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FOHTLAND. i'RIDAY. KEPT. 4, 1908.
-HEIRS" AJfO "CLAWAXTS."
Bryan claim to be the "heir" of
Roosevelt. He says the Republican
party has renounced Roosevelt's prin
ciples; and therefore he (Bryan)
claims to ba "next of kin." There
have been "claimants" before now.
Big estates. In various parts of the
world, are offered to "heirs" In all
parts of the world. None of them
lacks "claimants."
But It happens in this case that the
ancestor still lives. Roosevelt smil
ingly refuses to admit that Bryan Is
his "heir." He points to Taft. Spurl
ous claimants have clogged the record
of every page of human history.
But Bryan is an heir. He is heir
of the Democratic party of the United
States, and now again seeks to do
business in its name. He Is the heir
of Jefferson, whose principles, denying
National authority, led to secession
and caused the Civil War. He la heir
of the party that after the Civil War
tried to repudiate the National debt
by insisting on "payment" of it in
to-redeemable paper. He is heir of
the party that tried to force another
form of repudiation by free coinage of
liver at a fraudulent valuation. He
la heir of the party of Little Americans
who insisted that we must abandon
the positions Into which we had been
carried by the Spanish War. He now
is heir of all those who. having failed
. In opposition, on every Important pol
icy, appeal to discontent In general,
with no substantial specifications.
' Observe that what the country is to
day, what it has achieved, all that dis
tinctively marks or characterizes It,
has been accomplished directly in the
face of the opposition, during these
fifty years, of the party of which Mr.
Bryan is the heir.
Bryan's claim that he is the proper
heir of Roosevelt is ludicrous. Be
tween the two men and what they re
spectively stand for there are but the
most superficial resemblances, which
merely are the accidents of politics.
Roosevelt, political heir of Washing
ton, Hamilton and Lincoln, stands for
assertion of National authority. Bry
an, heir of Jefferson's theory of the
sovereignty of the separate states, op
posing the assertion of National au
thority, and even a National currency
founded oh the world's gold standard.
Is the apostle of chaos, inefficiency
and disintegration. Even now Bryan
Is exclaiming against the expenditure
necessary for maintenance of a Navy.
And yet trying to pose as Roosevelt's
heir!
Do we want a naval force In the Pa
cific? Then we don't want Bryan.
Do we desire to be prepared against
emergencies In the Pacific? Then we
don't want Bryan. Do we desire to
push trade In the Pacific, and to hold
the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands
as means to this end? Then we
don't want Bryan.
Now consider. In view of all these
matters, whether Bryan Is Roose
velt's heir, and pronounce whether his
claim to be such is a proper one or
merely an Impudent one.
NATIONAL RAN$ STATEMENT.
The Controller of the Currency has
Just completed a classification of the
securities held by the National banks
of the country, as reported at the close
of business July 15. Of these securi
ties, it is shown that bonds alone
reach a total value of $765,873,220, an
amount sufficient to provide security
for the additional circulation author
ized by the Aldrlch-Vreeland act,
without the necessity of making use
of commercial paper. In this state
ment, as In nearly every other in
which the strength of the banking in
stitutions Is reflected, the country
banks make decidedly the best show
ing, owning nearly 70 per cent of the
state, municipal, town and county
bonds, and over 48 per cent of the
railroad bonds.
One feature of this latest National
bank statement which will be of par
ticular Interest In communities which
a year ago suffered through having
their funds locked up in Eastern
money centers is the renewal of the
practice of massing vast sums of
money at New York. The increase In
the money reserves of all the National
banks over the corresponding period
a year ago was $138,395,228, and of
this vast amount more than $96,000,
000 was credited to New York alone.
This would Indicate that the country
has so far recovered from the shock
It received last year, when New York
could not return funds as they were
demanded, and Is again aiding the
New York banks in the accumulation
of reserves. That New York is will
ing and more than willing to receive
these funds is shown by the fact that
there has been an Increase of $155,
000.000 in outstanding loans by the
New York banks In the past year,
while the country as a whole shows a
decrease of $63,000,000.
These figures seem to Indicate that
the lesson of last year's panic has not
penetrated very deep in the New York
mind, and that the banks are lending
fully as freely as at any time before
the panic. It is. of courst, pleasing
to note that there has been such a
quick recovery from financial paraly
sis, but there is a possibility that some
of the country conservatism which is
reflected In the decrease In Interior
loans might to advantage be engrafted
on the banks of the metropolis. With
excessive cash reserves piling up, there
Is, of course, a great temptation for
the New York banks to get their
money at work even at low rates of
Interest, and not infrequently on se
curity that is not easy to realize on
when the market is subject to a sud
den strain. Low Interest rates incite
speculation, and JX was speculation
and too much inflation which precipi
tated the trouble last Fall. '
As matters now stand, the country
banks.' as those 'outside the reserve
cities are termed, are following a safe,
conservative course which is rapidly
tending to the restoration of confi
dence In business and industry, while
the big banks in New York and other
Eastern reserve cities are again boom
ing along under a full head of steam,
forgetting all about what happened a
year ago and what may happen again
if abnormally low interest rates in
duce another orgy of overspeculatlon.
