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THE. OREGON DAILY
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PuWiabed. every evening (except Sunday) and very Sunday morning at
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f NECESSITY OF HARBOR IMPROVEMENT. ;
T HIS IS "A GROWING CITY; r It is growing
I pidlv:Vc expect, -and have
sons to expect, mat wm4comniu5 10 grow p
5diysnd become a very large city. H is port ..It is
-;lcommrcial cityvvlts growth has been, largely-due to,
ihe fact that it fa a, seaport.' ; We expect. out foreign
commerce to- grqw along with the growth of the city.
;lt has grown greatly; it must continue to grow. Sev
eral railroads .already bring a great, amount of . grain
here to be shipped abroad. We ship a ast amount of
lumber manufactured here.; Other railroads are pushing
to Portland from the east, seeking termini here. They,
too' will, bring vast quantities of grain and other "pro
ducts, for shipment abroad, and take eastern return car
goes for distribution, J ' , V , ' ;
. Ve have upent ove a .million" and a quarter dollars
. deepening the channel "of the Willamette .and Columbia
: below Portland and will spend much more: Wa are ask
ing'congress to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
to continue-the work of deepening the bar channel at
- the mouth cf-tha river. 'And all this why? .To get and
to accommodate commerce, ships. Because we seek and
expect a far laYger volume of commerce. Because we
hope to be and intend to be a great, commercial city.
. 1 ) Well, what then?'; All this was known by everybody.
U The particular reason for recounting these facts now
is to emphasize, the fact, that next to the river-mouth
" channel in importance is Portland's harbor itself. , We
are now, 'in "point of time and necessity, facingthe harbor
question, and it must be attended to, must be solved,. If
we-are to have the expected commerce; if we are t6 make
a great railroad terminus,, we must make the Very most
Of our limited harbor,- and do it in the Very best way,
regardless of expense so long as the. money used, is
properly applied to the purpose inr hand. !
The harbor .must be deepened, in places, particularly
. along the edges that is, at once deepened and widened.
There must be more wha'rfropm, and more anchorage
room. . Probably Guild's lake can be utilized later, but
' first the harbor, according' to' some well-considered, plan
and system, must be sufficiently deepened wherever it is
shallow, and widened to the fullest possible extent i
i-i- H kbrto-h drd gin t done h as been of -tittle avail,
because sand lifted from one point often found lodgment
later in another. It must.be thrown out of the river bed
entirely. Probably the low swamp ground on the east
side of the river is the best place to put it. This would
incidentally benefit some private property owners, but
that is no matter if, as it seems to be, the best place
to deposit the removed portions of the river bed. I -But
whateverjs done or however it is done, the "main
object must be accompnshed7nhdiFrsuifemeld"'be
gin working on it, or to begin formulating plant for this
purpose. . :-.. : '.-.,...' , .. - j- ;.
. As compared with the results to be "attained, with an
enlarged harbor, the cost "will be small, even trivial. It
won't do to drift along in a happy-go-lucky way any
longer dredging here a little and there a little, with small
rewMsandjpmhojplactlorjh
This is a very important business .
jpnger.jnegiecica, , ,-,,,," -
What the dock owners will or will
certained. What some of, them would jdo, as to bilk
heading their docks, perhaps others would not rio.':4Vtit
the time has come when tbey should
v. ith -the, city at large for, this improvement. They, are
really most directly interested, but the whole city is in
terested. . . .-.. 1; .. .
It lacks little anarchy alt over
small prospect that a national assembly will be able to
bring order out of chaos; more likely will make con
fusion worse confounded. " 0 .."-.;... --.-L.
THE QUESTIONS AT ISSUE IN
POLITICAL PECKSNIFFS in New York are hop
ing McClellan will win in any case, because they
regard Hearst as "a dangerous man." , They con
sider him too radical, and fear that if he should become
mayor he would disturb vested rights.. . : i
-. But what kind of a man Hearst is, nor what he would
do if he became mayor, is not the' question. The only
questions are: Wat he elected? Did he get more -v6tes
than McCletlan? Is ht legally entitled to the. office?
II inc people Ol n CW lVlR ucbiic IU CICVl unukciuui I , e
man.- Stf have ."l!ect.rihttojte
- ma jot it f uf llieul ttaTTyegafJytIcClellan, as the tool
, :of Boss Murphy, the "dangeroua man." -
r.. The purity of the ballot and the true declaration of
the election result are of far more importance than any
thing Mr. Hearst might, could, or would do. The right
to have the people's will as expressed in an election duly
. declared and carried into effect is fundamental to all
other rights; it takes precedence over all vested rights.
