The Oregon daily journal., June 13, 1905, Image 4

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J , PORTLAND. ; 6REGON,
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ftibliabed Ty Wnmc ex Bul.y ) - end Sund.y' morninC M .
- - - ' - ; - streets, Portland, Oregon.---
-;NOW IS THE TIME FOR RAILROADS. TO ACT.
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. 1T HE REPORT of the transporiationVonirnittee of
I " the Oregon1 Development : league, which was
- made public at the Independence meeting. yes-irraayTwitt-commenritself
forits temperate, language
and the -judicious tone in which it presents an ndict
' t.n'Kct r;irnarl manacement in1 this state. It is
' pcculiaiJjc-Aigiiiflcant' from iht facQhat herejoforethfe I
i.eople of the state nave reca aosoiuiciy u b--;
Uah of the raflrogds nd Have made no efforts m their
own behalf such as form a marked part of the history ol
; ir.any other states. rublic sentiment ha never been as
sertive, nmch less rabidly radical, against the railroads. It
"rIi always -rested oa the belief Jhat hesc corporaiions.
'whose interests were intrrblended with our own. would
7lo whatever was necessary, for the development of the
i country, and assuredly make such improvement as con
'.dition actually demanded. v,.ft ; ' ' ; -
But when great sectionsotf the country were portioned
1 out among the three railroads which are most directly in
terested in this territory, when they entered into' hard
Xand fast agreements through . which, arbitrary freight
rates were fixedbasedponcJangest-ananaraest
liaJlLhen,jwas agreed that no matter Jiow much local
Hconditions might demand the building of extensions noth
. t-kig could be done to disturb the1 status quo of the trian
j gular'agreeraent, it then became eyident.that here was
'no hope but for the people to, come together and take
I'oich fteiw as woujd, either jorce or.affordlhem the relief
'-heeded for the orderly development - of - the. territory.
They: quickly seized upon the Columbia river as the key
to the situation and-the, building of the state portage rail
- Toad was tne. outcome- -They have, now every reason to
believe that unless that great highway is kept open there
isTio prospect of further 'extensions,
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them they must put on boats above ana pciow tne iaus
' ..that will regulate thctlreight charges even it they do not
-;f utly. tajce care of the traffic; .',.- 'V '' ", " . ITT""
.' f But even there the matter cannot bo permitted to rest.
" Legislation to safeguard the public interest, as the com
:J inittee makes plain, must be resorted to. We , do not.be
-lieve-any one in touch with conditions has any misappre
: henskm-of the- state of public-feeling on this matter.
i The public is determined to get relief. Even now it is
" iiotdisp6seI I6"bead methods or de-
mands but it is vital that it get relief and if it rannot be
rr brought about in oneTVi'aip' lheff"1r must com In anothef."
ri t would b gratifying if Hie ruling powers would act
tipori their own initiative and- grant of their own -volition
A what they as well as the general public know is required.
" "It would be-- cheap. way of retaining good will which,
nee lost, is not easily regained. : ,' . , ; h
-rrrrr experts in , diplomacy, f 5 - -:
I vjealnjs of diplomacy but we are inclined to doubt
1 that they will succeed in getting the better of
the Japanese. If therrhad been nothing but military and
': ' naval skill manifested by the Japanese in the present war
there, might be some" fear that in the peace negotiations
-T?t would lose very much of that yhiclr it had gained in
M battle on land and sea. Tenyeara'aga the Japs lost what
hey-had won from-the-Chinese.bf
derating Tioggishness of the European
was not then prepared for the great undertaking which
-" it afterward assumed and so submitted with the best
grace it could assume to take not what it had earned but
t k m Ptirrnan nnw,r Hpitrnprt trt allow it.
.JlvetJsincee. present warldpenedihe-world basteen Statea wUl probably not Jae able to hold ita own in-a con"
struck by the unprecedented manner in which Japan has test with Japan as-to manykinds of manufactures, but
kept its own counsels and veiled its contemplated move
ments. Nothing which it desired'to keep to itself was
oermitted to reach the outer world.
official announcement was made, whether at-Tokk or
' London, observers could not fail to have been impressed
by-Uh exompleteelf-possession of the -Japanese r-their
keen apprehension of conditions and their ability in a
fewwordsJo.sayj)recisely.aU-that was required and not
'single word more. AH of this has -demonstrated that
lt while ttrey have done remarkable things on sea and
land they are no less sure of themselves in the..realms of
diplomacy. They know precisely what they want, and
"th?'y knorprecisely how far the sentiment of the wprld
will justify, them in their demands. They cannot be
juggled with Tbe pill"may be sugarcoated for Russia
a but it must be apill neverthelessIn the preliminary
ITMage no concession will be made that will place Japan
"at a disadvantage should offensive operations be re-
siimcd. That country is rightly determined to get out
f of the war what is legitimately coming
i try as it may, will De unawe tocarry
: i-t'.t-;r t - .. - i.:i.i..i;..ii. -
lng tactics wmill ll lias wuikcu wjui
"Tiicces5 irrrit4uustr--zz -
OREGON CITIES AT THE FAIR.
