Editorial Page of Tft Journal
PORTLAND, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER SO, 1904.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
C S. JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
JNO. P. CARROLL
Published every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
streets, Portland, Oregon
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
THE MAYOR'S REMARKABLE ACT.
NO ORDINARY WORDS can fittingly character
tie the hardihood of Mayor Williams in giving
the contractor permission to go into the Tanner
creek sewer and make presentable the frightful botch
which City Engineer Elliott accepted as a first class job.
Whatever excuse may be offered and whatever pretense
may he made the public will have an ugly word to apply
to what it cannot helping regarding as an impudent as
sumption of authority which the charter denied him,
The aewer is in no sense in the control of the mayor
His assumption of authority to permit the contractor to
go into the sewer to fix oer his job, to be followed by
another commission of engineers of the mayor's own ap
pointment which would find everything covered up and
therefore could not fail to make a very different report
from that which was presented to the council by the
.original official investigators, thus glossing over the
damning discoveries then made and permitting the con
tractor to be paid for his fraudulent work, has much
more the appearance of anarchy than the orderly pro-
ccedings which should mark a responsible city adminis
trat ion. ,
It all betokens a desperation that gives added strength
to the public belief of the rankest jobbery while at the
sume time it makes apparent that very much more than
the contractor is involved in the outcome and that the
firm -grasp of the political machine is getting in its
deadly. -work. . . - '., .
From this time forward the mayor and his backers
and abettors are on trial in the forum of public opinion.
NO CONCESSIONS TO THE RUSSIANS.
Li ROM the flood of telegrams that have been flow
ing from St. Petersburg those who are convinced
by surface indications might have -been led to
efieve that the meeting of the zemstovs arfd the more
or less left-handed recognition given to. them would, in
conjunction with the serious agitation going on in other
parts of the empire, surely lead to some amelioration of
conditions. But none who have watched the course of
. ev ents and attempted to weigh at their true value the of-
. ficial and semi-official expressions which come out of St
Petersburg have for an instant been deceived by appear
ances. When everything is going wrong, as it has been
during the present war, when there is need of foreign
money as well as domestic help, then all the devious
. agencies arc started with a pretense of making conces
sions to the Russian people which will make life bear
able. But these rumors are all carefully calculated to
-produce certain effects but never with any intention of
carrying them out even in the most harmless degree.
The oligarchy which rules Russia has a strangle hold
- upon the nation and that hold it proposes tb maintain
at all cost. Like all oligarchies it never learns anything
-either from history -or experience, indeed it positively
refuses to learn. ..The whole nation is at its mercy and
-whatever of the sweat and toil of the people they desire
for toll- -it takes as its unquestioned right. The right
which it holds by the power of the sword it will not wil
lingly give up. There is one, and only one possible out
come to it all, and that is a bloody revolution, sooner or
later, which also will end in but one way and that way
will be the triumph of the people however bloody the
intervening way to that goaL
AN INOPPORTUNE MOMENT.
MAYOR WILLIAMS waam a sportive mood at
- the bar banquet last night and made more or
less of a target of every one who is identified
with the reform movement in Portland. We have the
word of the Oregonian that the address scintillated with
wit. Doubtless it carefully refrained from quoting those
parts of the address which scintillated most for the quo
tations with which it regaled its readers scarcely came
up to the standard of high encomiums lavished upon
them.
It was noticeable that the mayor did not seek to make
a target of the gambling fraternity which has formed
such a striking if not alluring feature of his adminis
trative methods. Neither did he have anything deroga
tory to say of the Tanner creek sewer or any of those
other jobs and deals which, whatever else may be said of
'them, have failed to lend lustre to an administration
which so far has been rather high flavored.
There are times when gentle raillery is precisely what
is called for, but with the odor of the Tanner creek
.sewer clinging so tenaciously to the administration, with
thousands of dollars of the taxpayers' money involved
and p.u i of the administration receiving the thoughtful
and scrutinizing attention of the grand jury, a better
time for playfulness could surely be found. Under the
circumstances there is too much of an appearance of
callous indifference to public opinion to give that keen
edge to the public enjoyment of the mayor'a sprightly
wit wh.ich otherwise it might call forth to a satisfying
degree.
STANDARD OIL'S TIGHTENING GRIP.
