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1 :.' V THE . OREGON DAILY JOTTBNAL, POBTLAKP, MONDAY - EVENING," FEBItUAHY S, ,1903: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL Jack wn SOVMMXX. rCBUSXnra COMPAWT, Proprietor. Address m OBSQOH DAILT JOTTBBAX, 089 Yamhill Street, between Ponrtb '... - ul Fifth. Portland, Oregon. nsznnzn democbatio papeb op oxzaov. Entered at the Postofflee of Portland, Oregon, for transmission through the mails as second-class, matter. Postage for single copies For an 8, 10 or 12-page paper, 1 cent; 16 to 28 pages, i cents; over 28 pages, 3 cents. Telephones i ! Business Office Oregon, Main 600; Columbia, 705. ' ! ,d Mortal Room Oregon, Main 600. City Editor Oregon, Main 260. Terms toy Carrier i THT5 JOURNAL, one year . . . . THK JOL'HNAU six months THE JOURNAL, three months , , THJ3 JOURNAL, by the week Terms by Mailt TUB JOURNAL, by mall, per year $4.00 THH JOURNAL, by mall, nix months 2.00 THE JOURNAL, by mall, three months , 100 .$5.00 . 2 80 . 1 80 . .10 DEMOCRATIC TRUST BILL There Is virility in the proposition of the minority In Congress as , embodied In their report on the anti-trust bill in the House. It has no marks of fear lest the trust be really interfered with, and goes to the core Of the matter with a fine vigor that will awaken an answering; thrill fit enthusiasm among the followers of that party throughout the United states. go far as may be judged from the rather meagre press reports, it Rlffero from the measure offered by the Republicans principally In that ft provides some effective means whereby violations of an anti-trust law may ' be punished. The weakness, perhaps, bf the other bill, is that It merely defines what shall be unlawful, whfle not furnishing the legal means for enforcement. This is Illustrated in the proposition of the House Democrats to deny violators of the Sherman anti-trust law the use of the telegraphs, mails and telephones, as well as other commercial .... fsrjlUles .xaen.tioiied.in .the minority eporw.tlU auoDtar- provlsiwa is to 1 ' make it legally competent to declare bankrupt a corporation that issues ftratered stock. Still another method of dealing with the trust Is to concede to the various states the Jurisdiction that shall make it possible to control them.'' And, one provision In particular, appears to hold great possibilities, hT making It unlawful for a common carrier to transport goods of a . corporation that violates the law. And, finally, and probably, "prlnclpes facilis," Is the amendment offered by the Democrats placing upon the free list certain articles manufactured fcy trusts steel, agricultural Implements, paper, paper pulp, window and plate glass, salt and various other articles. This last section meets the present view as to one of the most effective foeans of Injuring the trusts, and It has as supporting testimony the experience of the country since anthracite coal was placed upon the free list... It has operated materially to reduce the price of coal, and it has Argued frith logic In the arguing that similar results will be reached by treating In like manner the principal articles that are manufactured by lb trusts. As a matter of course, the proposition of the Democrats will be re jected. Tet they have forced an issue upon the majority party by offering their minority report, and have brought before the Republicans the duty Df staying whether or not It proposes really to go after the trusts in an ' (earnest desire to check their growth. Ji GOOD RECORD. With the recovery of William Max well, the only passenger seriously In jured In the wreck of the O. R. A N.'s Chicago-Portland Special train on Meachem Creek, last Sunday, it ean be suld that that railroad's star of good fortune continues to shine. For more than 20 years that railroad has been ojierated from Portland to Huntington and Into Eastern Washington and In all that time no passenger's life has been sacrificed. This Is a record for a railroad to be proud of, for it Is largely attributable to the excellent inanuge- mont of its operating department, over which Superintendent J.