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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3,, 1CC3.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE - ORE G
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A ..' ixcxsoa
PuUisW every evening t except 8undsy , and every Sunday morning at
; ., ,T, " ' i . - etreeta, Portland, Oregon.. ,'
: THE WILD RUSH tOR
I T IS, AN ERA of competitive railroad building, says
Mr. Harriman.- It is says Mr. Hilt but there is
no feeling between the roads that are in competition.
": And perhaps there is not, but each one is doing its level
best to get there ahead of the other.- There is great
need of more railroads, says Mr. Hill, and particularly
is there need of them in the northwest section wnicn
growing faster than any other part of the country ana
i presents the widest scbpe.fof development , "
f Indeed o a Wd4en v'ery railroad -seems to have be
. come aroused on the ssme subject at tbVfcante moment
-i i Their freU WW tfcific'' terminal. . .The U"p
: Pacific hich had all the best of it in transcontmental
travel by way of San Francisco, because it has both tne
- direct route and the best roadbed and equipment, sud-
- ' denly finds itself, invaded , by the Burlington, J"h'ch i
making an eVen shorter cut. . Years ago when the Union
Pacific road was first, laid out there were many curves
in it that could be. avoided but.it mattered little then.
v The original surveys through .Wyoming: were up the
- Platte river, the natufal, most feasible and direct route
across the state." -They were abandoned for fear of new
blockades and the higher upland chosen, which itws
? figured would be swept of the.heavy snows by the winds.
' But that very line, abandoned 30 or 40 yeara agois now
'-' the big bone of contention between the Burlington,
V which the Hill forces control, and the Union, Pacific,
which the Harriman forces control. That section of
- the country is turned topsy turvy.;. What is to be the
outcome? Is the main line to be ahifted far north of
- the old established towns in order to get the cheapest
and most direct route to the coast," or are parallel lines
being extended merely for the purpose of self, protec
tion? There seems no doubt that the Burlington is
V headed for .Sal Lake, as fast as it can go. Z Three, rail
roads, then, are racing across Wyoming, the Union Pa-
!: cific, the Burlington and the Northwestern. Two of
them are headed for "San' Francisco, -one-'of them for
Portland. .With, that great activity in the central tier of
far western states the Pacific northwest the coming year
- will show a degree of activity never before known in its
-history. The Northern Pacific's north- bank road is
; .merely a beginning f. what is going to be. There is no
' doijbt it will -strengthenitself to- the east through the
extensions of the Burlington bnt the most obvious thing
V. It will do, when one takes into consideration the demand
for, cheap and speedy ways of reaching the Pacific tide
; water, is the extension of its line from Missoula, Mon
tana, down the Clearwater tojL,ewiston.L .
" " It surely is ah era of competitive railroad building and
- ft is an era which the Pacific northwest can well afford
to welcome' lor it means magical development for thi
- section."" ' - : -
THE PROBLEM OF RAISINO REVENUE, ' '
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.-, Oregon now collects about one. sixth of the money ;,
necessary to run the state government from the cor
i porations, An fees and annual, dues..' There is also a ",
constant contribution to the revenues of the state
, I from the. insurance companies and the inheritances.
; . "tax.' In the course of time; and perhaps within a -i
: ... few years, all the money to pay expenses pi the state
government .wiU,XQme;4romindiret taxes as it ?.
, should,' .'New Jersey does this, andJias a large sur
' " plus. ' Pennsylvania does it 1 New York collects all
"r - excepting what is raised by a direct 'tax. of one mill
, Salem Statesman. . . r '.''.'. '
TVTo ONE can aoorove of New
y ino- revenue, bv cFartering
conies along with the price. In doing this New
Jersey has made a good dear of money, but it has also
earned for Itself the distinction of being the most trust
. ridden state in the union; it is a byword and 1 'shame
and a scandal as a commonwealth throughoutjhe land.
It is true that New Jersey has good roads," but theyare
paved with gold stolen from the people of the whole
country. "" ' ,. ... ' . -,
We doubt whether New Jersey's most eminent citizen,
Grover aeveland, can take any proper pride in those
highways. It would be more interesting if he would
write in article on that subject than about the art of
murdering little 'water-animals or presenting ponderous
arguments against woman suffrage. V , ... ,
Pennsylvania's system of taxation for state purposes
is misrepresented by the Statesman. ; New York has at
present the best system, or the beginning of 'one,-of any
state. ' Illinois has made a good start in the same direc-
tlOfl.
A IC BVICI-C V tAOivu mm J
ictkiflg the nearly
it, instead of practicing
not to do-it." : . f ' V -
No citizen of a state should be taxed directly and in
' A Feminine Contractor.
- From the Pilgrim- '
Having no children and disliking the
, Idleness of hotel life, since her hus-
band s business keeps him but a oora--paretlvely
shorsalme Jn n,ltyr-Mre.
