f
SPEAKING FOR THE SYNDICATES pr<*sent in every village.
His bed
THE KING OF DREAMLAND.
consists of a certain species of palm
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, had a cut into strips and supported three I am a king, mother, far away.
second hearing before the public land or four feet from the ground on a In a city that stands by The Gates
Day;
eumi Ission, In Washington, yester frame. A few earthen pots complete
i
me furnishing of his house.
So lai, so far that the woild grows
day, and made arguments against
dim,
i
the policy of the government in the
A h 1 i<x»k from my palace toward Its
DRIFTWOOD.
rim.
forest reserve Issue and In the» mat
l'ray. let ni«» rest on your breast
Twlllght on Tweed.
ter of the timber and stone land act,
awhue,
which will be a surprise to many ad Three crests against the saffron sky.
'Till my bark comes in from the
Beyond the purple plain.
mirers of Oregon’s junior s«>nator.
Dreamland Isle;
The dear remembered melody
.My bonny HHllors will speed with
Of Tweed once more again.
In speaking of the rigid enforce
glee.
ment of the timber and stone act, be
Aud 1 will beckon them far at sea,
Wan water from the border hills.
objc-cted to tue questions now asked
Dear old voice from the old year I, They will hover close to the silent
entrymen. by the land office officials, Thy distant music lulls and stills,
shore,
.
With barely a splash from the dip
in regard to «ue good faith of the
Aud moves to quiet tears
ping oar.
filing, and as to his intentions to
And I will be r»‘ady to sail away.
Like a loved ghost thy fabled flood
transfer title to another, In the Ini-
To my dr<*amland Isle at the Gat«« of
Fleet i through the dusky land;
1 mtMiate future. He said this dras- , Where Scott, come home to die. has
Day.
i tic quizzing Is unjust, that it is none ,
StOOd.
The star that shall guide me 1 know
•>1> teet returning stand.
I of the government's business, prac-1
I
so well—
I tically. what a man Intends to do A mist of memory broods and floats, (But that is a secret I dare not tell)—
with his land after securing title.
For only the mists of the sea and I
The border waters flow;
Know wiM*rc the paths that I fol-
The air Is full of ballad notes,
He
said
the
outcry
from
Oregon
courages undue activity, in the case
low lie.
lierne out of long ago
against
the
absorption
of
the
public
of peace oaicers. tne mure trouble
And O. how 1 wish I could take you
I
there.
the more pay for them, and if peo domain by the large companies and Old songs that sung themselves 10
To
live
in my palace so grand and
land
syndicates
is
"senseless."
He
me,
ple are peaceful, it is distressingly
fair—
Sweet through a boy's «lay dream.
dull for the officials. This being the says it is a mistake to parcel out the
While trout below the blossom'd tr»e I would build and give you a golden
case, it is ninted that officials often priceless timber lands of the West in
tnrone—
Plashed in the golden stream
Carved and jewelled and all your
stir up trouble and incite petty crime quarter section tracts. Companies
own;
In order to get a tee. This leads to should be given the privilege of buy Twilight, and Tweed, and Elldon Hill.
With gems for your feet that were
Fair and thrice fair you be.
Once to, every man and nation
untold corruption and injustice. In ing land in large quantities in order
never seen.
You tell me that the voice is still
<
comes the moment to
♦
nocent men arc in thia way made to be able to build mills on these
By anyone else but my own fair
That should have welcomed me.
decide,
♦
queen
the victims of pernicious plots by tracts, without being compelled to
—Andrew I-ang.
♦ In the strife of Truth with
undergo
the
uncertainty
of
buying
the
which petty officers fatten and con
»
Falsehood, for the good
♦
On one ot the many eminences With down fur your feel and down
or evil side;
tinual disorder is kept alive. The land from Individual owners.
♦
for your bed.
«'blch
meet
the
eye
of
the
visitor
in
He says the forest reserve policy
♦ Some great cause. God's new
-«ame condition prevailed in a high
San Francisco stand» an Imposing And a pillow of dreams for your d«-ar
each
Messiah, offering
♦
old head;
degree in Oklahoma, when that ter of the government ts holding tho .»- looking building liearlng the name
the bloom or blight.
