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PORTLAND
OREGON
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 17
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OFFICIAL, CITY PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
What, Indeed, in true clvlllzntlon?
By Its fruit you shall know it. It in not
dominion, wealth, material luxury nay,
not even a great literaturo and educa
tion widespread, good though these
things be. Civilization is not a veneer;
It must penetrate to the very heart and
" core of societies of men. Its true signs
are thought for the poor and suffering,
.chivalrous regard and respect for
women, the frank recognition of human
brotherhood, irrespective of race or
color or nation or religion; the narrow
ing of the domain of mere force as a
governing factor in the world, the love
of ordered freedom, abhorence of what
is mean and cruel and vHe, ceaseless de
votion to the claims of Justice. Civil -iiatlon
In that. Its true, its highest
sense, must make for Peace. Lord
Russell of Klllowen.
THE NEW ASSESSMENT LAW.
'. A CLEAR statement of the difficulties
of the new .assessment law is the
. best contribution to their solution.
JThe Journal assumes that task.
i It waa the plain purpose of the new law
- to change the- times for the assessment, levy
The lead line is to measure Portland's
greatness. Other good things It has many
of them but lacking water It lacks every
thing. The sea Is its savior. It must get to
the sea, swiftly, Swimmingly. Great cargoes
and clean keels, Bafety, celerity, money, peo
ple and prosperity these go together.
There Is no use bragging about our natural
iiilvantages. Other towns can have natural
advantages and welcome. What we wanMs
unnatural advantages. " We Thank God for
the river he, has given us, but we are not sat
isfied with it. "It Is a good river but It Is hot
good enough. Let us praise the Giver, and
dredge the river.
Open the river. Open It now. Govern
ment engineers and contractors are a leis
urely race. Tney are "long In the preface.
They should be advised to cut out the Intro
duction and give us the story the story that
tells the tale work, work, work.
The chamber of commerce purports to
represent the business end of Portland. It
has a good name, but It rests with It whether
It will be a misnomer a chamber without
any commerce. Resolutions will be brought
into play, doubtless. What Is an assembly
without resolutions? But they are blank
cartridges, good for sham battle only. The
native hue of resolutions Is sicklied o'er with
the pale cast of thought. There must be
something doing.
It Is The Journal's hope that there will be
something doing. In fact It strongly advises
that procedure. It will not cease to entreat.
until the work is begun.
If Portland Is subject to criticism, It Is its
lack of solidarity. It has too many minds.
Jta. energies are .dissipated instead of being
concentrated. The open river Is such a su
preme necessity that the city should be as
one man to hasten Its accomplishment.
Sttrldlng Is unprecedented, but what will
we do with the buildings, If the stately ships
go on to' their havens on the Bound?
THE TURKISH.IRpUBLE8.
and collection of taxes, and substantially to
do nothing more, the slight changes In other
respects not being Important It Is also
plain hat the change was to apply to the as
' cessment, levy and collection to be made
after the new law takes effect, January 1,
. 1904. The law Is altogether prospective In
operation.
v A Comparison will make this apparent.
- Under the old law, the assessment begins on
, the first Monday In March each year; under
the new law, on the first Monday In January,
1904. and each year thereafter. Under the
old law, (he return of the assessment roll Is
on the first Monday In September following,
which time may be extended by the county
fcourt to the first Monday of October follow
ing; under the new law, the return Is made
" on the first Monday In July. Under, the old
law, the equalization board meets on the last
Monday In August; under the new law, on
" the first Monday In July. Under the old law,
. the estimates and levy of taxes Is made at
. the January term; under the new law, at the
September term. Under the old law, the
slate officers apportion the taxes to the sev
eral counties in January; under the new law,
In July. . Under the old law school districts
and incorporated towns and cities ndtlfy the
county courts of their rates of levies on or
. before February 1 ; under the new law, by
September 1. Under the old law, half the
taxes Is payable iy the first Monday in April,
and the other half by the first Monday In
' . October; under the new law, the first half Is
payable by December 31, and the other half
by the first Monday In April following.
Under the old law, the first collection of de
. Unguent taxes begins on the first Monday In
May, and the second the first Monday In
November; under the new law, the first col
lection begins the first Monday in February,
and the second, the first Monday in May fol
lowing. Under the old law, the delinquent
-'roll Is returnable Immediately after the first
Monday In October; under the new law. Im
mediately after the first Monday In April.
