The Sunday Oregonian., November 18, 1900, PART TWO, Page 22, Image 22

THE SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 18, 1900.
TWAIN AT THE LOTOS CLUB
DINJfEB. GIVEJi IX HOKOR OP THE
VETERAN HUMORIST.
The Occasion Made One of Great Re-
loiclns "Witty Speeches by the
Guest of the Evening.
The Lotos Club made Mark Twain the
guest of honor at Its first dinner of the
season, last night, and then had fun -with
him, says a New York paper, In Its ac
count of the recent Twain banquet. It Is
also to be recorded that Mr. Clemens had
fun with the Lotos Club. Senator Chaun
cey M. Depew, after Mr. Clemens had re
plied to the remarks of President Frank
R. Lawrence welcoming him to the club's
board, was asked to tell Mr. Clemens how
much the Lotos really thought of him.
To the surprise of all those present the
Senator launched Into a fervid denuncia
tion of Mr. Clemens, alleging grave Irreg
ularities on the part of the author In re
gard to the cashing of drafts In London
and presenting as evidence the draft in
question.
Mr. Clemens Insisted upon the privilege
of a reply and after puncturing the accu
sations of the Senator and tossing them
aside as having emanated from a frivo
lous brain, proceeded to make startling
revelations to the club as to the unpub-HpJ-ed
incidents in the Senator's career.
Joy was uncontlned. The secretary of the
club, however, felt that It was his duty
to read a letter from F. Hopklnson Smith,
In which it was gravely asserted that Mr.
Clemens had stolen his overcoat. Mr.
Clemens at once demolished the accusa
tion and Mr. r. Hopklnson Smith.
Altogether the members of the Lotos
felt that the Mark Twain dinner was one
of the most cheerful occasions in its his
tory. Nobody enjoyed the evening. If ap
pearances meart anything, more than the
snowy-headed guest of honor.
In addition to tho several speeches of
Mr. Clemens, the speech of President
Frank R. Lawrence, or tno .Lotos uiud,
and that of Senator Depew there were
varied and sundry remarks by Governor
Elect Odell. Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
Thomas Brackett Reed, St Clair McKel
way, Joseph C. Hendrlx, John Hare, Mon
cure D. Conway. William Dean Howells.
Augustus Thomas and John Kendrlck
Bangs. Beside these gentlemen the guests
of the cjub who sat around Mr. Clemens
were George B. McClellan Harvey, E.
Wood Perry. Jr.. Henry H. Rogers, Tr
C. C. Rice and S. E. Moffett
After a witty Introduction by President
Lawrence, Mr. Clemens rose and his hosts
ro'-e with him. They applauded him at
first and then, broke Into cheers. Those
In the back of the rooms waved their
napkins. The cheers were just dying our.
when Governor-elect B. B. Odell, Jr., ap
peared at the door, trying to make his
way through the members who were
standing there to his place. Tl appear
ance of Mr. Odoll started another round
of applause. As he made his way along
the side of the room more and more or
his fellow-members saw him and took up
thctheer. Mr. Clemens reached for him
as soon as he arrived at his place at
the guests' table, and shook hands with
him heartily, and the applause started
all over again.
Mr. Clemens said It made him feel at
home to be welcomed by Mr. Odell, and
to see seated about him several Mlssou
rlans, whom he named. It also made him
fe,el at home, ho said, to see the Hon.
Thomas B. Reed at the table. "I am
told." he said, "that since I have been
away Reed has given up politics and Is
now leading a decent life. (Laughter.
He is now altogether occupied with rais
ing the average of human beauty. (Laugh
ter.) "It has pleased your president to refer'
he continued, "to certain burdensome
debts which I have been weighted with,
to those debts, you all know what they
were, and the poor bankrupt firm of C
L. Webster & Co. But no one has said
anything for the creditors, the 95 creditors
to whom far more credit is due than to
me. There were 96 creditors in all, and
from 95 of them not a word or a murmur.
They gave not a sign. I never had any
reason to know that I owed them any
thing. They did not seem to care wheth
er they were ever paid or not. "Don't
you worry and don't you hurry,' was all
I ever heard from them. Oh, how I
wish I could have that sort of creditors
always. (Laughter.) Really. I recognise
It as a sort of personal loss to myself to
be out of debt. I wasn't personally ac
quainted with 10 of them, you know.
Don't you worry and don't you hurry.'
The phrase Is written on my heart. Tou
are always very kind In saying things
about me, but nobody ever thinks of those
dear people. They were the handsomest
people I ever knew. They were hand
somer than I was handsomer than Tom
Reed. (Laughter.)
"How many things have happened In
these seven years I have been away from
home. We have fought a righteous war.
There are few peoples In history who can
make that boast. Wo have turned aside
from our own comfort and have seen to
It that freedom should exist not only
within our gates but In our neighborhood.
(Applause.) And then, again, we've
nursed free silver. We've watched by
the cradle. We've done our best to
raise that child. And every time things
seemed to be going well some mean Re
publican has come along and has given
It the measles. (Laughter.) We've done
more than that.
