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PunUahed every evening' ( except
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' A DOUBLE EXTRA FOR THE
,-,y;., i r'-.. . COMPANY.
t.
IT IS QUII
; ' to relieve
, ' $4,000 in
IETLY RUMORED
lieve the Pacific Constructioricompanjr of the
penalties incurred through delays in com
plrting the Morrison street bridge within the time fixed
bv the contract 'It is also said, thsfcit. will be, relieved of
. the -necessity of removing the old bridge piera in the
v- river channel at each aide of the draw. -; ' 1 '
"Taking alt things into consideration, the Pacific Con
J" ' atruetion company has done very well for itself in build
, ' " the Morrison street bridge.- It "was allowed a mass
, v extras which were highly profitable and it was not
; 'submitted to the indignity of being obliged to compete
' " 1 W'th other bidders in. price. It is currently reported, in
V , - 1 deed it has the backing of expert Authority, that it had a
" , .very fat thing out of these" extras.
' . ; vestigations and investigations and
'.all were that these xtras were not
c under the charter they could not have
; out competition and the profit in
- big to satisfy even the cravings of
''- V ' -A.. . ! . - : 1;. "
- Then, the matter was allowed to
' when the public was suddenly informed that a meeting
' had been held at which the butt end of what was coming
:r) 'to the construction company for extras had been allowed
and a check drawn in payment of it There was still
left a balance of a few thousand dollars, together with
, the amount the city claimed for delay in executing the
, contract 1 Now it is said, it has been
to grant the full bill for extras but to relieve the com
"' pany of the penalties for failure to complete the contract
.on time and also to relieve it of the
removing the old piers, which are still lodged in the river.
' It is scarcely conceivable that such a program will be
carried out but such strange things have happened that
. even preposterous, things are sometimes done almost as
' t a matter of course. The public has been held to . the
. - strict letter of the contract;. it has paid for extras not
originally contemplated and it is conceded it baa paid for
them a price that left a juicy margin of profit,. Why
. now should not the public a end of it be now considered
:. and the company held to the letter of its contract? No
other view of the case is warranted or justified-. The
public has paid much more for the service than waa orig
, inally intended or seemed to be justified.'- The company
Jias nothing of which to complain
.' much. It was put to great in convenience and the mer-
chants of the city suffered much by the delinquencies of
the construction company.: The penalties were fixed be
. ; cause .of that , expected outcome and, the company has
reason to congratulate itself that payment of the, extras
.has not been enjoined, as it should have been, until. the
.i, matter of these extras was probed to the very bottom
- -and everything in relation to them' laid bare. ''' ,,
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THAT NEWSPAPER GRAFT ON THE STATE. '
A
:Ti-EVERY TURN in public
most unexpected places one
, in some shape or other. '
, such" proportions as to arouse public apptetUcnsion; then
again it assumes petty larceny guise which, while it ir
' fhates chiefly, arouses contempt I V; I ;
"-. Admitting that the state abo'uld pay for any. news
. . papers for the members of the legislature,. if is certain
:: ; : that the priee charged should be no greater than that
which a private, individual pays. ':. Why, for instance,
should the Telegram charge to cents a week for its paper
. printed six days a 'week and throw-in a chromo besjdea
to its regular subscribers, and charge the state 30 cents
. v a week. for. the same service, thus cheating the state ont
;H.bf $70 or more? Why should the Oregonian charge $90
I more than it would be only too glad to furnish papers to
fthe same number of private subscribers ' for? The
I amount involved are small, but the principle is precisely
the. same and when a paper criticises graft in one direc
tion1 it should at least be able to show
?are clear.'v, -.v-r.:v '' -"'.' -' ' V
' .All of the' country papers, tt begins to appear, did not
get the benefit of the graft The papers were forwarded
to a man named . Burgnarot t oaiem ' who is a news
dealer and at the. tame time agent for the Portland Ore-
.' gonian and Telegram.' Some of these
to him at Vi cents a copy and some of
: but they went into the state at 5 cents a copy and that
,"f was the price allowed. In such cases the graft involved
: could not have gone to the newspapers and the Ore-
I gonian- representative at Salem must have enjoyed the
,4 benefit of the money which, accrued. " .
Back, of all this is the broad principle that the public
has a right to demand and should receive the aame
.' service for the aame money as a private individual would
demand under the same crreumstances. : There' is graft
and graft, some of it so huge that from its very size it
'.commands a. certain degree of consideration if not re-i-epect
but the petty larceny grafter, the man or institu
tion which squeezes a cents , a copy more than ia
'ordinarily asked by a newspaper, is entitled to a place
.of his own In the public estimation and it cannot be a
very high one. Isn't it time that the petty larceny
grafter was receiving some attention and what better
time could there be than right now? The newspapers as
a rule are critical of public servants. 'They. must be to do
; their duty. But while doing it they Jhust not permit
' themselves to rest under the stigma of being grafters
themselves. If any of them charged the state their reg
ular subscription rate and if that rate was raised for the
benefit of some grafter at Salem they should, fof their
.l t own sake, make it plain to the public, otherwise their
civ? vfuture criticisms will .not be received with either the'
'.',t' good grace or the consideration they might otherwise
;;';;deserve ' .-'
cxAjrcn roa ajti
' ). ';' From the Waablnato Post .-,,,.
