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'". -. 4 - -. I! EdifcoirSa'l -:I?age 'of "I PORTLAND,' -OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY II, 1805. J Jomrnal ri Lr-T? r-n-rmVxT a t t Xr t n T7 T XT A T JL JTl Et J V Vjr IN 1 jrt. 1 JU I I xs. in ju . AM INDEPENDENT NEWs PAPER ; jack, ton" "HUBLISHSP BY JOURNAtr-PUBtlS! FrCUHWUr ! tbliahed very rverrinf (except Sunday) and every 8anday. moraine -at -TIm Journal Bufldiof, Fifth and Yamhill ,,, " ' , "";T"" 1 x streets, Portland, Oregon. . ' ;. ; , ': . JiZ ' ONCE MORE IS HEAKD"throu'ghout the"1en(ith -and breadth of the city the same oldcry,J'SaYe . ; the partyj" It is the same old cry that has done ;uch.. effective service in flie past, which ha put into ;-of ficeinen known. be totally tmfrttedi-Whieh-a-caused ' the taxpayers' countless thousands of "dollars In ; mis - appropriated public funds, which. has o;iven.busines to x,the various irrand "juries, which has filled the records ,', jwith indictments and the courts with criminal prosecu- tionsi It has served to keep in. power men who neither Tiad nor deservedto have-either the respect or confi -"ifence of the people haseJeittdileiaults.AntLwor4- and made of public office a private graft. It has been effectual in the past because it 'carried with it the odor of .-party-Bur, -K-4 tiecraai -no ionger-jujr.inc .cry ,oi wuu . has been heard .too often. - People have waked up at last to the conviction thi . whatever they may. do in national politic and however much they may. there be swayed by partisanship, in their "Intimate home affairs what they need is men who will decently and - honestl-adminiater the public-affairs, J he party brands cut no figure.--If they are' dishonest epublicans they are an unwarranted' tax upon the pub--tiepurse and defflofafam"" dishonest Democrats they should be flung outside the -"breastworks without, iceremony. The test is not what 'party an official belongs to but is he honest and efficient. '" More and more in the last few. years have the people '.'eom to this. way oi thinking and more and -mor-ar v they getting effective pubjiceryjej' ;in noother waycan itbe secured, and they are fight If ': ' a party, if the Republican party, sustains a defeat at the r ' .' polls, are the rank and file responsible for it or the so .., called -leaders: who -have jilebauchedthe.artyJor.lfieiE . . ;own aelfish purposes? , J, No recent act could more significantly illustrate the . -fact that this it not a narrow partisan campaign than-the 'hearty indorsement which the , Municipal league has it""" n cattriiflary of TV Harry Trn- Th aaanria. tion did what it could to nominate Mr. Albee who during rrrzh iitiffecyMrtlir: Bnt the combination of Matthews machine and liquor in- terests would have .none of him.-. It is now expected " """ '.that the association will stultify itself, that on the mere ;-.. :cry of party it "will 'repudiate " the sentiments which -brought it into existence and swallow all its principles by voting for candidates who are pledged to undo every- I ation -iniiiK iac 90uiiH)n acipca to uu in inc past years r ! : 'The simple statement of if makes the question ridiculous. ;ThesTnfrrhSvetheir politics but" like thousands .of "Others they wiu fio longer permit politics under whatever ( name to be '4 cloak to local of ficial.-t.O- shield flagrant -misdeeds. -;ho-. .','r-.-r".T, ., . "," Ionian, as usual, leads the try to save the : party. The party has a very well known candidate in the second ward. - Is the cry which would save Williams he-cry that must save"Sullivan?Tls"the'success of Sul JKvan essential to the succesioM iMicTaiixaiinrjpieroicj! ,stanqsanr. wait for the armer to dress himself and ,the integrity of popular institutions? Mu$t.theJMunic '.' s ipal leaguers take off their coats and save Sullivan? Is there no other way to save the party and is this supreme - test demanded?."Vhere Js theline to be drawn and what '-. constitutes the difference in the principles for which Sul livan stands and has stood and the rest of the ticket ikh is pledged to uphold alf he-mHihrag50ciatet"ask and perhaps more? ; ; U in cfiu of his daclinatiian, nr pie are tlfftinr Rw somr other man who in this respect will follow in hi footsteps, they will as opportunity occurs get rid of a lot of the old railroad and corporation attorneys and toots in the'sehate Flatt, Elkins, Spooner, Cullom, and others.- The-propIe -will evxntually, and not very Jong henceitherget men who Vill serve them, -rather than corporations and combinesTin not onTy execuf ive "burtn legislative and judicial positions...They cannot afford to have railroads control either the president, the senate, or the courts.;, -:-'--t. . - w1 -INFORMATION ABOUT THE COYOTE.: FIAT GOOD OLD FARMER.. Secretary ofLAgru : caljUireUl3i3rvJn-the-course of, manyypublka. tions issued "throughout the year about alniot everything imaginable under the sun occasionally fur nithft thr it"i'""'-;ng mind undrr whn observation these agricultural bulletinsjpome. food . fot. reflection and oc casionally for amusement, especially if one has nothing of great importance to study about. . : .