-K O'Hiien so ubly presides, and to the caution und devotion to duty of the large body of Intelligent men under him. HOW ABOUT CELILO? The Chamber of Commerce receives telegrams from Senators Mitchell Und Simon, In reply to Inquiries regarding the status of the federal im provements of the Celilo rapids: . ."As to when the final report upon Captain Hart's plan will be in, no one Fan say definitely at this time." And that Is but another chapter in the continued story the government Is writing on the subject of the opening of the Columbia River to Navigation. ...The literary defect in this latest chapter Is In Its similarity to the preceding chapters. There Is nothing, new in It. It is Chapter XX. Chapter , I having been written two decades ago, with one added each year. IT 13 NOT THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PROSE CUTE WORK AT CELILO 80 LONG AS THAT WORK CAN BE DE FERRED. . This assertion Is placed upon record, and submitted to the people as ' prophecy to be scrutinized In the future when events shall have trans lated. ' However, there is one possibility In the premises the construction of a portage road by the State of Oregon to transport goods around the obstructions at Celilo, which would be provided for by the passage of the Johnson bill to appropriate $165,000 by the present Legislature. How would this operate to fqree the hand of the government at ". Washington? The answer is simple. It would cause lowering of rates Upon all products shipped out and upon all goods shipped in over the Columbia River or over the O. R. & N. In that territory. This would remove the object of raising funds by the railroad companies to influence the people at. Washington to prevent work at Celllo, and then the work Rjrould proceed according to the recommendations of the engineers, who fire not in any sense responsible for the delay. No Incident could have occurred to more clearly elucidate the existing status, and more potently to argue for the building of that portage road at Celilo. The replies of Senators Mitchell and Simon accentuate the kferoand for the road. It, Is the only means remaining of bringing to pass the prosecution of work by the Federal Government. And, if built, it fWJll save Its total cost several times over, during the period required to complete the federal work after It shall have been begun. Weston asks the Legislature to pass a bill changing the corporate bound aries of the town. It should be legally competent for Weston or any other Oregon town to change its own bound aries, and the law should provide a method whereby there would be local self-government In these matters. Who in the Legislature knows ubout the needs of the town of Weston? Who cares whether or not Weston change its boundaries? Why should other towns have anything to say about Weston's boundaries ? Indeed, much of the time of a legislative ses sion is consumed in attending to Buch trilling matters, when one blanket bill woiild prbvlJe he course of procedure whereby a town could vote upon It or tha City Council handle it. And the sume should be done with reference to the various county seat fight come Into the legislature, and mix matters to some extent. Let a bill be adopted as law making It competent for County Courts to submit such matters to the people upon the peti tion of a sufficient portion of the voters of the county. Involved. PEOPLE vs- THE TRUSTS GUESS AND GET A SET OF FINE PORCELAIN DISHES . ' AND - THE JOURNAL FOR ONE YEAR 1 TO THE PERSON WHTJCOMES NEAREST TO OUESSINO THH NAMES OF THE MEN IN THE STATU SENATE WHO WILL OTB AOAXSTST ID PBOPS.B XV PATOB OP THB TBVSTS THE JOURNAL WILL DE LIVER THE PAPER FOR ONE TEAR AND ALSO PRESENT THE WINNER WITH A SET OF DISHES OF FORTY-TWO PIECES. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE "ANTI-TRUST EDITOR," CARE THE JOURNAL. ' SO FAR THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TRUSTS ARE:' , 'KOITTXPZBOsV MoGIBTT. "MOOXXMQ- OXAXBMAX BAWD. WHO'S NEXT? r I ' " I I I I ' : i ! i y (Paste this coupon to your list) - & g o CHIZURINQ NEJWSOF PORTAQG j s mat a) m Under the laws of Illinois, the Asso ciated Press was a concern that could be compelled to furnish news to any applicant that could furnish good and sufficient bonds for the payment of the tolls. It is admitted that the A. P. went to New York to escape the Just application of the law, and to enable It to be a monopoly. In that it might re fuse to furnish service to any paper when It choHe. Was not that very ut lempt at evasion proof that It Is not n legitimate club composed of men who desire to secure the cheapest rutes pro rata In the conduct of o news service? If It be desired to cheapen the cost of news under co-operation, would not it cheapen that cost to Increase the num ber of newspapers that take the re port? It looks like a simple problem In mathematics If a thing cost a given sum, If that sum be divided be tween three papers, will not each pa per pay less than two papers would pay If they paid the same aggregate sum? 1 TARIFF ON LUMBER. . Why should there be any tariff on lumber? This question is addressed , In good faith to our friends In the lumber business. No concealment is - gnade of the fact that the export demand Is so great, they don't cater to the domestic wants. In the