The Oregon daily journal., April 25, 1905, Image 4

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CS. JACKSON
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BE READY WITH' INFORMATION. " .
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"Jf THE COURSE pf five weekV
cpen and from that' time onward till its close, Uc
tober 11 thousands upon . thousands of strangers
' will make Portlandtheirabiding
or long. ' Much-has been done to
' and resources and one can readily
the information which may be sought, but that is not
1 enough. : Indeed this is the time for Oregon people t?
fully inform themselves about Oregon. To most of us
" it.is an old story.ycjt how very few have fully learned
, , the lesson And . are ready to, respond quickly and ac
' . jcurately even' to the casual Questions which intelligent
. " Visitors ire likely to ask.'" We should not forget that the
tide of travel has not been in this direction and that to
90 per cent of'the visitor from outside this, immediate
' 'section this. wil be a new and strikingly fascinating part
, of our common domain. ". With the weather conditions
-' which prevail in this same latitude on the Atlantic-sea-,
aboard U js -next to impossible for visitors to realiie the
1 '' advantages and joys of a climate such as ours. i
Those who, have been brought up amidst these aur
' soundings accept them as a matter of course, scarcely
realizing that they art anything
Bat visitors from abroad will not
" they should be encouraged in their
than chilled oy the manifest indifference of those who
- live here, ' Every one of them will naturally want to
- learn what they can about the country, its products, the
peculiarity of its climate, its ' people and its history,
, ' These details the people living here
finger ends and tltey may rely upon
. they will have to present will be of
- Above all things be optimistic.""' There is no other gee
... tion oFTFe country which presents so many obvious a ad
vantages as this and there is no
where that should be so well assured o?'grea"t growth in
th'e next decade as" Portland, if its people are true to
themselves. We have thousands of things to offer to de
light the visitor or to tempt the investor. It is as little as
we can do to have accurate information ready for them;
not in the shape of books, for these should only be used
V supplementally, but to offer them first hand and in the
vrAeoursV of ordinary conversation where it will make -ite
best and most lasting impression.
A GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITY.
Tlif. GOVERNMENT now owns and operates one
of the most important of railroads, though.it is
. : only 50 miles longthat across the- Isthmus of
Panama. . Until the canal is finished that will be, the key
to the transcontinental railroad situation of the United
States and can be made to'regujatc and keep within
bounds the freight charges' to this coast. 5 .
V The road now earns about. $750,000 a year and pays'
5 per cent dividends. The company owns-three steam
ships and leases six, four of them operating , between
Colon and New Yorv On the Pacific coast side' the
'Panama company has a traffic agreement "with, the Pa
. J cif if .Mail, company which expires late in July;,; If .the
t government will continue to operate these steamers'" if is
'confidently asserted that the freight and passenger.fttef
"twrf New York and San Francisco wilt te cut in half
tan still allow the road to meett all it- ,egitiemite
charges. - What will be the outcome? The. government
-inherited the railroad and what went with it. when it ac
quired the strip of land embraced in the canal eone-from
the new' ifepublic of Panama. " ." ;"
The purpose of building the canal is to aid commerce
-and to reduce the charges which re no w inevitable be
v a ween the eas'fmnd west coast of the-country and be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific and oriental points. Un
rwittingly it finds itself in a position Jo accomplish much
nmrnidiateljrrjVVill it do it or give over its advantages to
private corporations which heretofore , have. naturally
, uea me rauroaa ana tne ships for their own aggrandise
ment rather than for the benefit of the public? "-'
' The question is up for decision and the public will nVt
be satisfied unless it is settled right ' .
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'.C :1! :! .. 'GAMBLING IN FUTURE WHEAT,
'HE -great,; prolonged bull campaign in the wheat
pit is. over, for this season, and the clean-ups and
losses are being counted and experiences of the
stock gamblers, big and little, privately digested.- Spec
'. ulatlon in the price of wheat months ahead of the harvest
' is a very enticing form of gambling and one that cannot
.'-be prevented. ' It has in it an element of ."business" that
.society, and the laws have to -recognize,-although some
thing can be done in the way of repressing irresponsible
' in addition to unscrupulous dealing, i ,
As to the losses and winnings of the big bulls and
" bearsiiiVe Gates and Armour, the public cares nothing,
y and it near little of the multitude of smaller winners
and losers mostly, in the long run, losers. -iBut occas
ionally some-stsrtjine failure of a bank or big capitalist,
involving miny othm in serious losses or financial ruin,
r- illustrates the evil of this form of the gambling craze.
- The case of Banker Bigelow of Milwaukee is a.'case in
point, though it appears that nobody not able to stand
-. the loss will suffer on account of his disastrous specula
'twns with other people's money. Of this it is reported
'v ".that fie sank about jl.450,000 besides nearly as much
v more of his own, a high price to pay for a wrong judg
-A MOrm mOABWAT. t
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r - Ttlegram In New Tork Herald.
i ClavtUnd, . Ohio. The ' first rolling
; rnedway ever built has been put In op-
erstion . here. .. By means of It - teams
with, Aeavy loads are carried up a I
per cent gmde forward 41 feet nnd
'pwrd feet In four minutes or Jess.
