The Oregon daily journal., August 16, 1904, Image 6

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TUESDAY. AUGUST W.
PORTLAND. OREGON,.
TH E OREGON DAILY
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1, JACK SON
Published every evening (except Sunday) ' every 'rJB" ftt
streets, Portland, uregon.
OFFICIAL,
WHY IS THE CITY ALWAYS SHORT OP
!!.': rJ;i; MONEY? 1 . v"..."';
IT IS a singular thing that the city of Portland, reputed
to be. In .proportion to ita population, oner of the
richest cities in the United State, should be Incee
- , santly harassed by tha lack of funds with which to pay
the running expense .of the municipal government. In
spite of a high tax rate the city Is constanUy threatened
with a. deficit, and 1U Income is seldom within speaking
" distance, of tta expendltuYea The prenent administration
' attributes this' condition to tha fact that the city la no
1 longer In receipt of the monthly fines
gambling houses, but this excuse doe not meet tne case.
It is Impossible to believe that' tha city's only salvation
from temporary Insolvency lay In tha revenue derived" from
this source. There Is soma deeper causa than this.
- To the taxpayer the Question will naturally occur, are the
city's affairs conducted In an economical and .businesslike
, manner? Tha answer can be little mora than a conjecture,
. for there ere many details of (he city government which
are not disclosed by the reports of Its officials. ; It Is
'apparent from these reports that the city has been making
" no provision for tha payment of Its bonded Indebtedness,
a policy which has necessarily impaired Its credit and
which Is no doubt the .reason tor tha high rata fit Interest
which It la compeUed to pay. But tha failure" to establish
sinking fund will, of course, be attributed to tha lack
of funds, which again raises the question whether the
revenues at the pity's command are wisely and prudently
administered.'','' y ,t .:.
There la a, widespread belief that
mentsiof the city government there haa been gross ex
travegance, and this suspicion attaches especially to the
city nglneera office. It is undeniable that an extra
ordinary amount of work must be
streets and sidewalks before the opening of tha Lewis
and Clark exposition, but it la pertinent to ask whether
the results obtained from the city engineer's department
are commensurate with tha expenditures. It Is notorious
that for many weeks prior to tha primaries and tha county
. conventions Last spring tha department was little more
' than ah adjunct to the Republican machine, and many
.of the employes put In most If not all
party politics. The "city had . to ,
with their services, although they
thar municipal payroll. 1 If their services were not neces
ary to the city at that time It is
, should be required now.,-Probably
political , workers could, with profit
be, given a vacation without pay.-
It la not,! likely that the city engineer's department
was alone In the waste of public funds, .though It ''was
more conspicuous In this respect than any other. Cer
tainly there Is a field for Inquiry which, might be pro
ductive of rich results.' The Journal suggested some
time ago the- wisdom of an expert Investigation 'of all
departments of '(he city government, with a view to un
covering and abating any abuses that may exist. 1 It is
scarcely to be expected that the ' suggestion will ' meet
with tha ;,. approval of the present administration, yet It
-must commend Itself, to the taxpayer, to whom the city's
impoverished treasury Is a constant
THE NEW METHODIST
B
I ISHOP CRANSTON, who has
Portland, to the- great regret of every dne who
knew him, la succeeded by his old . time friend.
Bishop Moore. Few men have had
career than Bishops Moore.'; He Is
served through the civil war, from which ha emerged as
. a lieutenant colonel. . Ha lived in tha west during the
flush days of the cattle business, and himself managed a
great stock enterprise in Wyoming, where his popularity
among the cowboys knew no bounds.- He made a national
reputation In his church as chancellor
verstty, which, by a combination of
and main strength, he raised to a
among the denominational colleges
was editor of the Western Christian
cinnati when. ha was raised to the
ceeded in' the first-named -position
chancellor of the Denver university,
become Bishop McDowell.'
t After several . years of. foreign work
and Korea he has been assigned to tha
land. Bishop Moore is a man' of fascinating character
and such broad andf varied experience aa to make him a
charming companion in whatever company he may find
himself. Tha Journal feels assured ha Will find his Ine
cast in pleasant places here and that
deep and lasting influence upon the
to his lot as the head of the church In
COURTS AGAINST LOAN
r
T WOULD SEEM that after awhile
ciations Would give up, and quit trying to collect
from borrowers sums largely In excess of the amounts
. borrowed with legal interest. Of course, tha very object
of these associations' existence I thus nullified, and so
' they die hard; but the supreme court of Oregon has now
- been against them so often on this proposition that It
would seem' to be wisdom' en their -part to save their
lawyers' . fees. However, that la entirely their business.
