THE 8FNDAY OREGON" IAN. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 17, 1907.
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Wherever They Are Established They
Kill the Business of the Saloon
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periodicals and dnliy papers. THV fiction
department of the library, which con
tains practically every current book of
Importance, la operated on a circulating
system that Rives to each club the benefit
of a large number of volumes.
Club stationery Is furnished for mem
bers, and an effort Is made to induce the
men to keep in touch with their families
and to continue home ties, however much
their employment may Keep them away
from their own towns. Opportunities for
study are offered and every Inducement is
made to the men to take advantage of
these opportunities to improve their edu
cation. In competition with the railway clubs,
the saloon, which was formerly the only
place the men had to go to, has proved a
failure, ill best testimony to this effect
being found In the consistent opposition of
saloon-keepera wherever clubs are located.
There Is the same freedom In the railway
club that the men formerly found in the
'saIotfs and a great deal more comfort.
No Ironclad rules are made. The men
meet in the clubs on the eiiual footing of
gentlemen; There are no membership
fees and no deductions from the payroll
for club maintenance. Trifling fees are
charged for beds, bath and billiard-room
about enough to cover wear and tear and
no more.
A Southern Pacific official who has
from the start been closely, associated
with the esrhbllshment of the clubs, soma
up their purpose In this way:
'"The object is to raise tile tone and
character of the men hy offering opportu
nities for healthful and moral recreation,
and to make them feeJ that their own suc
cess, the success of the company, and the
safety of the people who are served de--pends
on each Individual doing his part
well, not because he has to do It, or la
paid to do It. but because it Is right."
RECREATION AS WELL AS
HACIFIC CLUB HOUSES
I hereby certify that I mm a hnna Ad
ffinplnye of the Southern Pacific Company,
and I he reby agree to conduct myelf as
a gentleman while enjoying any of the
privilege! of the club.
THIS la the only certificate of mem
bership to be required of the men
who will use the chain of c.ujbhouaes
HEALTH AND COMFORT JIRE PROVIDED FOR IN THE SOUTHERN
that the Southern Pacific Company Is
building along its lines in N. facia. Cali
fornia. Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Railway clubs are no new thing, but the
Southern Pacific's are different. There
Is nothing of the conventional, the severe.
or the hideous about the clubhouses. No
expense is spared to make them beautiful
as well as useful and comfortable, both
without and within. Usually the style of
architecture is determined by the sur
roundings. The explanation as to why the company
is spending thousands 'of dollars on these
clubhouses Is very simple. .The expendi
ture might properly be charged up to Im
provement of service and safety appli
ances. Modern railroading requires' men
with clear heads and strong muscles. Tljf
railroad believes that It will be more like
ly to keep its meif'fn this condition if It
provides comfortable quarters for ttjem,
with opportunities for healthy recreation
and companionship.
The bedrooms of the clubs, arranged so
that they may be darkened during the
day for men who have night runs, are
spread with immaculate linen. The bath
rooms, toilets and washrooms are models
of inviting cleanliness. There are card
rooms, writing and reading tables, bil
liard, pool and lounglng-rooms, all artisti
cally furnished. Mr. Harrlman Is the
Carnegie of the Southern Pacific Clubs,
which are supplied with books, as well as
A Side Light on History.
Harper's Weekly.
The following Is quoted verbatim and
a Long Island City examination paper
In English history:
William of Orange was a good and
wise man. The'people were tired uf
j James L rule and they hoped that
Mary would become Queen. Just then
James gave birth to a prince, and this
done'Marjfout of her chance. The peo
ple would not stand for this, and they
appointed William of Orange as their
King." .
QBEEOMD CLERZOWmiAV mOlMES
Change in the Fashion of Nether Garments Worked Reform in the Red Man
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BV TTtVIN .S. COBB.
NVTHIXG new In the papers
tonight about, the Injlan up
rlsln'?" asked the Head
Bell Boy of the Hotel St. Reckless, who
still reads the Young Pathfinder series
sometimes in the privacy of his apart
ments. "I didn't know there'd been one,'
said the Hotel Clerk. "But at that
I've always looked for the day to come
when Buffalo Bill's troupe would or
ganise the International Rrotherhood of
Scalp-Finishers and Feather Workers
and go on strike for an eight-hour
day and a closed shop. I suppose by
tills time Cody's name's been posted on
the unfair list outside the , Second
Presbyterian Chim b and the Woman's
Club at Rosebud. South Dakota, and
they're fixing to take old Major Burke's
union card away from him. Or maybe
tiiere's a walkout up at the.Hippodrome
on account of the employment of scab
foreign war dancers from Canada?
Right from the very start 1 always
contended that the late Sitting Bull
had the right name for a walking dele
gate, because 1 never saw one yet that
would walk when lie could sit, but
why "
"Aw. quit your kiddin', Mr. Mc
Bean." said the Head Bell Boy, "You
know what I mean the Utes."
