities products which are
grown in South America, but which the
United States produces in such enor
mous quantities that Instead of as buy
ers", we appear in the world's markets
as sellers.
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress from Western States should vig
orously protest against the effort that
is-being made by Southern State to
secure a part of the reclamation fund
for the drainage at swamps. This fund
was derived from the proceeds of sales
of public lands In Western States, and
the purpose was to expend the money
in the several states in proportion to
the amount of money received from
each, state in the sale of land. Now
comes Virginia, which never contribut
ed a dollar to the fund, and asks for
12,000.000 for the drainage of a swamp
In that state. To appropriate thej
money desired would be a rank in
justice, which it may be hoped would
receive the disapproval of the Presi
dent. The first move In the direction
of using the reclamation fund in drain
age work was made by Hansbrough,
of North Dakota, who had a Just claim
upon the fund by reason of his state
having contributed to it. The chief
objection to his request for an appro
priation was that the money was to be
used for the drainage of private and
not public lands. The Virginia demand
upon the fund Is absolutely without any
merit whatever.
Those residents of Portland and other
parts of the Willamette Valley who do
not attend the Development League
convention at Coos Bay May 22 and 23
will not remain away because of a fear
of cool reception. Coos Bay hospitality
is known all over Western Oregon, and
the people of this and other parts of the
state had a demonstration of Its liber
ality last Summer at the Lewis and
Clark Fair. Not many, however, can
leave their business affairs and make
the trip to Coos County to attend the
convention. Those who cannot go will
regret that they must remain away.
Those who go will have an enjoyable
and profitable time. The Willamette
Valley is interested in the development
of the coast country, and in the estab
lishment of closer relations therewith.
With pleasure the representative citi
zens of the Valley will visit the Coos
Bay region, meet and confer with its
people, learn more about its resources
and aid In promoting Its welfare.
"For whatever wrong he did Mitch
ell's sister he paid the penalty in the
penitentiary, and Mitchell had no right,
after Creffleld left the penitentiary, to
decide that any additional penalty
should be exacted." Thus reasons
King County's Prosecuting Attorney,
who will endeavor to secure the con-,
viction of the vman who killed "Holy
Roller" Creffleld. The desire of Mr.
Mackintosh to uphold the dignity of the
law and punish all offenders is com
mendable. He should consider, how
ever, that the intense public sentiment
in favor of Mitchell at this time is ,due
to the fact that the penalty was im
measurably Inadequate to the crime.
There was also nothing to warrant the
belief that a heavier penalty would be
Inflicted in case the law again took Its
course. Perhaps Mr. Mackintosh has
no sisters, and is accordingly unable to
understand how great a penalty was
due the dead Holy Roller.
"Path Is Blocked O. "R. & N. Holds
Property that Hill Line Needs." The
foregoing caption appeared over a Van
couver dispatch in yesterday's Ore-
gonlan, and by the text of, the article
which followed, it was quite clear that
Mr. Harriman had been rolling some
large-sized boulders In the way of his
rival, Mr. Hill. Indignation that such
things could be was softened a little,
however, by the caption over a Seattle
dispatch which appeared on the next
page, reading as follows: "Hill Hand
Is Exposed Endeavoring to Shut Har
riman Out of Seattle." The story which
followed made It reasonably clear that
even If Mr. Harriman might be pur
suing obstructive tactics In one part of
the State of Washington, Mr. Hill was
making a very good bluff at retalia
tion In another part of the state.
Finding a rifle leaning against the
side of a barn, a 16-year-old lad at
Boise, Idaho, pointed the weapon at his
6-year-old brother and pulled the trig
ger. The bullet passed through the
younger boy's head. And where shall
the blame be placed? Censure Justly
falls not only upon the 16-year-old boy,
who should have known better, and
upon the man who, with criminal care
lessness, left the loaded rifle standing
there, but also upon those countless
men and boys who habitually handle
firearms without caution and breed a
spirit of recklessness that must from
time to time bring down Its Innocent
victims. Someone should have the
courage to enforce fearlessly that stat
ute which makes It a misdemeanor to
point a firearm at another.
The San Francisco Daily News boasts
of being the only daily paper in the
Golden Gate city to print extras on the
day of the earthquake, and the only
one that has resumed publication In
that city. While this achievement may
be good! cause for felicitation and con
gratulation, there is no occasion for un
favorable comparisons. It was no dis
grace to be put out of business by such
a catastrophe as that which befell the
people of San Francisco, and no dis
credit to be unable to return immedi
ately to operations at the old stand.