'For without the inviolability of this right our system of
government falls to pieces; there is no longer any gov
eminent by the people; they are not bound to respect
any fraudulent government; hence protection to life
.and property becomes' insecure and volitionary. "'
: 1. It is not only Hr. Hearst and his friends and support
ers who are declaring that the announced result cannot
stand. 'Many who supported Ivins, many indeed who
supported McClellan, are joining in the demand Jor a
full investigation, and X judicial determination of the rt.
suit of the election not on technicalities or hobbling,
wobbly, precedents, but in accordance with the facts in
this very case. . . .-: ., 1 !-. - ' '
. Doubtless Mr. Hearst as mayqr would be a ."dangeroua
man." He would be dangerous to boodlers and grafters,
. Some of them might go to the penitentiary., He would
be dangerous to the big grafting corporations that are in
partnership with Tammany. But nobody has pointed
, out wherein he would be "dangerous" to the masses of
the common people. ' . .. .:.';
However, a.we.. have said.- thisns'lieither Tier nor
- there." The question is. Did Tammany steal the election
away from him? . If so, then Tammany must give 'up the
office to bim. .... ----- .-" ,;. , . ;
LEWIS AND CLARK ;
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. .. Camp at Chinook point. ,
November IS. It continued raining
all nlalt, but In 'the morning the
wrather became calm snd - fair. We.
therefore, beaan to prepare far setting
011W but btfore we wre ready a high
wind sprang up from the southeast, and
MJrrel us to remalnThe sun shone
until 1 o'clock, and we Ifrere thua n-
shied to dry our bedding and examine
our baggage. The ruin, which hue eon
tlnuel for the last 1 days without sn
Interval of more than two hours, has
ompletely .wet sll our merchandise.
polled some ef our fish, destroyed the
rolwa end rotted nearly hair or our lew
remaining arllfles Of clothing, particu
larly the leather . dreaaee. About I
orlook tin? wind 'fell: we instantly
, IcMid'rl h rantn aft.l left tha mlaentble
pdt 10 wjijrh we havn ben conftneil
the Jt tx,.U.ra On turning the point
V ctqe to la. sand beaclt through which
INDBPKNDBNT NEWSPAPER
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many jjood rea-J
arcenjoymg the
climate . of "the -I
the largest , and
growing and prosperous Juty. ana incrc ..
in that part of the statdr as Grants Pass, Medford
and Roseburg, that n'H i'rt"81 thc visitor. . .
Those valleys are the making of the finest orchards in
already tontatn orchards
probably not surpassed in the world. Thc highest priced
1 r a .T - ' VTf ....a mail
carload of pears
raised In profusion
of acres there. '
Land good for fruits i good for -other products
grains, griss, vegetables. It is a. great poultry country,
and the bulk ot tne inanasgivwn
that supply the Portland market are raised in Jackson
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county. ' .
The soil is volcanic, new and extremely rich,- buf in
places needs some irrigatioiv to produce full crops. All
around are" hills or mountains, furnishing water and
timber. On the north are the Calipooiav on the-south
the higher and vaster Siskiyous, on the west the; coast
range, on the east the Cascades, all with spurs and hurtes
jutting ou into the valley, which if small as compared
with the great Willamette, valley .is yet of ample pro
oortions. and in ' which half of Oregon's population
could dwell without crowding.; v T- 5 V T. Y
v There is perhaps no finer all-year climate in .North
America than in the Rogue and Umpqua valleys. Snow
occasionally; frost sometimes; a little of the 'coast raih;
but all-in-all it comes about as near perfection as any one
can find. . ;l .. - ", . '
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session, but would pass fto tariff revision bill. . He comes
as near knowing what the house will do as anybody, arid
come.
his Judgment mwejilieisporoPrrect
and should be no
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not do is to be as
stand together and
fend the people,
railroad.
' It is in the aenate
,; ..
Russia, and there is
NEW YORK.
The Republican
counted as certainly
Illinois, Long of
oossiblv others.
If the Democrats
can finally be talked to death
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reg.on. i
ONE EIGHT -
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district court was
on all employers,
the distinction in
hour law is valid
occupations, we are
runs a smull stream from the hills: at
the mouth - of 'this 'Is an ancient
(Chinook) village of houaea, which
has at present no inhabitants exoept
fleas. .'.....',' -. '--.
Here we met Shannon, who bad been
sent secK te meet ns by Captain Clark.
The day Bhannen left us In the canoe
he and Wlllard proceeded, till tbey met
a party of ! Indians,, who,' having
never heard of us, did not know where
they (our menj came from; they, how
ever, behaved' with ae much civility,
and seemed so anxious that the men
should go with them'toward the sea,
that their auapiclona were excited, and
they- declined going on. The Indians,
however, would not ' leave- them: - the
men being confirmed In their suspicions
and fearful that If they went into the
woods to sleep ' they would be eut td
pieces tn the nisht. thought It best- to
psss the night 4-4he inldat of the In
dlnna: They therefore made a fire, and
after talklug with, thrin to a late hour
MM down with thir rlflea under their
heads. As tber awoke that morning
they found that, the Indiana had atolen
and concealed. their guns. (Hiving de
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: - ' UP IN SOUTHERN OREGON. ? ;
TODAY the eighty-four - business, men "of' Port
land who left yesterday on an excursion through
- the great valleys of the western part of the state
line scenery V7;5
taly - i OregoJuliJt which Ashland , i
southermost town, it is a peauuim.
