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10 THE SUNDAY OEEGONIA2ST, PORTLAND, DECEMBER- 30, 1900. PLANS FOR THE FAIR Idea Submitted by Attorney L. B. Cox. MUCH WORK MUST BE DONE Legislatures of NorthTxestcra States Should. Be Asked to Pass Reso lution Kavorinsr the Project. PORTLAND. Dec. 29.-(To the Editor.) As 1 have not been able to attend the conferences which have been held on the subject of the proposed exposition for 102 or 1S05 I crave space for the expres Blon of my views through your columns. The first question is whether we want to undertako the enterprise at all, beyond which is that as to date. If our ideas -do not soar too high I think under the most favorable condi tions a very creditable and valuable ex position might be accomplished, but the undertaking- is a large one and is not to be entered upon without due considera tion. The population and wealth of Ore Bon and Portland are too small to promise any satisfactory issue from a single handed attempt, but proper work ought to bring to our aid other resources which would guarantee success. Time is an all Important factor, and as between the two years suggested it seems to me that 1905 Is the only one which ought to be thought of. We may have a local fair in 1802, but nothing more: in 1305 we may hope for an interstate and In a degree an international position. My immediate interest is In connec tion with the action of the Oregon Hor ticultural Society and Its plan for the erection of a monument to commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition, but the occasion seems to propitious for com bining with this movement the idea of an exposition that I think It ought not to bo neglected, and as a citizen of Port land and Oregon I trust It will not be thrown away. If wo do not hold fast to this date it Is pretty certain that some other candidate will seize it. Apart from 1005 being the centennial of the event, which It Is proposed to celebrate, the Oregon Historical Society has plans in connection with its work wnlch cannot -be matured in much less time. Therefore this year Is Its fixed date. The object which it has in view the celebration of a great national achievement Is the one Which will appeal to Congress and to the country at large. The mere matter of holding an exposition Is not apt to com mand the favorable consideration of Con cress at any timer they are already some what monotonous, and there are doubt less innumerable cities which will stand ready to ask Congressional aid If It Is to be had Just on general principles and for the asking. In connection with the erection of a monument to the Lewis and Clark expe dition it has been learned that such men as Governor Roosevelt, James J. Hill, Colonel Daniel S. Lamont and ex-Governor Hauser, of Montana, are interested in the movement, and they doubtless rep resent a very large sentiment throughout the country. Doubtless the active sup port and personal attendance of these gen tlemen can readily be scanned. Profes sor Young, secretary of the Oregon Hor ticultural Society, during last Summer, attended a gathering of gentlemen rep resenting the historical societies of a number of the states at Madison, Wis., and found that great interest is taken in the work and plans of our society. These organizations possess great Influence In their states and will be Interested in the Lewis and Clark centennial. The press of the United States will also be reached by this object and will give us the widest advertisement. None of these agencies will be drawn to a mere Industrial exhibit, but if interested by other features they will of course contribute to the success of the whole enterprise. Now as to the advantages and disad vantages attaching to the two years, as the industrial exposition will be directly concerned. Wo must have Congressional aid and the co-operation of other states, while the chief purpose of the enterprise will be to attract the Oriental nations with which the Pacific Coast Is seeking to Establish extended trade relations. To formulate plans, make proper prepara tions and carry them Into execution will take a great deal of time and unremit ting, well-directed effort. If we had an abundance of means In hand and all our plans worked out at this time we could hardly be ready for an exposition in 1902, but in fact we have absolutely nothing done. Enterprises of tills sort take years for their accomplishment- Congressional action was taken on the Buffalo Exposi tion In 1S9S and undoubtedly much work had been done on It before. Plans have been long under consideration for the St Louis Exposition to be held In 1903, and an early effort will bo made to bring it before Congress. Those who think we .can commence now and launch an exposition In 1902 seem to me to have a very Inadequate Idea of the magnitude of the undertaking. When we cannot got a dollar from Congress to relieve the congested con dition of the postofflce. a government in stitution, it Is Idle to hope that we can now get an appropriation for an exposi tion, and yet upon this will absolutely depend the whole qucbtlon of success or failure. And even If Congress were well disposed It would not act unless and un til some definite and well-grounded plans wero submitted. The Legislatures of all the Northwestern states meet this Winter and not again until 1983. None of thom. not even that of Oregon, will be prepared now to make any appropriation to aid the exposition. Will not this be the best plan of action? Let us try to secure from the Legislature of each state during this Winter a res olution approving of the exposition and authorizing their respective Governors to appoint five commissioners to represent the state; lot the other states (Including California), be invited to participate In the exposition on equal terms In every respect with Oregon: let the commission ers