Thoananda of, pectators watch this
tnterealna sight,' while numerous repre
i aenutivee from other cttlea Interested In
proMema of tranaporUtloa have atndlad
- IU operation.'' ' ;-..: '. ' " - ' '
Ia Olevelano. as m other dtlee; the
.- wifos rottto for a Jar e araout of heavy
r,.trffle Is necessarily ap steep g-radea.
. r.Th city proper, la on aa elevation and
'' i the jdocka and aeverat railroad sUtlons
' ' ' 'are at the foot of long Inclines. On Fae
.tory street thle Incline for many years
haa been traveraed by haavUy laden
tnnav which climbed the rda at a
' -ana it's ice and with difficulty.
- t Under the aew aystem the tear draws
' rts load t the foot of the rolling- road
way and la carried to the top without
: any effort. . ; Aj i .
The rolling road war-is a great endleaa
, tIt. operated by eleclrla poarer. It la
he Inversion of Col. laaae XX groead of
C'lmlanetl. who worked nearly three
. year on the drawings. v -i
, At the top of the hill fa. a-small
,tnwer. I'hen the wagons have been
1 .rlamped to the roadaray a- man In the
. le notlftdy menrhn electric
alenal and the roadway beglna to move
at the nrte of four miles an. hour. One
; t the top W the hm anf oa the level
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G.Q ND AI LY
AN H; INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BYi JOURNAL ? PUBLISHINQXP.
Sunday) and every- Sunday f taornlng ,at
.stfeet, rortiana, urcgoiw ... ,,.
the ''great fair vrl
rescue, so that it
ing, which, is not
place for periods short
advertise the city, state
find pamphets giving
ing the wheat markets of future months, v,'
out of the common.
so regard them and
enthusiasm rather
should have at their
it that nothing which
more absorbing in-
announced visits-to
the report of the
.city of its class any
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that the time is
terialize. I Such
rnree-quarters-of,
"More than five
closrftf the gap
face' of, that the,
10 rival uucs. ..
tically pledged his
should" be extended
done, although
Lucin cut-offs.
Recommendation
mt Deneticiary.
over allegations
the machinery atopa and tne clamps
holding the wagons are loosened. .
Ten vehicles can be put upon the road
way at one time. The dally capacity la
about 0 vehicles. A toil of 1 cents to
II cents Is charged, dependent apon the
weight of the load. For foot passenger
two cents toll Is charged.
Blnee the completion of thle roadway
the railroads In the vtclnjtjr have begun
the erection of a largo Warehouse end
are planning to. put In. additional team
tracks. - . - r i-
WaTAT VTU &A rOUSTTJ SOt '
:, Prom the Washington Post - .
-There Is still much speculation la
Wlaeonaln about what OovernorL FOP
lette in going to do with his United
States senatorshlp. Hera la 'Washington
It Is cUlmod that there la danger or
Wisconsin having but one senator for
ths nezt two years. It La. Toilette
chooses to decline and make a big play
for the presidential nomination. No
credentials for Judge Quartos' successor
have ever been rued In the senate. If
La Fotlette ' declines the offlos, for
whlch.no commission has ever bees
mads out the senate will have no of
ficial Information that, the legislature
elected a senator. Should It be hold
that the legislature did not elect within
the full meaning of the, law, Governor
La Follette would have no power, under
decisions of the senate, to appoint a Suc
cessor. . 1 .
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One Toncalla dairyman sella over 1104
worth of milk a month to the Roseburg
creaiaerr-' -
- JO U R NJfL
-JNO. f. CAKROU.
,Th Journal. Building, fifth and, Yamhill
..,.?;,';..,.-. : y.. -, :
ment, or the persistent clinging to desperate hope. : But
tbc directors and friends of. the. bank have coma to the
is supposed depositors will lose noth
always the-case.' And if a man like
Bigelow, an experienced and successful business man, a
capitalist of large affairs, makes such failure in spec
ulations or gambling of this sort, we may ( well suppose
that thousands of lesser figures; who do not get into
print are badly battered and scarred pecuniarily by play
Over and over again the lesson has been learned, at
great cost to many, that jt is impossible for any man or
combination to corner the foodstuffs; market, particularly
wheat, for a whole seasem. But they can force wheat up
for a considerable time to an abnormal figure, and get a
great'number of people excited over it, the majority of
them emerging at the collapse as shorn lambs. .
c GOOD. WORK BEING WELL DONE.
