The Oregon daily journal., March 20, 1906, Image 6

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PXCiCEJtS - SKUCCX -
l HE NEWS, iftrst fnHy'SutilishidaiilTheourDai.
f'; of thereraint3frthe-egtabliihnieni of great
packing plants on the peninsula, pn in our
skirts of Portland, by the gTeatestmeatJad41m.ia -tile
... ..i .; worldtr tfcrejf -intefesf ''and importance riot only to
, i thic city,' hut to the whole. Pacific northwest . Here it
mean an' additional population, -on this- account alone,
counting the families of several thousand people, ana
1 i!iHCTej.d Wines in all other lines.' and it means also
-T-rrriy,. ,d instant advertisement "of
r-f Caa-aUogetheragreeanie one from a, pnreiy aeniiraemai
. tW aesthetic, point of view, but a very valuable one never
'thelens. fur tens of thousands of eastern people will be
5 convinced, when such, wen as "swift
'.millions in Portland in preference .to any other Pacific
1: coast Tctty; thatJPortland most be the Coming great city
of this regfoa;-T-..y v -y.T"-r, .t;-.-.---' r
.. , put this great new enterprise" here will be of ines
timable value to the stockraisere and i farmers of the
. whole Pacific northwest: Here, not in,. Chicago or Kan
' ' as City of Omaha, . will . be their market, and an un
limited one? AH Oregon, Washington, Idaho and prob
: vably- Montana and northern California will find their.
" f liveatdcaf market, here. i'Such- great establishments -will
J- rcnuirc large numbers-of -cattle, ahrcn and tings, .and
: : farmers and stockmen of the northwest will raise more
0f (hem, and doubtless can sell them to better advantage
'V ,than they ' could heretofore Raising more stock will
decrease the amount of surplus grain and tend to in-
r xreas -My price.-. Thousands J.crejjyilt., be ; MWlllfli
alfalfa for bay and pasturage..--urain raised, oa a tarm
will largely be fed to Mock, Brush lands and even for-
ests will be cleared off faster on this account In brief,
ithese mammoth establishments. will stimulate not only
. . ... . . . , ' I . . " If . I L
the pastoral industry, put oiner inau$iric ai-.u-rougq
this region.
. . Tk. (. ...ing hkA ityeritrrA
; ing carefully over the whole coast
I f!UimluedgeittietrTacufaj;tan
Angeles, and selected Portland for
First, it has a vast producing country tributary to it pn
all sides, as none of the other cities has; and second, they
could here Secure an ideal site with fully adequate trans
portation facilities. There are other big things coming
lPortland'l way before tery long.
a smelter.
ALASKA-SIBERIAN RAILROAD.!
0 CONNECT America and
panning Bering atrait has
. . i ?
f lerprising exploiters oi mis
for many years, and the project during recent years bas
iu assumed somewhat of a definite shape, on paper of
f course. The idea has been looked upon generally as im
. practical and visionary, at least for a considerable time
" to come, but not as impossible,' provided the American
v and Russian governments lend Substantial aid to it .It
ii now reported that Russia looks favorably upon the
, v scheme, and with Alaska developing so rapidly it is not
- v .' improbable that interest may be revived in it, .with xil
' s tiraate tesulta beyond talk and maps. .
. Bering etrait at its narrowest point is about J6 miles
" 'Vitae. In indirect line between East Cape on the Siberian
; side and. Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska are two or
- . three barren islands, and one of the early schemes, was
. . the building of bridges, or trestles from each continent-
;", point to these islands, utilizing them as far as possible,
' but engineers, have declared this plan not feasible and
, that the connection between the two continents must be
: I .made, if at all, by tunnel. The water at ita deepest in
.' ' the line of the proposed railway is between 150 and 200
feet, with wide, shallow stretches bordering either shore,
, especially on the American aide. , '
-1 , With the marvelous possibilities ' of engineering , in
these days, and ihe many wonderful achievements of en-
' gmeering skill before, us, it is not to be doubted that
1 by either bridges or tunnels the strait can be passed and
- the continents connected by rail. It is only a question
v ' of money. And the money will be forthcoming if it
; T can be figured out that the road will pay. , There is no
probability that it would pay, as a purely business en
tcrprise, but if Uncle Sam and the czar jointly conclude
, that it would be mutually advantageous to have such a
foad it may be built, . .. ; .-;--r-::
r, Xl. A COMMON OPINION OF THE SENATE.