ever sola in w ui w .v
and other fruits ean be
and perfection on-tens of thousands
' v i; .C'. , '.. " " - '
r Southern-Oregon ;is increasing qutte rapidly now;m
population and wealth. Its'chief' drawback is a long
haul to Portland, but even with this handicap most of
its people are doing well and are content. - : f
.We shall see great development in Jthat delightful and
resourceful region inthenejtfewyears; indeed.ithas
weir DeguTraTready7 Tt is well for "PortTandTousTness
men to get better acquainted with the fine people of
southern Oregon. ' ' ' '; . ' ; ' .' Z... ,"; ? '
The interior department, seems principally busy, as to
irrigation in Oregon, in trying to find out how not to
do it . "' '- "''V'
J.THEENATENPRATEJREGyLATJON
PEAKER CANNON is reported as saying that he
thought the house would pass a railroad bill,
such as is desired by the president, early in the
In the house many members will probably vote lor
the iillr-aitheyefofelio-wonldot-jrote-fot
it if the house vote' were' t&'decide itv. But they wilt let
it go through1 ahd' pas it'Mp to the senate. , Thus they
will keen in the ood grace of the president, won't of
d will have an excuse ready for the
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that the fight will come. The Wash
in'gton correspondent of. the Philadelphia Public Ledger
lias been looking over the senate and, concludes that the
administration measure will .encounter very strong op
position. There are 87 eligible senators. - Burton and
Mitchell are not in a position to vote.'and there is a
. a Mi W . .
vacancy in Delaware. inere are 00 uemocrauc sen
ators, of whom 18 are expected to vote for this bill.
senators" number 54, and of these 23 are
opposed to the bill, many of the re
mainder being in doubt. The opponents to rate regula
tion are. said to include 10 senators from New England,
and those from New York, New Jersey, West Virginia,
Michigan and California, Foraker of Ohio, Hopkins of
Kansas, perhaps Heyburn ot Idaho and
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rally to the support of the president;
as-we think they should do, the bill could be passed,
but if the Democrats, as this forecast "Indicates, split
about even, the fate of the bill would be in dpubt And
e ,-, f , . ,tlt1 m.H
Probably th'e Portland excursionists are out of the fog
today, up ro southern Oregon. . It is a bright, beautiful
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HOUR, LAW CONSTITUTIONAL.
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HE UNITED' STATES i supreme court recently
' handed down a decision affirming the constitu
. tionality of an eight-hour law in Missouri as ap
plied to miners. No opinion was filed, or reasons for
the decision given, Chief Justice Fuller, for the court,
merely announcing that the decision of the Missouri
affirmed.
Not long ago the supreme court, in a New York case,
decided an eight-hour law unconstitutional, and it might
seem that in deciding the Missouri case the court had
reversed itself, but the explanation .. probably is- that
whereas an eight-hour law, intended io be compulsory
is unconstitutional, and when brought
to bear on the proprietor of a bakery, for instance (which
we believe -was the New York case) cannot be upheld,
an eight-hour law with regard to extra-hazardous em
ployment, such as coal mining, is constitutional.
It would have' been interesting, "ahd probably in
structive, if the supreme court had stated the grounds Of
a opinion. It is settled that an eight
as to miners, or at least a certain class
of miners, but not.aato bakers. . But as to many other
till in the dark.
manded them In vain, Shannon eied
a club and was assaulting on of the
Indiana, whom he auspected aa a thief.
when another Indlun, began to .load a
fowling piece with the Intention - of
shooting him.- He therefor stopped and
explained by sign that If they did not
give up the guns a large party. would
come down tne river neror in sun
rose to such a height and put every
one of them to death. Fortunately,
Captain Lewis and his party appeared
at thla time. - The ternriea inaians im
mediately brought the guns and five uf
them cam on with Shannon. ..To these
men we declared that if ever any one
of their nation stole anything from ut
he should be Instantly shot. They re
side to the north of this pleoe and
speak a language different from that
of the people higher up the river..
- It was now apparent that the . sea
was at all times too rough for us to
proceed farther down the bey by water.
We therefore landed and. having chosen
the best snot we could select, made out
camp of boards from the old (Chinook)
, Tillage. We wtte now situated com-.
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SMALL CHANGE
' And that everlastlna box ' ordinate
has pobbed up a a In. - -
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Wa'r aolnt to tieed the best and big
gest harbor ponalblr. .
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At alt event. Bona Murphy ha
phrunk a cond deal la comparatively a
amali potato, as It wars. '
Tjim him waa stuck an Katy.V' ..-;
Honesty U the beat policy, even for' a
Uf Jneurance official. -
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It la a pity Charlea Dana Otbaon,
whan ha went to Kurope, left ha girl
behind lilm.