, j "A friend of - mine, who went to pay
. 1 fits bill not long since at a faahtonabla
: Florida hotel," said T. BJ.'Coaverae, "was'
. I given a statement which showed blm ia
f debted to the house to the extent ef
. Hi. "'; -i ' -
, As be bad been there aaiy four daya,
J i and bad bad few extras, bo thought it
- ' little steep, but be never flinched. Open-
1 ing ap a rat roll, he extended a huge
1 bunch of bills te the eashler, with the
A remark: "Quaes again,, I've got more
i money tnaa that."1' "
, ... j.
"'-rim as Waa as sjeatla. '
Free the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The unBODUlar sailer smiled la tila
' tnoat taking war. .
4 -And may I have the feltelt? f eaH
Ing o yea agaia next wwak. Jaiae Pe
M00T' S . ' . .., :
The ymnf womea resolutely shook
.ker bead. 1 . .1 ,. . .... . ....
. T afraid lnot, Mr. Vaa Linger.". .
f "A ad have yea ao in mare evenings
' .next wek, Mlaa De Boor -
"Ne. Mr. Yea Linger., Alt my Mrure
Aevetiie were last week.- Oood eveu-
n.n T T A T T X7V - T Va T T "O X.T A'"' T
INDBPBNDENT NEWSPAPER , : : ? '' '..'."''
: PUBLISHED t BY - JOURNAL r PUBLISHING CO.-
Sunday) and rwr Sunday moraine at TUWBuBlinfc'" Flfti enJ'YembirJ
- : etreeta, Portland, Oregon. ... :'..;--,.,-.,.-,-''-'' :,t
OFFICIAL PAPER OP THE CITY OF PORTLAND
CONSTRUCTION
H'
QOD
that it la now proposed
There have' been in.
the sum total of them
actually required, that
isted before its
been inserted with
service to the city
them waa sufficiently
the construction com-
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blow over for a time,
determined not only
cost and trouble of
while the public has
they are now and
patldn would teem
not far off and
thus be realized.
SUPERIOR
affairs and in the
portant
stumbles upon gratt i
Sometimes it reacbei
the ' selection-of
and "feport rupon
at its next session.
to go to the very
vestigation. It
law are sufficiently
so that they tnay
code that for the
It Is jo years
that its own skirts
papers were billed
them at a'i cenu,
directions entirely
question as it
present the result
... - '.' 'r H'
ef Oldest XahaW
- 1 From the Philadelphia Kecord.
No ; doubt the present winter will
produce A large crop of oldest Inhabi
tants" who will expatiate for the ben
efit of tha generations to come on the
severity of the cold, the heavy snows,
and the. ox roasts which used to take
place eh the Ice of the frosen rivers
In the time whea they ware boys.. Na
ture haa taken care that the fashion of
talking about : old-faahloned winters
shall not go out of fashion. ' - "
tt Qaajmed.- . .
"Tea. my boy's got a posltloa In a bank
and he's going to be president of that In
stitution some day." . '-.'I
"Bright r .
"Well, sir, he can elrn bia name so tbat
no one ean possibly make out the signa
ture." : ' - ::.; ' . ' ,
' The OoBBsasm Oontplaiaa.
'"There would be fewer people bowling
about graft" remarked the congreaemaa
from MndHck llprlnes.i"lf" '
"If whatr asked the dignified senator
from Utalahoma.
- If more people bad been getting A
erhack at the aroeeeda.'' ; . : , t ,
JNO. P. CARSJOU.
PLEASED WITH THE PAPER.
RIVER, Or, March 6. To the Editor -
0 The Journal I write to let you know .,
that vour . naoer is. the best ' paper , in this
' state; it is the paper -I have long been looking for.
; I like to read about Russia for Finnland was the land
of my birth some 58 years ago. Wft Finnland when
! 17 years of age to sail the seas and have been pretty ,
much all over the 'world. I arrived in California in
,.1869 and came to Oregon in 1876, and have been -fn
' Hood River 24 years, v Russia has seen its best days
and we wait until spring open, kriowing what will
; ' happen. : -. ; n ".j: , J..-: P. HILLSTROM :
Very few newspapers anywhere receive .more evidence
of. the appreciation and confidence of its readers tnan
does -The Journal Everyone of them tells much the
same story in one respect that it fills a need which ex
- doming and that it' haa and is rendering a
and atate which is highly appreciated.
