THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1907.
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PORTLAND. TUESDAY, DEC. 17. 1907.
THE HASTE TO BE RICH.
While we are censuring those who
have overstrained credit In great
ways, and who by excess of speculation
brought on the crisis in financial cir
cles a while ago, let us not forget that
the general extravagance of the peo
ple, in their ways of living, was a con
tributory cause. And apowerful one.
All felt they were growing rich Tast
all felt that way who had any credit,
or who could get It. Their property
and their prospects were Improving so
rapidly they felt they could indulge
their hope of getting rich. So they
made investments some in one direc
tion, some in another. An attendant
consequence was extravagance in liv
ing. The old furniture was. sold and
modern furniture was substituted.
There were finer weddings. The even
ing parties were become what the
French call "en regie" and "recher
che." On dress there was splendid
expenditure. The table ware had to
be the finest. Nobody could go about
In old clothes, or In clothes of old cut
or of old material. Most people
earned some , money, but they had
credit beyond their earnings. Growth
of values In city lots, and expectation
of growth of values in farm lands,
and tlmber'lands, and mines to.be de
veloped, and herds and flocks yet to
be brought into being, and In stocks
and bonds to be supported by the labor
of others you , will observe the' man
who was getting rich fastest ' wasn't
working much himself, but had access
to the easy money deposited with such
establishments as the Moore and Thor
burn Ross banks satisfied everybody
for a time; but again, as always here
tofore, the foundation was giddy and
unsure. The Assessor, however,
caught the fever. Why shouldn't he?
It was in the .lr. He doubled, trebled,
quadrupled and quintupled the value
of all property, rapidly. Government
In all its branches, municipal, county
and state, caught the new spirit of
quick and easy riches. But after a
while somebody began to doubt, and
soon communicated the doubt to his
neighbor. This unlimited prosperity
was to be measured In limited money.
Strange It hadn't been thought of
sooner, put the spirit of the times
makes a people, as a people is made
by the spirit of the times. It goes on
finely for a time, till pessimism tells
you, and makes you hear It, that you
must work for what you get. Then
there is a panic, and we begin to find
again, perhaps for tho thousandth
time, that we are treading on "air and
are but the moving pictures of a show.
It is true, and too true, that a multi
tude of honest, frugal, hard-working
people are the dupes of this business.
They apply themselves with intense
earnestness to humble Industry. They
practice self-denial and save every dol
lar, and even every dime, they can. The
multitude of them Is so great that the
sum of their savings Is Immense.
Wishing their savings to be secure, and
at the same time to be earning some
thing, they yield to the offers and ac
cept the promises of persons who en
page to hold their money and pay
them a return upon it. Usually these
.offers .and promises are associated with
the names of men believed or known
to be responsible; but often there Is
found to be a juggle in It, and the
men supposed to be responsible, on the
full disclosure of affairs, are not there.
This happens, over and over. In every
community. Portland, during many
years, has had lessons of the kind,
lessons written in losses followed by
tears and want and sad destitution
losses never made good. How many
more lessons of the kind will be neces
sary here? We trust not many more.
This whole scheme of things has a
tendency to separate wealth from
those who earn it, and to bestow it on
those who actually earn nothing. The
remedy is with the humble workers,
with them alone. When they have
money which they wish to be safely
kept, they should be careful how they
intrust it to those who are most eager
to get it and willing to pay most for It.
Men of this sort have nothing of their
own to lose; and of course are willing
to take all chances with the money of
others. Safe borrowing and safe
lending depends on character, as well
as on tangible security. Banking es
pecially Is character. There are sound
mercantile banks and sound savings
banks. But It requires discernment,
when you come to select those with
which you are to deal. On the whole
It is excellent to do your own business;
as far as you can. .The industrious
person or family will often have
money to invest. Better put It Into
land and. wait slow- growth, or Into
bonds that pay very small Interest, yet
for that reason are sure, than
to lend It to those who offer
higher interest, yet use the money
for. plunges into speculation. . All
the interests of a progressive soci
ety are best cared for when the money
earned is kept in the hands of the
earners. We have steady growth then,
and sure; few abortive undertakings,
and escape the recurrence of financial
disaster.
OREGON'S DEMESNES.
Representative' Fulton, of Oklahoma,
brother of Senator Fulton, of Oregon,
has submitted, by bill offered In Con
gress, his plan for National Initiative
and referendum. It is to be degjred
that Mr. U"Ren, of Oregon, original
proprietor and patentee of. this system
for the United States,, might look Into
this bill and see If lt;s all right. We
want ho Cheap John imitations. Noth
ing but the name of Dr. URen, blown
In the bottle, will assure us. We spit
out all quack nostrums.
The proposal Involves the necessity
of an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States. And yet that
shouldn't be necessary. The people
ought to have what they want and all
they want, and that at once; maugre
all constitutions.
