THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1003.
GAMBLERS FLEECED v
BY KEEN SHARPERS
Citvr of Ontario Shuts Down on
the, Knights, of the Green
GOSSIP OF CITIES
"ABOUT THE BAY
THE MAIN TOPIC
HICKORY
Weekly Letter from San Fran-
The Trans-Mlsslsslppi Com
c scb n Wh ch Are Discussed
mercial Congress Will Dis
t , Cloth .and Will Assume Dig-.
I.- Matters.. Political, Social and
cuss I his Important Subject
at Length,
mitme ' fr tie Library
i pity of a Moral Place, ,,
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taucaiionaii.
f Fat- Pickings for the Expert
Big Town by the Golden Gate
Will Attempt to Harmonize the
Stranger Who Finds Country
Districts More Profitable Than
the Wise Cities. . ' -
Filled with Grand Arnjy Men
Lumbermen and the Forest
Preservation Enthusiasts and
Unite Action,
, Who Enter Into Spirit of Na
tional Convention.'.
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(Journal Special Service.) y (Special Journal Service.) (By J6hn E. Lathroo. Journal Staff
ONTARIO. Or,, Aug. 17. The City of SAN- 'FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. The . . Correspondent.) , ' I
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the culmination of a long-argued point. veterans composing the Grand Army I win te a subject for treatment at the
Since the Fourth of July the town haa of the Republic and Ita auxiliary bodies. I Trans-Mlsslsslppi Commercial Congress
beora besieged by exDert ramblers that Th eitv never before baa entertained which begins Its sessions here tomorrow.
fleecbd home talent vigorously. No ao many oeoole of National distinction. It Is to be expected that the congress
mtter how strenuously home combines I at eaat Jiot since the Grand Army, held I will Incorporate in Us resolutions some
re put upr tne strangers picaea up it. national encampment - here berore. expression rnawng to me poucy or ui
tl? money right along, until one of the Tn, mreeta are packed morning, Boon
win nnmi gamDiers iosi o m ium .H rht with en ever movlna- Droces
or 14,000. Ontario hss long been a . of tn old boya no longer boya
town or gambling, no other place or its ... k .n i .n.wrmnt
candle to Ontario. The hotel, always I,. t0 he otel and boarding-house
- " " . I accommodations of the city It finds it
jnainra lor me rourxn xo general mi.. . ... ... ,u. in ni.r
government In handling forest reserves.
! Quite naturally, two currents otv Influ
ence will be manifest one by the dele
gates who emphasise the abstract Idea
of forest preservation, at the same time
tending to Ignore the practical consld
eratlons and legitimate claims of those
who are engaged In the lumbering bus!
throng of this profession and already " ' "f"ZTZZ j,o,t- of via- ne": tha otnr- tne man hlro-
tb closing- down of the Joints has been 5SJL out In Mlf- wn0 DrhP o"r forgets the reaa
fflt by restaurant and hotel-keepers. orm- Market street Diossoms onable demanda of the theorlat and. In
Don. b, laJoonman. " ' "''i Zm dlaVonolntment felt by hJ .lY'!?.!
The rambling here la done by saloon- Kk. in remittee when it waa l"DU" .upon lne -" 01 conn
. . . . . . i -ww- rnnpnuinni.
m An ann tn 1 1 r r lat rnrni or jimibi Jtm i A . i a w. i
j , . u . " comt-wiiea o oinuuii iui viawtrnw
round .bout, who gath.r In the un- m arch at tn- lnt,rBectlon of Third t0 'Sl ,!
suspecting country fellow who has been ,H w-rv.t la aoftened bv the I narmonise ineae two conniciing m-
h-riin, r rivin r.U Th "n1 Market streets la sortenea py tne terests. for, even although there be no
teamaters from the far Interior
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a-orgeoua display which roae In place of
nnn nnntuntlnn thorax la and will Via
Preuv good "nilnt for the talented th one flrBt contemplated Everywhere w'.y. a connlct 'betwe(n tn6 lumDer m.n
carap,h7 of the tVwn but when tne O' ?7 SlTZtJ? t n1 the 'orMt Pre-ervation enthusiast
rejl thing drops In from the larger city " T " ' .," A Lesson from Klstory.
