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BQDYOFMR.SGQTT MH.SGOrrSDEAtH A PORTRAIT, A SNAPSHOT AND A SKETCH OF THE I.TE H. W. SCOTT. FELT BY IT Details of Funeral Are Not Men of National Prominence Join in Loving Tribute to His Memory. Completed Masons Will Conduct Services. BURIAL AT RIVERVIEW MESSAGES EXPRESS GRIEF SATURDAY 10 ' M : V? $i ) m If ' ' X' w Has Ffarmrr Associate of Associated Pkss, Editor and His Friend of Many Year Tell of Their Great Sorrow. Th new of Mr. Scott' reath was telegraphed to his associate on the board of director of the Associated Press and to many editor of his per sonal acquaintance. In response many have answered with appreciations of Mr. Scott. Many others -telegraphed their condolences. The telegrams follow. MR. SCOTT PKAJLWIO FICCRE Future Historian V 111 Give Just Measure of Mis Work. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 9 (Spe cial.) Harvey HcoU was an elemental force. Society, grown away from ele mentals. knew not how to take him. It recoiled from his short cuts to the eternal verities a he recoiled from Its shuffling; evasion of them. ' His Wrjrest work should have been done In th primitive days of the Oregon country, when simple forces acted directly for the making; of states and cities. I saw him most as critic, but he must have bulked larger from another ancle In his constructive period. Those who held htm too dominant to work with oCier knew little how far h shaped events for which men more . w omi T Hnirhf If his Own eager iw - - feneration can visualise him truly. The peculiar lucmaumi w . . w .tut Jf ft warned nersDectlve as much as the repulsion natural to those blind to It. Do your best to show Mm to ntm Ore iroa as he ma his essence will elude you. to tempt some Tuiure niHina wm tmairlnatlon to reconstruct from your material a Just measure of the work and ' - rr rua t dramatic flffure la your first half-century of civilisation. From 1 to 1ST managing editor of The Oregonlan. WATTERSOX DEEPLY GRIEVED Close Friend of Mr. Scott Says News paper Attest Hla Ability. iMTTCTrrt.T.R. Kv.. A US', 1. (Special.) I am deeply grieved by tldlnga of the death or my oia xnena xmr i knw him well and held him in the highest reward. That he leaves behind him a great newspaper auesi his command ins; ability and sterling Integrity. Convey to his family the assurance) of my profound sympathy. HENRY WATTERSON. Editor LouurvLU Courier-Journal. 'RrCGED AXD BR-VTC AXT TRUE" Mr. Scott Has Been Inspiration to Oregon, Says C C. Goodwin. SALT LAKE. Aug-. S. I grle-re that the strong- man has died. I desire to extend to you and to Oregon my deep sympathy. Rngged and brave and true was Harvey W. Scott. If. of late, he has seemed at times a little distant and cold, it was but a mistake to keep tha world from knowing how soft hearted and generous was his nature. Going to Oregon a child, growing up on a farm, fighting his way to emi nence, ha has been more to Oregon than any other of all her Illustrious citizens. He had not much Imagina tion, but what he lacked In that he made up In power. His robust words have been an Inspiration to the men of Oregon for two score years. His aeas of Jostles always held In con trol, and his prejudices and hla voice for right, for full patriotism, for in tegrity In high and low places, baa been Ilka the long drawn call of Roman trtrmpets to the manhood of Home legions. He possessed those qualities which In the aggregate make what men call character and this character shining out through the types of the Oregonlan dally as the years have ebbed and flowed, has exalted the character of the stats and has exalted the manhood of her sons. His death takes from Oregon Its most Illustrious figure. His grave should be to her sons a shrine forever. C. C GOODWIN", For many years editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. GREAT JOURNALIST HAS GO.VE Harvey V. Scott Waa an Vpbnlldrr, Says Harrison Gray Otis. LOS ANOBLES. CaL. Aug. a Under the heading. "Harvey W. Scott an t'p huilder." Harrt."on Gray Otis said edi torially in the Times today: "When Harvey w. Scott passed away at Baltimore yesterday, one of the greatest lights of Journalism went out. He was a great editor In every sense of the word; great In mental force, great in executive ability, great as a writer, great la the in fluence of both his pen eud personality. He has made The Portland Oregonlan famed throughout the country for