Under the old law, payments to the state
treasurer by the county treasurer are made
by the first of May and the first of Novem
ber; under the new law, on January 15, and
July IS. Under the old law, the sale of real
property for taxes is not later than March
1; under the new law, not later than Oc
tober 1.
With the exception of the foregoing
changes, and a few other slight ones, the
provisions of the old law are re-enacted in
the new law. It will be setfn 'from this, re
view that the assessment and equalization
of taxes during the year 1903 will have been
completed under the old or present law still
In force. The levy"jf taxes, and all the aub-
sequent steps for their collection by the
provisions of the present law are to take
place in the year 1904. But on January 1,
. 1904, the present law ceases to be law. None
of these things, therefore, from the levy to
the collection or sale, can be done under the
provisions of the present law. There is no
. provision In the nv'law for doing them.
That law relates to ffya assessment and col-
... lection of taxes for the year 1904. There Is
no saving clause for the extension of the
provisions of the present law to the levy
: and collection of taxes assessed In 1903.
-Taxes cannot be levied or collected except
by virtue of a law. The intent to authorize
" theBe cannot be supplied by judicial con-
etructloo In the absence of any words to In
dicate the legislative intent.
1 '"Unless the courts shall hold these con
clusions erroneous, there mut either be an
extra session, or the government must go
Without funds for the next year.
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PORTLAND AND THE LIVE
STOCK MEN.
T IS SAID that when the Hoo Hoos meet
In national convention conservative citi
zens take to the trees; it Is also asserted
that when the Elks or Shrlners similarly
foregather staid and contemplative people
living In the city honored by their presence
take to the tall timber and stay there until
the storm blows over. Now It may cheer
fully be admitted that each and all of these
in their way do what they can to lend a
robustious element to existence, that they
hit nought but the high places and leave be
hind them a lurid trail not untlnged with
sulphur. But with all due respect, admit
ting everything claimed for them, there must
be a mental reservation In the case of the
National Live Stock Association. In the
language of the day there may be others, but
the Live Stock Association la It, distinctly
and capitally.
When Its members appear on the streets, of
a convention town In their sombreros, their
red neckties, their leather belts (not to fur
ther specify their upholstery) and the spell
bound passeraby listens to the music of the
jingling spurs hitched to their high-heeled
boots, they simply bow down low and give J
up what they have. The stockmen not only
do much serious business, devoting the day
to it. btt do much other business, not so
serious, but more clamorous, devoting the
night to It. No one can hold membership
who takes a wink of sleep during the time
the convention lasts. They have plenty of
time to sleep after they get home, and this
thought sustains and soothes during the
strenuous convention days.
The national convention will be held in
Portland next January. An advance courier,
Mr. Martin, the association's secretary, Is In
town today to confer about preliminary ar
rangements. He was given a warm welcome
which will be a forerunner of the still
warmer welcome which will wait the na
tional body. Portland will then give ocular
proof of Its regard and appreciation.
The National Live Stock Association Is
well worthy of attention. It Is doing a good
work In this broad land and Oregon Is deeply
Interested In it The latchstrlng will there
fore hang on the outside of Portland's door
and If the stockmen don't see what they want
they win only have to ask for It.
Tala of Complications That Have Led to
Present Difficulties.
From the New York Tribune. . ,
Not, only Little Peterklns In future but
well-informed men of the present may ask
what the trouble in Turkey Is about. It
is a complicated matter, involving every eat
sentlal feature of the once-oalled "Eastern
question"- elnce the tribe of Othman first
crossed the Hellespont, but It ought to be
made Intelligible to all. Turkey In Europe,
a a It remains - elnco- the partitions of 1919,
corisists of seven provinces Constantinople
and Adrianople, which form much of ancient
Tharce; Solonlka, , Kossovo and Monastlr,
which largely comprise the region vaguely
known as Macedonia, and Scutari and Janlna,
which form tha bulk of Albania, or old Illyria.