hold a Joint meeting and endeavor to arrive at a concerted plan of action, and then present the matter to the people of their respective states and seek to arouse a favorable public sentiment; let a stock company bo organized in Portland with ruch a man as Mr. Corbett or Mr. Scott at its head, supported by a strong direc torate: secure the services of a capable and efficient Director-General of the ex position, and then lay "out a well-considered plan of action. When theso things have been accomplished go to the next Congress (In 1902 and seek by the dd of the united Congressional delegations from the states Interested to get a liberal ap propriation for a national building and exhibit; then go to the different state Legislatures in 1903 and endeavor to get appropriations for the several state buildings and exhibits. When the enter prise has taken definite form we can get the State Department to invite the Ori ental nations to participate. One of the prime objects of the scheme from a local standpoint will be to estab lish in the minds of the Oriental dele in tes the importance of Portland as a seaport. We certainly will not do this with a dilapidated Jetty and the river channel in their present state. But by 1905, the extension of the Jetty in accord ance with the plans of the United States Board of Engineeers ought to be com pleted and the channels put in good con dition, while many other much-needed local improvements caa be accomplished. Instead of the lapse of time being detri mental, it ought to prove highly advan tageous. Inasmuch as we will have con stant and widespread advertisement for the five intervening years. The year 1903 would seem to presage success, 1902 fail ure. L. B. COX. THE TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION Business Ability Seeded In Members "to Be Appointed. Salem Capital Journal. Probably never in the history of Ore gon has the appointment of a commission with small emolument caused such gen eral interest as the naming of the forth coming school text-book commission. Even the election of the United States Senator is not much more commented upon by the rress of the state. This Is as it should je, for the selection of the text-books for our rising generation is of vastly more Importance to our common wealth than the personality of a Senator. Governor Geer has wisely laid his plans.in this matter, and in following out the. ideas expressed in his widely circulated newspaper interviews on this subject he Intends to be guided by principles which mean something for dur state rather than by individual favoritism. This again Is as it should be. The men named on this commission should be not only of the highest type of American citizenship, but they should be good business men, as well as men versed In the needs of the growing youth of our state. Their work will be a sacred task, and only men should be placed in charge of it who will contemplate their duties from that point of view. Above all things they should be far-seeing, and able to know before they act Just what tho ultimate effect' of their work will be in Its relation to themselves and the pub lic Tills may seem to be asking a great deal, but why not? Is not Oregon entitled to the best men In the public service? Are not the Oregon children entitled to the best that can be had? Now Is the vital time, and if tho right kind of a commission is named, such a one as the Governor has outlined to be chosen, those ideals will have been met. If the commis sion should be made up of Inferior or mediocre talent, it would be too late to get the results desired, hence the great wisdom of moving rightly at this time. If Oregon ever comes to the front. It will be necessary to have her schools take the lead, and there is no imaginable way in which this can be so well done as by giving our teachers and pupils the best tools to work with. There are few homes in tho state which are not more vitally Interested in this one question than they are in who is to be President, or whether our Government is for or against certain policies. What a child gets out of his school work is what tells In the future of our commonwealth, and his facilities for getting the most out of these years will have tho most telling effect for our state. Three Influences seem to be at work to shape the selection of the commission. First, the limitations of the constitution, pointed out by the Governor, Including members of the last Legislature who voted for the bill, and persons who are holding some other lucrative office of election or appointment. This also ex cludes the County Superintendents. Be ing a reform measure, Its faithful execu tion precludes making up the commission of persons who are responsible for tho conditions now prevailing In the text book business In Oregon. Persons are being petitioned for and highly recom mended who not only opposed the Daly bill, but who would be perfectly satisfied to keep all the present text-books at present prices, and who would even keep the system that has worked so badly. If there is to be any substantial reform under the Daly bill commission, it must be made up from new material and from men of such business ability as to be able to resist the commercialism that has prevailed In the past and has involved this state and adjoining states in scandals that have, In some Instances, become vital Issues in state politics. Oregon has no desire to take up any of these scan dals that have afflicted Washington, Ida ho, California and other states, and with their experience before us. Governor Geer is acting with great political sagacity In making up a commission of gentlemen of such character that their names are rep utations will stand like a wall of granite against all Influences while serving on the commission or In standing by their work after It is honestly and fearlessly completed