export business they have to compete with una "pauper labor" ot British Columbia and they seem to enjoy it. On the Other hand there are some base enough to claim that the only benefit from the tariff Is to enable the mill men to get more from the home buyer than they do from the foreign buyer. In other words everv con : kumer In this country has his hands tied, and if he don't want to pay tta price asked he can go without. The foreigner gets the benefit of competition, for w hich the home (consumer pays. This Is "protection," as now understood and practiced Und according to the "high priests" of the G. O. P. the doctrine Is so sacred, nd the rates so holy, it is worse than sacrilege to even question it or BiscuBS them. s . Miss Devereaux, the typewriter who sued her former lover for 110,000, Balled off the prosecution because she did not want her love letters printed tn- the newspapers. Her tlmerity seems great, when it is considered that Shealleged that her health had been shattered, her nervous syaJemwrecked, her life blighted, her usefulness as a stenographer and typewriter destroyed, her heart tampered with and life made a burden through the refusal Of the defendant to marry her. Yet she alleged the things mentioned, and Started to prove thei.j, but could not bear the newspaper publicity. Special Officer Caswell, who has charge of the work of clearing the sidewalks from obstructions, will not have to offer a municipal bill for build ing a portage road around some of the points at which great piles of goods have heretofore been heaped on the walks. We have the chef.'ng news that Officer Caswell Is meeting with compliance on the part of the mer chants, for which gveryone will rejoloe. We may at lust see some of those walks that have been burled beneath those mountains of goods for the past 30 years. It will have been like th" excavation of' the famed city of Pompeii. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were toasted at the banquet of the Confederate Veterans' Camp of New York. How impossible that would have been 20 years ago! What fine progress towards wiping out bit terness between North and South! Lincoln eulogized by Henry Wat- terson, Robert E. Lee by Charlesrancis.. Aivvt"" juitfiKii, u ine program, ana me sentiments were received enthusiastically by the brilliant assemblage representing both sections, or, rather, What were both sections, but that are now one united country. Senator Pierce of Umatilla showed good faith in voting with Senator Mc Ginn of Multnomah for reconsidera tion of the bill affecting the- state land office. He frankly acknowledged that a mistake had been made of which he had had no cognizance, and placed himself upon record to that effect. Senator Pierce has pursued a com mendable course during the Legisla ture, and his constituents have reason to be proud of the record he is making. Cheering news came to nil friends of the bill of Senator Johnston, for an appropriation of $165.01)0 to build a portage roaa at Celllo. when It was announced that the Chamber of Commerce committee on open river had decided to offer a resolution Indorsing the measure, and calling upon nil Multnomah County mem bers to support It. And also that the Hoard of Trade would probably unanimously adopt a resolution to the same effect. The chamber meets Tuesday morning, the ; bftard tonight. Interest In the project has been twalc j ened by the attention that lias been paid to the plan by The Journal. It is true that no other paper in I Portland has supported the measure, and The Journal has enjoy.-. the distinction of bearing the brunt of the burden of keeping It before the people. It has received j encouragement from many papers of other towns. Comment Prom Lawistoa. Apropos, me l-ewlston I rlbune offers some com ments that must be acknowledged In part to be Just. It says: "Now that Portland is getting ready to apply to Idaho i. r a big appropriation tor the Lewis and Clark Exposition a recrudescence of Open river activity In that city has been undertaken. Whenever Portland wants the help of the adjoining states In something for her particular benefit she hands out a few open river bomiuets and the thing is done. In this case Idaho will doubtless do something. The Portland agent on duty at the Legislature writes to his people that he Is going to 'Insist' on $75,000. but will finally compromise on $50,000. There Is no telling, of course, what the Legis lature will compromise on, but It is expected some ap propriation will be mad. It Is one of those neighborly obligations that can scarcely be Ignored, yet the state would be much better off If It were free of the obliga tion and could devote its revenues lnsread to