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RAILROAD BUILDINQ THAT IS AT ONCE CALLED FOR.'
HE COMING MEETING of
t-ncnt league msy be made
" and significant in ita whole
! tntirely upon whether the steering committee proposes
' to keep the discussions within tKe safe lines of purely
'" j theoretical questions of .whether Jt will grapple with
' ihnw which molt intimately affect 'the well being of the
-V:JJ? people of the state. : Here, are, two questions which
- ' should receive careful attention if state development is
6ne of the real purposes "of the league. Why wss the
. ! ' extension of the Columbia Southern stopped ? Why is
' j It not extended f . . '''- '
, v This line now runs front Biggs to Shsniko. It was
. ; built by private' enterprise although its constnictionwss
I more than one recommended by high officials of 'the
: v. main line. ; Notwithstanding doleful prophecies of traf-
; fic magnates and other off icials'ol the main line, the road
.A from the start. . Its traffic has steadily and re-
I rnarksbly grown from the start Indeed, we "believe, it iJ
?the best paying piece of railroad property in the state
-today.' Over J6 months ago, to be strictly accurate, on
' f December 8, 1903, ,Mr. Hsxrinun himself publicly , and
i officially -stated in this city that the money for the x
? tension of the roa.was available and it would be. ex-
1 f tended ia the near future Thereatter M propeseq tnt
" If bonds to the extent of $300,000 were subscribed by the
people of the city the road would surely be built The
; . bonds were subscribed, but strange to say nothing -has
'been done.' '. ! - ' - '; v " -".; ' ' .i'.', "'.' '.. '' '7.'
-' On the strength of these official assertions, which,
4 when the. bonds had. been subscribed,
ture of a agreement, hundreds of people took up home-
r areaa uajmi ana lour scuir. iu u
sisting of about 170,000 acres, has been taken up and the
:. holders are anxiously waiting the coming of the railroad
I which will enable them to market their products.; Later
. J along there -were .whispers that'the- road would not be
, extended, that'the cost of building, traffic considerations
, and the thousand and one "how-not-to-do-it" reasons had
1 intervened ana so in the usual way which, has grown so
; distressingly familiar to the good people of Oregon this
particular railroad project seems to have quietly slipped
! back into the limbo .of forgetfulness which" harbors so
"'many other such projects; joyfully Undertaken only to
:' be strangled in their incipiency and quickly relegated to
the lumber room. "., . ' ' ,V..'vv"'" 'V;'-!-'
" People have discovered that things are not always what
,T they seem ia these, railroad enterprises and that the actu
ating motives for delay are sometimes widely at variance
,'iwith the reasons which really influence such actions,
t 'All of this seems to be peculiarly true of the Bend enter
ljjriseT1je;roa4toanikoJsnovr jdoingjs big and very
, profitable business. :' It is about 98 miles to Bend and the
J right of way for about 70 miles has been already secured.
The only portion of the road the building of which would
be at all expensive is a few, miles getting down to Trout
ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP, ' v ,
HE getieral passenger-' agentl.'t easfand; wes
fciv an-eed on a low. rate. Drttctically a round
,M'tp ticket fpta one-way fare, not .only from Chir
cago but from 'Atlantic coast points, to the Lewis and
f Clark exposition, for .which, liberality j,the' exposition
r management, nd Portland, and Oregon, are duly, appre-
ciative. -The railroadywill lose nothing themselves, will
rather gain, by thisaction, .as the . shrewd passenger
-agents clearly perceive, for no" me understand human
ujiature better than they. They know that a half-rate will
i I be a big temptation to a great many people who, though
'not in straitened circumstances at all, consider well
what they are going to get for an extra $20 before they
".spend it And the very fact that the. railrdads have taken
;- and will advertise this action will in itself be a good ad
vertisement for the fair. Eastern people will conclude
'Tthat it mnst be no smalTaffair that induces thef ailroads
I to cut the regular fare squsrely in half for such a long
trip. The railroads are manifestly counting confidently
; on a very large attendance from all over the east, and
; they know pretty closely what will happen in this regard.
. So the prospector a very large attendance and com
- jplete i success continues good, and indeed brightens con
1 . stantly. Let no effort be spared from this on to have
' everything in readiness on time, and preparations made
to keep things running smoothly for the succeeding four
: and a half months. . The people are coming in great num-
bers, and must not be disappointed. v . , ' ,
NO DANGER OP ANARCHY.
'"pHE 1
MOVEMENT toward Socialism, if there shall
one, to the extent of public
rious "public utilities," ss now
Jot likely. .to run into anarchy, or any very dangerous
f extremes. The American people are too self-contained
and conservative, too prosperous and well-contented, de-
spite all complaints, for that. They , have several large
fand well-Krounded grievances against certain corpora
tions "and trusts, and against the government that as to
.these has not given, the unorganized common people a
square deal. But the people will not go to the length
' of destroying private property, or denying the right of
i private ownership of property, for nearly.every mother's
; son of them wants private property, and more of it than
i be has. And ss for the government, they not only do-not
, I aim to destroy or cripple it but rather to give it greater
nun Bassovxr z.obbt.
