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SBI-TOiilAL P ACS I? TMS JQUSLA
JOUMAL rtTBUiHniO CO.
0. S. lACXSOK, WO. F-CAOLl
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER f
Sunday,' August .7, 1904.
ACHIEVING A GREATER OREGON.
THE FIRST STEP toward the upbuilding of Oregon
is to gain a thorough comprehension of both the
needs and the1, resources of the-state. When this
knowledge has been gained the campaign for the develop
ment of Oregon- can be carried forward 'intelligently and
effectively, j The Oregon Development league offers to the
people of the state the medium both for acquainting them
selves with the needs of the varied industries within onr
borders and for exploiting the unrivaled advantages which
;, Oregon offers to the homeseekcr and the investor
The initial convention of the league was fritful of
results w hich give great promise of its usefulness in the
future. Every man who attended that convention or who
followed the newspaper reports of its proceedings added
to his knowledge, of the state. Many of the papers that
.were read and the discussions that arose we're pregnant
with valuable information and the ideas advanced- were
those of sensible, practical men, thoroughly . conversant
with" their themes. Any one who desired information as
to the products and the capabilities of any section of the
til. nnnrtnnifv tn rrt it at fifct Vianirl. .' TTi wrieat
jgrower. from eastern - Or6n learned to appreciate per
haps for the first time, the immensity of the forests jn the
western part of the state; the yalue ofhe fisheries and
the thine: the delegate from the coast counties heard with
a new and vivid comprehension of the, unparalleled pro
ductiveness of the great Inland Empire. It was a mutual
education, invaluable in -teaching the people ot uregon
th. .rmcsihilitie if the state in whirh the'V liv. ".
One of the interesting features of the convention was
Ihe statement by delegates from various parts of the state
of the particular needs of their respective localities. To
!the intending settler there could be no better guide. The
idea expressed most frequently was that thereat need
is an immigration of thrifty, intelligent farmers from the
"middle west,' men with a thorough practical knowledge .pf
farming and with means sufficient to acquire and improve
the land. ; To this class of immigrants Oregon offers very
"unusual attractions. But among the farmers of the east
land middle west Oregon is a land almost ' unknown and a
(campaign of publicity must be undertaken if they are to be
induced to come -here. Oregon is destined to be one of
'the greatest, if not the greatest, agricultural states in the
union. It is the natural source of. supply for the oriental
trade in breadstuff s and its possibilities in production are
tinlimited The, growth of the farming" population will be
of the state. ' ' ' ''.'...,
" But the opportunities "offered to the settler are by no
means confined to agriculture. The convention of . the
development league afforded innumerable reminders pf the
vaneq industries ot tne state wnicn give tempting openings
o men of intelligence and enterprise. No man need fail
Who comes to Oregonr Whatever the occupation that he
chooses he can be. sure that thrift and industry willbe
richly rewarded, -' " ' ? " t- """!"; ' ''
'The people'of Oregon are not yet fully "alive to the
ricnes vi ineu own bwic aim uic cuutuim wiuui uic uc-
,velopment league is affording them is the first great benefit
which will result from that organization; The next step is
to spread abroad this knowledge in other states. The es-.
sential idea of the league is that this must.be largely ac-
Jcomplished by individual' effort. : Every citizen must con
stitute himself a' bureau of publicity, doing his best to ad
vertise Oregon among his friehds and acquaintances' in thVl
easu , inc rcsuiis. iiiai win iuiiuw tan siaiiciv ic exag
gerated and they are already foreshadowed byUhe interest
which has been aroused throughout the state, an interest
rendered intelligent by the Convention which inaugurated
the work.- - ' ' ' ' '''. .'''' ' t '' ' . .
, JAPAN AND RUSSIA NEED MONEY.
;.';'' . ', .. . ; .'. '.