Ithas been a noteworthy Tact in the history of The Jour.;
nal that the first and strongest evidence of appreciation
came to it from ontside of Portland. From the very
first there was a hearty response from the country dis
tricts and the smaller towns of the state. The people
there seemed to .realize at once the objects aimed at and
the good which must necessarily follow the line &f policy
indicated by the newspaper itself. For many month's the
circulation of the paper was equally divided between the
city and country, the growth there keeping pace with the
growth here.. ' First impressions . of - the paper were
strengthened by tits subsequent course, by its evident
purpose to carry out the promises which it had made and
nowhere haa it stouter, friends or more loyal supporters
than in the smaller towns and country districts of Ore
ton and Washington. Of course much more than half
of the entire circulation is nowionnd in Portland. Here
is the bulk of the most easily reached population and this
is the natural outcome -when the paper baa become thor
oughly established. There is one obvious lesson to be
drawn from this atate of facts, however, which is that the
people of the country were riper than the people of the
city for the reforms to whkh The Journal haa given ex
pression and the evidence of that win soon be made apparent'-'
".' ''-."', ;'-'' .;'.':'' ,.v
Our Hood River friend should make a note of the fact
that they are having an early spring in Manchuria as
well as in Oregon, or if they havent they are accepting
whatever weather they have as spring weather and mak
ing the best of it The Japanese were never so active as
the way they are doing things to Kuro-
to indicate that decisive results are
the wishes, of our correspondent would
, ' ' ,'V-. : ",-'-', 'L : V --..r-r-r":
MEN FOR THE TAX BOARD.!
NE OF THE MOST, and in a sense Ihe most im
'duty, that now devolves upon the gov
ernor, secretary of state and state treasurer, is
a board of Commissioners to examine
matters of assessment, of taxation of
propertyr collection of revenues and taxes and to frame
all laws on that subject for submission to the legislature
'The board is granted ample powers
heart of the question, to summon in
dividuals or representatives of corporations before it, to
examine them under oath and to call for books and
papers that may shed light upon the matter under in
win be seen that the provisions of the
radical to give a qualified and honest
board the opportunity to get to the very root of things
be able to present to the legislature a
first time will get this important ques
tion upon an approximately scientific and equitable basis.
since a similar opportunity was presented
to the people. In the meantime, and long before that
they suffered under conditions which everybody acknowl
edges 'are inequitable. The. burdens of taxation have
fallen with disproportioned weight upon the people least
able to bear them, while intangible property haa in many
escaped taxation. To go into the
should "be gone into and to collate and
of these labors m a manner that will
not only meet with legislative approval, but which will
pass -the gauntlet of the courts and appeal to the intel
ligence and sense of fairness of the people themselves, is
a task which will call for unusual qualifications. There
will be heeded not only a high order of specialized in
formation, but it must be becked by practical experience.
Men who are recognized as specialists in this branch of
knowledge are required but tbey must be something
more than that Tbey should have the backbone to re
sist any undue, pressure which is brought to bear upon
them coupled witn the intelligence to defend and uphold
they positions which they assume. They should be men
of responsibility and character, above suspicion of self-
seeking or representing any special interests, and the re
sult of their work would demonstrate that fact.
' Men of this stamp are unusual men, but tbey can be
found, it they are named on the board, the result which
they will produce will very likely meet expectation and
afford the relief which has so long been sought. If men
Of any-other description are appointed to the board, the
result of .the work may be predicted now, just as well
as a year hence, for it cannot fail to be unsatisfactory
and the cost of it will be just that much, money literally
thrpwn away. The Journal, for the sake of the whole
people, bopes to see a board appointed that will folly
meet the requirements. - , ' -
, aTOTsaJI sTT mUMB. "t -
From the Chicago Journal '"
Of late yea re the number of writers
among the- Cberokeea baa greatly In
reased. There are - historians la the
trlue whose works are seed a text,
banks in the Indian acboola.' and . who
are cited as authorities not to be dis
puted. There era also Indians whs
have wrltwa codes of law which before
being put In permanent form bad bean
banded down from generation to gen
eration. - The Indiana today obex these
la we with a greater reverence than
they do the laws, of the United Stat,
There are Indian novelists novelists
who devote their time to entertaining
the Indian mind with romance with
entangled plots and blood eurdlifig cli
maxes. . These books are popular .among
the Indians. Edition after edition of
one worka Is published, and tbey are
read by buck- and seuaw alike. v 1
mettnfca " 1 wlar.." said the vary
laay man. "that I liked to work, so it
wouldn't be so disagreeable to me when
I waa compelled to do eo. And then I
rt to thinking that maybe if I liked It
would be at tt all the time, and 1
eaa't bear the Ukougbf.
: ' "'''i.':. y'f.
J
Small Ckange
TI onty thing- that ww ufb AtA
No. -the esar won't make, nor oaa b
nave, peace. ..
-Stoessol Is no coward; be baa. gone
. This year haa II Sundays In which
people oaa M food. ; ;-. , f-.'i
xHerhapa a court martial wilt b Kuro-
pauin's reward alao. , .
' Perhaps 'Taddy would not objeet If
all senators were ehlorotornted at .
What to the matter with William Anon
WhltaT Haa be sot Standard Oil atockT
A New Tork'proachar.dyartlsaa to
marry opl whtlo they wait But tna
more nrgtnt aaed la to a court that will
dlvoreo you without waJtlna. -
trjtxly tha BUnford mystery wni
ami b fully '- solved except la that
court whom lode, people- uaed to be
taught, atta en a areat white Uiroaa.