The statement is an interesting one,
showing as it does that there has been
such a complete recovery from the
trouble of last Fall that there Is an
abundance of money In all parts of
the country. The distribution of those
funds, hewever, as reflected by the
statement, shows that It .is still in the
power of the New York banks to
make trouble for the rest of the coun
try if they should encourage the
speculation which cheap money al
ways induces.
' THE GUARANTY PROJECT.
In support of the proposal to guar
anty bank deposits, it Is said: "Bank
notes are now 'guaranteed, and alway
have been since the present law re
latlng to National banks went Into ef
feet: and as there is no difference
whatever. exceDt in form, betwen th
obligations of the banks to holders of
bank notes and to depositors, there is
no sound reason why the former
should be guaranteed while the latter
are not." The difference is great.-It is
radical. It is everything.
Bonds of the United States are de
posited for security of the note issues
the notes are issued by the United
States, and redeemed through the
United States Treasury. This part o
the business of the National banks
therefore is done wholly through or
by the United States. There Is abso
lute Government control. Not so with
the other and greater part of the bus!
ness of the banks. The United States
has no control, except a merely su
pervlsory one, which comes to little,
over their loans and deposits.
If, therefore, the Government is to
make provision for guaranty of the
deposits, it should have full control
over the loans and guaranty or take
the risk of them also. There can be
no logical reason why. If the deposi
tor's loan to the bank is to be guaran
teed, the bank's loan to a depositor or
other customer should not be guaran
teed, too. The Government should
step absolutely into the place of the
bank. In other words. It should "take
over" the banking business of the
country. And it would have to do it.
It is not found that men who realize
the responsibility of banking favor the
general guaranty plan. It might be
done, to an extent, by local clearing
house associations that select their
own members, and to an extent it has
been done, as in Chicago; but this is a
very different thing from miscellane
ous guaranty for banks and by banks
that do not trust each other, and are
unwilling to be responsible for the
banking of its ill-managed or reckless
members.
Whatever arguments may be made
for the guaranty urged by Mr. Bryan,
it is certain that the project uni
versally opposed by the responsible
and representative bankers of the
country. It is doubted, moreover.
whether Mr. Bryan, who wrote the
platform, has good practical knowl
edge of money, credits and banking.
Whatever he does is done for politics
purely, not for banking or other bust
ness.
MERCENARY AUTOCRACY.
Newspaper readers who followed the
course of the Japanese war with Rus
sia toward its close were not as a rule
very favorably Impressed with the
military prowess of General Kuropat
kin. His name became, in truth, a
sort of byword In this country, signi
fying a person who abounded greatly
In promise and very little In perform
ance. Every day he announced some
new project for annihilating the Jap
anese armies, and every night he
abandoned It. Later events have
shown that this conception of Gen
eral Kuropatkln was probably mis
taken. The fact seems to have been
that he was really saving the Russian
forces from Imminent destruction un
der terrible difficulties, and that his
apparently boastful disposition was
merely a necessary ruse of war. A
bold front Sometimes has to take the
place of discipline and equipment. It
was singularly unfortunate for General
Kuropatkln that he should have been
in command at the close of the war,
for it seemed to cast upon him the
responsibility for calamities which he
had long foreseen and which he had
warned the Czar would surely follow
unless Russia had kept faith with
Japan by evacuating Manchuria and
turning Port Arthur over to China as
she was required to do by treaty.
General Kuropatkln has now writ
ten a book in which he reveals the
secret history of the events leading up
to the war with Japan. Of course It
cannot be published in Russia, for It
states many facts which are by no
means creditable to the Czar and his
relations; but in some way which has
not been revealed to the public, a
copy of Kuropatkin's memoirs has
come into the possession of George
Kennan. Mr. Kennan has probably
done more than any other American
to acquaint the people of this country
with the true current history or Rus
sia. He has traveled widely In the
empire, visited the prisons, the houses
of the peasantry and the palaces of
the nobles- from St. Petersburg to the
extremity of Siberia, and what he dis
covered, no matter how horrible it
might be, he narrated in lively style.
