THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, fUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1908.
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TO CT'RB V RED A TOR Y WEALTH.
It comes 'to light through bank
transactions between New York and
Budapest that the amount of money
deposited to induce "The Count" to
take Gladys Vanderbilt was five mil
lions -of dollars.
No one can blame the poor, simple,
silly girl. Wealth had put her up for
sale, for a title. .She had lived in that
"fashionable circle" -where wealth and
".social position" were everything.
Money could buy title and advance In
social position The poor girl had
not not been educated to any higher
thought or better life. She Is merely
a sacrifice to the pretensions of pred
atory wealth In America, which, hav
ing bought everything else in sight,
wishes to buy titles. The culmination
of this kind of thing was when .the
head of Marie Antoinette fell from
the block. The like may not occur
again; but if it should not occur It
" ill be because the progress . of a
beneficent democracy will stop such
transactions as that between the
banks of Budapest and Xew York.
By oppression of the American peo
ple such estates as that of the Van
derbilts have been accumulated. The
Vanderbilts began humbly, by opera
tion of a ferry with' oars, under direc
tion of a boy of eighteen, between
Staten Island and New York. But
the later .generations have forgotten
their origin, and have come to think
and believe that the class of people
out of whom they sprang have no
proper function and bo right of exist
ence, except to minister to the wants
and wishes of the superior beings who
have accumulated the wealth. It
pleases the pretentious majesty of
these superior beings to sell their
girls for titles, and to put up the
money against the titles; and "The
Count" gets the five millions of dol
lars and takes the girl whom he has
got by profanation of marriage, off
to Europe,' where he uses the money
to pay his gambling debts and to keep
his mistresses. The wife is merely a
nominal creature a fool, because she
has been taught no better.
But where does all this ; money
come from? We all know that it
comes from seizure by pirates and
buccaneers and brigands, for their
own use, of resources which belong to
a whole people; and from the poorly-paid
labor of millions of persons
who toil merely to keep base life
afoot, while the profits of their labor
are exploited by their masters who
stew and rot in luxury. It is the
mission of a just democracy to put an
t-nd to this sort of thing; not by the
methods of the Revolution of 1789,
but by laws and regulations that will
put it stop to the practices of the
KiiL ruuucrj, no nicnerto nave had.
it in their power to skin the people
, of, the United States to the bone, for
accumulation of fortunes for them
selves. The fortunes accumulated by
the pro-consuls of Rome, from plun
der of the provinces, at which' modern
history is aghast, are less scandalous,
both in method and result, than those
achieved under our very eyes in this
present generation; and history most
.surely will so pronounce and declare.
Theodore Roosevelt, hot a revolution
ary, standing for the Just rights of
property, would avert the catastrophe
by bringing the sources of this inordi
nate wealth under control of law,
stopping the robbery by just and
moderate measures. . Ha will do it it
must be done by him and by his suc
cessors or it will be checked in a
shorter and more decisive way. Com
binations of capital must be con
trolled by law. They must not be
permitted to rob and oppress the peo
ple as they have done and still are
doing though some partial checks
have been Interposed. The new issue
is upon the people, made clear by the
stand which President Roosevelt has
taken. It is entirely within possibil
ity that if will cause a unanimous call
to be made uponj him to accept the
Presidency again.
1861-1008.
The interval indicated by these ' years
Indicates also the length of time dur
ing which The Morning Oregonian
has appeared. There has been no
break in the management of the pa
per during this whole period, nor any
interruption of its progress. Its work
as a complete newspaper today Is the
fruitage of Its efforts during all these
years. It has been kept in the van,
all the time.,' of the general progress
of the City of Portland, of the State
of Oregon and of the whole North
west. More it scarcely needs to say. No
newspaper can rest on its past, how
ever distinguished. The Oregonian is
a paper of today and Is written for to
day. But it Is written also for years
to come, as it is written for years that
are past. The history of the Oregon
Country, past, present -and future, Is
all one.
Mr. Plttock h'as been the man
ager ' of The Oregonian from his
boyhood; Mr. Scott came to It forty
three years ago. They had to learn
the newspaper business by experience
and intuition, and to take care that
The Oregonian became no laggard.
The standing of the paper today will
show the measure of their success.
DEATH OF A PIONEER.
The death of B. F. Shaw, of Van
couver removes one more link of the
chain that connects the old Oregon'
Country with the Oregon Country of
today. Shaw was a pioneer of 1844.
He was an active man, a thorough
frontiersman, a pioneer of pioneers.