♦
ands of acres of land from the tax The Little Jim Hospital." it the vis- I would dress you out in the robes of
ritory
was
opened
up
to
settlement.
♦ Parts the goats upon the left
state;
Deputy United States marshals often rolls. That it prevents settlement ltor Is curious enough to inquire Its A thousand fairies on
hand, and the sheep up-
♦
history, he learns that a number of
and
development
and
works
a
hard
on the right,
♦
hid whiskey in farmers' wagons,
wait;
years ago Little Jim was a newsboy,
♦ And the choice goes by for-
afterward following them into Indian ship on the different counties by be who, while plying bis calling at on« I sould tell you the tale ot my sunny
ever 'twixt that < dark-
♦
isle.
Territory, searching the wagon and ing deprived of the taxes that would of the street corners of this busy city,
ness and that light.
♦
In stories older than Egypt's Nile;
accrue
from
the
purchase
of
these
met
with
a
very
serious
accident;
bis
nnding the whiskey where the mar
—james Russell Lowell.
♦
"bank" account, like that of most You should guide my sloop, with Its
«
shals themselves, or some accom timber tracts.
sails of fire—
was deplorably small, 1 Be
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ft plice had hidden it The farmer In answer to the first statem«-nt of newsboys,
newspaper for which he had been Finer than silks of the olden Tyre
Senator Fulton, regarding the rigid working headed a subscription list for And the Dreamland billows. »0 deep
Creamery butter is selling for 401 would be hauled up and fined $50 for
and blue.
ity of **>e law governing fillings un his benefit and the endless chain was
I
taking
whiskey
into
the
territory,
the
cents per pound in Pendleton at pres-'
murmur
their
tender»«
started, that wondrous chain with bu- jVould
der
the
timber
and-
ston«»
act.
it
Í6
ent. This would mean 38 cents per marshals would get a fee of 310 and
strains for you.
r an hearts and pocketbooks at one
only
necessary
to
cite
th«-
thoughtful
1
pound paid to the farmer for butter some family would suffer through
ead and a bruised, broken and home- But I am so sorry It cannot be—
The government reader to the bold faced comiptiou >c«s newsboy at the other. IdtUe Jim For nobody goes there but kings, like
fat. At this price an ordinary cow » I this corruption.
me.
which has been proved in the courti had soon crossed the bar—
would yield an income of $9.50 per ■ t . should clean out these festering con
— Bert Huffman
"Had ceased to puli again»-1 the
of
this
state
within
the
past
mouth.
month. If there is any other small i ditions. Salaries should be paid of
»
Pendleton. Or
stream.
Transient m«»n. who never saw their
investment that will yield this return i ficials on which they could live in de-
Had seen the gates of Eden gleam "
land, are permitted, under the laxity
cency
and
honor
and
everyone
caught
But the chain held, and thè »ub
it has not yet been found in Umatilla
NEW YEAR'S EVE
encouraging disorder, especially on a of this law, to secure title to land script ions came in. and atili carne '.n
county.
wild frontier, where conditions are under ii, as now administered, de and so today this pile of brick imi Ring out. wlid bells, to the wild swy.
Dispatches from Panama say the none too good, at «»est, should be friving actual settlers of their right s’one stands an enduring monutreot
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
o "The tic that binds" and to Lit
The year is dying in the night;
elections in the new government on given a double penalty in the courts. ful heritage, and for prices fixed lim
Ring out. wild bells, and let him die
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Monday passed off without a single
months in advance of the date of the
or :
attempt at bribery or corruption, the
liberals being elected.
It must be I
discouraging to American officials 1
who are watching over the new re-,
public, to note thia marked absence I
of American influence and methods
on the very first public election. A >
few wards should have been bought
up, just out of respect for Panama's
best friend, the American
Tbe officials of an Interior school
district ask the East Oregonian to
roast to a brown frazzle a book agent
who sold them a school library of 100
volumes. The officials ordered tbe
nooks from the enterprising agent,
signed a contract to receive and pay
for them on arrival, and now becat.se
they discover that the same books
which cost the district $25 of publlc
funds could have been pur«~ased in
The Cudahy Packing Company re-1
Pendleton for $11, I, they want the
joicee in the prospect of war between !