InternaLl improvement, ltui mere is no unum uregon is using the open river halt for all it Is worth. A bill is now pending In that Legislature to provide for the construc tion of a portage at The Indies by state aid and the Portland Chamber of Commerce haB Just memorialised Congress un the subject. Apparently fearful, however. that the Oregon Legislature may take hold of the port age, the Portland Oregonlan proceeds to point out why the state should do no such thing. "The Portland Journal declares that 'Portland does not take hold of the matter with the firm grasp needed,' and "The Journal proposes henceforth to charge collusion on the part of our Senators and Representatives, until evidence be adduced to prove the contrary.' Considering that the Columbia with its navigabl tributaries Is the second greatest waterway in the United States, and' la easily first In respect of its capacity for public service, owing to the mountainous and broken nature of the country whereby railway construction Is expensive and difficult. It passeth understanding that collusion or apathy or whatever else it Is should be tolerated for a moment by the people In their representatives whom they send to Congress in the Interest of just such an issue us will bring to them great and lasting benefits." , We Have Beea Too tax. It must be conceded that that portion of the Tri bune's comments that refer to former laxness by Port land are Just. We have been slow to act. We have been ready to accept toe quibbling by the Federal Gov ernment In lieu of aecompllshment of results. Had we long ago taken hold oi the matter we would have had the benefits of an open river, and there would be no justice In the remarks of the Lewlston paper. However, It Is now -"probable that the bill will pass, and we may then realize the good of an open river so long awaited. i BLOCKS THI3 WAY. ' ' ' 1 fT n it tir-ji-og in j i '- r- y V- V v" 1 i I - a Y'l l--r'"-V -" r'-': ypirr; ..; . ' f . ' " " t f I Lord Lansdowne, England's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Is the man behind T3reat Britain's policy tn Veneiuela. In his hands lies the control of the situa tion str far as WiginriiPTir rjoTOprnwt The developments of the past few days have shown that Lord Lansdowne Is one of the most powerful factors standing in the way of the acceptance by the allies of the proposal made by Minister Howen to settle the claims against Venezuela. g) ' r I . KLAMATH FALLS SIVAKUS r mj jraa xie MUiey, 9 BRNEFITS OP THE PAIR By O. P. Bishop, Mayor of Salem. a Mr. C. P. Bishop, Mayor of Salem, who is in the city looking after his business connected with the Salem Woolen Mills establishment at this place. In answer to the Inquiry. "What do you think the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition will do for Oregon?" said to a Dally Journal representative: "The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition will give to the people of the North Pacific Coast a great op portunity to bring together In the Exposition the prod- i ucts of all ot our resources, both developed and unde veloped. "It will also give us the opportunity to make a show ing to the world of what our country is capable of, and there should be no lagging back In the good work. "A united effort from now until the Fair Is over will make it a great success. The advantages to this coun try will be Incalculable." The United States Engineers report improvement in the condition of the Columbia River bar, which will be gratifying and somewhat reassuring, although permanently right conditions will come only with the expenditure of considerable money by the federal government. . - i A man in Sherman County has great fear of a draft of air striking his body which might result In rheumatism. He therefore guards against the matter by wearing from six to eight suits of BABT IN A B1BBIL. A South Marshlleld family had a whole barrel of exciternent one day this week. The 10-year-old boy of the family was playing upstairs with his 3-year-oj sister. They were amusing themselves with one Of those straight luirrels lined with tin. In which roast coffee Is packed. The baby was In tne barrel and the boy was rolling it around, when he thought It would be funny to close the barrel up for a moment. 