In the interest of the people. Cb.rlstln.nlty in the Far East. Max Muller In NInetneenth Century. It Is curious, however, to see with what pertinacity the Church of Rome and its various orders clung to the Idea that the East, and more particularly India and China, should be won for the Roman Church. After the Reformation particu larly, the Roman See; as well as the Dominicans, Franciscans, and above all the Jesuits, seem never to have lost sight of the Idea that the ground which their church had lost In Europe should bo re conquered in China. Already under Ben edict XII (1312-1346) attempts were made to send out again Christian missionaries to China, but they soon shared lhe fata of the Nestorlan Christians, and'fn the 16th century, when Roman Catholic mis sions wero organized on a larger scale, no traces of earlier Christian settlements seem to have been forthcoming. Francois Xavler, who, after his successes in India and Japan, was burning with a desire to evangelize China, died in 1552, almost in sight of China. Then followed Augustine monks under Herrada, and Franciscans under Alfara. Both had to leave China again after a very short sojourn there. Then came the far more Important mis sions of the Jesuits under RIccl, who landed in 15SL. They were better prepared for their work than- their predecessors. Anyhow, they had studied the language and the customs of the country before they arrived, and In order to meet with a friendly reception In China they arrived In the dress of Buddhist monks. They became In fact all things to all men; they were received with open arms by the Emperor and tho learned among the Man darins. It was Rlccl who made such prop, aganda by means of his clocks, but he did not neglect his missionary labors, though it is sometimes difficult to say whether he himself was converted to Confucianism, or the Chinese to Christian ity. He wrote in Chinese a book called "Domini Coelorum vera ratio." He adopted even the Chinese name for God, Tien or Shang-tl. and Joined publicly In the worship of Confucius. That was tne policy of the Jesuits In China, as it wa3 their policy in India, when about the samo time Roberto de Noblll (1577-1656) taught as a Christian Brahmin, adopting all their customs and speaking even San skrit, being no doubt the first European to venture on such a task. THE DYIXG CENTURY. "I am old." the Century said. "A hundred jears about my head Time has been -wrapping", fold o'er fold The passlntr yean and now I'm old. "With ttaft-dlmmed eyes I paze alone The path I've trodden, and the sons I sang, when life was youns and sweet. Comes back my dull, old ears to greet To cheer and soothe me. as I go. With palsied step, tottering, slow. Doirn to my grave, with unshed tears A xnem'ry of the passing years I "A giant comes to take my place Toung. handsome! In his smiling foe I see a picture, and I know I looked like him. long years ago. Soon we ehallneet upon the line That separates his years from mine. "There we shall stand beneath the sides. The light of hope within his eyes; Hand clasped in hand, with pressure strong, I'll hark to his exultant song. And wish him. undismayed by tears. One hundred happy, sweet New Tears. T. FTanzel Crawford. It is calculated that the cotton crop of the South this season will yield $500,000,000 in cotton and seed and $103,000,v00 worth of oil. NEW ALASKA ELDORADO DISCOVERED ON CHESTOCHTNA RIVER, SOUTH OF YUKON. Digging Are la. Country ef "LiviHS Glaciers, aad Are Eight to Trrelve Miles Above tlie Tree-Line. There Is every indication that the third Eldorado to succeed the Klondike excite ment has been discovered. The history of Alaska and the far Northwest is con tained in three words Dawson, Altin, Nome. A handful of men who have passed this camp and shown me their gold be lieve a fourth "pay" has been found: Chestochlna. It Is the name of a river in Central Alaska, south of the Yukon and tributary to Copper River,' which rises in the great Alaskan range and the volcanic peaks of the Wrangel group, and flows south into the Gulf of Alaska about 3000 miles west of Mount St. Ellas. "You can't predict an Eldorado," they say in the North, "until some one has gone wrong In the top of his head, pick ing out nuggets." There has been no such luck yet on Chlsna River, but with less work than was expended on Klondike River, and labor done in less tlme, though under greater difficulties, the new Ches tochlna country has proved Itself better. MAP OP CHESTOCHINA DISTRICT COMPILED FROM DRAWINGS BY RE CORDER DEMPSEY AND HANS OLSEN. In other words, it has produced more gold than was produced in like time on the Klondike creeks. Since the strike, less than three months ago, 35 men, un equipped for practical mining, in an un known and unmapped region, where up to a year ago only the fewest "colors" could be found, have given undeniable evidence of greater general wealth than exists In any other mining district in the North." Thus writes R. S. Dunn, who has taken pains to investigate the authenticity of the strike, to the New York Commercial Advertiser. The clean-up showed $20,000 In gold. This is distressingly small to those who have read "$500 to the pan," after mining bad been going on around the Klondike for over a year. It is small compared to what people In the States will read of this same new country after the reporters have met the new argonauts on the dock at Seattle. In no excitement has the publi- had accurate reports of the finds. This Is particularly true of the first pan nlngs. The figures following were given me with great care by pioneers and dis co exers of the district themselves. I have been but 40 miles up this river to the diggings. I ventured from the vol cano of Wrangel too late In the season. Every man has now left the district for the Winter, and the claims are already un der snow. You must remember that