THE IDEA of having special days for the different
., . cities of Oregon at the exposition, while not en
- tirely original with the management of the
' : Lewis and Clark fair, is a feature of it that we think will
-j be of great and permanent value In the Important and
( , continuous work of developing all sections of Oregon.
, All these several communities will in consequence of
? - " ' these visits become more ambitious, "energetic and alert
y- r s-.i the matter of general development and advancement,
"t ' , Their' view or outlook will be broader and clearer, and
l while properly emulous of one another they will have a
-more friendly and fraternal feeling for one another and
for all sections of Oregon, Incidentally, while taking a
' painstakfhg pride in the gdod showing they make as in-
-terior cities and commnnities, they-will-arso- be proud of
and more friendly than some of them have at times been
disposed to be toward the metropolis,-which while im-
portant in itself as a city is .sb also asa part of Oregon,
' and in .point of 'population, taxable wealth and commerce
a large part of Oregon. The interests and aims and am
bitions of this city, and in a jess
cities, are intricately and inevitably
Too Much Partiaanahip.
From the Amity Advance."
-- A party- he aooner grows -aufficlently
strong to control the affairs of a, atate
than those whose business ls politics
and whose constant aim la to control
' the pa,rty patronage appear on the acene.
: The result la a political -machine which
makea fealty to 11 self and blind sub
mission to Ita dictates and methods , a
. neceeeary quallflratlon In the seeker
after office, and all other persons who
yney have ambitions but have too much
Independence of spirit to become (awn
lng rreatnrea of machine, ara Invaria
bly turned down matter what might
be their clatma on the party or Shelr real
merits. - The Independent very naturally
. reaenta such tr.ektment.4t Ihe hands of
a party wnicn ne may nave served ralth
fully and remained loyal to for many
years and he vet y justly begins the ex.
erelsa of'his prerogative as a free-born
rltlaen by Ignoring party lines at the
, ' jwMia.- The Advance jieartllv commends
mc.h course, leva thouarl It means
"rfice of ao-called party principle,
IMS
ON
t"""T NOBPBNDSK TH EW8PAPBR-
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
buTrare anJTeeble
JAPAN'S
Gradually if
modernized
but none the less
affecting the world,
and that to secure j
-r m- i-t f
in tnis- movement
should be a great
cause of the prepon- lTJh7tedta(es7IIence"apan7venn
powers. Japan
inventions, and is
In Korea, and in
But whenever an
the open door in
can ask.
ment association
to It anj Kusi, a)ij m6fg tleueiidtm.t uu bfain
out tne overreacn-i muicl
ir..,ti - i.i;Xn.;.Tr
buui caiiuiuiiii j
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In almost every
degree rf all Oregon.
intertwined with
and the only'regret la that such Inde
pendent spirits are not mora numerous
In politics. Lena hidebound partisan,
ship , end rnowr Independence ,1fl the ex"
ercise of electors' Judgment, will mean
better., and cleaner government for the
people. . - , - .
A Caustic Criticism.' '
" from' th TStyrtle Point Enterprise.
There are a .lot of character smash"'
era In thlaS town who are always on
the lookout for a morsel of gossip
about thefir neighbors to roil under their
tongues and then aend it forth by every
avenue -at their command, verbally,
written or telephonic, without giving a
thought, or caring for the amount -'Of
trouble or aorrow Ihey esiiee the per
son. about whom their tongues 'keep
wagging. It aeema to ns It would be
better for them, and the community at
large, if they would keep Inside their
own household affairs and families a
little closer, and occasionally think of
the hereafter. ' There Is room for them
lo do a little calculating on the propo
sition of how "uncomfortable their shlus
JNO. P. CARROuJ
Th. Journal Building;. Fifth and Ytmhfll
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those of the state assuch, and these .visits and'celebraj
tions should make this fact clearer and more influential
in causing all Oregon'.to pull together for. the. common
good of all.' '; --T.-r '
There is still occasionally in ..some quarters caustic
complaint , of- Portland's- alleged selfishness, but-when
everything is considered and understood, when the work
of FortlandJn the matter of an open river in particular
!. mminril -nd aDureciated. such criticism will find
expression frrtbc colirmns of the gen
erally just and generous "country press. ;
,t all events,. we are sure that not only the exposition
managers bur nearly, if not quittalt the prominent and
infhientiaJ people of Portland have a friendly feeling for
a.llof Oregon' citiesand axeinclined-ao-bfair-nd
even liberal in all their, business relations with the peo
ple of the interior.. As tliey prosper Portland will pros
per, not, otherwise. So we hope .that Salem, Astoria,
Baker City, Albany,' Afihlahd, Pendleton, The Dalles, La
C.r.ndeEtiirene.rMarshfield and all the rest-will have,
o have had, 'good, pleasant, eucouragirtg, enlightening
educative days-at the far, and that all will be better in
very way for having taken these holidays '; . .'