njfjropens-up the turtle it soon Decomes J"":Zi:.-Z The exnerience of the North-Mlddle
Rilbl thst all they had here before SSh X itairi c S Wten lt,,Mlhr, '"W1 ''' "
as the mock. There are three or four " th cruelty of the daye of the d-vaata-
va..ail1nrtt main hnra wfik hflvja fAliilf t f lArtl I WW J a- k iuia uicd-jhvo . m . i
of puttlnB up a hard game, but It ap- old heroes Is most Intvlrlnc In Northern Minnesota, Wlaconaln and
? X , J" Michigan. 25 years ago, lumber men
oi me -i in irue acoutej the Idea of exhausting the tlra
rnmary siaouoBs. ber .jppiy before the middle of the
The primary elections held last Tues- Twentieth century. It waa argued, and
day brought out in full loree the bet- figures Riven therewith, that the stand
pears that the Influx of sharp fellows
has taught even these Individuals a few
tricks.
Ontario haa now six saloons, with the
seventh almost ready for Ita licenae,
but the closing of the gambling feature
.therewith is supposed to be the signal
for closing two or three of the weakest
placea'of drink. The City Council Is
discussing the advisability of elevating
the saloon license to $2,000, as against
the pnltry sum of $400, the present fee.
Some of the more prominent saloon
ter elements- In the two great parties.
with the result that clean politics won
the fight. Martin Kelly waa defeated
In his home ward where for many years
he has held absolute away, and where
he was ready at any time to "deliver
the goods" to the highest bidder. Specu
lation Is giving way to certainty in
proprietors favor this move as a means i " 7 "Vk- , hr' 7; 7 L,Z
-,f .k.M.. forecasting the choices of the coming
The Gama of Twenty -One.
The twenty-one made a big run In
Ontario this summer. One or two quiet
men got ahead several hundred dollars
on twenty-one. while some other fellows
Just as quietly got behind the same
amounts.
Ontario Is a great racehorse town.
Some of the best horses in the state
are owned by Ontario men. One horse
owned here would be a wonder, but for
his lark of sense. He fails to start. If
ho will start In anything like seasonable
distance of the others, he always man
atees to get In the front ranks when
the end Is reached.
Ontario Is Just making a clearing of
some of her disreputable cltlsens. For
several weeks' there had been' a middle
nominating conventions, and unless
something- unforeseen turns up between
now and September Frank Lane- will
lead the Democrats and Henry J.
Crocker the Republicans in the fight for
the mayoralty. Schmlts will again be
the nominee of the Labor Party, but the
conditions are not at all like those existing-
two years ago, or one year ago,
when the worklngmen were so heartily
dissatisfied with their former party
actuations and broke away bodily.
Lane Is regarded ss a much safter rep
resentative of the laboring- men than al
most any other and his vote last fall
for Governor showed very plainly that
ha can command the great majority of
the worklngmen. It Is claimed by the
Republican press that Botitnlts can get
ing timber was of such enormous ex
tent that the United States could use
from it exclusively, and yet have Um
ber left In the year 1950.
Today, lumber men of those states
are going over the lands for the third
time, and In some Instances are taking
up stumps from which to cut shingles.
They are sawing logs that out here
would be rejected excepting for tele
graph poles.
Their forests are exhausted, and those
who follow that line of business are now
In the West and South, where they have
bought extenalvely of forest lands.
Oreg-on and Washing-ton.
According to the quantity of lumber
that Is being sawed annually In Oregon
and Washington, the supply available
for commercial uses would last about
62 years. This estimate is baaed upon
these figures:
Government surveys show Oregon has
231.000.000,000 feet of standing timber.
and Washington 118,000,000,000. Later
and more accurate estimates by forestry
experts revise these figures as follows:
Oregon, standing' timber, feet, board
V TIT "
New Arrivals
' We have just received a big shipment of the popular OLD HICKORY FURNITURE. It is made up in the
natural wood, and is extremely appropriate for the Porch, the Lawn, the Library or the Bachelor's Den.