sluicing on tributaries of the Chestochlna was done for only a single moqth July 15 to August 15; that not a single man In the district went there prepared to engage in active mining. The men were prospecting only, and they have not yet reached bed-rock. Conditions confronted them, stranger than the frozen ground of Dawson, stranger than the treeless tundra and beach of Cape Nome. The diggings are In a country of living glaciers, and are upon the glacial streams draining them. They are on the sides of the highest range of mountains in North America, culminating in Mount McKlnley, 20.4S4 feet above the sea. They are from S to 12 miles above tree-line, and over 5000 feet above the sea. Wood for fuel and sluicing must be packed this distance. The nearest settle ment is Port Valdes, on Prince William Sound, 225 miles distant by the incom pleted trans-Alaskan military road. The locations have all been made by men who entered the Copper River Valley in lSSS. In that year the most disastrous results In the annals of mining In Alaska attended the futile attempt of nearly 5000 men to reach the Yukon. In that year the few who entered the Interior prospected diligently a country equal In area to the State of Texas. Good colors and no more were found upon the Chestochlna River. The growth of an Eldorado Is slow; the sands of Throndluke River had been panned for 10 years before a nugget was taken out, and Auril Creek was known to yield pay-dirt for quite an ejqual length of time before the strike on Nome River. In 1S99 more prospecting was done in the region, and with encouraging results. Two partners were sufficiently convinced of Its richness to take in a hydraulic outfit 300 miles overland. But the region had given no evidence of being a poor man's coun try. In the present year of the hundred men out of 4900 who "stayed with" the Copper River country after It had re ceived a worse "black eye" than any other district of Alaska, 50 were upon the Ches tochlna, and the newly found tributary. Chlsna River, 40 miles above the former's confluence with the Copper. George Hazlett and Jack Meals, both of Omaha, Neb., left Chlsna River for Valdes In the Autumn of 1S99. in company with Melvln Dempsey. a Cherokee half-breed. These three men are the discoverers of the district. Hazlett and Meals believed they had only a hydraulic proposition on Chlsna River, and were to spend the year follow ing getting It In to the country. Dempsey had staked "Discovery" on the Chlsna. The finds were to be kept quiet, but ar rived on the Coast, Dempsey let out the secret It did not travel far, and most of those who returned to the diggings this year, and were not in Dempseys company or employ, did so on the vaguest hearsays, perhaps, because nothing else had turned up in the unfortunate valley. No one ex pected to do any mining. One hundred claims bench, creek and gulch were staked out on the Chlsna. Not one yielded less than 15 cents to the pan. and many as high as 40 or 50 cents. Six to seven dollars was taken out regu larly in 20 pans. The gold seemed scat tered evenly everywhere, and from the surface down. At a depth of eight feet no bedrock was found, but the further you went down the richer the ground became. As a yellow-haired boy from Boston put it, "I hope, by G . there'll be no bed rock." On Discovery claim at a foot's depth, 12 pans yielded $2 50; at two feet six pans gave $1 SO, at four feet three nans gave $1 50. On April 20, 1900, a miners' meeting was held, and the "Chlsna Mining District" was Incorporated. Dempsey was elected recorder for one year. "But tho richest ground had not yet been discovered. About the middle of June Burt McDowell, Charles Cramer and Dor sey Levele crossed a low divide in the mountains westward from the Chlsna headquarters. They found a stream Issu ing from a big glacier, and flowing In the same direction as the rroek they had left, and parallel to it. Here, as everywhere, the "country rock" was slate, intersected by small "quartz veins, and the granite, Inseparable from any placer district, lay in bowlders in the creek bed. So they named the stream "Slate Creek." At grass roots they washed out 20 cents to the pan, and the gold Increased In abundance with depth, and did so faster than on the Chlsna. The gold was coarser land larger. A two-ounce nugget, nearly pure gold, and valued at $23, was taken out. Platinum was found mixed with the yellow metal In every pan; a nugget weighing over 60 pennyweights was pan ned, as large as a thumb nail. Following their return to Chlsna mouth to record, all not actively engaged in sluice-building followed to Slate Creek from the older stream. In a week 20 claims below Discovery had been staked. Jack Miller found good prospects on a "peep" (gulch) of the creek, and on the first day's sluicing washed out over $500 In gold. This Is the richest single find to date. Up to this time no mining whatever had. been done. The men were unprepared for sluicing. With neither tools nor animals i HR i. ,y j for hauling timber, they found) themselves from 8 to 12 miles above tree-line, and Just under fields of eternal snow. Along the streams straggled only stunted wil lows and alders. Precipitation was almost constant, and the little food the men had back-packed or hauled by sled In the early Spring over Valdez glacier was nearly gone. But they went to work at once hauling lumber and building sluices. They saw their chance, and wanted to end a three years' exile in Alaska. They had proved the wealth of their country. They had ,found gold in paying quantities by merely scratching the ground, and it seemed distributed over an almost limitless area. Not a tenth of this region has had a pan shaken upon it. But wherever a prospector penetrated he found evidence of gold in paying quanti ties. It lay Indifferently In the benches formed by erosion of the streams, in gulches and In tho river bed. By July 300 claims had been recorded. Active mining, but with the rudest methods, went on only for the month ending August 25. In that time 35 men cleaned up $20,000. Every man on the ground took out no less than an ounce of gold a day, and many more than that One day's clean-up yielded six men H ounces. Sixty-two ounces represented the work of three men for only three weeks. The gold Is coarse but flaky, and dark colored. It runs $18 to the ounce. Few large nuggets were washed, the com monest of only $3 to .