The large papers, with their colossal
buildings and Immense printing plants,
were the ones that suffered the heaviest
damage, least easily overcome.
Today and tomorrow will end regis
tration of voters prior to the June elec
tion; The County Clerk's office will be
open this evening until 9 o'clock, but
tomorrow the registration books must
be closed promptly at 6 o'clock. Every
qualified person should deem It not only
his duty but his privilege to vote, and
consequently his duty to register. It
Is at the ballot box that the will of
the people is made known, and In order
that the expression may be full and
free, every citizen should cast a ballot.
Intelligently marked. Make It your
business to register today if you have
not done so already.
Oregon Democrats have been making
capital all over the state out of an
alleged statement by President Roose
velt that he believed the re-election of
Governor Chamberlain would be a good
thing. "An unqualified falsehood," is
the expression used in a letter that
comes from the White House when this
claim was brought to the President's
attention. The incident merely serves
to show the extremities to which the
Democrats are driven, and to discredit
all the other claims they are making,
based upon -supposed friendship for
Roosevelt.
Yesterday's rain, which may be con
tinued today, will mean thousands of
dollars to Oregon farmers, through im
proved crop conditions. Spring grain
and garden vegetables will be chiefly
benefited, and the Valley strawberry
crop will show appreciation by a larger
yield than would otherwise be had.
" CARTERET IS BORN AGAIX.
Amid Rejolrlng, Xetr Jersey Village
. Is Rechrlatened Roosevelt.
New York World.
Keep your eye on Carteret. N. J. It Is
the gamest. most independent town on
the map. Even though it has Just been
reorganized as the borough of Roosevelt i
amid great rejoicing, the old name of
Carteret will not fail. As for the people
of Roosevelt which, of course. ' includes
Chrome and a generous slice of Wood
bridge you can't even tie 'em, much less
beat 'em.
The making over of Carteret into the
borough of Roosevelt has been a long
and difficult Job, but these devoted souls
do not know how to flinch. When the
project came up before the Legislature
at Trenton last Winter certain envious
ones from Woodbridge declared that
Carteret couldn't pull out of their town
ship, because they owed $5000 as their
share of the sewerage debt.
I II pay $2500 of that," one Carteret
citizen offered promptly.
And I'll pay the other $2bO0." said an
other.
That squelched the opposition for a
while, but presently another objector
popped up.
"How about the $4000 balance you owe
on the new public schoolhouse?"
w e 11 take care of that, too, respond
ed the citizens of Carteret. .
This did not by any means kill the op
position. But the Cartereters fought so
hard and so long that the Legislature
at last passed an enabling act which per
mitted Carteret, Chrome and the big
slice of Woodbridge to hold a meeting
to decide upon the matter of forming
themselves into the independent borough
of Roosevelt.
To say that great excitement prevailed
gives only a faint and shadowy idea of
the thrills that ran through the populace
from Casey's Creek around to the Rail
way River and so on to the Kill van
Kull. Carteret proper Is on a broad,
low, green hill at the north end of this
tract and Chrome on a similar hill at
the south end, while an expansive green
meadow stretches between. Dotted over
it on the Kill van Kull shore are steel
works, copper smelting works and phos
phate factories which also smelt.
The lower end of Carteret had been
since the beginning Included In the town
shin of Woodbridge. paying a -very heavy
share of the taxes and getting very little
in return. Politicians forgot all about
the lines dividing Democrat from Re
publican, and all worked together for the
establishment of the new borough of
Roosevelt. Joseph A. Hermann, a Re
publican, was at the head of the com
mittee, but all the members worked as
hard as he did for Roosevelt the bor
ough.
The election was held in the borougn
hall over the village lock-up. Even the
prisoners rooted for the success of
Roosevelt. ' They'd rather be locked up
In the borough of Roosevelt than run at
large in the township of Woodbridge.
Five hundred and flfty-nve voters were
registered, but only 3S1 voted. Of these,
four were so eager and excited that they
Just jammed their ballots into the box
without stopping to mark tnem lor or
"against," so these four ballots were
thrown out as defective. The result of
the election was:
For Roosevelt, 376. .
Against Roosevelt, 1.
Great riODles of Joy ran riot through
out the new borough of Roosevelt. Staid
and elderly men capered nimbly on the
sward and yelled with the rest of. the
boys. The women clapped their hands
and waved their handkerchiefs. Little
children added their slsrill cheers to the
tumult. Excited citizens burned red fire
on every corner and the new Dorougn or
Roosevelt was one big blob ot throb
bing crimson glare.