- 4oinstaneer-Oiie ef-Dr. (we suppose be is entitled to be called ""doctor") Vilson's recent bulletins treats particularly; theAmerican coyoter arranimal-truite-fa--miliar-and TBOrrrewhaPrintercsf fng if ""nongreeableto many of ouf Oregon readers. The clerks under Dr. Wil son, who" work nominally and heoretically for six Jong hours a day--or is it six and a half now? have discovered that the American coyote, purely a western product, has the attribHtcyroiiTasperior-race.andlika-the .Anglo? gaxon but unlike the red men miscalled fndjansjjhrives on civilization.-Itis-;pointed"!S6ur in this interesting if not important bulletin that . the introduction of do mestic birds and mammals has been a. means of sus tenance and. success to the unpopularwild jwestern vaa6Tidnnirc6y6ieTfistead of thepo6r'" fellow being in a chronic condition of starvation,-as is popularly sup-., posed, he lives, pn fine delicacies throughout the year, and is to be envied rather than pitied. Oregon paid out a good many thous and dollar 'fnr -a1pi of him nntil.it,, was discovered that some shrewd people were doing a' jfr1jfa-vtl.4,hirnfo a state well loved by the buoyant coyote, paid bounty on 20,000 of the elusive vagabonds lasj year, and other states have tried in similar ways.to'get rid of the fellowr but""ff Farmer-or'Dr. Wilson, or the author of his bulletin, be Correct, the coyote thrives through air this persecution and is increasing in population as well as we lords of -r' "- .' - " . It ii'Tritensely- intexesiinat and even exciting -thread the vivid "descriptions of the author of this bulletin, who was doubtless ar long range :observer.- "They come," he says, '"with a dash into. the yard, take a chicken by the neck and are gone before any one can stop them. In the l?l.l?3yL ln?y 2siOBeJ!s rii-4a'c-?-J'9MKJ!Js-fronj the mother.", "They also devour colts, calves, lambs, goats, and cats, and kill lull-grown cattle And for dessert prrtake ot watermelons, peaches, apricots, grapes and other, fruits. SMALL CHANGE Th Ln fa itrauiht... . - - Ijoh ut-ojLthe. .eouneii. To the boneyard with partlaahahip. A rt mnv vnl.,. -'-- Remember . to patronlaa ,hora " Indus try. , v . .. . . "... . How" aboufthat hihic"hooI 7 build- ,nT .....::;..;. '.:. ; . Nearly all Mlaaourt ought to show up at-the fain . -.vTe-il bat that' May Whafs-har-nama will catch Loeb yet. , ,- , ; . . Tha rowing deficit la worrying th atand pat- atateamnn . JJflu aJthough It la May, it U not un-'Tf'-'LJ" ,lL?rTtf rs. Thrwaattieracta aalf H vat mat) at wna wa aaia aoout it ..Don't forget that In beautifying and Improving every little helpa. But Mr Treeldent. auppoaa "the. rail road mogula won't behave? . - j The.chanrei are that Mayor Dunne wlshea he were Judg agaln.-- ..1 Bhi4'to-thrTleh.--1it-don't-exi pact them to cay youtaxea. r Still thankful; Jlmn& Hyde l nearly -crowded out of the newt polumna Togo wilt probably prove Jret that Jia didn't i-iui. on. to. a xeef or iv nJnv Dldntrthe-wrrlekey men make-a bad bargain in taking over the old machinal Will - aeveral hundred or thousand chool chlldreiLba icboolhoueeleea next tan ? - , -; - Chauneey Depew H o optlmlatlo that he hopee to live to be aa old aa aome ojd.hls Jokea. Herore the year Is out you may travel to Lowlston-wlthouti king Mr. Harrt- man or Mr. Oould. OREGON SIDELIGHTS - tlnlon county wheat U already in the 'boot. - t -r p Fine salmon betnv tirh in it... Qua. river. ', : . . . - ' .... ...... . . C. ... Grant county. No da ma re to fruit nr tK. "-i.. aroand Milton.' . FROM LEWISTON CEULO ; v TO From ttW Lewlaton Tribune. With the .completion of the portag road at Celllo at hand and preparations under way for a trip to that point with the Mountain Gam, a special Intereat TUWeTTTTOniTa'TBlneTfnffaitlB'ft Of I (IT rivers-bet ween Rlparia and Celllo.' This Interest is not only of a local charac ter but extends the entire distance of the river-where- the- freight-rates on - the shipments of the country's products wilt be regulated by the operation 'of the steamboats. No community Is more In terested in this question than the. people of -Portland snd.-th membera ..c(th Open Klver , association who have la bored unceasingly for the building of the portage road and the establishment ot art IndsDendent Una of atramara to be operated In conjunction with it. Nd person,-perhaps,-in the northweat ..1 better . Acquainted with the conditions of this etretch of the rivers than la t. sprain . i uray . Mountain-Oem. Cantaii this part of the country in the early sixties and has devoted many years to tne operation of river steamboats He has run the rivers at all seasons of the year and hag been engaged In the gov ernment engineering srrvloe when sux-1 veya of the channels have . beenmade. Ue has learned - the locations - of - the reefa and obstructions .by years of ex perience in tne pilot nouse ana is now. prepared to say that' the rivers tatween Kiparta and Celllo can be navigated at sH seasons of the year tiy such a boat a r mi steamer Mountain uem.