-. ' !
- The only thtnsr that the New Tork
City . Democrats can plead la extenua
tion la that they ara not quit so poliu
eajly rotten as the- Philadelphia. Bepub-
licana. . ; ' . -t . -"-y ...
' Harry Milter la 4 shrewd, bard-beaded
bualneoa man, who. while not of the
moat ajcuiaiiiie diaposiuoa la toejrona.
haa a lot of aehae and . deserved . bis
promotJon.. , :
"And itm," ebaarvoa the Peoria Herald-Transcript,
lt la hard to flamre out
bow It could be loinf statehood If It pro
vides for prohibition." Are there no
joints, brother, in prohibition states T
Mrs.' Cnadwtek win not tan bar rla-ht
or former nam, or names. And aa to
her ace. alnce ahe raoovered from the
hysterica, there never waa a lawyer bora
who could Bud that out . , : -
8e etal small oollaa a. among them
Pactno mil re tatty at Forest Grove and
Whitman eoUce at WaUa, Walla, will
not agrea to the propeamoa that ut. D.
K. Paarsona of Chic co. aboald have
been cfak piufufiuad at sa. . He la eighty-
odd, and dotng . more -'good than ever;
God bleaa him. - w ;.
I Oregon SideUglitfl
Peeetopuswst league la a big thing .
-i,, .if f. ,.n , : awaeawame - . . ' f
Big wind en Coos Bay last Sunday. U
' New Bood BJver flour mill running. ' i
"Tillamook baa aa Independent church.
. Lakertew la ateadUy lmpiwvlag.---i-
Another new KrxlOo-foot brick in On
tario. ..:;.. .-.:.-'.' . 1 ,.,r. A- :.V. v-
Tillamook cowmen are Improving their
berda. ... ;- :. - .:.r -.,;
Ne state eejaal ta Oregon for climate
around - North Powder all
gettiag busy. - " '" ,Vr
',., . 1 ' enaasausaawsa l' . " r, -
1 Tmaaook equuty feaw plenty of, good
brick amtenai. l ...... v, . ; ,. j -
The Bend Magaalne elub baa a flae
home of fta own. t ,7 , j
; . , . , , . 1 1 -4 ; ' .
- Sevan new dwellings 'are being con
structed to .-Wasco. .
Hood Hirer apples sell In New Terk
for 71 cents a dosaa. .'N'vi
Work oa Tillamook waterworks ! will
be oommenoed this month. . .' - '.
The railroad aubaldy wol be raised,:
says tha TlOaaaook Headlight
Benda elty ' expenses are tt.Ut a
. Lakevlsw Herald: , The lake trout are
running up the streams new and fishing
is reported quite good. .
Bright auany'daya eoatlnad In south
ern Oregon aad spring seems to be
coming although wa have not yet had
any winter. Jacksonville Sentinel.
Whet! '. . ... ( V
Bend Bulletin: It Is said that trout
are already biting well la the Deschutes,
To ascertain that fact before April L
however, one, must face liability to a
fine of IMS and Imprisonment lot
daya. . . ';- . .. .. ,, ,.
A Hood River man last week plowed
up a radish which was If tt tncbes long;
14 incbae In clreumferenee, and
weighed 14 pounds. The radish bad
been planted last spring aad continued
to grow until a month ago. -
W. F. Matthews baa retired from the
political leadership of the Republican
party In Oregon. Leading Republ loans
are hesitating about putting oa bla po
litical snoss doubtless rearing a mis-
flU Wheeler County News. Coma, too.
Jacksonville Senttneli "There -are II
real estate men now dotng business in
Q rants Pass, and yet the town still
lives and has Its being. .Ne wonder It
became necessary to mark a "dead-line''
on the sidewalk at a certain point for
the protection of pedeetrtaae, , 1
Waiter Ooldaberry recently ' returned
from ' Dayton, Washington, where be
had been visiting his people aad Inci
dentally recovering hie health. Hal Is
only lovesick now. Haines Record.
Well, a Ooldaberry ought te find within
his own resources the remedy for his
disease. . -v
LeEevlew men, according to the "Her
ald, went fishrag eight miles from that
town, cut boles ,1a the ice aad suoceedod
In catching about Ut fine mountain
trout the largest one being about It
Inches long. They used spawn for belt
and say that the boles In the ereek are
full of fish, they catching 14 out ef one
email bole - - .
The) following rood and great spring
news Is scissored from - the Antslona
Herald: Antelope baseball enthusiast
have organised, aad win put a good
team- In the field for the coming sea
son. - The first , practice took place
Sunday afternoon, and there seems te
be an abundance of good material from
which to anooea a team. ,
Hasel Bend correspondence of the Til.
lamook Herald: - The 'youngest rancher
In our locality is Master Ernest Smith.
11 years 01a, who is running the place
during, his father's absence. Ha Is at
present putting up a very substantial
alat fence, setting tha poets and puttlnd
on ins siats ail oy Himself, like vet
eran at ue Business,
vi Elk Cxty8 ;
Kgh Hatcbry
- From the Albany Herald.,.