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Mr. Speed Mosby, writing In Collier's
. for April I. says: When Joseph W.
! Folk In his Inaugural address on Janu
I ary , llOt, said "professional lobbying
! should be made a crime." the public at
' ence knew that the governor meant pre-
cl!y what Jie said.
t For a uartr of a. century , at last,
r the railroad lobby nominally headed by
tCol. WUllam R. Phelps, representing the
! Gould interests In the southwest, has
. absolutely bound and throttled and
gagged irearfr every leglslatuie tliat has
i assembled In Missouri, and during the
-whole ef this time the state was sub
i Jected. in greater or leas degree, to the
domination of a- tyrannical jnntaTf
1 astute politicians known ss the railroad
i lobby. To antagonise this formidable I
enaine . of ultra-legislative power was
folly, and to attempt the passage ot a
law In the face of Its opposition was
always Impracticable and .often utterly
futile. The lobby was, sing..... . .
Today that power.no longer exists,
And probably In no .state in the union
lias a change of such atSgnitude been
wrought so Sadden! y . and eompletely,
and without the enactment of a single
etstete no the subject. Many times
- within the pest auarter "of a century
1 attempts have bji mada to legislate
'- anlntt the . loblir. and -. tha ' laat at.
. t-mnt expired. In a senate 'Committee
about tea years ago, . The chairman of
PN D A I L Y
ANr.lNDBPBNDBRT NBWIPAPBX
PUBLXSHXD BY JOURNAL . PUBLISHINO Ca
(except $3uadV) e4 every lundey morning m
OFFICIAL PAPeR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
the State Develop-
the most important
history. It depends
road now runs to .
whiVh it would run.
dustries are largely
treams of water,
whirh haa been
river in the 'world
does more water
south flows the
assumed the na
nmi ununi
a project?
service;' r-;--- .
practical for that"
being. They seem
do pot know wijl.
well defined public
ownership of va
seems probable, is
brought into first
that committee, ' It may be mentioned,
was defeated for re-election two years
ago, by the hurling of empty baking
powder cane Into the political meetings
held In his Interest ' - ,
Without a statute to aid him, with no
"constitutional ' authority." it Is said,
and with scarcely .a word from the si
lent msn who sits In the executive chair
st the Missouri capital, the lobby la
vanquished. The reason of It all ,1a in
the man Folk. Not a railroad pass has
been seen In Jefferson City since "Joe"
Polk came to town and none is sought
by the members and clerks ot the leg
islature. Not a whisper of bribery or
corruption has been heard. There ' Is
none. Joseph W. Folk hss made -Doodling
a dangerous ' profession In Mis
souri The politicians fear -him." and
they fear him because the people love
him because public opinion la back of
him In all that he says and does, and
in banishing the corrupt lobby from
Missouri. Governor Folk has .vindicated
the omnipotent power , of . a , righteous
puoiie opinion.
'v ,. ; viove likely.' -From
the Syracuse Post-Standard'.
Ho far aa our aoqualntance with ths
career of Mr. Roosevelt shows us any
thing shoot hie, likes and dislike, he Is
f w Buinirv m man wiiu uw,
his own thinking thsn man who Is
dent or, anybody else, . T
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JrtO. P. CAKKOU4
Tbm JowmI 8ulldla(t Fm4 YamhOt
creek, the cost of which. would be $15,000 to $20,000 a
mile, and for the Whole distance it is doubtful if the cost
would exceed $12,000 a mile. The tributary country .is
in some, respects , better than ths,t through which the
ghsmko. Lroox - couniy. w""!"
kti in area' of 7756 aquart roiles.
Its standing timber is. estimated at 10,377,000,000 feet Ow
ing to the lack of transportation facilities its present in
confined to stock raising. , an yw
at .wodL Its people are
wii.rt-Hv anil nroaoeroua. It Is coursed over byi many
amonar them the ; Deschutes river,
nroiiounced by experts to be the best
for irrigation, purposes, carrying as it
in summer time than all' the' streams
thst flow eastward from the Rocky mpdntains in ine
state of Colorado. On the eastern border lies the heavily
timbered Blue mountains 'and on the west the Cascades
with thir vreat timber belts. Through it north and
Deschutes, -.while east and westthej
Crooked river and otner streams empty mw . - s
The proposed railroad extension runs through the
Agency plains, formerly the great winter range for cat
tle. Its thousands upon thousands of afcre"ire easily
cultivated. .No cactus or other obnoxious, growth, curse
the section. It has been estimated that the land north
of the Crooked river susceptible of cultivation without ir
rigation, amounts to 500,000 acres. In the neighborhood
of Prineville 60,000 acres . can be irrigated from the
Crooked river; on the west side of the Deschutes be
tween the river and the timber 50,000 acres; to the south
on the upper Deschutes there is another large irrigable
district Esst of the Deschutes and south of Crooked
river one company has contracted for about 220,000 acres
under the Carey law and has already spent $50,000 in de
velopment work, la all of this we have not said a word
about the vast acreage of gracing lands, The county hss
a population of 6,000 and notwithstanding the enormous
handicao is srrowinsr rapidly. Prineville, the county seat
has a population of 1,200; Bend, 30 miles southwest, had
a population ftf 70 a year ago; and today has about .700.
