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THE OHEGOK DAILY JOUBXAL, TORTIiAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5; 1903.
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SENATORS WILL
INTERIOR OREGON MUST HAVE
m RAILROADS TO BE PROSPEROUS
- TALK ON HONEY
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SUPERIOR. VALUES
' 71-
Brilliant " Gathering Scheduled
v forJomorrow at Senator Aid
's rich'sl Home When Finance
; ; Committee .Will Meet,
':. ,. j til .-" .' . '- .j J,
Eminent Politicians Will de
cide on Bjn to Be Offered a
-.the Coming Session of.Con-
'' ' . (Journal Special Service.)
PROVIDENCE.. B.1.IA Aug. 5. To
morrow, lit Senator Aldrich' country
home. warwicK, u wiu D a brilliant
ssemblag when members of the Ben
I Finance Committee meet to decide
I uiM the form In which the financial
I blllViall be offered at the -coming ee
ion or uongress. Tin garnering win
Include, in addition to committee mem
bers, prominent leaders of the national
Republican party. Ijt Is riven out In
advance that the distinguished con
freres have practically screed In pre
Tlous 'conferences upon the manner in
which the financial system of the na
tlon shall be changed, but that this
meeting Is to assure that there be no
Aleffrences later when action Is called
tor during the winter.
It Is true, however, that the virtual
agreement as to the course that should
be pursued does not mean that there Is
satisfaction at that enforced course, for
the Eastern leaders And It difficult to
reconcile the contemplated legislation
to the views of tnelr constituencies. It
is the familiar conflloU between , the
Atlantic conservative and the more rad
ical Westerner. Considerations of
nertr bolltlcs have moved the Eastern
ers Mr accept a program that In their
ovmlon verges closely upon what they
VWm the "vaudeville In tyance," and
Dot In keeping with their .Ideas as to
,'hat should be done. '
man. an. u4..
f The measure Is to provide: .
Deposit of Internal revenue and cus
toms receipts In national banks,
i Aeoevtaaoa as security for govera-
taoat faads of state, municipal and
fciga-class railway bonds.
Asset currency banks to issue circula
tion up to 60 per cent of their capital
stock, upon which they are to pay a tax
pt I per cent. .
The provision as fo asset currency
IS the particular one that will be ac
cepted with bad taste by the Eastern
members, but to accept it they are
forced by what are known to be the de
mands of the House. Senator Aldrich
does not like the clause, but In com
mon with other Senators from Eastern
States, knows that concessions must be
made to the House If there is to be
financial legislation of any kind.
It is more than possible that some of
the members will oppose that portion
of the bill, denominating it "wild cat"
banking, and although it Is claimed
that no trouble will be met on that
core. It is not Improbable that the
meeting will be the scene of some
stormy discussions.
"High-Glass Hallway Bonds.''
.the feature of the. bill that will be
Jhoet violently' attacked by the opposi
tion Democracy is the proposition to
aefeept as security fof government
funds, "state, municipal and high-class
railway bonds." It is certain that the
Democrats, supported by a number of
.Republicans who are rather Independent
of party rule, will make furious war
tipon this attempt to engraft' upon the
financial system of the nation to- se
curltles of the railroad companies.
It is only the remnant of the original
proposition to accept not only "high
class railway bonds," but so-called ap
proved 'securities of institutions such
as the steel trust and other industrial
concerns. It is expected that tls Aid'
rich bill as it is certain to come from
the hands of the meeting tomorrow will
excite a course of prolonged debate, in
which the .whole financial situation will
be gone over and Issues fixed for the
coming campaign. - Indeed, the Aldrich
bill is not unlikely to Inject into the
national contest the money question in
a new form.
"Iff fli'-' - ; ' ' t-ii' ' '(rni
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I uir noiraro thh bxstbxot tapthd.
InOroer to Bring About Desired Conditions the People Will Have to Work In
Harmony With the Men Who Represent the Capital In Charge
of Construction of Traffic Lines,
rx-Senator Turner's Tiewm,
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 5. Regard
Ing the conference of the Republican
Senators and other leaders tomorrow In
Senator Aldrlch's country home near
Providence, R. I., It is known here that
ex-United States Senator Turner of this
city believes it to be incorrect legtsla
tlon, and that he (presents the views
of the Democrats in Congress. He re
centlv gave o'ut to the newspapers
statement of tfls view of the bill as it
Came before the Senate at the last ses
Yiion, and that he said In substance:
."The proposition. of Senator Aldrich
f iy accepting railway bonds as security
If7vAeovernment funds is a nothing less
radiifJ Innovation in finance than the
propoml or the Populists a rew years
ago to loan government funds based
upon farm produce as security. The
Aldrich idea is exactly the Populist Idea
applied by those who assume to speak
as the orthodox financial teachers of the
rbatlon. It is not better in any partlcu
Jar. Indeed, without endorsing the pro
duce basts of circulation, we may say
that that would be even safer than se
curities of railroad companies, for It Is
notorious that the latter are subject to
Wider fluctuations than is wheat, for
Instance."
i' Senator' Turner's position is lndlca
tive of that which will be assumed by
the Democrats In the coming session.