$4 In value. The chief promise of the region Is the fact that a deposit of moderate richness is scattered over a large area very evenly. But no one has reached bed-rock yet, and who would "diagnose" a mining district finally until that had been done? Melvln Dempsey, recorder, said: "It Is a big thing. We believe the ground will prove richer than the Klondike, and the gold is certainly more evenly distributed over a larger area. The season's output Is absolutely no criterion of the country's wealth. You know the difficult and unex pected conditions under which we endured one short month's work. "Miles and miles of proved gold-bearing land are still unstaked. No prospector even penetrated to 'the headwaters of the Key map, boTrins location of Ches tochlna district from the coast. Kokona River, which heads among the same mountain peaks as the Chlsna, and only a few miles west of lt. "Yes, there will be a big rush In here next year. Two thousand to 2500 men at the very least, In spite of the bad name which the Copper River Valley has got all over the States. The befooled popula tion of Nome must go somewhere." Every other returning prospector spoke to the tame account, almost In the same words. You could see them vanishing down the trail with the long white canvas packing frames on their backs, and their steps were very light among the yellow ing aspens. Unlike most northern placers, the streams of the new district are not too slow-moving, clear streams flowing In small beds over level and flat V-shaped valleys. Being fed by glaciers, they are swift and turbulent, subject to dally rise and fall, and often It Is difficult to ford them after noon, and often dangerous. They contirually change their course over barren and boulder-strewn beds, 10 to 20 times the width of the water-flow, which is opaque with silo, continually thunder ing heavy boulders in its course, which sound liko trains crossing endless hollow arches. -In winter they cease to flow. Where the Ice of the glaciers ends, there the claim-stakes begin. It will be a comparatively easy matter to reach the goldfieids next ydar. They are approximately 250 miles by trail from either Prince William's Sound! at Yaldez, or Eagle City, on the Yukon, in the Forty Mile country. The trans-Alaskan military road, under construction by Captain W. R. Abercromble, of the Second United States Infantry, is to connect these points. This trail has already been completed for 160 miles, or to a point some distance beyond Copper Center, at the mouth of Klutena River. From this point miners have worn a good trail to the diggings. When the Governmsnt trail enters the Chestochlna country early next Spring, It will cross that river at Its mouth, and only 40 miles from the Chlsna Slate Creek is 12 miles beyond the Chlsna. The military road or trail is today the best pack-trail In the North. It crosses the Chupatch Mountains passa ble in 1S3S only over the perilous Valdez glaciers at an elevation of only 2330 feet, nearly 1000 feet lower than the Cbilkoot or White Passes. It Is thoroughly cut and graded; It avoids all wet ground, and crosses all the dangerous glacial streams upon broad bridges. It has been under construction for two years, and will, when completed, cost over $150,000. Half this amount has already been expended. The trail is from 6 to 12 feet wide; two bridges have been built at a cost of $2000 each. Gold-seekers should book for Valdez, where the harbor la open all the year around, and a bi-monthly steamship serv ice is regularly maintained. Those who go into the interior early, from March 1 to April 15. will cross the glacier with dogs, as it Is a shorter and more feasible route at that season than by the trail. At Copper Center. 110 miles Inland by either route from Valdez, traders will be prepared to supply food, clothing- and everynecessity of life to men intending to reach the diggings. A VOICE FROM ROSEBURG. Elect Faltoa, Drop Niesuraartut Caasl and Restore Claytoa-BalTrer Treaty. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 23. To the Ed itor.) As many 'are having their say as to the proper person that should be elect ed to the United States Senate in place of Mr. McBride, will you allow me through the medium of your valuable pa per to say a few words on the subject? It has been well said that we want a man of good standing', with Influence to bring results; we want a man that is something more than money collector, or a worker In committees: we want a statesman, an orator, one who can pre sent claims In a manner that will com mand respect, an advocate that can plead at the nation's bar and win results. We have such a man In the person of Hon. C. W. Fulton, State Senator from Clat sop; why not elect him? We have great developments under way at the mouth of the Columbia River at this time, and much in contemplation, among which I will mention the fortifications at Fort Stevens, the great military post there, the quarantine station. And we will soon have a great naval station, with drydock and shipyards, that can and will supply the needs of the shlDDlnir of the world. l' and our immense fresh-water harbor give room ior an to come ana rest, recuperate and be-repaired, to say nothing of our Pullman cltir (the site for which has al ready been purchased), where all manner of