Goulds Are All Hardy Athletes.
New York Times,
fieora-e J. Gould Is a Arm believer in
snorts. He is not only an expert polo
and tennis player himself, but is deter
mined that his sons snail oe atnieres.
Years ago Mr. Gould laid out plans for
the bringing up of his family. So- suc
cessful have these plans worked out that
his two eldest sons are rated among the
best polo players of the country. The
second son, jay, aitnougn out i yearn
old Is the champion court tennis player
of the United States, and is now in Eng
land competing with the English cham
pions. Tt wan not accident, DUt aesign, mat
made the two Gould boys sturdy ath
letes. Neither of them is really robust.
but they have constitutions hardened by
open air exercise. At his country home,
at Lakewood. George J. liouio. taugni
his boys how' to swim and ride as soon
as they were able to do so In safety.
The best instructors were engaged, and
the father set the example himself.
By the time the eldest boy, Kingdon,
was 16, his brother, Jay, being one year
younger, the lads were classed among
the best polo players In the country, In
addition to being expert cross country
riders. With their father and Benjamin
NIchol they appeared on the polo field
and held their own with the veterans of
the game.
The appearance of any prominent Eu
ropean expert in sports in New York
meant one or more visits to Lakewood.
Kingdon Gould, although older than his
brother. Jay, is not as good a tennis
and racquet player as the national cham
pion but he is a superior polo player
to his brother. The pair are about equal
at cross country riding. In their sports
the young men are Joined by the sister,
Marjorte, who is an expert horsewoman.
The other Gould children are being
brought up on similar lines.
Standard Oil Rogers in Angel Role.
New York World.
Henry H. Rogers, who fs now practical
ly the head of the Standard Oil corpora
tion, was at his office at 26 Broadway all
day yesterday. He refused to see report
ers, but this story was told in Wall street
apparently upon good authority.
When the copy of the President's mes
sage was first obtained at 28 Broadway it
was sent to Mr. Rogers office. Mr. Rog
ers' son, Henry H. Rogers, Jr., was In the
office, and upon him devolved the duty of
reading the document to his lather. When
the ycung man came to the paragraph
which stated that the Standard Oil Com
pany had been obtaining $750,000 a year
through secret rebates on a total business
of 23.000,000 barrels of refined oil, each
containing 50 gallons, Mr. Rogers figured
out that this was less than a mill a gallon
in rebates.
"Why, Harry," remarked Mr. Rogers,
"that is not even petty larceny. I am
ashamedeof our innocence.
First In.
He had not led a conquering clan.
He bad not whipped another "man."
He had not vanquished In a row.
He had not "faced" the old red cow;
He had not fought a pirate ahip
But, oh, what pride curled in his Hp,
And. oh, what triumph filled hla eye
A other klda he aauntered by I
He had not been elected to
The Senate, but he gazed t you
With such a haughty air of (trace
You might have thought he'd won the race
For President, or that, at least.
He'd met and slain some tawny beast.
Some hairy monster of the wood.
And, like an olden knight, "made good."
He had not faced a foreign foe .
And laid the enemy In woe;
He had not found the first bird's nest
And crammed the eggs Into hie vest;
He had not seen a melon patch,
Sana fence or hedges, bolt or latch.
And yet a victory hid within
The broad expansion of his grin.
He had not robbed a cherry tree.
He had not set a nation free;
He had not beat the rival nine
But, oh, how straight he held his spine.
And, oh, how htjrh he tread the air
And made the other fellows stare.
And made the little girls he knew
Bow down unto their Roderick hu!
The freckles on his nose were taut.
Hie checks with sunburn glory fraught,
Hla shirt ripped h!f wy up the back,
His breeches showed material lark;
His hair, unkempt, a tousled sight.
Glowed hatless in the morning light;
But. oh. what difference to him
He'd been the first boy in the swim! -
TWO ROCKEFELLERS SWEAT.
Had to Carry Conl and Water to Get
si NUtht'a Lodging.
Great Barrington (Mass.) Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
The beautiful village of Sheffield that
snuggles among the Berkshire hills half a
dozen miles south of here, has found out
it has & special claim to distinction.