i .np HE SENATE'S DEFEAT of the Philippine tariff
. '.' I - bill has aroused scathing criticism on the part
"' ot the whole press of the country, except the
most sycophantic party organs, Such as would prefer
Aldrich to Roosevelt for president As a sample of what
' .: the independent press is saying about the senate with
" ' regard to this action, we aelect the following from Col-
'' lier's Weekly: "Killing tha bill which was intended to
; relieve Philippine distresses inflicted by us is one of
the disgraceful acts of which the senate, tinder the pres-
ent reign of money, is so prodigal So humiliating and
t. mean a deed need not make us pessimists.. ' ;"but
, V optimistic feflections require service from the will when
a case of nnmixed and greedy extortion from the help
- less is held up for oar contemplation by the august and
round-bellied gentlemen whose prosperous and overfed
' physiognomies decorate our "senate halls. Had
the people responded (to the pleas of Roosevelt and
f Taft) with real earnestness the senate. would not have
dared to refuse this Small meed of justice to the Philip-
pines. . They would not have dared, for the sake of pleas
, ing their master, the trusts, to displease those .who
nought to be their masters, the people. The outrage is
y '.'.so flagTantt the oppression is so cruelt and the absence
. . of faij play is so-ttnworthy,. thai the people-tnnst- initi
4 uiately become more awake to what it is they do and
. then the senate will no longer snap their fingers tt
, . common honesty." '
; ' Dreaded Wolf Killed.
' Munlsing Correspondence St. Paul DIs--patch,
Th wolf hunt In th Cleveland Cliffs
'Trn company's bla fWr iireserv on
Grand Island, Lake Bnperlor, has finally
proved successful: Th end earn with
th kiting of a larffo ferasla wolf, which,
' dtapit th fact that s many as SO man
Wtr massed In th round-ups, occurring
with almost dally frequency, ha kllld
13 dor and . on caribou during th SO
: days It had been busy with ita depreda
tions. . . V '" ,, !""
Narly,vwy old huntar In alarquett
.' and Algar oountl who scrvlo could
bf tnHnted participated In th Grand
- Islsad bant. A nwmbac of mathoda t
' patting a summary end t th xl '.no
of th four-footed raldae war tried
with an suihwss, th conatdarabl x
pans of territory, a matter of upwards
' of 11.000 acre, giving th wolf eppor
' tunlty to aaalry lud th hunters. - Th
tlan whW-h Anally prored th undoing
"t th wolf was th ua of a cow bell
' In th hands of on of th men, whoa
role duly wa t make a wide detour
. cf th country, Ihe bell eatialng all
ha anlmala on th Isla'', tiicloding th
wolt I Be before th auid .
OREGON.
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PORTLANDr
; A :GOOD-MANY
; rathey
grain frozen out
Potttand, ltcperhapriaitrrt)regonrrelosei ;and:consejuent;damage
and Armour spend"
agTned should be
we are in. Oregon
heed general all
as happens every
siderahle number
hetter place for a
-THE
EPORTS
"rtionof-membera
mm have, been-loofrTrtrf ,.l.rl.T,
for months. They
care for nothing
raneiseo and - uoa
two main reasons:
One of them will be
Asia by railroad
been a dream of en-
i j i .
iorm on ocvciopmcui
not alone of the
of Forest Grove, t
had met with a -
iejsjuiKdelIacjil
stantial building
old structure. - - -
I
also stated that he
What rinht had
dent appoint to
. . ,
Hunters . war stationed at different
point on th deer and elk runways,
and when th anlmala paaaed la 'review
the. wolf .was singled out and other hunt
ers took th trail. This method proved
effective, and th men had keen enablnd
to catch a glimpaa of the animal aeyeral
times during the past week. - Finally,
near duak, on of th hunters wounded
th wolf by putting a rifle ball through
Its- mouth, aad tha trail of blood left
In Ita wake thereafter. mats It com
paratively easy for the men 4o follow
th animal Whea darknaaa ensued th
men were closing on the wolf, which
waa evidently weakened from u loss
o. blood and indulcad In frcauent atone
for rest. ' , ,
By th ns of spot light,' fh ttonters
war able to follow their quarry Into the
swamp near th center of th Island,
and at t o'clock In tha morning a well
directed bullet ended th career of th
marauder. Th wojf w. i on of the
largest ever seen In this part ot north
Michigan. - . . ,
i Archbishop Ryan's Wit.
yrom the Touth's Companion.
1 Is said that Arch lahop Ryan ha
i kept Philadelphia la good humor (or ii
rE4il ot f all . :
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The Journal. Building", Fifth and Yam-
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-OREOOIf-BEST-APTEIe-ALLr-
-PEOPLE -thinlc'we have tad
- glpellf - weathef - latelyid
i , , enng the time of year, and it certainly was -uaual
Vnd nntimely for-western Oregon. ' "A' week of Told
winds an,d slightly freezing weather, winding VP with a
snowstorm the second week in March, is something w
are' not used to, and considerable grumbling was done,
especially as some fruit crops have been injured, some
and a small percentage of atock killed in
will probably turn otit to be much less in the outcome
than is now 'anticipated by those inclined to look on the
dark side of things, but even' if -the worst -that ts-nm
realized, consider how much .better off
than are the people of some other
states and localities, - for it seems the March storm has
over the, country;-rlt"iaon'yet' in the
eastern states, and continues with violence in the Kocky
mountain state. J, Colorado seems to be the worst suf
ferer, the greatest, property losses being in atock and
in the destruction of mining plants by snowslides which,
winter or spring, also destroyed a con-
pf live- in pite of a little unpleasant-
nesa here last week, look where w.e will we can find no
year - round residence than Oregon.