Its breadth of vision, its originality of thought and the power and finish of Its editorial expression. He fought many a good flight against adverse odds and weak when he died, ensagrd in vigorous battle for principle against the sound and fury of passing popular clamor. "Harvey W. Sco:t was a pioneer and a builder. For half a century he had been laboring moat effectively for the development and progress of the Pacific Coast. The splendid City Of Portland and th surrounding country owe In large ires rs their proud story of advance ment to the work of this devoted and trenchant conductor of a great news paper. He saw a hamlet grow Into a metropolis, saw clt! and towns multiply ;n the nld which he dominated. He la bored without ceasing for high Meal and :h betterment of tiie common lot. He mightily resisted Innovation either In journalism or economic which did not accord with his deeply-rooted convic tions. ' "His masterful and rugged character will ba missed for long snd felt keenly in th walks where It wss familiar. In the workshop which he loved. In the pro fession which he honored and which honored him. and. lnd-d. In th ranks of the strong and thoughtful up and down the land. Oregon still ha need of him. and although hi voice 1 bushed we may be sure that th brave, error piercing word h ha spoken and writ ten will live for year to com and go on battling In the ervlee of eternal truth. To this editorial utterance of tha Los Angelea Times. I wish to add an ex pression of my high personal respect and my profound regret that this brave fel low Journalist of mine, this editorial tribute of the people, has been summoned to croaa th dark river and enter upon a new era of eternal life on the shores. HARRISON ORAT OTIS. Publisher Los Angelea Time. NATIONAL FIGURE HAS GOXE Courageous Journalism Loses Real Personality Says II. H. Kohlsaat. CHICAGO, Hi. Aug. 8. The Record Herakl will print th following edi torial tomorrow over th signature of H. H. Kohlsaat: HARVET W. SCOTT. The sudden death of Mr. Harvey W. Scott, editor of Th Portland Oregonlan. will cause keen regret and grief to legions of his readers, admirers and personal friends. A real and vigorous personality has disappeared from the stage of Independent. courageous Journalism and National thought. Mr. Scott was one of th last sur vivors of a newspaper era that pro duced a number of great editor and leaders of public opinion. He had made The Oregonlan. he waa Th Ore gonlan. He knew and understood tha people and the territory he had cast hi lot with as a lad, he Interpreted their sentiments, defended their Inter ests and successfully urged his own convictions upon them. Ho was a staunch defender of the gold standard when the silver movement was appar ently Irresistible in the Far West, he did not permit considerations of im mediate expediency to Influence hi policy a an editor, what was true of the money question was true of every other public question. Several Presidents offered Mr. Scott honorable appointments. He always declined them, preferring to be free and untrammeled as a leader of pub lic opinion. Conditions of life and work change, but Journalism will al ways honor th group of editors to which Mr. Scott belonged and of which Colonel Watterson Is the last survivor. Tho Far Northwest will mis Mr. Scott. He was th dominant National figure of that section of th country. "A GREAT EDITOR STRICKEX" Mr. Scott Was Man Great In Every Sense, Says Mr. Blctlien. SEATTLE. "Wssh.. Aug. . Tho Times, of this city, tonight contains the follow ing editorial on the death of Mr. Scott: "Harvey Whltefleld Scott, for 43 years editor-ln-chlef of The Oregonlan, died yesterday In Baltimore. Maryland, whither he had gone to submit to an op eration at the hand of one of the most skillful Burgeon of America "Mr. Scott had passed the Biblical measure of man' life three score year and 10 by more than two and a half years for he waa born in the State of Illinois on February L 1S3S but at that, he died, not a natural death, overcome by the burdens of year and in the de crepitude of old age but a result of the shock produced to his system while undergoing th operation. "Tho chances are that he might have lived niany year if ho had not sub mitted to the surgeon's knife though those years would not have been filled with strength and productiveness!, as all his other years had been. "However. Mr. Scott is dead, and in hi death the Journalistic