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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.
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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.
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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.
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