SOME of the enterprises whcb. women, and men
for that matter, take, up are impractical and do
. not appeal to the-level common sense of the
community. But the crusade inaugurated by the women
of the, city against uncleanliness in the gathering and
handling of our food supply has struck a warm response
in the breast of every consumer. It is an undertaking
that met. with an immediate support among all classes,
for it reached to the very root of the public health. . fr
A woman who ought to be and doubtless is thoroughly
qualified has been appointed chief inspector for the city
and she takes hold in a manner that gives' the public
much confidence in the outcome of her work. Back of
her will stand the women of the city who have determined
in addition to these inspections to make irregular and un
-the various markets nd rnskepublie l
conditions in which they are found. ;'
Many of the.shoTtcornjng found tto. exist in, the first
visits made were due jio . careless i system- that hat
grown up because of the lack of a feeling of responsibility
and of appreciation ef the obligation which a manjn'a
private business owed to the public. - The simple realiza
tion of this will be of immediate benefit and indeed has
already led to improvement , But neither the market men
nor the women should weary in well doing. A very little
effort will place the markets where they properly belong
on a plane with the best arranged and regulated markets
that the country affords and short of that na ne should
remahr satisfied. : -;V - " ' , .
IS THIS THE TIMS TO STOP?
OW THAT, there i seems to be a general, 'de-
, termination to persist in the agitation of railroad
-Mtenion in Ornrcin whisnrr are Seiner heard
inopportune, that the matter should not
be rushed, accompanied by mysterious hints thatythere
are various projects of relief afoot that will -soon ma
things have been heard before, they have
lulled the public to sleep, with what result? Millions
spent in surrounding states and Oregon, good, kind and
deferential old, Oregon left without a foot of railroad in
it territory. - p
years ago the contract was let 'for
between Riparia- and Lewistdn. In the
people saw a contract made "between
three great transcontinental companies under the terms
oCwhich-lhe,lrfflicwa8 forcibly diverted from. Portland
A.i:ais . . , .
.!' They saw President Mohler's . recommendations for
new mileage turned down time after time.'- ' ,
Sixteen, months ago the head of the: system prac
word that the Columbia Southern
fo Bend and nothing has since been
there are millions for extensions and im-
provementa m California, to straighten curve and build
V"",;p ; r:
of General Manager Calvin met the
same fate as those of President Mohler. Perhaps where
others have failed General Manager Wor thing-ton," who
is an able man, may succeed, but meanwhile let no one be
deluded. Nothing will come unless a determined fight is
made for it" It is a aignificant fact that this state which
ha been extremely, conservative on railroad questions
has got" Its reward in its limited mileage. Other and
neighboring states Were perhaps wiser in their day and
generation. ' Certain it is that .they have tnuch more
widely extended railroad systems and such things rarely
"just happen." ,: c .'.:','' '':',.'"
That avalanche of political power, Frank C Baker,
who is likewise chairmaat of the Republican state central
committee, writes The Journal with more heat than
judgment regarding' the state printer's graft which re
ceived some attention in our Sunday's issue, Strange
to relate he has nothing to say about the chief matter
involved the graft of which he himself was at one time
But how he pour forth hi hot indig
nation wnen jt is hinted that the press used in the state
printer's office is on its last legs, for he own the ma
terial. There could, perhaps, be no better illustration of
the political conscience than that afforded by Baker him-
en wno goes into a spasm over an alleged reflection
upon his grasshopper press but remains mute as snhinsa
that thousands of dollars are annually
Branca irom me state tnrougn the agency of the tate
printer' office. And perhaps it is even useless" to point
out to him the distinction. . , , ' 1 A - (
From the Saturday Evening post : '
Bees of a new kind are now being im
ported late this country br Ue deoart-
ment of agriculture, for the purpose of
breeding. - They are known aa Caucasian
bees, and eoma Tram the- region between
the. Black nd CaspUa' seas, In' huaalan
territory. - . . . . .. . ... . ,4 , ( ,
These bees are excellent honey-getters
and proline breeders, but fttelr most Im
portant recommendation Is their amis
btltty of disposition.' 8e mild la their
temper that they can hardly be Induced
to sting anybody, even though thay be
stirred up. shaken about fn the kimni
subjected to other maltreatment such aa
wouia unvs orainary ieea to fury. Ia
handling them It la not necessary to
wear gloves or a bee veil, and ths smoke
ordinarily employed by the baemaater
when engaged la - manipulating eomb
frames,-etc, may be entirely dispensed
With. ,
Ths Caucasian bees wm be bred In a
model apiary which, la being established
at the Arlington experimental farm,
across the Fotomao from Washington,
This will be a breeding station for varl
ub types of base. ' Queens, aa well as
workers, of Italian. Cyprian. Dalmatian
and Carntolan races will be Imported for
breeding; and also, probably, bees of
oriental tribes--particularly the eo
cled giant bsee. one species of which
Is found la ths Philippines. These giant
beee have very long tongues, and are
able to gather nectar : from flowers
which have corollas so deep that ordi
nary bees get only a small part or the
sweets, '-,-'' '
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Small . Change ;
Oet goodand r dr. Tr';:
: Pick outVour chote tot mayor.'
The pastern folk have keen area, '
The primaries won't settle it all.