He was one of those, men who, in the
early settlement of a country, would
always be regarded as a leader; for
he was slow and careful in judgment,
yet intelligent in action; not the least
fussy In demeanor and far frorn
every thought or attempt to display
himself in speech. ' In person he was
tall and thin, of immense physical en
durance, the type of the. Western
backwoodsman, hunter and Indian
fighter. His recognized qualities
called him to the front a3 commander
of the Washington Territory Volun
teers in the Indian war of 1855-56,
which he conducted successfully, in
the open field, through one of the se
verest Winters the Northwest has
known. In the following Spring,
passing with his command over the
mountains, Colonel Shaw gave the fin
ishing blow to the. Indian coalition
that had come perilously near to ex-"
termination of . the white settlements
of Washington. Even the stronger
settlements of Oregon were in dan
ger, and In Southern Oregon all -.the
people had to fight for their lives.
In all the hardships and dangers
and struggles about Puget Sound the
person who pens these lines, 'then a
youth of. seventeen, bore his part, in
one of the companies under Shawns
command. Needless to say. Colonel
Shaw knew every man personally;
and during all the years since then no
survivor of the command, upon meet
ing a comrade, has failed to ask 'With
affectionate interest when he last saw
Colonel Shaw.
PAPER OR CREDIT CURRENCY.
There can be no flexibility in a
bond-secured currency. The bonds
are immovable. Buyers and investors
are content to hold them. When the
notes issued upon them have been
locked up, through a financial scare,
proceeding ' from over-speculation,
bank weakness or other cause, then
there is scarcity of current funds and
a panic, with bank and mercantile
failures and other consequences.
The bank note currency that is
movable, flexible, elastic, may expand
or contract to meet the demands of
currency for practical use, is based on
commodities constantly demanded by
the markets, as wheat and cotton and
other bills that represent solid values,
quickly realizable through the neces
sities of consumption. Yet such notes
may always be kept at their money
value, through redeemability In gold.
The wheat and cotton and other com
modities must move, in obedience to
the market demand. The bank notes
are issued ' only as the market de
mands the commodities, and are re
deemed as the .commodities are sold
for consumption. But a currency
based on long-time bonds becomes an
inert and immovable mass. The hold-,
ers of the bonds are satisfied and
don't have to sell; the currency accu
mulates in masses, under manipula
tion ' "of operators; banks and mer
chants begin to fail, a panic sets in
and people begin to lock up in pri
vate hoards all the money, gold or
paper, they can get. A bond-secured
currency is a bid always for a money
crisis and a panic.
Hence it is that such schemes as
that of the Aldrich bill, which pro
poses to increase the amount of bank
notes or currency based on' bonds, are
but makeshifts for tfie present, invit
ing future disaster. The Aldrich bill
will only make more currency of the
same kind, will invite more specula
tion, and lead to increased difficulties.
It seems that the quantitative theory
of money or bank notes has gained a
fixed and permanent lodgment in the
common mind. But in fact there is
but a certain and definite amount of
actual money, -which Is gold; and all
substitutes for money, in the form of
bills or notes, are merely credits, de
pending for their Value upon converti
bility into gold. To keep this balance
is the problem of financial or mone
tary science; to keep credit in flexi
ble and moving forms, without carry
ing ,it to excess or breaking it down.
This never can be done under a sys
tem that issues a bank note currency
based on' bonds. Direct issue of more
greenbacks some say $500,000,000
more ought to be issued would carry
us away, at once from possibility of
redemption of Treasury notes in gold,
would throw business off the gold
standard and revive all the evils of an
irredeemable currency. This country
needs a central bank, with branches,
after the manner of the - Bank of
France or the Bank of Germany, but
differing, of course, from both in
ways required by our own situation.
But, better nothing at all' than exten
sion of the peculiar evil of the pres
ent system more -notes issued on
bonds. They who urge it disregard
the experience of the world, of which
our own Is no small part, and taTkl
me continence that comes
from inexperience and ignorance.
This has been the bane of all efforts
in our country towards sound finance
since the greenback issue of 1861-62.
It was this that gave our people false
notions about money, which have
nearly wrecked us, time and again.
WHY. RAILROADS ARE NEEDED.
.Four years ago Condon, Or., was an
isolated village in the interior pt Gil
liam County, the nearest rail connec
tion being nearly fifty miles away
over a road not at all adapted to the
cheap and economical .movement of
freight. In the country directly trib
utary to the place there was a.n an
nual output of from 200,000 to 300,
000 bushels of wheat. If the price
was high in the world's markets, this
wheat was freighted sixty to seventy
miles by wagon to Arlington; If it
commanded only moderate prices, it
was fed to stock, and, if an occasional
season of low prices and a light crop
came simultaneously, the crop was
mostly cut for hay. Three years ago
organization of a company of local
capitalists for the purpose of building
a road from Arlington ' to Condon
forced the O. R. & N. Co. hurriedly
to rush a. branch line into the long
neglected region. Tills year the Con
don warehouses have handled- 1,100,
000 bushels of grain, and the 200,000
bushels of the surplus still to come
forward will give the town the rec
ord as the largest primary grain mar
ket in the United States.
