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f, Jblishod every evanjiic (except Sunday) and rvery Snaday mcrninf at
ONE INSTANCE OUT OF
LOCALLY LARGE, bet considering; ail tha Ore
gon country, a relatively small railroad nope, tt
' not nroiect. is that mentioned by the Pilot Rock
1 Record, one f rota Pendleton to Uktah, aboct 50 miles.
- Pilot Rock, a little town 16 miles tooth f Pendleton,
would be on the line of this road, add consequently the
t! Record has an especial interest to calling for the road,
yet much, that it says Is none the less true or applicable
to that and various other regions,..: This road, the
Record says, "would insure the settlement of the country
r south of Pendleton more thickly than any other part of
eastern Oregon. '. While the land is not of the, high
' -i quality of some, other ; sections of this county, the de-'-ficiency
In the fertility of the soil is more than made
up in the abundance! wood and water with which it is
blessed." . The genuine, homeseeker and botnebuflder
. i high estimate on watet and timber.-. Many of
the owners of. highlyproductie .wheat lands of the in
land empire principally for lack of. these necessities rigtit
on their ranches, lire in Pendleton, Walla Walla, Colfax
and other towns,. even In Portland. '.These farmers pro
duce wheat only, car nothing for local schools, boy their
-.milk, butter, eggs, meats and vegetables, and evon then
prosper. But this system is not best for the country,
and in many localities can be changed for the better by
extension of railroad lines. ' The country under consid
eration, all the way,.fron.Pendleton to Ukiah,' needs di-
versified famrog. the production of virions 'kinds of
foodstuffs, and an opportunity to procure and send but
wood and lumber, and encouragement
build schoblhouses and become a populous, model rural
rg1cwrAJ lheRecord saysyTWrtJi
country traversed would roe -as i active as a bee nive ra
the production of those necessaries of life that are now
neglected by the big wheat raiser, 'and of which he is a
purchaser, and the money that is now being sent out of
the county would be kept at home, and in place of being
an importer of butter and eggs, fruits and vegetables and
other commodities, it would at once become an exporter.
;The people of thia county, varied in its resources, would
men oe ' ptaccu in posiuoa ur imcrtasags mcir com
modities." ' . . 1-. ; i- '- v
And that such a road through such a "cotmtry would
"pay," from the start, there is no question. The wonder
i that the owners and managers of the O. R. &'N, the
Union Pacific, the Harriman lines, or whatever name it
be proper to use, should so loog and ao obstinately
- neglect these opportunities for it is more to the rail
roads' than to all others advantage' to develop pro
duction, both in variety and volume." m 'such regions.
The Pilot Rock Record puts the case truly and strongly
.mus: -".;.-:'.'.. A '.: - " - ':r'Q
It seems the railroads are determined to keep back
' from settlement and development the very country
' - they control and' call their own and from which.they
'draw their main support '.' The extension of every
branch road into the interior of Oregon,' controlled' :'
. by the O. R. & N means additional business to that ;
;road, and so it will id the future follow that every , ,
mile of additional roadbed built, penetrating its many 1
. rich sections, now held in check through lack of
) transportation facilities, will add to the yearly in- ,
come of that railroad. The interests of the farmers
. and railroads are ao closely allied that the one isab-
solutely dependent upon the therT
of the country and the encouragement pi the farming
and dairying interests is logically the object of rail-";
' roads and not as some contend the destruction of
the goose that lays the golden egg. :' .,.
I How -long will it take the big railroad men to learn
this simple lesson, and that in thus holding back the de
velopment of the Columbia river region they are them,
serves the principal losers, and show themselves to be
kings of folly, rather than of finance and industry? , . ;
THE COUNTY COURT AND
T T LOOKS to impartial observers
county cpmmissioners court was playing a petty
game of partisan politics in refusing to audit and
order paid certain necessary expenses incurred by Sheriff
Word. First the court refuses to give the sheriff the
, number of deputies he actually needs to attend properly
to the duties of his office; and then when in cases of
emergency the sheriff f appoints ;
special and absolutely necessary workv tne county judge
and commissioners refuse to pay them.
. In pursuance of his duty and in the enforcement of
laws the sheriff closed up certain gambling houses and
poolrooms that were running in defiance of law and of
public sentiment,? and appointed deputies for a tima to
' guard the closed places, and the county court refused to
pay these necessary expenses, although the action of the
' sheriff in these and other cases resulted in revenue to
an amount nearly ten timet the expenset incurred; and
', now it is reported that the county court also declines to
( pay the hire' of extra deputies to act as a death watch
.upon murderer Gugliclmo. f If the sheriff had a suf
ficient number of regular ' deputies to perform these
services, if he. had been or showed a disposition to be
.extravagant, and demanded more deputies than wre rea
sonable and necessary, the . action .of the county court
.would be approved by the public, But such is not the
case, la proportion to the business done by the sheriff
."the office is being run more economically than it ever
; 'lias been. The sheriff on certain occasions needs special
ntAOTeTAatT ATTanrlOZTXS.
