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Oregon Sidelights
C . JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO- CO. "
NO. F. CARROU.1
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Miss Spring, please dry your tar, .
- Published every evening (except Sunday) and every.Sunday morning at The Journal Building. Fifth and. Yamhill
j v-t ; " streets, Portland, iregon. . .' " - ' " '
; Don't" away your umbrelU ytt 1
;T JPtom !h Chloaro Record-Herald. "
- seema to b settled beyond doubt
ini tifiari, ui ana mrnman ar un
able to agree upon A basjli of redtatrl
button of the aecuritles whch wera W
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OFFICIAL, , PAPER OF THE CITV. Of PORTLAND
Tthe mistake OF MR. baker.
i HAIRSIAN "BAKER to lha dematld of eastern Ore-
, on ia auotad aa eaying; do way back and sit
down here ia a ntca.c!ar, go ana enjoy your
Vrtvea." That ia polJtlca. and bad politic at that, but It
i i,in...-n rvniiticn concema only in
II i WW J WW , UHPMWW
; tollticijia. but the buslneaa concrna bualnesa people,
"Chairmaa Baker'a remark would not be of much mo
ment If he were not chairman. But aa the nominal neaa
Pnrtlnnd. he Is Supposed to
f represent Portland. What he- aays and what the delega
tlon does will be laid at Portland s door. Eastern Ore
7 ton will therefore feel that Portland invites it to go way
, back and alt down. Can this city snora 10 airmm ww
Inland Empire? Does it wantUhe business of the country
east of the mountains T
; ' ''Aa matter of fact, however, Mr. Baker in this matter
; does not represent tne aenument oi t. yro
.' tense- that the primariea were carried for -Mr. .William
L son la without foundation. They were carried for. Mr.
MltchelL Judge Carey excluded JVry other issue. Mr
i '( ' 'wniiamiKMi .'waji ' not mentioned In the argument or cpn-
sidered "at th polla." ' ' '.' I
, But Mr. Williamson waa an issue la eastern Oregon.
There - the ' contest waM waged ' between him and . Mr.
X, Moody. The oeopl there hava expressed their choice.
Multnomah will heed it, unless If means to abandon me
long , understanding that that , section shall nam the
' v conrressman. ' -
But it Is not only the sentiment of eastern Oregon that
should prevail. . If Multnomah la to 'have a vee, theil It
should be the voice of Multnomah. ; Mr. Moody ia as
clearly the choice of the people here aa of the- people
there. The leaders her must know that.- The instruc
tlona for Mr, Wmiamson wer ostensibly based upon tht
- anticipation that he could carry his own country H has
'nor don It, and th instructions ay inapplicable to th
altuatlon. 1 v :
' There la yet time for the business interests of the city
to influence Its politics. The delegate her ax not un
aware of ths commercial Importance of their action.
They .need only 'to break away, from a cast-Iron rule to
do signal public aervlce, :" :-j:::x'zi :z .
; Mr. Baker, whose business is politics and whose politics
Is his business, may- not appreciate this vlw, but tht
delegates ome of them at least know, that the are
the words of soberness and truth. , ;;, - .. '. '
- Some of those 71 are seriously consid
ering . their plala duty.
' PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
ANDREW CARNEGIE recently expressed the opinion
r that th 'railroads of th United , States should be
owned, by the government, or the people, -and that
this reujt would be-, brought about In th neair future;
Whether he be correct In thia opinion or not, It Is prob
ably true that tha tendency of the great railway corpora
tlona to merge or combln la one- that naturally leada
. in the dlrectlonof publio ownership. " The railroads axe
themselves forcing' th people, to consider publio owner
' ship aa a possible-, if not tne only; way to keep thee great
cofporationawlthin -dua; bounds them- aerve
;'" publio, rather thaij private Interests. - They should be In
-fact m'; welf jaa ln ! theory quasi-public corporations;
' they must certainly -be in a large measure made sub-
- fervlent to -publio hterstr-sjd these great-corn Wnatlons,
If termed leflr"ta-aeTVWh-ieTson8J-1nteresta of 'the
. ' magnates like Bill, Oould, and Harriman, -will create of
- increase "and make' irresistible . the demand for publio
ownership. ' It Is reported, aince the , dissblution of the
Northern Securities company, that a far greater merger,
,'hat of all the big trunk lines, is lq .contemplation, and
bo doubt some way will be found, in spite of the supreme
court's decision, to effect this result.', But if so, this great
merged corporation must operate' within reasonable and
'. Just limits, aa o freight charges and servic of patrons
. generally, or else th people will find a" wy to take over
tha business and attend to it (.through government con
' trol, as they Operate the' poatofflce department. . ..And In
. doing this, while treating stockholders and bondholders
J fairly,' and even liberally,' they will doubtless fake occasion
to squeeze a good deal of water out, of the merged or
. oiner properties. j - . . t . , . . .
v 5 There is one' seriousobjectlon to-government owner-
' Vilr mJ 4 Vi a t fa tfcat tf'wAuM lmm.nk.lir (H,M...'lk.
army pf government employes, and it might be difficult
to xeep me jousmessoui oi pa
Waa ffat mir ta nnrat th rnaAm than It th .
