THE 4 OBEQON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ; WEDXESDAY.'EVEKIKO, BECE3EBEB -t 3l ; 1009.'
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FRANKNESS OF OFFICIALS.
One of the reasons that Mayor Williams has held hlniself closely to the
hearts of the people Is that he has always been known to spwik fnuikly tp
them upon whatever question came up for consideration. As the chief ex
I ecutive of the City of Portland, Judge Williams has been remarkably free In
his expressions, and he has earned the confidence of every person io the
city. He does not practice coiu-eiUmeut. and therefore does not engeutler sus
picion. "i Mayor Williams' manner in office might serve as a valuable and cor
grect lesson for all 'others who bold offlclul positions here and elsewhere. The
habit ef secrecy in official acts is not calculated to contribute towards bet
t ter government. What the public's servants do In their official capacity Is
' - i tevs business ef the public. What they do must be told to the public by the
J newspapers. These two the official and the newspaper are Joint agencies
Sat the carrying on of the people's business. And the demand made under
t modern forms of government for publicity Is what has made the newspaper
so Important adjunct to society.
5 To revert to Mayor Williams' course, no public official has ever talked
t more plainly to newspaper men. Portland reporters unite In pronouncing
' him an ideal man for them. In that he gives them more "good stuff' than
any official they have been brought in contact with for many a year. And
yet Mayor Williams has made no mistake. He has merely regarded his
Office ms a public trust, vested with powers that emanated from the people
and therefore subject to their review when it Is exercised.
The various committees and boards that handle the business of the sev
eral departments of Portland's affairs should meet in public. The records
ftbould be written before the eye of the public, with the representatives of
the public's press present to note what is done and what is said. Such a
realms must be Inaur lira ted here in Portland, If there is to be an approxi
mation of perfection in the transaction of the people's business. The same
rule should apply to the cases that come into the" office and headquarters of
.T- the chief of police.
As la other large cities, Portland should have no star chamber meth
ods. Star chamber methods have universally been productive of corruption,
pr, at least, of questionable procedure. There , is pegXh for 'the business
r . concerns of the public when the sunlight Is let irtCTurn on the lights" is
-th cry that need never be raised when all business of the people Is done In
the open and with no attempt to conceal what public servants are doing.
"Don't mention this" is one of the familiar things that reporter. hear,
" and that rare article of newspaper shops an approachable member of the
reportorlal profession finds his traffic almost wholly in the desire of of
ficials to be "protected" from publicity In certain matters.
When an official really desires to keep the details of his office from the
. people, begin to watch that official. Else, why does he desire to conceal?
If there be occasional mistakes from premature publication, there are
.more from the opposite practice, and the result of absolute frankness by
Officials as to acts and intentions will in the long run operate to keep things
ViVslean "and wholesome where they have been known sometimes to be otherwise.-
It must be admitted that some estimable gentlemen tu public life perform
their official functions under cover of more or less secrecy. But even such
estimable men, against whom no whisper has ever been heard, should sub
mit to the more rational regime that calls for publicity in all matters per
taining to the people's affairs.
Open the books. Unlock committee room doors. Invite the press and
the people generally to be present. It will be well for the city, gentlemen.
LABOR AND VESTED RIGHTS.
The Spokesman-Review correctly withdraws the pension system of the
railways from the list of charities. It does not belong there. It Is only
, an acknowledgement of the sound philosophy of production, that all who
""contribute essential elements to it are
""" " Perhaps, a co-operative sharing In
Ply the principle herein referred to, but,
employes receive for life a per centage
wages while active does as a substitute.
This assertion necessarily Involves
- m unjMimiuu m yci nun cmiuucimg a great industrial esiapnsnmeiu nas rignt
to do with It as it or ha chooses, regardless of what any other person or per
sons may say. mis proposition is false in philosophy, and, too, execrable
when applied. As to details of management, expediency steps In to argue
that the employer must have the say. But, as to fundamental rights, the
laborer really should and does aeoulre somewhat of veativ. He-hta which
may not be .disregarded by employers' without dofns; justice to the verities.
Imagine a condition wherein there was no organization of Industry, but
a desire to do so. Two essentials would be capital and labor. Neither
could be done without. Capital, If It be no more than a shovel or a pick
r a gold pan or opportunity to utilize some resource of nature, must be
' existent. Perhaps, the capital might be In the haiids of the laborer; making
Joint both capitalist and laborer. But, in some form, there must be capital
representing previous operation in industry or experience or material or
right to use opportunity,
But, also must there be labor. Capital could not use accumulated ma
terial or offered opportunity without labor. And, if there be an absolute
going back to first things, of course labor must be first," before there may
be capital.