agent "roasted '* The East Oregonian
Japan and Russia The Russian gov-
feels inclined to "roast" these offic
eernment has just ordered 1,500.000
1 lais, mlidlv. io thia age of enlight-
pounds of mess meat for the army,
‘ »-nment
and advertisement
they
from this American trust. Russia
» should have been on their guard,
don't fear the American navy, but
I Warnings are sounded through the
she trembles before the American
i press daily against buying of tran-
meat trust. It is better to be mas
. sient peddlers and grafters
Home
ter of the food supply of the world
1 institutions pay out hundreds of dol-
than to hold all the forts, harbors,
lars in advertising and yet people
mountain
strategical points
and
will bite at these outside "bargains."
passes on earth.
It seems useless to grov hoarse talk
Owing to the fact that no emerg- ing to people in their own interest,
•■ncy clause was attached to the re-. when they ignore it to their loss. Ped
enactment of the exemption clause I dlers will always infest a country
of the assessment law, the taxpayer that is so easy to work and the only
will not get the benefit ot the exemp- i was to avoid the "skin" game of the
tion on the 1904 assessment Tbe • fakir la to confine yonr trade to citi
bill does not go into effect until zens of your home town who spend
March 23, 1904, and the law cannot tbeir matey in building up tbe com
be made to cover an assessment munity
which begins on March 1. However.
There is more tood profanity and
Oregon will appreciate tbe exemption
cuss words to the block in Pendleton
more when It does take effect, and is
than in any other city of its size on
glad to get off without tbe necessity
the coast. At any hour in the day.
of another special session to remedy
in the presence of women and child
this matter.
ren, on the main streets can be beara
i disgusting and degrading remarks by
A "prominent1' lumber man from
smart young men, who take a delight
Portland baa been giving the Baker
la being beard by all passers by.
City Democrat a specimen of the
This profanity is the lowest brand of
heavy argument of capital against
ignorance. It is bad enough and does
the forest reserve». The gentleman
I
no good on the sheep range, and its
says if the preeent destructive policy
I use on the streets of a civilized town
of barring the lumber companies
In the presence of women and child
from the public domain continues,
ren who are forced by business and
one of the leading industries of Ore
necessity to pass up and down the
gon will suffer greatly. The gentle
public streets. is especially inexcusa
man forgets to mention that if the
ble and disgraceful. The East Ore
government does not continue to bar
gonian is not teaching a Sunday
the lumber and land syndicates from
school class and la not in favor of
»«ecuring the forest lands of the West
converting ordinary business Into a
in enormous tracts, to the exclusion
prayer meeting, but there !s a limit
of actual settlers, that not only one
to all bad habits. Every man is en
industry, but 10 or more vital indus
titled to the widest personal liberty,
tries on the Pacific Coast will be de
but every sane man also owes a duty
moralized within a few years by the
to the community and one of those
process of denuding the mountains
duties is to respect the rights of the
of their forests. Destroy the forests
community.
This disgusting pro
and you prevent settlement, irriga
fanity among the young men and
tion. stock raising, reclamation and
boys should be stopped. It Is not an
all other of the great systems that
evidence of good sense, good breed
are to be utilised In civilizing and
ing, good taste or bravery, and the
developing the unsettled districts of
woman and children who must use
the West
the streets are entitled to protection
from the ignorant bullies who wan
The report of the secretary of the tonly Insult them day by day
interior in addition to showing a con
dition of unparalleled fraud and per
It in safe to say that if the in
jury in public land and timber en vestigation In the Smoot case comoa
tries. is a strong denunciation of the to a joint where the senator must
Timber and Stone Act, the commu either give up the senatorial toga or
tation clause of the Homestead Act suffer the Inner facts of the Morm m
and the Desert Land Act themselves. church to be looked upon by gentile
These laws he describes as structur ««yes. he will gracefully surrender the
ally wrong and fraudulent In intent. »oga to save the church. Although
Before Secretary Hitchcock, eecretar i he Mormon is a civilizer, an aggres
les of the interior and commission sive citizen, a thrifty, virile force I”,
ers of the general land office without every community, yet it is the sup
number have recommended the re position among the uninitiated that
peal by congreaa of theee three land polygamy is yet fixed firmly in the
stealing laws.