TV TO" NATION, however rich, can spend a million dol-
I ; lars day after day and. not sooner or later feel the
' pinch of it. The United States felt it keenly enough
during the civil war and England felt it even more acutely
ouring me. ooer war. merc sire rumors uiai japan ia
feeling the terrific drain upon (its resources" incident to the '
.life and death struggle now in progress in Korea and Man-
-liifM tfiorV r ntfir nimnrt tfiar Pnc!a ia h"m'nnincr tn
seriously feel the financial cramp. It is hinted, and it can
,well be believed, that Japan must speedily bring the war
to a decisive close or it wljl find itself struggling under a
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Duraen oi qcdi inai win paraiyze u nui trusn ii. una ia
given in explanation of the marvelous tenacity and alntost
superhuman persistency with which il-is struggling-toward
the goal. W hile, doubtless, there is some degree of truth
in this view of the matter and while it will apply with con
siderable force to. Russia, as well as Japan, ordinary pru
dence, and a proper apprehension of the war game would
dictate to Japan the policy of extreme celerity even though
the questibn of finance entered only incidentally into , a
consideration of the Issue. If it were possible for Russia
to concentrate all of its military resources where it now
most needs them the outcome of the war might even now
be predicted with much confidence. But the supreme ad
ta'ge which Japan possessed after making every allowance
for its superb fighting quahties, is found in the fact that
Russia can bring only a proportion of its forces into the
field, thus giving Japan the opportunity which it must have
of meeting- it upon an even basis. The irtore quickly it
disposes of the forces now confronting it the more certain1
it is to speedily end the war. While the money question
undoubtedly is already a very grave, one! we do not be-,
lieve it has yet become the supreme question' injapan's
struggle ;;- ''' : .' '-" V vy
; . COUNTRY BRED CITY MEN. "' '
A NEW EARTH IS APPEARING.
And they are determined to riave results, and that -q
speedily un this particular question neither politic
T"TLECTRICITY1, An unknown, unanalyzed, indefina- parties nor politicians of any degree can afford to pla
P. ble, incalculable power, bred so. far 'as is known yet fast and loose. The question is in no sense now a oolitical
T- in. the fertile fructuous earth.1; . ' one, but if it comes to an issue there will be no party lines-
Lord Kelvin, supposed to be the greatest living author- to divide on it and the man who stands in the way is likely
ity on the subject of electrical force, simply gives the to get hurt. ..
problem up says he does not know any more than , the On no public question in recent years have the people
greatest of the world s philosophers know about the human been so determined and at no time have they been less
soul. ; . , disposed to stand quibbling excuses for inactivity. - They ,
A little, unseen, unfelt, mysterious "current" we have realize that in self-defense the portage road must be built,
no. language to define it "runs" in our jargon along a The fear that this may not accomplish all that is expected
little slim wire, and whole trains of loaded cars move, of it appeals not at all to them. They' arg willing to 6pend
This is so common a sight that we become used to it, think the money on the experiment and take the chance of the
it onl "natural," and dwell no more upon it, But if we road doing all or . nearly all , that is hoped for it. But
stop to think a little, what a wonder, an increasingly , won- whether it does all or any part, of it they nevertheless '
derful wonder it is. : , - want it and want it badly. They do not want it three or !
A Edison, the wizard,' has played and worked with this five years hence but they want it next fall, at the earliest ,
mysterious force until he and his pupils have in a third of possible jnoment that it can do them good. This is the
a centiirv'revolutionized the whole business of ihe world, sentiment and this is the determination, and if results are
not brought about in one way they will be another. '
A MOVEMENT TO RAISE COUNTY SALARIES,
OF ALL THE big" New York City men of the first
class, in business the multimillionaires, the great
. lawyers, merchants and .others' iwho. are ' read of .
throughout the country not . one, it was' recently stated
in a reliable New York paper, was born in that city. And
ail but 6ne were born on farms or in small country villages.'