LECTIONS-IN RUSSIA.
FROM RUSSIA indicate that the.elec
Jof tht approaching doumar 4s
T pretty mnch a farce. The peasantry are not gen
erally voting, either because thcydpn t, care Jo QQ80
under the circumstances or because they are afraid to
vote as they wish. " They are in a position where they
must-necessarily- yield to pressure if it is brought to
bear upon them, and then perhaps they are m such a
nlfriY ffaf, frfy, 7iVrt YinSfKf1 1
politically.
With. the Wganiztd woikiiigiueii in the cities the ease
is somewhat different. - They read some, and ate more in
touch with the condition of affairs and march, of events.
Nor can they be ao easily intimidated. Some of them
may be too radical, .but they are alive and awake, and
will doubtless -elect here and there some member who
can apeak effectively. for.Jthe cause of .Russian Jreedonv
As yet the conglomerate Russian people nave , had no
leader, no one, so far as the world has heard, fit for
leadership. Such a man or several of them, mighty men
6f spee;chnd1nTIuerice7musl"afise "before the common
people of Russia will he heeded much. .i.
The czar seems to be keeping his specific promises;
there is to be a national assembly in which the people
are to elect the members of one house, and there is said
to be, as was promised, a large degree of freedom of
speech and of the press. Jut even if the peasantry and
workingmen elected all the members of the lower house
of the douraa, they would still have really no power or
voice in the government. Arid as it is they seem to be
letting the election go by default. .
;When the czar was sick he-promised what seemed
large things to the people. Now that he is comparatively
well again, though. he keeps the strict letter of his
promise,, he evidently intends that the pretendedly rep
resentative parliament shall be farcical in character. .
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4 7 REBUILDING AT FOREST GROVE. ' r
HE TUDENT BODY of Pacific university .is
i sitting seriously to work to do ita share in' rais
ing funds to rebuild Herrick hall, which was re
cently destroyed by. fire. The sum fixed upon is $10,000
and (the work is being undertaken with such hearty en-,
thuaiasm that there can be no doubt of its ultimate
success.---" : ' -.
Herrick hall occupied a peculiar place in the affections
students themselves, but of the people
It was a focus of the social and artistic
life of the university as well as the town itself.- -There
had been entertained many noted visitors and there they
simple and warm-hearted hospitality
which left a deep and lasting impression. The fire, there
fore, was a distinct loss not-alone to. the university, but
tothe people of the town, and it can only be repaired
bv a newer and better building. In this undertaking we
encouragement from every quarter of the state and that
the' time is not far distant when a finer and more sub
will be reared upon the ashes of the
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T
SHONTS GOING TO QUIT. .
T IS NOW ANNOUNCED that Mr. Shonta is going
to retire as boss of the Panama canal job, on ac
" count of disagreements with Secretary Taft. It is
owns $3,000,000 of stock in the Clover
Leaf railroad, of which he is president, and he and other
stockholders "feel that he must no longer divide his time
and interest between the road and the canaL'lZ-i :
he to accept or. why ahould the presi
such a position a man at $25,000 a year
. . l. ka:..:a.a"
wnose ilTuc ana unci iiiuvt v ui.iuu v.u
railroad and the canal? Is not the canal an important
enough job to require the undivided time and attention
of the man at the head of it? And what, if anythinghas
Shonts done to earn his salary? The country would like
to know. First Wallace, then Shonts, next, it is re
ported,. StevenalHowJong-willheJast? And will, he
make a beginning?. : :
Again water is pouring down from the clouds in sheets
in southern California, and the streams are torrents and
the"lorTlacwv ftoodedrtiriritlcipatton'of the- Tisit-of
the Washingtonians. The Oregonians encountered sim
ilar conditions some weeks ago. ..Nature down there
overdoes her hospitality to ua northerners. '
years th length of tun h haa been at
his post . In. that archdtoces and th
story berow Is typical of tha way h has
don It: ' 4- , . ' ' ;-. .
-"Tour grace," said th Hon...' Wayne
McVeash, whan h waa counsel of the
Pennsylvania railroad, "our president
her, who always travel wlin his coun
sel, will undoubtedly , get you paaaea
over all th railroad . In the United
States, If In return you will alv him a
pass to Paradls." . ,..:.'
"Ah,' replied the archbishop, quietly,
"I would do so If It were not for sep
arating him, from bis . counsel." .
"Troat In Heaven or Be Defeated."
Prom th New Tork World.
"Keep m mind th great deed of th
Oerman people,' but also th blow they
have received from fat because they
deserved them." said Emperor WlUlam
to naval recruit who were aworn Into
th- eervtce.
He reminded them of th I'm Ian de
feat by Napoleon L at Jena, in 110. and
admontaheo them to plaoe their faith In
God. adding: "The army befor Jena
lacked faith In th Almighty and con
equently lost th batu. -
P a s g Q!j'kLrj sov m
i i j i ii i 1 ' in i mm ! ' t f"w-
SMALL CHANGE j
No aanator la havtne mora fun than
- Thai Prtlan4 BtU brtda will
b another or tba "algha of Portland."
