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Hnlili'Cl ii ' H MONDAY. NOVe:!! 7. ir?3. - ,
. , - PORTLAND, r. OREGON
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T H E O R E G,O N ' D A I L Y VJO U R N A L T
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' Publiahed very eveninj (except Sunday) ,and tvtrjr Sunday mornlnr. at The Journal Buildine;, Fifth and Yamhill ieaat the barrucka are. so w
v.. I;, -.v. v.. , .v. streeta, Portland," Oregon, V,; :. 'S i , ' Portlued and Wnola 8am wltt b.
' -"W.-.r '' '"' : r 1 V- : : 1 - .- , ' .
Vancouver needn't get excited; it 1
iuet outalde the tour-mile limit- At
war etweea
be averted
' PARALYZING RURAL DELIVERY.
it
WAITER in CoUier WeeWy, produces. great
. deal of valuable data on a question lo-wiucn ihc
ToiirnaT Pa. fcduntly called atttnttort, lie
ay: "On every Weefe da over 30,000 post wagons
" "traverse the rural, post (.routes of the United States
tarrying to" toe homes. of eh.l2$ American citizen kings
- m the average . route . ubward of 4.000,000 , in alV and
. representing a-population or2QjD0Q,0Q0) the letters, mag--
' azines and newspapers wftich, among other tnmgs. Keep
them Informed as to-the plans and movements ot their
- public servants: at the tenters pf public business and
which also adVertl td thetn that most important in-
telliffenee to" the modem man-i-namely intelligence as to
i Where pest tq satisiy nis wants anu Dispose i i ware
' " Strangely enongh, while' hia public servants have pro-
vidcd him "with a public vehicle for .the transportation
, of intelligence they have, excluded him-''from -its- us
either for his own transportation or for that of his sup
plies or his produce. 1 The unconscionable tax 16 cents
pound on merchandlie'itmited'.tp four-pound parcels
Jj On the first establishment; of the service, the writer
goes on to say, many, I the. owners, ot.tne rural post
! wagons believing themselves entitled, under the law, to
4he right of the old stage coach. added to the transport
of the mails the regular post coach traffic carrying at his
tiwh risk whatever was offered, making a fairly profitable
' business for'himself and" for his patrons. We believe it
.was elsewhere'as'it was he"re' in' this respect. No one of
1th e rural carriers set out deliberately with the idea of rs
tablishing anything in the nature of the old stage coach
; oute. ' Passing every day. the farmers .found it a great
convenience to send uito town by the carrier an order for
such things as the carrier could bring with him in his
.vehicle? "For this" service, he paid the Carrier sonieth"lng
and found the investment ' both' convenient " and profit
able because it saved him the great lops of time in going
into town himSclf. This was one of the great elements
of popularity in the' service and one Of, the most prao
tical demonstrationa of jta value... y "i :j
- '. Ayear ago this feature of the service was eliminated
and the service put upon precisely the same basis as that
of the city carriers. A carrier is now limited strictly to
. carrying the mails. This averages about 20 pounds in
weight and about a bushel in size eaeh day while. the in
come received from the less than two pounds of mail
matter originating on the average daily route is not over
41 cents against an average cost of over $2 a day, The
writer concludes-his article wiH these word: "The re
striction of the rural post wagon service deprives the
Jpeople of its reasonable nse, cuts dowrr iu Turnings, re
tards the development of Ihe country, and causes a de
ficiency in the postal revenues, which for the year end-
. . ing June 30, 1905, exceeded $14,000,000.'': ; ji . rf .
When (he rural routes were first organized f they
moved along the line of least resistance which insured
, the bet possible service in all . direction to "their "pa-
' trons As soon as congress .discovered 'this it immed
iately proceeded to hamstring the business, to cripple its
r efficiency, to make it a burden, to the whole people and
fit-' .-S a . T
ii nas mow oeauiuuiiy succeeded. in tne coming session
the rural free, delivery matter: 6hould receive tome intel
1 li'gent attention PVea, tWigh.it may thus invade the pre
cincts-roade sacred to express companies. v ; - ,'
A home. for hi ah financiers of defeo
tlve memory aeema to be needed.
hould have strnna lorks on the doors
lawns':';; rany.olUcm have Yound' that attention these
details has a Very appreciable effect uoon the Orica of
A , . , . - w , f uuum mif aka'iia
uruueny, inciuoing vacant lots, in the npitrlihnrhnnil I mtt kurmt wliuinwi. Men who can re
and thia has, done much to arouse interest in a matter I member little or nothina about trans-
tfiat -on the Whole has rereivrH - , ; I acrione inTOivina- un. m i.iuuo.uut
deserves. 'ift. . , . . ,
So far as business blocks are concerned,' there never
were so many of them in sitrht and in nrosnect. Most
of them are being built not only to meet the exigencies
which pow exist but with an eye, to the great growth
which it is now evident to everybody is upon the city.
Indeed the outlook 'is such a to, arouse the enthusiasm
or million of dollara are not fit to be
at larae. let: alone bundling other, peo
pled money. ;.
. Next to the turkey ralaera the erun
berry growers , are feeling moat . Jolly
juit now. . ,..-.; j
of the most conservative.
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:THEY ARECpMIN FATHER ABRAHAM.
