TTTE 3rORXTNG OREGOXIAX, FUTDAT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1900.
10
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Entered at Portland. OTttiotv. Postoftlo mm
i Eeoond-CUaa Mmtter.
BubaertoUoai HU ImaiUhhr Im Umm.
(Br Mall.)
ICr, Sunday Included. on ymr. ..... ..$8.00
i Iai:y. Sunday included, six months 4.2a
. iJaily. Sunday included, thr month. .. X-i
Iaiiy. Sunday Included, one month "5
' Ialiy. without Sunday, on year 00
Iraiiy. without Sunday, six montha 8 28
Dally, without Sunday, three montha.... 1-75
; Dally, without Sunday, on month. ..... .60
'Weekly, on year t SO
, Sunday, on year 2 M)
. unday and waakly. on year .......... ft.60
(Br Carrier.)
Tefly. Sunday Included, on year. ......
Xially. Sunday Included, ona month. ... -79
Mow to Remit eDd poatotnce money
order, ezpreea order or personal check on
your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency
: are at the sender risk. Give postofflc Ad
dress In fu!L. Including cotinty and state.
i Poetae-e Rates 10 to 14 paaea. 1 cent: 16
, to 2s pages. 2 cests; 80 to 40 pares, 3 cents;
' 44 to eo paaea. 4 cent. Foreign postage
4ocMe rates.
i Eastern Bnahmi Office The 8. C. Berk-
wtrh Special Agency New York, rooms 48
to Tribune building. Chicago, room 010-611
j Tribune pnlldlng.
( X-O&IXAjrD. FRIDAY, SEPT. 14. ISO.
WiTCB AND POWER SITES.
Is It the intention of the Oovern
. snent of the United States to adminis
ter or operate the "water powers yet
remaining- on the public lands? If
not. It is certain they must be parted
;tWth by the Government before they
can be Improved and used.
All public lands on streams that may
"afford water power are being with
drawn as rapidly as possible from sale
or entry. This is necessary, admit
tedly, for conservation of the water
and the water powers. But what Is
to be done with the land, with the
water, and with the power? Here Is
resource that resembles money, in
one Important particular. The owner
must part with It. to make it of any
: use to himself or to others.
Will the Government sell to the
highest -bidder the land covering the
( power sites? Then, certainly it will
j pass into the hands of wealthy . Indi
viduals, since poor people can't 'pay
J for it. Moreover, only rich persons
J can develop the water powers, or sup
j ply the capital necessary for lrriga-
tlon on a large scale.
In this business and in the conse
.' t-fu'ences, how about the conflict be
! tween state and national laws? If
' the General Government Is to go into
the development of the water powers,
the Jurisdiction over them and over
;the property that may be built on them
i or around them will be taken away
! from or denied the state. The Gov
ernment may, however, keep the power
tFltes and sell the power; but the power
J will be costly, and erection of the
j power plants will require great sums
of money, which only capitalists can
; supply. The Government will, 'how
j ever, get the rent money, whatever
' It may be, and the state will not profit
I by it.
But if the sites shall be sold to
' highest bidders, the property will come
', at once under the Jurisdiction of the
'state; and in Oregon we have
la. law that will subject the use
of the water r&nd the power to
jeo many encumbrances that It Is
I doubtful what would be the financial
' result of the expenditures necessary
i for improvement. This problem would
have to be worked out through exper
ience. It Is a problem Indeed that con-
fronts owners of water powers now.
j The state has enacted a law that may
i obstruct and tax the use to the ex
' tent of virtual confiscation or destruc
tion. Yet for the present we approve the
; withdrawal of the remaining power
tItes, covered by public lands, from
' entry or sale. It will be necessary to
wait awhile, however, to ascertain the
' results. But unless the sites shall be
sold or leased, how are they to be im-
proved? If sold, they will fall under
,' the Jurisdiction of state law. Then
i who would buy them, and what prices
would water rights thus encumbered
by law. bring? If leased, the money,
; of course, would go to the National
I Government. It is a tangle of con-
ditlons and possibilities through which
no one can see the way. "
One thing, however, is certain, to
wit: Deeirable as conservation Is, the
' methods necessary for it will obstruct
improvement, and In many cases prob
.' ably delay it Indefinitely. It la a sure
prediction that everybody will see this,
and acknowledge It, after a while.
SKtrTTNO SEAPORTS IJTU4XD.
All of the essential points In the
I rase now under hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
. Bait Lake are inseparably a part of
the original Spokane rate case, which
. ngain comes up for hearing In Spokane
next week. That representatives of
! the great commercial bodies of the
Atlantic Coast cities are standing In
' this contest shoulder to shoulder
' with the representatives of similar
organizations from the Pacific Coast
cities, 3000 miles farther west, il
lustrates the far-reaching effects of
the proposed change In rates. Rail
road rates throughout the country are
so interdependent on each other that
any unnatural disarrangement like
that proposed in the original Spokane
complaint is like the removal of a
card from a card-house the whole
structure is immediately precipitated
into confusion.