"We've tried a President for four years,
criticised and found fault with him. ana
then we've turned around and elected him
for another four years with votes enough
to spare to do it again. (Laughter,
cheers and applause.) We've tried a Gov
ernor for two years and we liked him so
much that we have decided to put him
in the great office of Vice-President not
that the office may confer distinction up
on him. but that he may confer distinc
tion upon the office. Hereafter we will
not stammer and be embarrassed when
a stranger asks us the name of the Vice
President. He Is a man of the widest
reputation, and he Is in some quarters
f a orably known. (Laughter.) I am a lit
tle nfmld that these fulsome compliments
may be misunderstood: I've been away
so "long that I am not used to this com
plimentary business. I don't want to
overdo it. I merely want to testify to
my old. oldold admiration for my friend
the Governor. (Laughter.) I want to
say of hlra. well, you know, if you give
him rope that is to say (Laughter.)
"Well, any way, there Is- Odell. Another
Rough Rider, I suppose. If I had known
this political Klondike was going to open
tip. I would have been a Rough Rider my
self. I would if I could have gone to
war upon an automobile; not upon a
horse. I know the horse too well. I know
the horse hi peace and In war and the
horse and I can't be comfortable together.
We have taken Chauncey Depew out of
a useful and active life and have made
him a Senator embalmed him corked
him up. That man has said many a true
thing about me. Whenever a man does
that something happens to him. Look at
him now. Look at the gilded mummy.
Palsied be the hand that draws that
cork!
"All these things and more may have
happened since I have been away. It
only goes to show how little a Mugwump,
perhaps the last In the race, is missed
in this unfeeling world. But there has
been another thing. The Daughters of
the Royal Crown there's an American
Ideal for you! God knows what special
ized form of Insanity It represents 'It
isn't softening of the brain;' you cannot
soften a thing that does not exist. There
are none eligible but the American de
scendants of Charles TL How the fancy
product of that old harem still holds up!
(Laughter.)
"Seven years agd, when I was old and
warn and down, I was your guest you
HTG me the grig ana the word that lifts
a man up and makes him glad to be
alive, and now I come back from my ex
ile young again, fresh and alive, and
ready to begin anew. (Applause and
shouts of 'Good! Good!') Tour welcome
stirs me and warms me and tells me that
it Is real and not a beautiful dream that
must vanish if I wake."
In poking fun at Governor-elect Odell
and Senator Denew and the rest Mr.
Clemens spoke with a alow and playful
drawl. When laughter Interrupted him
he stopped and nodded, smiling, and
looked along the faces of those opposite
him and enjoyed the Joke with them.
When he talked about the Daughters of
the Royal Crown he sneered and was al
most savage. But In closing he spoke
with simple, direct manner and witn
tones that were full- of feeling. When
he sat down there was a moment's silence
and then a whirl of applause. Somebody
Jumped up and shouted: "Three cheers
for Mark Twain!" Everybody stood up
and cheered, and then his health was
drunk, all standing, for the second time.
Thomas B. Reed was introduced, as one
who had become a New Yorker, and had
as yet shown no sign of being sorry for
it "I want it to be understood," he said,
"that I fully appreciate that this is a very
hopeless situation. The hopelessness of
trying to meet our guest's Ideas of what
we ought to say about him. we can do
nothing that will not seem to him abso
lutely inadequate. He will go home and
think over his invaluable services to man
kind and think how utterly inadequate
the words of his friends here have been.
"At any rate.' he will say, 'the boys meant
well. If they had known how they
would have said something like the right
thing.'
"He will learn after a while how to
add the proper per cent to bring the av
erage of what has "been said up to what
he thinks ought to have been said. 1
want to say some things to him, now
that I have got him where he can't talk
back, that will make It necessary for
him to add on a heavy percentage.
"I've been waiting for seven years to
get at him for one particular thing he
said about me. He came down to Wash
ington with a lot of them literary fellers,
with a vaguo idea that they were going
to prove their rights to some of their own
property. They came to see me. I had
occasion to remind them that they were
sitting under the effulgence of the polit
ical Intelligence which fully comprehends
things. I explained to him that he ana
his friends were absolutely incapable of
self-government. We Intended to let him
keep some small percentage of right to hi
property. But we were going to benevo
lently assimilate his property or most or
It He apparently behaved most cred
itably. But I am Informed that after
he got out of my sight he went around
and explained to people the things he
would have said to me If ne hadn't been
scared."
Mr. Reed also commented discerningly
upon some quotations from the works of
Mr. Clemens, and upon the system of
education which Mr. Clemens had fol
lowed on the Mississippi flatboats.
The first thing Chauncey M. Depew did
when he arose to speak was to tell a
story about a rural friend of his who
went to hear Mark Twain lecture In Bos
ton. When the friend came back the
Senator asked:
"Hear Mark?"
"Yes."
"Was he funny?"
"Yes, funny, but not d n funny."
The Senator learned later that his
friend had strolled into a music hall ana
heard the Rev. Josephus Cook.