William Partridge Is pleased to .asslst
blm. and "by 'so doing has gained the
sobrlqu tJ,ijmT Boss" from the men
whose work. -she directs... JThe flnn.eort-
tracts to drill wells, lay sewers ane
construct water systems, and Mrs. Par-
trldae ihftrouahlv enjoys the out-of-doot
.'-ilfe. When working through rocky
V foundations she calmly directs ths work
of the laborers as they ram dynamite
-Into the drilled holes, and does all the
" work of a foreman as efficiently as any
i' of the sterner sex. As she is ("modest,
! well-dressed young woman, there 1s no
Suspicion that Mrs. Partridge is othet
' then an onlooker until a question la
s .: asker her or she gives en order to the
" ti men who grin and proudly decler
rl they like to be "bossed"' by a woman.
Looks Funny to Himi
From the - Milton Eagle.
' The Republicans of Oregon wbot're-'"
rently met In s paaoe conferenre In
; Portland must have had a Urge streak
'- - of humor In thatr makeup. - In coiMemn
.' Ing eonne wicked constitutional amend
ments proposed by W.JI. U'Ren et aL
-'they resolved "that the state of Oregon
should malnteln He reputation for con
servatism and reliability." "Conserve
; I ism" and "reliability" as applied toll
1 slate that has adopted the initiative and
" n-ferendum. ' local option and primary
C ' election amendments, end .. elected a
", Democratic governor In atate "ia.000
, RepuhlloMn. Is gooto In fact la exerucl-
V
atlaelv funny. It would be hard to find
i more perfect example of sidesplitting
humor.-...' 'j . ' """.;' .'.'
When the Stove Preached.
From the Atlanta, constitution.
De preacher wusa't feel In' good Iss"
( mettle' day, en' bs made d
us iu
tove preach
de eermon. -... ,
, T "Made de stove preechr"
"Tee; made U red hot Turn foo ter
Arn tot' da sinners ter take
" good loo at It an' g ter .UUdOaT.
6 N DAILY1
indspndbnt,. newspaper ..;.-,,-'- -
-PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. ..
THE COAST.
dividually for state
and overloaijt
HEY ARE
masacred,
olet ' '
Snm of them
they have feelings,
flow, even brains to
The soldiers are
Russia is a. hell I .
The man with
the best of 'it, for
Russian i People,
flaunt a red fla gl
H
AVZ YOU
many big structures
the big structures
The present e,ra
and biir enterorises.
know and appreciate
keep close watch
forth Us gratifying
must besanned
Jersey's way of rais
any robber trust that
t,zr..y
SECTION
A'
taken sooner or
" ---as I
worn - out art of owTshould be extended
of a live city why
protection..
The. Senses of the Word. '
From ths New Orleane Times-Democrat
"he Is a lady In every sense of the
word," exclaimed Blifkins.
r "Then ' she Is the most remarkable
woman that ever lived," replied John
son. ;.;.- ' ' '- - '
"What-do -you mean? Aren't there
plenty of ladles In the worldT" y
Tas: but not In every Sense or tne
word. - For Instance, If the woman la
what ru ear. she le not only a woman
of good family or of good breeding and
refinement but she is also, accoraing
to the Century Dictionary, eweet
haart. t local . United States); a . slate
measuring about IS Inches broad by 10
long; the -'calcareous apparatua in the
cardiac pert of the stomach of 'the lob
ster, the function or wmcn is tne tri
turation of food.' And if she Is all that
her: fortune Is made, in the - museum
line.-- ' ' -
After that It was noted thst Blifkins
usually pruned down the remark to "she
is a. lady," simply. . ; .
v Oon'ts on Names.
From the Portland Telegrem."
Don't name a baby after a hero unless
the hero has been dead several years.
Don't hamper a boy with a name that
will prove a heavy handicap In, life.
Don't- name a "girl after - a ' flower.
Think of en old woman called '"Pansy
or "Daisy." r : - " - -
Don't name a girl Violet, when her
disposition may be that of a ttger-llly.
- Don't tack a fancy name' on a kid.
It-makes him a target for bis com
panions. - ' '""
Don't" name a child -after a relative
from whom you have "expectations."
The relative may. yet marry.. '
Don't forget, that the man with the
common name of William Is more likely
to write checks than one labeled Percy.
" Not Encouraging. -
- V Front an Exchange.
"But," said the persistant suitor. "If
I ware to prove to you that 1 would go
to the ends of the earth for ytu"---
"First." replied the Boston 'girl, "you
would have to prove to me that the earth
realty has -ends,, and that you know. Is
1 quite topgselble.'J
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JOURNAL
nt, ivoA&2utt
The Journal Building,
Fifth and Yamhin
revenue. - Nor should a. state get rich
treasury and put on airs by chartering.
conscienceless, robber trusts. 1 - v .
There is a golden mean in the practical business of
taxation, as well as in other matters, ana men oi in
fluence and authority will arise nd getontrol of Af
fairs who will find it. . j - J ' t
THE INUIAL THROES. OF REVOLUTION. 9
DYING, being murdered, slaughtered,
in various. Russian cities the peo-
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are isrnorant oeople, and not dean! but
A body;' nerves to touch,' blood to
think, a little.- . ' r ' '
killing the people, une man nas a
death-dealinsr weaoon: the other man has none. Une
man ts fed to some little extent the people paying-the
other is starving. The wives and children of the men
without guns, and dinners, afe being, killed, maimed,
slaughtered in Warsaw, in St Petersburg, in Odessa, in
Helsingfors, in Baku nd elsewhere. . .
