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PORTLAND. OREGON.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904.
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THE INVESTIGATION MUST COME.
V ANY irregular transaction in
office should arouse what might otherwise be con
sidered disproportioned suspicion surely no one ts
(0 blame for it but the city engineer himself. Before
the executive board took any steps the Tanner creek
sewer job was approved without reservation by the en
gineer himself who either knew nothing whatever about
what he professed to have personal knowledge or, know
ing, was a party to the conspiracy to rob the taxpayers
who had to pay for the work. Neither horn of the di
lemma is particularly attractive and whatever way he
turns he is not likely to get much public sympathy. Be
sides, now that attention is directed toward the city en
gineer's office rumors are active of other jobs and deals
which do Rot tend to increase public, confidence.
In the matter of stuffing the payrolls, something that
has already twice-excited suspicion, more than enough
has been developed to warrant the most rigid and search
ing investigation not only of what may have been done
Lut the methods of returning the time checks and the
provisions made to safeguard the public interests. If
there is nothing to conceal, the engineer, in self protec
tion, should be the first to demand an investigation.
Lut whether he is willing or unwilling that investigation
bhould be made and the council should not rest until
every fact in relation to it is laid before the public. If
there has been no crookedness, if no one has been over
paid and the payrolls have not been stuffed, it is quite
likely that some more careful method of timekeeping
and certification will be evolved and that of itself will
be something well worth while, no matter who happens
to occupy the office of city engineer.
AN EASY WAY TO
IT IS ESTIMATED that half a million dollars will
I be needed to establish new rural mail delivery
routes as fast as they are recommended the com
fnp year. In addition to this Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow recommends a reduction in the postage
rates so as to aid in the further development of this
branch of the service. No recent innovation in the gov
ernment has done more distinct and manifest good than
the rural free delivery system. We favor not only its
extension and development but decent pay as well for
the carriers who are now ill requited for the valuable
services which they render.
At the, same time all of this could' be accomplished
without placing any additional burdens upon the pub
lic. It coutd be done by shearing away some of the
profits which now accrue to the railway companies for
carrying the mails. The rates are altogether out of pro
portion to the value of the service rendered and rel
atively to what is charged other patrons. This has beep
the condition for years. Besides there is manipulation
of the contract basis .every time a contract is let. Masses
of mail matter are rushed through at the very lime when
the government is weighing the mails to fix an alleged
average to cover the year. It has even been charged
that complaisant congressmen have lent themselves to
the scheme to give the government the worst of it by
ending forward at those times masses of governmental
reports.
But it is a matter of general agreement that the gov
ernment pays entirely too much to the carrying com
panies. Congress should see to it that the cost is rad
ically lowered. In this way enough could be saved, with
out calling upon the taxpayers, to give a first-class rural
mail delivery and pay the carriers living wages without
calling on the taxpayers for a dollar to make up the
general deficit now anticipated.
GROWTH OF PACIFIC COAST CITIES.
EIGHT MILLION, five hundred and twenty-five
thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars
this is the sum spent in building operations
in San Francisco during the first half of the present
year from January to July inclusive.
During the first six months of 1904 there was spent in
building operations in San Francisco $1,380,909 more
than during the corresponding period in 1903, $2434,496
mors than in 1902, and $5,500,000 more than in 1901.
These figures tell eloquently of the growth and pros
perity of that city during the past few years. One rea
son for San Francisco's rapid and wonderful growth
duiing this period is one not entirely creditable to the
general government, nor pleasing to the people of this
city and state; for in the matter of Philippine supplies
From the New York World.
The Russian movement for the
Zemstvo conference, upon tts ssnctlon
by the czar, was referred to by Prof.
John W. Burgess of Columbia university
s a parallel of the agitation In the
American colonies leading up to the
rirst continental congress. Professor
Burgess, who Is dean of the Columbia
university School of Political science
and one of the leading authorities on the
development of the American constitu
tion, wss discussing before one of his
claases ths development of the national
spirit and the national state.
This distinction lie msde between the
Russian movement of today and that In
America ISO years ago.
The continental congress was the
crystallisation of a national spirit, an
assembly without legal authority, repre
sentative, not of the 13 colonies, but of
the revolutionary psrty therein, thst
eventually established Its legality by
the Issue of arms. -
On ths other hand, the Zemstvo con.
ferenca. although revolutionary In pur
pose, with the object of establishing a
national assembly In Russia, will be a
legality by ssnctlon of the csar. Never
theless It will bs a menace to existing
Institutions In Russia, for it also rap
resents ths crystallisation of a national
spirit squally dangerous to the sov
ereign power
u TaoniLE XM oni.ua
From the Condon Globe.