"Our friend Mark." went on the Sen
ator, "owes his distinction to that faculty
so much abused In politics and business
humor. Every man who has made a
success in politics has been handicapped
by being a Joker. I never yet met a man
who had made a fortune who could tell
a story or get off a joke. I never yet
saw a man worth $1,000,000 at any function
who didn't want to get back to the office
In five minutes. No man can make $1,000,
000 If he Is funny."
"That's what's the matter with me,"
chuckled some fellow from one of the
front rows.
"That's nothing;" continued the speak
er, "against the man with the H.OOO.OOO
or tho man who makes a joke. It simply
shows that there are two avenues, and
some of us take one and some the other.
"Tonight's Evening Post had a leading
article on two distinguished citizens, one
of whom had recently died, the paper said
Mr. Bryan and myself. Of the late
lamented Mr. Bryan the Post said that he
had lost the opportunity of being Presi
dent by lowering himself In his speeches
to the level of the common people, and
as for Depew, no one who jokes can be
President Having followed Bryan
through this canvass. I never expected to
be bracketed with him. But I'm willing
to have my chances of being President
classed with his.
"I believe that when a man once gets
to be President of the United States, If
he has wit and humor, they odd enor
mously to the distinction, but that he
can never get there if It is known before
hand. Lincoln was not known outside of
Illinois when he ran for President, but
after he got to be President he began
Illustrating anything he wanted the peo
ple o understand by humor, and he be
came the greatest factor we ever had In
American politics. Lincoln once said to
me: 'I know they say I lower the dig
nity of the Presidential office, and that
I don't rise to its high plane, but I
have found that the plain people arc more
easily influenced by broad, humorous Il
lustration than any other way, and,
young man, I don't care what hypercrit
ical people say.'
"Now, if I followed the advice of the
Evening Post and was a candidate for
the Presidency, which I am not, standing
here as a United States Senator and look
ing forward to 1901 -1 would say:"
Here the Senator cnanged from the
buoyant Joyful tone In which he had been
f speaking and assumed a solemnity of tone
and a ponderousness or expression inai
would have caused envy to the most dis
tinguished statesman In the land.
"It affords me great pleasure," went oh
Mr. Depew,, giving the speech as he lm
aglrfed he would say It under other cir
cumstances, "to appear before an assem
bly which comprises so much of the Jour
nalistic, artistic and Bohemian circles of
our great American commonwealth. I am
pleased with the honor to unite here with
you In praising the distinguished guest
Ho began life in a humble sphere, a char
acteristic of all men rising to distinction
In our country. He became at one time
connec.ted with the transportation inter
ests of the land. If he had continued in
that 'sphere he might sometime have
reached the lofty position of president of
one of the great carrying companies of
our country. Although he began humbly
In the pilot-house of a steamboat, I am
assured by one who knew him that he had
the respect of the passengers and the
confidence of the owners of the boat. I
am not sure but that he made a mistake
when he left that path for the path of
literature. He ha6 a genius unique which
has secured him recognition on both sides
of the Atlantic, and as an American citi
zen I thank him. Had he abandoned hu
mor for the hirher watKs of literature
which Homer and Aristotle ornamented
I'm not sure but -that he would have
achieved greater distinction. Now, that's
the candidate's speech, and I hope the
Post will give me credit for being equal
to the Job if I should take It"
Senator Depuw closed his talk by telling
a new Joke on the guest of the evening,
which the latter was called upon by those
present to explain. The story was that
while in London he had received a draft
from America for 1025, and attempted to
cash tho duplicate of it after cashing the
original, believing it was another draft
At the first bank he went to, Mr. Depew
said, they told Mr. Clemens that he was
a great humorist but if it wasn't a Joke
they would send for the police. At the
Union Bank of, London, he was detained
while a man from the Home Secretary's
office was summoned. The latter, Mr. De
pew said, told the humorist that his- rep
utation was a glory to the literary world,
but In order not to destroy the cordiality
1 between tho two nations, ho thought Mr.
Clemens had better go home, "And
tnat," said Mr. Depew, "is why Mark
Twain is here tonight"
The laughter that followed was mingled
with calls for an explanation from the
man the joke was on, so Mr. Clemens ac
commodated them. He said the story was
not all true as told. "I am." said he, "a
literary person, and not acquainted with
the commercial detailB. I got tho draft
and in a day or two I got another just
like it which was a gratifying surprise.
I thought it Judicious to cash them one at
a time. I cashed the first one, but I did
not know what to make of the other, but
I thought likely the bank had forgotten it
had sent the first one. I needed advice, so
I went to Mr. Depew, laid the whole cir
cumstances before, him, asked him what
he would do about It and he said he
would collect it And that's what all the
trouble was due to. I went from place
to place and couldn't get any one to pay
that draft and finally I suspected De
pew." Mr. Clemens then told a story on Dr.
Depew to get even, and the interchange
of jokes kept every one in roars of laugh
ter. It was Mr. Clemens's lot at this point to
be assailed again, this time by an author
who was not present, but who sent a let
ter which the president ordered read. The
author was F. Hopkinson, and In his let
ter he accused Marak Twain of taking his
overcoat and not returning It He did re
turn the handkerchief that was in the
pocket he said. "I think Mr. Clemens
will have to take the stand again," said
Mr. Lawrence, when the laughter had sub
sided. Mr. Clemens again arose.