cars and engines will be constructed. These things are all of the greatest im portance to the state and the Nation; and the people of the State of Oregon should bend every energy to the full frui tion of the same. Senator Fulton is In touch with all these enterprises; his in terests and his state and National pride would lead him to devote his life to the upbuilding and the Improvement of the seaport at the mouth of the Columbia River, and he could and would do more to make this the New York of the Pacific Coast than any other man in the State of Oregon; and, as Mr. Seely very aptly re marks in his article that recently ap peared In your paper, as to the shipping of New York cities and waterways, as well as its railroads, I will gay there is a striking similarity between the cities of Albany and New York and the geographi cal positions of Portland and the mouth of the Columbia; and further, the same railroad Interests that did so much for the upbuilding of New York city and the railroads of the state are largely inter ested at the mouth of the Columbia, and will do for It more than It did for the Eastern metropolis make it the me tropolis and great shipping port of the Pacific Coast, as well as the great com mercial point They have the capital and are above the reach of grafters and sub sidizes, and will look only to the welfare of the port and their own financial inter ests. In view of these facts and things that may happen, I think the best Interests of the state (outside of Portland) will be served if the Legislature should elect Senator Fulton to the United States Sen ate. In regard to present incumbents of our seats in the Senate, little has been done, and If the man most spoken of should be elected, less still will be done, for hl3 in terests and the money he has collected are in Portland, and his prejudices are so strong against the mouth of the Colum bia River that he would not ask for aid for its improvement or expend It prop erly If he had it Besides, one Senator from Portland Is enough. Elect Fulton, drop the Nicaragua Canal business as being the greatest enemy to capital and labor that could arise In the United States at this time: let it wait until we get a few more farms down that way; reaffirm, the Monroe doctrine; reiterate the Clay-ton-Bulwer treaty, the sheet anchor' of our hope for the future, as it has been In the past It is a notice posted on every hilltop of the entire coast of this conti nent notice to all outsiders to "keep off the grass." They have kept oft hereto fore, and will as long as It remains In -force. W. C. CASSELL. An Idea, and What Came of It. Spokane Spokesman-Review. The Oregon Historical Society proposes a commemorative celebration at Portland In 1905 of the centennial anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Coast Invitations will be extend ed to the Governors of Oregon. Washing ton, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, to share In the Interesting historical festival. The reflection Is fascinating that every notable and great achievement in the world's history sprang from an Idea born In the mind of one person. The fact Is Interesting that the thought which led up to the Lewis and Clark expedition, and to which are traceable the history and growth and romance of the Pacific North. west came Into the fertile mind of Jef ferson when that eminent statesman was serving as United States Minister to France. There Is strange fascination In reflect ing on what might nave been. We won the Oregon country by a narrow margin, with nothing to spare, in statecraft and diplomacy. If Jefferson had not conceived the great idea, nurtured It In his fertile mind and advanced it to the point of daring action, history might record a very different story. If Ledyard had not met our Ambassador at Paris', nor poured into his ready ear the ambitious plan of Northwestern exploration and conquest a different purpose might have controlled the lofty spirit of Jefferson. The red en sign of Britain might wave where now floats to the free breezes the beauteous banner of our glorious Union. German VUInsrers Malce Glass Eyes. Artificial eyes are mostly made In, Tnuringla, Germany, says a Berlin cor respondent Nearly all the grown Inhab itants of some of the villages of this dis trict are engaged In their manufacture. Four men usually sit at a table, each with a gas Jet In front of him, and the eyes are blown from glass plates and molded into shape by hand. The colors are then traced in with small needles, no set rule being observed In the coloring, and as every man uses his own fancy, no two ar tificial eyes are exactly alike. 1 One Minute Toothache Drops. Curs In stantly; 10 and 25 cents. All druggists. DEMOCRACY AND WEALTH! SOSES ESSOkS OS BRYANT POINTED OCT BY JL BS.YAX ORGAX. Tke Real Party Raeea-alxca Tfo Hos tility to Plutocracy nAa TTairar r&sted Apareaeaslom Created. Replying to a correspondent who had addressed him on the subject of his recent defeat, Mr. Bryan took occasion to say that "the fight of democracy against plu tocracy would go right on in spite of the disastrous result of the election," says the Chicago Chronicle. So far as the popullstic and socialistic wing of the political alliance which has been under the leadership of Mr. Bryan and has loosely styled itself Democratic is concerned, It Is possible that there Is a fight against plutocracy, but tho genuine Democracy recognizes no such hostility. The true Democracy of the country em braces within its membership many wealthy men and an Innumerable host of men of property who are striving to be wealthy. Instead of being antagonistic to wealth, Democracy encourages it It is a political organization in which rich men and poor men can co-operate with self-respect and in which neither will find the slightest Inducement to Infringe in any degree upon the rights of the