HeTmwat '4ajvnHtld to a au
words; - he" hadnt" broken" into print
for a rear or two. T' "T- . ,
f BmHh-va.-owilbMrF'ouoo"-tao
factional feud la all ovr.j; t -
If roo it In tho waathar foraeaat
It lint always ao
Mental strain la aald to Indue pUysl-
cal breakdown. B how beaithr our
councilman aro. v , r- r - - - -
.i . . . . , i-..,.
Who aald tha data of mtracla-wr
psatT ' Fifty dortora wn to a
Philadaluhla alrl in on day . and ah
till live " "
'Wholl bo th nw eandldataj for an
a tor thl week? . , . .
Br th war inmt eOBt a ' artit
drink, tfrer ahould b many 'mn well
fittd for eortary of th lnttrlor. '
Havlna mad av brief visit to th blac
wntr it is rumor4 th Panama canal
is to b built. Mr. Shonts think h
ought not to b asked to to down thr
aaht- at- a txUtry salary of 121,000 - a
year.' ,. :
Th nw nitm f Alaska to Mail
Hoggat, not HoglL .
Oklahoma la th football of a lot of
nnacrupaloua congressmen.
.,-.....
Th-houflllhiistered JnrjvaraJj
hours the other day, during part of
which time, a, -dispatch says, "Fulker-
sou uf Missouri createa-aftmaamuae
ment by entertaining a' group of mem
here by whistling .'W Won t Oo Horn
Till Morntnsf and other similar tunea."
What a Jolly thing to b a congressman
at $(.000 a year. Th troubl I that
MrJMJwr.oji,.iUrJ
unis oouian i near in merry tune ana
kick up their heels liyaic.
It I to be hoped that Walt Wellaian
wont oiacover a lot or native un
arounn in north pole whom w will
have ta bnvolently assimilate. ,
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A Battle Creek," Michigan, washer
woman has-bought av 11,00 automobile.
Mayb ah washes th sawdust and
baled straw before It I mad Into th
breakfast food manufactured there.
Th mayor la an Investigator.
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A Chicago girt haa organised a sti
letto brigade, teaching than to carry
and bm th weapon aa a nrotectton
against thugs. 'It might com in handy
too, in in cas or masners.
But won't It b fin whan It doe oin
up aprtngt
, . . e
It la about tlm for om Chicago
man to corner May wheat
It might be worse the weather yet
'r glad th Lewi and Clark, fair
occurred lat. year. ; -t. : ,
When TJncl X D.. Rockefeller dares
ahow himself again, h will probably
tell hi llttl claaa that money alone
ean't mak av man happy. -- - i
Mrs. Corey ha gon back ait to b
reconciled again. In th matter of trav
eling for reconciliation purposes ah
la making a reoord. . ,
Th upper country can turn up It
nose at Portland no longer: . Portland
baa had a snowstorm Itself.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Canby Tribune: With egg at II
cent a dosen th average Oregon cltl-
aen can now sport llttl streak of Tal
low on his chin.
Canby la bound to bav better reads.
Busy spraying In southern Oregon, '
. -. ' :.
A Canyon City 'man ssys that h se
cured IS namea to his remonstrance to
th petition for removal of county aeat.
and that 14 of them wr of th II who
had signed th petition.
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Upper Wlliamlna correspondencs . of
Bbsridan Bum - Found A brlarwood
pip en Coast creek. Onwer can have
asm by calling on finder, . -
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Toledo Reporter: .Two bachelor from
near Chltwood wr In town thla week
and whan oeaaured for leading 4 lift
of single blessednea said tt was not -of
their choosing; that unfortunately there
were but few unmarried women In that
community W would suggest that If
there 1 a eurplu of Brat elan alagl
women and maid who would Ilk to do
aom missionary work, Chltwood offers
an Inviting field. --. - .
Wallowa eounty
to' have
W
courthou. i
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A poultry association baa been organ
ised at Entorprise. i -v .- - , . . " , '
. -. . . . - w - ' . ....
John Hug of Elgin haa gon t Walla
Wall to vitt hia wif. , .
.uiZiii- :'- '- 9 : V-..A
BendoV f oundry" doing a VgTMiiness.
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Builness-never so good In Coquill.
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Cold weather averted threatened Ice
famiu In aom eastern Oregon towns.
A Blu mountain hot springs owner Is
already preparing for a Fourth, of July
celebration. ; - , ...
A Corvalll man has Imported a lot
Of . four-ring-necked Chines pheasants.
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Laborers scar for th Corvallla witter
pip Una, . .. - - e ,. -. . i -
A Toncall field of vetch 1 over four
feet high.
flDrlnafteld ' already - talking , about
celebrating the Fourth of July. '
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N. C Method of Elgin, member of
th last legislature from Union eounty,
haa lost his pass, and) Is advertising for
it
II may want vw rrae nni more.