- Yes. air; it is practicable to navi gate the Snake and Columbia rlvera be tween Lewis ton and Celllo- at all atagea of the water with the Mountain Otto," saId,Capta.ln Qray. yeaterday. l'Icein the rlvera will Interfere of course, and in -1owT-water-the -wlnd - wiltnause- tho hosts to lose 'tlm somatlmes days In going -down river ' as the channels through the rapids - are crooked and narrow and It Is "impossible to take a boat-through- these' rapids "when drift-tng- le-weoeaeary-whert a -light- wind in blowing. Coming up the river the wind : doea not interfere except in a gale. ' ; 'Snake- river between Lewlston and lmiltt Is Well 'known and la navigated every day. - The first obstruction in Grant eountv sheen are almnat nii free from scab. . ..... . " . JBEESNTr-PEOPLB-AND-RAILROADSr 'HE PRESIDENT at Chicago yesterday reiterated in general terms his Denver remarks about the necessity of federal control of railroads, and in connection with these public utterances it is again Fu- - mored that he-will call a special session of congresrrfoTT the purpose of enacting railroad regulation legislation. In this connection and in view of the president's mani fest determination to get some remedial or regulatory legislation, a Jew remarks made by "a well known rail way' attorney," as reported by Walter Wellman, under .date of June 5, to the Chicago Record-Herald -are -of " interest. --"If 2we-defeat all railway legislation in the next congress, this lawyer said, "the American people will rise up and insist upon reelecting Mr. Roosevelt to the presidency.". But since this remark was made-Mr. Roosevelt has reiterated in, positive terms his determina tion not to run again for, president. -What, th?n, M - Railroad Attorney,- wll the- -people do? To-.whomwi!l -thejrtnrn? "The railroads of the country," Mr, Wellmanireports this railway attorney as saying, "have it in their-power Jodefeatm theenae-alljroposed 4egilation lreightJratesBulJjdoubt ifllheyjiavethe-courage ta -exercise that power. I-knovrhatTOappefrnrney Jiavexecently made a long trip through the middle " west and a part oT the south, mingling with the people everywhere. I have satisfied myself as to the state of public opinion. '.If the railroads induce the senate to - kill all raflroad legislation the people will have their revenge. They are with . the president. They say he is th one man who has had the nerve to stand up and : fight the railroad interests. If there is no legislation, . - the railroads and the senate will be blamed, and a cry . will go tip for-another term for .MjRooseveIt in the White House, so that he may continue the war in the people's behalf till he wins. This sentiment is not con fined td Republicans. I found it almost as strong among Democrats. Mr. Roosevelt has broken ' down party lines. He has the masses of the people hypnotized. " ; "They are with himJieart and soul. And if our railroad ' friends make the 'colossal blunder of routing the presi - dent on the rate issue. they will 4ive to regret itrDespite -Mf." Roonevelt's renunciation;' despite the oppoBitioTiof -..lb railroad and-big corporationsr-l believe the people would refuse to permit him to leave the presidential .,4, chair." ThiJ lawyer is pretty nearly correct. -vdt,-hweverri will not takhe-ptwfdeiTcyagaui. lie says so, most emphatically,, and after due deliberation, and not how as last November, under the excitement of a great popular victory. We will have to take him at his word. k Then, if the railroads' induce the senate to refuse t. . t . , ... . . e a mere prcicnac oi rciorm ana regu atton either the i , people, aTmoat irrespectfve or'party linear wilL turn to ward jhomr ; Certainly not Toward Fairbanks, nor. Root. ' - nor with both confidence and enthusiasm, Taft, for it is doubtful at least if he sincerely favors the legislation , needed. Tossibly on one hand to La Pollette, and m' "the other to Fqlk or Bryan. . j- '' ' Notice that this eminent railroad lawyer frankly sfates that the railroads can control the senate if they choose to do so. It U not a questiofi C ali o! whether the senate will serve the pebple or the-rarlroadsi. it is known, ascer- "taiued.Tinderstood, accepted and acknowledged that the senate will do whatever the railroads tell it to-do i The only question is:- How far dare the railroads go, through ZZZ tliriY plifnr Tnnt.