Spokane for yeara waxed great
through the favoritism of an illegiti
mate and unnatural freight rate in an
artificially created "Jobbing lone,"
from which all competitors were ex
cluded. Not satisfied with the enor
mous growth which this favoritism of
the railroads made possible, Spokane
began clamoring for a water competi
tion rate, apparently oblivious to the
fact that the city was 400 mllea from
the nearest point at which a iwater
carrier could deliver freight. Quite
naturally, this unreasonable demand
set in motion a long train of similar
complaints from interior cities. The
granting of a water competition rate
to Spokane could not be defended If
r similar rate were refused Bait Lake,
Denver, Boise and a score of other
inland points, and we thus see an ef
fort on the part of all these interior
cities to secure an artificial advantage
which nature denied them.
The injustice which the granting ot
such a rate would work on the ports
having the advantage of water com
petition is so clear and unmistakable
that It Is but natural that 'there has
arisen a determined opposition on both
coasts of the United States. Were the
contentions of the Interior cities to be
recognized, all of the advantages of
water competition which have been
recognized since the dawn of civiliza
tion would be nullified. On the Pa
cific Coast, Portland. Seattle, San
Francisco, Tacoma, Los Angeles and
other ports, which at great expense
have provided facilities for the eco
nomical handling of ocean freight.
would be placed in the same class as
the cities hundreds of miles inland.
The question Is one of vital im
portance, pot only to the people of the
Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts, but
to every shipper and consumer In the
United States. If the railroads can
be thus forced to build up artificial
Jobbing centers at the expense of
natural entrepots for commerce, it
will be difficult, if not impossible, to
place any limits on the abuse. No
other commercial problem, approach
ing in magnitude this question, has
appeared before the people of the
United States, and the result of the
series of hearings, which will be held
la Salt Lake, Spokane, Portland and
other points in September and Octo
ber, will be awaited with keen in
terest. A FARCE OT JT" STICK.
A fair sample of the way in which
technicality plays battledore and shut
tlecock with Justice In the courts of
Oregon, Is shown in the notorious Abe
Hembree case. As long ago as De
cember 28, 1905, this man, Hembree,
was arrested In Tillamook County,
charged with the murder of his wife
and daughter, the latter 18 years old,
and of the attempt to conceal the
crime by burying the bodies in the
shack which was their home and in
which the murder was committed. The
case had many revolting features. The
poverty of the family was extreme,
and a cause for the murder that was
not brought out in evidence was dark
ly hinted. The man was duly indicted
for murder of the daughter and the
case was brought to trial in Mc
Mlnnville, resulting in a verdict of
manslaughter. Hembree was com
mitted to the penitentiary, where he
served one year of an indeterminate
sentence. He was paroled last year
by Governor Chamberlain and re
leased. Soon afterward, however, he
was rearrested, this time on a charge
of murdering his wife. Tried this time
in Dallas, Polk County, on change of
venue, he was convicted of murder In
the first degree and sentenced to be
executed as provided by law.
Again technicality has come to his
rescue and the case has been re
manded for yet another trial. In the
Interval covered between the death of
these two women and the latest ac
tion of the Supreme Court, Hembree
has either been grossly wronged by
the continual stress which he has been
under, or Justice has been grossly vio
lated In that he has gone all these
years unhanged.
There has been absolutely no
ground, either in Justice or expediency,
for the way in which the case has been
handled. It would have made of the
courts, including the Supreme Court
of the state, a laughing stock, except
that the spectacle presented In deal
ing with It has been too humiliating
to provoke or permit derision. It has
Involved large expense to the taxpay
ers of Tillamook County, many of
whom, at least, are constrained by
well-known facts to believe the man
guilty.
If this man killed his wife and
daughter as charged, it was murder,
most foul. Parole! Think of the
glaring injustice and menace to the
community to allow a man convicted
on so grave a charge and under sen
tence for manslaughter to go free. And
now, after a second trial and convic
tion of the crime of murder, to see the
Supreme Court remand him to another
trial on a far-fetched rendering of the
law! No wonder that criminals come
up before Oregon courts smllingljf and
with full assurance that they will, in
the end, win out. .
RELIGIOUS MANIA.
Today is the date fixed for the end
of the world by the sect of the "Later
Reign of the Apostolic Church." The
devotees of that cult are now assembled
In Duxbury. Mass., where they are
waiting for the coming of the Lord In
the East and the final consummation
of all things. If the programme should
not be followed quite as they anticipate
and this day should turn out to be a
good deal like the days that have gone
before, still it may be some satisfaction
to these enthusiasts, when night comes
and disappointment takes the place of
expectation, to remember that they
have proved their faith by their works.
So confidently have they looked for
the dawn of the Judgment day this
morning that many of them have given
away all their property. Of what use
would earthly possessions be In a city
Whose gates are rearls . and whose
streets are paved with gold, even if
one could take them thither? Jesus
told those of us who would inherit
eternal life to sell all our goods and
give the money to the poor. How many
of us come as near obeying him as
these New England fanatics in their
pathetic delusion?
People who fall under the temporary
influence of religious mania ought not
to be held responsible for their acts.
Vhen "William Miller founded the Ad
ventlst church. In 1831, he taught that'
the end of the world was at hand and
set the exact date for It. Many of his
followers gave away their personal
effects and deeded their land to scof
fers. By these proceedings great dis
tress was caused to many worthy peo
ple. The law ought to hold all trans
fers void which are made in circum
stances like these. The persons who
execute them are no more compotes
mentis than maniacs In an asylum. The
saints of the "Later Reign of the Apos
tolic Church" are probably more ser
iously disturbed In mind than most
other fanatics, for many of them dwell
in Rhode Island and they must find it
very tryins to reconcile the power of
Mr. Aldrich with the reign of the
Lord through his church.