other. If Mr. Bryan were less a Populist and more a Democrat he would understand this fact and be much more formida ble as a political leader. It may be said In all kindness that his failure as a can didate has been due more to his loose ness of speech on the subject of prop erty rights than to any other one cause. The apprehension created by his atti tude In this respect has not been unwar ranted. The country has had a sufficient illustration of the recklessness of Popu llstic legislation In some of the states of the far West In which Mr. Bryan's politi cal fortunes have been most zealously for warded. Legislative, executive and even Judicial action has been violent In the ex treme. As a result paralysis has fallen upon credit and enterprise. Where there Is no security for Invest ments, where the obligations of contracts are Ignored, and where laws designed to oppress enterprise are enacted and sus talnd by the courts, we may look for dis astrous results. The experience of Kan sas will not soon be forgotten either at homo or abroad. Democracy has no quarrel with wealth as such. It Is at war with laws whlcn were criminal in their origin and are grossly unjust in their operation. Some of these laws create wealth, it Is true, but it Is not because they enable soma men to roll up great wealth that they are as sailed. They are attacked because they Inflict unjust burdens upon the people at large and cannot be defended by any ar gument that Is worthy of notice. There Is a great difference between hos tility to a wicked system which may create wealth and hostility to wealth It self. Gambling Is a source of wealth to some men. We may pursue the occupa tion of the gambler with all the rigors of the law, we may ostracize him socially, and we may in many other ways show our dislike for wealth and position gained In such a manner, but we do not menace property by so doing. Tho bad law will be taken advantage of to a certainty. The men who secured Its passage may be in the poorhouse or In their graves and ita present beneficiaries may not have been born when it came into force. It la the law which should excite the animosity of the people and not the wealth that may or may not have been the result of tho law. If Mr. Bryan were more inclined to re flection and were less emotional in his temperament he would perceive tho un wisdom of the position which he has as sumed In this matter. It is not possible to attack some wealth and some credit with out attacking- all wealth and all credit The man with the little home, the man with the small savings account, the man with the small loan outstanding upon which he expects to draw interest is as keenly concerned in such a crusade as the man who lives In a mansion or tho man who is engaged In extensive enterprises in many different directions. The blight of uncertainty, Insecurity and panic falls as heavily upon the one as it does upon the other. Much of itha wealth of this country Is a striking testimonial to the industry and sagacity of its creators and owners. Most of the wealth of thi3 country has been amassed without wrong to anybody. Its possession Is an evidence of the ability and the success of the men by whose tireless effort it was attained. It la not true that the average man looks upon the possessor of wealth with Jealousy and rancor. There is an infinitely larger num ber of Americans who look upon the successful man with admiration and pleasure than there are who regard him with covetousness and hate. That some of the wealth now In evi dence has not been honestly earned! Is notorious. That the methods by which some of this dishonest wealth has been acquired have been shamefully unfair and have reflected no credit upon anybody is a fact too well known to be disputed. In nearly every such case we shall find an unjust law at tho root of the evil. In nearly every such case we shall find that some representatives or other ser vants of the people have betrayed their trust In nearly every such case wa shall find that the one obvious remedy Is the repeal of the bad law which alone Is responsible for the injustice. To menace and decry all wealth be cause some wealth has been dishonetly acquired Is a3 foolish as it would be to Men, Young and This is the oldest Private Medical Dispensary in the City of Portland, the first Medical Dispensary ever started In the city. Dr. Kessler, tho old, reliable specialist has been man ager of this Institution for 20 years, during which time tnousands of cases have been cured, and no person was ever refused 'treatment. The St Louis Dispensary has thousands of dollars in money and property, and able financially to make its word good. I Since Dr. Kessler started the St Louis Dispensary, over 20 years ago, hundreds of traveling doctors have come to Portland, advertised their sure-cure ability in the papers, got what money they could from confid ing patients, then left town. Dr. Kescler Is the only advertising spe cialist who can give reference to all classe3. You may ask bankers, mer chants, and all kinds of business men. They will tell you that Dr. Kessler is O. K. Lots of people com ine from the country deposit their money with him. No other special- 3. Hearl Kessler, M. D., Managrex. iBt on the Coast can give such refer ence as this old doctor. GOOD DOCTORS. Many doctors In country towns send patients to Dr. Kessler, because they know he Is prepared to treat all kinds- of private and chronic diseases. pniiMTr Diseases. This doctor guarantees to cure any case of Syphlllls, rruirtlL Gonorrnea. Gleet, Strictures cured, no difference now long stand ing. Spermatorrhea, Loss of Manhood, or Night Emissions, cured perma nently. The habit of Self-Abuse effectually cured in a snort time. YfiUNfi MFN "Soar errors and follies of youth can be remedied, and this luuiiu inui old doctor will give you wholesome advice and