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Ht aervea his country best
Who Joins the tide that lifts her nobly on:
For speech has myriad tongues for every day;.
And song but one; and law within the brox.t
Is stronger than the graven law on stone;
There la a better way.
AVOIDIINO STRIKES.
Speaking from a truat standpoint, and with a considerable degree of
. good logic, an Oregon contemporary warns the contractor and the work
man alike against a hold-up of the property owners of the city at this
' tlrae, when the Lewis and Clark Fair Is sure to attract much attention to
t our Oregon. ,
' Our contemporary seems to be of the Impression that certain de-
- mands are to be made by labor that might Interfere., with the progress of
V Portland. The Journal is also of the belief that It Is well to avoid all
- 'trouble between the workmen and the employers and It Is confident that
there Is no class of people who'dlsllks to use the strike as a means of en
forcing demands so much as the worklngmen themselves.
The tenor of the article In question does not appear to be so much
of a warning to the unions as It Is a threat The Journal Is of the opinion
.that our working people have sufficient Intelligence to atteadto their own
-business, and -part of their self-aaaumed duty towards 'Portland and Ore
,on will be. to keep out of entanglements with employers at this very
j critical time In' the- career of city and state. The Journal feels that it
'has some Influence with the plain people, and It Joma In the request the
.' public in general that more than usual caution be used by both employers
and employes in arbitrating differences as to wages.
. " ,,. But there is another phase of the situation that our trust contem
','porary seems to have Overlooked entirely. It is hardly fair that the
burden of responsibility for labor dissensions should be placed upon
the shoulders of the contractors and the unions alone. Would It not
- be well to advise some of the building material combines to avoid cor
Wrlner ' orices and raising the price of material to that point of cost
Where it la entirely beyond the lean purse of a poor roan? Twenty, thirty
said even fifty per cent advancee In lumber, ironware la fact all clasaes
of building material is not any more conducive to industrial peace than
the Inauguration of a strike for a five per cent increase of wages. ' Naturally
' -tha workmen become restless under conditions that permit the manufac
'turer to advance his prices one third without sharing a. small portion
" wf the raise with the man who produces the goods. Day by day effort
is made to advance not only the price of the finished article of com-
merce. but the raw material also, and this abuse has been noticeable
' In Portland for the past six months.
By all means let none of us hamper the onward .move of Portland by
trlkes, lockouts or commercial combinations. And lo this end it might
' . mod auerrestlon for the employer to get Closer to ms men
understand them better. On the other hand, price-raising trusts
) should be discouraged. Then the excessive coat of living cannot be used
' an excuse to inaugurate dissatisfaction over wages.
..Governor McBride's veto of the $50,
000 appropriation made by the Wash
tnrton Legislature for the Lewis and
Clark Fair was ostensibly prompted bjn
a spirit of economy, but thers'ls rea
son to believe that the Governor was
actuated quite as much by a desire to
revenge himself upon some of the Leg
Islators who had advocated the appro
priation and who had incurred hia die
pleasure earlier in the session. If
such petty feuds are to Interfere with
the success of this great enterprise in
which the whole Northwest Is most
deeply Interested, It Is time that Gov
ernor MoBrlde should be reminded
that he was elected to office not for
the purpose of giving him opportunity
to gratify his private grudges, but n
order that he might promote the inter
ests of the people of his state.
If the City of Portland la to make a
favorable Impression upon the throngs
of visitors who are expected during
the Lewis and Clark Fair, no time
should be lost In improving the condi
tion of the streets and sidewalks. Lo
cal pride should not blind our cltliens
to the fact that Portland la far behind
many other citlea of its alse in the
matter of street Improvements. The
city must put on its best bib and
tucker to greet the expected guests.
Unpaved streets and broken sidewalks
are eyesores which should be removed
as quickly as possible.
. 1 CAUSE SACRED TO OREGON.
Indignation is expressed at HlUsboro at the failure of the Portland
City Council to grant a franchlae for a proposed road from Portland to
Hllleboro and the people of that town nave expresseu
- threatening to Invoke the referendum in the matter of the Lewis and Clark
Fair for the purpose of forcing a delay in the payment oi me siaie py
nH.Hnn fnr h Exttoaltion.