We confess, in tlie name of Oregon,
to a little pique and Jealousy on this
proposition. Why should Oklahoma,
merely a new state, cut Oregon out by
this Intrusion? Oregon has been near
ly fifty years a state. The initiative
and the referendum sure'ly belonged to
Oregon. But for Oregon's initiative
Oklahoma never would have heard of
the referendum. . . ' ..' r.
Well, we must stan9 it, we suppose;
and Oklahoma will steal this honor
from Oregon, and will bear the name
forever, Just as Amerigo Vespucci got
for himself the name of the Western
Hemisphere away from Christopher
Columbus. It Is one more instance of
"slc'vos non vobis." Alas, and alack,
and well-a-day! . . , .
We are trying to get to a statement
of the propositio t of Representative
Fulton, of Oklahoma;- but it's hard to
overcome the indignation which all
Oregon must feel upon finding herself
a back number In fhls illustrious un
dertaking Oregon, the true home o
the referendum, the proprietor of the
idea, now despoiled of it and forced as
It were to take a back seat, while the
newest of the states carries off the
glory.
The Oregonian feels, indeed, like
postponing the effort to another day,
when its feelings might be calmer.
But then It observes that Representa
tive Fulton also proposes a section for
an amendment providing for recall' of
members of Congress whom the people
may not like; and this pacifies it a lit
tle. Could this be adopted we should
feel It was some compensation.
We were Just going to give the text
of Representative Fulton's i-roposal
for the amendment, when It occurred
to us again that the slow-moving older
states might perhaps I.old back the
amendment and yet give Oregon a
chance to assert her claims. There
ought to be fairness somewhere in" this
great country of ours; 'so that Oregon
might take the lead on the proposition
that "eight per cent of voters of not
less than fifteen of the states shall
have the power to propose by petition
any legislation, a;.d 10 per cent of not
less than fifteen of the states shall
have the power to .propose amend-'
ments to the Constitution, and 6 per
cent of not less than fifteen of the
states shall have-thj power to exer
cise the referendum by means of peti
tions." - , '
There it. is; it la- out now. But if
there is any equity or Justice extant,
OreguYi ought to be able by Injunction
or certiorari or replevin, or something,
to stop this trespass and conversion,
and to reclaim her own.
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON. '
After months of preparation and
expenditure of vast sums of money,
the finest? squadron of fighting ma
chines that ever Sailed from an Amer
ican port is at lust on the high seas
headed for the Pacific. The spectacle
of this great fleet of mammoth battle
ships steaming away on what is des
tined to be one of the longest cruises
of the kind ever undertaken was an In
spiring one, and the"" spectacular as
pects of the start will not be missed
by other nations. The cruise of this
immense squadron is a i peaceful one.
Battleships are built, for the purpose
ol! establishing and maintaining peace,
and there is no other portion of the
United States possessions wherein or
whereon this squadron can accomplish
as much for peace as In the Pacific,
for which it is now heading. . i
The Atlantic Is bordered by coun
tries in which civilization is centuries
old. These countries are drawn ".to
gether by social and business ties
which cannot easily be sundered, and
the demands of a fleet of battleships
for police purposes grow rapidly less
every year. But out here on the Pa
cific both commercial and political his
tory is making fast. The great trans
formation taking place across the Pa
cific, where China is awakening from
her sleep of centuries, and Japan,
tlrunk with the wine of victory, is
swaggering through Corea, Manchuria
and other Far Eastern localities, may
bring with it responsibilities fraught
with gravity for the United States. To
meet any emergencies which might
arise. It is highly important that the
Pacific squadron should be on the
scene of possible action. While no
one is looking for any Immediate trou
ble with our neighbors across the Pa
cific, the most effective guarantee of
continued peace is the maintenance of
an adequate fleet on this side of the.
continent. x '
We build these ships In the belief
that they might be called on to fight,
but If the necessity for their fighting
should ever arise on the Pacific, when
they were stationed on the Atlantic, a
foreign foe could do this country in
calculable damage before any of the
ships could get half way round the
Horn. For this Teason It is the duty
of the Government to maintain perma
nently a great portion of this squadron
on the Pacific Coast, where it can be
useful in cas of war as well as orna
mental in time of peace. In the de--parture
of the magnificent fleet we
have given the world a splendid exhi
bition of our fighting strength at sea,
and in keeping the vessels stationed on
the Pacific we Will also make It clear
that the fleet is kept for other pur
poses than show.
THE WHITTXER CENTENARY.
One hundred years ago today a
man-child was born In a humble New
England home. The . father was a
man of sterling worth, the mother a
woman of strong character, quick con
science and unfailing sympathies.
Back of these were several generations
of God-fearing men and women
earnest, intelligent, devoted to duty.
