Editorial Page of TEe Journal 11 thursday' aogu8t
PORTLAND. OREGON.
THE OREGON DAILY
AN
C. S. JACKSON
Published every evlnlng (exc.pt Sunday) and vry Sunday morning at Th.
via
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OFFICIAL PAPEiR OF THE CITY OF
IMPORTANCE OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
STAGE ADMIRERS of Kyrle Bellew will be rather
surprised to find him In a new role aa member of
tha Royal Geographical and Microscopic aocletles.
''in his literary capacity he write, a striking article In the
current Issue of Collier-. Weekly, which Is not without
It, local significance. Bellew Is a cltlxen of the world, a
man with a history that read, like a romance and who haa
: traveled much and far. In hlB judgment the three capital
"As." Africa. America and Australia, ahould in time ab
sorb the commerce of the world and retain it. Their geo
graphical relation to each other t. about equal, with Africa
lightly favored .o far as Europe la concerned. Advance
ment on the Pacific coast of the United State, will be
the factor to decide whether the enormous continent of
Australia will throw her favors east or we.L In few
years he believes British push will place 'Africa on a par
j with Western America so far aa Australia la concerned.
The latter country has already been too long neglected
t and In his judgment cannot much longer remain unnoticed
by the great trade drummers of the United State.. '
While American eye. have been concentrated on the
v oriental countries It 1. barely possible that an even more
'Inviting field has been waiting exploitation In Australia.
But with the development of that country and South
Africa, with the tremendou. impetu. given to commerce by
the revivification of the oriental countries It 1. quite ap
parent that the western aide of the continent la destined
to grow enormously In trade consequence. In a race of
that sort where the country with the stuff to sell ijthe
country which will do the business there will be no wider
opportunities anywhere than Oregon will afford. Aa tp
the degree that it and Portland will participate depend,
more largely than we perhaps appreciate on certain things
that are now transpiring, among the most Important of
these being the removal of Impedimenta to trade auch aa
that of which the Portage road furnishes an illustration.
The stuff la produced In the great section naturally trib
utary to Portland and It would flow this way under
natural conditions. Whatever restrains It should be re
moved and when the day cornea that there will be still
greater demands for our product, we will be' in a poaitlon
to meet It and that on term, which it will be hard for
our rivals to duplicate.
On the general proposition of what Western America
wfll do one may judge to a degree by what it has done in
the past. With the resources at Ha command It haa done
wonders, less in Oregon in comparison with its resources
(than in neighboring states and atlll leaa In comparison
with what will be done In the- next score of years. Mr.
Bellew la nevertheless eminently right in reiterating and
emphasising the advice of Horace. Greeley, '"Go west,
young man," which in the present day and generation pos
sesses even more significance than In the day when It was
first uttered. ,
QUEER, ISNT IT?
A SHERIFF in eastern Oregon, -who
fm earmarks of our wwn Sheriff
profound sensation, demoralising
munlty and severed friendships of years'
expressed determination to enforce law as Jie finds .
What a remarkable commentary on conditions which pre
vail not alone In Baker City but in every other city and
hamlet in Oregon!
"Isn't it funny V he naively inquires,
a. man doing his duty ahould create
Is no discretion lodged with a public
the law; he la sworn to enforce the
How very simple and matter of fact It all appears when
-Mated In this- simple way and how fundamental the truth
f it And. yet bow very few of the public officials elected
Tyear by year In the state stick; to that text from which
-theoretically there Is no possible variation. The Wf pro-
vldea certain regulations for the government of certain
things. . Those who propoae to break
rangements with the men who have
.force the laws. Then they are broken
bsve had the experience in Portland.
i that the lawa In relation to gambling
cruise this wealthy city could In no
funds for Its government. This asserted fact wns aua-
italned by the further allegation that It
control gambling, that It would go on
without the oonsent of the authorities,
ference that the money which otherwise
in the shape of fines would in tbat caae
; officials In the shape of bribe for protection. But It was
all stopped by the simple nod of Sheriff Word. It has
not been resumed and It will not so
'bis present attitude toward It which
dict will be during his term of office.
But in it all is a lesson which we should bring home to
ourselves here In Portland. We should no longer give
icountenance to official law-breakeTS. No official should
be permitted the discretion to say what
l forced and what laws are not to be enforced. That la
J something entirely beyond his domain. The three
branches of the government are entirely distinct. There
(is the legislative to make the laws, the courts to construe
'them and the executive officers to enforce them. That is
BELMOWT KAN FXMT TaVAIST.