. Pavements are red and clotted with blood. The hun
gry, ignorant people rush upon their death. The czar
goes fearfully through forms of worship. He says he
must maintain -V "holy Russia." The people, say holy
the uniform and a loaded gun will get
. a little while.; The man with an
empty-stomach and a fevered brain, with wife and
children crying for bread that it is his place to supply
and that he ought tohavea chance to supply will
surely have his innings later. . " "
"Where one siich man falls, 10, 100, 1,000 will ariser
And they, too, willget guns or something worse.
Th red flag fa not the jrteht JIag-yet there are times
and Occasions 'when it is;thes (mly; to tinfurl. " The
have a righteous eason to carry ana
-V ,T
ACTIVITY IN PORTLAND.
NOTICED with what complacency the
people of Portland now begin to talk of 10 and
12-storv buildinrfs? Have you noticed, too, how
have been projected or are-actually
in process Ol construction f i inaeea wunin ivjm
main retail sections of. the city, will betransformed by
already in sight. The era of -com-1
ptition now. -upon ua. i no main-uiiiituiijF m u.
mounted when the first big building is under way.- After
that the feveris catching, f : The determination of the
Wells-Fargo peopleto put up their big building and their
later announcement that It would be 12 instead of 10
stories got many others in the way of undertaking similar
enterprises, although -the, actual start in this direction
was made by Charles Sweeney of Spokane whose fore
sight -as. well as good judgment one can now freely ady
mirr and marvel at. "- ' .. . ...
in Portland is the era of big buildings
To keep up with the procession, to.
preciselyhatis.goingonione must
ot the. newspapers. r.acn oay Drmgs
news ana eacn aays announcements
tt ne .desires to De aDreast' otvtncse
The. year . 1906 will-be a great one. for Portland, the
greatest in its history, and the greatest, we -believe,4n
the history of any city on the Pacific coast. Keep your
eye on Portland! - : :.. :
FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE HEtGHTS I
' ' : - ;;. v., :h ,
OF THE CITY of the. importance of
Portland heights should not be left without tire
orotection.- There was a time when' it.'-would
have been' unreasonable for" the people thereto have
asked such protection.-The means of getting there were
difficult and 'residences were so widely scattered that
those who braved the inconveniences for the sightly loca
tion could not reasorrablyask'frdirt the city any special
consideration. .But since the big bridge has been built
and the streetcar company has so admirably extended its
system to that quarter and there has followed it its wake
the building of somany fine new homes,' it. is o.uite
another' matter. V ' i ; '. ':
It is not a'very difficult affair "to extend fire protec
tion to that section! A lire station on Spring street near
where the car turns to make the loop would be most
advantageously situated to reach all jiectiona -with the
least jexpenditutfio Jime and effort. JThattepjnusr be
later; it shoutd, be taKen now ratner
e t',- MvlsKli'rtn
and none worthy the consideration
it should not, ' Give, the heights fire
f
- y Meaning of Surnames. , ,
From the Philadelphia Bulletin. It
Nearly all surnames originally had a
meaning. They , were descriptive of
their owners, in a word, they were
-nicknames, like "Skinny," or "Shorty."
Peel Is a surname that shows the
original-Peal to-have been bald. Grace
means fat fro'ni . the. French Vgrss."
Grant from ''grand," meana big.
An Ollphant should be a clumsy." and
unwleldly person." This Surname was
"elephant" originally.
The Parkers' were keepers ot noble
men's parks. The Warners -wore war
renera or rabbit tendera. The Barkers
prepared bark for tanning. The Lbou-
cheree were PutcbSre. . ' , , ;
. Bell meant handsome. Cameron meant
craok-noaedi Curtis meant polite. , And
Forster mesnt a forester; Nopler, a
servant' in charge of the table linen;
Palmer, a' pilgrim; ' Wainwrlght a
wagon-builder; Walter, a wallbullder;
WebstVr. a weaver; Wright a carpenter.
The Literary Ignorance of Girls.
Jeanette Mark, in the Critic. - '
'The'' students were one yesr and s
half removed from thefr preparation
for entrance. ... Out of 8, (3 could not
tell -when Shakespeare "lived, althougk
either the sixteenth or seventeenth cen
tury would have been accepted aa cor
rect Two student plated him In the
twelfth century four in the-fourteenth,
20 In the sixteenth and four in the nine
teenth century.' Sixteen students did
not attempt. to essign him at all.; On
t .....n-rti ,J
know In what century Milton lived. He
was aaslsned te - the eleventh, r four
teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth
end : nineteenth centuries. ' Fifty-four
placed him In the eighteenth, century,
which the student by the entrance re
quirements, Is. obliged to know better
than any- other, period; Klghty-eeven
did not attempt to assign him to any
century. One hundred and twenty-seven
students did not know. . who Samuel
Johnson's biographer was,. 101 Sot try
ing to assign e biographer, and 24 as
signing - the t biography variously, one
wltfe ft bright Idea te "Himself,
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nuiiuivu miiw , ..m. .ww.r . -,
SMALL CHANGE
No realgnstlonr yet ' . '
' s.:. ' '.
