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LidntOFCaJ; Page u'J;- Joel5; ronTLAIID. OREGON. . C2TW THE .ORE G .1 '-l , : t 4 t ' AN c a, jacxsm Pnbliakad iw; evening (except Sunday) SENSELESS TACTICS. T HE splenetic -old Oregonian out of its way to wantonly t ,' xities. Uts latest victim is Salem. It wanted an lti rmhliV huiMinff reninved here because Slltm WIS I so dull and Kloamy in winter and such a dismal place j,f abode to those who hare hid--the superior advantage f residence elsewhere. One can scarcely Imagine any- : ; thing less tactful and" at the same time" more extra- ordinary. Salem Is in the Willamette valley just the ime as Portland and we certainly can claim no superior climatic advantages. Itis as though the Oregonian had ' deliberately set about it to estrange from Portland every '.genuine friend it had in the state at w time when friends ' were most needed and the people of Oregon should i above all things pull together. A The smaller cities of every state are apt to look, with - ' suspicion and distrust upon the metropolitan city, Some- . times they have very good reasons to do so, but at other 1 times they make a. mountain out of a molehill But with ) such idiotic lucrubations as the Oregonian is putting f, forth every charge they make against Portland is appar " ' Gently confirmed. If the evil effect fell upon the news- ' ; paper alone it would be a fitting judgment, but it is always deflected to the city in which it is published to i its untold, harm. ; ';. " -.'t'".- -' ; ' ' ' There is no sentiment in Portland in favor of moving ,- jany of the state-buildings here. Portland does not want , vthem at any price. It has nothing but good will for 'J, Salem and its people and for all other sections of the , state, for upon all of them must it depend for its own if prestige and to a great extent for its growth and wealth. ?t . mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmm - - fv J, . If the keepers of disreputable dtyes-haye nothing to -."do to get out of serious trouble but to present to the "I council license committee a freaky defense that no one ! believes, the control and government of the saloons will be rendered more difficult but not impossible. They '-' will and must be governed just the same. ,'. CANNON AGAINST THE IN VIEW of the "irrepressible conflict" now on be tween the reformers and the standpatters of the N "Republican party, it is . unfortunate, the StPaul Pioneer. Press declares, that the control of the house, "its committees,' its procedure, and its legislation, should be in the hands of a standpatter like Cannon. In the 'last. session the house was with the president on the ate control question, in spite of the speaker, but the (tariff standpatters as such made no effort UTeat the ' Esch-Townsend bill; not only because they knew it could : not pass the senate, but because it somewhat shielded i the tariff-protected trusts from attack. But the two ; groups of standpatters will have to stand together here ' . after, for their interests are indeed identical. The power of making rates on freight is similar in character and results to the power- To fix' prices of protected' neces saries. A higli . protectionist will naturally be against government control of railroads,. and the fight, with Cannon as the leader of the standpatters, or their most , powerful instrument, will be on next winter in the house ' as" well as in the senate. ' V -.f'i-Mv ' 1 . "Lincoln," the Washington correspondent of the Bos , ton Transcript, clearly exposes Cannon's insolent hps , tility to the president. - The speaker has on several pecs v sjons demanded the appointment of unfit men, and is j bitter' against the president because in some instances , lie turned -them down. "Joe; Cannon has frequently . t given the president an 'ultimatum as to an appointment,' is a frequent saying here," writes the correspondent "It is usually the case where a man of conscience, cannot ' swallow' the proposals that a man of Cannon's lifelong associations is disposed to make." As an illustration f "Lincoln" mentions the case of a man whom, the presi ' j dent at Cannon's instance had at first promised to ap- point, but whom on ' investigation he found so utterly t unfit that he had to retract his promise. "I will see that J you do keep it I will make you keep it," declared - I Cannon. The conversation lasted for some time. The 'speaker was very profane, and full, of ominous threats, as usual, but he finally succumbed to the inevitable. 1 i For such reasons, besides the fact of his being a stand- 1 patter for the trusts and railroads, idoubtedly do all he can to thwart president in behalf of reform. t f On the surface it certainly looks that is -being removed from the river to help fill -de-) pressions near the river bank. Sand that is now .bejng removed by the dredge inevitably, works its way back ' 'into the river, so that practically it is doing the same work over and. over again. Even from this standpoint fit might be well Jot. the engineer's office to look into the matter. .'