In deciding yesterday tha case of Johnson vs. The Wash
ington National Building & Loan association In favor of
the' plaintiff and borrower, who sought
uicm wu" j in niiiuuiii, id. coun omy louowea
'several of ita own recent decisions. 'The principle Is that
no building and loan stock or share schema will avail
u eniiB Burrgwr. w pay xne principal or ft is debt
two or three times Over, besides Interest: nor shall . he
BIO COAST WXSAT CKOV.
"Pertlaad SHople Believe There' Xa
sro
Othse City oa the Coast."
' i Prom the Minneapolis Tribune. -
"Watch fojf a big wheat crop in Wash
ington, Oregon ' and northern Idaho,"
ays aeorge J. Hammond, president of
the Coe Comtnlnnlon company, who re
turned to Minneapolis this morning after
aa extended trip through the , Puget
sound country and California. While
Mr. Hammond's time was devoted large
ly to enlarging and improving his busi
ness connections in the northwest, he
found considerable time la which to in
vestigate the general business situa
tion, v. , '. -. ;; - r- ; ; 7
"They are all talking about big emps
out there, and from .what I can leans
there will probably be 40,000.000 bushels
ef wtiWat raided In that section. Which
is rather Isolated, .however, and, under
present conditions, it- does nor have the
Influence In the eastern grain markets
thai It should have. Their system of
handling the grain crop Is rather erude.
and It seems to mm that what thay really
'iNDEPBNDENT NEW8PAPBR ; :'.4 ; 'TV-:
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
PAP12R Off THd CITV .OF
collected from the
AFTER THE
I
T IS the opinion
ject Intelligent
far eaat ends,
In soma departTt
dona upon Portland's
exterminated their
herself 'firmly and.
now seems little
of their time doing
. It la believed by
dispense temporarily
were still carried on
the . war that our
rata of 00 per cent
hard to sea why they
a, number of these
aireaay aeciarea
plied to the "herml.t
to the taxpayers,
Only about 6V4
. '
enormous territory,
of people, ought to
prospect Is that the
to thla country. ,'
- And we of tha
skinvthe. cream,
tide of commerce
to thla fact as Ban
astonishment. ,
AROUSE
BISHOP.
would be so
just departed from
Clark fair as
a mora Interesting
a "native of Ohio,
and are strongly
Their hearty
ara Informed of the
of the Denver unl
and a campaign of
enthusiasm, audacity
commanding - place
of tha country. He
ara to be brought
Advocate at Cin
bishopric, being sub
by . his successor- as
who now in turn has
In China, Japan
sary than can be
bishopric of Port
nia prominence.
Portland, that If he
be will exercise a
work which will fall
this state.
to It that ao fruitful
SHARKS
certain loan asso
H'
ERE IS a
ine result
fluence against opening the Columbia river.: t
If the president
to escape pay-
need is a grain exchange with official
quotations, etc.; . ,.' , y. .
"I do not know of any place in the
United States which is in a better con
dition st present and has better pros
pects than this same northwest section.
While 4t Is true that business Is rather
dull there at the present time. In com
mon with other parts of the country,
there ia considerable activity and no
on appears to be discouraged. In fact,
I never met such a gang of boosters in
my lira
"Portland people believe that there la
no other city In the northwest. The
business men there, as a rule, have been
established many years. They are, con
servative and proud of It I do not
think that the people of Portland boom
their city rfs t bey do In other places,
but Portland is a rich city, and its real
dents, as a rule, surround themselves
with refining, influences, and thre 4s
quite ah appearance of the solid New
England city about tha place. Portland
la a great center and wnBId probably
benefit more by the establishment of a
grain exchange on the Paclflo coast
than any other place.
. "Portland does sn Immense amount of
business.! . . Its people
are hospitable,
JQUK1NAL
JNO..P. CAKROIX
"
Fifth and Yajphni
PORTLAND
by means of any. such Joint stock or mutuality device
be required to pay anything beyond the principal of his
debt and legal Intejpst..
These are good; healthy, welcome decisions. ;.' Many
people have been 'bled financially, in this county, in past
years, by some of these building and loan leeches, and
the courts scarcely ever rendered the -people a greater
service In Us long and honorable history than In taking
the view of these transactions that they did, :..' ' :
. There are legitimate, worthy and ' beneficial , assocla
tlons, that exact only .legal Interest on deferred pay
ments, on land and .buildings; and these, following the
legitimate purposes of their organisation, have done much
good, but the leeches deserve everything 'that the courts
have Bald Of them. ;' '.-' .' ', v.- y -, ; -.