From the New York Herald.
When the first train made Its trip over
the subway road on Wednesday night
Mr. August Belmont, president of the
Inter-Borough Hallway company. was
at the controller. He operated the three
ear train from the moment It left the
rity hall, and he took the members of
his party safely to the One Hundred and
Forty-fifth street station anil back again
to the city hall.
With Mr. Belmont wore B. P. Bryan,
vice-president; H. M. Fisher, secretary;
I, B. Stllwell, chief electrical engineer,
and Superintendent Hedley. They met
the train crew at the city hall about
9:30 o'clock. In order not to attract at
tention, especially In the vleinlty of the
big newspaper homes in Park row. the
pembers of the party, whioh numbered
"stK.ut 26 and Included heads of all the
departments snd their assistants, came
to the appointed place separately. Mr.
Belmont was an early arrival.
"Who Is going to run this train" he
asked.
"I am going to us on of our ex
perts," declared Superintendent Hedley.
"Oh! you are!" was Mr. Belmont's re
sponse. "See here, for a long time the
lem!crs f the electrical department
bava mnintalned that when the road
wns equipped a child could be placed at
the controllers snd run the trains with
perfect safety I am going to test the
aeruraey of that statement. I shall run
the train myself."
To th surprise of vry one, Mr. Bel
mont buttoned his coat more tightly
about his person and took his place at
the controllers And he ran the train sll
the way to On Hundred and Forty-fifth
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER .
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
the theory upon which the government Is based and it is
the only safe theory. Heretofore we have accepted as
matter of" courae the arrangement through which a certain
body of our lawa waa ignored. It was in this way that
certain elements In the" community commanded exag
gerated influence. They spent money lavishly to ekret
certain men to office and theae men In return for the fa
vor, and despite their oaths, made no pretense of enforc
ing the laws. All of this had been done so long that It
waa accepted by the public aa a matter of courae until
the last campaign when there waa a decided revulsion of
feeling. The question of the enforcement of the lawa be
came a distinct Issue in the campaign and it waa upon
this issue that both the sheriff and district attorney were
elected in a county overwhelmingly opposed to them po
litically. It waa regarded as a fine tribute to the men but
the election carried with It certain specific obligations
which could not be avoided. Sheriff Word speedily
showed that It waa not Impossible to enforce the law, in
fact that there was nothing needed but a little sincerity
on the part of the executive officer and the lawa would
practically enforce themselves.
The good effect of this action is already apparent in
other counties where other officials Have learned that it
Is entirely possible to literally obey their oaths and that
the enforcement of the law Is not only possible but quite
easy if each official in authority Is sincerely disposed to
net. In this way a good healthy movement is started that
cannot fall to redound to the credit of the whole state.
Obviously if the publlo officials, sworn to obey and ex
ecute the laws, fall to do so, we need not be surprised It
the law should fall into contempt with the masses of the
people. When respect for the law falls then the sheet
anchor of our government Is lost.
c
ROPS this
this term
Calllpoola
and south, and between the Cascade and coast ranges of
mountains east and west, are on the whole as good if not
better than usffal. Grain and hay there, as In the Wil
lamette valley, are somewhat short, yet by no means a
total or bad failure, as they are in a dry season in Cali
fornia. Hope for a good many hops are raised in Doug
las, Jackson and Josephine counties, though not nearly so
many aa In Willamette valley countlea promise a full
yield, of superior quality. Fruit and this section of Ore
gon is as fine a fruit region as there Is in the United
States is abundant and excellent, and will bring large re
turns to the growers. The stock Industry In that part of
the state is flourishing as well as it can in these pros
perous times when
high. ' Lumber mills are active and apparently prosperous.
In brief, southern Oregon Is in excellent shape In every
way, and deserves
the near future.
Aa to climate, that
equaled, anywhere
haa some of the
cessive and prolonged rainfall, as sometimes happens on
Word, haa created a
the coast- There
a business com
sometimes occurs
standing by MsTgon
It Is as a rule
"that the sight of
aueh a fuas? There
officer in enforcing
law as he finds, it."
them make their ar
been sworn to en
with Impunity. We
It was proclaimed
were abrogated be
other way raise the
was impossible to
whether with or
with the only dlf
came to the city
go to the police
long as he maintains
"v venture to pre
laws are to be en
street .and beck again to the city hall.