This is scarcely credible, yet if not altogether it is no
doubt largely true. And so t would be found on inquiry to
be in other cities1 that most of the men who have pushed
themselves to the very forefront in busintss, in the pro
fessions and in politics in the great cities, were country
boys; the majority of them farm boys. ' ,
There must be more exceptions in most cities than in
New York, assuming the statement. quoted to be correct;
we can think of several, though not many, exceptions in
this comparatively small city, but doubtless the rule would
generally hold good almost everywhere. It is the country-boy,
rather than the city boy, who greatly succeeds
in the city, as the world views success.
The reasons for this will suggest themselves to readers;
they are' interesting and worthy of scrutiny, but it is not
the purpose of this article to go into them only beside
the statement of the fact to add these comments: .
Let not this fact serve to entice many country boys or
young men to the city for two reason, aye, three:
First, where one country boy, succeeds, greatly in the
city and is so heard of widely many miserably fail, or suc
ceed but slightly and slowly, " . : . " ;
- Second, the country has many advantages that it did
not formerly possess better roads, better; houses, better
schools, better churches, more and cheaper books, better
society; telephones, perhaps trolley lines, daily newspapers,
town luxuries easily obtained. , The country, in large part,
has been almost brought in touch with the town. . t
Then, too, the country has charms that the city man,
country born and bred and aging, looks back to lovingly
and longingly, if not regretfully J and though he may be
surrounded with all the city's luxuries, he dreams o' nights
of. the sough of wind among the leaves, the eternal music ,
of the brook, the fragrance of plowed field and hay field,
the eloquent stillness of the early night- and many other
country charms ; : and - is fain to repeat i ""Itmight have
been." ' . :';: . ' ' " ''- y
Third, what seems great success is not always so. The
successful farmer, dairyman or orchardist is as great a
success in this world as the successful merchant, lawyer
or doctor in our. humble judgment a greater success.
Sometimes, too, great success, as .the world estimates it,
is not always really so. The pleasure is in pursuit, not
possession ; and the possession of too much, palls espe
cially if great riches and high position are not quite rightly
obtained, and the possessor still has a live conscience. . .
Then great success for this these days spells - great
wealth, or the currently passing counterfeit of it is ac
companied with cares and burdens and responsibilities and
the necessity of saying no almost like a parrot ; and worse,
it is "likely in New York to be the cause of moral and
spiritual atrophy the gradual and irresistible withering of
the possessor's souL ' .
And what shall it profit a man if he gain the" whole,
world and lose his own soul?
AN.EFFORT is being made to commit the Multnonah
county members of the next legislature to the plan
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Kji urn casing mc oaiaiics ui nuiiiucr ui 1110 tuuniy
. T. : - - j . i .i . : . .11 f
What his and their discoveries have been worth to human
kind could not be measured or stated in terms of dollars,
even if the figure. ran ever so far into the billions. .' ,
: 'Notice) now, the connection between electricity arid
water one secret, elusive, intangible, mysterious,. awe
Some; the other common,' purling roaring, swirling, rising,
fillinrralwav vrnt in s Aar rnntrvviiVil. tancri-
ble, touchable, "limpid, volatile and free" an absolute com- offices. It is argued that the compensation now allowed is,
: j ii . j ... . - ' in several instances, verv inadeauate. and that an increase
Tut in gravity, the Torce-as the story goes-that closed h?3W be m.ade ke effect dUr?n th term . of the oN
Newton's physical eye while opening his philosophical eye nci,s now in otttce. . ; . - ; ; , r
-and you have the great trinity of earth. ' Undoubtedly public servants should receive at least as
Through gravity, water falls. A man-one who ob- much. " theJ cou'd command for similar services in. pn
serves and studiei-comes along and sa-ys : .-."There, fs hfe- and perhaps in view of their limited tenure of
force; power, going to waste; and the industrial world officf- they . should be paid somewhat more. But there
needs force, power and is willing to pay for it." - He can are two .mrrtant considerations which should be borne
not carry the water to the mills and wheels directly, 20. 40 n mind by those who are advocating an increase in present
or 6d miles away ; if he could, he cpuld not keep the power atne"," - . Vs i2 ' u ' ' v .' :. .- .