The inhabitants are varied. There are many
Turks, descendants of tha tribe of Othman,
which invaded Europe and overthrew the
Byzantine Empire. There are Greeks, de
scendants of Greeks of classic days. .There
are Albanians, or Arnauta. a strange "rem
nant of forgotten peoples" descended from
the Pelasglans, who occupied all that part
of Europe before the Dorian migration
founded ancient Greece. There are many
Jews. There are Wallachs, or Vlachs, de
scended from the autochthons, mingled with
Greeks, with a language derived from the
Latin. There are Roumanians, akin to the
HAVE THE PEOPLcf L0rr POWER,,
1V0HN D,lLONG.';
Wallachs. but of mixed Roman instead of
Greek blood. There are Bulgars, a Slavic
people forming an Inferior branch of the
Finnish stock. There are Serbs, also a
Slavic people. There are Gipsies, a few
Magyars and some other folk, all differing in
race, language and religion.
Five of these especially claim Macedonia
the Turks, because they are the actual
sovereigns of the whole empire; the Greeks,
because of their relations to It In the time
of Alexander; the Albanians, because they
were the original proprietors; the Serbs, be
cause some of It was part of their old Serv
ian Empire, and the Bulgars, because they
have flocked Into the country In such num
bers, Tha rivalry has been acute since 1878,
when Servla became Independent and Bui
garla largely so. As the Macedonians are
one of the most superstitious people In the
world, the propaganda was at first carried
on by ecclesiastical means. Down to 1870
the Greek church was the only Christian
church In Macedonia, and all Christians
there were at least nominally Greeks. Then
Bulgaria secured the establishment and rec
ognltlon of some of her churches and schools,
The Roumanians followed with schools and
colleges In 1888, and at about the same time
the Serbs did the same. By means of
churches and schools, the rival political cam
palgns have been vigorously waged, espec
lally on the part of the Bulgars, the Serbs
and the Greeks, the Bulgars probably lead
ing the others In numbers and energy.
DEPEW AROUSED WOODRUFF.
THE PORT OF PORTLAND.
IT SHOULD never be forgotten that Port
land Is. a port. That is its name and
that Its destiny. To maintain its pres
tige it must have port facilities. Its harbor
entrance must be adequate to its inland ad
vantages. Delays do worse than retard;
' they put Its future in Jeopardy. There is ,a
tide In Its affairs that muat betaken at the
flood- It wants' deep water. It has the
money appropriated. Now It wants action,
action, artioTi.
Majeetto movements add dignity but they
do not keep water from shoaling. Portland
' pp?dS!mwesan4 Ja Jier commercial bodies,
and lest in her rivers. If her publicists will
xsjand tnen energy in opening the mouth
of ': the Columbia instead of their own; it
iwould save breath and deepen the channel.
Has Engine of New York Central Whistle
Call at His Window.
Syracuse Dispatch to New Tork Sun.
When Senator Depew was here on Mon
day he discussed with Ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Timothy L. Woodruff some matters of
a Boclal-political character, the exact nature
of which is irrelevant to this anecdote. One
suggestion which the senator made; how
ever, resulted in Mr. Woodruff getting up
right early this morning. That point the
senator approached with typical diplomacy.
"You young fellows of today like to lie
abed mornings," said the senator. "When
you're old you'll want to rise early so that
you can crowd as much life as possible Into
each day."
"Oh! getting up Is easy after you're once
awake," said Mr. Woodruff. "It's shaking
the sleep "on at first that's hard. I shan't
mind It at all, senator, if the bellboy gets
me thoroughly awake."
"I . will see that you are called," said the
senator. "That will be all right."
A naturally suspicious person might have
seen a glint of fun In the senator's eye. Mr.
Woodruff Isn't suspicions. He hurried away
with great things in mind for the state fair.
As every one knows, the railroads run right
through- the heart of Syracuse, passing al
most under the eaves of all the principal
hotels.