State "and City Bonds Accepted,
WASHINGTON, D. C. "Aug. 5. Sec
retary Shaw, on "the first of the month.
resch4red his previous order . that would
hayvcompelled the banks to substitute
VCmment bonds for sta,te and city
ecuruies that were accepted a year
ago to relieve-the strained situation of
the banks In numerous places. He will
allow them some time longer in which
to prepare for the substitution. About
$30,000,000 was accepted at that time.
Only a small part of It has been taken
up. The act of the Secretary is inter
preted as proving weakness in the situ
ation that must be relieved by the gov
ernment temporarily. The time when
the Secretary will compel the substitu
tion of government bonds to replace the
state and city securities is not intimated
at the Treasury Department.
James Robertson, grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias of Minnesota,
has Just decided that a man Initiated
Into the order within the last two Weeks
is not a Pythian. . The man in question
Hr engaged in the retail liquor business;
and by the laws of the order should
nave peen rejecieo.- ' "" '
(By John E. Lathrop.)
"Compelled -by the arguments of trans
portation economies, eventually, the
Union Pacific system Will haul its
freight via a line running down the
Snake River to Lewlston, on a water
level -route, thence down the Snake to
Umatilla, thence down the Columbia to
Portland.
"Passenger traffic .being controlled by
different-laws, the prime necessity,
speed, the Union Pacific will continue
to haul its passengers via the ' present
line that runs from Huntington across
the intervening mountains through Ba
ker City, La Grande, Pendleton, Umatilla
and down the Columbia River to Port
land. 'It may be IS years before such
changes are consummated.. But. some
time, they must be accomplished. These
changes will not operate to the disad
vantage of towns along the present line,
and they will continue their growth
and the development of their splendid
resources.
"The great State of Oregon, great In
nature's endowment and susceptible of
marvelous attainments, has a future, as
sured that will make the mere matter
of hauling through freight through
given town a comparatively trivial con
cern. Out from the movement now
started will come results so stupendous
as to cause those then living to look
back with an amused remembrance Of
the fright that caused people In the year
1S0S to view with alarm' a proposition
Involving mere application of the lr-
refra ible laws of railroad economics,
and the following of enforced procedure
In handling traffic."
Some Bail way Philosophy.
The foregolag statement was made by
a competent railroad man who knows
the engineering features or the o. k.
A N. system, and who also has accurate
Information on the subject or general
railway management His Interesting
commeiff wojild possess added value to
the public, but considerations or discre
tion moved him to request that his name
be withheld.
A study of the map bears out his as
sertions. The configuration of the coun
try traversed by the O. R. & N., be
tween Portland and Huntington, argues
logically for finally utilising the Snake
River water level route for handling
heavy business. Freight traffic muBt fol
low the lines of least resistance, it
must take advantage of the law of grav
ity when that is possible, and the law of
rravltv helDs the engine to haul a train
of cars down a riverside, while useless
expenditure of motive energy Is involved
In hauling a train across a mountain
range.
From Portland to nunungion is o
miles. The Blue Mountains are crossed
at Kamela, where the elevation is ap
proximately 4.000 feet. At Telocaset
and near Baker City are other hign
elevations. From Huntington down the
Snake River via Lewlston to Umatilla, i
about 400 miles, Is nearly twice as far I
as via the present route from Hunting
ton to Umatilla, which Is 217 miles,
But. to avoid crossing several high ele
vations, thus effecting a saving In ex
pense for motive. 'energy, it would be
economical for the O. R. N. to build
by the Lewlston route.
No one instructed in the subject will
doubt that in time the O. R. & N. will
be hauling its business via the routes
here Indicated freight via Lewlston,
passengers via the present line.
Hot a scatter of Sentiment.