The AJax country la said to be In a
condition almost bordering on warfare.
Within ths last few weeks 12 homestead
Islms have been contested, snd no one
ran tsll where ths trouble will stop or
what will be ths result of the mess al
ready stirred up. Many of ths stettlers
nf that section srs young men who sre
olvllged to leave thslr claims at Inter
vals to earn money on which to live
while Improving their pieces, but the
settlers rlslm that all have been com
plying with ths ISW SS nearly as It Is
possible to do. It Is alleged that a
resident of thst neighborhood snd s
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
San Francisco, and
favored and given
the city engineer's
without it.
We cannot show
above narrated, yet
a very large and
terial lines than
year, and its rate
ment will be still
Indeed, it will
its present rate of
and become the
HE SALEM
selves in
concessions
cheerfully borne
are doubtless still
DO IT.
this citv.
For one year
but if we fail in
the fault will be
STILL
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VER SINCE
immediately after
lawyer at Ths Dalles are at the bottom
of ths trouble, and that for a consid
eration they Induce strangers who srs
looking for cheap land to believe thst
all that Is necessary to secure a farm
Is to contest some other man s claim
and take his land away from him. The
settlers sre qf the opinion, however,
thst the wouldbs land grabbers have
tackled a bigger job than they can
handle. A gentleman who was In from
that neighborhood ths other day Inti
mated that things were liable to be
doing out there most any time, and
that some Sensational developments
might be expected. Ths settlers srs
considerably worked up over ths mat
ter. TEAC HE TO CO
T. Shelley Sutton. In Mtnd.
God, give me strength or teach me to
command
The strength that sleeps within ma.
In my soul
Wske Thou Its subtle forces, that my
hand
May do Its work my ateps attain
their goal.
Let Thy sweet Lovs pervade my hopeful
life;
Let Truth and Wisdom to my heart
be shown:
Give Thou Thy sanction to my earthly
strife.
Make me. myself, my ssvtor ms.
alone. jf
Teach ma this truth that Thou ars All
In All a
Thst In Thy boundless Soul am I con
fined Thst from Thy vasty presence I may
csll
Whate'er I seek for body, soul, or
mind.
Let every thought upbuild my strug
gling heart:
As from some Dream each golden Dead
has grown
As every Fsllure doth Success Impart
So, from ths Past, let ms erect ths
Throne!
JNO. P. CARKOU.
The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
in a less degree Seattle, have been
large margins of profit, while Port
land has been snubbed or neglected. Yet this business
while not unimportant, is after all but incidental. San
Francisco would have grown, and Portland is growing.
such a great building record as that
the end-of-the-year records will show
fine growth in Portland also perhaps
as much, in proportion to size, as that of San Francisco
In fact, we shall doubtless show a better comparative
record, for this city it growing much faster than is the
metropolis of California. In proportion to population,
Portland has probably improved more along these ma
has San Francisco during the present
or percentage of growth and improve
greater next year.
not take Portland very many years, at
growth, to overtake San Francisco
largest and most important Pacific
coast city.
A CHANCE WHICH SHOULD NOT BE LOST.
PAPERS are freely expressing them
favor of a big state fait and the liberal
that go with it. The state has
the burden of the state fair and be
cause of some benefits accruing a majority of the people
favorable to its continuance.
But 1905 is a year when Oregon cannot afford to
scatter: it must concentrate if it expects to get the very
best results from what it has to show. There will be one
and only one great exposition in Oregon or the north
west during that year; that will be the Lewis and Clark
fair. The stats has already made a pretty investment in
this great enterprise; the sum has been supplemented
from Portland and the national capital. What is al
ready in prospect promises the very finest secondary ex
position ever held in the country. AVhile the advance
ment of the whole Pacific northwest and all the section
originally comprised in Oregon will be largely judged by
the showing which they will make at the Portland ex
position what is true of what are now other states will
be particularly true of this state. While it is and is in
tended to be a great northwest exposition the state in
which it is held will naturally be expected to put its best
foot forward. It presents such ran opportunity as may
never again come to make the most of everything Ore
gon has to show. This great state and all that it stands
for, actually and potentially, is too little known by the
outside world. Every citizen knows and deplores this
fact. The way to make it known is to make such a
showing at the fair as will arrest the attention of every
visitor. This can be -done if we concentrate our re
sources and make the most of them." Portland should be
regarded by the whole state as the actual center of
things during the coming year and no money should be
frittered away in other directions and for other shows.