' The capital will not be ramoved. -' ,
.
The blood flowing In' Ruala cannot
have ben ahetf "aJlog-ethtr In vain.
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' "Csar raady to treat.", cava nwa hoad
Una. Vodka or relia-iont
.. .. . ; ..
' Tea, RooMvelt could probably carry
the outh, but if ha won't run, what's
the use of figuring on UT ,1 .. ( , ,
Baly. how dM we" get a lleenao to
make the Moros goodT -V
-. .;: ., : : : ', -.' .
Mr. Reed plainly and clearly tolj
In her will what should be done with
her property. No lawyer's sophistries
can change the simple, plain teot that
her will should be carried out
Iooks like Jerome and the people
might win. - . . . .
-- Well, It la no crime to teics an Inter
est In Japaneae srt , . ,- ;
Portland will soon have still blggat
buildings. :. ,
rhlearo Journal: Let us bs' seourate.
The name of the dowager , empreas of
China Is not Tsl An, as It la usually
written, but Tsa HL Authority. MUi
Anna Carl, who painted the empress
portrait from life. . .. V
Cu nobodr find nut whether the em
peror of China is out of Jail yet, or
whether he Is being kept alive on bread
and water. - -.. . . .
If. the lathmus didn't sink' with Taft
on It It may have a bright future be
fore It - -
Awful winter soon, too, In Russia. "
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Mr. Harriman Is liable to make a eall
again before long; tbla Is not official.
" . . . -
. Getting warm In New Tork.
. J- ' . t a '-a. ,.
Thara could be worse : chief than
Oritsmachar.'
-.'a----
Between studying life Insurance ' and
arguing against woman suffrage and
women s clubs, and playing wttn tne
atrls. Ordver Cleveland la having quite
a strenuous ljfe hlmself.----""i " 1
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Of ' course! "Boas Murphr ""does " not
expect Hearet to be-e4eotedV-e e, ean
satlonal dispatch saya. but doubtless
Murphy le somewhat scared and wor
ried. -,:---v. - i - - -'
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Everybody
prosperous aroond .. Ton-
ealla,.:
Astorlan: .Astoria is about to move
to Portland, pilot commission and all.
Heir SolS'TlgMirlfertttierty and the
pursuit of happiness" has been made
dependent upon this decision by the
I power In. the tower and she. yields at
last only to save her people from ex
tinction. The Delia win tow per tin
next week, .and has promisedtog
slow.""-J r
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Gardiner constantly Improving. .
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Albany Democrat: ' Look at the Port
land hotel registers, always chuck full
of vslley men. , We pour our money Into
Portland. :r:r : " ". -T'rr rrr:. "
. . . ' t . a a' h
Too much, illegal fishing over on Coos
bay; - :" -- ' s" .' '
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-v Frost on the eastern Oregon pumpkins
-lend other things ' '
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Salmon galore on Coos bay, accprdlnit
to the Marshfleld Bun. The run of sil
verslde salmon on the bay has reached
the limit they. are no longer teken by
the packing bouse and fishermen are
compelled to' salt their sllverslde catch
themselves,' but receive 60 cento for
each chlnook, and are "making money at
that figure. Bllversldes can' be had In
numbers at any old price or for the ask
ing. On the Coqullle the canneries are
unable to handle the catch and have
restricted each boat to a certain num
ber. " . -. -
New. Jdewalkf In.stacada., t
t e e
TbfVallir Times: tiisr
exhibit has arrived from .Portland ana.
still boxed. Is In the corridor et the
courthouse. As yet there bss been no
determination of the queetlon of what
will be done with It and there will not
be until the commissioners' court meets
It Is, however, the general idea that it
should be permanently displayed In some
convenient nook at the courthouse.
Wild ducka fine end fat - , i
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The Estacada Brick ft file company
will install an electric light plant
' A Wyoming man is In Polk county
buying sheep, it having been learned
that the breeders of blooded sheep In
that county find reedy market st good
prices usually. ' ..
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Revival services ths main thing ef In
terest In Fossil. , a ' . y.. ?
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Anewunlon"church- Tn Buunyslde,
Douglae county. ....... , ;
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- Glendale men recently shipped $H
tons of copper ore to the Tscoma
smelter. The ore le estimated to aver
age from 86 to 40 per cent pure copper.
The experiment le watched with deep In
terest, aya ths-Glendale News, and It
Is probable that some of the other ex
tensive deposits of copper In the neigh
borhood of Glendale will henceforth re
ceive a more liberal attention from min
ing men. The location of the deposit
from which the Bbove mentioned ore
comes le n the-west. side of Oreen
mountain, in the vicinity of Starvout
... e a . . . ,-' J,.
Farmers still plowing."