These two elements being essential, (and legitimate capital Is referred
to to this discussion, not monopoly or abnormal capitalization) each owes
the ether recognition, and each has right to demand somewhat from the
Other. As processes of production go on, and accumulation increases;
. these relative rights are not altered. Let the Industry become never so
Immense,- still capital and labor remain as the fundamentals, and each
therefore has vested rights.
And. until the economic philosophy of the world acknowledges this
truth, will there be troubles and problems and struggles. Pension systems
are based upon recognition of the truth, and co-operation, by far the more
desirable of the two alternatives, is full and complete establishment of the
Obviously sound principles. Let no one regard the railway employe an object
of charity "because he accepts a pension from his employing company. He Is
thereby merely receiving just share of the accruing profits from an insti
tution 1n the building of which he furnished one of the two essentials.
IT
GUARD THAT GLARTE&
To the people of Portland and the
members of the Legislative delegation
from Multnomah County guard that
charter Jealously,' lest designing men
rest it from Its plainly expressed
meaning and spoil its best parts.
There has been planning to alter the
Instrument. These plans are known
to manjvho care enough for the city's
Interests to keep watch upon those
Who desire their own profit at the ex
pense of good government.
"The law now provides that the new
jharter shall be enacted into law with
out amendment or amendments. To
change this provision would be to
pen it to all sorts of dangers and
threaten the city with the wrecking of
til ot the plans that If carried oui will
enable the correction of numerous
louse now- so flagrant. , -
Don't forget that ten persons in
Portland voted for that charter for
very person who voted against It.
Pon't' forget that it Is the product of
tie commission ot M eitiieot named
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entitled to a share In the rewards.
the current profits would better ap-
in lieu of that, a system whereunder
of what they had been receiving as
a discussion of the proposition that
from all walks in life and representa
tive of each legitimate occupation!
If this commission, working for
months under the plan of publishing
their proceedings to the world, pro
duced that instrument, how much im
provement may be expected if it go
before a Legislative committee to re
ceive the hurried, consideration that
measures receive there? If mistakes
were made, and who has pointed out
any? how many more will be made if
the charter be altered in the hurry of
a session of the Legislature?
Furthermore, haste Is Imperative.
Portland must have that charter, and
have It Just so soon as it is possible
to make it statutory law. Portland
is In an emergency state right now.
The city cannot ' emerge without a
charter that corrects existing evils of
Organic law and Vests power where it
belongs. In a hundred ways jheitua
tlon demands instant aH Jon upon that
charter so soon as the session of the
Legislature begins, and any plan to
change it involve delay, and delay is
absolutely to be avoided, If possible.
However, the Multnomah County
delegation Is pledged to a man to make
that charter Into , law. and this they
can do If they will. The Journal be
lleves they wilL
SO KIND AND CONSIDERATE.
What Is more beautiful than mercy
well tempered, ajid w;hat grander Ulus
tratlon of it than the following, part
of an all-knowing editorial, from the
Morning Tombstone:
"The Oregonlan will interpose no ob-
iertion at this time either to Commls
aloner Hermann's retirement from Jhe
General iand Office or to his. Senatorial
candidacy."
Some one addicted to the habit of
wearing out lead pencils and pens in
scribbling professionally for a living
writes as follows for a well known
public print:
"There are several remedies which may
be adopted which would greatly reduce
if not entirely remove the opportunities
fur a misuse of public funds. To begin
with, a very clear and complete system
of keeping public accounts should, be
adopted .and should be uniform through
out the state, so that Any person who
familiarized himself with the system
would have no trouble In examining In
telligently the books of any public off!
rial. The system should provide for
duplicate receipts and other records
which would make the books of one
officer a check) upon the book of an
other. A complete system of record
keeping being provided, all officials
should be required, under penalty,, to
follow the system and to pay over the
funds received by them at stated times.