-the nenate, fn defeating or ctrctimventrn g . the wilL" desire, demand and determination f the people? But a good many of the railroadyaenators will be elim- i inattd during the next four or six years. While th "come out-and -beat-liirnr-over"the "backwith a sticlc oi stovewood when he hasl secured a fat'i:hickenv4amb. cow or horse; but that he catches andkills cats will.be little surprising to- aome--of us who have lived neighbor with him. If we could have a lew cat-catching, and de vouring coyotes turnedlooseinT6T,ttahd,--'iFnights, we would-urge Tharey-4e-gfoeiar Next year the Elgmpubjle achool will employ, three teaahera, . " aeoi, out is gettlnr out. - licemen's badges. hs-jrrtm8ttTlgbunetin argnef fty f era domegticlQwilAjncat-aad. yegetable praductsHe Jikes-dfat-griose out Of fc green pasture or a railfehce cor ral better than a wild goose on the wing, a nice fat little six-'weeks' old pig better than to dig out a forest rabbit of chase a chipmunk up a tree. He has become, ac cording to Doctor Wilson's informanjml,analystxauite a fdxy epicure, .and devours "crabs, fish, turtle eggs, horned toads, crickets, gophers, -chipmunks, mice, ber ries, rabbits. . prairie -dogs, rati, Squirrels, woodchucks, weasels, birds, deer and antelppeJL'-,If-there were-any elephants at large he would no . doubt make meal of them, and we suspect that the scarcity of salmon in the Columbia and other rivers is due to his nocturnal depre dations, when the doughty fish varden4s trying to make a snoring accompaniment to the sounds of the sad sea waves." V-' . -There is a good deal more of information in this val uable bulletin about-the coyote, but as we have no ex ptctation that he will pay any attention to comments upon t or criticifcrnaot-liinvve-forbear to not-e-them-at further lertgU.JtrwQul(LaeenviiQ.wever; that the coyote sometimes destroys some other pests, and so justifies to somer extent his persistent existence, but if killing cows andJiorsesenerally,-we hall4nsit,iUiat he be declared an outlajvraUeasLbLXHf benefit f. prot ecfi v ef arif f . T "WHAT, PLEASED THE CONDUCTORS. :. HE RAILRQAD CONDUCTORS of the country wiho are here attending their national convention while very much pleased with Portland are more than pleased with the fact that there have been no holdup prices for anything which they, wanted to buy, whether meals prrooms or trinkets -They say that while the at tendance is large it-is not as large as it would have been but for two circumstances, first, the great distance from the populous' centers of the east, and second, because of the apparently well founded belief that because of the near approachof the-fair prfceswould" be put so high for everything needed in Portland that-those -who at tended this convention would- be practically ribbed. Miich to their surprise they tound everything normal so far as juices went, Jn;;f act rates were-lower-thatt-imHar transient accommodations would have cost them at home. The conductors and their families will therefore return home 'well pleased with their .treatment and ready to bear testimony that no holdup will: be practiced in this President Roose- Ujxx-AuiMg-tMiMr-. Few-fcodtefrmeri are1ffaEeTfei position, to. spread these. facts than the conductors, "for few men come in-contact with more people or are in a position to more favorably impressthem. t in it all is a lesson which The Journal long ago pointed MKh-4egiJatK)n b-pf e-drmand--and it ,nd it i-l-:- that I . " . ... . . . .' . - fAMi". Sfiowgooseeontetnplateii eatab- Ihg a smelter In Grants Pass. We hops hewlllnot, be. a hotalr goose. e. the peo-1 1 these should be charged,, but, the whole, city ahould set its face against exorbitant charges, for nothing will send a way from the- cityreports. that will do it ' more harm. The people who come here tcMhe fair are in a particular sense our guests.. I hey do not come to get something for nothing, tyit they have a right to expect that they will not be charged famine prices for those things which they require. Good, treatment from restaurants, hotels and rooming houses will do more to more favorably adver tise Portland. during the coming five months than all else combined. We will hajuLJierean exposition that. .will appeal to every visftor and noone will be disappointed on that score Let everybody do his duty in theothef respects and f he fame of Portland as a hospitable city will beestablihed for all timefo" eome'and the number of visitors who come -here during the summer in the years to follow will be as five to one compared with what they, havt been in the past. ! " Chinese pheatanta are rapidly Increas ing m jacason county, . ... - - , ther iver below Rlparia is Jexaa rapids. B0lfolt mb'. t-n n VoT.rCr"nUil f water, but during tho Jow stages the cnannei between reefs la crooked ; and narrow." ."'. "Six miles below is Palouse rapids, at the mouth, of the Palouse river. These raplda are always strong and difficult to go through. - The .river has out. out a canal lees than SO feet wide. through int.. basalt-reef. This -channel has a bend in It and -boats are submerged and the .water surging through the canal and over the walls, form large eddies ana whirlpools lust below, making them the most dangerous and. difficult rapids on either river. - 'Twenty-five miles-.below are the Pine Tree rapids, which were impsssa ble la low water until the United States engineers blasted out some reefs : and the channel Is now very narrow in low wateri.About three miles below Pine Tree lat-uiig m ussing.