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GOVERNOR CHAli&ERUtfN'S
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,fNNE OF THE MANY STRONG
(1 1 Governor Chamberlain find's
. . ""T aide the limit of his own
not been -a were partisan in office, but ha recognized
that his. duty is not primarily' to the Democratic: party,
but to the whole people of Oregon. He has been broad
f "Enough, to rise above the petty considerations of party
politics. This has been illustrated repeatedly by Gov
ernor 'Chamberlain's appointments to-office. Naturally
' , the majority of his appointees have been chosen from
' Ms own party, especially those charged with important
-administrative offices, for it was imperative that these
offices should be filled by men on whom the governor
. could rely to carry out the policies to which he was
pledged. ' But Governor Chamberlain has shown himself
a believer in the principle of a non
and he has striven consistently to eliminate politics from
the management of the state institutions. i1 ,
A conspicuous illustration is afforded by the appoint
ment of L. T. Harris, a Republican, to the position of
, circuit judge-in the Fourth district The people of this
district, which is heavily Republican, had elected a Demo
crat, Judge J, W. Hamilton, to the circuit bench. When
the legislature creates? a second judgeship for the district,
giving the governor the power of appointing the first
incumbent, he deemed it proper to
' Republican, thus giving representation
'.'The wisdom of this course has been ratified by the
Democrats of the district, for in the recent primaries
-when Judge Harris was renominated by the Republicans;
no Democratic candidate was placed in the field to run
against him. , The governor's adherence to the principle
of a non-partisan judiciary was again illustrated when a
Vacancy arose on the supreme bench. Up to that time
., all three of the supreme judges were Republicans. Gov
' ernor Chamberlain named a Democrat to fill the vacancy.
" In many states the law requires
ments shall be made so as to give both
a nearly as possible, equal representation. President
'Roosevelt has repeatedly recognized in his appointments
to the federal bench, the importance of. a non-partisan
" judiciary. v -'-C'- - ' ' .;-
' tGovemor Chamberlain has endeavored to equalize the
' Representation of the two parties on the various state
fcoards, so that the administration of the state institu
tions may be as nearly non-partisan as possible. The
Superintendent of the state penitentiary and the com
'.. mandant of the Soldiers' home are both Democrats, but
'no political test has been applied in the selection of their
t subordinates. Efficiency has been the sole test
' The state enginer, John. Lewis, is a Republican and
was i appointed by Governor , Chamberlain; - Though a
? young man he has had large experience, especially in
; irrigation work, and his-obvions qualification for - the
' position outweighed any party considerations. .
Still another instance, is found in the reappointment
-t the school text book commission. This board, had
it, an end to the scandals which arose when the Ameri
HvTcxt Book company had a monopoly of the business
i this state, and Governor Chamberlain recognized the
-od work, (hat had been done by continuing the board
i office. ;'
In the exercise of his appointive power. Governor
Chamberlain has adhered with remarkable success to the
principle that efficiency, not party politics, must be the
great test
THE WAY TO DIG THE
IE GOVERNMENT IS an
when it comes to doing such
diaririns the Panama canaLl -
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,AviII get into it in spite of all efforts of high officials to
prevent At the present rate of progress it will take
forty years to dig the canal, and the original estimate
of cost will be duplicated if not multiplied several
times. This , is the present prospect, and there is no
reason to suppose or hope" that it will change for the
better, There is an army of leeches, hangers-on, idlers,
down there, doing nothing but drawing salaries. The
men .with the pick and shovel, the men who do the real
work, do anywhere from one fourth to one tenth of a
fair day's woric, even in that horrible climate. And
so it will gd on, year after year, as long as the gov
ernment tries to do the job. The president is not to
blame, nor Secretary Taft, nor. Chief Engineer Stevens;
they simply cannot help it, powerful as they are sup
posed to be. . '
- There was a sample of canal and loc.k digging in this
region years ago. It took the government 20. years
to construct the canal and locks at the Cascades of the
Columbia, when a private contractor would have done
it within three years.' So it has been with all such jobs.