He is one of the few Americans who
have mastered the Russian language,
and is therefore competent to translate
Knropatkin's memoirs for publication.
The work is to appear in serial
form in McClure's magazine, the first
installment being In the September
number. It is brief, but nevertheless
it is long enough to prove that the
war with Japan was brought on by
systematic bad faith on the part of
the Russian autocracy. The evacua
tion of Manchuria was persistently
evaded. Port Arthur was not turned
over to the Pekin government as had
been agreed when it was wrested from
Japan at the close of her war with
China. Far from that. It was rapidly
transformed Into a fortified position of
enormous strength, while opposite to
it the commercial port of Dalny was
built by the Russians with the evident
intent of permanent occupation. All ;
this naturally Irritated Japan. But the
Immediate occasion for the outbreak
of hostilities was the operations of one
BezobrazofC in Corea and on the Yalu
River. This singular personage be
longs In that class of obscure and In
significant individuals who, by gain
ing mysterious Influence over sover
eigns have changed the history of the
world. In some way he Interested the
Czar Nicholas In his timber operations
on the Yalu River and persuaded him
to Invest millions of money In the
business. Other members of the royal
family were drawn into the scheme
until apparently almost every" person
near the Czar had Invested money
under Bezobrazoff's Influence. He
must have been a man of extraordi
nary parts, expert In flattery and a
master of the arts of servile persua
siveness. At any rate his command of
the Czar's money and confidence made
him virtual ruler of the Russian do
minions in Eastern Asia. He was
able to appoint and dismiss viceroys at
will, obtained the dispatch of soldiers
Into Corea, contrary to treaty with
Jaoan. and through his known lnti-
' f . . " , ' -
omcia. in tne P - "
in his policy of honest dealing with
Japan and frankness with the Czar,
but they deceived him and played Into
BezobrazofTs hands. Kuropatkin's
repeated warnings were disregarded
The Japanese were treated with con
tempt and the war whieh- he had pre
dicted finally broke out. The subse
quent installments of the memoirs will
show how It was conducted on the
Russian side.
LOOKTVG AHEAD FOR GOVERNOR.
Though the primary campaign of
1910 is yet fifteen months away, there
are already evidences of the appear
ance of a number of candidates for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor. This is not said In a tone-of
criticism' of those' who are entering
the contest early, for if we are to have
active candidates at all, the sooner
they make their candidacy known the
better, for -lt is desirable that voters
have abundant opportunity to learn
their Qualifications. The subject is
mentioned at this distance of time be
fore the opening of the campaign be-
cause comment can now be made upon
the situation In general without any
particular aspirant feeling that an ef
fort has -been made to aid or injure
his chances of nomination.
It may be said In the beginning that
the new system of campaigning for a
nomination, which has come into ex-
Istence since the adoption of the direct
primary law, is not a very pleasing
one to the thoughtful people of the
state. Since the adoption of that law
we have lost all semblance to the old
theory that men are "called" to the
public service. A primary campaign
has become a scramble for votes, each
candidate conducting his own scram
ble and employing such arts and tricks
as he may be able to devise. This is
true of the primary campaign in gen
eral and not of the Governorship race
in particular. A primary campaign
In Oregon is an undignified contest in
which each candidate toots his own
horn, with the chances in favor of the
man who toots the loudest and in the
most directions. There is no pretense
that the people ask a man to become
a candidate, and everybody knows
that candidates enter the race upon
their own motion, gather what aid
they can and take their chances in an
election that sometimes develops Im
mense surprises. The idea that the
people call a man to public office has
been entirely abandoned, for under
the new system he is not called at all
and receives the consent of perhaps a
small minority of the voters of his
party.
This free-for-all scramble for office
is based upon the'prlnclple that every
citizen has a right to aspire to any
office a principle that must be con
ceded to be truly American. But in
practice this principle does not always
work toward the attainment of the
real wishes of the majority. In a pri
mary contest in which there are five
or six candidates, each conducting a
strenuous publicity campaign, the win
ner will have a minority of votes in
his favor, and If he has been the cen
ter of the fight the majority is against
him, but scattered among the other
candidates in such a way as to permit
his nomination against the will of the
majority. This Is a defect of our pri.
mary system. Perhaps It Is not a
fatal one, but it Is serious In that It
practically abolishes the American
Idea that the people call a man to
public service. We need two changes
In our primary system one which will
bring out the desirable candidates
and another which will insure the de
feat of the undesirables.