8o he put the end of the barrel in its place, but on trying to remove It. found it stuck fast. Then the plot thick ened. The kid Inside of the barrel sent out a wail, and the one outside gave a long yell. The mother appeared on the scene to see what was the matter, and was in formed by the laiy that he had killed his sister. Then the lady tried to unpack the baby, but for a long time the head resisted her efforts to remove it. A knife was tried, then the flic shovel and other household utensils. In the meantime the two children redoubled their outcries .and the boy, who thinks the world of his little sister, was on the verge of collapse and the mother wasn't enjoying herself very well. At last the barrel opened and the baby was ex tracted, and commenced to comfort her brother with the assurance, "Don't ky E ; I ain't dead yet." , It wasn't nearly so funny while it lasted as it seems in the retrospect. Marshfield Mall. A CLOSER TZBW OP WRECKS. Wrecks and disasters happening at a distance, do not ause us to halt for an instant In the pursuit of life. We become calloused to the harrowing recital and feel that the news of the day Is not complete without the sad story. The familiarity which we cultivate with disaster. by reading eagerly Its minutest detail, nnd following closely the frightful circumstances that accompany the deaths that dally occur, becomes sort o lolent dlbease. An appetite for sensation Is gradually formed. The morbid stories are hungrily sought out and the mind li trained to feast on the violent and grewsome But when the disaster tosses Its wreckage at our very feet; when It comes crashing at our very threshold, and we feel the pang that Is caused by the sudden loss of near and Intimate friends. It causes a momentary hall and it takes on a different aspect than It wears In print There Is a constant possibility of danger before every living person. No occupation Is free from peril fven Idleness Is subject to its portion of disaster, but there Is no occupation followed bw man that has a great er peril than that of operating the railways of the world. Insurance companies recognize this fact when they make the premium on the policy of a railroad man so high thnt It "becomes prohibitive. Tney recognise this fact when they place the soldier and the railway em ploye In the same extra-hazardous class. Careful management, splendid equipment, the exer cise of the utmost- care and diligence by both employes and employers, cannot remove the constant peril that accompanies this work. At best, they can only hope to lessen it Millions of dollars expended yearly In Improved ap pliances; new roadbed and equipment; the most rigid rules, scrupulously observed; the best possible dlsclp line and the most Intelligent management are lnade cuate to the task of removing the possibility of a cer tain class of accidents. They lie beyond human control and every man who travels or bandies the machinery of commerce, takes this one constant and Inexorable risk. East Oregonian. ' l Some Idea of the possibilities of irrigation In Eastern Oregon may ; be rained frqm this statement of fact: Crook County has D, 000,000 acres, 1,000,000 being within the Cascade Forest Reserve arid 'the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, 4,000,000 being accessible to settlers. Of this, 2,000,000 asres are Irrigable, and there Is water in abundance if It be conserved. Ill Hartley Valley, Harney County, are 274,240 acres of 'irrigable land, of which only 80,000 have been placed under water. The rumor of the consolidation of the O. R. & N. and the Oregon ; Short IJne Is revived. If ever such a thing come to pass, the logical result jhould.be to center the management here at the maritime terminus of the system. It will be a peculiar proposition to attempt to fiianage the (all and ocean business from an interior point. ' ' 1 I ' And Bow California has a forest reserve scandal, and there be protests Jalora against Its permanent setting aside. . Gai&ornia is not lonesome. :,'v.v ''',., -A: ,:.r': . A '' ' ": clothing. And out of an abundance of precaution he has the suits made to open at different places, so that he fairly weatherboards himself. For In stance, the first suit Is made to open in front, the next on the right side, the next at the back, the next at the left side, nnd so on until every point on his body is overlapped. Bo far a draft has not touched him. ' FLOODS OP '61 AMD '63. The flood of water in Southern Oregon and the Wil lamette Valley during the past week, recalls to mind, says the'Eueene Guard, the record flood of the winter of 1861-2 Mine oh the first day of December, 1861, at Eu gene a day or two later down the valley. Then there was a seconu nooti a week later, tnougn not nearly so high. Snow fell shortly, after the floods, lying on for several weeks. A large amount of stock died, In not a few instances men who were consiaerea wen-to-oo, losing their all. Many who fed hlgh-prlced hay to their stock lost them at last. When the snow melted away the valley grass was found covered with the flood sedi ment and this killed the stock. The upland grass, so