Many of the pieces you may see in our Morrison-street window, The backs and seats are woven from the
bark of the Hickory tree, They are comfortable, durable and economical,
Many of our patrons have been waiting for these goods to arrive, We would advise them to make an
EARLY SELECTION as we were only able to secure a limited number of patterns,
A FEW
Settees $ 1 0.00
Arm Chairs $1.75, $6.00, $3.50
Arm Rockers $2.75
Chairs $2.25
Porch Jardinieres $2.50
Morris Chairs - $9.00
Children's Rockers $2.00, $2.50
Porch Tables $4.50
Andrew Jackson Chairs $2.75
Andrew Jackson Rockers $3.25
PRICES PLAINLY MARKED ON THE TICKETS
Come and see this Furniture and you will want to buy.
aged woman living In a little house In enough Democratic labor votes to turn measurement. 318,000.000,000.
town. Sh had a monkey-man with
her and the two were discovered entic
ing young boys to the premises. The
man Is a little dark fellow with a face
bearing the expression of a squash and
a head about the slse of a summer
cymllng. The womsn Is anything but
attractive. She In about 45 years of
ae. Yesterday this outfit was given
to understand that the house must be
vacant instanter. and they have hiked
out for some part between here and
Portland. '
"Mary Qneea of Boots."
Ono pretty good swindle came to the
surface here during the summer, and
while It was not known to have been
worked in Ontario, it makes good read
ing for other towns to look out for.
One of the gang goes Into a saloon or
Ftore and makes a small purchase and
hands over a ten-dollar bill. On this
bill Is written something, say for ln
utance, "Mary, Queen of Scots." He Is
given his change and he goes on. Pres
ently another drops In, makes a small
purchase and hands up a one-dollar bill.
The change is made, whereupon the pur
chaser kicks for change out of a ten
that he claims he handed In. The dis
cussion grows and finally the proprietor
the tide' against Lane and thereby elect
a Republican Mayor. There Is every
prospect of a very pretty fight for be
sides being a millionaire. Mr. Crocker
nas never antagonised any of the dif
ferent factions in the three elements
snd can enter the fight without fearing
attacks in the dark.
Death of W. 0. English
After a gallant fight with the grim
destroyer, William D. English finally
gave up and passed to the beyond on
Friday. Mr. English was born in Vlr
ginla In 1842 and came to San Fran
Cisco Ih 1858. He had long been identi
fied with the Democratic Party and had
held several positions in the gift of
his party, having been appointed Harbor
Commisioner, and later Surveyor of the
Port He retired from political life
some months ago and became vlce-presl
dent and general manager of the Con
tra, Costa Water Company, the position
he held at the time of his death. For
many years he was the most powerful
man in the Democratic Party in Call
fornla, but wars denied the reward of
Its highest honors for he was several
times defeated for the gubernatorial
nomination. His death waa caused by
Is called. The swindler states very inability to recover from the shock at
emphatically that he gave tne cierit a I tending; an operation for appendicitis.
Mr. Tylsr eturns.
James S. Tyler and his charming wife
have returned to San Francisco much
to the delight of their friends. Mr,
Tyler's experience as managing editor
of The Journal doubtless gave the peo
Tk. All
ten-dollar bill, and to further substanti
ate the fact, he asks the proprietor to
look through the drawer and find the
Identical bill with "Mary, Queen of
Scots" written thereon.' This proves It
beyond a doubt. He gets change for a
V. a ntavlr oat, a rmtnHtnff lln. fnr
his' oversight, and the house Is out the P ' Portland an opportunity to be
"nffarenee come acquainted with his fine personal-
a ti nv Illy mnu mrmi nuimj a, irewoiaici
Jit h.i7 mofVlH. man. It Is the report on the streets
:s of short-changing methods . 4lT .v.. ki m
tave been worked on the saloon houses " . Jrl? - k
L- summer and diver, ways of fleecing ,- C,. J L,7-"
tlAi have been worked rrom start to . ,
it not until thev found told me a day or two ago that he needed
their bank accounts getting lower and Bhort rest and would J10 take UP
,. tha mnnu u ami.it Th these matters for a week or two at
home talent little gamblers are just now least
D-noMlnr who flmnnff their worth v ebl- Ho Politics for WlHlH,
leagues has tumbled onto the tricks On account of the close personal re
' used here this summer by the artists lationshlp existing between President
who have condescended to pass a quiet Roosevelt and President Benjamin Ide
season in the little village of Ontario. Wheeler of the university or caiirornia.