Public sentiment, Mormon faith, under the surface, even
however, is now becoming awakened though the Mormon, in defense of his
to the vast steals perpetrated under ■hurch smoothed over and obliterated
these laws and to the fact that the .ts traces from the surface of society.
government has been defrauded of The progress of the church Is due to
tens of millions of dollars of proper the zeal of the members and if It l»e-
ty and what is worse, that the land comes necessary to surrender a
abeorption is continuing at a con United States senatorsbip to guard
stantly increasing rate. It Is not a the secrets and mainspring of the or
question of enforcement of the laws, ganization from exposure, the sacri
though a rigid administration would, fice of this office would be considered
of course, help matters some;
the a small matter, compared to the Im
laws were themselves born in ini- portance of keeping the faith secure
quity to enable land grabbing.
from the pliblic gaze.
Governor Brady, of Alaska, con-
demos the tee system for officials
now in operation In that territory.
As the officer's salary depends upon
the amount of business he does, It ea-
A merger or the following,railroads
Is being effected, the whole to form
i system to be called the Chicago ft
Alton: Kansas City Southern, Chica
go ft Alton, Iowa Central, Clover
Leaf and Minneapolis ft St Paul
filing, transfer the public domain to
A Parisian clothes dealer kicked a
the grasping syndicates for whom dpg out of his shop. The dog snvt
w.tb some rapidity and knock I
Senator Fulton is making an elo out
over a woman with a jug of ml'»k:
quent. but specious plea.
the woman broke the jug and upset
Do the people of Oregon think too an elderly gentleman, and the juz
many questions are now asked the cut both of them At that moment a
entrymen* Do they want the weak cyclist arrived and. was thrown off
Lis machine by the prostrate fig-i.«r,
safeguards now thrown around «he and »Imultan'-ously a cart came up
public domain removed, giving the and smashed the bicycle. The naris-
syndicates still wider privileges and I irate who was appealed to blandly ad
the squad to proceed agtiaat
allowing more flagrant and dlsgustl ig I v
i he dog and they are now loogiag
violations of the law* Do the people for It
think the government should make it
still easier for mercenary entrymen No matter what the trouble.
in the sunshine or the rain
and mercenary land trusts to secu.-e
i If you axed him his feelings.
the public domain by removing the
Well, he never did complain
rigid restrictions even now accom An I reckon it was wisdom.
For the world'll jump a tram
panying the acquisition of land under
To make the glad acquaintaor e
these loose laws?
Of the chap who don't complain
If congress does anything w,th I
—Atlanta Constitution
these laws K should repeal them ea- .
tirely
Ev»ry filing on the pub:!c i The extreme variability to which
domain,
hereafter, should mean a tne newspaper mind seem» to be
bona fide settler on the public do somewhat subpect is thus set forth in
the Kansas City Journal.
When a
main. Within a quarter of a century new newspaper starts up In the lerri
the young Oregonian will be stnpj- M tori««« the country exchangee greet it I I
as naked of land rights and opp c- in a form which reads something like
Vol 1, No 1. of the Doaks-
'unities as the Irish boy, In hU lord- thia:
vllle Daily Tribune baa reached our
errt-ed island today
table The Tribune is a newsy little
Some safeguard m»i»t be thrown, sheet, which supplies a long felt want
I
around the public domain. Some fvi- in that thriving little communl’y by
»
the
placid
waters
of
pictureequ?
Bit
ther restriction must be placed up«»n
ter creek.
The editor. Mr .»ames
the process ot securing title to land Smith, is a scholar and a gentleman,
that rightfully belongs to th» people. who has acquired great journalistic
In answer to the plea, that the ability by serving a number of years
forest reserve policy is holding thous on the reportorial staff of one of the
metropolitan newspapers of Kansas
ands of acres of land from the as
City. Good luck to you. Jimmy; we
sessment rolls. It is only necessarv affectionately welcome you to th«- fold
to cite the case of Eastern Oregon
ot the true moulders ot public opin
During the past 20 years the Oregon ion." But these amenities don't last
'eng James runs counter to the ,»re
Lumber Company has stripped hund
.al'ing opinion on some living »az is.
reds of thousands of acres of valua and ib< next thing he reads of t'..u
ble timber land in Eastern Oregon. self tu..s In this fashion: "Vol. 1. No.
