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WEDNESDAY, . DECEMBER .6. 1905.
; PORTLAND, . OREGON. .
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T HE O REG
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Puhliahed everv everung (except Sunday) and every 8unday moraine, at
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- , A SMALL MAN IN A QREAT PLACE.
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T WO AMERICAN WOMEN, it wt reported in
yesterday dispatches, " were ordered out of
j j fng ill or slightingly of the kaiser. They were riding in
fa railway ear and made some unreported remarks crit
! cal of the emperor or some of the royal family, and
l? these being overheard by an officer they were required
r
. forthwith to depart . from the doughty monarch s do-
rnains. Perhaps they were onheir way oi, anjSvay,
v": and perhaps, whether they were or not they will not go
j till they get good and ready. This would be like some
American women. v, And if they" don't obey will the
r kaiser put them in prison, as he does his own subjects,
far auch an offense? And if so but let us not picture a
ewar between Germany and the United States over the
r Incident. Very likely the women exhibited 4)ad "taste,
iat least, and if their remarks -were 5nly "chatter, the.
J! rmneror. if lie aonroves his officer's action! will exhibit.
!4 f or-not the first -time by many, the
conception, of true greatness. He has scriptural author
tv ity for .the position that, commqn . people should, not
p speak evil of rulers and he considers himself the great'
t; est one in the world yet since we are not in his do
f mains we may say that to apply the tenet to the extent
f-Jof deporting two gossiping American women shows that
j though he is great in name and. position, he is on oc-
casionr foolishly finical by nature and education f ,
f A cablegram only a day or two -earlier told of divers
and sundry penalties inflicted on German subjects for of
f; fenses by chattering tongues against the" emperor 'or
k members of his family, all of which cases show the tin
s peror to exemplify notedly Thackeray's aphorism: "How
weak are the very wise; how very - small the very
& great are." .'. A stonemason was sent to jail for three
months for disputing that Prince Albrechtywas not the
world's, greatest military genius. A commercial traveler
ventured to doubt the transcendent abilities of Prince
Henry as a naval t commander. Two months. And , a
reservist got 60 days for not "hoching" with sufficient
- volume of. sound and vigor of enthusiasm when a toast
f of the kaiser was demanded, although he proved that he
had an impediment in his speech, the court diagnosing
jjj the case as One of lingual or bronchial lese majeste.
" Theee cases and. similar' ones constantly occurring
' show the kaiser to be a small, finical man in a great po
"' sition. He is about 300 years behind his proper time.
In the congressional delegation in
three vacancies de facto, if not de jure
.way?: ' X
WHY, NO ONE CAN
HY SOME PERSONS get along through life
easily and enjoyably, for the most part, while
othert suffer severe and repeated disasters
and afflictions, are vjctimif.of "the slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune," is one of the mysteries of human
life that, though philosophy may hold jt mere accident
and theology may attribute it to providence, can never
k be satisfactorily explained or understood. . : , . t T-.
i : There dietUat a Portland hospital a few days' ago a
? native of Norway named Siarward Nelson, at the aire of
I 36, who as appears on the surface
trymen, apparently no more and some! of them less
""deserving, have prospered in jrarious ways. At the age
' of 12 Sigward came to America with his parents who
settled in Minnesota, and at the age of 20, while help
! ing to dig a well, a rope broke and he fell to the bot
. torn, badly breaking a leg. v The . surgeon's job was
i poorly done, and after much suffering the leg was am
, putated below the knee.' Later it was again cut off
above the knee, and still Jater at the thigh. Altogether,
j as a result of the accident, he was confined to a bed for
f- five years. ' Soon after he was able, to get about and do
I something for himself,; signs of tuberculosis appeared,
, and four or five years ago he came to Oregon, locating
at Aurora, where he became the editor and proprietor
of the. local .paper there, the Borealis, which he con
(v ducted; jintU-a short-time before his death. For years he
H. suffered agonizing pain, yet-made- an honorable living
when possible to do so, was uncomplaining if not cheer
ful, and-his successor says 'he was liked by all who
knew jim, and numbered his' friends by the hundreds. "
- This simple story -is told not that it' is unprecedented
or even very rare, but as one of the mysteries of hu
man experience, and to utter a word of appreciation
for a humble man with a heroic sout, who under stress
of severe affliction "did what he could" and looked
cheerfuL . v, . (. '.' 1
With many people? he president's
matter of "words, words, words."
I MARK TWAIN'S. SEVENTIETH
A THREESCORE .AND . TEN YEARS Mark
Twain's fountain of delightful humor-is appar
ently as full and fresh as ever. He is one of
. the people who when they arrive at
timate of the ordinary life's limit
rather than 70 years old. The animating spirit of such
people never grow old, "Age cannot.wither nor cus
tom stale," the' infinite variety of its manifestations.