It is not Portland alone but the whole state that will be
on trial then and the benefits which will accrue will go
more largely to the rest of the state than they will to
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let - all the people unite in this great
enterprise and make of it what it should be in so far
as it represents that which. is peculiarly our own. We
can never make a better investment and can never have
a better opportunity. Other fairs we can hold any timo
this the loss wilt be. for all time and
entirely our own.
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THE TARIFF QUESTION.
ther election the Republican party
has found itself face to face with the question of
tariff revision. That could scarcely have been
called a distinct issue in the campaign, that is it was not
debated and thrust forward as the campaign's keynote
and no hearty campaign in its favor was found necessary
for the reason that the Democrats did not see fit to make
it the subject of vigorous attack all along the line.
Nevertheless that issue was never lost sight of by the
voters. The Dingley tariff has been so long before the
country, its inequalities and injustices are so well under
stood, it has been so frequently and justly attacked in
and out of the Republican party that it is expected as a
matter of course something would be done with it at a
sntcial session which it is expected the president will call
the close of the regular session of
congress.
The intimations thrown out by Vice-President-elect
Fairbanks were not sufficiently specific to satisfy anyone
who expects an honest revision. More than this is ex
pected from the president himself. It is believed that
in his forthcoming message he will have something to
say upon this important question and it is expected to
be sufficiently to the point to give hope for that relief to
which the American public is legitimately entitled.
EXFLAIimfO NOAM'S AM.
Ths Danes have been building a vessel
upon ths lines of Noah's ark, as de
scribed in Genesis. The model Is 30 feet
long, five feet wide snd three feet In
height, one-tenth of Noah's measure
ments. It was floated on the sound on
October SO, with a party of professors,
engineers end offlclsls on board, and is
reported to have behaved admirably at
sea. The event confirms the theory that
ths Bsbylonlans had at a very early
period a sea-borne commerce, that
Noah's ship was a saa-golng vessel, and
that it was driven, ss recorded In the
Babylonian annals, by s storm wave up
the Doab of the Tigris and Euphrates
Into the mountslns.
The remembrance of this calamity,
which destroyed whole cities, lssted
long, and grew with the Jews into the
account of a flood. Herr von Dieting
states that the Babylonians kept doves
on board their ships, which they occa
sionally released, and thus, by follow
ing their direction of their flight, were
able to reach land.
MJJIUTB S CHEWS.
From ths St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
"The fourth Jewel screw of a watch Is
so small that to ths naked eye It will
not look like anything more than a bit
of dust," ssys Ed Kelly, watchmaker,
"and la probably ths smallest screw
msde. It must necessarily bs perfect
(n evsry respect, and the character of
the workmanship required on It is II
lnt rated l.v looking at It under a power
ful microscope, when It Is seen that the
threads sverage ISO to the Inch.
"It Is sxsctly 4-100 of sn Inch In di
ameter and over S0.000 could bs packed
Into a lady's thimble with sass. Count
ing thsss screws ts never attempted, of
course, but IN sre weighed on a dell
cats steelyard and ths total number of
an output la arrived at by comparing
the gross weight with the weight of
these. Such tiny screws can only bs
made In large numbers by machinery,
snd the operstlon attending their manu
factura Is ons of the most delicate
things In watchmaking."
The killers are out of date.
St. 1 .011 la, bow do you feel?
How proud we are of dinger
December Is all right, too, in Oregon.
Yea, let's have a big stats fair, too.
And Colorado Is In ths union yet!
has!
Next year wilt be a great one in Ore
gon.
Oh, for a big, courageous, wide-awake
mayor:
Many syea axe on Portland.
worthy.
Let's be
Oh. what a comedy Fairbanks' tariff
reform will be:
Can t there be a trial without the
handwriting expert?
Really, Mr. Mayor, what do you think
of ths city engineer?
Look at ths tariff being reformed by
the friends of the trusts.
The beef trust. If anybody aaks you.
Is still In business and prospering.
Ths stand-patters are not quite surs
whether they are standing pat or not.