There are other small villages and settlements scattered
through the county. Not half the story is here told, and
the whole county Js directlyjributary to .Portland. .
.- Nevertheless the people are lett to work out their own
salvation in the -hardest possible ws-fr..' They have no
railroad and they get little outside help in aiding the de
velopment of their 'resources. -The development of Ore
gon should Occupy, the interested attention qf a develop
ment league. That is the excuse and justification of its
being. The building of this at once is a matter of direct
and downright interest to the people of Crook county,
the people of Portland and the people of-Oregon. ' If
what is here, shown does not. justify railroad extension
then in the name of goodness what would be required in
Oregon to induce a railroad company .to undertake such
power and responsibility, at the same time insisting upon
greater sense of accountability and more- conscientious
.";. . . mnsi?,-s ;m
-4 How, far this - semr-socialistic movement may go, no one
can now intelligently, predict , It depends upon circum
stances and largely upon the actions and' the methods
of the big corporations and trust magnates themselves.
They can 'speedily check the movement toward So
cialism by a- radical' change bf"ta.cflcs and of the spirit
which has for years animated their operations. This is
too much to expecCbut unless they do this, or unless
the government compels such a change, few things are
more certain than that the Socialistic spirit will wax
warmer and more powerful, and the Socialistic move
ment wift extend and expand, to the extent indicated.
Once having acquired-momentum, it may easily go too
far, yet we think there is no danger of anything approach
ing anarchy or the wholesale confiscation i of private
property. The American people are too level-headed and
, THE CRUSADE FOR, CLEANLINESS. '
TT IS AMAZING how indifferent the people are. to
T the care and preparation of the food which is at the
- basis of their physical, mental and even moral well
to follow the theory that what they
not hurt them and therefore studiously
avoid inquiring imo uic sources oi mcir ioou luypiy, mc
manner in which it is obtained, its method of preparation
and transportation and the various phases through which
it foes before it reaches their tables. -Where there is no
opinion to insist that certain standards
be maintained it is only natural that slipshod methods
should insensibly grow up and that certain conditions
should prevail that are apt to startle those who re
hand contact with them. ?
The women of the city who have stirred up this matter
deserve well of all the people of Portland. ; They have
thrown the limelight into, dark and obscure corners and
what they have brought forth, while not appetizing mnst
ultimately lead to reformations which will profoundly
better existing conditions. The need of a food inspector
has long been recognized.' With none here much ma
terial that' would elsewhere be rejected' is dumped into
this market and the people suffer by it . We hope the
campaign will be continued and that out of it will be
evolved a system that will carry with it more responsibil
ity as well as the certainty that those who lapse into lax
methods will pay the penalty of loss of business.
STAVOAU OILV BAZLWAT OXXSP.
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From the National Magazine. '
The chief figure in the administration
of affairs aa well aa in, the control of
these properties is Edward H. Harrlman.
Ten years afg-o he was practically un
known. He had, however. t that time
accumulated a neat fortune, and be
sides had gained the confidence of. rich
bankers, and- with their backing he has
made himself at once the most admired
and the most hated msn in the railroad
world. Something over SO years of age,
he la-the-last--mart one -would pick out
In a crowd as the heed of the great in
terests which bear his name. , Slight of
stature, absolutely lacking in appearance
of either dignity or attractiveness. , he
looks more like a clerk than a million
aire. He must be conscious of this.' for
he has. ever since his advent to fame,
refused to sit for any ' photographer.
The only pictures of him are snapshots,
but as he always wears his hst down
over his eyes these pictures Show little
of hie features. In his eyes, however,
there glitters the cold, gray steel of the
despot. Mr. Harrlman la an autoorat
In his realm,' and for thla reason some
of the best railroad offloera In the
country have left his employ. - He has
elected himself to the positions made
vacant by those men. and he Is . now
not only one of the chief owners, but
also the actual operating head of his
systems. ,- t .
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Small Change j
.Toe bf trust mmi to have' some
ambaimad Books. .
, l-tnm-r a-rl: No, it Isn't really tlm
io com UI (. I . t
Few public lnatltatloos oan be rua
witnoui internal rows, - .r
Bo fair Ruaala'a yiotorlaa have mostly
Doan in MTtoct or tha pftuss.
It thera ara local food adultaratlons.
glYO tueni na rest Dor -patronise.
. An occasional amalllosT oomralttaa may
ao a good service to ma community,
- The county will hava o stand by the
peedlassly bad bargain It mad la tne
matter ox certain tax compromlsas. .
Japan, It Is roportod. will "have 4
million soldiers In the field tfcls sprlns.
Whsre doss she sat themT Aren't a.
rood many or them women! .
