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I ' Editoriar ''VipfSs
PORTLAND, OREGON
TUESDAY. DECEMBER. 1, 1903"
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
C . JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
JNO. P. CARROLL
Published every nine (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and ' Tamhlll streets, Portland, Oregon.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF TML3 CITY OF PORTLAND
THL2 JOURNAL'S PLATFORM
, A Trinity ot Events Which Would Make of Portland
the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast.
First Deepen the Columbia river bar.
' Second Open the Columbia river to unim
peded navigation at and above The Dalles.
Third Dig an Isthmian canal
THE KINO OF, SPAIN. IS KINGLY IN ALL HIS WAYS
public attention should bo concentrated and the commer
clal bodies should not rest content until It haa been placed formal speech
In the beat shape for speedy practical solution.
Deepen the Columbia bar.
Open the Columbia to unimpeded navigation.
William E. Curtis' Madrid Correspond
ence in tha Chicago Record-Herald.
Everybody spunks with admiration of
the kliiKly dignity and self-poesesslorri
snown by Kins Alfonso on tha list of
May last, when he muds hla first appear
aiu-e before the cortes In the character
of a sovereign of Spain. It waa the
first time after his coronation that he
was callod upon to take the Initiative In
a ceremony, and he delivered hla first
The text, which was
AN IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
Even such is time, that takes In trust
Our youth, our Joys, our all we have.
And pays us but with earth and dust;
Who, In the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days;
But from this earth, this grave, this dust.
My God shall raise me up, I trust !
Sir Walter Raleigh.
MAJOR LANGFITTS OPPORTUNITY.
f tHERE IS ONE MAN who can' now more largely
'I InfluenceTortland's destiny thnn all other men
combined. That man la Major Lungfltt, the gov-
- eminent engineer In charge of the work at the mouth of
the Columbia. No one can well overestimate the Import
ance of that work In building up and developing that tre
mendous stretch of country within the Columbia'! drain
age basin. Through that work this great section will be
' brought Into closer commercial relations with the whole
world. Its completion would mean safe egress and Ingress
tO the mouth of the river, that all ships Instead of some
ships could enter and It would likewise mean that they
could enter without delay.
. 'The responsibility for this work and for spending the
money which the government has given rests with Major
; liangfltL Under his supervision the work of building a
jetty was begun last summer. That work so far as It re
lates to stone, which is the fundamental element entering
' into the proposition, is divided Into two contracts. It was
intended by the terms that the first contract was to have
been finished by this time.
That contract If completed at all was done in a tech
nickl and unsatisfactory manner and could only be re
Carded as completed on the basis of a heavy rebate in the
amount and slse of the stone furnished which it was
within the power of the government engineer, to grant
The second contract is much larger than the first and it
calls for very much largerstone, practically none of which
it was poesibletb furnish under the first contract. CIr
cumstarices have now made it apparent that it It utterly
Impossible to comply with the provisions of the contract,
very probably as to the quality of the stone required, but
positively as to the quantity, particularly insofar as the
size of the rock is taken into consideration. This latter is
one of the greatest elements for the reason that Unless the
Jetty Is weighed down with rock of the specified dimen
sions, it Is likely to be broken under the stress of the
.
a
THE APPOINTMENT by the president of an execu
tive commission to Inquire -into the status of for
estry. Irrigation, lnnd laws, the uses of tbe pub
lic domain and other Western questions, and to recom
mend what course should be taken either through execu
tive action or by legislation best calculated to serve and
promote the Interests Involved, Is sufficiently wide In its
scope to draw forth a great deal of Invaluable data, tc
gether with practical suggestions that may be of great
consequence In shaping future policies and legislation.
The value of the commission Is greatly enhanced by the
quite lung, was, as usual, prepared for
mm ty his ministers, but his delivery Is
said to have been perfect and to have
commanded the admiration of everyone
present, of course, ho has been acous
tomed to be stared .at and to appear In
functions since he was an infant. I told
yu In a previous letter of his training
and experience in this line when he was
a babe In long clothes, and he had no more
right to be rattled at his debut befor
the cortes than- ene of the old cream-col
ored cobs that hauled the royal chariot
through howling mob In the frequent
processions In which they take part. The
horses are trained from colts to mind
their own business, and would not be
disturbed If a cannon should be fired off
between their legs or a trombone solo
piuyed under their noses. They would
consider It a part of the program, and
march on as solemnly as ever. A boy
of 17, who Is required for the first time
in his life to deliver an address of 0
character and training of the men who compose it. At its
head Is Mr. Richards, commissioner of the general land of- ""mutes before a national parliament and
flee; associated with him are Mr. PJnchot. chief forester. 1, utMmen' Politicians and
. x w Other critics, may be pardoned for
unci riiRinrci ui me geoiogicm survey, snowing a little diffidence. Yet they telj
ThesgJJfee men are all practical; some. If not all, of them me that Alfonso showed none at all; that
have"deep knowledge of the West and are perfectly fa- ,,L , . p. " c,"r nrm v01c'
... ... .. .... ... - ,, . M with perfect Inflection and considerable
miliar with the conditions which prevail here and all of oratorical effect, arid at the close of the
them have had much experience In their chosen specialty, spectacle, when It came time to retire
It would, therefore, be surprising If the consensus of their rrom ,he Presence of parliament, he did
opinions, experience, investigation and Judgment should
not result In the most valuable single report on the prac
tical conditions In the West that has ever been prepared or
presented.