Master Fish Warden H. 'O. Van
Duaea, of Astoria, eame over from Ta
qutna bey yesterday after spending a
few daya at the flab hatchery on the
Big Elk at the head ef tidewater on
tha Taqulna and left for Balem on the
afternoon train. His visit to the bay
country waa for the purpose of Inves
tigating ' conditions at the hatchery
which . waa for some yeare 4 very
troublesome and expansive part of ' the
equipment of the fisheries department
of tbe atate. - Mr. Van Duaen expressed
hia -dallshV with tbe favorable eon
dltlona found at tbe hatchery and aaye
ht it im now tha bast and most prom
ising of any of tbe hatcheries owned
by the state and will be of Incalcula
ble value In the future. h - .
- Whea the . hatchery wad built the
fisheries department waa skeptical as
to the value aaf the plant aad at the
place where 4t was located three
miles above Elk City-rut experience
haa proven the wisdom ef-the loca
tion ef the plant aad already excellent
results have been aeouree. mousu uw
betobery baa been la operation less
than two years. It waa built In the
fan of 101, aad completed the follow
Ins- inrina
During the past v season s.o,MM
Chinook eggs were - taken ana tne
young fry is now ready te be net out
while at the same point ever 4.000,-
000 of silver-aides were secured end the
nlnnt la now takinc the crop Of Stsel-
heada of which several mUllona will be
secured. Mr. Tea Dusea pronounces
the Taqulna bay salmon, the fall Chi
nook, as anod aa the fall run of that
I pedes in the Columbia river, while the
silver-aides- are U anything, sexier uwn
the same class eaugbt la Columbia, jnd
be expects to use the Taqulna haWh
sry la securing the young fry with
which tn stack ths coast streams above
aad below Taqulna bay for -future uss
Whea tha nlantO waa . first - erectea
ereet trsubla was had la the case of
freshets, the racks being frequently
ton awar by the high waters, aa it
waa almost lmpoaafble to anchor them
te the soft mud banks so as to pre
serve them. But the last racks erected
he says were built so well and strong
as to make them absolutely sate
against the bleb est water ever experi
enced la ths stream and tbe plant ia
good for many years. It has a capacity
of ever (.000,000 eggs and, at the rate
. salmon, have been eeeurea usr
the peat season the phut may have to
be enlarged ia tne near zutura.
Tha state.- fisheries -department win
have a fiaheriee exhibit at tbe Lewie
and Clark fair next summer and ealmon
errs will be batched there for, the pur
nosa of ahowlna the work done by the
department in protecting and fostering
ths riahing industry in tne ataw. -mess
sggs will all be taken -from the Taqulna
hatchery, ae the eondttkme there are
said te be very favorable for the work
and better results can be obtained there
than at aay other point. It la proposed
ta secure there 400.000 eggs of the
steelbead salmon - and other varieties
and after they are hatched pUee them
la eotd storage to check development
until the time they are wanted at tbe
exposition whea they will be takes
there and tbe process ef developing the
young fry wOl be enouneneea tot ue
benefit of the visitors at the fair.
. Tbe serins; run of Chinook salmon
la unknown fat Taeju1aa bay and there
la ia consequence not the profit in the
salmon industry at tbe bay tbat Is en-
Joyed by tbe Columbia river nanermen,
the spring run bringing ths moat -valuable
fish. But the fall run of ftah is
a very p rentable one and Mr. Van De
sen says tbat the Industry at the bey
aad the streams near there will la a
few yeare be very valuable. Tbe annual
profits from tbe flabertes m that aeo
tlo'n. bd expects, will reach the million
mark and be worth more tnan a million
dollars in a, few years If tbe fish hatch
ery work la supported aa It should be.
With an Industry of that kmd to sup.
plement the natural advantages ef the
bay country aad aooea to tne mnarai
resoaroes of . that section. Lincoln
county win In a f sw years rank aa one
Of the richest counties in tne state
end the people of that section wol
doubtless auereciate the great save
tags tbey have and co-operate with the
state authorities la wishing the hatch
ery a success aad fostering so valuable
aa Industry.
. AUUVlOl
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From tbe Chicago Tribune.
. Aa auctioneer bad aa intimate friend
who frequently accompanied him te the
auction rooms, On one occasion the
friend Indulged la hla taste for mimicry
at the expense of tbe auctioneer daring
a sale of horses oood noted ay tne latter.
"The first lot. gentlesMtt." said tbe auc
tioneer. Is a fine young horse.'
"The first lot, gentleman." echoed bis
friend, ia precisely ths ansae tone ef
voire. ia a flae rooms- borse. ;
Tbe aueDoaeer looked aaaoyeo, nut
proceeded: : . -,.
"What ahail we amy te nsgra vmr
"What shell we aay te begin with?"
reMlad theechop"
Still endeavoring Jta conceal nia vexa
tion,-. the auctioneer - called eat, . in
quiringly! ; fl -
Tlva hundred doners r
"Five . hundred dollars,"
echoed pla
friend. -s.- , - , ... .... i .-
"Thank you, stir" cried tbe auctioneer.
bringing down the hammer; "the borne
la yours." - .... . r- ,..