What is this ws read of people starv
ing In a Mush district? Breakfast-food
mush, perhaps
What Is ths next legislature going to
do about those shamefully excessive sal
arlea of certain stats officials?
8. B. Ormsby writes to ths Oregonlan
thst be is st Salem. But Is he In the
rlgbt place at Balem. or vicinity T
General Hell ought to have gone to
Mexico, as it was reporiea ne was to o.
In fact. It might have been well If Gen
eral Bell had gone to Mexico before hs
ever cams to Colorado. ,
.Oregon Sidelights
No mors China pheasants, legally.
Lots of ducks, up country. If you go
after 'em.
Woodburn Is going to Improve
-much.
and right off.
Eighteen tons an acre of alfalfa in
Oregon. True business.
Gone out of business: Ths nickel-ln-
the-slot telephone. Albany Democrat.
That's right. It'a a fraud.
Dolph Item In Tillamook Herald:
Irving Hill's blooded bear dogs are
nearly dead from the effects of salmon
poison, but ss Irving is exercising
great medical skill In doctoring them
It is still possible to overcome the
poison.
TK TVallnfl Chronicle Aa another evi
dence of gqM times which make our
people In eastern Orsgon prosperous snd
fat wa would- cite the following ad
vertlssment hsnded us for publication:
"Wanted a pleasant room on second
floor, facing south, by a single gentle
man with a bay window."
Tangent correspondence of Albany
Democrat: Farmers say that at least
three fourths of the farming land has
been seeded this fall which will leave a
small spring crop to bs put In, pro
vided the winter is favorable. Fall
grain looks extra fine and 1s growing
fast; also grass has mads a fair growth
for thla time of the year.
Prairie City Miner: It Is estimated
that the Rlvalllar flour mill will grind
10.000 bushels of wheat this fall. This
will necessitate a continuous run until
the first of the yssr. Ons dollar per
bushel Is the pries offered at the mill,
and the flour Is superior to sny In the
market and takes preference with the
purchaser. Ths mill will make a longer
run thla year than has been made for
several years, and the prospects are an
Increased acreage.
Sumpter Miner: The train handa on
the Sumpter Valley railway paasenger
train, coming over from Tipton yester
day flagged a black tailed deer In the
timber, and lhe boys who carry a Jap
anese naval arsenal In the baggage car
opened fire without hitting the animal.
An excited passenger Jumped off the
train and gave chase. It is said the
woods ore full of deer now, but the train
doesn't wait for hunters. When the en
gineer sights an animal he blowa the
whistle.
Woodburn Independent: Supervisor
Charlea McKee of Monitor precinct has
made a report to the county court show
ing that 11.000 worth of volunteer work
has been done on the Monitor roads dur
ing the paat season. Labor to the
amount of (00 was done in hauling
gravel and IZB0 worth of volunteer
work In cutting down ths grade of the
Boxler httta, ths county donating $250.
The Monitor people and live supervisor
are to be highly commended for the good
showing made with but little financial
assistance from the county.
John Day News: F. I. McCallum.
who made a trip Into the Greenhorns
last week, viewing the young city of
the name and transacting business on
the way, returned home Thursday night.
He reports the mining Industry ss far
more prosperous th4n the newspaper
accounts had led him to believe, and
that many good mines ars running full
blast. Other properties are deep sinking
on aome of the velna, and altogether
the amount of work, under way was s
gratifying surprise to him. He thinks
the future of that mining section Is
sssured.
Tillamook Herald: The survey of the
new water system Is now practically
completed and it la reported that the
direct line from the city to the point of
Intake Is flva and three quartera miles,
this Is a complete surprise In Itself aa
nearly everyone expected It to be not
less than seven miles to the point where
the lntske Is to bs placed. The en
gineer's report on estimate, etc . will be
made as soon as Mr. Chase completes It
and hands It over to the council. Owing
to the Inclement weather snd. very
short days It has been a very tedious
Job. The report is snxlously awaited
by every one.
"We ran trace msny of our sin to
Adam." ssld the breakfast philosopher,
"but there Is ons thst ws cannot."
"What may that be?" saksd the hat
rlerk.
"Walking around with bands In our
I Sets.'
ivustiers
Prom the Monument Enterprise.