These matters are nqt governed by
sentiment. No railroad company could
continue to meet competition Indefinitely
and oppose unnatural conditions, such
as mountain grades. Indeed, the ad
vantage possessed by Oregon and the
Columbia Valley Is that it has this
water level route that enables the haul
Ing of greater masses of freight a given
distance by the expenditure of a less
quantity of power than Is demanded
by any other rail route that brings traf
fic into the; North Coast states.
Witness an engine of ordinary capac
ity hauling 60 to 70 loaded cars down
the Columbia' River, and appreciate the
leverage thi6 water level route ha over
other lines that must cross high moun
tain rangea. or build tunnels at a cost
so great that the Interest on the invest
ment decreases the- net return of profit
below the living point. Magnificent as
that system is. no one maintains that
the Northern Pacific, for Instance, can
haul freight so cheaply across the Cas
cades as the O. R. N. can Haul it down
the Columbia River. The Great North
ern is subject to the same limitation im
posed by the configuration of the coun
try through which it runs. The Cana
dian Pacific is in the class with these
two other lines.
It is simply the decree of Mother Na
ture, who frequently dispensed her gifts
with apparent partiality, and who in
this Instance endowed the State of Ore
gon and particularly the Columbia River
Valley with advantages that can never
be overcome though other rail systems
labor for coming centuries. Nothing
less innovating than air ships can ever
roD this valley of its surplusage of nat
ural advantage.
ConoomKant Bailroad. Talrnees
As a concomitant, and in a sense pre
senting the other side of a controver
sy, fairness on the part of the railroad
systems must be assured, if nat
ural laws are to find complete applica
tion. Absence of sentiment does not In
volve absence of humane- and generous
considerations. The mathematician
need not be cruel, the business man
lacking In the finer qualities that mark
the Ideal man and the conserver of right
and justice.
In analysing conditions governing
transportation, we 'find frequently a dis
position to await the action of some
railroad company in dopg work that
should be done by the people of the re
gion affected. Many Western cities fall
into the fault of desiring paternalism
that has more or less cursed our civil
governmental affairs.
But, en the other hand, while there
is a duty on the part of the people too
often neglected, often railroad mana
gers Ignore their obvious, duty as Con
trollers of the arteries of commerce,
and adopt selfish policies. If a people
by virtue of location must depend upon
a given corporation for their communi
cation with other regions, the .company
that commands the business owes quite
as much to the community as the com
munity owes to it The relationship Is
reciprocal.
And these comments are not to be
cast aside as glittering generalities.
They are apropos to the statu quo.
The parties Involved principally In the
present Issue are the Harrlman system
and the people of Oregon. Their Inter
ests are peculiarly In common, and their
duties and rights of demand mucl the
same.
Interior Oregon.
Oregon is skirted by rail lines. In
the Interior is an empire susceptible of
development scarcely thinkable by those
or us who are now living. The railroad
problem Is perhaps largely technical,
and Is often Ulogically solved by many
laymen who have not professional rail
road training.
Yet. the cool blooded truth remains
that interior Oregon is not developed.
and that at present there Is no prospect
of Immediate performance of that task.
Probably, the duty of accomplishing
that work Is co-ordinate, the people and
the company being under equally imper
ative auiy. Portland, as the commer
clal entrepot, has been derelict. The
company has been derelict. Both are
chargeable with failures to measure up
to meir-piain auty.
So that, the conclusion Is forced by
processes of logical deduction, that the
chief concern that should ene-axe the
attention of the people of Baker City
ana omer .eastern uregon towns on
the main line. Is the development of the
Interior, not the possible construction of
a line of road that may at some remote
day in the future haul through freight
from Huntington via Lewlston and
umauna, instead or via the present line.
with the comparatively small benefit to
those towns of watching long lines of
rea cars rusn through without stopping
and hasten on to the terminus of the
road.
What they need and what Oregon
needs and what must come at once, Is
the development of Interior Oregon by
means or tne construction of rail
roads.
The Prime Desideratum.
jnai is tne prime desideratum. It
transcends in importance all other de
mands that could be made of the rail
road magnates. Compared with It, the
Issue as to the route for through freight
Is as a question as to what sort of neck
tie President Mohler Is going to wear
when he makes his next trip to New
Tork.
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APERIES
MIDSUMMER is a good time to overhaul the
interiors of your houses. Worn and faded
draperies that
their usefulness,
placed with
er ones. Dingy
ragged lace
articles, beauty.
Stock you will be
something that
and at the same
attractiveness
We have them
Und at ve r y
il it
have outlived
should be re
newer and fresh
portieres and
curtains are not
In our Extensive
certain to find
will please you
time add to the
of your home,
in many styles
tempting prices.
