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THE; OR E GO N; DAILY JOURNAL? 0 r, -
:;rv;.f,;Av: v AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ; : ''. ' ' . ' H11 AuhaXlgC J
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PUBLISHED BY., JOURNAL! PUBLISHINQ Qa
JNO, P. CAMOtL
-Published every evening '( Sunday) and every Sunday rnai-aing
,v:;C'vi' mv';v:-";- ' streets, Portland, Oregon. '
M -The Journal Bufldmg., Fifth And YMBhffl
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
THE DAY OF THE NEWSPAPER "SQUARE DEAL? HAS COME.
A V
HE-extraordinary resolutions adopted at jo mon
sterrnass meetings last night . denouncing the
,".' ) course OI ill urciionin ana incmcnisiiy lum
"' mending the coarse of The Journal was in do sense the
- result of a sudden pique bnt the culmination of a. series
of irritating experiences -, extending i' over a -period of
many years. When a pn fighter came to Portland he
could rest assured that not only would his picture be
printed in the Oregonian, but a long and exhaustive story
'V would go with it showing clearly his position in the fistic
" world; if a boss gambler undertook any new enterprise, if
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, ii rcoovtica ni puce anu suuci to itiuvaiuu,, 11c
'ji.'ttl sure to find Commendatory words in the succeeding
issues of that paper. On the other.hanrf.if there was any
' movement m the direction of the betterment of the com
, tnunity, in raising its moral tone, in curbing the excesses
of those who under th protection of the law most flag
-"Cwntly violated ic the public might look, for' the fleers
and sneers of the Oregonian and never be disappointed
tn finding them.. Indeed if the editorial and local col
'j urans of the Oregonian might be relied upon as an index
V .. of the feelings of the people of Portland and Oregon the
- moral outcasts, the men who were insidiously working
, to upturn the established order of things and subvert all
v things that were good and true, were not the gamblers
V nd divekeepert, but the men who had the hardihood to
'. represent and speak for the churches and those agencies
- which, elsewhere are fostered and stimulated because of
. the uplifting influences which are believed to flow from
v; them.
If all of this were an occasional manifestation of pre-
, jodice and bigotry, if there were times when any moral
movement received not encouragement but' fair treat
meat, a spontaneous outburst of feeling such as char
cterixed the great meetings last night would not have
been possible, : But it . was tha realization that this
coarse of treatment had crystallized into a definite and
"unvarying policy, that all movements for the betterment
of humanity would always receive precisely the. same
. treatment, that the men who stood forward to represent
J them would be bitterly reviled, and belittled with gibes
;, . and Jeers that gave united expression to the long pent up
indignation which had been steadily growing with the
passing years.- , , ' -: ,. ; ... -. "
The religiouamovement now in progress here is but
ithe expression of a' world-wide sentiment It is the in
evitable backward awing of the -pendulum from the ex
trenre of materialism to the sweet and simple faith of an 1
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Barrah tor Xing Ralnl ' (
' Nature helps to clean up. ,
TaJrbnka for praldBt nit. , . --Come-out,
Uon; we aare and defy
Who can write a prtae-wlnninc Trail
rraace la evMeatly rather) tired et
KuropatUn's soldiers ara now la the
"Wao ran" Hat. .-v. "'
Now : the fellowa -who play sollUes
wui get puayv ' ; 1
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Donbtleaa Rojeatvenskr ' will weleona
oawa or paaea, ---
What old Hull said la of no conat-
queoo. aanray. . : ..
' Let na havo waron the dog-l-tha
earlier day. The reaction is deep and profound and it I her bia ally.
has-to do with those things which, when fully felt, con
cern a man much more deeply than aught, else under the
blue arches of the heavens. A man's religious beliefs
and convictions are something sacred io him, and are
rightly so regarded. ; Once he sincerely , feels them no
body doubts that he is a better man and a' better citizen.
Anything that tends to uplift men, that gives them a
higher conception of their moral responsibilities, surely
merits approval' .The men" who have inaugurated the
present evangelistic movement in the city are men. of
superior education and culture. Tbey are men who have
made notable, successes as pastors of churches before J maajer railroads.
uicy '"'. f." w.i Mother Earth la being kissed by tht
the united testimony of the code of every citv thevl
have visited is" that they have left things much better L,1 P?1?, ? u wUl
K.a tM,tA k.m Thl. .' kAiv full tnr I YUIlVOtOBV Uf. CBar.,- , -..4. . -
aaJ mw vuai iivmn inn waaaai awa . - l j. .
coming here and undertaking a campaign which promises f Think of Btove Klkma aa a reformer
results more profound than have been achieved in any Ins the matter of railroad raUal
tlhr .4ttw fturtner' ffiWVkHttn tnnr -Tltaf mn. iIiaI 1 '
rr.- i . . i - .C 'Z 1.1' , u V jT I Mayor Williams can reUra with
" CJ imyiuvu, i.uiii:duij i least u much honor aa Kuropatkin.
engaged in an uplifting movement that will better con-1. '
ditions in Portland, are not entitled to fair treatment is so L 7hre'' lwaya aomethlng to bo thank-
preposterous on the very face of it that we are surprised I nuf"wAd".cto " not aenator.
it. a. .1 ... . . aaaa .a-. I '' 1
tnai mat very question snouia oe orougnt to an issue. The cur wante hia poopla to "atand
beyond . bomb-throwing
Letters . From tkc
People v
Tortlaad'a r4 of Vatai
rubua. which tho llttlo fur tradar" aad
died on th elty iwban be aatabllnhed bla
ayatem of land ifsaalna.