Nervous disturbances of one sort
and another seem to be an essential
preliminary to the outbreak of relig
ious waywardness. While the mind
continues serene, faith proceeds In a
humdrum routine which presents no
startling phenomena, but let brain
storms succeed one another for a long
time and spiritual fireworks are almost
sure to follow. For example. Just be
fore the celebrated dancing mania
broke out In medieval Europe, the
world was ravaged sixteen times in
swift succession by the bubonic plague.
Smallpox and measles wrought deadly
havoc everywhere. ' Leprosy, or what
passed for it, had been imported from
the East by the pious crusaders and.
to cap the climax, the) Black Death In
some sections left but one person out
of five allver It was a time of fearful
nervous strain. No wonder everybody
began to dance. The mania, beginning
perhaps at Strasburg, spread all over
Germany under the name of St. Vitus'
Dance. Young men would suddenly
be possessed of it on the street and
begin to leap about. At nrst, we are
told, their movements would be grace
ful, but presently they broke into a
wild orgy, which ended only when the
poor victim fell down unconscious. In
Italy the trouble was called "taran-
tlsm," because It was attributed to
the bite of a spider, but the Germans,
with stricter orthodoxy, ascribed It to
the devil and sought to cure it with
exorcism and prayer, on the principle
of taking a hair of the dog that bit
you.
The excitement of the Crusaders,
which contributed powerfully to kindle
the dancing mania, was Itself a pro
duct of Infuriated fanaticism. The
population of Europe could never have
set out on such a wild expedition. If It
had not lost Its wits beforehand
Knights and peasants, men, women
and children took up the march to the
Holy Land in a long and dolorous pro
cession with grim death hovering over
them at every step. Peter the Hermit
must have been a wonderful preacher
to stir people up so, but we may be
sure he could have done nothing of the
kind If the world had not been nerv
ously overwrought to begin with.
We felicitate ourselves that the dancing
mania la now a thing of the past, with
witchcraft and the Inquisition, but It
Is well to be a little cautious aDOut
such conclusions. At every "success
ful" revival, phenomena are exhibited
which differ but little from the ex
travagances of tarantlsm. Professor
Sumner, of Yale, has warned us that
witchcraft Is liable to revive at any
moment In' all Its fury, while occur
rences like the gathering of the Saints
at Duxbury prove that the human
mind la Just as capable now as It ever
was of falling victim to religious
maul a.
OIB HOST OF PROTECTORS.
t.iv T.orri Rvrnn. Citv Milk In
spector Mack has awakened all of a
sudden and found himself famous.
Yesterday, in his official capacity,
nobody knew that he existed. Such
hi inmnnlmt nlaciditv Dervad-
ing his office that the public eye had
overlooked It entirely. Today ne tanes
Mo-Vi rnnk 1n the noble army of In
spectors, commissioners and members
of boards who serve the community
Vitt rirmrinr their salaries. He seems
to be no worse than the rest of the
crowd, and no better. Probably up to
the last day or two It never entered
his head that any particular service
was expected of him In return for his
salary.
Arcnn Multnomah County ana
Portland together enjoy the blessing
of at least nineteen separate and dis
tint hrtnrria rnm m lssions and lnsnect-
ors, charged with the duty of looking
after our health. Our eyes, our
hrnr(k nur ntomachs are all pro-1
vided for at good salaries. Sheep, cat
tle, horses and microbes are careiuny
mustered under the aegis of their re-
ipectlve boards. Markets are mspect
a Tiiir in rloiiblv and trebly In-
cnoptt. Haw unvhndv nr nil v animal
can possibly fall sick under such mul
tiplied supervision and Inspection Is
A.ainW a marvel n n , vpt there is
Just' about as much Illness as there
was before we began to ngm disease
by propagating lazy ana incompetent
officials. In the matter of protecting
health, as in many others, the public
has become a victim to a sort of mania
f nffiMalrlom. We trv to accomplish
everything by multiplying boards and
ignore the fact that no Doaro. is oi any
account unless it does its appointed
duty.
THE MONUMENT TO JOSEPH SMITgL
T3 an .Mcr nt fh Mormon Church
at Portland the attention of The Ore
gonlan has been called to an error it
is said to have co'mmltted a short
time ago about a monument to Joseph
Smith, founder of Mormonism,
which it stated was soon to be dedi
cated at his native place, Sharon, Vt.
The error Is said to have consisted In
this, that no monument Is now to be
dedicated, but one was, In fact, erected
and dedicated in the year 1905. One
way or the other, it Is not material,
yet a newspaper always wishes to give
correct Information.