' Our neighbors feel hurt at what they have elected to consider a slight
'.trmrA them bv the Council. They may have a rignt to direr wiui ran
land in this issue, but there should be no action taken in retaliation that
Will Injure the prospects of an enterprise the success or wnicn woma
result In untold benefit to the state at large.
1 Perhaps, in unwise moments of enthusiasm, Portland has appeared
to view the Lewis and Clark Fair from a selfish standpoint. But aside
from this Indiscretion, the city has worked with the state at large to
.. rtnVnn'a much-talked-of undertaking. There ts no sectionalism
to the proposed memorial to the men who sacrifled their lives to the
..ninmMnn of this alorlous state of ours. If one will but stop and think
of the tremendous impetus the fair will give to all classes of Industries,
3n all aectione of Oregon, he will begin to know that the plan for the
exposition la too sacred to permit of it being dragged Into a dissension
jsjver court or municipal affairs.
' No, the Lewis and dlark Fair is to Oregon what the Centennial
Exposition of 1878 was to the people of the United States. It Is something
Hhat is beyond the pale or ordinary tnings. ii is a muywiwm wxjv
very loyal citizen of Oregon should put forward his best efforts that the
imnA mnv be accomplished without friction. Let each man say to himself
ind to his neighbor, "Quarrel If you will on this ground, but not on THAT."
Think of the vast opportunities that will offer when Oregon has
Remonstrated her ability to advertise herself through the fair as she' has
sever before been advertised and see for yourself" if you do not come to
Ithe conclusion that in this movement it would be well for Oregon people
to say, 'Hands off; this is our united cause, and we must win."
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CONSIDER THE SOURCE.
The following utterances ar quoted from an editorial which ap
peared in the OreKonian of Sunday, March 22: "
iimv. kmra -s etsiA fnf tho nnlntnna rf an rl!ti"iF If ft nntA dlfl
yUUUU 4MVW ilU WP aw vyii"ve v em
overs that he does not discuss public questions honestly and dlslnter-
"A newspaper Is at once a private business and a public trust."
"What it prints and what it does not print must be determined solely
' y Its own sense of business discretion and its own moral judgment."
( "A newspaper cannot In the long run hold the confidence of its public
W It falls to discuss public questions with honesty and disinterestedness.''
' The public weal must be its point of view if It expects public con-
fldence and respect."
'The publlo do not expect that their editor will always be acute In
-...tnind and able in policy, but they have a right to expect that he. will be
.Upright in purpose and incorrect in action."
"No great newspaper ever rose to influence and long maintained it.
Whose editor made his private piques, his unquenohed personal animosities,
' bU un wreaked personal revenges and unsatisfied private Interests the pole
star of his working career."
"The power of a great newspaper lies not so much in Its purely in
' tsllectual power of expression as it does In the public confidence that its
' opinions are honest opinions, unbiased by partisanship or personal friend
ship." "
The movement now on foot to Invoke the referendum upon the appro
priation for the portage railroad at The Dalles has all the appearances of
. ielng of railroad origin. It is certainly not in accord with the wishes of
the great majority' of the voters of the state, and if they are called upon
to pass upon the appropriation they will sustain the action of the legls
lature by an overwhelming majority. The undertaking may be delayed by
' Invoking the referendum, but it will ultimately be carried to completion.
Publlo spirited citizens should do all In their power to prevent their
- friends and neighbors from signing the referendum petitions, 1
The farmers' institutes which are being held' at this time In various
places ' afford the best possible means for the introduction of Improved
methods la agriculture. ' The Interchange of ideas and of the knowledge
gained from personal experience should be Invaluable. The farmers of the
' state have shown their appreciation of these institutes 6y the generous
support they have given them in" the past.
Umatilla's Vew Tax Bans.
County Assessor Strain's army of dep
uties is at work on the big task of as
sessing the property of Umatilla County.
The men have been working for several
days and reports are Just beginning to
come into the county office regarding
the progress being made. They And that
it Is no easy task to make an entirely
new assessment rolL Property of ev
ery kind and description is being placed
at a higher value than, ever before, and
this one fact without the other side of
the case, is causing consternation among
the property owners In some of the dis
tricts. The deputies have some difficulty
in explaining how the Increased valua
tion will not raise the amount of taxea
to be paid.