Mule sold at Wall Walla for from
1300 to 1400, on for It.. -
'. o ..
Th abstract for th land bought by
Umatilla county livestock company.
10,000 acres, consists of 1,100 page and
cost ftOO,
V
yal real estate la demand, Z"4
tAXTmoarsiriAhH
EXAMPLE .
Merrill-A. Teague, in Reader Magaslaa.
In Baltlmor - la - offered - tha - unri
valed apoctacl of a otty which, two year
ago; devoid of civic pride, auatalned an
' tttHg'he ?aeli lee or 4 9,000,009 ty flio,
expended upward of S7,000,000 la public
Improvements without adding on penny
of tax . to tha burden already . born by
tn'cit!sensritl a record mad poss
hi by the applloatlon of plain bualnaaa
sense, untainted by politics or partisan
ship, free from th slightest suspicion
of graft.' and cooperated invfcy a cttl
senry suddenly Imbued with an ntbu-
laatio municipal patriotism.
While, three problem of broad pub
lic, concern and Importance were being
Intelligently aolved And .expeditiously
executed, lot-owning Baltlmorean proa
ecu led with aplendld vigor and wisdom
the great task nf rebuilding th burned
dttrlotT7-QuIckIjrlho municipality
adopted a modern building code under
which th height of structures I llm
Ited to 17 feet Responding nobly to
the new aens of progress, lot owners
agreed upon building plana which glv
many-street front architectural ann-
metry .and. harmony .l The burned-out
bank -and ' . truat companies . agreed
amoaaf . themeelves to build low atruo
turns, of simple, aiaaslv. dealgil.
- uch modern, steel-frame building a
th Continental,., union and Maryland
Trust building, and th.oultabla And
Calvert bulldlnaa Baltimore a com'
complement of skyscraper were found
to be structurally sound. They were
In every lnstanc of rebuilding th
lot-owner hae replaced - the struotur
destroyed with on tnor . worthy In
very detail than waa Ita predecessor.
Th new building exampllfy . th
latest architectural and struct ursLson.
captions, and glvs to th burned dis
trict sn appearance of dignity and
acr totally lacking before the
fir.
But tha chronicl of Baltimore' new
epoch doe not end here, . Juat when th
city was beginning to see a clear light
followed th catastrophe, Robert
Mclean, the vouns . and ..srosresslv
v. . .V.k.... , V Ml . .,V l'.1.
tragedy. Baltimore was stunned, but
did not rail.nar lose veurage;
E. 'Clay Timanua cam to th mayor
alty by right of auooeaaion. - He. too.
Is young man. blg'ln frame and broad
of mind., Hia faith In Baltlmor la In
tense, and he brought to aid hint la th
administration - of th office splendid
business qualification gained during a
career marked only by success.
Th old Baltimore bad no sewerage
system. Back-yard cesspools bred dta-
whlle kitchen and bathroom wash-
Waters" slopped serosa the sidewalks and
down th opea. gutter and alleys, -Why
not build sewersg system T Th park
ay a tern was seriously In need of Improve
ment. . Why not modernise and extend
Itt Th municipally owned water plant
waa deficient In that th municipality
did not owa th sourcs ot tho water sup
ply, tha watershed lying north of the
city. - Why not buy that watershed and
perfect th water system? Th city was
sadly In need-of Improved etreete, bar
cobbled pavement long having been a
reproach, and, likewise. It needed anor
and modern schoolhouses and biggsr
and better fire-nghting equipment. Why
not provide the essential? Streets In
th annex, a suburban district which waa
taken Into the city some la year ago.
existed only on paper. Why. not Improve
them and open the entire annexed dis
trict to residential utlllaaCoaT . ' "
These war daring suggestion. Baltl
mor listened to them with amased ears.
Whither waa the city being led 7 Mayor
Tlmanu waa proposing the expenditure
of something ilk S4O.000.000 ' by a cits
which had Just suffered fir loaa of
I7s.ooo.ooo.. - - -
From th wealth Of hia business ex
perience Mayor Timanua answered each
Interrogatory, Illuminating each atep by
th soundest common sens.
Th sewage system could and ahould
b mad self-supporting by assessments
against Its users. Its us to b mad
compulsory, and Ita construction ahould
be extended over porlod -of 10 years,
with an annual' sxpendlture limited to
11.000,000, so that the burden of tt
might nver be excessive. - Th reve
nue of th water department were
ample to ear for the purchase ot th
"watershed." Ther could be no ex
pense to taxpayers In that project On
million dollar was tha sum required
th park system.. In Baltlmor th street
railway monopoly paya Into tho city
treasury per cent of Ita gross receipt
This revenue la set apart for th main
tenance and Improvement of th parks
and can b touched for no other pur
pose. It was mor than sufficient to
carry th proposed park loan. No bur
den Ufon taxpayer from that direction.