. from the Bacbester Poet-eTiiiiass,
; . v Ijondon Is sufferlna from an operating
' - tnaaia. The Dally Mall, veracious or
' ; gan. Is authority tor the statement that
.' ln tha course of fortnight one wall
- - known operating surgeon has had ao
Jewr than IT cants -jef porelTiinaxi-.
. . ittary avpendlcltla. Imaginary appendi
citis la a malady In Itself, and It U a
alee polnV" whether the sufferer sbbiild
W...l
not have the appendix removed .to- cure
. , ' the sickly lmagn-iaMoa. or tha lmagina-
Jtlon operated on tn some way to on re
s ,Jt of fandfal silmeata. It Is true that
' : the inouirlnr scalpel has never f arreted
cut-the exact T'o t which the tmagt
nation turks. To some people this may
seam a difficulty fat the way of operating.
jBnt those who reason is that way do
; not snow, ux .rreaindity of resooBoe of
.the nedidal fraternity. Bctence has
made maur adrejocee, and If a doctor
eennet operate ea man for a dlaaaaed
lmo rtneOon which he cannot locate, who
,caa? From one tact K Is posalbto to
reason to another, and wa know that
whereas many people la London, still
t ratals the vermiform appendix, there
' kas been a eonslderabto transfer of good
vBngttea gold from nnprofaaeinaial Into
professional pockettrfcls proves that
there was at least a sappostrlens mal--
y. and who save a. meOlcal mu a eo
tltled to fees for earing a man of an
ailment ba never fcadt . '.. : . i .
ta a tuawl Wey. .
' Froen tho Kansas City tar.
In generei war tho people of War
"v are drvMed Into two classes: Those
a threw boeftbe and those wbo have
Jbm thrown at theaa.
O N D A I - L Yi
INDSP&HOBMr NEWSPAPER
- PUBLISHED I BY JOURNAL ' PUBLISHINO CO.
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MANY
OREGON
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the arteries of a
to. dig wells and
3be
much less than
THE
. v.!.:
The building up
THE SHERIFF.
very much at if the-
ways in Chicago
pose frown darkly
special deputies for I
throughout the
or use , them in
people owe the
grudge, but neither
ways just as they
rutx ro a -rotrB-sxT wacm. -
V From the .Frairto City lamer.' .
There la a (0-oant piece In etrenlatloa
In this town that la badly mutilated.
The mining looks tike it bad
chopped with an ax, and. la fact to
It onoe ia. tft know , .nlwrrs Wvarlj
everybody has had It. nearly everybody
"
I ... - . ,
a- debt with It Many a . time It
bought both bread and meat. It baa
been oontriboted to the ehwreh. la
paid the admission to many a dj
it has bewght acoijoa of -bear and. it baa
helped to defray funeral expenses. That
old bettered to-cent piece has probably
paid IM0 worth of debts, and It win
pay many more debts, unless seme one
sends It swsy. then Its days of useful
ness vfll be over la the John' bay valley.
Please don't send, mm, old.-battered,
mntflated - four-bit piece away " from
home. It haa been so faltbfal that wa
have tears ed to lore It wetl. It has
dons lota of good work here and will
do lots more, if Just given the show.
a Foe. to
From the Cleveland Leader.
An uncontradicted and presumably
authoritative ' report . from Bt . Peters
burg sjmooaiees that within a fortnight
the minister ef labQe Instruction will
take op pleas. for , coenpolaory educa
tion In the entire Russian empire. But
how Is unhretaal education to exist un
der deanotlsmT ' The two are Ineompati.
bio. Would as sdneated Russia, evea
though the educatVtn were mainly rudi
mentary, rest paWva under tha iron
irule of Ua autooracy la St f tersburgT
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J O U R N A L
JPNX I. CARROLL
The 'Journal Bofldtnc, Fifth and Yanhfll
deputies for specific and not to allow them to
him. or to refuse to pay them and require him to pay
them but of his own pocket is an exhibition of. partisan
ship which cannot be approved. !, . ' -" .
The people chose .to elect Word, and they want him to
be given a fair chance to run his office as it should be
run, and moreover they have entire confidence that he
will not impose on them a dollar of unnecessary expense.
RELATIVELY EASY TASK. '
ATURE GIVES but ; few harbors; - man needs
many. There is ,but one alternative where a fle
ficiency of this character occurs: Man; must
make his. harbor and maintain it : More instances are
chronicled of artificial channels and r depths : in ;reat
trade marts than of cases wherritatnrff did all save buildr
ing ships and quays. ' ; v-t:.''.
Portland is m the class' where msn most do' somo
work. ' Nature has done much here, more in fashioning
peCTlest cbmmal systOT at the
line wnere nver ana wave race is. yvu iuuiu u's"""
been bequeathed with barely, two obstacles, giving an
eternal carrier of trade, which required no bond issue
for track and no fuel for energy. , When two petty bar
riers have been removed, the Columbia basin has for all
time a water course free to navigation of such, craft as
will be of economic value. '. v VV''' ?''''
Then we have the month of the river to look after.