It's well Charlie of Denmark waa'run.
nlna In Norway,' not In th United
Statea. . - .
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. , Dig -In the harbor. '
Nearly tima for candidates to trot
themselves out, , : , , . , "'..' ..,
An Iowa- preacher , complains that
young men do not set real religion when
there, ar pretty ajlrls attending church.
But doesn't ha know that if It were not
for .the pretty alrls there, the. youn
men would not be there T '
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-The ex-boss shelf wilt be. quite well
filled up after another election or two.
Go after that Alaska trade. . .,
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If MeCurdy's Job Is worth 150,000 s
year. Juow "much salary ought Wltte re
ceive? -' '.'' V . " ' ' ' ' ' " r ' .
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"The. president has bad a lona rtat,4.
remarks an exchange.. -When. we'd. like
to know?. , 1 ' . '.,.'-..
!Oh.' 'he'e a 'mixer, ail rlahf. aaya
the Klamath Falls Kxpress, speaking of
the governor. -7 . ' -r
- Burton must be induced to think bet
ter of it. - . :V-:
McClellan says that "with God s help"
he will keep his promises. And wits
somebody etae'a help ha will keep .thi
office. . ,
Mm. Emma Calve advlsss young girls
to study for the operatic atage If they
have talent, and of course they all have
talent . They will tell you so them
Selves.. .-. - t -' i;r - -
But when is Mr. Meney going to get
around to the job. ot sending Aba Ruef
to tha penitentiary? .'
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Doctors make ' tad criticism ef foot
ball. - .'.. J- 1 - ..
But what Is going to become ef the
grand dukea?. ....... .. -
Senator Clark of Montana aay that
"no man should use a dollar in poll-
tics.", He knows a single dollar wouldn t
go far.' ' - . '
Now Portland and th Willamette val
ley-baker bndB-and-aayHowt", - "
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OREGON SIDELIGMTS
v Threshing on the big Conley ranches
In Union county - just nnisneo.
'The Union flouring mills now have
close to 100.000 bushels of grain on hand.
Every foot of warehouse space and every
Inch Ot elevator room is crowded with
grain. There ia enough grain on hand
to run tha mill night and day until July,
lt0. and grain la aim coming in.
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The Jolly loads ot appl packers that
go by mornings and evenings are one of
the pleasant slgnts orJove just now,
In Athena there la not a carpenter of
painter, who 4a unemployed, ana most
of them, if not all. nave wora aneaa tnsi
will take them well into tne winter,
a e
North Bsnd la to hav a fin new
hotel. ... ' .... .,'. -
I tlfiafinlv Hied ftlin in I'fTT13-!
subnoenaed aa witneesea in tne rues
murder trial at The Dalle..
k Condon stilK grow and real estate
transactions are numerous. ;
, a. a.
A Toledo T-montha-old pig weighed
23 pounds dreaaea. .. ; ...... t-
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'Numerous ; strangers , are visiting
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Vn.l famine Imminent In-several
eastern Oregon towns. If there should be
a bard wlntsr.
Echo will soon have waterworks and
electric lights. 1 - ; , , J,
An Echo man wa . run ever by a
combined harveater and threaher, but
being of atout frame, la recovering,
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Deer are plentiful along Boulder creek
In Tillamook county.
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. Tillamook .Headlight: A large number
of persona have come to Tillamook City
from all parts of the country to do
their trading, and instead of getting
'loaded up' on tanglefoot aa aome of
them uaed to. It I noticeable by quite a
number 'of persons thst their buggies
and wagons were "loaded up" with big
na reals of msrohanuiae and provisions.
cfothlng and furniture for their .homes
and their famines. . . , ; -
A company of men are out. fighting
th Ruaslan thistle near Wasco.y
lone haa
this week.
a race ' track;" races there
"Some Coos bay people won't be satis
fled With less than a 4-foot channel
through their bar. , - ; , .
Coo Bay Harbor: John Shahan la
aawlng wood. ' V
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Pilot Tlock Record:. ' Mrs. George
Barnes hi suffering from a too friendly
visit extended her by a yellowbacks!,
which kissed her on her little right
hsnd. and to use her own words, "It
hurts - Juat awful." . - ' -- - -
Hood 'River la-to have a new. library
of several hundred books.
, e y
Surprise- valley producee a surplus of
honey ajid alfalfa aeed, which are mar
keted In Crook county. '
fortably and being visited by four Wsh
klscums with -wapstnp roots were en
abled to make an agreeable addition to
our foo" , . ; ' , .
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LETTERS FROM THE
. : PEOPLE
'Y'-'A Seaman' Tlew ef It.