He answered 'all signals, gave signals to
the crew and observed the signals along
the route. There was not a detail that
he mtssed. Mr. Stllwell looked on in
surprise!
"He must havs been In training while
we were asleep," he commented, as he
observed the skill displayed by the pres
ident of the road.
Strang gate of en English Bail.
From the Washington Post.
"I came across a bit of treasure the
other day," writes a Washington au
thor, who Is down on Cape Cod. "It Is
the logbook of the schooner Hera, which
sailed from Boston on a day In the '70s.'
She sailed with a new first mate on
board.
"He seemed an ambitious man. and
he understood navigation. The captain
suspected him of a desire to be master
of a'vessel himself some day, but there
was little about him to suggest that
he was anything hut a sailor. The third
day out he was caught by the down-hsul
of the mlssen, and went overboard. His
body waa never recovered. When the
Hera came bark from her voyage she
was met by two Englishmen. They had
crossed tha water post-haste to find
that first mate. Somebody had died in
England, and well, the man who was
lost off that Yankee schooner was th1
Earl of Aberdeen."
All a-av Sees, the tight.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Don't bank on Chalrmm Cortelyou
laalng any sleep over fear that, the
dough will not be forthcoming. The
line up of the trusts for Roosevelt Is
nos complete.
JOURNAL
J NO. P. CARROLL
Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill
PORTLAND
SOUTHERN OREGON.
yeas m southern Oregon meanlpg by
that part of the state lying between the
mountains and the California line, north
beef on foot la low and on the table
to attract a very large immigration in
part of Oregon- cannot be excelled, if
In the United States. There Is no ex
is no very severe winter weather, as
on the elevated plains of eastern Ore-
a delightfully equable and healthful
climate, auch as, once lived In awhile, is never left for
long, except on strong Inducement or for urgent reasons.
Th ityl ssV southern O-.-egon is variable, but mostly a.
fine volcanic gravel, exceedingly fertile when sufficiently
moistened. Portions of the Rogue river and Umpqua
river valleys need Irrigation, moat years, to produce large
crops; but streams are numerous and contain abundance
of water; and In time nearly all that very rich volcanic
surface ash will be made to produce Immense crops.
Perhaps southern Oregon excels in fruit rather than in
anything else. One need not get off a car moving
through Jackson county to see thousands of acres, miles
and miles of orchards bearing the finest fruit, especially.
In point of Value, apples, raised In the United States.
Peaches, prunes, plums, apricots and grapes are also pro
duced In profusion, and of first rate quality. Most of
these orchards and vineyards are now young, fresh, vig
orous, and well cared for. Mr. J. D. Olwell and others
have set an example In first-class horticulture that many
are following, to I their own and the whole state's ad
vantage. We look to see next year at the Lewis and Clark
fair the finest exhibition of fruits from southern Ore
gon ever displayed anywhere In the world. Its people
can do this. '
Southern Oregon Is also noted for Its poultry, especially
turkeys. From one little town alone many thousands of
turkeys are shipped annually just before Thanksgiving
snd Christmas to Portland and San Francisco; and many
tens of thousands from that part of the state, which seems
especially adapted to raising fine poultry, an industry by
no means to be despised, and which offers golden op
portunities to hundreds of homeseekers with small means
even right around Portland.
Southern Oregon is rich in minerals also, and produces
annually much gold. Its mountains, are rich, too. In tim
ber, some of which Is of choice and exceptionally valuable
varieties.
To go into details no further, there is not a pleasanter
or more Inviting region between the great oceans for the
homesecker than southern Oregon.
at UQammro
From the New York Herald.
When Col. Prentiss Ingraham of Chi
cago died In Beauvolr, Miss., on Tues
day night th most proline producer of
fiction In the world passed "away.
This Is the record of his output:
Six hundred novels, averaging 70.040
words each; 42, 000,000 words.
Four hundred novelettes, averaging
10,000 words eaeh; 4,000.000 words.
Annual output, 1,868,944.
Bally output, 3.70s.
Hourly output, 164.p7.
Capacity per minute, every hour-of
the day for 24 hours, 2.24.
The foregoing does not Include verses,
magaslne articles, newspaper sketches
and miscellaneous matter that might
easily have brought Colonel Ingraham's
dally average to 4.000 words.