This morning, as the sun was at Its early
chore of sweeping the blue mlgaway from
the hills around the city, a New Yok Central
passenger Train halted besides the Yates ho
tel. Suddenly from tea-w&lstle came a wall
as if all the lost souls lnce the discovery
of the salt licks had pitched their sorrows
Into one screetch. The blg-tongued bell
clanged and a cloud of steam went from the
discharge valves. Heads showed at the win
dows, bearded faces of grangers and fem
inine faces about bits of night gowns
threaded with baby-ribbon. Leaning out of
the cab window, the engineer watched these
faces until he spied a very sleepy rnan in
Nile-greeu pajamas. Then he yelled:
"Mr. Woodruff." The man in the pajamas
nodded. "Senator Depew's compliments, and
it's 6 otclock," said the engineer, and, open-
Ing the throttle, he aped on. - - ' ... v-
Havlng gained about all that could thus
be gained, however, the Bulgars a few years
ago resorted to more militant tactics. They
organized a "Macedonian Committee," which
for a time, at least, enjoyed governmental
encouragement. Its object was the political
conquest of Macedonia by Bulgaria, thus
making Bulgaria the largest power In . tha
Balkans. To secure funds for Its work It
systematically levied blackmail upon rich
Roumanians and others, now and then 'com
mitting murder to enforce Us demands. On
of Its characteristic deeds was the 'kidnap
ping of Miss Stone, the American missionary,
and the extortion of a large ransom for her
under threats of outrage and death. It es
tablished an organized system of brigand
age throughout Macedonia, committed dy
namite outrages in Salonika and elsewhere
and murdered Greeks, Wallachs and others
in fulfillment of Its threat to create such a
reign of terror and anarchy that the powers
would be forced to Intervene. A few months
ago Austria-Hungary and Russia urged
upon Turkey the promulgation of various
administrative reforms, intended to allay
discontent and avert rebellion. This was
futile. The reforms were absurdly inad
equate. They were never put Into effect.
If they had been, they would have done no
good. If they had done all the good In the
world they would not have averted the re
belllon, for the Bulgars were resolved to or
ganize a revolution at any cost and to be
satisfied with nothing but the conquest of
Macedonia by Bulgaria.
Or Is There a Corrective of Publlo Evils In
Publio Opinion? . t
From World's Work for September. . .
Gov. La Follette, of Wisconsin, has dona a
great publlo service as tha champion In his
state of a direct primary law and of a law
Jo tax corporate property by tha same seals
of valuation as private property, and ha has
won the confidence of his state. These are
the two practical methods that ' ha has
chosen to break the control of corporations
over the government. - In this long and hard
struggle for a real democracy Instead of
rule for commercial purposes, Gov. La Fol
lette has directly encountered the opposition
of the commercial Interests and of self-seek
Ing promoters, and he knows hla enemy and
his ways. Like every other vigorous man,
he has stated his case with emphasis. Con
slderSfor examples, such phrases as these
quoted from a recent address mad by him
at Chautauqua, New York.
The great commercial Interests "buy Im
munity from taxation in our legislatures;
sometimes they secure advantages by
"straight, simple bribery." sometimes by
"alluring deals and promises of political
preferment," sometimes by "threats f ruin."
They "defeat legislation for the general
good, and pass laws to promote private in
terests." The people "are losing control of
their own government Its foundations are
being sapped and Its Integrity destroyed."
He quoted from a letter written by a United
States senator who declared that the rail
road companies controlled the senate. Now
Gov. La Follette Is not a "calamity howler."
Every observant man who knows anything
about public life knows that there are cases,
more or less common, of bribed legislatures.
of desirable legislation balked for private
gain, and of bad legislation enacted for tha
same reason. Everybody knows that there
are public officers In the United Statea sen
ate and out of It whose action Is controlled
by great corporate Interests.
The question of Importance Is not: Are
there cases of these kinds? But are they
so numerous as to warrant the sweeping
conclusion that "the people are losing con
trol of their own government." and that Its
"Integrity Is being destroyed 7" This Is an
Impossible question to answer with exact
ness. The governor of Wisconsin la a man
whose opinions even hla aweeplng opinions
are entitled to respect. Yet there are
other men men of public spirit and of care
ful thought who see a corrective power in
public opinion which is capable of asserting
Itself so surely and emphatically when a real
test comes as to regulate the corrupting In
fluence of commercialism in our public life
to the class of temporary and sporadic evils.
Burglars have always plied their trade, but
society manages fairly well to defend Itself
against them. .
He Is a foolish man who shuts his eyes to
dangers that are obvious. Yet it Is worth
recalling that Gov. La Follette has himself
won his fight against these very Influences
by appeals to public opinion; and It la hard
to find any case In our whole history where
public opinion waa not aroused In time to
save theV'lntegrlty" of the government. The
vast. Immeasurable force of democracy lies
dormant sometimes for long periods, but in
every . real crisis it haa arisen and made
short work of whatever Influence has threat
ened its foundations. If the people really
share Gov. La Follette'a sweeping fear or
whenever they share It they will rise to the
danger.