This was the heritage of John Green-
leaf Whlttler, filtered down through
the years and coming to him pure and
strong. .As barefoot boy, shy student
in the little country schoolhouse, cob
bler, plowman, Journalist, poet; as a
lover of Nature, an aggressive cham
pion of liberty, a statesman of the old
school who never missed attendance
upon the "town meeting"; as a wor
shiper at the shrine or home and free
dom and the simple graces that adorn
and exalt womanhood, he lived, his
long day and left the stamp of his no
bility upon the passing years of the
world's most eventful century.
Whlttler stands for New England
old New England as the Cary sisters
stand' for -the Middle West during the
second quarter of the nineteenth cen
tury a representative of the best In
its traditions, the tenderest in its as
sociations and the highest in Its aspira-
-tions. Americans honor themselves
today who pay just and loving tribute
to his memory.
. The old tradltlonsof his state
The memory of her brave and good.
Took from his life -a fresher date,
x And In himself embodied stood. ' - '
So sang he of Charles Sumner. An
answft-ing echo substituting the name
of Whlttler for that of his friend will
be heard throughout the Nation today.
LARGE LAND HOI-DIN OS.
Therproposal in Congress to increase
the homestead holding. In arid land
districts, from a quarter tov an entire
section of Government Jand, would
be wasteful and absurd if applied to
lands in general. Indeed. It would not
be. contemplated, especially by Sen
ators or Representatives from Oregon
who are fa,mlllar with' wprkings of the
old donation land law enacted half a
century ago to . Induce settlement o
the then far away and practically un
known "Oregon Country."-'
The isolation that prevailed over the
farming districts of the Willamette
Valley for many years was largely due
to the operations of this law. The
utter impossibility, under the condi
tions then prevailing,' for improving
such large individual holdings of land
rendered farming, except In the most
superficial sense, unknown through
out a vast and fertile region for years.
There were, of course," other causes
that contributed to this result; but the
old donation land law was the first
cause,- and Its retarding power was
only dispelled by the slow processes of
the years, in which these large indi
vidual holdings were divided and re
divided to meet In some measure the
requirements of cultivation and civili
zation necessary in community life
and to a fair degree of individual
prosperity. " ' j
Intensive farming was, it - is . true,
impossible ..under restricted', market
cdhditions that prevailed throughout
the Pacific Northwest-prior to the
completion of transcontinental rail
way lines. But It. has only been in
very('recent years' that this type of
agriculture has been able to make any
progress In the Willamette Valley
against the old handicap Imposed to a
large extent by large individual hold
ings and , the habits of unthrlft that
they induced.
' 'A very large proportion of the hold
ings known as "donation land claims"
have passed entirely out of the hands
of those who acquired them under the
old law. Nor do the names of the de
scendants of the original possessors
appear upon the title deeds under
which these lands are now held. This
fact Is in accord with- the principle
that things which cost nothing, how
ever valuable they may be, are lightly
prized by recipients. These vast areas
of land cost the holders ' practically
nothing. The corner stakes set by
the' Government . surveyor indicated
the boundaries of" the "claim," and
the possessor literally "landlord"
cultivated a few acres around the
cabin (which, wherever possible, had
been built' near a spring, without other
regard to the suitability of the site
chosen), and adid not take the trouble
or make the exertion required even to
explore his holdings. Thrlftlessriess
thus begotten propagated Itself; the
"claim" became burdensome through
accumulated taxes; mortgages placed
to "meet expenses,"- and other land
eating devices; and in time it passed
Into other hands. This, es shown by
the records, was the rule;-there were,
of course, some notable exceptions.
But the fact remains that the donation
land law, by which each settler on the
lands of Oregon Territory' during cer
tain years received, if married, a
patent to 640 acres of Government
land, and, if single, 320 acres, retarded
the development of Willamette Valley
lands for years and brought loss,
rather' than profit, to the supposed
beneficiaries In the end. 1
The proposition to .Increase the
homestead holding to 640 acres of
semi-arid land differs widely from
that which set the seal of stagnation
for years upon a beautiful fertile "wil
derness in Oregon. The experiment
has been tried In Nebraska and has, it
Is said, proved an entire success. An
effort will be made to extend the law
to all Western states that -have any
considerable area of semi-arid lands.
The argument Is that these lands will
not support a family in quarter section
tracts, the area to which the home
stead law applies. They are non-irrl-gable
lands, to which It Is intended to
apply the principles of dry farming
and conservative grazing, by which
means they can be made fairly pro
ductive if held in large tracts. The
isolation of a .section thus settled, the
necessary dearth of schools,' churches
and all other facilities and elements
conducive to the social life and intel
lectual growth of a community re
main, however, a standing objection
to large individual 'holdings of land.
So true is this that it Is difficult to
conceive of anything like a progres
sive civilization under such conditions.