A word may now be offered regard
ing Governorship candidates In par
ticular. The position Is one of such
responsibility and consequent honor
that It may safely be said that no
man of ability to fill the position
would refuse to accept a nomination
tendered by his party or an election
tendered by the people. But there
are many very competent men who
will decline to become candidates un
der our present system of - personally
conducted self-praise campaigns. If
we are to have desirable candidates.
public opinion must set standards of
qualification and refuse support to
those who are not known as measur
ing up to the standard. Under the
primary system as now In practice
each candidate frames a sort of plat
form for himself, a task which even
men of mediocre ability could perform
over night. This is all very well so
far as it goes, but if that is all that is
to be considered, the man who can
make the most promises and appeal
to the largest number of local inter
ests will always succeed. More Im
portant than promises are the charac
ter and capacity of the man.
Teh Governor should be one of the
ablest men in the state, and the can
didate of each party should be its best-
qualified member. It Is true that the
people, who do not know he candl-
dates personally, must Judge a man s
ability chiefly by his platform and his
appearance as indicated by his poster
pictures, and herein lies one of the
weaknesses of the direct primary sys
tem. But if we are to have compe
tent public officers we must learn to
bring out candidates of known ability,
for such there surely are In the state.
It goes without saying that a Gov
ernor should be a man of high moral
character not necessarily a prude, a
teetotaler or a crank who has so high
a regard for his own opinions and
conduct that he can see no good in
others' but a man whose life has been
clean and who can be held up as an
exarople worthy of th study and umu
latlon of the young people of the state.
A Governor should be a man of such
intellectual attainments that he could
creditably represent his state on any
public occasion. In the next few
months the Republicans of Oregon
should seek out a man of clean life,
of known ability and creditable record
who can head the ticket in 1910. They
should prepare to reject self-seeking
aspirants whose Interest In the dear
people dates from their ambition for
position of power or remuneration.
DAVID AND THE TEMPLE.
In the published notes to the Sunday
school lesson for next Sunday, it is
stated that "David's wars left such
stain upon his soul that Jehovah
would not accept a temple at his hands
even in his old age." This statement
is flatly contradictory to the Scrip
tures; but even if it were not it has an
Inherent fishy flavor. The idea that
Jehovah, who was himself a "man
war," would not accept a temple from
David, who was "a man after his. own
heart," strikes one as somewhat Im
Jehovah did not dislike war to any
perceptible degree and was not accus
tomed to hesitate at bloodshed when
It became necessary to gain his ends.
The true reason why David did not
build the temple we learn In i Kings,
v-8. It was because his time was
taken up with fighting all his active
life and when "the Lord had finally
ut his enemies under the soles of his
feet" he was too old to undertake such
a piece of work.
If Jehovah had cared about trifling
flaws In the characters of his favorites
he might possibly have found David's
ten concubines a more serious cause
of offense than his warlike habits,
Nothing about these ten distinguished
ladles seems to appear in the Sunday
school lesson, though their existence
throws a brilliant light upon David's
character. To be sure, they fade into
insignificance beside the thousand pos
sessed bv his son. Solomon, who did
build the temple, but still they are in
teresting, and something ought to be
made of them in Sunday school. By
the way, is it any more disreputable
to fight one's enemies than It Is to
have a thousand concubines? If Da
vid was too wicked to build the tem
ple, what of Solomon?
The routine interpreter of the Scrip
tures is so indurated to the misstate
ment of the plainest facts to subserve
his doctrines that his case is probably
hopeless, but It seems a pity that chil
dren at the tender age of Sunday
school scholars should be Inducted into
mysteries of this dubious art.
Taft and Foraker have "made up
Perhaps their reconciliation is like
that of the two members of the church
who had long nourished a feud that
arose over a division fence. As one
was about to die the other was pre
vailed upon to call and make peace,
The overtures were listened to with
due attention and the expression on
the sick man's face Indicated a desire
to be at peace with this world when he
entered the next. After his visitor had
expressed his regret over the contro
versy and had apologized for his part
in It, the bed-ridden man replied.
am glad you have come, brother, and
I want my friends to know that if I
die I shall die in peace, but I want you
to understand that, if I get well I'll get
even with you for tearing down that
fence.". .
It Is' not so 'easy for city folk to
iret "back to the farm as it was at
the close of the last Democratic ad
ministration. Then city people had
mortgages on a large, proportion of
the farms, and they could get posses
sion by foreclosing. Now farmers
have no mortgages on their property,
but have accounts at the bank upon
which they can draw to buy city prop
erty. The hospitable tarmer lines to
meet his city friends, and if they wish
to try farming he Is willing to sell
them small tracts at high prices. But
since he doesn't want to see any of
.his. city friends coming with mort
gages to foreclose he is not likely to
vote against the Government which
has established confidence and pro
moted Industrial prosperity.
