The Oregon daily journal., April 12, 1905, Image 4

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THE HILL-HARRIMAN WAR.
R KARRI MAN, it is reported from New York,
hat ' been crowded off the
Northern Securities company by Mr. J.JL mil
'and his. associates, indicating; that the hostility between
' ' these interesting; and much manipulating magnates fs not
only for the time-being real, but has reached an. un
i 'usually acute stage.' To add piquancy to the situation it
; is also intimated in today's dispatches that the Hill in
f terests are making a determined fight for the control of
the Union Pacific properties, -which is case of 'carrying
f the war into Africa, and thus widening whatever breach
j 'may exist k JZ ". ;i''-f ""' -: ':'!5,'i' -;
; This attitude toward each other of these eminent
f railroad finshciers is " witnessed - by the ;. people of . the
Pacic northwest without grief, and with complacency
if not pleasure. Not that anything certain to our advan-
Itage is to be definitely hoped for. therefrom, for these
fallings-out, like lovers' quarrels, are invariablymade up
; in a-little while on some basis, rather than that the peo-
pie should derive any permanent benefit from real com
.t petition. Yet hope springs eternal in the human breast,
' . and the people of this region will continue to hope that
these transportation magnates will really become so
i1 hostile to each other , that both will go to building needed
t "and-Cbmpeting railroad lines in this region, and override
j the Absurdly unnatural territorial lines which they have
so long maintained, to the great detriment of a large part
I of the Pacific northwest, and to the shameful retardment
of the proper development of itr great-natural resources.
- Mr. HilFi interests in Oregon ' are comparatively
light, yet . he knows that the Columbia river Is a big
xVaHtr, and that Portland m on the map, ana a definite
and permanent falling-out between him and the Harri
man people must certainly result n a Northern Pacific
road built in short order down the Columbia to this city,
while in retaliation Harriman would do what should have
been done rears ago. invade Northern Pacific territory in
2 northern Maho; and eastern Washington." ".j
) ' We;hopeHarrimn hat bearr definitely frozen outf
4 the Northern Pacific,') He has never strained himself to
,help build op the Pacini nojjghwest or Portland, and if
he and his associates become good and- mad they may
! do something that wil benefit jis.Let the fight go on,
he more of it the merrier. , There teemS to be nothing
", so inimical to the Pacific northwest, and to Oregon in
;'" particular, as that these eminent brethren in the realm
V of high railroad finance should dwell together in unity.
V;V-- THlf ,GRf AND -THE SOUTH. . ?
' E. CURTIS recently
rritiriina the vhttf nennla rtt (l ilil, nr
not 'educating the tiftro. He found" lens
f than, one chatf in five of both races, attending schooled
... the approximately $450,000 used by Booker -T. Washing,
ton'm his Tuskegee school, Curtis deplored that only
about $20,000 was raised by the south, the remainder be
j ing contributions from the north in the cause of negro
J education. Following close- upon his reflections, Curtis
notes the negro's desire to live in towns; contentment
with bare existence, morbid love of 'excitement and ab
, solute purpose hot to work while he has a' little taonejr
to. spend. ' -'' : ;-, '7 ' '" ,
t Curtis spent a few hours in Alabama. He felt suf
; ficiently ; informed to criticise those . who ; have spent
' lives in negro communities. In the tame' article the'
f, writer quotes Maj, W. W. Screws, editor of the Mont
gomery Advertiser, who it said to be a learned, liberal
- man, a friend of the negro. The editor volunteers the in
formation that W. H. Councill it the brightest of all the
negro race, and he hat a state normal school, supported
'- entirely by Alabama, in which 600 to 800 negro men and
women are given thorough industrial and scholastic in-
struction, of which northern critics scarcely speak.Major
: ' Screws says, "The majority are degenerating. ' Perhaps
1 35 per cent of the entire negro population in town and
in the country are doing well, but 65 per cent are going
r backward.There-i-very-little--joom-for an educated
ncgK-Ther4ery4ittlTOom for-an-ducated negro;
There- is , very little for him . to do." - Again, J?The
I negro preacher is the worst curse in
He is not only a blatant demagogue, but a mischief-
maker; and the great majority of
' immoral the . most, immoral men
.' race. ' T " . ' . ' ' : .
; i Two views 'are presented the transitory northerner,
' brimming with criticism and advice, and .the resident
southerner, whose conclusions are
. ired as ultra-pessimistic ; Whichever
-. there re alarming aspects. .The mere fact that the negro
spurns work when, well fed requires no further elucida-
V lion. If the race lacks, the irrepressible spirit of progress
j neither freedom, the franchise, myriad schools nor other
I allurement of civilization will win it-.from -profound
I lethargy. ' ::": - "?.' -V " .' V. V
Councill and Washington's Schools, with their 600 to
V 8oo students each, strive to make useful artisans and
servants, yet the southerner says that the educated negro
" wants to .be a professional man, where there is no room,
and rarely ever goes back to the farm. Major Screws
yt even Christian education in the negro but. makes an
t Astute libertine, subject to all the sensual vices of the
. race. , From this viewpoint there is also much to be seen
of an alarming nature. This race, : more than 9,000,000
' strong, has the privileges of freedom, propagate many
fold faster than the whites and are said to be degen
erating. ?';.,. ... . . ,..y-:... ' ' '
Wliether. the superficial criticisms of Curtis ' or the
deep-seated conviction of the southerner is appreciated
t fully, our race problem grows apace in danger. .