Hla Talk on Editorial Writers Coneldered by
Ona of Them.',:;; V:vH .".-';'
From the New Tork Sun, ,
Hon. John Davta Long of Hlngham, at at
of Massachusetts, la reported to have emitted
thla view of editorial articles and their
authora: , ' ' : '
"Toll read an editorial In a 'dally and It
seems to apeak with all tha authority of a
great paper, but think when you read that It
waa written by a man in his ahlrt sleeves,
with his hat on hla head, in a little " seven
by nln room, and If ha should button-hole
you on the stret you would want to get
away from him, and your opinion la just as
good as Ala." ' "
Possibly, Mr. Long speaka with authority
as to the conditions which , prevail in . the
thought-parlors of the Journalists of Buck-
field, Me., and Hlngham, Mass. The heat
generated by Intellectual motion may wall
drive the motor to hla ahlrt sleeves; and
these must be convenient for tha absorption
of some of tha tremendous eddlea of Ink that
whirl In the tempest of composition. Tha
correlation of Inward mental energy and tha
hat, In position, as Ita visible sign, la cu
rious. While tha hat la thera the , head
cannot be lost; that must be the psychol
ogy of It. But why does Mr. Long glba at
this habit or peculiarity? H la a Dry.
Surely ha does not wish ua to surmise that
his esteemed contemporaries In Buckfleld
and Hlngham would produce aubllmer pieces
If they garlanded their convolutions with a
wet towel, wrapped their talents In a napkin,
ao to speak. Notice the size of the editorial
room known to our excellent marine friend.
He gives us the fact but not the explanation.
"Long's Law," as readers of Ganot'a physics
remember, Is this:
"The number of square feet in the ed
itorial room Is the number of linear lnchea
In the editorial desired."
But we are not to accept Mr. Long's as
sertions as generally true, even for New
England. Thus, some editorial articles In
the Boston Transcript are written in a frock
coat; others In a klmona; the "editorial par
agraphs" in a shirt waist, and so on." Uncle
Dudley of the Boston Globe always weara a
linen "duster" when In the travail of com
position. Thus, no particle of fiery mat
ter disengaged la lost. Hon. Solomon Bulk
ley Griffin of the Springfield Republican can
not compose unless the seat of his revolving
chair is covered with a full-armored pin
cushion and three well-stocked' vinegar
cruets and a carboy of aour milk are on the
sideboard of weepingwlllow. Gen. Sambo
Bowlea of' Agawam. writes out of doors In
his song coat of feathers. In short, habits
differ; and many respectable editorial writ
ers are so far from wearing a hat. when on
duty, that they won't even wear any visible
hair.' Mr. Long's conclusions are Interesting,
though his observations are severely local.
We understand that Chancellor Snow of the
Kansas State University has decided to call
Mr. Long to the rfiew chair of Journalism
in that Institution. A more complete con
spectus of the sociology of editorial writers
will then be expected of Mr. Long.
GREAT, PIPE
Will Hold a Whol r Rlv.r f for Nearly Six
: Thousand Feat . '
f rom ina rniiaaeiDma itecora. ... - .
Steel la the material to ba used by the On
tario Power company Irs tha construction of
Ita propoaed big Hum on tha Canadian aid
at Niagara Falla. This fluma will ba on
or tna largest steel pi pea in tn world. '. it
will hav a diameter of IS feet and' will b
5,880 feet long. The ataal platea from which
It will be made hav a thickness of half an
Inch and In putting them together over 200
tons of rlveta will be used. Ita diameter la
0 large that It would be Impossible to put
It together at any machine shop and ship It
to Niagara, and . ao a temporary plant for
building It will be erected on the Canadian
side at Niagara.
The temporary plant . will consist of a
power house, a machine shop, boiler shop,
office and boarding house. To carry' the
parts from the shops to the point where they
will enter Into the large .flume or pipe a
temporary railroad will be built along tha
route of the flume to handle the steel. It
Is such a mammoth contract that to build the
flume will take from 10 to 18 montha.
It waa Intimated some little time ago that
the Ontario Power company would use Cali
fornia redwood In .the conatructlon of this
flume. It waa also Intimated that other
woods would have favor, and the fact la a
careful aearch waa made and- a thorouah in
vestigation mad of other notable flumes
carrying water In the country. These flumea
are. not ad numeroua In the East as they are
In the Weat, but after all the research steal
haa been adopted as the material to ba used.