New tha Easter Is over, let r rain,
ar. j. r. m -.'; u, ,
But the prealdant l miaainf a lot Of
Nobody can . ppeltlvely
they are not Jones' bones.
swear that
' Oet neat -to nature, robed In the bean-.
ties and glories of spring.
. Js Secretary .Taf t to be regarded aa
a Bitting, president pro tempore 1
Permit no dives of the worst type
in tne vicinity-or tne rair ground.
' The Sog-eateiw ' will be a repulsion
rather than aa attraction to many peo-
It would seem that several vary au
parlor men want to. aerve as 'polios
juage.
A a between the bulla and bears of
the Chicago wheat pit the people bare
Twas that early April moon that
made the month so dry.-: Look out for a
wet May moon.
-'Wisconsin will tax bachelors tit each.
wnicn may aomewhat promote matri
mony or emigration. .:..-:. ; , -
Judging - from reeent . nerfonnanoes
there, Coffeevllle, Kansas, was . not
strongly enough named. - .
Maybe trunka full of booka the beef
hidden were, only
of a Sunday school library.
Some women Imagine that Mr. Atktn-
aon meant Hi I weekl or at moat a
month, instead of t If n -year. , v . v.
- Still . automobile, continue to nla
tileka that are vary amusing and agree-
aoi te those who can't ride in one.
It must be Pretty touch on St Louis
to go day on Sunday so aoon after the
fair. But, maybe it wasn't quite so dry
as itraeemsd. . , t- -
his term exotrea A Prsaldent
Roosevelt U goinsr to-wrtte a 'V story of
Texas. Now will ths Lone Star State) he
good- and go. Republiona next tlmej j
Bast St Louia. out of Oovarnor Valha
Jurisdiction, waa a buar nlaea Sundav.
and the big bridge waa thronged -with
either thsty or wetted . people, j
A.French scientist aaya the future
msn will be legless. But he surely will
have mors brain than some of ths
scientists and profeesors of the present
generation. . . . -
The Illinois aunreme court haa flnrf
ttl.ooe as the value of a man's leg.
while In New Tork that limb .Uf-worth
only H.eoo. It would aeem te depend
a good deal on the kind of. a person who
ownon ids teg. . . - .
' Jimmy ' Hyde'aivea fla-uroa ta aha
that his enemies, the Alexanders, draw
down about $10,9 a year in aalartea
ior uoing hum or Botnmg. Between
them and him It appears that the Bqult-
mmw amm moss wsii muxeo.
. Plant plenty of potatoes.
Dayton claims 1,000 population.
- Farmers have mostly got their crops
Sheep and wool high in eastern Ore
There are over 19 cream separators
in uncoin county. .
The ' fishing industry la . profitable
anmna Bt fieiena.
Two Applegat farmers have ahlppeg
a canoaa ox neans.
Prlnevllle will have a new ; llJ.OOt
two-siory . orica noteu
The'" population, of Forest drove haa
nearly doubled In Ave years, and Is now
' The Houltoa Register looks forward
to ths time when that Place will be
auburb f Portland, v- . , ,
The Prlnevllle Journal haa. not faith
In the rumors of the extension of ths
C. 8.. railroad through Crook county.
Publle achoot Item In Kent Recorder!
The diroctora have replaced the broken
window panes. 'We appreciate this kind
ness and tender thent- a rote of thanks.
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A atroll over Dallae. save the Item.
Issr, will show msny improvements go
ing on; also many things that could nd
should be but are not being done, be
cause of laslnesa or lack of taste.
The Heppner Railroad A Coal oom-
pany, aays the Times, waa organised
to open up this extensive ooal field, but
at every- point the company waa bested
by railroad Influences which It eould
not overcome, and there la no let-up te
their fresae-out tactic. , - r i v .
Since the colored population of Marin-
field changed locations, . says the Newa,
only one pupil, a half-breed Chinese, haa
been attending the colored school. 'The
teacher waa employed for the term, and
Ing in June, and la entitled, to pay
whether school keepe or not '
The restaurant business seems to be
a prosperous one In Condon .this spring.
says tne uiooe. witnin the last. few
montha three men who had bean: en
gaged In that business got together
enough money to skip the town, which
la not bo very bad for the dull season.
'Trlnevlll Journal: There are plenty
of good things In Crook county to reach
for and consolation In the fact, not
withstanding the buffeting '- that ? the
county haa " received from rail,
road mmors- for - three or- four - years.
that eventually a railroad will ceme,
Let w raise a fervent prayer-that the
Great Southern la It
Dallaa Itemlser: - iThe winter and
spring have been seasonable for nearly
all kinds of crops, all over the state.
I a the Willamette valley were , never
better for a generous output and there
la this Bson aa Increased acreage of
nearly all farm productions. As yet -the
frosts have done but little damage.
Spring work la well along. The loaa of
stock haa been very email and eras la
good. .. ; -.
Oregon SiJcliglitfl 1
Letters 'Froxrr tke
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' VA Wits Open Town o Vo.
