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rcirrLAND. Oregon,
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THE O RE GON DA ILY
.AH
C .JACKSON
" ,' PvMbted vry evening; '( except Sunday) m4 7 uii4ay ' morrinc atTb
MAKING A GOOD ' IMPRESSION.
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-.' ;C,EVERAt VISITORS to Portland,. have recently
' i' commented vpoh its comparative-freedom from
-'i X crime' and ppen parade of vice,; according to their
' . . ... . o -t .I... ... ...roriiail f the nrHr
- i,. .. .-T ::.t..,v?,TrfT-iV-Uv Their ifTmiie-ttff-wtibacribed -ten timesdvcr,
observation, - oome ci mew miyi... --
;ffSettl Poa their have borrpwed $1,500,000,000 a. easHy a. it could
"ticipatione. Ther Uctt ioi
rhatiftt-tis6rdefrice"urife8lfained.'and;
5 ' pantt Being greatly and favorably disappointed in this
V expectationAthey may.. give Portland somewhat more
Icredit-than iVc'eserves with respect to the prevalence of
. : vice and crime;' yet it is true that there has been a great
r improvement within a' short spacexrf time,' and that cOn
j ,'siderlng. the exposition Portland is indeed apretty
orderly and decent'eity., V : i.T i.-.'h
' 'r ' We can at least partly seo and understand even now
v the subsequent benefits of this fact Eastern people will
v:: ' get Jrnew conception not only of the Pacific northwest
'in general and of Oregon, bufof Portland in particular,
'-imI there will be a general revi6ka"of opinion about this
" city. Most eastern people do not . want to settler in . a
. city .where laws are disregarded and open .vice is. ram
"pant, nor Jn the country of which such city is the
. metropolis" and chief center; but now that thousands of
, .eastern people are learning that such.is not the case here,
.' and that Portland now" compares favorably in these re
spects .with eastern cities, besides outclassing jhem in
. many-other respects, they- will not be afraid -to come to
.Oregon. i: vV-'iv k V' V -;V'
j . But if 'the. will ot gomepeaple had been carried but
if open gambling were -permitted and . the 'Saloons were
given free rein to do as they .pleased; if the dancehalls
'and Tox orgies were running "in-full blast" if, in
short, it were a "wide-open town" what would visitors
-'. not only from the east but from our own portion of the
..country think of Portland?; t j'S,'':;:' y:W' l
. The work done here during the past year, or two for
Portland's moral improvement will
- court
Savor even in a material way. ,
NEW ASSESSMENT METHODS. V- ';:,
TZ7
'ITHOUT REFERENCE to
principle upon which the
' proceeding is one which
yv.
iately at least ultimately,, , meet with ... approvaL His
''theory, first to assess,, close to a cash valuation, to fully
-' assess unimproved property and give improved property
'the.benefit of concessions instead of the contrary as has
'heretofore been "the case, must in the end not only meet
'with justification but redound fo the public good. ' There
are notable cases in every community where men have
.grown rich through simply holding on and profiting by
' - the enterprise of , their neighbors , while doing nothing
: 'themselves, to help. Strangely enough these men have
'been fortunate' in lec'armg spEcial concessions from the
, assessing ipowersv Because their land was. vacant or
covered with -some disreputable makeshift building they
v usually escaped their fair proportion of taxation and the
,enterprisingmenotihei community thns 'were 'forced, to
.shoulder a double burden, j : , :i v.v r.'''
If these owners are all taxed in the
. tl tb.rn-JiJBor.'il
nearly maintained under the new conditions than they
have been under the old. ; If on the head of this the tax
iirg powers will otily realixe that an increased assessment
roll must not be accepted as the warrant' for increasing
the taxes .the improvement in methods may be widely ap
preciated. - . " ..".-,. t vj;"; .
TEST OF JAPAN'S STRENQTH. I
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M
ONEY TALKS. " In a large,
lever that moves the world. . Money, as well as
knowledge, is power. -These combined,' there
; is scarcely a limit to the possibility of men's achievement
. ".C-J. Next: to jnofsey is creditIt, is .practically . theaame
. thing. - If a man hasn't the money to do what he "wants
1 to do, and knowa he could do if he had the money, what
he needs is credit With that," the money is obtained,
2 the thing is done, the debt Is repaid,' and' he goes on
'.":ch'eringrT" -" -'.:y '"; - . - :r"r :-:T"'' '
. ' So with a nation. " One whose credit is good, whose
' bonds when it needs money are taken at once and eagerly
" . at a moderate rate of interest, who can get all the. money
, It wants and much more than it wants, any day, when it
tj is engaged in a great war, is a powerful nation. .That
, ' nation is solid and strong. And this is especially true
; when superior knowledge as well as first-class credit is
".possessed... .... .
. '.1 ''; The remarkable strength -of Japan was illustrated re
. cently. m the immediate subscription of its last loan of
c $150,000,000. The first loan floated by Japan after the
war broke out was taken with some hesitation. The
" ' Japanese had not. yet demonstrated
?ry"lna prowess. So it was with the second loan, which
A ! with some difficulty was finally placed, though some
j ." subscribers became alarmed and sold bonds on a slightly
- - declining market Then came the battle of Mukden, and
v the bonds went above par, to decline again when Ro
. t jestvensky's fleet steamed east to try conclusions with
v Togo. There is "nothing so timid as money. There is
' .nobody so scary as a bond-holder. But after Rojest-r-.'jvensky's
fleet had been annihilated In the sea of Japan,
- i V t Dcpew and Hendricks.