For years he wrote, a novel every two
or three weeks. There were whole li
braries of them, and many of them ap
peared only as serials. He averaged
110.000 a year, and much of the money
was lost In speculation. Not all his
works were "potboilers." The "Land' of
Legendary Txve." "Monteauma" and
others had large sales among Intelli
gent persons.
A Class to Be PI tied.
From the Baltimore American.
Pity the babies of a presidential year.
Through Ufa they will have to stagger
under the burden of names other an en
have made famous, and they oan nei
ther live up to them nor live them down.
It la Hke a brand of nonentity stamped
upon those who otherwise might have
lived peacefully In respectable medioc
rity among thousands of their un
marked feUosa.
Small Change
Port Arthur falls slowly.
Weather hlndoast for August dry.
Everybody go to El Paso next year.
Japan may make new maps necessary.
Meanwhile, don't forget to make good
wage roads.
Preachers and teachers will soon be
with us again.
Couldn't Chief Hunt get a press oenaor-
shlp established?
Well. Messrs Miners, how do you like
Portland so far?
That Hague tribunal Isn't doing a thing
but drawing its salary.
Without the mining men. where would
your gold standard beT
How would you like to be the Pop.
chairman In a close state?
Now the barber board is homing Its
nose high In the air again.
Gentlemen, come again: we are sure
you will be glad to do so.
The Jape are fairly earning their title,
"The Yankees of the orient."
Perhaps by the time Port Arthur falls
the baby will have cut a tooth.
Fairbanks Is not scheduled to come to
Oregon. Let us weep In chorus.
Perhaps Port Arthur wants to be in
fashion and fall only In the fall.
There Is one good thing about Chief
Hunt once a month his salary.
nnaw is coming wi SSSI now w tuw,
He supposes most of us can't read.
The children wish September and
school would hold off another month.
Miss Roosevelt wears a live snake for
an ornament- She Is a daughter of Eve.
By the way, does any colored brother
know bow Scott and Payne are going to
run?
Rockefeller and Uncle Russell Sage
fondly Imagine that they can bribe BL
Peter.
O what a fall was there, my country
men" when Roosevelt surrendered to the
trusts I
Republican big guns are' campaigning
in Vermont and Maine practicing try
ing it on the dog.
The octogenarian vote ought to belong
to Grandpa Davis as long as Uncle Rus
sell Sage Isn't running.
The publlo is disgusted with this legal
technical monkeying with Murderer Gug
Uelmo's case. Hang him!
Probably Bishop Potter is quite serene
through all this criticism, even If his
"attention has been called" to It.
The prospect Is that "Gas" Addlcks
can't carry Delaware, even with Presi
dent Roosevelt at his odorous back.
After a due comparison of the Columbia
and Chicago rivers. General Funston is
likely to decide to stay at Vancouver.
An exchange alludes to Uncle Russell
Sage aa a human cash register. Inapt;
you can get money out of a cash register.
No doubt the cash Is safe while Sec
retary Shaw la away explaining that
high beef for the consumer and low beef
for the producer Is one of the greatest
blessings ever invented.
That latest lynching of a negro in
Georgia was aa nearly Justifiable as any
such act ever can be. but if the crime had
been a comparatively venal one the
"nigger" would have been lynched just
the same.
But those Filipinos never will find out
In this great and glorious country what
thev are politically, or are to be cltl
sens, subjects, aliens, slaves. Even the
supreme court at Washington cannot
enlighten them.
Walt tin you hear Secretary Shaw ex
plain how th Republican party raised
the price of wheat tor the farmers by
destroying the erops of other farmers,
and taught the worklngmen's hungry
children that a small loaf Is healthier for
them than a big one. No, sir; there waa
never such a party.
The wheat crop of Wasco county at
the present 'time will put In circulation
over $700,000. Democrats can't publish
any pathetic articles about the poor
farmer this year, especially in Oregon.
The Dalles Chronicle. The crops In the
Willamette valley are short this year.
Republicans can't expect to carry this
portion of the state.
A leading Toronto merchant sent word
to one of his clerks to come to the boss'
office, and when the clerk appeared, said
to him: "I waited eight minutes for you
in the bar while you were gossiping
with the loafers standing about. This
will cost you ten dollars with the privi
lege f leaving if you wish. The next
time you enter a saloon or barroom dur
ing business hours It will cost you twenty
dollars with the privilege of leaving,
and- the third time It will cost -you the
privilege of leaving."
ORXOOBT STOCKMEN ntTESESTED.