Advocates of wood claimed that a steel flume
would rust and rot out quicker than a flume
made of wood, but the fact was evident that
should the flume be built of wood steel
hoops would have to be used to make It firm,
and these stood Just as much chance of go
ing to plecea as the all-steel flume.
The flume will extend from the fore-bay of
the Ontario Power company along the base
of a bluff at the rear of Victoria Park to a
point Just below Table Rock, the famous, view
pomi, ana mere mm waters nn om aivenea
through penstocks ,to turbines to be Installed
In a power house at the water's edge. The
flume, from an engineering point, will be
well -worth watching during the construc
tion, for no doubt It will have Important tea
tures.
ROOSEVELT REFUSED IT.
RIVER TRAFFIC.
NEW CROP ESTIMATE8 OUT.
Notable Era of Prosperity Coming for Ohio
Valley.
From the Scientific American. . .
One of the most Interesting phases of the
marvelous development of our internal com
merce during the past 10 or 20 years haa
been the growing Importance of the Ohio and
Girl Grieved Beoauae He Returned Beautiful
Flag She Sent Him.
Boston Correspondence New York Sun.
Grieved because the silk American flag in
which she put thousands of stitches, some
thing like 16,000 of them, waa refused as a
gift by President Roosevelt, Miss Marie Cos
teau of 1205 Washington street is wondering
whether patriotism Days. For more than a
year thla 22-year-old girl haa been working
over the flag, and from the first materials
sh could obtain she made a beautiful ban
ner. Every thread with which the silk of the
stripes were sewed waa chosen with care,
and the 45 stars embroidered on their blue
field coat $1 each.
When the flag waa finished Miss Costeau
placed it in a satin box and sent it to the
president with best wishes and the hope that
he might find it available for hla personal
use.
'"I. worked on my poor flag so hard," said
Miss Costeau, "and thought, of course, he
would take It. I wrote that I was a French
girl, but had llved.under the Stars and
The Macedonian Committee, composed of
Bulgarian political agitators, last spring an
nounced that a general Insurrection would
be provoked during this year. To that end
Its members," led by the notorious Sarafoff
and otherst resorted to train wrecking,- mail
robbing, dynamite outrages, arson and mur
der perpetrated, sometimes against Turks,
and sometimes against Greeks, Wallachs and
other Christians, The Turks retaliated. So
did the Arnauts, who are not partisans of
the Turks. Then Turkish troops were sent
In to quell the troubles, and so the present
state of affairs was developed. Although
the revolt was thus artificially organized by
the Bulgars for the sake of political con
quest, and was at first disapproved and re
sisted by the Greeks and Wallachs, It is
now coming to appeal pretty, strongly to all
the people. The Bulgars persist In it for po
litical conquest. The Greeks, Wallachs and
others accept It In the hope of intervention
or something that will free then, from Turk
ish misrule and at the same time save them
from Bulgarian oppression, which would be
to them almost as bad as Turkish, and many
of the Turks even regard the revolution with
felief antj satisfaction as the only way out
of an Intolerable situation.
Corn Now Figured at 2,289,900,000 Bushels
for 1903.
From the New York Sun.
The government crop report, which shows
the condition of the cropa on September 1,
waa issued yesterday. It gives the condition
of corn as 80.1 per cent.; of wheat, 74.7, and
oata, 75.7. These figures were received by
the grain trade with little comment, aa they
had been expected, although very slight de
clines in the condition of both wheat and
corn would have created no surprise.
The general comment on the report was
that it was bearish on both wheat and
corn, on the Indicated yields. The following
are the comparisons, as figured out by J. G.
Brown, statistician of the Produce Ex
change: )
WHEAT.
Condition. Yield. Crop.
Est. Sept., '03. ...74.7 13.3 669,841,000
Est. Aug., '03 . .... 650,000,000
Est. Sept, '02... 80 14.3 630,000,000
Final. '02 14.5 670,000,000
CORN.
Est Sept., '03.. ..80.1 25.5 2,289,900,000
Est. Aug., '03. ...78:7 25 2,245,000,000
Est. Sept., 02..84.3 26.3 2,495,000,000
Final, '02 26.8 2,523,048,000
OATS.