intact; so he cotfris that secret, elusive, shadowy, flickering, . . 1 " first P,5e;.Mu tm 7" StlU hlVK y
tremendous "She" of the earth ; gets z wire itouch with f eb afd even wlt h most c"e Ju "ondmy probably at
one of her myriad atoms; stretches it abroad, around; puts lea8t. two. ars must . elapse, before outstanding . claims ,
a Uttle machine to be turned by the waterfall and lol with-, c.an c yholV wped out. It is therefore an inopportune
out wood or coal or fires or steam or smoke, your cars run, 1 f,m to, ,ncrase county s obligations except where f his
up hill and down, dale; your mill wheels turn night and 19 '""5! Jnf'th, nrM,t rontv nffiri.l.
Sadtb1enra.o "Krcasf urS ttfoiZoiSZi
nrf AWteA Wrirftv.-urill vt Ha.' - ' cgiiurc w wc ... oa.a.jr, iv wuurn piuuau.jr uavc
WHY THE PORTAGE ROAD WILL v BE BUILT.
resulted in his defeat at the polls.
It is true that there is a decided disproportion in the .
salaries paid to the incumbents of the principal offices in '
TttVtt- in ii j -' ', . , . Multnomah county. Ihey bear little relation to the im-
HLRE ARE so-cal ed public movements- which it portance or the responsibilities of the office. There is a
is easy to sidetrack. Gounter movements may be, manifest inequality in paying the-sheriff $4,500 a year, -to
started to distract public interest, the matter at issue say nothing of the perquisites which have attached to the:
may be beclouded or confused or a distinct new issue may. office in the past. while the county clerk receives but $2,400,
be interjected to the end that the original is completely and the county judge, whose office is the most important
lost to view. But there are some public movements which in the county, receives but $3,000. Nor is there any ap-.
cannot be sidetracked. They are. usually, of slow growth .rtnt rea90n why the circuit judges should be paid $1,000
and the result of profound and general conviction. One of more than the county judge, as they are since the act
these. which s now stirring Oregon is the open river ,pa8sei at the special session of the legislature wen! into,
question. What may be said in its favor nowwas just effect f . - ' - .-.
as true 20 years ago. Many people were just as pro But in spite of all these inequalities there is no sound
foundly convinced of its importance then as they are now. argument for increasing county salaries at this time. The
Even those who give the matter merely superficial study practice of increasing the compensation of public 6fficials
see the overshadowing importance. of the 'open river' as during their incumbency of office is wrong in principle nd '
the supremest element in the growth and development of in some states 'is unconstitutional. Public office is not
the. Inland -Empire,. -for tKat conclusion is self-evident to thru5t upon any "man, and if he cannot, afford to take it at
any one who casually gfances at a map of Oregon. the salary already-established he is at perfect liberty tcv
But while all of this is true it has taken some time remain in private, life, Moreover, Multnomah county can
for. this sentiment to crystallize xinto actjon.. Relief has not afford to increase its. financial burdens until it is again ,
been looked for '.in of Tier directions and in other ways, doing business on a cash basis.' The increase in the salt,
Perhaps we have been too optimistict too confiding, too aries of the circuit judges saddled upon the county an .'.
much incllnecTlo expect others to do for us that which we annual burden of $4,000 and if the next legislature sup ':
should have done for ourselves, irowever this may have plements this by increasing county salaries the taxpayer!
been the years have rapidly -drifted by without' anything will have just ground for complaint. . Taxes are quite high
having been. accomplished, and where we were a score of enough now. In the campaign that preceded the primaries'
years ago is practically where we are now. last spring the dominant faction of the Republican party
A general realization of the vital need, combined twith appealed to the voters for support on the ground of the
a general appreciation of the practical old proverb' that "economies effected in the county government by the pres
God helps those who help themselves, has suddenly awak- ent , administration. It was in the expectation that this :
ened the people along the Whole line. They now know policy of , economy would be continued that the people of
what they want indeed what they must have for their Multnomah county, elected the men who are to represent
own salvation, and nothing short of that will satisfy them, them at Salem next winter. ",
MYSTIC MORALITY & " By MAURICE MAETERLINCK
(Capyrlcbt, 1904. bj W. B. Hent.)