INTEREST IN. CHIN A. ;1'
HINATs going to be a veryTnteresting country.
not rapidly it is pretty certain to oe
in many ways much after, the pat
tern set by. Japan. Chinese prejudicesagainst western
development will undoubtedly disappear, not perhaps so
rapidly and thoroughly as tney nave vanisnea in Jv"
surely, and witn. consequences, mum
and particularly tne unitea oiaies. -
Jipan undoubtedly takes a great interest in mn, .nu
. . . r ' .ria1 anil tnlii tt r I A I
.- tor -..' ivuuuw,i ...v.
awakening-and-activity.- There is apparenttno-sore
spoi. in China in consequence ot its numniating aciet oy
Japan 10 years ago, and the Chinese have undoubtedly
been almost unanimously in sympathy with Japan and
not with Russia in the present war. Chinese students are
being educated in Japan, as well as in European countries,
where they are readily , impimng western muucm
ideaa for future use.v The similarjty of the Japanese and
Chinese languages enables this educating process to make
far more Tapid progresThan--ebewheTt-rrrJapan, where
the Chinese students'receive western ideas and knowl
edge rrf western methodsat; second jijind, 'but -none the
less effectively, - "
Japan's objectln making this, new conquest of China
is perhaps two-fold. , .Principally, Japan desires to de
ve)op' trade with China, with its hundreds of millions of
people. ' Possibly, also, Japan perceives that an offensive
and defensive alliance with awakened and modernized
China might be desirable in the future.IfRussiacannot
whip Japan'alone, how wOuld Russia, .6r any combina
tion of European nations, .be able-to whip Japan and a
Japanized China? i,Thisjnay be regarded in some quart
ers as "a yellow peril," but we think it is one not only in
evitable, but to bewelcomed, at least by this country.---
But laoan is seeking for industrial and . commercial
rathetthanrmedand bloody, conquest in the future.
Japan .realizes that it must become a manufacturing na
tionrand it needs the Chinese- as - customers. , China
market for. Japan, ana also ior tne
is making strenuous efforts tcrreplace its raw products
with those of the factory. She seizes upon all western
making factory hands of her coolies,
Manchuria too, perhaps, Japanese will
produce great quantities of raw materials.-: The United
this Country can supply the orient with great quantities of
agricultural and raw products flour, cotton, oil, and
perhaps certain kinds of machinery. Japan will stand for
China, and that is all the United States
1 's-, .
INDICIA OP PROGRESS.
T PENDLETON yesterday an interesting and en
' thusiastic good roads convention was held, and
at independence the Willamette "Valley Develop
was in spirited and enlightening ses
siqn. The'movement for better thiTigi in . Oregon, among
them good wagon roads, than which scarcely anything-
is more important, is by no means confined to- Portland,
norindeed to the principal cities of the state. The rural
districts are awikening to the desirability and the pos
sibility, too, of better things good roads, elimination
of foul weeds, cleaner and neater homes, more comforts
and less, en mere animal
county something, considerable, more
thairever before, isbengdone in tlie"work6rrhaking
good roads. Here and there a farmer makes a good
road himself along his premises. The country as well
as the city people are realizing as never before the im
portance and value of good roads. Another sign of en
lightenment and progress is the construction from town
to town, settlement to settlement, of rural telephone
lines, with nearly all the farmers supplied with phones,
by which Ihey can save much time, which is to them
equivalent to money, and by which they also get into
touch and sympathy with all progressive and improving
movements and take a hand in them. .
In several localities farmers are seriously considering
the question2 of building .local electric railways to con
nect with railroads or rivers, and no doubt the farmers
will be large factors in the building of such rural and
interurban lines, as they would not have thought of do
ing 'a very. few years and perhaps we might say a few
months ago. -
Such meetings aa these at Pendleton and Independence
are significant-of a gratifying and quite general move
ment in Oregon" toward many improvements and better
things. ; And'as Oregon's population rapidly swells,
these movements will gaiif in force and scope and -in ac
complishment, ' ;; -
Oregon is emerging into the morning light of a new era.
will be when the lurid flames of hell
leap up and envelop their worm-eaten
old carcasses Unless they repent, and
put a 'plug In the hole In their face It s
going to be mighty uncomfortable for
them when. old Mr. Satan throws in an
other hunk of coal and knocks "out the
head of another barrel of brimstone and
yells out to the chief .cook to fling in
another old gosslper. . .,
---.', Here's the Difficulty.
From the Independence Enterprise.
H. Conston - haa exhausted his pa
tience loking for a valley farm, and
leaves this week for the east. ..The
difficulties encountered by Mr. Conston
ara too large tracta, and disposition of
owners to put the price up when an
easterner -comes to buy. air. Conston
cites Instances of being turned -d-iwn
though be offered the same money
places had been offered to others for.
Those , wishing to buy land. It will' be
found, from ' whatever part of the
Vnlted Stales, have a good knowledge
of land values, and the -time to aell
land la when a buj;tr la at hand. '
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SMAIX CHANGE
rtie Callfornlana are welcome to the
best. . - .
Don't forget, to patronise home n-
dustrits.
Th nationa -of Abe-arth-aUr-eecl
L'nclt 8i
Th Dn-rlver route will undoubtedly
b.-suivorl(e. '
There 1s still opportunity to build
up coast trade. . . .