so with a dignity and grace that em
phasized hla sovereignty.
winter storms and the evils following In the trainof
hallow bar be Indefinitely prolonged. ?
It is for Major Langfltt to say whether conditions even
worse than those which prevailed last season are to pre
f, vail next or whether the situation is to be taken firmly in
hand and whatever the best Interests of the work and the
purposes for which the appropriation was made be done
without loss of time. .
It should not be necessary to emphasise the importance
of all this to the people of this city and section. It should
be manifest to every one of them. There is no other sub
ject under public consideration that will begin to approach
it in Importance and none whose solution would be
freighted with such farreaching consequences for good. It
is, therefore, the question above all others upon which
There Is no question as to the kingly
qualities be possesses or as to his good
Intentions and hlirh aanlratlnna It
Such a report should not alone be valuable in the East, pity that ho cannot be relieved of the
where It Is difficult to get the Western point of view or nirrow influences that surround him and
rise to an appreciation of the pecu.lar condition, which riZZ&2Z
confront this section, but It will be appreciated in the rope, and recently confessed to an
West Itself, where we do not always rise" to an apprecla- American caller that It was the height of
tion, in their broad significances, of the questions which nls.. "n UnIted -States
" ' l" uo unuuijr iiuiueiiucu vy uie ,ndiy that he feared he would never be
local conditions which surround us. It Is a long step in able to do so. Whenever one of the Eu-
the right direction and the report of the commission will
be looked forward to with great Interest in the hope and
expectation that it will be the beginning of a new era in
the national conception of Western needs and the limita
tions under which this section Is forced to struggle.
ropean ambassadors visits him ha in
variably Inquires the length of tbe Jour- Raymond's 'Washington Special In the
ney to London, (9 Brussels or Copen- Chicago Tribune,
nagen. and how long it would take. He Although It haa been generally under-
ls quite Inquisitive as to political events stood that there will be- ho extensive
In other countries, and whenever he financial bill passed, at this seaa ion of
met the representatives of other' Euro- congress for political reasons, there
pean sovereigns who came to his corona- nevertheless le a strong desire to make
k nany pertinent questions certain alterations in the existing law
r iwuonai smairs. While ne is governing the conduct of national banks,
not thoroughly posted as to current Some of the Republican leaders have
ni.. Decaua nis tutors win not per- been much arrald there will come a turn
mit him to know certain thine-a. Ilka the of the tide between nn ami aitinn
assassination of McKlnley and similar day. They fear if the wave of prosper-
SVentS, as I exolalnad ta vnu tha nthariltv haa-lna ta rAari a avan n nht -
i. m .1 ln government organs or gree, it mignt nave a disastrous effect
Madrid regularly and one nr twa at the I nnnn tha naxt nnuMnnilal l.iliu i.n.
r" papers occasionally, and it is less the effect can be anticipated and
" me ciers: in tne omce or nis Droviaea ror.
private secretary to prepare for htm There is an evident disposition to
every morning a summary of the day s I strengthen the national banks in every
events. This Is done with great dlscre- possible way, so that In case there Is
tlon. Care Is taken te omit evervthlna- any strlnarencv In tha nnnav market It
h ! M. - ... . ' . . I . , . . . . . .. ...
.. unim w cuneiruea as unravoraoie win npi reaci on tne banks. Along tnis
iu opsin, tit naa been much Interested line IS a sentiment In ranrraai h nh
lately In the visit of the Italian king to has been referred to occasionally in
Parts, and has determined to make a favor of the Issuance of bonds for the
slrhilar excursion, which may be ar- construction of the Panama canal, In
ranged In the near future, because the cludmg, of course, payments to the
two governments are now nearotlatlns canal company and to the Panama re
ft1 treaty of alliance, and their relations public. It is felt to be a wise move
might be considerably strengthened by not to draw on the treasury balance any
atj exchange of visits. more than is absolutely necessary. The
, 1 1 vui ! iui yiuvireni, vi course, wild
There are reeannm. knvu tUmt ir. I It Is felt to be only Just the burden
it a little difficult for him to n awav. should be distributed through many
and unless his mother remained at home years.
and resumed her power as regent he The existence of a Urge nominal
would not be permitted to go. It Is a casn balance in the treasury Is likely
matter of controversy if If would be law- to be seised upon by the Democrats as
ful for her in An an self h Alf avh h as OS era I a reason why bonds should not be Is-
decree proclaimed upon the' day of hlsl""61- Many Republican leaders ssy,
coronation ne conferred upon her all the
rights and privileges she eniored during:
the lifetime of his father, and she Is
the queen of Spain. Many people hold Bo In n, ..,,
that she cannot aa.nm. nT 90rm " ABJor Hi rity-eight YeaM
which. In the absence of (ha kin, here- "
after must rest with his sister, the In- From the Kansas City Star. -
ranta Mercedes, princess of Asturlaa, Until Senator Dietrich, who haa been
nd heir to the throne. If the latter Indicted for brlberv In him home atate.