'' norationarfor men tn srovernment emolov w6uTl ilpmanrl
' shorter hours of labor; but it is to be hoped that, In spit
ri of recent discouraging developments In the ' postof flee
; ' department, the people are becoming ; wiser and more
efficient and tohest in the government service. , Whether
. i.'Xr. nAr (h. TUAn1. f fit a Xm la.n.r. a . . XL i i J
'' ', take over and operate the railroads, depends largely on
the course pursued by the railroad magnate and stock month; out of the wet
manipulators themselves, xney inouw learn, u mrjr u
not already know., that. the peoplelare all-powerful; they
can do -what they will in this matter. .As yet the demand
for public ownership of railroads, and som other "public
utilities, is hot sufficiently strong and active to bring
about any, such Industrial revolution, but; the sentiment
in favor of It ia undoubtedly Increasing, and it. will In
crease or subside In proportion aa th railway corpora
tions Ve reasonable, fair and law-abiding, or otherwise.
Early in April Is a coed time to blant I changed for stock . or the: I400.000.00ll
iuv.h ivki. . nonntra securities comoanv Mr. Hill
oeaires a pro rata distribution or North
Better take In those wharves next era . Paclflo and. Great Northern stock
upon the pasts f tl.)7 for the former
and IJ0.17 for the latter for every share
Of the Northern Securities.' Mr. Harrl
man -is -insistent in Me-emaad to be
riven Northern - Paolnc - stock for i his
mere are otner Americans ana gooa I Northern Securities upon the same basis
I men besides Roosevelt
MAXWELL UNCOVERED.
lUJ per share which governed in the
or I rl mil zr'hancL Tn rinilniul tha
fTa ft nntmii avlat t "Mr Tfitrmann I .If.i.iin. ii..tii t . w - j.-.i.-i.
-- - tj - w.tMMwwM uibi,iud,u jj in ia uoaaiucK l
numu d mruwn ou ot omcer ? is necessary to recall tha btstorv at tha
battla ftf ISIil tnr nnntrnl tit MvMk.
' The steel trust and the' beef trust are I era Pacifla rnA
"running amuck." Mr. President , I v Th BrU for whlch intraata
ara eontni1lna la tha lmm... mA
An upvalley preacher Is named Hand-I Mir rncruaina- tmn.. ,k..r,n. ,..
saker. He needs another h in his .a n.-" u. -IT. 1Z "-JL.
name. ? . I fin. -Tn nravant inAmaflhm.nl, ..mam
Now watoh things grow. This 1. tmmB, ,V Vh- Tit T i T-V -aJL-T
has manifested an absorDing interest in. tne matter i Burlington, About th same time
of irrigation. He has visited every stat and ""V"-". .-r; Mrr. Hill,-reallalng hla dangar. ala.o Wd
v.i i th. whnia rinn which would xr m . .-a .k;. f onBr or me Burlington, and thoss
w.u.uciwv ... - 1 . ." " ,.i;. iim. control Of th lattar anM hi
ntrmor. comi2" ' " T thr than to Harriman Wiu.V of a
plenty more coming. . aenlmntal pride in the nronertv. be.
T.na th.,..Ma. .. . Having that a sale to Hsrrlmaa meant
Tsna of thousands of eastern people ,etra..i ' ..it .
F
OR HALF A DOZEN TEARS George H. Maxwell
be affected by thia movement,, not one but many times.
He has addressed boards of trad and chambers of com
merce without number. He has attended nearly every
session of th trans-Mississippi congress and ' at th one
held In Ogden he openly waged war against the govern
ment representatives present He baa maintained literary
bureaus at Waahington and weekly; publications devoted
to the irrigation and public land . mattera, -l -L : '
Personally .Maxwell has an engaging personality. He
la a first-class publio speaker and until tha last session
of congress he 'deftly concealed hla real alma and pur
poses. Most, of those who s met him have. been delighted
with him. He- knew his subject perfectly and he could
tell his story In th most engaging mariner. Those with why doesn't Miss Mary Sklpworth. a
whom he brought himself into relation wer pleased to .najrthMaTtj;
the BabyT" -bring her play and troupe
to Portland T Doubtless she has pro-
will visit Portlsnd thU year. Lt us KI'u.,:" "l.w,,ii?;.?
show them a clean city, . - VrTLJ!