SEVERAL- 'eastern newspapers are. , induginc.; in
much speculation, with reference to the enormous
activity now being displayed in railroad building
in the Facifi-orthwest. They seem to be surprised
that conditions should warrant this activity, in which
they display their complete ignorance of the development
and potentialities of this great section. Indeed when a
stranger comes here and looks over the field, when he I paragraphera.
notes what has been done and the bewildermglysyaried
products and resources of the country his chiefest sur
prise is that it has so long been neglected by . the 'fail-
roads and the settlers who are endeavoring to eke out'a
hard existence in less favored parts. "''""",
Elsewhere they talk glibly about states that are em
pires but here in Oregon they find demonstration of it.
Any condition ot climate that is best for the temperate
zone may here be found; here also' may be found delight
ful, climatic conditions nowhere else' duplicated in the
whole United States. No matter what he wants to raise
he may here find sections where he Can raise it td per
fection.'- Some great states have preeminent reputations I win do,
for raisin a: one oroduct: Oresron can match them with
a dozen, in all. of which it is entitled to preeminence. L!? ! J ometh,n ?n advance to be
inc severest cruicum iiiai can e airccica against vyre-
gon i that its own people have npt been sufficiently J ,if you want to flih, flah; the law
awareof its enormous advantages. We are Indeed just J amounts to nothing., , j
Our grandchildren -will eat no salmon.
When the frost la on the burdockr
and the npude are in the aact (Copy-
rlgat applied lor,) ,, , t-
If the turkey knew what waa coming
his gobbling would not be In term of
thanksgiving. Hut how about the reat
Of UB? -'.,'..,.-,-.,.,.
). ..:: ;e -. .
I ex-Governor Qeer a i"mlscetlaoeous
canqidate", at laatT, . .. .v
''-' e e "; '' '
' Really, we'd rather hla.' name wasn't
Tooae. It'a too tempting to- ua pert
But think how you can taste the ail-
ver only S3 a fowl. Luxurious!
. Many Inqulrera about Oregon now.
But we refuae to- thank the Dlngley
' Kalae your umbrella and look pleasant
Don't buy any- more turkeys than can
ne eaten. -' ....
Well, a good, big, fine duck or two
Make somebody happier:
beat wajr to be thankful. .
that's the
Remember 'the poor.
"United Oregon" la the m
When the frost-! la on the bridge and
Mogan.,
T . . . CROWING PORTLAND. -
t rAKINCboutgTearTowth-have-yoa""VefyTe
. cently taken a trip' over Portland and noted the
way it is building up? It is well worth while.
Suburbs arer developing' with -mushroom-like rapidity
but it is noticeable that the character of the buildings
being erected is such as to give pleasure rather Than
' ' pain to the observer. Every residential section of the
, city js growing but there are naturally more new homes
; j being bnilt on the east than the west side. - A fine cir
cumstance is that mojit of these new homes are being
built for their owners? Portland is becomingf strikingly
noted as a city of homes. Some suburbs of which one
scarcely hears and of; which thlre is a dim impression
"that they are so far out they must be in the farm belt,
are growing so rapidly as to amaze one who does not
keep close track-of this developing city. Other sections
that are better known surprise' one1 with the Quality of
the houses that are being built and the pride which the
owners take in the, surrounding. More people, than
ever Wore are now giving heed to the surroundings of
their homes. f They are more concerned in the quality of
. the sidewalks and curbing and in the appearance of their
beginning to appreciate our. advantages and blessings.
being stimulated thereto by the enthusiast of people com
ing from elsewhere and contrasting their-own sections
with this:::-.M:. i,-".: . ,,K,X ::.), .
The immigration (tendency toward the Pacific: north
west is at last; definitely defined.' To many people the
region has come with the force of aq original discovery.
Indeed so enthusiastic are the reports which these new
comers send back that strangers to our advantages have
iffirtiltv n rklit?laar thm Rtt whfcn tl...
....h... ... " O ......... ' niibi. "ivj wiu H'v , fh. ttkmv tm n vnn.
j: .i..t-t.-ift.- . . I
uiscuYcr inn inc nm nas nor Deerrtota ana sonve are
dvertised toy our loving friends. .No part of the whole whr. a. h.if the neoni von' mMt
T T I. A C. . . . ,,1 J . . ... . .. I. . . . . . - .
uniiea states . win oeveiop so rapwiyijn. jnenext ten on i anow wnat party tney peiong to,
- - . 1 T f " .1 . - . . . ... 1 Tl.ffaniwvHAMU. k,u. a-st. . n , V. . n .4
years as me jracuic nortawesi. it does not neea to de
pend upon lurid advertising to attract people here; they
are drawn by the sheer merits of the country itself.
When they once come they never want to 1eaverOa the
contrary they communicate the enthusiasm which thev
feel to friends living elsewhere., As a result they are: road to Tillamook with two connections
comma oy scores' and hundreds to th s favored Jandlsuea
and there is room for them all. '
LETTERS FROM 'THE
X- "'PEOPLE '' V;-t"
'Organlaattone" have-cone ta thunder,
Work somehow for jgood -roads' six
dara'lw he-week.,-t v j . :.;.'
Why, of courae, there will be a rall-
C60D MEN NEEDED.
X
HERE has never been a" time. in the history of
Oregon when it was more imperative that its
people should choose wisely in selecting the
men who areTo represent the state in the halls of con
gress... Within the next half dozen years matters of the
gravest importance to the future of the state must1 be
determined. The completion of the jetty at the mouth
of .the, Columbia, the construction of the Celilo canal.
the deepening of the river from Portland to the sea, the
irrigation of the state' arid lands these are " projects
whith are vital to Oregon's development 'and if they ate
to 'Be carried to a successful consummation the state
must be represented at Washington by men pf brains, of
influence and of energy. V N i - tw-vv'..- i .,. . .v ?