Determined to Save a Packing Plant at
Portland la the Peer Pu tor.
From the Denver Record-Stockman.
Mr. D. K Holly of the Record-Stockman
returned Saturday from -a" trip
through the northwest, where he went
on pleasure bent. Mr. Holly went
through Oregon and Washington, up
Into the Vancouver country and was
south as far as San Francisco. He
looked over the Columbia and Snake
river country and Is enthusiastic over
the stock growing possibilities of that
section.
'The only trouble Is, that the stock
men at present have no outlet for their
cattle. The railroads charge rates tbat
make the eastern markets practically
out of reach and as a result choice
aarllngy and wo mrm S"t foe ahont
souinern cattle prices, mougn xney ar
of fine quality. Yearlings are worth
from $12 to 114 and choice twos ar
selling at from 118 to $20. These prices
are entirely too low when the quality of
the . at tie Is considered. '
"Portland seems to be . th natural
market for the cattle and sheep, the
Columbia river as well as the railroads
tapping the stock section reaching that
point easily. Whan the government canal
Is constructed around the rapids above
The Dalles, It will enable hosts to tsp
the stuck country clear over Into Idaho
and Montana and furnish a cheatf and
easy way to reach market.
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August IB. Captain Lewis and Clark;
with 14 men, went to see au object
deemed very extraordinary among all
the neighboring Indians. They dropped
down to the mouth of the Whltestone
river, about 80 yards wide, where they
left the boat and at the distance of 800
yards ascended a rising ground, from
which a plain extended as far ua the eve
could discern. After walking four miles
they crossed the creek where .It to 13
yards wide and waters an extensive val
ley. The beat was so oppressive that
we were obliged to send back our dog
to the creek, as he was unable to bear
the fatigue; and It was not until after
four hours' march that we reached the
object of our visit. This was a large
mound fn the midst of the plain, about
north 14 degrees west from the mouth
of the Whltestone river, from which It
Is nine miles distant. The base of the
mound is a regular parallelogram, the
longest side about 300 yards, the shorter
about so or 70; from the longest side
It rises with a steep sseent from the
north and south to the helghth of SI or
70 feet, leaving on the top a level plain
of 13 feet In breadth and to In length.
The north snd south extremities are
connected by two oval borders which
serve as new bases, and divide the whole
side Into three steep but regular grada
tions from the plain. The only thing
characteristic In this hill Is Its extreme
symmetry, and this, together with Its be
ing totally detached from the other hills
which are at the distance of eight or
nine miles, would Induce a belief that It
waa artificial-; but aa the earth and the
loose pebbles which compose- It are ar
ranged exactly Ilka the steep grounds
on the borders of the creek, we con
cluded from this similarity of texture
that It might be natural. The Indiana
have made It a great article of their
superstition; it la called the mountain
of the little People, or Little Spirits,
and they believe that It Is the abode of
little devils In the human form, lbout IS
Inchea high and with remarkably large
heads, armed with sharp arrows, with
which they are very skillful, and always
on the watch to kill those who should
have the hardihood to approach their
residence. The tradition Is that many
have suffered from these little evil spir
its; among others three Maha Indians
fell a sacrifice to them a few years
since. This has inspired all the neigh
boring nations. Sioux, Maha and Ottoes
with such terror that no consideration
could tempt them to visit the hills. We
WHY CANADA IS A
(By John H Raftery. Special Corre
spondent of the Chicago Tribune, Pub
lished simultaneously in The Journal.)
Sunnyslde, Prince Edward Island, Aug.
23. In order to arrive at an adequate
and symmetrical appreciation f public
opinion In the maritime provlncea of
Canada with regard to reciprocity or
free trad with the United States, it Is
necessary to classify the wishes and
beliefs which all sorts of people here
express.
First, there are those who, for reasons
of commerce and public -economy, favor
a reciprocal treaty and openly assert
both the desire and the hope of Its ful
fillment. Second, those who believe n the wis
dom of a trade Interchange with Amer
ica, but who contend that It Is past
praying for and not so essential to the
prosperity of the dominion as It once
seemed
Third, those who scout the Idea either
of reciprocity or free trade with the
states, who say that It Is a Utopian Idea
which Is neither agreeable nor permissi
ble to the loyal and sensible subjects
of Great Britain and Canada.