The British .steamship Como, draw
ing twenty-six feet of water, made the
voyage from Portland to the sea with
no delay either along the river or" at
Astoria. The work 'of the. Port of
Portland Is responsible for this fine
depth of water between Portland and
Astoria, and the improved depth of
water on the bar is due to the Gov
ernment work on the Jetty. But, in
due season, Portland will be obliged
still further to deepen the channel be
tween this city and the sea. All of the
money spent In opening the river
above The Dalles will be wasted if we
do not keep the entrance of the river
in condition for safe passage of the
larger vessels which are now appear
ing in North Pacific trade. The com
ing of the North Bank Railroad will
more than treble' the facilities for
moving freight through the Cascade
gorge, and it is Imperative that the
facilities for passing that traffic on to
the high seas keep pace with the de
mands to be made on them.
A few of our country newspaper
friends say they think It is the duty
of The Oregonian to keep on ""fighting
for the party." Its duty to principle,
you know. But, Oh, friends and
brethren, what's the use of talk, or ex
hortation, or lamentation? The Ore
gonian has led the. forlorn hope again
and again, and then again, only to be
deserted by the mass who had no con
ception of principles or purposes. Let
The Oregonian be excused. You, any
of you, all of you, may have the hon
ors of victory, when you. win them.
But so many of you1 have no notion of
what you're fighting for, ho notion of
the historical origin, the necessary
tendencies, of political parties, that
you're all broken up and will lead
nothing or follow nothing. You're a
mob, merely, living In the ruck and
muck of things. The history and the
achievements of the Republican party
are nothing to you; nor the origin, his
tory and tendencies of fhe Democratic
party. You have no principles', no
purposes, no coherence. He who de
pends upon your favors "swims with
fins of lead and hews down oaks with
rushes.". .
. The New York Sun printed on De
cember 6 a most remarkable editorial,
describing President Roosevelt as a
conscienceless and reckless demagogue
with mind unhinged. The Oregonian
feels justified in reproducing the artl
cleon this page, for the purpose of
exposing the profound malignity felt
by - certain newspapers and certain
citizens for- the President because of
hi? attltu'de toward the malefactors of
great wealth. The Sun is. peculiarly
the representative and. mouthpiece of
this class. But though noted for the
whimsical and uncertain note it always
gives to its expressions, and not often
taken seriously by either the public or
its contemporaries, not even the Sun
has heretofore dared so violently to
attack the President of the United
States-.. The outbreak . illustrates
merely the qxtreme rancor of all fren
zied financiers and humiliated and dis
credited Wall-street freeb voters for
the man who has done much' to defeat
their schemes of plunder and exploita
tion. Nobody who has failed, or shall fail,
to support the Republican party at the
polls is to get any consideration from
"the delegation" at Washington here
after, in the matter of official favor or
appointment. This will turn out on a
cold and unfeeling world a lot of
prime fellers, and, moreover, will blast
the supposed expectations of a certain
old man we know who has rendered
the 'party some service, but can't be
counted'on, for sure, any longer. But it
may bei respectfully suggested that
Senator Bourne ought not to be too
hard on those who-are not "loyal to
the party." Why provoke anybody to
recall the fact that Bourn was the
most able and earnest supporter of
Bryan that Oregon could boast? And
Bryan will be the -Democratic candi
date again a wiser and better man
than he was before.
, v V , '
Banker Jenkins, of Williamsburg, N.
Y., who was indicted for irregularities
which caused the failure of his bank
and trust company, was vindicated by
the members of his church in a special
service Sunday night. It was unani
mously decided that he was innocent
of any wrongdoing. If Mr. Jenkins
can get a few of his church members
on the jury before which he is tried.
he ought to succeed In being a regular
attendant at Sunday service outside of
the prison chapel.
There will be little or r.o difficulty
In electing Mayor Lane to the office of
Governor, if trie Waymire woman, who
made the attempt upon him, shall be
brought to the punishment she de
serves. This case should go -right
plum up to the head of the docket, so
as to secure an early vindication of the
Mayor and exemplary penalty for her
conspiracy against the peace and dig'
nlty of the city.
The Bavarian government has been
conducting a series of. experiments in
marksmanship, and .has demonstrated
that men served with a small quantity
of alcohol display more steadiness and
accuracy of aim than those who were
total abstainers. Apparently a case
where men shoot straighter when
"half shot" than where strong drink
is not raging.
We read in a Socialist paper that
"civilization Is a monstrous disease."
It may be supposed that writer never
saw uncivilized conditions; such, for
example, as those in which the tribes
of Clatsop and of Puget Sound lived,
in the former day. That state of life
seemed to be a real disease.
The man- who, though the husband
of a good woman, becomes Infatuated
with a wanton, takes to drink and
shoots himself, lived, as a fool lives
and dies as a fool dies. Let him pass.
His wife, his children, the world, are
the gainers by his exit.