. M ,n1 t. " wmmm sv Wtlf g TI "":-fl
Moody may not be .nominated, but he ' lMJkPtJ:i2L?"!,&
can always have the satisfaction of STlZ.Z
knowing that eastern Oregon vindicated ??S!SS5i!f -'Sl!. 0 . At0Clt,-Wh,Ca
him. culminated on May I, 1901, and sent
" ' ' ' Northern -Paclfle to 11,000 per share. 4
Welt Hearst's money, even if all the "J!.?,fu F,uhn' Loeb
trust organs say be true. Is cleaner than ?lr-' H"r,fnan' o"
th. truafa taonev. Ha didn't AuMU it MT.OM.OOO of .Northern. Pacific common
out of worklnsmen. land 4I,0I5.000 of the preferred, the for
mer issue being $78,000,000 and the lat
ter 180.000,000. This clearly gave Har
riman a. majority of the stock, but the
common held the" right) to retire tns i
f
Thar', la ma a hhii-.i '' mT
preferred, r With the preferred retired, if1; ibmt can be rented.;. . "J,-.--J:X
HUl would retain . conirvt, n rmrer i .. t . ... .- a
. v,- ri.h of tha nra. I vuuniy prune BTOWerS Will Or- T
IIIBH w -... - " lnn!. Th. oanlal mt. Ill I . a-.-
- wit. vm umcvq -
at 110,000, divided Into 400 shares of 128 .
each... ... ..' ' ..t.. -.i. C..- i --r- ii'
f erred to vote regarding the retirement
of the preferred, Harriman agreed to ac
cept Northern Securities stock for his
Northern Pacific. ' The preferred stock
was retired in- January, 1001, by the
proceeds of a $75,000,000 per cent 'con
vertible certificate issue and the oertlfl
cates converted - into mn-A stock,
msklng- the total issue' of the latter
Ill8.ooo.ooo.' :z-?rlrv LV.-: -f-r;,-It
is commonly supposed that Harri
man did Rt recelv cash for any portion
of his preferred stock,' and if ao .h
must have exchanged It for Northern
Securities stock.' The basis of sx-
change being IUB, he received about
$90,000,000 Northern Securities stock, or
less thart one-fourth of the total author
ised issue. Upon the proposed basis of
redistribution of securities Harriman
would receive about 128.000,000 Great
Northern stock and '.about 111,000,000
Northern Pacific, stock. Thus he would
secure less than . a quarter interest In
The Corvallls carrlava faotnrv hi.M "'-:
Ing has been moved to" Albany, v But . '
Corvallls will live and grow and prosper,
notwithstanding. ft. . '
County Judge Bcott, ; wh works for-f
swu rwu, nas oeen renominated. Might
as well make it unanimous. Good-roads
men , are needed. . .- .-v. ' "w i
'Crops will be later than 'usuat of"
course, but the prospect is that they ,
w 11 b jigger and , better than vr.''
'Eugene business men ire up In arms 4
against the Southern Pacinc company on
account of freight rates. They held a '
big protesting-meeting last Friday. : -t"
A fYl AM SI VfMkStake' A 4haHa ' - L. a '
VeTting" thel? baU.e m l5
trim for their annual crusade against
000.000. when he held none originally.
and about a one-fifth Interest in North
era. Pacific. The history of the ; fight
shows that Harriman cares nothing for
Great Northern, and evidently believes
that hi proposed Northern Paclflo stock
would not be V sufficient to insure th
preservation of his northwest Interests.
If Harriman turned in all of his, original
stock in exchsnge for Northern Securi
ties the redistribution proposed by him
would undoubtedly give him control of
that property, which Hill la not likely to
permit . The question whether the Ore-
ton Short Line, from which Harriman
borrowed the money to carry on his
deals, would approve the Hill plan also
enter Into the controversy. Vs.' -;-.;-;t
discover that here apparently was t one man who was
mnvad hw tha Marheat natrlotle lmnulsea and waa wllllnai
to devote his.tlmVen.rgy Md talent to furthering th. tt!
NO TRUST IN NEW ZEALAND
publio good. I ' : ;' ' -
But th. cat . is at last out of th. bag. WhU many
earnest men wore endeavoring to .solve th. problem of
how to do It In connection with th. great subject of Irri
gation and betterment of th land law. so that the7 pub-
He lands might get Into the bands of actual settlers
Maxwell, on the contrary, was by Indirection , and sub
terfuges trying to discover how not to do It , For the
past six yesxs-trrer baa been annually placed at hla dis
posal a fund of $60,000, mainly contributed by the rail
roads, which he used to gain such Influences as would
benefit the rallroada rather than the Individual settler or
Uncle Sam. What baa long been suspected by those who
have bad occasion to closely examine the- contents of Mr.
Maxwell's gripsack became publio property yesterday in
th course of a congressional Inquiry In which Maxwell
himself confessed the . sources of hla financial supplies,
which is another way of disclosing hla inspiration.
Henceforth It la not at. all likely that Mr. Maxwell will
tut quite so wide a swath In publio land affairs,, for any
thing which be may have to say in th. future will
naturally be given all the discount 'the conditions call
for. -,. ; ' :.
How much are the people of Multno
mah mint mninr tn law tn tha ataal
trust on account of thatv MorrlSbn -street ,n has .stabllshed a number of othera
(By Prof. Frank Parsons of the Boston
Law .College.) '
' In 'addition to the reforms that
mentioned in my last artlole. New Zea
bridge? Something like 140,000 more
than people in Canada, Africa, or Asia,
A few of them are as follows
-1.-Life, accident and fir Insurance at
would have to pay. This la a sample I80! h,,tt-
eontnnution or patriotic but not very
thoughtful people to a Grand Old Party.