WHY CASTRO, IS HOSTILE. ;
HESIDET CXSTRO is flinging defiance at the
United States, refuiing to arbitrate, raising and
, . :- anumg n army, anq 11 11 rumored IS even threat
: ening to send an army over and invade the country. The
'authorities at Washington seem somewhat surprised at
Castro's belligerency and are rather timidly considering
. what is best to be done. They are evidently ignorant of
jr., the r probably - real -cause-of -the Venezuelan -dictator's
; wrath, which they might ascertain if they had kept close
watch of the baseball news from Portland as reported in
. The Journal, i Not -long ago a nephew of the doughty
h dictator, a young man also named Castro, was incon
tinently jf" not ignominiously "fired" fr?m the Portland
'baseball team, and he doubtless immediately notified his
. illustrious uncle of that facL This "was too much to
be borne 4h at a scion of the Castro, familythe son of
VP to post&asv,
. from the Lakevlew Herald. ..'
' - The matter of building a railroad la
tf te Portland." Ban Fraiiclsco and eaat;
am capttaltets ran. kardly be expected
v te build .into- thla country' Thejr are
srettlng virtually all the trade ef aouth
retera Oregon, with the transportation
; tecilitiaa la the preeent eenditltm.' The.
GO N . D A I LY
AN INDKFXNDXNT N EWIPAPER
PUBLISHED': BY JOURNAL PUBLXSHINQ CCX
8idy) taJ twiy 8mi(Uy tnxwntng at
"-.. i Streets, Portland, Oregon. .V.J
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OP PORTLAND"
a brother of the
ceremoniously
directorate of the
United States he
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would be close to
of Sweialism to the
The men who
thefagitators and
r, tife strips of
wrote from Alabama
7fa.ilroads and
have feeen asking,
the sooth,' as a rule
negro preachers are
among the colored
surely will the
and grow and
likely to be character
side it considered,
have tne will, tney
j-7 ' - FEED
IVl re easily
T. stomachs.
that the greaT
be well fed, be
they . like, what
plies specially with
should have these
grades, such as
householders, but
in all our hotels
in the quality of
Oregon., -v r
It should slso
best, they will not
people of thla aectlon of the state have
no etrong hope of having a railroad
reach n from the south la - the near
future. . If Portland la sincere In aoek
Ing the trade of thla portion of the Mate
it la up to her to majce an f fort to have
the Columbia ftouthrn estenJd." If a
railroad should come from the aouth it
would mean that the trade of eouthaat
sra .Oregon is lost U rortland forevsr.
J O U RN AL
JNO. P. CARROLL
Tie Journal BaUding, Fifth and Yamhill
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dictator of Venezuela, should be un
kicked out of a baseball team is an insult
not to be borne, and this doubtless explains why Castro
wi)l arbitrate nothing but is determined to fight.' . .
d. And it is to be considered also that if he invades the
is not likely to stop at the capture of
bt' Louis, or even Chicago, but will certainly seek to
wreak his vengeance upon Portland, where the affront
to the Castro name was given. He may send ah army
overland or may lend a fleet of .warships, or both, but
that Portland wilt be marked for condign punishment if
not for destruction is certain., In this emergency Port
land looks to Uncte Sam for protection. Nor will young
Castro be reinstated. We shall insist on that There
are already enough jnembers of-the team who can't
play ball any too, weir. : " ; . '5,
jTHE MOVEMENT FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
HE ' CHICAGO Tribune discusses the : question
Vi j. r-n vnt in that ritv tnnn 5oeial-
ism. . Judire Dunne is not an avowed Socialist at
all and his prominent supporters repelled the idea in the
campaign that he or they stood for Socialism. But, says
the Tribune, the program of . municipal ownership is
comprehensive, including not only the ownership of
traction lines, but also of electric light, gas, telephone
and all other utilities of i public or. semi-public nature.
Furthermore, it asserts that "the fundamental principle
of the municipal ownership men is the ownership by the
national , government of the steam railroads. 'If things
go on as they are going now that may be the issue in
the next campaign. Along with this goes the ownership
of express and telegraph companies and all other utilities
of that description. It that would not be Socialism it
at. The oeoole ought to understand it
It will be , a proposition in which nearly every
man in the community will have a direct, immediate In
terest, ine farmers, wno nave Deen me conservative
force in the country heretofore, will have a strong in
ducement to throw their votes in the direction of own
ership of the railroads by thefederal government, What
is going to come out of it no one can tell." ' ;
Then the Tribune goes on to give the causes of and
reasons for this probable uprising of the people in favor
extent indicated, as follow- .
have precipitated this issue are not
demagogues but the monopolists of
Rockefeller, Morgan, Hill, Harriman -
and the other gentlemen wno have attempted to con
trol reat properties and build up colossal -fortunes
out of the privileges of common carriers.; It is only .