A news report from San Francisco
tells us that the students of the col
legesof California, giving time to aea
thetical studies, have reached the con
clusion that they "like blondes, with
big feet." It seems to be an Important
item of news.
Those who growled at last week's
rainfall are reminded that the sea
son s aenciency is suit more man two
inches.
When the National Conclave of Owls
meets here next month it will not be
offensive to say, "Hoot, mon!"
What does & dairyman care about a
financial stringency whin butter Is
close to 1 a roll? .
FIND TRACKS OF INCENDIARY
Effort to Put Dogs on Trail of Man
Who Burned Bellinger Farm.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.)
Members of the Bellinger family are
trying to secure bloodhounds to track
the incendiary who burned a house and
barn on one of their farms near Water
loo early yesterday morning, entailing
a loss of $3000. In telephoning to Sher
iff Smith today, Delbcrt Bellinger stated
that tracks of the incendiary had been
found, and it was believed they could be
followed. No dogs have been secured.
but efforts are being made to follow
the trail.
The barn and unoccupied house stood
about 200 yards apart, and Indications
are plain that separate fires were start
ed in each. The big barn was nllea
with hay. and this loss is keenly felt.
as the hay cannot be replaced, even at
unprecedented prices, and Bellinger
Bros, had-expected to Winter 500 cattle
on It.
For several months an embryonic
Kentucky feud has prevailed In the
foothills between Waterloo and Berlin,
and in this feud the Bellingers find
cause for the destructive fire.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
William B. Shlveley, Pioneer Opera
House' Manager.
OR"EGON CITY. Or., Dec. 18. (Special.)
William B. Shivcly. for many years a
resident of this city, died suddenly at
his residence on Seventh and Madison
streets, at 6 o'clock this evening, ot heart
disease. Shlvely was on the street a
half hour before his demise.
Mr. Bhively was born near South Bend,
Ind., December 31, 1849, ' and spent most
of his life on tho Pacific Coast. He
conducted the Shively Opera House. In
this city, for many years. -Owing to his
sudden death, the production of "The
Holy City." which was scheduled for this
evening, has been postponed. Mr. Shively
is survived by a wife and one son, Will
lam B. Shively, Jr.. who resides in Port
land. No arrangements fr the funeral
have yet been made.
Nelson Swaggart.'
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 16. Nelson
Swaggart, one of Umatilla County's best
known pioneers, died at his home in this
city yesterday afternoon at the age of 95
years. He was born in St. Clair County,
Illinois, in 1812, and came to Oregon in
1853, settling in Lane County. Later he
moved to Umatilla County, where he had
resided since 1873. He was married to
Adeline Harper In Illinois, and his wife
survives him, aged 80. To them were born'
14 children, only eight of whom are living.
Dennis ,T: Ryan. .
NEWBERG. Or., Dec. 16. (Special.)
Dennis J. Ryan, a well-known resi
dent of this place, died Thursday, De
cember 12, after a long illness, aged 40"
years. His wife and three children, his
father, P. C- Ryan,' of Portland, and
four sisters Mrs. Mary Gibbon, of
Dundee, Or.; Mrs. Alice Burns, Mrs. Mag
gle Brooks and Mrs.' Sadie Peters, of
Portland survive him.
- Joseph Kuerten.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 16. Joseph
Kuertln died this morning of heart dis
ease at his home in Camas, Wash., and
his body will be brought to Oregon City
tomorrow for interment. He lived here
for many years and Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Edward Sheahan, of Ore
gon City, and Mrs. William Sheahan, of
Camas.
TAX ROLL IS TURNED OVER
Indicates a Healthy Condition In
Clatsop County.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) The'
1906 delinquent tax roll was turned over
to the County Clerk by Sheriff Pomeroy
today. The collections on this roll were
the largest ever made In the history of
the County, and indicate a healthy con
dition of finances In- Clatsop County.
The amount of taxes on the original
roll was $270,753.73. To this was added
$67.98 as Sheriff's assessments, as well as
penalties and interest amounting to
$919.61, making a total roll of $271,731.32.
Of that amount, $261,043,25 was collected
and turned over to ths Treasurer, re
bates amounting to $6989.83 were allowed,
while the errors and double assessments
amounted to $403.86, leaving a delinquency
of $3294.38.
CUTTINQ DOWN THE TRAINS
Northern Pacific Finds It Has Too
Many in Service.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 16. (Special.)
After December 18 the following trains on
the Northern Pacific Railway will be dis
continued,- announcement to this effect
having been made today:
South Bend branch Train No. 39. leav
ing Centralia at 7:25 P. M.; train No. 40,
leaving South Bend at 2:30 P. M.
Grays Harbor .branch Train No. 10,
leaving Hoquiam at 6:45 A. M.: train No.