-the moat shoal t and the moat -rttf ficylt pluci tt gt over r"V"l and enable-htm o perform won. lSarfllnc :tt Shipping oiit-produots-from its creamery and tannery, ock man nald 0.700 for an lmnortafl Belgian atfilllnn , - Still a fair prospect of a big coopers, tlve woolen mill at Btayton, . In the past year Union county has red urea its debt nearly 15B,DOO. Moat people of Oregon will celebrate the Fourth of July In Portland. , The-editor of the Milton Eagle an, nouncea that he has the mumps. Too bad r . -, ,- A tS-aere farm near Talent was pur chased by an eastern man last week for V.vxt. bara rand boulders. Flvs miles below the town of Umatilla - Is Devil's bend. TWrleTt the river Is" wide and shoal snd pilots must pick their way among boul- aera ana reefs. "Cahoe encampment two- miles above Casus ruck. Is another wldeahoraplr, wnere ine pilot must Know the channel, especially-when the wind is blowing, Rock Creek rapids, where the steamer Billings wss wracked a few years ago. la not a bad place If the pilot knows the channel. Bqually Hook rapids Is a narrow - channel between' reefs with bad short turn below.i Indian raplda oniy-requir careful handling In making the curves. Aatrangelycolored -bear was killed near Elgin last week, and - has- been stuffed. 1 Ttraak Kitvarai aSiiflW fn aastiit e LTwaUUcountjr paying from 126 to $1 a neaa. Farmers around McMlnnvllle have Im ported seed from Iowa and are, pre pa ring to raise more corn. Milton's census shows M0 inhabitants In that pretty, prosperous town. ; Ten more can easily be scared tip; The trees around the public square in Yala are being treated to water cure by the aid of a gaaollne engine. Oraphophone swindlers are . still busy In -eastern-Oregon. T Somebody up there may get a shotgun In action before long. 'Nine unlawful dams have been found by deputy ftah wardens 'In Catherine creek below Union, and will be torn out unless fish ladders are provided. Some - orchardlstg- in aouthern : Oregon are In hard luck; their trees are so heavily loaded that they will be at con- sWerable-expenseto- f et them "trimmed. Malheur Gaxette; r last week we had the Kaster Sunday services written up, but somehow the copy got sidetracked. and to our great surprise did not appear. A La Grande woman owns 14 tenement houses and a stable, and whether ahe supplies them with Well water pumped up by a windmill, or through the city water mains. Is the paramount 'question now in thai town. . A Monument man reports a yield of 28 lambs from nine': certain 'ewes let's about aw per cent -mcreaswr Me alao claims to have harveated 1,240 lambs from .1.080 ewes, - nearly -116-per- cent-" but no affidavits are on file. - and said: "How do you do. Mr. Jeffar- son?", The actor, of course, responded In his usual, cordial, hesrty way, and re piled: "Whyl Whyl Whyl How do you do? When did you coma to town, and haw long are yea-going to be hereT" - The strsnger said. "But I live nere, Mr. Jefferson, and you don't know who I ami" . . - - - "WelL-the nrotagonlst "confessed, know your face perfectly, of course, but I can't place you. I aee many faces, and stuay or I'm apt to get confused in my atudy i TnyaluTfirom"?11 Ths"ntrae7sirutTc5"ri pact stranger smiled aa he turned his cigar over in his mouth, and said. Im General aranf!" . Jefferson always declared that he got out at th next landing and walked down tbrea flights of, stairs to ther.atrwt, for fear he would make hlmaelf addltlonallr eonsplouous by asking ths gentlemen If he had ever been In Washington, or It ne was a veteran of the late war; CARNEGIE ON LABOR Wax" la nuhllahe tnriav bv Double day, Pag A Co. ' Whenlhe publishers asked him to writ th book Mr. Car negie knew little of th subject. "Now." he .says.-with his? Jwork --completed. know about lie steam engine, end. havs also--had-revealed Jto me one of - th niiest charaetera that ever graced th earth.' '. ..'' . The life make a book bf 41 pagea With facta about'Watt ar mingled freely Observations characteristic or Csrnegle. Extracts which follow are from th advance sheets of th volume Fortunate It was' for our subject. and especially ao'for the world," that he was thus favored by. failing neir to in best heritage of alLjas Mr. MorlejLcall It In his address to th Mldlana insti tute -thneceaslty at an early age to go forth into-the world and -work for the means needed for his own support.' President Garfield's verdict was to the same effect, 'The best heritage to i which a man can be born Is poverty. --"The -writer's knowledge- of th usual effect of th heritage of mllliondom upon the sons of millionaires leads him rully to concur with those high authorU ties, and to helleva that It la neither to oir-witirrDat all right when .h river Is up two. fest. "Fishhook raplda, It miles from the mouth of th Bnakaajts nam