A great many property holders In the
outlying districts cannot see this or do
no understand. Fioperty in general all
over the country la bejng raised at about
the same ratio. Thla will greatly in
crease the taxable valuation but will not
Increase the amount of taxea for the
reason that when the valuation la In
creased the rate of taxation Is decreased,
leaving the property owner the same
number of dollars to pay In the equitable
cases, but in caaes where the property
has heretofore been assessed at auch a
low figure as to be out of proportion
with the surrounding property valuation
then the owner will find that he has a
larger amount of taxes to pay while his
neighbor who has been taxed heavier ac
cording to his holdings, will have a less
amount of taxes to pay. Thla Is what
the people call equitable taxation and la
what Mr. Strain will endeavor to ac
complish. Every man will pay taxes on
his property according to the value
thereof and the Income which it brings in.
The people are awaiting 'with interest
the completion of the new assessment
rolls, to see how the burden has been
distributed Pendleton Tribune.
! ' .'-;rTHE SITUATION IN; THE 'BiKANSriw
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Editor" iournal:VArthew Field writes b recent Is
sue of The Journal about the situation in the Balkans
and predlots trouble, ' Id answer to the above the under
signed begs to, reply that Arthur Field has undoubt
edly scored a miss, when he triee to remap Europe after
the expulsion of the unspeakable Turk from the domln
lonsof Europe. In this age and day, at the beginning
of the Twentieth. Century there can be but one may
come and that is the survival of the fittest. The able
gentleman of the pen atatea "that when the cohorts of
the dual alliance meet those of the triple ailianoe
that the latter must go down before the overwhelming
foroe Of men and resources of the former and that
France, La Belle France, will arise Phoenix-like from
Ha ashes and establish the Republlo of Europe." West
ern Europe would have been the better 'term. This
great republlo Is to comprise France. Spain, Italy, Oar
many and ,Poland : Russia Is to disappear from the
map of the earth and Is to be remembered only for its
past. He tells us of the downfall of the Qermanlo raoes
before the onslaught of the fierce Muscovite and GaUlo
warriors without aay proof or Juat reason. With him
the wish seems to be the father of the thought. France,
the onoe grand nation, the loader of the world civilisa
tion and progress; France, that has fallen to the level
of corruption and fraud a w can witnese In its Pana
ma canal and Its Dreyfus affairs; Franca the fickle,
that change governments, ministries and its policies
constantly; France, the only country that has to rec
ord a deeraese in iu population during the last quarter
of a century France, that Is the football of every
successful general's ambition.
If this France was to be the arbiter of Europe's
and the world's progress and civilisation, then may the
world Indeed shudder. He quotes Tplstoi. the dream
er's, opinion, overlooking that the great writer and
evangelist for a higher morality le no authority on this I
subject He has failed to quote one single military
authority. The outcome varlir be far different ' When
the Muscovite meets theshambling Oerman hosts, aa
he terms that splendid army that has won the admira
tion of the civilised world by Uie rapidity ox its move
ments on many hard-won and blood-stained baxueneiae.
and by its organisation and discipline, in fact. It has
often been termed the moat wonderful fighting engine
that was ever constructed by human power and human
genius, they will be swept away Ilka the withered
leaves before an autumn blaat The Gallic foe-on the
Western frontier will be taken oare of by Italy, a large
German army arid the British navy. Austria will even
tually come out as the dictator at the Golden Horn. ;
Organisation and science will greatly equalise the
number of raw levioa that the Russian Bear raise.
Finland le dissatisfied, Curland, Livland and Esthlsnd
are largely Inhabited by Germane. Poland is no friend
of the White Csar and the Nihilists in the interior are
sapping the vital strength of the Colossus on the. Neva,
while in the Far East little Japan la getting ready
for the struggle that is to come, while its great ally,
France, la rent by Internal dissension which. In case
of an unfortunate war, will repeat the horrors of the
Commune of 1871 in a tenfold measure. Buch outcome
is the surest guarantee of peace in Europe; and such
outcome la the only possible one, according to all un
biased men. And such defeat Is the only- one that can
possibly benefit mankind In general. The Idea of an
alliance between a eo-oalled Republlo and the most
despotic monarchy is in Itself preposterous, and insin
cere on both aldee. The triple alliance will remain
the administering angel to prolong the peace that rests
at present over Continental Europe, a peace that cannot
even be disturbed by a few war clouds in the Balkans,
for If it Is necessary to expel the unspeakable Turk
from Europe It will be accomplished without a genera)
ti. ts.