10. arriving at Tacoma at 11 A. M.; train
No. 11, leaving Tacoma at 8:2a A. M.
train No. 11, arriving at Hoquiam at 1:15
P. M.
Buckley Line Train No. 18, leaving Ta
coma at 7:65 A. M.; train No. 18, arriving
at Kanaskat at 9:5o A. M. ; train No. 19,
leaving Kanaskat at 1:10 P. M.; train No.
19, arriving at Tacoma at 3:10 P. M.
CHANGES FOREST BOUNDARIES
Department Heeds Demands of John
Day Stockmen New Supervisor.
JOHN DAY, Or., Dec. 16.-(Special.)
Cy J. Bingham received his commission
today as Acting Forest Supervisor for the
Malheur National forest" reseire, with
headquarters at John Day. The boun
daries of the new reserve are the John
Day River on the north, previous with
drawal on the East, former lines on the
south. Irregular lines running near the
center of townships In rangs.27 on the
west. Heppner forest Is extended to the
John Day River and headquarters re
moved to Monument, The remaining
portion of the western division Is renamed
Deschutes ana headquarters at irinevllle.
Stockmen rejoice at the change.
PRICE OF FUEL TUMBLES
...
Drop of $2 a Ton In Coal at Pendle
ton Town. Oversupplled.
PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.)
Coal will be $2 a ton cheaper in Pendle
ton beginning with tomorrow -morning
than It has been during the past few
months. The announcement was made
today and from now on it will be deliv
ered to any part of the city for $9.
An over-supply and a mild Winter are
given as the reasons for the drop. Though
wood will continue to sell at $8 and up.
It is believed a slump in that branch of
the fuel supply will follow soon.
Leave Their Money In Banks.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 16. (Special.)
The resumption of business created no
excitement in Oregon City and the banks
did not suffer by the termination of the
holidays. The withdrawal of deposits
that was anticipated by some did not ma
terialize. People here have taken the sit
uation quietly ever since the commence
ment of the holidays and the utmost con
fidence has prevailed at all tlmea In the
banking Institutions.
THE STATE FALLS DOW-N
Witness Nichols Says Fcttibone Did
Not' Write Letter.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 16. Documentary
evidence in corroboration of Harry Or
chard's testimony was introduced at the
Pettibone trial today by the prosecution.
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the
defense, was taken sick last night and
was not present In court during the day,
Edgar Wilson taking his place. On ac
count of Dar row's absence, Orchard was
not asked impeaching questions and 'the
state postponed its re-direct examina
tion. '
Judge Luther M. Goddard was the
most important witness for the state, be
ing on the stand, most of the forenoon
session. He told of the finding of the
bomb which Orchard testitied had been
planted near his gate for the purpose of
killing him.
The tpstimony of ex-Slieriff Nichols, of
Caldwell, proved disastrous to the state.
After he told of receiving a letter ad
dressed to Thomas Hogan, copying It and
giving the original to Orchard, he testi
fied on cross-examination that the latter
was not in the hand-writing of George
A. .fettiDone, the defendant. He said lie
became familiar with Pettibone's writing
while the defendant was In jail at Cald
well. Orchard had testified that this let
ter was written by Pettibone. On re
direct exartilnatlon, Nichols failed to
Identify the hand-writing ot Haywood,
with which he said he was also fa
miliar, stating that it looked like that of
Pettibone.
The state continued the Introduction of
corroborative evidence at the afternoon
session. C. H. Wentz, bookkeeper for the
Federal Mining & Smelting Company, at
Wallace, being called. He identified the
signature of Jack Simpkins on the hotel
register at Nampa, where he registered
under the name of Simmons.
J. C. Nichols. Sheriff of Canyon County
at the time of the arrest of Orchard,
took the stand and told of the receipt of
a letter addressed to Thomas Hogan and
postmarked at Denver. He mads a conv
iof the letter, he said, and gave the orig
inal to urcnara, who put it in a stove
after reading it. The copy of the letter
was Introduced. It was as follows:
"Dear Tom: That was sent to Jack
December 21 and ought to reach you by
now. Iet me know when you get to
your new location,"
It was not signed.
On cross-examination Nlchol3 said he
had charge of the jail at Caldwell while
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone were con-
nnea in it and that he examined the
hand-writing of each of them carefully.
He said the. writing in Uie letter which
Orchard said came from Pettibone was
not like that which the defendant wrote
while In jail. On re-direct examination
the witness said he had seen Tettlbone
write and thought he would know th
signature. Senator Borah asked Wilson.
of the defense, for a copy- of the letter
written by Pettibone to Stearns and it
was given to him. After walking to his
desk Borah handed Pettihone a letter
ana asked him to Identify the writing.
The witness gave it as his Impression
that Pettibone wrote the letter. Borah
tnen snowed that the letter he had eiven
the witness was written by Haywood, he
having switched them before giving it
io me witness.