"In this one case," he said, "I confess
Judgment I did. steal that overcoat."
Then he went on and narrated the circum
stances to the amusement of everybody.
W. D. Howells and Booker T. Washing
ton also spoke, the latter in a few words
thanking Mr. Clemens for what he had j
given to the colored race In his literature.
A SEASON BEHIND PORTLAND
Chicago Enjoying Nat Goodwin anil l
Moxlnc Elliott's "New Play."
Chicago Is just now enjoying for the
first time Nat Goodwin and Maxlne Elliott
in their "new play, "When We were
Twenty-one," which Portland theator-go-
ers nad an opportunity of seeing last sea.
son.
It:
The Chicago Times-Herald says of1
"It is reasonable to state that no en
gagement ever played in Chicago by Mr.
Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott has
been so eagerly anticipated, and this
notwithstanding that they have always
been amoruj the most popular of the lead
ing theatrical visitors. The present great
interest is due to the remarkable volume
of enthusiastic comment which has
reached here concerning the play they
will present, 'When We Were Twenty
one,' written by Henry V. Esmond, the
actor-author, who, after several rather
startling flops In the playmaklng line,
seems to have gone 'at one bound to the
very front rank of English-speaking play
wrights.
The praise which has been given the i
play has been duplicated for the achieve
ments In It of Mr. Goodwin and Miss El
liott As Richard Carewe, the head of the
Quadrlty, Mr. Goodwin is said to have
stepped far in advance of any of his pre
vious accomplishments, and to have as
cended to a much higher plane In dra
matic art His success has been to him
the gratification of his best ambitions.
Miss Elliott, as Phyllis Ericson, seems to
have proved a revelation to the critics,
and to now stand forth not only as
statuesque and pictorlally beautiful wom
an, but also as a splendldactress.
"There s a pretty story about that
play that Goodwin had hero, 'When We
Were Twenty-one.' says Peter Robertson,
In the San Francisco Chronicle. "It was
written by a young man named Esmond j
In London. One day some actor friend
of his came to him and told him he had
an engagement in America If he could
only get 100 to clear him In London.
Esmond, they tell me, Is one of the best
hearted young chaps In the world, and
he was deeply sorry because he had
not the money. Going down the street
a little time after, he met Nat Goodwin.
Haven't you a play for me? Nat asked.
'Esmond thought of a manuscript he had
which nobody seemed to want 'Yes,' he
said, 'I hare a play. Come and I'll read
It to you.' They went to Esmond's rooms
and the young author read to the actor,
When We Were Twenty-one.' Goodwin
did not hesitate a moment 'I want that
he said. "What are your terms? 'We'll
talk about terms.' Esmond replied; 'but
now I want 100 quick.' Goodwin gave
him a check and Esmond rushed off to
his friend and gave him the money.
"Later Charles Frohman saw the play
and "wanted to know why Esmond had
not let him have It "Well Esmond said,
T don't like to tell you, but that's tho
play I offered to you and you wouldn't
tako If"
FISH CULTURAL WORK
REVIEW OP PROGRESS IN OREGON
AND WASHINGTON.
The Results This Year Far Exceeded
Those of Any Previous
Season.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. The forthcom
ing annual report of Fish Commissioner
George M. Bowers devotes some little
space to the work that has been done
looking to the protection and propaga
tion of food fishes on the Pacific Coast,
particularly In Oregon and Washington,
and the year's work at the several fish
hatchery stations in these two states Is
briefly reviewed. The following very in
teresting extracts are made from his re
port: "Fish cultural work was conducted on
the same general lines as in the past,
but the results far exceeded those of any
previous year. The total number of fish
distributed was 1,164,336,754, an Increase of
about 100,000,000 over the output of the
preceding year.
"On the Pacific Coast special attention
was paid to the collection and hatching of
quinnat-salmon eggs on the Sacramento
River, In the Columbia River Basin In
Washington and Oregon, and on the
Rogue River. Owing to the excessive
drought prevailing in California during
the Summer of 1899, the water was so
low In Battle Creek that but few salmon
ascended the stream, and the majority
deposited their eggs on sandbars In the
Sacramento. As a result only 1,600,000 eggs
were taken at this point, where 20,000,000
wero taken the previous year and 48,000.
000 two years before. At Balrd station,
on the McCloU River, a tributary of the
Sacramento, where ess collections are
made from both the Summer and Fall
runs, the work was affected by the same
cause. From the first run 6,228,260 were
collected, and from the Fall run 186 800,
making In all 6,415,060. This was very
discouraging, as pver 16,000,000 had been
taken the previous year with poorer fa-
cillties. The eggs were all 'hatched In
California and the fry liberated In the
Sacramento River and tributaries and In
Eel River. In the Columbia River Basin
stations were operated on the Little
White Salmon River in Washington and
on the Clackamas River in Oregon; and
though the run of salmon In the Columb'a
River was poor, 10,385 000 eggs were ob
tained on the Little White Salmon and
2,014,900 on the Clackamas, which resulted
In the liberation of 10,997,947 fry In thjs
Teglon. Several hundred thousand of
these were retained In Clackamas until
they were from four to six Inches long
before being liberated.