im plies. Is crooked aridcloa and requires careful handling, but Is not considered dangerous or difficult aa lt Jooks . "JjIvo miles below th mouth Is verv LWidft- with.numeroua cbatw-filled n h boulder Twonty- mlles Iwluw wnin.iBB8tea-r-vn-' Injurious to anotner. Is Umatilla . raplda . thraa miles 'long ftanaraia. Grant - a nd B herm an Jiceded ders. Where favoritism or poor Judg-J ment ISTinownrxh reverse occurs, and there 'la apathy .and- dissatisfaction. leading -to noor results and serious trouble." t ;.',Partnershlp-ruTre notraupTlcat; but.opposttes a snlou of different qual ities. He who proves inniapenaania as n-jniKni.i)ajnoiiy with ,aJiaxrow. crooked channel where very different chiefs nf staff. Qn so-l',., the jcunemaTrwIna.swif tiy among refs4 credit -Napoleon' a auccesa . aroaa from I itti nia oeins im tu iiihh. m vwh o j "John Day raplda. at the mouth of John Day river, Is the most dangerous point below "Falouae rapids anijj a pilot must know his business both going down and coming up.. There is plenty of aeptnor wster avail stages, ron uiere B.reT4jro cnaimeTsTa'trbdtir. tliio "upper "hd rower riffles. - This. is the place an ex pert from th. Mississippi was sent to examine. On his return to The Dalles ha reported "that no steamboat could b built thar-could go up through the John polntments. choosing the. men who had th qualltlea which supplemented his and cured, his own shortcomlngs,-4pr every man ha shortcomings. "Th universal genius who caoman- jage sll tilmsalf has yet to appear Onty on w)th -the genius to recognls others of different genius and harness them to -hls-.owir-lcar urn approactrth "uni versal.' It Is a case of different but cooperating abilities, each part of the complicated machine fltting--rnto 1t right place and . ther performing Its duty without Jarring." . - "A small balance on - th right side performs wonders. Thls recallsto the writer how once, "In th "history "of his own firm, credit was kept high during Identical sum Day rapids, but in splt-of -thls-raport falllng-remed parties' built the steamer Colonel Wright about 1S6 and from that time until th "O. R. ft W." ranrdad"witg"buirr tlia' Win plies and products of the Inland empire wero carried up and down the rivers, the- largest steamboat being th Har vest Queen, 200 feet long, with a 38- foot beam. She ran the Snake river Jn high -water-and th" golumbla at all seasons or th year. "Five-mil Is not. a blind rapid and Hell Gate, throe miles above Celllo, Is the pilot's delight very deep, and not a bit dangerous, ana no aecinenr nas ever happened there, but the current sweeps the steamer -directly toward a high. perpendicular cliff. Th passengers' look out and see tier-dashing -madlyatthe overhanging rocks, not 20 feet away, but before they can mor than turn pale and gasp for breath, ; th danger has been passed and they tell of the Immi nent parlt they -hare neerr through, and nralse th nllot for his wonderful skill In saving them from instant death at Hell OiM i "Besides- the rapids I have mentioned her aro a number of places , on the Snake fiver that are difficult. and dan gerous in very,low water. In fact, from ..dis-mouth nt h -Smthe rlver-to Rlparia, in low water, pilots must run very carefully and only tn good daylight and lay by for light winds when going down. In high and medium water we used to run night and day, taking care to-make-Pa louseand Joh--Day rapid by daylight a nd sometimes w would miss the daylight." " CzrXDBEN TO SBAVTirr A city. A junior Improvement lesgue his been organised by the school children of Jop lln. Missouri, for th purpose of beauti fying the clty,- Th object of th asso ciation. Is to encourage , very school child In Jopllh to cultivate gardens In vacant lots, grow - flowers, cover un sightly sheds and fences with vines, and to get thsm interested Irt a cam paign against the back alley tin cans and in ravor- nrint hack porch whltewaah brush. Th movement waa started by th Joplln Improvement association and the children art taking much Inttreat la It. ' . - - ahidoti or jOBiFsi nmuoi. Laurence Huttoti'' in Harper's Weekly. Jefferson Uked to tell the following story upon, himself. He' was. of course, from his -. professional position,, well known personally to thousands of men whom he did not" know. He was con stantly meeting strangers who always remembered him, and th fact that they had met him. but whom he did not al ways remember. He was very sensitive upon this subject, and was greatly dis tressed when he. forgot a face or a nam which h ought nouto have .forgotten. One day, coming down in th elevator Roulton (Watt's partner) raised, 170,000 from a reserve fund that had been laid away and came in very opportuneljrnt the critical time. Every single dollar weighs a " hundredfold when " credit tremble In the balance. "A lead Ing nerve apecla Hat In New Viuli nnr. ulil that the worst maladv he had to treat was the men Sf affairs" whoa ci edit was suspected. His - un