It1 is almost a mathematical demonstration that when
the present south jetty is extended to its proposed ter
mination it will insure a low water depth oyer the bar
of 35 feet As we nave heretofore pointed oat the dif
ficulties in the wav of utiTizinar the Columbia are very
any other'streaMrthat ran-be-namei
This .does not imply that mere is no neeo ot worx or mat
more or less work will. .be I continuously -needed, but
where dollars are needed here thousands are elsewhere
-spent to-get the tame result. 'V':'-- V'V,;v' ' "'. ''?'..
Many of the first ports of the world, especially, those
with fresh water facilities, are in need of constant improvement"-
All' of Germany' harbors on the North sea
are filling with silt and only by constant dredging art
they kept open to heavy vessels. But Germany does not
pause in the duty, or envy deep sea inlets to the north or
south. Dredges are being perfected to do the work" at
the., most economical figure, on the assumption that it
must be unremitting.5 Incidentally, it may be remarked
that the most remarkable vessel , of -this type yet per
fected has made a teat run at.Wilfielmebaven, handling
5,450 cubic yards of soft ground an hour, or the enormous
total of 3200 cubic yards in a day. ; ; , T, .
This season's work should show a tremendous advance
for Oregon in the improvement of its main waterways.
If they .are taken advantage of above Celilo, as .they
should be, the whole problem is on the eve of solution
and following that the matter of better railroad facilities
will practically settle itself. -In other words what 'seems
impossible to attain by a direct, attack will be accom
plished by a flank movement and success there will mean
the stimulation and self confidence which leads to suc
cess in other parts of the state. r' -
PEOPLE ARE THINKING.
HAT a ."deplorable, dangerous, thing it would;
" 'be, if we art "to rely upon the pessimistic
arguments and speculations of the organs of
standpatism, if the 'people,- in place of a syndicate of
multimillionaires, headed by J. P, Morgan, J. Dji Rocke
feller, or some such money absorber,, should acquire,
own and operate the street railways of a large city. All
sorts of dire consequences, are predicted, and failure and
disaster crouch on every hand to bear down and break
up any such .enterprise, according Jto the organs of
monopoly everywhere. ', ''!' ' -- .
-Yet it is not satisfactorily explainedhyifjhesejtinc
Financiers can greatly over-capitalize these properties
and then get larger dividends out of them, the people,
acting through thoroughly capable and trustworthy men,
should not make's success of running street railways. As
Mayor Dunne pithily remarked: I can run street rail
as well as J. P. Morgan of New York
can." v ; . ; : ; - 1 r- t:r i ' . &
. The' same vehicles of monopolistic thought and pur
and write lugubriously also at the prop
osition of pubuc ownership ot the , express businesi,
but the more they learn -about it rand think-about it the
more the people will favor a movement toward this end.
Sending packages and money from one place to another
coantry has grown to be a business of
enormous proportions, and yielding enormous ' profits.
The gentlemen , engaged in this very useful and neces
sary business attend to it well, and with them the peo
ple have no quarrel, except perhaps as to the scale of
charges; put they see no good reason why a few nice,
agreeable gentlemen should pocket many 'millions a year
out of this business, when the people themselves might
as well psy the men-employed their salaries, themselves,
and keep the millions-of net profits in their own pockets,
bettering their condition .in life. , The
owners of the express companies no
do they owe them this great favor of
putting millions ot profits- annually in their pockets.
No, the people are not going to be scared from such
thoughts at these by thelugubrious presentments of the
journalistic advocates of the policy of keeping things al
are.' ' . yy--. ..-
t .
xmoy was sot.:
- ' From the Topeka Canltal
' . Bishop Joyeo told a pretty good story
to .the Methodist preachers at lola. The
nrst appointment tne biahop ever re
oetved as a preacher waa the worst
charge In tho whole conference. 4 Just
to encourage him. a brother -minister
fines BOntHMmt lie "had prayed Ood lietei
to send him there," and the . young
preaeher started -te-his -cbarne-with V
neavy neart When be reached the ap
pointment be told them that he waa tha
asw preacher. "Huh," said one of the
elders In the church, "we told the con
ference we wanted a man to preach tor
ua- Thare all right" said Joyce, -but
they -run -ottt-ef -men- before--this place
waa reached, and they sent me."
r ;Weta Wagon Xaga. ,1;
- From tbs .wssbtngtoa Pbst-.-'
- Tha klac, Ilka mperer WlUJam. tiei
publicly . notified the otflcera of - tha
army and navy that he-.wlU feel just
as much honored. If they drink the
health of their sovereign la water as In
wine; and it U due to his social power
that drunkenness haa ceased to ba fash
ionable ss ft was in England In tha
early part of tho nineteenth cent err.
when sobriety was considered bad form,
and the expression, "a runs as a lord,"
waa no mare figure of speech. -.. ,.
. . wtn .of flood
' From, the Detroit Jnree. Press. ' -Johaoo
Mlsa. Blank looks , awfnllv
frlvoloua to me; what makes you thflik
she has so much hard sense?
Robaon I Just heard her ref uae as
Invitation td a card party because aha
couldn't play earda. , - -,
Small xdtsirs
Boy, 'don't km any birds. :
BaaobtOl casualties In eedar. ;
It is cartons if Kr. aseanW.vattmi
ma grin. .:..-. - .. .. , . ..