This from the Oakland Owl is a sam
ple of about a thousand Items now ap
pearing in the Oregon papers. People
are evidently paying up their subscrip
tions: -K.- K. LaB rle announces, himself
a candidate for sheriff, subject fo choice
of the Douglas county Republican con-
MHtlAn U . T.DH. arnnM m , W , m
very competent officer. He is a natlv. "ber1 ""r " w?T,?ra,ctd th6i
of this county and requires no further I '
Introduction at this writing. , -fapltal would leave the country and
.'.... '"' ' other ruinous consequences would - en-
Indications are that at the coming aue, but nothing of the kind hashap-
natlonal Democratic convention the two- tTnli ' ltV T v..
thirda pule (which maiiirti .w.-. hand With progress, and New Zealand
1. Postofflce savings banke.
1. Public ownership of rallwaya
4. Old-aga pensions for the veterans
of labor, as well aa for the veterans of
war.
8. State operation of coal mines to
hold down the coal trust h-
I. Abolition of the contract system In
ths construction, of publio works, thus
doubling wages In many eases.
In the contest for the passage of each
nominee muat have two-thirds of the to
tal vote of the convention)., will be abol
ished. Bal Lake Tribune, These 'In
dications" are only visible to the eyes
of Mr. Heath,' ex-first assistant post
master general. "The old, established
two-thirds rule Is a good one, and, will
be . adhered to..
A
NEW YORK DEOCRAT ,t
ETHER or not 'New York will exercise;, a con
trolling influence in th. Democratic . national
convention depends largely upon the action of
southern delegates. lit the delegates from the solid south
0nlte1rrTAV0r"0f "NrsrTorlf S cnOIcarnela "1HtlvtAwitL i Paisley Post?-At -our primaries to be
bicduieTrai tve
POLITICAL POINTERS
is today the richest country in the
world per capita .. . - " .V
Capital itself is deeply concerned with
the welfare of labor, not merely from
the humanitarian standpoint but from
th. standpoint Of -financial profit
As 'wages rise the efficiency of labor
as a rule Increases in still higher ratio.
No goods are so low in cost aa those
manufactured by high-priced labor. ,
It pay a: the capltallat to care for and
Improve the - machinery of steel : and
the fleece producing - specie, commonly
called: sheep, :;;:;.V(;r;;!:,;.; v
"McMlnnville Telenhone-ReHatar' Tha
"Holy RoIlersMhave moved on down the
river from Wheatland. Th. mov was
incidentally at a time a warrant ' wsa
being issued for the arrest of on. of th
partT'-.-s " '' .', v' ;
-Pilot Rock Record.' f The prediction is
made, .and it Is by no means optimistic,
that, an advance of four or five dollars
a head on practically all classes of eattls .
seems reasonably certain In the imme
diate future. r - -v. ,
" The Prinevllie Journal tells bf a girl
baby born last week to Mr. and Mra
Jo Wiegand of Culver, which la a record-breaker
for weight weighing at th
time of its reception Into this worlo
Just a pound and a half, and while dim
inutive, is perfectly healthy and haa a
voice which 1 said, to be th biggest
thing about It - - -
brass our Industries empfoy, but it pays
still better to . care for and improve
the human element in production, which
is more important than. the Inanimate
machinery, even on th basla of dollars r La Grande Observer! A small trav.
and cents, to say t nothing tf human- eler arrived in this city yesterday morn
happiness, , which Is the purpose of log from Walla Walla His name la
wealth. , - . ', ., l . Roy Northern, and he la on hla way to
We "have been so busy accumulating Utah, where he will live with a gentle
the means of living that we have had man who haa adopted- him, he being an
no time to live. Our false Ideas have orphan boy. He will remain in this city
put us in such a rush for money . that until Saturday with Frank Hammond, a
we have paid, little attention to the friend of the boy's adopted father. The
conditions of manhood. It is a matter little fellow is but five yeara old.
of the wis direction of attention and . . .
vital energy. 1 - i V ' McMlnnville Reporter: This Is an
The United States haa directed Its ra of hustling. Th. doctor, nreachsr.
splendid vitality to the organisation of I lawyer, Insurance man, real estate agent
private industry. . New Zealand has I and mechanic find competition and must
devoted her splendid energies to the de-J hustle to meet it As with men, so with
velopment of civic and industrial Jus-1 towns. They have got to offer newcomers
tlca And the country that .ha- aimed I ood Inducementa to become permanent
residenta McMlnnville haa many, in
ducement to offer, but our board , of
traoe ought to promote many mora -
Mollala correspondence of the Oregon
City Courier; - We still have plentyTbf
directly at th. higher wealth ha. won
in largest measure th lower, qr ma
terial, wealth. -
with our grand resources and mag
nificent power if we could secure a gov-
irnmmt rull M tha anlrlt 'nt Itiatlna And
devotion to the people's Interest and ra,n and mud and occasionally some
give our attention as a-nation to ' the I nw" .-. ."ners ner are away oenma
equalisation of power and opportunity
and the development of nobler institu
tions, we could surpass Nsw Zealand in
civic progress as much as she now sur
passes us, ana go a long way towara
lifting the world out of the domination
of the dollar and into the. civilised dera- l
ucraor m . snuwwr anu, invetisance.
with their, work., But very little fall
grain waa sown and not much plowing
haa been done thia 'winter.' When the
weather does clear up there will be a
great deal ef work to be dona ' -, -
DINKEXSPIEIS -iADVICE
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BXATBIOX r ATtT AX.