IT IS only too evident that th lnylslbl
.agitation of the klngdom within u
are artitrarily aet on foot by the
thouKhta We shelter. ' Our myriad intultlona
are the veiled queens who ateer our course
through life, though we have no words in
which to speak to them.
How atrangely do we diminish a thing
imh nm r .tnrMi It In wordsl
We believe we ' have dived down to the
' most unfathomable depths, and when we
reappear on the surface, the drop of water
longer resembles the sea from which it
came. We. believe we have . discovered .a
grouo mat niorea wun Dewiiaering:
treasure; "we come back to the light of
day, and the gem we have brought are
false mere . pieces of glass nd yet does
Tne irruiur nin un, uncvuiiiix, in ids
darkness! ,.
. There Is something between ourselves and
our souls that nothing can penetrate, -and
there are moments, says Emerson, "In which
we court suffering In the hope that here
at. leant we shall find reality, sharp peaks
and edges of truth."
Surely there are. moments when we seem
a ' ' MAr. Am nlv f Han AA mi, fnttiAra
before us, that we are not in the presence
of" ourselves ' alone. . '
' Neither those who believe in a Ood, nor
those who disbelieve are found to act In
themselves, as. though they were sure of
being alone. ( ,
. We are watched, we are under the strict
est supervision, ' and it comes from else
where than the. Indulgent darkness" ofesch
man's conscience. JPerhape the spiritual
vases are less closely sealed now than In
bygone days, perhaps more power has come
to the waves of the sea within us? I know
not all that we can state with certainty
Is tKat we no longer attach the same im-.
portance to a certain number of traditional
faults, but this Is In Itself a spiritual vic
tory. . ' " '.'.'''
It would seem as if our code of morality
were changing advancing with timid steps
toward loftier regions that cannot yet be
seen. And the moment has perhaps oome
when - certain new questions should be ,
asked. :' . ,' -," . v.
What would happen, let us say, if our
soul were -suddenly to. take visible shape
and were compelled to advance Into the
midst of her assembles sisters, stripped of
all her ' veils, but laden with her most se
cret thoughts and dragging behind her the
most mysterious, Inexplicable acts of her
lifet ' , : ".. -
Of what would she be ashamed T . Which
"are the things she would fain hide? Woud
she, like a 1 bashful maiden, cloak beneath
her long hair the numberless sins of the
flesh? ' ' ;
' She knows not of them, and those sins
have never come near tier. Thy were com
mitted a thousand miles from her throne,
and. the aoul even of the . prostitute would
pass unsuspectingly through the crowd
with the transparent smile of the child In
her eye. She has not Interfered, shs has
lived her life where' the light fell on her,
and it Is this life only which she can recall.
.Are there any sins or crimes of which
she could be -guilty? Mas she betrayed,
deceived,. lied? Has she Inflicted suffering
or been the cause of tears? Where was she
while this man delivered over his brother7
to the enemy ? Perhaps far away from
him she was sobbing;, and front . that mo
ment she will have become more beautiful
and more profound. She will feel no shame
for that which she has not doner she can
remain pure in the midst of terrible mur
der. .Often she will transform Into inner
radiance all of the evil wrought before her.
These things are governed by an Invisible
principle, and hence, doubtless, has arisen
the Inexplicable indulgence" of the gods.