Friday night two weeks ago John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.. and his cousin. Percy
Rockefeller, rode into Sheffield mounted
on mustang ponies and accompanied by
a groom who drove a light wagon, which
carried the baggage of the party. They
were on the way from New York to
Plttsfleld, where the Aero Club was
scheduled to hold a balloon ascension on
the next day.- They had been riding
since early morning and were tired. Sup-'
pers and bed were matters of prime im
portance to tnem, and a native directed
them to the Elmhurst, a summer hotel.
At the Elmhurst the cousins made
known their wants. ,
"Can't take you," was the sum of the
information vouchsafed.
"The hotel ain't open, and won't be for
a month."
"No: we are not fixed here to give you
any supper; there ain't a spare bed in
the place."
"Don't know; you might try Will
French's."
The hungry equestrians turned away
and hunted up Willard D. French. Board
ers sometimes are taken in summer at
French's, but there was nothing doing.
There were no accommodations, and tt
made no difference when the strangers
offered to pay liberally. Possibly they
might find something to eat and beds at
Miss Hattie Smith's, they were told. So.
with little hope, before setting their tired
horses upon the long six miles to Great
Harrington the travelers sought out the
residence of Miss Smith.
There is no quainter old mansion in
the whole of Berkshire County than Miss
Hattie Smith's; no better cook nor
kindlier soul than its mistress. Gently
the stranded multimillionaires knocked
at her door, and humbly begged for shel
ter and food for themselves, man and
beasts.
"They seemed real nice young men,"
eald Miss Smith, afterward. "I didn't
have the heart to turn them away. You
could tell to look at them that they were
most starved, so I let them come in. I
do take some boarders now and then,
but they must let me know ahead or
else come at a civilized hour, and if those
young men hadn't been pretty polite I
wouldn't have taken them. But they
were Just as nice as they could be.
"To tell you the truth, though. I sort
of susplcioned they were young chaps on
some kind of lark, and it wouldn't have
surprised me much if they had paid me in
promises the next day. So when one of
them, the oldest one. offered to get me a
scuttle of coal I Just let him and I let
him put It on the fire, too. Then I wanted
some fresh water for the teakettle, and
the other one drew It. They didn't make
a mite of fuss about anything, but Just
ate what I gave them as if it was the
best supper they ever had tasted, and
went oft to bed like a couple of 12-year-olds.
"Next morning after breakfast they
wanted to kpow if there was anyone
near by that took photographs; said they
wanted a view of the house. I sent for
Miss Carrie Smith and she took a couple
of negatives with her camera. Then the
oldest of the young men handed me his
card and asked me to have the prints
forwarded to him In New York. You
could have knocked me down with a
feather when I saw the name of John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. Then he Introduced
Percy.
"They paid my regular charges for sup
pers, lodgings and breakfasts, and in
sisted on my taking a $10 bill besides.
No, I never told them I'd had a notion
they wouldn't be able to pay their bills.
"I've heard a good deal about those
Rockefellers being such dreadful folks,
but I don't believe it, do you?"
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., and his cousin
Percy are the same age 29. The more
strenuous life of John D., Jr., caused his
health to give way and he aged more
Tapidly than his cousin. This may ac
count for the Berkshire hostess taking
one of her guests for the "oldest."
Mining; Camp Critic on Drama.
The Lamar, Col., Sparks.
The Roman populace, consisting ot
"Joe" Fowler and "Tommy" Hughes,
made the best hit of the evening because
it kept still. The curtain was unused to
heavy tragedy, having been raised on a
diet of minstrelsy and farce comedy, and
it balked aj. frequent intervals, spoiling
what were intended to be impressive
scenes. Owing to this Innate depravity
on the part of the drop the audience was
given an opportunity to see the remains
of Julius Caesar, which reposed impas
sively on a bier while Marc Antony
was inflaming the minds of Fowler and
Hughes against Brutus and Casslus.
Jump from their resting place and light
a cigarette. This addition to the regular
bill was hilariously received by the small
boys In the audience, and partially com
pensated them for .the disappointment
they felt when Brutus failed to introduce
any local gags and Calpurnla and Portia
omitted the usual skirt dances and high
kicking specialties.
The Western slope papers, which com
mended Mr. Dodge's Shakepearean ef
forts, will have much to answer for at
the final accounting. . . . What the
theater-goers here want is plenty of slap
stick comedy. Interspersed with whirling
lingerie and anatomical flashes.
But He's Not the First One,
Baltimore Sun.
An Ohio lawyer named Washenheimer
has started out to break up the Standard
Oil combine.