A Chledsre scliMitlst has dlsooverad a
wayof brlnslnar dead eats to ilfo. Boms
people era determined to use their tal
ents to do all the barm they can in the
WOrid. . . ) -;.r;- .
80. Oorky has been banishedl Victor
Huso was also banished. And they both
felt like the sraat Roman who ex
claimed: ' "What's banishment but set
free from dally contact with the things
I loathe r " :- ,.v-..
' Now that the population ' of the Phll
ipplne 'Islands, between . T.00O.0OS . and
1.000,04)0. has been approximately ascer
tained, won't they please be sood and
happy T They never took a census, and
so, deserved to be miserable.
' A Portland - policeman saw and ' was
chased by a larga cousar In. South Fort
land early' one mornlnsr this week, he
says. Probably he can't remember what
saloon. In that part of town had been
open alter 1 -o'clock that nlsht. '
We are almost poelttve that 1f Rock
efeller would aareo to give (100,000 or
more to an association of. newspaper
paraeraphera, one would be formed at
one and would not refuse the clrf nor
argue about how be got the money, t
; Behold our valiant beast-destroying
president who lumped In amona- the
dogs, seised a , wolf by the jaws and
ended Its existence wtth his own sinewy
handat Boup-la! Hl-yu big stick chief!
wont we have that woirs Jaw as a
eenter piece on the presidential lunch
tableT ' .
A large proportlonof .the lawyers of
Bt Petersburg, whq have exprsssed so
oiallstle or republloan eentiments. are
to be banished from that city, according
to - dispatch. - Unfortunately, -nnder
our exceedingly liberal system of gov
ernment no American elty can get rid
of Its lawyers. ,.-'
Tha proposition of 'the special - at-4
torneys that the persistently law-breaking
Santa, Fe officials should be pros
ecutedactually prosecuted, .personally,
with a view to their real punishment
astonishes and staggers Attorney -General
Moody. He never heard of such
a thing.- But what will the president
eayt , ; .. . . ..
Prince gavlne, captured In Berlin and
returned to Burata, where he is wanted
for alleged offenses, claims tor-be en
American cUisen, probably rememberingl
now our nenevoient government inter
ested Itself in one Perdicaiis. -, Let us
hope Savine Is not an American citizen,
nr If he la. Jet him paddle his Own canoe.
These foreign American cltlsens are be
coming a nuisance. j
Oregon Sidelignts
, Looks good for, fruit " .-'-.' '.
One Amity man Is building TOt feet
of new sidewalks. 1
According to the Democrat 111 drum
mers visited Albany last week.,, .
' Six more or less valuable doge were
poisoned In Clatskanle one day last
week. - .,. :,, Lr.
The bustneee ,pf the-' new ..bank at
Amity ta much larger than was an
ticipated. , Tr " , . i. , ,
Many new buildings , will ge tap at
Myrtle Point this .summer. says the
Enterprise.- - - .,-
Greenback eorreapondenee ef Grants
Pass Courier: Mrs Webb's pet deer
Jumped Into her kindergarten the other
day and chased all the kids out at the
beck door. c- t '
One farmer near McMlnnville pur
chased one day last week 10 - 11-foot
double patent gates, being tired ef
climbing fences and letting down, and
putting up bare. - .. ;
- An English walnut tree Is now 1n
bearing In Clatskanle, Columbia county,
which was planted' orer 10 years ago.
Nearby- stands a -black walnut-and a
butternut tree - which were planted at
the same time. .These trees have born
many a, crop of fine nuts, and It seems
remarkable that more were not set out
- A number ef farmere tributary ' te
Springfield are negotiating with eastern
capitalists In regard td the building of
a large sugar factory at that place, end
tt is thought that capital wUl be fur
nished for. the erection ef a factory
and that ' contracts fof the ' desired
amount of beets can be easily obtained.
Movements of Lower Sllets Bonee ss
chronicled In the Toledo Leader: John
Bones has built a new picket fence. Will
Bones has gone to spend the eummer
With his sister. - John - Bones and eon
Phinley have left us for a short- stay
on their ranch. Miss Viola and LUburn
Hardin combined pleasure with business
for ens day with Walter' Bonee and
wife.--" " ;
What la believed to be the largest oak
tree In the Willamette valley stands be
tween Halsey and Sbedd. At two feet
from the ground It is SO feet In cir
cumference, and four feet higher le St
feet It has an Immense spread of limb
and glvee evidence of having been a
monarch - of .the. wild ' prairie of . the
Willamette when only the. coyote and
the Red: man, inhabited it.
Sllverton Bllvertonlan-Appesl: J. O.
Bobbins left a half dosert Easter egge
at our office last Friday, end it la need
less te ssy we ere thankful for such
a manifestation of generosity on the
part of Jack, and the hens which laid
the monstrous product One of the aggs
measnred els and one eunrter Inches
one- way and eight and one half another.
All 1 were about the same else and
afforded pleasure for the enner many A
A Lisii of New
Oregon L
aw5j
1
In response to many requests The
Journal is publishing, day by day a brief.