Strangely enough, however, there
has been, and still continues, a good
deal of , doubt, and even dispute, on
this topic. But Vermont newspapers
report that a monument to Smith was
actually dedicated at Sharon, Decem
ber 23, 1905. They certainly ought to
know. The doubt and -dispute, it
seems, have arisen from a report that
a branch of the Mormon Church was
formally established at Sharon last
July, and that Senator Reed Smoot
was at some Indefinite time to deliver
an address at that church on the life
and work of the "Prophet." Also, that
on this occasion there would be a
more formal dedication of the monu
ment. It Is an unimportant matter, and
The Oregonlan makes this further
reference to It only because It has re
ceived notice that it had been misled,
and had fallen Into mistake. Men
tion of the monument was only inci
dental to Its remarks on Joseph Smith,
and on the mysteries that surround the
origin of religious beliefs, which never
can abide the tests of historical and
rational examination. Whether the
monument to Prophet Smith has al
ready been dedicated, or is to be dedi
cated afresh, or whatever the fact
may be, needn't concern The Ore
gonian further.
BOTH FOUND THE POLE.
Dr. Cook tells a plain, unvarnished
tale of his Arctic Journey, which cul
minated in reaching the Pole. The
probabilities all favor the statement
that he reached this long-sought goal.
This Is not to discredit the statement
of Peary, that he, too, reached the
Pole,- though at a later date. Still
other intrepid and enduring men may
accomplished the same feat later since
no one can bear away with him as a
trophy the extreme point where all
parallels of longitude aonverge and
where, look .which way he will, the
observer gazes to the south.
Proceeding, apparently, upon the
basis that there is not glory enough in
having reached the Pole to go round,
Peary has chosen to deal with Dr.
Cook as an adversary Instead of a co
explorer in the broad field of Arctic
ri su-n vpt v. This Is to be rerretted and
can hardly redound to his credit. Many
men. have failed and not a rew nave
perished miserably In the attempt to
score the triumph which fell to the
lot of these men. Americans both,
let honors be even. The long quest is
ended; both "got there." That should
suffice.
ROBERT HOE.
A man. more than ordinarily useful
In his day and generation passed away
when Robert Hoe died in London on
September 22. Son of his father,
Robert H. Hoe, and grandson of his
grandfather, Robert Hoe, he was the
third of his name, in direct descent,
to place the stamp of his wonderful
Inventive genius upon the world
through the perfected printing press.
A marvel of cogs and belts and cyl
inders, working together, each uner-
ringly contributing to and supplement
ing the marvelous power of the other
seemingly animate creature, la the Hoe
cylinder press of today. Equally mar
velous in conception, construction and
execution for its time was the "Hoe
Cylinder" of 1846.
Robert Hoe, who has Just died at
the age of 70 years, was a lad of 17
when letters patent were first granted
to the Inventor of the press that has
made his name known throughout
the world. The three score and three
years that have passed since then were
years of mighty achievement in the
mechanical world. In the foreground
of this achievement and of the power
that it represents stands the name of
Robert Hoe the greatest of a family
that for three generations has stood
for the tremendous effectiveness of
the printing press. He has done his
work and passed, leaving to the world
a priceless heritage.
Based on the attendance at the pub
lic schools, opinion prevails in Port
land that the city has been gaining
about 10 per cent In population an
nually for the past six or seven years.
When the Federal census Is taken,
next April, the pppulatlon . of Mult
nomah County will probably be shown
to have Increased correspondingly.
Under the rules of the Census Bureau,
only residents within the city boun
daries are enumerated as the city's
population. Suburbs, like St. John,
are taken by themselves, while ad
jacent districts, not Incorporated, are
simply "lumped" In with the county
population. The boundaries of School
District No. 1 are larger than the
city boundaries; annexation for school
purposes has exceeded municipal an
nexation. There are probably not
fewer than 20,000 persons served by
streetcar lines for a 6-cent fare, prac
tically a part of Portland, and earn
ing a living In Portland, who will not
be included In the city's enumeration
unless between now and April 15,
next, they choose to annex their
various territories.
The exceedingly high skill necessary
to placing rough boards covered with
burlap In the hold of a vessel, as "lin
ing," to protect wtieat cargoes la re
ceiving due recognition in this port.
Some of the skilled "ship-liners" are
affiliated with an international union,
while others hold a charter from a
Pacific Coast union. The presence of
two separate and distinct organizations
of union men engaged in the same line
of work has precipitated a strained sit
uation on the Portland waterfront, 'and
a settlement of the difficulty awaits
the coming of the president of the In
ternational Union.. One of these unions
seems to be objectionable to the other,
and as men who have devoted long
years to learn the trade of ship-lining
have probably unfitted themselves for
any ordinary class of work, it is not
Improbable that we may witness the
uniiBiial Krvectacle of one set of union
men in good standing, opposing an
other set of the same standing, en
gaged In the same line of business.
The big steamship Janeta, with a
$200,000 cargo of wheat, steamed out
of Portland Harbor yesterday after
noon, beginning a 14,000-mile voyage
to Europe. She was preceded on
Wednesday by the French bark Bidart.
From this time forward there will be
continuous procession of Portland
grain ships covering the route between
this city and the consuming markets
of the Old World. The disadvantage
in rHstnnc. which the Pacific Coast
now suffers, can be understood when
It is noted that by the time the sail
ing ship Bidart reaches Europe, new
crop Argentine wheat, of which the
plant is now hardly peeping out of the
ground, will be arriving in Europe
hw ctoamer. to enter Into competition
with the Oregon wheat harvested six
months earlier. This accounts ior tne
decided aversion of foreigners to any
display of strength in prices unless It
Is forced.
t
Wnrshtna will fill the lower Hudson
River tomorrow. The little "Half
Moon," quaintly fashioned and storm
vA .a.. iaH tni wlrle pirnanse of water
nil to 'herself 300 years ago her
prow, turned up stream, her intrepid
- . . . .v... loot .Via
commander xruimms ma.i -
Western route to China lay before
him. 'Truly the 'world moves.