" a few years ago that David Bennett HilL e"x-governor
of New York and ex-United States senator, advo
cated the ownership of the anthracite coal mines by
'.the government ', Donbtless that, would be part of '
"thettolicy that. would follow' the ownership of the
the express and telegraph business by
the peonje., . - "- -V i-r---- -i
Yet we must remember that' the proposition for
' the ownership of the mines arose .from the oppress
. sive, unjust, unrighteous . and almost criminal con
- duct prfhe railroads and. other companies operating;
i : them, which put up prices and cut down wages with
out any reference to the equities of the case, and
without any-consideration-ior-elther-tne-pocket:
' feelings of the people. i .. v: .4 '
r Manifestly it islime for some "of these freeboot
pg gentlemen to think again. If they , do not they
r, will find a power higher and greater than they are
' which will do their thinking for them.i ; :- i
.'The Tribune is a conservative Republican paper and
supported Harfan in the late campaign, but it as well
as a multitude of other such papers perceive clearly the
causes of the demand for public ownership, and are tell
insr the-trwth ""about it. -heretofore these corporations
the people, "What are yon going to do
about itr Btui unless there shall be a radical change
m the management, methods and attitude toward the peo
ple of these corporations, the question will soon be com
ing he-othcrsyrandthepeeple-
corporations, "vTiat are you going to do about It?" --
- public ownership to the extent indicated would be a
tremendous undertaking, an exceedingly, great risk, a
thing to be avoided if the people can get good service
and fair and honest treatment. , But of this there seems
little hope,. and just so surely fts conditions do not very
materially and manifestly change in their favor, just so
movement for public ownership spread
become irresistible. .The people have
stood about all at the hands of these great syndicated
corporations that they are going to stand. And if they
wui tind tne way.
THE VISITORS WELL.
TV TOST PEOPLE receive impressions readily and
influenced through their palates and
Hence it is important for Oregon
number of visitors here" next summer
supplied at reasonable cost with what
will please and satisfy them. This ap
respect to Oregon products. Visitors
in plentitude, and not of inferior
cannot' be sold profitably abroad or to
of the best varieties and quality, served
and better class of restaurants. .'There
will be an advance in the price of meals, and this should
be accompanied with an improvement, in many cases,
food served, especially food produced in
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be kept in mind that it is Oregon pro
ducts, fro its, fish, particularly salmon, and other., food
stuffs that eastern people will want if of such quality.
We are used to .fresh -salmon here a considerable part
of the year -end consider it no especial luxury," but east
ern people who never saw, a salmon will appreciate it
greatly and not soon tire of it. Care should be taken
in the selection and serving of. meats. Givs , visitors
plenty of our first class fresh vegetables in season! And
set' that " tablet, are" plentifully supplied with Oregon
fruits, not cheap, refuse stuff, but fruit of first class
quality, as good or better thsn they can geJatJiome.
"77 People engaged, in the' hoteT aod restaurant" business
may not be much influenced by such a plea, and many
of them may intend doing what is. herein suggested, but
it is a mstter of importance to Portland and to Oregoa
If people are not-well fed and well served, and if they
do not get a lot of Oregon products and thone of. the
go away with a friendly feeling: for
this city and state, such as Ahey would have if their
palates and stomachs arc kept gratified and well satisfied.
! : A Hnauus Touch. V" : A
Prom the Cincinnati Times-Star.
'Political parties may eoma end go,
but Cleveland's love of -the rod and gun
remalna unchangeable.;'. It. la a human
ouch which brings our ene.ex-preeldent
eloaer than he otherwise ould bo to
many American man. who en other auh-
locta have not a. great deal- tn com
mon with the "flage of PrlDceUo,". . .
;: Small CKange
( Last week for cndldta. '
Hava we ot to pray for rain again,'
ear in the nrat naif or AarUT
The Columbia rivar regton neada ; to
uttr a daclarauon of Indapsndanca.
AH thla flna weather now, and than
to ram on Eaatar Sunday, like enough. .
The praaldent alao plays atrenuoualy,
It la well everybody la not Ilka him.
Rockefeller's money la all right How.
ever, people earned It before ho tot. ft
That there mar be too much of a aood
ming inoae loaoea witn May wnaas are
Cornerlna future wheat IS one of the
vary difficult If not lmpoeelWerTMhta
-It might have been appropriate for
nojeaivenear to ravor we ieaa see as a
Dai lie arouna.: -.
: Qet. ready' to aeleet the beat men' for
city offlcea, on the Republican and Pent
ocratlo 'ticket. .; - - , - -. , ; . ' - :
Blnce Taft la alttlng on the lid while
Kooaeveit la away, it la hoped that the
11a ib a aound, stout one. v
. In hia enforced retirement on the brink
of the grave, van Uncle Roaaell Sage
recall any good ha ever dldT T,., - . j
Alphohae of . Spain has mora trouble
In finding a wife than- - an ugly - old
widower with seven children.