The government finally "got wise" and sensible enough
to let such jobs out to private contractors, and the con
sequence is that the work, instead of being dallied with
ana made a soft snap for an army of political parasites
end idling grafters of all sorts, is done; finished, turned
over, and the contractors go on about their business.
Now the government lets the jetty construction, the
Gray's harbor improvement job, the Celilo canal job and
all such work out to responsible private contractors.
.Why not the Panama canal? It is the only way to get
it done within any reasonable space of time or for any
thing less than four or five times its proper cost 4
- Suppose Mr. James J. Hill or Mr. E. H. Harriraan
had the Panama canal to dig it would be done, prompt
ly, properly, within the prescribed time , and cost But
Uncle Sam can't do it He is loaded down with barnacles
and parasites and hampered with red tape and is a
veritable old cripple. The only thing for him to do is
to let the contract for the whole business to Some
man like Hill or Harrtman, and it will be done. Sup
pose the contractor does make a million or two or
three or five millions out of it; he will deserve to do so,
and if he made ten millions it would be money in the
governments pocket to let. him have the job. 'Then
there would be no loafing, card playing, foremen and
clerks, so dawdling, strutting, idling overseers and sub
pverseers and non-working grafters of high and low
degree by hundreds, as there are now at Panama; but the
work wonld go,, right-ahead and the man who didn't
work in his proper place and earn his wages would be
incontinently fired. ' ' -
i The only wsy to get the canal dug within 40 years and
at a cost of less than half a billion dollars is to let
the job out to private contractors, under sufficient bonds.
,,.;(. ' M.- .'',,,-r- i u,
A private letters received from Nome under date of
February 13, 1906,. states that the . winter has been very
fine, . On the question of Portland getting aay of the
Nome trade it is stated that the business has been al
lowed to run ao long without anything being- done-that
other towns have now a very strong foothold there and
it would be Very hard to oust them. The writer adds
that in Nome, the business men do not. even think of
Tortlsnd from a business standpoint and that it would
It felt to talk about getting any business there
' i f-zaey are put on the run tad keot the : ,
. I ND F H B T 1 NBWgAPfc'
APPOINTMENTS,
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REASONS why
staunch support out-
party is that ho has
turned up their
not of that sort
that came along,
bargain .they , could
- partisan Judiciary,
advise them, if
give the office, to a
to both parties,
rants, but they are
that judicial appoint
political parties,
must he acrimp and
now be quite what
and sure income.
Young man, if
at $40 a month, or
CANAL.
incompetent . thing
a piece of work as
Politics and graft
party "regularity"
silly it is I
How ridiculous
tor or supreme judge of Oregon in 19061
'Then about those
administration,"
support- It does
day it shows you,
appointing," it went
Philippine tariff -
(Dem.), thus: .
It mattered not
failure to pass this
number of votes
gation testified that
So it is all along
Republican leaders
JOURNAL
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The Journal Building, Fifth and Ycm-
SHEEPHERDERS AND CLERKS.
THE STORY WAS ,tbld lsst week of six clerks,
chums, who, tfirown out of employment in San
;r; Francisco, arrived in .Portland with only 1 cent,
and who secured Jobs of sheep herding up in Wheeler
county. They were very sensible young men to accept
this employment- A good many clerks would have
noses at it and gone on staying around
town, and wearing high collar and half starving rather
than go out and herd sheep, but these young men were
They accepted the first good otter
and they may find that it was the best
possibly have made.. It ,wss said
in the story that they intended to work for a few months
and save their... wages $40 a month and "grub" and
nextfall come back to Portland and find employment
in stores. But they may change their minds. We would
they can succeed in pleasing their em
ployers during, the summer, not to come back, but to
stay right on in eastern Oregon. They can earn $40 a
month or nearly that the year 'round up there with no
expense except for a few cheap, coarse clothes. In
about two years they can get an interest in a band of
sheep; in four they can own bands; within 10 years they
can have stock ranches and two or three bands of
sheep besides Ifieir fine stock, altogether worth perhaps
$25,000 or $30,000. In the -meantime they live close to
nature and iaa health-giving environment They are on
the prairies, in the mountains, along the creeks. They
will have no theatres to attend, unless occasionally they
go to , The Dalles or Pendleton, but they don't need
theatres.- They will have no fine meals at swell restau
better off without them. The em.
ployment upon which they .are entering is not an aes
thetic one, but everybody can't be aesthetic. It is hon
est and lucrative. If we were a young man we would
rather herd sheep then clerk in a store, for there is
more in it A sheep herder can soon become independ
ent; how . many years must' a ' clerk toil, how much
save, before he can get a homer.