profession of America has lost one of its most bril liant minds: one of Its most accom plished scholar and one of Its most vigorous and courageous writers. "It ha been th custom of th editor of the Time when speaking of the great men in Journalism of today to say this: Of that remarkable galaxy of great edi torial writer and leader of public thought which filled the firmament of Journalism so brilliantly SO year ago. all are gone except Colonel Watterson. of the Louisville Courier-Journal; Saint Clair MeKelwav, of the Brooklyn Eagle, and Harvey W. Scott, of The Portland Ore gon Ian.' And now that trio has been broken and perhaps the equal of either of tho other two has passed away, th editor of the Time does not desir to modify hi estimate of th splendid abil ity and magnificent achievement of Harvey W. Scott. "Mr. Scott waa a great man in all the senses of greatnesa He was a giant in stature and carried a brain so Ilk unto Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor of Ger many, that the famous Cartoonist Dav enport has often sketched the portraits of each, together to call atUntlon to th s I similarity of th physical appearance of perhaps the greatest statesman Germany ever bad to that of the physical appear ance of the ablest and most accom pli had eoltor who ha o counted the head of a newspaper on the Pacific Coast. 'Nature- not only aid all h could physically for Mr. Scott thus giving all th reserv force necessary for him to extract the highest quality of result from a magnificent brain but circum stance over which Mr. Scott had no con trol cart him in such rugged place dur ing hi early youth and younger man hood as to lay the foundation for the splendid results which Mr. Scott has produced. "Being most Intimately acquainted with Mr. Scott for more than 10 year, the editor of the Times ha listened to th story of his early experience In the Puget Sound country with th deepest interest. "Though his father removed from Il linois into the State of Oregon when Mr. Scott was a boy. at the aga of 18 young Scott found himself in the militia of Washington fighting th Indians all np and down the- Puget Sound country dur ing those notable years of Indian upris ing "Riding with Mr. Scott over th Great Northern Railroad to the annual meet ing of the Associated Press, then held in Chicago, and leaving Seattle in the morning, the editor of The Times found that Mr. Scott waa familiar with every Inlet of alt water up to Everett and with every turn and cover along the Snohomish and Skyomlsh Rivera "When reminded that h was mora familiar with th country than local publishers, Mr. Scott smilingly replied: I have hot Indian from every point between Seattle along th water" edge and tha river bank up th Cas cade Mountains. "It i probably not known to a great many outside of bis personal friends that Mr. Scott expected to make Seat tle hla home, and would have done so had it not been for a purely per sonal incident which he related only to hi personal friends but that sent him back to the Oregon farm, where in hla cool moments he decided to get an education and perhaps practice law. "After four year of hard work, bearing burdens that would crush or. dinary men even In that day and would not' be considered for a moment by young men of our time Mr. Scott ob tained a classical education and went to Portland to read Jaw with a prom inent attorney of that city. "The Oregonlan wa a struggling newspaper in those day, though it was backed by that able business man ager, H. L. Pittoek, who still control tho ownership for it lacked editorial direction and a leadership which could only place a newepaper In th front rank 45 year ago. "Mr. Scott wr invited to writ edi torial article for Th Oregonlan while a student at law. and he did It with uoh fore and energy that Mr. Pittoek promptly offered Mr. Scott an Interest in the paper and for 46 years those two men hav wrought tog-ether one as the keenest business manager, and th other as the direct, forceful, ac complished and fearless editor. "A a monument to his memory, Mr. Scott' family and personal friends can point to Th Oregonlan for it was Mr. Scott'a rugged and forceful meth ods which put The Oregonlan to the front on the Pacific Coast, and al though published in one of the smaller cities, a thousand mile north of San Francisco, ha held the leadership as a nawspaper for more than a quarter of a century. "While the death of Mr. Scott