'Mr. Taft In a recent address said:
"Nothing is more foolish, nothing
more utterly at variance with sound
public policy, than to enact a law
which, by reason of the conditions
surrounding the community in which
it Is declared to be law, is Incapable
of enforcement." This is great good
sense, whatever may be said by per
sons with "a fixed Idea" to the con
trary. In Vermont the Independence or
Hearst party got over 1200 votes,
where It never had a vote before. Evi
dently Its vote will be a considerable
factor In many of the states, from
East to West. Any person is at lib
erty to guess in what proportion It
will be drawn from the old parties.
All Oregon Democrats who regis
tered as Democrats are requested to
contribute 25 cents to the Bryan cam
paign fund. Those Democrats who
registered as Republicans should be
given 25 cents each as a token of ap
preciation of their loyal self-sacrifice.
A Chicago streetcar company has
devised a plan for teaching women to
get off a car without falling. Now
won't someone teach her how to throw
a stone at a hen without endangering
window glass In an opposite direction?
Eugene Is to have a new hotel.
There are other towns in Willamette
Valley that need a new hotel much
more than Eugene does. But that city
seems to be taking the lead In new
things lately.
After all, what's the need of a Re
publican campaign in Oregon? No
body wants a change except the Dem
ocrats, and they are in the minority.
These are the first "glad-hand"
promises that Oregon has received
from Mr. Harriman. Hitherto they
have been the "hot-air" kind.
It is still an unsettled question
whether, if Chairman Cake had been
in Oregon, anything would have been
dona for Taft. .
Just to think only ten more police
men are needed to close those vice
dens In Portland. Are there no vol
unteers? Perhaps Mr. Harriman Is so socia
ble because since his last coming Mr.
Hill has been a visitor. ,
TRAVELS OVER ROUTE OP ROAD
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H. B. Buddenborg; Says Work Will
Soon Start on Rogue River Line.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. Sept, 3. (Spe
cial.) H. B. Buddenborg, one of th
capitalists of Seattle interested in th
building of the Rogue River and Ore
gon Southern Railway, has Just com
Dieted his trip over the propose
route, traveling in all about 200 miles
through the adjacent territory in the
interest of the road.
Mr. Buddenborg stated here th
work on the electric line would be
started at an early date. He does not
look for any disagreement with the
Harriman line for yardage and depo
facilities.
This was his first trip to Southern
Oregon and he is greatly impressed
with the outlook and future of thl
part of the state, and Is astonished at
the amount of freight that will be
source of revenue when once the road
is in operation.
Roseburg Paving Bonds Illegal.
ROSEBURG, 'Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
What was undoubtedly the hardest blow
yet encountered by the paving advocates
in this city came to light today when the
City Recorder received a communication
from Morris Bros., of Portland, who werte
recently awarded the Roseburg improve
ment bonds, in which they said that the
bonds had been rejected, there being
number of irregularities contained in th
initiative petitions. Mayor Hoover Im
mediately appointed Coshow & Rice as
special counsel to devise ways and mean
whereby the defect could be remedied,
giving them until evening to file their re
port. The Mayor also called a special
session of the Council for this evening.
when Attorney Rice appeared before the
body, mating that his firm had lnvestl
gated the matter thoroughly and had
found that a new bond election must be
called. After due consideration the mat
ter was left in the hands of the attor
neys for further investigation. From
indications the paving proposition Is
dead one, or at least must wait until
next year.
Will Hold Conference at Milton.
MILTON, Or. Sept. 3. The annual con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South will convene in Milton, September
16, Bishop James Atkins, D. D., of Nash-
vllle, Tenn., presiding. Other prominent
divines who will attend are: Rev. Dr. Mo
Murray, general secretory of the Church
Extension Society; Rev. Dr. Hammond.
of the Board of Education; Rev. Dr. Nel
son. Houston, Tex.; Rev. Dr. Vaughn, of
San Francisco, and J. R. Pepper, a mem
ber of the International Sunday school
committee. The conference boundaries
extend to Spokane in the north. Boise in
the east, and Heppner in the south. Th
Woman's Home Missionary Society will
meet In connection with the conference,
convening Tuesday, September 15.
Improvement Assessment Void.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe
cial.) Judge Reid. of Tacoma, sitting
for Judge Rice, today held that the
Chehalls Council's assessment for the
Cascade avenue Improvement was null
and void.
The point on which the decision was
based was that the Council's estimate
of the cost of the improvement was so
far under the price at which the con
tract was let as to invalidate its ac
tion.
It is expected the Council will make
a re-assessment.
Suicide, Declares Coroner.