Klamath Falls. Or.. Nov. 13. To the
Editor of The Journal I will give you
my opinion briefly -of the Meriwether
liranch tight at Annapolis. I think that
if no hsraher punishment be given Meri
wether he should be dlsmtitsed from
the school and . foraver. Ulsgracad for
participating In' such a brutal flgbt with
a classmate for doing his duty in re
porting him (Meriwether) for some of
fense committed. I think such brutality
should not be countenanced nor tol-
rated by the .omcials In charge, nor
by any lawabldlng cltlxen. Juat think,
suppose it was your . son Instead - of
Branch, and your opinion win soon ds
formed. I .do not approve of settling
petty disputes In that way. And the
men that assisted and abetted in the
nght 'should not escape severe censure
at least,
ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE NAVT.
'' wild ialmals Destroying Qama.
Canby, Or.. Nov. It. To the Editor
of The Journal Atter a . trip
back tn the mountains I thought I would
write In regard to destruction of deer
by wild animals. I wss at the nameless
lake where I "always go aa the last re
sort for deer and found the big wolves
had taken possession of it and had deer
hnnaa acattered all around the lake, and
as a natnral consequence, .the deer had
aklpped for tall timber. , t
Now, I Think, our legislature ahould
nut a. bounty on all wild anlmala that
are destructive, to deer, as that, would
protect the deer more man an iw
game wWdena in Oregon. The game
wardena are a nuisance, anyhow. I
hav a hunting license, while my neigh
bors hunt without them, ana sun m
w.rvt.n knows they bunt without a
license. If it that-way. that those
who don't buy licenses can hunt with
out being moleeted, I guess I will not
buy. a, license .next..ex , - . .
1 t m small enough to accept .a
game wardenshlp I would I do mf duty or
know the reason-wny. "
Oregon City. Nov. It. To the Editor
of The Journal I have read tin sra
tired about talntaa money v
to be bothering tha mlnda of aome ot
the goodygoody poopl of our land.
.ini money, unless It be
coun tdrf elt.- A man may Tiav a polluted
soul and may acquire money j -dlahoneat
mod. But. as eoon as the
money passes into anothra banda It
becomes as pur as the one who rcelve
it 1. Now. some of those men refuse to
accent money of Rockefeller, hut it
some one else goes and worka for the
Standard OH company, or for a, saloon
keeper, for 'instance, and then takea nil
pay, and will go and give It aa a free
will offering to thoae very same people,
they-wlU cheerfully receWe the same
and aak tha blessings of God upon the
gtAgaln.'a man may get his money ever
n iwestlv and give a portion thereof
to benevolent purposea with a aelflsh
motive. : Under such circumstances bis
money would b as-much of an abonat-
pationln the. sight orine iora a iu.j
of the other fellow's. If those men of
mean have their money thrust back at
them aa atnted. ler them go-and hunt
up the poor and the neeay. tne wiuow
and the orphan, who are atruggllng for
an exlatence in thia present world and
lift up their bowed head ana atrwnginen
their feeble hands, and then aay nothing
about It, but go and hunt UP some more
and do likewise. ""'"
The Bast vmatuia IrrigatioB reject.
Echo,' Or., Nov. 1. Construction on
this project and other similar ones has
been dererrea ny tne goTDrHmoin. .
July 1, 10. Whll the people-nd
companies directly Interested In the
TTmatllla nrolect . fully appreciate - th
good intentions and honesty of purpose
of tha secretary of the Interior in hla
decision to defer construction 01 mis
project, yet on account of the peculiar
conditions prevailing, they . feel com
pelled ro petition the secretary to make
an exception in weir nnu.,.
On account of the different Irrigation
companies having their canal systems
under process of construction and large
outfita on hand, and being under con
tracts with settlers to furnish water
for irrigation, and the absolute neces
sity for many of them, to have water
. .... . mmmAm anil nrrhards. and
nthani tn make rvroof acCOrtllPaVJn ,1a W.I
-tnjr-TOTrher delay on tne pan 01 tne
government win cnun nn-.n,.,...!.
and probnbfr financial ruin. It I pro
posed to bring all Influence possible to
bear upon the secretary and appeal to
his fatr-mlndedness to hasten action
and protect the companies ana jana
ommara In thla district. '
The situation tn Umatilla district is
such that it is Impossible ror tne in.
dividual owners to reclaim their desert
land holdings and they are entirely de
pendent on either organised capital or
on the government to fumlah the water;
and It appeara to be necessary for
either the government to proceed' with
construction or the companiea to renew
operations which have been auapended
at th request of the reclamation serv
ice. An Important and enthusiastic meet
ing of .the cttlsens wss held at Echo
today . an) ' was largely attended and
many rousing speeches were mad and
It waaf conspicuously notable that no
reflections were cast upon the ruling of
th secretary, but on the contrary - it
seemed to be th universal opinion that
he will grant the people'a petition when
he fully understands the conditions. A
committee war appointed to draft suit
able - resolutions and a full statement
of the conditions upon whlcb they -are
based and to call a general maaa meet
ing of the cttlsens of the state of Ore
gon to consider and paaa upon the
resolutions and to take such tnesBures
aa seem meet and Just in the premises.