Tea, Portland baa been considerably
improved tn appearance, but not enough
yet. Keep up the good work. , -
It Vnlnlniukia la
couraa n wui oe more tfnpoaaiDia tnan
ever ror Huaaia to consent to peace.
- Now. tf that other win of the coat
office building were also completed.
It would be quite .a respectable build-
mg. ;...: sr. :.',-. -r.,.
Olrls usually make betterecorda In
school than boy a But maybe It lan't
in nature for boys to be as good as
"Real peace can only be found in
religion, . Mr. Bryan la aatd to have re
marked. ; Thenij'why doesn't he get re
ligion 7 . - - , .
One of the wltnsases before the Chi
cago grand Jury tn the beef trust inquiry
waa Jacob Hellwrlggla, yet ha may .have
told the truth. , . r . , . -
Why do. ao 'many men marry- affly
women T asks the New Tork Journal
And sgaln. why . ,iloAa- many - womtn
marry vicioaa men!
The rumor that H. C Prick, Carnegle'aJ
former partner, would probably be ap
pointed secretary or the treasury, la one
of the , extremely Improbable .. sort.
Rockefeller haa given l!0.O0a to the
naptiat " mreign jamaionary aociety.
Thla la twice aa hard to resist as the
1 100,900 he gave -to the Congregational
lata. Besides, - Rockefeller to a Bap
tist i, ... .. .... , ... . . ,
The Oregon 'Supreme court is : hav
ing a spell of reversing cases lately, a
large proportion or tha decisions dar
ing the past two or three weeks being
reversals. Which shows again that law
la. a mighty iincertaln thing.,,
j Oregon SideKglits
Bprlngfleld'a population te SIT.
- Weeton haa a new Commercial asso
ciation with 49 ' members. . .. ,
The enrollment of tha Independence
public school has reached 0S. , , k ..
ffla eurfouaT;haf iheririaBor c bank
In Columbia
Portland. . .
. The' Weston brickyard has begun Its
season's work with a force ef tt man,
and will make i,00t,00 brick. -
Some Oregon towns, like Baker City,
may wish there had been no census this
year but probably not .'many. Nearly
All Are growing. V K. ,
A movement 1s on foot to build a
bridge over the John Day river at
Twickenham as wall .as at . Sarvloo
creek thla year. , Private subscription
will, help....;.;.,, A..V,- . :
Tillamook Herald: ' The editor of tha
Herald has got the grip thla week, and
any one having had tha aamo has our
sympathy. Just able to hold pur bead
up, and that's all.', . '. . ' , f,',
VTWo Vpion county young men found
a wildcat in a cabin. '' and . while- the
older ona went for a gun tha other, a
youth , of IS,' aetsed - tha animal and
choked it to death. , , .
,It costs 11 cents per bushel to get
wheat from.'Alrlle to -Portland,' and no
wonder the farmers up there are com
plaining. Better feed their wheat and
drive fat stock .owtu.'H
tog poisoning haa become a? frequent
In Independenea that - at the rate of
deatha last week the town wilt be dog-
less within another week. Five .were
poisoned, in- one day. . . ,y-.:' '
A school district in Tillamook eountr
had only three persons qualified to act
aa director, one of them a woman, but
ona of the men haa moved away, and
now the school board la shy,
.The Clatskanla Lumber oompany will
soon Invest about tit. 000 tn betterment
of their property at that place. A new
planing- mill and kiln ayatem will be put
In and the mill generally remodeled. t
"The "Dal lea t rult IvaIS Shythfrut
grown on tht coast, aaya tha Chronicle,
and If. the tree insects can be destroyed
our applea, prunes, peaches, etc, can
not bo equaled west of tha Rocky moun-1
taina. ,
Wasco Newa: Georae T. Par ssvs ha
believes that 10 per cent of the grain In
the county waa frosen oat and will hava
to be r seeded. v We think this la a nigh
figure, but it will not fall abort of SO
per ent and tha worms at preaent op
erating In the south end may reach 76
per cent. .. . .v ....,- .
Kagte Point 'Correaoondenca: of Mad.
ford Mall: John Wllllscroft dronnad In
from TraH last Monday, t Ha reports
that they-have two Sunday aehoota In
that aectlon now,, both In a flourlahlne
condition. That Ie Mlddlebuaher, had
tha misfortune te cut her foot quite bad
ly wttk aa ax last weekv 1 -
A List of New
1 ; Oregon Laws
mesidlBg Improvement xwt
H. B. 17 Tha law providing for Is
suing bonds for etreet or aewar improve
ments Is extended so as to apply to say
person ininy incorporated city, who haa
been assessed til or more for auch Im
provement, Such persona may make ap
plication to the auditor, clerk or other
proper elty official, within IS days after
receiving notice of auch Improvement
aa application waiving, Irregularities in
the assessment and agreeing to pay tha
amount in 10 equal annual Installments.
with the aama interest as is indicated In
the bond. . Approved February 1. v
WaahlAg-toa Oomnty Salaries. .,'
H. B. 173 The aherlff of Washington
county la to receive A salary of 11,100
a year , and hla chief deputy $00, and
both ahall .be-paid necessary expenses
In serving writs. The assessor la to re
ceive 11.100 a year, and necessary depu
ties It a day. The deputy clerk shall
be paid IS00 a year and deputy recorder
100. - Approved February 1. ...