Penitent Portland Boy.
Some time ago Hugh Brevier dlsap
peered from hia home in Portland and
the general belief was that he had been
kidnaped, and possibly taken to aea.
Working on this theory the father called
to hia aid the police department of
Portland, and a close watch was kept
on all vessels and trains leaving the
city, and also the peace officers through'
out the state were notified of the mys
terious disappearance of the youth.
But Hugh didn't have to be kidnaped,
for he had plans of his own and an
aspiration to branch out on his own re
sources, get the living wnicn ne tnougnt
the world owed him by becoming a
"Weary Willie." To gratify this arabi
tion he secured possession of a little
pistol, scraped together a few dimes and
"hit the road." However, he didn't get
far, for when Marshal Wood made his
regular raid on the bobo camp above
town Wednesday afternoon there he
found 'the would-be adventurer consort
lna with the "professional tourists," and
apparently as tough as any of them
The lad was at once taken into custody
and the Portland police notified.
Mr. Brevier came up Wednesday nlgpt
and took the boy back to Portland yes
terday morning.
The lad was not overly anxious to re
turn, to his little bed at Portland, and
stated to Marshal Wood that he pre;
ferred the life of a tramp to life under
his father's roof, where he saya he has
been sorely abused The Dalles Tlmes-Mountalneer.
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Sohoolmara's Paradise.
Here is a chance for some good school
teacher; but not an Oregonlan, for they
couldn't fill the bill: There is a report
going the rounds that the young men of
South Dakota are so anxious to get
wives that almost every marriageable
woman who goes to the state Is immedi
ately snapped up, and there Is great
difficulty in getting girls enough to teach
school. Getting down to details, the re
port goes on to say that a traveler In
the state reoently found an empty school
house with a card tacked on the door
saying: "Teacher wanted If single,
must be old and unattractive, as a weal
thy bachelor threatens to marry the next
teacher of this school." Exchange.
it win yen.
The Dalles Mountaineer states that
a petition for a referendum on the Lewis
and Clark Fair appropriation Is circulat
ing In Wasco County. The petition will
fall to receive the necessary ,000 sig
naturesbut if It should prevail, the
people will sustain the Legislature. The
thing has progressed so far now that it
would give Oregon a black eye to back
up, since all the neighboring states have
made liberal appropriations for the fair.
Salem Sentinel.
aa PAxxsnra aaazv booms a nanus xjabt
In view of the oontradlotory reports concerning the
Jewish agricultural colonies established by the Roths
childs and Montefloria In Palestine, and of the program
of the Zionists to re-establish Jewish nationality In the
land of their fathers, it is of interest to hear what spe
cialists say as to the possibility of making Palestine
again a land flowing with milk and honey, changing It
from a country that now barely supports 600,000 to one
that will sustain between J.000,000 or t,00,000. as In
the daye of Joshua, or between s.oog.oo ana s,vwu,vw
as In the times of King David A most valuable con
tribution on thla subject, entitled: "Die Niederschlags
verhaltnlsse Palastlnaa In Alter und Neuer Beit," by
Dr. Helnrlch Hllderechelde, fills two entire numbers
(Nos. 1 and 1) Of the Zeltechrirt oes veutscaer s-aw-
tlna-Verelns (Lelpsle). It gives a wealth or statistical
data on the meteorology and climatology of the Hoiy
Land, and then, on the basis of these data, the writer
has this to aay: , -"The
question "whether Palestine can not again be
made aa productive a country as it was two thousand
v..ra mrn nan onlv t answered if the causes are ex
amined that have, led to its present degenerated condi
tion, if these lie In permanent cnangea in uie ciuuh,
in (Wi-nnaed avararo of annual rains, and other factors
not under the control of mankind, then It is useless to
hope that money or energy will restore the pristine pro
ductiveness of the land. If. on the other hand, the
causes lie in historical and political changes, chief
among which is the mismanagement or the country by
the Turkish authorities, then there can be no reasons
why such a restoration should not take place. Both of
these views have bed ardent champions among the spe
.uiiata mnn tha advocates of the former view being
Hull Frans. Fischer and Zumoffen, while Condor", Lartet,
Ankel and others are equally aeciaea in ineir mkhm ui
the second opinion.
i nrfi1 examination of the facts in the case shows
that they are decidedly In favor of thla latter position.