' Another Tlew ef th Sop Situation.
Grants Pass, Or., Nov. It: To th
Editor of Th Journal Th Journal'
article pertaining to, the Armour and
Horst conspiracy to. do up the grower is
certainly but another "facer'' 4 for .the
grower. ' Taking It for granted that Ar
mour and Horst will invariably freeze
out the grower I beg 40 state that I
cannot see that auch a condition of af
fairs could eventually prove mora disas
trous than the growere are at resent
eubmittlng to, 1. permitting consign
ments which is but another Vord for
robberTT turning their hops over" for a
few etnply promises and to a class of
unprincipled dealers that unhesitatingly
boast In the nswspspera that tbey have
obtained the growers' hops without even
en advance. Th grower that permlta
auch a sacrifice must without question
be an applicant for the lunatlo asylum.
Again this mad Belling f hops, less
th c6t of production. The. growers
are not prepared to sustain uch a loss
and nr not onlr adopting the surest
method of . ruining Jhemselves snd the
coast Industry but re dragging down
cher growers In their mad headlong
rUKtr. Whst if the dealera do assure, us
that fliey can purchase hope for I rente
per pound in England? But they doubt
less forget to add tha additional It cents
duty necessary to Import hops In the
United Statea. which would bring Kng
land'a cheap cent hops to IT cents, I
Insist, csn the growers sfford to sacrl
flcs Oregon hops, acknowledged by hop
men the world over as the par-excellence
of hdpa. less th coat pf - pro
duction? To classify Eagland'a moldy,
l.iferlor hops to Oregon's bcauUful gold
tn product It ia an injustice to Ore
gon snd ia absurd, utterly absurd, and
lue growera will realise the enormity of
their mlstske when It I too late. The
beat hop authorities eaaure us England
will demand 60,000 to 64,000 bales from
the United Statea, Very few bales of
1801s have "been carried over, which
would leave a small surplus for home
consumption. -If the growers would csll
a halt and use some reason there still
remains a show for ths remaining few
to receive what they are rightfully entl.
tied te for their hope, which would at
ieaat demand an II to t.ont market
today. " ' V-
The . Waahlngtoh gf owers, who shall
blame them, living aa they do where
bears reign supreme, if they do camp
on - the doorsteps, , a Herman Kluber
of Taroma assures us, tn their- anxiety
to sell? - Btrt I wish to suggest that Mr.
Klaber'a remarks are rather ill-timed,
especially when he roaata those that
held for SO cents. Of course we don't
exstact him to remember the 9.00 bales
heTsecured for speculation at tha begin
ning of the year, or how unkind fata
was when she Interfered with his vi
sions of a It cant market, otherwise 'I
am confident the public would have wit.
nrssed Klaber Instead of the grower
roosting on the doorsteps early la the
morning. But of course It is a Jolly
lot of fun to fling mud; if we feel se
cure ourselves and -are under cover.
Yours very truly. ; '--.'
: MRS. JOHN RANZATJ.
THE PLAY
"Alaa .Family life la not always aa
clean aa tt ought to be!" . -. V s t
Th minister sighed and turned away.
He had told the story of Ibsen's
'ahosts.' ; vi. 1 ..'',-
Possibly you will go horn with shiv
ers and shakea after viewing a perform
ance of lta peouliar nature, but you
will carry with you the satisfaction wf
having heard a master's profound and
ponderous conception of the lawa of
hevedlty. ' Ibsen will live in tne average
mind aa , the original pessimist the
champtoirbrniorbidna.Tn " Tact-ut
one whose realism is so Irresistibly for
th! that you unconsciously admire the
horror la which he literally revels. A
marveloua student la Ibsen and aa a
scholar he la more' marveloua stllL None
other conld conceive a more unattractive
topic than that of a boy who inherits
paresis and compels hi mother to feed
him poison; none other could dress It In
the forceful diction which Is solely re
sponsible for Its success. To hear it
tto return a study s deep as your
first dsy in algebra. And that's the
kind of recreation men often need. -
Jlarry Mestayer. a Portland favorite.
supported by an admirable company,
appeared at. the Marquam Grand last
night in th Norwegian's masterpiece.