Intelligent synopsis of all the lawo
passed by the last legislature. When
this work le done any reader by simply
arranalna- tha matter in a sorapbook can
-discover for himself any alterations in
the laws which affect him or his inter
ests., , , ; V-: - a "V
: Taking Depositions. '
" H. B. SO The testimony of a Witness
In any case may be taken In any case
after summons r has been served or ap
pearance of-nhadefendant .when the
witness Is wiperty to the action or pro
ceeding by the adverse party, whsn the
witness residence is such that he is
not obliged to attend pursuent to sec
tion SOT, or he Is about to leave the
county end - go more than SO mllee
beyond the plaoe ot trial,' or a .witness
liable to attend Is too infirm to do so,
or when the testimony Is -required upon
a motion, er In any other case Where
the oral examination' ef the witness) Is
not required. Approved February 10,
pedal Agastta o etovernor. '
H. B. SS An appropriation of $10.-
000 tot the two year a from ; January,
1005. to enable the governor to employ
special agents In ferreting out evidence
In important eases, civil or criminal,
where the state la Interested, whenever
It unnecessary. In the governor's Judg
ment te prevent criminals escaping or
Justice may not be done by the regu
larly constituted authorities of the
state, and to aid In returning fugitives
from Justice. Approved February 10.
' - ., StvUenee ef XaooTporeaUf. -H.
B. Is The articles of Incorpora
tion ot a company, er certified copy
thereof, on file with the secretary of
state or ' county clerk, is prima, facie
evidence of the existence of the eorpor
tloa. Approved February l0.- , T
. rorelgn Xndiolal Beeecd. .
H. B. IS The Judicial record ef a
foreign country may be proved by pro
duction of a copy thereof; certified te
by the -clerk or other persons having
legal custody of the record, with the
seal of the court enixea. Approveo
February 10. . ' .', ' k
Xfrmm ef Brulkaoinak Court "
H. B. SS The terms of, the circuit
court of the fourth district Multnomah
county, shall be held the first Mon
days In January, February, March, April,
May. June, - September. .October. No
vember and December. Approved Febru
ary 10. .-'. " ;.) - ; ;'v. - ,
Becord ef Taapayers. v . ,
H. B. S Details of the Oheriffs'
duties In .tax collection are specified,
apd they are required to ascertain and
record the addresses of all . taxpayers
In their counties. Approved February
10. '. ," : ' --"-.--,. ,' ;'i' .;'' 1
- - Arson by Xarrled People.
H. B. lOS The crime of arson Is ex
tended- to- Include a married women's net
of burning property of her hueband, or
a married man's burning the property
of his wife. Approved February ,10., -
Aeksowladglng Oosposatlom Signature,
H. B. Ill Any officer or agent of a
corporation may acknowledge a com
Deny Instrument by swearing to the eeal
And that the eeal and eignature are In
behalf of j the board of dlrectore. . with
vsuat statements aa -to 'Voluntary char
acter of deed. .Approved February 10.
. Fishing rndastry tlssnsss
H. B. 14S The following schedule ef
licenses for all branches of the salmon
or sturgeon fishing Industry was fixed:
Drag sein not exceeding 100 feet in
length, SH, and t cents for each addi
tional foot above that; glllnet SS. set
net SI 50, pound net trap or weir SIS.
scow flshwheel SIS, stationary fish-
heel SIS-.- Canneriee are divided Into
SS claases, paying licensee from first to
twenty-fifth class. Inclusive, as follows:
SI 00, S1S0, SSOO.'SSSO. SSOO, S3I0. S400.
S460. SSOO.'SSSO, S600, SS0, S700, S7S0,
SS00. SSB0, S00, StSO. SI.OOO, S1.050. SI,
100. S1.1S0. S 1.100, S1.S00 and S1.I0O, re
spectively. The canneries are- classi
fied aajfollowsi Pack not exceeding
1.000 cases for year preceding license.
first class, and eonsequtlvely thereafter,
raising number of class for each addi
tional S.S00 cases packed -until the
twenty-fourth Class, exceeding 10,000
and not more than SS.000 cases - Is
reached, the twenty-fifth being (S.000
cases of "more. All other persons en
gaged In msrketlng salmon or sturgeon
not by canning methods are divided Into
SS classes according te number Of tone
of fish bandied each year. The first
class Is for less than three tons; second,
three to six: third, six to 10; fourth,
10 to 14: fifth, IS to SO; sixth. SO, lo
SS: seventh. SS to SO; eighth, SO to 40;
ninth, 40 to SO; tenth, SO to SO: eleventh.
0 to 70; twelfth. 70 to SO; thirteenth.
SO to 100; fourteenth. 100 to 140; fif
teenth, 140 to 175; sixteenth, 17S to 115;
seventeenth, 2SS to S00; eighteenth, S00
to 400; nineteenth, 400 to 500; twentieth,
S00 to S00; twenty-first S00 to 700, and
twenty-second over 700 tone of fish. a
year. The licenses for these classes are
ae follows: SS. S7.S0, $10, SIS. $20, SIS,
SS0. $40. $50. S0. $70, $80. $100, $125,
$10. $100, $270, $140. S460. $540, $430.