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"Never was -the outlook ss bright ss
at the present time fof making of Coos
bay one or tne leeamg naroors on mm
p.nifio coast" remarks the Marshfleld
.... . . - m A
Lflu
n ana jn aoing sv J7. .
truth. . t
Lote of people buy London (a Lane
eounty reeort) water.
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The Cottage Grove Electric company
began installing Its new power-house
Frldey. When completed the plant will
be provided with latest types of elec
trical machinery -with double the ce
paclty It ..formerly had, theprimacy
II nee have baen raised from 1.100 volte
to 2.000 -volts, the secondary remain at
J10 y oils.. . ,..v y . f. , .
A! FEW WORDS FOR
THE NORMAL SaiOOLS
! .' .' From the Weston Leader.
. In no state but Oregon sre the normal
schools regarded ss "Iniquitous grafts"
and "local high schools." The course of
study differs radically f row the regit
lur high school course, and their func
tion la wholly to., train teachers. In
the language of tha pnnurreport of the
commissioner tf education for. 1802, is
sued by the Interior department "in
most statee the normal school system
le en Integral part of - the common
schoo system. ,
The first normal school wss eetab
llshed In Pennsylvania in 1T4S. No less
a personage than Benjamin Franklin ad
vocated Its foundation in an address
before the common . counoil of Phila
delphia. He said that as the country
waa suffering greatly for want of com
petent . schoolmasters, the proposed
school would be able to furnish a sup
ply of such aa are "of good morals and
known character."- k. ' ',.
It will be seen that the-normal school
idea waa far better understood by Ben
jamin Franklin then than It la In Oregon
today by many people who applaud such
expressions as ."Iniquitous grafts" with
no knowledge of the Oregon normala,
their work, history or purpose. There
are now 171 public normal schools. In
ths United Btatee supported by.etate
money, besides many private .normals.
The former are distributed as follows:
Alabama t, Arlsona t. California ,
Colorado 1, Connecticut 4, District of
Columbia 2, Florida 2, Georgia. S, .Idaho
I, Illinois 6. Indiana 2, Iowa 2. Kanaae
Kentucky 7. Louisiana 2. Maine S.
Maryland 1, Massachusetts 11, Michigan
4, Minnesota . Mississippi 4, Missouri
S, Montsna 1, Nebraska 1, New Hamp
shire 1, New Jersey 4, New Mexico 2,
New York If, North Carolina . North
Dakota 2, 'Ohio I, Oklahoma 2, Oregon
4, Pennsylvania . 15, Rhode Island 1,
South Carolina 1. South Dakota t, Texas
4. Tennessee 1, Utah 2, Vermont .2, Vir
ginia S, Washington 2. West Virginia 7,
Wisconsin S. . , '
Many of these schools are located in
the smaller towns, which far outnumber
the eitlee In the Hat given 4n the report
It will be seen that Oregon with four
schools has no more than the' average.
Theae four schools were given by the
last legislature, leee than one half the
sum that Washington's three received,
and. In proportion to- population, Idaho
is mucn more iioerai to its two normal
schools than Oregon,, besides support
ing An. academy- t Pocatello, In Cali
fornia the five normals sak for what
they want and get It without question
from the legislature. Washington ex
pends far mors than Oregon for general
educational purposes, which Is perhaps
the reason that there has been such an
exodus of Oregon studente to Washing
ton. In 1903-2 that atate paid S1.41S,
814 for sites, buildings, furniture, libra
ries and apparatua, aa against $227,071
In Oregon. In the sams period the to
tal - expendlturea for' education In. all
branchee were: Washington. $2,620,742;
Oregon. 11,626.364. -In preceding yeare
alnce 1880 Washington hae also far out
classed this state. - Ninety per cent of
the publlo- school -teachere In Spokane
have had normal training, u -
As for sucking "the public teat" Wes-
ton at lease -has -paid for eome f -4ta)
milk. It at one )me gave the- state a
brick building; at another, ten acres of
ground almost In the heart of town. It
granted free water to house-builders for
the, sole purpose of aiding the school.
the desire being to ..stimulate the build.
lng of cottages for rnt In order that
people who came here for school pur
poses might haye homes at moderate
cost . Many of these cottages ?re now
empty and cannot be sold at two thirds
their ' value, j Relying upon the good
faith of the state, builders have suffered
for their enterprise.
- Supplies, for the school were bought
st the lowest possible price; teachers
were paid ridiculously low wages; stu
dents who came from abroad outnum
bared - local studente In -the ratio ' of
three to one, and were cheaply fed and
lodged at ' the dormitories; nobody
"grafted" or tried . to -."graft" a i cent
from the state : Instead. " our people
were loyal and generous. The assertion
that the "vlllege" of Weeton hae been
a party to "wholesale robbery" and haa
"lived on the spoils" Is a wanton and
gratuitous .Insult; a He roul and dam
nable; a slander unspeakably vile.
, The Season's Lament.
' From tha Baltimore American,'
"Alas!" sighed the maiden, "the fall
- time Is here.
And really this season I've nothing to
wear.