WAR THE OPEN DOOR.
of people who bave given the sub
consideration that after tha war In tha
unless Russia can do what now seems
Impossible, the commercial opportunities of the United
States -wjll be greatly Improved, as compared with ante
bellum conditions. If Russia should be ousted from
Manchuria, as now seems probable, and not. allowed to
encroach again ln that direction, it Is argued that she
must go on developing her eastern provinces, and with
renewed energy, to make up for' her great losses, and so
will require Immense amounts' of American manufactures,
capital arid enterprise. Only Americans can and will do
what Russia must have done to recuperate.' :.
Japanwin -be- exhausted -with - the terrible - struggle,
even If she comes out victorious. China la In some sense
anally of Japan, but Japan will be In no condition, even
If disposed to do so, to prevent th4 . commercial ' and
Industrial- exploitation ' of China, or our commercial
hegemony In Chinese territory. Thus the open door policy
must prevail, and American trade supremacy In northern
China will be established. This would not be the case
If Russia could have driven the Japanese into tha sea and
. ancient empire, r even established
perpetually In Manchuria, but there
danger of that. ."
some who bave. license. to express an
opinion that conditions will be such after the close of
trade with China will expand at tha
per annum. '. As to Korea, Japan has
mai me open aoor poucy wouia oa ep
N
kingdom. ' ;
per cent -of the total foreign trade of
the United States In 1901 fell to Astatlo Russia,. China,
Japan and Korea. Peace having been , restored, with
Russia's aggressions checked, , our commerce with thla
with Its many hundreds of mlfllons
Increase by leaps and bounds'. So the
war will be of great ultimata benefit
: ; .- ' . . v ' . -
Pacifies states are In the right position to
to gather the first fruits, of thla great
soon to be. Portland must be as awake
Francisco and Seattle are.
CALIFORNIA'S INTEREST.
ROBABLY there la no state In the union In which It
well worth advertising the Lewis and
In California. Residents of that state
who .have recently visited Portland seem to be agreed
that cbmparatlvely little la, known in California of the
fair., It needs advertising, vigorous, aggressive, attractive
advertising,' which will arouse Interest and bring results.
The people of California are a pleasure loving people
imbued with the spirit of liberality.
co-operation will be assured if only they
attractions which the fair will offer.
To many Callfornlans Oregon Is virtually terra Incognita,
education must be undertaken If they
here In numbers next year. '
The task should not be a difficult one, for tha interests
Of the Paclflo coast states are largely Identical. Better
acquaintance means greater mutual helpfulness, resulting
as much to the benefit of California aa of Oregon and
Washington. The visit of Governor Pardee and his party
wilt do much to disseminate In our sister state a knowledge
of the Oregon country, but far more publicity la neces
given by any Individual, no matter what
Franklin K..Lane remarked, while-In
were Identified with the management
or the fair he would advocate the widest possible adver
tising of it (n California and especially In the central
ana southern portions of the state. "Such advertising
will pay," said Mr, Lane. "You will get better results for
your money than In any other State.". The advice is good
and the managers of the Lewis and Clark fair should see
a field la not overlooked, c
AN INSULT TO THE , PRESIDENT.
specimen of Oregonian political logic:
or the election next November ia In
. aoubt; therefore it 18 extremely important to alva
Roosevelt over 24,000 majority and, not less. And if tho
president doea not get as large a majority as Judge
Moore did, he may get mad at Oregon and use his In
Is really that sort of a man. It would
be a mistske to give him any -majority- at all in -Oregon.
But The Journal haa. a far higher opinion of the' president
in this respect than haa the Oregonian.'. We refuse to
believe .that he would prostitute the power of his high
office to injure a great section of the country because his
vote In a certain state was a few hundreds, or even thou
sands, more oi less. This plea for votes for him Is the
most shameful Insult that could be offered to 'him. : '
They are proud of Portland, and when
It Comes to matters of civic pride and
Improvement the men with money re
spond with- alacrity. It may be that
Portland as a city la too wealthy for
Its own good. Otherwise It would have
advertised itself la the past In as ef
fective a way as it Is planning to do
In the future." . v . ,
Z" APPXiS OXXZBT SXAMOITB.
Prom tha Loulaville Courier-Journal.
. One of the unique stones Is an apple
green diamond owned by the , present
Prince of Wale. - It was discovered in
South Africa, and is the largest stone
Of the shade ia the world. .. -
Apple green is a very rare and precious
species. - It was found two -and a half
years ago and weighs three snd a half
carats. , The value placed, upon it by
connoisseurs is $1,000, but it Is prso
tlnally a priceless JoweU as the Prince
of Wales would not part with It for any
thing. The ordinary price ef a diamond
Is I1S0 a carat weight and on that bests
of valuation tha princes' stone would be
worth only about ISOOi but Its rare
shade is 'Ita charn. w '
.