"On the Rogue River 4,364,800 quinnat
salmon eggs, 200,000 silver-salmon eggs,
and 530.000 steelhead eggs were collected
Of the quinnat-salmon eggs 1,800,000 were
transferred to Wedderburn, Or.; the fry
resulting were not planted until they
were from three to five inches In length.
They were fed on canned salmon, prin
cipally the backs of heads and tails which
are of no commercial value. The remain
der were hatched at the station, and the
2,156,000 fry resulting were liberated In the
Rogue River.
"As the Collection of steelhead trout
eggs on the Willamette the previous year
had been very unsatisfactory arrangements
were made to collect on Crystal Creek,
a tributary of the Rogue River, about
10 miles above the salmon station. This
work proved fairly satisfactory, and it is.
believed, with the experience gained, that
large numbers can be secured next sea
son. The eggs were all forwarded to
Eastern, stations, as plants previously
made Indicate that the steelhead is well
adapted not only for the Great Lakes,
but for the lakes and streams in Montana
and many of the Eastern stations.
"The propagation of the sockeye or
blueback salmon, the most important
commercial species on Puget Sound, was
RESULT OF A RECENT CYCLONE.
undertaken for the first time at Baker
Lake, and as a result 10,6S3,(00 fry were
planted In Skagit River and the lake.
Clackamas Station.
"Mr. W. F. Hubbard, who had been in
charge of this Oregon station since Its
acquisition by the Government was trans,
ferred to Nashua on July L and on July
10 it was turned over to Mr. S. W. Down
ing, who had been appointed to the va
cancy. "Operations commenced -on .September
13. but no ripe fish were taken until tho
15th. As there were very few fish below
tho rack, an agreement was entered into
with G. H. Oldenburg to furnish eyed
eggs at 40 cents per 1000. and 175,000 were
secured In this way. The fishing at the
1 station resulted in the collection of OV
J iMainr-fl OT2-8fi agddgw ems
,ite '"'-':''
900, and. 630,000 were transferred from the
Salmon River, which was being operated
by the State Fish Commission. In No
vember 2,436,000 more were received from
tho Little Whits Salmon, making a total
of 4.450,900 handled during the season.
The fry resulting from these, 4,371.422,
were liberated in tho Clackamas River
and Clear Creek, over an area of about
10 miles above and below tho station,
except 250,000, which were held In troughs
and fed until they were months old,
when all were liberated except 2000, re
tained for further experiment On Febru
ary 25 the flngerllngs that were being fed
were attacked by fungus, the dorsal and
pectoral fins turning white and Utile
white spots appearing on different parts
of the body. Salt was applied by draw
ing the water in the trough down low
and then adding a pailful of strong
brine. The fry were allowed to remain
in this until they showed signs ot dis
tress, when fresh water was again turned
on. After several such treatments the
disease disappeared. The well water was
used until November 30, when the water
from the spring was turned In. The
Spring water had been tried early in
the season when the eggs were received
from the Salmon River, but on account
of its high temperature they commenced
dying within a few hours after being
placed in It .
"With the view to .getting additional
data relative to the number of salmon
that Teturn to the streams in which they
are liberated, efforts were made in June
to tag the fry that had been held, but,
although the greatest care was exercised,
all the fish experimented with died in a
few days. Twenty-four of them were
tagged through the mouth, but with the
same result The difficulty in marking
such small fish lies In the liability of
Injury to the scales and fins. Every fish,
though handled very carefully with a
soft linen cloth, showed white spots or
finger marks within five minutes after
being returned to the water, and on the
following day they were covered with
fungus.
"Experiments were also tried to deter
mine how many eggs are left .in a sal
mon after being stripped by the usual
process, and as to the practicability of
taking these through an opening In the
abdomen. The abdomen was opened and
all of the eggs found In the ovaries were
washed free of blood and milt applied,
but the eggs were of no value. At the
Rogue River station, however, very good
results were secured, 35,800 of the 53,200
eggs taken being successfully eyed. At
that point. In order to avoid possible In
jury to the eggs by washing, Mr. Berrlan
bled the fish by cutting off their tails
before placing them In the spawhlng box.
The fry hatched from them appeared to
be as healthy and strong as the others,
and It was decided that from 400 to 600
eggs per fish could In thin manner be
saved.
"Besides the quinnat-salmon eggs han
dled here, 150 000 eggs of the silver sal
mon were received from the Rogue River
in January, from which 146,000 fry were
hatched and liberated In the Clackamas.
One hundred thousand lake trout eggs
shipped from Northvllle produced 88,000
fry, which were held until Marcn, ana
I then planted In suitable lakes In the State
of Washington. Two shipments of white-
fish eggs, aggregating l.COO.COO were also
received from this station. .
"The first proved a total loss, having
been right days en route; the other yield,
ed 160,000 fry. which were liberated In
Lake Washington. King County, Wash
ington. From the 25,000 rainbow trout eggs
received from the California Fish Com
mission, 22,000 fry were distributed In
Meacham. Pearson and McKay Creeks,
all tributaries of the Columbia River,
near Pendleton, Or., at the request of the
Oregon Fl3h Protective Association. On
the last of May 144.CO0 steelhead eggs were
transferred from the Rogue River, and
produced 124,000 fry.