KltAIlM k. ..II A . . I , ... ...
umi uie regency receivea tne nomination for governor
BONDS MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE PANAMA CANAL : 7
however, the people understand the situ
ation so well as, to prevent any polltloat
use being made of a canal loan. News
paper discussion has well established
the fact .now that the existing cash
balance is only a balance in name. It
Is really an asset owed by the national
banks to the government It remains
In the hands of the people at large,
however, and oan be. and should be,
treated .as a, good asset; but not as cash
In hand. -
Therefore, it Is believed by the best
authorities among the Republicans that
It will be good policy ta Issue bonds for
all ' extraordinary expenditures created
for the account of the Panama carnal.
Along this line and as a part of the
general program Of nonpartisan financial
legislation, Senator Fairbanks of Indl
ana, who enjoys the confidence of the
business community and particularly of
the banks and railroads to an extraor
dinary degree. Introduced last week a
bill to permit national banks to deposit
any bonds to be Issued on account of
the canal as basis for circulation, the
tax on circulation being at the preferred
rate of Half a cent a year, the same as
on the new 2 per cent loan.
It la believed that practically all
bonds to be issued on account of the '
canal would be seised upon eagerly by
Bangs, so the effect would be twefold.
The canal securities could be floated
without the slightest difficulty and the
banks would thereby be induced to put
out more notes, thus Increasing the
stock of money In this country and pre
venting tne aiigmest drain on account
(ft the canal.
WIO SZTTmiOX 18
Advice to the Lovelorn
IT BEATJUCX JAUtXAX .
TAJJDABD OXL.
BEHOLD, THE FARMER!
A Tew JLefleotlons on BockefeUer's
Achievement.
To give edge to the nipping air eat
ing into the coal pile of those not for
lunate enough to own Standard Oil
stock we are told that the regular quar
terlV dividend of Mr. Rnckflfeller'a rnm
E .HAVE HEARD much pessimistic talk lately pany will be $12 the.share, payable De
about the concentration of our DODulatlon in cemoer id. me total dividend for th
th mh .nH th ah.ma. , lyear will be $42,000,000, or 44 per cent
tu u .L ,;; xr tt t "" of the capital stock. Last year the
throughout thrifty New England, but Secretary Wilson Lt0ck paid only 43 per cent, though why
sounas a note ror tne numDie rarmer wnicn rainy thrills it should not have paid 100 per cent
with pride and glitters with arratifvina- fact. The favor- thcn an(J 101 per cent this year Is ex
nhiA hainna nf tr. h .hrw i. tir,i n Plalnable only on the ground that Mr.
r . v., RorkpfAllpr la a notilrA nMl.n
farmers. Think of such figures and facts as these: The throplst who knows when not to give the
balance of trade in favor of farm products In the past screw one more turn.
14 years aggregated pver four and a quarter billion dol- slnce tne Standard Oil dividend this
lars. In other product, the balance in the same time was IndusrAarsTenallyearn. " l.-5
against us Dy uu,uuu,uuu. 'mat load the farmers wiped to assume that the consumers of kero
out and in addition placed nearly four billion dollars to sene and of the byproducts ef the
the nation's credit. crude oil pay something like $36,000.
w. har m,h f th- ,..t .,.,.,.., .... uuo no annually lor them than a re
... .....-a. ... w rrln And na tha nrlca of
wun a Dinion. ana a nair capitalization and the extra- oil has been advanced two or three
ordinary things they are doing. They somehow fill the times this year, it is difficult to un
nubile eve until such enncreta tantm a thn. or. h,,.Ki derstand why the dividend Of 1803 Is
,,u . . . t . , , only 1 per ceitf more than the dividend
forth nd then the American farmer takes the place which of 1902 Can u be that there l. a leak
rightfully belongs to him, which is at the head of the heap. In Mr. Rockefeller's financial pipe line?
The American farmer has paid the foreign bondholder, Probably there Is no leak, for It must
ue conceuea umi. me oiunuaru wn com-
GET TO TMS rOXVT.
Orison SweVt Marden, In Success.
. . BE BRIEF!