T
HE NEWS which comes from New York that all
the stock of the New York Central has been
placed in the hands of James Stillman, the big
banking and railroad figure in Standard Oil, as trustee,
eems it disclose a movement as steady and logical aa
late in the direction ot standard Oil control ot the
rr.ilroads of the country. For a long time there has
been evidence of this stupendous movement in the di
rcctionof consolidation. But the apparent line of the
agencies through which it was being brought about has
changed radically, not in fact but in appearance, in the
passing months as the hand of the great oil syndicate
became more and more apparent. At times the center
of activity seems to be in one group of stocks, at others
in another group but the inevitable trend has all been in
one direction and each actual development seems lit
tic more startling than the first.
At the beginning it appeared as though St. Paul were
seeking some agreeable arrangement with the other Pa
cific roads to get an outlet to the coast over the North
ern Pacific. This of itself was interesting, 'but it
scarcely more than scratched the surface of what was
really doing. The vast plan being evolved undoubtedly
includes all the great railway systems of the country
with the supreme control in the hands of one group of
financiers, dominated by the Standard Oil. Nothing
more significant of the grip which this group has on the
railway situation is the relation which Harriman is now
discovered to occupy to it and the fact that New York
Central has virtually passed under its control. That
road has been a tradition in the Vanderbilt family. It
formed an important realized part of the dream of Com
modore Vanderbilt of a transcontinental road owned or
controlled by his family. That idea had been at one
time evolved to include Omaha, at least, as its western
most point. When a family of the resources of the Van
derbilts reach a point where they dare not try -but con
clusions with any other group of financiers, it is quite
apparent that those in opposition occupy a masterful po
sition. There is no demonstration needed On this point
now. Concentration and consolidation are moving
apace. There are marvellous changes ahead, for the
country in the way of railroad ownership as well as al-
lances, bringing about the inevitable movement on the
part of the public to protect itself against a monopoly
so huge. and overwhelming that the very contemplation
ot it staggers a generation well used to bold and compre
hensive enterprises.
A PRAISEWORTHY UNDERTAKING.
i.
Small Change
i
Turkey cheap.
Weather possibly rain.
Folk and Doug-la will have legisla
tures on their handa there's the rub.
iws any man sell adulterated milk?
If any man does, he should be In Jail,
Bug tight trousers will scarcely wear
as long as loose ones. Let the pluto
crats wear 'em. We refuse.
November, good-bye. You wars quite
a nica old month, arter all. December
hall no, on second thought, don't hall.
It is a great thing to have a scrupu
lously honest man at the head of affairs.
The grafters will go hunting their
holes.
How would it do to sentence Puter
and Watson-Porter to live on the land?
But that would be unconstitutional, of
course.
The Dlngley tariff has produced an
Immansa corn crop of 4,600.000.000
bushels, which wa expect ex-Qovernor
Oeer of the Salem Statesman duly to
utilise.
Irrigation Is a large subject, truly.
says the Irrigation Age. It compre
hends a vast amount of health, wealth,
energy, happiness, economy and power.
It means conquest of a fascinating kind.
There Is life, activity and humanity
In it.
Salem Journal: The Portland fair
will Involve an expenditure of 15,000.000.
and aa the state only pays 1600,000 of
this, the stats will be ahead just $4,500,
000, besides what the visitors and ex
hibitors spend during the fair, to Bar
nothing of the advertising the stats get.
and the additional development that will
corns to the state.
Brownsville Times: In Oregon the
public land fraud cases are now the
chief toplo of Interest. The develop
ments in the HcKlnley-Puter-Ware
cases, now on trial in the federal court
at Portland, have brought the officials
of the Roseburg land office under fire
again, and also former commissioner
of the general land office. Blnger Her
mann. The end Is awaited with much
Interest. r
Letters
From the People
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Oregon Sidelignts
Athena's new water system works all
right - , : -
Snow
hand.
around Meacham; winter at
Bend is to have a marshal, without
waiting for Incorporation.
The Crook County bank began busi
ness last Monday at Prlnevllle.
Land-rollers are said to be doing very
good work In Sherman county.
About 700.000 bushels of wheat will
be shipped from lone this year.
THE Northern Pacific railroad recently sent a large
party of its 'passenger agents", gathered from all
parts of the country, to Portland to look over the
Lewis and Clark fair grounds so that with first-hand
nformation they would be in a position to talk to those
inclined to come out this way next year. The move was
a good one from the standpoint of the railway which
was seeking business, but it was also deeply appreciated
by the people of Portland as showing a spirit "of enter
prise that could not fail to be an important element in
contributing to the success of the great exposition enter
prise which we have here undertaken. It is now ar
ranged that the freight agents will follow in the footsteps
o'. the passenger agents and come here, too, to look over
the ground. They should he given a rousing reception
For this work in which it is now engaged the Northern
Pacific deserves hearty appreciation. What is being
done will prove of incalculable benefit to the fair and no
pian that could be proposed would be more effective
either from the standpoint of the fair itself or the rail
road.