"From Bozcman 50,000 grayling egga
were received, which produced 41,000 fry.
On May 7 Mr. Downing was transferred
to the superlntendency of the Put-'ln Bay
Station, and was succeeded by Mr. E. N.
Carter.
, Rogue River Station.
"As the State Fish Commission had de
cided to operate the Upper Clackamas
and Salmon River Stations, the superln-
St Paul Pioneer Press.
tendent visited Rogue River with Mr. R.
D. Hume, late in July, and arranged to
reopen the station there. Large num
bers of salmon were to be eeen jumping,
and to prevent their further ascent a
rack was Immediately placed across the
river. Fishing commenced during the lat
ter part of August, and continued steadily
to October 19, when the rack was car
ried away by high water and all floh es
caped. .
"The Indications are that Rogue River
will prove a valuable field for salmon
work. There Is- no doubt but that double
as many eggs would have been collected
this seaaon had not the rack been carried
.away. The day It was swept out 234.800
"eggs were collected, and there were num
bers o green fish In the pooL The water
ot this stream la of tho very best a.u&lltr'
for hatching- operations, tho- highest tem
perature recorded being- 63 deg. Tho fol
lowing' illustrate what may be accom
plished in water of this character: A
basket containing &CO Ear was placed In
a trough in the river and left undisturbed
for 21 days, when they ware found to be
perfectly eyde, and only W dead one were
picked out: a total lose of 1 per cent
"The- take for th season was 4.364,800
of which l.SCO.000 were sent to Mr. Hume's
hatchery at Wedderburn. Or., near the
mouth of the Rogue "River. The first
shipment of 00,000. although two weeks
en route and hauled about 100 miles over
a wagon road, reached destination with
a loss of only about 10 per cent; the sec
ond Jot carried better, the loss being
only about 1 per cent They were hatched
at Wedderburn, and the fry , held until
they were 3 or 4 Inches long.) being fed
entirely on canned salmon. They were
then liberated in the Rogue and Its trib
utaries. The balance of the egga were
hatched at tho station, producing 2,156,000
try, which were liberated in Elk Creek
and Rogue River.
"Efforts were also made to collect; silver
salmon eggs. A rack was placed across
Elk' Creek on November 19, and on the
27th, when It was carried away by a
freshet 200,000 eggs had been secured.
They were of fair quality, and 150,000 of
them were eyed, but as the hatchery was
overcrowded with qulnnat salmon, they
were shipped to Clackamas.
"As numbers of steelhead trout had been
observed In Elk Creek, it was decided to
U establish an auxiliary station on that
stream, and a. point about 10 miles above
the station, known as Elk Creek Falls;
was selected. Here the stream forks at
almost right angles, the falls being in the
east branch. By February 1 an effectutl
barrier to the ascent ot the fish up the
west branch had been completed In the
form of a solid log dam a short distance
from the base of the falls, thus com
pelling the floti to ascend the east branch.
A heavy log was then placed across the"
creek at the upper edge of the falls and
pinned to the bedrock, forming so sud
den an ascent that the fish were unable
to Jump over It A deep natural chan
nel, with almost level bottom, about half
way up the falls formde an excellent
place for a trap, and here the greater
portion of the fish were secured. Many
fish were also captured on the north side
of the falls, where a channel 40 feet long.
2 feet deep and 4 feet wide was blasted
In the solid rock. A small shed 15x33 feet,
without sides, was erected, and two
hatching troughs set up, the water supply
being conveyed to them by means of a
ditch and 100 feet of flume. The .first eggs
were secured March 7, and the season
closed May 11. with a total tako of 530.000.
Of these 315,000 were shipped to various
points In the United States 70,000 were lost
In incubation, and tho balance were trans
ferred to Clackamas on May 24. when the
Elk Creek Falls Station was closed.
"The station was opened August 5 and
preparations at once commenced for the
capture of qulnnat salmon. The channel
of the river was found blocked by a mass
of debris, caused by the lumber company
flumlng lumber down to the Columbja
RrVer. On September 2, after much corre
spondence and several interviews, the
company was induced to discontinue
operations, so that in a few days salmon
began to appear In the river, and on the
10th fishing was commenced. The dally
catch increased steadily until September
25, when the number seemed to' have
reached Its maximum. On that date
1,025,000 eggs were secured, the largest
take of the season.
"The first eggs were secured September
H and the last on October 10. During this
period 10,385,000 were collected from 2143
females, making an average of 4S35 per
fish; 1.042,125 were lost In incubation; 250,
000 were shipped to New Zealand and
2,436,000 transferred to Clackamas. The
oggs retained at the station hatched In
November and the fry were liberated in
December and January, as soon as the sac
was absorbed. In the Little White Salmon,
Dog Creek, and the Columbia River, the
total loss belh,g only 30,820 during the fry
stage. In all 6,626,947 were planted in the
streams referred to.
"Eggs of the blueback salmon were im
pregnated with milt of the qulnnat and,
contrary to theory, hatched nicely, the
fry resulting being strong and healthy.