Retaining the funds beyond the time for
payment should be made a criminal of
fense. "The accounts of every public official,
no matter how good his social and busi
ness standing, should be examined by
some state or county official at least once
a year, and should be experted at the end
of each term. If the Legislature should
create the office of State Bank Inspector,
that official might also be made the in
spector of public accounts. With public
records systematically kept, the work of
examining them would not be difficult nor
require u treat amount of time. The
period wljhinjwhlch an action may ba
rotnmcrict U;i4T1n.Ht a public offlclul and
his bondsmen should be 10 years after the
cut, (it Ulc. tftinv o.(.roce5KS.if the eitteer
held more than one term, the period
should begin at the end of his last term,
regardless of the time whan the defalca
tion occurred. The period within which
a criminal prosecution may be had for
conversion of public funds should be ex
tended to 10 years. It is scarcely neces
sary to say that the amount of an official
bond should be iireater than any amount
of money the officer may have In his
hands, but the fact Is that some bonds
have been for an amount much less than
the sum held in trust. With these and
perhaps other remedial provisions, there
would be small chance of a loss of public
funds."
It Is barely necessary to say that
the stntutes are now heavy with Just
such "remedies" as are contained In
the above article and In most counties
in Oregon about as much attention is
given to respecting the regulations and
requirements of the law, with the Idea
of lightening the burden on the tax
payer and protecting the public, as
will be given to the article In ques
tion.' For instance, here in Multno
mah County recently because of a deal
between public office chair-warmers
and a newspaper which makes a busi
ness of politics, the publication of the
delinquent tax sales was put in that
newspaper at its own price, when It
should have been allotted to the lowest
responsible bidder and fully $1,500 or
$2,000 saved to the taxpayers. Before
a newspaper becomes adept at
preaching," It should not overlook its
own bad practice.-
MARCONI WAS THE MAN.
Marconi generously gives credit to
James Bowman Lindsay, the Scotch
Inventor, for 4ieing the pioneer In the
science of wireless telegraphy. Tet,
Marconi was the man who really In
vented wireless telegraphy. The
Scotchman merely recognized that" the
magnetic spark would pass through a
certain distance when propelled by a
sufficient voltage, but his findings
were little more than a collection of
he-lore of ett-rtrtrlty err" fhaf day," BO
years ago, and the stating of whut
had been known as a fact.
It , was not a man who knew that
electricity would travel through the
air that was needed. It was a man
who knew how to make it travel that
was needed to come to the front, and
that man was Slgnor Marconi.
Marconi has apparently perfected
the method of transmitting intelligence
hrough space without the media of
wires and insulation. He has already
established stations that have sent
such messages, and has sent stocks
and bonds of cable companies down on
the market, and given the owners
thereof an Intimation that In time he
would render their holdings worthless,
He has enabled ships to exchange ln-
drtnalf&ri'at' sea. He has made prac
icable what was hitherto merely
theoretical.
Always when men achieve a great
triumph g,f science or, mechanics comes
another to claim precedence or to be
little the accomplishments of the legit
imate discoverer by attributing all of
the glory to those who lived before
Im.
It is a generous act on Marconi's
part to give due credit to Lindsay In
this -matter, but the world ehould haH
Marconi "Sis tha.mun -who accomplished"
the wonder, who made impossible to
send human intelligence across the
wide reaches of an ocean by means of
wireless telegraphy. He did .not stop
at learning that it could be done. He
learned how It could be done, and
then he did it.
Mary Andrews has been made pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Hamilton, O. A paragrapher sug
gests that this Indicates that there are
no married men on the; 'board of true
tees or perhaps none connected with
that church. If there were, thejr would
have seen to it that Mary Andrews did
not gei that pastoribip., Jbex would"
WITH A WOMAN IN HARILA:
Mrs. Bartlett Sinclair was at the Portland Hotel today, on her way from
Manila to her eld hume at Bonders Ferry, Idaho. As the wife of Provincial
Treasurer ef the Rita I Province, she has had aa exceptional opportunity to study
life in the Islaads, and gat behind the scenes during the Government moves to
improve things at the IsUnda. . ,'
Mrs. Sinclair maii' tin trip from Manila alone both times. Mr. Sinclair went
to the Philippines a year ago las July to assume his official duties, and his wife
did not reach the Islands until the following March. She started for her home
In America OS November 17.
The Risal Province comprises a district near. Manila about as large as Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair niale their home In an old Spanish house in Faslg, about
seven miles up the nv.r of the same wie. Moat of the time Mrs. Sinclair was
the only American woman there. Once there were three others two teachers
and a doctor's wife. They wer so near to Manila that they could make fhe trip
down in the morning in th little Government launch, and return at t o'clock in
the afternoon. They had to do all the shopping in Manila, as there are no stores
in Paslg. Those In Ahuilla are kept by the Spaniards.