Within the next four months the people must choose
their nominees for congressmen and must express their
preference fqr United State senator. Mistakes ,vill be
costly. ) The lessons of the recent past should not be for
gotten." Oregon is t.ow paying the penalty, of careless
ness and indifference in this matter, and if weak and in
ffficient men are placed on the delegation the-results
may be even more . disastrous, than they have, been al
ready. This is no time to send to' Washington shallow
demagogues, whose only claim to office is that they
want it ,-' -.' . .t ..IT.)- ( u '-i :: ':..:o;t . .
The mla't li'on the molntaina. and the
elvea are filling fountain, and the rivu
let and. rllla are throbbing with the
autumn thrUls.t. ., ,
A . New York paper eays that more
people were entertained week before laat
In that city than In any previous week
In Its hlalury. Thla,-rf-tTuer1"prooff
lota Of money In the country.
; Far-Western" Jouraaluira. V f
From the Mlnneipoll journal:
: "It aounda like a yarn." aald a Chi
, eago antiquary, "but here la. the proof.
"Look at It for youraelf." J; J
He opened hla Scrapbook to a clipping
yellow with age. It was a clipping from
. a newapaper of Tombatone, and It ea.i;
I Wi hopx that our rxadxra will parj
- . on thxt appxarancx of thla wxxk's In
- - txlligxncxr. and thx axxmingly myatx
1 rloue absxnc of a eXrtaln lxtur.-
; " "8am Bllbxr eamx into our offlex
yxatxrday and etatxd that aa hx waa
' going ahootlngsand had no-ammunlrlon
hx would Ilka to borrow aonis; of our
' trpx. for ahot. rixforx wx could prxvxnt
It hx had grabbxd all thx lxttxra out of
: -' thx mont important box and dlaap
'. ;r,,. pxarxa.- t.M' ' . ' . '. "
"Our rxadxra can -hxlp In rxplxnln
; ; Ihg our atock If all thoax who wrx ahot
by Bam will ax thx chargx whxn It la
plckxd out of thxm and rxturnlt to us.'
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'ilr:f'$ - Evtrybody Tickle-Li"'-'
' '! ?- From the Chicago Evening Por,
Mr. Hyde admlta that ho waa "tickled
' . aawtelb tka 1 .i m
-.tt-w .... Hia- i going o firii aa the
- ;. mni ambaaaador. ..But ft 1 aafe
1o umr that ha waa not half ao tickled
v jpa waa Mr.. Frlck when be made the
auggeatlOD, or aa l .,!, i-i.
Cbaunoey Depew when he aeJo'nded It.
miiPi nave oeen- the tuiim In. t
Trealdent Koavlt when Mr. Hyde ap
peared at the White Houae and laid the
matter' BOlemnly bfore blmt Mr. Kooxe
velt la, not altogether a mn with the
keeneat aOnaa of humor,, but. if 'thu4la
of aendlng Mr.t Hyde to Peria did' not
make him aqulrm with delight down In
the abort rib he is even mora oleoin
than w think. .. ,. .;:,' ., , .
T;?-'Backing Castro. ' .;
Front the J - eapolia Journal. -.
. Tli a aaphalt truat chargea Prealdent
Caalro with blackmnIL While oppoaed
to blarkmall, the'enlire world will hope
that Caatro threw It Into the aaphalt
truat good and plenty. It needtrlt. -
Surfeit of Pleasure,
Rv. rr Motirtr' Olbaon in' Home Mea-
' - -'. aenger .
The age la Buffering from an iembr
raaameat of rlehea In the way of amtmo-
monta.- There) are ao many enjorabl and eannon raminnti.
tMnre that taora la aa time for enjoy-i him. Hi waiting at
i .' ;. - ... . r.-.i, , L " avneaa tow iiuasia.
' " f '-y A 'Big Hon.' ' '
From the ABbJand Tribune.
The. Carter Bro. have brought thelr
Ull horse to Aahtand. This morning
the Tribune man visited Mitchell's ata
bl to "have a look." and although he
waa propared to aee a tall horae. did not
expect to aee over a ton of horeefieali
plied up on four lege to a height of
H incnea. . . . . .- ,
The owners of thla-unique akyacraper
are K. A:' and B. K. Carter, who pur-
cnaaea tne animal rrom a Harney
county' rancher who raised him. The
horae la of Hambletonlan atock. but ha
never been broken, and Is eonaiderahle
of an outlaw, altbouah he annarantlv
haa a wholesome respect for L A. Car
ter, Who exhibits him. An ordlnar
lusea norae tooaa ilka a pony when led
up beside the huge equine.
imagine a dark horae ao tail that It
would require the use of a ladder to
mount bim and a DSrachuta to (Unmount
and you have a pretty fair Idea of Oen-T
erai urant, the tallest:' horae 1 . the
world: welgha over 2,000 pounds, atanda
Ilia Inches high with hla eocke off. but
doesn't aeem to mind the attention be
receive rrom the gaping orowd,. - "
Advertising Space for Uncle Sam.
, . Waahlngton Diapatch. ,
And. , Bpeaklng of-being tickled, what fverfnied In the newapaper hereafter.