They sawed out every available tract 2 of tnat disreputable organ of the
of timber that was easy of access Snake Indians, the Doaks lUe Trib
une. published in that heli hole near
from the railroads
Thia land was the sewer of creation, by that dough-
purchased under the timber and stone laced, pudding-brained idiot who re-
act. and the timber ent from it. To < ently fled from Kansas City, leaving
day that land is lying idle, unfit for a two dollar laundry bill unpaid the
which seems queer, as he does not
any purpose under the »un, nobody nave any washing done here." The
claims it, it has been advertised tor whole Is not refieated. as only s sam
sale for taxes, but the taxes are still ple la necessary to show the troubles
unpaid on thousands of acres of it. which soon overwhelm the advrntur-
ous James Smith.
The removal of the timber destroyed
• • •
the water courses, and dozens of
A member of the learned prolesslon
small streams that formerly furnished of law in a Southern state was once
water for small farms and orchards, passing on the qualifications of a
juryman.
The juryman in question
are now dry. The syndicate took the
v xs anxious to escape service, an 1 ex
lumber, left the land useless and the plained;
no understant goot Eug-
county is still trying to collect taxes. ll»h.” "Not sufficient," snapped his
What the government should do honor; ’’I’ve been on the bench five
with the timber lands of the country yearr bda »m in a position to positive
ly assurt you that yo’i won’t hear suy
la to preserve them for the future. good English in thia court room5
Senator Fulton speaks for th» pres
Tntullla. Dec. 2ii.
V
ent. He does not consider that fu
A
COLD.
ture generations in this state will
have need of resources to support He has a cold, and life no more
settlement.
Is fair and radiant as of yore.
Every syndicate which denudes an He sees no sunsets gild the sky.
acre of forest in this state In future, No autumn colors greet bls eye;
For him the earth Is full of chills
should be compelled by national law, And potions, capsules, salves and
to plant an equal amount of land to
pills.
useful timber. A plan for restocking Hot baths and blankets, coughs and
tear».
the forests must be Introduced. A
Advice
and sympathy and sneers;
continuous chain of young forest
Red eyes that mark a present plight
must be started. If not by those strip- Without tne glee of yesternight.
ping the forests then by the govern- And friends declare. “ ’Twill soon be
well
meat.
Or else ’twill kill you; who can tell’’’
In the Eastern states, the great
Of all the
‘ 111» ' life can unfold,
ra'lroad companies are now growing His is the worst who has a cold.
timber for future ties, and as fast as
—Washington Star
one tree is made into ties, another
A Song of ths World.
Is planted to take its place. This
When
we
think of all the rushing
must be the policy. Senator Fulton
And the rolling of the spheres;
should at least be public-spirited Of the coming and the going
enough to suggeHt some means of re-
Of the sacrificial years.
cuperating the priceless forests which Of the love our hearts have lavished
That has never l»een returned;
be proposes to deliver to the syndi-
Of the cruel disappointments,
cates, wdth less trouble than they
Of the gifts that have been spurned
now experience in acquiring them.
Then we vent our keen displeasure
On this ill-starred universe;
PRIMITIVE INDIAN
And we ask ourselves, bemoaning.
If it could be any worse,
In the new republic of Panama r$'
side the Talamancans, a tribe of In- Till there comes an inspiration,
Like a glimpse of second sight;
dians ruled by a king, who have not
changed their habits since the days We are none of us commissioned
To set the old world right.
of Columbus
The Talamancan's
—Chicago Record-Herald.
but, which is a masterpiece tn the
art of thatching. Is a huge affair and
shelters bls entire family and all hie
Colonel H. L. ThomaB. for 34 years
worldly possessions. Including the do- a translator In the state department
mestic animals.
at Washington, is dead, aged 68
As he is a past master in the art years. He spoke, wrote and translat-
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of domesticating the wild deer, the ed French, Spanish, Italian. German.
peccary, the tapir and even the tiger Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portu
cat, numerous of these animals are guese. Hebrew. Arabic and Greek.