"Oh. the Utes." said the Hotel Clerk,
"the sassy little Unitarian Utes, from
the Utah University. Why didn't you
say so? Well, I understand that the
truant officer went out and found them
plsying mumbly-pcg back of the coal
shed. The rlnglenders have all been
stood up In the corner with their hands
behind them and the next time they
run away they're going to be made to
stay In at recess. The officials unite
In the statement that stern measures
will be taken, if necessary, to break
up this habit of playing hookey from
the reservation in the Kali .of the year.
They may even resort to spanking."
"That ain't the way I've been read
In' about it," insisted the Head Bell
Boy, evidently endeavoring to quote
the account from memory. "The Ute Is
the last of the old on-clvllized tribes
and recently when efforts were made
to reduce their rations, they broke
from bounds, being by nature blood
thirsty In the extreme."
"Well, I don't much blame 'em for
being thirsty." said the Hotel Clerk,
"seeing as how our zealous Govern
ment restrains 'em from Indulging in
anything stronger than red pop. On
a reservation it's just like life in Kan
sas without the hospitable drug stores,
which I am told make glad even the
most arid of Kansas landscapes. But
you take It from me, Hops, it ain't
blood that the Ute's thirsty for.
it begins with a b and the other three j
letters are two e's and an r, and If ;
you're a smart boy you can guess the
rest of it for yourself."
"Ain't thoy the same bunch that I
broke loose about this time last year?" !
demanded the Head Bell Boy. "It j
seems to me like they wasn't so tame ;
then."
They're the same bunch, always al-' j
lowing .for the natural increase in :
young Utelets since that time," said
the Hotel clerk, "and I distinctly re- '
call the function on which they em- i
barked. Possibly it wasn't so tame as j
you have Just remarked, but if It had :
been any tamer than It was It would ;
take words of one syllable to describe j
It. As 1 remember, the Utes were seixed I
with a great longing to return to their j
old hunting ground far away to the
westward in the general direction of
the Setting Sun, not to mention the
unseated Sehmitz and the seatless Ruef.
How should they have known that their
former hunting grounds are now dense
ly populated with real estate agents,
homesteaders from Indiana and Fed
eral officeholders engaged In working
up a healthy third-term sentiment?
"So they put on the warpaint and
took the warpath. That Is. they thought
I it whs a warpath. But it wasn't. It was
' a board walk. And owing to the clerk
In his hurry getting his labels mixed.
Instead of warpaint, what they got was
I Florida water. Poor things, they didn't
know the difference. But they had the
very best intentions tn the' world. They
I took along their ladies with them, It
being what would be called in college
circles a co-ed. war party.
"There was great excitement
throughout the country. The War De
partment, immediately ordered a large
body of troops out and then ordered 1
them back again, thu' repeating a fa-
vorite military evolution which In our 1
war with Spain waaworked by us j
with such satisfactory' results for the
Spaniards. Scores ol heroic war cor
respondents crowded the buffet cars, all
hurrying to the front, seady to expose
themselves to the various magazines,
and in them. Nothing is easier under
such circumstances than for a war cor
respondent to expose himself.
"Meanwhile the Utes. led by their tri
bal leader. Chief Charlotte R.UM 11,
were sweeping across the defenseless
country at the terrific rate of from
4V4 to 4i miles per day. I recall like
'twas yesterday the horrifying accounts
which the newspapermen wrote on the
spot, describing with fidelity and vivid
ness the hair-raising atrocities which
the marauding band hadn't committed
yet.
"At this critical Juncture somebody
providentially swore out a warrant or .
an injunction, and a deputy constable
went out the next morning before
breakfast and surrounded trie rebel
lious savages arid arrested them for
trespass or giving a street parade j
without a permit or something of that
sort. Anyway, he drove thorn relent- i
lessly before hftn back to the roserva- I
tlon, where they resumed their regular
avocation In life, such as eatln.r, s'eep- .
ing and selling club-footed ino'c isi is
tiri Eastern tourists, with bLu beads I
on then)."
"Wot's the matter with them Injlana I
anyway?" inquired the Head Dellboy,
disgustedly.
"For one thing the frontier lias grown
un to an extent that makes It very hard
to take the warpath without bumping Into
a cluster of two-story frames surrounding
young ladies' seminary or a canning
works," said the Hotel Cserk. "If I was
an Indian tribe preparing to embark on
hostilities, I'd rent a vacant lot and pull
off the event under a tent with the prop
er policfe protection and the privileges
rented out to responsible parties. With
the exception of parts of Chicago and
Pittsburg. Breathitt County. Kentucky,
and several wards in our own beloved
New York, the whole country is tiow en
Joying the most of the comforts and all
of the discomforts of the higher civiliza
tion. They are playing dlabolo this week
In Newport, R. I., and the Pecos Valley
IT AINT BI.OOD THAT THE I'TES BEEN THIRSTY FOR.
and as far away as Seattle I am Informed
the undertakers give green trading stamps
to stimulate trade.