Small Change
It is becoming a great hello country.
Did you bear It fall Port Arthur T i
Would Bishop Potter dedicate a model
gambling game T . ,
Now begins the quadrennial political
rainbow-chasing. ,
The csar is a man who, Is glad and sad
at the same time '.;. ;.'-;'
Now will that Vladivostok squadron
let our wheat alone t , . ,
' A good square horse race, by good fast
horses, is a f.lne sight ' , ;. ...
Not many preachers are speaking well
of Bishop Potter Just now. .
There will be more chancea to take rail
rldea. in Oregon next year.
-Some people can, borrow money much
too easily for their own good,.
The boy has brought no good
that Is apparent to Russia yet
luck
, Wall street does not wag so. much of
this country aa it thinks it doea , .
But Candidate Davla haa ' made
promise not to accept a second term.
no
It looks aa if Alexia II would never
reign over Manchuria or Port Arthur. -
Candidate Mead cautiously sdmts that
eastern Washington Is .not stuck on him.
Where on earth could you find a finer
region in which to sleep nicely o' nights T
Judge Parker and President Roosevelt
both behaved themselves well last Bun-
dr , ',' ' '..".
The salmon will vote unanimously
sgalnst extending the open fishing sea
son. A Michigan country editor has gone
over to the Republicans. Hungry for
Plot . .- ," -v '-' ;
- Tou get your money's worth at the
races If you don't bet, or If you bet
right ,., . - ' ,
The southern view is that Booker
Washington . obscures the Republican
outlook. . ' . ,.'
" The negro Liberty candidate for p resi
lient is named Scott But he ia not
Great Scott ,''::'', , ',: : .
' While Judge Parker la away his -neighbors
will kindly look after his crops and
da the chorea ." .-. -
, The Russians are brave, but Japan V
either playing In luck or else has the
best fighters, ' '
Not everybody can go to the seaside,
but' evidently many can. In either .case,
be happy or contented, '
' Rev.' Mr. Brougher. found ' out ' that
Paris was nice, but naughty Many had
discovered that before him,
' ' There la no ' objection ad far to the
Portland railroad merger. It ought to
be a good thing for the city. , , tJ, jy
Isn't It about time to give that dear,
profuse, profane, pious, thrifty, patriotio
old man, Uncle Joe Cannon, a few days'
rest? ' ; ' - ''. .' -,,' .',', ,
. Did the fact that it Is a campaign
time have anything to do with the gov
ernment's sudden waking up to tha for
est reserve situation T .
- Some hopgrowers suppose that more
beer is drunk In a presidential election
year than In other years, snd so expect
an unusually good demand for bops this
falL . .- .;..,
' The people who predicted nearly ' a
total failure of the Oregon hop crop are
keeping mum .Just now and studying
what lugubrious prophecy they can make
next ... .:..'i...-. '.?:'
' An Illinois editor is' the father of a
baby weighing only - a pound unless
somebody has storied. And probably he
wouldn't trade It off for its weight Jn
radium. - , ,.' J.: .'.,.-. :j
Lincoln was a long-sighted man. He
bad never been to the Paclflo coast but
when in IMS Schuyler Colfax started to
make a tour of this region Lincolnald:
"Remember-me to the people of the Pa
clflo eoast; tell them that they have the
treasure-house of the world." What he
saw nearly 40 years ago only a compara
tively few men are now but dimly per
ceiving. '-.:.',:.. ...
TXB TBVTS ABOUT
CSAB.
. Prom Harper's Weekly, -,
Any story about the csar Is credible
until a likelier one Invalidates It The
csar lives behind closed shutters, and
there Is no trustworthy 'Jacob Rlls to
give the public a reliable peep through
them. To be sure, he Is often seen In
pubUc; to be sure, he makes discourse
from time to time, that the publle may
hear or read. But It' Is a man in uni
form that people see, and the words of
a man in uniform that they hear. The
real man lives, secluded, advised by
counselors whom his people rarely know
and still more rarely trust. In the
Quarterly Review, a writer (said to be
a high Russian official) draws a picture
of the csar which .has made some stir
In England. - It la sufficiently depress
ing. He represents him ss possessed of
the dangerous notion that he is God's
lieutenant on earth and . acting under
divine guidance. He takea seriously, it
seems, the legal fiction that the king
can do no wrong; and, resting on that
belief and relying on advisers who en
courage It. he meddles with everything,
to the prodigious detriment of the busi
ness of state. Plehva possessed his con
fidence. De Wltte lost it by steadfastly
counseling his master to keep his word,
evacuate Manchuria and avoid war. The
Quarterly Review writer says: "He is
ever struggling with phantoms, fighting
windmills, conversing wltn saints, con
sulting spirits of the dead. : Books ha
long age ceased to read; sound advice
he la Incapable ef listening to." ,
'." "-' Twee the Intention. ' ' .