Dr. Wallace Buttrick's declaration
thnt "Portland Dresefhts the best un
occupied field in the United States for
an Institution of higher education,"
shows that he is a remarkably observ
ant, "onen-mlnded man, despite the
fact that he is a Yankee.
'
The milk dealers will take "the in
creased expense of inspection" out of
their customers by ratsing'the price
of the article. The wood dealers have
not this excuse, but may If prosecu
tions for selling short become frequent,
1
Tn thn.casa of the latest victims of
"trvv rlriM" at Seattle Wednesday
night, it will be observed the parents
of the girls killed reside in tne muu
towns. The lure of the city is strong
and tends downward.
No one who has followed Cook's
story as published in The Oregonlan,
will susDect that he has introduced
fiction. His latest chapter gives details
that the world has hungered for. '
Anrl now the Portland milk trust
milks the ultimate consumer further
hv nrlrllnir 10 ner cent to the price.
This prosperity that Taft is talking
about has its disadvantages.
At.... mn mnntha from nnw in-
terest will be centered in the original
ji-nnarAr if thn Nnrth Pole. Cook
and Peary can't always put Santa
Claus into eclipse.
Tn view of recently reported stunts
nf other distinguished Americans In
a cooler clime, it Is doubtful whether
Roosevelt's book will be the best
seller
Oregon postmasters, in convention
assembled, think politics should be
eliminated from their Jobs. That's
what their predecessors thought.
The scientist who says that in
twenty years "we shall all be flying"
overlooks the fact that many of us
will live much longer.
Eight people kept alive three weeks
on fifteen nuts is, a clincher for the
argumentative vegetarian. But they
were cocoanuts.
For obvious reasons, mostly visible,
the President declined to, go into any
old swimming hole in Colorado.
Tha only necessities of life not sub
ject to price-boosting In Portland are
Bull Run water and f resh air. v
"WHAT DO YOU THINK f
Tne State of the Liquor Question la
Pendleton.
Pendleton East Oregonlan.
The report submitted by the grand
Jury Saturday but proves the difficulty
of enforcing a law requiring absolute
prohibition. Only two indictments for
selling liquor illegally were returned
by the grand Jury. Yet it Is a matter
of almost common knowledge that the
law Is being openly violated in Pendle
ton and doubtless in all other towns in
the county. What do Pendleton's 12
or 13 "near beer" saloons exist for
If not to sell liquor?
Yet the grand Jury which Investi
gated the cases last week was one of
the best the county has ever had. It
was composed largely of stalwart pro
hibitionists. 'They were Intelligent
men and they had lull power to sum
mon witnesses and to Investigate af
fairs to the limit They tried to do
their duty.
But not only is liquor being sold In
Pendleton. ' An enormous legitimate
"mall order" business Is being carried
on. It is well known that a former
local saloonman, now located at Pasco,
is doing an enormous liquor business
with the people of the city. He ships
beer by the barrel to Individual pur
chasers. Walla Walla, it is said, sells
this county $4000 worth of beer each
month.
From the-llquor business now car
ried on Pendleton gets no revenue. The
liquor men keep the J25.00O they for
merly paid the city. They have turned
lawbreakers. It is true, but they thlnK.
it all right to break the prohibition
law If they can. . They have made law
breakers out, of half the population of
tne city.
Now, would Jt not be better to let
the pendulum swing back a trifle by
legalizing the liquor business, yet un
der such rigid restrictions that the
moral welfare of the public would be
fully protected? This paper thinks it
would.
BLACKSMITH "CUSSES' PRESIDENT
One Dave Totten, of Beverly, Dfiua,
Foils Foul of Mr. Taft.
N'ew York Herald.
David Totten, the Village blacksmith"
of the city of Beverly, is in deepest dis
grace. "Dave" Is the first Beverly man
to "cuss" the President of the United
States. Down at the Royal Arcanum
meeting the other night they seriously
discussed sending "Dave" over to the
Witch House in Salem, and leaving him
to his fate,
Automobiles don't help blacksmiths,
and "Dave" Is for the horse every time.
In common with some other Beverly
citizens, he thinks the steam cars monop
olize the road, which was made for horses
and wagons in the first instance. So
when he came up the avenue the other
evening driving one horse and leading
two behind, which were inclined to be
fractious, and met an automobile he got
excited.
"Turn out!" he shouted, and the auto
mobile answered, "Honk, honk."
Then, as the car rushed closer and
kept the middle of the road, he lost his
temper.
"Why don't yer turn out, d a yerV
he yelled, as the big car whirled past.
At the next house "Dave" stopped and
told "Jim" Portcullom about the danger
ous and high-handed ways of the auto
mobiles. "Meet one Just now?" asked "Jim."
"Most run over me and scared the
horses, d n him," replied "Dave," his
anger rising at the recollection.
"Why, Dave!" said "Jim," In horror,
"guess ye don't know who that was, do
ye. That was the President ye met down
below."