" , - Cholera Soece,
Of late, the chok-ra scars I about all one can get, as the disease has been
raging In certain provinces. All fresh fruits are tabooed. Even the one fresh
vegetable of the Jslamlonons Is forbidden, A few Irish potatoes are brought
In. and are aot Impo.eiMc when baked, but everything else, even to sweet .pota
toes, must come in cans The meat Is fairly good, and is shipped into Manila
In cold storage.
The cholera brought Mrs. Sinclair some amusing experiences in Japan. The
transport was alvaramlued seven days In Manila Bay, but when landed In Japan
the 26 ladies on board were taken to the quarantine station, their valuables
checked and a ring with a corresponding number given them to wear In exchange.
Then they crossed a grass plot to the bathroom. Each had three compartments
assigned to them, divided by sliding doors. In the first all the clothes were placed
in a Dasket. to be carried away for fumigation; in the second was a meuicatea
bath, and In the third some Japanese clothes to replace their own.
Tea was served in a beautiful room
dies were waiting for their garments. It was hours before they got back to tne
transport, and their dresses were so ruined by the steam that their owners were
obliged to throw them away.
Manila
Life In Manila was an experience Mrs. Sinclair was glad to have, 'hut which
she would hardly care to repeat. On reaching there In March she encountered
five months of extreme heat When the rainy season came-she was really disap
pointed not to have a taste of a real downpour, with a mild typhoon or so, but
this year was without anything of the kind.
American women find the climate unbearable, unless they learn early how
useless it Is to Worry about anything. Servants never do anything as one wishes.
To keep cool, the ladles go about all day In evening gowns. Prices are very
high In the Islands, and most uncertain. Every few months the Mexican dollars
decline In value. W hen . Mrs. Sinclair first went to Manila the American gold
dollar was twice as valuable as Mexican silver. Soon 2 0 "Mex" represented
one gold dollar, and it Is likely to be "three to one" in another month. This makes
It very hard, especially for the American teachers. Before thy left the United
States their contracts called for gold, but they are being paid In silver. They all
went over with the idea of saving money, but by the time their expenses are paid
and the money exchanited for gold there is little left. In a country where the
best is very poor, eroimmlzlng means pfor health. v
Teeeher'a Position star.
The teacher's position la not an enviable one. by any means. For some reason,
they are rather held In contempt But the Filipinos are learning with wonderful
swiftness.
The Americans are dropping the
necessary, as the servants and clerks
Mrs. Sinclair had the pleasure, so
glvjeu by-Governor Taft. "He Is a small
lng. Mr. Sinclair Invited him out to
go. They aslted' him how he thought
Very well.indeed.VJ-
." Manila
One of the Inost amusing things sh
stores and the fukny old Junk shops of
old curios home iith her and left as much more lor Mr. Sinclair to Dring, in nie
spring. They mean" to start a Manila room or two in Idaho.
argue that already they had one
woman at home to preach to them,
without hiring one by the year.
The Oregon" constitution prohibits
negroes from voting In Oregon. The
Supreme' Court has decided that the
clause is null and Void, by reason of
the national amendment affecting the
status of negroes, yet nevertheless, our
state constitution stands exactly as it
did before with an Inhibition against
the suffrage of the negro. Is that one
of the sacred portions of the tline-hon-
ored document?
Mascagnl. the Italian composer, has
had an e xperience in this country that
would have appalled u Caesar or
stilled the tongue of a Marc Antony.
He has been arrested more times than
that woman In San Francisco who
claims BOO jaillngs to her credit, and
to be the champion breaker into Amer
lean prisons.
Difference between the salmon and
gambling questions there Is debate as
to whether there should be a close sea
son for the fish, and no question re
garding the , proposition that there
should be annualy a 12-month close
season for the gamesters.
Civil service in Portland municipal
government munds goqd to good citi
zens. What will the politicians think
of It? The i.- 'V. charter will inaugu
rate such a healthful regime.
r
JUST BETWEEN 0URS&VES.
BY K. K. K.
The second assembly party came oil at
Parsons' Hul! lust night The guests be
gan to arrive scion after 9 o'clock, and by
10 at least uo couples were on the floor.
"And beautiful maidens moved down in
the dance,
With the magic of motion and sunshine
of glance."
The poet says nothing of gowns, but
those worn lust night were very hand
some. The rare flowers carried were
another feature. At midnight a light sup
per was served in the dlningroom. Mrs.