Prom Harper's Weekly.
A certain clargymae, reports trie fol
lowing incident as ocobrrlng Just Inside
the entrance te one of the largest and
most popular New Tork churches during
a crowded service; ...
It was during the reading of a prayer.
sitd the entire congregation were kneel
ing. .A map tf rough appearance, evi
dently unused to ecclesiastical sur
rounding, strolled through .the open
doors and stared-In epparent wonder
ment at the silent and kneeling congre
gation. He looked a moment then turn- 1
Ing to tha sexton, who stood near by, re
marked briefly: . .'
'Well, this beats the devnr 1
The sexton turned a serene eye on him.
"That to the intention." ha replied. i
JW aWaaT'aaJ'ffc
August 1. We still waited for the
Indians. A party ' had gone Out yes
terday to the Maha creek, which was
dammed up by the beaver between the
camp and the village. . A second went
today. They made a kind of drag with
small willows snd bark and swept the
ereek. The flcat company brought til
fish, the second Upward of 100, constat
ing of pike, bass, fish resembling salmon
trout, red horse, buffaloflah, rockfish,
ode - flatback. perch, catfish, - a "small
ONE YEAR.
(Roy B. Simpson in Chicago Tribune)
.. Adams is a . bookkeeper for a large
manufacturing concern at a salary of
f 60 per month; "Just reduced from ITS,"
so he said in a. burst of confldonce,
"But' I can -stand "It a' month, er so
longer," he edd "Been keeping books
six years, but now. it Is a side issue,
and In a month or so I will cut out
this eternal grind and get acquainted
with my wife and baby."
, Could he afford ltT . Answering the,
query, he proudly returned: , ' - -
With a - thousand In the bank, no
debts, and a 110-acre farm a fellow can
afford nearly anything he wants. I am
going to rest up during the balance of
thla year,, then move my family out to
the farm and take personal charge to
enjoy, the God-given privileges of coun
try life, un trammeled with the sordid
grasping selfishness of commercialism."
Adams warmed up to the subject and
told his experience, which, for shrewd
ness and common sense Judgment, Is sel
dom equaled in the present generation
of wage workers.
"I have been a white slave all my
life," he continued. ' "Have averaged II
hours a day-for the last 10 years and
never got mere than I7S a month for it
The future looked awfully dark, and my
faithful little sweetheart was waiting
for the clouds to lift ao we could get
married. The sunshine came all right
three years ago. - -.
."I was spending my vacation ona
farm first farm I ever saw . and to me
my host was the happiest most inde
pendent and care free man in the whole
world. His pure bred hens gave' him
fresh-eggs, the Jersey cows produced
pure,- sweet milk and butter the baoon,
hams snd lard came from the herd of
hogs; and fresh vegetables in great va
riety, were supplied by a well-kept gar
den. When ,1 realised that this man's
land produced all the table luxuries the
heart and stomach could desire, and
later noted the fields qf corn and oats;
I mentally figured the possibilities of
such sn . institution aa this, and also
mentally swore, to own a farm myself.
But how-to do it with aa Income of $78
a month was the problem that stuck In
my cranium. r- J
"My boat offered to rent me a piece
of land 100 acres in extent at 14 per
acre yearly.' This meant an initial ex
pense of it to. which I didn't have. My
friend said It wasn't necessary, and
suggested that I get some young farmer
to take the land with me and work It on
shares snd the crop would secure the
rent He gave me a 0-da option, with
the privilege, of purchasing at $70 per
acre at the expiration of the lease.
"With visions of wealth In my mind I
went back to my desk and tried to
figure how an acre of lane) could be
made to produce more wealth than the
value of 60 bushels of corn at cents
a bushel. I thought 'of South Water
street and visited the commission houses
to learn something of the value of spe
cial crops. This was a favorite theme
among the merchants, and one suggested
potatoes, another advised beans, and a
third took a stand for onions. When the
figures told me that the price of onions
had averaged around a bushel for sev
eral years and an- acre of hand should
yield 100 bushels or better I resolved
to-do a little specialising in this com
modity. . . . . -
"About this time I met a husky young
country fellow who had Just finished a
course In agriculture at one of our state
experiment stations. He was the son of
a renter, but wanted to start out In Ufa
Independent of hla father. - I proposed to
pay the rent buy the farm implements,
horses. Seeds,- etc. and give him one
third of -the net proceeds. Between us
a plan was outlined and we formed a
partnership for the first year. The lease
was signed snd we took possession of the
property early the following January.