"Git ap,". said "Dave." and turned into
a side street thoroughly crestfallen.
An Offer to Portland.
Oak Grove News.
The Portland papers are full of the
approaching trip of our friend, Bill Taft,
and we note the comment as to who shall
entertain the Chief Executive and how
he, shall be entertained. Every leading
organization of the Rose City is clamoring
for the honor, and we fear that If these
bodies cannot come to some amicable
understanding the President will not re
ceive a proper ovation at the hands of
the people of Portland. In the event that
such Is the case we might be able to
do something for him at Oak Grove.
We will admit that we could not give
him a game of golf, or lawn tennis, or
basketball. We could, however, give him
a high seat on a rail fence where he
could watch the Oak Grove Juniors pro
duce some classy baseball, after which
he could be conducted to the river and
watch the little tots flounder around In
the WiUataiette, to fill in any other time
waiting for the leading chefs to prepare
the banquet for the occasion which
would not cost $10 or $12.50 each. We
hope our leading citizens will consider
this grave matter seriously and quickly,
so that the President of this great Na
tion will have proper entertainment and
inform Bill that he will be welcomed at
Oak Grove in case of any disappointment
in the trend of things in Portland. Oak
Grove Is ready to do her part. .
i Time nf the North Pole.
London Chronicle.
At the North Pole time Is nothing,
and If one were residing at the North
Pole it would be unnecessary to wind
one's watch. You are always at 12
o'rlock and can't walk out of the hotel
without walking south. All times of
day meet at the Pole, as the meeting
place of all the meridians. A man sit
ting with the invisible mathematical
point right under him would be in all
24 .hours at once. Or a 24-hour watch
placed on the Pole could be made to
point to the correct time in every part
of the world. There used to be some
thing of an approximation to this in
the extreme north of Norway, where
the degrees of longitude squeeze In,
until recent days. Captains of Nor
wegian coasting schooners will tell you
how inconvenient it was to change be
tween the time of Holland at Bergen
and that of Crete at the North Cape,
while correct local time was main
tained. General Norwegian time be
came Indispensable.
Great Problem Solved.
Portland Advocate (Afro-American.)
The rushing manner In which the
widows are marrying and being married
here and elsewhere, has caused a num
ber of young ladies to Inquire why it is
that they cannot do likewise. The ans
wer is easy as pie. In the firs place,
most of them are not stable enough, and
In the second place they want some
thing and have nothing to offer in ex
.hantm -lot avpii horse Kens?. Third.
they talk too much about what their J
husband will have to do when they get
one. flirt, tease and tantalize the man
who keeps their company, while the wid
ows study to please the man, saws wood
and says nothing.
An Outcome Worth Watching.
Kansas City Star.
Here is the next test for Congress:
Tha Chicago platform said: "We faVor
the establishment of a postal savings
bank system for the, convenience of the
people and the encouragement of thrift."
Speaker Cannon' is against the postal
savings bank. So is Senator Aldrich.
President Taft has declared himself in
favor of it.
Which will dominate Congress the plat
form and the president, or the Cannon
Aldrich organization?
Watch for the outcome.
It Might Take a Bullet or To.
Charles R. Angel) In Puck.
' When Roosevelt hag nothlne to du
He might take a shot at the gnu.
To knock off the O
Would nil him with slee.
And wouldn't embarraas tha no.
W. E. Curtis Observations on City of Portland
With His Estimate of the Character, Growth and Spirit of the City, nnd
Comparison With Other.
It will, perhap. alTord gratification to
our, people to read the letter written about
Portland by William E. Curtis, the well
known traveler, longr in the service' of the
Chicago Record-Herald. , There will be dis
sent In various quarters from some ov his
statements; but the estimate is, on the
whole, highly complimentary to Portland;
and the letter Is republished by The Ore
gonlan for the purpose of letting our people
see what an observant visitor says about
their city. In comparison with others on the
Pacific Coast The bead lines ot his letter
contain these expressions: "Portland's
Progress, Solidly Permanent" "Most Con
servative City on the Pacific Coast Is Only
Sixty Tears Old." "Strangers Are Wel
comed" "Its Success Follows Judicious Ad
vertising Campaign." It is not necessary to
enter into dispute about the relative rank
and growth of Pacific Coast cities. The Ore
gonlan content Itself with reprinting Cur
tla' letter as he wrote It:
(Special Correspondence of the Chicago
Record-Herald.)
PORTLAND, Or.. Sept. 16. 1909. Van
couver, British Columbia, is said to be
growing faster than any city on the Pa
cific Coast. Seattle comes next, and
Portland third. This statement will be
disputed by Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Tacoma. But Portland is not a
boom city. Its growth is gradual, solid
and permanent. It is not spasmodic or
sensational. Portland is the most con
servative city on the Pacific, and more
mature than any other, even San Fran
cisco. For many years, notwithstand
ing the fact that It Is only 60 years old,
Portland has been ranked among the
first three or four cities tn America
In per capita -wealth, and although Its
population has been growing very rap
idly, it still maintains that position.
This means that the people are making
and saving money quite as fast as they
multiply in numbers; and for that rea
son there Is very little done here ex
cept by local capital.
You seldom hear of a Portland pro
moter in the Eastern money center. If
an enterprise of merit is organized'
there is always a sufficient number of
local investors here to carry It through.