Sitting ifi one of our hotels is a man about 55 years
old who some 30 years ago went into eastern Oregon
as these young men do, penniless. He sawed wood for
pis breakfast and that day got a job herding sheep.
Last year he sold out for about three quarters of a
million dollars. The opportunities to do this may not
they have been during the past 30
years, but there are yet plenty of opportunities for a
young man who starts in herding sheep to become in
dependent in a very few years., We do not mean to
say that gaining money and stock and land is every
thing; swe don't say that this man with his hundreds
of thousands is any more to be respected unless he
otherwise deserves it than if he only had one hundredth
part as much money; but the instinct and desire to ac
quire some property, to get a home,, to become inde
pendent, are commendable and natural, and the sheep
herder, if he be sober, industrious, intelligent and faith
ful, can do all this in one fourth, perhaps one tenth the
time that the clerk can. And then before he is a very
old man, and while his children are yet growing up, he
can have a home and headquarters in a town if he de
sires while his herds and flocks bring him in a steady
'" ; .-'V
you are offered a job of herding sheep
even? $25, don't despise it
,WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE ER STRAIGHT.
JOHN C CALHOUN was in favor of state right
. .therefore be sure to vote for the Republican can
' didate for constable in East Portland. Jefferson
Davis ought to have been hung on a sour apple tree;
therefore be sure that the justice of the peace in Ska-
mokawa Is a Republican.' Clement L. Vallandigham was
a rabid sympathizer with secession; therefore never al
low any other than a Republican to get onto the supreme
or circuit court bench in Oregon during the twentieth
century. This is the logic of the Oregonian's plea for
and a straight vote. Really, how
:
it is to go back to discuss what Dem
ocrats did who have been in their graves for a genera
tion as pertinent to the" election of a governor or sena
present .measures of legislation and
which the morning paper urges you to
so only abstractly, for nearly every
both in its news columns and edi
torially, that these "measures" are wrong, vicious, be
coming intolerable. For instance, Saturday after saying
that the situation as to the railway rate bill -was "dis
on to discuss the failure to pass the
bill, urged by President Roosevelt
to the greedy and selfish trusts that
bill providing for reduction in the
tariff was betrsyal of sacred promises made to the peo
ple across the Pacific! The senatorial view seemed to be
that the end justified the means, and the means used
were not at all creditable to the United States of
America. Democratic support of the motion
was promptly forthcoming and, with the rate bill out ofj
the way, it is probsble that there will be a sufficient
again to get it before congress. When
the Arbuckle-Havemeyer sugar war was on a few years
ago, Mr. Havemeyer in the course of the attendant liti
there was a profit in the sugar busi
ness when the refined product could be sold for 3 cents
per pound. As the consumers have for several years
been compelled to pay' about twice that amount, it is
not at all clear that this country would suffer a . heavy
loss by admitting Philippine sugar duty free. The same
ii true of tobacco and rice and other products."
the line. The measures the people
want they can't get And the surest supporters of the
president in congress today are the Democrats. The
and masters are every one against
him, and what is more, they are beating him. And yet
the morning paper prates about the beneficent "meas
ures" of legislation and administration of the Republican
party, in order to get .people to shut their eyes, open
their mouths and take whatever is spooned out to them.
A CASE IN POINT. T -;'
HE OREGONIAN speaks of the assessment of
property in certain instances at a value which
is an Infinitesimal part of its real value. It seems
to think there jis' great injustice 'dons the pubfic'in this
action. . f i. .