The foreign gamblers can doubtless pick when the latter was recently In the
up quite a wad Just as they vamoose by East a rumor was circulated that he
teaching their tricks to Ontario's was about to resign from the University
straight-forward gamblers. None of the and enter the diplomatic service of the
Ontario gamblers have ever Deen sus- country, several first-class missions be
pected of demonstrating that the move- in sua-Kested as the probable billet
ment of the hand is quicker than the president Wheeler has returned home
sight or the eye, ana tne winnings nave an(j givea out a positive denial to these
all be stralght-up It is supposed. But rUmors. saying that education is his
If aone of them nas seen tne oppor- i,... -nd that he haa no intention
ity of graduating into an upper
inch of the fraternity by taking a
few quiet lessons from tne strangers
who are now about to look for other
quarters, they have indeed overlooked a
bet.
What the Strangers Claim.
The strangers contend that they have
been run out by the closing of gambling
of abandoning; it
Oregon reople at Xotels.
Recent hotel arrivals: W. H. Eules,
W. S. Ctitter. S. T. Reed, J. R. Thomp
son. E. R. Knight, .G. P. Wells, I. F.
Powers,' A. F. Mann, R. R. Gardner,
James 8. Tyler and wife, B. S. Cross-
well, W. A. Ling-ham and wife. C. P.
sily orde? tothm ouTof the HaUowayG. It Elliott Cre.gh. Port,
and wife. The Dalles; W. A. Mclnnls, E.
L. Cross, Grants Pass.
JOHN J. HARRISON.
Mothers!
Mothers!!
Mothers!!!
' Mrs. WinsJow's Scathing Spp
fsu bees ased for ever ICCTT YKAKS by itll,
UONS of MOTHCftS for their CHHJ)&EN
wails THKTKIWO, with PB1FECT SCCC88&
tt tOOTHES the CHILD, BOFTSItS tat GUMS,
XL4.Y9 all TAJit CUKBS WTOT) COUC, and
T l h h. Mr,r ..SKI I " IH DW TOUWIT IOC VtAKKZtVBa. ' SOW OT
in Relfast S.000"members have resolved Dragftits 'r Vmtt of the world. Bt SOTS
to form an Independent Orange order run d ask tar "Mrs. winstow Soothing Syrap,
un democratic lines. - J Ia4takarkia4 TwsstMvtcu.abetUa;
way. They say that this is an pia
game of smaller towns. No sooner will
the field be cleared of the experts than
gambling will once more be opened, so'
say the strangers who are departing to
that place where the woodbine twlneth.
They state that the country Is a more
lucrative field than the cities. The
home talent gambling gathers up all
the money from the small fry and have
it congregated where they ean pick it up
In bigger pieces.
The City Council smiles at such ac
cusation and promises that gambling Is
a thing or tne past ior Ontario, in
former times, before the city was on Its
feet, gambling was tolerated, but since
matters have assumed a different bear
' ing, saloon business is asked to take a
better basis.
' a few years ago it wastoo uncommon
thing for a stockbuyer to be "rolled" in
broad daylight here in Ontario, but such
Is an unheard of . transaction at the
present. , .'
Washington, standing timber, feet
board measurement. 180,000,000,000.
The total for both, 498,000,000,000,
feet.
If one-half this be of a character to
warrant cutting for lumber It would
yield 249,000,000.000 feet. The amount
of the total of standing timber that
would be of use to lumber men, or the
exact rule adopted by the surveyors, as
to minimum size of trees included in
what they refer to as standing timber,
is largely a matter of speculation, with
one man's speculation r.bout as good as
another's.
How Jtong It Would feast.
Were one to raise the query, how long
will this marvelously abundant supply
of timber withstand the onslaughts that
are being made by the lumber men? he
would probably hear scornful answers
from the mill men, who would assert
that such a contingency Is so far In the
remote future that It scarcely need eon
cern us of this generation. On the other
hand, the forestry enthusiast probably
would reply that, that the promised rate
of lumber cutting. Nature s rich endow
ment of wealth of flora In the North
west will be squandered In the lmmedl
ate future.
If one-half the timber standing; be
commercial, 82 years Is the period of
time the supply would last if the pres
ent annyal lumber cut were to be kept
up. But so rapidly is the lumbering in
dustry developing on the coast that the
present rate docs not by any means rep
resent the rate that must be figured
upon In the future.
It must be taken into account that
the Easterners have Invaded the Pacific
Coast during only the past few years;
that they first bought lands, and that
they have merely begun the erection of
mills to saw the lumber.
Development.