FAwrth of July all rummii In
rect-
huad $hls year.; -'..-..;, . , . , :
. WOW
Sunday
wia bo is
eu sa soma m.
It U unite time to renovate China
town, m veil as outv puoaa, . ..)
Thr la not mucb oeeaahm to abbia-J
vlate tb nana Oagon anyway. ,
Carrto Nattoat haa Marly u tnoea fun
ana troutu as Happy Hoollnn. . . .
Oyama iwimi o ba walttna to
aOew
Togo to yet bi share of glory.
-j time tv.
Of
araaddauaHtara of tba revorottonT ', ' )
' At the print rat of proarcaa me
trials In the federal court wUl laat till
mhont IBIS. . i .
Bavur had "Ten Xlzhta In a Bar
room.' ttaa populae jraama for Unele
Tom's Cabin.' - h
Tha eoat of ttvtng tn .Guam hs m-
oraaaad 90S par .eanC But Ute dost wu
nothing formertj, ,.,-r. .; '.
Buppoaa tha bears should arena that
thay onafat to hava arlabt t hast Ha
j":?0"'
A girl with two or more baited books
ahould ba careful not to got more than
ono bit auhultanooaaly. - , .
Ot - course -evrybo4y " WoulA- refrala
from shooting a boar so as to lot the
president bavo that honor and pleasure.
fimail aalariod stata mpcoyoa ahosid
not bo aUoarsd to loao s proentaae of
their pay on account ot ledatatlve
monkeying. : . : - -V-. y,.: :
' Now wo aro bectnnlng to understand
why tho rains delayed so-iong walUnt
tor tho oponlng of the baseball season
and Easter. . ..,'- -.-... . ,.'
-Portland loads ail United Btatoe porta
In wheat and floor shipments for the
past nine month, and that after having
sent much wheat east by ralL
Another' Alaska official gone wrona.
to . a ellKht but sufflotent . extent and
he no lees than Ooveraor Brady of
Alaska. ..missionary sad reformer ac
cused of using;' hia ofnee to boom mtnoB
in which ho held stock. It seams that
there Is no use In sendtna supposedly
honest men to AlasKa, for there la a
araftlnc or speculative mlerobe up there
that stings lent all or very nearly all
A philanthropes elthten of Denver has
petitioned the president to send, tha
flesh of- the bears be knia to tnet city
to feed tho poor. . DoobUess the preal.
dent ean't reruse. so losa as they don't
ask him for the hides, but we imaaint
that the poor of Denver wtn nave to ba
possessed of stoat teeth and stoma qa te
eat Colorado mottntam bear killed is
April, and that tt won't lard their Uvea
sufficiently to.be a permanent antidote
for their poverty. t '
Fine, fishing now tn Coot ytvear
. ' Fmtt iwua uecta nne ejound Echo. -
' Over Its par- cent of
flocks. .- . ...
, Radmbes
county.
ripe , In Ciuofc
J A oouipany
near Madras.
boring for pstrotsnsa
Alfalfa aeed aeOa tor xC easts a pound
In Lake-view. . ; ; ";
Lots of work going on around Msdras,
Crook county. ' ,
"Dnloa .wants a railroad
bar and sawmills.
to tbe tan-
Echo wtn have a now first-oless water
system In so days. ... . , - y--.. -.. -
'. The Lebanon paper miQ needs S,tOt
cords of wood for fuel. '
Bend haa a new Baptist charrch, oost-
lng a.S0O, nearly aa paid. ; ,
A Lake county water-right litigant is
S. A. D. JP-orter, not utee. ', ) :...'?
. tJnlon'a woolen mill la busy making a
great number of blankets. ,
Echo may have a second bank.
Must
ba Iota of mosey around there.
About ! 04.000 bead of Oregon sheep
sold abroad, this spring..
Several southern Oregon towns ere
eunshlBTlug the subject of oiled streets.
A Union farmer paid $M00 for a lt-
gang plow, traction engine and separator.
Corral la, that formerly had several
hundred Chinese resident-,, now has
only IS. s, .,:,, , :.'.".-..,
Silverton haa two brass bands, and yet
no unusual number of. Insanity cases art
reported from that town. ; -
A Lakevlew roan baa a hen that lays
two- eggs every other day, and bo Is
soaking bar to lay two daily. ...
People of two Jackson county
oincta that want wet last year have de
feated petitions for saloona. ; , v.-'
A trout ' caught In ' Wilson ' rlvar
weighed 4i ounces and measured .tl
I no be a in length. Several, others were
nearly as large. ... - ..
Free water Times: - Tn'ere Is a little
old measly dog that haa been keeping ua
awake for the last few nights by hl
Idiotic kl-yl-lng. Wa don't know who
feeds the our, but if he comes fooling
around thia office .we are going to kick
seven kinds of uver out of bias, , . .
Are tnewOd antmala avtUng e SQTMra.
Tba ansago nyatary baa bean partly
explataeo. -v ,!.;.;; ,.., , ;. :.