cure you make you perfectly strong and nealthy. You will be amazed at hl3 success In curing Spermatorrhea, Seminal Losses, Nightly Emissions, and other ef fects. KIDNEY AND URINARY COMPLAINTS. Painful, difficult too frequent milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges, carefully treated and permanently cured. Piles, Rheumatism and Neuralgia treated by our new remedies, and cures guaranteed. Patients treated in any part of the country by his home system. Write full particulars, enclose ten 2c stamps and we will answer you promptly. Hundreds treated at home who are unable to come to the city. Dpin THIC Take a clear bottle at bedtime, and urinate in the bottle, stt m-fti ,,,,J aside and look at it in the morning. If It Is cloudy or has a cloudy settling In it you have some kidney or bladder disease- and should be attended to before you get an incurable disease, as hundreds die every year from Blight's disease of the kidneys. Address J. HENRI KESSLER, M. D., Portland, Oregroa. St'Louls Medical and Surgical Dispensary. Enclose ten 2c stamps or no answer. apply the torch to .all bulldlng3 because In some extreme emergency it might be deemed necessary to give one or two plague-smitten structures to the flames. The dishonest wealth that Is complained of may be large and It may flaunt itself in the faces of the people, but, com paratively. It is a small proportion of tho wealth of the country. The need of cir cumspection in speech, therefore, by all who assume to discuss these matters Is very great Those who know Mr. Bryan Intimately do not believe that If he Were clothed with the powers of the highest office ho would be in any manner hostilo to prop erty, no matter how It may have been obtained. Probably they are correct Ho has none of the antecedents of the an archist. Ho Is a man of property him self. He Is prospering in the world. Ho seeks a larger fortune than that which he now has, and, when his ability and his industry are taken into considera tion, there cannot be much doubt that he will succeed and will deserve to suc ceed. His mistake1 is in looseness of speech. He has Imbibed somewhat too freely the Ill-considered Ideas of the Popu lists among whom he finds his most inti mate associates. It is the swagger and the menace and tho recklessness of theso creatures finding expression through the voice cf a man known to be sincere even in his errors which have alarmed the men of small means as well as the men of large means. A young man who has had two oppor tunities to secure the Presidency of the United States- and has lost them both by reason of a grave mistake of this descrip tion should at least undertake to Justify the partiality of his countrymen by amending his speech In a matter that Is of so much Importance to him and to them. Whatever the future may have In store for Mr. Bryan, he may be sure of one thing. Attempts to array class against class in this country will not help any man or any cause. London Jack. " Our Animal Friends. In a quiet part of Southeastern London there Is what is known as the "L. & S. W. Railway Orphanage." In this home there are 150 children whose fathers havo died in the service of the London & South western Railway. Eight thousand dollars must be found each year to meet the ex pense of feeding, clothing and educating these boys and girls. Among the friends of the charity there is one who gives his time so willingly to the work of securing the means to carry oh the enterprise that he has become famous. His name Is Lon don Jack. London Jack Is only a dog, but he has many times collected the money which has bought food and clothing for these fatherless little ones. He Is provided with a brass collecting box, which is strapped on his back, and he looks not unlike a small packhorse as he makes his way through the crowded streets of London. Since he began the work of collecting. Jack has returned over $500. In one month ho secured $30 for his little friends, and on the one afternoon which is called "rec ord day," he returned with $19 In his lit tle knapsack. But all work and no play would make Jack a dull dog, so ho has his time for sport He Is what is known as a re triever, a breed of dogs which have been trained In swimming and recovering things from the water. After his day's work. Jack Is taken down to the wharf hy tho River Thames and Is allowed to splash In tho water to his heart's con tent It Is a pleasant sight to see him swim far out in the river, among the barges, grasp a stick wMch has been tossed there, and return and lay it at the feet of his master. This he does as faith fully as he brings back his dally contri bution for the children of the orphanage. It Is said that the first mince pies were mado. In the shape of a manger, and in the North of Franco at Christmas time cakes are made to represent -the child Jesus. Children who find theso cookies under their pillows are told that tho Christ Child put them there. 3 77 Influenza Cold In the Head Is an Inflammation of the lining mem brane of the nose. Commences with ting ling, itching and dryness of the nostrils, followed by a watery or mucus discharge; frequent sneezing; dull pain and sense of weight In the forehead; Increased secre tion of tears; occasional chfillnes3 and Fever. If not arrested, the Catarrh spreads to the throat and respiratory organs, attend ed with Hoarseness, Sore Throat Tick ling Cough and Oppressed Breathing. Checked Circulation, the cause of nearly all Colds, produces these symp toms; the use of "77' starts the blood tingling through the veins until it reaches the extremities, when the feet warm up and the Cold is broken. At all druggists, 25c., or by mall. New pocket edition of Dr. Humphreys' Man ual of all diseases, mailed free. Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co., Cor. William and John Sts., New York. Old, Read This conns k