The good example thus set should not be lost upon
the other railroads. Men may read about an enterprise
but when they see it it becomes an entirely different af
fair. The fair is a surprise to every one who visits -it.
While compact in all its arrangements, it is nevertheless
r markably comprehensive. The location is simply
ideal. The picture left in one's mind is such as to arouse
enthusiasm and, once seen, converts the most indifferent
into active promoters for the enterprise. In this respect
no more capable and effective agencies could be devised
than the railroad men who are constantly in contact with
the traveling public and whose intelligence and enthus
iasm will prove mighty factors in aiding the enterprise to
the unqualified success which we all hope to see realized
A T
From the Tammany Times.
Never lose sight of this Important
tact: For the first time in the history
of this or any other political party a
gang of grafters succeeded in bringing
about the nomination of a candidate for
president of the United States simply In
order that they might be given license
to bold up the trusts And the corpora
tions for corruption funds.
Campaigns have been made in this
country In which millions of dollars
have been expended for political pur
posea. Campaigns have been planned
which have required the expenditure of
large sums ot money. Bat this is the
only campaign' In which a presidential
candidate has ever been nominated by a
"grafters' syndicate for the express pur
pose of making way with the campaign
contributions, little attention being paid
to the chances of winning, every atten
tion being paid to the details of filling
empty pocketbooks.
Truly It la time to cry halt when the
presidency Itself Is syndicated for the
express purpose of allowing a clique of
political grafters to levy tribute upon
trusts and corporations. Even the hard
earned money contributed by the honest
Democrats of the country districts who
hoped to bring about the defeat of Presi
dent Roosevelt because tney believed
that the dangers of Imperialism and
trust rule are a menace to the very life
of the nation, was wasted and stolen by
the thieves.
If the men who were responsible for
forcing the name of Judge Alton B. Par
ker deem the throats of the Darn oe rats
of the country had cared anything about
winning, things might have been dif
ferent. But what they were chiefly In
terested tn was not the subject of "wider
opportunities for tollers everywhere,"
bur the subject of "wider opportunities
rorStraftere everywhere."
I .Aider Charles F. Murphy knew that
Judge Alton B. Parker was being sur
innded by the worst gang- of political
highbinders that this country has ever
produced He could "not say msny
things which he would have liked to
have saM. he-cause the up-state Ismii
trata all refused to listen to htm. And
what good would It have done to have
told the truth about these men at that
time?
The Times promises at a later dste
to tell the true story of the famous gold
telegram aent to Hheehan st the St.
IiOtils convention and the manner In
which It was used, which it says will
create a greater sensation than did the
telegram Itself.
WHAT WA'
wxu so.
From the Echo i ews.
One of ui best Illustrations of what
miracles wster will perform may be
seen on the meadows and at Butter
creek, in Umatilla county. Land that
was consldsred absolutely worthless for
years has been reclaimed by the con
struction of ditches and cannot be pur
chased for $100 an acre. When one
learns that three crops of alfalfa a
year are cut, and that much of the
land yields from six to seven tons to
the acre; while the alfalfa finds ready
sale st from It to tS a ton and fre
quently more, one can understand why
It is valued st such high prices. While
a farmer will realise a net profit of
from 226 to 260 an acre from the sale,
he stands a chance to make much more
than this sum by buying atock eattle
and feeding them for the Christmas
market. The farmer buys his cattle
at from t to cents a pound In the
Interior country and sells them st 4
cents or more when fattened, thus gain
ing 1 or mors cents a pound on ths
animal's original weight and 4 cents
s pound, on Its Increase of weight. Take
this district I am speaking of. Alfalfa
and eattle are Its two Industries. ye
there are few Districts better adapted
to dairying than is this. Instead ef
turning out their product In Its raw
form ss hay they- could Inrresse the
fertility of their lend and ship aWay
but little of Its elements of. plant food
as they do when they sell hsy. by en
gaging In dairying: then they could
turn out the raw materiel In its fin
ished product butter.
In this same district I have seen
trees so loaded with fruit that the
limbs were bresklng beneath the
weight, nectarines, peaches and apri
cots. One men on Butter creek sells
several tons of honey esch year.
Take this year's wheat crop: It runs
from 26 to 36 bushels to the acre, and
Is selling for from TO to 76 cents a
bushel. Men who started with nothing
five years ago and leased their land for
a share of the crop have been able to
buy their farms and have a comfortable
balance In the bank.
OMESTirtTTS AS A TTMFEMAWCll AID
From the Philadelphia Record.