' . Probably there is, but the most flagrant fraud in this
connection Ts the, case of the Oregonisn newspaper prop
erty itself. The fact of the matter is $1,000,000 cold
cash has been offered the majority stockholders of that
concern ; for the Oregonian, its. plant and its evening
edition end the total assessment on this very property is
only $100,000, just 10 per. cent of the amount at which
it can sell..' -v .. - V
The Oregonian lives in a glass house and at times it
stupidly shies rocks at its own window pane and awakes
to discover its indiscretion ' ' ,
SMALL CHANGE
.i . i. .,.., .. m . . omit
' Curious neither .Do rt nor Irl Hicks
claims to nave prophesied .It
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Qearin or Bourn which Is rsally
batter, honor brlghtT
:
study the Initiative amendments to
be voted en In June.
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Mr.'Turnleh shed no tears ever the
defeat of deer and Lowell.
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dr day. tomorrow.
7
What would the Repnbllcan party do
without Mrs. Woodcock,?
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"Watch us," says the resurrected Ban
rrancteco Call. Everybody's , already
watching.;. , . '.i
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Don't- forget to boost the Made In
Oregon fair, v '
Albany Democrat: The man who will
vote for Jonathan Bourne for senator
with a. man of the abllltr an Integrity
of Senator Geexln in the field will have
a peculiar conception of the kind of ,
senate tne government needs.
Mr. Bourvhe done Uncle Sam and
Incidentally Portland some service by
materially lnoredfing the postofflce re
ceipts here. , ... 1 t .
A headline In a paper reads, "Russia
Swept, by Democrats." ' Couldn't the
Democratic party of the United States
Import a lot of those. Russians r
-The tariff la atm n Issue." remarks
the standpat Salem Btateaman. We
(Tee, and It will be until the Ding-ley
law experiences an earthquake. ,
Mr.-arnirle Is spending - a lot of
money .to effect reform in spelling;,
but.Jeeh Bllllnge made lot of money
in doing tne same tning.
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Tacoma papers are the only one in
the United States that print It 'Tacoma
Instead of "Rainier." f
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Sometimes . the man behind the .run
Is a fool.
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Weed out the bums, and give the rest
plenty.
As for doing Russia any good. Gorky
might . aa wall go back. But ho may
put money In his purse.. . ...
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Dent worry about Mount Hood.
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An Illinois man denies that he Is
going out of the plumbing business to
become a banker. Of course not; no
body -eaanges his business with a eer
talnty of decreasing his Income there-
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Hurrah baseball week.
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Will heaven be crowded? Is asked.
Well, Or over Cleveland and BUI Taft
both expect to go there.
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Shouldn't Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock know what caused tne earth-
quake T ; ' . ' . . i
All men are brethren but some are
1 ' Boston preacher akye that what
this country needs Is a king-. A good
many Individual have needed one, too,
when they had only three.
"aliewM
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Grain, hopvlnes and fruit trees all
looking well up the valley.
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The Grand Rondo valley In
Union
county la perhaps the richest
region
of Its slse, and It Is not small. In ma
terial wealth arul resources. In ths
northwest. . ; ' i
The new tabernacle at La Grande, will
cost fSO.000. , !
Elgin baa a lawn tennis elub of 14
members.
Clatskante Is to have a bank. 1
Several stockmen will build houses In
Ontario. .r
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Several eaatern timber locator have
arrived In Grant county. ' '
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The late election In Grant county I
doomed to go down into history, says
the John Day News, as the pokiest one
over held. . . v
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The Umatilla County Development
league will Issue 60,000 booklets.
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Forest Grove Is to have a park. -
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Fruit prospects good In Grant county,
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Out of three Republicans nominated
for representative In Washington
oounty, two live In the little village of
Gaston. ,. . .. (
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A Corvallls attorney also had to pile
brick In Ban Francisco. Probably did
him good.'
All conditions favorable to -a big
crop In Sherman county.
All the Interior Oregon towns have
done nobly In the matter of relief.
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ftalnnna - at Houlton eloso Snndar.
but at St. Helens are open. tfJv.jt
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Pino Grove correspondence of Hood
River Glacier: Everyone Is busy and
news are scarce.
tiote of Industrial Ufa In jand around
Echo. -,
Lexington baa an Improvement league,
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Portland parties have been looking
over the ooal field. It ought to . bo
opened up.
A Logan carthorse
pounds. '
weighs 1,110
Many new sawmills this year In Ore-
Coal at the head of Hay erook said to
be ail right. ' ...