come as a great shock to his friends, and especially In the newspaper fraternity for they all saw him in New York last April in his usual vigor they must all admit that the good Lord ha been most gracloua to this wonderful man in permitting his life to be pro longed beyond the age of 71 years. "May his memory remain green In the hearts of that great body of men who loved him for hla tntrlno worth and may hla ashes rest In peace. "A. J. BLETHER -Publisher and Editor of Seattle Times." MR. SCOTT SERVED NORTHWEST John Lw 'Utlson Says He Contributed to Country's Welfare. SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 8. In common with all the people of the old Oregon country, I deeply deplore the death of Harvey W. Scott, so long associated with development of th Pacific North west. I know of no one who contributed so much to the general welfare of this country as Harvey Scott. A man of rugged and remarkable ability with no superior, in my Judgment, as an editor, in the United States. He mad Th Oregonlan a power and Influence, not ooiy In th Pacific- Korthwast, but i - pi! . SiSt Wr-"J pi j r ill! gll I , I v f .- cr ;V !nt ' L , I - ' I ' lit sArssr-7&o6&yr " - - - A Tit aTav throughout th entire country. This waa notably the case In 1896. I was warmly and deeply attached to him a a cltlsen and as a friend, and aa time goe along. H the people, whether of Oregon or Washington, will come more and more to appreciate his great services In behalf of this section of our common country. H should hav died hereafter. jqjj h, WILSON, Publisher Seattle Post-In telllgencar. 'LAST OF PIONEER GREAT MEN' Bingcr Hermann, Friend of 44 Years, Talks of Mr. Scott. ROSEBURG, Or.. .Aug. 8. (Special.) News of the death of Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Portland Oregonlan. was reoeived her this morning with pro found sorrow. Binger Hermann, one of Mr. Scott's closest friends, when in formed of his death, was much affected and immediately sought the quietude of his home. Later in the day he said: "My acquaintance with Mr. Scott be gan about 44 years ago and continued during all the time since We had var ious political differences, but with them all I retained his personal esteem, which I always valued. I remember, when 1 was a young member of the Legislature In the 60-s, of my first meeting with him. and of how he Impressed me then a a great editor; a man of . wide range ol reading, of tenacious memory and of splendid conversational powers. Closer acquaintance revealed him to be a man of sympathetic heart, and Quick and earnest to vindicate the right and de nounce th wrong whether of public or Individual concern. His editorial opinion through The Oregonlan waa studied by publio men at Washington, and he ranked among all, in his late years espe cially, a on of the greatest Journalists and analytical thinkers of our country. We all know of the deference shown in Oregon to his public expressions. "His crowning virtue, however, was the lov he bor for his state and his prtd in its material advancement. For the old pioneers, he had a soft heart, and he was never so happy aa when exchang ing reminiscences with them of th fron tier perils of years long ago. "Ho was one of the last pioneer great men of Oregon, and hla name goes down to posterity with those of George H. Williams, J. W. Nesmlth, John Mc Loughlln. Joseph Lane, H. W. Corbett, J. K. Kelly. J. N. Dolph, Lafayette Gro ver and others of the earbr argonauts of the old Oregon country. Of our great and departed editor we can say: Hall, and farewell.' " MR. STONE SHARES SORROW Mr. Scott Called Most Efficient Edi tor of Last Quarter Century. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. I share th great sorrow which must be felt in the death of Harvey W. Scott. It was my privilege to be closely associated with him for many yars and to have peculiar oppor tunities for Judging his character. He wa a great man. His strength of pur pose, hi undeviatlng devotion to the right and his clearness of perception combined to make him. in my Judgment, th most efficient American editor of the last quarter of a century. It cannot be but his los will be deeply and Increas ingly felt. MELVILLE E. STONE, General Manager Associated Press. MR. SCOTT WORKED FOR GOOD W. H. Cowles Regarded Him as One of Great Men of Country. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 8. I regarded Mr. Scott as one of the great men of the country. Few men in the Pacific Northwest have wielded a great an in fluence for good. He waa staunch, hon est and possessed rare ability to present his argument editorially in such form as to convince his readers. In disposition he was most friendly and disposed to be charitable in considering the errors and faults of men. W. H. COWLES, Publisher the Spokesman-Review. DR. FOULKES GIVES TRIBUTE Tastor Say Mr. Scott Was Deep and Sincere Man. In the course of his sermon Sunday night. Rev. William H. Foulkea, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, paid brief tribute to Harvey W. Scott in the following words: "Tidings have Just come to ub of the death of one of th most prominent cit isens of the Northwest, Harvey W. Scott. In addition to being a prominent and In fluential citizen, he was a good neigh bor of this church. It is a Christian and brotherly spirit which prompts us tonight to Join our hearts and voices in prayer for the bereaved members of Mr. Scott's family. Dr. Foulkes said that he had met Mr. Scott only a few times, but though not intimately acquainted with him, he re garded him as a deep and sincere man, wHh a great purpose In life. In the prayer following tho sermon. Dr. Foulkes touched upon the life work of Mr. Scott and extended condolences to th family. W. LAIR HILL EXPRESSES GRIEF One-Time Editor or Tho Oregonlan Feels Personal Loss. OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 8. The death of Mr. Scott oppresses me with a feeling of personal loss and with the realization that Oregon" has lost one of her greatest citizens. Please convey to- his family an expression of my sorrow. W. LAIR HILL, For a time edrtor of The Oregonlan. . Noble Man Has Gone to Rest. WAWBEEK. N. T.. Aug. 8. Greatly shocked by the sudden news of Mr. Scott's death. Please extend my deepest sympathy to the family. The country and particularly American Journalism suffers great loss in the death of a former citizen and a Journalist of great ability, independence, enterprise and high ideas. We shall miss him sadly in the board of directors of tho Asso ciated Press, where for so many years we have had the benefit of his wide experience. Judicial mind and his broad sympathy. A good and noble man has gone to rest ADOLPH S. OCHS, Publisher New York Times and Direc tor of Associated Press. Honest Journalism Suffers Loss. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 8. The death of Harvey W. Scott Is a great loss to sane, dignified and honest Journalism and thereby to the state and nation. None knew him but to respect and honor him for his ' manly courage, his integrity and hi marked ability. There was a charm, too, in his splendid per sonality with his winning smile, his warm bandgrasp and the piquancy and fore of his expression which none, who knew him can forget. He has made The Oregonlan a great power for good; he has done noble service in the high cause of democracy. SAMUEL BOWLES. Editor Springfield Republican. Enlightened Statesman Lost. NEW ORLEANS, La-, Aug. 8 In the death of Harvey W. Scott th news paper wprld lose on of Its greatest and best leaders and the United State an enlightened statesman and a patri otlo citizen. Aa a member of a selected committee ten years ago he assisted materially in th thorough reorgan ization of th Associated Press. Sine than he has been continuously a mem her of its board of directors. His wise counsel and excellent Judgment ever proved a potent factor in establishing and maintaining the pre-eminence of tht exeat association as the most powerful and perfect news-gathering agency the woria nas yet seen- he rest In peace. THOMAS G. RAPIER, Director of the Associated Press. Mr. Scott Knoijrn for His Courage. MAGNOLIA. Mass.. Aug. 8. (Special.) Mr.- Scott was universally recognized as on of the strong men in his profes sion. Hia force, courage and editorial abllitv were everywhere known. His death will be a great loss to American Inni-naliam and to the Associated Press. of which he was an efficient director. I have known Mr. Scott intimately for mure vears and have had strong affec tion for him personally and high regard fop his ability. He was always active in the interest of the Paclflo States and will ba missed there. W. R. NELSON, Editor Kansas City Star and director of Associated Press. Friends Will Mourn Most. TAHOE TAVERN. CaL, Aug. 8. (Spe cial.) Harvey W. Scott, long the rec ognized dean of Pacific Coast