J. Wesley I .ad. I and Mrs. Richard Koehler
were the patronesses. A few of those
present wen-:
Mr. and Mis. H. W. Goode, Mr. and
Mrs. Wra. Ma. Master, Mr. and Mrs. F.
B. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blythe,
Mr. and Mrs J. Wesley Ladd, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Koehler, Mr. and Mrs. W.
X. Muir, the Missee Flanders. Alice gib
son, Hazel lio uier Gllham. Alice 8tan
bury. Eliot. Henrietta Eliot Laurie King,
Hazel Crocker. Ruth Scott, Merrill, Burns.
Kathleen ' liu'ns, Nanny Wood, Alice
Strong, Agnes HUL Miriam Strong, Flor
ence Strong, Mabel Goes. Helen Goes,
Grace Wan en. Sitton, Lucy Sltton, Laura
Jordan, Whall.-v, and Messrs. D. Lewis,
Bruce Honeyr.ian, Hunt Lewis, Strong,
Holbrook WitMngton, George Warren,
James Wilson. Roy Durham, Robert Me
Cracken, Peter McCracken, Marlon Dolph,
Herman Smith, Hopkins Jenkins. J. Scott
Brooke, Jami. Mcl. Wood, Thomas Rob
ertson, Richard Dearborn, Roderick Mae
leay, Jpnes, Hugh Laidlaw, Walter Gosa,
George Brown, Dr. Herbert Nichols and
Dr. Chance.
CAKPE DIEM DANCE.
The Carpe Diem Club gave their holi
day dance at the new Woodman Hall
Monday evening. There was- an unusually
long program of nice music in honor of
the event. Pretty decorations and dainty
gowns gave an added attraction to the
scene. The parties are growing more
popular as the Winter goes on. The club
Is already planning for the flrst dance
of 1903.
JTHE TRE8 JOLI HOP.
Tres jEu Club danced away yesterday
evening at the Western Academy Pf Mlr
sic. The floor was comfortably filled by
a happy crowd, who were determined to
make the closing, days of thewyear as
happy as possible. Mrs. 3. Adrfurr-Epp-
Ing. Mrs. J. P. O'Brien and Mrs. Stanley
were the -hostesses selected by the cluT
ine part' iasi4 uaui a it ouur.
across another grass plot, while the la
life.
study of Spanish, as they find it is not
are becoming so proficient in English.
called, of meeting Agulnaldo at a reception
man." she said; "very uninteresting iook-
Paslg on a little visit, ana ne promised i
the Americans were aomg, auu no
Belles.
found to do was visiting the East India
the Chinese. She brought 1.500 pounds of
THE TABASCO COLUMN.
The Saxon King says that he will have
no mercy on the runaway Princess. Evi
dently the King doesn't care much for
the customs of the '''Four Hundred."
The Board of Education might transfer
their affections to a Deaf and Dumb
School where they may be seeii and not.l
heard.
f Don't forget the new eharter. If you do
in another year we may have to employ
pile drivers instead of street sweeping
machines.
Linger Hermann would have done well
to have forgotten that he is in politics
against the wishes of Brother Scott.
I.adrones are still making trouble In the
Philippines and killing as many people
as train wrecks in America.
Can some of our newspaper friends get
"Jack" Matthews to name a substitute
for Bmger Hermann.
There Is too much vice at Bremerton
and almost enough whisky and water to
float a battleship.
There may be signs of the times In
Portland, but there are no street signs.
Gold-bearing sand has been discovered
In Indiana which heretofore has been.
overlooked. The natives had too good a
thing In politics and historical novels
to bother with It
VOhTXOKT'8 ATTBAOTXOBTS.
The Marauam Grand The Bostonians
In "Maid Marian." lpt performance.
The Baker "A Temperance Town."
Chaues i-ioyt's play.
Cordray's "Irish Pawnbrokers," Sul
livan, Mack and Trumbull.
Fredericksburg Vaudeville.
COMXkTO ATTRACTIONS.
The Marquam "Shore Acres." James
A. Heme's great play. Thursday matinee
and night. Friday and Saturday night
and matinee. . .
The Baker "Temperance Town" for
the week, with special-matinee on New
Year's Pay,
Cordray's "Irish Pawnbrokers" for
the week, with special matinee on New
Year's Day.
Fredericksburg Vaudeville, continu
ous performance every night
"Temperance Town" Matinee Tomorrow.
The Neill Stock Company appears to
morrow at 1:15 o'clock In a special New
Year's matinee, continuing the presenta
tion of the New England comedy of
Hoyt that has given such go6d satisfac
tion during the week. Business Is ex
cellent "Shore Acres" sTew Tear's Matinee.