The former view Is really based upon a petltlo principle
It is presupposed that there have oeen raaicai cnanges
in ih ciimata of Palestine In historic time, and that
these changea have been produced by the ruthless de
struction of the foresta Now the fact In the case is
that we have no proofs whatever that the forests of
Palestine were in the Biblical tlmee any more extensive
tn.n thv ara now. We have no evidence from any au
thor of note that there ever has been such a ruthless
destruction of forests. No passage in either the Bible
or the Talmud permits us to draw the conclusion that
in former tlmea tne average of rainfall was any greater
than it la at preaent Ever since meteorological observa
tions have been scientifically taken In Palestine (and In
some cases, as in that of Jerusalem, these go back for
deoades) the climatlo conditions have remained prac
tically the aame. In fact, the rain-producing causes,
such as the near Mediterranean Sea, are the same as
they were in Biblical tlmea
"There is accordingly no evidence of history or sci
ence to show that the climate of Palestine has changed
materially from the time when the land flowed wltn
milk and honey, to the present age when so much of the
country Is a stony and barren waste. Other causes have
been operative, and these have boen chiefly direful and
destructive political conditions that began as early aa
the period of the decline of the Roman empire, and have
reached their acme in the corrupt Turkish rule of the
last four centuries, the oppression of the ofllclala, the i
management .of the taxes, and the like. The people heve
in the course or time Deconm uiuiuemin w V.UB....
. nniv niarnlfled new oppression. There can
be no doubt that this historic land, if put under proper
care and correJtly managed, can be restored to its former
flourishing condition of the Wurttemberg Temple colo
nies which were cstRDIlsnea in moo uct
Sharon and Haifa, and which are veritable garden spots
in the land, and that, too, in localities that before
the days of these colonies were virtually desert land.
Translation made lor tne x.iierarjr
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Anthony Frala Is at the head of the
Zlegler Arctlo expedition which will .
Ball on the ship -America In search of
the elusive North Pole. Mr. Frala halls
from Brooklyn, N. Y.
ORAVB INDIAN 8LAVB C1IRL. ,r
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J SHE WAS A CYCL,ONI3"
The big policeman selxed the little man roughly by
the collar. . w.
.iTTVo,. onn coin- anA what's your hurry?" he aakea.
n.. ni ma,, hainff broueht suddenly to a halt
111. Ill.iu - I - .
i ni..imriu at tha nollceman. His teetn cnai
tared and there was a tremor on his lip and a hauntea
fear waa In his eye. n
'Please let me go,'" ne pjeaaea, n ura
What's that? Who's after your
"My wife, she's. on the war path and I'm going to
be killed. Look at thla" and ne pointed to a mb
lump upon his head the sise and color of an Easter egg,
"And did she do tnatr asaea me uuicw i w.
"Did she? Well, I 'guess she did. You don't sup-
Petitions are in circulation about
Eugene for referendum on the Lewis and
Clark Fair. In view of tha vast impor
tance attached to the occasion of the
one hundredth anniversary of .the found
ing of the great northwest we believe
that all things considered, the action
of the legislature should stand, and the
tGOO.000 appropriated go toward helping
to make the fair a grand auooese and a
permanent advertisement of the great
ness of our resourceful commonwealth.
Eugene Register.
Bat Oant Find Xfe
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cart 'says she
has In her pocket evidence which would
send 10,000 New Hampshire men to JalJ,
But no one ever finds a woman s pocket
Bheridan Sun.
"Our exposition," that's what we like
to hear the boys of the Oregon Interior
press say, when referring to the Lewis
and Clark Centennial, whioh belongs to
all of Oregon, the Old and the New
JjilUce. Aloro Observer.
pose that I did It myself, do you? Tta no contortion
ist" answered the little man.-"Why, that woman Is
a cyclone when aha gets started. She's a boiler fao
tory a but saw and a Chinese music lesson all rolled
into ona She's got Carrie Nation looking like an under
taker at a mask ball and when she gets going all hands
take to the tall timber."