"Horses, waron and farm implements
were purchased on the easy payment
plan, and ' wltn - saw 1 naa biw "
purchased the necessary seeds and five
well bred hogs. .My partner had a small
amount of money, sufficient to carry hlra
until spring vegetables came in. He
planted 25 acres to onions, 78 to corn, to
to oats, ten to rape for our hogs, and
reserved the remaining 80 acres, a rich
field of clover, for pasture and hay pur
poses. He made a garden to supply his
table and did his own cooking and house
work , .
"Tit hmi nf An Inns wti harvested dur
ing h nManmmer and from the 23 acres
we got bushels, which brought us
tl. M per bushel a total or o,mii.. "
total cost of planting, cultivating and
AOB'S XOUDAY.
Tot the rirrt Time Be Beoognlaes Hla
Birthday. . ,.-..:..:.'.
Prom the New Tork American. '
For the first time .In seventy years
Russell Sage did not work on his birth
day. Ha waa elghty-etgnt yeara old
vesterdav. He stayed away from his
office and had a good time driving about
with Mra Sage.-
Only one cessation was made to tne
work habit to which he is a slave. He
attended a meeting uptown of the direct
ors of the Fifth Avenue National Bank.
There he received a birthday preeen. As
he turned away from tne taoie at tne
close of the brief meeting, the attendant
placed a bright new . ten-dollar gold
piece In his hand. The old man, who Is
worth $20,000,000. smiled snd slipped It
Into his vest pocket. It waa hla direct-
ors fee. -
At his office the clerka were dum
founded when they received a telephone
message from Mr. Sage that he had been
at the bank meeting, but would not come
to the office.-By an odd coincidence his
ticker stopped printing quotations snd
stood etlll fifteen minutes. , It could
not be Induced te work more than half
the time during the whole session of the
Exchange, althoagh experts worked over
It with oil end hammers. This was
never known to miss a quotation before.
- The clerks smiled and smiled as they
told callers that Mr. Sage was not at his
office, realising that they were telling
the truth, and that nobody believed
species of perch called on the Ohio river
stlverf lsh. a shrimp of the same else,
shape and flavor of thoae about -New
Orleans and the lower part of the Miss
issippi. We also found many fat mus
sels and in the river ss well as the creek
are different kinds of ducks and plovers.
.ft. 1 . A a,kinh In Ha MArnlnff had
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been from the northwest shifted around
in the evening to me soumeaai,
usual we had a breese which relieved the
air and relieved us from the mosquitoes,
which generally give us great trouble.
ON A FARM
harvesting' this "crop, including extra
help and rental was less than l.ouu, ao
our net profit was nearly te.OOO even.
' "With a part of the proceeds of the
onion cron m partner bought from va
rious farmers in the: neighborhood 40
yearling steers at prices ranging from
120 to (30 per bead. These animals had
been on araas all summer and were a
pretty even lot of cattle. , The oata had
been cut and threshed, so we alternates
the steers on the clover pasture and oat
stubble. At this time we had made one
cutting of clover and the hay loft In the
barn was well filled. We had it fine pigs
Just ready to wean; we bought 40 more
to make up a carload and put them on
a ration of cut clover hay and ground
oats. The straw waa stacked to be used
aa coarse feed for our steera We sold
UKXLbushela jot oat at 1 cents a bushel.
' '"Boon eur corn crop was laid by. and
when harvested showed a yield of 66
bushels- per acre, a total of 4.7K bushels.
We sold I.0O0 bushels at 40 cents aad
kept the balance for feeding to the hogs
and cattle. In December. Je -arketed
two carloads of cattle, which brought us
t2.ooo. and one car of hogs, which brought
$1,600. - , " , '-.
"In summing up the year's work ' the
gross receipts were $11,640 hi cash. De
ducting rental, cost of farm implements)
seeds, extra labor, etc, we had U net
balance of $9,081 I gave my partner his
share of one-third and he refused to sign
with me for another year, preferring to
go It alone on the same basis.- With my
share of the proceeds I sought my. land
loard and held hlra to his agreement to
sell the land to me at $70 per acre. - I
paid half of the purchase price lie spot
cash and had $481 left besides a lot of
corn, hay, oats, fodder, etc 1
Tor the second year X decided to try
a new plan and again turned to the state
experiment station.- I secured a good
man at a salary of $100 per month.. The
second year was not so good, but the net
returns after deducting all expenses
amounted to $7,100, I paid the -balance
on my farm and the property la now
mine. , I then had nearly $2,000 In the
bank, was married and happy.
"The : weather conditions during my
first year were phenomenal, while, the
second year waa too wet for the corn.