.'' " Counts Recorder rees. '.;'.
. 8. B. 20 In every county of the stste
containing .leaa than I0.SOO InhabitanU
a new schedule for. recording instru
ments la fixed. , the amounta collected
thereunder to be for. tha benefit of the
county. Approvee eoruary . ,-v-
. Walvag AakxowieAgamaata. :
H. B. S The state land board is au
thorised to execute'aatlsf action of mort
gagee and other inatrumenta and docu
ments without acknowledgejnenta, and
such Instruments previously made ere
validated. . Approved February. S.' X
' AssAae re asoAAS. -
. H. B, 40 Where the county-court or
county commissioners desire to change
a county road to avoid difficult, danger
cua or costly sections, and yet follow tha
aama general route of tha old road, tha
board of viewers may be ordered to have
a aurvey run and Compute the danusgea
to ownera of the land, which report ahull
be filed and taken aa the basis for set'
tlement with the ownera. If no agree
ment la possible on the basis of th.e
report . the county omctala may bring
action in the circuit court to have the
land appropriated, under the procedure
of the coda providing for appropriation
ofrland for corporate purposes. ' Ap
proved February s. v
I FrtgktaAUMr aUlasem.
H. B. 41 It ahall be unlawful to de
posit salmon blood or offal, or anything
eiae that will frighten or niive salmon
in any part of . a stream where It is
unlawful to fish, the penalty being a Una
or not leaa than ISO and not more than
11.000. Approved February S.
. Bete ef the Talr. -;-
H; B. 74 An amendment to the Lewie
and Clark fair bill was adopted, specific
ally nsing the datea for opening and
closing tha exposition at June U and Oo-
tober 1.-10S. ' Tha emergency clause
applies to this bill. .,' . ,
Believing Otuurd Wtdowe. ;
It B. 110 An appropriation of 11.000
la made to be divided equally between
tne ramlllea or B. R. T, Jones. B. T.
Tiffany and P. B. Ferrell. prison guards
killed At the tuna of the Tracy out
break. . . . . . . ; : ; , .
'.' ' Aa-riemltaral tAaAtcatea. .
H. B. .Z0S The--board of - rerenta of
the agricultural oollega era author lod
to hold ' Inatltutea for instruction ' of
ottuens ' ef the - state in ' the ' varloua
branchea of agiioulture, the time 'and
places bMng left. to the board. The sum
ef (1,000 each year la appropriated for
this work. ' Approved February ev '
rretettng' Bunnlng StreAma. -
XL B. It It shaU be unlawful for
any person to place sawdust pulp or
otner wood reruse or aebria where it
ill oe carried into A current of a
stream flowing Into- tha Pacific ocean.1
tha Columbia river or other waters of
this state, the penalty being a fine of
not lesa than ISO nor more than 1600
Approved February 7. ' 'r j- .. "
Appoimtima; Zrftbor rimaailasloaar
H. B. Il-J-The labor commissioner ap
pointed by 'tha governor, secretary of
state and ; seat treasurer shall hold
office until the-second Monday In Jan
uarr. U07 and until his suoeeasor ahall
beelected . and . nusllPjedzpBWred
February 7. . . - . ' -
ProSectlne Salran Xadastry. ,
H. B.1S Tha sum of SK.S00 la an
proprlatod . for erecting, hatcherlea for
the propagation of salmon on the Colum
bia river And Ita trlbutarlea, one of
which shall be en the Wallowa river, at
a place indicated by the fish commis
sioners. : The- aum of IIO.OSO ia appro
priated for maintenance and operation
of coast hatcheries.- Approved Febru
ary T. ; . .- ... : . .. -; -;' . ' '.. r. .
Baker :OeAtr SalAries.
8. B. St. S. B. tt and S. B. 14 Tha
preaent deputy clerk of Baker county
ia allowed a salary of $1,100. the county
school superintendent $1,600, and. the
sheriff snd his deputies shall be al
lowed the actual cxpenaeo of himself
and deputiea in serving wrlta. to tha
amount of $00 a year. , Approved Feb
ruary f. , ; . v '
. BAUway Xlghwayataa. .':, ,
8. B. (t Any person boarding a rail-
way train with intent to commit rob
bery thereon, or threatening or intimi
dating any person while carrying out
thla purpose, may be sentenced te not
less than two yeara and not more than
4S in tha penitentiary. Approved Feb-
tuary S. . : ...
sTotiee of TeaoWa BaaigAatloa. '
8. B. CS Teachers In public scboola
are required to give at least 10 days
notice of. their Intention of resigning,
under penalty of having their certificate
revoked and being disqualified from
teaching elsewhere in the atate. Sick
nesa or mutual agreement 1 with the
school board la excuae. . Approved Feb
ruary .., ;f , .,; , .
aUeJe - At .Xalaad r Clty..