Oixgon Sitlellglits J
Bend' Is swnararraTr hois', '. t
Spring eleasiiBe" orusade on at Browne
PendMon thinks ft la up te the t.toe
mark. -. . . ',. .... ,;.'..
bunba In many
.are nearly
IS
.ayr
A Kst of Kcv
Oregon Jjv&ii
Jowrnal is printlne a, synopsis
ot all Use Uws passed by the last lels
latare, which those In teres Ud would do
waa lo out out for reference:
H. B, l4-TbeoteaWaasb-a for nsh
of U as follows: Balm on and. star
geoa m Columbia river, from confluence
with Desohutea to mouth of river an 4
three miles be read. March II noon, to
April IS, and August tt, noon, to Sep
tember It. For aauaoa in wiuametts
river or tributaries, north of the falls,
except by book and line, from March
15, noon, to April la, and from June It,
noon, to Nor ember i: lor salmon ex
cept br hook and line, la the Willam
ette river or tributaries,' keuth , of the
fsila, eioae season perpetual. For sal
mon la Rogue river or tributaries, or in
Big Butte ereek' or tributaries, shore
their eonfraence. except with hook end
line, dose season perpetual: in Bogus
river and Its tributaries, between the
mouth of Big Butte creek and '.the
month of the Illinois river, and in tha
Illinois river and its tributaries, axeept
with book end lliv March ,1 t0 APrtl
It, and August 1 to December tl:
Rogue rtvar and its tributaries west of
Its confluence with the Illinois river,
March 1 t April 1, and August K to
September 1,- three miles outside ef
Rogue river. May 1 to August . .. For
salmon- in the tributaries of Tillamook
bay, above tidewater, except with hook
and line, close season perpetual; Tilla
mook bay or ' Its trlbatartee below
points hereinafter named. - except with
hook and line, March t to July 4 1. No
vember St to Decern her 10J-tributaries
of Tillamook bay abova the points here-
marter named, except witn. book ana
Una. March IS to December IS: Miami
1 1 ei. Intersection of river by south
line of section 11 J Kllchls river. Inter
section of east lme of oaufJua 11; wu
aon river, intersection of river by Quar
ter section - lme running north' and
south through section' SOj Hoauartoa
alougb. Intersection of west line ot sec
tion ti; Trask river. InterseoUoa uf
quarter section line running east and
west through section tt; 'Tillamook
river. Intersection of west line of sec
tkra T. For salmon In Umpqo rivor
or bay a or tributaries thereof, except
with book and line, below points here
inafter named. March tt to May IS. and
November IS to December 10, tor above
tho points hereinafter named, exoapt by
book and line or -for propagation pur
poses, aloes season Is perpetual ; North
Font above railroad bridge crossing,
said stream at Winchester, South Fork.
above south boundary line of town of
Roseburc. For salmon in Coos cay or
Coq utile river, or tetr trwutanes.
Lower Ten Mile ereea, rrons s a.
March tt to t p. sb. July.lt. and t a. m.
November IB to S v. m. Deoember 19
south fork of CoquUla river, axeept with
book, and Una, above the Hotunaa
bridge, elose season perpetual; north or
east forks or aaid liver eaove tne junc
tion of amid forks, eloee season- perpet
For salmon la the norm or souui
forks of Coos river, abova their Junc
tion, to AUeghaney oa the north fork.
and Mark cutlip O me souia iocs,
March St to December It. For salmon.
eseeot with book and line, la Wind
chock. Checto. Pistol. Elk, Sixes. AJeea.
Klamatb, Bllets or Salmon rivers,) Up
per Ten-Mile, Elk or Beaver creeks,' or
Alses, or Nestuoea bays, from t a, m.
March tt to t p. m. July It, or between
Ian. November 10 te ( p. ra. December
It. For salmon, axeept with book and
Una, la tha Sluslaw river above Maple,
ton, close season perpetual, and below
Mapletoa on the Sluslaw or any ef its
tributaries or Days, except wia noes
and line, from t a. m. Marcn z to
p. m.July It. tr from t a. m. Novem
ber St to t p. m. December IS. -For
salmon, exoapt, with book end Una, In
Tamil na bay or Its tributaries, above
Mill creek, close season perpetual, and
below MIU ereek. except with book and
line, from t a. m. Marcn so ro s p. m
juiyn s,and from ,". in. Nevtffipir5t
to December It. For salmon, except
with hook and nne. In the Neb al eta
river, above a pout on said river three
niQee abova the eoafluence Of - Foley
creak, close suasim perpetual, and be
low said point except with nook and
lme, from t a. m. March 2t to t p. an.
July It. and from t a. tn. November 20
to t p. m. December It. This law want
Into affect through the emergency clause
Immediately, to eo-operate With the
Washington measure. .
AirpesX.t OrvO
IL B. ztt An appeal may be taken In
eivU ease before a Justice where the
action la for tit or more, or for prop
srtv worth that amount exclusive of
dieburaements In each ease,, or la cai
for lecwrery of real property. . Ap
proved Febraary tx. ; -.. -.
a. TL 1T1 aopropriation of ts.ttt
ner annum Is made to pay nomas lor in
dlgent orphans ItO a year . for each
orphan, under It years of . age kept
therein for a year or fraction, no tnstl
tntlon reoelvlnx a direct donation be-
tatt entttled to this allowance, uerun-
eatas of aa Institution's right to . this
allowance must eoms . through the
county ludjre. Approved February Zl.