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Si»ivai:on Army, «nd a reunion was
urranged.
To the Aroy is due Wilson's res.ue
lrom th«- grip ot the morphine habit.
He w&n supposed to be dying when
>u<- police found him covered »¡th
loathsome sores in a box car on the
water front, a month ago. The Army 1
took an Interest In his «ase and sent
him to a sanitarium in Portland,
where he was cure«! of his craving
for drugs
The letter was delivered to Wilson
at the sanitarium
Wilson was for
merly a locomotive engineer, but lost
his position through his bad habits
11U 'wife believed him dead until
the Salvationists round her and told
h»r »he truth.
Mrs. Mary E. Werts. an Oregon
pioneer of 1852. died Wedn«-sday at
Tangent. Linn county, aged 87.
The legislative clerks hrve finished
the revision of the senate and house
X»urnals and fc ind them to be cor
red
Portland is nos asking
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GENERAL NEWS.
to take roomers during the meeting
of the National 1J »«-stock Associa
Baron Gevers,
minister ot the tion
Netherlands at
Washington
has
Japanese leaders say in case of war
been transferred to Rome
between Japan an- Hus«la that 2>»i
Twenty seres m
Japs will go from Portland to join
per cent of
di-ath* in Chicago since last summer I the army
haSre been caused by pneumonia
George Griffith an Oregon pioneer
»
Ring out the old. ring in the new.
One hundred thousand barrels of1 ot 1849. is the owner of a 65 gold
Ring, happy bells. across the flour have been booked by Mir>neapo-| piece which he has carried in his
»now.
Ila millers for Japan within the past pockets for 52 years
The year is going, let him go.
10 days
John Ditchburn. a Portland law-
Ring out the false, ring In the true.
The Cuban government is trying to I yer. is being tried in disbarment pro-
set a loan of $35."OOJI j O in the United ; reedings, on charges brought by the
Ring out the grief that sap« the States, an<l tender the custom re J State Bar Association.
mind.
ceipts as security.
J The body of a bov baby apparent
For those that here we see no
The three largest lumber firms of | ly two or three days old. was found
more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor. Michigan have consolidated to he : in an irrigation ditch near North
called
the
Hackiey-Phelps-Bonnell Yakima. Wednesdxy morning.
Ring in redrees to all mankind
Lumber Company,
Jackey Smokaiem. a Puyallup In
The Highiana hotel at Albuquerque dian. beat bls squaw to death on the
Ring out a slowly dying cause
And an« lent forms of party »trite. N. M., was totally destroyed by Are reservation near Tacoma. Monday.
Ring In the nobler modes of lite Tuesday night. Cause, defective wir- The buck was drunk at the time
With sweeter manner». purer law» ing. Loss, $60,000.
The Direct Legislation League ot
Savage negro tribes In Liberia atd Oregon, is preparing a bill to be sub
Ring out fals«- pride in place and tdjacen: territory are virtually anni mitted to the people, through the Ini
blood
hilating «-sch other leaving vast *eas I tial tve. providing for direct primary
The civic »lander and the »pile;
almost depopulated
nominations of all officers
Ring tn the love of truth and right.
Jem Mace, the pugilist and world’»
Th» receipts of the Juneau. Alaska
...ng in the common love of good
champion 4<> to 45 year« ago. is alive
land office for the past year were
in England, well and active
He is $2.696. and the expenses $4 764. only
Ring out old Hha^-.-. of foul disease. over 70 years of age.
2v original homesteads being filed it
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
G«x»rge Nei] is dead from iaj-inea tne dl»tn<-t during the year.
i..ng out the thousand wars of old
Ring in the thousand years of peace received in tne Grand Rapids wreck.'
At a watch meet-ng on New Year's
He vu the 22d victim to u«e
He
eve. members of Mis pah Presbyter,
took the train by mistake.
Ring in the valiant man and free.
an church, at Portland, will burn np
1 ae strike of employes of the Indi- i
The larger heart, the kindlier hand:
a promissory note just paid off by tne
an
Harbor.
(III.)