--",..':. - - ;-- , ; RAILROAD MEN AND RATE I T HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY the railroad men were not opposed to proposed legislation against private cars, - rebates and rate T discriminations, and would make no fight against a bill for thst purpose. This may be doubted, and any phrase iology proposed by railroad senators on these features ltl the bill will need to be closely scrutinized. It is true . that tho railroads have themselves-been the victims of 'such great concerns as the beef trust and refrigerator ; car companies, and they might not object to giving the interstate commerce commission more pejwer to' enforce : the law insofar as its violation hurts rather'than benefits f the railroads, but various kinds of discrimination they will not readily cease. In other words, the railroads would $ lik a law that would Curtail the power and restrain the : audacious dictation of the big shippers without restrict ing the! railroads beyond what they themselves desire. ,'; or, conferring any power over them ' the government . v ' And this last is the main issue under discussion; it i, is the crux of the situation. JThe real, principal question to' be finally determined is: Shall the power to deter r mine the reasonableness of rates be left with the traffic managers as now, or conferred, qn due complaint of i unreasonableness, upon the interstate commerce com J mission, and a court to which appeals from its decisions r-msy be taken, the commission's rates to be in force pend 1 injf the appeal? This is the main feature of the Esch- Townkend bill which it is supposed the president favors, though when he perceives how many "railroad" senators ( there- are he may modify his recommendations in this t respect . ., - -j A,, Boston newspaper man who has been studying the I subject and the' attitude of people in the middle west j says he, found the big shippers opposed to rate control, Lawyer PajrgfoirBad Advice. Ounsal-Oenaral Ouenther says in a re ' fort that Oerman lawyers are liable In t.aaiages to their clients for evil results consequent upon mlaleadlng advice. The ' rme court of Oermany has recently ! r iorM a decision" that aa attorney Is i I le te. his client to the full extent I eerelMelr giving Incorrect advice. V-e court held that lbs attorney who ON DAILY' INDIPENDBNT NEWSPAPER v-'. ' - PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL. PUBLISHING Ca ad every Sunday mornlnf at1. , streets, Portland, Oregon. is constantly going insult neighboring err later they will is a public as well The president PRESIDENT. Recently scientific of some gigantic in the future, but the speaker will un- any efforts, of the V ' wise to utilize sand LEGISLATION. REPORTED that upon any bra rich ofj .- r ' 71 for par -Clves his client In legal matters advice as to certain conduct and pro cedure la liable for the legal consequences suffered by the ejlent In acting thereon, provided that such advice Is - not only faulty, but haa been proved to have been given, carelessly. . An attorney tacitly assumes ths post (Ion of debtor of the ollent. which obliges him to be careful In giving "advice, nd JOURNAL no. . casol Ths journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill v . . I 11 because they got favors in the way of rebates; the small shippers' were favorable because they could not obtain such favors, and the general public was inouterent oe cause it does not realize to what an extenf it "pays the freight" " . -- . ..,' .-"'' '" . ' .' The main fight will come over the proposition to take from irailway managers the arbitrary power to1 fix rates. The proposition is for the government to take and hold that power in reserve, on the broad ground that railways are (Hot. private but ina large sense publif institutions, over which the general government must exercise super visory control. . ' '; r ' James J. Hill, in common with other railroad men, declaims loudly against any such 'possible regulation or control, and obscures the issue by thunderingagainst a distance rate law, but this is not whjit is proposed; only that power shall be' lodged in the commission and a court to determine what rate in a given- case and under all -the circumstances, is reasonable, and that it shall apply alike t all shippers. The railrdad men are probably not at all afraid that they would not be treated fairjy and even liberally by this branch of the government, but shey object to any med dling or" supervision, or any restriction of their present arbitrary power in the matter of fixing rates., But sooner have to submit to -this. Abig railroad as a private concern. ' if he should run for president again will not carry Jacksonville, Florida. Negroes down there don't vote much. . It is not easv to decide which exhibitedr the greater folly, the people of Jacksonville for trying to prevent him from speaking to colored students, or he in affronting the white people by insisting on talking especially tp those etudents. , --; :'. . THAT NOBLE ANIMAL, THE HORSE. OREGON AMONG