The business men, who make up the
first group, are but little Influenced by
sentiment, either of ultra loyalty to the
mother country or of anti-American pre
judice. They look at the subject from
a purely commercial point of view and
say that it is good, and that, therefore,
it should come to pass. The second and
by far the most numerous class shares
In the judgment of the first, but Is in
fluenced by the sentimental prejudices
of the third group, and the latter,
whether liberal or conservative In Cana
dian politics, is deliberately and often
openly hostile to the United States, both
politically and commercially.
I have said that the middle and most
numerous group shares the con-.merclal
policy of reciprocity as expressed by the
advocates of that theory and also oar
tlolpatea In those Imperial or patriotic
predilections which gain considerable
poignancy and strength from a positive
antipathy for the United States. Its
policies, and Its people.
No study of Canadian public sentiment
with regard to commerce with the
United States would be complete at this
time without a consideration of the
antl-Amcrlcan feeling that exists here.
There are many advocates of reciprocity
who would be willing to subordinate
their dislike for the United States to
what seems a wise and progressive na
tional step, but the radical Imperialist
here would rather endure commercial
losses and hindered progress than de
clare for any kind of Intimate' dealings
with the republic to the. south of him.
Unfortunately for the cause of Canadian-American
reciprocity, that propa
ganda has remained quiescent during a
period In which Canada haa experienced
a wave of British patriotism that was
little short of ecstasy and that survives
In a widespread and unaccustomed ten
derness for the empire as a unit In peace
and in war.
The Boer war did more to reawaken
the passive loyalty ot Canada to the
empire than anything tha has happened
In the memory of this dominion. Canada
sent 8;000 of her best young soldiers to
flgat for the flag of St. George on the
desert veldts of South Africa.
Meanwhile the people of th T'nlted
Btates gave their preponderant sympa
thies to the Boers. The press of Amer
ica teemed with words of praise and ap
proval of the rebellious burghers, while
Canada gav of hr men and money to
help destroy what It believed a common
enemy of the whole empire.
The nnnonen.tj r American rerinrnriiv
are still thundering about the attitude of
the states during the South African
war, and th friends of commercial
oneness, of continental reciprocity, a
cause which has been made Inert largely
by the unpropltlous posture of the con
gress, have been grieved if not llencd
by th renewal of American bigotries,
and the waxing popularity of an ill
British trade compact against the worhi.
The, Alaskan boundary dispute. In
which perhaps Canada was outmsnau
erd: th fsilure of dominion commis
sioners to win hesdway at Washington
for reciprocity; the upbuilding of the
saw none of theee wicked little spirits!
nor any place for them, except som
small holes scattered ever the top; we
were happy enough to escape their ven
geance, though we remained some time
on the mound to enjoy the delightful
prospect of th plain, which spreads it
self out tll fthe eye rests upon the
northwest hills at a great distance, and
those of the northeast still farther oft
enlivened by large herds of buffalo feed
ing at a distance.
The soil of these plains Is exceedingly
fine; there Is, however, no timber ex
cept on the Missouri, all the wood of th
Whltestone river not being sufficient to
cover thickly 100 acres. The plain
country which surrounds this mound has
contributed not a little to its bad repu
tation; the wind driving from every di
rection over the level ground obliges th
Insects to seek shelter on Its leeward
side, eg to be driven against us by th
wind Tb small birds, whose food they
are, resort of course in great numbers in
quest of subsistence; and the Indians
always seem to discover an unusual as
semblage of birds as produced by some
supernatural cause. Among them we
observed the brown martin employed In
looking for Insects, and so gentle that
they did not fly until we got within a
few feet of them We have also dis
tinguished, among tb numerous birds
of the plain, the blackbird, the wren or
prairie bird, and a species of lark about
the slse of a partridge, with a short tall.
The excessive heat and thirst forced us
from the hill about 1 o'clock, to the
nearest water, which w found In th
creek at three miles' distance, and re
mained an hour and a half. We then
went down the creek, through a lowland
about one mile In width, and crossed
It three times, to ths spot where w first'
reached It In the morning. Her w
gathered some delicious plums, grapes,
and blue currants, snd afterwards ar
rived at the mouth of the river about
sunset. To this place the bourse from
the mound Is south 10 miles, east nine
miles; we there resumed our pertogue,
and on reaching our camp of last night
set the prairies on fire to warn the Sioux
of our approach. In the meantime, the
boat under Sergeant Pryor had proceeded
In the afternoon one mile, to a bluff of
blue" clay on the south, and after pass
ing a sandbar and two sand-Islands (his
men) flxed their camp at the distance of
six miles on the south. In the evening
some rain fell. We had killed a duck
and several birds; In the boat they had
caught some large catfish.