: We have our living to make. :
: and it takes considerable of :
: our time to do It. '
The accompanying card confronted
me when I went into a New York busl
ness house recently, .and drove Jts les
son forcibly, home. A little later. In
Chicago. I ran across, a similar warn
ing not to waste the time of business
: people. Such pouted notices snow iwn
things the immense value in moaern
l'fe of dispatch and quick performance
of business, and the presence In busi
tiph of a lot of rersons whoee sole
visible mif-slon seems to be to prevent
this beln done. The da of the bore
and the long-winded dlsoourser Is past,
and theee mottoes furnish a polite way
of telling these time-wasters what
could not be told In words without offense.-
Modern methods leave no place,
no tolerance, tqr them.
If there 1s anything that exasperates
e business man, it Is to try to do business
with men who never get anywhere, who
never come to the point, who "beat
about the. bush" with long introductions
and meaningless vnrbiape. I. net; a aog
which turns around a hxlf dozen times
and then lies down where he was In the
first place, they tire one out with use
less explanations, introductions and
apologies, and talk about ;tll sorts of
things but the business 'of tho moment.
There are some men you never can
hrlntr to the point. Tluy will wander
all around It, over it and under it, al
ways evading and avoiding, but never
quite touching the marrow. Their minds
work by indirection; their mental pro
cesses are not exact. They are like
children In the play called "poison"
they try to avoid touching the desig
nated object. It seems unaccountable
that people will take so much trouble,
apparently, to avoid coming to the
point.
date for the office with which they would
connect him.
WrXUVO TO TAKE CHAJTCEB.
From the Washington Post.
In the lottery of seats. General Dick
of Ohio has been one of the most un
fortunate members of the house, havlpg
never yet- secured a desirable seat. At
the beginning of the 67th congress he
was one of the very last Republicans
called and had to take the seat In the
extreme southwest corner, the aiterna
tlve being a seat In the "Cherokee strip'
on the Democratic side. Later in the
session he discovered that a fairly de
sirable seat on the Republican side was
vacant, and after watching It for a week
or so, applied to the sergeant-at-arms.
"If no one else with a prior claim
wants that seat," he said, "I think 1 11
take It."
"What, take that seat!" the sergeant-
at-arms fairly shouted. "Why, man.
there Isn't a member In the house would
have it. Two members who occupied
that seat have died within the pasU
year."
"I'll take It," promptly responded the
Ohio member. "I had a blamed sight
rather be dead than sit where I am."
He took the seat and survived that
session and the next.
iivi fiorreta rv Wilann TTe haa Hut Via haa Ann.
' I ..on,, I. tha nnm na.foat raatlaln n
He has so widely diffused the wealth of the country and he the dreams and endeavors of one man
has made so secure the financial fabric, that neither the that the world has ever seen. Fathers
revelations of Wall street chicanery, the tumbling quota- of naUn have helped to lay broad and
tions in industrial, nor the narrowing of production in " V" r ,t Z Hon h. .f,V,C"
manufactures have influence enough to disturb the flnan- perfection. Religions have been estab
clal equilibrium of the country or to bring about that con- Hshed that have mightily moved men
dltion of national hysteria which develops panics. Meas- for generations But they cannot be
V,.. II.,. ...I 1 Jia. . . l"c"ck-1- " 17, "c"
m, m.i. i uuiiuiuuiiB re now ripe WOrks. Great railway systems and lm
for an ebb In the great flow of prosperity, but that It will this mense Industrial establishments have
term be shorn of its terrors, mitigated in its rigors and in been brought to conditions of compara
tors favored sections like Oregon scarcely be appreciable tlve Buccr! But a'i navVtl?elr1 ,ean
. , . . , , J oppict.ia.uii;, year(li anfj tney are harassed by legls-
the farmer alone deserves thanks. He has given stability latlon or competition. But none of
and conservatism to the whole financial structure which these things or any like them causes a
the great body of non-producers, who have hysterically wave of troub,e t0 roU across the peace
done their worst, cannot shake.
11 is iiiq panic raiciuaj, Lt'kia j anu i -1
morrow always a relentless taxmaster,
remote from human scrutiny, uncon
trolled by law, above all possibility of
management in the interest of the peo
ple.
Of course, everybody knows how it
was done. When Mr. Rockefeller was
an oil-refiner with limited resources he
Induced the railways to break the law
for his benefit. They carried his oil for
less than they would carry oil belonging
to any one else. They even paid to him
Dear Miss Fairfax I have been keep
ing company with a youna- man of m
there would be 4 terrible row. Many on the Republican ticket In May 1900 "bout two years. Some time ago we
think that the people would not permit he was practically unknown outside h"d a, "uarrel and while In my temper
It because of the prejudice against her 0f his home town. After a short," sharp L ,n,ulted him. Since I have heard from
?)"!!!?? Trhr1,,!!.ppo.,1 co"lroi her' ht, made entirely .by his friends, he h'ra h. doe" not wish to continue hie
.a v.r, r;ri nrm nana naa noi ,ocur ed the nomination A warm Mm. ,U"""""M w,ln me ny longer. Ae I
held the power in Madrid at the time iV,lmlA7.:y ve the man I do not see how
alarmed at th. Inroad, made by the sk'ln'g Tr Z'L.