YoVk must be reckoned oh with Its large bunch of electoral
votes. If the nominee-la to have a chance to win, and th.
south, with Us "solid" Democratic votes, haa a right to a
considerable voice In naming the candidate-.
Yet it does not necessarily follow that New York, even
if supported by the south, will dictate the nomination.
Illinois, Indiana and other middle-west statea if well
united In favor of Mr. Hearst or some one other than
Parker, will not be without powerful Influence in the con
that none but tried and true Republicans
are sent to the county convention, men!
wno are known to be outspoken in their I
(By George V. Hobart)
(Ooprrlgkt 1004, br B. Reant)
hat yust received a abort communt
denunciation of Slmonlsm and his meth- frora a iv-t young lady vich
ods.s these delegates elect delegates ,lgtlB hntlt Jraogene Hoffbrau. und ahe
to the state convention, and they might vUha ,0me advice on der supchekt of
working In conjunction with Simon. Dot la var I llf. Imogena
tnereDy cauaing men to ne nominatea gocisty has no terroroslty for ma be
for the legislature that would oppose cau ven lt cotna, xo shining in society
iU. i.i ra iwni u uu i VM vun 0f der biggest shines in It
states senate, this wouia d-a calamity .n t mnda miaa far
ventlon. And iveiv th. Pacific coast rtatea, If united, may Lht,d1ief 22L mtn ,rreipectlv' ot partjr entering society vich Tvlll now repetl
L'.-tA ... ... .. . I weuia aepiore. itl for TOUP benefit Imorene.
have som. weight In deciding th. result New York haa
by no mean always exercised a controlling influence
tlon for your benefit Imogena
fi,ifv ilu. M.laa wall TmAMli, ttftd
a . ,u. ri l I - - - w ' -
Anuuuyv ""'"" wi vun dav vrrn v1ll be able to rush tnrouah
national conventions; 5 In fact.' th. ; rule Has rather beert n,r. Tn e a P'. mltouid; spilling der pink
. . . uregon in lavor, or returning ex-ton- j.-. Kr k,rv nt a atranoar
the.other way.. AAd whUe it appears now that Parker gressman Moody to his eld seat in the e Vun-Ven entering society al
will have an Instructed delegation from New York, there national house of . representatives and vay, valk mU tne ttat pointing to der
will be! 'a. largo, and Influential elementlln. the New York !"M ,1I5Vm"Jt,5l,?f.t.d!1'ft! northvest; und ven you mingle mlt der
delegation lUelf In favor of som. othar nr.- n-. E?m " 9!.?. "'l9 J?.1 frong alvay. keep der left hand pn der
, ... uvn, luuwmu wui w mm hh wiuuv.i.VAir vtli'Tmi th-nar ir irht
many seems not favorably disposed toward Packer, and casion to pause before she carries out ,.,. careie.,iy ofer der diamond brooch
i . 1 . . . . .. I Ik. ar Mila' nlan flnatltntad at k1 ... . . . - ,
xuiuniany may exercise a potent muuence in Uie conven- . " " " Z 7 IT 7 nestling in aer corsage, viu dm bub-
wu..v, '- " T Plclon. ven leaving society aivays dow
congressman - from the second district ;i. itiA r ii inin
One thing that will be a source of weakness to Parker! Is conceded to eastern Oregon," but itJroon dan valk backyards und trust to
is tne popular opinion mat ne is .Hill's man." that ha wm o out a. pwr i ick.
might-be too much controlled by H11V and Hill i, by no SwJtZ '
means a popular man throughout the country, especially
Forest Grove Times: won. 1m t. ar-
ln ths west.
At any rate. It will be an Interesting game, and will be
watched with eagerness by Democrats throughout , the
country.
lossxa or uyxstoox.
'I'.t!
gever Weather Baa Made Cattle Suffer
' la 2 as tern Oregon.
From the Canyon City News.