HILLSBORO, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
Coroner E. C. Brown stated today that
there is absolutely no doubt Harold
Christensen. the 16-year-old TIgardville
boy killed by dynamite yesterday, com
mitted suicide.
Coroner Brown stated that the fuse had
been lighted and the discarded match set
fire to the building. Experienced giant
powder -men say that not once In a thou
sand times will the cap ignite the paper
surrounding the nitro.
Young Christensen was a grandson of
E. Wood, a TIgardville pioneer.
Freight Movement Heavy.
VALE. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) The
shipping report for the quarter ending
June 30 shows freight receipts as fol
lows: April, 2,103,000 pounds; May, 2.
648,000 pounds, June, 2,041,000. Freight
forwarded during the same quarter was
as follows: April. 805,000 pounds May,
286,000 pounds; June, 785,000 pounds.
These figures do not Include wool, the
shipping of which commences with July.
This report shows a record movement
of freight at this point.
Aberdeen Library Dedicated.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept 3. (Spe
clal.) The Carnegie library building.
which cost $25,000. of which Mr.
Carnegie gave $15,000, was dedicated
tonight and the property turned over
to the city by the board of truscees
under whose direction the structure
was erected. The occasion was made a
social event. The interior of the build
ing was beautifully decorated by a
committee of prominent women.
Albany Apple-Growers Organize.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 3 (Special.)
Albany Apple-Growers' Association,"
was the name adopted yesterday after
noon by the union of apple prowers of
this vicinity recently formed for the
purpose of packing and marketing the
apple crop of this section on a co-operative
basis this year. As soon as the
stock Is subscribed, the association will
choose its directors and officers and
managers will then be elected.
Child Is Burned to Death.
MONTESANO, Wash., Sept 3. (Spe
cial.) News has been received here of
the death, by burning, of the little son
of J. K. Mohney, of Summit. A sister
who was taking care of the little ones
left the house for a few minutes, and
upon her return found the clothing of
her infant brother in flames. The child
sustained Injuries which caused his
death.
Oregon Man Threatens Suit.
MONTESANO, Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe
cial.) County Clerk W. C. Birdwell has
received a letter from Abraham Peabody,
of Pendleton, Or., threatening to sue Che
halls County for $lo,000 damages for false
mprlsonment, and calling on the au
thorities to settle. Peabody was sent to
the insane asylum at Stellacoom, from this
county In 1900, and released as cured
some years later.
Fix Wages for Hopplckers.
HILLSBORO, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
Prominent hopgrowers from all sec
tions of the county met here yesterday
and decided to pay a cent a pound for
picking. Nearly all growers in the
county will pay this scale, and picking
will begin the first of next week. The
crop, however, will not reach two
thirds of last year's pick.
Wagon Capsizes; Teamster Hurt.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. Sjspt. 3 (Spe
cial.) Elmer Page, a freight hauler
between here and Takilma, was
thrown from his wagon and suffered
a dislocation of his right shoulder.
While descending Hayes hill the horses
ran into a steep bank and overturned
the wagon.
START WORK ON RAILROAD
Construction Begins at Seattle End
of Line.
The first actual construction work on
the Oregon & Washington Railroad at
the Seattle end, the road which is the
Union Pacific extension from Portland to
Tacoma and Seattle, began yesterday. It
means the expenditure of several hundred
thousand dollars and the accomplishment
of -the first unit of the new Harriman
road Into the heart of the Hill country.
The contract for the first eight miles
of the road at the Seattle end has been
let to Twohy Brothers, of Spokane, one
of the largest railroad contracting firms
In the Northwest. It calls for the com
pletion of the line from the Seattle tide
flats to Black River Junction.
Work was started yesterday by the firm
at two points, between Seattle and
Georgetown, near the tide flats, and on
the south side of Georgetown, near Van
Asselt. For a short time the construc
tion gangs will not be full, but as soon
as Twohy Brothers can get their outfits
on the scene construction work will be
hastened. The firm has many men busy
in Montana, repairing the damage to the
Hill lines by the heavy floods of last
month. Several hundred men will be
employed as soon as they can be secured.
The Oregon & Washington line will
parallel the St. Paul and the Columbia &
Puget Sound roads between Seattle and
R ack River. The rrancnise naa Deen
held ud through the City of Georgetown
where the use of certain streets had been
asked. Although the Georgetown Coun
cil has not agreed to the concessions
requested by the railroad, work will pro
ceed, construction through the Ueorge
town city limits to be deferred.
A clause in the franchise granted the
Oregon & Washington by the Seattle
Council provides that work must be
started by September 5 and it Is on this
account that Twohy Brothers have Dee
secured to start operations immediately.