Under th iaw by which the "Annex"
waa Incorporated with th municipality,
th city may not ao long aa ther are
not mor than acven building on a
block, assess for taxation any of th
property on that block at rat In ex
cess of the eounty. rate at. tha time of
th annexation, vis., (0 cent on each
1100 of valuation. But when mora than
seven buildings stand on. blook sll th
property In that block paya th full city
tax rata. Why not by opening streets
snd Improving them, and by providing
all city comforta and conveniences, fore
a quick development of thl suburban
district thereby adding hundreds of
thousands of dollars, 11 paying the full
city tax rata, to th taxabl basis?
argued Mayor Tlmanu It i la good
business, a sound Investment which
guaranteea speedy and desirable re
turn. -' , '
Th city pondered tle proposition
In Mayor Tlmanus - business acumen,
and -In - bl -wnselflsh, non-partisan - pa
triotism air tha -popl had tro reserved
confidence. . He needed but to suggest,
and. when arh proposition had been
deliberated, ther came, with virtual
unanimity, th people's decision:
"It Is good business; w will under
take It" : ; v' "t
Even th court caught th contagion
for municipal achievement In pending
causes ther decided that easements in
ths street and thef city property en
joyed by public servio and utility cor
poratien were taxabl real estate.
Thus ther wa established by judicial
decree th principle of franchise taxa
tion th principle for which Theodor
Roosevelt a governor of New Xork,
so valiantly and suceesstully strove,
and In atrlving for which, against a
recalcitrant - legislature. ,ha nrst won
spurs as ohsmplon'of popular rights
and tha "squar deal." This decision
will add 126.000,000 to BnJtimor'a tax
abl basis, and produo art Increa- of
IJ00.000 In the publlo revenue. Evry
dollar of thia Increased revenue will
be collected from the atreet railway,
gas, elaotrlc, tslephon. telegraph and
heating and refrigerating corporations,
none of which rniL onder th law, ad
vance Ita rate. f . ', . -
These ar the thing Baltlmor 1 do
ing to mak of Itself a modern muni
cipality. In a few years thl will b
achieved. '
Nowhere among any of th annals of
cities is. there te be found a reeerd tj
a if
-
tul-day.
axsmmmmmmasmmmmmmm
parallel thU. 4-'It lsv th record of
growth not yet two year old 'growth
rpneervoo' m na ruuglier omhiih
moment when elvlo pride, publlo eentl
ment and 'municipal patriotism were,
virtually dead. . It la 'the .reoord .of
growth horn of estaciysmlo Inspiration
ana nurtured by th enthusiasm ot
now and redeeming civic spirit . Com
pleted It will provide for th nation
an example of the possibilities that
lie hidden in every municipality. . ;
THE PATHFINDERS
OF HISTORY
By Rev.-Thomas B. Oresory:
- To blr Iseao Newton.' th discoverer
r th law of gravitation, belong the
honor of having made th subllmest
generalisation that was ever achieved
by tha human Intellect Even John
Flake, who. aa all of hia reader know.
waa . Inclined - to - look upon Herbert
Spencer aa th greateat of thinker, ad
mlts that th demonstration . in th
"Prluclpla" required .th highest, power
or quantitative reasoning yst man!
rested by th human mind, and that th
difficulties under .which Newten J au
proached hi task, destitute aa he was
alike of-modern method -of measure
ment nd resource of modern analysis,
Impress upon na at 1 11 more forcibly the
wonderful character of the., achieve
ment. .-.,.. .... ,
But In accounting for1 th sublime tri
umph of Newton there ar three other
uiuairious, names that - should not
be . overlooked Copernicus, Kepler' and
Galilee-. . It is at least possible, if not
probable, thst but for. the work that
this mighTy trio had done Newton wouIJ
hav missed th splendid fame that now
oeiongs io mm.,
Corperpicus having simplified matter
by giving the truth concerning the ar
rangement of the solar system, Kepler
came-along - with ills celebratedthree
lawa that th planet move in ellipse
aioi
equal area In equal time and that the
cubes or their mean distances are pro
portional to tne squares or their pen
oda-of revolution.
In the meantime Galileo had dlccov
ered th first two law f enotton. ' Of
d atiat atonO t
planets do not move in straight linos.
may jnust pe under the an I Inn nf aom
fore or force; whll the second law
showed that lnc th planets ar con
stantly deflected toward : the canter
around which they travel, they must be
under th influence oi some centripetal
fore.
Such centripetal fore Newton set
himself to And - He knew that heavy
bodies always bav a tendency to fall
to th rth, no matter at what height
they ar found above the surfac. and
ha waa led to think that poaalbly th
am tendency tofall to the earth fae
the eau by which th moon waa re
tained in Ita orbit round th earth.
He mad th axperimant but seemed
to fu tn proving- th theory h had to
hia mind. Th result of th calculation
showed that the moon waa deflected
from the tangent IS feet every minute.
while th theory called for II feet The
great man laid hi pencil aald and tt
was 13 yeara befor h took It up
again. In IStl Pi card mad th meas
urement of the carth'a radius and th
distano of the moon, and with' tbia In
mind Newtoa made another calculation,
with the reault that, th expected coin
cidence waa verified!