Est. Sept, '03.... 75. 7 27.6 765,403,000
Est. Aug., '03.. ..79. 6 28.9 791,455,000
Est. Sept, '02.. ..87. 2 30.3 868,277,000
Final, '02 34.5 987,842.713
On the government figures and indicated
yield the wheat crop of the United States, at
a conservative price of 90 cents a bushel,
should yield about $603,000,000, and the oats
crop, at 35 cents a bushel, about 1268,000,000.
These two cropa are ,now well cared for, but
no estimate of the corn crop's value can be
made within the next three weeks.
its tributaries, the Ohio and Mississippi to
day forming the greatest Internal waterway stripes long enough la lava tha flag and the
system In the world, with the possible excep- noble Institutions it refesented. Then 11
' Finest - Home in England.
From the New York Press.
If you were to ask, "Which is the finest
country residence In the United States?" no
one could give answer. If you tusk "Which
is the- finest castle In Great Britain?" those
in the know will say "Alnwick, the home of
the Duke of Northumberland." This is
stated so positively that I suppose there can
be no doubt about It. Alnwick Is 600 years
old, and was a ruin till 1854, when the pres
ent owner's father sumptuously restored It
and rebestowed upon It Its ancient character.
Its massive walls bristle with turrets, embat
tled and machlcolated, and support no less
than 16 towers. The barbican at the en
trance is guarded by stone effigies of men-at-arms
In various warlike attitudes which
from a distance have the appearance of liv
ing sentinels. There Is a wonderful well let
into the wall. A magnificent marble stair
case, the stepsf which are four yards wide,
lead to the upper floors. The castle also
possesses a famous library, an Egyptian
museum, a museum of British and Roman
antiquities and a rare collection of ancient
and modern arms. Its gardens are of great
beauty, - .,. . ' -f -
Glass Buttons on Mrs. Post's Coat.
From the New York Press.
By far the moat striking costume waa worn
by Mrs. Edward C. Post. , It was of a dull
gray cloth with collar and cuffs of violet
velvet. The double-breasted coat waa
fastened with buttons of amethyst glass. The
tlon of that formed by the great lakea. Thla
rapid development of the Ohio as a carrier of
commerce haa been largely due to the great
industrial development which the Ohio Val
ley has been undergoing during the past 10
or 20 years. Just as the upper Ohio valley la
today the center of the Iron and steel trade
of the world, and at the same time tha
greatest producer of coal and coke, ao, too,
does the vast amount of traffic which has
brought thla stream to the front rank
among the internal waterways of the world
originate in the upper Ohio valley Pitts
burg and adjacent sections embraced in the
Pittsburg district, together with Southern
Ohio and the northern part of West Virginia,
contributing the major Jortlon of those varied
commercial products which give the Ohio a
vast annual traffic.
Already the improvement of the Monon
gahela haa made that valley one of the great
est parte of the Pittsburg district. Innum
erable great Iron and steel manufacturing
concerns are now operating great plants in
the valley. Thla same effect la now being
felt In the Allegheny valley, and from Pitts
burg to Cincinnati the Ohio valley ! one
great manufacturing 'district, a fact due In
the largest degree to this internal waterway
lmproyement. Last year Allegheny county,
of which Pittsburg is the center, and which
does not embrace all the Pittsburg district,
produced more than one third of all kinds of
finished Iron and steel products, and an
equally high percentage of the non-flnlshed
Iron and steel turned out in. thla country,
which fact reflects some of the advantages
wrought to this section through the water
facilities provided by nature and improved
by the Ingenuity of man.
Since the development of the bituminous
coal mining Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Vir
ginia and Ohio, which largely make up the
210,000 square miles of territory drained by
the Ohio and its tributaries, have held the
front rank In this Indutry, while Indiana and
Kentucky have also been Important coal
produclng atatea. The combined production
of the Ohio valley states in bituminous coal
aent it away, but it came right back. A note
from his secretary said he could not ac
cept It. i
"He saya It's a rule that he can't accept
preaenta. But I read that he takes other
things. A paper last night said he took rail
road passes and champagne. Why not, then
my flag? Is it because the people who gave
him the other things were rich and he did
not wish to honor a poor girl who only
wanted to 'show her patriotism V
TABLET TO PRIMATE APPLE.
One to Be Unveiled to Mark Place Where,
Fruit Waa Firat Grown.
Syracuse Correspondence New York Times.
A bronze tablet will be unveiled tomorrow
afternoon at Howlett Hill to mark the place
where the first primate apple waa grown.