"There should be less drunkenness at
this sesson of the yesr than at any
other time," said a specialist In nervous
disorders who hss a private sanatorium
for the treatment of wealthy dipso
maniacs. "It la not generally known tn
fact, I claim the honor of the discovery
that roasted chestnuts are a good
antidote for liquor. The average man
who drlnka under high nervous pres
sure, not for the saks of sociability,
but because the alcohol stimulates him
to greater effort. Is the one whoss nerv
ous syatem Is most quickly under
mined. He may never get drunk, but
there Is the constant demsnd for over
stimulation that works damage In ths
end. No sooner does the effect of one
drink wear off than there Is the craving
for another. Now, If that man would
eat a few roasted chestnuts Instead of
taking another drink when the feeling
comes on him. he would find that the
substsnce of the nuts, having qulckiv
absorbed the liquor already In his sys
tem, had appreciably decreased his long
ing ior more aicononc stimulant. Jt
Isn't theory. I know It to be true."
A good many residences and three
brick buslnsss structures have been
built in Dufur this year.
Albany ought to have a hospital. In
fact, Albany ought to wake up, scrape
off the moss and be a city of 10,000 in
three years.
A man living near Albany has har
vested 660 pounds of walnuts, most of
them from one tree. We'll get all same
"back east" yet.
Umatilla county tramps are feaating
on stolen fat calves, of which they deign
to eat only the hind quarters. They
have to buy the beer.
Albany Democrat: It la hardly con
sistent to run down the Mexican bull
fights snd Indorse Salem football, where
girls yell: "Kill them thst's the way
to get rid of them!"
lone Proclalmer: The lone people have
been fortunate in securing the necessary
cars for handling the wheat crop this
season. There has been a slight short
age, but we have fared better than al
most any other place on the map. For
which we are duly thankful to the O. R.
& N. officials.
Wasco News: Max Bull and Miss
I. ll. i Elliott celebrated their Thanksgiv
ing by getting married. Mr. Bull Is a
general favorite among the ladles. Miss
Elliott Is ths daughter of Mr. Josh Elli
ott, sn extensive farmer of Monkland,
nne is a very cnarming young woman.
and no doubt will make our friend Max
an excelelnt wife.
Private mig-hts at Moans and Abroad.
Portland. Nov. IT. To the Editor of
The Journal Ever and anon the busy
public Is treated by the press to some
spicy little Information In re the man
ner In which Justice Is administered and
the wonderful business sagacity dls
played by our officialdom, In making
both ends meet, without losing prestige
or reducing their share of the world s
belongings.
Hiving full credence to the published
account of the singular manner In which
Mr. J. W. Campbell, an acknowledged
artlat of no mean abilities In his chosen
profession, has outwitted one of our fa
mous city detectives, I take occasion to
thank you most cordially tor printing
this bit of Interesting reading In your
Sunday paper, voicing, no doubt, the
sentiments of many others who derived
aa much pleasure from reading the Hem.
However, there Is to my mind a more
serious aspect connected with-all such
affairs and it Is that of the danger in
volved, not only of shaking- the confi
dence (?) of the general public In their
guardians or the law and order, but
moreover, -In the tacit encouragement
given thereby to the youth of the land,
who may be Inclined in that direction.
At this moment I am strongly re
minded of the famous Castle case and
the manner in which it was handled by
the authorities in the city of London.
At that time, Mrs. Csstle, the wife of a
California millionaire, was arrested for
what ws call here "shoplifting." but
which was explained In the more suita
ble term of "kleptomania," and in spite
of the fact that her husband offered to
pay for all the stolen goods, the law of
England asserted Its strength, and ahe
was Incarcerated In a criminal's cell.
By way of obtaining a little more evi
dence, calculated to help the prose
cutor's case, the detectives Invaded the
sacred precincts of the millionaire's
apartments In the most: fashionable
hotel and gaining In some manner,
peculiarly their own, a glimpse of ths
contents of the baggage of the . noted
travelers, secured a collection or valu
ables, which bore the names of their
previous owners, who had neither re
ceived any compensation therefor nor
been given a chance to say good-bye
to their own before parting. Of course,
we of America are more considerate, es
peclally whsn millionaires are con
cerned. and our detectives would have
politely "sent In their card' and If their
party had happened to be occupied else
where, they would even have been ac
commodatlng enough "to call again" and
then "knock for admission."
But In the old countries they apply
different code of etiquette and; aa in the
oase hereinbefore mentioned, our na
tlonal state department promptly sue
ceeded In proving to England that theirs
waa too severe on any respectable cut
sen of "the land of the free" who hap
pened to sojourn tn that country.