Some people are only happy when they
are In trouble.- - : ... . '
-t Davenport's part of the how-i -cer
tainly wortn tsKins n. - , . ;t ;
iifnmA verr vouna and may 'b
capable of learning yet. -
Th ara no finer. Deoole on earth
than , those of California. : ... .
nmiAm rl intrtlnr and Important.
biit there ara other things to consider.
ii...1. .i.hinv k.nlnftiK and uaeful-
neaa through a long life to the boy and
girt graduates. ' .'
r - . I . i V . nn k' uf. rt . V AH
that Tlliamook railroad being in opera
tion by October, , - r , - ;
'VrAvi.AwA,iA In' lmnrita ifitttudea
TdT thlnss'grow mora " luxuriantly ",lhkix
In Oregon in June. , . .
r. thAM .M m mnnA mint attract
ive places In and around Portland be-
aldea tne exposition, - - i
- a ki KM.itlful rlvar flnwlnr throuah
a city la certainly a, very .valuable thing
in more waye .man ona. (.
ni.. w.ninii mint mt lMtat h crad.
lted with strength and vigor enough .to
. Duller long ana tuuaiy.
-"gnnil win tit stmiutillL'Biia am hr
doubt whether the president is more of
a Republican than a Democrat.
Perhaps Paul Morton will make sure
that no "one else gets. aa. .big. a, salary
out of the Equitable aa be doea.
- Vmina- lunula In rutpt Iriilar. 1 f thair tn
dulge In a vacation, ahould try to make
It usarul to nmiv ana oinera. r
Aa ha lapses Into lncompetanf senility,
perhaps TJncle''1 Russell 8aga'"'.wondera
whether his Ufa was. after all, a suc
cess. -' - - - - '
After the colleges have -all - "com
menced" the graduatee - will - haye - to
commence putting their knowledge In
proctlce. ' ; -
- And still a 'considerable number of
prominent lawyers are wondering what
their chances are to become federal
district judge. . " '
Th e8und a ySa lemStat esm a njha dpnallna
ot. the . beat - editorial - articles
on the
Liewls and Clark e poult ion yet printed.
The Writer should be welcome to a
paae. i-
--Yet It '1 Improbable that tho Repub
ltcan-uewspapere of Oregon ar ell-tnle-
taken about the politic, of this clt
f theOre-
gonian.
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
f
Lots of cordwood" hauling In up-valley
districts.
Baptists will erect
Bprlngfleld. 1
new church In
L Roseburg la Quite properly much of
rose city. ,
McMlanvllle Is txtending Its eement
sidewalk nistrlct.
The Kyssa (Malheur county) News Is
Oregon a newest paper.
. Centrifugal pump Irrigation is a - suc
cess along Bnake river. '
Much road Improvement going on In
Lportlons of Coos county.
Some vetch around Amity la seven
feet long and atlll growing.
Siuslaw Lumber company has
aumed operationa at Florence.
, Fiiaena lli lnitv student haa nnenerl
a clothes-cleaning etabllshment.
Marshfleld is to have a new, large
ship dock and freight warehouse.
A Yamhill county man's flock of sheep
averaged fleeces, weighing 11 pounds.
And Columbia county people think
they raise as fine strawberries as any,
Not mora than half aa much scale
among Wheeler county aheep as last
year. : 1 ' ...
The Sheridan Bun- only a little, over
a year old, la erecting a new , building
for itself.
Salem Journal: Four men, one boat,
two quarts of 'Whiskey and 12 bottles
of beer, eight hours and three infantile
trout. ' - -
Two Bend men brought hack from a
hunting expedition the - pelta of two
big bears, one bear weighing Over 600
pounda.
No work has Jeendone. on tha,Sluai
lawTTiarbor by the' government since
If 04, and the plant haa been removed
to the Coqullle river.
Myrtle Point Enterprise: : Elmer Daly,
a 'S-year-oid boy of Marshfleld, swal
lowed a $5 gold piece Tuesday.. His
parents will probably make him cough
it up. .... . ....
While felling a., tree, near Lancaster
one of two boys struck the other one
and nearly severed his hand. He came
near bleeding -to death before help ar
rived. -. -
Mitchell Sentinel: During tha past
month many people have been coming
Into this part of tha country and tak
ing tip timber 1 claims. Last Friday
morning 14 men and womeiu were; regis
tered at the hotel and they Were mostly
from Washington.'. At tha rata timber
la going now It will all be taken up In
a short time. Somebody )s putting up
a pile of money on tha deal somewhere.
About eight months ago an Amity
man .Invested $4i0 in a band of 11
sheep. Recently he aold hla wool clip
for $57.E0, and the small band of aheep
has been Increased by( 25 lambs. The
market value of these lambs now Is,
or very soon will be, St least tl per
head. His original Investment has
therefore 4een. Increased by lltl.&O, or
7 per vent. . How Is that for sheep
farming in-the Willamette, .valley, v
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BIGI
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BIGELOW HAS STILL
MANYTRIENDST-"
Samuel O. Blythe In NeW Tork World.
Away from Milwaukee It Is .impossible
to realise the shock to the entire place
when It waa discovered that President
Bigetow Of the First National bank was
a defaulter for tl.600,000 and the succes
sion of shocks that eame-aleng day after
day when that defalcation crept up to
nearly H.ooo, 00O. Frank mgeiow was
tha leading banker bf the city. Hla name
waa a synonym for Integrity. More than
that, ha waa everybody's frien. e
was a cheerful, smiling magnetlo man,
making attachments everywhere ' and
keeping them. .He. was always ready
to helo young men.- He would go out
of Ms way to -do-anybody mr favor.- Hi
charitlea were extensive. averyooaj
knew him and everybody loved him. He
waa aelf-made. He began as meaaenger
and grew to ba president fit ona- of;the
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real oanas w 1 ,iwnuww -
a nleht or two ago seven men sat at
a table In the Pflster hotel. Six of tnera
were realdenta ot Milwaukle. The con
veraatlon turned as every conversation
in Milwaukee must turn on the Blgelcw
thefts ' - ; - -- v-
"I don't care what anybody says." re
marked the youngest man In the party.
I would do anything in my power
help Mr; -Blgelow. Why. a nine wnue
ago. when I had to have $300 had to
have It. and had no way of getting It I
went to Mr.-Bigelow ana 101a mm mj
tmuhles. I told him I had no security
except my personal note. .He gave me
the money.:' . - ' -
"An older man tpok up the narrauve.
"If I could." he sald.':,'I weuld gladly
serve some xt . his time In : prison ror
him. In tha panie 01 iw -
bank waa lending money, when I was
facing ruin, ha lent me $1Q.OOO and kept
me above water, Without -It -1 -would
have failed. He did It out of friendship,
too, for he waa refusing others right
and 'left.'V . -- . --
So It went around the table. There
waa Bot a man In the-partyi esfiept the
stranger, to whofc Mr. Blgelow had not
dune aome similar xinaneee. iwr
ceded the tragedy of U. They acknowl
edged the wrongdoing, out mey au. nui
wlthatandlng, retained their affection
for this man. who seems to have najVln
the highest degree, the faculty of .at
taching men to himself.-- -.-r, J
The town Is not angry.: It Is grieved.
It hates to think that -such a man aa
Blgelow who baa been It pride. Ita
frend.-eould have ecome-av. thief. They
are genuinely sorry. Meantime, the as
pect of the place has changed.' - There
la an atmosphere of depresmlon' that la
hard to describe. They take it like a
public calamity, which lt.lsr I heard
no aspersions on Blgelow from Milwau
kee people. Everybody expressed aor-
Still thla man tr a monumental'.thlef.
The discovery ot . his great bank defal
cation of a mlllloa-and a half started
a panic that, had? It not been, for the
patriotic action of the men In Milwau
kee and some bankers In Chicago,, might
have closed every bank in the place and
caused widespread ruin. -He made crim-
if f Mh,r emplnve ne tti hunv yrn
took money from his brother,- his sisters,
from his servants. He airily, told tha
directors when the theft waa discovered:
'Well.rytra pay MOO.000 of thla nd I'll
raise a million, and we won't say any
thing about It." Thereara-famllleB
tha beat In ' Milwaukee related in
some way toBjgelpwlIarobbrd them
all. "Kot in many years has there been
a financial tragedy 4n the country equal
to this.
Blgelow does not seem to realise his
position. After he had been arrested he
kept coming to the bank for his mall,
and continued until he was told 10 keep
awayThe defalcation In the bank waa
discovered on a Friday, but waa not
made publie until the following Monday,
thus giving the directors an opportunity
to prepare for the run that tame. On
the Sunday before that Monday Blgelow
went to church with his wife and put
150 on the plate. 3ust Imagine that from
a man who waa a defaulter at that mo
men V-f or-nearly-4 ,000ie00i r
People are now saying, and lnvestlga
tlons ohow, that the stealing has been
going on for years. . ihey tell stories
of men who had notea In the bank and
who paid' Blgelow the money and left
without getting their notea on .the
strength of Blgelow's promise to send
the notes to them. Some of these notes
are still In the bank, and tbey must be
paid In every Instance where the man
who paid has nothing to show he paid.
They say that an old aervant In Blge
low's family, who waa left a small sum
by a former employe, went to the sav
ings department of the Blgelow bank to
put the legacy out at intereat. Blgelow
saw her and told her to give the money
16 him
as no wo u IU liny liei inline In
terest In the commercial side of the
bankJthaA-she could get.la .the- savings
side. Tne money is gone.
There- are scores of stoYles like this.
The people hear them and ahake their
heads mournfully. About the only ex
planation of It la that the man Is with
out any sense of. moral responsibility.
He must be unmoral, not merely Im
moral.
The Blgelow steeling developed a mu
J lie D invi- .inn ' h unTciupni ill u -
the cltliens. The dlrectora of the bank
pledged themselves for a sum suffi
cient to make up tha defalcation In the
bank. Ona man, Charles Pflster, put
up $600,000. Think or losing that amount
of money at one crack! . One of the ,blg
local Insurance companies that had
$1,100,000 on deposit let it stay and
saved the bank. Mayor Rose came down
tha street with 11,000,000 aent from Chi
cago, which he put In the bank when
others were clamoring to get out their
money. They cut a hole In the window
of the bankrand It, Is still there, and
while depositors were drawing out their
money the business men walked up and
deposited all they could rake and scrape.
They did It to save Milwaukee, and they
succeeded.
. An Organ'a Loat Grip.
J ' E. HflfexJn tlis Salem Journal.
Tha city election is over. Lane was
elected mayor by a handsome majority,
The Portland' Journal scored Its third
campaignvictory ever -the- Oregontsn.
The fourth Important office in this state
haa been given to the Democrats' by
Republican mlsmanagemept. 80 far as
the Republican party is concerned It is
better off with Williams defeated..than
with ' him elected : mayor - for another
term. With some of the leading ap
pointees under Indictment and contrac
tors convicted of robbing tha taxpayers
and more corruption still to b threshed
out, Williams wss In "no condition' to
make the race,- much less to give an ad
ministration that would -hara . reflected
credit on the party.- So the Republicans
In thla city are better off without him,
and the Democrats in the atate are
worse ott wlth the responsibility of the
pltrTrpvernment resting on their shoul
ders. '
Unfortunately. Portland political con
ditions control the affstre of tha whole
State, and thl election mikes history
for tha entire commonwealth. .A close
analysis and probing into the situation.
by asking questions of leading RepubU-
cans here,' shows that It t not exactly
looked upon as a defeat for tbe Republican-party,
but aa a repudiation of the
pallolea raa vseatea fey ifae.. leading -aad,
only Republican paper. In that respect
the Republican party, of Portland Is un
fortunate and there Is a fine field here
for a Republican paper. It would ne
Teally beneflolal to tbe Republicans'
of the state If Mr. Scott eould be given
the appointraerit-JO. gome.-ioreign posi
for life and that It ba made a conditio
that in the meantime none of his famllf
undertake to run a Republican paper Is
Oregon. " ' i ,
Thla Is said In all kindness, ana yet
It will be considered Impertinent by
those for whom It Is well meant and
by whom It should be kindly taken and
conaldered. It la not often that anyone
will give another such good, honest,
frank advlca as thla, and It should not
ba lightly rejected. A review of the
nojitlcsl. defeat" suffered bythe Republicans-o(
Oregon will show that the
Oregonlan waa closely ldentiried wita
thnaa dlaaaters. arid cannot entirely es
cape the blame for the obliteration of
tha-Republican party In thla. state, aa It
con f eases haa been, done. The confea
slon of the Oregonlan Is not true ao far
As tha party la concerned. It la a fact,
though.- that tha Oregonlan haa obliter
ated Itself aa the Republican organ la
Portland. ' ; . - - . - -
LEWIS AND CLARK
En route up the MlaaouriTrlverTTrSm
Fort MandaiWJiearlha alUJillBuimarcav
North Dakota. " The party ta now near-
Ing the Rocky mountalna. '
June II They. left their encampment
at aunrlee and ascending the river hills
went for six miles in a course generally
southeast, Over a country which, though
more waving - than-that - or 'yesxeroay.
may atlll. be considered level.. At the
extremity of this course they overlooked
a most Deautirui piain,; wnera w
Infinitely, more buffaloes, than we Had
ever seen at a single -view. i m
southwest rose from the plain two
mountains of ' a singular appearance,
and mora -like ramparta ofhtghforl.
ricalldns than workTof" nature. They
ara square figures with aides rising per
pendicularly to tne neignt 01 sdu leec
formed of yellqw clay,- and the tops
seemed to ba level plains. Finding that
the river here bore considerably to the
south, and fearful. of passing the falls
before, reaching the Rocky mountains,
they , now ohanged their course 0 the
south and leaving those Insulated hills
to the right proceeded across tha plains.
In. thla direction Captain Lewis had
gone about . two miles .when his. ears
were saluted with the agreeable sound
of a fall of water,- and as he advanced
a spray, which-aeemed. driven by the
high' southwest wind, arose above the
ftlain like a eolumn ot amoko and van
ished In 'an Instant. Toward thlr point
he directed hla steps and tne noise, in
creasing ss-hs approached, soon be
came too tremendous to be mistaken
for anything but the great falla of the
Missouri. Having traveled seven miles
after first 'hearing tha sound he reached
the falls about is o'clock; the hills as
he approached were difficult -or- acceas
enrt feet high: do
rled with. Imcatience and seating' him
self on pome rocka under the .center of
the falls enjoyed tbe sublime spectacle
of this : stupendous object - which, atnee
creation, had been (lavishing Its- mag
hlflcenee-tipon the desert, unknown to
civilisation. '
The jlver JmtnedlatBlyat Us Cascade
is 100 -rarda wide, and is Dressed . In by
a perpendicular cliff on tha left,-which 1
rises to about 100 reel and extends up
tha stream for a mile; on the right Ihe
bluff Is also pernendloular for $00 yards
above tha falls. ' For 90 or 100 yards!
from-the 'left ritff thfWaters fall In
soo
of at least 10 feet. Tha remaining part
of the river precipitator itself with a
more rapid current, but being received
as -It falls by the irregular and some
what projecting -rocks below, forma a
splendid prospect of perfectly white
foam, S00 yards In length and SO In
perpendicular elevation. - This spray Is
dissipated Into a thousand shapes,
sometimes flying up In columns of 11 or
10 - feet,' which are then oppressed by
larger masses of white foam on all of
which tha sun impresses the brightest
colors 01 the rainbow. As It rises from
the fall It beats with fury against a
ledge of rocks which extend across the
river 150 yards from the precipice
From the perpendicular cliff - on the
north, jto the dlatance of 120 yards, the
rocks rise only a few feet above the
water, and when the river Is high the
stream finds a channel across them 40
yards wide and near tha higher parte
of the ledge, which then rlae about 20
feet, and terminate abruptly within SO
or 90 xarda of the southern side. Be
tween them and the perpendicular cliff
on the aouth-rha -whole body of . water
IUIIS PHIL SIHU s-flllu
A few small
cedars grow near thls-rldge of rocks,
which- serve as a barrier- to defend a
email plain of about three acres, shaded
with cottonwood, at the lower ex
tremity of which la a grove of the
uma treea In which are several -Indian
cabins of atlcks; below the point of
them the river Is divided by a large
rock, aeveral feet above the surfaca ol
the water, and extending down the
atream for 20 yards. At the distance
i . , , . ,
lar rock about 60 feet high, projectln
5
at rle-ht ancles from the small Alain o
the north for 1S4 yarda Into the i-lver.
After leaving thla the Missouri -again
apreads itself to its usual distance. of
100 ysrds, though with more than Its
ordinary rapidity."
Tbe hunters who Had been sent out
now returned with buffalo- meat and
Captain Lewis encamped for the night
under a tree near -tne iaus. 'i ns men
were again dispatched to bunt for food
against the arrival of the party, and
Captain Lewie walked down the river
to discover ir poaatbla soma place wnare
the -canoes might be safely drawn on
shore, in order to be transported be
vond the falls. He returned, however.
without discovering any such spot, the
river for three miles below being one
continuous succession of rapids and cas
cades, overhung with perpendicular
bluffs from 160 to 200 .feet high; In
short. It seems to have Worn-Itself, a
channel through the aolid rock. In tho
afternoon they caught In the falla somo
of"Toth kinds- of -whlteflsh-r and- half
dosen trout from IS to 21 Inches long.
precisely resembling-in form and the
sositlon of Its fins the mountain or"
speckled trout of the United States, ex
cept that the specks or tne former are
of a deep black, while thosa of. the lat
ter are of a gold or red color; they have
long sharp teeth of the palate and
tongue and generally a small speck of
red on each .' side behind the - front
ventral fins; the flesh Is of a pale yel
lowish rsd, or when In good order of a
rose-colored red.
Modern Extravagance.
From. The Sketch..
'We are on a wave of extravegant
transition Wherein five weeks Is the
more or leas established life of ft frock,
when most women who affect to dreas
really well consider existence incom
plete without-a-fortnightly new hat.
end glovee, like the gnats of a summer
afternoon, are vouchsafed ft brief single
J appearance, v
TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1905.
JUST A RAMBLE WITH
"A7 DREAMER-
. By 'Wis Jones. ' .
The trans-Stygian cop Halted at .the
turnstile- to Hades. - ,
"I've brought you another prisoner."
he said to tha ticket chopper.
--What did he do on earthT" asked
tho man at the gate. ' -'
'lie waa a director In the Equitable."
"He can't get into Hades, then." said
the ticket chopper,-"we have dissension
enough already." . .. v, .
Father Knickerbocker waa awakened
by a terrific din.
- Opening his eyes he beheld. In the.,
midst Of a frantic crowdL a -man and- a -
womsn handcuffed together. The man's
hat was battered Jn, his coat torn, and,
tbe woman was equally disheveled. Tha '
air waa filled with rice, confetti. Shoes
and other missiles. .
Why don't the police interfere In thla
disgraceful affalrr asked Father Knick
erbocker of a bystander.
"Police?" exclaimed the other.
Yes; lan't this a vulgar etreet brawlf
replied Father Knickerbocker,
"No. no. this Is a modern marriage,"
L answered the bystander, as the hand
cuffed two ware thruat Into a can pla
carded with broad Jests, and puraued to-. .
ward the station by a shrieking crowd. ;
The csarf ell asleep-
t7He dreamed that ha was a peasant.
able to fivf. his .wife and. children noth
ing but black bread, and not enough of -that
He waa forced to pay taxea. which
he knew, helped to, aupport dishonest
officials In luxury.- He had na votes ln
the government of tola counay- One
day the reserves 'were called out, and h
left hla wife and little ones to fight the--Japaneae
on the other aide of the world;.,
why, he kntw iwt- He reached the bat
tlefield. 'He and tnouaanas use mm
aura ay nosed bv a dissolute and incom
petent officer to the fire of a hundred
JTpaneae'guna. A bursting shell carried .
away hla leg- " .. ..