My .waists are aU thin, and my coat's
- out of style. ,
And tu te out my Silk gown Is -yfM
-. worth my while.
Of all my old skirts, not one Is fit to be
r ' ' ' seen: f '. - ' "' T ' '' .
The' blue end ths" black and the gray
and the -green -.- -
Hang perfectly horrid. My bate are too
. light -And
my tailor-made, silk lined... Is elm
nly a fright ' -
Life's not worth- living, indeed, I de-
clare. ' l '
When a girl finds thst really she's noth-
... lng to wesr.
"There. pa)a" sys my, but men grum
ble a .lot ' " " .
'Just look now at all ths good clothes
you hare got;
I'm not made of. money you've more
' dresses now
Then you know what to do with.' And
r then there'e a row.
Men won't - understand that you .can't
" wear this year i .- "
The ' clothes that last season were sim
ply Just dear. -
Whstt wear my old blue.yeloth and heer
the girls esy:' -'Just
Welti, It's made overf-JBhe looks
. like a.ay('; , ' -,- j ' v -; '.
Or whisper when you are going to call:
That hat'e not a new one; ehe wore It
-, last fall.'- .
No, . that's quite Impossible! Pa la
bear! ,
Ob, what shall I doT "I have nothing to
.Roosevelt's Winning Ways.
Charlotte, J4V- C. Correepondenee- New
... Tork Times.
f Mrs. Mary'Al M. Jackson,' widow of
General "Stonewall Jackson, said. yes
terday: '....' ..
"In President Rooaevelt'e Itinerary
through the south he hes probably, made
no more pleasing Impression anywhere
than uponhe town of .Charlotte, North
Carolina. Certainly he captivated thoae
who were fortunate enough to meet
him by his own exceedingly cordial snd
gracious menner.
"When I wee presented te his excel
lency I was both surprised snd over
Whelmed at the warmth and exuberance
of hie greeting. He expressed so much
admiration for my husband, end so
much Joy st meeting his wife, end held
my hand eo tenderly end yet reverently,
that my heart wee deeply touched, end
when he spoke of his pdeasurs tn an
notating my grsndson to a csdetshlp
itWeat Pj?lnt and ' complimented him
aa splendid young fellow,' he etruok
the'tenderest chorde of a very grateful
heart. .
"1 am euro the president is all right
a larga-heertedr'-good. and great man.
His nobis tributes to Generals L.ee and
Jackson proved that he la of the true
metal. - - ' ' "
t "The president's wife made as favor
able an Impression upon the ladles as
any first Isdy of the land could, being
cultured and gracloua, womanly and re
sponsive to all the eager attention show,
ered upon her." ' " ''"-'-
HISTORY AS AN HIS
TORICAL PHENOMENON
i
By Garrett P. Servisa. .-
The conclusion that Aala waa Settled
from America and not America from
Asia, to which tha Investigations of the
Jesup North Paolflo expedition have led.
aa described in the ourrent Cosmopolitan,
la another striking Instance of that moet
wonderful phenomenon in human history
the " constant westward march .' ot
empire and clvillsstlon.. I have - several
times dwelt upon this strange tendency
of mankind to go round and round the
planet, by age-long steps, always In
the same direction. - -
This tendency is eo pronounced In all
historic records 1 that It might have
served aa the basis for a prediction that
the result ot the Inquiries made by the
jesup expedition would be exactly what
It has turned out. If ths conclusion naa
been that 4 he Influx of population waa
from Aala to America It would have been
In direct contradiction to all teachings
of the past " But the conclusion being
what It la. we now see the circuit com
pleted America, before tha dawn of
recorded history, sends Its bribes across
the Paclflo to Asia, .Asia slowly presses
westward upon - Euror' Y with- ceaaeless
conflicts of races anu7 nations, . until,
urged by an Irresistible! Impulse,-Europe,
in turn, leapa the Atlantlo and a new
population pours In . upon the eastern
The story of the westward march of
that population la the history of our
own country, and today, as the rapid
planting of American Interests In the
Paclflo and along - the coasts of - Asia,
show ths tendency of the spirit ot civi
lisation and of world conquest to over
come all barriers In Its constant sweep
from orient to Occident, is ss resistless
as ever.
There IS soma mysterious nrtndole In
volved here: some strange human tnaflla,
which, ae the' globe revolves from west
to east beneath our feet, causes our kind
to drift backward against the rotation,
and thue to circuit the world from east to
west- I do not at present seek to explain
it: I elmply call attention to the existence
of the phenomenon. Indeed, as every
body knows, -Bishop Berkeley long sgo
recognised it In his celebrated tine:
"Westward the star of empire takes
Us wsy." ' ' "
It hss ever been noticed In the growth
of great cities, which almost invariably,
unless local conditions forbid, tend to
expend moet on their western sides. There
are so many subtle Influences enacting
the human spirit thst even tn the absence
of any known physical cauae one may
not unreasonably Imagine that a law of
nature, - aa cogent aa gravitation Itself,
controls- this phenomenon somewhst ss
the attraction of the moon controls the
ttdee and nausea a constant, reslslsnfte
by the waters of the sea to the eastward
rotation of the earth.
In thla law of human movement toward
the west the real peril of southern and
western Asia, and ultimately to Europe,
from the rise -of Japan Is to be found.
Japan will only seek to push her con
quests westward In Asia. Her maritime
enterprise will be confined to the western
shores of that continent For ber also
the star of empire takea Ite wey toward
the Setting sun. . .In view of this England
has done well to pledge Japan to aid her
In defending India, but treaties are no
more than ' pebbles In the current of a
tendency that appears -to be as old as
ths human race and as broad aa tha
earth. The "tidal friction" of future
history will sweep Japan herself ..upon
India.
While we are forced to accept Ade's
Own statement that "Peggy From Paris"
waa but a mild success that - being
theatrical hiotoryi-ll la doubtful If any
musical attraction of the lighter order
will be witnessed in town this season
that "will give greater satisfaction than
the current bill -at the Marquam. .
. -Home f lays carry themselves into Jhe
affection of an audience,, regardless of
ths Interpreters; others . require sn un
aoeat' quality ef oast. In ths lattas
class Is "Peggy" for It Is not Ade's
best work,' nor IS the score ' ell of a
superior order.- The people make it
they make It etrong. ' Ton can readily
discern the method - In the madness of
a management that turned out a crowd
of principals so utterly hopeless In "The
Sultan of Sulu" and so brilliant a lot
In this newer Satirical offering from
that brilliant Chicago man. . Still, there
Is another reason. "Peggy" . demands
only about one helf the number of rail
road fares the "Sultan" doea, and each
Item of retrenchment In tbla respect
can be profitably invested in the quality
of a player. Thte much Manager Corey
has done. For . which reasons praise
Allah! Portlandera heard individuals
last night who were thoroughly enjoy
able "Peggy from Peris," as the suthor
explains In his program, is a satire ef
the distinctively American habit of
worshiping foreign artists. A girl from
the mythical hamlet of Hickory Creek.
Illinois, has, at the end of a long etege
of study abroad, been engaged to open
a Chicago theatre -ae an operatic star,
She le now Mademoiselle Fleurette.' She
used to' be plain Peggy Plummer. - She
brings America to her feet An incidental-
story. Is : ths effort- of ; Peggy's
family to find her, snd her attempt, for
commercial reasons, . to pass oit her
German maid as herself In front of the
family.; It le a long-drawn thread of
a plot but so are they all all long
drawn. We do not go to hear a musical
comedy with, the expectation of study
ing a problem play.-
The company, might have been ex
tracted. Intact, from s ginger box. It
is led hf Arthur Deegon..- You all know
Deagonf. He married a Portland girt'
and was able, unaided, to find Williams
street on a bicycle last midnight to be
the, guest -of honor et a Dutch spread
tendered by hi jwlfe'a uncle, Charles
Smith. M. ""Deagon'S " versatility Is
smaslng. He came here once ee the
pugilist In "The Belle, of New Tork,"
end ths season following -as a romantic
tenor in "King Dodo." Now he appears
as a roustabout In a modern theatre
and a janitor In a Chicago terrace,. He
waa never funnier than last night end
none can be funnier In hie line for he
was working among old .friends, and the
house showered limitless laurele on
him. Of especial note wae his superb
rendition of the pretty melody, "L.1U
My Easter Lily." . If Mr. Deagon will
permit the suggestion, he should utilise
, THE PLAY
JOURNEY r OF LEWIS
AND CLARK
On the Columbia, at Qovernment Island.
November $. Ws we're detained until
10 o'clock by a tog so thick thst a msn
could not bs discerned at the distance of
60 stepe. - Ae soon ss It cleared off we '
set out In company with. our new Indian
acquaintances, who came, from a. -village
near the great falls. .Ths low
grounds along. the river are covered so
thickly with rushes, vines end other
small growth that they are almoet, Im
passable. At the distance of three miles
we reached the mouth of a river the-.
Sandy) on the toft which seemed to lose v
Its waters in a sandbar opposite, the
stream itself being onlyla few Inchee
In depth. But on attempting to wade
across we discovered that the bed was
a very bad quicksand, too deep to be
passed on foot We went up a mile and
a half to examine thle river and found
It to be at tbla distance a very con-,
sldersble stream, 120 yards wide-at Its
narrowest part. Jvrith eeveral ' small
islands. -' Its character resembles very
thacfrthaf of the River Platte. It
drives its quicksand ovsr the low ground
with great Impetuosity, and auch Is the
quantity of -coarse sand which It dis
chargee " .that . the accumulation haa
formed a large sandbar or Island. ' three
miles long and a nule and a half wide,
which divides the. water of this quicksand
river Into two channels. This sand Island
compresses the Columbia within a space
of half, a mile and throws its whole
current against the right shore. Op
posite to this rlver, which we call Quick
sand river, is a large creek, to which we
gave the name ot Seal river now
Washougal river). ' ,.