OTHER good qualities is- an excellent horse country, and as fine specimens of the equine species as are produced anywhere can be raised in this state. Good horses now bring a good price, and horse breeding has again become profit ablethat is, if one raises good horses. explorers dug tip the fossil remains animals in this state, and among them were found samples of the horse when he was much smaller than now and had three toes on each foot. This animal had his habitat here $ long time ago. Though the aboriginal horse. roamed over this region or that portion of it not yet a sea-bed-he became extinct, and disappeared .long before man, so far as any evidence shows, appeared on this continent Not until the Span iards came in the sixteenth century was the horse rein troduced into what is now the United States. From them the Indians procured horses, ancestors of those which the Shoshones and Nez Perces supplied 100 years ago to Lewis and Clark, except for which they would never have reached the mouth of the Columbia, and the recent Lewis and Clark exposition might never have been held. So long ago the horse was a good friend of Oregon . - '; '. : ; :' ''i ,. ' A few years ago, when bicycles were fast coming into use, and electricity was. being Titilized for. transportation purposes, it was predicted that there would thenceforth be but little demand for horses, and some went so far as Jo foretell "his .practical extinction. .. The . demand for horses did decline, and pfices went .down, to figures, that rendered horse-raising unprofitable, but not altogether on account of bicycles and electric.cars, for now;. freight as well as passenger automobiles have come into common use, taking the place of a great many horses, and yet horses are in demaad, too, and there seems to be' about as many of them in proportion to people as ever. During the past five years the price of goodAorses has increased annually from. $5 to $10 per. head, and. horse-breeding was never more profitable than now. It may be overdone at present the demand exceeds the supply. - .v ; . However much horseless vehicles may multiply, the horse will still be found in very general use, both for business and pleasure, and he can be raised in Oregon as cheaply and successfully as in any state in the union. .. .r-'"""'1 - r '-(' --' Perhaps no one will deny to the Oregonian a share of the credit for helping advertise and promote the fair, but most people outside the Oregonian office will hesi tate to give it all the credit for making the fair a success, as it claims in a rare burst of modesty this morning. There were others. -. V v. !- A FAIR MEMORIAL. THERE SHOULD BE some memorial of the. fair. Chicago boasts the Field museum, contributed by a single citizen and one of the superbest monuments to its fame. Portland should be enabled to make a similar boast. First of all, those who contributed the money to the fair should give their consent to a new disposition of it So far it has been rather too freely given away by people who had no part in contributing it Then the question of the memorial should be care fully considered. As a starting point there is no' doubt that whatever is done should be something that will most largely benefit all the people and for. the longest period of time. " In Chicago the movement took the direction of a vast museum. Its educative-Influence has been tremendous. It has done much to create a new atmosphere for the city, while, it has helped to bring into prominent relief the vast benefits conferred! upon all the .people by indi vidual citizens who there made their money. 'We already possess a very considerable historical collection, which in the after coming years.will be vastly more appreciated than it is today. That collection should be suitably and permanently housed. In Kansas City the greatest public investment ever made was in a great auditorium building adapted to enormous gatherings. But whatever direction the movement takes it should be along the line of the greatest good to the greatest number and must be in every respect worthy of the great event which it pro poses to perpetuate. What that form shall be can only be determined after thorough discussion. Out of the multiplicity of counsel will come wisdom. So far we think the consensus of sober opinion is strongly setting against a park. - . , , mmmmmmmmm mm -. Representative Williamson will not resign lest an anti Fulton man should be elected in his place. "A poor excuse is better, than none" sometimes; and sometimes jj is worse. '" ' Komura'was coldly received by the people of Tokio. But a hot reception might have been worse. j be Is therefore liable for lta consequences If he has failed through carelessness. , . " Only the Word Survives. ...j.JVom .the Chicago New i. As a concession to usage It' Is still customary to speak of the pollor-holdere ss the "beneficiaries" ' of the Insurance business, . ... . ... - -'.;- ;; ;v t; - SMALLicHANCB I I Teddy. Jr., ma determined . to ft his name pretty xrsquenuy la tne news papers, tow - ' - .,' - .. e e .