"When did you get that lump?" said the officer,
pointing to the Easter egg. ... 'i
"Oh, she handed me that this morning - , :
"She must have a strong arm." .
You bet she has; but she didn't hit me with her
""No? Did she hit yon with a chair?" ( r
"Worse than that She hit me with the God Bless
Our Home sign." ,. '. ' .
There was the sound Of a swish, Of a skirt around
.... .nmp "Rnaakl" aaldthnCOO.
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EaTQ&XSH SZSTBUST OP KWAJU TH.
When a little over two years ago Edward VII suc
ceeded his illustrious mother on the throne of Eng
land, he proclaimed his intention of being "a consti
tutional monarch in every aense of the word." But an
uneasy suspiolon, vague at first, but ever growing
more precise, has aolsed the British mind that the King
is not keeping within the limits prescribed for him
by the unwritten constitution of his country. He is ac
cused of usurping or of attempting to usurp functions
which rightly pertain only to the responsible ministers
of the crown. The tone of. British comment upon this
suspected development of the King's character indicates
that the blood of the race which dealt with Charles I
still flows in the veins of the average Englishman. In
other words, it is being intimated in the London press
that if Edward VII has really undertaken to interfere
with the ministry and to decide the policy of Great
Britain after the fashion of the German Emperor, there
will ensue consequences of a serious kind The Specta
tor (London), it is true, scouts the idea that the King
has done or wants to do anything of the kind. - How
ever, The Dally News (London) Inslscs that Edward
VII forced the German alliance so far as Venezuela is
concerned upon a reluctant ministry, anu it points out
that this proceeding of His Majesty's was a most seri
ous step to take. The Outlook (London) solemnly
warns the King against his oourse, which is pronounoed
revolutionary and dangerous. This paper attributes
the King's usurpation of ministerial functions if there
was any such usurpation, and it says there wasto the
weakness of Premier Balfour. To quote the exact
words of our contemporary:
"Our Prime Minister is Mr. Balfour, and Mr. Balfour
is young to the office. And we can imagine that If
some kingly desire had to be declared Impolitic and
impossible, more experience and austerity than- Mr,
Balfour possesses as yet would be necessary to utter
the requisite Interdict As things have gone, a most
glaring divergence of sentiment between the British
government and tne srmsa people nas been revealed
to the world However little such a contradiction may
matter aa between the German government and the
German people, in this country it must if persisted in,
make the government impossible. The Britieh people
rule in Britain. The German people do not rule in
Germany."
The explanation of Edward YITs sudden taeta for
absolutism, proceeds this London paper, is to be found
In the fact that the German Emperor la his nephew.
The uncle ts dassled, and ho has been misled into cajol
ing, the ministry, whioh in its turn has betrayed the
people: '
"What answer would tha ordinary Englishman, give
If asied- why his government so .misrepresented nim?
Not to employ any phrases about the matter, he would
and does say, .plump and plain,' that the reason Is to ba
found in the relationship of King and Kaiser; that
also is the answer of members "Of 'Parliament and those
whose business -It Is to seek an explanation of so
strange a ministerial procedure. A government, contain
ing Mr. Chamberlain, the Mr, Chamberlain Who replied
to Count von Bulow-wlth brusque and unaccommodat
ing bwvltft coTQd not want for a convinced Interpreter
of the plain sentiment of the British people, a senti
ment of salf-reilnnt national dignity needing no help
from Germany in the work we have to do in tha'world.
But Mr. Chamberlain Is not Prime Minister."
The situation is certainly unusual, for it la genera
tions since a British ruler has been accused of attempt
ing what George III failed so -signally in achieving.
The Parts Temps says It is "interesting and novel" to
find English criticism directed against the throne. "For
ths first time In. long years the throne Is publloly ac
cused, censured. Impugned."
"Sagacious observers have ftamarked that Edward
Vtl feels. disposed to govern, His friendly relations
with William II art unaerstooa, as wen as ths diss
neaehl comparison the British monarch must have
made between what Is permitted him by the constitu
tion of his ooontry and what Is permitted his young
nephew, the Gorman Emperor, In worldrPOUUos. , . .