f The" effects of the recent cold snap
. and heavy snows in ainerent parts or
' -T In nuuntjr miw iryuimi w m iuui
,n ill. iiirawv. w.iuuiviiD. . . w
season for heavy feeding had passed in
. aoeUtia rt fi 1 a nniitirv slarsrsa
i1 H1UI17 lOVllviw "a auH vvui a"
numbers or-aorees. sneep ana catue
- had haan turned out to grace, when
the deep snows began falling. The ef-
feet of shutting oir tne teea supply
... Wnen tn manue ox muw avupyea unit
; ' graslng, heavy losses were very likely
tinua. In other parts er the eeunty
It was expected that stockmen would be
'' compelled to eed, and such stockmen
are faring much better,
-In the latter cane are most of the
.. Bear ' valley growers, although soma
even there, are reported to be quite
- short : or altogether out of hay. i As
.' yet- the -loss has been comparatively
-t light ana ir xavoraoie weatner snouia
' melt the anow and open the ranges,
.v H la not thought that losses will become
eerloua In speaking of tms phase of
the matter. Holt Brown aays that some
,' of the 1 stockmen in Bear valley have
.' enough hay to last: through the first
..'.week of April. The show was quite
-4eep and hard, and two-year-old steers
would move: along on top of the crust
r. without breaking through the icy bare
rler.. It now seems that the snow will
' melt but slowly. 'And should lt go With
- a rush, the danger of general inundation
is very great The grass will be very
; fresh as It is exposed for ranging, and
altogether the situation is anything, but
: satisfactory." : . . '
i The - correspondent from . Hamilton
writes that the country is burled deep
under ssow arm, ana mere is aireaay
much losa of both cattl. and sheep,
With still greater danger ahead. He
characterises ths situation as dealing a
serious blow to the stock raising in
toresta' .. , i - s ' .. v.
From near Monument Past Grand
blaster Feeney. of the A. O. U, W. lodga
who cam through, th section recently, died up In the great driXta and aunlx.
says many losses have already occurred
Mr. Feeney says the first time the mat
ter came to hi" attention, 4 starved cow
was lying In the snow by the roadside.
As she was surely dying, one Of the
company mereirully put i.er out of the
way. But aa they proceeded further,
they found that a large number of
others, were in the same .condition of
helplessness, and , soon became accus
tomed to the sight It was hot easy to
tell what the loss would be in that ter
rltory, but there is too much reason
to believe that it will be heavy.
In the Fox valley country the snow
was piled up from three to five feet
In depth. A good many of the stock
men have a limited supply of hay on
hand, but ethers are almost or entirely
out. Ed Allen, who , is oae of the
most experienced stockmen of the
county, says that the situation has not
been worse since-the spring of 1890.
Rpeaklng of the conditions at that time.
Mr. Allen said
The spring had opened up pretty
early and the stock were making k good
living on the rsnge. But on ths 20th of
March a deep snow fell, and the tem
perature went down to 2H degrees be
low sero. : It was more than three weeks
beforn bare ground was again seen.
and the loss of stock was something
frightful.
"That spring our firm shipped 8,800
pelts alone out of the country and the
loss among cattle was enormous.
The Prairie City section seems to be
faring the best of any pert -t tn
county, and there will probably be but
little loss among the horn stock. '. It
Is understood,: however,', that . a .large
number of outside stock . had . been
brought into the valley, both at that
place and at Mt Vernon, and . among
them were many that were very thin
and weak. Several of that sort have
been lost but It ts believed that the
worst has passed.
Several rumors have come In - from
the Middle Fork range country to the
effect that very large herds are in grave
danger Of bing greatly decimated. One
report so far unconfimbedt states that
one owner has 3,009 head of cattle hud-1
perishing. .
wandering '
storm.
The few that escaped ar
about going before the
the
SAXVT SlfZTX. '
t Forty-two, time, he hag run for
aoctor.
Forty-two. times he's, gone forth in the
ngn '"'. -
Nervously fastening on his suspenders,
noping as never a oacpeior might
Forty-two times be haa wdndered and
waiteo.
Pacing the floor with his head in a
wnin:
Forty-two times he has heard the an-
. nouncement.
Forty-two "times the grim nurse,-Jias
aeniea aim
Rights that he proudly supposed
were his own:
Forty-two time he haa harbored emo-
. tlons ..
Such as the childless man never haa
. known. -.
Forty-two times he has bounded
hearing
The first shrill cry of a strange little
guest ' ,
Forty-two time be has gone - In the
morning.
Boasting and bragging and swelling
nig cnest. 4.
up,
Forty-two times he, has paid for frail
, ribbons, - ,
Paid for' soft lace and fluffy affairs.
paid for the bottles and what i put in
mem; - . .
Forty-two times- he has shouldered
new carea -
Forty-twotlmes he has heard the glad
: message:
"Everything's lovely -com In It's
all right" - .
Forty-two time, he haa gone for the
Buttoning up as he rushed through
the night ' -
; Chicago Record-Herald.
Klng'svallevcorresDondancs of tha f!nt
tallis Times: Cattle are dying. want-
jvi. teea ana gauter u in. caiia, , .
ris is likely to come Into the coming
Republican congressional convention
with a vote Jhat will be a surprise to
some people." He' is said to have car
ried, tha primaries In. Marion county and jdeae initial on det eigaroot is a happy
the convention which meets todsy Is ex- vun una preventions, much :' confusion
X . .1 A. M .1 AAA at AM anlij mm I ' " ' a . ..
peciou w boioci a, umciauuu ayuu w should you visit to resume smoxing aner
Rule Tvicer-Ven der hostess fndro-
ductlons you a; lady aivays lnkvire
poll tefully , vat is her aga If shs saya
lt In small figures raise der eyebrows
mlt a slight doubt . If She doan'd an
swer she Is no lady. ' .i-. V- --
Rule T'ric-Alvaya amok cigarettes
mlt your lnltUls on dem. Der idea of
him.