Dealers In sawmill machinery and re
cent purchasers Interviewed on the sub
ject give assurance that the quantity of
timber sawed at present will not be re
garded as much when plans now formed
have been carried into execution.
Washington now saws annually 2,000.-
000,000 feet.
Oregon now saws annually, 1,000.-
000,000 feet
This makes the total 3,000,000.000 feet
At the end of 1903 improvements will
have been' made and new plants started
that will increase the annual output to:
Washington, promised output of 1904.
2,660,000,000 feet.
Oregon, promised output of 1904.
1,340,000,000 feet.
Total output of 1904, 4,000,000,000
feet.
According to many reliable mill men
the following year will witness an In
crease in the capacity such as to almost
double this 4,000,000.000 feet.
Boon Exhaust Forests.
under these conditions tne 62 years
would be cut In halves, leaving 81 years
as the period during- which Washing-ton
and Oregon could boast merchantable
lumber. Thereafter they woul4, like
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, be
wail the devastation of forests that once
appeared to be Inexhaustible.
But in these estimates shingles have
been ignored. The Washington shingle
output is enormous, and it is large in
Oregon. Add shingles to lumber an
nuallv cut and to he cut in the immedi
ate future, and the result Is rather
startling to a thinking person. It means
simply that before another generation
'passes all the merchantable timber of
the two North Coast States .will have
been cut down. And, too, not only- will
this constitute an economic loss, but it
will Influence powerfully the meteorolog
ical conditions, bringing drouths and
floods. . .. ' -
Looking at It from the standpoint of
the forestry enthusiast, one can scarcely
avoid a panicky feeling, and la disposed
to vote for armed resistance against the
hordes of -timber destroyers.
Ths Other Sid.
When the timber man has his oppor
tunity to present some arguments it I
apparent at once that this question has,
TOLL
SUCCESSORS TO H. C. BREEDER CO.
two sides, ss. Indeed, all debatable ques
tlons have.
Intelligent mill men desire aa much
as any others to prevent destruction of
the forests. They are not entirely lost
to all sense of patriotism, and wish to
preserve for future generations some of
the natural supply now on the moun
tain sides.
Probably they have not in the past
been quite faithful enough to these
standards, but In the main the better
class of them will co-operate with any
rational movement looking towards pres
ervatlon of the timber.
The problem Is to conserve the rights
of those who have invested money in
lands and mills and also to contribute
a share towards the world's supply of
lumber; at the same time, on the other
hand, assuring that there be not devas
tation. The middle ground will be
right
Stand of the CongTeat.
It Is obvious that this Commercial
Congress will get upon middle ground
on this subject. There will not be ex
tremlty In either direction. Indeed, the
congress is for this as much as for any
other object to harmonise conflicting
Interests and secure Intelligent action
by legislative bodies.
Oregon will be vitally interested in
the question. Enormous tracts of land
have been set aside and other enormous
tracts have been temporarily taken from
the lists of lands available for public
entry. There must be active effort by
Oreg6n's Influential citizens to compel
justice towards the thousands of people
who will be affected by these forest res
ervations. Retarding of the state's prog
ress and financial ruin for hundreds of
settlers are concomjtants of a merely
theoretical administration of the forest
reserve policy. Oregon should contend
against either.
MEETS AT BIRMINGHAM
(Journnl Special Service.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 17. The
annual convention of the United States
Association of Plumbers and Gas Fit
ters, which opened here today, is un
usually well attended. Members are
present from Seattle, San Francisco,
Los Angeles and other cities on the Pa
cific Coast aa well as from all parts of
the North and East. The sessions will
continue several days . and many Im
portant questions of Interest to the
trade will be discussed. The president
of the association and presiding officer
of the convention Is William Merrick of
Beverly, Mass.
BAKING
POWDER
TRUST'S METHODS
Manufacturers Have Their At
tention Called to the Methods
Used by the Combination in
Missouri.
Its Efforts to Destroy Com
petition by the Passage of the
Alum Bill Ihrough Bribery
and uorruption,
MEETING OF FLORISTS
(Journal Special Service.)
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 17. Many of the
delegates arrived here today for the an
nual convention of the Society of Ameri
can Florists and Ornamental Horticul
turists which Is to be held this week.
The feature of the gathering is expected
to be the elaborate floral and plant ex
hibltlon.
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BEERS
Guaranteed Pure.