. Tbta roan who baaaa Ufa as a baker
boy had one' aroat claim to aanlua, b
raallaad that America waa to b a great
and populous oountry, and that -New
York waa to bo Ha eaDltai.. . Hla Imaa
nation pooplod thar awaeplna fields aad
roroata ana- a warn pa or tka Knioaar
barker yeomanry with a teeming popu
Portiand, March 17. To tha Kdltor of latlon and ho aaw how he eould dla
Mae Journal The writer waa etruck
vary fonelhly by the expreasioa in The
Sunday Journal via, Urat Irapreaalona'
aa apbliad to tha traveler'a first view of
our city. Whoever "Prominent Bualnesa
Man ta, he la a atndent of paycbology,
for It la the first Iraproaatono that laaL
count the future.- Ho believed that
owning tho land, a man naedonly set
down aad wait: ha naad make no tm
provomonta, he need not build, ho need
not oven pay taxaa; tha olty'a j growth
muat inevitably make him rich. 'This
waa hla dream, and ha lived to realise it
Be bought great blocks of land and year
at
Sa far aa' Til TMimil lim rnr,rrA it im .11!. 4 yv I " hlm but
. vw.mw. w . t., . si.iwu uy I l
-t t. -f J . . 1- - . t. t . . - ""
tnorcn, cissa or crrca. 11 is a newspaper wnicn prints
; WHAT THE JOURNAL IS AFTER.
N OPPOSITION" evening newspaper -which has
( long enjoyed a calm and peaceful vegetable ex
istence in this community erupted into a sem-
blance of life last evening when it took occasion. with un
ladylike hat to. denounce The Journal. It also embel
lished one of its arid pages with a hoge picture showing
a mass of newspaper waste which was on the docks
bundled' for shipment to the paper mills. With ghoul
ish glee it exhibited in the foreground ffve cw'es of The
Journal displayed with elaborate care to give the impres-
sion tnat au the Dunaiea contained copies of l be journal
; which we had printed just for the fan of the thing, with
. 4 oat regard to the cost, to give the impression that we
- had a large circulation when in reality our legitimate eir
, culation was much smaller than we would have a con
.. . fiding public to bclieva it was. ' , , . i..:.
. Circulatioa is one of the things about which The Jour
nal has never bragged. . Each day it prints on its first
page the actual, bona fide circulation of the previous day;
the correctness of that statement it is ready to back by
. any evidence which any reasonable man may require. At
' the same time it is ready to pay a dollar apiece for any
unmutilated copies of -The Journal that find their way
.'into the paper mill scrap heap. . ' -
So far as the opposition evening newspaper is con
.'censed it receives at our hand as little consideration as
is accorded it by the general public. A mere attenuated
,-ahadow of.jta morning owner, .without opinions which
'';.':'- it dares lovexpress, a haven of fest for a kindergarten
. r- group of aspiring jonrnalisU who make a pretense of
. newspaper making by feebly imitating the methods
which Tha Journal has introduced into Portland, it has
j now-gone to the final limit and. boasts that it is about
' . to adopt red ink as proof that it is keeping up with the
modern procession. But salt couldn't aave it It is so
long amce that The Journal measured itself . by such
standards as tne opposition evening paper sets that: it
.. seems like a thousand years. We are flying after much
higher game, Having log tgo'got second place in the
newspaper procession we are hard after the first That
' we are going to get The cast iron type of journalism
' of which the Oregonian is the last exemplar in the
"J United States has seen its day. Too many people have
already found their way into homes for the feebleminded
; through a too assiduous reading of its yawning columna.
' The public wants something with a touch of modern life
V. in if something that stands for the present and future
. ; ;as well as the past that realizes there are other things
. . on earth besides itself and which not only keeps up with
the procession, bnt sometimes gets a little in advance of
V "it ; The Oregonian representa what was The-Journal
V; what d is to be." The outcome of such a struggle
v can be figured like a mathematical problem, just as log-
ieally and just as surely. And when the Oregonian
;v'Vfinally adopts red ink in a desperate effort to save the
, prestige that has gone from it it will be too late; for long
i. before that time The Journal-will have gotten there with
L all of its impedimenta. v-
the news as fairly as' it can 'and that editorially believes Dowla says ho hatas newspapers. Bat
in reasonable moral standards in our public life and does v fjYeB htatmottn,L?'
what it can to sustain them, . In the present movement it . 7 . . . l: 1
a.-a . . . .J
nas none notning tnat any otner secular newspaper with if Rodkefeilar woro a widower, he
a proper conception of the obligation to its readers which might propose to Ida Tarbeii. Why,
rests upon it should not have done. These men are nowjuw.T7 m " aeouctrva.