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Kent Recorder: Necessity Compels
us to call attention to the fact 'that wo
are not running a free reading room,
nor a .free circulating library.
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The Umatilla Indians Win have moneV'
to throw at the birds after today, But
a good deal of It will be thrown ever
saloon bars," . . i, .;. t . ,-, .
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The Hood river' strawberry crop will
be short, but prices will b verx high.
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE CONSTABULARY
From the New fork Times.
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania
haa undertaken an experiment In con
stabulary organisation which the police
authorities of other states win observe
with much . Interest. - Under an - act
adopted by the legislature at - Its last
seaalon, providing for the creation of
a state police, the authorities are or
ganising four platoon, each consisting
of a captain, a lieutenant., five ser
geants and 60 men, and thla force, under
i no direction of a superintendent, win
be distributed "throughout the various
sections of the commonwealth . where
they will bo most efficient in carrying
out the purposes of the act to preserve
the peace and to prevent crime." AH
members of this fores must be cttliens
of the United States of good moral char
acter and between the ages of tt and
0 years. They must be of sound phy
sique and able to ride, and will bo re
quired to pass mental and physical ex-r
animations. The superintendent Is ap
pointed -for four years at an annuar sal
ary of $3,000; his deputy is paid $2,000
a year; captains, S1.S00 a year; lieuten
ants, tl.JOO a year; sergeants, 11,000
yearly, and privates 1720 a year. The
clerk and the stenographer receive, re
spectively. i,)0 and 11,800 a year.
The . governor - of the state has ap
pointed as superintendent of the state
police Captain John C Groome, com
mander of the First troop, Philadelphia
city cavalry, popularly known as the
First city troop. Captain Groome has
long been a member of the Pennsyl
vania National Guard, and by virtue
of his seniority is In command of ths
squadron of cavalry Of the First brl
gade. Under the act by which he was
appointed the organisation of the new
police force is left entirely to Captain
Uroome, who is to make the rules and
regulations, subject to the governor's
approval. Captain Groome haa not yet
decided how the force shall be equipped
or uniformed, but tt haa been deter
mined that the entire body shall be
mounted and that It shall be quartered
in barracks and ruled by military dis
cipline. The enrollment lists have only
recently been opened, but more than
1,000 applications for enlistment have
aireaay necn received, marry -or tnera
comlnr from men WhA.L ha VW mmrvmA in
the cavalry - and Infantry; branches
the United States army. -,
It Is Intended that this now organisa
tion shall to some extent supplant the
coal and Iron police of Pennsylvania, a
nony or about 1.000 men. whoso members.
while appointed by the state authorities,
are paid and directed by private cor
porations. , The , coal and Iron police
came into being as ths result of labor
troubles in the anthracite coal regions.
which caused a reign of terror In some
of the Morif -rioujlous counties of ths
state, but the. fact that the force-was
in me pay or corporations nas always
been distasteful not only to the laboring
classes, but to many cltlsena of promi
nence In publlo and business , affairs.
who have repeatedly urged that the sys
tem bo abolished. If the new organisa
tion, paid and. under the Immediate con
trol of the state, shall prove ef
ficient. It will probably bo Increased
from time to time until ths coal and Iron
pollcs can be done away with altogether.
and that result would remove what has
been for many years an element of frlo-
tion and discord In the Industrial and
political life of the state. , The state no
tice! are sequlred to 'cooperate With the
local authorities In detecting- crime, ap
prehending criminals and preserving law
and order. To that ond they are vested
with power to make arrests without war
rant for all violations of ths stats law
which they may witness, to execute
warrants Issued by proper authorities.
to act as forest wardens and In general
to nave tne powers conferred upon mem.
bers of the police force of cities of the
first class.