Portland. AprU ti.To the Editor of
The Journal. Aa this Is from a labor
ing man. I ask you and all readers not
to Judge the composition, but. rather to
catch on to the cause and help It along,
Let me ploturo thle wide open town, and
when I am throush I will ask mv fellow
laboring voters to help to wipe It ou
for good. -. The laboring class who road
and think will agree with ma. fhat the
lime ia ripe ror leaving' party out or
the question and vote toward -jur own
interests. There7 Is municipal and. gov
ernment ownership ahead of ua to vote
for aa a solid, body. Lot this be the
starting plee where the labor vote will
be the acknowledged balance of power ia
thla vast ..country of ours. We were
never schooled into . the rottenness of
those In authority more than we arc
today.: Let this be the time, here and
now, to demonatrat that we have
voice In the welfare of our fellow men.
What haa been our experienoe of a wide
open town? Where doea the money
eome from t keep it wide openT How
do the saloon men get thla money which
they so eaally drop Into the coffers of
the elty aa profits Tor breaking the
lawT Thla la the moat infamous prac
tice mad use of la this or any other
eity; thla la the priee paid to the city
by the saloon men for tb Indulgence -to
Tom. Dick and Harry. People call
It gambling, when It la really swindling.
A stranger sits down to a table with a
hard-earned stake 'In his pocket: per
haps no na. braced himself up with
few drinks, and ha feels as if he. waa
qualified te do the house ap in short
order. Foolish, deluded man, on each
aldo and all around him alt boosters,
rustlers and more scoundrels, and aa a
body they play against him: they have
been sleeping when 'he hsa been work-
ing; they a. re lciiiwt fffrlnne or they
wouldn't be there. Hi chance in a fair
gamble would be one te six, but now
they are after that stake of his. and they
suck to him Uk birds of prey to
lonely carcass. When he dlscovere his
money dwindling so fast he movea from
the table; muddled by what he calls
hard luck, he catches the eye of a fair
damsel in the boxes. She signs, amllea.
and if aha finds this does not work.
sne sends after him by the waiter,
"tome and see aa old acquaintance.
When ha landa In the company of thla
miserable woman he haa mora drinks;
this time they are apt to be fixed
drinks. . ;
Finally thla her of the night before
wases up in . tne morning. He can- re
member having a fine girl on hta knee
the night before, but from this on his
memory Is a blank, his pockets are
empty. Thle la the route his etake "took
to the coffers of the city nf Portland.
Ye gods, does the city of Portland need
money procured In thla way . It there's
any other way .whereby saloon men can
pay their' license and plump a good,
round profit every few months Into the
city treasury. I cannot bob It and still
further, there Is not a policeman or a
laboring man belonging to Portland but
who knows that there are places, and
many of them, in thla city,. whose hire
lings are capable of taking a man's life
for tha aake of : hta few dollar, It it
were not for fear of the- law.
This open town, and graft Behold our
police, from the chief dew to tb pri
vate, in going the rounds of the' eity.
ar paid lor shutting one eye and open
ing the other to suit the purpose, and ths
consequences are that one man la fined
for. what others can do at their pleasure.
-1 am aware that there are hundreds of
laboring men In Portland who will vote
for a wide-open. . town. But they are
whUkey-aoahd. .These are the
who have, and alwaya will, furnish eheap
labor,, for It la Impose fble for them to
keep a Job. Now I ask all hard-work tpg
and -vote for aa open town? : Before you
do so, think twloe, and tell me what
more do you want than what Mr. Albee
promisee yon u elected mayor of thla
city, vlxlt Baloona to be run according
to law. with the law enforced.
There ar saloons In the elty which are
closed at the legal time, and have been
so for years, and when you are In these
saloons 'you cannot hear the sickening
clamor of half-drunken female. Look
around and ace the hundred of beautiful
little girla who are likely to. make thla
elty their life-long home. Be men of
backbone; help to close these hellish
dens of vice .while you , have- an op
portunity. -,
We have a sheriff whom all honorable
men ought to admire. He finds It hard
to do what the people Intended him to
do when they sent him there. With
Mr." Albee e mayor he would have the
right kind or backing now tn closing,
I wish to say Ton won't find Albee's
name hung up In a saloon. Saloonkeep
ers. - boosters. - carddealera, macs . and
ho boa won't be with you. If. you vote for
him.. JBut vote for Albee for the aake of
common humanity, and In doing so yoa
will share in "That which Is better than
gOld." .-.
A VOICB FROM TK RANKS .OF
LABOR. . -v-'' , ?':
Itoemt Tabor's Aimlselos) ft City.
Portland, April SeaV-To the Editor Of
The - Journal Here's - something en
Mount Tabor'e aide of the case in the
question et Incorporation with , Port
land: ' .''' ' ' ' -' ' ' '
1. Taxes It mills less than In present
corpora tort '-' , ,; ... . : .
liV No gulches to fill. t '
t. Mount Tabor taxpayer would
probably have to pay t per cent to build
bridges over gulches that are now Inside
of the elty.' -' . - - v
4. Schools will Have to eare for them
selves. ; '... :J.- - ' !
t. Water extension would aoon be
paid for "by those taking water. ' -
t. Sewers are built at the expense
of the property In sewer district
..The only thing the elty would pay for
would be lights and police. , -, . 0.