L'' 'rom he BroK'yn Eagle.'
Asked whether the exhibit or cuaran.
V tee Used any responslbllltjr upon him.
Mr. Ipw rrpll1 : "A a lawyer, I
don't think so, and I mm Informed 'by
, the counsel of the receiver that It does
inot" And. a a lawyer, he la potolbly
-'or probably right Ponalbly, If not prob
: ably,- tie also believe himself to be
- rtrht m a director, though he was In
.'' the highest sense of the tertn a fldu-
'clary, whloh la Intended to infer that
. ha was or has bn povrrned by the law
et trust, described by the rrirx report
- as not less strict In some Instances
stricter than the moral code Itself.
' For the reason that Jerome Is not In
active, the matter of the, mortgage may
be dismissed It may go to the grand
lurv room, together with the guarantee.
Hut -what of Superintendent HendrlcksT
He la supposed to bV in earnest. - He .Is
'supposed to be willing to tell the truth
, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth, Waa allusion ti the mortgage
omitted because ens of the director who
Voted for the loan happen to be a sena
tor of the United Bute from the state
f New-Torkt'vV .!-,-' "
' ? ' Best-Loved Man.
Ashurv Park sjpectal to New Tork World.
Through his fine cost of tan. through
his . very evident fatigue; President
ltseveit blonhed yesterday afternoon
Mushed e that all la the great ocean
Ore aadltorium might see with spon.
tsneess piessare at the pretty eompll-
snent of a pretty woman.
, II had withstood the shouting thou
. avnda wbs , hailed hi arrival at the
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wild rush -on the
iately be. taken into
himself open to a
lora to nave cast
there is only one
ram: l ooa, dui on me occasion 01 me laai loan incte wis a
Any half way measures lead -to temptation and that to
violations of law and -expense to the community which
could be avoided if the work to begin with were done in
a business-like way. - .
specific cases the
county assessor is
will, if not immed
E VERYBODY, should take not only an outing,' but
I; a good many, outings, as continuous an outing as
is consistent with the performance of their duties
and their general circumstances. It if not possible for
everybody, nor even for the majority of people, to take
what is popularly Understood as an outing a trip of con
siderable distance and a sojourn of month or two or
even a week or two, at the aeashore or in the mountains,
bath;ng, fishing, enjoying the charm of new scene and
a somewhat different atmosphere, this sort ot outing,
the regulation kind, is. a good thing even if one comes
.. ... . . . . ... t'r r . .
back more urea taan wnen ne went, ior it is a amercni
kindof tiredijfess-froni'that-of his ordinary"dallyex-
same proportion
pen'ence, and soon
.a a ,
qjuiticapfcill be more But if oire - for -
does not follow-that he can, have no outing, especially
when living in a city like' Portland, with its hills -within a
few minutes' walk, its river flowing through, .with two
nearby islands in it; and Oregon City, Vancouver, and
Estacada neaf at hand; the varied country close all
around. A-',l1 ?.":' -.-.V.-'' v-' 'r
The enjoyment of an outing, like all enjoyment, con
sists chiefly not so much in external environment as in
the state of one's mind. ' " Unless one is in .a favorable
condition mentally, he' can get little jf any physical, ben
efit from an outing. : But being in such a condition he
can have an enjoyable outing within an hour's travel and
at four bits' expense any day or night . The outing can
be had on yondr hilltop, along the beautiful Willamette,
aye, if you can do no better, in your own back yard.-.
; A STATESMAN'S BOLD UTTERANCE." ' '
sense money is the
statesman, Representative Overstreetr "I believe in ex
ercising reason as to tariff matters. This is a big coun
try and we must have a lot of money to run it properly.
Some are advocating a reduction in expenses. I think
that is feasible to a degree, but we . must have more
revenue from some1 quarter. J am one of those who
favor looking the situation over very carefully."
By the way, a good many Republican leaders are
speaking 'out, when pressed for an opinion, in much the
same definite, decisive, clear, ringing tones.' The coun
try will be safe, Jhe dtficit will disappear, the tariff will
be adjusted just right, and prosperity will reign forever
and a day, if all Republicans will follow, auch courageous
and outspoken leadership. Hurrah -for - Overstreetl
But not too loudly, for he only echoes the definite, pos
itive, courageous and intensely patriotic utterances of
even greater men in his party. What would the party"--nay,
what would the country do .without such-valiant
and resourceful leaders of thought, action, and speech?
Let them all come from under cover.. - ' :
their military capac-'
depot He had raised a deprecating band
when cheer after cheer rose on hi en
trance to the packed house where 11,000
people had awaited him for an hour.
He had been genuinely touched by an
enthusiasm which might well have flat
tered even so blaae a man In the war
of ovations. ,
Hut It remained for Mia Kalherln D.