Hood River Glacier: It is significant
that Wasco county sends an unlnstructed
delegation to the Republican state and
congressional conventions. Other east
ern Oregon counties, it is noticed, have
done likewise, Iooks as if the "cow
counties" - could ' give Multnomah .point
era on clean politics.
der eigaroot has become a butt ; If any
vun should lay claim to. your eigaroot
you can mlt a flash of der eye point to
Im. VI.. l-. . . . . ,
der Initials und eggsclaim nton.udtlu'rXSV'J1?
der rising Inflection on der last syllabua vL, 'r:"? ,7. i J!
rJmL t,me- our'dlfferanrooccupa:
tobUkZt hostesa ? - t,on" Cu,ed u 10 b aeparated. Since
RuU aa fr-.h laid tn'n w bT corresponded, aqd for some
nirlu! . 22-f rr,i! t- tim affection seemed aa great as
M JSmm m.J'iM But -ms to have
S.Pin Ltet tt.I 2L? tJh .2 changed and placed her affections el.e-
Rufe 8ii:.tmwrrinT ar,m-r."t -" from my sweetheart I
tu'?SSS SerTy' ?o fto & H FY?
her. Aivays throw the CUStard pudding. tnr alaa . Plaaaa advlaa ma aa tn tha
i,5; a " y1 ?,av? d,r, r,apkln fining her affections. f , .
U for. X It"!; CHARLES JULIUS DAVIS. -
fork thr, it US 1 "'"cerely wish I could help you, but
fork through it Und Vade In, , mntnuthurt aaama tn ha . ?llrl-
vay fa n IrtZ WnfT. D and I really Wt know what to
vays, ta go alter cer beana is mlt a I ; rp, ,k i.i. .
S1?gaK.WCil
Rule Eight: Aivays at a society ved- .
fXforeceram
varda dey belong to annuder fhentle- lUfUitei and a" yonng man an, woman got
nri.tfc.jLvJi - ija- on, the car and .topped In front of us.
Z aZ. ::'Z. "1 r:'ir IZl r 7.;:J ve his seat to thegiri. I reuined
ask der hostess vat Is for breakfast It
U wulgar to be soapnetlteful In nubile. Zl.T" , Z u" VTi'"ui"
to remove bones from der, flesh. - It . 4 T ' , C R. 8. 1
A: hJe of d. tTtl,?.5J-V
11! looked ridiculous if you had given
dining room is der menu dareof. I VMIra .h man .
D. DINKEL8PIEL, r ' . . '
Dear Miss Fairfax: Being pussled In
' per George V. Hobart
nrou Jain rtOATnro shof.
(A C. Haeselbarth,, la Leslie's Weekly.)
(The only vessel of her kind in the
United. Statea navy, and one of the most
nasMiiiai. ahlna In tha world, recentlv ar-
Antelope : Herald: 7 Th ' Wtllllamson rived in New York hafbel' aftef Her lonr-
faction in wasco county snouia incor- Mt cruise ' . -y V " '
porate. The law only , three Th- wpar .nop a the forward!
corpouoTw w '! " tojyLz; M;
that this number could be found.
Albany Demoirttf "Hon. Jeff tteyers
of Portland, second district is really
eald.to be a candidate for congressman
on the Democratic ticket in tne nrst ais
trict Jeff is a good, fellow, but that
won't work, i w , .-,
Albany Democrat: A prediction Her
tnann will be renominated for congress
man' In the First district and J. N. WU
llamson in the Second. .
s' ssMttor roster Plsgasted.'
I am disgusted," said Senator Foster
recently! "I will never give money to a
street , beggar again as long aa I live.
There was a very pitiful-looking beggar
In the avenue a few minutes, ago, and.
mr heart going out to him. I stopped to
hand him a few small coins. I had some
difficulty, 1 admit in finding my change,
but waa that anv reason for the bar.
gar to frown at me and say, impatiently:
'Hurry up, sir. I've lost several custom
ers i while: you've, been ' muddling over
them pennies.' " t J
Whea the Doctors Itisa. "
From the NeW York Medical Journal.
M. Fere looks upon kissing aa a mani
festation of rsentlment aa well . aa a
means of eliciting and exalting it For
our own part w. are disposed to ad
here -to our .older form of belief: that
the evolution of specially sensitive
nerve 'ending in " the ' mucocutaneous
labial margin-has largely contributed to' It
th .aldespreaa-populantyor osculation.
ceives a , flood of daylight through
hatch 20 bv 10 feet--Tntf shop is well
equlpped'WitlTall - kinds -of -machlneryr
including one open aiae pianer, wnicn
is the largest machine tool afloat: one
48-lnch . open gap lathe, 10 feet long:
two lathes ' with swing of ' 18 inches
each; one large wall radial drill press ?
another drill' .and a milling maenme;
one 18-lnch and one J 4 -inch shaper; one
4-inch pipe machine: one ; large steam
hammer, and three large forges - for
blacksmitha " boUermakers and copper
smiths; one 18-lnch buss planer and one
86-inch handsaw; ons ; : 10-foot '-jwood-turnlng
lathe and a trimmer. . The four
tnnla laat nam&l ara liaad bV th tiat-
ternmaketCEach machine is driven by
a separate motor, tne power neing iur
nlahed.'by two large dynamos. - -
The' Culgoa travels to all our naval
fleets in Atlantic watera making re
pairs and giving supplies to the various
ships in need of patching, or provisions,
or both. The mechanics in the repair
shop are all skilled workmen, picked
for their respective duties. They are
oapable of doing any kind Of mechanical
work on any ahlp of the United Statea
navy and the Culgoa's record shows
that much work is constantly demanded.