A Yeuer Olvfl Was Teaseaav
Canby, Or., April 24 To the Editor
of The Journal fh your Issue of the
sia inex. -1 not tn question rwho Is
our youngest veteran of the dvlt warf
do not know but that the statement
as made there la correct, via., that ' Ed
ward carpenter of Damaacus ia the
youngest veteran in Oregon, he being
now is years old, although If he waa
1 yeara of age when he enlisted ta
June, lt4, he must now be very near.
if not quite, (7. - pt I wish to tell grou
of one veteran, tn Oregon who Is now
but 17 and saw more service, than Mr.
Carpenter by over thro years. - Captain
C O. Bransonenllsted In th Seventeenth
United . Statea .Infantry as a private
April 14, ltd, and as he waa born, May
17, 147, actually saw tt daya of service
before he was 14 year of age. With
the regulars he serWed three yeara, dur
ing, which .time he was In it-engagements
and iWae ' wounded 1 three time.
After his dlscharg he Immediately eJ
listen witn the recruits ror the Third
Pennsylvania votunteera and waa given
a CkptsJn's commission.'' He waa finally
discharged November !, 1I6S, having
seen- 4 year, t months and 19 days of
service, and thea but It yeara of age.
Captain Branson Is now engaged as an
evangelist aa Indeed he haa been for
the past It yeara, and ia now conduct
ing a revival at Redlanda, Clackamas
county. He has been 1n Oregon for
nearly two years. ' . C A- HOU8HX.
V; ;Tts-Play
-The value of n Intermission In theat
ricals waa attested .last night at the
Marquam, . where a big 'crowd gathered
te wltnese the performance of "Hon
John North." It bad been whispered
around town that the production-1 waa
of San Francisco origin and a comedy
fconsequently most people 'went there
aaxing themselves . can-gooa-come-oui
of-rNaaareth conundrums. '
.It la charitable to say that very little
good came thla- tint. - Tb audience
shifted uneasily when the curtain went
up on Marquam scenery and a rough
oh. ever so-rough Imitation of May
Yokes' Stupid, plg-talled servant Soma
dragging : momenta with her and there
appeared on the scene other women and
a - newspaper - reporter.. Xhle reporter
was not quite as far-fetched and im
possible aa aom we have seen. - But
as an actorl ' For that matter the whole
cast might have been recruited on Lane
county's timber lands. L. It Btockwell
and Charlea B. Vomer excepted.- They
were th bright spots of the perform
ance, th former as a candidate for gov
ernor of the state of Washington and
Verner as a French count The trouble
with the women la, non of them make
good the adjectival frenslea cast at thelf
foot by lovers, - - .'
Briefly, the play tells th story of a
political campaign into which enters a
former wife of the candidate, -now aa
adventuress.-and her Illegitimate aoa,
whom aba claJma la the candidate off
spring. The only -clever line In the
whole affair, with "the on exception of
the girl's eulogy of Washington soenery,
snarcestlve. v - -
'Hon. John NOrtngoes again tonlgntf
'J- ; V ..' RACB WHITNEY,
d Clark
-ewis an
April If The- wind moderated - thle
morning, but was still high; we there
fore set out early, the weather being ao
cold that the water froa on th ears
aa we rowed, and about It o'clock the
wind Increased ao much that we were
obliged to-stop. . This detention from
the wind, and the report from our
hunters of the crookedness of th river,
Induced ua te believe that we were at ao
great distance from the ' Yellowstone
river. In order, therefore, to prevent
delay as much as possible, . Captain
Lewie determined t go on by land in
search - of that river . and make ' the
necessary observation ao aa to be en
hbled to proceed en immediately after
the.boata should Join him. He there
fore landed about 11 o'clock on the
south side, accompanied by ' four men.
The boats were prevented from going
antll In the afternoon, when they went
en a few miles ' farther and encamped
for the night at the distanc of, 14
lies, , . , . , : . v '..- . i;
motrannrgT.T.srm asto aaxjozosT.
4 From tha Chicago Tribune. V
Mr. Rockefeller 1 a religious'' man
and it ia the revolt among tne enureses
that kvurta him most
Silence is golden. .nd,- like most ther
things of that description. It- Is pos
sessed by Mr. Rockefeller. , When poli
ticians assalled-hlm he answered them
not . - When , college professors wrote
book- about - him be held his peace.
Whea newspaper .and magaaine writers
Inveetl gated him h had nothing to aay
or to arbitrate. ' But when the churches
him there waa a stir at ft Broadway.
Ia aar. Kooaeieiiera religion were is
no. ouch word as "social." The stress
is laid on the word "Individual" ' Mr.
Rockefeller haa alwaya been eald to
be a man of "good personal hablta.