I Like tother men, Mark Twain has
I looks, and has doubtless aged in mere
for spite of his affectation of laziness
I munity from trouble and sorrow, he
and nas suuerea;. out tne soul oi mm is- ever geniaiiy
fresh, and know naught of the fronts Xhat.Tiave "gathered
Priceless Jewels of Obscure People.
Lately there appears to have been a j
greater number ; than usual , of Jew!
robberies and losses. The odd thing
about -these affaire la the wonderful
frequency with which 110,000 la given
I aa tha v value of the lost or atolan gems.
!' Let. a.. .west side- flat be broken into
by burglars, and their midnight toll -
rewarded with booty valued at 10.000.
, Let a bole In a lady's, reticule allow
a package of Jewels' -to drop out, and
-the loss Is estimated at lO,000uFre
. quently 'the amount t la greater, . but
110.400 la apparently ' regarded as. the
genteel and irreducible, minimum of
. lvalue for missing Jewels.'" -
Not lnfrequently--even In this stage
' of truata and Inauranca oompanies the
lost property la recovered, and the finder
?' m aui-M-iaed. to note! how much hia esti
mate of Its value falla below the fig
urea given by the lostr. The "Jewels
valued at 110.000" are trinkets which
an enrt would appralae at lese than
four figure amount Ostentatious
Z axsageration. then, on tae part of .the
insert. Not altoegther. Men of all
classes, and eve nations, do much the
same thing. The fleh that gete away
la the biggest aver. When a man dips
the nation I -its up t monument to his
memory, and declares that ha waa valued
at t -i that ha waa Invaluable. Exag
ON D AILY
' .INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
Streets, Portland, 'Oregon . '
orist. ' He is also
made millions 6f
,
"inacenracy-bf hia.
s
chants can get) the
fork." - ..
Portland business
Oregon there are
or is it the other
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TELL
that 'efcuntry in the
tion is open, there
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of things, was es-
land rrtiant. fo
as near as "Seattle,
on its volume of
not be worthy of
message is only 4
BIRTHDAY.,
this scriptural es
are 70 years. young,
grown old in surface
physical feelings,
and apparent im-
has ..worked Jiard
geration la not the child of deliberation.
It haa something. red-Mioded about H.
ftp perhaps the number of JlOfOOO Jewel
lessee is, aner ait, merely an jnoiMuoo
that New Yorkera are Juat now very
much alive and optimistic .
' " Minister Learns Traded :..i '
Hard wick (Vt)' Telegram In New, York
' World; :v . ; . '
Rev. 9. XT' Dixon, pastor of the
Methodist church In - this village, lo
order to get acquainted with the labor
era of the village and thereby fee better
enabled to reach them through the pul
pit haa donned the apron of a atone
eutter, and, with mallet and hammer
la learning .the trade of granite-cutter
In the shops of the Woodbury Granite
company, the laraeot concern in - in is
village and one of tha largeat In the
etate. ... .. - , -
Prevloua to entering ' the ministry,
Mr. Diion'waa 'a sailor and hia. hard
life on the- aea fitted Mm sdmlrsbly
for the strong demands that the stone
cutters' work makes . upon a man's
Dhvslaue. - He begins at tha bottom.
doing only the very simplest work, but
expresses the hope that soma day he
may, be competent to do the Ana letter
ing and carving that those older In the
business are capable or turning out
JO URN A L
no. i. oaxkoix
Th Journal Bulldin, Ftftb ajidv Yamhill
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upon his head or the trenches that time has plowed in
his brow and cheeks. - .' ..
Mark Twain has been and is more than AJjiere humr
a Dhilosooher and a preacher. . tie nas
mankind innocently happier, and there-
. . . - i -it
fore better. He fha caused - sorrow to .suosiae, iu
temper to turn to pleasantness,' and even pain to be for
gotten. ' He' has delighted and instructed multitudes of
children and youth, , and has caused flowerfringed and
melodiously rippling streams to flow at whilom hours
along the paths of millions of men and women. Thus
he has helped humanity and bettered" the world. "T '
As" humorist, Mark: Twain has no counterpart, and
we think has had no equal. Others may have brighter
andbetter things temporarily, or in brief, but humor in
literature so voluminous and so long sustained has not
been displayed by any one. He has also written much
in a serious or semi-serious vein, showing not an icon
oclastic or narrowly limited mind, but one that while
turning naturally toward the lighter paths of literature,
as some flowers turn through the da toward the sun,
studied and pondered thedeeper things of life.
-fIncommon with many;mitlions, we are glad this gen;
ial genius lias lived o long, and hope that years of tran
quil and comfortable life are yet before him.
In the matter of tariff revision 'and reform the presi
dent's message roars as softly as any cooing dove.
IT SURELY CAN BE DONE.' .