clever German, who was making a per- have not received any reply I lm
sonal canvas of the state, avoiding the afraid that he will get Into bad corn
stump and large political rallies. A pany as he always claimed ie would If
short time before election slanders were he were ever to leave me. L. v
slmultaneeusly started In all parts of the You have done all you can; do not
state. Dietrich was accused of breaking write again; you must have Insulted him
every technical code In existence. One deeply or he would forgive you. Let
newspaper declared that he had once this be a lesson to you to try and keep
committed murder. The cltlxens of yu" temper.
of her marriage there would have been
tremendous demonstration of remon
strances, and he Just managed to keep
the peace by the aid of a large army.
XJUTS STATISTICS.
Over One Mall of Umatilla County Zs
Yet Qoverament laand.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
During the last year, from March.
1902, to March, 1903. there have been 176
Hastings, regardless of party, arose en
claims proved up on In this county, and maMa 40 denjr !nef ' The reao-
the indications are that a still greater
number of government deeds will be Is
sued between the later date and the first
of the coming March. The land In Uma
tilla county is moving at a rapid rate.
and It will not be long until all of the
government land In the county that Is
desirable for timber or homesteadlng,
win be mea on and settled.
The best part of the county Is In a I
strip running through the center from
the southwest to the northeast, between
the mountains on the south and the sand
Dear Miss Fairfax I am keeping com
pany with a young man for. a year or
more and I think a great deal of him.
He la a ypung man who will do al
most anything I ask of him. but one
thing he will not do la to give up hla
pal. Of course he is a great chutn of
bis, but I do not like hla company, for
It Is not of the best.
It seems hard for him to give him up,
but do you not think he would give up
the best of friends If he loves meT I
tlon came on election eve, and Mr. Die
trich won the fight by a small majority.
A dosen candidates for the two sena
torial positions entered the race as soon
as the Nebraska legislature convened In
1801. D. E. Thompson, a millionaire
politician of Lincoln, was the strongest
candidate for the short term, and he
had a clear majority of all the Republi
can members. Edward Rosewater. edi
tor or tne umana Bee, led the Held for gave up all mine for him. Do you think
a long term. The canvass was bitter! he is doing right by going to places of
ana unrelenting. Thompson secured the amusement as Daws. etc.. without me if
1 0S IIU 1 - I . . -
and semi-arid belt on the west and caucus nomination for the short term, nis love is as great as he says It is?
northwest -This section haa been set- DUt nine Republicans bolted and refused LOUISE C.
tied, and It Is in it that the cities and to vote for him. An hour before the leg- TJnlees t,here Is something really
villages are to be found, with their islature was to meet In the last Joint w,11' about his friend. I think you are
Wheat lands and farms. To tha amith convention Mr. Thnmnann wlthilraar iiwt aSklng a great deal When yOU ask htm to
of this Is the timber and the grasing named Governor Dietrich as his succes- '",1v nim up' and 1 mU8t ,a that I ad
land, as yet in great part unsettled and son On the final beJlot tha latter re. 1 m,r ' h,m for not doing so. Tou are
owned by the government. celved a malorltv and was declared L.olln. lf ou lvuP aU vour friends.
fifty ye ler Cent Unsettled. elected. - "reat difference between lov-
a a . 1 t . , . 1 171 aim iiim us, yuu neea ooin. 11 wouia
Senator Dietrich was born In Aurora, k k..... ,f i. .
flee It .1. found that there are In the 111.. 68 years ago. his parents being na- outyou. tha Tls if you Vre engaged
county 3,1 It square miles, or 1,994,240 tives of Oermany. Hla entire school T ' 7 engaged,
acres of land, of which only 86,00 education was over at the age of 12. Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young lady
acres were deeded on the first of last gUch was his energy, thrift and Industry 1 years of age and I am keeping corn
March. Part of the remainder Is filed t.. n. . .. . .
. , , , . M M wioi aiv puvuvquou ill ilia. VBIIUUB UliUfJI- V'l,7 Tfiiil UUI1 man W11U IB v. MS
h fh! ir!f h.,. . .in'" d?de1 takings to a notable degree until 187S, calls on me only once a week as he has
K'sU'lon'that open"" ."Tlement 7 he ln Hastings, with cap- tod..W,wt I fl though he
ariDroxImatelv 1 74 anunra mllea " w upen a. siore ot .nie own. 1 - uiaiiy-
approximaieiy J, o square miles. u r . . ,. .... , . , nolnta me. M arta tha aam with m.