- New Tork Republicans won't Indorse Jerome. Bur he never aaked. them to. ' - v e. .e . ' . . . Wllllamaport (Ind.) huabanda dreae4 up la their wlver-clothes and paraded through the town, calling at the various women's clubs where the women were, aa a reproof of so much woman clublam, and perhaps there was aome excuse for their action, even- tf the Wllllamaport women are not exceptionally- sreat sin ners. , -- McCurdy aentor. McCurdy Junior." and a eon-tn-ilaw of MeCurdy aenlor. milked ine ntw ion un insurance com pany to the extent of about IS.000.oaS In salaries In 10 years, besides aome millions paid to ' other relatives ami pet friends. 'Twaa a nice job, sure, for the McCardy outnt, but the policy-bold lnc fees who have been plucked may not like it y .. Hard-winter prophets are being heard from. v -.--v- e . e . . . And ret when he was a small boy. perhaps Professor Douaherty tried to Imitate the line In hie copybook, "Hon esty la the best portey." . ' . e e Nothing- more doing In the holiday line till Thanksgiving exoept turkey fattening. s e , e About time to take .out your overeoat If possible. .. e At present prices a good many nop- growera are Inclined to stand pat '. At least Peoria got lta name In data lines other than whlakey news. ' Now we may expect'. Fat Crows drama. '. ; . . That ossified man who killed his wife and can't be killed by hanging Is cer tainly a hard oltlsen. : . It seems a pity, but the ' buildings must go. - - - . Women need not be offended St the clergymen who Insist that there are no female angela. A nice woman la a thousand times lovelier than aa angel. But then all the devils should be males, too. - ' ' , .. ' e e- . The fair la over but there will be no dull season In Portland. The M cCurdys give no hint of resign ing. . .. ... There Is soma trouble over the sur plus, but a deficit would . have been worse. . , , e - e. ' -DolPt expect any reforms by con gress next winter, unless you want to Invite disappointment. .- e e ' .' , '. Mr. President: Boll It down. . ... e i e v.j ''-:., ' They are even convicting boodling state senators In California. The graft era are having a rocky road lately that la, a few of them. : , v" But wouldn't retrlnt babies on goats' mVlk make them butters later T Medford has a new vinegar factory with a capacity of over tOQ barrels a day. r ::. .- e e- ..' A Medford hotel Is to have two ad ditional atorlea, e . e . v . A 4-year-old Va. O rands boy boarded a train ' and was carried many miles before be could be returned. . ' ; - . . . .A- .. , e e . ' A Jackaon county man bitten by a rattlesnake bandaged .hla arm. opened the wound and walked several mllea for treatment and recovered. .. ; ,..''. -e . e - 'I -Ashland preserving plant doing a good business. . v e , e ,;. . A family traveling ' by team for Seattle' camped near Weston; man and wife quarreled and he went on with four children, leaving ber behind with two, destitute along the roadaiae. ; , - A Drain man sheared 170 pounds of wool from six Ramboulllet sheep. , v ; ' e ,i Some fanners around Drain raised ss much as 60 bushels of corn per acre. . .;-. e - ., Many water rights (being located along the Umpqua. . ' , . i-' - , ' V ' r':. rivmm . tmnNWMiMitl are - tMlntf planned for Klamath Falls, Including a summer resort addition, with . sani tarium, park, boulevards, etc A Benton county man-was surprised because the county clerk would not write him out a decree; of divorce. . . ,4 - e s . -' . ' . Bears are plentiful around Gopher. Several are helping to - pick the . re mains of prune crops and many are seen In other localities of western Tarn Mil. - . - , Three North Tamhill men killed four bears and three deer In one day. ,. ... . . ( Tn a three months outing a Browns, vllle family: traveled 1,171 mllea by team and wagon. .... e e-; A Dallas man dried 100,000 pounds of prunes. . -.-.-. , . - . More teachers needed In Benton and some other counties. - e . e The payroll of working-men of Spring field amounts to about IIS a month, but last month ran up to $25,000, and the News thinks It will reach 150,000 In a year.' e e - Population ' of Springfield Increased from ztS In 190 to S7 now. Another young man, this one In Lane county, ahot by. his companion for a bear and his jaw and arm shattered by two bullet Next ;' : Creswell Presbyterians are to have a new church. . j ..' s .s .... ... A Springfield man Is putting up a new building to accommodate hla over flow patronage. . - ' New j-oad from. Toledo to Sllets Bay probable. - " ' - - e ' New 75,000 feet sawmill for Klamath Falla .. , ; I i OREGON SIDELIGHTS laasaaastasBsaassaassskiBSasBSssasaapBas OtD TIMERS ON THE ARMY PAY ROLL - From the New Tork Sun. -v The recent death of Colonel Lawrence P. Graham left Brigadier General Dan' lei H. Rucker, both In point of years and tenure,- the retired dean of the United flutes army. These two vet erans were soldlera .of- the old school. connecting links between the ante-bel lum army and the modem establish ment Neither waa a West Pointer. Both were appointed to the army from civil life on the asm day, October 11, 1137, (S years ago. . . When he died Colonel Ofahanr'' waa nearly SI, and had been continuously on the retired list, with ths rank and pay of colonel.' since 1870. In the 15 years of his retirement he had drawn approximately 1100,000 . from the pub lic treasury. General Rucker waa born In ISIS, and Is now nearly 17. Some II years after entering the old First Dragoons he waa transferred to the quartermaster's de- nartment. In which ha rose to be Blin- dler and Quartermaster-General, retir ing In ttlt. - Nearly ths whole of Backer's service for -the 14 rears from 1SS7 to the out break of the civil war waa In the south western territories, and In Mexico and California. He married in the Indian Territory and was a noted character In the old army. '. . - Although Rucker la now premier la both age and tenure, there are a number of officers who have been on the retired list far longer than either he or Gra in. Joseph Li. Tldball was retired as a captain November 1, 18(1, nearly 44 years ago, for disabilities which be fell him' In Una of. duty. Tldbarl haa stood for years as the officer longest on ths retired Hat. .' - Captain C C Churchill was retired in 1881 and Captain Charles Holmes tn 1888, both for disabilities recalled In lino of duty. Major J. C- Clal". Jr.. waa retired July 28, 18(1, for wounda received In Una of duty. .Brigadier General Feasenden waa retired by . act of congress tn 18(8 for wounds received In battle. ' Major-General Daniel E. Sickles has been on the retired Hat atnee 1880 by act of congress for the loss of his leg at Gettysburg. Colonels Catlln and Car rlngton were both retired In 1870, the same year Graham went on the list, but both were younger than he, CatHa by 10 years and Carrington by nearly 10. General Hardin and Colonel Avery, Shea and Runkle were retired In 1870. These are the oldest retired offloera, though not oldest j either in service or In years. ; ; . . While Graham and Rucker date back to the furthest of all under atrlct con struction, the late Major William Aus tins holds the record for continuous service on Uncle Barn's payroll. Tl years. Austlne entered West Point September 1. 1888. and but for the fact of having been required to take a five years' course would have been graduated and promoted Into ths active service prior to the entry of Graham and Rucker. Auatlne was retired In isl lor disabil ity In line of duty. It will be seen that Uncle Sam takes good care of hla military children, but It la to be noted that they fare better nowadays than they did when Austlne, Graham. Churchill, Holmes, Tldball and some others went on the retired list 40 years and -more ago.-. And this reminds one that there are now. but very few -veterans of the civil war on the, active list of the army. Jt bears no name now - of one who haa been continuously . a regular soldier since before "18(1. Brigadier-General W. El Dougherty, now retired, was the last one. ' He entered the service April 10, 18(0. When he retired this year he had been continuously In active service 48 years. Among the notable stayers Is Colonel James Regan of the Ninth Infantry. He entered the regular service June 10, 1868. There Is an interregnum of nine months tn the continuity of hla service between June 1, 1881, and March t, 18(4. ' ' Regan did not. become an of floor un til 18(8. He waa 38 years reaching the grade of major. Regan has been la the active service, private and officer, longer than any other man. Curiously enough he will not be 81 until Decem ber 14 next, and doea not retire for age until December 14, 1108. He Is the only man In active service who served prior to the outbreak of the rebellion, either continuously or other wise. All of the old guard who so long graced the army rolls are gone except Reran. He Is a soldier Dure and simple and loves the camp and field. No temp tation will take him out of the nne un til he Is compelled to retire for are- There are atlll left on the active list 71 officers who served In the civil war, when their army service began, gen erally as volunteers. Not one officer la left on the active list below the rank of major, except Chaplatn Potter, who served in the dvll war, and" of majors there are but five.. Three years ago II out of SI colo nels of the line were soldiers of the civil war. The nffmber haa been re duced .by 10, as there are now only 33. In another year there will be no more than five or six. probably not so many. Three years ago the staff bureaus were honeycombed with civil war vet eran a Only 10 of them are now left, 10 of whom are in the engineer corps, where promotion ten been very alow. The work Is easy and . the old engtheer colonels have not sought to retire with Increased grade but reduced emolu ments and dignity before the arrival of the compulsory age, as has been the case In the line and. some of the bu reau, r- ; ; ' j.,.- J. O. Phelps Stokes and Bride Back. ' From ths New Tork World. ( J. O. Phelps Stokes and his bride, who wss Mlsa Rose Pastor, arrived yes terday at Boaton on ths Star liner Can ople after a honeymoon spent In Eng land, Scotland, France, Germany and Italy. - The young couple were in high spir its. They said they would be glad to get back to their work In this city. ' While as yet no reception among' the University Settlement- people haa been arranged lor Mr. and Mrs. Stokes, It was said laat night that aa soon as the couple Indicated their Intention to take up their east elds lifs of good work among the poor a house warming of an old-fashioned kind would undoubt edly be arranged to give them both a hearty welcome home. - 1 it ' , Novel Reception to Helen Gould. Goshen (Ind.) DUpatch to New Tork World. - Preparations have been mads for a inlque reception to be given Miss Helen Gould upon her arrival today to spend a day, at Winona Lake assembly with a party of eight friends. Mies Gould and party. Including W. B. Miller of New Tork, secretary national T. M. C. A., will arrive from Detroit, Michigan, where they have been attending the na tional T. M. C A convention. A Wa bash train will be stopped at New Paris, where the party will be met by an auto mobile procession, and Miss Gould, in compliance wlth'arrangementa mads by Dr. 8oL C Dickey of Indianapolis, gen eral manager of Winona assembly, WUI become the guest of William Jack Xatta. The automobile pageant will make tb run of 86 mllea to Winona, where an elaborate program will , be carried out la ' Mlaa Ooo)'S honor. Calonel Isaag W. Brown, far-famed bird and bee man of Rochester, Indiana, who la to be aeat to Europe by Mlsa Gould, and in whom ahe has manifested great personal In terest, will be among the guests. , 1 THE PLAY1 Reducing the subject to a mathemat ical basis, let's agree that this year's production of "Ths Tenderfoot" Is 41 per cent better than that Jf laat seaaon and about one and one half per cent less than the original production at the old Dearborn theatre in Chicago, .Speaking now, of course, of artlstlo values. The popular musical comedy founded on the romantlo range of Texas came back to ua last night with, some- new faces and under the supervision of Col onel William Cullen. I lta advent waa aandwiched between two . heavy - disad vantages the closing of the fair and ths opening of a world-renowned spectacle. At that, the Marquam waa comfortably filled when the curtain rose on the dash ing entrance. of the Texas rangers, and by- the time they had finished their whirl-wind chorus a fine male chorua it la the audience waa almost awept from lta seats by surprise; aurprlae being the moat valuable element of all In a musical offering, -v - . Once the writer saw Richard Carle, the author and original atar.Vilrect a re hearsal of the production. Ths curtain had been rung down on the admirable finale of the first act, with the tenor and soprano nearest the footlights. - For a curtain call Mr.- Carle entered on Ru pert, the faithful brute with the long ears. The tenor hurtrdlly protested that me can Dei on sea 10 mm ana the prima donna. (Ths stage will never lose Its conceit). , r . "My dear air," aald Carls, drawing the singer aside, '1 own this piece. I wrote It. My Intention is to star In It I am directing this production. - I wrote It for myself I em it' In my own show!" .. At which the tenor wilted. And years have not changed the situ ation Implied in the author's satirical scolding. To Zachary Pettlbone. the tenderfoot, falls all the comedy worth having, and the others feed him as be fore, while the house sits back and walta expectantly for his reappearance each time he leaves the stage. . . . This season It Is Oscar Flgtnan, a splendid comedian, not unknown locally. He waa laat year's "Burgomaster." . But It la doubtful H he haa ever been heard to better advantage' than in his present role. The quaint, original saylnga of the eccentric professor with a penchant for the lemon cure were never -better read, and Mr. Figman'a face and figure fit ths role like the akin on a banana. It ia no discredit to his predecessor to say that Flgman la the beat Pettlbone who haa entertained the west. Nobody eared particularly fdr his occasional af fectations of effeminacy they are cor-' talnly foreign to the character but that la a trivial objection, in view of a performance of rich and limitless com edy.'. - - , - :- - Ruth White, who used to play Willie In "The Burgomaster," waa long ago accepted aa a prima donna. Her Marlon will pasa muater, but It cannot be denied that a little something haa happened to Mlaa White's volos. it Isn't as clear or aa reaonant as formerly, and once In a while the ear detected an untrue note. evidently the result of a strain for ex pression. Miss White, too, could with advantage put a little more fiber Into her opening ecene. She did not quite ex ploit ths girl who bad been so rashly Insulted. As a boy. In the laat act, the prima donna waa at her best. . . 1 The tenor "is Jethro Warner. He Is s pleasing singer and won spontaneous re calls. His la rather a thin voloe, but of good and true quality. To him belongs the sweetest solo of the entire opera. "Adlos" and he rendered it beautifully, except for that, falaetto finish, which Is altogether unnecessary and decidedly detrimental to himself. George EL Romaln la still playing ths gambler, Honeat John Martin, and a aummary of the cast would not be complete without a complimentary reference to the danc ing of H. B. Williams and Frankle Warner, who appear aa the Chinaman and Patsy, respectively. Tou may aet It down right now that the chorus of "The Tenderfoot" la the largest prettiest and - best conducted Portland will have thla aeason. . They don't collect 'em any better. It ia a fine singing organisation, too, and directed by Richard Lindsay, a man who la proud of his baton snd uses It -as though he meant it aa though hla whole heart waa In ths piece. The big ensembles last evening fairly shook the rafters. There weps at least (0 people on the stage, and in this caae 80 means II, plus 1. ' The costumes and scenery are new and do llghtful to the eye. The music of "The Tenderfoot" but what's the useT . It has been sung snd whistled Into fame and long since eon ceded to be alongside the most fascinat ing that light opera baa. tried on lta piano. l! kavjs wuitnsi, 1 "Sheridan" at Bslasco. Soms ons laat night remarked that the first act of "Sheridan" at Belaaco's waa "too talky," and the play did not lack that fault in the later acts, but ths piece abounds In bright lines. -. The story Is that of Rlohard Brinaley Sheridan's writing "The Rivals" and selling It to Mr. Harris of Covent Gar den theatre. London, and Its production. There's a bad-natured woman Lady Eraklne who, because Sheridan will not love her, hires 40 men to hiss "The Rivals" ths night of Its Initial presenta tion, and thue makea It a failure. Of course, since It's a comedy, there's a g4rl much adored by Sheridan, who, at the Inception of the play, is a worthless vagabond of a fellow, with more' cred itors than pence, and the debtor'a prison yawning for him. .' And, of course, the girl's father, after he finds that Sheridan la penntleas, doesn't want him to marry her, and re lents after the fashion of play fathers when he discovers that the author of "The Rivals'' Is famous, and that even Jealous Oarrlck Is singing his praises ah the creator -of a new school of drama. 'Whittlesey wlna hla audlenoe so that at the end of the third act there waa recall after' recall. Mlsa Lawrancs Is Just ss pretty as ever before In the character of Mis? Elisabeth Llnley, the Maid of Bath, an absolutely flawless young woman, whom Sheridan marrlea after passing through trials that would make the average man ponder whether or not life . la worth living. '"'- ' Miss Effle Bond, appearing for ths sec ond time before a Portland audience as ths Ingenue, strengthened her standing In. thla city, and Clarence Montatne, as Oarrlck, did a nne bit of acting. Louis Frohoff, as,Mlchsel Kalley, Is good enough for any playhouse, and John Balnpolla, as Captain Matthews, - main tains his uausl high standard ss a play villain. . Edith Angus achieves a striking suc cess as Lady Ersklns; It's her habit la , JOURNEY OF LEWIS AND CLARK ' Tlx - . - On the Columbia. ' , ' October 17 The day being fair ws were occupied In making necessary ob servations for determining our ons tude and obtained a meridian altitude, from which It appeared that we were tn latitude 48 daareea II minutes II sec onds. We slso measured the two rivers by angles and found that at the Junction the -Columbia le 1(0 yards wide and Lewis river 176. but soon after they unite the -former widens to the apace ei from one to three miles.' Including the Islands. From the point of the Junotlon the country la a continued plain, tow near-' ths water, from which Its -rises gradually and the, only elevation to be" seen la a range of high country runnins from northeast to southwest where It loins ' a rana-e of mountains from the southwest snd is on the opposite aide about two mllea from the Columbia. There is' oa thts plain no trees and scarcely any shrubs exoept a few Wil low bushes; even of amaller plants there la not much more than the prickly pear, Which la tn great abundance and Is even more thorny and troublesome than say we have ret seen. During this time the principal chief: oe me down with several of his war riors and smoked with ua Ws were alas visited by several men and women, who offered dogs and fish for sale, but ss the fish was out of seaaon and at pres ent abundant In the river, we contented ourselves with purchasing all dogs we eould obtain. The nation among which wo now are call themselves Sokulka. With them are united a tew of another nation who reside on a weatern branch which' empties Into the Columbia a few miles above the mouth of the latter liver and whose name Is Chlmnapum. or Culmnapum. The languages . of - these two nations, of each of which we ob tained a vocabulary, differ but little from each other, or from that of the Chopunnlsh who Inhabit the Kooskoos--kee and Lewis rivers. In their dress and general appearance they also much resemble those nations, the men wear ing a robe of deer or antelope akin. under which a few of them have a ahort leathern shirt. The most striking dlf-. ferenco between them- la among the fe males, the Sokulk women being more Inclined to corpulency than any we have yet seen; thslr stature la low, their faces are broad and -their heads flat- . tened In aach a manner that the fore head Is In a straight line from the nose to the crown of the head; their eyes ars of a dirty sable, their hair la coarse and black and braided aa above without ' ornament of any kind, lnatead of wear ing, as do the Chopunnlsh. long leathern -shirts highly decorated with beads and shells, the Sokulk . females ' have ' no other covering but a truss or piece of leather tied around the hips snd then drawn tight between the lege. The ornaments usually worn by both sexes are large blue or white beads, either pendant from the ears, or around the neck, wrist and arms; they Have, line wise, bracelets of brass, copper and horn, and some trinkets of sheila, fish bones and curious feathers. The houses of the Sokulka ars made of large mats of rushes and are generally of square or oblong form, varying In length from II to 80 feet and supported in the In side by poles or fprks about six feet high; the top Is covered with mats, leaving, a spsce 13 or -11 Inches the whole length of the house, for-the pur pose of admitting the light and suffer ing the smoke to pass through) the roof is nearly flat which seems to indicate that rains are not common In 'this open country I the house Is not divided Into apartments, the Are being In the middle of the large room. Immediately under the hole in the roof; the rooma 'are ornamented with their nets, gigs Snd other fishing tackle, as well aa the bow for each inhabitant and a large quiver of arrows, which are headed with fllnta. - Dictionary of the Indiana. From the Washington Post. A work which when published will be known aa "A Handbook or Dictionary of the American Indiana North of Mexico" la at laat In the hands of the government printer, who haa received from the bureau or etnnoiogy over tuu cuts wnicn win om used In Illustrating this work. Over IS years ago, before ths bureau of ethnology waa In existence, a number of men who are now connected with that Institution and who were Interested in the subject of - American anthropology .icon- calved the idea or compiling a dictionary of the American Indiana which would give tn condensed though by, no means abbreviated ..form a complete and ex haustive descriptive list of Indian stocks, , j confederacies, tribes, eubtrlbes, clans. gentes and geographical names, ac companied by a list of the various names by which the Indians and their settle ments-have been known, together witn biographies of Indiana of note, aketchea of their manners and customs, a list of Indian words Incorporated into the English language, to say nothing of a vast deal of other matter relating to prehlstorlo and -pre-Columbian conditions and other subjects. The most prominent of the American anthropologists have been collecting material for thla great work. It will. be published and available for those who are Interested In auch subjects by or before December 16. . mmmmmmUmm-mmmm-m----'m---m------m ... ! Cossack Define Loyalty. . The Cossack whom- Ernest Pools quotes In his strongly descriptive article, "Peasant Cattle." In the October Every body's, speaka as follows of his allegiance to the "Little Father"! "Only we Cossacka have kept ourselves untainted by all thla new science. It eats like a oanoer Into the power of our nar. But we alone are Just as our grand fathers were, before ua. And I think my young son hs is a bold, big fellow I think he, too, will stick to the wsys of his fathers. These propagandist devils nevertry to come to ua, for tney know we are safe against them; all their new. slushy Ideas roll oft our bralna like water from the back or a goose., not a urop of socialist slush sticks on. "Whyt Because from, our cradles we were taught, to obey: to obey without stopping to think it all out; to obey two fathers our own ratner ana me )Csar. Whan the csar commands, then I do. Tou see ray young daughter asleep, over there. Well, It the csar said, Tear her In pieces!', men i snouia ao it, inougn 1 might kill myself right afterward. That's what a Cossack . means by loyalty." ; ' ' auch characters, anyway, and Miss Ad ams makes much of Lady shuttle worth, I the first of the Malapropa The scenery ia creditable to the artist I of the Belasco, and Balnpolla' atagtng of I the play creates the desired atmosphere I of the scenes sought to be portrayed. One cannot see the production without I thinking of "The School for Scandal."! and Involuntarily watching for the ap-l pearance or Lady Teasie, and Charles, the profligate, and ths other characters of that great comedy. ' Indeed, It Is ob- vlouathat potter has atriven to re pro-f duce just-aucn an atmosphere, and that he haa auceeeded will be the. verdict ofj nouses that win -crowd the theatro- at every performance this week. . A