' From Lipplnoott'S Magaalne
Senator Penrose eaye that a friend of
hla residing in Wilkes barre recently en
gaged as nurse a Scotch girl Just come
to tbia country. 4 - - vf ,
-It appears that one Sunday tbe lady
Induced the nurse, who ia tbe strictest
sort ef Presbyterian, te attend a beau
tiful church Just erected in WOJms-
barre. . -i
When the girl returned her ml stress
ssked her if she bed . not found the
church a fine one.'
"Toe. ma'am, " responded the girl. It
Is very beaBtirul."
And tha singing,- said the lady.
wasn't that levelyr ,i ,, , .'
"Oh. yea." re r lied the. nurse. "It was
very lovely, ma'am, but doe't you think
If aa awful way te spend tbe Sab-
betht
tar- v - j ..- .
Prist ef Yisw.
From the New Tork Medical Journal.
Physicians and ethers who neve eaten
lice oooked by a Hindoo, a China maA,
or a southern darkey, must' nave re
markedt the difference between tbe re
sults obtained by these artiste and those
of the benighted cooks of tbe . north.
We Jeafu from an autnoiitatve source
that tbe secret lies la, the following
rectpe:
The rice should be carefully washed
end placed In a kettle of booing water,
which should be est en the keck ef the
range ever a low fire. ..where the rice
should simmer slowly until done. Stir
ring a not Only useless, but . harmful.
If there Is any water left it should be
aJtrelaed off . carefully . and ,.4ae, rice
Should then stand laja-bot plsoe for
some time. ' .- . -
Nothing, should be added during the
cooking, ne salt, no sugar, milk er but
ter. If the cooking has been dons prop
erly, each grain of Tie will stand out
by-Jtaalt-plitssay-dryi and . beautiful.
Served very hot at the table, the rice
Should "then be reverentTy treated With
cayenne pepper and butter, after which
will be revealed to, the eooaumer-one
of the secrets ef the auoeesa of the
Japanese army.
Climate of
Goast Counties
. ' IVan k Wnr tYrtnr TtlbUUe'
. nut mm nannla llvlnS east Of the
rjui mnsa mountains realise the equa
ble aad beneficent qualities of our coast
climate even many of our own people,
fail to note 1U great Contrast with that
of any other portion of America, nr
h ntlM wnrlH. Juat aa the ClHOat
west of the Cascade mounUlna ia far
superior to tbat oa tbe east, .so tne cli
mate oa Ue coast la superior mj w v
the east of the Coast range
The great eeeaa current,' that sweeps
northward along the eoaat to Alaska,
laden with warmth aad moisture, ia the
greatest factor ia our benencent cirmai
Tha nrevallla wind ef our-Winter la
from the warm south. whUe that of sum
mer la from the cool north. These are
the mala causes of the equability of our
temperature, which Is not equaieu in
anv ether nart of the world. -, 1 ; .
. Thranahnut tha ? world the greatest
rainfall ecoura upon tbat aide ef moun
tain ranges that front the eoaaaa, and
faee the prevailing winds end it the
mountains be Men. but "very hum -
nor neeans thslr summits, to fall Upon
ths other -side -But fortune taly the
Coast range . mountains are not very
high, hence not perfect condensers, and
a a-rent nortloe. or vapor posses vvvr
tlMtm ta fill noon tha other side, while
tha Cannula mountains are so high and
cold, that but little vapor escapee to fall
la eastern regions. - v. " : . '
Am aeranxms Idas. : breVaila that It
raiaa all the time In winter along the
aat. We have observed tbat ue num
ber of moods- dara on Ue eoaat are
about the same aa oa Ue eaat aide ef
Ue mountains, for the reason which' we
have stated, vis: the escaping of eo mucn
vmnor Over Us low SUBualU Of our
mountains, v - - '. 1
But Ue ralafan ea the eoaat i nearly
double that ef Ue Umpoua aad Willam
ette - valleya. Usually our eoaat rains
are accompanied by atrong south winds,
aad It raiaa "harder" when It does rain.
We have ne long "drlssllfig" -spells so
conducive to tbe- "blues." Our storms
are warm aad lively; the air la laden
with osone, aad one enjoys putting ea a
"slicker" aad going out into them.' All
nature looks Clean, fresh and alive The
rasa ia areen and growing, aad In Janu
ary Ue buda ere swelling, ana nvaaj
kinds burst late bloom in February.
Not a auownufte oss rauea e run w
ford this winter, - - -"-t .
During ue late cold spell, we bad thin
Ice on. but three mornings, about inch
thick, not cold enough to treese exposed
apples and potatoes. The daya. Were
bright and warm, ana perfectly levsiy.
While tbe Willamette valley waa frosen
up, our neighbor waa harrowing la new
sowa eata. -
Some day , the blessing -of our eoaat
ellmete will be known- and betUr appre
eamted, aad tbe ebeseev climate of all ia
that portion from Cene Btaaee te- the
state ltne, beoanee ef its freedom from
summer fog. aad but little at aay time
Ftem the Hood River Olaeler.