Blak of New York City to give him the
little thrill of delight which et the eal
upon one or the happiest ceremonies to
which the president has been a party,
The principal of publte school No.
and one of - the-r" prominent
women In th National Educational as
sociation, she had been chossn to second
th vote of thanks to Mr. Roosevelt,
proposed by John H. Kirk of th Bute
Normal school of Klrksvllle, Missouri,
and Miss Blake, being a woman Arst
and teacher after, greeted htm, "not a
th president of the United eta tee, but
a th most popular, th best-loved
man In all th whole round earth." Bh
aid it with th lovely saMI of a charm
ing and graceful woman.
. Mr. Roosevelt sprang to "his" feet, hi
face on- glow of pleasure, seised her
hand and arm and drew her forward,
holding her there while th crowd want
mad., :-r-r--y ' . ... .
, "It wa toe ' much too much," he
aid for her ear alone. "...J ; ,
"It wa true.'
Mis Blake.
responded th happy
It waa Impossible to check th din for
many minuies, ana tn "best-loved man"
enjoyed -tt.te th fulL- . ;
'-A respecUl eltlexn of lake eount
named . A. p, Porter died laat week at
Ashland.
JO UR.N A U
v S
JNO. CAKROUi
JoenW Bufldmtv
rifts, aad YmhS
the capitalists plucked up their courage, their faith rose
to summer beat, and they were all ready. and anxious to
gamble on. Japan. So when a third loan was asked for.
jiu.LMj.uw in uermany, $5U,uw,UUU in bngiana ana ou,
000,000 in the United States, the capitalists fairly tumbled
over one anftther to subscribe, and in a 6hort time the
That- is, -Japan J
Berlin bourse to subscribe. In Lon
don more than three times the $50,000,000 alloted to Eng
land was subscribed th first day. V ;
Money talks. Good credit is the same as money.
Nothing succeeds'like" success "Japan's "fine credit is
eloquent with prophecy of hef power to win and rule."
',''''-" -'.THE BOXES MUST Ca "'p ;
FTER a" two yearsr struggle a box ordinance was
; secured which ran the gauntlet of the lower and
. uooer -courts. Then there ame-in an' adminis-
tfation which accepted the law as it stood and was in
terpreted, and prepared to enforce it -V
Immediately thereafter a-new ordinance-is introduced
into the council which modifies the existing ordinance.
Under the old plan of doing business the council would
pass this new ordinance and under its provisions some
atrests would follow, whereupon .the case would immed
the courts and in the course of an
other year reach an authoritative and imai aecision.
Meantime- the boxes would continue to' run as usual
Through such indirect methods, the law have been set
at defiance..; But we doubt very much if anything of the
sort "is going to happen ' this time. ; Public sentiment is
irrevocably set against the boxes and they1 must go.
The councilman who tampers with .this sentiment leave
suspicion which no honest man-can af-J
upon mm. - - , ; ;- -
The new box ordjnjncethouId die a peaceful death in
the committee to which it has been referred. , Not only
that but the' provision of the law should be strictly en
forced without tear or favor. If the boxer are lo go
wayufor them to go and that is to go.
T OUTINGS HEAR HOME. f-,
vanishes and leaves recreative results.
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mny - r
ae""sucn""rirlplf
HIS bold, original, almost startling expression of
". opinion on tariff revision and the treasury de
ficiency was made by, that courageous Hoosief
;'v Readers in Cigar Faxtoriea. ' .
Jfrom the Bookman. ,?.;, ''-V.''
He 1 a singular- reader, . this paid
ruder, found In virtually every, on of
the large Havana cigar factories' and
many of th smaller galera. - When aa
American . corporation . acquired - on of
the famous Havana brand aome time
ago and housed it In a great new build
ing St 10 Zulueta.1 It waa decided that
no reader would be permitted to practice
bis caning in the galera. , Within a
few month all th clgarmaker in this
resderless factory became mutinous and
went upon a trlk. and aa soon a th
dlfflcdlty waa settled th reader were
admitted. ' The factory at 10 Zulueta
now ha three of them. . .
. "It keep th tabaqnero quiet," a
plain th. Spanish foreman. . ' The
American ' superintendent add ' that
hxarsnakcr In Cuba eannot talk unless
they us their hand, so reading la
creases th output of th plant., But
th tabaquaro - work wholly by th
place, so that time wasted I hi ewa
loae. Heading la quieting, i in that It
give active mind ' ( something wbot-
som 10 inina sooui. ,
Th reader alta aloft In a email railed
boa resembling a pulpit, placed at the
center of the workroom, so that hie
voice may carry to all parte -. of th
galera. He read three hour dally.
commonly In th afternoon. By long
custom, half of this time ia given us
to tiewesepers, chiefly those ojf Havana,
though some reader ef mor than aver
age education read from American
Lpapera, translating a they go, Th re
maining aoer ana nail ia givn up t
novel, ' '. .
SMALL CHANGE1
'Aa Ohio man who 1 X0 yra (old
ay h lived so long because n l
way worked hard. - But a good many
people would rather die young.
It Js"sjld John Paul Jone dld worth
$160,000. But hi bona haven't tt
among thnu . .'
Jim Jlam lUwla, bfor accepting th
position of corporation counsel or Chi
oago,-stipulated that h should not give
up his prlvsts practlo. That man al
ways, did hav a, crest -opinion of hi
aouiiy. .''" ''.:.. i
y " ; - - .: -
Meteor Walter Scott figure that hfa
mine in Death valley 1 worth IJI.SOO.
ooo.ooe. h may b dh a few million.
but that La immaterial.
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Th government crop report predict
bumper wheat and corn crop.' But no
body should conclude from this that
thr will be a famine in th land. , .
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Heat. hnmldltyr H-d-baok"st.
Th mor -eastern ceopl hear about
Oregon the mor they yearn for It.
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But th, Angel u didn't. carry angel. .
. ' .v ..'.e--."-7.r.:--. ;-.-.-;;. -,i
Japan ia well aatlafled that Ruasla
waa. too proud to propos an armistice.
Everybody can't have an airship. V.
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Look Ilk the appropriation for th
Panama canal would b about ud- up
before they begin to dig. . v. , ; ;
Rockefeller has IncldenUlly hlpd
Miss Ida Tsrbell, but that waa unin
tentional. ,-r f i-. - r-.i,; .
' ''Out in Denver. -th woman, ask for
anything-, they want and get it, - ay
xnvr woman, t 'ut IA DnvrT"
6am vrywhr. . .., t' , jr
King Oscar find' that "the head that
wears a doubl. crown may It uneasy,
too. :.. ' .,. , .. '
Autolng is now aid to' produce heart
dtseas. whether tn th autolsts or th
pedeitrlana who keep akurrylng "to get
out of the thing way la aot stated.'
,: rv ; :.!' v', - -f
John D. Rockefeller haa been 0 im
pressed with th sweet vole of a young
man who sang at a Cleveland ber
garden that th boy will be aent abroad
to atudy at th millionaire expense
News Item. W th beerf garden.
next door to a Baptlat church T ., -
'Way np In an airship, boy, , ' '
Up In an airship new,
. Better1 thaa all groundling Joys,
Sailing through th blu. t
-1 i. '.1 - .."'
Pourparler paya no , debt nor stop
any bulleta, - . ; ., i ;- ' v -.,
Th Oregonlan'a Washington corre
spondent having -lied about Senator
Heyburn, and h having politely pointed
out th misstatements, th Oregonla
replies by abualng him. That la it
tylf and eustom. -.-
One ' hundred - and ' fifty Oklahoma
farmer are advertising for 100 wives.
And they are not Mormons- either. . They
want t pica ana cnoose.
; Nobody 4--golng btk at'freuj Or-
Ton theao day If far-ea-klp lu
T
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Mdford la to hav a Vinegar factory.
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Hopspraylng la now "in full blat" j
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Barley 4 buahal an acre, oat T. and
wheat SO or less, around Milton.- v. .
Great development of Jackson county
through. the .power f water- and le
trlolty, la promlaad. ; - . . . . -
Thirty thousand aheep ' . wr dipped
and ahlpped- last week from Wallowa
county to North Dakota, Wyoming and
Michigan." r , V ' ' , , -
A Jackson county man haa a turkey
that began laying in February and haa
not ceased in producing. egg regularly,
notwithstanding - th fact that ah
hatched and 1 auccfully rearing a
brood ef youngsters. .',
A' Morrow county man's ' alfalfa Held
yielded a ton an acre mor at th second
cutting thaa at th first, and b ex
pect to harvest IS ton from. aeraa,
Condon la eut of debt. .
r :: .:'';
Tremendous crop all
s
over Wallowa
eonntyrsayr Hh- Lostln Ledger. : .
l''':'-:r'"':"- '.- x
A field en Dayton 'prairie wnest
own to wheat in 1S6S. and It he been
In grain eontlnuoualy alne that Tim.
Th wheat on It tbi year I In fin
condition, and will give ' an abundant
yeld. , -.-', : :.; (. . v -
it 1,- e j e ,. -.4-,,w.;..
Connecting link of railroad between
Brownsville and Albany needed, r
Pilot. Rock Record: Clark Bturtevaot.
youngeat son of A. J th man with a
barb -wire fenc about Pilot Rock, left
Pilot Rock last Monday in a. freight
wagon for Pendleton, on . his way to
th (,wl and Clark fair.' Although SO
vear tt age and weighing ISO pounds.
this is th first, time h ha ever been!
in Portland. Only en on other occa
sion haa h ever been aboard a train.
having visited Walla Walla. , His friend
fear for the worst. ..v --' '"'-i-'-.
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. All stage to Klamath -' Falls are
crowded, about SO. people a day arriv
ing by that mtans, -r i'"';-
.;. ,l.,:t.;.' :v :, ; ; . .
; Klamath Fall postofftc receipt In
creased on third last year, :' ? ''. .
' e , .r.y-
' Klamath Fall haa organised a cham
ber, of eonrmensev .
' ' iy. ' ' - '1
r ! Lakevlew haa a water ' system" now
that 1 unsurpassed in any town of it
slse, and in very few cities. . , ?
. , ' . . ' ' e ' ., . ,-i .
A Bear' creek (Crook county) farmer
harvested over five tons an acre ot rye
and alfalfa mlzd. ; , : -v ,;- -
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' Bend may yet be a Junction 0 two
railroad. - .... , , ' .'-i;.-':
' Baker City people are talking "of 'a
park. And when they' talk up there they
usually act soon afterward. , rt .
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' Good run of fish In Bogus river. "
.? .
Best crops ever known In Summer
Lake valley, th garden spot of central
Oregon, claim the Central Dregonlan,
CARESR , OF IIUSSLVS
.-' GREATEST MAN
" from th' Chicago Nw.
BergieJ Jullewltah Witt, named as
a member of th Russo-Japanese peace
committee, "haa risen by hr force of
merit to th highest position which ,a
subject can attain in Russia. : H atarteu
hla career without any of th advantage
of hish birth and Influential connection.
which count for mor. probably, In th
camr'av service than in any othr publlo
ervtoe In th world. . . . .
- BH Witts Is not even a Russian." He
wa born In Tiflis. In Tranacaucasl. In
1S4S, and Is," therefore, a -Asiatic-by
birth. HI origin 1 Oermsn. Tha Ut
ter fact ha proved a heavy handicap to
him all throua-h hla career. UM numer-
oua enemtea hav a-strong appeal -te
Russian prejudice always reedy to their
Jiand"Why should thia. urtnn r
over ur . .
But aerglei Witt oon "broke hla
birth' Invtdlou bar." He wa educated
at Odessa and astonished hla teachera
by hi arenlu for mathematics and phys
ic, leaving college ha entered the serv
ice of a private railroad company. .. . it
could not go Into th army or th navy
or th civil service, because ha was not
nobly born or connected with any public
official. - ,- '
H showed arcat talent for th organ
isation and administration of railroad
affair, but nly hi fellow-workmen
knew of hi ability. It la supremely dif
ficult for any man to make a reputation
tn Ruasla unless he la either a publlo of
flolal or a Nlhlllat. But when h wa
S7 Witt chance cam. ;. -t . --'
The Ruaso-Turklsh war broke out. and
the Ruaslaa railroad proved hopelessly
Inadequate to. the task of transporting
th csar troop to the front. - Road
after road "wa choked up by commis
sariat supplies, whll th regiment for
which thoe supplies wr destined war
waiting thousand of ' mile, away- for
transportation, and general were loaing
battles becau these regiments did not
arrive to reinforce their armlee. ( -
In th midst of this muddl on man
kept his head. - SergleJ Wltte waa atlll
a aubordinat, but h waa th only, rail
road official whtf understood th altua
Uon and possessed initiative.
"He had thing don before hla su
perior started to think of them. aald a
mmn waa anvw aim ( unv (ixjic . k uw
audacity of hla order took everybody's
breath away. H side-tracked dosens of
trains which' had been ordered through
at top speed by great personage, and h
rushed soldiers . through instead. ' H
countermanded many of th order given
by hla official auperlora. but they dared
not rebuke htm, for h straightened
thing out, and th esar heard of hi
work and personally thanked -hira." -
After th war M. Witt waa -tailed to
SL Petersburg and given a high position
In. the railway department of, the elvll
service. . . It had been shut against him
when he tarted on hi career, but now
tt wa only too glad to have him. In
few years he became director of the Rua.
Ian southwestern railways; "two year
later head of Ah - railway department,
and then,, by rapid promotion, minister
f mean of communication, chairman of
th tariff commission, minister of fi
nance, and finally, a few week ago, Im
perial chancellor th crown ot hla great
career. ... , . t,. , . r
, " ." - . - :
'"Why ha h rlaenr. aald a Russian
officer fn New Tork, who 1 wall ac
quainted with him. . "Simply because he
ha never been afraid to do big thing
on hi own responsibility. Nothing Is
raleed lu-thtr ttusstairafmceftbr tnhh
InliiatireJuat. bcaujl Js so sesres
there: ., ., ., , . -
"M. Wltte had a great advantag over
hi rtvala in being a practical man; , He
know all about railways, from th oil
ing of a truck or th driving of a loec
m'otlv to the planning of a new trans
continental road. " ' i
' "Other Russian official a, especially In
the railroad and Industrial departments,
may. be lmmenaaly olever men, but tUey
are merely theotista They would re'
gard it as beneath their dignity to eon
sort with mechanic and engineers in
order to learn the practical detalle of the
railway business. . . - . ? - . . :- ; .
"I remember onee ssveral year age
when I was la St Petersburg th esar
wanted to consult with U. Wltte In a
hurry. He was not to be found In -hi
offlc or at hi hous. but after a long
search an aide-de-camp discovered him
seated on the step ef thecab of a loco
motive several mile up th Iln chat
ting affably with th driver and aharlng
hi dinner of black bread, cheese and
vodka. H had gone out there to in
quire personally into the detalle of a
railroad- accident.
M. Witts' work of developing Rus
sia's . material .. resource 'and . latent
strength ha been phenomenal.
In hi report on the budget estimate
In 100 h was abl to tell the csar that
the-value of Russia' Industries hsd in
creased Within SO year from 141.000.000
rubles to 1.S1S.000.00 ruble. In IISS.
when he took charge of th railway de
partment In th ministry of finance, he
Initiated th policy, of acquiring sail,
roads for the stata Within 10 years
he had got possession of two third ot
th ntlr mileage, and now there are
only ' three--' e four private road m
operation In the whole or the Ruaalan
dominion, whll nearly S.S00 mile of
new track' .has been laid .down by th
government or le in cours of construc
tion. Ore t manufactories hav been
stsrted all over Russia, over 10 towne
and cities have been lighted by ' eleo
tiioity, the currency haa been ettab
llehed on a gold basis and: the equi
librium of the budget restored after
many years of disastrous f Inane. These
ar only a few feature of th lmmenaa
Industrial and commercial development
of Rueal In recant years. - , ',
M. Wltte ha known defeat and dis
appointment , In , om ' of hi . great
schemes, but the Russians admlr him
necaus n na never aespairea ,ei the
destiny of tn empire. :
"When the pobllo debt wss over 1400.'
000,000 and the finance wer none too
prosperous, h did not fear to add lS0,
000,000 to that debt for th purchase ef
existing railroad and th building jot
pew roads. -.i ,
On excited statesman after another
"besieged the csar. trying , to convince
him' that "the German" was plunging
tne country; into hopeless bankruptcy.
"Russia la - good for 10 tlmea - the
amount.", waa M. Wltte'a anawer to all
auch objectors, and he had hi way,- aa
h usually doe. Sooner or later,
Th military party, headed by General
Kuropatkln, M. Wltte' greatest polltlcsl
enemy, objected strenuously to to much
money being spent for railway. . They
wanted it apent ror more soldiers.
"But what I th good of having aol
diers," M. Witt argued, ,"lf you cannot
move themr - By giving you railways I
multiply each on of your soldier by
ten.". i, " ' - ''. - '
' They saw thl patent fact at last, and
enthuslsstlcally aided" baa plan. Today
there I no man more popular with th
war party than M. Wltte, beeapae be
ha linked, the far eaat with European
Ruasla and made It possible to pour
troop Into Manchuria.. Tet It I quit
certain that his Influence has always
been exerted en tne elds of peace, and
it la known that he Beared, with M
. 1 i
Bloch the rspoiislbr.:ty for the csar's
peaoe rescript. -
M. Witt ha never posed as a polttl
cat reformer, confining himself strictly
to His own work or rsuway aominisira
tlon and finance: but there l little doubt
that be 1 atrongly la favor of mors lib
eral government for Russia- He ha
taken no part in th represslvs measures
which hav bees so sternly enforced In
recent year agalnat the working classes,
th Jew, th non-eonformlsts,. and th
NlhJllatlo atudent. . -
Ia September, ISOt, he took a daring
tep, which plainly showed his liberal
sympathies. - He appointed a number of
committees to Investigate the acute ag
ricultural and industrial expression of
Russia. The member of these commit
tee were men whom he had J rained and
influenced, and under hie guidance they
made up a Met of hundreds of reforms
which ther held to be necessary te tne
well-being of Russia.1 Bom of these re
forme might have been taken direct from
the proa ram of the Nlhlllata' They
covered the aoclal and industrial ills of
Russia, and - even advocated startling
constitutional reforma tending In the di
rection of democracy. The bureauoratio
system Of government and the' oruahlng
burdena of military service and Indirect
taxation were, bitterly eomplalned of.
The Ruaalan bureauorata war aghast
at th audacity of auch a re port, especi
ally when M. Wltte sent It to th csar
with hi strong indorsement, All but
enemies united te seise the chance to
crush him, and it seemed for a Urn a
If they had achieved their purpose. He
fell out of favor, and bad te resign ome
of hi orrteea. - . -. . - ., . -
M. de Plehv. th reactionary minister
of the Interior, deols red -that ueh, dls
ouiston of publlo affairs w- "revolu
tionary," and even went the length o
Imprisoning soma of M. Wltte'a commit
teemen. But evidently th oaar ha dl
covered that he eannot do without hla
wlaard of 0 nance. M. Wltte ha been
restored to office and promoted to th
post of imperial chanellor-th greatest
in all th Ruaslaa. excepting only that
of the monarch. . .' - ' A,
Amid all the Internal troubles and for.
elgn cbmpltcatlona of Russia. M. Witt
keep a lively faith In the destiny of th
empire. 3" hat wa hown plainly In hi
last budget report in 10J. in which,
while admitting ' that grave induatnal
depression xltd, he deelarad that th
general prosperity of the oountry showed
no sign of diminishing, and that he had
graatelr faith than ever in the rapid prog.
Ires of Russia.
LEWIS AND CLARK
In the Rockies, -trugdlng .westward
along the Missouri river. ' . - ' ( i v
Jul 10 By employing; the .tbwrepe
whenever the bank permitted the ua of
It. the river being too deep for the pole,
we were enabisd te overcome the current,
which 1 atlll atrong. At the distance
of half a mil we earn to a high rock
In a bend to the left In the gate. . Here
th perpendloular rock oease, th hill
retire from the river and the vslleys
suddenly widen to a greater extent than
they hav been. lno we entered the
mountaina . - -. -."r' '. :-. ' ' -,
At thl place waa aome ecattered tim
ber, consisting .of the narrow-leafed eol
tonwood. the aspen and pine. ' There are
also vast quantities of gooseberries.
ervlcbrrie and aeveral - apeeiea of
currant, among which leon of m bleok
color, the flavor of ' which I pereferable
to that-sf the ' yellow - and would he
deemed superior to that or, any currant
In , the United gtatea, Wv-ar-kUted
aa elk, which waa a pleasant addition to
our-tck-f o4 At a all from.-the
gate a- large creek somes down - from
the mountain and emptlee itself be
hind an Island In th mlddl of a bend
to the north. To thl stream, which is
II yarda wide, we gave the name. of
Pott creek, after John Pott, on, of our
meiw Up thl valley about ven mil
w disco vsred a great amoke, a If th
whble country bad been set en fire, but
were at a loae to decide whether It had
been done accidentally by Captain Clark a
party or by the Indiana aa a signal on
observing ua, W afterward learned
that this last waa the . fact, for they
had heard a gun fired by .on ef Captala
Clark'e men, and believing that Jthelr
tnemie war approaching had fled-lnto
th mountains, nrst tung nr to in
plain aa a warning to their country
men. . .".---.'
W continued our course along aeveral
lalandaJ and having mad In the course
of the , day IS mil, encamped juat
above an Island, at a spring on a high
bank en the left aide of th river. In
the latter part of the. evening we had
paased a low rings ef mountain, .and
th oountry became more open, though
till unbroken and without timber, and
th lowland aot vary extensive, and,
just above our camp the river la again
closed n by the mountains. We found
on the bank an elk which Captala
Clark had left ua, with a not mention
ing that he ahould paaa the mountain
Just above ue and wait our arrival at
aome convenient place. 'We saw, but
eould not procure, aome redheaded duck
and sandhill cranes along tne sides or
the river end a woodpecker about the
sis of th lark woodpecker, which seem
to be a distinct species It le as black
ae a crow, with a long tall, and fllea
like' a jaybird. The whole country la ae
Infested with the prickly, -pear that we
eould scarcely find room to He down at
our camp. . y: ' . .
Captain Clark, on setting . out thle
morning, had gone through the valley
about aia mile to th right of th river.
He soon fell Into an old Indian road.
which he pursued till h resched the
Missouri, at th dlatanc of -II miles
from hi laat encampment. - lust above
the entrance of a large .creek, which we
afterwarda called' White JEarth creek.
Here he found hi party ao cut and
pierced with th aharp flint and prickly
pear that he proceeded only a abort
distance farther . and then halted to
wait for u.-Along hi track he had
taken - the precaution to trw signal,
auch pieces of cloth,: paper and linen
to nrove to the Indians. - if by accident
they mef hie track, that W( were white
men.' But he observed a amok aom
distance ahead 'and "concluded that the
whol eountry bad now taken the alarm.
Tacoma in Portland.''
... From th Tacoma Idgr. -
After all the -shouting that haa been
don by -Tacoma throat at - Portland
during tbi past two or three day, what
doe It amount tot 1 Ther are aome
who may think It a wast of breath.
That la far from the case. The spirit
of pride, ' loyalty and . devotion to the
city of Tacoma that made possible auch
a demonstration, aa waa made there en
Saturday and for a day or two follow
ing,, la the epirlt that Wlna It ia not
so many. -yeAr ago that Tacoma waa
seldom heard of. and even aom Tacoma
peopl when thy went away from horn
were timid about acknowledging their
residence here. All this la changed now.
Tacomana are proud of their city and
ar ready to proclaim It merit and
achievement to th nd of th earth.
Taoomane have reason to shout, and
Saturday's trip to Portland provsd thslr
ability In that direction. It Is aaf to
predict that Tacoma will profit enor
mouslv nr such exhibitions or pride ana
xuhrant pirrt a wr maoe at rotv-
land on, Taooraa day. . . )
w:ir:::a and:
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1
3INrC?.lXND
PorUand. June . 11. Portland at the
prent date enjoy boom of prospar-
Ur1'..W .lch . V a hoo ' continue.
w'thouJt wlehlng to be pessimistic,- but
solely from personal Interest in the eta- '
blllty of present condition; let u
analys the causes of this prosperity
and satisfy- ourselves whether they will
have an enduring effect or whether we
are -letting opportunities slip y,- ., ,
Portland ha ba accused -of being
alow, and this .stigma Is spread abroad '
by rival towns and some ot our own '
cl tlsenfjinUL U4a-acpte-a-eot-dhnmt "
truth. . . .
Are .we rally alowT We aay no, and
till ar , forced te acknowledge facta,
which. eay yes. . W re-rtatn1y not J
low In concerteQ actions,'' In publlo
nterprlee. In spending our money In
booming our elty and state, but w are
exceedingly slow In Individual - enter
prises and strengthening and providing -tor
the future etablllty of our proeper
ity by the establishment of factor! and
ether Industrial undertakinsa
vur iDuuiin ciusen omy raiuotantiy
support . manufactorlM, and ' we are'
obliged to await th arrival of 'outside .'
capital. r- . '
Poatland ha become rich, becauee na
ture placed it In th center ot a fertile
region, and the products of farms, for -
este aad river hav passed through th
nana oi our mercnams. ' Millions are
hoarded in our banka awaiting legiti
mate (T investment, such as mortgages,
real- eaiai ana aarance on crops. . H .
Our capitalist atand by idly and ae
outsiders, come here and' buy up our
tlmbee lands' thev k JA mm ...
product carried away on vessel owned '
and built elsewhere they' see a fleet Of
hundred of vessel leaving San Fran
cisco and Seattle every season to x.
plolt tha.tiche of Alaska and aupply
thl growing territory with It wanta,
until today we cannot claim te count a
Ingle ateamshp owner In our midst :
and not a alngl ahlp for ocean aervlce
building here or en th Columbia. -..-' ' .