TILL ANOTHER aiid a very emphatic as well
as an entirely credible voice has spoken out
convincingly on the affirmative of . the propo
sition that Portland merchants can get most .of the
Nome trade if they ,"go after it" and what is partic
ularly "true of Nome is only less true of other Alaska
points, H. Y. Freedman, who formerly resided in Port
land but for six years past has lived in the Nome re
gion, said in a statement published in The Journal yesterday:-
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"Portland merchants have, an ' opportunity to do an
enormout business in the Nome country if they will only
go after Government statistics show that over' $11,
000,000 worth of merchandise was 'shipped inro Alaska
in the first nine months of this year, and Sseattle is do
inar the bieee'st Dart of the business. Portland mer
business if they will make an effort
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men seem not .to realize the great
volume of produce and merchandise necessary to be
shipped into the Nome country, nor its present and prospective-
development, .nor the great- opportunity pre
sented for them there and at other. Alaska ports. There
seems to be an impression Or vague idea that Seattle
is so much nearer to Nome that Portland is handicapped
on' that account, but if a man will take a look-at .the
map he will see that this difference is inappreciable.
Seattle got-, the trade not because it. is a trifle nearer
but because her merchants went after -it.
If Portland merchants wiU send representatives to
spring, or as soon as- communica
is no doubt, from many reliable re-
t. tfi i i v.i:.t..
ports ana statements wnicn in junn
that they can secure a veryl large share of the immense
and very profitable Alaska trade. And from all accounts
this, trade, instead of being but temporary, will increase
in wolurhe for Vears to come. There it is, inviting Port
rprne after it. -And here is PbrtlanA
with a fresh water harbor, with big-
eer' stores and stocks, -and whose future depends largely
trade and commerce. '
We believe that next year merchants of Portland will
Improve this splendid opportunity; 'and that partly as a
result thereof we shall ere very long get a smelter and
assay office, so that ships can bring returning cargoes.
The neonle who ratronize Chinese "gin mills" may
great consideration, but the city should.
not tolerate places where stuff is sold mat causes sucn
worse than imbrtitement of creatures in the form of
men. The saloon business ought not to be allowed to
descend to so low a level, to such a depth of degradation,
as is witnessed as a consequence, in part, of these cheap
Chinese gin joints. " ' . w ' - .
BETTER AVOID A FIGHT. ' ! .
HE PRESENT SESSION of congress s one
. .which' will, be followed with., profound interest
; by the people of the country. The president's
message joins the issue between the corporations and
the people. Clearly and plainly he has -set forth the
popular wish regarding railroad regulation and passed
the matter into the hands of'cbngress.
. It has beeiTno mystery to the people for many years
past that the trusta.and corporations of the country ex
ercised not merely an undue but a preponderating in
fluence on legislation. It was an open secret that noth
ing inimical to" their interests could be gotten through
congress, no matter how much the public interests de
manded it . In the past few years there has been a
steady growth in the public sentiment that the cor
porations should be curbed in ' the exercise of the arbi
trary power which they assumed and much Jf the ma
terial which caused that change of sentiment came di
rectly from the corporations themselves." 1 .
There is no present disposition to take undue advant
age of the corporations but there, is a determination to
get for the public at least a little of what is legftimately
due it.-' This will probably provoke one of the biggest
fight which has lately been seen, in congress. .The
corporations would be wise in avoiding much trouble
al&ng-'this line forif is either V case of making these
concessions no w jaiJUcing avjnuch jnore drastic con
dition a year or two hence. .v : . V '' '.' i "V
Fairy Tale Lessons. ;
From the London Mall. i
Are fairy books fit reading for ale
-menlarVscholarsT 'V...
This question has been raiaeo oy me
Duchess of Somerset, wno, on naumg
tha village school at Maiden Bradley,
found the children reading tales of the
tvna of "Tha Sleeptng Beauty." At a
meeting of tha mere., board of guardians,
where the question of education waa
discussed, tha duchess expressea in
orjlnlon that It would ba much mora
useful if. instead of filling the chil
dren's minds, with suc.h nonse'nse tales
were read to them about junua laeeat
and other great men, , -
It appears, however, that tha teachers
at Maiden Bradley school -sin In good
company. In the Infant schools of the
London, county . council . the . following,
among other books of a similar nature,
are read aa class lessons: r -Aesop s
Feblee," "Daisy and Her Dolly." "Beauty
and tha Beaat," "Gulllver'e Travels,"
and ""A Bonk-frf Frj-TUa.'j
- An official tit the London county conn
oil. In defending this clasa of reading
eeld It was deliberately selected for
children of a certain age aa being -decidedly
useful, and en tha whole- more
beneficial than heavier and more Inform
ing bookSr or even authentic history of
tha great Julius Caesax - -
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SMALL' CHANGE
" Hard -wlnUr weathr to beat. '
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ScrUry Root ia also quit a tnrvelar.
Having been to Labradort'h la going
to BraalU perhaps to crack soma hard
nut; : . '
We do hope congreaa won't overwork.