. . 1 .a tfiuayQicu mvj wen viini, ill low jrful ' ' ..-
a - . 7 . rifnres. he helped to organise the German Ni- ?'nJ oth"" "11- How shall
Out of the land open to settlement ttona bank df Heatings, and has been 1 nnd out Aether he loves me or not,
must come the reservation tract, which
contains 248 square miles, or about 163,
720 acres of the best land In the county.
Nearly all of this land Is capable of be-
ng farmed, and all of K can be used
for grazing, so that there need not be an
Idle acre In the tract.
its president ever since.
as I am confident that I love him?
M. P. O.
You will have to wait until he tells
you lf he loves you. If he works at
n eased Over It.
Lincoln, Neb., Cor. Kansas ''City Times, night he could not very well call more
aiesepn o. Harney, ex-state treasurer 1 often than he does. Be patient and wait.
01 jMeDrasxa, ex-convict, flavin served no doubt thin us w 11 come out all rlarht.
iiviuea into quarter sections, wnicn a term In the nenltentlarv on account of
would be large enough for a single fam- his memorable short Aire of isoo non
uy. mis reservation alone would be ca- probably Is the happiest man In Nebras
pable of supporting In comfort 922 fami- ka ovor the lndlotment of Senator Dle-
TXB HOTREmXiOOK.
A1T9 THIS ZS THUS.
BADtT OSTEI fOUTICIAHS.
From The Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
Some Portland politicians are specu
lating IX Hon. M. A. Moody of this city
Is ong to be A candidate for state sen
ator for the ninth district at the forth
coming" special election to-elect a suc
cessor Congressman ; Williamson,
whtse seat in1 the' senate was made va
cant by reason of his entering congress.
If those politicians had taken the trouble
te look vp -the apportionment law passed
by the last legislature they .-would have
discovered that Wasco county was cut
out ef tha ninth . senatorial district.
From the Pendleton East" Oregonlan. .
The Eastern Oregon members of the
legislature should be the last ones to
hopo for the repeal of the portage road
bill. Their constituents are locked be
hind tbe closed doors of the Cascades;
their only exit to market Is through ex
orbitant freight rates; .their produce Is
delivered into the hands of the transpor
tation trust and profits that should be
applied to educating'children. Improving
homes and laying up substance for fu
ture emergencies. , go Into the treasury
of the trust. The portage road Is in the
hands of the people and the legislature
should allow the commission created by
the last session to proceed with the con
struction of it. If It Is defeated,
through the dexterity of the corporation
attorneys now trying to overthrow It, the
next logical move for Eastern Oregon Is
to ask for state division, In order that
vital local questions upon which depend
the development of this portion of the
state, may be settled by the people interested.
a trssrvz. cmxiir.
The Descendant of Napoleon's Brother
as a Reformer.
From a Sketch of C. J. Bonaparte in Les
lie's Monthly for December,
rt would be useless to attempt a chron
icle of Mr. Bonaparte's writings and
other activities. He belongs to most of
the good-government organizations of part of the price per barrel received for
the country, and has been the president carrying oil for his competitors. But
of several of them. He has the com- why did they do that? The answer must
mencement-speech habit, and Is wont to be found in the personality of Rockefel-
tell ambitious seniors how the rovern- ler there is no other explanation. He
fT c,8vhr,U.ervl "fTed- Hedh" 'UKht nXrirK wou
for clvfl service reform and a younit o.,L.,,ii tmi th ntir ntn.,t nt
man still has lived to see many of his Ln i this countrv. That was his ambl-
dreams come true. Personally he takes ilon, and for that he wrecked the for
life easily and does not grow excited, tunes and lives of scores, induced law
He is a blue-blood of the blue-bloods breaking, discouraged suggestion of les
but he never mingles in the Dovertv- 8enln" the co8t of refining oil by inven-
strlcken. ancestor-worshiping "societi" tlon' ana cruanea 0UV8" PPsiiion.
of Baltimore. He is a m illfonal but 11 would bo tr,Vlal t0 1ly at
he does not bother abouthe stock mar Rockefeller's influence on others far
ket. He is the foremost lav Catholic wealthier and -more prominent than he
In the Catholln mnitai e th- In the business wona suggests nypnouc
- iiii; n lci 11
hemisphere, and the friend, adviser and
confidant of Cardinal Gibbons, but his
religion Is no obtrusive. His friends
may be few, but they, are friends urorth
having. His enemies are enemies that
every decent man should be proud to
have.
assistance. It was sheer ability amount
ing to genius. He has been greater In
II ..kl.u a - . 1 . . . ,
iico, m nil coiiiuaio Ul live iu UlC t.l.l, v. . f.l...l An I.,-.. T3 ai-..
ran.ll 1.4 -,!, I ..a-.a u J - i.iao.caa J u 1 IJO.1 "OJ,
r" " " !'' ' It la WIKnH h thiaa r.mlll., -,1th
tlcally 6,000 for the reservation alone. 1 " ,, " ". - , m , Z k L .