weak and watery XtemghAhSLJ&&WJimbw snow,, ITiawsfna Treezlngs. ' that It was not fit for-food. Some people saved their stock by cutting oak trees for browse. Cattle ite the tender twigs, and where fed that way managed to get through the Winter, though poor In the spring. The '61-'62 flood was general on the Pacific Coast, from British Columbia on the north to the Sacramento Valley on the south. Many lives were tost and number less comfortable fortunes, while sickness, distress, pov erty and death followed in its waka. MODERN STEAMSHIP TBi) VEL. The slow voyage of the steamship St. Louis and the anxiety which It occasioned will not have been without some compensating effect If the lesson of the incident Is grasped by steamship companies generally. Not so many years have elapsed since the time when the pas sengers of a ship crossing the ocean In 13 days In winter weather would have considered the voyage reasonably fast. At a still earlier period the voyagers across the Atlantic consigned themselves prayerfully to the mercies of the deep prepared to take uncomplainingly anything that fate might have in store. The revolution which has taken place since then may best be measured by the exacting demands made1 by the passenger of today, As a matter of fact steam navigation on the great ocean lines has become as exact and regular a business rs railroading. The modern passenger expects to be de llvered at his destination within a period 6f time veryf accurately defined. He feels with justice that barring the chance of collisions with derMlcts or Icebergs or some other extraordinary accident there should be no more doubt about his reaching his destination on time than the-htnd traveler fecs when taking a Jonrney from Chicago to New York. Ex-Governor John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy under President McKlnley, as well as for some months under President Roosevelt, Is critically 111 at St. Margar et's Hospital in Boston. WHERE THE WHEAT COMES PBOM. A correspondent, writing from Umatilla County, to the Albany Democrat, says: A stranger standing on the streets of Pendleton, which Is surrounded by high hills, and seeing the hun dreds of four and six-horse teams coming In loaded with wheat, wonders where in the world it all comes from. A trip of four miles south, "east or north will bring you in sight of one of the greatest wheat coun tries your eyes ever rested on. Look Where you will, north, south, east or wes.t, and it is one vast wlieat field as far as the eye can reach. Four miles east of Pendletoi I passed a ranch and saw what seemed to be three lartre straw ricks, each about 120 by 20 or 25 na-rgTiirngsgrr'oTmnnry nrraw ncK. on noser observation I saw the end of the ricks were open and to ray surprise it waa three vast piles of wheat and thou sands and thousands of sacks of wheat were stored under that straw, and the sacks looked as bright as when first threshed. There were also two large ware houses on the W. & C. R. R., not more than one fourth of a mile from those three large plies of grain, ' Klamath Palls has a reputation far and "wide for its phenomenal production of snakes. People who have read the stories of the snakes at that place are-ln- cnnea to put them aown as untrue, while the people of Klamath Falls are not particularly proud of their snakes yet they are not particularly ashamed of them, and they are willing that the world should know the truth. They do not like to have the racts doubted. When the postmaster at Klamath Falls received an Order from a Minnesota concern to ship it 600 pounds of snakes by express he was at first Indignant. He thought his town was being made the butt of a Joke. He simply Ignored the letter. In a few days another letter came repeating the order and not only giving as references some of the leading banks In Minnesota, but offering to deposit an advance payment In the bank at Klamatn Falls. The letters were written on the stationery of a concern calling Itself the "Minnesota Snake Farm," and this made the Postmaster indignant. He had never heard of a snake farm, and thought that some practical joker had gone to all of this trouble and expense to ypoke fun" at his town, lie Ignored the second letter. !t, Backed It With Cash. ' ' But the Minnesotan became anxious. He deposited $60 with the express company und wired the Postmaster to forward the snakes at once. He instructed him to hip the snakes In cracker boxes, placing two or three Aotn In each box so as not to crowd them too much. This Interested the Postmaster. It was an easy matter to shlp600 pounds of snakes any day from Kla math Falls a ton. so far as that was concerned and While the Postmaster did not have the time