$100. Approved February 10. . , , 5
. '. Stelxabttrsinr a Soldier.
H. B, 1SS Appropriates SS4.50 for
loes ef time because of Injury sustained
by L. H. Mendell while in line of mili
tary duty . at Washington lake. Ap
proved February 10. .-' t , : .
Benton Oenaty Salaries. " ;
H. B. Ill Benton county eelarles ere.
fixed as follows: County-Judge, $720
a year; eherlff. $1,400; county clerk,
$1,440; recorder, $800; treasurer. $600;
school superintendent $800; assessor,
$100; the first five to take effect the
first Monday In July, the school super
intendent's the first Monday In August
end the assessor's the first Monday In
January, ltos. - : .
. sTwaanp Kind' Fund.'
H. By 23 J The preamble recites thet
there are outstanding $44,711.44 In war
rente drawn on tha,, swamp land fund,
with an Interest charge of S3.SS1.31, and
there Is no Immediate, probability of
further sales. Ia view ef this, the
ewamp land fund If transferred to the
general fund, end $41,171. 8? was ap
propriated to pay all outstsndlng war
rants drawn on the ewamp land fund.
Approved February 10. ;
' Ordet of Court Searings.
B. B. SS The order In which a equrt
ease shall be presented and heard is
established by en amendment to the old
law, being practically tha same., Ap
proved February IS. -i. , .
Aoqulrtng la4 fot Schools. -..
S. B. SO. . The district boundary board
of counties have the right to bring con
demnation proceedings In the usual
order of suoh esses, to aoqulre land
needed for school purposes, if sn am
Icable agreement Ss to Its price cannot
be reached with the owner., . Appro ved
Februery 10,
Abolishing Bakes Office.
S. B. SI. After the first Monday In
July, 1000, the office of recorder of con
vtyances In Baker county Is abolished.
the J work formerly done by blm devolv
ing upon the county clerk. , ' ,
- Tra ea Slop Bales. ' ,'
S. B. 111. There shall be deducted ss
tar five pounds from- each bale ef hope
sold In the state, and no more. ' Five
yards of baling doth, each yard ot the
standard weight of SO ounces. Is the
limit for wrapping. Any vender using
heavier wrapping or other extraneous
matter shall nave the same deducted es
additional tare. Approved. February 10.
. BaHdiaer' Bxpsrusental SsoeAs. ;
S. B. 10S. - County courts are author
ised to permit building experimental
roads by the United Statea government
on county roads. . Approved February
IS. .- .' -! :! .: , . --. ,v. 1 '
Olatsop Oenaty Selarlee.
8. B. 11. The Clatsop county olsrk'e
salary Is fixed at S2.000 a year, and the
sheriff Sl.000. Approved February IS.
Srertnge Batlway. ;
S. a 141. Tba sum of $25,000 Is ap
propriated for maintenance and opera-
. 1 . nr" u rv.11 m m road.
and all money to be received from ite
operation,- wun mm ipprojirmuuu, , -te
Constitute a distinct fund. The board
of portage commissioners is authorised
to make trafflo arrangements for ex
change ot business with any person, end
to acquire the privilege ef using tracks
..j .,,,nn..n, Mnnwiliia lines. .The
commission shall also fix the rates Ot
all traXXlC.- Approved seoruary v. ,
1 Femrtlt Agrkraltaial Dlstrtet ' ,
a t, sa 1 iThIam ins Wallaes couru
ties are constituted the First Eastern
Oregon Agricultural district, and Baker,
. . . a Ak. 1m. wtt K
Harney, siaineur ana unm m "
UrUooJ
county shall appoint three and. Wallowa!
two commissioners ror ne i"i 1
and Baker two. Mainour one. xiamey "
and Grant county' one eommleeloner for
the Fourth district L . v.:..
ark
.ewis an
(Ths expedition is now en route up
tha -Missouri river from Fort Mandan
"and bound for the headwaters In the
Rocky mountains.) -, a ,
t,. April IS. Ws set' eut at aunriee, at
S o'clock, having the wind In eur favor
went on rapidly past a timbered -How
ground on the south and a ereek.en- the
north at the disUnce ef nine miles,
which we called Onjon creek from, the
quantity of that plant which grows In
the plains near It; this creek la about
IS yards wide at a mile and- a half
above Its- mouth; It dlscherges more
water than ia usual for creeks ot that
else In this country, but the whole plain
which It waters ta totally destitute of
timber. The Missouri Itself widens very
remarkably Just above the Junction With
the Little Missouri; Immediately at the
entrance of the Utter It Is not more
than 100 yards ' wide and so shallow
that It may be pessed In canoes with
setting poles, while a few miles above
It le upwards of a mile In width. "
Ten miles beyond Onion creek we
came to another' discharging Itself on
the north In the center ot a' deep bend;
on ascending It for about mile and
a half we found !t to be the discharge
of a pond or small lake, which seemed
to have been once the bed of the Mis
souri; near this lake ere the remains
of 48 temporary lodkea, which seem
to belc-Dg to the Asslhlboins, who are
now on the river ot the same name.