An thi- i.ni . ,h. Politics and affairs In Nebraska, is the
hands of the white settlers, who are buy- man behlnd the movement which had for
lng it of the Indians as the estates are
left intestate.
Timber and Semi-arid Districts.
The section that is now the favorite
with the homesteaders and those- who
are after timber. Is that portion of the
county lying aouth of Pendleton, and this
Is being rapidly filed upon and taken.
Thla empraces the stock country and
its purpose the punishment of Dietrich.
Bartley wants revenge. It Is asserted
that he expected clemency In Senator
Dietrich's short term of governor of Ne
braska, and that when clemency did not
come he vowed that he would have re
venge.
Another man who Is given credit for
W. D. Nesblt In the Chicago Tribune.
"Ae one whom his mother comforteth,"
Isaiah lxvl., 13.
T6u take the finest woman with th' rosea
in her cheeks.
An' all th' birds a singln in her voice
each time she speaks;
Her hair all black an' gleamln', or a
glowln' mass o' gold
An' still th' tale o' beauty isn't more
th'n half way told.
There ain't a word that tells it; all de
scription it defies
The motherlook that lingers In a happy
woman's eyes.
desiring Dietrich's downfall is W. S.
the timbered . mountainous part of the Summers of Omaha. United States dis-
county to the south and southwest. trict attorney for Nebraska, a candidate
The other part now open to the settler for reappointment. He is not Dietrich's
is to the west of Echo, and is the candidate. The senator wants H. C.
semi-arid and sandy country of the sage Lindsay, chairman of the state central
brush district, which is not at the pres- committee, appointed in Summer's place, In pleasure or In anger there Is always
aQ M f m lrolllaltilA A Bat 4aBltaktn 0 mm k. A I - . - . - t a.
lu T V' . " ""u l"" and ic is charged that summers has been nan someness,
other part, but which will be the garden puShlng the case against Dietrich that A beauty that grows sweeter an' that all
A woman's eyes will sparkle in her In
nocence an' fun.
Or snap a warnln' message to th' ones
she wants to shun;
of the county once water can be led to
it in quantities sufficient to irrigate.
BOCIirEUIB - MORGAN "DIVVY."
From the New York Press.
Scores of stories are being told In the
financial arena about Morgan and Rocke
feller. Many brokers declare there has
been a "divvy" between them rather than
a freeze-out of one party by the other.
That reminds me of a Yankee and a
he might force President Roosevelt to
delay the appointment of Lindsay, which
almost undoubtedly would have been J
made before this if It had not been for
the Investigation of charges against Die- j
trichv
If Summers falls to convict the sena
tor. It Is conceded that his political ca
reer In Nebraska is practically done. If
his way than Napoleon in his; for them ; Frenchman who owned a pig in part
WHAT ADVERTISING WILL DO.
Is no St. Helena for Rockefeller, no
check, no reverse, no retreat, no dRfeat.
He conceived his destiny and worked It
out to the full. He is not one man of a
thousand, but one man of millions. He
has elevated robbery into a fine art and
placed the robber beyond reach of hu
man agencies, ro that many cannot even
understand that his methods are wicked
and himself a monster of monopoly. All
From the Salem Statesman.
A gentleman from Silvercon called oh
one of the staff of the Statesman yes- Lhot wo Hr no-reed unon Is that he snva
terday and in discussing advertising Lav nnd we nav because we must- Wt
instanca of how continuous, have become overawed, if not. entirely
Cause and Effect,
I rom the Washington Post.
When a general alarm is received at
the New York police station jiow the of
ficers are, left In doubt as to whether a
tated an
consistent and persistent advertising
tells. Two men were sitting In this vis-
tor's office. One asked the other where
certain store was. The reply was.
Just two blocks from Barr's." "Well,
who is Barr?" "Oh, Barr Is the Jeweler
whose name Is in the paper every day.
Everybody knows about him. Get off
the car at Barr's store and you can find
any place then." Crude and homely re
marks they may be, but they go to show
this keeping your name before the pub
lic everlastingly is bound to have re
sults. It seems that Barr keeping his
name to the front and having a dally
talk W Statesman readers is bearing
fruit.
silenced, by the immensity of the man's
achievement.
riot or a fashionable weddlpg is lajtf$' j
res
Misery Baa Company.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Hon. John D. Long of Hlngham,
Mass.. . "wrote a little piece" about the
president when . he was assistant iseore
tary ot the navy. The free delivery
mall system has been cut oft in Hlne
"ham. Indlanola. Mice., sends commla-
. J eralioiuL
Stuff.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Stuff, sister, stuff with care;.
Stuff all the stuffing In the turkey
there.
Stuff it as tightly as it will bear;
Stuff with a happy, contented air;
Stuff, for the stuffing makes a goodly
fare;
Stuff, while I watch with hungry stare.