Jha rssr asrnka
It was only ft dream," he said.
"Let
the war go on, , - .
f -wTHE PLAY-
It was the severest test of versstlllty
that Belaaco'-could have Imposed upon":
hi. niaveraUiat.of transferring-them.
from the somber, half tragic. Fltchlan
.... - ....
drama to a raining rarco raraoj,
sign to serioua moment from cover to.
cover. And without the ellghteat taxr
unon 'their powers, apparently, the eom-
pany 'made good aa gold.
"Are Tou a Mason f Is a scream. -M.
one would ever expect quite asjnm..i
fuo to coma out of Germany i-tnuch less,
that Leo Ditrlchsteln could work lt vrn
in English ' with' such mastery. The
story is baaed on domestic deception.
That lsr, there ara two men father-in-law
and son-in-law who attempt to ex-
cueentbeirTfeqwenrraDBence rrom num.
1 nr.t.nHlnr they have Joined the Hi
sonic lodge. Neither la aware orth
ether's deception, however; aaob ballavea-.
the other to be really a Mason. Their
first meeting, therefore, and hysterical
efforts to give each other brotherly rec
ognition, reducea the audience -to eon
1 Tk - iie"-dmiBltiatlona-tite
subsequent coming of a candidate and the
tests prescribed for nim. ana wm.u-i-ly
the meeting with a real Maaon are
funnier, if poeslble, thaa th frlgipar
theme--Thero-lB Frenchydlarobing
scene woven .Into the action, and werr
ejaculation of the old lady behind me,
who eried "my conscience!" and threat
ened to awoon, - Another woman In that
neighborhood aald she waa glad to be
preaent, but at first she bad not In
tended to come, because the title dldn t
Indicate much. There Is conalderablo
truthlntbls. There might be a. better .
name for the play. However ' Are you
a, Maaon" ran for three consecutive sea- ,
eona in New Tork and I imagine they
are not going to rechrlBten It at present.
The principal honora of the evening
fell to Clarence Montalne aa the father-in-law,
and Eugene Ormonde as Perry,
the son-in-law. The one waa character,
the other straight, and they worked to
gether with excellent results ltf sympa
thetic, kindred situations, itfuts Fro
hotf was a capital farmer, and as tha
young suitors, come a-wooing with dis
astrous effect. Morgan Wallace and
Reginald Maaoq were splendid.
The women all played- well and looked
stunning. The traditional mother-in-law.
presented by Laura Adams, waa clever
to the last word. Miss Moore ea the
ealfa. Mlaa arissaCIJgsJIaberjnd Mlsa-
Gordon, with less to do, were entirely
sat Isfaetory, - ' " -"Are
You a Mason T" runs all week
and will be followed by "When Knight- y
hood Was in Flower." - -
RACB WHITNET.
Root of the EviL ' 1
From the Astoria Astorlsn.
To those not sccustomed to the pollt-
lcallntrlgueaoflhe Oregonlan. the
reading of ita apologlea for the defeat
of Mayor Wllllama would Incline one
to , the belief that a new humorous
writer had been engaged. .. The principal
exouse advanced -1. that the Republi
cans did not turn out to vote. There
was enough ofythem turned out te elect
the entire Republican city ticket wltli
the exception of mayor by majorities
from 2,000 , to 1,000. . . . The Ore-
gonian may make every possible excuse
for ..the, defeat of the Republican, mayor,
and may back it. up wjth plausible atate.
menta and sarcastic editerlale, but the'
people of Oregon know the true cause
of defeat '"r''' ' " --"""
The Oregonlan was responsible for the
defeat of the Republican candidate for
governor three years , ago, W. J. Fur
nish, and hla metalllo influence with tha
Oregonlan resulted In his nomination
over T. T. Oeer, who could have been
re-elected governor of Oregon, but the
man in tha tower refused to allow him
the nomination to- which 'be waa en
titled. The people of Oregon rebelled
against - such methods and they wlll
continue tor- do mo. "
j- V
Oiled Streets a Success.
" From the Wasco News. t
Arrsngements are .being maJeltrl
finish grading the streets - and to oil
them. -It la Intended to oomplete the.
grading and'before the , dirt settles to .
apply a heavy coat of crude oil. By do
ing so It will be easy to saturate the
ground, to a depth .Of three or four
Inches, which will give us streets si-,
most If not quite es good aa aaphaltum.
The result of oiling the streets has been,
ao satisfactory as a dust destroyer and
In preventing the streets from wsshlng
snd getting muddy and wearing out that
oiling the streets has become elmost
a settled policy with our city govern
ment. The Inconvenience during the
application and settling of the oil dote
not last long snd the oil even on fine
carpets does not do any permenent dam
age. CruAa ell Is by sll odds the cheap-.'
eat snd best street dressing When
lis advantages are conaldered. A .
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