to encage I In the traffic he knew plenty of men and boys that would jump at ine opportunity, now mat a guaranty was given for the pay he didn't care If the fellow was mak ing fun of his town, so long as there was something In it for the boys. He called in a lot of boys and told them what was wanted and they greeted the announce ment with applause. It was Just like receiving money from home It was Just like finding it. A doxen or more started out with gunnysacks and before night they had Jjrought In more than 600 pounds and they were shipped the following day, and In a few days the boys were all flush with spending money. -,,2!hr..rir.r5-.followed and .the.sxiake. Ifidustry.sQon became, a vuluuble one to Klamath Falls. Where the Snakes Live. The Town of Klamath Falls Is situated on the. Lower Klamath Lake at the foot of the falls, ' or the river which connects Upper and Lower Klamath Lakes. Along the entire length of this river, which is nearly a mile in length, the snakes live and prosper und multiply. In warm weather when they ure all out from beneath the rocks that border the stream one has to walk slowly to give them time to get out of one's way. On real warm rlnva thAv mil un t.iai V. .... . 1. .!..( .......! I .. v. .1 JL I J -' - J - " " " 1' n ' 1 ' .'11 III, III 1 I l ' 'I'll 1 1 1 l 1 1 c ii, VI "( and may be seen in bunches several feet In diameter. A photograph of one of these large bunches published In tha W'lrlo V,.-1.I .-.I ...v.11 .1 .. . ..... ,,.... .nr. nl Bl I IT. ailu UlllVI JIIUi lt.M I IUII2 ! "" the country was the cause of the Minnesota mm aeml. lng his order to the Postmaster for snakes. A Visit Among the Snakes. The visitor to Klamath Falls If he be not too timid. and no woman visitor has ever braved the trip through. finds It Interesting to take a walk among the snakes. A trail lies along the river from one lake to the other and steep bluffs border the river on either side. One cannot go around, and must therefore run the gauntlet If the curiosity Is strong enough to induce him to see the whole show. For the first quarter of a mile homes have been built along the river and a plank sidewalk laid In front of these. As one walks along this walk one is con stantly startled, if not accustomed to the sight, by seeing an occasional snake wriggle off of the walk Into the weeds out of the way. But after passing beyond the settled portion there Is a complete test of one's nerves. Hundreds of snakes lie In the pathway In front and as they hear the approach of the pedestrian they begin to wriggle out of the way. Some crawl be neath the rocks by the side of the trail, some hide In the grass and others drop over the Blight embankment into the river. . , They Oat Thicker. Before the thickly populated section is reached they glide out of the way so rapidly that the stranger will brave the journey for some distance through the nov elty of the scene. But when they become so thick that they find It difficult to get out of the way and fairly wriggle over each other at the very feet of the pedeg- rian he Is inclined to turn and retrace his steps. But here Is where the laugh comes on him. By this time the snakes have returned to the trail behind him and the retreat seems as dangerous as the advance. He usually screws his courage up a notch higher and ad vances as If he were barefooted and afraid of stepping on carpet tacks. Look Up at Ton. Then the test comes and Is applied for a quarter of a mile farther. The snakes are so gentle that they merely try to get out of the trail to prevent being stepped upon. They will wriggle out within a foot of the pe destrian and raise their heads and look up to see If they are in danger. If the foot becomes too close they will wriggle farther on. The stranger does not get any closer than necessary. But those accustomed to the snakes are not so timid. They will step on their tails and cut them in two with their canes and the small boys stone them. It is this bad treatment tnat has made the snakes more timid than they would otherwise be. The scars they bear show the effect of this cruelty. Many of them are minus talis and there are ugly spars on their bodies where they have been wounded by pedestrians in a purely wanton spirit. natives So Not Pear Them. T The neoDle of Klamath do not fear the snakes any more than they would the most harmless small animal. On warm days the snakes drift down into the streets. of Klamath Falls and they wriggle along the sidewalks at every point in town. W omen while out shopping may see a dozen get out of their way In going a block; The sidewalks are all built of plank and tho snakes lie on them for the benefit of the sunshine and as the pedes trian