The least that can be said at present is that the person
al policy of his ministry both coincide with the policy
nf Oennasy, while the British nation is inclined to a
Dolloy quite ths re verse. Translation made for The
George W. Johnson was the first shlld born in,
Paolflo County, Washington, of parents married under
Christian lawa .. He Is now nearly 0 years of age and
lives st Ofetervllle, In his native county. s His father
was the famous Captain Jim Johnson, of early Baker's
Bay history, and his mother was a full-blood Indian'
woman, being half Chehalis and half Chinook. . j
It will be remembered ss recently published tn Ths
Daily Journal that - Captain . Jim Johnson was very
wealthy, that he had bis .bouse shipped from Mains
around Cape Horn, and that near where the present old-i
time house stands on a kill overlooking the town of!
uwaoo, great treasures still lis buried. The whole hill
side' has been dug over so far without success, and H
Is possible that the wealth will never be found,
' That It IS there seems to ha bo nuutlntr. The pres
ent survivor of the noted pioneer says that there Is at:
least20,000 still hidden on ths old home' site, but that:
he has no, hopes of ever finding it: and In eass others "
find It the tact would possibly never be mad known aa I
the present Johnson would be entitled to It 1
, ratthfnl Otxl aiay. ' . .
George Johnson, while a half-breed, would never!
be taken for one by a stranger. . Me Is very light eom-!
plected for a half-breed, is extraordinarily Intelligent!
and converses freely about his ancestors and the history,
of those early times. In fact he brings out historical!
points that have never been published before, It was)
generally thought that the life - of the old nlonear as I
puwitaiivu, II a uvum iimw. win mm uuuuwj nwa,
nv uwin.nTii nni nmir in w n m . m,,mniK Kivav mwmm mi
donnson lens oi tne romantio aeaw ox an tnaian siavei
girl In conneetlon with the buried treasure, whose ear-
faring and faithfulness equaled that of Old Slmonides,
who preserved the fortune of the House of Hur, so
graphically described, by General Wallace.
lganled Indian Woman.
According to the son's story, his father was a native
of Scotland. He .came to New York whiie a young
man sad was sent to the Pacific Coast by ths Hudson '
ay ' wmpen j aa . vuw vl urn mimi nuaiuiftina, ,
He Anally settled on Baker's Bay, on the north side of J
the Columbia River and established a trading post
near the present Site of Ilwaco. The Chinook, Che
halls. Ilwaco and other Indian tribes of that section
erere living In peace at that time and hia father be-
oame very popular with them. The elder Johnson
fell In love with and married an Indian squaw
blood waa equally Inherited from the Chinook and
halls tribes. She was a very pretty and very popular
woman among the Indians, and the marriage of the plo-
neer to her made htm very popular also. He soon had
areat influenc among the Indians and gave many of,
them employment He was one of the first pilots on!
the Columbia River Bar and used Indian labor to row t
him out to meet the incoming vesaela
Made Big Xoany.
He made vast sums of money in various waya Be
sides being a pilot he ran a hotel, a store, a saloon and j
dealt In furs. There were no banks or other places of j
deposit In those early times and to prevent betng robbed j
the wily old pioneer kept hia treasure barled. This I,
was generally known and the son knew the exact!
amount. At the time of the elder J oh neon's death he
bad $10,000 in gold coin of large denominations and
11,200 in other denominations. The 11,200 waa found.'
but to this day the larger bulk of the wealth lies lnj
its hiding place. But for Indian cruelty it would aave(
been brought from its hiding place and divided among
the children of the deoeased Johnson. ,
SUrre as Bridal Present,
At the time Of the marriage of Captain Johnson-taw
the Indian woman her father presented her with aj
slave. Many of the tribes in those days treated prls-i
oners captured in time of war as slaves and the Che- 1
halls and Chinook tribes were strong in number and
had made many successful raids on the war trail. They
held many slaves. Johnson's wife was presented with
a maid who performed the house work about the place
and lived In the family, The Indian wife only lived a
few years, but the slave girl oontlnued in the family i
and took care of the children left by her deceased mis-)
trees. Johnson had in the meantime secured a post-!
office on the north side of the river, and periodical
trlpa were made to Astoria for the mall, that point ,
then being the main distributing point for that section i
of country.