The 1,300,000 bushels shipped from
Condon do' not begin to represent all
of the business that has resulted from
building of the railroad, for the inter
vening country between Arlington
and Condon has experienced an agri
cultural development of such, grati
fying proportions that the wheat out
put -of Gilliam County has advanced
from approximately 1,080,000 'bushels,
before the road was built, to 2,750,000
bushels in 1907. This illustration of
cause and effect is particularly inter
esting at this time, when there are
half a dozen "Condons" in remote
parts of Oregon, awaiting1 the -coming
of the railroad.. The Agency Plains
and Haystack country, in Central Ore
gon, this year produced more wheat
than was grown in the Condon coun
try before construction Of the rail
road. On account of ths unusually
high prices, some of this wheat found
its way to market over the long,
heavy ' wagon-road grades between
that region and Shaniko, the present
terminus of the Columbia' Southern
Railroad, but most of it was fed to
stock.
There, as at Condon, there will be
little or no increase in the production
of wheat, or other grains until a rail
road affords a method for sending
them to market. In Southeastern
Oregon the situation is even worse,
for the distance to the railroad- is so
great, that transportation by wagon is
ouf of the question. And yet .there
are thousands of square miles of rich
land which will produce -crops equal
to any that can be grown in the Con
don country. The Harriman system
seems to take the. ground that it
should not build Into a country until
it has been developed and a traffic of
large proportions created. The ac
tual experience of Condon shows the
fallacy of this policy, for it is, of
course, impossible for development of
any consequence to result Without a
railroad. The quadrupling of .the
wheat yield of the Condon country
only partially represents the develop
ment that has followed the construc
tion of the railroad, for, with means
of transportation available, there
rushed in hundreds of m-ttjers who
are already taking up diversified
farming, fruitgrowing and stockrais
ing on modern principles.
All have supplied business for the
railroad and it will be many 'years
before the production of any of the
great agricultural staples will reach
the maximum. It may be necessary
for an independent company to start
work on a line to Central Oregon in
order to awaken Mr. Harriman, but
there is no question as to the results
that would follow the beginning of
such a project. They can be predict
ed with' mathematical accuracy.
' SECRETARY GARFIELD'S REPORT.
The report of Secretary Garfield, of
the Interior Department, brims over
with enlightened recommendations.
His desire Jo keep the .fragmentary
relics of our once imperial national
domain in the hands of the Govern
ment, except such tracts as home
steaders may select and use, is emi
nently wise. Of course homesteaders
should be encouraged, and it is well
for Receivers and Registers at the
land offices to aid instead of hinder
ing them. Hindrances have some
times been interposed, not merely
from' that love of technicalities which
seems inseparable from Government
officials, but actually in aid of fraud.
Mr. Garfield's new regulations may
get rid of some red tape and at the
same time check dishonesty. If this
consummation can be attained it 'is
desirable. Still, it is not to be forgot
ten that multitudes of greedy eyes are
still fixed upon Government land, and
if the "smallest opening is afforded
them for fraud and cunning it will be
utilized. . ,
The proposal to modify the law for
bidding fences upon the Government
ranges is commendable. There is a
great difference between a fence le
gally erected under a lease and one
put up lawlessly by a, great cattle
owner to exclude persons who have as
much right to the land as Jie has. If
Congress agrees with Mr. Garfield, as
it certainly ought, it -will be possible
to lease portions of the' range at a
fair price. The lessee will then have
the exclusive use of what he pays for
and may fence it. But it is also pro
posed to give small stockmen the
prior right to lease, the range, Mr.
Garfield holding, in harmony with the
President, that in all circumstances it
is the small proprietor who should .be
encouraged. The principle underly
ing this is the obvious one that it is
better to have both men and cattle In
the country than to have cattle with
out men. - Properly drawn leases will,
also tend to restore the public range,
which Is bo depleted in many sections
that it will not support half the stock,
it once did.
Still more pleasing io the common
sense of the country is Mr. Garfield's
contention that the Government
should retain the ownership of Us
coal lands and of the water powers
and irrigation sources on the publie
domain. Beyond all cavil this, is the
wise policy to pursue. It will make
of these possessions treasures for all
time, while the wasteful policy of the
past has simply hastened their thrift
less exploitation and final ruin. Much
of the Government property has been
managed as if this generation .were
the last one that would inhabit the
earth. The argument that capitalist's
cannot afford to develop coal lands
unless they own them Is silly. They
lease such lands in the East and in
Australia, as Mr. Garfield remarks,
and find no difficulty In working them
at a profit. It will be no greater
hardship to pay rent to the Govern
ment than to a private owner.