'. ; . ,
A Denver bride packed her husband In
her trunk when she' started on her
honeymoon. . Good echeme. Thus ahe
knew where to rind tilm when wanted,
and kept him out of her way when not
wanted. V -; -
More and blffer Tjulldlnse yet next
year. - ... . . -,..
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" When a" pereon "reads the preeldet'a
meieaffe throuah.'he la likely to be ao
exhaueted that he can't tell what. If
apythlng. he thinks about It. i . . .
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The Tanner creek sewer la about to
break out again. Apparently the Tanner
creek aewer will always be Portland's
blffest .whlta elephant. , . -
Mra. Kerne, ' from whom a ' footpad
snatched - a purse containing S1, of
which he spilled 122 In the darknesa,
which she found at dawn next morning,
probably believes In the adage that "the
early bird catches the worm," She was
on the ground a few aeconde before the
tnier arrived on the aama errand, ana
ahe secured the 121 worm. . -
Cut up the big landholdlnga, ,
v; '. . e e . , ' ,
The Democrats In congress can amuse
themselves by making tariff speeches
and frequently voting noA ' . .
.' '. ' ' .e .'. ,: i'.
It ta a good time to begin thinking of
worthy people who can't buy Christmas
presents and feasta.
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Still more reslgnattona of officers iif
Ufa Insurance companies would be ac
ceptable. ' . . i.
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Oregon's representatives are conspicu
ous by their absence.
The mayor of Olathe, Kansas, receives
a salary of It a year. Most any mayor
ought to earn that much. .
Good-bye turkey for a year. Albany
Democrat No money left for turkey on
Christmas? ,
A kind of revival needed la one that
will Induce people to prevent the diph
theria, scarlet fever and smallpox that
every winter are prevalent In Oregon. . .'
Oovernor-Senator La Follette gets Into
the papers nearly as often as Tom Law.
BOB. :. - . - : -r-- v i--,. .
Big ' things will be doing In Oregon
next year. '.,'. '
John D. Rockefeller haa been offered
temporary Job at tl a oay aa grand
Juryman, and the money thus emrned. If
he doesn't need It at borne, will como
In bandy for buying tract for Ms Sua.
da achooL-.
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
AiDany," says the Democrat, "ia the
main car distributing point In the Wil
lamette valley. The other day tl cara
arrived there for distribution to other
points. -
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The Grand Rondo Electric company
will put In near Imbler a $1(,000 pump
ing plant to Irrigate 7.000 acres, which
la to be planted to sugar beets. .
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The farmers of crook county have
been enjoying an Ideal fall and one that
gives a most promising outlook for the
next crop; provided the winter aeason
Is accompanied by sufficient rain and
snow ao that moisture may be stored up
ror.tna long, dry summer aeason.
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Considerable eelery la raised around
Baadon.
- Bandon Record: Some of the Coos
Bayltes are having an awful time- de
ciding the question whether they are to
have a 30-foot or a 40-foot channel on
the bar. Over here on the Coqullle we
are not doing any kicking, hut "sawing
wood," and tha day la not far off when
we will have all tha water we need and
au we want , -
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A Gold Hit turkey weighed, dressed,
15 pounds. .
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More dwelling-houses needed In Au
rora.
, A Eugene man sold 1,509 turkeys last
wee in Seattle. . ,"
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Two aeta of timber cruisers are .now
at work In Wallowa county and timber
claims are In great demand.
Some .real winter up In Wallowa
county, "but nearly everybody la pros
perous ana nappy. -, -
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Ashland authorities still going after
blind plggera. , .. -
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" The receipts of fines and forfeitures
In Astoria last month were only f 10, in
dicating that the city by tha aea, that
claims 14,000 Inhabitants, la really b
cormrra- auuu '
Tha 8. P. company will drill 1.000 feet
In the Ashland yards, if necessary, te
iaeoure plenty or water.
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- Medford's assessment la ttll.101," as
against I3,011 last year. : -
Still more eastern ' people locating 1b
and around -Medrora.. - ,
' A Dayton, woman over 60 years old
haa just learned to write,' and delights
to show off herl new accomplishment to
eastern. relattvelP-by writing them let
ters.
.. A Chewaucan ranch of 1,100 acres
sold for f 2f per .acre. .
y j - v-t-v e -a .
Calvea are all weaned, says the Plash
correspondent of the Lekevlew Exam
Iner. . . 1 , - i
Drain needs a dentist and wonderful
to relate an . attorney. '.j..,. ...
e e
Drain la becoming a hog (quadruped),
as weiraa. a puuiuy canter-
,."' '
A Drain man sold 1.001 turkeys In a
bunch at II H cents, and there was not
a, cull among them: . Other Drain men
aold many, and all fine ones. . "Drain
agalnat the world for-flne poultry of all
kinds," aaya the Nonparea w -
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HOLLAND SAYS
HEARST IS -AN ENIGMA
HoUand's New Tork Letter In Phlladel
j phla Press.
New York. Nov. 15. In a play now on
a local atage that: haa; pleaaed " well
that many are tempted, to go a second or
even a third time. tu comedy part la
played by a droll actor, who usee local
eplsodea with no little tact. -
- .Thus, he ref era to "Little Mao." paus
ing a moment, but receiving only gentle
applauae. Then, again, ha epeake.of
"JeromeT and the response la Instant
and vehement. A third time-he 'ven
tures, not mentioning any name, except
to say aometblng about the "bogle
man." For a moment the audience doea
not catch the meaning. When It doea
understand tha personal reference, then
'there comes an Indescribable, half
amused, partly eerloua, partly embar
rassed or wondering dernbnatratlon, and
that exactly describes the varying senti
ments now prevailing In thla community
respecting tha recent candidate for
mayor, who la conteatlng tha preaumed
election of MoClellan. - " -'
For It la to Mr. Hearst that the com
edian makes, and In a very kindly way,
this reference, and there are many In
thla community who have cpme to think
of Mr. , Hearst aa In, childhood ; they
thourht fearfully of the bogle man.
That feeling waafllustrated at a little
gathering yesterday. Some or me mem
bers of a political organisation met at
a luxurious hotel. AH of these mem
bers are women who have associated
themaelvea . Jaa. woman'a , Republican
club. .--. '. -. - '
There came to thla city thla week
some Information from Harvard univer
sity, where Mr. Hearst spent aome year
aa a student Thla waa In the form of
a prediction aa well aa a recollection,
for Harvard In a certain, confidential
way and unofficially haa Informed New
York that Mr. Hearai ia a man wno
must . hereafter be recokoned with by
politicians and possibly- by statesmen.
In that statement ta contained the pre
diction. With It came aome recollection
of Mr. Hearat'f ourloua and yet success
ful struggles with the curriculum at
Harvard university.
It seems that at first the faculty who
were brought In contact with thla young
atudent did not" understand-ttlm.- Yet
he was conspicuous tha moment ha en
tered because be waa recognised aa tha
son of one of the many mlllionalred rich
men of California, who was also In pub
lic life serring aa United States senator.
Harvard professes to be democratic, and
yet no atudent of hers who la tha heir
presumptive to 130,000.000 or more es
capee a certain distinction of classifica
tion, which haa aome aristocratic fea
tures. .
But the atudents at Harvard soon dis
covered that while, their associate and
fellow atudent waa to have wealth la
abundance, nevertheless, he made no
pretonse because of these' expectations,
or because of the liberal allowance he
"then- had from home. Ha seemed, how
ever, to be of an unusual, dreamy, re
cluse-like disposition, although utterly
unlike the secluded life which James
Hasen Hyde la reported -to have led at
Harvard. ''
Young Hearst did not seek the seel u-1
aloa of tha library with tha fine frenzy
of- a book lover or book worm.. . He ap
peared to be absorbed In bis own dreams
and- his fellow students did not under
stand htm. He was not unkindly or un
congenial, but he. lived apart. ' - -The
formalities of the lecture and
recitation room, and the atrtct discipline
lliu luiiKulaiii aa alieiica1 uj piu
feasors and lecturers, seemed to--chafe
young Hearat and at first tha faculty
were of the opinion that he waa at col
lege because he waa forced to go and '
not because he wanted to go.
But there came after a time, peculiar,
unwonted flashes of. Intellectuals bril
liancy, which cauaed tha faculty, all un
known to Hearat, closely to observe him.
A comparative failure in the lecture or
recltatlon hall, nevertheleas, he waa cap
able of and did write some of the-, most
brilliant examination papers that ever
passed ..under tha scrutinising eye of a
Harvard professor. -
There waa tha atudy of geology, the
dry routine of which seemed to appall
young Hearst' Judging from tha con
ventional recitation room standard, he
waa to be a failure in that study, but at
laat It was discovered that under the
companionship of a tutor and discarding
text books, excepting aa they were
necessary for their nomenclature, the
atudent. Hearat went abroad, tapping
rocks with a geologlst'a hammer, study
ing strata and rock formation, exploring
the fields and rocky hills beyond Cam
bridge and extending those excursions
far away. . . i '. - -
The ' atudent seemed fascinated with
the story of granite and flint and sand
stone aa . he read It In nature's book,
and he delivered to tha faoulty of Har
vard upon examination day a paper that
would have Justified the prediction that
a young geologist waa with them who
some day would taka the place ao long
filled by Dana, first among American'
geologists. - , , .
There were other anecdotea telling oi
Hearst's Harvard Ufa. They were all In
sympathy with that strange and unex
plalnable career which the matured man
seems to have marked out for himself
since he came to New York. -
For almost every one, Mr, Hearst Is
an enigma. ' Even those who were asso
ciated with him In the recent campaign
Bay they do not fully understand -htm.'
One of the' keeneat of tha Republican
politicians, who gave cloae study to ths
Municipal ; Ownership organisation, as
well aa to. Mr. Hearst's career In con
gress, declared to a company of men of
strong minds and of great experience
that it waa Impossible for him to
fathom .Hearst's purposes. 1 -.Othara.
have thought that- lhay . de
tected In his career and especially In the
plausibly brilliant editorial appeala that
were In hia newspaper, an overpowering
ambition for leadership In aome great
moral -or Intellectual agitation that may
compare with tha leadership . In tha
moral and political and aoclal agltatlos
which at last freed the United States
from the eurse of. slavery, although
civil war was entailed before that could
be done.- '.' . ,-
Those who thus reason taka very se
riously Mr. Hearst's Iterated statements
that of tha 80,000,000 of population there
are perhaps 6,000,000 who are - abun
dantly able by Inheritance, by superior
ability or by good luck to take cara of
themselves and of their families, while
on the other hand, all of the rest erf
struggling, battling constantly for a
foothold, straining every nerve that they
may got so far ahead aa to have some
sense of Independence.
For these many mtlliona, Mr. Hearst
professes to speak, and If there la any
weight that may be relied upon, into his
purposes, any explanation of hia ambi
tions that reasonable men can make, It
la that he views himself aa destined te
lesd moraV. social and Intellectual agi
tation, partly through political agency,
err that-thewe marry-"millions mayfrmt It
tha easier to attain, that independence
which they desire.
Until the recent election, Mr. Hearat
appeared to a great majority of those
who have wealth, or even moderate pos
1 sessions, aa no more than. a demagogue
and tha "most dangerous of demagogues
alnce while possessing wealth himself
he decrlaa. the possession of that -when
others have It Those who fear him as
sert that he alwaya aneera at riches, and
la willing at all times to stir up that
fundamental passion of human nature
which compela those who have.llttle to
be envious of those who have mora.
. Yet It must be aatd that Mr. Hearst's
life since ha haa been a cltlsen of New
York is In marked contrast .to that of
many youner- men who possess riches
and are the heirs -jesumptlve of much
greater wealth.
He haa a capacity for Intense lndua
try. - Although aome bitter things have
been aald respecting aome features of
his private Ufa, yet no one' haa dared to
venture that ha haa the aln of Idleness
or of frivolity, nor haa tha hollownesa
Of -so-called society, tha pretentious vul
garity, which grows mora and more a
feature of New York life aa new-made
wealth aeeka- to display itself, - .ever
tempted him. His table, hia home, his
eomfortavreflect jlmBle taBte, Ha is
understood to be a close atudent ot .
American hlatory and especially of tha
careers of men who have auoceeded
greatly aa leaders In Intellectual and
moral agitation. . ' -' ;
That ha haa executive capacity can
not be doubted. Tha pecuniary auc
cesaes of hie newspapers and the vast
and complicated machinery and organi
sation necessary for the operation ot
them, entail eymmetrle organisation,
fully equal to that employed In the
greatest of our banks or our industrial
corporations.
During the recent campaign not a
false step waa -taken by hia -organisation.
The nomlnatlona made upon the
ticket with him were admirable. His
platform waa miarepreaented, but no one
who. read It found It materially differ
ent from tha platform of tha Repub
lican -organisation. Ha eummoned to
hia aupport not only many Rapubllcana,
but aome (0,000, who, voting for him,
also voted for Jerome. ' Since the elec
tion hia efforta to establish Judicially
what the result- waa, have bean free
from any euggeetlon of demagogy, and
Mr. Hearat himself appealed to all his
friends to abstain from holding, meet
ings and to await tha orderly and legal
processes by which the count could be
Judicially determined, going ao far as
to urge hia friends to accept peacefully,
unquestlonlngly. whatever tta Judicial
determination may be.
It la reported that aome one aatd to
Mr. Hearat after election that ha now
had good opportunity to break Into the
Tammany' organisation,' modify and re
construct It and command It, and thai
Mr. Hearst's reply waa that ha had no
desire .to control the organisation of
the Tammany aociety, which waa the
Incorporated body, or of Tammany nail
Mr. Coler Inslsta that It will be the
duty of Mr. Hearat to e a candidate
for governor next year, but Hearat him
self believes that hia first duty , la te
make It clear whether ho or McClellaa
recetved a plurality, of honest votea.
Jerome, every one underetanda. .The
auava and gractoua methods and per
sonality of McClellan appeal to many,
but thla figure of a man who of a aud
den commanded 125,000 votea. without
organisation.' looms portentously, some
think. Inaplrlngly othere . believe, but
looms the strangest recent phenomena
of American polltlca, r - ;
THE LAUREL AS THE
NATIONAL' FLOWER :
ej-
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox."
fflrrrrTTlrtit T w T I
Mra. Edward FooteThompson of East I
Haven ta one of the bright earnest
clubwomen of Connecticut and at a re
cent federated club convention aha aet
forth her reasons for proposing the
laurel aa tha national flower of America.
So benighted waa I that until 1 heard
of Mra. Thompson's suggestion. I had
labored under the impression that the
colden rod had been aelectea ana ac
cepted aa our emblem.
I am glad to a now my miaiaae.
The golden rod la auggeatlve of decay.
We never aee It until the year haa
bearun Its decline.
For a young country lias America inia
would be an Inappropriate em Diem.
Than the a-olden rod, according to re
port, la unhygienic and by many people
considered unsafe to uaa In Interior
decoratlonat because of aome unbealth
ful nrnnartv It COntalnB.
'It la probably only an Idea, but we
want no flower for our symbol which
can be even ao misunderstood. . ,
Tha a-olden rod has no fragrance.
A flower without fragrance ta like a
wnman without faith.
However beautiful and brilliant, ft la
dlaanrjolntlnr. It la Incomplete.
The lsurel Is exquisitely fragrant: It
la beautiful, whether In or out of blos
som; It Is auggeatlve of all tha arte, and
from time Immemorial haa been used aa
a symbol -of aucceea a crown for tha
victor. " ' - I
ita slamlflcance in thla one respect
should make It the accepted emblem for
our great and growing nation.
The laurel, aome species of It (ao
Mrs. Thompson haa found by careful
Investigation), growa In all parte of the
country. ' ' ' ..
. it waa missing from California until
tha plant wlaard, Burbank. Introduced
It there.- Now, given the royal seal of
hia magie touch. It evil! no. doubt be
come a morerwondorful laurel than the
world haa heretofore seen. y
The laurel la aa beautiful In mid
winter aa in midsummer. -
It la ever-green and ever-lasting and
that la another significant quality for
... n.tkinal flnwar. '
Nothine- could be better: nothing more
attractive; nothing more appropriate for
iia than the laurel were It to become the
national flower. An industry in the cul
tivation of the beautiful plant would
MoHoWs- tr
.Healthful and attractive employment
oM h -afforded many people.
. When Washington made hia triumphal
ride from Philadelphia to New York he
naaaed through- arenas wreamea wain
inuret. ' - '
Let all the -aremsn'a elube agitate the
titea until It la accepted.
The power ot the women'e clubs ot
America once focused en any Idea would
carry It through with the., force of an
electric current.
Never was there an era when women
nnaaaaaad auch. Influence aa toaay
They do not realise It or half uaa It
Let them make a teat of It now and
prove tlrelr ability xo aeeiae a, long
unsettled question. .
A PrUe-Winnlng Poem. .
t,a. Dnrtair iMn) Vnternrlse. I
A ayndlcate of weatern editora of
fered a H.OOO (prise to the best poetla
appeil to newspaper subscribers to Bend
In their duee. The following, wrltte
by Chrlatopher McSheey, won the prise,
and It 'Contained a lot of truth which
subecribera, perhaps, have not thought
of: "Lives of poor men oft remind ua
honest toll . won't stand a chance; the
morewa--wtrrtrherer grows behind us
btgger patchea on our panta-)ur pants,
once new and glossy, now of stripes of
different hue all because subscribers
linger and won't pay ua what Is due.
Send your mite., however small, or
when the winter strikes ua, we ahall
have no pants at ail."
:::' -. ;'v -Y' 'V
THE WEST COMING
INTO ITS HERITAGE
. From the. Wall Street Journal.'
In the northwestern' and Pmn ......
...w.r projects are under way which ,
Involve the building of at least 7,000 miles
of nsw railway, and the expenditure of
well over taoo.000.OUO, t the end of 1804
the northwestejfi and the Paclno states .
combined had about M.000 mUea of rail
way With a mmhln k. . . jm . . . .
11.477,000,000 and a stock debt of 11, too. 000.-
000. It appears, therefore, that the mile.
age unuer way or projected for Im
mediate construction In these states ' '
amounts In the' aggregate to about W per
cent of the mileage existing In thsse
ststea at the end of 1904. . v
There Is plenty. of room fop mr-h kim
Ing. ..Five of the central northern
Qhlo, Michigan. Indiana, Illinois and Wis ¬
consin, contained -within their borders -at
tha end of 1S04 over eo.ooo miles of
road. ,aa compared with the M.ooo miles :
of the northwestern and Pacific coasl
statea.
The growth ot the countrv at tha nraa.
ent time does not center upon the east- '
ern states or the states of the middle
district but upon the etatea that lie west -of
a line drawn from Chicago to New
Orleana. The mighty west Is still, an
undeveloped equity In the balance aheet
of our national wealth. That it la mag.
Ulncent In ita : possibilities haa been
proven by the glorious results that have .
followed the first turning of Ita soli.
Aa atandlng monuments to Ita resources .
and development there ' may be cited
the Great Northern Ratlway company,
the Atchison Railway company and the
Canadian Pact no Railway VsomDanv." .