The Bostonians sang "Robin Hood"
again last night and this afternoon be
fore audiences that took up all available
room and bought lots of standing room.
The performance was as heretofore,
brilliant and the audience was the
gave, representative of Portland's most
: rjnmoHS of
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7 Jki Xdahe rrodlgy. ' . ,
Lew 1st on Tribune: ' ' A sensation has been caused at Wardner ty little Lizzie
Shutk. scarcely It years of age, wbe seems to have the power of telling the past,
present and future. Her ability as a clairvoyant is exceptionally peculiar, as com
pered to the would-be clairvoyants traveling throughout the country and workloet
grafts upoa the public.: Her gift seems to He almost entirely la xht descriptions
ef mines end the locating of valuable leads. Mineral property owners of the
Coeur'd'Alene Dlsrlct are calling upon the girl in large numbers. The mining men
who have gone to her for advice say theft: she is simply marvelous, and that she
can give the location, describe the work done, tell the size and character of the
lead, and tell other things about their property even better rhaua they know It'
themselves. Of the dozens of people who have been to, see her on mining and
other matters, there Is aot one who has yet called her a fake A prominent mining
man -of Wallace called Opon her the other day. Although he would not allow "hi
name to be used for publication, he said: '
"The information she gave me about my property is worth a large sum of
money. She described my property exactly and even told the exact point where y
it was located. She drew a map of the section, and outlined exactly where thro
lead is. She said there was a big cabin on my property. .That I denied, and was
ready to call her a fake, but I have since visited the pcoperty and found what she
said to be true."
. James Shannon, president of the Silver Cliff Copper Mining Company, of
Wallace, called upon the girl some weeks ago, and has since followed her direc
tions to discover the lead. He is enthusiastic over the results. Where the lead
WB. out nn hla nnna tv Ti.nr tVia .nrfua ........ ., ...... r m .nail ..Afn . , .,A.
- ... fr.uu.i.j, .. vvv . ' a. J ... i. . d 11 mil , i in t, tvriy
rich bornltes of copper and some nearly pure native copper were found. A shaft
-as sunk on the lead and drifts run from the bottom of it. They then went
farther dowB the mountain to get a depth of 700 feet but until since they began
to follow the directions of Lizzie Shuck they had no indications of the puyatreak.
Now, Mr. Shannon says, the face of. the drift is heavily mineralized. The girl said
the shaft was full of water, which Mr. Shannon was inclined to doubt as there
never had been any indications of water in the. shaft. Investigation, however.
proved the girl to have beerr correct Inducements are being made to get the girl
to travel. Her parents fear she may be kidnaped. The father and two uncles jjf
the child have been inveterate prospectors, and for a year before Lizzie was born
her mother prospected with the men, going to town only a few hours before the
child was born.
Bomeseekers' Borne.
Pilot Rock Record: It Is authoritatively stated that there ts more vacant
land In Oregon than In any other Pacific Coast State. This land Is valuable for
farming, stockralsing,- dairying and fruit-growing, and much of it Is covered with
the finest timber. It Is estimated that there areupwards of 30,000.000 acres f
land open to settlement. In the'' La Grande District alone the total acreage In
round numbers is 8. 848., 000. Of this acreage there are 151.360 acres In the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, the lands there being farming, graxing and moun
tainous, timbered lands, and probably as tine a tract of reserved land as there kn
on the Pacific Coast a great portion of it being in a high state of cultivation,
and raising wheat oats and luiy. The system of allowing the Indians to lease
their lands Is in vogue there, and the residents of the county have the benefit.
The vast area cropped appears more to be a well-doing and prosperous farming
community than an Indian reservation. The counties within the district are
Umatilla. Union, Wallowa, Baker and part of Grant and Morrow. The district Is
well watered by the Grand Ronde. Umatilla, north fork of John Day. Wallowa and
Powder Rivers and their numerous tributaries, and the waters therefrom are ap
propriated and used for irrigation, mining and domestic purposes.
La Grande is the seat of the Land Office in this district.
discriminative peoplt. The "Shore
Acres" company will give a special New
Year's matinee tomorrow at 2:15 o'clock.
The Reliance football team and the
team of lue Multnomah Club will occupy
the upper boxes at the Marquam "Grand
tomorrow night, New Year's, after their
great game on Multnomah field.
"Irish Pawnbrokers" Matinee Tomorrow.