Of the vast wealth inherent In our
public water powers and irrigation
sources the public has not yet begun
to form a conception. It is conserva
tively estimated, for example, that if
the water powers in Oregon had been
retained by the state and leased, the
proceeds would have supported all
the state institutions which we shall
ever need and paid all the expenses of
government besides. The fact that
these possibilities of comfort and hap
piness for the public have so largely
been squandered is no excuse for
throwing away what is left of them.
Mr. Garfield's view of the subject is
economically; and ethically sound. No
generation o'f mankind has the right
to leave to Its successors a world de
prived, of its natural resources. It is
one of our first duties to conserve
them, for they lie at the foundation
of national greatness. Is it not ab
surd for us to' boast -of our vast nat
ural resources on the one hand, as we
continually do, and on the other
waste and squander them as rapidly
as we can? A private person who
should conduct himself In this wise
would be provided with a guardian.
A striking advertisement of two
pages was that of the Western Coop
erage Company, of which Watson
Eastman, of Portland, is president,
and which has factories ,at Houlton,
Seattle, Aberdeen and Los Angeles. It
was an advertisement of high interest,
both on account of its fine description
of the manufacture of barrels and of
barrel stock, and because of its sug
gestion'that undertakings of this kind
afford an excellent field for. Invest
ment In bonds at home, based on per
manent Industries specially suited to
our own locality. Undertakings of
this description, based on stocks and
bonds, sold to investors in the mar
ket, have become the basis of main
part of .the leading manufactures of
the United States. ' To develop such
in the Pacific States "Is a necessity of
our position. Here are the materials
and nereis a growing market.. It is
a method of employment of co-operative
capital, which meets a want and
Js sure to be extended; and it.ls better
that our capital should be employed
among ourselves than to be invested
in similar stocks and bonds .of estab
lishments In the Eastern States.
Raisuli, the bandit chief, has at last
agreed to bring in Caid Sir Harry Mc
Lean, who has been" in . his clutches
for seven momhs. The salary which
Sir Harry was drawing did not stop
with his capture, and, as he has spent
years in close company ' with the
Moorish bandits, he is probably none
the worse for" his experience. If,
however, he should feel that the time
had been wasted, and that he was
financially loser by the kidnaping, ho
can .Vecoup in elaborate style by tak
ing a turn on the lecture platform or
in American vaudeville.
Fifteen initiative measures .are be
fore the people for adoption or'rejec
tion. The bills and proposed consti
tutional amendments must be passed
upon just as they have been drafted.
There Is no opportunity to' change
them to suit the real views of the peo
ple, as there is in the case of a meas-
ure pending beTore the Legislature.
Each of the measures represent the
Ideas of perhaps a half dozen men
who joined in preparing them. "Di
rect" legislation is direct from the
man with a .hobby and not direct from
the people.
Hard times in Southern California
have not proved an .unmitigated evil,
for they have brought with them an
abundance of .white labor which is
now crowding the Japanese out of
employment. ' The change is wel
comed by the fruitgrowers and small
farmers, for during the good times f
the past few years labor had been so
scarce that the Japanese became very
tyrannical in their bearing and corre
spondingly objectionable to the men
who were paying the bills.
Judge Galloway has decided' that
the constitution meant what it said
when it fixed the salaries of state of
ficers and declared that they shall re
ceive no fees or perquisites whatever.
But that Is just a common-sense view.
Judge Galloway did not delve to. the
depths or explore the heights of legal
technicality. The first thing we know
this notion of construing a constitu
tion to mean what it says will become
common.
Now comes the report that the al
leged Chesapeake flag, sold at a high
figure in London a few days ago, .is
not the real article. It Is said that
the original flag was buried with
Lawrence in New York. If .this be
true, there is not much to worry over,
for by this time we should be accus
tomed to getting buncoed by our for
eign friends, especially when there is
anything antique or royal involved.-
Perhaps the law of the survival of
the fittest will cause the plowing up
of a proper proportion of the hop
acreage without an express agreement
among the growers. That would be
the natural way to bring .the desired
result. Better to have' the unsuccess
ful grower plow up air his hops thart
to have the successful man plow up
half.
The Sunday-closing movement has
become the paramount issue in the
April elections in Chicago. If the
liquor men in Chicago knew how little
they would lose and how much better
they would -enjoy life with a closed
Sunday, the issue . would be all one
sided when it came to a vote.
No harm can .be worked on the
readers of the nation if ' newspapers
and press agencies withdraw corre
spondents from Matteawan. It is hot
necessary to turn the spotlight on
Harry Thaw any longer.
Needed reforms relative to game
are to be discussed at the Chamber
of Commerce tonight. Football, bot
tle pool or bridge?