B. lit The territory within tha
corporate ltmlta of Island City la made
a 1 road district, and the corporation la
given power te collect end disburse road
taxes therein.. -:. 1
. Oregon Library OommlealOA.
H. -B. "f The Oregon ' library com
mission shall conslat'of one man named
by tlte -governor t or f iVa .'yeara, i tha
governor; superintendent of publio -Instruction,
president of tha state Uni
versity and librarian of the library as
sociation oX Portland. This -body shall
givt advice " to all schools,' free and
other publio libraries, and to all com
munities intending to purchase libraries.
It may also purchase and operate travel.
Ing libraries and circulate auch traveling
libraries within tha atate among com
munities, libraries, colleges, universities,
library assoclstlons. atudy cluba. char
itable and penal institutions, free of
eoat save transportation. One secre
tary not of tha commission ahall be
chosen., The aalary ef the secretary
and his assistants, who are to be ap
pointed bv the commission, ahall be paid
by the- state treasurer on certificate -of
the commission, and tha actual ex
penses of the secretary 'and members
of the commission likewise. Salary of
secretary shall not exceed $1,200 per,
year, and tha traveling expenses of the
secretary and commlaalon not to exceed
too, and Incidental expenses , of the
commission not exceed t SOO. -An ap
propriation of $1,000 a year Is made to
carry on the general work.
; , &aac fee State Uses;
H. B. 41 When lend, water, nratar
courses and riparian righta are deelreh
for. state usee, the board of com ml s
sloilers or trustees . of the department
desiring it and in case there are no
auch, tha state land board, ahall nego
tiate with tha owner of tha aama, and tf
unable to agree on the recompense, a au
thorise tha attorney general to bring
condemnation proceedings ' to secure
rights of way for publio corporation
all expanses and costs in auch proceed'
Inga being paid out of the general und.
Apprvwa.'S'eBruarjr .. ; . i
Testing- Strength 'of SgAtarJaOs.
8. B. 41 An appropriation of 16.000
la mad to erect m plant and laboratory
at the University of Oregon for testing
the atrength of lumber, timber, atone,
rock and other building materials,. Ap
proved February IS. r V-i ,
' OondamnlAg MvAte .' !
8. R SS The Lewie and Clark Pair
association la authorlaed to enter upon
private property In the city of Portland
needed in furtherance of ie workv to
survey the same and condemn It In tha
regular manner Of condemnation proceed.
inga, j Approvee February 10,
(Prom Pearson'. Magoslna for April.)
When it la considered that the Aver
age American family whoae Income
doea not exceed $1,100 spends aa -haa
been - ascertained by government . in-
veatigatora) nearly 46 per cent of Its
entire income on food. It la eaaity seen
now great a eirrerence la made by a riae
In prices of 10 to 25 cents an every
dollar'e. worth ef edible supplies, cover
ing meata, . vegetablea and practically
an otner eatabiea. ' -
Aa compared with the average prices
governing . during tha period from IMS
to 1900 it is reckoned by- tha .United
Statea bureau of labor that hama and
aalt beef have gone up if per cent,, salt
pork and bacon tt per cent ' lard 5
per 'cent fresh vegetables IS per cent.
corn meal II per cant, crackers It per
cent. New Orleans molaaaea 10 per cent,
beans at per' cent herring at per cent
salt tt per cent pepper Tt per cent end
currants 121 per- cent. These ere only
A few illuatratlve ItemA
Poor Mr a. Benedict, when aha aroea
to market, Jilnde that her housekeeping
money does not -go very far. Sha does
her best pricing various articles from
stall ' te stall ' and buying each ' thing
where It Is cheapest or, . ona , ahould
rather aay, least dear- but the result la
very dlacouraglng. Lees beef - than la
really wanted, -and Inferior cuts of that
muat bo made to .do, . Aa for fresh vege
tablea. they era likely to be ao high as
to be Impossible. Kggs hava climbed
nearly 10 per cent and the beat onea,
which are tha only kind worth buying,
come at - tt cents a dosen -In summer.
whereaa half a ' dosen yeara ago they
could have-been purchased for at -or tt
cents. Sometimes. Indeed, they went
lower,' but we are speaking here of aver-.
age prices: '. r ? - t-r
In those' ' happy days choice .chuck"
roast eould be had for rnt'a pound!
now it" costs S cent. : Prima rib- roast
of beef waa UH cents; , now It Is Vk
Soupjneat came as t cents; now It la II
cent a Porterhouse steak-waa tl cents:
now it Is IS. Strolold steak was 17 cents;
now it ia 10. ' Round ateak waa IS cents;
now It is eighteen. Meanwhile, chickens
hava gone .up enormously. , Fowls that
uaed to coat It cents a pound are now
IS cents, while roasting ebickena hava
ascended from SO eenta to IS. Turkeys
are no longer for - poor folks, . even at
Thanksgiving and Chriatmaa.