. An our indulgence, too. Strive as we
may we are bound to pardon, and. when
death, the great conciliator, has passed by,
la there one' of us who' does not fall on his
knees adsUently, with every token of
forglvlness, bend over the departing soul. ( "
When I stand before 'Xhe rigid body of
my bitterest enemy, when look upon the
pale Hps ' that slandered me, the sightless
eyes that so often brought the tears to
mine, the cold hands that may have wrought
me' so much - wrong do you Imagine, that
I can still' think of revenge? ; '
Death has come and atoned tor- all. I
have no grievance against the soul of the
man before me. Instinctively do I recog
nise' that it soars high above the gravest
faults and the cruellest wrongs. . If there
linger still a regret within , me It Is not
that I am unable to Inflict suffering In my
turn, but It is perhaps that my love was
not great enough, and that my forgiveness
has come too late ,
One might almost believe that these things
were already understood by us," deep down
In our soul. We do not judge our fellows
by their acts nay, not even by their most
secret thoughts, for these are not , always
undlscernible, and we go. far beyond the
indiscernible. : :
A man shall have committed crimes re
puted to be - the vilest of all, and yet It
may be that even the blackest of these shall
"hot have tarnished for one single moment
the breath of fragrance and ethereal purity
that surrounds his presence, while at the
approach of a philosopher our soul may be
steeped In unendurable gloom.
' What tidings do these things bring us?
Are there laws deeper than those by which
deeds and thoughts are governed? What
' are the things we have learned and why do
we always act in accordance with rules
that none ever mention, but which are the
only rules that cannot err?
When we venture to move the mysterious
stone that covers these mysteries and heav
lly charged air surges up from the gulf and
words and thoughts air fall around us like
poisoned flies. Even our Inner life seems
trivial by the side of these unchanging
. deepnessel. When the angels stand before
you, will you glory In never having sinned,
1 and is' there not an inferior Innocence?
When Jesus read the wretched thoughts'
of the Pharisees who surrounded the para
lytic of Capernaum are. you sure that a
' He looked at them He condemned their souls
without beholding far away behind their
thoughts a brightness that .was . perhaps
( everlasting? '
And would He be a Ood if his condemna
tion were Irrevocable? But why does He
speak as though he lingered on the thresh
old? Will the basest thought or the noblest
inspiration leave a mark on the diamond's
surface? . ". t
What god that la Indeed on the heights
but must smile at our gravest faults as we
smile at the puppets on the hearth rug?
And what god would he be who would not
smile? ' . "
If you become truly pure do you think
you will try to ' conceal the petty motives
of your great actions from the eyes of the
angels? .And yet are there not In us many
"things that wllKlook pitiful Indeed . before
the gods assembled on the mountain? Surely
that must be, andour soul knows full well
that It will have to render , its account. It
lives in silence, and the band of a great
Judge Is ever upon it, though His sen
tences' are beyond our. ken." What account
will It have to render? Where shall we find
the code of morality that can enlighten us?
Is there a mysterious morality. that holds
sway In regions far beyond our thoughts?
Are our most secret desires only' the help
less 'satellites of a central star, that is
hidden from our eyes? : Does s transparent
tree exist within Us and are all our actions
and alt our virtues i' e-nly Its ephemeral
flowers and. leaves? , '"' - . : '
Indeed We know not what are the wrongs '.
that our soul can commit nor what there
can be that should make.ua blush before &
higher intelligence or before another soul,
and yet which of us feels that he Is pure!,
and does not dread the coming of th.
Judge? And where Is there a soul that is
not afraid of another soul?, v -. V ;
acajrr tovcxzs" matob jotii,
More Tnaa s.ooo WortJv of Bad Votes
Were Touaa la Xls Seek.
Toledo Tf'egrsm In Kew Tork Herald.
. Mlsre are $1,000 worth of note In
amounts .running from 110 to several
hundred that I will sell to you for Zl
-iU," eal4 Percy-Jnn, son of the late
aiarov to a newspaper, man in the
maynr's office one rrcent' aftrrnoon.