editors, was known best for his manly vigor and rugged honesty. He had, however, gen tler qualities not suspected by those who did not come in close contact with him which made him a lovable character. Ho can be illy spared by Oregon, . by the Nation and by the cause of good 'citizenship, but tho friends who knew him best will mourn him most. V. S. M'CLATCHY, - Editor Sacramento Bee. "Rich, Ripe Sheaf Gathered." PITTSBURG. Pa-, Aug. 8. Harvey W. Scott was a born leader. Honest, fear less, the head of a great newspaper, he rendered inestimable service to his coun try and state. In 20 years" close in timacy with Mr. Scott in the .directorate of the Associated Press, I learned to love and admire him for his ability and ab solute fairness. A rich, ripe, sheaf has been gathered. ALBERT J. BARR, . Editor Pittsburg Post. Career Heritage of Nation. ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. 8. The death of Harvey W. Scott removes one of the greatest American Journalists belonging to the school of Greely. Raymond and the elder Bennett. He imparted features to modern Journalism in the ranks of which no American editor was more con spicuous. Statesman, editor and scholar, his name and career become the herit age of tha Nation. CLARK HOWELL, Editor Atlanta Constitution. Senator Bourne Expresses Regret. , WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 8. Na tional Journalism as well as the Pacific Coast suffers a great loss in the death of Mr. Scott. In my opinion ho was one of the Nation's most forceful writers. While our views differed on the funda mentals of Government, yet I have al ways had admiration for his ability, and I sympathize with the community and family and his friends in their bereavement. JONATHAN BOURNE, JR. Mr. Ogden Expresses Sympathy. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 8. Please ex tend my sympathies to Mr. Scott's fam ily and to Th Oregonlan staff. DAVID B. OGDEN, Of the Stall of the Christian Science Monitor. Much-Loved Friend Is Gone. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 8. My family has lost a much-loved friend; the West has lost an overtowerlng landmark. CLARENCE BRETTUN BLETHEN, Managing. Editor Seattle Times. . . Many Express Sympathy. Th news of Mr. Scott's death also brought many' other messages of sym pathy from men who had been his friends and associates. Among those from whom telegrams wera received are: Judge C. A. Sehlbrede. of Marshfleld: W. M. Sheffield, a former member of Tha Ore gonlan editorial staff now in Seattle; ex United States Senator Levi Ankeny and J. N. Ankeny, of Walla Walla, Wash.; J. N. Flelschner, at Seaside; Ralph E. Moody, of Spokane; James Horsburgh, Jr., general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, at San Francisco, and Dr. H. W. Coe, who is now in Honolulu. J. W. McGinn, a member of the Demo cratic central ' committee of Multnomah County, who had known Mr. Scott for 30 years, was also among those to express his (sympathy. J. H. Brown, Olympia correspondent of Tho Oregonlan and son of th late Berlah Brown, who was editor of th Seattle Post-Iitelllgencer during the early period of Mr. Scott's editorship of The Oregonlan, sent a message of condolence "as a native of Oregon and son of a pioneer newspaper rival of Harvey Scott." W. W. Chapln, general manager of th Seattle Post-Intelligencer, also tele graphed condolence in behalf of that newspaper. Masons to Escort Body to Scottish Rite Cathedral, Where Impres sive "aiidnlght Service" Will ' Probably Be Given. Arrangemen-tB for tha funeral service of Harvey W. Scott have not been defi nitely made and will not ba completed until after a conference with member of tha family today by officer of tho Mason lo order. It is expected that the body of Mr. Scott will arrive in Portland Saturday afternoon or evening. It will then be given over to the charge of tha Masons, who will escort tha body to the Scottish Rita Cathedral. That evening it Is probable that tho Impressive "midnight servioe" will be given in tha cathedral. While this cere mony Is known as tha midnight service, tha clock is usually set forward and the service held earlier in the evening. If given it will be public in character. On Sunday, according to present tentative plans, an hour will be set aside for private services at the family residence at Twelfth and Morrison streets. In the meantime, the Masonio bodies will gather at the Masonio Tem ple to