Eggs of the humpback salmon wero also
fertilized with milt of the qulnnat, giving
as good results.
"During the early part of December the
force at the station was occupied in build
ing a boom around the premises, cutting
down trees near the buildings and flume,
and preparing for high water during "the
following Summer. The boom as com
pleted protects all the shore lines from
drift It was made from sticks of timber
40 to 60 feet in length and 12 to 20 inches
In diameter. The amount of drift and
lumber that settled on the station grounds
the previous Winter caused very serious
Inconvenience and necessitated an Im
mense amount of work before the station
could be opened.
"During the Fall the superintendent vis
ited all the streams on both aides of the
Columbia River, between VJento and Ce
Ulo Falls, Oregon, with tho view to estab
lishing auxiliary stations for taking and
eyeing eggs. The only places that offer
any possibilities are the falls at Celllo,
where by running a fish wheel during tho
closed season some ripe flsh might be cap
tured. On the Big White Salmon the
prospects are better, except that logging
operations would prevent the construc
tion of a rack.
"In December the station was closed and
placed in charge of a watchman, and the
superintendent was transferred" East for
duty in connection with the shad work.
"Early In September, arrangements
were completed for fishing for blueback
or sockeye salmon, which seeks the Baker
Lake, Washington, In large numbers, to
spawn in still water along its rocky
shores.
"The season practically closed October
28, though a few eggs were taken as
late as November 10, and resulted In col
lection of 11,613.000 eggs from 3218 females.
No record was kept of the number cf
males, but It is believed thai at least C000
were used.
"The hatchery, which Is a wooden
structure. Is fitted with 74 troughs, each
16 feet long and containing seven baskets.
The number of eggs placed to a basket
varied from 30,000 to 40,000, and each trough
'was given a maximum flow of 12 gallons
of water per minute. The period of in
cubation for the flrsl eggs collected was
72 days, at a mean temperature of 45 deg.
Fahrenheit corresponding closely to tho
rule of CO 'days, at 50 deg., and five days,
more or less, 'for each degree of lower
or hlgfier temperature, as established by
Seth Green. The hatchery is supplied
with water from the creek, which -drains
the hills on the south side of the lake.
Its normal volume being about 200 min
er's Inches of water, equal to about 2000
gallons per mlmfte. It is unfortunately
subject to sudden rises, and at such times
is muddy, which will necessitate the erec
tion of a settling tank at some time in
the future In order to guard against losses
of eggs.
"Of the egga collected, 93 per cent
hatched, and 10,633000 fry were liberated
In the lake and in Skagit River. No at
tempt was made to ship eggs from the
station on account of its isolated position.
Hamilton, the nearest railroad 'station, Js
26 miles away, and 18 miles of this "dis
tance Is over a mountain trail. It Is
hoped that during- the next year a trail
will be opened up on the south side to
Baker, where the railroad Is now extend
ing its tracks.
"A few silver salmon appeared In the
lake after the bluebacks, but as the hatch
ery was crowded, no attempt was made
to handle them. .
"An. effort was made to collect steel
heads when the first fish appeared at the
foot of the lake, on March 9, but between
that time and May 8, only 81 were cap
tured in the gill nets. These were placed
in the floating perts to ripen, but most
of them died, the 12 surviving female
yielding 2,000 eggs, which hatched in
about 73 days. In a mean temperature of
40 deg. The losses aggregated E0 per
cent, and occurred laigely in the early
stages of development The mortality
,was supposed to have been due to the
parent fish falling to properly mature
their eggs on account of confinement 1J
I the pens.
MAKING OF ASSASSINS
HOW ANARCHISTS TRAIN MEN TO
DO THEIR BIDDING.
Secrets of Their Organisation and
Manner of Plotting and
Scheming. ,
The world is full of villains. Yesterday,
says a writer In the London Express, I
encountered their king. Some seven
months ago I was .fortunate enough to
save the life of a child which narrowly
escaped drowning In the Lake of Geneva.
That child was the only daughter of the
prince of anarchists.
"You ask me to tell you something
about the Inner life of anarchism." he
said. "You tell me that such knowledge
will benefit you in your profession. You
ask a favor of me. I owe you one you
saved the life of the only thing In thn
world I love. Come follow me."
Taking me Into a small room where tho
child I had saved lay sleeping, he said:
"Swear that the names I mention shah
never pass your lips. Swear that you will
never tell aught to the world which will
Incriminate or cast suspicion on any In
dividual or house!" After I had given
my solemn promise, he seemed satisfied.
"The dawn of anarchism," ho began, "Is
awakening. The deaths of Carnot and
Humbert -are but Incidents In a mighty
programme for the betterment of man
kind. At last we are becoming organized.
Union is strength. In every city of Eu
rope we have our agents, who gather
round themselves the more active mem
bers of the socialist clubs.
"From rampant socialism, to anarchism
Is but a step. It is our agents who foster
the love of notoriety in the breasts of the
more advanced socialists, who soon throw
off the partl-colored cloak of socialism
for the scarlet raiment of anarchism.
"It Is from this class of men that wo
choose our Instruments of destruction.