Mr. Jones was elaerlna out the great
big rnU-trpr4 desk used by his father
for an muny years. In almost every
plgwonhole, in every drswer. these slip
of apr, mute evldonne of the kindly
koart of tha man, rame t light.
thousand - dollars in bad notes,
however, is only a drop In the bucket,
and only what was scraped tosethtr In
claanlng out the desk. These notes were
almost Invariably made out with the
words written in print "No Interest."
And of course, none of them, Interest
or principal, has been paid.
There are many thouaands'of dollars
lying- around in nooks -In the late
mayor's ofnee in this, same form. The
death, of the mayor canceled for good
what In fact were canceled the minute
tha cash was turned over to the
debtors of the bits of paper. And the
mayor .knew it - Of late yeans he re
fused to have a note made out for this
kind of loans. He simply turned over
the cash.
Time after time, and week after week.
the writer haa heard him say to some
applicant for monetary relief: "Now,
don't make any promises that you will
pay the back for 1 dont want you to
break any. I have had promises year
after year and I never .get anything
back. Borne time, if you feel like It,
coma In -and give m what you. want,
but don't make any promises.".
The nsmes on some of these note
makers and promise-breakers srs well
known In business and official circles.
They Are considered very well up and
"honorable men." Tet they were not
above tapping this fount for all (hey
could when he was alive, and they were
not above neglecting to pay back.
In the mayor's laat campaign one man
who had always fought tooth and nail
for the " mayor, fought- against htm.
Some of the men remarked the change
and asked1 why he had gone back on
the city's executive.
"I'll tell you why he has gone back on
me," said the nayor. And he went to
his desk and picked out seven notes,
each for J 100, signed by this man, "It
was because I would not let him have
any more of these." he said. The man
was a political leech, whose friendship
the mayor had learned was only a com
modity, to be bought fora price.
Mayor Jones was not a methodical
man, and the money he gave away and
the notes he took were not recorded in
any way.. Por this reason no exsct nor
nearly exact account ofi .his charltlea
could be - made. It has been asserted
that during the last year of his life
charltlea and friendship for men with
bad business propoltions cost him 133,-
000. , , .
OOI Wit, AJTTWAT. -.-
From the Newbarg Graphic
The Nawberg cltlsen whoi started for
Portland Tuesday morning and who
chased across the street st Sherwood In
order to embrace the first opportunity
to wet his whistle, tarried too long at
the wine and all the passengers could
do for him was to say farewell brother
Watkina as the train pulled away and
left him on the track. He made a good
apurt from the door of the grog artop
when he heard the train start, and
clouds of dust arose about his corpulent
form as hs made for tha train with a
full head of steam .and a wide open
throttle, but the Iron horse was too
much for him and he was left behind.
The last seen of him he was headed fos
the saloon sgaln, where he no doubt
resumed the wetting- process.
sow Birsm books bsxats.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan,
As things sre going now It Is an end
teas chain of hauling of pebble rock
from tha river at an average; coat of 60
and 7 cents per load, only to see them
either sink nut of sight or work to the
surface.- There Is not the eltuhtest con
sistency In the way river rock behaves.
Hundreds of tons have disappeared en
tirely, while hundreds of tons after ,
settling and giving apparent promise of
making a permanent roadbed, have corns,
to the surface where they slip and roll
about, changing position with every
stroke -of a wheel or hoof until It Is '
necessary to haul them sway to get rid
pf them. They will not pack and make ,
a roadway themaelves, or make a foun
dation for anything else.
These same pebbles run through a '
crusher, or what Is 'better, quarry rock
after golnk -through a crusher, will .
make a roadbed that oannotbe excelled.
It will pack In fine shape ir put down In
sufficient quantity, and the more travel
gees over It the firmer and smoother 1
It becomes.
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