Flret Aaalatant ' Poatmaater-QenerAl
Hitchcock" ha made - an. tnveatiaatlon
which shows that SO per cent of the
uncalled-for. letter which have t ha
advertised are addreened to persona who
do hot live la the town or eity 1n which
4h advertisement are published,,' T!i
average- cost of- delivery of the few
rmallng la from 85'oenta to 11 a lett-r.
m-Tuiure postmasters will ainDl Dotit
a- typewritten Uat ot , the letters re
maining uncalled for. : .. ... r, ,
UMeaa conareifR htereaaea ronalrfar.
ably the I2I.000 appropriation for adver
naing the time of cloalng ,for foreign
malla the poatofflce department Intends
to cut thkt off also. ; The poatofflce of
ficials hare decided that apace In dally
"-piwr naa tuvome too valuable to
OREGON SIDEUGHTS
warrant tta uae by the department.
2.' A Man of "patience.
rrm h r; ruis Olobe-Demooraf.'
One thlrg to admir in r-rmnt witt.
IShla unflagging patlPrtee. With flnme
about
roaring
111 can aee peace
I vino Boss, Takes Him Home. 4 :
j 4 From the New York World.
William M, Ivlna.. who Is probably
the. moat cheerful loser that added to
the gaiety of politic, had ten hours'
sleep on Tuesday night. ' He was Just
about getting up at bis headquartera
in tne uresnn. hotel yeaterday when a
weii-gownea woman walked up to the
elerk'a desk and said: . . ; .... , .
"Tou hay ta, gentleman named Ivlna
stopping temporarily in your hotel. -He
haa been running for an office of some
aort' receatly, and. If I remember cor
rectly, he says he has no bona., Will
jou kindly send up my card?"
, The clerk waa about to call one of
the porter, "becauae," as "he explained
afterward, ?'I though the ladywaa -a
trifle eccentric." a
Bhe.did not give him time.' however.; .
( "Juat say to him that Mrs. Ivlna I
here. I'll show him whether ho haa a
boa or not. He's forgotten to come
home for four daya la the excitement
of hi office running." . , .
' The cheerful candidate 1M nnt wait
for the elevator to obey the aummona.'
He waa at homo laat night.
" "'"'
Refused to, Accept.' Message, f .
Richmond, VlrgInla,"Tispatch Jn "New
r- York World. - .
, John Biggs, night clerk for the West
ern Union Telegraph company at Kor-
roix, na Been aiamiaaed peeauaa he re-
fuae'd to accept an unpaid mranaa
Trom-rTeaiaetrt-ROoafvelt to hla wlfel
at yvasriingion. i
The meaaogo wita received by wlreleaa
at the torfnllt; navy yard from the
cruiser West Virginia while the presi
dent was 'at aea after hla Southern tour.
It waa transmitted from the naval sta
tion to the Weatern Union office. "by
telephone, but the clerk refused to ac
cept It. easing that It waa against the
rule of the company to accept unpaid
messages. The officers of the company
decided that-be should have used more
discretion. f .
' New .'newspaper at T6aldlaw, Crook
county, and Whltelake, Klamath county.
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: Laldlaw Chronicle: Th men who have
hung ao tenactoualy to their range horses
through ail th year that , these au!
mala have been practically worthless
er.about, to have their Inning. Tho
horee that la now commonly Jcnown here
a the "fussy tall" la rapidly taking
th place of the larger breed In railroad
and canal work, where alio ,-la not e
requlalte as toughneaa. The converting
of the desert her Into farm destroys
th range .that - thousands of. horae
have heretofore roamed over and the
time for them to rale In price could
not have been mpr opportune.
-'. ' ' ' .
- A Hood River man who haa been on
a trip back east aaya he heard of 40
famllie who. wer coming there next
aprlng.
If tber I any finer timber on earth
than that of the Sileta, the fact la not
on record, aaya the Albany Herald. With
Yaqulna harbor the acene agatn of active
ahipplng, a suitable logging road Into
the Sllets, aome disposition of govern
ment to arrange for title to land there,
no part of the valley would- ahow
quicker growth than Lincoln county.
' ,'" ;v, '. "'" e ',.'.;, . ... --.
, Two Vmatllla county neighbor ranch
era have finished, seeding 1,000 acrea to
wheat,, and will seed several hundred
acre more in the spring..
; ' ,,'.' i '":'" '' ";'.'..
i One Baldwin apple raised at Under-
wdod meaaured One way 14 Inches ami
the other way IS tt: another. 14xia;
some BellOowers. lavixltH. The Bald
wins weighed between 17 and If ounces
each, .Bellf lower about 14 ounces. -
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' Eastern men who have large- timber
holding at the head of Mill creek In
Polk county have recently been, at Dallaa
Investigating the feasibility of running
a railroad from their, timber, to that
town. and. bylldlng another large bbw
mlll there.- They say the more mills
located, close together the better ' it Is
for all concerned, aa large, lumber buyers
always go first to such places,- because
pt to get their
they ore more a
filled:
order)
' 'Must Alike. '
From the Chlriirn Trlhuna ' .
Vltealtb culture la the asm a aa aaraar.
Ing off,, Ton can keep It -up- about a
ireek. ;' ..... ... - ...... .. .