wiaiuaauiog uio p mua earnest auention 01 at least Ctaorge Ado la la Japan, But Japan la
15,000 people every day. A movement which directly in-1 in luck so much otharwUo that tha
terests I5,ooo people will indirectly influence and in- "lado may tolarmu him a little whu.
terest 45.ooa With 4$fioo people interested it is but a B bT, lITmt n---M.
short step to bteresting the great majority of the' peo- imS f J7orS
pie of the city. That a movement of this nanre should that Oregon will, go XomoeraUo aaxt
not be deserving of deep attention- from a newspaper I um-
fmm It, ,w ',1ii. 'tA. II .. - i. : -.1- t I
v .- uum uj uiKncr moiiTC la ai m . . ,
shortsighted view to take; thaUt should command fair I man nwteluZ hTi. si yar. oldi
treatment should be admitted as a matter of course, and atia a good politician? W batter
lhis.it has received from The Journal, like scores of WW,D Cl , .
Atlanta ew.iiwiana fataa..! .L.'t.tl. 1 - . a I .ann m .
i, .1a .fcl- 1 : i v-. ,.Kwus,nu Tha St Johns Rovlow predieta ,M0
it and they will continue to receive them in the future population for that indoatrtai oanter by
aa thev have in th naat. ' I ltd a. Wa Kllv thta
uoa or pipe aream.
1 .1 tm ' '. . . . '
uone, tne ouice snouia oe kept where it lav- Oregon City -Why do girls leave homer asks th
is Just as convenient to Deoole who ha"ve huaineaa a tha New York Herald. WalL moat alf.
land office as is Portland. Tha office ia a matter of a P0ny"ng Americana don't pre-
Ilttle local lmnnHinr h nnmi r;, TV- 1 1 ' " w-.rm ai
. . r. " v -a, j ivajiaiKi uiu their fathar-ln-lawa homaa.
receiver and their clerks have made their arrangements , . Tt)
fo l'V jn-Qrcgoo,CjtyJiQt iaJortlancWacccptcd their Wr. "t poaaible that any ftepahll-
v&u -mm uim vi men m aii-w mm run-
mayor when tho only Grand
them into Portland." Nobody in Portland-asked for tha bla. awfuL it net mora aa. It -.
cfaangcrso far as heard from. The senators from Oregon mro,,r th"ht an. ..Tta anouch to
pirnear agamsc- ic mere ja no man-of prominence of
muuence in tne state who fathers or arfnnta th
m. . .... . - - . r "ww
incn wny make tne change, that nobody here wants?
, The Journal seconds the motion of tha oeoe-le of Or.
gon City and hopes that the president will rescind tha
unnecessary order. Let the land office stay at Orevon two-ioga-ed animal aarveat that Amort
r . . Ir I . t . - I r. r . . u LI. .
vi ty. , asi is uc oest puce lor it'
I drive ua aaad, ray mast ara, ,
www-'
It Is aomowhat deflnitalv 'mA ml
omcialiy annonneod that the PUIplnos
wui not do oapaaio or aoir-covarnmant
for probably, thrao or four huiulraH
yeara. Meanwhile lot no duaky Filipino
cans are not yot icapabla of eelf-aov.
eromaat thamaelTsa. ,
THE OREGON CITY LAND OFFICE.
HZ JOURNAL heartily seconds the action of the
people of Oregon City in protesting against the
Vemoval 6f the land office .from that citv tn Pnrt.
V land. There is no demand here for the change, and there
is no good reason for it, unless, as has been intimated, an
. exorbitant rent is charged for-the government's office in
:). Oregon City. This can no doubt be arrapged; and a rea
' aonable contract made for quarters, f0f a term of years
f after July h when the present lease expires. This being
Oregon Sidcliglita
I ( ' i i i fUjnarxJajajsu-aaUI
-, V THE WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS.
UNIJ&5S the people; , through . their government,
make better progress in overhaulina trusts.
remedial legislation will never catch the thrifty
manipulators, a onerman law was not on the statute
books in time to reach the new forms of industrial com
bines, and the Elkins anti-rebate measure became ef
fective after railway magnates and packing barons had
perfected subtle means of evading the nlain intent nt tti
legislators. Trusts-show far grtater-celentyin finding Water workaad eel9jlghteeom
ways oi evaaing tne win ot the people; lhart the people 1Qum
j ucTewpeo in me ertort to Drtng colossal schem
ers to a halt . i .
Bavtval of work, not talk.
Oregon baa a aenaior, thank
Improvement has baootno
Ctrlo
demle.
epl-
VoL I. Na t Seaalde Signal:'
noway, young paper. .
Nloe,
Tho blggeat and boat garden spot on
eartn uta Willamette valley.
The Inland Empire can own railroads.