It is confidently believed by the or
ganisers of this new police . force that
u win -do capable of performing much
of tin riot duty and other emergency
work which has hitherto devolved upon
the national guard. Being regularly In
service, thoroughly trained and equipped.
suDject to army discipline - and com
manded by competent officers, the state
police should ultimately become a pow
erful factor- in military education
throughout the stats. With war in pros
pect tnis xorce should prove useful In
organising and training volunteer sol
diers. . Intelligently- organised ' and
trained, as wo believe It will bo under
Captain Groome.' s direction. It wilt bo
valuable coordinate of the national
guard, capable of excellent service In
time of emergency. Wo hope that In
accepting recruits Captain Groome may
give prererenoe to nonorably discharged
men or tne army, ror by ao doing ho will
not only take Into his command men
who have already received the needful
military training, but will also provide
desirable places for old soldiers who
have a special claim to consideration
when there are such favors to bestow.
CENERAL FUNSTON,
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From ths New York gun
There is no high officer of the United
States army, with the possible except
tlon Of . Leonard .. Wood, concerning
whom the various opinions held by ths
unprofessional publlo have differed more
widely or conflicted more directly. In
the Philippines st the outset of bis ca
reer ho was the victim of everadver-
Using. The sensational acoounta of his
exploits at flrat raised his reputation
to the pinnacle of popular glory. Whan
the reaction came ha suffered, no doubt
unjustly. By some of his fellow cltl
sena, and not In Kansas only, Funaton
s yet worshiped ea one or the moot
remarkable of military heroes. By
others ho has been regarded ao a newspaper-made
soldier, of a fame some
what saffron in hue; and the latter es
timate of his abilities and usefulness
haa not beerr weakened by the circum
stance that he Is not a West Pointer,
but an officer appointed from civilian
life. ' . -.'
As In air such cases, the truth about
Funaton has always been somewhere
between the extreme unfortunately
marked for him at a time of epidemic
adulation and the other extreme of de
preciation which would dismiss htm as
mere entrgotio adventurer with a
genius for doing things as to put the
types In motion. Ho Is just past 40,
and Is ths master of his ultimate classi
fication. . '
The events of the post week will eon-
vlrtco millions of Americans that Wil
liam McKinley made no mistake when
ho promoted Frederick Funaton. The
little brigadier has handled the dreadful
Situation In San Francisco with So
much Judgment and resolution that he
entitled to the thanks of oongresa.
No sooner was the nature of the disas
ter known at ths Presidio ' than he
rushed troops to the elty to patrol ths
streets and guard . banks and publlo
buildings. As ths disaster grew ho
arose to the occaalon. HS did not trench
on the civil authority, but dominated it
for tho general welfare. His first die
pstch to Secretary Taft ahows that hs
grasped the situation sal that his taot
did no fall him. Troops all on duty
assisting tho police,' he reported, and
added': "We need thousands of - tents
and all the rations that can bo sejnl.
Funaton was fireman as welt as police,
man, for ho set his soldiers to work
blowing up buildings to save the elty
from destruction, and when the last
stick of dynamite was gone bo emptied
tho arsenals at tho Presidio. He took
it upoq himself to order the Twentieth
infantry from Monterey to reinforce
his overworked command. "I shall do
everything in my power to render as
sistance." he telegraphed to tho secre
tary, "and trust to tho war department
to authorise any act I may have to
take." He still stuck to ths the letter
of tho law: "Working In conjunction
with tho civil auhorltles." bo advised
the secretary. - In another, dispatch:
"You can't send too many tenta or ra
lions." .'. -. ' '
And Funston was undertaker as well
as fireman and policeman, He pressed
every unattached man Into service to
dig graves, nnd he plpked out a part of
the Prealdio to bury the dead In. In
doing this ho was health officer aa well
as undertaker. Then there were the liv
ing to feed ' and shelter. He formed
concentration camps In Golden Oate
Park, and one of his dispatches lndl
catea that he was looking after ,tbs
water supply. ' Working In conjunction
with the- civil suthorltlesT in a way,
yea: but tho stricken city was really
under martial law, and General Funaton
waa saving tt from anarchy.
Meanwhile his reports of the condi
tions that tried men's souls were ad
mirable for clearness and thrift of ex
pression. Funston had had some expo.
rience of news gathering aa well as of
soldiering. Through the, ordeal ha kept
his head and never shirked responsibil
ity. It Is true he had. the assistance
of capable lieutenants, and particularly
of suoh Indispensable men as Devol
of the quartermaster's department and
Krautboff of the division commissary.
but the eredit of carrying a panto-
stricken community through ' the bell
of earthquake and fire and triumphing
over human as well a tho elemental
furies belong to General - Frederick
Funston., Tho achievement, transcends
his servtooo In the field and stamps htm
as a man eminently fit to command.