These railways drove their lines through ,
territory absolutely virgin. They made
their country aa they went along. AU -,
the tralla In the north country lead to
the Great Northern, and It waa upon
the local business that followed these '
tralla that Mr. Hill based hia belief In
the ultimate destiny of the Great North
ern.. '.' -. . . ',
The northwestern states are growing
today In population, wealth; resources
and Industry as rapidly, aa certainly and
aa conservatively - aa they -have ever :'
grown. Their growth la founded upon
not any fever for audden wealth, auch as
brought California te the front In IMS,
nor yet upon any auch feverish activity
as followed the opening of the Indian ,.
Territory In more recent years, but Is -baaed
upon the broadest and moet solid
foundation upon which national proa ,
perity can be based. The secret of the
great northwest la tha secret of a work
ing race. In general Its resources are
not auch as to give He pioneers promise
of sudden wealth. The men who have
made great fortunes In that country, have .
made them by aelf-denlal, by courage, by
slow development of stubborn resources.
The timber landa of Washington and Ore- '
gpn, the wheat fields of the Dakota
and Montana, tha aalmon fisheries of the
north coast, the coal mines of British
Columbia are not equltlea that ' can be -quickly
turned Into caah. They must be
coaxed and humored. Men must risk
years of their lives and all their fortunes
to the battle. .
Thla la the genius and the spirit of the
great northwest. It Is upon the result of
such labors, such self-sacrince. . sucn ,
courage and auch patienoe that the des
tinies of. these great states are being
built, It la to further thla destiny,
reach the golden results that follow tne ,
opening of the country that capitalists
of the 'world are. witung to put ovei
1200.000,000 of new Inoney into railway
nrnlfrts hf -
cess will follow, no one wl
who knows these
statea will doubt That success win re
dound to the credit of the- atates end
bring them to a mightier place In the
polltlca, commerce aid a f fa Ira of the.
union la almoet axiomatic The west Is
coming Into Ita heritage. .' , ,
Weather-bound on Point William.
December It rained all night end
the wind blew from the aouthwesteo
that tha aea waa etlll too rough for ue
to proceed. The high tide of today rose -II
inches higher than It did yesterday .
and obliged ua to move our camp to a '
high altuatlon. Here we remained wait
ing for better westher, till about dark
the wind ahlfted to tha north and the
Bky cleared. We had now aome proa
pact of being able to leave our altua
tlon, and Indeed, aome rain fell In the
course qf the night T ' ! . '
Klamath Will Stay In Oregon.
" From the Klamath Falla Express. ;
A good deal of tommy-rot haa been
published by coaat papera on the alleged
desire of Klamath county to aecede from
Oregon and Join her forcee with Cali
fornia Thla tempest In a teapot orlgl- ,
nated In the stimulated Imagination of
the Oregonlan correspondent at this
point and haa no baaia In fact .
The people of Klamath county are t
now aa loyal In theic. allegiance to Ore
gon aa they ever were and have no Idea
of changing - their allegiance to out'
neighboring atate on the aouth.
' Of course, the people of thla aectlon
cannot be blamed for trading where
they can. do tha best, and the fact that
Ban Francisco offers them a better mar
ket than Portland, under exlatlng trans- ....
portatlon facllltlea. la the only reason .
they favor the former. Under like 'con
dition the people of thla aectlon would
prefer to trade with Portland and be af-V
f 11 la ted commercially, aa well aa politic .,
cally, -wJth the metropolle of their com-'
monwealth. , " . ' v V ,
It la simply a caBe of Ban Francisco
being awake and Portland, asleep ta the
commercial advantagea to be gained and
retained In thla aectlon by furnishing
adequate trensportatlon facilities to
connect tha Klamath baain with these
rival cities. '''' '" '
' - ta - ' ,.-
V A Thankful Editor.
From the Freewater' Tiroes. "r
Aa the next issue of the Times comes
out the day after Thanksgiving day,, we
are going to express our thanks thla !
week. We are thankful even though our
bnly ehlrt 1b dirty, that It la oura. We "
do most heartily give thanka to the
weather man, for we heve only one blan- ;
ket Thankful are we to our delinquent
subscribers, for they teach ua economy. .
We are. Indeed, thankful for these dark -nlghte.
for our wood waa getting scarce.
We want to express our tnanxa to our
advertisers, for they are eo few that w
don't have ta aet ada on Sunday. We
are thankful that our subscription list
Is so small, for we don't have to keep ,
books, we nan rm ember 'em. Thankful -are
we to the railroad company, for they."'
didn't charge ua for walking to thla
town. Rise, brethren; and sing number
4-11-44. -. : '.. V
HitchcocVvi:
From tha 8t Louts Olobe-Demoeratr
Secretary of -the-Interior Hitchcock
may not be the moat popular man in
tha cabinet, but he has' stood In the .way
ot more grafters and schemers than all
of hia portfolio associates
LEWIS AND CLARK '
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