Baralattaa Vae Of AtraomnbTtes
H. B. J Owners of motor vehicles.
motor eyelea and atrtotmobiles mast file
with the secretary or state weir name
and address, with description of tho
tnaahme, which shall entitle them to a
certificate, tor which a fee ef ft must
he naid. The number of the certificate
must be displayed on the rear of the
vahiole. Non-resident owners who
hava eotnoUed with laws of other com
monwealths do not hava to aeeure thia
lloenae. - Baeh -vehicle shall . be - pro
vided with Ught muffler on gasoline
engines and efficient t raxes. , npeea tn
thickly-settled or business portions - of
towns and cities must not exceed eight
anils an hour, and never one mile in
Tu. minni . nur uue mils in it mm
utea when psssing over a crossing uaee
at the time by another person. When
approaching a team, the auto vehicle
must observe usual reed laws, check
spaed If horses are frightened and stop
if beckoned to until horses are under
control. When arrested, aa auto driver
must have his ball fixed Immediately at
50, which wUl be demanded by a mag
istrate if near, ana by tne arresting of
ficer If no magistrate la near, and bear
ins: of the ease most be postponed not
less than tf Bouts disteat and no. mora
than -five days, if requested by the de
fendant after Riving bali Peaaltlea are
fine not exceeding tit for first offense,
not exceeding ss for the second and
not exceeding 1100 for succeeding vio
lations. ' Approved February tl. -
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ElTTQatgyg OOatBUTRP.
. The
.,' From the Kobe. Japan, Herald.
Hongkong papers a (ate that there haa
recently been a considerable rise In the
prion of provisions, mora especially
meat Aa lirHbe ease of Kobe, thia un
welcome atate of affairs seems to have
been largely, brought about br a com
bine among the butchers. Wt learn
from the Hongkong Dally Press that a
representative ef that Journal Inter
viewed .the keeper of the .Hongkong
Butchery company la Central varkat en
::- --,''1 , -ov.: ,. ',v.
Ca r " 't. r wa l-r-I t tt t
r- t t" l"f t I -a ft irloee
l ir i l-ei I .. ow
t . ,ve tas beiore. la man
ei tuat a oow formerly coating M0.
eon! 4 not now be bought for lass, than
V . Thte r had eoma about rrada-ai-y.
I . atek and soap most new post
tt -eee t sod II oents rereeoUvsly. as
against l cents and 14 oenis a few days
sgo. a similar Increase was noisa in
too ease of mutton.' A $10 sheep now
oosu 11150 te til. ' "We now charge
I. m cents tor eaoiuavr ei aww - -
cents for ebo? and neck, aa aaalnst tt
leasts and II tints rerpeotlvety. It is
not long since mutton ' was Only It
cents." It Is Guild plldjln- the rasn
said: "By and by still mors dear. All
hutch are have agreed together."
Letters From the
People
"'. ' ' ha Bis Sokool of
; Rice HIO, April H.To the Editor
of The JournalTBaing a subscriber ef
your aeml-weekly aad Sunday Journal,
I read 'With, great uto your editorial
Which remind ate of those I used to
read In my younger days tn my native
land -La- Cells,- France.rr ThaTe was
severs! newspapers that were giving
vitriolic edltormla whan not atopped by
the censors of Napoleon le petit - But
to offset these he had all kinds .of Or
gonlans at bis service to laud aad praise
the thieves and politicians of that time,
and bit those who were dreaming of so
cialism and equality before the laws
and tha right to liberty and happlnees
aad It la aorae of those Queer nonce
that made roe leave Franca la 1171 for
the land of the free at the age of St
without knowing a word of Bnglish and
with but few of tha ell mighty dollars
la mr socket. AS soon as I landed I had
to begin to chose for "bread Ttndbutter
and start tha process . or maxing sa
American -of a dreaming ; Frenchman,
and now I am one by choice not by acci
dent and have been one long enough to
be of age to vote, I will tell the editor
of the Oregonlan. who probably never
dreamed of7 socialism, equality and ao
forth, that he need not lose any sleep
for fear thaKthls country or any part
of It will adopP with success a practical
system of socialism. - Before thst time
comes tha people at large will hava to
leara to love one another- bettor than
thev do now. beside cutting off a great
deal of the Individualism which is the
strons- noint of most roana people or
today when they leave the apron strings
of their mother to start to cnase mo
all mighty dollar. The pursuit bumps
their heads against the Hilt Morgan and
Rockefeller combinations, which whan
looked at squarely by those young hope
ful, leave them after a. while like the
fox and the fine luscious grapes-'of the
fable, sad makes them say that they do
not care -muck about money anyhow.
all they Want la a Uviag. . Thia is about
tha ail around situation, aad tha ehanee
toft for the average man to become a
millionaire. , . . '..-.-.