We find one of these men with a griev
ance of many years' standing. We foster
his grievance. We titillate his vanity by
appointing him to do some great deed.
We stir up his cupidity by promises of
wealth If successful. We point out to
him the glory of undying fame if he suf
fers for the cause.
Leader Are Scarce.
"Do we send our leaders to commit
these aggressions against the life and
property of a person or state? Not There
are enough uneducated fanatics In this
world for that. Fanatics are many lead
ers as scarce as honor among thieves.
"Take the case of Lucchenl, for In
stance. For months we fostered his ha
tred against law and order. We saw he
was a worthy son of anarchism. He was
dissatisfied with his life. He disliked
work. He was often hungry an empty
stomach is aggressive anarchism's best
friend.
"We found him at Geneva. He lay In
wait to slay some one. His thoughts
turned to the Duke pf Orleans, who was
expected In the town. By an accident
Lucohenl heard about the Empress Eliz
abeth. The rest of the tale Is history.
"Let 4is now turn to Bressl. For years
he had wished to do something great for
the cause. At last the moment arrivea.
Funds' were provided for him. He came
from America with one set purpose. Had
he failed, six others In the crowd would
have carried out the execution of the
King.
"You ask me how we get our funds?
How does Crispi get his? The same way
as we do. We compel call It blackmail,
if you wish the rich to furnish means for
their own destruction.
"Strong men wo never menace for mon
ey. 'TIs the timid old man, the faithless
husband, the rich roue, the besotted
drunkard from whom our agents gather
their tithes.
"As I "have already said, we have
agents In every Important city on the
Continent England does not count The
English anarchist Is but a loud-mouthed
public-house orator, perfectly harmless
to society and useless to anarchism. So
we will leave England out of the ques
tion, and deal solely with the Continent
Chief in Every Country.
"Each country has Its chief, and it is
the duty of each agent to regularly ac
quaint his chief With the progress the
cause Is making in his especial district.
He also collects funds. The agent of one
district does not know his fellow agent
of the next.
"It Is only the chiefs who are acquaint
ed with the names of all the agents. It
Is thus we safeguard ourselves against
treachery. Very little writing passes be
tween the various persons, and what does
Is In cipher, which Is cnanged every
month. Treachery Is always punished by
death, and many of the so-called suicides
which wo read about In the papers we
call by another name. ,
"Our power is great unlimited. We
wage war against authority. When we
think It necessary to remove the head of
a state, we do so. It Is not the Individual
we war against 'tis the position.
"Take the case of Humbert Personal
IjV we had nothing against the man, but
it was his office we struck at and made
ihe world realize our power. The moro
we are persecuted, the more we are
strengthened. An execution in public
brings us many converts. Imprisonment
for life gives hope to the timid ones.
"Freedom similar to what the boy Slp
Ido got by the way, we had nothing to
do with his foolish exploit encourages
us. The brave scorn death, and the timid
Imprisonment Yoii have tried death, im
prisonment and freedom with us. Yet
we are stronger today than ever. An
archism is but in its Infancy, and will
dally Increase till tlje end of days."
A Thanlcsslvlnar Turkey.
James D. Corrothers In the Century
'Cindy, reach dah 'hlne yo tack.
'N' ban' ma flat ah almanac'
"W'y Laud! t'morrer Thanksgivtafl
Got to sit out an make hay
Don kcer whut do preachzh ar
Wo mus' eat Thanksglvla' day,
Uz sho' us yeu's a llbbla.
Tou know whan Mans Hudson llbst
Bey's a turkey dah dat gibs
Me a heap o trouble.
Some day Hudson's slne to mis
Dat owdashus fowl o' his; i -
I' fine ober dah an' twls' ,
'At gobblah's nake plumb doubls.
Gola pas' dat t'othab day,
Turkey strutted up an sayt
"A-g-obble, sobble, gobble!"
Much us ef he mout remabk:
"Don't you wish 'at it was dank?
Ain't I temptinT" 8' X: "You hahk,
Kr else dey'll be a squabble.
"Take an wrlnjr you' nake right quick,'
Light on you lak a tbousan' brick.
N' ypa won't know whut befell you
N I went on. Tit vah day,
When I goes by that-a-way,
'At fowl nab too much to say;
N I'm tiabd uv It I tell yow.
O'lne to- go dls bressed night.
An' put out dat J.urkey's light
N" I'll lam Mm lak a cobbtah, r
Take keer. 'Cindy, lemme pass; -Got
to do ma wo'k up fas'
Ala't a-gMne to take no sass
OS o ao man's turkey-gobblah.
Barns' Cottase to Be Restored.
London Mall.
Considerable alteration are In course)
of being carried out at the birthplace of
Robert Burns, known as "Burns cottage,"
at Alloway, Scotland. It Is Intended to
remove a hall attached to the back of
the cottage, used as a museum and tem
perance refreshment-room, and to trans
fer the Burns relics from this to a new
and larger hall in a range of cottage
buildings which have just been complet
ed within the grounds attached to the cot
tage The caretaker and his family, who
Inhabit part of the cottage, have also been
provided with accommodation in. the nw
buildings.. The cottage will thus be re
stored as far as possible to it original
eondttloa.