For example, there are 21 business
blocks and office buildings eight or
more stories' In height within a, nar
row radius in the center of the town
which have been erected within the
last six or seven years at a cost ex
ceeding $6,000,000. Every penny of it
was Portland money and there Is not a
dollar of Incumbrance upon any of the
buildings.
The deposits In the local banks are
$53,000,000 an increase from $10,000,000
In 1889. The per capita of deposits to
the population of the city is $212 to
every man,, woman and child.
-
There are no such large fortunes as
have been amassed In San Francisco
nd Los Angeles, but there are a great
er number of rich men In proportion to
the population than in any other city
on the Coast It is said that there are
more people in Portland worth between
$100,000 and $500,000 than In any other
Western city.
But what Is better than great riches
and more to be admired than the costly
buildings that are rising so rapidly In
this city is what" is known as "The
Portland Spirit" the friendly disposi
tion of the business men toward each
other, and their habit of co-operation
in enterprises that affect the public
welfare. An old banker farther up the
Coast, speaking of this peculiarity, de
clared the other day that Ladd & Til
ton, the oldest firm of private bankers
here, and the First National Bank of
Portland saved the entire Pacific North
west from disaster during the panic of
1893, by their patriotic" public spirit and
liberal policy. He said that every di
rector and officer in those two banks
placed their private fortunes at the call
of their cashiers, and assisted every
financial institution in this territory
that applied to them for help.
"When I went down to see them they
asked for a statement of our condition,
and I gave it to them," said the banker.
"They looked it over and asked what
was the smallest amount that would
carry us through. I gave them my
opinion and they replied very .promptly
that I might draw for that amount, but
must not ask a penny more than I ab
solutely needed because everybody
wanted help those days."
Another illustration of the Fontland
spirit can be found in the history of the
Lewis and Clark imposition mat was neia
here a few years ago. It was a model in
every respect and an example that all
persons who propose to manage similar
enterprises Bhould study. it was tne
first and only exposition that I ever heard
of that paid expenses ana leit a surplus.
It is the only one that seemed to satisfy
everybody associated with it There was
no complaint from any source about the
management, but compliments and assur
ances of satisfaction from every sloe.
And you never hear of any criticism of
a mercenary spirit in Portland as you do
of other places on the CoaBt. When a
stranger come here to engage In busi
ness he is cordially welcomed, and if his
credentials are genuine he receives all
the credit and assistance he deserves. He
is invited to the Commercial Club to meet
gentlemen who are most familiar with
the matters to which his business relates,
and they give him such encouragement
as they can, on the theory that the suc
cess of the individual is the same as the
success of the community. In other cities
on this Coast, which might be men
tioned, this spirit does not appear. In a
neighboring city when I asked what was
the first thing for a stranger to do, the
answer was, "Button up your pockets."
But nobody ever said that about Port
land. On the other hand, strangers who
come here are more apt to add to their
fortunes than to be deprived of what they
bring.
A great part of the success of Portland
Is due to Judicious advertising. The peo
ple 'boast a great deal, but seldom go
beyond the truth. The advertisements
approximate the facts. It is a bad thing
for a town to attempt to promote im
migration and investment by misrepre
sentation. Everybody who Is induced to
come by reading advertisements is sure
to Investigate for himself, and those who
discover that they have been deceived
are apt to resent it and give the place a
bad name.
There has been a great Improvement In
the advertising methods of the towns out
here, both in the appearance of the
printed matter as well as the contents.
This Is chiefly due to an intelligent, com
prehensive and systematic co-operation
between the railway companies and the
commercial clubs and similar local or
ganizations which was organized two
years ago by William McMurray, general
passenger agent of the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Company at Portland. It is
known as "Community Publicity," and is
under the management of William Blttle
Wells, of Portland.
Until about two years ago the pro
gressive towns in the State of Oregon
were issuing promiscuous advertising and
circulating it the best way they, could.
Much of it was wasted, much of it was
ill advised and full of misrepresentations.
The lack of system and of proper meth
ods of distribution prevented the greater
part of it from being as effective as it
should have been. Recognizing that a
great opportunity was being wasted, Mr.
McMurray undertook to inaugurate a re
form, and began with the Commercial
Club of Medford, Or., which Is the center
of the great pear district. That organiza
tion agreed to "share with the publicity
bureau of the railway company the ex
pense of publishing an attractive bonk de
scriptive of that city and the. Rogue
River Valley, and the railway company
agreed to undertake its distribution. The
plan worked so well that It was followed
up by other towns, until now, Mr. Mc
Murray tells me, the railway company i
co-operating with 60 commercial clubs in
Oregon and 12 in Idaho, and the llpt is re
ceiving additions every week.
The publication and circulation of an
immense amqunf of literature has brought
toaOregon an immense number of home
seekers" from every part of the East, and
investors who have bought timber land,
farms and town lots and other property.
It would- be impossible to say how many
have remained hero, but you may be
positive that a large proportion of the
Increase in the population may be Justly
attributed to this work. During the last
two years travel has increased enor
mously. This will be the greatest year
ever known. The passenger-movement in
1908 was SO per cent greater than in 1907,
and there will be a similar increase re
ported for 1909. The colonists' movement
to Oregon has been 100 per cent greater
this year than ever before, and it will
continue to increase. Up to September 1,
1909, 102,000 pieces of baggage had been
handled at the Portland station, as
against 93,000 in 1905, the year of the Port
land Exposition, which has been the ban
ner year.