A great number of swan and geese were
also In It and from this etrcumstence
we named the creek Goose creek and the
lake by the same name; these geese we
observe do .not build their nests on the
ground or In Bend bars, but tn the tope
of lofty cottonwood trees. - -
We saw some elk and buffalo today,
but . at too greet distance to 'obtain
any of them, though a number of the
carcases of the . latter enimal - are
strewen along the chore, having fallen
through the Ice and swept along when
the ' river broke up. ' More bald eagles
are seen en this part of the Missouri
than we have previously met with; the
small er common hawk, common In most
parts of the United States, are also
found here; great quantities ot geeee
are feeding In the prairies, and one flock
of white brant or geese with black
wings, and some gray brant Wtth them,
passed, up the river, and front their
flight . they seemed to proceed much
farthr"t6lhenorthWet s we killed
two, antelopee, which were very . lean,
and-1 caught laet night two beaver. The
French hunters, who had procured seven,
thinking the neighborhood efthe Little
Missouri--a convenient hunting ground
for the animal, remained behind there.
In the evening we encamped In a beau
tiful plain on the north, 80 feet above
the river, having eaade SSM miles, - .
TXT AXi 1MUB Wtfl
raoru.
i" From the Lewleten Teller."
The question of better transportation
factmiee for - the. Clearwater country
baa stirred up the people, and In their
united action Is to be found a solution
of ths whole problem. The Vital issue
with the people is the - tveiopment of
the resources of the country, and this
is hindered and delayed - by lack of
proper transportation facilities. .The
demands ef the territory are pressing,
and relief often promised Is postponed
from time to time till patience is worn
threadbare.
4t is not a question ae to whether
the Clearwater country, In Its develop
ment would . Justify the expense of
more mileage. That te conceded by all.
The present trafflo Justifies that and
the development under Improved con
ditions would open up resoureee "now
dormant because of the great expense
for - transporting the product to mar
ket. - - 1,,; . . .
The magnates play at a big game
and the trafflo of the Clearwater coun
try le a email part of the great Issues
tor which they contend. . It is doubt
less true the railroads mean to bulldi
but Just when Is not more clearly de
fined now than Jt .lute been for years,
though It Is nearer every year. Mean
while the country suffers; and, though
it has no quarrel with the railroads
for what they have done. It rises In the
strength ef Ite own resoureee with a
brave attempt to - do for Itself what
was expected of the big corporations.
-: The plan is not chimerical, and the
end will Justify the means. What the
people want Is to burst the bonds that
stay the development of the country
and let the richest land under the eun
come into the fullnees of Its prosperity,
: bjlsxboabs xm raAjres. ' -
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- In France - the railways sre mostly
owned by companies. Tet not only are
the charges for carrying .'freight stipu
lated by the government but the gov
ernment control le far more exacting
than anything we have proposed. The
public is satisfied, end the railroads do
not think ef complaining, any more than
express companies in the United States
think of complaining because they do not
have charge of the postal business.
Continental countries hojd that under
modern conditions the railroad Is In the
same relation to the publio at a high
way wae a century ago. - The Idea that
the macadamised roads of France should
be entirely In the eontrol of prlvete com
panies would be little more than ridicu
lous to a Frenchman than that the rail
roads should be their own Judge of rates.
C tirlcal Re Tovni
, in Congress
Savoyard In the Washington , Post
; The Hon. Charles R. Towne Is an
able and a brilliant mas and baa had a
somewhat singular, and 1n .the- main,
brilliant political career. Born in Mich
igan when Theodore Roosevelt wsa six
weeks old, he received a college educa
tion, got to- be a lawyer and went te
Duluth in 1SS0. -He was a Republican
and perhape the best stump -speaker in
Minnesota. . In 1SS4 he beat the best
man. in the state for. congress end came
here In the middle ot Cleveland's ad
ministration. The country wee In a bad
tlx. In the middle of a very bad ' fix.
Mr. Cleveland bed spent the Brat six
months ot his Administration Operat
ing on the body politio to remove an
economic cancer, .that , had been aused-
by the Republican party. ' 8trenge to
say, tha patient now, much, exhausted
and very sick, wee very angry at the
surgeon and 01 the very best of terms
with the corruptor.ot Its blood. ' Publio
opinion in 1184 and ISIS was a strik
ing example of the idiosyncrasies of
Politics. ,:...',.''', v.i.-... v.-w:-'
The fifty-fourth congress was a pro
test against , Cleveland . and .a vindica
tion of Thomas B. Reed. It Introduced
a good many new statesmen to the
country, eome of them very bright men.