The eagle did not scream without ef
feet, and Johnny Bull, mindful of the
laws of reciprocity, and with a roguish
side glance at the Monroe doctrine
winked the other eye at Uncle Sam, and
with wonted diplomacy, admitted that
"the ground was well taken." Inter
national courtesy thus closed an ax
tremely interesting and Instructive case
by opening the doors of an English
prison, era "Barkis waa willing."
Still, wa must not forget the lesson
Involved. 1. e, that the man with the
money has slightly the best of It. and
reverting back to your article, I cannot
help congratulating Mr. Wiener on the
wonderful retentive qualities of his
memory, as proven In thla case. Expla
nations, however, are certainly In order
as to why Mr. Campbell considers It
necessary to travel "incog" in a free
country, and Mr. Wiener might go a step
further and see thst Mr. Campbell a bag
gags Is properly forwsrded to htm
where It Is most needed.
"Once a gentleman, always a gentle-
Tours very truly.
JULIUS ADLER,
wilt protect the fruit grower who is
energetic, "progressive snd painstaking,
and la trying to rslse good fruit
In edition to a fruit Inspector, let us
have a law compelling each variety ol
rruit to be packed in packagas of unl
form alas; labeled true to name of vart
ety and place of growth.
I have known some would-be promt
nent growers to cut down the box to
fit the applea. I have known commis
sion men to sell spples from other paru
of the state as Hood rlvsr products.
I have seen Willamette valley Olora
Mundll sold aa Hood river Newtowns
and I havs seen Willamette valley pale
Ben Davis sold as Oregon Beauties from
Hood river. The first two acta wero
transacted this seaaon. The last two
acts were performed by a hawker on
the streets of Portlsnd four years ago.
Our motto should be, "The laborer Is
worthy his hire," and credit should be)
given where It Is due. Yes. we wsnt
state fruit Inspector. a. I. MASON.
Those Spiel Marks.
Portland, Nov. 26 - To ths Editor of
Ths Journal. There seems to be con
siderable Interest excited by the finding
of an old spiel mark eoln at Molala.
Many years ago I was a "cub" In the In
dian department of a big wholesale gro.
eery store at Leavenworth, Kas. Ws
sold quantities of ths stuff in SB, 10s
and 20s to Indian traders. They were
said to be nollow and could be filled
with lead, and were, presumably, used
In Indian trading, and as lots of it went
towards Santa Fe, peruaps many a
ca bailer decorated his bridle, outside
seams of pants legs, etc., with them.
There is little mystery about them
They were simply a counterfeit of
American coin, calculated to deceive In
dians and Ignorant Mexicans, and the
words spiel mark and paucity of stars,
etc., kept them wlthtn the law, while
the shield or liberty cup and general
appearance made them so.
JOHN HARRIS.
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JLewis ana Clark
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Danger of
Exclusive Clubs
Good wheat land in Morrow county
has advanced from 110 to 112.60 and
$16 an acre during the past four montns,
says the Heppner Times. Last spring,
although the prospscts were nsver bet
ter for a big crop, lands were being of
fcred for S10 sn acre; and no buyers.
Now It Is 12 to f ti and more sales have
been recorded during the past three
mourns man zor an enure year oeiore,
There Is considerable complaint among
Morrow county cattle men over the dtp
ping regulations that are being so rigidly
enforced. After the first of the year
the railroads will not receive cattle for
shipment without a permit from a gov
crnment Inspector. Very few eattle In
this vicinity sre affected with disease
and to dip healthy atock is a big handi
cap, especially to the man who holds a
few eattle to sell at odd times. It will
probably be necesssry to build dipping
vats in Heppner.
Good Paper For Mood miver.
From the Hood River Olacier
The Portland Journal never ml
opportunity to say a good word for Hood
River. When subscribing for any other
paper In addition to the Olacier. you
could return ths compliment very, nicely
by taking The Journal. No better dally
or weekly is published on the raclfle
coast, uivs them a trial subscription.
Heppner Oasette: The county Judge
and commissioners snd clerk drove out
to Rhea creek to view a bad road and
take notes as to the method of repair.
The biggest complaint came from the
fact that the road was so narrow that
teams eould not past. After reaching
the neighborhood the Judge waa driving
at a good gait, when ha mads a curve
and came right face to face with a big
freight outfit. It was the biggest snd,
ltke Leonldss and hts 200 Spartans, held
the pass. The county -court had to un
hitch and lift thslr vehicle to one side.
The Judge has tsksn a contract to widen
that road himself.