He bad discovered th fact that the
moon waa made to cevolve around the
earth - by th 1 force J of ' torreatrlal
gra vttyt
Th rest was easy; and. having found
that tha force exerted by th axth on
th (noon was tb vry saras fore that
cauaed the fall of unsupported bodies
at her. aurfaca, b waa prepared to ay
that the mainspring of th celestial
mechanism waa- an attractive power re
sldlng In matter of whatever klad,
which truth he enunciated as follows: -
"Every particle of. matter attrscls
vary other particle with foro var
ing directly aa the product of the num
bers representing their masses, and in
versely aa the aquare of the number
representing; th ' distance . between
them."
Tb wonderful man baa finished hi
task, and th great secret of th uni
verse wa at last revaia
Thus did Nwton sstablish the fact
for all tlm that th unlvere la gov
erned by law. Dismissing th "angels"
of all tha plans, which were-one etip
posed to guide them In their revolutions
about th sun, he substituted therefor a
caloulabl law, sufficing for vry amer
Acocy. , , , : - .
, But I go too faat
Newton did not
prove that the universe , waa governed
by law, but rather according to law
according to law rather than according
to our poor human caprine. . ..
The day of tb medicine man Wa
pvr. Tb word had gon out that hia
chsrrps and incantations were hence
forth to be ' looked upon as be log but
so much vanity and folly! - - -
Modernixcd Spelling. '.
:.;. By Jam J, Montegu.- ' -
-Andrew Carnegie ha contributed to
th spelling reform movement thereby
assuring It of uccea. New Item.,.-
S late I morn th das I spent not wysl,
but t wel. ' ,
When but a yung and guileless yuth. In
... i turning how to spsl. . ,
i akoolboy of thla modern tym by
, learn-ed man r bid
I spel th Ingllsb langwU Uke good old
. Josh. Billings did.
My dlxyunary'a throne aayd, and X Just
. feel arownd
Bet I start to rite a wurd, and spel tt by
th sownd.
And' yet I aumhow do not ' think that
thla new fashyund atll . -WU
b adopted Jenerly, d quit a llttul
. whll;
4 what a puriou wun jiai lurned Jt's
prltty safe t bet . ' "
Wil lykly b an awful lot uv trnbble 3
. - : 4 get :i V-
4 Jnstsnce, tho wun's akolarshlp. Is re-
. tigged 4 and aft, i
Stil f-l-n-a-n-c-e kontlnyus t spel graft
A rlter need not atop to think abowt his
apellng long, ,
No meter how h spel a wurd. Juat so
hs apl It rong. . '
Tomto, tysts and th rest that yused to
. rase him owt, . : , .
Ha Just can rlts rite off th reel 'with
out th sllteet dowt '.'
And yet altho I must konfesa the ela
tem's prltty fins. . , - .
I don't think thst Depsw and Plat kan
'. 'urn to spel resin . , -. t
Then . back to . Noah . Webster, and .the
good old-fashioned ders
When on must learn to spell one word
a dossn different. wars.
If "right" er "writ" or 'Tite ta right
, though learning may com alow.
W aurely got our money' worth- I
' ! - knowing that w know.
fj. S. Pays Up After 94 .Years.
.New Tork etate recently received from
the United State government th aum
of tllS.ISI.St. with Interest due th
stat for furnishing qulpmnt for
troope from New Tork for the war ot
1113. This aproprlatlon waa contained
In the deficiency bill recently algned by
President Roosevelt- : . , , . .
iiAr.cn u
STAimAJJNSURANCE
.. From the New York World.-', i
-The Armstrong committee in its sup
plemental Insurance bill provide tor a
lull publlo .comparison of Insurano
companies.. All policies ruust heuceforth
ststo In uniform language exactly what
1U Insurance: pro taction ."they tutnlah. -
th exact premium charge and -whst
OthefJf any pforhlses" ta company"
make
' All policiea arf to b of On of four
standard forma either atralght ordi
nary Ufa, payment life, eadownient or
terra policies.
The straight' ordinary.. Ufa', ta lnsur-
anee protection -tng, th life of th
policy-holder, provided ' ho continue '
paying premiums, th-vf remlum pay-
ments "to bo The aame every year; At
th age of , II thla form bf policy at
lowest present cost would be tU.OOr at-4
l,Sllo; at 40, 1.7. - The payment
wooid u the aame every year, depend
ing on the age at which, the Insured
tooK out th poller.
The second form nrovldes thst th In
sureej can pay In five. 10. It er to pay
ments Instead of tn lifetime annual
payment After male live all th stipu
lated payments th tnsuranc goes on
witnout further- cost These nayments
are ntgner than th straight life, level-
premium payments, but there are fewer
of Hum. i j i- ' V"-.-.
Th third or endowment form of not.
icr . rroy ias ior -paymeu
specified term, usually 10 yeara. at th
end of which tlm th Insured receives
tn. lace ei tne policy. Tht form of
policy at present price coat a about
twice s much aa th first form of
policy. At th age of It th endowment
cost ISO. -
-The fourth form of standard pollcyla
This) Ruenae tnad 1 th
policy-holder Inatirss hia life foe ' def
inite term of yeara, either with or with
out: the privilege of insuring for suc-
tnaurano in that every year thanoUoy-a
holder pays' the coat of his' insurance
an siQaisgm -pahl by-Mheitwl
company - unless he - die It la "the
cheapeat nf all form If Insurance pro
taction, costing at th age ef 31, fit;
t th as f so, till at th age ef 40,
f.e pr. i,uuv.
All these tour form of policy glv
tn same amount ef insurance protec
tion. The beneficiaries of the man who
paya 111 for term insurance, or 111.10
tor level -premium inauraneov ar IIS fee
a ll-payment Ufa, or ISO for 30-year .
ndowment will receive exactly 'th
am anm, 11.000, In cas the policy
holder die during tha life of th polloy.
If all pollule wsre renewable term pol I
lcies tn great runa ot assets now -so
cumulated In life Insurano treasuries
would b diminished to one tenth, and
th other nine tenths would be in th
pocket of th policy-holder - Every
other form of policy except term tnsur
anc combine to a greater or leaa ex
tent th necessity for an Investment re
serve with th amount required for
meeting death losses and expense of
management . , . - ,
LEWIS AND CLARK'
LtFnrt Clstaop. 11
March 30, Nothing eould be don to
expedite oar departure tn ensequeno
of the violent wind and rain., We In
tended to dispatch Drswyer .' and - J.
Flld- to-r hnnt along the bay . on this
Id of the tJathlabroah till wa ahould
Join them .bene; but th weather: wa
ao' unsettled that wa could not Sx on- a
day for our departur and w were un
willing to aend them out In such uncer
tainty, w still hav several days pro
visions on hand, which w hopel will suf
fice for our aubslslsnca during' the tlm
w may b weather bound. . Although
we hav not fared atimptuously th past-
winter and spring at Fort Clatsop, wa
hve lived, quite a comfortably aa wa
had any reason to expect and have ac
complished every snd w had In view In
staying at this place, -except meeting
any of the trader who visit thla coast
end the month of th Columbia, Our
ealt will amply suffice to last ua till
we -reach the Missouri, where w hav
cached- a supply. It would liav been
vary .fortunate for u if some trader
had arrived : befor our departure, for
1 iulhatce jre .should Jia vejecnabi e I
to add to our atock of merchandise ana
made. . much more comfortable home
ward bound Journey. Several of our .
men aUU complain of sickness; but we
believe that this is mainly due to want
of proper food, and we bop that a soon
aa we get under way wa shall be much
better off in this respect The i men
hav always been in much better health
when traveling than when stationary.
Finding that th guns of two of th
men were , out . of order, on waa
fitted with a new lock, and th broken
tumbler of th other waa replaoed by a
duplicate, which had been made at Har
per's Ferry, where tne gun itself -baa .
been manufactured. But for our pre
caution ot bringing extra locka and du
plicate part of tba.lock most of the
gun would now b useless, in spue or
the skill and Ingenuity of John Shields
tn repairing them. . Fortunately, aa It
It w ar eble to reoord her, that they
are all In good order. . -
Scheme to Turn Out Traitors.
From the New Tork Timed. -The
antl-mtlltarlst. movement In
Paris haa presented a new phsse. In
a recent number of the Volx du Peuple
there I an article on Te Sou du Bol
dat" ("The Soldier's Pittance", which
explains that .th labor organisation
have, opened fund for sending money
to .all soldiers serving their time who:
are members of the union. The article
reminds soldiers that th labor ex
changes ar "very hospitable to ol-
dler Their llbrarle reading-room
and class are largely open to them.
and - there are anm of th exchange
which provld writing paper and stamp
fre to oldierf
A thl artlcl followed on In Which
young soldier were suvisea. ir war
should break out to desert sna frater
nise with the enemy, th Voix du reu
ple, with it Socialist clrculstlon, which
has suddenly risen rrom io.ovv to tb.
040, haa been seised by th gov err,
ment .. '
Th French minister or Justice ua
announced hia Intention to prosecute
th 8,300 persona who algned the r
cnt antl-milltary appeal. .which. .called
Upon soldiers to desert . , ' .
Left $20,000 for Hid Faithful Do.
From th Nw . Tort World. . '
In remembrance of th faithfulness
of hi "Pt dog Bill, th on friend
atwaya by my aide, who loved me with
more than human affection.'! . Qeorg
C Watt a Chicago contractor, be
queathed 10,00 for hi support Th
will, which , waa probated recently,
fhnwed Watt's ' eatat was Valued at
1100,000. For tb car of th contrac
tor' horse, King. 1300 a year waa loft
Bill, a Scotch terrier, I 10 year old.
and waa given to Mr. Watla by his
Bother lgut yeara age, - . .
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