Peace bath ber ..victories no less re-
nowqea man war.t ana . rreaericK run
ston must be saluted as a victor In a
stupendous crisis.
Show eom and go, but tho Pollard
stay. Occasionally. we glveu thenr 'a
short vacation to run about-and see
tho country, but aenerally. yit seems.
they are In Portland. . And always when
hero they make good. They are coming
to nave a rersonai following now.
lot of peoplo that ao to see thorn every
lima,.
Tho little folks sro billed to dIsv
this week at the Helllg In a succession
of musical . comedy successes, - and
started last night with "A Runaway
Girl," one of tho most tuneful and
generally agreeable musical pieces over
wrmen. -. . . i , v
There Is little to bo said about beo-
plo so well known. Teddy McNamara
was funny aa ever last night. Olive
t-oiiara a mi leas babyish and full v
attractive, tho Helnt twins as busy
wim eomio Dusiness as of old. Eva
Pollard, the baby prima donna, showing
signs or Doing somebody some . day.
Daphne Pollard, formerly . the favorite
or tne lot, nas peon ohoived Jnt an
inconspicuous part, DaDhne la all
right, first rate, but she will soon be
not uttio Daphne, but Miss Pollard. One
cannot always be young.
TThe Silver Dagger."
There Is a rousing melodrama at tho
Empire this .week, not quite so wild
and thrilling as It title, "The Silver
Dagger," suggests, but plenty exciting.
And tho big crowds that attended yes
terday uxed it n rot rate, it is get
ting rather late for melodrama, or any
other sort of drama, but until tho
weather gets solidly settled aa wrm.
Blll and Emma and Joe and Susie will
tako pleasure in tho hard seats of the
house on Morrison street,
There-are four acts In "The Silver
Dagger," with something going on all
tho time. When there was emotional
work Mis Cora King Swain 'was on
hand. Soma specialties helped the gen
eral Impression Dorothy Fairfax bet
four dollars that Isn't her real name
aang "Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Oood-Bye,"
with a plaintive tremor, and ' ''while
tho Tom-Tom Plays." Jimmy Wright
provided some oongs and danced. Tho
rescue from an underground room was
he principal thrill-producer, and was
won done. Tho. piay will run tho week.
Refugee Vaudeville. ,
Refugee vaudeville proved an Inter
esting and satisfactory attraction aa
presented yesterday at tho Baker the
atre. The program said that the per
formers were all from San Francisco.
One of -them, a iilack-faced monologlsL
started to tell tho crowd so In Jocular
vein. Ho had figured out beforehand
what ha would say, and said part of It
But ths reception wss not cordial. Ths
people had not come yet to look upon
too disaster aa a joae.
Tho program consists of eight; vaude
ville acta, each rather better than tho
average soon at local houses, followed
by a farce In which most of tho vaude
ville peoplo took part, A young man
who styled himself Ths Boutons con
tributed last night some' bag punching
that was way ahead of the ordinary.
Dot Raymond sang a Mario Cahlll song
fairly well, and followed It with a coon
song - in French dialect that was an
agreeable novelty. Homer Lone, the
black-faced monologlst, sang some par
odies that took, and told a few now stor
es. A child billed aa Little Madeline
was principally Interesting In that ahs
refrained from singing any of Charles
K. Harris' songs about angels snd
heaven. Frank Rents Is a bettor trap
osa man than most of those we have
seen of late: tho throe Leondors offer
some Interesting poses and Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Leo as the policeman and the
stage-struck gin are amusing.
Tho raroo Wbloh waa presented bv the
assembled talent, "The Wrong Doctor,"
brought one back to the days whan
"Charleys Aunt." and tho Hovt nlava
were populan, It Is a flrSt-rato farce,
with eomettrlng new every minute, and
tho erowd liked It James P. Leo does
the principal comedy work In tho role of
a man of many troubles. Ths perform
ance runs all week.
' - