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Li? ' '..! f, I pobtland, oreoon: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 18C3. J E3 EE1Q H-rT: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL AN INPB PENDENT NEWSPAPER 8i JACKSON PUBLISHEp JBYQUIAIUBJLJSHING mi JNO. P. CARBOU. --'-Fubla4-Try- -evening -( aeept-fiunUy X n4 7 8undy morntoft "Th" Journal "BuiUinf, Fifth a"i Yamhfll " " "'r ' S-' '-;-.' I. streets, PcUanOrgok;iIl , . '.''-. NSUfcTfNO-ArFRIEtfDtT- NE10HBUK. I J? tTet the most. serious oFsVicIe's to theniinten ance Oi tnenaiy TeiarnTns win- our nciBuwnr-iu the northwest it th arrogant tone and carping r crittciim of the Oregonian4-lt eets itself up a a court . 'r"?JJi lt resort to-pass upon all questions and has a way : nf .-riiir isine some of the smaller towns oiihe statothat V - "iicfly-Trrtrmf."Thi pendency; . originating in the tower, trickles ?ut of -the basement ana give color : and Peculiar-character to everything" t sayt and doe. l';SJ - f, i Some days ago there appeared'in the. Sunday issue of J-r-I;Uie .Uregoniwi a storyaDoutme-Jiving--ey-Tji ne , x''ttotk fium-H1cmn following sample is an extract: 'I'.i'rlie JJalles is a little place nw. Once there win '.. - " time wheh this town bade fair to be the greatest town irt :. r . - . - ... ... ,. . . . -t . m -... , . ; Oregon. IhatLwas Dciore me aays 01 raiiroaas, vnen r?';C ;'dpxens of bullock" trains thronged "the liuietfXSft IT'was the distributing point for" eastern Oregon. '. Since the .: . advent (-the railroads .it has deteriorated until there . are many unpopulated buildings here, i The people of The. Dalles are naturally irritated pyei v statements such as thcAe-watcft-tftey-tuiiaiaer as un- : rrcattedrrOir asthey are unwarranted. If there" ever has 'teen a year when it was wise to pull together surely it is 'this. We have here a great exposition to which the state J7 J at large as well as Portland has liberally contributed and "v.. M wnicn aiots towns are snowing a ceramcnaiDie pnaci ""'A'few miles r ao6veTeta4kaV the terminus of the p'-T statepprtage railroad; the enterpnSeof the citixens of that townwill soon bring the road to connect Hhere with , ; the lines of steamers which already ply between Port . : land and The Dalles.. . It is the only town in the state '.,.:'. - which ever through its own efforts brought a great rail 'tiit, .road system to. limeJy putting sn itsowa line of boats and -giving them - the patronage Jjiat made them suc ' 'cessfuL Few towns Jn.the-chy-are more earnestly en .,'" "gaged In an upbuilding' campaign and there are few . towns with better prospects ahead. But even if this . ' 1 were not true criticism of the. sort quoted comes with bad 'race from Portland with which' its business relations are so close and which annually contribute$jojnuch to uphoLLxuir jobbing -and manufacturing interests, - - LftTTINO THE CAT OUT OF THE BAO. CCORDIffG to AVall street authorities it seems perfectly certain thaOhe recent differences be "tween the TJnioajnd Northern Pacifiifinterests. z :; in the northwest were. baseipooth. policy, which - . one should adopt with respect to the other-ratherjhan : ihe-constructioa of tiew- lines." According to the Wall ; I street Swpmaryz The most -important- fealuYe in .the recent developments in the , northwestern . situation is that the representatives of .the two great interests Jjave " greed to" arbitrate all forms of difference that may come I up from -time to time and have also -agreed toconduct r v the properties wJiich they represent in the most profit r - able manner possible -avoiding all wasteful competition and rate-cutting." - ' ' -In proof thta ft isadduced"that they-arr to Jointly rr buird tntd-the Clearwater country 7Sand 70 miles of roid respectively and that is all. It i "quite appaccnt from .' all this that the people of the inland empire have not be- : gun a moment tod soon to help and at, the same time to protect themselves. While uthere . have beeoji sctcalled i competing roaas iil existence uuy nave as a matter ot ideal held before boysr charming Jlheir- imagination and capturing their ailegiancer the feeling that the church u in a transition stage .with, respecj to ahe.f9rm if "not the substance of its laith. 2. If alleged facts be true, it may be only a temporary phenomenon. . It. may be partly .accounted "for" by the tact that there are an increasing number of rising occu pations, among them teaching. '." . 3. There is now a slight upward tendency in the pro portion of young college men intending to entexthe min istry, though The ratio is fatJeJow-wnaT u was years ago. ThejXSummereiaf-SpirTt . has taken possession of most college students,, and-they are anxious to make money, Young men's minds are unsettled, and they hesitate to commit themselves ' to denominational requirements as tcr their faith." Minor causes?" Scientific courses; lack of desire on the part of parents to have their aons be- Visioit for old age. ' "? . . 4. Commercialism, an up-to-date . termjfcr--world-T lincss. I he church' pavsies-forTefvices rendered than lanjLOLaewnsTiniiion. , v--, . a. ine tendency among college students to enter the ministry is now growing; ; ; 6. Forces which make civilisation work quietly and out of sight until they reach a culmination. Then there is a transitional period, involving readjustment. These occur in the industrial and political world, and such a readjustrneht must "occur ih"the"religiousworld,-fcr--it4-t-. nas not kept up with other worlds. Jience young men are tempted by. something else. 7.-1. he assumption is not true as to the Methodist church. Our theological students have been increasing for. three years. But young men do not appreciate-the joys and opportunities of the-fmriistry. No age of the Christian centuries has offered such a magnificent chancejo a true, devoted and well-fitted pastor, as this. e. Opportunities lor influence, renown and wealth are greater in other callings. Preparation takes more time and costs more. Churches lacJh4earne9rTggressive evangelistic spiriiLfif-rtrerTtTme. , There is less ap-peaf-toheroic service. Commercialism, has crept into the' churches. More spiritual earnestness is requirel ; ' These, boiled down, are the answers of eight heads of colleges, several of them, with theological" departments, to the question under conRideration. lit not greatly en lightening, jhere is food in themrfor thbyght, for all must -acknowledge, that the churches are great .factor in the. civilizing process of the ages. ' ";, ' MAYOR WILLIAMS' FOOL FRIEND." -factthrough traf ficand terrjtoriaragfeements fixed the - -. , freight rates upon, the basis of the longest and most difficult haul rather than the shortest and easiest and 7 the public has paid, the bill. - It is quite evident that ' even now, there is not the remotest intention of doing otherwise than has been done for years. -The building ;of ,the portage road and the putting on'of a line oft ' steamers on the upper river are the only things .in sight to alter the jailroad status quo for years to come. The . work has been finished not a, moment too soon. Evi- dently the railroad managers from their faraway look- ' outs in (Wall street have no appreciation of the sig ... , nificance of -the jnovem,ent whichlonly-": few -daysago T ) was so ceremoniously signalized in the opening of the ii.y portage road at Celjlp. But JLtheydciJiot see what is ". . ,;' ahead the people directly interested have no illusions on the subject- They now must realize better than ever be- fore the wisdom and foresight which led to the building of the road and the coincident work to get upper river sieameTSuTcommisston 1 "as" welt irio build electnc lines . i .: to the river to connect with the boats and thus bring to ( the markets the agricultural products of one of the most favored sections that lies out of doors. - C i - This good work is only started but such is the mo . ' - nrenrum it has received and so hearty is the appreciation ' . of the value of what has already been done that there js v ,' no longer any doubt itriIlbeontiuef -untifits final is that if anything is to be done to afford relief we must do that thing ourselves, for we can expect nothing from "the sense of justice and equity which the railroad man agers themselves should feel in'the situation which now confronts the Country and is doing so much to' retard its growth and development. ANSWERS TO A COMMON QUERY. 'HYDO NOT more educated, talented young men enter the ministry? is a question often discussed lately, and revived particularly at several recent general assemblies of evangelical churches. JIhe-most -common nswerisr-It doesn't ray. financial- ly.-- A talented young man can make much more money in other vocations. Besides, he "has many chances to .' rise in some other calling Jo one in the ministry, unless . he 1 Especially .adapted to That calling and his talents V for that work are exceptional. There are some who . put the money consideration .out of sight, but this is not easy for all young men, even if they feel a genuine '-"Inclination to this work. , : - ,. I . , , . .. ' " The next most commonly assigned reason, at least - , among laymen, is that ministers are not given enough .' freedom of thought and expression, are expected to ad- r here in their teaching too closely tcrcreeds, or portions of them, that the thinking, progressive world has left . far behind. ; There is doubtless also a fractional. explana tion m'this view. .A- - - ,- ,, . ..Commonly, also, .the main reason assigned is the --grbwing-TommeTCTatisnT of themge'anff" alack"ef"e6n-;i.-seeratiort in purely spiritual endeavor. We . think what . truth Jhete !is inthisejiplanatiDn is largely superficial. 1 t . There is so much more oipg on in the world, so many - other things to attract the attention and employ. the ; roind than there were years ago that religious aspiration ' : end effort are not so noticeable, but there was probably rr:river alime"ln the world's history "when there was more self-sacrificing devotion, not to dogmsic theology, but to humanitarian and ethical uplifting thanHow. Thisjs f shown in many ways.-t Scarcely a rich man but recog nzes and yields to its' influence, as their many benefae- Preidents of eight Indiana colleges recently gave ' their views on this-subject, and we will summarize them ;, briefly. . "i... Cr ... -'-v i ' - LCjuiCajnaiiy, Inereasetf" Itfractiveness of busi " "lness on account of large profits and the chsnce of becom . ing very rich prevalence pi the commercial and material I HE 6regoniah, at this" late day," says, Tnexplaria Ition of the rout the people gave" It and its cause atvthe polls.-that it "made its effort chiefly inst the proposal to give-away additional, streetcar anchises. And then, with that-wisdom that a fool al ways assumes' when propounding a question, it inter rogates f" "The scheme didn't carry, did it?"" .,' ' All' along The Journal supposed that .. the, morning papct-waa-making its chief effort in behilLol Mayor- Wl- L liams.rit would appear now that, it was,, in true Ore gonian style, throwing its whole cunning strength to ward defeating the atreetcar franchise and lending no lit tle 61 i,ts influence in a quiet way to Dr. Lane. - ; r The fact: of the matter- is, the morning paper con tributed no small part toward the- workof elfirf '"g rr Laiieiattd was Uie "chiet tool iriend'!lhat Jed the ven erable mayor to defeat. The morning paper's influence with the voter is to be compared to a dream; if there is anything to it at all, it goes by contraries. BIO LAND-FRAUD FISH IN THE NET. T SMALL CHANGE foot tiaa no business to be a.esar. Election day opened another bis; crax in me uit tower. "a nussain 'paniMHip' 11 ,na ohiypma"T5? When it l Jnterped. There U'no "irellow peril." nearer home, among ue ,, ' ' PerUs are .-1 - The oser of Hueaia evidently lan't' flt o 09 miror or sumouvi, . Chief Hunt can take a vacation after July lr Also, perhaps, Joe Pa y. If-yoa" are Inclined to bet. keep at ft ..I safe .distance from Fr-nk B-k-r. . Oeorre, ' John and Tom, In chorus; "Hello, Harrr. we re dad you ot up.' Trepoff will have 10 be mlrhty cSre ful If the dynamiter don't acatter him. KowthetOresronlan Is" down on the atk-tv i. "f-o for boats on the upper Columbia river. And rlaiit merry riding- it The 8alem 8tateaman'aars: )ns tr boot of 'era, aureV -7tPb: The more lk rains now the less It win rMt later. Always bunt for ttw Sliver lining of the cloud. tllfit would not h ImUm for a 10 days' visit with only 2S unless you nave aospmbie relatives to vlal "The city needs the money" IS not always sood excuse. Many men who neea money so to Jan on account of ine way . they get It. WhltHaw Reld hat to mr Ijo oot i year for a hous or arm- dn ik-kui he may pick up a few suhcrihM-fy-nen"Teanlns; against. ine XNewOHt-TrnHma In "Lunnon" as an- onset. , . . , Those who 'Ursre ",k" hlf mtt Krna the Japs whipped the; Russians at sea would have found an argument In favor Of the same .proposition If tha hutti. naa turned out the other way . , , 'Whenever the machine gets smashed some more, the Oreeronlan-wtvea it aftercut. But If the machine could win.- It would be a. n Ire. fine, and altomthxr worthy machine jLS.Jong as rtt- divided Wilft -ne- wegonian. -. r ..:: ... . . "pretense. detataVlA ,nnii. is especially bo In Journallam.-srn,i- aln. - Tnariso. and there have been more square Inches of false pretense In the editorial columns of ihnmn. Ian during the past quarter of a century than In any newspaper In the country. t A bolt of Hfhtnlna- the head, ran down both aiita. r.r wi. body and his legs, cavorted amnnil ... isaeu. lore ms shoes to pieces, and yet-j v "no win recover. Whether he. Is BnaireTit" a loan shark, or a machine politician,-la not stated. - - v : 7 r V OREGON SIDELIGHTS 1 Ashland has pieces. . There are fine, large springs near Haines. a Juvenile band 1 of ti "honnlneral HE SUFREME COURT of the United States last week swept away the last barrier which the millionaire land grabbers of San Francisco, Hyde, Benson et al., had erected to escape trial. They had appealed from the California district federal court, whictl had ordered them removed to the Districtqf Columbia Tor trTaI " anddenred them writs of "habeas corpus, and the supreme court Sustains this decision, and now' they niust" stand trial andfaceT"the "evidence that Secretary Hitchcock's assistants have gathered against them. If these men, particularly Hyde, can 'be con victed it will be such a set-back to land-grabbing as has never beore -occurred -and - seemed impossible .of -accomplishment. Hyde is a man of great wealth and ability, and claims to have acted within the limits of the law, saying that if the United States enacted loose land laws by which shrewd men could gobble uphejmbliof , domain py tne wnoiesaiejiie-jiaa m conscientious scruplesaboutdojngiO. and it was congress and not hciwho was it fault. "The government officers claim that in bis greed he and bis associates have violated the prove it Now it will have an opportunity to do sOj It is due to Secretary Hitchcockr-thoughe Has his faults, to siyiin thi connection that he has done a great and "valuable work in unearthing the alleged land frauds of this-gang, for it was a very difficult thing to do, as they were intrenched within the general land office and had tools under the very nose of the secretary himself, and for years this ring plied its work without detection. But when Secretary Hitchcock got into it he took up the work of unearthing the frauds and the gangs who were perpetrating them, -which task he has pursued for-three years with unremitting vigor and unrelenting determine tion. With grim tenacity of purpose he has carried on this great work, at vast expense, and an immense amount of labor on the part of many, subordinates, and all the time President Roosevelt has upheld bis hands, and.at lastthe 1 principals in . the moslstiipendousJand frauds, ever perpetrated, in this country must face a trial court and jury. For this great service many official pecca dilloes msy be forgiven Secretary Hitchcock. " Pudding river onions are beina- d. stroyed by cutworms. About 6,000 head of cattle wilt h. shipped from Ontario during! June. Few ' men,: areiiWorlrIhV'ir tm Crook county irrigation ditch; wagea too Panthers are numerous in the roast mountains and are killing many sheep and goats. -m - WILLIAM WADHAMS. M: R.-WILLIAM - WADHAMS," who died yester day in. Philadelphia, after a hopelesmllness of -several months, ha$: been a familiar-figure in Portland for about 40 years. A leading business man here during that period, he was also a leading Christian worker. He had an extraordinary gift of expression in song in the singing of religious hymns, and was besides an'earnestrTorceful ,exhorterrt"ire7had a" magnificent presence, of which he probably never thought;' he had a ready expression and from his cradle that gift of sturdy, emotion-arousing song.' , .-: " William Wadhams often told the story of his conversion by his wife. .. He was inclined to be skeptical One night he came home and his wife, then very young, bad a talk with him and pointed -out to him the benefits of the earnest, sincere Christian life. Mr.. Wadhams- listened, he heeded, he lay long awake that night revolving these things anT for nearly-half a, century was one of the most noted Christian workers in this, city, and indeed in the country., .1. m' r--'.-" -r lf-"- t : ----- What a splendid life that was, when we' think of it. Pure, noble, helpful, entertaining, vivifying, enlighten ing. One could scarcely meet William Wadhams with out being a better man. Business man, exhorter, singer, kindly neighbor, good citizen -he is gone and those who knew him ate better because he lived. The Baker City Herald refused- stay dead and now that cltr haa thru daily papers Instead of one. By-selling their wool last December at-It cents, Wallowa county want. growers lost at least 1180,000. " ' TheMalhewr nasette th(nlr k.,n. closing of. business houses and saloons Is not a good Jn'n for a town like Vale. . Dallas Itemlzer: Humbugs and "fakes Ot various kinds continue tir epiiie gluii and people continue l btte af them ... pedally those of medical nature. A man picked 102 gallons of berries from his. strawberry patch near Eagle Point in one day. and says they are Just as good, as Hood River berries. , - The Union (Marlon county), corres pondent of the Aurora Boreells writes: Union is booming. Lewis Kell Is mak ing preparations to build a ahed JOxSO. Valley papers are giving country read ers the good advice o buy of home mer chants instead of peddlers, who sell In ferior articles for three or four prices. Two Newberg men, In one of the lakes In 4hat vicinity, landed about 40 pounds ot fine black bass in a few hours. Fpurj)fth flsa sealed- 9 pounds. "V , D. "Woodaide had a four-hone team run away with, a harrow. " e Albert Taylor had a serious accident hftneen tn l one of his horses this week. pufur Dis patch. 'It's curious that farmers want such incidents to occur,' as they must, or they wouldn't have them happen. " Sandy Correspondence of Oregon City Courier :. "Many land . and - koine buyers are continually looking over out promised land and quite a few settle. What should be done is to get the big land owners to divide into Ave, ten and fO-acre tracts, and put them on the market and then soon thts -Sandy coun try would become thickly settled." t"... ' ." 1 Pilot Hock" Kecord: " HT P."" Dodd, of tne renaieton Tribune, has bought the Baker City Herald, and haa hired a force of men to conduct the paper. Mr. Dodd will spend hi time between the two towns, possibly at Hot Lake, and direct the "policy" of the two publications. This looks like another move' on .the state treasuryshlp. .vV . r Mciflnnvllle " Telephone-Register: It Is stated on good authority that a prominent-business msn xf MeMtnnvtlia rot .oft the train at St. Joseph last Thure- aay, supposing that he had reached the Lewis and Clark fair grounds. He tas nothing but words of praise for the J-beautlful landscape gardening.' which has such a natural appearance that one might suppose H to be the work of nature." . ' ' : FRESH .GOSSIP , FROg' :r RABBiTVItEE"' -: Krom taa Jrrlgon -Irrigator. - J Rabbit vllle, Or, Jane T.A-tady went Into th e City drug Store last Sundayand 75ffllcVuTsWo"rnroO'JW'Ier' The flerk said.. "Faoe, gun or bugT' mart-lllce. Th ladv said: 'Tfeitber for- trash like : :o Itoe.'1 Some ot these clerks get owful fresh, but that one Is not as fresh as he was. A It la rumored that old man'Bunco haj brought a lawsuit aglnr the town for 1 11.000. He savs he waa bmng tiers under false pretentsW-aln'ttti1trhut e-Jeexd a lawyer say that Bunco naa buncoed the town worse ..than the town had buncoed Bunco, and- that he won't get a millionth part of a cent in a mil lion years. '' .-', Tha Cit daue- store is now offering a splendid assortment of ladles' hoae, of the same patterns as those wofn- en Klfth avenue. NeWTork. by the highest society ladles. The prices average three pairs for two bits, but some are as near as IS centa the pair. that .! We recollect at a six-day' bicycle rune at Madlaon Squaie aaxdas.- New York, meeting a -chap about S o'clock on the -closing night who wa digging luiioh out of a huge carpet bag. We found he had ciyue Into the garden U days before, whea the race started. "He t4 ba h V -M -him- tm o veTCoet- and his carpet bag, full of sandwiches and had remained In. the hall . during the entire -'-rjljys. t V T?"tT!tl.T r.-.f... J. t. M . . t. L.. the seats. But even that chap acknowl edged tie had squandered 60 cents for beer and . be , cam from . Woodburn, Oregon. . .v.i-i-rrT' : : ... .. -Now, w4 can be led to believe that there are people in woodburn. Mr. QUI of the -Independent, for In stance,-who can take. a.Ui-a)a-ht and get the mail mum of fun t -the minimum expense. But when tha Irrigator man' hits the Trail he ll hit it harder than two blta worth -per -diem. And don't you, for- ge 11. . 1aar"Wednesday night, headed by Deacon Hard up. , After eating, up all the gruD found in the dominie's. Urder they de posited their girts- and departed. leav ing the dominie richer by a doaen eggs. a meis of greens, ir rabbtta, a ean ot tomatoes., six boxes . of matches, tW9 dozen paper napkins, ft bale of hay and a, tern n ornsn. rom a. nnanciat piano polnt it Was m succees for the visitors. Another affair of the kind would send the dominie and hla family to) the poor farm. 1 The Adya Laid society met at Dea con llardup'e last. Friday; pi-m We were passing th house ': while - -the meeting was in session . and Stopped at the gate lena -enough to hear what waa going on inside. We would sot like to say the females were scrapping, but they waa using language which we will not circulate until we. have It -fumi gated. As w leftTthe half of a" brick waa hurled through the window and took'ffJh4Utopt-f--thrgatepost we had we Jhlnk it waa thrown by Miss Violet Applebloasom, but w bear Violet nq malice. It would not be aare to bear anything against a maiden who could heave a brick with the force of a piled river. Mary Jane Babcock nought- a flew pair of them long, fancy Fifth avenue hose at the City drug store last week. After she got Into them she sauntered down Main street, and when ahe-got in front of the barber shop a gust of wind Struck her abaft Well, there wee nevtr before seen auch a pain of barber poles a Mary Jane showed the boys that day, Saunter often when the wind blows, Mary. Jane. . , . , . X: I The city barber got mad -because we criticised Ms toneorlal methods- and professional ability and undertook to assault us on the atreet last Saturday. We were in a hurry at the time and hi followed -us into the Bunco house and out through the yard.- We began to climb over th back fence, sort of luring him on. Somehow we got fast between blm and the fence, and then I nearly wore out th toe of boot on the seat of my pants, c If three 'or four busy bodies hadn't Come out -and took oia-ott of him we'U bet we'd used him; up pretty had. He's no good, and we'll never swallow another drop of hla lather- if w get whiskers down to our fetlocks. He said w dasn't put it in the paper. but we- ain't no coward. If th aftslefanf bartender w mean the prescription clerk- store would pot on a clean collar -the customers would appreciate It Hardy Hard iron, -our blacksmith, ha Invented a poetry machine. It Is built omeiblag like a mechanical typesetter. There is boxes for verbs, nouns, adjec tives and all the parts of speech, and a-lot of stops to regulate the feat, meter, eta Tou load it with word,- and then turn on the power. . Here he had to run it wjth a mule and It dldn t -work very smoothr-So-Hardy -sent it down to the Oregonlari. and Mr. Love is using it. but so far not very successfully. Th in ventor thinks they do not oil it prop erly oY, use power enough, or perhap sprained It .with Frnch.worda, wlflcft makes the output rough and lumpy. Hardy is going to Portland to give them some- instructions.' So w expect to se th Oregonlan turn- out r lot of classics this summer. - ' ' -i Pet Peterson was baptised again last Sunday. He was baptised, about a month ago, but it didn't take. . 1 Thin la a na kl1 mi at, th terbottom residence. - Deafcon Hardutr soppedul--and"aTdr to Bi: "It looks a heap Ilk you, SI." Si's wife heard It and came out and gave the deacon the frosty eye. And th hired girl, who la the. mother of the little shaver., didn't look pretty much pleased either, Dea cons - sometimes butts In, where angels would nave cold reeti-J-- - ' 1M Lllf 0Tug atoreSa-received an elegantstocic of htdieaf eorsets, at prices ranging all the way from IB to 18 centa per corset -i . ' Major Falrplay -la - sporting a . new silk hat He must be on th mash again. ' The Busy Ciar. From, th Jun Century. There is nowaday not a great 'deal of gayety at th Russian court Th emperor is a very busy I man; he prob ably has more to do, even in time of peace, than any ether man in th world. Combine the responsibility of the presi dent, tha cabinet, congress, the - gov ernors of states, state legislatures and mayors of th principal title In this country, .and you will begin to form an Idea of the load on the. shoulders of Nlohola 11.- There la no finality below him, except, as be permits it; and the mass of detail that-actually reaches him )s astonishing. If President Reose velt had to grant permits to operate mills in Texas, erect buildings tn New Tork or form mining companies in Cali fornia, before any such operations could be begun even his giant energy would be ' taxed. '-'- Yet, Jncredlble as It may seem, the emperor of Russia examines into myriads of similar minutiae,, be sides attending to .the, great affairs of stte. - ' . . .,- Wild and HUariotii. . .. From the Baker City Maverick. My friend Bennett editor of the Irri gator published at I rr I con, Oregon, spits- on his hands, hitches - up his trousers,-breathe "hard and smite this: There 1 an "official" estimate out of the reasoaabl expenses of five and ten- dny visits to th Portland exposition. The 10-day visit expense are given aa follow: ..f ; '.. , Lodging I f t Meals ,. 10.00 Admissions 1.00 Incidentals, . including j aouvehtrsrt- - -Trail attractions, csr and "boat ( -- ' rides, to. . 4-80) 'Total" ........125.00 Just think of 10 days' "Incidentals, including all the- trimmings, for two bits per dayt What a wild and hilarious time a man could have In Portland on two bit per day and what a wealth of "aouvenlrs", he could accumulate Of course a fellow could, if he were miserly and alcgardly," skin through on saeaawaSaawX "TURKDOWNTIIE LIGHT" From the Cewlston Tribune; .uia viining slalesmeu' gt inetaTenT' nr-oiinnemomiOni6ribToldoregoi: wuniry iu Portland ' yesterday jdwelt much upon the splendid career-now nnn. Yt ue? thm -'TacWo coast through, the American spher from Hawaii. Jha.JUH ,vv,m, vim orient r Alaska and the Pan ama canal. Oonalderlag the place, he ocoaslon and the circumstances it Is fair to aaaume that special reference waa In tended to the cities of Portland, Tacoma. Seattle and San Francisco as the chief beneficiaries of tbla new and nrunxttiv. commerce. A broader view bf the raa terlal events no w jxilng acclaimed would aeem;-however, to point to thejopeolng in-innq water nignway as havlna- 1 more commanding Influence on tha opu- tence ana weirareortnejiaol mCXZC. From tha Chlcaco Journal. 'ir - . Secretary Shaw got hla training in strict economy In a ' country bank in Iowa, wber every penny counts. Since he haa been secretary of the federal treasury be haa dealt with, billions, but the early Instincts are Imperishable. When he figured up th trtaaury ac counts th other evening he found th deficit had reached tlf ,I47.1.0. "Turn '- down that- light!" - be com manded a, carelee clerk. - W may grow and be transplanted into new soil, but we never outgrow the fixed habits of earlier days. However great we may become, however large may be the it fairs that devolve upon 'us, we unthinkingly, unconsciously fall back upon our true selves at every crisis. Secretary Shaw haa been severely criticised at times -for-a Beaming dla- regard for law .and precedent -Be oe 1 kind here vleed theniartfOTTdepoaltlng govern went receipts- from eustoms . with na tional bank when everyooay supposed that congressional legislation Impossi ble to -t would b necessary, and he nearly took th congressmen's breath away - by permitting bank to issue currency against all their government bonds, and. it they had not government ponds enough, to substitute state end municipal bonds or any other old se curity. ... ' 80 it is eeen that Secretary Shaw is a man of expedients and action. -Tobruch as -he, treasury" derlclt oflJI.OOO.OOO and more haa, no terrors whatever; He begins .cutting down expensesby economising on th light lO-hla office. To th average mind thla may look smalL . But to. Shaw It Is the.aeed of great posslbllties. . -His order- 'turn down th light Juts been made general among tha treasury emoloyee. and very Incandescent lamp and gaa Jet throughout the entir coun try for which th treasury Ma to pay 1 now being watched sealously. and" won betide, the clerk found burning a light not absolutely essential. . - Tou will 'cease laughing at this homely economy when Informed that it ta the chef method by which th deficit is 16- tredaed Trow "'tSt.OOO.OOOTfl I J 5.000. 600 by the end of th nacai year, only six weeks off. - '- - . -- ' The simple habits inculcated in the humble homo ar not bad for nations. It is upon them that national nonor and integrity ar -i built It - ia h UPon. ..th in I .imnin vnnnmli-i of irtfli lira, only .Fine City drug maanlf led enormously, . that the . vast financial affairs of the world ere sue- I eessf ully cond' . Don't laugh at the 'cutting off of waste. . It Is good economy in in nine home that haa but on lamp, and it la Just- aa - good in th big government institutions thai nav iigm 117 io millions. ; .' . 1 ' - the play : ' 1-.- . .... - '. ' . SIGNIFICANCE" OF THE ; OPEN RIVER -V Jf leomiiinnilai iHalUfftfwUh the teemln, 7 orient than th ethical ceremonlea hola yesterday, or than the seaboard cities of the coast eould otherwls bring Into realisation. They at most are meru tranafar ktatlona -for. commeroe and the- commerce itself must com from-th country, drained into th inland watei ways. We need n6t minimise the moraf and artlstlo elements at work in Portland In order at th same time to give full ffectt-th -even greater relation of the Interior' country to th shaping of tha destinlesextol!ed tn tha commemora tive exercises. iHeteia wker th-oun- daUo tarTCteee waving wheat fields. that abame th Dakota in comparison;- tn vineyards and orchards, that much ung California- can never equal; thes forests. , whoa rich products find mar kets aa far dls'tant as Europe! these' pas tures, whose qualities of fat herds stand at th top; even the-mountains, bursting with mineral wealth, the whole contain ing all th potentialities that enterinto- th hap pin s and contentment of man- is where: th --real strength of the "Old Oregon" territory Hea and where th sinews must come from, if an all. that ar to draw th orient to th Occident. : ', ',' ...:. j Th appropriate, tha material celebra tion of the day1, therefore, lies In-th pioneer expedition sent forth today that marka the possession of an Independent route from the field of the raw material of th country to a connection with the white-winged messengers of commerce that take it te exchange for other, valiua. We do not knew but that we ar In this modest beglnnmg -even-now -working a revolution, peaceful, quiet and stowrper- haps, but as far-reaching and Important in its' results as any revolution of arm In he century Just completed. It I wen to retoloe With Portland In the splendid edlflo rt haa erected to the progress and achievement of th centenary that has so fitting a euutilnation, but it seems even better to make known and exalt the contemporary fact . that commerce , has been liberated, mat industry succeee has been made more, certain., that tolling humanity has something to hope for from the Way being" made open from th very fields themselves to their custom ers in all the marta of ,the world. " 0 LEWIS AND - CLARK . w. Mi iin the Missouri river from For Mandan, near the site f Bismarck,; North Daknla. Tha party 18. now, n?x-. im h Rockv Mountain. June 7 At an early hour. they con- tinued down thrfver,.Th.JOuta;jraa, extremely unpleasant aa in winu w higlt from th nortneast acoompannxj with nin which -made th ground bo slippery that they war "unable to walk ver the bluff a which they had passed on ascending th river. . Th-land Is tlve most-thirsty we hav ever seen; not wntiaTandtnsr alt th Tain -which h fallen the earth la not wet for more than two inches deep and resembles thawed ground; but if it requires more watr to saturate it than the common soils,, on th other hand ttrleldB it moisture . i.l , ,iMu..lt. . 1m raa.ln. jilnne- - .. . 1 wivq rquftl uiniwuiij, -"-- Tia nth ravnlutlonarr war ar 1 11.1 .1. e n. nt thiu bluffs at a all mor or lets alik. butARomanc4naTi.ow paas 10 yards In length "taptatn of '7S." In which Miss Berth creignton and comoanv began a season 01 w weeks at th Marouam last evening, ia the moat reminiscent of all. . It used to be called "A Colonial Girl," and it fol lowk the lines of "Taul Revere"' so closely that half th lobby 4ei'?j"LBtajH--wtth-oTefabre safety, when . he neara m voice ocjiinu iii vi; v.