Secretary Garfield is paving the
way to popularity among men who
want to create new farms.
Latest reports - Indicate that the
army of knockers have made few
dents in the Taft boom.
FALKNOR TAKES A XEW JOB
Assistant Attorney-General Joins Se
attle Electric Company. .
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.)
A. J. Falknor. of Olympia. Assistant
Attorney-General, has accepted the po
rtion of chief counsel of the Seattle
Elecfric Company. He has tendered his
resignation to Attorney-General Atkin
son, who has not yet selected a ' suc
cessor. R. G. Sharpe, of Seattle, who
lias been law clerk in the office of the
Attorney-General, will go to Seattle
with Mr. Falknor.
' Attorney-General Atkinson has se
lected the man to succeed Mr. Slrarpe,
but Is not ready to make tlie selection
public. The resignations of Mr. Falk
nor and Mr. Sharpe take effect March
1. In the selection of Mr. Falknor's
successor the members of the State
Railroad Commission will be consulted,
as Falknor has had 'charge of the
commission litigation and a large num
ber of Important cases are now pending
in the courts.
Falknor has been a prominent candi
date for the Republican nomination as
Attorney-General, and is now out of
the race.
PfiEAD GUILTY AND PAY FIXE
Canby Saloonmen Admit They Sold
Liquor to Minors.
OREGON" CITY, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.)
Ben Bermosher and Peter Holberg this
afternoon pleaded guilty to'the charge of
selling liquor to minors and were fined
$175 each ,by Circuit Judge McBride. Both
men were indicted by District Attorney
Hedges last Fall, after the death of young
Charles Kinzel at Canby. Kinsel partici
pated in a drunken carouse and was
stranged by the whisky that was ob
tained by some of his young companions.
H. K. Tackleson and James Jesse were
also indicted for selling liquor to minors
and, their cases will be called for trial,
and it Is understood that they will fight
.the charge. Holberg and- Bermosher
originally entered a plea of not guilty,
but changed their plea today.
Having been convicted of this crime,
they will never again be permitted to sell
liquor within the state, under the law
passed by the Legislature at the 1907 ses
sion. JUDGE DECIDES OWX CASE
Sensational Charge Against Browns
ville Justice of Peace.
ALBANY. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) That
W. W. Bailey, of Brownsville, acting as
a Justice of the Peace, rendered a decree
In favor of himself as a plaintiff in a civil
suit In his own court is an assertion made
in a complaint filed In the State Circuit
Court here today by Attorney A. A. Tus
sing, of Brownsville, who seeks to have
the judgment so rendered set aside. In
the complaint Tusslng characterizes Bai
ley's act as are "unlreard of and unparal
leled proceeding."
The suit filed today was brought .by
Lavina Bridges arid N. Bridges against
W. W. Bailey and Sheriff D. S. Smith,
and an order of injunction was secured
from County Judge Stewart to prevent
Sheriff Smith from selling property be
longing to the plaintiffs on which, he has
levied on an execution issued from the
County Clerk's office on the judgment
which Is alleged to have been erroneously
rendered by Bailey.
CROISAX MAY LAXD PLUM
Rumored He Will Be Made Super
intendent of Reform School.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) The re
form school board held its regular
monthly, meeting today, but contrary to
expectations did not elect a superin
tendent. ' It Is understood that Superin
tendent N. H. Looney has told the mem
bers of the board, that he wants to know
'at once what they are going to do. He
is now holding over and does not like
the uncertainty. Notwithstanding the em
phatic assertion of ex-Senator Crolsan
that he is not a candidate, there is a per
.sisten rumor in political circles that he
will be elected to succeed Mr. Looney.
Blue Laws Invade Coos Bay.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 3.-MSpecial.)
After March 10 saloons of Marshfleld
must close at midnight', according to an
ordinance passed by the City Council.
The ordinance also provides that the an
nual license shall be raised from $400
to $600 a year, Under the old manage
ment the saloons were allowed to stay
open all night If the managers chose.
Boise Cashier Under Bonds.
BOISE, Idalfo. Feb. 3. Horace E." Nal,
charged with forgery while cashier of the
Capital State Bank, which suspended two
weeks ago, was bound over' to the Dis
trict Court today under bond of $10,000,
which was furnished. Neal waived pre
liminary hearing. Today's proceedings
were held at the Neal home, owing to the
former cashier's illness.
I'PHOLDS STATEMENT NO, 1.
Ita Merit I That It Lead the Re
publlcaa Party to Defeat.