But those big mes with their trusts
and., combine tioaa keep a Has school
with Illustration for the study ot prac
tical socialism with Uncle Sam aa bead
manager, aad the future brainy young
hopeful sa clerk. And If the Oregonlan
editor can tell and compute how lone H
wUl take for the people of this county
to become either Morganlsed or Roc lie-
fell ertsed. or take lo socialism In earn
est, and pray Uncle Bam to save tnera
from those monster octopus, I would
like te bear the Oregoalsji opinion about
It- '; :' -, KICB HILL CRAM aw
. ! . xas Crowds tn aTtreet Oars.
' Portland.' April St-To the . Editor
ef The . Journal I. the undersigned.
wish to say a word with reference to
a letter that appeared in ins -eoiumns
of The Journal la the lasae of the 11th
with reference te crowded street
platforms, entitled "Another, Eastern
Ladv." - ' -v .. " I'
I Tfc.1 v- rm-mu nubile is being 1m
posed upos by. a number of careless or
un thoughtful persons who stand and
blockade the platforms or the extreme
dangers they put passengers to in
getting on and oft the oars, there la no
doubt. Many a person baa' been sub
jected to narrow escapes from bodily
Injury. ' These are instances that era of
daily . eeeurrenoe, aad every once in
awhile some one la aeverely hurt, but
this is not a matter that eaa be laid
upon the poor working men.- It la an
abuse that the railway companies are
largely responsible for themselves. Their
ina tractions to their employes to keep
passengera from standing on the plat
forms are not rigid, enough, or In any
event the conductors are very delicate
about asking ysaaengeis not to blockade
tha passage-ways. It aeetna that all
the Instructions they bare to live up to
la to eolleot the fare aad order passen
ger to step forward ia the aisles, thus
when the occasion is favorable to Jam
them up elose together like sardines in
a can.
I nave notloed occurrences of this kind
when conductors would be very eon
ap ten oca In ' ordering passengers - to
stand us elose together. In the aisles
when those who are fortunate enough to
obtain a neat would be allowed to spread
themselves out to a scattering way that
la simply disgusting. It should be the
eonduotors - dirty te aee tnat
passenger that is entitled to a seat be
L It is often noticeable tnat enu
dren and dogs and other non-paying
obstacles are allowed, to occupy the
seats, aad working men and passengers
who pay their fare are oompened to
stand up. These are conditions not the
fault of the working people, but wholly
the fault - ef the management of tarn
railway companies. . -ir
It la also to be nodosal mag toe
who stand and blockade the
ways en the platforms are very seldom
to ba recognised aa working men, but
upon the streets every, day pressing
cement walks or trimming altvere from
the Plank walks. The working man is
aenerally glad to' get a seat when an
opportunity offers, notwithstanding bla
wearing apparel, that may not be of the
character to catch the admiration of
the modern street ear woman, who man
area, with her companions, to be la
town every day late enough in the even
ing to rob the worktngmsa of their seats
on going home.
. Thai are not remarks intended for
Our highly appreciated vlsilora from the
east but It la a hint to our owa women.
These are irregularities thst are pre
valent tn every elty aad should be regu
lated t)y the railway companies, and If
they Tat to aueceed it is the duty ef
the city councils to provide means of
protection to the railway companies to
conduct their trafflo la a way that the
traveling publlo sen be protected from
Incurring the dangers that are prevalent
and subject to these conditions. - The
railway - eompenlee ahould Issue the
proper Instructions to their employes.
which Is not being done In this city.
There Is no doubt that they would be
serried out, which would largely add to
the safety ot the traveling public, and
It should be the duty ef every good
ertisen te see that this nubile abuse be
remedied. We think U wall to keep
( Msrlit Dastet
- It- . . - .
- ,"ChJ ckens are high . at to cents a ,
pound," saya a prominent market man,'
ut they are searee, aad people whu
want them are, ef course, forced to py '
the price, ; : .. ''' . ' .'. A
' The poultry trade la at a Joes to ac-r
count for the falling off In chicken re
eelpta. No one remembers when chick
eaa were as nigh or scarce as they hava
been of, lata, and the situation doea not .
seem . to. sallow much hope for an . Im
provement at aa early date. , ; ;f '
: Dealers In poultry retail and whole-
sale men have tried their utmoat t
coax larger supplies In the market but
without avail. , For some time the trade
haa bean .forced te bring in moat of its ' .
supplies from the east and it now" looks
as if thia. condition would continue for ,
a' longer period. ..- -: :-, r
' Raeelpu of egga In the past few days .
have bean much smsilsr.'and moat were '
taken by , the - cold - storage operators; ;
Thia forced .the price upward.' and few "
dealers are Selling egga today under ii ;
eentg a doaea. '' .. : .t . ; . "
.' Almost every Una of produce is allow
ing a scarcity. Thia la evea extended ' -
to the aalmoa market The past weak
tha seaaon opened on the Columbia, and -fresh
aalmen was again in market
Prices at retail ware dropped from 10
oenta to ISM eente a pound. The eaten V;
ia very, email and cold storage mem are
securing the major part . t
Tree, salmon, . weighing aaout one
pound eaob, are sought by the trade and
are selling at It oenta a pound, Tbty 'i
are. caught in Pugst aoune. v : t '
The first shad from - the Columbia '
river this season, earn in daring thia -week
and are selling at tt oasts a pound,
The- Columbia river shad la much bet
tsr than those received from California, -;
There la plenty of Oregon asparagus
now, and stocks are of better vjualltrj "
tome late arrivala tiesa Aurora are ea-
peolally good. The best local asttaragus ,
la sailing at St cents, a pound; other ;
grades may be obtained as low as 10 ..
oenta, ,- t -. w .. ,... .'