The audlencewaa not large, but jf was
amased at" the startling perfection of the
performance) . Th people didn't know
fthat-a -lad - whoUaedto "Tlay- Juvenile
roles in a stock company a boy who
onca worked to make them laugh poa
aessed the emotional quality, that pro
duces Mansf lelds and irvlnga., ,
Young Ma Layer appeared aa Oswald,
the son it Ib the first time a man haa
ever been ' - starred In the - play and
achieved what I may seriously term a
distinct triumph. Oswald Is a part that
call for physical exertion quite beyond
the poaslbllittea of an ordinary actor,
and tha met.tal strain on the Interpreter
must be tarVtflc. Somehow, after view.
lng Mestayer's conception of the unfor
tunate youth, we hope be will not have
to do It long. He worka too hard to
suit our comfort; we. think too much of
him to countenance a breakdown. ' A
bushel of flowers went, over the foot
lights during j the-evening and. If the
audience had its own way. It would have
leaped over the orchestra and hugged
the young fellow as he concluded the
splendid climax ot th last act. -
-At that, Mr. Mestayer waa handi
capped by hoarseness. At times it was
a genuine drawback, while in certain
scenes, strange to say. It waa a remark
able aid. I can picture no more profit-
able m ml It Ion uf the' VineeTTtrttiltrcallyTT
than waa hi In the final seen with the
mother. . .
Another capital performance' wa that
of Norval MacGregor, th pastor of th
east. Ibsen tried to make of him a
certain species of mercenary animalism.
but tha actor vested the role with such
dignity and unassuming strength that
there Is a question aa to the author s
auoeera In his evident ambition.
. Grace Lockwood, as the mother, waa
put to a severe test, and proved sterling,
but she haa no greater asset than the
pleasing quality of her voice. -"- -Th
Reglna. Stella Raaeto, portrayed
the servant ' girl finely with-1 Just
enough, chic of manner and personal
charm to attract a poor fellow In Os
wald' condition. '.,-.
Finally, bu,t among ' the best, was
Edwin Bailey's Jacob, tha- cripple.
A, matter of atudy, you owe It to
yourself to hear Ibsen at leaat once a
year and ' there will be no better Op
portunity : than Mestayer provides In
"Ghosts." RACE WHITNET.
Sarah Bernhardt in ebt . -
London Correspondence- of the Chicago
Tribune. ,
It Is possible that readers In the
United Statea may- not know why Sarah
Bernhardt' present tour In South America
and Cuba has been undertaken. They
may not aware that it Is beaause she
Is In sore financial atralta that the great
actreaa of our time haa left her beloved
Paris and gone ' barnstorming to the
other side ot the world at the end ot her
feith year. .. . . "-,'."
Bernhardt, however, la desperately
hard -up. ' Her experiment of having a
theatre of her own In Paris has-proved
a disastrous ens how : dlssstroua-cveo.
her Intimate friends discovered only
recently when, they found out that. the
rent of the playhouse bad not been paid
for. over four years. - It must be con
fessed, however, that It la because Bern
hardt la only wn indifferent buslneaa
woman that she finds herself in her pres
ent situation. It la true thst she ha
bad bad luck, but she haa been reck
lessly extravagant In staging moat of
ber piece. Her artlatle conscience woul)
not be eatisnea witn "well enough, and
on of her recent Sardou productions .ddat
in staging ana costummg nearly vw.000
francs, or $150,000. Moreover, . tha actress
was foolishly generous te those dependent
upon her and never counted what! she
gave them. - So her theatre Is let and
Bernhardt will not be seen In Psrls again
until she has succeeded In msklng money
enough to pay at least psrt of her heavy
liabilities. . ; t '
: ' Real Knowledge. :
'"': From th Cnlcag Tribune. . -'
Knowledge la the. power to conceal
whati you don't know.
HAS HILL BOUGHT THE
CANADIAN PACIFIC?
Prom the Wall Street Journal. 1
Coincident with the departure of J. J.
HllJ . for London, cable messages have
been received from abroad to tha ef
fect that J. J. Hill and J. P. Morgan
have bought control of Canadian P.
clftc- The rumora may -be taken to ac
count, In part, for tha atrength of the
stock although they probably emanate
from speculative pools; ,--
"A prominent New York' win merchant
Is estimated to have had In Ida pos
session at least 100.000 sharea of -Canadian
Pautna carried in various of
flcea. The Hon. Jefferson M. Levy has
been for many months advising all hla
frlenda and associates to buy Canadian
Paclrto atock.
If it were possible for. Mr. Kill to
secure control of Canadian Pactflo he
would thereby have come to dominate
th railroad situation on this contlnsnt
to a degree never before dreamed of.
He would absolutely dominate the en
tire traltlo of the northwest, Alaska and
the growing Industries of British Columbia.-
He would practically have a
double line across the continent, and
would control trana-Paclflo trafflo and
export trafllo. from the northwest, both
toward the gulf and through Boston
and the northern porta. The 800 line,
controlled by Canadian- Paclflo, la the
greatest existing menace to the Hill
linea. ;: ,- .v . ,
- In railroad circles, and more especial
ly in Canadian I'aclfla circles, it Is not
believed to be possible for either Mr.
Hill or any other American Interest to
secure control of Canadian Pacific. The
reaaons that underlie thla - belief may
be -outlined aa follows: -" -
. In addition to about 1101,000.000 of
common stock there are outstanding
over 117,000,00 of preferred stock,
which may ba Increased to $60,000,000 at
the will ot the dlrectora, - It would ba
absolutely Impossible to, buy even a
very email proportion ttf thla preferred
stock In the London market which Is
the only market where it is traded in.