The officers have bean scouring ths
country In the vicinity of Dong creek
the past week In search of the horse
rustlers They have been making a gen
eral raid on the semi-organised band of
horse-thieves who have been operating
on the ranges of northern Grant for a
number of years. The rustlers are men
and boys who own a saddle-horse and
outfit but very little other property, and
ride ths ranges almost continually, are
present at every roundup and claim all
the estray horses and always coma In
for a large portion of the colts, and
make a practice of rushing strange
bands of horses through the country in
ths night. Thsss rustlers are suspected
and usually pretty well known to the
officers and- settlers In ths communi
ties where they operate, but their
methods of stealing are so smooth that
It ts difficult, and usually impossible,
to gst sufficient evidence against them
to convict any of ths gang. Their
operatlona extend from central Oregon
to the Idaho line, and It Is known that
small bands of stolen horses srs sent
from the Interior ranges to railroad
stations In Idaho by relays of the or
ganised band who pass the horses from
range to range, never falling to 'take a
few head of local stock from svsry
range through which they drive.
Oeorae Elliott, the 17-year-old youth.
who Is now confined In the county Jail
at Canyon City, has confessed to being
a member of ths gang, and It Is under
stood, given ths namea of the principal
leaders, who. It Is hoped by every settler
who has stock on the ranges In north
em Grant, will be captured or driven out
of the country.
Settlers say that frequently old work
mares that ars turned out In the spring
to aummer on the range, come horns In
the fall with sucking colts branded
with strange or unknown brands; brands
that are not recorded In any brand book
In the country. These brands ars
usually made with an Iron rod, old
horseshoe or even an Iron stirrup, and
np one claims them. At the first favor
able opportunity, the colt disappears.
In this war aettlers and small stock
men over ths country lose hundreds of
head of animals each year.
Within ths paat few years no less
than 10 of the rustlers have bsen ssnt
to ths penitentiary from the different
eastern Oregon counties for horse
stealing. The operstlons of ths rustlers
has become ao bold since the price of
horses has advanced that the settlers
and officers have determined to rid the
country' of them, and consequently, the
concentrated raid that has been In
progress ths paat week. Clyde Jackaon,
James and Rime Mael were arrested
and given a preliminary hearing Tuesday
before Justice Bowman, but for lack of
evidence were turned looss.
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BTJTXDTjra.
Robert Cluett, prealdant of Cluett.
Peabody A Co., of Troy, N. Y., the
large collar manufacturers. Is having
plana drawn fpr a six-story, modern
Young Men's 'Christian association
building for Troy. N. Y., which h wtll
erect, at his own exponas, on a lot he
has purchaasd, adjoining ths present
$100,000 building of ths association
This will bs given over exclusively to
school boys In the day time and boys
working In the collar and other manu
factories"" or Troy, In ths evening.
Mr. Clustt Is not unfamiliar with ths
Young Men's Chrtstlsn association. He
has been for 10 years president of the
Troy association, which was organised
largely at his suggestion, and Is a mem
ber of ths state and International com
mittees of ths association When asked
why he made this gift, which may ex
ceed $100. noO. he said: "Aa s business
man, employing large numbers of young
men (over 1,000), I have had opportun
ity to study association work on ths out
side. From observation and actual ex
perience. I have reached the conclusion
that nothing yields a larger return than
money and effort devoted to work for
young men and boys through the Young
Men's Christian association. Ths suc
cess of the association's work has bsen
so pronounced that the large building
provided seven years ago is now Inade
quate to meet the demands That build
ing was erected to accommodate 100
men, and now 1.100 members ars on ths
roll, snd they represent every employ
ment, condition and class of life. This
bullr'jng will be given over entirely to
the boys between 12 and 17. In ths nsw
building sleeping rooms will bs provided
for 7 5 men at moderate prices; also a
well conducted restaurant, where, with
agreeable surroundings, men can secure
good food at prices they can afford to
pay. The motive which prompta me to
provide such a building Is found in ths
deslrs to surround the boys and young
men of Troy with such good Influences
as will make It more difficult for them
to fall Into temptation "
eight mourn BAT.
From the Grants Paaa Herald.
The oregonlan aays that the attempt
to regulate the hours of labor by legis
lation Is fallacious, for the reason that
the same are controlled by economic
law. Thla might be good logic If all
similar matters were left to adjust
themselves according to ecenomlc con
ditions. But living aa we do under
the control of a party that haa for Ita
chief object the maintenance of high
tariffs to enable Its beneficiaries to fix
prices In defiance of all economic laws.