Tillamook Headlight: Now boom Til
lamook county! It's gons "dry," so
ii" Is s good place for men to Invest
their money and to locate with their
families. There is not a better county
In Oregon where homeseekers can find
such desirable openings aa In Tilla
mook, with pure water, pure atmos
phere, good schools, good roads and
(rood opportunities for fsrmers. Yea,
let's boom ths county because It has
gons "dry" snd do whst ws ran to in
dues desirable homeseekers to come here.
There's lots of room Cfid opportunities
In Tlllsmook for those who prefer lo
cating in s "dry" county, and away
from the environments of saloons.
Off a Fruit Inspector.
Hood River, Or., Nov. 2T. Editor of
Ths Journal. Tour printed interview
with me a few days ago. relative to
wormy applea being, served st the lead
ing hotels in Portland, has csused i
little talk on Front streetmongst your
commission men, which may bring forth
good results. U.
In your Issue of the 26HT Inst you
give the views Of several commission
men relative to this matter. W. B.
(ilafke. president of the Produce Mer
chants' exchange, nays "My talk la all
rot," and asks "Who Is to blame for
cull and wormy apples coming to the
Portland market? Where do they serve
better apples at the leading hotels In
this stste than at Portland T" In my
first defense let me say I cast no cen
sure upon any commission man in Port
land for selling cull and wormy applea
A trip down Front street at this time
of the season will convince the most
skeptical that a commission man's path
Is not strewn with roses, but requires
the patience of a "Job" to handle the
almost unsalable stuff sent them on con
slgnment.
Pardon ms for making a statement
of why I gave this matter as an Item
for the .press. C. D. Moore of White
Salmon. Wash., and myself visited Port
land during the late national convention1
of grangers. One of the highest rated
hotels in the city wss their headquar
ters. Mr. Moore snd I each met old
time friends and schoolmates there, and
when we began to tell of our excellent
fruit raised In Oregon and Washington
one of our friends walked over to the
table and handed us a Bpltsenberg apprn
with four worm holes In It To us this
was humiliating, especially coming from
the table of such a prominent and fash
ionable hotel during a time when eyes
from about 20 different states were
watching' the quality of our fruit. My
statement that this Is wrong may b
"rot," but every true Oregonian who has
a desire to place our state to the front
In the culture of high grade fruit will
exclaim, "Right you ars."
There may be some excuse for cheaper
hotels placing wormy spples on their
tables, but I'll not attempt to fight their
battles. If Mr. Olsfke hss given them
a shoe to fit they must wear It. It is
their fight, not mine. Now, Mr. (ilafke.
we Will not quarrel. Tou have sounded
the keynote wheh you said. "Olve ue
a state fruit inspector (and I'll add. with
legal power and money to act) and wo
will remedy thla matter ' Bless you,
my brother! At the annual meeting of
the northwest fruit growers a year agi
I read a paper, in which I aaked for a
law prohibiting the sale of such fruit,
snd I am really glad to learn that you
and your fellow craftsmen ars In fsvor
of a fruit Inspector to enforce such reg
ulations. The . other commission men
who were interviewed at the same time
by The Journal reporter all express two
facts In which I concur. First, ws need
a stats fruit Inspector. Second. Hood
river apple growers sell their good ap
ples tn other markets for higher prices
than can be gdtten In Portland.
Brother commission men. your trou
bles In thla Instance are ours. No doubt
you possess as much state and personal
pride aa we Let us then mske s united
effort to secure some legislation' that
November 20. About S o clock an
Indian came to the opposite bank of
the river calling out that he had some
thing Important to communicate, and
on aendlng for him he told us that five
Mandans had been met about eight
leagues to the Southwest by a party of
Sioux, who had killed one of them,
wounded two and taken nine horses;
that tour of the Wsttasoona, were miss
ing, and that the Mandans expected an
attack. We thought this an excellent op
portunity to discountenance the injurious
reports against us, and to fix ths waver
ing confidence of -the nation. Captain
Clark therefore Instantly crossed the
river with 22 men, strongly armed, and
circling the town approached It from
behind. Hla unexpected appearance
surprised and alarmed the chiefs, who
came out to meet him and conduct him
to the village. Hs then told them that
having heard ef the outrage Just com
mitted, he had come to assist his dutiful
children, that if they would assemble
their warriors and those of the nation,
he would led them against ths Sioux
and avenge the blood of their country
men. After some minutes' conversation,
Oheeriaw, the Chayenne, arose.