EUGENE. Feb. 2. (To the Editor.) Sinca
Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, Is considered one
of the brainiest Republicans of the state, his
argument contained. In a communication to
The Oregonian of recent date, in optotiUon to
Statement No. 1 will be given serioue con
sideration by prospective . candidates and
voters. There are others' who think they
are good Republicans, who will disagree with
Judge Lowell as to the merits of what he
terms "a chimera an excrescence . upon the
primary law." There are good Republicans
In this state who believe the Republican party
of Oregon should be still farther "purified as
by fire." These Republicans- will ' stand by
Statement No. 1 until the last member of
the old and corrupt political ring L0 buried
In oblivion. ' "What ma'tters if this "chimera"
does -threaten tbe election of a Democrat to
the United States Senate from Oregon? Let
ths- Republican party put up men for office
whom records are pure and with unquestioned
ability and no such danger will appear, state
ment No. 1 was not designed to favor poli
ticians; therefore Judge Lowell or others will
cot convince the people of its defects by
calling It names and appealing for political
organization. 1 am a Republican, 1 hope,
having voted that ticket for 34 yeans, but X
believe the Interest of : the people should be
considered before the welfare of party. If
the use- of Statement. No. 1 has done no greater
harm than disorganize the Republican party
In Oregon Its merits certainly far outweigh its
demerits. It has put Oregon In the lead of a
political reform that bids fair to sweep over
every state of the Union. It has landed an
Oregon "Senator I the Gridiron Club, and
In many ways given the atate unusual dis
tinction. It was Statement No. 1 and not
the primary law that eriabled our Legislature
to elect a Senator on the first ballot with
decency and dispatch. What has Republican
organization ever done ' for the state of Ore
gon except to disgrace it? The Republican
party of Oregon has been cursed with too
much "organization." It was for 30 years
so' well organized that it . became necessary
for La, Follette, the eastern magazines, and
Heney to "clean house" for us. If we make
it necessary for a Democrat like Heney to do
our dirty work, why not put a Democrat in
the United States Senate?
There ars still some thing? to be done be
fore, the Republicans of Oregon can afford
to draw close party lines. We still need the
help of both Populists and Democrats. Stajid
patism and corporation rule must be unhorsed
before Republicans will consent to return to
the fold of strict party' organization. Bo long
as such men as Fulton are put forward as
political leaders the best organization for
the Republicans of Oregon is total disorganiza
tion. Statement No. I has done moro for
Oregon than any other like number ef words
in the English language and it will remain
the bulwark of the people against political
corruption. ;
GEORGE MBLVIN MILLER.
FARMERS FEAR FEED FAMINE
Heavy Fall of Snow Covers Range
at Rldgeficld.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) The heaviest snowstorm ever seen
in this region is raging. Snow has been
falling steadily for the past 15 hours, and
is still coming. The ground is covered
now to a depth of "five inches. It is
feared that ranchers will suffer great
damage, as feed is scarce and they have
depended largely on grazing for their
Stock. '
If the snow should last for a week
longer, a feed famine would result, for
the local feed market is nearly ex
hausted, and an additional supply would
have to he shipped in.
Staling at Oregon City. '
OREGON CITV, Or., Feb. 3. Two
inches of snow fell here this morning,
but rain fell at noon and the white
surface had almost all dlappeared to
night. There wak no snowfall last
night, but the flakes commenced to
come heavily at 9 o'clock this morning.
The lakes north of Oregon City are
frozen over, and scores of people sro
enjoying the first skating of the Win
ter. Light Snow at Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.)
The first snow of the season in -this
part of the state fell early this morn
ing. The ground was frozen before
the snow began to' fall, and though the
snowfall was light, it remained on the
ground all day.
DEAD . OF THE NORTHWEST
J. W. Wilkinson, Who Battled With
Indians in Early Days.
(OLD BEACH, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.)
J. W. Wilkinson, who died recently
at Port Orford, was born in Henry,
Echo County, Va., March i, 1S22, and
came to Curry County jn the Spring of
1S54. He settles! near the mouth ot
Rogue River, During the following year
occurred the memorable war between the
whites and the Rogue River Indians. Mr.
Wilkinson took part in this war. When
the attack was made on Ellensburg (now
Gold Beach), he arH the greater part of
the other settlers found protection in a
fort constructed for that purpose on the
north side of the river. Their lives were
saved, but all else was lost. Following
this attack was one made on Skookum
House, the fort of the . Indians, situated
about 15 miles up the river. This attack
was one of the best-planned and most
successfully executed of all recorded in
struggles between the two races, and the
power of the red men was completely
destroyed.
Dies Almost a Century Old.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 3. Special.)
John Boylan died here yesterday, aged 96
years. He had been in failing health for
some time. His death occurred at the
home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Will
Green, and the funeral will be held tomor
row morning. Mr. Boylan was born in
Ireland in 1S12. and came to Oregon in
18S He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. J. A. Stuart, of Seaside,
Or., and George Boylan, of Cathlamet,
Wash., who were at his bedside at the
time of his death; Mrs. S. Surfus and Mrs.
A. O. Alldredge, of Oregon -City: Asa Boy
lan, of Portland, and Thomas Boylan, of
Elberton, Wash. He is also survived by
several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Sarah Hervey, Pioneer 'of '52.
ROSEBL'RG, Or.. Feb. 3. Sarah Her
vey, an Oregon pioneer of 18i2, died Sat
urday at her home at Ruckles, this
county, from pneumonia. She was 57
years old. Mrs. Hervey had been a resi
dent of Douglas County since 1S55, her
first three years in Oregon having been
spent in Josephine County. Surviving
Mrs. Hervey are her husband, Thomas
W. Hervey, also a pioneer of this state;
a daughter, Mrs. Viola Rice, of Ruckles;
a son, Edward Hervey. of Riddle, this
county, and a brother, Thomas Whltsett,
of- this city.
LIEUTENANT UNDER ARREST
Millar's Resignation Revoked and
N.
Court-Martial Ordered.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
Feb. ' 3. (Special.) Information has
been received that the resignation of
First Lieutenant Herbert u. Millar,
Coast Artillery, which was tendered
some time ago and accepted, has been
revoked by the War Department. Lieu
tenant Millar is now under arrest at
San Francisco, and will be tried by
general court-martial at that place.
The leave of absence granted Cap
tain James W. McAndrews.. Tilled In
fantry, has been extended for a period
of two months.
The leave of absence of Captain "WI1
Ham It. Sample, Third Infantry, has
been extended for a period of 20 days.
Leave of absence for one month has
been granted First Lieutenant Howard
S., Miller, Coast Artillery Corps.
Captain Charles H. Martin has been'
transferred from the Fourteenth Infan
try to the First Infantry, 'ana will re
main here, in charge of a detachment
of the First Infantry until the arrival
of the regiment. Captain Martin has
been Constructing Quartermaster at
the Barracks for the past two years.
WON'T BEGIN YET OX O. & W.
4
O'Brien's Order W ill Not Arfcct Ex
tension to Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.)
The announcement from Portland that
General Manager O'Brien, of -the Harri
man lines in the Northwest, had ordered
resumption on the ' Riparia-Lewiston
branch of the O. R. & N., will not affect
work on the Oregon & "Washington Rail
road. "The Oregon and Washington fran
chises will be taken up soon," said J. D.
Farrell today, "and when that matter is
settled we shall doubtless begin work.
At present we are going ahead with the
tunnel work umier the City Hall. The
excavation has been finished and the men
are now building concrete walls.- It is
impossible to say now when work will
be begun on a larger scale."
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DEMAND FLAT 2 1-2" CENT FARE
Traveling Men Make Complaint to
Slate Commission.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.-) A
committee of the Traveling Men's As
sociation arranged with the Railroad
Commission today to file - a complaint
against all roads doing business in
Oregon and asking for a flat 2 M -cent
rate on mileage, books. The rate now
is about 2 cents, and the books sold
are not mileage books, but are coupon
hpoks, each coupon representing i
cents.
Coos -Secures, District Fair.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) At
the annual meeting pi the Second. South
ern Oregon Agricultural Society, held
In the office of Secretary F. (3. Micelli,
In Rosebtirg. today. Cons County secured
the privilege of holding the annual dis
trict fair this year. The vote stood 5 for
Coos and S for Lane.
THH0USOi0LD
BY LILLIAN TINGLE.
The art of carving carving meat and
poultry, I mean, not wood-carving
seems to.'be almost a lost art nowadays,
or at least likely to become so. I was
asked recently for the name of a book
dealing fully with this former fashion
able accomplishment. My first reply was
"Any good cook book," but a little in
vestigation showed that several of the
most modern and excellent ones make
no mention of this topic and many others
dismiss It in a page or two; and there
are no amazing dlcgTams for the aid of
aspiring young men like one of Barrie s
heroes, who, on being asked to carve a
fowl at a party went at it with pale face
but set teeth, mufterlng: "Cut diagonally
along the line A from D to E.' With
the changed fashion of service, carvirg
is no 'longer considered, as it once was,
"a test at first sight of the breeding of a
man, as its dexterous and graceful per
formance Is presumed to mark a person
trained In gnod fashion."
In days of chivalry "to dance In hall
and carve at board" were equally impor
tant accomplishments of the young squire.
Carving, like heraldry, hunting and
hawking, had a language - of its own.
Treatises were composed to show how tho
heron . was to be "dismembered," ths
duck "unbraced." the crane "displayed."
the- swan "lifted,'' the goose "reared."
and so forth. Chesterfield urges this
study .upon his pupil, and a writer of
much later date says "a gentlewoman
should always, for her own sake, be ablo
to carve well and easily that she may ha
competent to do the honors of a- table at
any time with propriety and self-possession.
To gentlemen, and especially those
who mix much in society, some degreeof
skill in the exercise of it are indispensa
ble if they would avoid the chance of ap
pearing to great disadvantage themselves
and of causing dissatisfaction and an
noyance to others."
One still occasionally meets a man or
woman who, hi spite of all tendencies
towards service "from -the side," clings
to the pleasures of the carving knife,
and whose performance with that lm-
plement is a delight to behold. Few.
however, in the degenerate days, come
near to the art of "the famous carver of
ham at the once celebrated Vauxhall
Gardens. When he applied for the posi
tion the proprietor jestingly inquired how '
many acres he could cover wlht one tine
ham. He replied: "I don't stand upon
an acre or two, more or less; but I can
very well cover the whole of your (I omit
the ISth century adjective) gardens with
one (qualified) ham." He got the job,
on the spot, and heldt for many years.
Along with actual skill in cutting up
food went tho knowledge of what were
esteemed the epicure's morsels In every
dish, and fairness In the division of
venison fat, the Pope's eye in a leg of
mutton, veal and lamb kidney, the gelati
nous parts of a cod's head, the bitter
of moor-game, the back of hare,
the thin part of salmon, the fins of a
turbot, . and so forth. In regard to the
last-named tid-blt of what one gourmand
calls the "pontlflclal fish," Miss Edge
worth has a story of a Bishop in the
opinion of all true epicures he should
have been an archbishop who, descend
ing to his kitchen to superintend the
dressing of a turbot. and finding to his
horror that the inexperienced and stupid
cook had cut away the fins, set about
sewing them on again with his owu
episcopal fingers.
In a ' little North German . village
there is a waiter who could tell you
an astonishing story of certain "favor
ite morsels" eaten by English guests,
and of their remarkable method of
carving. English guests are rare in
tliie village, and though he had often
heard of "verruckte Englander," ho
had never actually met any, until one
Summer evening, when two strangely
clad 3-oung men with knapsacks ar
rived at the tiny inn where lie served
and, in '"rather bad German, demanded
supper and lodging. They were on a
walking tour, they . explained, ' and
were hungry. Soup and all else set
before them rapidly disappeared. At
last he left them with a handsome dish
of veal before them and retired to ns
slst with the preparation of a "gefullte
omelette." which was to crown the
feast. Now In' this primitive district
the inn dining-room was also the vil
lage barbershop, and as It was Satur
day night several worthy men wero
getting their weekly shave. One of
these was accompanied by a thin dog
with appealing eyes, who gradually
drifted in the direction of the. Eng
lishmen's table. "Poor brute," said
one. "I know just how he feehs." and
impulsively he offered all that re
mained on the meat platter. There
was little but bones and gravy, but
the dog; made a clean sweep of it, and
departed a few minutes later with his
newly-shaVed master. Then came this
Walter and nearly dropped his ome
lette at the sight of that clean-licked
empty platter. "But, gentlemen, " he
gasped, "the bones? Were there not
bones in the meat?"
"Certainly," was the reply. "Very
excellent bones; Indeed, they were the
most enjoyed part of the roast. An
excellent supper you are giving us'."
"Ach, what for knives and teeth and
stomachs have these English!" was the
waiter's comment.
HaiiKbty Bostonrae Expectorate!
'Boston "Transcript.
The announcement made by Police Com
missioner O'Meara that ltmo arrests couid
bo mado in an hour for violation of tho
spitting ordinance, is surprising evidence
of the prevalence of this disagreeable
habit. It is significant that the arrests
have included persons from every stratum
of society, thope who are aware of the un
sanitary conditions produced by the act
and those who are not. For the. present
tile offense is so common that, as the Po
lice Commissioner has Indicated, when
nine-tenths of the men and boys in the
streets are breaking the law either igno
rantly or unconsckmsly, it is hard to deal
with them so as to obtain improved con
ditions without causing undue personal
suffering. - TnoughtleKseneRs is at tho
root of the evil, and public reminders aro
the remedy. Signs -receive a passing no
tice, but a small amount of obedience. It
is, after all. the dread of arrest, and the
impending fine that should operate in put
ting an end to this abuse.
The Philippines.
Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator.
The Oregonian says: "If there Is to be
free, trade between the Philippines . and .
the United States,- then we should give
the Philippines independence. It is
wrong to compel their allegiance and
then plurk them by our protective
tariff." It Is time we got over that
notion that the Philippines are domestic
territory for the purposes of internal
revenue taxation and foreign territory
for purposes of protective tariff taxation,
under which the Filipinos can be taxed
going and coming.