At Cordray's, SuMivan, Mack and
Trumbull and the remainder of the com
pany have been entertaining the people
nicely with plenty of laughterprovoking
comedy of the musical farce sort, and
doing good business. They give a spec
ial New Year's matinee tomorrow at
2:15 o'clock.
Fredericksburg Vaudeville.
The people are being entertained at
the new Fredericksburg with a new or
der of amusement, "onrethlng different
from that which has been seen, at that
playhouse In the past. Simons' Brothers
are determined, apparently, to sustain
their place upon a level that will keep
matters pleasing to those who want
vaudeville of the clean sort
MAAGEK8' AWVOtTVCEIatiBjrTaT.
"Alabama" at The Baker.
Next week's attraction at The Baker
Theatre, starting with the usual Sun
day matinee, will be the Nelll Stock
Company. In that splendid southern play
by Augustus Thomas, "Alabama." The
popularity of the Neill Stock Company
is constantly Increasing, as is indicated
by the immense crowds which fill the
Baker at every performance, and when
It is announced that "Alabama" will I
produced by this organization, the only
comment heard was that It would he
splendid. The Baker Theatre well de
serves to be called the fashionable pop
ular price playhouse of Portland for
it is patronized to an extent that is moBt
gratifying to the management
"Sandy Bottom" at Cordray's.
In these days when the mind of the
theatrical man seems to run to farce,
froth and horse-play, to the theatre-going
folks that still cling to the Idea
that the stage has a mission in the
world and who like some literary merit
in a dramatic production, such a piny
as "Sandy i4m''- 4 rfring-.. .ahui
play which Is .now In its first season. Is
one which appeals to the higher senti
ments. Its moral tone is ennobling, yet
Itts emotional side is aot of the morbid
sort InBtead, pathos and real comedy
are Interwoven with exceeding clever
ness. It is a piay that requiresthe act
ors to act and not perform. It is for
those reasons that the play retains Its
hold upon the people. "Sandy Bottom"
comes to Cordray's for one week, begin
ning with a matinee Sunday. January 4.
Usual ladies' and children's matinee Sat
urday. '
Hew
Tear's Holiday Matinee at Cor
dray's Tomorrow.
The new "Irish Pawnbrokers" with Its
new songs and specialties and those
comical Irishmen. Sullivan and Mack,
together with Maxie Trumbull, are cre
ating roars of laughter at Cordray s
nightly. Miss Taylor's One voice is
much appreciated in "Good Night Sweet
Dreams," and her old favorite "Man
dalay." A number of splendid choruses
and dances are introduced and the com
pany Is attracting big audiences.
A Sequel to "Bobin Hood."
At the Marquam Grand Opera House
tonight "Maid Marian," the new roman
tic comic opera, by Reginald De Koven
and Harry B. Smith, will have its flrst
production by the Bostonians. The clever
co-laborers in the lyric field have. It Is
said, expended more than usual effort
In this composition and a worthy succes
sor to "Robin Hood" Is promised. The
Bostonians are sanguine over its recep
tion and have spent a fortune In mag
nificent stage settings and costumes. The
first act of the opera shows the ancient
park surrounding the castle of the
Earl of Huntington, and the curtain will
be raised on a hawking end hunting
party, resplendgnt in movement and col
or 'In sharp and vivid" contrast to this
Idyllic landscape is. the sunset In the
desert depicted In act two,' and the camp
of the Crusadefi revealed lq the fore
ground and the invested city of Acre lq
the distance; act third Is the banqueting
hall of Huntington Castle on Chjplstmas
morning, with the attendant festivities.
It Is said that the same graceful cadence
and flowing melody which charmed the
theater-goers a decade ago In "Robin
Hood" will delight them in this new com
position. All the early forma of Anglo
Saxon mpBlc"have been preserved by Mr.
De Koven and the ballads are; not only
tuneful but scholarly In character. The
theme which effervesces through the score
Is a song semi-romantic and martial In
character, depleting the glories of the
Christian cause in the Crusades. In the
Interpretation of this opera a special cast
has been selected and the fall strength of
'the Bostonians will .'be heard in Its pro
duction here. Henry Clary Earnauee. W.
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other editors.
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H. McDonald, George B. Frothlngham
and Josephine Bartlett have long been
established in the affections of music lov
ers, and their appearance in familiar roles
parried through new aceires &2d lcidut
will prove as diverting and entertaining
as when they Hrvi appeared In "Kobin
Hood." Among the special engagements
made are Grace Van Studdlford. a brilliant
soprano, who will be heard as Maid Mar
Ian. The other members of tb company
are us follows: Qllve C. Moore, Alice Jud.
sou, William C. Weeden, Harold Gordon.