"We now see." he said, that what
you have told us' you corns to protect
us, and are ready to chastise those who
have split our blood. We did Indeed
listen to your good talk, for when you
told us that the other nations were In
clined to peace with us, ' we went out
carelessly in small parties, and some
have been killed by the Sioux snd
Rlcaras. But we knew that the Rlcaras
were liars, and I told their chief who
accompanied you that hla whols nation
were liars and bad men; that we had
several times mads a peace with them
which they were the first to break; that
whenever we pleased we might shoot
them like buffalo, but that we had no
wish to kill them; that we would not
suffer them to kill us or steal our
horses; and that although we agreed to
make peace with them, because our two
fathers desired it, yet we did not be
lieve thst they would be faithful long
Such, father, waa my language to them
In your presence, and you see that In
stead of listening to your good coun
sels they have spilt our blood. A few
days ago two Rlcaras came here and
told us that two of their villages were
making moccasins, thst the Sioux were
stirring them up against ua. and that
ws ought to take care of our horses;
yet these very Rlearaa ws ssnt home as
soon as the news reached ua today, lent
our people should kill them In the first
moment of grief for their murdered
relatives. Four of the Wattasoons,
whom we expected back in It days have
been absent 24, and we fear have fallen.
But, father, the snow is now dsep, the
westher cold, and our horses cannot
travel through the plains; ths murderers
have gone off; If you will conduct ua
in the spring, when the snow has din
appeared, we will assemble all the sur
rounding warriors and follow you.'
Captain Clark replied that we were
always willing and able to defend them;
that he was sorry that the snow pre
vented their march to meet the Sioux
since he wished to show them that the
warriors of their great father would
chastise the enemies of hla obedient
children who- opened their ears to his
advice; that If ths Rlcaras had Joined
the Sioux, they should remember that
there were bad men In every nation, and
that they should not be offended at the
Rlcaras till they saw whether these 111
disposed man were contenanced by the
whole tribe; that the Sioux possessed
great influence over the Rlcaras, whom
they supplied with military stores, and
sometimes led them astray because they
were afraid to oppose them; hut that
this should be lees offensive sines the
Mandans themselves were under the
same apprenhenslons from ths As-
slnlbolns and Knlstenaux, and that
while they were thus dependent, both
the Rlcaras snd the Mandans ought to
keep on terms with their powerful
neighbors, whom they may afterwards
set at defiance when we ehall supply
them with arms and take them under
our protection.
After two hours' conversation Captain
Clark left the village. The chief re
petedly thsnked him for the fatherly
protection he had given them, observing
that the whole village had been weeping
all night and day for the brave young
man who had been slain, but now they
would wipe their eyes and weep no more.
as they saw that their father would
protect them. He then crossed the
river on the Ice and returned on the
north side of the fort. The day as
well as the evening ws cold, and the
river rose io us mrmer height.
(By Mrs. John A. Logan.)
That eminent and wlee divine, Arch
bishop Ireland, has atruck the keynoto
in his recent address by his arraign
ment of exclusive clubs. That they are
an insidious danger to society there Is
no denying. They are responsible for
the growing disposition of men and
Women to neglect the cntnnanlonahln
and the social enjoyments of their own
nomes. which In very many cases en
gross the time snd money of men to the
extent of depriving their families al
most wholly of their presence and their
resourcss.
They must pay their dues at the rtuh
If the meager bills of the grocer, tbe
butcher snd ths baker who supply their
homes go unpaid. They spend many
hours at the club because their own
abiding places ar not as attractive In
their appointment as the beautiful
rooms of the club. The brilliant HahU
and gorgeous accessories are more lux
urious than their own amall houses or
gats, snd they gravitate to the club
every leisure hour, forgetting wife and
children.
Whereas, if they would spend the
money at home which they do at the
club they could make their homes more
attractive and comfortable and could
afford to light more burners of thslr
own chandeliers and drop lights if they
did not devote so much toward the Il
lumination of their clubs.
If these husbands would give the
money they spend at the club for edi
bles and drinkables to their wives they
could havs a mora sumptuous table at
home. The little suppers that they
have at night after cards, the theatre
or opera could be served at homo at
far less expense than they are at the
club. Z t
No man la bravs enough to Indulge
himself by ordering refreshments of the
delicacies of ths season and the wines
and liquors alwaya kspt at the club and
sit down and eat it by himself. It
would be far more to his credit, and,
one would think, to hla pleasure. If he
would treat his family rather than his
acquaintances. Most bachelors have
friends who have home where they
can go and arrange for . pleasant social
affairs If they desired td do so. snd the
companlonahip of friends in a private
house la far more likely to do them
good and not evil.