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iy Real Difficulties, . : 4
From the Ne W YoTk America n. ! '
No woffdor there la some conflict Of
testimony In the Insurance Investiga
tion. Its ao difficult to remember the
details of every Utile rnUHou-uoUar loan,
Oervala Star: Hog killing time Is
here again. ' Every one- can now eat
backbone and aparerlbs, later wilt- come;
the smoked sausage and eauer' kraut.
It pay to be a diversified farmer.-
... -4 ' -"
Beveral new-' poultry yards . around
UeWberg. ,43ood. . ., i- f,
c ; - , :, ,i e . , ... - ,. -.
"Dundee, man delivering mariy 'walnut
tree.- ,' 'i - .: . -,",' .
; '! - ' ; '' 7 'jj .
This la the sample of a lot of com
ment throughout th state. It Is from
the Ontario Gasettc: "The $1,04 ex.
pended by the Malheur1 exhibit commit
tee at the Lewis and Clark fair in adver
tising tho resources of this county waa
money welt Vpent, and the bread thurf
cant upon the water will snbn return
more than tenfold, aa Its erTect'ls al
ready being felt." , ..-...-- ' ,.
.'.-.- .. . .'a ' v.': :- .' .
The Newberg Oraphle thlnk'a the Port
land business men should not overlook
that town. Js'or should they. ... ,
Meriwether-Branch Affair,
Portland, Nov. 24. To the, JOdltor of
The Journttl Tou kindly some time alrere
invited . expresalona ..from -tha public
tbout th Meriwether-Branch fight at
Annapolis. j As that affair "till occupies
a measure ot public attention, and a
it haa developed Into a moat excellent
text on the moat vexing frailty of hut
man government, J bopeak your for
bearance for a few remarks. The gen
rtc fault I allude to la the constant
and persistent rebellion on the part o
human authority generally against prim
clplea fully eatabllahed; not formally,
conventionally, expressly' or even ac
knowledgedty, but independent of all
arklowlcdgmeot. phraalng or assistance,
existing by th aame authority that cre
atea man and maintaining Ha suprem.
acy because directly, involved with
the evolution of man. - : Such
principle 1 - in - equality or man
before th . law," i Tlio . army regula
tions, to. secure thr necessary discipline
and obedience, have, where practice de
manded modified the. civil code, but
these boys at Annapolis have eatabllahed
a code of their own, Jt wpuld appear, in
me iuiJ7 ai Doyisn miuicv, ana. ouneaquv
upon obnoxiou rules, and finally . de
generating Into one of those firmly ea
tabllahed tyrannlca that appear to exist
only by the power" of sheer eompostte
folly." fk-f, f.f-..'- ..'.., V
"To make all turn at rlrtt anglea.J .
"To never touch th table when eat
ing, r- ':: f.i .
"To pasa an .upper classman Without
looking at him. --v..
"To never look at or speak t a girl."
Thus . are aome of tho . delightful
artifice with which the Juvenile auto
crat .sought to embellish Ms dignity.
It Is, as I often th case, a better II-
lustratoh of the . aame, fault as It ap
pears eusewnere man can oe. ODiameo
elsewhere. Th exuberance of youth
disregard thoao complex relation that
muat be respected by the lawmaker.
the moralist and the preacher in real
life, and hla act appear to the. world
aa -a splendid -demonetration -of a great
law by the- method t "reductio ad ab
surd um." - If the facts are correctly re
ported Meriwether cornea out of the af
fair better than .the casual ; observer
would gather from a flrat pdeludlced
glance. He appear a an iconoclast de
troylng , a moat disgusting academie
Idol, ail the more repulsive because a
coarse caricature of the most hateful
one enahrined In thla Idolatrous world)
i. e.. mighty custom, a Juggernaut ut
terly UB).ntelllglble ,anu Insensible.
These cadeta personally are of alight
Importance. When they appear. Branch
a defender of th code, and Meriwether
aa Its assailant, her become Important
and interesting. A cadet more or less,
as a man mor or leas; always, separate
from that for which ha stands, amount
to. nothing. ..It waa Meriwether whoja
the ..'cod' incensed.: ' It waa he who by
the might of bis own personality bearded
the lion in hi den, forced him Into a
"field of honor" which, however unaat
Isfactory as a field of Justice, answered
the purpose of Ita defeat. Anothel
Meriwether or two and this particular
"code" will cease to exiat. .
".' ' ".'.-'-.".V; J. B. ZIEQLER. -
The ZaalBar Qaestloa. ' , ' i
- Portland, Or., Nov. IS To the Editor
of Th Journal In th Oregoniaa of
November 25 appeared an article headed
"Hasera Killed Oregon Boy," tn which
the inability of thejpaval authorities
ToTearh Ihe truth as to th death of
the victim waa attributed to "clasa or
cadet honor" (f). Thla article deal
witn a murder of th past, as 10 years
have elapsed since the death of the
midshipman ' In question. However,
even in mis aay or atrocltlea, every in-
uiviauni muat be horrified and dum,
founded at the revelation of th paat
few week In reflecting on th murder
of young Pleraon, and. last but not
least. Midshipman Branch.. It seems
an opportune moment for humanity, men
ana women auk, to rise en masse and
demand a different cod of "class honor
and a different attitude on the part of
tne president a or our universities and
colleges toward thla gVowina brutalitv
called haxlng. When th heads of our
educational institutions or held cer-
aonally accountable for the conduct of
the boy under their dominion there win
be a chance, at least, for the arenta to
cnoose netween educational Institution
and schools of criminology. Let these
men who uphold this so-called "class
nonor- and, roster and abet it, .- and
thereby teach and encourage, the boy
to Intimidate and murder, aane-'ulna anil
rearicas that no - boy ao trained -will
divulge the truth, ret them feel that at
least their weakness and . perfidy to
their trust haa reached the limit of toU
oration, .and they will imnrova or ba
aupplanted by jnen who neither teacja
patby la with the bova anit ihnnM
They are the tfutgrowth of their col
lege training and, under condition ..a
they exist today, it is not a question ot
the boy not wanting to lie, malm and
mnraer; it is a question of being prac
tically foroed to. If the duty nearest
at hand la the most important one tii
deal with, it would aeem that concerted
action snouia oe taxen and that, too, at
once, oris the public conscience so dearf
that because then heinous' murderer
are not ot our own llesh and blood that
mey ao not concern ust
SUBSCRIBER
Asks Uncle Sam to Get Her Boys.