None So Good.
ftiilai fmaw
I FleeksBStetax Mayer Cosay
Local baking-powder manufacturers
and members of the American Baking
Powder Association have received a let
ter from the headquarters of that organ
ization telling of the work being carried
on In an effort tn prosecute the Baking
Powder Trust on charges of bribery of
Missouri state officers. A review of the
case to which the letter refers Is as fol-
ows:
The Royal Baklng-Powder Trust has
run up against It good and hard In the
State of Missouri.
Men of high rank In official life were
bribed with thousands of dollars In order
that the Baklng-Powder Trust might
keep the state from repealing a law for
bidding the use of alum In the manufac
ture of baking-powder. The object of
this was to shut out the trust's rivals.
Alum. It Is weU known. Is not harmful,
but the trust, m Its literature, pretends
that It Is.
Former Lieutenant-Governor John A.
Lee's name Is connected with the story
of boodle, and he has been practically
convicted of corruption.
Daniel J. Kelley, legislative agent of
the Royal Baklng-Powder Company, oth
erwise known as the trust, has been In
dicted by the Missouri Orand Jury and
has fled to Canada.
Tried to Avoid Exposure.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, at the
time of the exposure of the trust's cor
ruption campaign,had on file In Its of
fice a contract for advertising amount
ing to many thousands of dollars and
drawn by the Royal Baklng-Powder Com
pany. The Post-Dispatch says this
about the efforts of the trust to secure
Its silence:
"With - the fatuous folly which has
marked his career as a boodllng poli
tician, former Lieutenant-Governor Lee
suggested to D. J. Kelley, agent of the
Baklng-Powder Trust, whose lobby work
Lee was doing In the Legislature, that It"
would be well to "plug" the Post-Dls-
patch, as. unless the Post-Dispatch could
be Induced to stop attacking his acts In
behalf of the lobby, his chances for the
governorship would be ruined."
Advertising' to Bay Paper.
The Post-Dispatch . says the offer ex
cerpt containing the suggestion of Lee
to Kejley that tne rost-uispaten be
pulled off by offering It "a chunk of
business."
"Don't fail to plug the Post-Dispatch
man, but be careful. Why not give the
paper a good chunk of business? Maybe
that would stop It."
Lee's Xequnrt for Btamps.
The work- of ex-Lieutenant-Governor
Lee was perhaps the most brazen of the
entire gang of boodlers and blackmailers.
He Is alleged to have received large
sums of money from various trusts in
order to stop certain pure-food agita
tion that was springing up all over the
state. His letter to the tobacco tru
follows:
"I am starting my campaign for the
governorship of Missouri with fairly
good prospects; have decidedly the best
of any other aspirant and Intend to stand
for pure foods. It may be, however, that
conditions may change. . . . You
will find me true to my friends. .
"For Illustration, I am to make 60
speeches In about 4S counties. . ,
and have to pay my own expenses.
have concluded that you should furnish
me with some postage stamps, as fol
lows: Twenty-five thousand 2-cent
postage stamps $500; and 60,000 1-cent
postage stamps J&00. Total. 11,000.
would rather have the stamps than the
money.
Newspapers over the entire country
have taken the matter up and many of
them call for the prosecution of the
heads of the Baking Powder Trust on
various charges of bribery, libel and
corruption of a state legislative body,
Editorial Condemns Trust.
The following excerpts from an edi
torial In the New Orleans Harlequin Is
a fair sample or wnat tne American
press has been saying of the Missouri
boodllng:
"It Is a truth Indisputable that as long
as brlbe-glvers continue to exist, there
will be found men Teady to accept
their bribes. The only thing to do
and as I have stated, it cannot be done
too soon Is the arraignment of the
Royal Baking Powder tnpany of New
York In trie persons of Its active princi
pals and officers, before the bar of Justice.
'Defamation, libel, bribery and per
jury, an appalling list of charges, all
these can be laid at their door. Defa
mation Insofar as these 'gentlemen'
have for years attempted to render un
availing the efforts of smaller and
younger concerns to furnish the public
with a healthful commodity at far mofe
reasonable rates, by a course of abuse
and misrepresentation of the latter s
products. Libel, stnee they have put
this abuse In print and circulated It all
over the world. Bribery that has been
shown at length. Perjury Daniel J.