ORE AT AMERICA
American tariff wall; the fisheries con
tentions; the Venesuela episode; a few
isolated incidents in which the British
flag was dishonored by American An
glophobes; the Boer war display of anti
Engllsh sympathy in the state I have,
heard all of these real or fancied griev
ances recited a dosen times within two
weeks, so that in honesty they cannot be
overlooked. A few radical Tories, as
one may call them, point to the pres
ence of whole families, and even set
tlements, here that ware founded by
royalists driven from America during
the revolution; others recall the Fenian
raid and the bitterness against England
rife in the union during the civil war.
Nothing could better demonstrate the
depth and Insistency of th belief In
American reciprocity whretPprevalls In
these provinces than the fact that It
has survived and even gained strength
under so many discouraging circum
stances. If It were not for the ob
stacles, actual and sentimental, which I
have mentioned, unlimited reciprocity
might have been consummated long ago.
Even now It seems that the weight and
trend of popular opinion Is toward reci
procity, but it Is an undercurrent that
for the time seems to be overrun and
dominated by other and perhaps more
superficial considerations. Sentiment
usually gives way at last to interest,
with nations as with individuals, but
her and now in Canada there are In
fluences which tend to keep them apart.
A man who has sat In the house of
commons at Ottawa for 20 years, and
who with voice and pen haa waged dur
ing that period an lnceasant campaign
for unlimited reciprocity between Can
ada and the United States, told me yes
terday that In bis opinion the battle was
forever lost
"Your country haa done more to make
Canada British than all the other In
fluences In our history. You have re
buffed our advancea and chiseled us In
convention. You have taken aldea with
the enemies of the empire and sneered
at our growth and resources.
"There are men la your senate who
do not know that Canada, wlthits 6,000,
000 people, has more miles of railroad,
more tons of shipping, more commerce
per capita than th states have per cap'
lta with their $4,000,000 population.
When I was In Washington last I was
told tbat the only salvation of Canada
must be to annex Itself to the United
States.
out northern border,' said he. You had
better come in where there's something
doing.'
1 tried to convince him that we were
doing somewhat. We built our railroad
across the continent to the Pacific when
we had less than 200.000 people on that
coaat. You had a million there before
" You are nothing but a fringe along
your Pacific railroad waa completed.
We are your fourth best customer
among the nations. We might be first
If you would let us."
This veteran champion of continental
trade unity yet believes In the mutual
advantages contained In that Interna
tional policy, but he has been silenced
at least for the present by the condi
tions whleh have overwhelmed his the
ory. He sees the drift of England to
ward trade coalition with the colonies,
snd of the colonies toward closed com
munity of Interests with the rest of the
empire, and he repeats: "The United
States has done more to make us Brit
ish than any Other Influence In our his
tory." Every advocate of reciprocity
In these maritime provinces will agree
with this opinion, but they will not ad
mit that ths cause is lost
The Impression must not be taken
from this measurement of public opln
ton here that there is anything vlll-
dlctlve or virulent In the attitude of
even the moat radical opponent of reci
procity with the I'nlted States. The
worst of these would Ignore without an
tagonising these markets and the peo
ple of the United States, if that were
possible. But the majority, even while
looking away from America and across
the ocean to the markets of England and
her colonies, remain convinced of their
long-cherished belief In continental
reciprocity and alert for the first evi
dence of that American initiative, which
they, ton, believe to be essential to the
tangible development of their faith and
doctrine In this matter.
Oregon Sidelights
The hops are nearly ready.
Don't want no rain, nohow.
Th harvest Is nearly over.
Astoria is all right of course.
Get ready to go to th state fair.
The hops are beginning to feel beery.
Oregon has reformed quit smoking.
O. what tired mortals are they oomlng
bom.
Th night
autumn.
air conveys a hint Of
. Astoria and
places to visit.
Salem are both good
Ticket, please, by eleotrto Un. from
Portland to Eugene.
Clatsop county Is properly proud of
Its new court house.
Cattle away down again beef up but
Shaw will make It all clear.
Many more people went to Newport
this summer than ever before.
The new Irrlgon school house will be
ready for tha young Ideas this falL
Philomath also had an Old Polks
gathering 26 people between 70 and 86.
Pour-legged hogs are not allowed to
run at large now along th famous
Bantlam.