No 1 wonder that Mrs. .Benedick finds
that her market money runs short, . If
she . would . have a decent quality ' of
butter on her table ahe muat- pay 10
eenta a pound for It' whereas only four
or Ave years ago It- could be had for
14 cents. . Tha cheese that used to cost
11 ' cents now comes at 18. Molaaaea
Is II cants a gallon instead of 4e milk Ik
S cents a .quart Instead of T, lard la 13
cents a pound instead of s.-- And, when
It cornea to nsh' the rise rs proportion
ate. Cod ateak. for Instance, has climbed
from 11 to It cents . a pound. Bread,
luckily, still remalna at I cents a pound
loaf In moat places. -
Mrs. Benedick's marketing account
only, tha ether day, ahowed that po
tatoes cost -her 23 oents a pock, whereas
the prioe live or six years age waa only
IS. cent a But of course one cannot get
along without potatoes. -Rice la an eco
nomical vegetable, but it haa gone up
1H cents A pound .incidentally te tha
general rise in the neoeeeanes or lira.
Sha buys a good deal of pork, because
It ia cheaper than other kinds' of meat;
but tha fact la that it Is pretty nearly
aa dear aa beef uaed to be, chops having
gone up from 11 to IS cents and roast
pork In nearly as great a proportion.
Haras that were formerly 31, eenta a
pound are now 18. cents. .Most. kinds, of
groceries, happily, do not seem to have
increased muck in prioe, but. it te. cer
talnly true that tha quality of tea which
brought 40 cents a pound In the 'toe
fetohea cents, today., ; i ; , ' .'
April 11 We sat off aarjy and paaaed
a high range ef hills ton the outh aide,
our parlogues being .obliged to go ever
to the south In order te avoid a aand-
bank whloh waa rapidly falling In. At
six miles we came to at tne lower side
of the entrance of the Little Missouri.
where -we remained-during tha day--for
the purpose ex making celestial obser
vations. . , . ,. i.
Thla river empties Itaelf on the south
side of the Missouri. 1,1ft. miles from
Its confluence with ths Mississippi. , It
rises to tha weat of the Black moun-
talna. across tha northern extremity of
which it nnds a narrow rapid passase
along high perperdiCular banks, . then
seeks 'tha Missouri In a northeast dlr 00
tipn, through e broken country with
highlands bare of timber and the low
grounda particularly supplied with, cot
tonwood, . aim, amall aah, box alder and
an undergrowth of willow, redwood,
sometimes called red or awamp willow,
tha red berry and chokecherry. - In Ita
course it paaaea near tha northwaat Side
at tha Turtle mountain, which la said
to be only 11 or 16 miles from Ita
mouth In a straight line a little te the
south of west ao that both the Little
Missouri and Knife river hava been
laid down too far southwest ' It sntsrs
the Missouri with a bold Current and
Is 114 yards wide, but Its greatest depth
la 1V feet "and this, Joined to Ita rapid
ity and Ita sandbars, make the naviga
tion difficult except for ranoea, whlca
may aacend It ' for a considerable dis
tance. At the mouth, and as far-as we
eould discern from the hills between tha
two rivers, bout three miles front their
Tiiglier Cost of
EataiUes V
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JUewis ana ClarkJ
Iieacpn. for Fee J
Adulteration ,
1 In Publio Opinion. April 1, Paul Pierce,
the editor of What To Eat, and auperln- .
tendeat of tha food exnlblt at thai St
Loula fair, opena a scorching fire en -food
adulterators America's - food . pol
eonere be cells them. He says: t ,
Adulteration la practiced ln'the manu
facture of . edlblea because "it greatly,:
lessens tha coat of production. The head ' ;
of one big American manufactory ad-
mltted. to A food commissioner, that .If
he were forced te discontinue the use of
adulterants it would add tlS.000 to his. :
monthly expenses. . Thla meana a aavlng '
to one manufacturer alone of tltO.ooo '
a year through his ability -to make a
certain food stuff reeembie that which'
It ia not. Food adulteration, It 4a eat!--mated,
coata the United States more .
than $676,000,000 annually. - s ' ,
. Tha reason for tha great saving to the
manufacturer - through adulteration ' is '
that inferior taw products and substitute -products
cost lose than 6 there. And
then the' American manufacturer haa .
lately become wondrously skilled In tha
"art he terms "commercial ' ecenomy." '
Thla "commercial economy" la practiced
now In tha manufacture of all ktnda of
food productA In the traffic tn vege
tables and fruits, for InsUnoe, tha best '
specimens are placed on the market and ,
sold to the consumer In their- natural ,
atate. ' The. Inferior qualities go to tha J
factory and are made Into product's of
various grades, ths lowest of which are J
produced from the residue of" theethera;
chemically treated. Now under the, ex- -Istlng
condition of thlnga In America It
would work a great financial hardship .
on tha manufacturer to force him to pay
the price demanded for tha best quality '
of raw products the kind that are. sold
to the public first hand end it would-'
work a atili greater financial hardship
on him If the residuum of his factory
had to ba- thrown into the waste heap . '
as It was before tha manufacturer '
learned tha "art" of chemical treatment
wnicn converts the residuum into, cash.