If you are looking for LACE CURTAINS, we have
a fine assortments choose from in
MARIE ANTOINETTE, SAXONY BRUSSELS, ARABIAN
BONNE FEMME, iBATTENBERGS, NOVELTY
RUFFLES, NOTTINGHAMS, ETC.
i MAIL ORDERS GIVEN
(g? PROMPT ATTENTION 3
AMUSING SIGHT ON
WASHINGTON STREET
Frantic Efforts of Strain's "P. Af." System Houses
to Put on a Bold Front In The.lr
Hour of Worry.
CASTOR I A
For In&ixts and Children. .
The Kind Yoa Hars Always Bought
Bears the
Considerable amusement was created
on; Washington' street near Fourth the
other day when two or three clerks for
cheap clothing store were observed
plunging into as many cases of cotton-
made hand-me-downs, and after tne
clothing ctme to the surface pause to
see Whether anyone was looking at
them.
Some weeks ago, with a great flourish
of trumpets, the clothing house, which
Is known as "Strain s," announced- tnat
it would receive a consignment of
Fifty thousand dollars' worth of goods
from Chicago." About that time The
Journal exposed the peculiar methods of
this store and showed conclusively that
poor people were being overcharged for
cotton-mades. Furthermore, at a branch
house of the concern, timber cruisers
nrowled about and "Hub: customers
were pounced upon and told fairy tales
about timber lands. one man was
caught for $60 and The Journal ex
posed the gang and the swindle was
stopped.
, Strain's business .has been slowly but
Surely dropping off. hence tfie ' funny
demonstration of a few days ago in re
ceiving the "Fifty thousand dollars'
worth of cotton-mades."
Three Strain boxes were unloaded on i
the street under a few - tawdry decora
tlons surmounted by a Cheap sign that
read: "All Nations Day for Sales." An
Irish flag was in close proximity to
something that looked like the flag of
England and several other alleged em'
plems of nations were scattered about
A few dirty pieces of cloth represented
the red, white and blue.
The first dive of an "All-Nations'
clerk Into 'a box resulted in the un
earthing of a lot of light-colored trous
ers, the meshes of the cloth of them
being visible at 20 paces. Another 41 ve
brought out a bunoh of .peppery-looking
coats of the cheapest quality. Other
dives were made from time to time when
a crowd of people would pass the cases
and various styles of cotton-mades de
veloped after each plunge. In all about
$160 worth of Stuff was there, and the
"Fifty thousahd-loHars' worth" seemed
to have dwindled wonderfully. The
lookers-on laughed and shook their
heads wisely and remarked something
about "Funny, 'isn't ltt".
The people seem to be appreciative
of the fact that one of the mof t notori
ous cotton-made clothing places In Portland-is
gradually being eliminated and
congratulated The Journal on Its good
work of helping to put them out of
competition with legitimate clothiers.
LEFT EARED,
The great mass of Jjumanity Is right
handed. Manufacturers of telephones
mifst take their qua from this fact. Inas
much as all the Instruments in use have
the transmitter adjusted for the left
ear and the left -hand, leaving the right
hand free to use pen or pencil for jot
ting down points of a message. Ones
in a while you will see a right-handed,
right-eared man, who has trouble In
handling the left eared Instrument, -
THE MILL WILL CLOSE
Twenty tlemllls, owned by the Co
lumbia River Tie & Lumber Associa
tion, will shut down until October 1.
This was decided upon at the regular
meeting of the combine on Monday,
The reports of the various officers
showed the association to be In excel
lent condition, and that the year has
been a prosperous one. It Is rumored
at this time that the main reason f or
the shut-down was on account of the
reduction in -the price paid for ties
by the railway companies. At the
meeting. Tie inspector potter of the
O. R. & N. was elected to succeed W. W.
Harrison, who resigned as general
agent and treasurer.
IN PORTIERES
We offer DERBYS, TAPESTRIES, APPLIQUE REPPS, ROMAN STRIPES,
ORIENTAL STRIPES, GERMAN RENAISSANCE, t AM ASKS, MER
CERIZED DAMASKS, PERSIAN DAMASKS, and KELIM STRIPES.
Also cotton and silk Velours, cotton and silk Tapestries, Brocades, Frou-Frous,
Burlaps, Rameys and many more.
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SUCCESSORS TO H. C. BREEDEN CO.
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Hi
URNED
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OVER TO BOARD
Mayor Williams Appoints a
Permanent Committee to
Handle the Remainder of the
Heppner Aid Money, .