Head lettuce from thle atate aa wall -',
as California is coming in larger auppiy .
with quality vastly Improved. Oregon's ..
la selling st two bunches for t cents '
whHe the California stocks bring t .
cent each. Some celery la In the mar- ;
ket at It cents a bunch. - . ..
Australia grapes, peek ad ra eerk dust
are selling at prices raging from St lo ;
10 cents per pound. ... '.". . "V
New potatoes from .CJallfornla are in
excellent shape and are of Urge slsa.
Quality la better at three pounds tor
SS cents.. ... -.. '. . -',,
California strawberries are coming
hr very fast and the markets are now-
well aupplled.. The berries are ahowinif v
a better color. They are cheaper at It
and to oenta per ocp-pouj box. .r.:
JLcwis r and . dlark j
(The expedition Is now en rente up
the Missouri river' from Fort Msadan '
and-bound for the headwaters -In the
Rocky mountains.)-)''''- k---" - ?. ' . ,v'
... April St Last night ;thref wis s .
hard, whits frost and this morning ta
weather eold. but clear and "pleasant
In the course of the day,, however. It be- , ;
came cloudy and the wind rose. The
country I of the same description sa
within i tha few last days.' We saw Im
mense quantities of ( buffalo, elk. dear,
antelope, geeee, and. some Swan and ; ;
duoka, out ct which we procured, three .
deer, four buffalo calves, which last are
equal la flavor to the most delicious -veal;
also two beaver and an otter. ' .
We passed onSarge and two small
ereeka oa the south side, and reached '
at it miles the mouth of While Earths
river, before it reaches tns low grounds
near the Missouri, is a fine bold at ream
tt yards wide, and la deep and aavigablp; .
but it is ao much choked up at the en- '
trance by the mud ef tho Missouri that . :
its mouth ia not mere than 10 yards
wide. Its eourse, ss fsr aa we could dla-V
earn from the neighboring hill a, -la near- '
ly due north, passing through a beauts
ful and fertile valley, though without a '
tree or busk of any -description, t Haiti
a mile beyond this river we encamped
on the same aide, below a point of blgh
land, which from Its appearance we eaa)
CUt bluff.- P-vl'.-.-f..'''- .;;.Vtv,..i4..-.
this subject before the people until the'
proper remedies sre applied.- ; ; . j
' B. H. DUNN.
and. Te srnaa rind, '.
Portland, Ore, April St. To the Edit
tor of The Journal Having read the ,
article by R. R. Bratton. which appeared '
on thev editorial page ef your paper April ;
It, ' entitled 'More . Kinds of Truth .
Wanted," I take the opportunity, ' and -hope
I may.be the means, ot helping
Mr. Brattoa to adercome the, to him.
seeming - lmposaibUity ef which he
speaks. I thank Ood that the veil hat
been lifted from my eyes at last, and
I eaa now look- at such oritieism of '
matters relating to- the) Bible from en ,
unprejudiced a tend point-that heretofore
I was .not capable of. I new trust I.
may be of some aid to others who are
seeking after light ., .-v
The little volume eatitr-d tJenests
and Oeology," a work relating to- the
first six days of creation and which "
may be - found ' In the Portland public
library, wilt I believe, overcome any
seeming obstacle te be met with In tha
first chapter- of Genesis and one may ,
readily anderstead after reading It bow
tt waa possible to bars had "Three welt
iregulatedL days . and .ntghtAJbqfora-tha
sua was created. Furthermore. I would
like to add that t regret having neither
the time nor the ability to Write up
this subject as It should be written, to .'
do it justice..; It would take up consid
erable space, 'and mora tlms than) I '
could spars, but as the Portland library
and the book above mentioned are at tha ' ;
disposal ef tbe-pablle, I hope those who ,1
are seekMg-eftes more kinds of truth" 1
may read aad profit thereby. - . . .
. j" ! OKOROB C. HELD.
LM, GlletrrtTeetrrr-ZIZ
f ..." ., WosnanV
From tha Boston Advertiser. - "7' '
Does any one think that this meaa nt
women with college-trained minds are
going to continue to be satisfied with
pink teas and opera seasons for five nr
ten years whlls they are waiting for
Mio men m set n; to marry them?
They are restless sow; and. they are
going to get more restless. They- are
taking up serious workvaetd'snd un
paid, now. and they are going to take
It up more end more. And the wore
tney take It up the .more thev win fit
Into a normal aloha 4a tha -social
scheme aad cease to be superfluous. Of
course. If a woman haa no vocation In
life except to marry, and falls in that,'
ha la a fail are,- she ia the superfluous
woman, ... ,.,... ,, . ,f- , ., '
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