. Then 8rhe Smllad. -
- From the Detroit Free XSresa
'Til bet 'my boots lt Isn't so."
It was not an elegant expression for
a young lady, but it was very emphatic.
"'But that, would be such a very small
wager,m he drgedr t?:.!
Then h amUed-gweeUyxxipoa him. ,
ASYZOX TO XSFVBUOAHa.
this affair! and knowing of your fine
advice, I now. write to ask If you will be
un Viml aa tn halt .ma. Aiir. ... jt
Adams (Umatilla county)' Advance; ' . If am. a young girt 18 years of age.
Tne last election the. fight began even and have a gentleman friend calling on
before the primariea was boosted along me every . Sunday. My mother and
at these electrons and culminated at the 'ather like him very well and" have given
general election by the dat of almost 'SJPSSl? hladn Jn TtV-
the entire RepubllcaaUcket hese birthday happened to fall on the
things are hard to forget yet if we win 2Jtn of last month, and he made me a
In the coming election they must be laid pp?f" "V, V...V . v ; ' ' i.a
aslda Either side will have to yield to N?w,h'" ? '".i" BOtiri'' n,,4
a certain extent, and that giving in will would like to know If you think It would
h.. "r Z . be out of nlace for me to srlve-him
Mstw vr wvHiu uuiuiivn, - As, uailUUIlJ I . . a j -
l olng 40 reign throughout the eom J MBJtthWs' as a remembrance of th. day.
ing campaign, the delegate
be elected without any
wnat tnsir views were in tne last eiec-l - wi . . '..-r
tlnn - Jna aa aiira aa nna aMa ahnnra " your parents approve, Dy ail mean
the least sign to dominate In the pri- make him ablrthday gift Oiv him a
mary. that preclnct wlll, b divided In book, a scarfpln, ormake him a pretty
the general election, and if the matter I nacktie or case for ma handkerchief.
la carried into the county ' convention,
thout the eom- fQmetning aa rememnrsnce or tn. sy.
tes will have to not w01110 you kindly suggest some
thought as to thing, as I am at a loss what to give.
11 the last elec- ' 1. ' ' ' -; ' . F.r 8-'
then will the ticket that is nominated
be , "scratched'' . In Urst-claaa shapa
Those who did so in the last election set
the example and if they are-the. un
fortunate onea In . this . election they.
can warn e no one except themselvea
OOOS 8OH Of TAX.X.
i From the Union Republican.
There, Is nuch to do for the great
Grande ; Ronde - valley that it seems
worse than useless to waste th public '
vitality in broils and fault-finding, and
tl.OOOiQOft ' - ' -; jit is an snoouraging sign of the times
J , ( .7 , :-j.t"-1 10 nuic urn iimra ib b. unujr guon 10-
i From the 1Sast 'Oregoplan. :X X V J aubstltuUng harmony, fof discord.:
; The Morning Oregon ian gloat over alnd 'or contention, all over this
story from ;WMhlngtoa.JtlUitcor 'tha ttruieottntry.l Tn.. ournu -of old
alleged offer "of- W; R. 'Hearst of 81.- 'euds, th. harmonious working together
000,000 to the Democratic . campaign ot our roreea wui 00 more for the suo
fund. It forgeta to mention liow . the cs ,ur. own,L nd. T11? .han .
chip on his shoulder 1 not always th
most successful In Ufa
minions in tne repuoucan :. runa are
raised by assessing federal office hold
ers from 88 for a fourth 1 class Post
master to 81.000,000 from the candidate
for vice-president It is no mors dis
honest oc. disparaging for W R. Hearst
to contribute to a cause he loves, -'voluntarily
and willingly, than lt was for
Marcus A Hanna, John Wanamaker Or
William McKlnley to contribute to
their chosen cause. Partjtaanism blinds
the Oregonian until its news columns
are nsfalr; .to' say nothing of. the .un
speakable! 'narrowness of its editorial
utterance s
'; l' ': : :- ' MiM Season. :" A
' - From the Chicago-Post ' v ' ' '
He complained bitterly of the slowness, i
ot the train. -
"It you don't Ilk. It aald the con-i
ductor, "why don't you get out' and '
walkT'! 1 , , . r '.'
. "I'm afraid." . j, . .'' . ,
; "Afraid of what?" .. ' ' """.V.
"Afraid you'd hitch the blamad'traia
Lpnlo me and make me drag It
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