There la not a elub In the country
that would laat financially six months
if there was no bar attachment "Gen
tlemen Insist thst gambling is not al
lowed at clubs. It haa been said, how
ever, that rooms wsrs secured nesr
the best ciUDnouses, wnere aanaswansv
gambling haa been carried on. young
men being the. most reckless gamblers
among the membership.
All the concoctions that can be con
ceived to tempt the taste and destroy
the senses are the pride of stewards
snd chefs. Every nation on the globe
has contributed to the long; Hat of In
toxicating mixtures under various
names whose basic principle Is alcohol
that are served at clubs.
It Is the special car of the house
committee to keep some particular stew
ard or chef w ho is an artlat In the prep
aration of some viand or drink which 1
a specialty of that club.
It la tb duty of the committee to
make the attraction of the club Irre
sistible. They spend much time m ca
tering to the taate of the member and
their guest.
The house committee Is chosen from
tlm to tlm from among- the members,
much rivalry existing; frequently be
tween them In the successful discharge
of their duties during their term of
service. Men have been known to pay
much attention to every detail of house
keeping ss members of the house com
mittee of a cujb who were never known
to pay any attention to the proper sup
plying of the"lr own home.
Men's clubs may be necesaary In vary
large Cities, nevertheless they are
sources of much dsmorsllaatlon and as
suredly dsstructlon to horn llf nd
the cultivation of domestic hspplnsss.
No man can rv two masters; if he
la devoted to hi home, he haa no time
for the club; If to hi club, the home
must suffer through th loss of his
presence and ths money he spend at
th elub.
If clubs must xlt regulate them so
aa to minimise their baneful Influence
on the horn.
Women' club for purely oelal pur
pose, ar little better than men', and
are not calculated to make women more
devoted to their homes. It has boon a
careful study of many bright and con
scientious women to know exactly how
much good there waa In woraen'e clubs.
When they have no avowed object
higher than that of a place for women
to go to lunch, play card, drink cock
tails and other "soft" drinks, whatever
that means, they ar simply an abomi
nation. A lady once used the argument to a
friend whom shs waa trying to Induce
to Join the club, "that It wa delightful
to go to the club for morning whist and
poker. That thsy had all the latest
magazines and papers; could get their
mall aent there If the members wished,
or have carda left there, and they oould
end out carda from th elub and get
rid of making call and all Vat ort of
thing." To arnet, thoughtful people
this seem a deplorable condition.
One can hardly Imagine a home. If
the" woirian who presides over It is
worthy to be a member of any soclsty
or club, that Is o poorly equipped' aa
not tn have all th latest magaiine and
papers In It and all the necessary ap
pointments to take care Of legitimate
correspondence and carda, or that any
woman who has. any place In society or
the world or who has sny desire to do
her duty as wife or mother, could pos
sibly find tlms in this busy ags to plsy
csrds In the morning. Such diversions
are supposed to be reserved for the
evening.
Interesting, intellectual people whom
It Is plessant or profitable to meet have
no time for morning card and goatp,
a the morning hours ars the most Im
portant of ths day.
If women muet have clubs, let them
hav some definite object to accom
plish that will add something tor the
betterment of soclsty and tbe edification
of themselves. Let not womanhood be
lowered by Indulging In demoralising
attempta to Imitate the etronger sex.
DOO OTJ.
FAJStXY L0OOAOB
Press.
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OWS aVOU OF HOWOBV
Dr. John B. Huber, writing on "The
History of Consumption" In the Medical
Record, mentions the following; more or
less great persons who havs died ss its
victims: Marie Bashklrtseff, Xavler
Blchat H. O. Bunner, Friedrlch Chopin,
Stephen Crane, John Oodman, John Paul
ones, John Keats, Dr. Rsns T. Laennae,
Sidney Lanier, Jules Bastlen Lepage.
Ethelbert Nevln, Henry Puroell. Elisa
beth Felix Rachel. Friederlch Schiller.
John Sterling, Laurence Sterne, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Henry Tlmrod, Car
Maria von Weber. Artemus Ward, Henry
Kirk White, Baruth Splnosa.
"Some people," remarked an employ
at Broad street station, "have their own
way of doing things. The other day a
party of four persons arrived st this
station from one of tbe summer re
sorts. They were laden with a mlacel
laneou assortment of luggage and the
head of the family with an Immense
white bulldog. The luggsge was so
heavy that they were compelled to call
upon the porter for help.
"When they reached the cafe door
they directed the porter to put th
luggage in a pile on the floor. Then,
their request being compiled with, they
placed the bulldog upon the top of the
neap and went Into the reataurant and
dined, falling to appear for two hours.
"In the meantime th dog wa mon
arch of nil he surveyed, for none dared
go nearer than 19 feet of him."