It is probable that this first section of
the projected road will be completed De
fore the rain begins, and that the
heaviest part of the construction between
Portland and Seattle will be left until
next season.
There is no indication of operations
being started before next Spring on the
Portland end of the line. A connection
with the Spokane, Portland & Seattle's
bridge across the Columbia River, which
will be used by the Oregon & Wash
ington, has been built by the Harriman
interests, however, so that when work
is started it will be on the Washington
shore of the Columbia River. This Is
one of the most important Harriman pro
Jects pending at the present time in the
Pacific Northwest.
LOWER RATE FOR PRUNES
Southern Pacific Makes Reduction
on Dried Product Transportation
Special reduced rates on dried prunes
from local points on the Southern i'a
cine lines in the state to packing-houses
at various stations will be made effect
ive September 10, and continue until
March 31, 1909. The rates are practically
one-half of the usual tariff on dried fruit
and are made by the railroad company to
encourage the packing of dried prunes in
attractive form for the Eastern markets.
This year's prune crop will be about
10.000,000 pounds short of last season s
output, when the growers of the state
sent away 28,000,000 pounds. Late frosts
are assigned as the reason for the short
age. The rates just announcea are on me
minlmums of 5 and 10 cents per 100
pounds.
'The object of the southern facmc is
to have Oregon Prunes reach the iast
ern markets In the best possible condl
tion." said C. A. Malboeuf, district freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, in announc
ing the new rates.
Low freights will Induce tne shipment
of dried fruit to the packing-houses,
where they will be put up in fancy
boxes for shipment East. This results in
doing away with the shipment of prunes
in sacks, as was formerly tne custom
and prunes put up in fancy packages
are In good demand in the East. This
policy on the part of thej-allroad com
pany has widened the market for Ore
gon fruit and raised prices."
Stations where the prunes will De
shipped for packing are: Albany, Dun
dee. Eugene. Myrtle Creek, Newberg,
Portland, Roseburg, Salem and Sheridan.
"Freight Rate Primer" Issued.
In striking fashion, the New York
Central lines have illustrated the familiar
railroad arguments about the mainte
nance of freight rates and the increase
in the tariffs wherever necessary in the
'Freight Rate Primer," a small folder
now being. given distribution. The book
was complied by W. C. Brom, vice
president of the New York Central, and
agents of the system have been fur
nished with a supply for handing out to
the friends of the road. A recent address
by Mr. Brown before the Michigan Man
ufacturers' Association serves as a large
part of the text of the primer. Among
striking statements in the address is the
following: "The vast army of men en
gaged in producing the commodity of
transportation at an average cost of 40
per cent lower than 13 shown by any
other country is paid an average wage
more than 50 per cent higher than is
paid in any other country where rail
roads exist."
Exodus to Hop Fields.
The exodus to the hop fields of the
Willamette Valley was started yesterday.
when a special train was run over the
West Side division of the Southern Pa
cific to Independence, in the heart of
the hop country. The train carried about
600 people who will engage in the hop
harvest during the next two weeks.
River boats will be crowded from this
time on with hopplckers all bound for
the hopgrowing country up the Wil
lamette. Every year at this season both
the railroads and river steamers have
all they can do to carry the people who
swarm from the city to pick hops.
BROTHERS TO GET FORTUNE
Two Men Reported to Have Been
Left Estate AVorth Million.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe
cial.) William Owen, of Seattle, and
Henry Owen, of Pertland, left tonight
for New York, where they will take
passage for London, each to receive
his haif of a million-dollar estate
left them some months ago.
Until they received word of the un
expected legacy, both men were in
less than moderate circumstances. In
fact, William Owen was arrested for
falling to pay a small board bill. He
was at the time out of work and un
able to obtain employment.
Less - than a week after his arrest
he was astounded to receive a cable
gram to the effect that an uncle, tins
T. Jones, had died and left his en
tire estate, valued at more than $1,-
00,000 to the two nephews.
Owen had local lawyers investigate
and found that all he had to do vsas
to go to London and be identified.
His brother is employed with the
firm of Bradburv & Reed, of Port
land, and together the two will return
to England to remain in luxury the
rest of their days, after struggling
With adversity for years in this sec
tion and Alaska.
The local directory contains no such
firm as Bradbury & Reed, nor does it
show anyone by the name of Henry
Owen.
ALWAYS "MAKES ONE SHUDDER."
It Is 'Paramount' One Year, and "Stn-pe-ndou""
Another. "Overshadow
inK the Third Timt.
Brooklyn Eagle, Ind.-Pem.