Ha haa been temperate, frugal" good
husbsnd and father" etc Compare
htm with aom of the leaders of radical
thought in thla country and he will be
seen to be much more aorupuloua In his
personal relation. Personally ha Is not
what the prayer book ' calla 'an "evil
liver.
Now; when a man has always believed
that personal virtue was ths sum of
religion and haa always believed himself
to be. therefore, an exponent of religion.
It must bd bard' for him to find that
during tha last few decades the scope
of religion hsa been extended in the
minds of many churchmen bo- aa to
Include areas of action prevloualy neg
lected, v Religion haa caught up wnn
rebate. ' But Mr. Rockefeller wasn't
with religion when tha catching np waa
- The element ef pathoa in Mr. Rocke
feller's life Is- Just here.. 0r. Gladden
pierced ' the Joint in his armor. Mr.
Rockefeller has his ideaa. Just Ilka any
other man. . Religion, ehareh- religion
Sunday religion, haa been the Ideallstle
eenter ef hie life. ' If he la, bereaved
of that he Is bereaved indeed. ,
r
WWTX& SSOtYO
BBADurar
Henry Watterson In the Louisville Cou-
- -, ner-40urnai.f r..
Mr. Roosevelt ' seeme te be ' on the
right track In the matter of truata.
There la probably law enough to see
him through. - Will he go to the dead
line? The railways must be brought
to some proportion, to some system of
supervision,, having power not only to
protect shippers and to equalise charges,
but to look to it that extortionate dlvl
dends are not wrung from the public
by irresponsible ownership, monopolistic
In character. It la possible that two
or three syndicates even a single syn
dicatemay control all ' the railways.
Shall there be no more relief than has
been had thua far let ue say from
the Standard OH monopoly T But In a
contest of this sort can Mr. Roosevelt
rsly upon what ia called "the business
community," people la kindred ' aym
pathy, to-aea him through t 'With thla
doubt undetermined will he go t- the
deadline!
Mr. Bryan., now. he will go to the
deadline any old deadline at all hours
of the day and night But Mr. Bryan
eanaot command the .following poesible
t atr. Kooeeveit. ,, , , ., ,
The Deadly Zrfmg- Skirt
." Froth the Chlcag Evening Post
Th New Tork physloiaa who told the
Society of Medical Jurisprudent -thst
long skirts were far more deadly foes
to health than spitting In the street a
ha taken the right end of the fight If
a man be arrested for splttin; oa a
sidewalk because . of' f th Supposed
danger te the health of others, why may
not a woman be entitled to the sam at
tention for a like reason T A. large
number ef women who might fear to
defy the rulee of faahlon will be en
tirely amenable to the law. The spitting
habit la dirty and disgusting., and 1r la
well that It ahnutd be penalised; bat
whg net the long skirt slao I. . , .
-a
.iV Li:t .of InJcw',
Oregon Xav3
nil' ' .
The Journal Is prinUng a synopsis'
of aU tha laws passed by the last legis
lature, which those interested would do
well to out out for references .. .
- ' ' numg rrobased wcis, i '.
K B. tto. Aay will probated In an
other atato or sountry, and probated
there. Is competent record for flllrfg hare
whsn attaated by the eal and signs-,
tur of the chief Justice or presiding
magistrate, and If probate la not au
thorised by the lawa - et - the country
where a will is made, tt may ba rna
hers for probate, and th county court
shall order a commlsison -to take the
testimony of attesting witnesses. Ap
proved February L r. . . ,. . '
' Oonvtet Xir."'v ;'..
H. B. lit. The governor ta authorised
after August -1,1 set, to enter Into a
contract leasing the labor of all or any
part of th convicts confined in the
aute-penltentlary, at a minimum wage
of tt eeftta a day, work day not to ex
ceed It hdura, and no convict to work
when sick er Incapacitated, the convicts
to -work in the penltentUry grounds and
b under control of th suDerlntendent
et the Institution. . The funds froen thla.:
oontraet and aoorned funds from' Ilk
agreements ar to go Into th Improve
ment fund of the penitentiary. -
PIsmlsslBg Faxy Faaal-''-H.
B. it. ; Trlar Juries for the circuit
or oounty court shall be drawn from ths
Jury-box aa provided bv law.- but no '
Jury ahall be drawn for tb county court
unless the county Judg haa previously
filed with the clerk an order therefor.
and no Jury ahall be drawn for the clr
oult court whore th circuit Judge has
previously filed an order dispensing with
the panel. If the oounty oourt needs a,'
Jury between court terms. It may b se
cured as for a Justice court v Approved'
February II.-. -. . . : - :
Tazls Forelgs Sheep. .: " .
' H. B. It. Sheep owned outside this
state and driven herein ror pasturage -shall
b taxed to cents ."head a year or
traction thereof, to be collected by the . .
oounty stock Inspector. Whan such' .
sheep are being driven from the state
or aay county of the Stat they .ahall "
ba. taxed t eenta a head tn each county .
through which they pass. If the tax is
not paid, the stack inspector' shall take .'
possession ef the band, th tax being a "
first lien on the animals, and after keep- '
ing them to daya will sell on It days'
publlo notice to, the .hlghsat bidder.' -Bheep-ownera
' may redeem . their flock
within It days after aal by paying tha '
lax. ooat and It per eent on the amount '
This act doss pot apply to ebeep driven '
Into the state in November, December, ,
January orjFebruary for winter feeding. - ,
- Fabllrtlng Zaagat aTotioe. ,., ;.