JUST A SMALL DETAIL OF BUSINESS
rK firry v
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
IT 18 SATD THAT THE MONTAXA SENATORS HIP WAS IXCLtDED IX THE
PRICE PAID FOR PEACE BY THE AMALGAMATED COPrER COMPANY.
IX THE OH EGOS COUNTRY;
Easily Caught Again.
Castle Rock Advocate.
It begins to look as though even a
divorce would not prove an antidote
for marriage.
No Effect on Business.
Argus.
Born, in Ontario, April IS. to the
wife of Amos Johnson, a daughter, and
notwithstanding the fact that Amos is
all swelled up, the price of a shave re
mains the same.
Hey, There!
Nyssa News.
If the gentleman whose team somewhat
dismantled the rear of our premises,
while making a hasty move for their
oats, will kindly replace rame he will
receive the pencil pusher's 'heartfelt
thanks.
Can't Be Done.
Union Republican.
Gus Bachmann pulled out for the
promised land, just over the range,
tnls week. Other men have followed
this will-o'-the-wisp during their lives
and never found what they were look
ing for. When all is said and done, old
Oregon Is hard to beat.
Too Smooth for Him.
Elgin Recorder.
William Arnold, who has been swing
ing the lines over a six-horse stags
team for a long time goodness knows
how many years took a ride In the
automobile the other evening. "Bill"
says the thing runs mighty darned
smooth but he prefers driving stage.
May Have Known Him.
Hood River Glacier.
A man In a Washington town, who
secured a wife through a matrimonial
agency, it is reported, is trying to se
cure a divorce. Just another instance
of finding that mall-order bargains are
not Just as represented, and that a
much better grade of the same article
could have been secured at home.
Proper Booster.
Joseph Herald.
David DigglnR, who spent the Win
ter visiting relatives in Weston and
elsewhere, returned to Joseph Thurs
day. Mr. Dlggins claims that Wallowa
Valley Is away ahead of any other sec
tion in Oregon both in climate and
productiveness. He' says we produce
twice as much per acre as they do on
the other side of the Cascades.
Idaho Honors a Pioneer.
The new town to be established two
miles west of Denver at the Telcher place
on Camas Prairie, along the line of the
Culdesac-Grangeville branch of the
Northern Pacific now being constructed,
will be known as Fenn, in honor of the
late S. S. Fenn, who was a highly es
teemed Idaho pioneer and served as a
delegate in Congress when the "Gem of
the Mountains" was a territory. He was
prominent in the public affairs of the
state and a man of sterling worth.
New Thing Up There.
Joseph Herald.
Next Week, L. E. Cavtness. one of the
most prosperous ranchers in the Prai
rie Creek section, intends to commence
the erection of a new barn, which he
claims will lay over anything in the
valley. The barn will be a frame struc
ture, octagon in shape, 200 feet in cir
cumference, with a stone foundation,
14 leet from sills to eaves and will
contain over 100,000 feet of lumber. It
will have room for 82 head of stock.
150 tons of hay and 2000 bushels of
oats.
Head It Off.
Garfield Enterprise. .
One day last week we saw a cloud of
dust sweeping past our office. Mixed
with the dust was a good-sized calf
ruining at splendid speed, and on
horseback Colonel Duling was coming
a rattling good second. The calf had
broken away from a herd of cattle and
wanted to go home. Mr. Duling wanted to
head it off and in time he did. The
incident furnished us with the thought
that the man who does the most com
plaining about the harness of this old
world is usually the one who sits in
Idleness when he should be up and do
ing things. If success does not come
your way don't complain, . but go
around and head it off like Duling did
the calf.
Bnrglary In Wallowa.
Bowen Clark in Enterprise Chieftain.
I was told yesterday that Mr. Flan
ary, who had the money belonging to
the church society on Swamp Creek
in' his possession, had been robbed. The
party told that Mr. Flanary had $6) of
this money and that a "burglar" broke
in and stole $25 of It, There are a few
little scraps of evidence upon which
we hope to be able to track him up and
catch him. It Is a sure thing that this
burglar is a Socialist, for a Democrat
or a Republican would "nave taken all
of the money, but this man was so
careful not to overstep the lino be
tween honesty and dishonesty, that he
failed to take quite all of the one-half
which, of course, rightfully belonged
to him. I think he will come back in a
few days to divide that money again
and right then I believe Flanary is
going to "nab him." Now I have no in
terest in the money or the church. I
merely want that burglar, we may not
catch him in time to use him this year
but "honesty" of that quality will keep
and In 1908 we can easily find a place
for him.