The -first appears to pass through the
low country at the foot ot the high
range of mountalna toward the southeast,
while the second, as well as all the large
creeks on ths right side of the Coumbta.
rise In the same senge of mountains
N. N. E. from this plaoe., The moun
tain which we have supposed to be the
Mount Hood of Vancouver bears S. S3 de
grees E. about 47 miles from the mouth
of the Quicksand river. After dinner
we proceeded and at the distance of three
mllee reached the lower mouth of Quick
sand river.
On the opposite hide a large creek falls
In near the heed of sn Island, which ex
tends for three miles and a half down
the river; it is a mile end a half -In
width: rocky, at the upper end. hae
some timber around Its borders, but la
the middle ie open snd hss Several ponds.
Half a mile lower is snother Island in
the middle of the river, to which to Its (
appearance we gave the name of Dia
mond Island (Government. Island). Here
we met is Indians ascending the river
In two canoes, but the only Information
we could procure from them wae that
they had aeen three vessels, wmcn we
presume to be European, at the mouth
of the Columbia. We went along Its right
side for three mnea and "encamped op-,
poelte to it after meklng today 12 miles.
A canoe soon after arrived from the
village at the foot of the last rapid, with
an Indian and his family, consisting of
a wife and three children, and a woman
who had been taken prisoner from the
Snake Indiana, living on a river front
the south, which we afterward found to
be ' the . Multnomah (the Willamette).
Bacajawea wae Immediately . Introduced
lo herrin TSpesThat.-be!Bjr-Snake In
dian also, they might understand each,
other, but their language, was not suffi
ciently . Intelligible . to permit them to
coavarsw eeerotha. The Indian hadY.
gun with a brass barrel and cock, which,
he appeared to valuer very highly.
Below Quicksand river the country Is
low, rich and thickly wooded on each side
of the river; the islands have less timber
but are furnished with a number of
ponds, near which are vast quantities of
fowls, euch as - swan, geese, brant
cranes, storks, white gulls, oormoranta
and plover. The river le wide and con
tains a great number of sea otters.
In the evening the hunters brought In
gkme for a sumptuous supper, which we
shared with the Indians, both partiea ot
whom spent the night -with us.
Chamberlain Travels; Hofer Remarks
r From the Salem Journal. V
, Governor ' Chamberlain Is going up
into the Klamath country and will talk;
to the people. - ' t .
The Democratic governor owes his of
fice to hie ability to talk entertainingly. '
He la a practical politician and not
afraid tq Uekle a live wire once in s
while. ' '
- The ticket of any political party these .
daya cannot be filled up with mere,
clerical ability. , i
In . order to win the hearts of the
masses there muet be candidates who
haver convictions. snd the courage and
ability to emrese them.
I Tk nld Portland machine had a hor
ror of a man wno coum uu i i"
people." - -
-They preferred the silent snd pad-,
locked dummy etyle ofA candidate for
governor:- ' ' , ... .
The next Republican candidate for.
governor will probably.be s man who
can talk to the people. 1 - .
Candidates should also bs men about
whoae personal honesty and Integrity
there Is not a perticla'of doubt
If there are any number of people
who believe that he hae been a grafter
in any form, euch a man better keep
off the ticket of any; party In the Rooee
velt era. . ' .
In the meantime Chamberlain goes t
Klamath. - ' .. ! - -
about two bars of that song In a cres- ;
cendo. which will better show ths mag-
nlflcent power which his sdmlrable
voice la known to posseea. , , .
, The girl tn the title role Is Julia .West,
whose grace and vivacity made her sn
immediate favorite. She beare a strik
lng resemblance to Lillian Russell, and
has. in fact, played that prima donna e.
roles for seasons. She le comedienne
of rare ability and yet she gave. In .,
?onnr"tio with "I'm th. Only Star That
Twinkles on . Broadway," a bit from v
"Juliet." that was fascinating enough
to Impel the opinion . that ahe might ,
urceed in a m"re serious line. ' ;
Ae Captain Plummer, the village dignitary-
E. H.- O'Connor provided a deei
of the beet comedy In the piece. Hie
topical eong on modern newspaper ad-
vertlsing was good "for several recalls.. ,
Clara Martin's singing eaptivated the- ..
audience from the beginning. She an- -peered
as Lutle, the sister of Peggy, and
practically opened the performance, To
heer a soprano of sucn rangs snd color
In musical comedy was almost a danger-, -
ous surprlee. - . ' . '
Olivette Haynes ; plsyed the maid,
Sophie, unctuously. It ts a role-wMch
opens with a threat of being short .and
eonsplououV,ut In . sf ter nour. .Jhe ,
young women quite took tlft "'"pudding--tn'
her "Henny" song. ' . -
And finally not leastly there Is.
dainty Eva Bennett, -who le almost
wlthost a peer aa a dancing soubrette.
With Deegon -ss a partner, she per
formed wonderful terpslchorean feats
end at tltmes owned the Show com
pletely.
The other ' rolee ' sre satisfactorily
played; In fact ths csst haa scarcely a
weak spot, reggy rrwn r-srs rnna -
out the week.
- RACE WHITNKt.
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