rouftiredit- ora.togetheCr-axpU.w- all and ask their support. I can then do you some good, tretJ-rmr-tnt"then.JH1rpatlentwho did this found themselves restored to vigor. - "" : " "The wis doctor was sound In his ad vice. If the firm haa neither speculated nor Kambledtyno.nyjno.u. termtVnorJ lived extravssantly. nor Indorsed for I others, and his business Is on a Sol Id l foundatlon, no peopl nave so much .at stake in sustaining It aa the' creditors; they will rally round it and think more of th nrm than ever, because they will se behind their money the best of all securities men at the helm who are not afraid and know how to meet a storm." - - i , riOKT roB srrancTT. - From ths New York Press. Ther 4a one crumpled leaf 4n-4he-) garden of Mrs. John Jacob Astor's life the fear of getting fat. Not that her figure haa lost Its lines of perfect grace dear.' no; but ther -la ,that haunting fear that curves ar becomtng to curved. The keeping of symmetry ot form Is a difficult problem for one in Mrs .Aetor'a jioaJtlonV-for-eh- posttvely must attend eertain number-of -din ners. However she shows sne is msae of herdlo stuff, for, although sh has not brought herself to diet of prison fare, she has gone in strongly for exer cise. Instead of driving In a com fortabla .carriage,- propped up by-eush-lon. sh-dons a short skirt and thick QDtavery day ana inif.es a inree-mne ramo. - Mrs.- Astor tells "of sn experi ence on a visit to a Parisian tailor. Sh accompanied a friend who had takeli' On manv suoerfluous noffnds and who WSS to have a gown fitted. When the" gar ment wss' tried (in the womsn found it so tight it waa with difficulty sh could sit down. Bh protested long and earn estly. Thrupon th tailor suavely in quired whether she "preferred a dress In which she could stand.and Jook smart or one In which sh coujd, sit, down and look aloppy.'! . . v . f -Fool Their Wool. ""From the Corvallls : Times. Sheen men sra going - to pool their from tos story f n M.l building 4-wool this :seaaon.- Sr Chambers will LETTERS FROM THE V PEOPLE Xataes. Eugene, Or.. May t. To th Editor of Th Journal. I always read the. various article In The Sunday Journal with In teiwt, iisrilaPs Bot always with situ. faction. In last Sunday' Issue you-hudJI on article showing that men of genius . were, omet!mesJJnsane, Ther were a number Of generalities stated which I will not take time to argue, and a num... ber of persons named whose biography -I am not sufficiently well acquainted with to know whether th comparison 1 . well taken or iiot. Ifpun4 stated there, -aa an axampl of the fact asserted, the"" nam of Luther; now will th gentleman who wrote that article tell me wherein ' h haa any evidence-of, th fact that" he waa either a genius or tha.lJijvaa insanet As to -th Utter I am rncllneri to calr It a HbeL, Are the works he left behind Mm' evidence " of lhaanltyi 111 tranalatlon of the BIWa or .commentaries on the same do pot gtv posltlv proof of It, or -would th writer have, us tak -It for granted that because he could do such things -he must nav been InsaneT. Are his song evidence of Insanity? '. When you hear the words, "Our God al mighty fortress Is;" do you have any evidence of insanity, and It is a song which I have heard aung ' In fiv Jlf, ferent languages, and is. not exclusivity the- song of the adherenta of th 11- . theran church, nf: - - If Luther was Insane, so waa Melanch. ton", his co-worker; ar Arndt; or Calvin and Zwbriglyor-Hussi-or to com down to a later day, ao was Wesley, or per haps Alexander Campbell, to cross over- to -this country. 3tatejrrents that Tnen nf-Hnhli ara Inuna anrf r.ltlnaT In. stances to prov-it-msy oe may not bt-4 wen taken, at least i am or -me-opinion that not all men who have shown great ability and a willingness to accomplish, and work for great ends are lnaane. It - Is perhaps not well taken to say etthed that all nersonsvwho are Insane are men of genius! . All of which is respectfully submitted. - 8. P. NESS. LEWIS : AND CLARK the rich nor to the nobl that human society has to look for It preservation and Improvement, but to those who, Ilk Watts, hav to labor that they may II e. and thus niak a proper return for what they receive, a working bees, not drones, in the social hive, . Not from palace or castle, but from tne cottage have come, or can -come, tne peeaea leader of ourrace. under .whose, guld- nee it Is to aaeend." "Writers npon .labor who hav never labored generally make the profound mlstake'jif considering labor;: ono solid mass, when the truth la that It contalna orders and degree as distinct aa those in artstocrscy. - Th workmaa skilled beyond his fellows who la called UDon. by his superintendent to unaer tsJie-th difficult Job In emergencies rank high and probably- enjoys- an honorable title, a pet - nam conferred by hi ahopmates. - . -JMen measure each ot her. as -or recti y m th workshop aa in the proresnions, snd each has his deserved rank." When the "Tight :'mt" Is