Stn-l
works
has:
Ring out the darkne»» of the land.
efturch. to the bull»..ng fund
failed, and the men have returned to I
Ring in the Christ that is to be
1 t b<- . »ed by the Canadian «o'
work at their old wages
—Alfred Tennyson
Oliver W stewart. the only party ' eri m»nt that the head tax of $500
prohibitionist in the Illinois legisla I ea«n. imposed by the dominion gx>v
THE PEACEABLE PLAN.
ture. Is likely to be the next prohibí ; ertment upon the Chineae. will vlr
t «ally end in Chinese exclusion
I
In his book. "A Land Without '.ion candidate for president.
Nebraska repub.-cans have begur
The body of Mrs. Nate Jonec. who
Strikes, the late Henry Demarest
Lloyd gives 23 reasons why New Zea an organized tampaign to secure the stepped off an open draw into the:
land trade unionist» value and main nomination of John L. Webster, an ' Lewis river. Washington, two weeks
ago. was found Wednesday by her I
tain their compulsory conciliation and Omaha lawyer, for vice-president.
arbitration laws.
Radium is being used with great son. 16 miles from the scene of the
I. Strikes and lockouts have ix-en stxx-ess to detach cancerous growth.- accident.
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stopped.
1« Is not known whether it will ue
Mrs Charles G Dehning. of Che I
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Wag.-s and terms Lave been fix- stray the initial growth permanently. halis. Wash
a bride of but two
e«1 m > that manufacturers can mzk«
The Cathedral
of Westminstet hours, stepped off the Northern Pa
their contracts shead. without tear ot (Catholic) Is just completed, after be cific ferry at Kalama Monday more
disturbance.
ing eight years In building, at a cost tog. and was rescued while unking
3. Workmen, too. knowing that ot ll.OuO.i**»«
It is entirely clear M me second time.
their wage» cannot bh ent down, nor debt.
The .uroner's jury in the inquest of
suspended, by strike» or lockouts, can |
The Russian government has plac Albert Young, shot and killed by D
marry buy land or build homes.
ed
an
order
with
the
Armour
Com
G. Van Houten in Portland. Monday
4. Disputes arise continually, new
terms are fixed, but Industry goes on , ¡»any for 1.500.000 pounds of meat night, found that Young was murder
delivered at San Francisco by Jauu- ed by Van Houten, but did not make
without interruption.
any recommendations.
t. No factory has been closed by ary 22.
All the aboriginles of Panama have
the act.
Tom Connolly, a Dalles sheepman
6. The country is more prosperous been strongly «-nlisted on the aide ot lost 900 head of sheep Monday night
the new government by persuasion, on bis fa9m near that place, by
than ever.
7. The awards of the arbitration with a few well-considcred promises I smothering to death The band pile«:
I
court fix a standard of living, which and threats.
up in a deep canyon and suffocate«!
other courts accept in deciding cases |
L. H. Shelter, tobacco expert of the before they could be scattered.
affecting workmen
agricultural department, insists that
The Pomona, a river boat plying
8 Awards mad«* by compulsory ar tobacco as good as the best grown ir.
bitration are often renewed by a vol Cuba, can be produced to perfection o nt be Willamette between Oregot
City and Corvallis, struck a sunker
untary agreement when they expire. In the United States.
snag in the river near Salem. Tues
9 Trades unions are given new
The grand jury at Kansas City. day and went to the bottom
The
rights and are called upon to admit Kan., has dug up evidence showing
all competent workmen in’ the trade that the city school board was cor water was shallow at that point an
10. Compulsion, in the backgrour , rupted by a Chicago publishing house the U»at was only submerged to the
lower deck, The passengers were
makes «'oncilfatlon easier
*.n the selection of text books
picked up by a passing boat two
11
Compulsory publicity gives the
From December 14 to 21 there were hours later
public, the real arbitrator, all tin
269 deaths from pneumonia in New
facts of every dispute
A daring attempt to break jail was
12. Salaried classes as well as the York City; from the 21st to 28th. 272 macle by the Bice brothers, confine«'
Many
leading
physicians
are
now
workmen, are claiming the beneuts ot
for horse stealing, at Roseburg. Tues
claiming the disease Is infectious
arbitration.
day. They seized the deputy by th<
Moses T. Clough. William Shaw auj throat while he was handing in th»
13. Peaceable settlement with their
Benjamin
W.