It Is not strange If the laboring classes
are afflicted a little with the same kind
of heresy. And, Inasmuch as they
furnished a large part of the votes to
maintain Republican prosperity, they
should not be denied a shars In It The
party that preaches for three hundred
and alxty-four days In the year that Re
publican (tariff) legislation makes the
people wealthy and prosperous, la In
a poor position to deny the efficacy of
legislation to lop off an hour or two
from the working day. It may be pos
sible that laws limiting the hours of
labor are paternal, but thla would bs a
cowardly argument fo be made by the
Republican party In view of Its tariff
policy and Its attitude as expresesd In
Its plstforms In favor of ahlp subsidies.
What Is ssuce for the rich gander the
poor gooae cannot be made to believe
la deadly poison for him.
WB CAM ST A WD X rT TOTJ OAM.'
Clark Howell, In sn Interview
"The south Is not going to Indulge
Itself In worries or vain regrets. With
ths greatest cotton crop It has ever
known, and the whole world after It st
high prices, the south greets the other
sections of our common country with
cheerfulness and confldenoe. Down bars
ws have our eyes turned hopefully to
ward ths futurs. Ws have gone through
msny a worse experience, only to corns
out smiling. With the lion's shars of ths
prevailing national prosperity due to a
beneficent Providence, and not to ths
Republican party we sand greetings to
the sister states north and Wast anal
assure them ail we can stand It If they
can."
Psspls who remained away from ths
Murquam last evening because of the
unsatisfactory title of the bUl "Who's
Brown?" missed what Is really the
most amusing farce witnessed In Port
land this season. A company or tal
ented players, headed by William Morris.
presented It.
"Whoa Brown?" Is ons of ths playa
produced In New York by the stock
compsny at Proctor's Fifth Avenue the
atre. Paul McAllister waa then the
leading man, and It was, In a wsy, s
continuous performance two shows
daily. (I mention this to ase If some of
the vaudeville lovers cannot he Induced
to attend the Marquam tonight.)
The atory Is of a man who gets Into
the car of a Ferris wheel In London
with another man's wife, and at about
the moment their car reaches the high
est point, a break In the machinery oc
curs and ths Wheel stops. They srs
compelled to spend the night In mid sir
The rest of the plot principally concerns
their efforts to explain the all-night at
senee. respectively, to wife and husband.
The complications sre interesting, but
the farce would assuredly fall In the
handa of lass capable people.
Mr. Morris, who In olden days played
with Frohman's Empire company In
such favorites aa "Men and Women"
and "Ths Lost Psradlae," and with such
stars as Georgia Cayvan and Maude
Adams, la a capital light comedian, aa
well aa a romantic actor. His work in
"Who's Brown?" establishes his versa
tility beyond question. Aa Mrs. Temp
est, Miss Margarst Draw was thoroughly
charming. Her gowna ars magnificent
and she knows how to wear them. Miss
Csrrls Hastings, who plays Mrs. Brown.
Is a pleasing picture, but her dialect IS
far-removed from Cockney, which It IS
supposed to be Brown, ths hair dresser
la In ths handa of Tom Magulrs. Me
has his faults, but most of them might
b overlooked If he would pay closer at
tention to Ma wardrobe.
The final performance of "Who's
Brown V will be given tonight.
RACE WHITNEY.
ZBBIOOITS
From the Irrlgon Irrigator.
A year ago there were no Thanksgiv
ing services at Irrlgon, for ths very good
and sufficient reason that there was no
Irrlgon. The sits was hers, then known
ss Stokes, and about half a doasn of us
"pioneers" were here, and wa had a Jolly
good dinner, and something wet, and a
good cigar, the services being presided
over . by Glng Ylck. that versatile ori
ental who aavlss Msllcan man's palats
so well thst h can prepare mors savory
dishes to tickle It than there ars fleas on
a yaller pup.
But no such word aa Irrlgon had then
appeared In any gaseteer or lexicon, and
In fact It had not yet been thought of by
those who later coined it.
The length of a year depends upon ths
point of view: the record of a year can
be vlswsd by the minds of those who
have helped make It almost as quick as
a flash but In living through ths year
that makes the record of a new town
thsrs comes to those who sre helping
in the growth and development every
ddy a new duty, every hour a nsw ob
stacle, at every turn something to dis
hearten and discourage, and In ths battle
the weak falter, the pessimists faint
and only ths optimists survive to reap
the reward.