H." B. 13 Legal - notice,-, summona. -
eltatlone and legal advertisements re-
quired to be . pubMthed must b. pub
Ushed in the-county wher the actloa .
or suit Is pending, It'ther be: such a
paper, and if not. In the on nearest
the county seat-If hars be two or
more papers meeting the requirements
Of this act the plaintiff haa th. right
to Indicate which paper shall be used. ,'
Approved February St - v-, r
'-' : Pestsoylas' WeeeVa,' -H.
B. 4 Persons or 'corporations
owning or controlling water ditch aya-., ;
terns shall keep th right or way, elear ' ,
of obnoxious weeds and grasses of all .
kind, under penalty- of fin Of ; lit
t lit. Approved February ,, '
-1 TnUMimg Oohaaasta)1 Ftakdaiss. ; ' ,
H. B. tit. Owner of. pound nets are
required to draw the piling from, the '
Columbia river within five daya .after
the elose ef the fishing . season, and
to keep tt out until within 10. days- of
th date of the opening season, Ninder .
penalties of S0 to 600, or UnprtBon--ment
of tt days t 110 daya. Approved ' .
February" 1 1 - ..-., - i - ., . , , ; -
It "b "' fiiUMt''t stats' Is'' ''
authorised t publish the leglelative -enactments
In general session. laws, -putting
each law in on chapter -and
enumerating - them consecutively; com-
menctng with all lawa eaaeted by the
legislature uader tha provisions of eeo
tlon I, article 4, of the constitution. "
nermaa Ooanty Salartea.:'-
H. B. tto The- aalarlaa' ef oounty
offloera In Sherman county are as f ol- .
lows: County Judge, 4i a year: com- ,
mlsslonera, tt a day for actual time ,
of eervloe; county clerk. tUOO. and one , '
deputy at 175 a month; treasurer, 1400
year. Approvev February u , , r
V ' ' tssaaslns" Tf'vestOBk
H. B. Jt7 All livestock BmUl'be BB- '
see sed for its usual value In the county
where It ta found at the time of assess-.'-ment.
and tha owner .ahall' pay tnhr"
amount to the assessor, - and for that -year
thla ahatl be known aa the heme
county of the stock. If this stack Is
driven from the county during the year. ,
tha owner must' report to any county ;
whloh It enters th probable length ef .-
time sucn stock will remain there, and
pay a proportionate tax therefor. If r
the stock Is returned to the home noun- ' .
ty.'or If the owner will present to the
home county, certificate of these pay- '
ments to ether counties before the end
of the year, the home county officials
must repay him from his full annual
tax tha proportion collected by other '
countlea which hs entered during the ;
year.- Thla act will not apply to stock '
sold and driven from the same eoonty
and kept In an adjacent eounty for feed
ing before-final shipment to he-mar- ,
ket Violations ef the law are punish-
able by fine of tit to 1 1,000, and the .
measure was declared an emergency law. -
- Froteekmg S tur aoa. -t.
B. It. It Is unlawful to take, eell
br transport any 'sturgeon from the
Columbia river under four feet length, -the
penalty for violation being a fine:
of U to fl.too.'er imprisonment of It - '
daya to one year, one-third of such fine -
going te the Informant It Is unlawful
te fish for sturgeon with the Chinese ,
sturgeon . line,, the - penalty : being, the
aara as above, and the informant geta '
one-third of th fine. Approved f Feb .
ruary Si. . . .
- Breetlag Midlers' ooMages. .
H. B. S47 The sum of 1 1.000 is an- .
bropriated for erecting cottages on tha
grounds of the Roseburg home, for in-
mates et the home and their wives, the
governor being appointed a special com.
mission to execut the work. Approved
February II. . :, .- , ,.' r
. - Fair Fremina Fnad. " .' ..
H. B. ttt The Bum Of tlO.tOt la an- .
proprlated annually for state aartcul-
tural fair premluma, none to7 be used
for apeed premiums. As the state U ,
making ita exhibit thla year with the -Lewie
and Clark fair, the annual pre- '
mtun fund I to be used In Itol for
Improving agricultural fair grounds and '
buildings. This ia an emergency meaa
ure. --,'. , ' ; ,
i Fnnlahlag IHUaqneat Parents, v
S..B. T4. Parents rf delinquent chll-
dren. aa defined by law. may be fined
pot te exceed 1 1.000 if responsible for
suoh delinquency, nd any guardian or -person
responsible for delinquency ehall "
b liable to Ilka fins. Courts may Im
post conditions upon any person found
guilty, Suspending sentence during wop
r behavior: Approved February XJ . .
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