Instead of being owned, by them. A
Boothern Oregon la tho nearest ap
proach ta nraaiae en thia planet
for
A Dettv. factional ouarrl in 4h t -
Eauitable Life Aiauranc. .,i.f. i... ,a..t: I- ,"j Mlaa Bnrlll'a,ranyovine Echo hah
.t .. i,.-V " . i. t 7 ..T..-' ";,':'tu arrlrad. Thanka. Harriet :
one of the, latest systems by which Wall street com-l ,n . -
passes a commne in handling capital . When the per
sonnel of the directorate of the three big insurance com
panies oi xncw xork was studied, it was noted that no
one person serves any two of the apparently rival con
cerns. These three companies, with assets of more than
$1,000,000,000, and a surplus .of approximately aoo,ooo,ooo,
have entirely distinct managements, separate agents
inrougnout tne world and wage a keen competitive Strug- Condon la glad it bonded itself
gie for business. On their boards of directors are found WM0 for a needed water plant
i.ii. A.,o. i.i-l J ., jonn u. ocxe- buiM signal: The Colonial hotel Is
-"uaccy uepew, ueorge Uould, I adding a fonratory addltton, which
j. j. urn, ci i. no single man serves on two boards ofwui eontaia anoat se rooms.
insurance nrnniritinm Kh ii. i j I a - i n r
r .hug HIIIC 1 1 1 r II . T W 1 1 111 T1 II I .
S3.!. tlr.in : 5irector,te. ! othef "TZ S S3. Etoy!
....... v.v cvu ucary capiiai. , jacoo ochitt, as i lot hla boon. Thia is a new scheme.
airector ot tne equitable and also promoter of some I reoommenoea to autnora.
.k. u'rrr'.. i k.iy u
. -yv'J w "io ijunaoie lor a loan have aeveral large- stone Vtnetnroa
Of sjo.ooo.ooo, and then as a director in the latter com-1 arscted tbia summer for bustneaa pur
p"any, put the loan' thtough.-The men oraanizina- .h- poaaa.. local people also eontemplatc
Northern Securities company, all of them directors on . ' 'ZT
ui muruv.B companies, piacea about Sio.ooo.onn nf th- u . i-tia .miMt fn. .11 h.m r Wm..
merger stock with the insurance concerns with which lm Condon this spring and coming stun
they were connected. ' Imer la the brightest tn the history t
Th..M .r. : , , : ' I the town, say a the Condon Times.
These are merely instances of the .methods pursued.
complying ,witn tne law by maintaining nominal com-1 Vosw- minora, fanners,' atockmon,
petitive organizations in any line of trade, it is oossible v,rrbodr but dudea without an urn
fa tha Wall atrart .... t. because of the mlat-la
.fcT,-i. 7 ,u ii c trust principle weather bureau parlance, precipitation.
""" "'vii j ui me mcmoers oi. tne Doards of di
rectors in other companies which have no legal-6r os
tensible connection with the first
If such ad inquisitor as young Garfield Ss tobe jhe
governmenr sleuth" on the trust trait and the United
States senate with its convenient conservatism is to hang
on the flank of the people when seeking to enact anti-
trust legislation, tne race will be a,sadly unequal one,
Condon Tlmee: ' Tho ealoons haven't
cloaed yet and the vhaneee are thy
won't cither, until the supreme court
paseea on the validity of the recent or
der made by Judge Bradshaw.
QM, XT! . OX, XTI
From the Saasldo Signal .
' The - polltleal atmosphero of Portland
J'--ia In a dtatressfully disturbed condition.
Jack Matthews baa resigned from the
.leadership of the Republican machine
gang, and the little fellowa are trying
rvh tar hlmarlf to bring order out of
.chaos with hhnaelf at tha top. Among
tha "raforraera" are foand about 'steen
diffarant brrada of "high and low" de
; araa." f f h for himself clamoring for a
. ohaaoe at tho fiashpota while aver and
baynd ytham all, calm, dtrnifled and se
renely viewing tha; atrlfe. Is Orgon's
.' rran4 old man, the prwaat jaaror, who
will na daubt M1 ahould w glvaa tbe
aapond tarm aa mayor. Honrat aad pro-
graaatva. be suaiiUalea
above tho rough ward-heelera aad petty
politicians as a diamond above a wagon
load of Marquam gulch gravel. V .
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MOonuu Ajrn acsmxrmxajrs.
' From the Slous City Journal. '
' It aeeihs that the obetlnata prejudices
of some Mlssourlans make it neesssary
for Mr. Rockefeller to maintain three
branches of tha Standard OH company
In that state, two of them in disguise.
Tho situation goea to show what Mr.
Rockefeller himself la -not a man af
prejudices. , If a Miaonrslan wanta lo
think, he ia baying from' soma, concern
other thsn the Standard Mr. Rockefeller
la perfectly willing ta give him that
satisfaction an long aa it doea not Inter
fere, with 4he standard's dividend -
KATOB WTT.T.Taarg,
f -
' ' aaBsaaaaaaasp .
From the St Johaa Review. '
Tillamook Headlight: Secretary Carl
Haberlach Informs us that the Tillamook
Creamery is now receiving ,J0 pounds
of milk daily from patrons, the larg
est run In the history of the factory
at thla season of the year. All pros
pect point to a good year for dairymen
tn Tillamook county, for with the early
Mayor Wllianw- myst.rlou. attitude .5? " ,T!S!2,J1?
relative to hla posalble candidacy for re- splendid flow of mUk from their cows,
nomination . has finally been partially I 1 , r . . , , ,
solved tut not wholly so, as many be-1 A nr th "'ant aUge froni
sieve, ho declare, now that he will be 1 1.,' . n TtaVw-. ZJ". ....
a eandldau If the Republicans will noml- week.- aa ' the atosre waa passing the
nate him, bat prior to hla announcement Durbln ranch on lower Antelope. The
It waa quite generally reported that the do vma a harmlesa ens, and waa probe-
Republican organisation had concluded Wy ohot In ordar to jUf y the paasen-
not to place a ticket in the field. VeT- f
haps th( honorable mayor Imposed thla HS-JESl "JS"
eondmon In order to avoid th. effort of uheT TV.Vr. lirk w;;TrobablyFnoi
vlndlcaUng his present administration I half so nrrebalve aa tHa tnmn m MintlA
serving another term, ( ,. . Uad vulgar cjaversaUoa- . .
The half-imbeclla old man. doddarlna- on I .. . . k. nmuiw hi eallna, xitl
the brink of the grave, unable 'ta recall sens to Improve hla property, pay the
T vT. " ' paa, win i taxes ana supply aim with easa xor new
wim am accuracy oi giuu ins
Impressions of childhood. -
j. I'he flowers and graen fields of Cali
fornia were never ao beautiful aa when
first beheld In midwinter. Oregon mist
haa never impressed, us with Its gentle
iruciuying parvaaivenesa aa it did when
first it bleached the southern tan from
our face. If we wish to call up an awe
Inspiring view of Mount Hood.. wo think
Of the time when we first stood on the
summit of 'that awful form that rises
from the vale and midway leavea the
Btorm." .
. However - well these Illustrate - the
meaning of the term "first Impressions."
tha fuir force la brought out when we
speak of the way we ara struck by our
first view ot cities. The Skyscrapers of
new xora. the smoke of Pittsburg,
hustle and dirt In Chicago. Los Angeles
and flowers, Butta sulphur and hades.
What la the first thing that catches
tho traveler's eye aa he approaches a city
lor tne rirst time or puses along ita
ai reeis i is it the gulches, tho side
walks, the streets, the back yards T ' la it
the condition of thlnga or the color -of
things T What catches tha eye out to be
eaugbtT' Why, color every time, and
tnen ine judgment. -
Thla needs no demonstration in regard
to our elty other than to refer to our
name abroad, whore we are -known as
"unpalnted Portland.
What hits the visitor's color-schema
first coming Into the elty Over tho O. R.
aV K. road? Hid away ia a plotureaque
canyon, down which the train glides
round graceful curves, the only blot on
the landscape ia a practically new furni
ture factory that tha oltlsens haipad to
put there, that looks about aa attractive
In ita dirty red aa tha garments of a
Red-hlller on the streets of Salem after
dust storm. Next the dingy, dumpy.
little east' side depot and aa tha weary
searcher after beauty bats hla aye at thla
ho la otruck broadside with 1.000 feet of
bare boards of warehouaee to which
cling acalea of old whitewash like Phoebe
Cary'a "vine to . tbe moldartng wan."
And tha enthaaiatlo sightseer lets go a
gasp, slides from his seat and the am
buhuice seta him at tha gate.
Or come at it another way. There-Is
no question that the Northern Pacific
will bring a large portion of tha crowds
that will viait ua this summer What
then? First spotless Spokane, in clean.
Investments. -It ta a 'wonderful story
of the power of patience aad unchang
ing purpose. The building of tho Astor
fortune ia followed aap by step. Tbe
background s a panorama of old New
York. . - . -. .- -" - .
By Aetor'e method the increase pues
tin automatically. It la -tha father of all
"unearned increment; It la tho product
of tbe activities of all but Astor. All
tbe economic and aoelaX foroea which
made New Tork tbe metropolis, added
their auota to the Aetor wealth. Astor
did nothlna but aooulre land. He con
tributed notning to the city a growin,
which converted hie coat farms and
awampa Into the ' richest rent-oearing
solL .'. ..j... " .v.
For all that Astor buUt hia rortuno
on surer ground than the really - great
ereatora of wealth.' He haa established
an aristocracy or nenea on a aounw
Uon that cannot crumble. "There la.ao
accident except confiscation -which can
Bka tha Aston ooorl-i Whatever Indus
trial revolutions there may be, the land
ttaalf will be perennially uselul. jona
Jacob Astor took oat a first mortgage
on fata Itaeit
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That precocious crowd of flaxen
haired wonders sailing in the theatrical
aa tha Pollard Lilliputian Opera
company, began aa engagement of two
weeks at tha Marquam Orand theatre
last night tn -The Belle of New Tork.'
and transformed an auditorium full dt
people Into a literal -whirlpool of ad
miration and delight. For the same
amount of money nobody 'ever obtained
greater amusement
"Tho Belle" to the best of ail musical
comedies tbe most tuneful, moat ea-
gaging and most comical. Every nun
ber In Ita eoore la of that quality which
you tire of 'only after a thing haa bean
piayea into stateness on your own plana
The piece cells for more oomedlene than
any ether three ope ratio books combined.
and tha vocal demands ara almost aa
heavy. In View of this it waa almaat tin.
light-tinted paint will catch tha tourist preoedented daring for the children to
ye and after Butte black he will oay. attempt dt but they seemed to have
"It is well He lives along over to the rj s-rdlstlnfct triumph, age eoneld-
aju.HU w4,.ti Ka . V ,nit thin Via . . ... . , .
.w - --.-., .. - irw. mm ui rerr oaarinnina. in incz
mora paint rood paint and lota of It-
in Haht tints, on every aide, ana. no rune
his hands and saya again. It la wen.
Ha wrltea in hia scrapbook and beads for
tha Mecca, - and - runs plump Into the
beautiful city of his dreams T on. no,
but Into a pile ot sawdust and rotting
slabs, the hideous back yard of the worst
looking old ramshackle sawmill in town,
and be looks out aa tho train slows down
and exclaims. "It la !" "Portland 1
calls out the brakey, and we have anoth
er patient antil ha discovers tnat na
ture haa eonepired. to make thia the most
beautiful city oa earth, provided the
property-owners would only help a Ut
ile, wltk some much-needed paint.
-; - ' . . w, D. Jr.
othaar of
Pnrkera, Or- March II To tho Editor
of The Journal The uprising and dla-
satisfaction among tho laboring classes
In far-away . Russia calls- to our minds
the. European-revolution or isse ana
H4S. . Tbe revolution' of 1S10 did not
bring about peace to - tha maasea of
France nor to Europe. ' Tha people de
manded a greater share of liberty.
IrfMiis Philippe kept putting tha people
erf until they grew weary; there was no
visible slrns of reform. Philippe used
hie exalted position to add to his great
riches; he felled to touch the hearts of
hla people. He waa charged with selflsh
neaa and greed. There wara rlalnra of
legitimists In favor of the Bourbons,
while the Socialistic element . waa -op
posed to monarchy. Several attempts
were made to remove tne king py aa-
alnatlon. all of them being failures,
but they showed tho disturbed state ef
public feeling. Uberty. equality ana
fraternity became the watchwords ot
tho common people. Boclalistle ideaa
arose and spread like wtldnre and the
Industrial element of tha various na
tions became allied In one great army
ef revolutionists.
In Germany the demand of the people
for political rights grew until It reached
a crisis. The people were deeply dissat
isfied; they were rapidly arousing from
their sluggish acceptance of tbe work
ef the oongresa of Vienna ia 1(11. and
the cry of liberty rang out everywhera
Tha ara ef injustice and oppression
reached Ita climax la the closing yeara
of the eighteenth century - and - went
down - at length in that hideous night
mare of blood and terror known aa the
French revolution. Deplorable as this
area,' the pride and privilege of .aris
tocracy had the people by the threat
"The Belle of New Tork" haa been aung
by grown-upe .wlta leas than halt the
talent and tntelligeaoa displayed by the
babies last algbt.
Daphne Poiiardr tha tley member of
the family, and tha star of tha company.
If star it haa. appeared aa Cora Ange-
Ilque, the "queen of comlo opent."i This
was somewhat surprising, as there sre
at least two feminine roles of greater
Importance. Bat yea forget that when
you see Daphne. While-ehe may not'
dominate the show entirely, the stage is
certainly her own when aha appears and.
thinking it over neat mornlng, It la
Daphne whom you first Temember. She
haa the best Instincts of Lillian Jtuaasll
and May Irwin combined, and if her
guiding star escapee collision with . i
comet she will some day be a real aueei
of comic opera. Her chlo. and piquancy
were not driven into that tiny body, for
they are not of tha clumsy, cultivated
calibre. These qualities "just growod'
In Daphne, aa did her childish beauty.
Olive Moore dlstinguiahed herself aa
the dainty FI-FL Her aonga were apon-
tan eon sly encored, especially "When We
Are Married, whieh ahe sang With Leah
Lelchrier, who played the younger Bran-
The Salvation Army girl la pret
tily rendered by Eva Moore. .
Among the boys. Jack Pollard! led off
with a good presentation or Ichabod
Broneon. His Imitation of Daa Daly's
makeup for tha yola lavav eredttjreddy
MCNamara - aa tna pugilist, . wuiie
Thomas as the lunatic, and tha Heinta
brothers aa tha Portuguese twins were
Joyously received, while Fred Pollard's
nterpolated song, "Klaaea," and Roy
Smith's "The Meaning of U. 8. A, were
among tbe pumbera mosff, heartily re
called
"The Belle will ba repeated tonight
and tomorrow , night. '
. - RACB W HI' IN EI.
. . .' M. aftoviaea uteeu. -
From the Chicago Record-Herald. .
I do not ask for Jeejels fine, .
For money stored in vaulted banks:
But If a trifle more were mine -. . .
X would give grateful thanka, ,
I' need an Income to compete '
With frlenda who live ta luxury's
haunta: -
With now and then a casual treat
Ta gratify my wanta,-.'.;.-',.'.
It may ba well that I should walk.
But oh. I much desire to ride;
and only the sword eould loosen their e 'make my richer neighbors, talk
hold. It -wss tha need of money for
the spendthrift" throne that precipitated
tha revolution. For yeara tha Indigna
tion of tho poopla had been growing and
spreading just aa It is In Russia today.
The-esar will wake up to the fact that
oppressing hla subjects will ' only tend
to shorten his reign. When the people
ask for bread they are not to bo put oft
wtth a crust all tha time; , there Is a
limit, i . . ;,
I am not an alarmist or a crank, but
do most earnestly believe In equal
rights and Justice to all men. The
mother ef Socialism haa visited our
liberty-loving people In the . form of
great trusts and combinations In other
words .they are oppressors. The people
ara ,d raased into bondage an Inch at a
time until they And themselves unable
to make a livelihood for themselves and
families. The trusts fix a prloa. the
people pey It; tbe trusts waxss fat at
the people s expense. If
I should ba satisfied.
AM much I'd like some costly clothes, '
A wedding garment for the feast: .
My worldly apirtt truly loathes
The wardrobe ef the least .-; ..
Ah, well there's one consoling thought
One drop of honey In the eun;
The simple life with joy la fraught'
Tne ricn nave .taken it upi , , ,:, -
Bo Til adopt with all i my heart - .
Ita narrow lines, ita stress and thrall.
I'm peat grand master of Its art.
Tbe name is new, that's all. . . ..
efattfcnro roil ami &0TS. "
anti-trust law was enforced to tho let
ter, ea it certainty should be, we would
have no cause for- alarm ae far aa the
trusts ars - concerned, and we would
have no need of Socialism. -
. J. D. WINN.
Paris Cable In New Tork Herald. -
M. Paul Hervieu aad the committee
for the reform of the code civil ara re
sponsible for a new difficulty, not to aey
tbe Sherman I danger, now threatening honest married
ASTOB TOATtrSTB,
Activity Is so. much -the national
watchword that wa can hardly conoelve
of a great fortune accumulated by slow
and easy stages- Ie "The Astor For
tune." In the April alcClsre's, Burton J.
Hendrlck traora tha growth of thla, (he
biggest fortune in America,, which In
less thsn a century haa growa from old
John Jacob Astoi's modest (3,000,000
to approximately half a billion, and this
great Increase la neither the creation of
enterprise nor chance; as i the ' story
showa It la. In effect a gratuitous bonus,
the tribute paid by Nasi lark ta tha In-
Deenle In Franca This takes tha form
of an emendation to the marriage clause
of the code, proposed by M. Hervieu and
promptly adopted by tha committee.
Formerly, ' under . the code, married
folks were held to'owa ta one soother
mutual fidelity, comfort aad aid. Te
these sometimes difficult legal obliga
tions la now added tha atlll more serious
one of loving one another." 1
Should the amended clause really be
come a law a wife or a husband may call
In the gendarmes'st any time to arrest
the conjoint whose affection la not up to
the legal standard, i,
. ' A Strdllka Tkoaght. - '
." From the Atlanta Journal. ''
Professor Win lot on of tha University
ef Chicago says thst , gradually the
places of -men on earth will be taken
by blrda. We can easily believe thia, aa
wui it to a ia a au-g nimseu-
IW II I SSS aSa-a , ; a. -,, g J Sj
, From tha lone Proclalmer. '
..The following paper waa writtea by :
Miaa Edna Woolery, It years of see.
and a pupil of the fifth grade In the .
lone school, of which Miss Myrtle M.
Oraen is teacher. It waa prepared aa a
part of the exhibit for the Lewia and
c'"rk fair; and la published In ths Pro
elalmer by the courtesy of the principal
9t-Hil o000'' ra. ICHa A. Flahert
Wheal is a cereal grasa and its grains
furnishes a white flour which la very
largely used by -the humaa raca ' We
have a number of varieties of wheat, :
bald wheat and bearded wheat :
Wheat ia not known as a wild plant
and all, statements aa to ita origin are -merely
gueaa work.1 -
We cannot estimate '. the value of :
wheat Durtog the season of 1104 there .
were about TI0.000 bushels of wheat
ahlppad from . lone, which, netted the
producer about TI cents per buahet r.