The conditions this year bave been
unfavorable to my onions and the crop
will be a partial failure The low prices
paid by the packers for cattle and hogs
will also reduce my income, but every
thing considered. I expect to clear , up
something Uke $5,000. ' . ,
- "Beats bookkeeping, doesn't it SomeT
people said my first plunge wss fool
hardy and scouted the Idea of special
ising in onions, others said it was a
nervy thing for a green city chap like
me to contract such a debt In the be
ginning without soma knowledge - of
farming. It waa neither nerve nor. fool
hardiness; but good Judgment backed by
the common sense and experience of my
partner during that first year. I hsTve a
profound respect for , the agricultural
college, and between now and next
spring shall -spend three months at Ur
bane to fit me for the actual work on
my 'farm. - I am what Is known-as a
'city farmer but the country fellows
csll us agriculturists.' " r , t , ,
' In Adams we have one type of city
farmer;--another type la the wealthy
class who farm for pleasure or buy
farms for rental purposes; and still
another type, the truck farmer, who
supplies the city market with fresh veg
etables, . There are many truck farmers
in and around Chicago there Is a small
tract on the south side, four blocks In
else, that produces annually nearly
$(,000 In vegetables.
The city farmer will Increase Id num
bersthere are too many golden oppor
tunities to ease neglected. Men like
Marshall Field, Samuel Allerton " and
Nelson Morris, who regard the rapid
growth of urban population as one of
tne greatest evils of modern times an
evil that Is sure to be checked will con
tinue to acquire farm lands contiguous
to our cities.- Men in. Adams' clsas will
gradually become more eager to get
away from the strenuous life of the
city, and quickly grab every opportu
nity to do so. , ,
Toung men, don't be afraid to Invest
your savings in good farm land, but be
sure it is good, and some day, when the
gray hairs begin to show In your head,
and you are displaced by a younger and
more active nan, you can go to your
land of milk and honey and live Inde
pendent of the uncertainties of commer
cialism and the pay roll. , . .
them. Many of his best friends who
called to .congratulate him personally
were turned away with looks of wrath.
Msny telegrams arid notes of congratu
lation came to the office from all ports
of America. They were plied bp on the
little table -unopened, and Mr. Sage will
go through them today when ha returns
to the grind of business. . - . t, .
, In her delight at having her husband
with her a whole day, Mrs. Sage had the
cook do something extra towards din
ner. Cucumber -sauce la a delicacy Mr.
Sage fairly craves, end he had a dish ef
It for dinner among the other good
things. - After dinner he and Mrs. Bags
drove down through- Central Park, and
the latter part of the day wss spent st
the Fifth Avenue t residence, greeting
visitor who came te wish the aged
man merty happy returns of the day.
The World's Pal. ,'
fc Prom the Cincinnati Commercial.
The man who is leading a double life
Is Just as apt te be single aa not -
The cheapest thing In a dry goods
store Is the man who has to stand
around and wait for his wife. ' -
The bald-headed man In the 1 front
row always has a warm spot in his
heart for rfhe nhronlo kicker. - '
The lovelorn can always figure, out
how two can live as cheaply ss one,
but It's hard to prove It afterward.
When a young man finds that hs Is
only one ef her $7 varieties, he had
better look up a girl , who Is not so
versatile
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Oregon Sidelights
Hop pickers wanted, . '. . . .
. The hops fooled the pessimists again.'
Russian thistles are troublesome about
Athena. , ; , 1 -..'. '
Which county will collect the best
exhibit? ,,
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Mountain blackberries and venison go
well together.- , . , . . . v , ,
Several things are now "In full blast"
Hop picking next - , s.
- Tbe next real campaign In Oregon will .
be over prohibition. - v .
Prtnevllle weather Is regulated by a
79-cent thermometer, , . , '
. There Is a scarcity of threshing ma
chines In Umatilla county.
" Crop around Sheridan are better than
expected a common story. . t ., . .
The Newberg handle factory Is mak
ing some quite large shipments. .-
Klamath Falls has a new brickyard
and much building Is going on, . . ,
,A 'blg crop of acorns in , 'Yamhill
county will help to fatten bogs. .
Ninth and tenth grades have . been '
added to the Haines publlo schools, v
. More railroads knd better wagon roads
are among Oregon's greatest needs.
, It was so hot In Haines that a ther-
mometer exploded. But some one had
set fire to the frame. . -
Catholics have built a new church tn '
Athena, the third church structure, built ' '
there within 1$ months. .