Caught in tosnfc
It became necessary for Johnson to make a trip to i
Astoria for the mail and, in company with another '
person, they started across the 14-mile stretch of ,
river to Astoria in a small rowboat A storm came up ,
and they were lost A great eeramble immediately I
arose for Johnson's wealth. The Indians claimed that
they were entitled to it under the laws of the tribes
and the white people naturally thought that it should .
be used for the benefit of the surviving children. There i
were adventurers there who thought that it should t-'
come the property of the first to find it and a general'
scramble took place. But the white officials from
Waklakum County, who had Jurisdiction over that ter- 1
rttory at the time, came to the rescue, seised the $1,100 i
which the slave girl had hidden away for the children,
and took the children and money to that oounty.
Johnson's Intimacy with the slave woman had In
duced him to tftll her where the 110,000 was hidden. I
This she at first decided to keep a secret in order that
the children should have the use of the money. But
after the officer had taken the children away, she de
cided to follow them, divulge the hiding place of the
burled treasure to the officers and live near the child
ren the remainder of her days. On her way to Wakal
kum, when she had reached an Indian village near
where the town of Chinook now stands, the Indiana,
disappointed In falling to find the burled treasure, sus
pected that she knew where it was burled and set
upon her to make her divulge the hiding place, !
Tortured to Death.
She foolishly acknowledged that she knew, but de- I
clarod that he would die before she would reveal the J
secret This enraged the Indians until they lost all
reason. They set in upon her with a series of tortures I
that were said to be appalling. They' choked her, picked '
holes In her flesh, beat her and subjected ber to ail of 1
the tortures known to the Indians of those times, final- .
ly lacerating her body and putting out her eyes. But
she was firm to the last It Is eaid that With her-dylng j
robbed the en li area of the property of their fotheV 1
and moth erf" :
And the words so far-have proven true.
- "With the coming of spring the young man's fancy ,
may turn to thoughts of love, but the thoughts of the ,
suburbanite and he who would spend the coming warm j
.months on a little place of his own turn to chickens,"
remarked aa employe of the Agricultural Department
to a Star man thla morning. "I know of no more '
pleasant or more profitable pastime than keeping a .
good flock of chickens to provide eggs and broilers ,
for the table and for sale. Having raised poultry pfeflt
ably for atnumber of years, I think X am In a position
to see the mistakes of others, and can give a f e
points that may prove valuable ' In the first place, ." S
poultry cannot be raised unless a fit house Is provided I
in whioh to keep the hena Fowls must have a dry!
place for Bleeping and laying purposes, and the house J
roust be so built as to admit of plenty of warmth and
light. Having the house, the problem that confronts
an advocate of common poultry, nor am I an advocate
of mixing the breeds. I believe it Is always best to
buy a standard thoroughbredatock and stick to It
Brown or White Leghorns are very good layers and
produce plenty of eggs. They should be fed in a dean, !
dry place, and should always have plenty of water. If '
the run Is Inclosed with a wire fence to keep, the ohlck-1
ens from wandering off It should be kept clean and I
neat at all tlmea By following these directions the)
table can be supplied with a small number of chickens
at cost, and by Increasing the number of- chickens
handsomer profit can be made." .
xjBTTBBS rwtm. tn noni. '
PORTLAND. Ore, March 31, llOi.
Journal Publishing Company: Gentlemen I saw
in The Oregon Dally Journal, March 7, that a sub
scriber desired to know where In the Bible was a cer
tain verse which has the msgloashpower of turning
a kay when plaoed between ths leaves of a dosed
Bible at the place where the verse occurs. Seeing that
it has-not been answered as yet, I will endeavor to give
the Information ha desirea
" please tell him through your valuable paper he will
find ths verse In .the Book of Rath. Chapter X, 16th
versa Fraternally yours,
WILLIAM MOOR. 181 Mead street
The Mayor of San Juan has been suspended on
charges of official corruption. It Is alleged he has been
running his office in a Phllsdelphla-lllre msnntri - .
Washington Jrosl., . .