await the hour for marching to the home of Mr. Scott. There the order will again take charge of the services and conduct the body to Kivorview Cemetery for interment When this or some other general plan has been decided upon definitely, and minor details arranged, a complete announcement will be made through the press. The news of Mr. Scott's death had spread throughout tha city generally In advance of the appearance of The Oregonlan Monday morning. From nearly every building in the city which has a staff flags were flown at half mast throughout the day. C. A. Morden, assistant manager of The Oregonlan, cabled H. L. Pittoek at Brussels, Belgium, Sunday night, the news of Mr. Scott's death, and yester day afternoon, at 5 o'clock he received an answer from Mr. Pittoek extending his condolences to Mrs. Scott and family. - , MR. SCOTT IN GREELEY'S RANK Politician In Best Sense of Word, Says S. A. Perkins. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 8. Harvey W. Scott was the dean of newspaper men of the Pacific Coast. There were no greater, East or West, and those of his class can be counted on the fingers of one hand. : He ranks with such Journalists as Greeley, Dana and Watterson. Ha was a product of the Pacific Northwest and for years has exerted a greater Influence on Its current his tory than any other man. When Harvey Scott spoke, the pullc listened. His opinions commanded the respect of even those who did not follow them. For years the name of Harvey Scott has been a household word in the "Old Oregon Countdy" and his face was fa miliar to thousands o pioneers. He knew the life of the pioneers, for n was one of them, and his intellectual attainments and broad human sym pathy enabled him to write of pioneer life with remarkable thoroughness and fidelity. An authority of the Pacific North west, a profound student of history and the classics, a master politician in tho best sense of that term, - an editor whose utterances were always cour ageous and convincing, Harvey Scott was the most dominant Intellectual force West of the Rocky Mountains. I am pround to have had his friend ship. His death is a personal loss. S, A, PERKINS. Publisher of the Tacoma Ledger and News. FLAG TO FLOAT AT HALF-MAST Governor Says State Loses Most Dis tinguished Private Citizen. SALEM, Or.,' Aug. 8. (Special.) Tha flag, at the State Capitol will float at half-cast from the minute the remain of Harvey W. Scott crosses the state line into Oregon until after the funeral, ac cording to instructions issued by Acting Governor Jay Bowerman today. The Governor was deeply touched when ha received word of the veteran editor's death. "While I am one of tho younger men of tho state and am not in a posi tion to say much from a personal view point concerning the life history of Mr. Scott, the news comes to me with a sense of keen loss," he said. "Harvey W. Scott was one of the few great Journalists of the country and ha gav to Oregon one of tho leading Journals In the United States, both in its edi torial character and its news service. "He was a man of deep intellect and essentially a scholar. The state has lost her roost distinguished private citizen and his death may be considered as a personal loss to every man, woman and child In Oregon. It Is difficult to glva words to a testimonial which will fittingly- pay tribute to a man of Mr. Scott's worth, both as a man and as a leader In hi profession." " Chronicle Sends Sympathy. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. The staff" o the San Francisco Chronicle sym pathizes with The Oregonian in the loss of its chief, who made his paper an ornament to Journalism and a credit and honor to the Pacific Coast, JOHN P. YOUNG. - . ' Managing Editor. AUTO SPEEDERS PAY FINE H. R. McMillan, Roy Everett and J. W. Corser Caught In t. H. R. McMillan pleaded guilty in Police Court yesterday to speeding his automo bile on Belmont street on Sunday and , . a tin yta raM that -h ft was paiu a iiuo , , ---- going down hill when the machine at tained a speed Deyona uw mint, uus, -J nA thn accused that it was UCDUWIUI. - his duty to check up before coming to the hill. m Roy Everett and J. W. Corser also paid . ei i fnr anMiillnff mi Ttelmnnt nnes ui n - - - street. All three were arrested by Patrol man Evans of the motorcycle squad. Warrants were issued for the arrest of G. C. Smith and S. G. 8tole, also charged by Evans with exceeding the speed limit.