approaches they drop down through a crack In the walk or wriggle over into the gutter or under the floor of some building. It does not even startle the women, but the visitor in walking down the street will be seen to startle at every few paces on a warm day. Children Play With Them. The children have come to regard the snakes as a means of sport. They catch them and the girls carry the smaller ones about in their aprons and the boys place them In their pockets and there is no greater Joke than to put two or three small snakes In the pocket and then have 'some timid person put a nana m trie pocket for an apple or other object and grasp tne wriggling snakes. Winter in sis Barn. There Is one great enemy of the snakes In Klamath Falls. This citizen lives farthest up tne river ana is bothered with them most. He has a barn and keeps a cow. in tne iaii ije yum 111 a bujjiiij . Winter approaches the snakes take to tne nay ior ins winfe. instead of the rocks. It is all right until winter i tiearlr over and the hay runs low. When there is but little hay left the snakes are no longer easily con cealed and as'he takes up a pitchfork of hay he often gets several snakes on the j.ork, and as the cow Is averse tn thnt sort of feed he has to shake the snakes out of the hay, and as they often get tangled around the prongs of the fork he Unas IV very uimcun to gei nu oi mem. ThiB sort of work at night by lantern light would not be pleasant to the average man, but it is only the time that Is lost in separating tne snajteo irora mo my t which the Klamath Falls man complains. Have Good Points. Tho nnkes have some good points.- They kill all of the rattle snakes that appear in the place and there are no mice or other small vermin that escape them. The people objected to their sale abroad on that account The snakes are a species or tne water variety nou narri.tiv harmless. Thev are not poisonous and never show any Inclination to attack persons or animals. They average In length irom 12 incnes to a yaru, unu mo v a dark brown Color and range as high as 1H inches in diameter. The oll,rrm the Ktamain Bpecies is nam to be of a superior quality and commands a good price rn"themrKetxnwTs me-p nesota man wanted them. Tho storv of tne Klamath Falls snakes is usually re garded as overdrawn, but the foregoing would be verified by every citizen of that prosperous town. Artesian water, which flows from the ground of its own force, has been found on the ranch of William Elliott in Walla Walla County. Eastern Washington, seven miles south of Walla Waila. The prohibitory amendment will be resubmitted to a vote of the people of Kansas, if the plans of the pr-i moters or tne constitutional convention are carried out. The Democrats in caucus at Raleigh, N. C. nominated Lee S. Overton for United States Senator on the tilst ballot- ' ""'.... """- ' CKXHESB CELEBRATE. Quong Wo Tick, Wing Hlng Yum, One Lung, Sang Lung, Wa Kee, Sing Lee, Bow Hlng Lung and xee Tuen, representative denizens of the Chinese addition to aker City, petitioned the jmncll for permission to celebrate Chinese New Year "in the same old way," .namely: The firing of firecrackers, beginning at 1 o'clock the morning of January 28, and not earlier than 6 o'clock for the' succeeding 10 days. It was also asked that two special officers be designated, the same to he. paid for by the Mongolian revelers. The pleasure was not denied them. Baker (City Herald. ETEBTBODT PBOMISED OTTIOE. The Salem Statesman, which is -.as strong supporter exjsGovernor T. T. dorr for United States Senator, Tt- In reported in tho halls of the Legislature, and In . . a . n.nlA nvt1 in (Ha hntala anil nn.tha Of says t Uhlted States Senatotvelect Heyburn of Idaho be lieves in opening the Columbia River to free navigation ka far as it is possible to float any boat that can carry freight. 4 Five boys are in jail at Corvallis. dents of that town. They are all rest- streets tnat Hort. Chales W. Fulton and his friends hare already premised all the oniees in tne girt or tne state administration, and all tho, offices at the disposal or tne President of the United States In Oregon, from three to fifteen deep, in exchange for more votes In the legisla ture for Mr. Fulton for United States Senator." ; A royal decree has ben gazetted. at Dresden an nouncing that the Crown- Princess Louise is henceforth excluded from all the rights, titles and dignities of a' member ,of the Saxon royal house s a result of her elopement with Professor Olron. The Princess volun tarily renounced these rights January 9. v According to advices received from North China, fears are being entertained that China Is plaanlnc aa- lother outburst similar to that oX 1900. - v v-