Howard Chambers, Campbell Donald,
John J. Martin. W. M. Dorrlngton, George
M. Vail. J. Weibley, FlorenceQulnn, James
E. Miller, Harry Dale, Maud Leckley,
Antoinette Marten, Mr. Chambers and
a ballet and chorus of TO.
Hew Tear's Attraction at the Marenam
Grand Theater.
Tomorrow afternoon "Shore Acres" will
open their engagement at the Marquam
Grand Theater as the New Near"s attrac
tion, continuing the remainder of the
week, with a special matinee Saturday.
There are certain plays that possess a
freshness and charm which prevent them "
from wearing out or becoming tiresome
with ase. To this class of productions be
longs "Shore Acres," the beautiful pic
ture of American home life, that has won,
the hearts of millions of theater-goer a
during the past 10 years. Mr. Heme mada
li study of the domestic side of human
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become Justly famous. His character
sketches are admirably drawn and he has
proven that It is not necessary to Intro
duce the villain and the fallen woman in
plays of this type. Another interesting
feature of the "Shore Acres" productions
have been the artistic Interpretations of
the many quaint characters introduced
upon the scene. There is no exaggera
tion or burlesque, but all is done with
such a careful attention to detail, that
In Itself commends Mr. Heme's work
to thinking patrons of the drama. The
characters in "Shore Acres" are true to
life, and not grotesque freaks with be
draggled whiskers, introduced merely to
divert befuddled brains. Arrangements
have been made for an adequate produc
tion of this famous play at the Marquam
Grand Theater. Seats are now selling
for the entire engagement
The advance sale of seats will be placed
on sale next Friday morning for "Cap-'
tain Jinks," which comes to the Marquam
Grand Theat-ep- next Monday-, Tueedwy
and Wednesday night, January 5, 6, 7.
The enjjwfenient of "Captain Jinks, of
the Horse Marines," wlrh Elizabeth Ken
nedy in the part of Mme. Trentonl, la
looked fMwArdto with a great deal of
lnterestand pTeasnnt anticipation by the
peopl of fashion of this city.
ThW fantastic comedy, as the author,
Mr. Clyde Fitch, himself terms It, had a
long run of 200 nights at the Garrlck
Theater, New York, proving one of the
most delightful surprises of an otherwise
tedious theatrical season. As the story
is laid In the City of New York during
the early '70's, the quaint atmosphere of
the hoop-skirt period carried the old peo
ple In the audience back to the dear days
of long ago, while the strange costumes
proved a great source of amusement to
the younger generation, which had never
before seen the Grecian bend, the Dolly
Varden, the bustle and the chignon. Al
though "Captain Jinks" tells a story of
decided human Interest, it Is nevertheless
In the main, a comedy ef manners, in
which Is produced Intrue Clyde Fitch style,
the idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of
that period. Miss Elisabeth Kennedy, who
plays the part of Mme. Trentonl, is a
young actress of a great deal of temper
amental ability, whose beauty has been,
made the subject of several poems which
last Summer. Theodore Babcock, a young;
actor of force and refinement will bo
seen In the role or Captain Jinks. There)
are 40 people, alf'told, in the organization,
including an entire corps de ballet og
pretty girls.
HOHOBS ABB C0STX.T.
Although Lord Roberts is the first
great personage in England to decline
to pay the fees exacted of him In con
nection with the honors conferred on
him. he . Is "by no means the only ono
who has protested against them. In
deed, the late Archbishop of York made
a humorous complaint thereof to Queen
Victoria when he received an" audience "
to pay homage, on his elevation to the
primacy; for as he rose from his knees
he exclaimed:
"Ma'am, you are the only official per-
sonage I have seen since my nomina
tion who has not asked me for a fee.
In his case these fees amounted to
nearly $10,000, arid comprised, among;
other extraordinary items, 1200 for
gloves to the members of the chapter
of the Minister of York, $30 for the
Sovereign's Gentleman of the Cellar,
$20. to the Sovereign's Chief Cook and
J 10 to the Sovereign's Barber. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
SOT TOO BTBAXBXS TET.
Washington Star: It looks as If the
friendliness with. Germany will not be
strained to a point which will cause '
American cttlxens to feel that they ought
to return the sleeve buttons presented by;
Prince Henry, ' .