Kelley and his associates, the Trust's
henchmen and tools, held perjury more
lightly than a lady holds her fan. Who
will stand up and deny that the dis
grace which awaits Lieutenant-Governor
Lee and Senators Busche, Farris and Or
chard, and all the rest of the bribed, is
not weighty and powerful enough to kill
slay In the mind and In the flesh
some poor, sweet, honest-hearted woman
who had faith In the father of her child
ren, and whose reason and vitality are
not liable to survive the destruction of
the cherished Ideals of a life time.
Boyal Company's Methods.
"There Is no need of entering minute
ly Into details. The country knows the
facts In the case fairly well. It has
been for many years the Royal Baking
Powder Trust's method, to attempt the
annihilation of its competitors by force
of defamation. Slander and the monop
olization of the press having proved in
sufficient to accomplish this purpose, the
officials of the trust hit upon the scheme
of a gigantic legislative campaign. As
alum waa one of the main ingredients
used by rival baking powder concerns.
and as this substance had been system
atically attacked by the trust's literary
agents who declared it unsanitary and
dangerous to the public health despite
the unanimous Indorsement given it by
science and the public, the war-cry of
anti-alum was raised. Missouri was the
battlefield. Wholesale bribery was the
weapon of the trust It was used to
splendid advantage, and an anti-trust
bill waa passed. This occurred in 18S.
(It waa this bill's repeal, in 1901, that
brought out the developments regarding
Missouri' legislative degradation.)
Tha gross dishonesty of the matter
was too palpable for durable Reception, t
A vigorous course of Investigation
brought fraud after fraud to the light o'
day. City Attorney Folk of St Louis
had the courage to do his duty, and
Lieutenant-Governor Lee, President of
the State Senate. Senators Farris and
Orchard, and a number of other 'states
men' and 'state officials' have been prac
tically convicted of the most flagrant
dishonesty. Among- the documentary
evidence is to be found a cheek for $1,
000 payable to Robert E. Lee. the
brother of the Lieutenant Governor, and
signed by Daniel J. Kelley, the legisla
tive agent of the Royal Baking Powder
Company of New York."
OHIO NATIONAL GUARD
i
(Journal Special Service.)
NEWARK, O., Aug. 17. Two thou
sand tents, sheltering- 600 officers and
6,000 men, is the extent of the division
camp of the Ohio National Guard, which.
opened today on the state camp ground
near this city. The encampment is
noteworthy, not alone because the en
tire division Is In camp for the first
time since the Spanish-American War,
but also for the reasoa that It Is the
first assembling of the guard sine It
became a part of the organised aux
iliary to. the regular Army. The camp
is in command of Maj. Gen. Charles
Dick, the author of the Dick law, which,
brought about the reorganization of the
National ' Guard of the entire country.
The drills and maneuvers, which form
the most Important part of the eight
days' program, will be conducted on a
large tract contiguous to the camp
grounds. The camp itself Is one of tha
finest ever seen In the state. It is
lighted by electricity and equipped with
a fine telephone field service, under con
trol of the Signal Corps.
TRIPS YOU'LL' REMEMBER
Along; the Columbia to Tha Sallea
and to nwaoo on The
Potter.
Visitors to - Portland have two tiins
that are memorable along the Columbia
from Portland to The Dalles, and down
the Columbia to Astoria and Ilwaco.
The beauties of the Upper Columbia
are best seen from the O. R. & N. Com
pany s "Chicago - Portland Special,
which leaves the Union Station every
forenoon at 9:20, arriving at The Dalles
at 12:35 (noon). Returning, the train
leaves The Dalles at 1 p. m., arriving at
Portland at 4:30 p. m. If desired, return
from The Dalles can be made by boat
The palatial O. R. & N. river steamer
leaves Portland dally (except Sunday
and Monday) for Astoria and North
Beach, the popular North Pacific Coast
resort For particulars about these and
other delightful trips out of Portland
ask at the O. R. N. City Ticket Office,
Third and Washington streets.
The largest tree in the world Ilea
broken and petrified at the end of a de
file In Northwestern Nevada. It la said
to be 666 feet long-.
CASTOR I A
- For Infants and Children,
The Kind You Kara Always Bought
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
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UNIVERSITY OF 0.1EGO;J
Seventeenth annual tension txii:s
September 16. 1S03.
. Address S. E. JOSKfTTT, M. 15,, V-..
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