Twelve years ago, Mr. Bryan was
not only confident, but defiant. He
pictured his adversary ns the man
who used to boast that he looked like
Napoleon; also as 'the man who
shudders today -n-hen he thinks that
he was nominated on the anniversary
of the battle of Waterloo." Clearly,
the finger of fate was there. For. as
McKinley listened, he oould '"hear
with ever increasing distinctness the
sound of the waves as thoy beat upon
the lonely shores of St. Helena." Of
that memorable fight Mr. Bryan was
the Wellington until election day.
He had a paramount issue. And
upon that issue, lie declared, there
was not a spot of ground upon which
the enemy would dare to challenge
battle. Gold had slain its tens of
thousands, but the day of reckoning
was at hand, as witness: "We have
begged and they have mocked and
our calamity came. We beg no more.
We entreat no more. We petition no
more. We defy them." Finally came
the dreadful warning that should
Democracy be beaten, legislative con
trol of the country would be surren
dered to foreign potentates and
powers.
So much for 1896. Four years later
the gold standard was still nailed to
the national mast, but worse - had
come to pass, even worse than the
slaughter of tens of thousands. Otir
form of government was imperiled.
The country was called upon to make
a choice between surrendering Its
civilization and giving freedom to th
Filipinos. This according to the
Democratic platform adopted at Kan
sas City; also according to another
platform upon which Mr. Bryan ran,
that of the People's Party.
As an Issue, gold had boon merely
paramount, but Imperialism was "stu
pendous." Mr. Bryan so described
it. More than that, he called it a
question, the settlement of which
could not be delayed, adding: "No
other question can approach it in im
portance; no other question demands
such immediate consideration." Hence
his promise that if elected he would
convene Congress in' extraordinary
session. That was eight years ago
and our civilization has not been sur
rendered and the repuhlio survives
The "stupendous" of 1900 has Joined
the "paramount" of 1896. Each is on
the shelf. -
This year we are back to the "para
mount" again, with a variation: "Shall
the people rule?" That's the question.
There are other topics, such as in
junctions and the tariff and the little
matter of exterminating of all the
great corporations, but the fundamen
tal or underlying or overshadowing
query is whether the country when
the voters go to the polls In November
next, shall relinquish government of
the people, by the people and for tho
people.
Of course, there must he a crisis,
an emergency. There must be, as It
were, a precipice, over the brink of
which we are likely, if not sure, to
tumble, in the deplorable event of
a contingency. Bimetallism seems
further off than ever and nobody
knows how long it will be before the
Filipinos can take care of themselves,
but these subjects have lost the charm
of novelty. They have become insipid.
They are minus their electrifying
qualities. For the "wolves" cry of
J896 a substitute was found. For the
"wolves" cry of 1300 comes that all
absorbing question.
It Is not too soon to anticipate.
One of two of the candidates nomi
nated for the Presidency will bo
elected. Presuming him to live until
March 4. 1909, ho will ho sworn in,
taking his credentials indirectly from
the people. Presuming him to live for
four years thereafter, lie will durinpr
the interval serve the people tn mo
best of his ability. Toward the .'close
of that Interval another or the same
President will be commissioned.
which will be generally regarded as
howlng that the people rule.
This Is as about as near as anyone
can come to answering the Peerless
and Perpetual. Nor is it irreverent to
add: In the name of the prophet.
Fudge. i
Sweet Proof.
"I wonder if Reginald really loves
me?" audibly mused the fair young girl.
"Yes." answered Reginald s employer,
he does. You would know it if you
could see him at the office, staring Into i
vacancy with his mouth open." Phila
delphia Press!
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES
OF SMALL PARTIES
Personality of five men who are
contesting with Taft and Bryan
for the Nation's highest honors.
TWO CONTINENTS MAD
OVER "SALOME" DANCES
The -worst feature of Strauss'
rejected opera now riotously wel
comed in the large cities.
THREE HORSE
SHOW BEAUTIES
Full-page illustration in colors
of handsome specimens in the
equine kingdom.
WONDERFUL SHEEP DOGS
OF THE WESTERN RANGE
The most effective four-footed
herder is a cross between the
Scotch collie and the wolf.
KING EDWARD'S WORLD
SCATTERED VICE-REGENTS
Conspicuous figures among the
40 who rule for him over posses
sions from island dots to Canada
and India.
THE HOTEL CLERK
ON WEST POINT
AND OTHER POINTS
Irving Cobb in this essay sat
irizes foolish traditions that cer
tain Americans delight to follow.
PUTTING PINCKNEY
ON THE JOB
One of Sewell Ford's descrip
tions of Professor Shorty Mc
Cabe's relation with a consign
ment of European livestock.'
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