"But the main reason is pants North
American pants. When you encase the
noble but slightly bowed limbs of our red
brother in pants you have destroyed his
possibilities as a warrior. I tell you.
Hops, our Indian agents bullded wiser
than they knew when they Induced the
ravening Modoc to wade Into a regular
pair of pants half way of himself. We
should have learned the lesson from his
tory, but we didn't. History teaches us
that when the Invading Gaul wore the
first pair of pants into Italy the haughty
noble of Imperial Rome simultaneously
lost his toga and the gift of oratory and
began acquiring the rudiments of the hot
chestrjut business, the hand organ Indus
try, and the other lines of endeavor with
which he has, since been actively associat
ed. See the haughty Roman In our midst
today, and If he's got a monkey, the mon
key will be wearing pants, too. along with
a red coat, as a sign that he's a working
member of society.
"But we delayed Inaugurating the all
Important step for upwards of 300 years
We assailed the Indian from without with
machine guns and we assaulted him from
within with patent medicines and mixed
drinks. We recommended for him a con
stant change of scenery, and then sent the
regulars along to see that he got It. But
he still retained his original instincts and
from time to time he went out and per
formed dermatology upon the peaceful
white settler, who asked nothing more
than to take his lands away from him
without noise or excitement.
"And then here 15 years ago some
statesman arose to discuss the Indian af
fairs and spoke the short, yet magic
word 'pants': and as for Lo. he's been as
docile as Guinea pigs ever since. Oh, that
we had thought of It sooner! How much
trouble it would have spared us, and how
much hair It would have saved us!
"The great Tecumseh, dressed in a
turkey tail fan and a small can of roof
ing paint, was an awe-inspiring spec
tacle, making his mighty oration
against the palefaces, that will 'live as
long as McGuffcy's Fourth Reader does.
But suppose at the time he'd been
wearing a pair of pants that bagged
at the knees until, if you looked at him
sideways, he'd appear to be getting
ready to Jump off the rostrum would
he have made that deathless speech?
He would not. His remarks would have
been confined to 'How' and asking for
a plug of tobacco In the grunt langu
age. Old Spotted Tail would now be
prominently connected with the Wahoo
Indian Troupe, and doing all his scalp
ing at a cut-rate ticket office In Fargo,
I had he but enjoyed me m&nltold ad
I vantages of three dollars' worth of
I Plymouth Rock pantings In the days of
i his youth. As it is, he's quite dead, and
It domestlc.ited Blaokfoot In a set of
blue overalls and a golf cup is garner
ing the .alfalfa above his grave for
11.23 i di'y, so that on Saturday night
he may have the money to buy pants
for hl3 growing family of llle Black
footsies. "Tin rT'dman is now one of us. Hops.
He cuts his own hair instead of ours.
He has so far accustomed himself' to
the use of soap as to enjoy eatfng the
scented varieties freely. He has worn
pointed-toed shoes for so long that he
only gives the ancient corn dance of
his pople when somebody steps on
his foot. In Oklahoma he is getting
ready to vote the Democratic ticket and
organizing a' Bluffy Ruffles contest. His
favorite tune is a ragtime air called
Sister Sioux.'
"And so the other day when news
was brought to me that the Utes had
taken the warpath I consulted the au
thorities. From these references I
learned that the Ute wore punts, not
properly creased, perhaps, and lacking
the fashionable braid that Is so much
seen on seams this Fall, but neverthe
less such as they were, they were pants.
So I says to myself that these fright
ened inhabitants who have fled for
refuge to the Carnegie libraries which
dot even the loneliest and remotest
sections of our country might just as
well go back home and start the cot
tago organ to playlna; -Shy Ann' again.
"Some of these days. Hops, we'll erect
a large .stone pair of pants on an Im
posing pedestal on top of Pike's Peak
and label it "Civilization." I expect to
attend the dedication myself."
"Ain't there no wild Injlans any
where no more the kind that just
naturally love to pile onto a white man
and drive him into trie ground?" asked
the Head Bell Boy.
"Yep.V said the Hotel Clerk: "I was
hearing about just such a bunch the
other day.'
"Whereabouts are they?" asked the
Head Bell Boy.
"Out In Pennsylvania." said the Hotel
Clerk, "playing on the- Carlisle football
team."
Before the Rain.
T. B. Aldrich.
We knew it would rain, ror all the mora
A spirit on slender roj.es of mist
Was lowering golden buckets down
Ino the vapory amethyst.
Of marshew and swamps and dismal fan
Scooping the dw that lay In the flow-era.
Dipping the jewels out of the sea, ,
To scatter them over the land In hower.
We knew It would rain, for the poplr
showed
The white of their leaves, the amber
grain
Shrunk in the wind, and th lightning now
la tangled in tremulous skelna of rain.
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