The tablet, which la 10 by 23 Inches in size,
bears the following Inscription: -
'Dn this farm Calvan D. Bingham, about
1840, produced the marvelous primate apple
named by Charles P. Cowlea. God's earth Is
full of love to man."
The exact location- of the tree that bore
the primate apple was not found until Sun
day, when Attorney John T. Roberta discov
ered the spot. The tablet will be presented
In the name of the New York State Fruit
Growers Association, and Will-be entrusted
to the guardianship of the.; West Onondaga
Grange, Patrons of Industry, within whose
.territory it will be placed.
The primate apple Is considered the finest
of all summer apples in New York and New
England. Since it was first grown, 60 years
ago, it has been very popular. The primate
apple Is most prominent of the four import
ant fruits that have originated in Onondaga
county. The other fruits that have first
sprung from this county soil are the Tall
man grape, which originated In this city, the
Mills raspberry and the Sterns apple.
hat was black, with purple flowers. The last year was 165,000,000 tons, or nearly four
glass buttons were a novelty. Mrs. Post
has been in Newport, and was a guest at a
luncheon of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt aboard
the North Star. This luncheon waa for Miss
Goelet and the Duke of Roxburghe. Mrs.
Post is related to the DueT, Van Rennsalaer
and Travers famillea. She is one of the few
ultra-fashionable women living west of
Central Park. , She has a large house
West-End avenue.
in
A Significant 8ilenoe.
From the Astorlan.
The Portland; Journal is -digging up from
the recordsof Multnomah county some very
disagreeable facte regarding the handling of
finances In the several departments during
the administration of the past few years.
And the most significant thing about it is
that the other Portland papers and the ac
cused officers are maintaining a silence
about the matters and things charged.
nrtna or the entire production of thla coun
try. With the vast resources of the uni
versal industrial fuel upon which these
states are able to draw? some Idea can be
formed of the phenomenal development of
the coal traffic on the Ohio and Its tribu
taries which must take place, within a few
years, when the Improvements now under
way have rendered this stream navigable all
the year round, and have extended naviga
tion to numerous streams now of little com
mercial importance. "
At the Depot.
From the Baltimore News.
"Jan, aatank ay ban go back Sveden,"
"So? Vot skoil you go back Sveden vorT
"Man tell me bal no nex train; say nex
train skoil bane gone two mlnoot. Ay skoll
go back Sveden, Jan 1"
The Turk.
From the Baltimore American.
The unspeakable Turk growa unspfakably
more unspeakable. . .
Cotton and Ita Makers. .
From the New Yorlf Mail and ExDress.
The price of cottonhows a tendency to
fall. Naturally. The planters now have
some to sell. - r- " v -
The Pole Can Be Found.
From the Baltimore American.
Wonder .if Fe&rx wlllfind tae norti pole
before Llpton lifts the cup L ' -
What Llpton Haa Done.
k From the Montreal Star.
Sir Thomas Llpton may not have "lifted"
the cup, but he has done a number of other
things of quite as much value to the peo
ple of both theemplre and the republic. He
has united the sporting feeling of the two
peoples as, perhaps, it never was brought together-
before. He has removed whatever
soreness. the Dunraven episode may have left
one either side of the water. He has done a
large share, in the supreme diplomatic task
of, the day the creation of a friendly under
standing between the two great English
Speaking democracies. 7 ' : - 1 7
An Unenviable Notoriety,
From the Washington Star.
Oklahoma is showing sad precocity In the
game of public graft.
A Suggestion.
When the hold-up artist cometh,
In each hand a wicked gun.
And he says In accents filgar:
"Throw 'em up; d quit, my sorv,"
And ere I can say, excuse me, -Or
have a chance, td up and run,
He has gone through all my pockets,
Hooked my watch, also my mon'.
Then he smilingly exclalmeth:
"Now, git and don't you dare look round
If you do. I'll perforate you"
I don't make the slightest sound. -
So I wander off and leave him
With the plunder he has found
In my heart a thankful feeling.
That my head he did not nound.
' - ,
Why don't big white-gloved policemen.
Come and catch those naughty men.
Tell hern it's iiot right anr properIT 7 T
Totearup'- 'eiUsen;
Teach- them "grafting" something honest.
Easy to pick It up.
Then again well feel protected
From the order -"Throw 'em upl"
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