W have the only fresh -water harbor
on thta coaac fihlp com. here becau
wa hav lumbar, grata and other prod
acts tn surplus and for sale. We claim
to have a maritime elty. trading with.'
the world, and yet w take no Interest
In' ahlpa and own nona. Are we not
low in recognising our -own opportuni
ties? " -. . ' f
We spend million uncomplainingly in
building 'nd. operating . dredges, dry .
dock, farriea, the exposition, etev, but
we stand by and, lea other cltle reap
th Hon' share In the profit and bene-,
fits due to our- efforts.- ' a -
Narly all th coasting itwmen trad
ing her are owned ' and ' controlled in
LCaUfornts, built ther or along th coast, '
but not In Portlands j. r'.t
Ia there any doubt i whether money.
pent to building and 1 operating- ehlpe
represent a aaf InvestrasntT In an
swer, not that nearly very owner hs 1
placed new contracts or ia coatemplat-
ing doing aa The feet la known that
some of these steamers are paying aa
high aa SO per. cent per annum on. the
Investment, ''..
The vessel ar mostly owned by eor-;
poratlona, - formed . by . merchants 1 and.
manufacturera. . whb , not alone derive
a direct' benefit from their operation",
but also from supplying th labor and
material entering Into their construe- "
tlon and maintenanea It I an under-'
tood condition that California ateamer
trading' here will got buy a petrny' i
worth ef auppll at Portland If they '
ean possibly avoid U, but are. ins)rtjctea
(o r"eolve their supplies from the store
Engine and boiler ar furnlhd by
San Francisco firms, who. take stock
for part of them in the vessel, and are
consldsred entitled to do, all the neeea-
sary repaira ...'':." 'i. "''"?
We have - supplied a modern drtdocX
for then , Aulli by Portland taxpay
er at an expenee of nearly half a mil
lion dollars, but none of th ship com-
ing here from California port would
be considered loyal to their home port -
by allowing u to derive any profit by
the docklngvef their vessels.
If Portlend would wak up, -our ship-.
yarda and machln ahopa could be kept
busy the year, around, and with, th ad
vantage of having the good to UV w
eould r control the coasting trade - from
here. '-'-.:.. t i.-'a
It may be contended that w lack the
ability, facllltlea experience and -material
to com pet' with " other places .
On this eoaat , Lt m assure you that
we have all tWese requisite, and that w
hav advantagea la coat of material and
labor. - It 1 our timber . and lumber
whloh I used In Baa Francisco, shipped
tnere rrom nera. . , - .
Laat winter. In competition) with Cali
fornia- firm, the 'Willamette , Iron V
Steel worka secured an order for the
machinery for the -ateamer Sea Foam.'
and the performance .-of thle steamers
proves that we have the ability, ex-
perienee and faollltles. V ,'.'......'
What we . lack ia commence or our
wn eltlssns In the lucratlvene ot ,
f his field of enterprise, and the purpose t
of this article t to aroua them from
their, apathy and Inactivity anerto show-
thsm howthev can Invest tneir iai cs p-
ltel and mploy th growing population
Of our City in a soreiy negiecieu uaia in
industry and enterprise. . .. "
Our . present prosperity, partly, due
to the Influx of newcomer looking foe,,
work aad investment, attracted here bv
the aiowlng description, of Interested-
advertisers of the exposition, partly due
to favorable crops of Our fsrmers, will ;
go for little 1f we fall to provide em
ployment te the artisans and mechanics
whom we Invited here and who are
obliged to leave ue again tor want of
opportunity to earn a living. ; r i
.' What we need above all are faetorle
of all kinds; and shipbuilding, In which
th greatest variety of trade takes M
part, ahould be the first to attract thj
attention ef our enterprising merchants,
ae they can 'easily satisfy tbmslv
that ahlpa and sblpbHlldlng are paying
Investment. . ,. -' . -.. - V v ' : T"
Kmulate the example of the Ban Fran-
olsco manufacturer and merchant and
form a Block company, to which 10" or
mor ubsorlban amount within their;
means. Let, if necessary, thla descrip
tion be In the ehape of materml nedel
In th. construction, and be loyal and
self-interested enough to build the ves
sels and. thslr machinery in or. near.
Portland, o that thouaand of mechan
ic may earn, wages with which to rnt'
or "build house . and buy their dally
wanta ' ; FRED A BAL1JN.
4J
Wt Art Moderate.' "
From th New Tork Herald. V- .
American apent l,x,t,000,000 for drlhke
laat year, hut bad each man spent for
liquor ae much- in proportion a did the
Engllah the aura would have been In-.
creased to tl.SlO.000,000, a th xpendl-'
tare per capita la much greater' In Eng
land than In either Germany or America,'
though the coat I less. . '
Oermana spent but 11.030. 000.000 last year
for drink, but had each spent a much as
th average Englishman. $n.000,000 mor
would hav been apent.' Both Oerman
and -Englishmen spend mors per capita
for drinks than th Americans,-and In
the list of natlona the United tatea
J stands well down toward sobriety. v.
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