-., n- - aodr CapUIh, what shall I dor ;-H instantly ana Touna it wa was that play done Ov Ljiutronr severs I standpoints th per formance ' was interesting. our old friend. Howard Oould. recently from a hospital, and stil wearing surgeons bandages, play ad th hero, Robert Erie son, on 2 nours t notice, nm uirt- quently " ar actore- placed in thla trying situation, but rarely do the- aceomollsh as much aa . did ly.th nlghtje'ra; when J. H. I dashed to pieces below. His dreadful nart only. Qllmour, who" was to hav been "the leading man, tell ill. Mr. Oould waa a manly eervant of Washington, atalr wart opponent or tne reacoata. ms was easily the nest perrormanoe on tne atage. and hla friends gav him, . an ovation. " Mlas Crelghton la a promialng young actress. . She haa the right metnoa, generally, and a conception of thess Janice Meredith roles that, la all her own. Her vole la Bof t her manner natural and easy) 1 She made Betty Watson an interesting creature of lights and ahadowa, and waa well reoelved. The support averages well, without startling ths beholder. The Plsy itself la full of strong situ ations and th American flag is rung In w-wlcked habit In striking fashion, to raveal -Whlch.-would spoil an important part of th performance for prospective patron. . " . Th bill win d cnangea weexiy cur ing the stay of the company and at pop ular prlcea the engagement should prove profltabi. . RACB WHITNET. - . No Secrecy fat Technical Workr - " From th Engineering Reoord. Those who hav been reading th tech nical Journal of th leading Industrial countries during the past winter must nav -neon impressea oy tn unusual publicity given to methods of produc tion .and th detailed designs of , appa ratus still in couree of development It would seem as though th old polioy of secrecy in such matters had largely dis appeared. - Not only hav works for merly forbidden even to large customer 4een thrown open to th inspection of properly credited visitors, but technical processes still .Incompletely , developed hav been described in paper before sclentiflo societies.., Ths spirit of the scientific Investigator haa possessed th engineering-world during th last alx- month and progress haa been corre spondingly rapid. - 'It has been generally recognlied for eome yeere that th day of secrecy in business waa past -but th publicity or late Daa nevertheless been surprising. V - Here's Another Chance. From the Philadelphia Ldg-r. "j Now that Carnegie has provided for th college profeaeors who ar no longer fit to teach, some philanthropist ought tot make a provision for the 'teachers who ar still joint the teaching. - - Lewis allDued. and but for a fortunate recovery by meana of-hUt pontoon. would hav been- precipitated -Into t h liver over a precipice of about to feet He had Just reached a spot where by th assistant of hla csponloAJO-her-eeuhl turned Windsor, who had lost his foothold about themlddle of-th narrow pae and-4utd slipped down to the very verge of the precipice .where-h-lay oh, fchr-belty wlth hi right arm and leg over th precipice while with the other leg and arm m was .witn oirrrouny situation waa Instantly - perceived by Captain Lewi who, stifling his alarm, calmly told him that he wa in no dan ger, that he should take Me. knife out of hi belt with his right hand and dig a hole tn th aide of th bluff to re ceive hi right foot With great pres ence of mind he did this end then raised himself on. his knees. Captain Lewis then told him to take off hi moc casin and come forwsrd on hi hand and knees, holding the knife tn on hand an the rifle In th other. He Im mediately crawled In this way till he cam to a secure spot The men who had not attempted this passage . were ordered to return and wad th river' at the foot of th bluff where they found the .Water breast high. This adventure taught them th danger of oreaftjng the slippery-height of th' river, but ' as the plains were Inter sected by deep ravine almost as diffi cult to pass, they continued down th river, sometimes, in" the mud of the law grounds, sometime tip to their rm in th water, and when If became too deep to wad they cut footholds with their knives in the sides of th banks.. In this way they raveled through h rain, mud and water and having mad only It mile during the whole day encamped in an old Indian lodge of atlcks "which, afforded them a dry shelter, Hera they cooked part of e1x deer they had killed In the course ef their 'walk, and having eaten tha only morsel they had taattd during th whole day, slept comfortably on some willow boughs. ... ' - - ; . A Stinging Rebuke. ' '" " From the Weston Leader. 1 -' " In "attempting to corral a swarm of astray bee at 1 ths Prendergaat place near town, Billy Graham had an ex perience that added largely to hi sum ot knowledge and to the sundry bumps that comprise his cranium. He tried to follow the advice of Ivan O'Harfa, an., alleged ' expert on be culture, and $0 shake the clinging lumps of bees Into a boa. -They, fell on him. Instead, and he, waa stung In a e pa rate and tender spot' by. each individual, bee.: With, th buey little honey-makers staying right with him hs mad a bee-line for the house, afrt wa promptly driven out by Mrs. Graham, who said aha wasn't conduct ing an apiary. He only aaraped after very bee had Stung him until glutted with vengeance. Although still alive, the painful memory of his cruel undoing brings tears to BlU's eyes. .. . K .. .... .... , ani A . i 1 . .... I I V :