FRENCH BARK BUTTON HERE
Reports Narrow Escape From Col
lision During Gale.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 16. (Special.)
.me rrencu DarK tsurfon crossed in thi
aiternoon, 65 days from Newcastle
with a cargo of coal. She arrived" off
me moutn or the river a week ago to
day and. Pilot Gunderson went on
board. Since then he has been beat-
,ing about outside. Captain Amelin,
master of tne Buffon, says the gale on
last Thursday night was a terrific nnn.
but no damage was done the craft.
During the gale an unknown bark
driven before the wind rushed by not
more than. 500 feet away and for a
time there was grave danger of a col
lision. Ferdinand Sipion, the donkey
man on board the Buffon, has been
critically ill on board for about three
weeka with dysentery and he was
taKen to the hospital this afternoon.
Centralia Home Looted.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 16. The tps
ldence of Frank T. McNltt, on Malr
street, was entered by bursrlars lost even'.
lng while the members of the family
were at church, and Jewelry valued at
about $200 was taken. The stolen arti
cles consisted of four watches, a diamond
ring and several other rings and chains.
Nothing was taken from downstairs, the
burglar confining operations to the upper
part of the house, and no money was se
cured. Entrance was gained by prying
open tne uack aoor with an ax.
The burglar went up the back staircase
and pulled down all the curtains before
turning on the electric lights.
"Floater" Washes Ashore.
VANCOUVER, Wash.,' Dc 16. (Spe
cial.) The body of an unknown man was
washed ashore on Bacheller's Island, a
few miles northwest of here, last night.
George Bison, while out hunting, ran
across the body as It lay on the beach.
He at once notified the County Coroner
and Sheriff Sappington brought the body
to Vancouver. The dead man appears? to
have been about 40 years of age. His
clothes were good. From the condition of
the body It Is evident that it had been in
the water for a month, as It was badly
decomposed.
Mine Sold Too Cheap.
SEATTLE, Deo. 16. Superior Judge A.
W. Frater this morning. In entering a
judgment against the Black Diamond
Coal Mining Company, for commissions,
held that stockholders lost $400,000 through
the action' of President H. H. Taylor, of
San Francisco, nephew of D. O. Mills, in
selling the mines of the company In 1904
for $1,100,000. It was shown that had not
Taylor1 Interfered the property would
have been purchased by the Pacific Coast
Company for $1,600,000.
Abandon Penny-Wise Policy.
EUGENE, Or.,. Dec. 16. (Special.) Be
cause the fire engine team waj being used
on the street sweeper, there was delay In
getting the Are department to the scene of
a blaze this morning in the Shumate mil
linery store, in the Pratt building, on
Ninth street. There has been complaint
for some time against this double use of
the city team, and it Is believed that here
after the fire team will be held' only for
the engine.
Dental Board Can't Pay BUI.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 16. Attorney
Samuel R. Stern has applied to the court
for a receiver for the property of the
State Dental Board, in order to collect' a
default judgment for 1444 attorney's fees
earned In defending the Board astainst
a suit brought- by a "non-ethical" dentist.
. Banner Day for Divorces.
ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 16. Speclal.)
This was a banner day for divorces, ten
suits being filed. Some of the requests
for separation contain aensatlbnal allega
tions. Many other legal cases were begun
today, the first real respite from the long
list of holidays.
Hunters Bag Tame Geese.
VANCOUVER, Wash., - Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) F. X. Thlbadeau and B. W. Up
dyke, two local Nimrods, were arrested
today on the complaint of a farmer for
killing eight tame geese. The men agreed
to pay for the geese and were allowed to
go without bail.
BITTER ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT.
Astonlshlim Expressions About the
Premldent by cw York Paper.
New York Sun, Dec. 6.
Matters are much Improved. The con
ditions of money are steadily approach
ing the normal. A subdued activity is
seen in general business, and it is pos
sible to take account of stock and de
termine the extent of the damage in
curred. The spectacle is Impressive. No
preceding panic ever approached it for the
impartiality and extent with which the
ruin was distributed.
Since Mr. Roosevelt came into the
Presidency he baa conducted an ex
traordinary campaign apalnst wealth,
especially against corporate wealth, and
111 particular against the railroads. His
hatred of the last named has taken the
form of an Intellectual obsession or
lesion. It began with his public declara
tion that the accepted definition of prop
erty must be changed, and It proceeded
cumulatively ever since until It culmi
nated In the 'present commercial convul
sion. Of Air. Roosevelt's proficiency In the
arts of the politician in the worst sig
nificance of that word be has left us
no room for doubt. -A more conscience
less or more reckless demagogue never
afflicted this country. By slow and In
sidious degrees he has upset the public
confidence, arrayed class against class
and fomented mistrust and hatred. No
one ever approached him In creating a
hopeless disaffection, and unrest In the
ranks of labor. He Joined a labor union
under conditions of intense publicity; he
has constituted himself the champion of
every known extremity of labor agita-.-tion;
be ba associated upon terms of
close personal Intimacy with the worst
and most sinister figures among those
professional disturbers of whom Orchard.