-Wheat . ia uaed for- a. great many
things, for bread, for stack food, ear
ths meklng of starches, breakfast foods,
whisky and a number of. other things. '
It haa only been a Short time alaoe '.
the wheat Industry waa In Ita Infancy,
but today it is known as, one' of the
greatest Industries ef the world, having .
increased in aereaa-a air over tha state
Of Oregon and tha United States,' be- -;
aides extending to Argentine Republic, '
Canada, and. tn fact the entire hemis
phere, and also" to the-wild" plains of
Africa and to tbe cold regions of ,
Russia. ,V- ' -
The most suitable and productive soil
for wheat growing la found in eastern '
Oregon, and ' especially In Morrow
county. , This, soil Is purely a voice n la
ash which la Indestructible, and being '
the same sou aa that found Jn Sicily,
which - produced the best crop ever
known In 1101, after belna used fort
1.000 years. - The wheat land i around '
lone will therefore never wear out It f
needs no fertlltalna and becomes better
by cultivation. '
To produce a crop of wheat 1t la
necessary to plow the ground early In
the spring, from five to etaht inches -
deep, and then harrow It Immediately
after. Dating the summer It, should ,
be cultivated about three timea. .Wheat
should ba sown about October 7L but
before - being- placed In the ground It '
should be run through A fanning mill
which takes oat all the trash and weed '
seeds. It should then be vttroled to
et It from smutting, and' then
placed under a eblngla disk drill and
seeded 10 or 00 pounds to tha acre.
The avers ae height of wheat la about.
three and one half feat yet It has bean
known) ta grow to tha height ot aeven.-. :
feet and to produce no more to tbe sere .
than wheat growing two feet In height
Tha yield per acre varies largely ac
cording to tha cultivation of the ao.ll..'
while tha yield of aome countries is
greater than that of ours and haa been .
known to go aa high aa TO bushels per
sere. .- . - ''.'...,
There haa been great pro areas mado
W the UC century In the harvesting of
wheat- Our forefathera harvested or -
cut their grain with a CSaJLhookv SCjrtha
and eradleii . We today ara taking care, .
of evr grain In a much more expeditious -
way by using the modern Inventions '
such aa binders, headers and combined :
harveatara.- There is a machine 1a use -
todsy which will cut and thresh the
wheat-grind It Into-flour, whieh Clour
has been, mixed,' made .into bread -and
eooked. ready ta be served an the table - '
ta a little lean than f Iva minutes time.
The harvesting of wheat la regulated
aeoordlng to tha locality In which it
la raised. California wheat la harvested -
In June, Oregon wheat In July, Jdanl- ...
toba In August and September, and In
fact in every month la tha year wheat '..'
being harvested noma place in tna .
world.' - '-. - --' . - '
The wheat markets of the world ara
largely governed by tha boards of trade -which
have offices In all the principal ,
eltlea of tha world. - ' - .
After wheat haa been threshed It is .
hauled to - tha nearest railroad station
la wagons drawn by two. four or six
horse teams and plaeed la warehouaee
on .atorageeready for shipment It la
then plaead in tha cars and hauled by . -the
railroad company to .Portland and -
other seaport towna to ba sold to large -dealers
for export - .
Morrow county arneai was awaraea
the first prise at the Buffalo exposition, . '
and ehe will no doubt receive tha first . -
prise at tha Lewis end Clark exposition.
s-ewis an
d Gl
arTf
r
March If The weather. clear end tha '
wind from the northwest. JTbe obstruc- -tloa
above gave way thla morning and
the lea cams down In great quantities,
tha fiver having fallen 11 inches in tha
course of the last 14 hours. We hsve '
had few Indiana at the fort for the last
three or four days, as they are nqw busy
catching the floating buffalo. . Every '
spring, aa the river la breaking up, tha f
surrounding plains are art on fire end
the buffalo tempted to cross the river .
In search of the fresh grass which Imme
diately succeeds to the burning; dn their
way they are often Isolated on a large
eake or maaa of toe, which floats down ;
the river. The Indians now seleet the ,
most favorable polnta for attack, and aa ,
the buff aloe approaches dart with sston- '
Uhlng agility across the trembling Ice.
sometimes pressing lightly a cake not
mara than two feet sQuare: the animal
la of course, unsteady and hla footsteps ' -Insecure
on this new element so that ha .
can make but little resistance, and the
hunter who haa given mm nia aeam
wound paddles hla ley boat to tha shore
aad oeourea hla pray., ', .
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sort snnre maxw. : H '
' v From the Chicago rhronlcl. -a ,
The soft spring rains begin to throw
Their silver lances down ; i
To drive away the winter a now : .;. , ;
And pierce the buda of brown: - v
Full soon the rivulets will flow ; . ; '..j
And hlaa the mossy mold, - ?
And fields and woods will gayly glow '
With daltedlla ar goia. ; :;. .
The golden sunshine, warm had bright,
Dispels the wintry gloom, - , -. 'f.
And spring, with touoh both aoft and
-v brlghtv,.- f r t , - - j . ; '-
Ta alttlnr at her loom ' .
To weave the sun and rain and light . t. :
Ia weba ef living green, ' .
And clothe the land with soft delight . "
Of summer shine ana sneen.-
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sistcts or soamow. .'
From the Granta Pass Herald.. ' '
Alaska la a close second to Ore rod In . .
congressional representation. ; Alaska "
baa a typawnter, aeveral rare dealers v
and an aching void to represent a terrl- '
tory of magnfneent latitude and Inenn
eeivable wealth, while Oregon hes one ,
representative in "Congress and a bunch
of Indictments ta da things with In -her I
centennial year. Oh, Alaska, let us weepi- .
utus woep togeuas. - ..- - -
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