- No part of tha raw product now eoea '
to waate In the American factory. . It la '
openly boasted by the Chicago, packer
that nothing of tha hog escapes but tha
squeal. 80 tt might ba aald of the can- : .
nary that nothing escapes of tha fruit
or vegetablea but the smell. In assort
ing the farm product In. the factory.1
there ia found much that la good and
much that la bad. - But no matter how
bad it may. be there te uaa for It as ma
terial for tha manufacture of soma , .
product or other.-No matter how tainted
It may have become before or after ship-, -
ment to the factory. It Is never so bad -
that It cannot ba ' made Into some
comestible - which 1 the manufacturer
deems (It te be eaten by gome class of -v
America's population. ' , ,' v , , -.; .'
in aelectlng tha material for the best-
grades of canned "fruits, it Is necessary
for the employee to remove the peels
and cores of the various fruits and' also
tne decomposed and worm-eaten spots.
These peels and cores and worm-eaten
spots worms Included together with
all. the spoiled fruit of apples, 'pesra,
peaches, and . every " , other kind, are
dumped together and made Into a gen
eral pulp.' From thla pulp, made of tha ,.
refuae of all kinds of frulta, la turned.
out a mkrveloaa variety of - different '
brands of 'highly-colored and tempting-
looking bottled and canned good a. From v
thla. saesa. pulp-conglomeration la 'mode
"pure, apple rjelly." 'pure currant lally."-
allegeg plum . and ' rnlnce'- Jellies- and
Jama, apple butter and ne end ef differ- '
nt kind f preserves and pre m'aterlaC
It makes little difference aa te tha ap
pearance and taste ef tha pulp or prin
cipal Ingredient) .The - flavorings ' and
chemlcala will make np for all former -
dencienciea . in appearance or Jack or
resemblance tO.tae fruit It le supposed .
to represent - ..'s -.'."',
Junction, the country Is much broken.'
ths soil consisting of a deep, rich, dark- :
colored loam, intermixed with a amall
proportion of - Una aand -And covered ,
generally with a short graaa resembling
bluegrasA - In Its color, ths nature. of
Its bed nd Its general appearance It
resembles -so much, the Missouri as to
Induce a belief that the countries ' they
wafer are atrailar In point of Soil. From .
the Mandan village tojUilgplace. the ,.
country Is nOly and Irregular, with the
aama appearance of glauber salts and
carbonated ' wood. the low . grounds
smooth, sandy- and partially covered -
with cottonwood and amall ash; at soma
distance back there era extensive plains .
of a good soiL but without timber . er '
water.. : '. : . ;
We found great quantities of .small..
onions, which grow single, fhe , bulb
of an oval form, white, about tha alas
of a bullet, with A leaf resembling that
of the ahlve, On the aide of a neigh
boring hill there la a apectee ef dwarf
cedar; It apreada Its limbs along the
surface ef the earth, which It almost J
conceals by Ita cloeenees and thickness, .
and la sometimes covered by t having
always 'a number of roots en the under ,
side, while on the upper ate a quantity
of shoots whloh, with their leaves, sel
dom rise higher thsn six or eight Inches; -
It is an evergreen. Its leaf more deltoate
than that of tha common cedar, thoeglt
tbe taste and smell Is tba same. '
The country around - has been so re
cently hunted that the game . are ex
tremely any. se that a white rabbit two
beaver, a deer and a bald eagle were all
that we could procure. The weather '
haa been clear, warm ana pieaeant in
tha morning, but about t o'clock we hat
a aquall ef high wind and rain, with
some thunder, which lasted till after;
sunset whan It again cleared .off.
Prom tha Sprfngfleld (Or.i News,,
We will say for the benefit of those ,
who have taken offense to articles that
have appeared In tbe eolumna of the ,
News, that If .they would come to. us
wttn their grievances we would try end ,
ehear.taem MPrJon't caat elura or -in,
suiting remarks at tha help or the
editor's wife., for you belittle yourself
In ths estimation of all who hear you.',
besides It is ths smallest and lowest
rlece ef business that you can stoop-1
f we aay anything that you don't like, -tell
ua about tt If that Is not ssreng
enoush. knock an eye out smash pur
nose, beat our face, pound ua all up,- de :
anything, but op-goodaae sake come to "
us, the help haa trouoia enougn as it is.
We have stood It for It long years nd .
are tired of thla kind of life anyway, ba
if vour back alley le not In a aanltary,
condition or your cow la running loose,'
and you don't like wnat wa nave to aav '
about It pie. the old print shop aivl
knock us Into eternity, do anything, but
do it to the pencil-pusher. .'. . . -
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,.. ;:-.''; ,: eaae Xeee, ,i , t
1 From the Omaha Bee. ' , ! 7- :
Tha - independent telephone people
promise now to carry their fight before
tha people of Omaha by asking them. for
a franchise. - That is their privilege In
fact that is where they, ought to hava
directed their appeals alt the tuteWby-
shoum ine legislature give away valu
able (franchise righta In tha streets, of
Omaha without ao much aa asking: by
our leave or allowing us to exact ade
quate compensation! ,,
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