Then when the turkey the dish will bear,
I'll be the person that's stuffing there;
I'll stuff the stuffing and turkey fair
Until I'm stuffed till it curls my hair
And I can't sit bn my dining chair.
Too Serious by ZaJf.
Frohi the. Kansas City Star.
A man In Kansas City who started far
Topeka yesterday took a sudden notion
to . Jump from the west .bluffs and kill
himself. There IS really -no sense , la
anybody taking Topeka quite so serious-
nershlp," said the head of a Broad-street
firm. "When kllllng-tlme came they
wanted to divide the meat. The Yankee
was anxious to arrange It so he could get
both hindquarters, and persuaded the
Frenchman that the wy to divide It
was to cut It across , the back. The
Frenchman agreed on condition that the
Yankee would turn his eyes away and
take his choice of pieces after the pig
was cut in two. When the knife had
done its work he called out: "Veech vilf
you haf; ze piece vtd ze tall on or m
piece vldout xe tall on?" The Yankee
said. The piece with the tall on.' 'Den,
by gar, you can take heem, an' I take ze
ozer one,' cried the Frenchman. The
Yankee, turning ".round, saw that his
partner had cut off the tall and .stuck It
In the Dig's mouth." "How do you ap
ply that story to Morgan and Rockefel
ler?" the audience wanted to know
'Oh." said the narrator, "it's for you to
make the application. You ought to
know who has the tall end.
REFLECTIONS 01" A BACXELOR.
but glorifies
Th' motherlook that sometime comes
into a woman's eyes.
It ain't a smile, exactly yet it's brim-
mln' full o' Joy,
An' meltln' into sunshine when she bends
above her boy
Or girl when it's a-sleepin', with its
dreams told In Its face:
he convicts the senator he may lay She smooths its hair, an' nets It an aha
claim to re-appointment, as Lindsay's lifts It to Its place,
principal support win nave been eiimi- It leads all th' expressions, whether
nated from politics in this state. , . grave., or gay, or wise
The Dietrich case is t Interwoven In a I Th motherlook that glimmers in a lovln
perfect web of political schemes. ' It has woman s eyes,
a hnrtno unon the senn.torln.1 fla-ht. The
Indictment is pretty sure to weaken his Thr ain't picture of it. ,If there wag
next senatorial chances, even if he. is xney a nave to paint
found not guilty. Those who have been A P'cture of a woman mostly angel an
wanting Dietrich out of the way in the,An, JL0,;,",!' K fc ,
v ..in j a iuuiai , a 1 1 1 1 It y a
From the New York Press.
A maid will marry anything; a widow
wants a man.
When a man takes whisky for medi
cinal purposes he pays whooping big
doctor's bills.
When a man gives up his seat in a
car to ah ugly woman it is a sign he is
getting out at that corner. f. ..
A woman always has great confidence
In the doetor who says he relies on her
Intelligent care more than medicines. : ,
senatorial fight have been trying not to
offend him. as they desire his support
As ,thls will be dissipated in the event of
his conviction, it Is hard to tell where
the Dietrich strenirth will aro.
Senator Dietrich is one of the richest
men In Nebraska. His property hold
lngs at Hastings are very large. He is
not In need of. email sums as it is al
leged he received for postofflce. favors,
and why he would accept bribes for po
litical influence is a matter that Nebras
kans cannot understand. Few people
believe he really did accept them. The
trial Is liable to lay bare the most sen
satlonal state of affairs that has ever
been revealed in Nebraska.
World Playhouse.
Bert Huffman in the East Oregonlan
The world Is a playhouse for overgrown
hov.
Where fiction nd fortune and fame are
the toys.
Each blubbering baby an Idol uprears.
And worships and curses through -laugh
ter and tears
But the Idol that rules In this Temple
. of Pelf.
fs tbe -pinched, palsied, mean little idol
;.'.'. 4f EelC, . ';,; . '
Vhave to blend the whole.
There ain't a picture of it for no one
can paint a soul. ' .
No one can paint th' srlory comln" r
straight from paradise
Th' motherlook that fingers In a happy
woman's eyes.
James Xaue Allen's rortune. "
Austin (Tex.) Special.
7, James Lane Allen, -the novelist, has
become a millionaire through a chance
Investment of a few hundred dollatn in
the Texas oil field. Some time aa-o ha
acquired a tract of 860 acres of land In
Southeast Texas. A few weeks ago a
gusher oil well was brought in at Batsnn
prairie, within a mile of Mr. Allen's land.
Now Mr. Allen could sell his entire tract
at $3,000 an acre, but is holding it for
$5,000 en acre, which would bring him
a fortune of $1,800,000. ' ,
X,mg Day,.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, ;
Professor Schuman of Corna.il i. r
ported to recommend 11 hours, for study, '
two for meals, three for -athletics, one
for recreation ,and the remaining eight
for sleep. - The trouble about thla nm- I
gram is that it calls for a 25-hour day,
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