To buy control through the common
stock it would be necessary to aecure
over $70,000,00 of the stock.-
In the case of a stock aa narrow aa
Canadian Pad no has alwaya been. It la
extremely Improbable that over (0 per
cpnt of the issue a It stood jon July
1. jvvt, ana UVU I. trc ....... w. -"-
Issue as it stands today could ha vs.
been picked up tn tha market, Canadian
Pacific atock haa alwaya been extremely
well dtatrlbuted, over 18.00 aecurlty
holders having been on the books of
the company at the laat report.
In addition. It la doubtful -that any
syndicate of American banker or rail
road men would undertake to control
th great Canadian railroad highway.
s.ioK . t iiw -would mean . that tinmen
dlately-aU-tha-political. munlcipaL-and
individual efforts or Canada ana us peo
pie would be directed asmlnat the Ca
nadlan Paclflo. IU would undoubtedly
mean that the present liberal govern
ment In Canada would b; maintained In
power in perpetuity and . would be
strengthened la lta present opposition to
the Canadian 'Pacific. The people of
Canada would undoubtedly Indorse the
pushing of Grand Trunlt llnea Into every
respectable trame point on tne v.ui
Pacific if the latter were controlled by.
American capltallata. Aa to-th hint
that Lord Strathcona ba Bold nia tora
to Baring Bros, tt Co. of London. Hill
brokers, . there ia no wonftrnuttlon what,
ever of thlg sunrise. Even if it were
so. Baring Bros. V Co. are an English
house ef wide commitment, and auch a
transfer would not mean, of necessity,,
that -tne Hill lntereat had purchased
this stock. ..r -'(':.- .' .1' "''.
Lord Strathcona ia th Canadian high
commissioner to London and Is thor
oughly a Canadian olttaen. "80 long, a
ha retains his interest In the 'Canadian
Paclflo hla lntereat will certainly be-
Identlcal with th preeent Britlah con-'
trol of the road.
- It la not necessary to conclude that
the Canadian' Paclflo ia to be always
Inimical to the Great Northern or its
owners. . Th two road can cooperate
with excellent effect Such cooperation
would eliminate the moat telling factor
In the trafllo situation in the northwest,
and would probably remove at once the
possibility that the London and Mont
real interests may push a through line
through Great Northern territory Into
that aom form of cooperation la under
contemplation s .
British Justice. ."" ; :
. From the London' Mall.
The painful formality of aentenctng
an aged woman to death at the Old Bai
ley t recounted on tlje editorial page of
The Journal laat Saturday) haa come to
lta expected conclusion." andthrwoman,
Mrs. . Reddon. who was charged with
the murder of ber husband, has been
respited. Th sentence or oeatn was
purely formal, for, according to the
law. If two persons agree to eommlt
suicide and one of them survives, the
survivor Is guilty of murder.
In the case of Mrs. Beddon, she and
her husband, whov- had recently , purchased-
a confectioner's business at
Mortlska, tried to end their many trou
blea by drinking together large doses
of. belladonna liniment on September 1.
The huabsnd died from the effects, and
on October 20 Mr. Beddon was con.
demnad to death. --
The Salvation Army, In a letter to the
home secretary, asked that Mr. Seddon
might be conditionally released, and
added that In th , event .of this being
done Mrs. Booth would receive the
woman Into one of the army homos
suttabls for her reception.
In reply an official of the home of
fice haa written: ' -
"I am directed by. the secretary of
state to Inform you that the capital sen
tence haa been respited, and th ecrs-
tary Of state ha advised hla majeaty tt
commute the sentence to one of pennt
servitude for life.' '
it Is in accordance with the ordi
nary practice to commute the death sen
tence In auch cases to penal servitude
for Uf In th first Instance, and the
secretary of stats will be prepared ttftj
a ahort Interval to-consider the question
of releasing the woman on license, whfn
be will-be glad If poealble to take ad
vantage of Mra. Booth's offer to receive
the woman Into one ot, the Salvation
Army home." ..- . .
- Owl Blown Aboard Jh!p.
From th New York Sun.
A big black wt was blown aboard the
British steamship ' Turklatan, which
docked yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn
with the first cargo of Turkish dstes
shipped here this season. The owl
landed when th ship wss about .-4S0
miles east of Sandy Hook. A westerly
gale, which - the owl could not tack
sgalnst to work Its wsy bsck to land,
exhausted its strength, and It lit In th
ship's shrouds and submitted to capture
with a feeble protest, Captain Paton
gsvo It to J. J. fli-hmidt. buyrrfOT anl
ma! dealer Bartels, who turned It over
to- Mr. Hornaday of the soo. . ' .
The Turklatan brlrfe IM.itd case nf
da(s and, 11,600 bales of licorice front
Buaaorao,
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