Tha first successful well on Agency
Plains, Crook county, has been dug
water at 90 fast.
Th new Athena bank furniture and
fixtures are equal, the Press says, to any
In eastern Oregon.
A Callfornlan who has been visiting In
Pendleton Is going to return, saying:
'This is the only country."
The golden wheat of eastern Oregon
will soon bring a flood of golden ootn
Into that fortunate region.
An attorney named Mustard Is In Ore
gon from Omaha looking for a 'location.
He should be abl to draw a practice.
A sheep ranch near Shanlko, consist
ing of 7.000 acres of land, and Including
80,000 sheep, has been sold for $75,000.
The Umatilla county sheep Inspector
says there is no scab whatever among
sheep In that county, but lest there may
be, he won't resign.
Quite larre sheen sales are betnr
made by Umatilla county sheepmen
8,600, 4,600 and 10,404. are among the
numbers mentioned.
A portion of the town of Mltohell.
Wheeler county. Is known as Piety hill,
and It Is dry too high for water. And
of course Its Inhabitants would drink
nothing els.
A lot of Baker City people are hot
foot after the sheriff for closing sa
loons and other places on Sunday, and
declare he can t and shan t do It In
fact, they refuse to close, snd ssk him:
"What are you going to do about It 7"
The Jacksonville Sentinel repeatedly
alludes to Dairy and Food Commissioner
Bailey, who recently paaeed through
Jacksonville, . as "Dr." Bailey. He
never claimed that title down here, but
probably deserves It as well ss many
that wear it
Four generations of the Stewart
family had a four-course dinner at Cor
vallls. The paterfamilias is John Stew
art, aged 66, and his wife, Mary
Stewart, la the first white women who
cam to th sit of th present city of
Cervallls. In 1846.
A boy 14 years old. living near Drain,
was kicked on the head by a colt and
severely injured. Just six years before,
at the same time of day, he was kicked
on the same spot. In the same barn, by
the colt's mother. ' The next animal of
that breed that gets a foot-whack at his
head is likely to fix him.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer: The
federal government ought not to be
stingy In expending the irrigation fund
In the construction of irrigation sys
tems throughout the acid regions, since
the fund now aggregates $24,096,829.
And especially should It be liberal with
Oregon, which has contributed $4,692,
661 to the fund, or nearly $1,000,000
more than any other state.
Here la an Hem from the Sclo News
that ought to Interest Game Warden
Baker: Reports from all sections of the
county show that Chinese pheasants are
being killed with utter disregard of the
law. A game warden would be a curi
osity In this section. Birds are killed
before they are old enough to protect
themselves, but no one Is ever brought
to account for it.
A Marshfleld young man was out
walking' with - two girls, and carrying a
gun, which he was handling reckleesly,
against which they eautloned him, but
he said it was not loaded, and to prove
it put the mussle against his neck and
pulled the trigger, sending , a bullet
through his neck and killing him. This
Is but a variation of a very old and often-repeated
story.
The sugar yield of the Grand Rondo
valley beets this sesson will be about
20,000 tons. This will be- the largest
yield In the history of the beet Industry
In this section and on a smaller acreage
than has heretofore been cultivated. One
of the reasons assigned by Mr. Stod
dard was the fact that about two-thirds
pf the acreage this year was under
Irrigation and nearly all had been In
the beet culture for several years
CREDIT TO atAJT, 3TOT KATUM.
From the Pendleton Blast Oregonlan.
Man. and not nature. Is making Uma
tilla oounty better year by year. Deeper
plowing and the exercise of more Intel
ligence Is bringing up the dry land
yields from 10 bushels five years ago, to
80 bushels this year. Elbow grease and
horse flesh and well directed labor, and
not Increased rainfall. Is redeeming the
western portion of Umatilla county
from Its unus sterile stats tn rm Otle of
th most valued sections of the county.
Lifting wells are being found, new houses
are being built, a home country Is be
ing made of the once abandoned portion
of the county around which the banks
drew a dead llnet Man, and not nature, .
la deaervlng of the credit. The hai l
Working, dsep-thlnklng. early-rising
fsrmer, and not changing cllmuts. Is
wringing this enormous yield from the
stubborn soil. As the Intelligent meth
ods sre applied to wheat raising, ths
Industry will continue to flourish. Urns
tills county should shun th fate . of
California wheat raisers, by shunning
the methods of th Callfornlan.