Washington Cor.' New York American.
siaoame Bchumnnn-Helnk. the famous
opera singer, haa appealed to the state
department to help her fight the Ger
man government for the possession of
ner rive son and- a release 'Of all her
property, which the German government
refuse to give up. denying her tha
rights of American cFtlaenahlp. '-,
iierore th singer left for America ahe
wag compelled to promise that the three
younger children ahe took would return
to servo-in the kalaer's army. Tha five
other children were detained. She b
came a cttlien of the L'nlted State, tak
ing out naturalisation-nanera. and the
German government ,has refuaed to lot
her administer hetf estate.' Now ahe ha
advlaed the atate department that she
will never permit her three boy a to so
back. She asks that 'this government
demand that aha be put in possession of
her children and estate. Secretary Root
has the matter under advisement. '
The German government takes the
stand that- the children are Germans ami
that under th law of the fatherland
one a oerraan aiwaya a German," -The
kaiser Is said to have ruled In the matter
personally. . ..
T1
sands of Inland vlsttora; th" safe and
wholeaoma port to which mariners of all
conditions and grades can com with
out fear of robbery or shanghallpg. of en
forced debauchery'and "knockout", pol
icies of doing business. That la one of
the differences. Itich and poor, high and
low. the worker, tlve Idler, the mer
chant, Bailor and the commercial trav
eler.-all are aafe now. from the onus
of the old fear of the crimp, the beach
comber, the drugging y-airen and her
henchman, the murderous thief. And If
th sway of honest decency can keep
her from a new invaalon of crime and
MRS. CRAIGIE TALKS
, - ABOUT CLUBS "
From tb Nw York Wprld. :
. "Emancipate woman give ' her ona
breath of the real freedom-W -mae
takes her place In th world a the mor
domesticated animal.' : ,; .
Mr. Pearl Tharaaa ci-i.
lkentiousnea it will .prevaU., The. in- Oliver Hobb" In the Literary Wortii
herent , pride of . her . xlUsen , will e charming in a mown l'mltii'LJlh
... ' I Interesting statement laat iv,.
to lUk
aajsaaMiaaa.ia,llj
T
:theplay
abatement laat n aht i...
apartmenu at the Hotel Netaerland.
It is quit true," ahe reiterated; "I!
believe absolutely tha club fot
women, not alone foe th working girls,
but for tha woman of all claasea It
leasens temptation, affqrda an asaocia
tion .unattainable elsewhere perhapa
0n m,trhl 'or mental
recreation But I am at laat thoroughly
liberty, she become, rapidly the Jess"
domestic of tha two sexes, . - .
- am acquainted with th. n.n..
Jules Verne, in all of hla talea of ad.
Venture, was ' cleverly Irrational. , He
created more interest in impossibilities
than any, other writer, ttjlo back to
your school days and you will recall that
set of books in which he looked far Into STtrl in every corner of thla world, and If
lULure ana coverea everytnimc rrom I --"- uuw similar their i-hrn.
submarine navigation to airahlpa, eolv- tore are. I think I am not aa extremist
ing all. There waa but one volume that on Qt!on: only much experience
seemed .reasonable,-, and that was .."MIL ""d.much education oi thla subject have
chael strogoff. Courier or'thOsur." 'It nyinced me. Women In their dealing
wa ,the thrilling atory of a younr Rub- wUn own aea and the world are
ian officer attempt to deliver a mee- mor?, unafraid than men. They are bet.
age on whloh the fate of the emDlra 5?r "ghtera, they are less susceDtlble a
depended and he must bass hell-fire n wor'd crltlclam; they ar mbr In. '
and Tartars to succeed. Of course, he "eponaent. --:.- ' ... . ,
wa ' successful they aiwaya are . in . "Tou "k: m why. t do not know;
atory book and -inafter year gome. ""V -u't ure that the women
body saw the poaelbllltiea of the yarn f. ot today that hav taken th
In dramatic form. ' graver spirit among them from th
'Michael Strogoff .waa presented b I r. "wjr. narrownea of oft.
th Belaaoo atock company before two "ra" or""ary horn llf are responsible
normou audlencea yesterdar ' and it I , .,V preaent condition. Year ago
reception waa extremely cordial. Ab a I in?X?ot' V!1" tnU- 1 believed that
play ,JLt. U liable to . crltlclam.. for It l.har Z. 1,7 cnana n woman nature
maker was not a maater of hr eraf t.
and th -crudltlea which It contain rr
sometime appalling. ( We cannot quit
believe In th sudden appearance of the
American war -correspondent, flourish
ing a revolver, with which he cuts down
alx or eight Tartars at one sitting. Nor
a it possible to imagine a Tartar tell
.ThWom!!!'' c,u ,de " England Is
flowing prodigiously. It is very gratt.