promoted -they raHy4-fr,Bpn tnrnwn In the water dteaglvea . En-route up th-MIsaourl rlver.from Fort Mandan (near th sit of lh pres ent city of Bismarck.' North Dakota), to the Rocky mountain. . May 11 Th wind blew very bara in the night, but having abated this morn Jfif"we wenton very well, till in, the afternoon thewliid. arose and. reurded" our progress: the current was-4no strong, the river very crooked and banks constantly precipitating them- . selves In large' masses Into -tha wster. The highlands art broken, and approach nearer th rive' than-they do below. The aoll,- howver of both hilla And Jow Z ground appear aa fertile as that far ther down the. river; it consist of a" black -looking loam with a smslt portion of 'ssnd. which covered the hills and bluffs to th depth of 20 or 0 feet, and readU-a loaf sugar, and ffervesoes Ilk marble.' Ther ard'also great appearances of quarts and mineral salts; tne nrst is most commonly soen In Ilia xscts or in . bluff, th second Is found .on the hTTIs as well as the low grounds.-and-In th cullies which come down from th M It41ev4n-a erut-of twr threHnche - in. flrnih.and may.ha airnpt un tvHfr ft feather in 'J irB"t1!1Cf "'h'rnr on Wall street. New York, he. no'leed a stout, compact little man. hQ locked at hfm for a moment,, evidently Waiting for recognition, and then held out hi bantf. hsve charge of th pool. : They will re ceive from two to three cents mor for their wool thla y Aha-in tu old ay f selling ...... . , , - t - . -. ome -high- Mil on the -north -aide about three mile from th river, whoa top were coyered-WttajpUch plL thir: Is the flrst nine we nave seen on tne Missouri, and it is like that of Virginia. - except that the leaves . ar somewhat longer;- among tht pine t alsoa dwsrf cedsr, sometimes between thre. tnd four-feet hlgh.-but genrslly spreading ltaelflika a vine alone the surface of the earth, which it cover very closely, putting out roota from th under side. The. fruit and smell -resemble those of the common red cedar..but th leaJ4w" finer and more delicate. The. top of tht whr thes plsnts grow hav ... a soil' quite different from thst Just de-sorlbedi-th sls- f It li usually .yel low or white clay, and the general sp- pearanc light-colored, sandy- and, bar- ren, some scattering lurts or sedge tje- Ing slmost Its only herbage. " ' About ft In the afternoon one or ur x men, who had been arnicted .witn nous and "fftedit-waUt-:-on hore. came running to the- boats with loiids cries snd every symptom of terror and dls' tress; for some time after we had taken hlnv aa board ha was so much put of breath, as tol ablatoIdescrlbeZtlie cause of his anxietybut he at length told us that about a mile apd a half below he had ahot a brown bear,, which immediately turned-and -waa In climi-r , pursuit of htm; but the bear being badly wounded could not overtake him. Captain Lewi snd seven men lmmedl- . ately went In search of him and-having found hi, tracks followed him by the blood "for" a mile and found hTm concealed- in some thick underbrush, and shot him with two ball through ths -skull. - Though somewhat smaller than that killed a few days ago, he was a monstrous animal and a-most terrible' ' enemy; our man had ahot him through the center of th lungs, yet b .had pursued him furiously for half a mile, then returned more-than -twice that dliancCand":wltn--hlrtarons h(Trnri -pared himself a bed In the earth two v feet deep and five feet long, and wa7 perfectly alive when they found him, . which was at-least twoJioura-aftcrhal received the wound. "The-wonderful powera of life which these sntmals pna- ' sees render them dreadful; their very track In - th mud -or sand, which we - have sometime found 11 inches 'long and 714 Inches wide, exclusive of talons, is alarming; ana w naa rather cnenun- , iertwO Indlansthan meet a single ' brown bear. There is no chance of kill ing them by a single shot unless the ball goes through the brains, snd this I very difficult on account of two large muscles which cover, the side of the forehead, and the sharp Projection of the center .of ths frontal honawhlit 4a hw- thtckr -Our vnrampment"v.aa"on'" the south at the distance of IS miles " fromthat -of - lant.nighU-. The "fleece " and akin of the bear were a heavy bur- oen ror two men, ana tne ofl' amounted to eight gallons. - - ? , GOOD WOK IV TlKaHL. . --From the. Newberg Enterprise."' Th Enterprla tnifr took a spin Into the country for . fe miles it Sun--day and wa surprlsea to se the- large amount of farm- and orchard Improve ment work being don all around. Many farmers are building JUtstantlal-tiHw, most of them woven wire, that , glv- . their farm and horn surroundings a rather neat appearance. . a few orchards- beaf 'trvtdence1 oftha' fact tlia t their owners ar practical fruit men atvl tak a pHde In their vocation., all t -. which tends tf lift tip this part of Yam- mil coumy irt in eya uf, euura and vvwr visitors i ... uie.. -;-- 'VV;;-;--i.!,:.;.V;..,r:'f