The high flume ef the Fanners' Irri
gating eompeny ever Pine creee: guicn
has been replaced by a flume aad ditch
along the side of the mountain, a
water la new running in tnie eanai.
Monday. Manager A. C Btatto started
out with a force or men te clean tne
ditches and widen Ue mala flume and
esnal In nieces where it ia 00 madefied
too narrow. The canal dug around the
side ef the blurt nee oeea cuastruotea
ran feet wide which la considered
ample for all of Ue water that will
be necessary to carry through Uia
ditch. . ' -"'
The Tarmerr Irrigating eompeny ex
pact te bring dowa between 1,400 aad
1 M laches of - water uta ' summer.
Contracts have already been signed for
1.400 tncbes. There are several parti ea
who h aren't ue money te secure per
ment shares la the dlteh eompeny,
1 if they cannot aeoure. water-' for
their fruit Ueir erope win be a total
failure. '.
Here la a difficult proposition for
Ue board of directors of the company,
and tbey must stent It ia several eaaee
by selling water at so much per Inch
for tbe see son. ..
Some sort ef security wni be taken
on the crops of fanners securing water
ia this meaner. . - '
From the Pilot Reek Record.
R. A. Watson, a herder, who has Just
come In from lone. Morrow county, re-
porta tbe death of many yearlings, be
cause of the scarcity of grass. Tbey
wUl not eat bay. which Is being fed
In abundance, aad owing to tbe drouth
In - that section there Is not' a blade
of grass to be been. Mr. Watson re
ports Ue death of .400 lambs out of
the bead . he had charge or and Bays
hundreds are dying weekly In Uat part
of Morrow county. It la too early te
move the bands to more favorable loca
tions and - the Indications are - that
thousands of lambs will be loot to tbelr
owners before the opening of spring.
Around Pilot Rock the grass la good
and no deaths so- far hare been re
ported. Sheep of all ages are getting
all they want to eat on the hillsides,
which are at -present as verdant as a
country acboo Unarm. -;-- ';
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From Harper's. Weekly. f
The president -of a eertein athletic
elub la Baltimore which haa a fond seas
for amateur exhibitions of ths "manly
art" tells of Ue trials of an Irish boxer
importel from Philadelphia te meet a
local artist. . ,x
It appears that Ue Philadelphia man
waa getting the worst of the argument
wneu was ox nis xriuaus waispureu in
his een -!.-. ,, ?..
"Brace up, eld man. an' stop some of
them blows." - . .
Stop 'ersT murmured Ue uafortua-
ate man. "Do yon eee anny . et tbim
gltthV byr - .
fee
I From tbe New Tork Sun,.---'-The
department of commerce and la
bor aenooncee that last year It added to
Its ' permanent equipment one Bible, a
Moyele, one binocular and one boring
machine. The binocular la ue4- te
watch the trueta from afar, the bicycle
to overtake thma, the - boring machine
te penetrate their seereta, and the Bible
to esse r them. With such a plant at Ha
disposal tbe department ean have ae
good evmiae te offer If It allows a
elngle had trust te escape detection and
trenlsbaneut ta any earner ef Ue nation,
Bi"i-'.-'' m m i 'a
Ten Men iGc-trpl
I mil Sj 11 I iii- a- m- i " -y" -,1-,, -.i-n
' ' V I Pill -
- From Public Opinion. ' " "
' Ths late C. P. Huntington, one of the
greatest railroad sent usee thl. eountrw
has sver produoed, made tha assertion a
tew. months before his death that this
generation would see a consolidation of
aU Us railroads la the United States into
a single eystem. This prediction, which
seams an exceedingly wild statement
when it le made, Is rapidly being ful
filled. The-railroad Industry of the
United States is today absolutely con
trolled by 10 men. There are 1n the
United States about 110.400 miles of rail
road.' Of this mileage these 10 men con
trol no less then 15 per cent or about
140,000 miles. . Included la this mileage
le practically every Important railroad
In tb country. The remaining 50,000
miles not controlled by these 10 men is
composed largely of email and relative
ly unimportant lines. - The movement
toward consolidation haa proceeded too
far now to be stopped. Tbe next few
years will certainly see practically all ef
the few remaining indensndent rallraada
abaorbed by the larger compsnlee, and
the entire r1 WnmA ...... r
will thus be brought under the abeolute
control of a email handful of men. -
It Is Important not to confuse control
with ownership. ; These 10 men own only
a very email percentage ef the enormous
assets ef the railroads. -It is estimated
Uat there are fully 1,000,000 person .
who own the securities of ths railroads
of the United States. In addition every
person who holds a life-Insurance policy
aad every savings-bank depositor ewne
aa Interest ia tbs railroads. Tbe ltfe-ffi-u
ranee oompanlea own about $600,400,
000 of tbe securities of the railroads, and
hold an additional $100,000,000 aa collat
eral. The Investments In railroad ae-
ourtties by the sayings banks probably
exoeed the holdings of tbe life-insurance
oompanlea. ' . j
How ia it, then, tt may be asked, that -these
10 men ere able to control abso
lutely 75 par cent of tbe mileage of all '
or the rauroeda or the oountryT It
would' be Impoaalble to answer . Ula -question
accurately without going into
aa axbauetlve examination of railroad
finance. A simple lllustratioa, however.,'
will help to explain tha present situation '
ia Ue railroad industry. Take Union i
Pacific as aa Illustration. Roagbly ;
speaking, Uia eompeny had 00,OOO,OOO .
of bonds aad 1200,000,000 of common ,
aad preferred stack at the eloae of the
last fiscal year. - Aa bones have no vot
ing power, they eaa be dismissed at once. .