- Ttw'
was Grove Johnson, or Califor
nia.' who would have developed Into a
nrst-ttasealeeate with experience end
a little bit cooler temper. But they said
that he waa Huntington's man and that
cut hie eongreeslonaV career short 1
In the " fifty-fourth - congress -' Mr.
Towne mede a great reputation aa an
orator, and I believe be made two
speecbee that simply turned a whirlwind
loose In the house. He wee a Republi
can, ardent In the cause, and willing to
keep the road to Damacus hot with his
talks ss ne journeyed aiong to persecute
the brethren of ' tbe Democratic faith
down there. One ot Mr. Towns's speeches
was about silver, end It was -about the
best speech that waa ever delivered in
Congress on- the . wrong side, of ' that
question. - r---1 - . -'
Thet be wee sincere' there can be ne
sort of doubt. ' . When ' the Republican
convention essembled In Bt . Louis In
ISIS, and the O. O. P. was metaphor
cally taken by the throat and mads to
ewallow the gold standard bill with the
silver-coating of .'.'international bimetal
Ism" and such a mingling ot Insincer
ity end-cowardice never before got on.
parade In a political convention Mr.
Towne left the party, and accompanied
Henry M. Teller Into the Democratie
camp, halting on the way st the silver;.
Republican headquarters. He' wae . In
that campaign of IStS from beginning
to flntsfej end as an orator ef the IS to .
1 policy, he wae second to Bryan, end
second te Bryan only. He wae formid
able because he believed . what he ad
vocated, and after the election we find
him In the Democratic party and In fel
lowship. He is now a Tammany mem
bers of congress. : ' -. - 1
: The McKinley administration came In,
end after giving the gold a tends rd "a
lick and a promise" reluctantly went to
war With Spain, licked her before break
fast and. with the help ef Mr. Bryen
soqulred en empire on the other side of
th world that Is liable to keep this na
tion In hot water for the rest of Its
life. We have gt a land and people ever
there that, we- must rule aa . Kngland
has ruled India for centuries. Jo. hold
and defend them we have got td nave,
the second navy In the worldor the Brit
ish alliance, or both. The nexi fiscal .
year the American people will pay $$1.
000,000 for government Twelve years
ago It waa half that From sefety we
have gone te danger. We bought 10.000,.
00S people at SS a head, and It has cost
ihii doHara a heed to hold them, and is '
likely to cause the biggest war In the
history of mankind any nne aay.
Mr. Towne was appointed senator n
succeed tbe late Cushman K. Davis, snd
during tha few weeks he held that office
he made an eloquent speech en the Phil
ippine question; but it fell on deaf
ears. - That question la not paramount
I doubt If tt can get to b paramount
by i SOS, 1 When the Amerloen people de
set about a serious eoneideration or it
they vare .going te nsk the great Ameri
can question: "Will It psyT". And It
Is not going tb be very easy to satis
factorily answer It In the affirmative.
Washington will be glad to see Mr.'
Towns next Ootober, or whenever the
ftfty-nlnth congress comes here.
Letters
From tte People
The Orowded Srtsee Oar Katforsa. .
Portland. April If. To the Editor of
The Journal I noticed ' in Saturday
night's Journal an article from "East
ern Lady" headed "Plstfbrm- Hogs."
There are two sides to every question.
Here Is the other eide of thle one: I
have noticed that most -of theee so
called , "platform hoge" ere f laboring
men. And I admire the delicacy of
feeling which makes a man prefer rid
ing outside rather than . bringing his
soiled clothing in . contact with the
clothing of "tar lady." Just 'returning
frord the matinee, afternoon calls or
shopping. An excellent plan Is to ar
range one's affairs so aa to occupy the
eara Just little before the time for
the laborers to be returning from work.
Or ff one cannot do this, be grateful to
the men for taking the platform end sl
lowlng us te occupy the eomfortab e
seats and be willing to stsnd a little
crowding. The men ere often obliged to
alight-from m car . many times before
reaching home to allow some oneto
pass. And they sre not te blanle be
eauee the ears are crowded, nor doee It
presumably add greatly to their com
fort And the baby carrUgea-rwhat
would our "Eastsrn Lsdy" have .the
tired mother' carry the little one from
store to store while making the pur
chssest Or,'orse still, if her. health
does not permit that - stay at home en
tirely, elmply because she has no wsy
of getting the little ' carriage down
town? No. - Let tbe mother tonnie out
every pleasant day. and bring the little
ones, even during the fair, snd we, who
know the sunshine' snd rest an after
noon "ouf brings to a tired mother,
will gladly find a place on -the platform
for the baby carriage, even If It does
inconvenience ue quite a little In getting
on or off the car. Perhaps the time
will come when some of us ladles can
have s whols car to ourselves for ths
munificent sum of S cents. But. st
present the cars are, I believe,- ion. "the
masses, not the clssses." ' -
ANOTHER EASTERN LADY1
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"Do. thoughts that came, to you In
the long, ego ever return?" asked the
originator of silly questions.' , 1 (
"Not unless I enclose stamps," an
swered the literary party, .; '-
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