1" Ll r.0JLlT Mn ,c'". I should
aay, now la th fact that t
tentlon is pait to the working girt and
Ing Ihe csar'a ttaeaaenger that he came iTi-ail " " tn 1maa th nAA,
k. , ,. i w -.nu aven
there to find out "what waa going on.
That belongs te- the- Nick Carter library;
But aa an evening's entertainment and
especially for , those who love a thrill
better than a frolic "Michael Btrogoff"
will pleas mightily. , , i ' . .
Mr. ; Walling plays the courier with
force and freedom. . The scene with hla
mother (a character well don with Mia
Adam) were actually touching, and he
ruled the audience with sufficient nor
weaitny parents, The need of a.world'a
Mucatlon and of modern thwrtt u
iraaJae Cbar"' ,Prhap
fh!!t ,. ?mon Wlty- young women
work for a living. : ,
"A working giH Hf 1 He4 up with
orthrmM ' not - .th thoM
-w mW-"l-a. or those who lead
what we mav enii .-i, . .
" . . .. y oeen aoubt
ror durlna' the tnrtnra tv arhleh ' ha I mlnif li.ik.. ' "u"1 "l
courier la aubJected. Mlsa Lawrence round W a-tri- V .w!1?"' "ur-
- ..... .. . i . - - - uivai wna. . mn
a a. sympathetic aweetneart, aa always,
and th comedy supplied by Fred Sum
ner and Clarence Montalne as the .two
war correspondents waa . good enough
to . relieve the tension at varloua cr
leal Junctures. Kind words are also due
I hna. I. - ,
m . JWa' Ml dOUbt In
my mind aa to whether- a club for
women waa better for the wealthy or
til Ah roun ',r' who left a hovel
William, Harrla for hia soldierly imper- "eve now that life holds moiV temnta
onation of the general, and Lout Fro- tion for th girl in sociaty than tt Snml
hoff. who playa th traitor. t. . ven for the girl' who haa been broHaht -
" The production of th play la the beat UP without refinement, culture or the
given. here, perhaps, alnc the old Oays elevatingaurroundlnge-of .the decant
i, uiiBwci cijki iavim uavn ik in I .
their- repertoire.--The aame bill nma all I
week. .-" i RACIO WHITNEY.
-"It--my-tn tentlon" nai.
city... I do not know what tha ...kl-.
CamUle'.t the Empire. - : To leaVi it 'u"l
"Camille" was produced at tSe Empire I know what ther want k-..
theatre yesterday afternoon and . laat I one else. What they really next a JVI.
night, Lanalng Rowan, with a auppoct cation along the line of their chu..'
enmmana.iMt with k t.lM I luhWta .. . . . . ."0rT
commensurate with her talant-.appearing I aubjecta . .
In th Otl role. ; , . inJCpgland tha Jwih worklnv a-lri
From th standpoint of Empire pa- nd club woman are making the ItSlV
tron th performance waa particularly e8t Intellectual atrldea. They are mar
good, and enthualaam was manifested velously apt. and ar "
thrqughout. The author of the nlay ill.t I am In favor of almat ftnT ,ort nf w'ofj
"" uuu.w im par-1 mm single exceotlon f
formera. ; ' . . . , factory work. The liwi .f Vv. "
Jn the third act. where Camille nrnm. I try ahould reaulata hi. . .
aea the father of Armand Duval tn I England, where tha truHl.- ..a......
leave him for the sake of parental honor. practically unknown. In Spain n
Miss Rowan doe som clever work. Nor I ,n? arat cigarette factorlea I have aaan
uiwa uniiuw Howncj iu nvoruo . . vung women rolling elgar-'
the part in thla act. aa 1 frequently ?"" whll they rocked a cradle with
noticed In tha caae ot sctresses of the tn;l habiea in It with their feet. Burh
highest, ability in emotional roles. a thing 1 barbaroua, and the children
Harry Faarney proves an acceptable " erow up with their little ays.
Duval.-, He haa little to do but look
handsome, except at the fete, where, he
apurn the coquette because nf the
treatment he haa been led to believe sh
ha accorded him. and afterward, la
quered by the Intenatty of hla love.
th children,
thing, I hop, is impossible here." -
tome
- H more
provisions.
At Tongue point : ,
November At ' daylight -Indians
came down with .
Special pralBe is due Jack Connelly, 1 akin and mat for sals, hut i,a J?.
In th heavy role of Count de Varvllle. too high for our reduced flnaneaa
In th intonation ot hla vole at -every and we bought nothing. , Aa we were
utterance la a' auggestlon of a thon. preparing to aet out we missed an a
Of the other In th east It should be which w found under the robe of ana
aaldthafr they came up to every ex- of th Indiana; they were all nra!
pectatlon. ' - K ' hlblted. In consequence, from following L7
T-amllla" will aL-enitV' tfca Kn.nl. at Wa i 1, r. " . . .W,.n
v.""V" 7.-.' vlr' . .1" " r " . - wmcn naa con-
"" "iroug.n tne night, and passing
r ; Improved Astoria.
.... From the Aatorlan. ,, -. ,
Theri l the widest possible margin
between llcene -and- HnentlousnaaB. jf
I th margin that exlata between Aa
toria of old. th wild, ribald, rotten, aea
roast town that waa quoted ito the uU
termoat ende of the earth by decent
hlpmasters afid indecent crew "scrubs,"
nd'the Aatorla of today,- the- habitable.
handsome, cheery resort ot Una of thou
the Empire during the week.
At the paker.1;..':-! .'jL.Vi
. Pat White. Irish comedian, dominated
the performance at the Baker yesterday,
which, according to the bills,' waa' to
hav been given for' the moat part by
the London Gaiety Girls. The girls
didn't count' ' Moat of them were called
girl merely through courteav. About
half reminded one of the picture la
beled "before ualng" in the anti-fat ad
vertisements; the rest, of th picture
of famine aufferer. -
Pat Whit waa the show, Hla. Jokes
and hi antics kept , the audience in a
continuous state of atraining hilarity.
It wag not quiet delicate fun that Pat
White produced, but the good old slap
stick sort Gharlea B. Watson helped
him in th Indian killing scene, which
waa the hit of the entertainment and on
aevcral other occasions, hI)av4 Fergu
son" also was expected to help, but he
didn't. A majority of th audience re-
atralned with difficulty an Inclination
to throw rocke at him. ; j ....
If there had been no chorirs, 'the rudl-
ence apparently would have liked the
how Juat as well. Once in a while the
fat .and' allm combination trouped onto
the stage -with hopeful smiles, ,111 their
little do, and trouped off again, Th
people were Impatient for White to come
on again, i -Mia ' Annie Weianer aue
ceeded In arousing a recall with -a mel
ancholy aong called "Georgia." and her
vivacity wa a decided relief. - After
wards ahe appeared In the olio nnd nana
pleasingly. It is held against her that
she -could not refrain from using? "My
Irish Molly,"" which moat Baker patrons
by this time can sing backward stand
ing on their heads'. , '
In- th olio, Ml -Clara Adam and
Mlsa Eva Swinburne stirred up consid
erable dust, the Veamers did an acro
batic-act which 'contained aome dew
featurea.-Ferguson and Watson told
aome stories that were new, and Bisect
and Scott, billed aa the world's ' great
est, dancer. Introduced. oraa new and
clever steps. , ,
The costunfes war for the. moat part
what "Women call "ttoky." ,The ' bill
plavS the week,- Pot Whit la decidedly
worth making a trip to the , Baker . to
!E?:r J 1 y
, Unfair Golf -Haaards. '-,
" From th Penang Gasette,'
Cobra have begun to exhibit a strong
Interest -in the - game . of - golf - on the
Rldgeway link In Ceylon. Several of
them have been kilted on the links, and
recently a fine specimen entwined it'
self u round the leg of Tr. J. B. Fslrlle
whllo he was playing. Fortunately, the
doctor wa able -4o kill , it before .1 bit
him. - . . . V ,
..... , , .wv ... . V.'1'-:. f .- .- r -' . K
between a number of islanda came to a
-...-i. river, called by the Indian
Kekemahk (now John Day), ,-w after
ward cam to a very remarkable knob ef
land projecting about a mile and a half
toward Shallow bay, and about . four
mile around, while th neek of land'
which connects it to th main hore I
not -mor than to yard wide, . W went
'u.m mia projection, which we named
Point William, but the wave became ao
high that w could not venture any
further. W therefor landed on m
beautiful hor of pebble of varloue
color and camped near an old Indian
hut on the lathmua. In drawing our
canoea ashore we bad the misfortune
to make a split-two feet long in one
of them. : This Isthmus opposes a
formidable barrier to the aea, for we
now found that the water below I '
salt, while that above i fresh and well
tasted. It rained hard during the whole
day; it continued all night
i a ii i
" .Prince Receive Hia Godson. "''- ', -
From the New York Time. ; '
- When aaked if It waa true that ha Tia ...
written to Louis Leonhardt. a barber,
who sella canarlee and trims whiskers
at i East Eighty-sixth street Man
hattan, the prince replied:
"It is quite true. Leonhardt' father -was
valet In our family for 4 S year.
H named hla eon after me and I wa
th boy' godfather and present at th
chrlatenlng. . I . knew that he wag In
New York -and aaked him to com and
aee me. I wa very pleased to aee
him.". ; - . -,-,'-' -
The, letter., written in-- German -by
Prince Louis to Leonhardt read:
"Dear Godson I shall be very ' glad
to see you at I In the morning, Tues
day, on board the Drake, which lies at
the Cunard wharf. Your godfather. , ,
. ... ...... "LOUIS BATTENBERO."
Acting upon hla invitation the east .
side barber, Leonhardt put"n'hls Sun
day clothes and called 'to ,ee hlaars-L'
tlngulshed godfather on the Drake,-with
whom he spent some time In talking "
over the , old daya at' Darmstadt When"' '
the barber left the ahlp Prince. Louis
walked with him to the gangway and
bhde htm an affectionate good-bye. At -4f
East Elgbty-stxth street trad In
creased ao much yeaterday evening that
Leonhardt wa hard pressed to attend
to all hi patrons.. j
Wall Street Unchanged.-
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
; The hoy who tried to reform Wall '
street method by demonstrating th-? "
ease of stealing wilt erve,14 month '
Inan- inatltutlon devoted to reforming
his style of reformer. Meanwhile Wall
atrest la about th same a ver.
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