Moyer, Pettibone and Haywood are the
familiar expression, and he has welcomed
them as the guests of the President of
the United States in the White House at
Washington. All this has been accom
panied by the steady denunciation and
sophisticated vituperation of capital, espe
cially of capital Invested In railroads and
therefore in most intimate contact with
the people; by the steady abuse of what
he called swollen fortunes and by fixing
public attention on abuses In corporate
management In ways as subtle as irre
sponsible, but excellently devised to
arouse and Inflame the public mind.
Any vulgar and unscrupulous dema
gogue could have done the same thing
with no particular harm to the great
body politic. But when the role of agi
tator and of sower of evil seed Is taken
up by the President of the United States
and he goes up and down the land en
gendering discontent. Jealousy and hatred
in the hearts of the people, it is a very
different and a very serious thing. Even
In time of overflowing National pros
perity, even In time of a prosperity more
evenly distributed and shared than ever
before in the history of this or any other
country, it was possible for Mr. Roose
velt to achieve a disaster that ordinarily
could ensue only In time of great, public
depresFion, disappointment and common
misfortune.
He had not the slightest apprehension
of .what he was doing. No ray of busi
ness intelligence ever entered his brain
or ever can enter his brain. He cannot
even now understand that when the
President of the United States, year after
year, unremittingly assails the stability
of 14,000,000 of money invested in a single
American Industrs' to wit, our railroads
he Is bound by virtue of the weight and
tradition of his. office to bring about a
crash. What did he care for a Wall
street panic? A mere disturbance among
gamblers and stock-jobbers? After pull
ing down the house he wonders what
made it fall!
Well, matters are relatively better,
much better. When confidence is re
stored once more we shall speedily hs
ourselves again. But It will take a long,
long time to repair the breaches that
have been made, while for countless
thousands things can never be the same.
For many it Is too late In life to begin
all over again, and for yet many others
the damage Is quite Irreparable and
beyond the reach of hope. All credits
must be re-established or else recreated.
That Is Inexorable; but, happily to peo
ple of our temperament, It will come
easily enough, and already the whole
country Is addressing itself to the task
with a degree of fortitude that nothing
can abate.
The National sense of recuperation Is
founded In the conviction that Mr. Roose
velt has accomplished his self-imposed
mission and that he Is functus officio.
His message, filled with warmed-over
aspirations and shopworn alarums, has
been received with Indifference and con
tempt and dismissed as. the lucubrations
of a mind unhinged. His homilies and his
fulmlnatlons are no longer of concern,
and neither his recent pretension to fu
ture office nor the sublime and dramatlo
renunciation that he ponders excites any
emotion.
How He Flsmred.
Harper's Weekly.
There is a young fellow In Pltt3burg
who will undoubtedly "get along." al
though, as yet, he has not succeeded
In amassing vast wealth. In fact, he
receives a weekly wage of $15. He Is,
however, an extremly . good-looking
and entertaining young man. and not
long ago succeeded In making such an
Impression upon the daughter of a
well-to-do manufacturer that It was
decided between them that he "should
ask papa." This he proceeded to do,
and, to his surprise, was Teceived not
unkindly.
"Well, let's see, my boy," the old
man remarked, pushing up his glasses.
"What is your annual income?"
"Well, sir, I should estimate It at
$2000," the young man replied.
"Well not so bad, not so bad." the
old man said. "That added to her In
terest at 4 per cent on the $50,000 I
have always said I would settle upon
Mary at her marriage would give you
$4000. You should be able to get
along."
"Well, sir, to tell the truth." the
young man Interrupted, "I took the
liberty of figuring that Interest Into my
estimate."
"Our Charlie's'' Brother.
New York World.
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, saun
tered into the House chamber, where
several members were addressing cop
ies of the Secretary of Agriculture's
report to their constituents this after
noon. "I am looking for my brother," he re
marked; "Mr. Fulton, of Oklahoma."
"Why, he Is a Democrat," said Rep
resentative Clayton, of Alabama.
"So he is, poor fellow," answered
Fulton. "There was a time whf n he
wasj even a better Republican than I
am. So ardent was he that he pressed
the limit on legal age and voted for
Blaine. But "he settled in Nebraska
for a while and is one of the small and
select company that has been wear
ing a crown of thorns and feeling sore
from the effects of his crucifixion on a
cross of gold ever since."
A Rlddte.
Puck.
There Is a thing the which I gain.
Nor lose at all. yet keep It rtever
Though not to gain it, or to lose,
But e'er to keep. Is my endea-or.
To make this clear. I add a rhyme:
I am a clock, the thing is time.