It Will Always Be Available for
Any Cases of Distress Which
Require Immediate Relief
Measures,
IU11 OXTXB TOM PTLZS.
Itching piles produce moisture and
eause itchrng, this form, as well as
Blind, Bleeding or Protudtng Piles are
cured by Dr. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy,
tops itching and bleeding. Absorbs tu
mors. too a Jar. at druggists, or sent
by mall. Treatise free. Write me about
your caa. Dr. Bosanke. Phil's. Pa.
Dr. Frederick Mueller of Chicago, at
one time assistant to Dr. Adolf Lorenz
of Vienna, has been elected professor of
orthopedic surgery at the Milwaukee
Medical College
BEERS
Guaranteed Puree
None So Good.
rieeastelBXarr OMuy
The unexpended portion. of the public
fund raised for the benefit of the Hepp
ner sufferers at the time of that tragic
flood is to be placed in a permanent
fund for any future cases of distress, or
where any Immediate need of money for
assistance Is required. Mayor Williams
and others believe that it is the best
disposition to make of the remainder of
the fund, amounting to a sum exceeding
$15,000, and today he appointed tne roi
lowlng a permanent board of trustees to
have1 future control of the fund: I. N.
Fleischner, L. A. Lewis, I. Long, A. De
vers, H. Wittenberg and W. H. Chapln.
"I and others to whom I have talked,
have decided that this Is the best method
of disposing 'of the unexpended portion
of the fund." said the Mayor today, ana
hereafter when there Is any case of
great need or distress, where Immediate
assistance is necesRary. tne money win
always be available. There are times,
undoubtedly, when an Immediate dona
tion of $500 would do a great deal more
aood than four or even five times that
amount a week afterwards. Besides, the
possession of a large amount of money
for such a purpose is a great thing
for the city to have and we may be en
abled to render untold good with it."
Trustees to Have Power.
The plans of the officials are to give
the" fund into the hands of this perma
nent board of trustees and allow them
to make such disposition of it temporar
ily as they see fit. It is possible that
they will Invest It in some interest-pay-ins:
proposition, where it will always be j
' available and still- be accumulating. In a
few years, in case the money Is not
needed before that time, it will greatly
Increase by such a scheme of invest
ment. '
The members of the permanent board
are the same cltlsens who were orig
inally charged by" the Mayor with the
collection of the fund. The contribu
tions were then so generous that there
remained the unexpended sum of $15,
000. i -, ,
- Preferred Ctoek OanssA aorta. v
Allen ft Lewis' Best Brand, -
These Two Pictures Are
of the Same Woman
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Before Treatment.
After Treatment.
She was exactly as she appears In the "before treatment" cut. She
left us as she appears In the "after treatment" picture the wrinkles
gone and her face as fresh as in youth. We will
Forfeit a Thousand Dollars
If we cannot produce the original of these photos, and if this statement
is not
ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
Smallpox pittlngs. birthmarks, freckles, eruptions of the skin, scars,
eczema, moth patches, etc., are speedily eliminated by our entirely orig
inal and positively painless system, practiced without the use of elec
tricity, massage or use of knife.
Call and see lady always on exhibition at the
Saxe Institute of Dermatology
K5i!ISb'-,2Sfw"n "a "" I7 Abiogton Building
w. g. Mcpherson company
REMOVED
To New Warehouses, Shops and Offices, Comer
Nineteenth and Wilson Streets. Take ,
' Sixteenth Street Car.
IS LOU BET IRISH? :
President Loubet's visit to London re
calls the Irish people's claim to regard
him as one of themselves. Loubet. they
hold, is merely a .Galllclsed form of
Loubett, a name which is quit common
In the South of Ireland, and 'that the
President's -ancestors balled from Ire
land they, entertain not the . slightest
doubt. Franc ' swarms with tb . de
scendants -of Irish rebels from : Kitsap
betb's time down to the days of,, Na
poleori. and the Irish do not forget that
President MacMahon waa descended
from a Hibernian Jacobite family. Thus
Ireland claims td have provided two
Presidents of Franca wltUn 24 years.
To preserve a sort of balance In such
matters, the Scottish people advance
claims to every President of the United
States whoa nam smacks of a North
ern elan; and .If th pedigree is not
promising on th naternal side, th ma
ternal progenitors can generally be re
lied jon to provld th neceesary link.,
Burdock Blood Bitters rives a r- n
clear head, an actlv brnio. a
vigorous body makes him f-i r 1
battl of life.
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