The Klamath Coal company has over ;
$0 men at work On its tunnel, which will
be 4,000 feet long, over one-third of ' .
this being completed. H - ; ' ; . .. . '
. Weah 'varStahlea are, blrb and ban! '
to get at that In Sherman county. . A l'
trifle less wheat Suid much more vege- ,'
tables would be an improvement ,'. , -
A .Dayton man Ms doing quite a bust ..
ness In gathering Willamette river bot- -
torn evergreen blackberries and ship
ping them, to Portland and elsewhere, 1
Tillamook- Headlight: The editor enV;
Joyed tbe hospitality of Mra Wist at
the sawmill on Friday knd on leaving ' .
was glad to hear the familiar Invitation, :
ATall again.".,;,.-,: -.;.".'..''..,,.; "v.
- The building of the electric railroad
from Co rv all I a to the southern end of -Benton
eountyf now said to. be assured,
marks a new era for that county, in tha
opinion of the Oasette. - -, ,(
During hts wife's absence at Seaside,
W. -B. Johnson of Moro has canned $4 ;
quarts of blank berries, after his regular
day's work was dona. Now that Is the
kind of a husband for a girl to get
Some men are unlucky In long streaks. '
Last year a Wasco oounty man's thresh- -,
Ing ensine fell Into a gulch and was .
completely wrecked, and last week his
separator blew -up, In consequence of . -
mut'jv ' .-'-, ' --1 Sc i - '
The " Peavine ' correspondent of the-
McM Inn villa Telephone Register writes: ,
We 'don't know what alls , Mr George , -Soper,
.that he never comes to Bunds y ;.
school since : the little school teacher -left
the bins. ... :;: ': ' -." v -
Olendale - News: Hot! . Certainly.',. .
Thermometers register near' the 100 de- -gree
mark dally, but the ever-present '
breese at an altitude of 1,600 feet comes
like odors from Araby tha bleat to make '..
life pleasant ;,- ! ? .'--
1 Four families from Nebraska, three '
from Hood River and others,, making a .,
total of about a dosen families, will ar- .
rive in Philomath . within the next two
months. . This Influx is largely the re- -gult
of Judicious advertising. . ' ) .
On two and one-half acres of toon
Irrigated hillside, land near DUley, about ,
10 -.-tons of the finest quality . of all
varieties Of vegetables will be raised
thla year, and yet some people say we
have had a terrible drouth. , - -
Up at the headwaters of the Lucks
mute, near old Fort Hoskins. is a com-.,
pany of about. 20 surveyors at work,
and It is supposed that a railroad route -Is
being sought for the SUeta country,
where there is an extensive tract of
timber., ;4 -,- .- - : -.
' M. Fltsmaurtee, the Mero eorrespon- '
dsnt of the Wasco News, writes: -Charley
Fltsmaurlce went out to work
on the Woods ranch during harvest, and
Robbie la the last of our fine hogs left
at home We can't talk any more of
our 10 children living, as ons hss gone '
before . .,.-.,-. r'V - i ' r,y,v., ;.-,v,:
When on of the Wasco News men
opened up a . ream of writing panes
fmade in Holyoke Masa, he found tha
namea and addresses of two glrla or
single women and a - request for tha
finder to write but aa both are married .
men, they did not desire or dare to
comply with the request but published
the names and addresses. - -
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qbowtb: or tkb uqvos nirna
From the Wall-Street Journal ' ' '
An eminent iilshop has recently dellv-
ered a temperance address in a "model
saloon." Another temperance address
was delivered a few days ago to one of
the editors of the Wall-Street Journal. -'
A friend who had become -a victim of f
the liquor habit said to him In language
of despair: "I wish I had been kicked j
out of every saloon I ever entered." . ,
Tbe liquor problem, like the race prob- ,
lem, probably haa no solution. - It will '
continue to perplex snd distress the
human family for a length of time ne
man can estimate -
Prohibition has been tried as a rent- '
edy. That has failed. Local license has
been tried, and that has failed. Now -
some good people including Bishop Pot
ter, - are trying the experiment of the
"model saloon." In all probability that
wui fall. It is Impossible to stamp the
evil out. and regulation or tbe traffic ac
complishes very little --,.
In the last 10. years the consumption
of alcoholic beverages has increased.
Tbe following, table shows ' the per
ceplta consumption aa compared with
the per capita consumption of, wheat,
corn, sugar, coffee and tea;
- - v - i ' , 101.
1$SS. '-
4 M .
21. ei
4.40
Wheat and wheat flour, bush-.
"els (.11
Com and corn meal, bushels. 10.45
Sugar, pounds 71.01
Coffee pounds i...... 10.7$
III
Tea, pounds . S. .......... . J 10 1 0
Istllled spirits, gallons...... 1.44 161
Malt liquors, gallons ,.104 11.20
Wines, gallons .... v ...... 0.4$ ' 4.41
Total wines and liquors, gal
lons 11.11
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