And' our reward Ilea In ths faet that
here on ths asnds that wsrs always con
sidered worthless, on a plain that was
always considered barren In a portion
of Oregon which other sections of the
state wars ashamed of and shunned as
they would a plsgue on such a spot
we have founded and budded a town,
and Its foundations sre sure and perma
nent and steadfaat, and In the short
space of 11 months we have brought to
gether, comfortably housed and dom
iciled, a population of 310 happy and con
tented and prosperous people, equaling
in Intelligence, and all that goes to make
up a good community, any Ilka number
of souls In any town in the land.
As Thanksgiving day ISO! dawned
upon us we had not more than four small
patches of partially Improved land and
but thrss buddings, and brave the soul
and stout the heart and aturdy the mlr.s
that could look beyond that dawn a year
hencs snd see our lovely Irrlgon of to
day, with her hundred buildings and 76
tracts of land wholly or partially under
cultivation.
As to our Thanksgiving of thla year
we all entered into it with heart and
soul, for svery man, woman and child
felt that we had much to be thankful
for; and If we did not all give thanks
In the same way, If we did not all aaaem
ble and by word of mouth give praise to
Him who glveth all, still each In his or
her own way lived a day of thanksgiving.
And who is there to deny us the right
to do upon such occasions as our fore
fathera did, give thanks in our own way.
WOStAJT AJfS
From the Silver Lake Oregonlan.
One day laat week while In camp
alone at the Horning bend about 10
miles from here, Mrs. D. B. Conrad and
her little baby were called upon by a
large brown bear who seemed to take
it for granted that he owned the largest
portion of the csmp.
The lady shot at ths bear several times
and finally succeeded In persuading him
to depart
Shs then took the baby and made her
way about a mile to where Mr. Conrad
and a crew of men were building a fence.
After listening to a real bear story, of
course, the boys were strictly on the
bear hunt. Nothing more was seen of
ths bear until the following night, when
a nolae waa heard In the cook tent Bear
waa the first thought and shot gun,
butcher knife and ax followed. With
this aaaortment of weapons they forced
Mr.' Bear to take a tree, Conrad, Hint on
and Joe Bush slso cooned a tree. Mra.
Conrad picked up the gun which waa ly
ing at the foot of a tree thst held a
"brave" man, and after firing a few shots
the bear fell out of the tree dead. At
this moment the bear hunters came down
from their places of rescue and carried
the animal to oamp, where bear meat was
served for breakfast.
This startling adventure will go down
In history as ths first true bear story In
which a woman haa taken the most ac
tive part
FOX XXMSS MY A kOOSTEa.
From London Answers
When once an animal's temper has be
oome thoroughly aroused. It Is strange
how utterly regardless It becomes of
the strength of the object of Its anger.
At Compton Pauncefote, In Somerset
shire, a fox waa killed In a poultry yard
by an Infuriated cock. It appears thst
ths fox made a raid on the young
chicks, and after killing several be
longing to certain hens, turned its at
tention to the brood of another. This
conduct, however, the plucky cock would
not permit without a struggle, and. rush
ing st ths fox. It was fortunate enough
to pierce It In the eye with Its spur
With suoh force thst ths spur pene
trated right Into the fox's brain, be
coming so securely fixed thst the victor
could not remove It without the assist
ance of a farm laborer, who had been
an Interested spectator of ths contest
between the Ill-assorted pair.
(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.)
(Oeeyrtgkt. lS04.br W. K Hearst.)
Thank God for life, in such an age aa
thla.
Rich with the promise of better things.
Thank God for being part of this great
nation's heart.
Whoaa atrong pulsations ars not ruled
by kings.
Our thanks for fsarlsss snd protesting
spsesh
When cloven hoofs show 'neath ths
robss of state.
For us no servile song of "Kings can
do no wrong"
Not, royal birth, but worth, makes
rulers great
Thank God for peace within our border
lands, -And
for ths love of peace within each
soul.
Who thinks on peace has wrought mosaic-squares
of thought
In the foundation of our future goal.
Our thanks for lovs, and knowledge of
loves laws
Lovs la s greater power than vssted
might.
Love is the centrsl source of all endur
ing force.
Love la the law that seta the whols
world right.
Our thsnks for thst increasing torch of
light
Ths tireless hand of science holds
shroad.
And may Its growing blase shins on all
hidden ways
Till man beholds ths silhouette of
God!