Kinney,
all
prominent
men has been made possible for the
noonday lunch, but before they ha<
majority of employers who wanted to and wealthy men. were yesterday succeeded in getting out of the cor
arbitrate, but were prevented by mi burned to deatn at Troy. N. T-. by ridor. were confronted by the sheriff
the partial burning of a club house.
norities of their associates
with a revolver. They were return e.
14. Labor and capital are being or
John Morriss Is dead at Chillicothe. and placed in irons
ganized Into trades unions and em Mo., aged 74. He was a very wealthy
ployers' associations Instead of mobs stockman, and shipped Into Missouri
I» La Grande Missing itr
and monopolists.
the first blooded Shorthorn and Here
A gentleman who is not a ilrrtmer
15. Trade honesty is promoted by ford bulls ever brought into the state.
by any means stated that be firmly
the exjKisurc and prevention ot frauds
The Union Railway Company, of believed La Grande capitalists were
on the public.
16. Humane and law-abiding busi Pennsylvania, a line belonging to An 1 ttlng a golden opportunity all;
ness men seek the protection of the drew Carnegie, and operated between through their fingers In not sinking
law to save themselves from destruc his properties, will reduce the wages an artesian well above the site of the
tion by the competition of inhumane of all employes 10 per cent January city reservoir, not for cold water, but
f«»r hot. He stated that there is a
and )aw-br««aklng rivals (towtt, the 1st.
This
keepers of sweatshops).
In 10 years American exports of warm spring on the hillside.
17. The weak and the strong are boots and shoes have increased from water must certainly be a seepage
eqiializ«Ml. both among capitalists and $1.000.000 to over $7.000.000. and now from below, and. knowing as we a!
exceed the exportations of all «vther, do the hot lake situated only a short
workmen
18. The victory is given as nearly countries combined iu that line of distance from La Grande. It is reasrn
able to expect this warm spring
as possible to the right, instead of to goods.
comes from the same source If the
the strong,
Recent events in the Utal ixial; main body of hot water could be tap
19. The concentration of wealth
mining
districts
have
incensed
the
ped. La Grande could be heated with
and power is checked.
latror unions greatly against the Mor- ■ hot water and for all time to come
20. The distribution of wealth is
mons for their part in breaking the
determined along lines of reason, jus- strike by furnishing unorganize«! la the fuel question would be solved —
Ijt Grande Observer.
tice and th«» greatest need, instead of
along the lines of the greatest greed bor to operate the mines.
New Industry for Baker.
21. Democracy Is strengthened by
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS-
Mr. F Leach, for 35 years in the
these equalizations.
iron manufacturing business tn Port
22. It furnishes the people their
There ar«* now 150 cases of m«»aslcs land, has been spending a few days
only cheap, speedy and untechnical
in Astoria.
In Baker City, with a view to estab
justice.
Portland has paid out 1442,211 for lishing bis son in a branch plant
here.
When seen yesterdav Mr
WORK OF SALVATIONISTS.
street work in the year 19vJ.
John T. McCartay. an old sfoldlei Leach said that he liked the appear
Rescued from a fate worse than aged 70, died at NVwberg. Wednes ance of Baker City verv much anc
thought it would afford’ him the ot>
death. John Wilson, formerly one of day
portunity he was looking for. if h<
the most notorious “dope fiends’’ in
R. Radford, a Portlaml pioneer aged
«establishes a foundry here. It will be
ftoattle. today rocoived as a Christ
that city Wednes-
80,
dropped
dead
in
for the manufacture of what Is knowi
mas gif' “ letter Informing him that,
his wife and children have been
to the trade as light foundrv work
The city council of Forest Grove «u<h as wlndQw sash weights, acrar
found and are waiting for him to
come home, says the Beattie Star. voted a lomlll tax for City punieses tin maleable iron work and light
castings. The establishment of thlr
For lour years bis family had been ou Wednesday
Owners of slot machines paid 13,100 Institution will depend somewhat up
lost to him. Mrs. Wilson and th«'
children were discovered in a B- uth- In bail Into the ci y treasury of Port on the rates of transportation—Ba
ker City Democrat
e n Washington town by th» locjl land on Wednesday
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