The 100,004.000 of stock oontrola the
eompeny, An actual vptlag' majority
would be a few shares ever 1100.000,000.
It Is not necessary, however, for Ue oon- .
trolling Interests to-own aa actual ma
jority of the stock. " It is only necessary
ror Us management to ewa a rainy
large Interest -la the company, and aa --
long as the property Is managed well
they eaa count oa receiving .Ue proxies 1
of a great deal more than a majority Of
Ue Btoekholdera. During ltt and 117,
when the present Interests acquired cen-
trot of Union Pacific, ths stock of the '
eompeny waa selling around t a share.
At Mm nrlna tha control nf tha tMiuiasnV "
could have been purchased for f 4.000.000. -
But. taking a more liberal estimate, It ia -doubtful
If Ue control of Ue Union Pa- .
elfle ooat Ue present controlling Interest
more than 116,000,000 or 124.000,000,. .
March f. The day was -aonaewhet :
cloudy aad oolder than usual, the wind
from Ue northeast. Snetewhorora vis
ited ua with a atok child, to whom some
medietas was administered. There were
also other Indiana, who brought corn and
dried - buffalo meat, la; , exchange . far
blaekamttk worth, .. ',-. - ';---
' From tha MJlwaukee Sentinel..
"Oeme wardena lead a strenuous ex-. .
urteuee. it la said, and I knew Uat some
of them have to be pretty shrewd to ,
carry out Ue work for which they are .
appointed,' said M. L. ssruaoa, ; -
1 was told a story tn a little town
out 6a the other edge ef Ue state the
other day which bears out this state
ment. .-. '
'A game warden found a man spear- .
Ing pickerel through the lee. At the
elds of tbe little shanty la . which Ue
fishing was done ley a large pickerel.
Tbe game warden atole te Ue hut and
threw open tbe door. . 1
" xna you epear am picxereir he
asked. -
K."t did Ua ' ' ' '.'
Did van know It la nanJns Ue rawr
WelL you see that the fish isn't
dead,' was the assured response. 1 have
been spearing catfish, and that pickerel .
kept getting la the way. I bad te Jab
It lightly and lay it ea ue lee until I
finish fishing. Then I will put It back.
Tbe game warden walked off.-
From Us New Tork Telegram.'
Many friend e ef United States Senator
O. H. Piatt of Connecticut are desirous
of having it known (l) that the senator
la not being proceeded against looking
to being ousted from tbe senate; I .
tbat Ue senator is not being sued for
breach of promise -They think it Is
probably another senator of ths same ;
name Senator O. H. Piatt of Connect!- -:'
cut, hla, friends aay further, has not a .
trouble, an acne, er a pain, beyond -
being consumed wlU patriotism and a
hankering for old-fashioned ample syfup. -
"That which we et rrom Vermont,"
says he, "la so ethe realised and sublt- -
meted Uat It la impossible to get the
genuine old-fashioned artlola."
1 1
oounrr non pobtbt.
- From the Antelope Herald. '
Stockmen turn from', their empty e
barns aad vanished -haysUoks to . the
brown bills to see If Ue grass ia com-,
Ing,, creeping, . creeping .everywhere.
The lean cows and horses . Uat have '
weathered Ue wintry blast are leaving '.'
the highland a and' nmrooks for. the
warm and , sunny canyons,-to nip the
tender sprigs of grsss tbat are spring- '
Ing up on the alluvial beds.
Sjs the People Seetde. -- , ;. .
From Ue North Tamhlll Record,
The referendum wlU be Invoked by 'a
non-partisan movement te ude-,Vhat
was done by a strictly partisan legis
lature Thus we eee, la order to - pro ,
tsct ourselves from being plundered, '
requires Independent action. Tbe man
who sticks to a party, right or wrong.
s a dangerous men te good govern- 11
rati,. .'..:-,',. .
- Trouble' Segaa sMght There. -1 -:,
From Ue LoolsviUe Courter-Jobrnal. '
"I am going to compile a book of
my baby's smart Barings," . declared
proud Mrs. N 00 wed. , That do yen
think would make an appropriate tltler
" 'Borrowed" Brightness,' " . auggasted
Mine Bulfaric. . .. :" , v..
' This was , why they stopped speak-
tag, ; v- t. -
'.Lewis and dlarJk:
a,.e,M M'.a ..: -4
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