December I Ths morning was fine.
but In ths afternoon the weather became
cold, with the wind from the northwest.
The father of the Mandan who waa
killed brought us a present of dried
pumpkins and some pemittgon. for which
we gave him aome small articles our
offer of asslstancs to avenge ths death
of hla aon seemed to have produced a
grateful respect from him, ss well aa
from the brother of ths deceased, which
pleased ua much.
3T0RIE3 TOLD BY DOCTORS.
From ths Chicago Tribune.
T had Juat fallen into a aound sleep,"
said the doctor, who doss not like to
maks night calla, "when a compara
tive stranger called me up on the tel
ephone and Implored me to come to
hla house to attend his wife. Asking a
few questions to learn the nature of the
Illness, I Informed him that in all my
practlcs I had seen but one such ease
which proved fatal. Immediately, to
my great relief, he mumbled something
about sending In the morning If he re
quired my services snd rang off, and I
hurried back to bed."
A surgeon tells of a patient who was
shout to undergo sn operation for ap
pendicitis, but before submitting to ths
kplfs ssnt for his pastor, ss that he
could be opened with prayer.
The late Dr. Austin Flint once saw tn
consultation a desperately alck man.
Waiting a reasonable time for some One
of the family to pay his fee, he ssnt a
bill "To ths estate of , deceased."
By return msll hs received a letter
from the indignant pstlsnt denying ths
allegation.
The doctor had Juat come out on his
front doorstep for a moment's rest,
when his friend across the street called
out to htm: "Tou take life easy." Now
the friend wonders why ths doctor
shuns his soclsty.
monnsi nw wntfi,
From the Pall Mall Gaaette.
Ths Indian papers contain Interesting
accounts of a scheme which Lord Kitch
ener Is setting on foot with a view to
Increasing ths efficiency of the British
regiments in the three presidencies. Thla
tskes the form of organising a competi
tion on a large seals between the dif
ferent battalions sll over the country.
The main outlines of the project ars ss
follows: On ths conclusion of each
corps' annual period of field training a
praetlce camp Is to be formed. Thla
will bs sttsnded by sll regiments in the
district, end during their presence there
the troops will be tested by staff officers
from headquarters la ths Instruction
given them under regimental arrange
ments The subjects of this exsmlna
tlon sre to Include the practice of the
attack and defense formation, route
marching and output duty, both by day
and night. An allotment of marks up
to a grand total of 500 may bs earned,
snd each battalion will thus hs abls
to ses not only how It stands relatively,
but also In which part of Its training It
Is deficient The route marching teat Is
to be made under service conditions the
men being required to travel 15 miles
and attack a fortified position. Marks
will be deducted on a fixed seals for In
efficiency In marching and shooting. The
unit In each branch which earns the
highest aggregate In the opinion of a
specially appointed board of examiners
will be presented wit., a cup by the com
mander In chief. A wealthy spirit bf inter-regimental
rivalry should thus be
established.
zsn:
aoaooic.
Dr. Grenfell. on Labrador, la Leslie's
Monthly Magaalne for December.
The absence of all conventionalities
and restrictions In Labrador la also very
refreshing. A perlpatetla minister was
called on at a place known aa Spotted
Islands to marry a couple who were
awaiting a chance for the ceremony.
The bridegroom waa an elderly mai
who was a kind of king In the place.
When the mlntater arrived at the Island
he found all the Islanders sssemhled
In the little schoolroom awaiting him.
It waa not till ne actually entered the
building that he discovered the bride
was ths deceased wife's sister. This
being a forbidden relatlonehlp. he re
fused to proceed, whereupon the Intend
ing bridegroom quietly remarked "Nev
er mind, Mister. One of thsss others
will do." So. turning to ths expectsnt
crowd, he selected s suitable partner,
and she being willing, "all want as
gaily as a marriage bell."
or wobijB.
From Magaalne of Myaterlea.
Ths Iste king of Saxony Isft the rich
est collection of crown Jewels In Europe.
One glass case In ths "green vaults
st Drssden contains assorted seta of
the most costly gsms. In one Is noth
ing but sapphires. In snothsr emerslds,
tn anothsr rubles. In another diamonds.
In another pearls. The largest rubles
wslgh 41 snd 59 csrata. The rarest gem
la s green dlsmond, weighing 40 carsts.
There sre two of Martin Luther's rings
h
Lewis ana Clark
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and one of Meier -don's ,