The people of Portland new claim a
population of 275,000, as against 90,426, the
ofllclal return for the census of 1900. In
1880 the population was 17.577, and in ISM
it was 46,385. The present claim Is based
upon the recent school census, which
showed 34.264 children between the ages
of 7 and 14, an Increase of 2054 from the
previous year. The city directory for
1908 contained 240,000 names, and the edi
tion for 1909 contained 255,000 names.
The building department reports that
notwithstanding the panic, 190S was the
banner year for the erection of new build
ings, the number being 4873 and the value
$10,528,066. It is believed that the permits
for 1909 will exceed 6000 in number and
$15,000,000 in value. The permits granted
in April last represented an investment
of $1,625,220, making It the banner month
in all history. The number and the value
of the new buildings erected has doubled
during the last four years, and has multi
plied two and a half timet since 1900.
The real estate transfers in Portland In
1908 represented the sum of $22,000,000.
The postal receipts for Portland and the
neighboring cities show an expansion of
business that is marvelous.
The Jobbing trade of Portland increased
from $160,000,000 In 1906 to $225,000,000 In
1908, which is a good measure of the
prosperity and growth of the country.
The manufacturing industries of Port
land now represent an output of about
$75,000,000 a year.
The lumber output, $30,000,000.
Wheat and flour, $26,000,000.
Oats, barley and other grains, $30,000,000.
Cattle and hogs, $10,000,000.
Fruit $5,000,000. ,
Salmon, $3.0u0,000.
Potatoes, $3,000,000. 1
Wool, $2,500,000.
The Swift Packing Company, of Chi
cago, has selected Portland as its head
quarters on the Pacific: has purchased a
tract of 8100 acres of the peninsula formed
by the union of the Columbia and Wil
lamette rivers, and is now covering 15
acres with pens and buildings which will
have a daily capacity of 1000 hogs and
600 cattle. This entire Investment will ,
represent about $3,000,000.
This has given a tremendous impetus
to the livestock Industry, and the farmers
In all the country around are making
preparations to fatten cattle and hogs
and to raise sheep for mutton as well as
for wool.
Good Walking; Also In Portland.
New York Mail.
WJiat we wsnt is city orTlclal and city
employes' with leg, not automobiles. They do
not need machines to travel around on th
oitya buslnte. I go all over th city on
the car and. they can do the same.
These reasonably sane and pointed
words are G. Waldo Smith's preface to
a resolution adopted by the Board of
Trade to begin an investigation of cer
tain city expenditures, and his com
ment on the published statement that
municipal automobiles cost the tax
payers, $1,000,000, with $550,000 addi
tional for expenses.
The walking Is good in this town, and
there are frequent subway and "L"
expresses as well as ' satisfactory short
hauls on the surface lines.
YOCTHKIX H I'M OH.
TTncle BUery Now I'll learn ye to milk the
cow. Nephew from the city Oh, unkle, I'm
kind er 'frald o' the row; couldn't I Just aa
well learn on th calf? Lit.
Indignant old lady You wicked, wicked
boy! Aren't you ashamed of yourself, siaush
tering those lnnocant birds? Boy I ain't
vlaughterln' m, la3y! I'm out gettln" specl
ments for de Smit'sunian Instltoot. Puck.
Teachei" Bessie, name nna bird that Is now
extinct. Little Bessie Dick. Teaoher What
sort of bird io that ? Little Bespie ( Uir canary.
The cat extincted him. Thtj Presbyterian.
Tftacher (sternly) Willi Waffles, you wer
late this morning. Willie Waffles (blushing)
Yesm, I had to get up in the night and go
for the doctor. Tei-her--tVcll Willis, I will
excuse you this time, but I hope it will
never happen again. Willie That's what my
father said I Truth.
Sunday school teacher All th boy who
want to go to heaven will pleas rise. Willie
Green Why, teacher excuse me but that's
the only way they can go to heaven I Bohe
mian Magazine.
He was telling tha young woman about hi
fine cows and called her attention to a calf
grazing not far away. "That calf Is only
6 weeks old." he said. "Isn't she a beauty?"
"Only 6 weekw old!" questioned the young
lacly in amazement, "and walking so eoon?"
Life.
In the Magazine
Sections of the
Sunday Oregonian
SUCCESSORS TO
ROCKEFELLER & MORGAN
Men slated to manage the af
fairs of the Standard Oil Com
pany and the great banking con
cern with its many ramifications.
ROMANCE OF
NEAH-KAH-NIE MOUNTAIN
A bit of Oregon's wild coast,
rich in Indian history and pirate
legend.
TOGO INTERVIEWS
DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT
The Japanese schoolboy gets a
rise out of Harvard's ex-president
in a department store.
DAVY CROCKETT,
QUAINT BACKWOODSMAN
In the American Hero series,
Mr. Spillane tells of the picture
esque man of the wilderness who
wanted to be President.
MR. DOOLEY ON THE
TOPIC OF THE HOUR
Evidence in the Peary-Cook
controversy summed up and a ver
dict rendered.
Order early from your newsdealer.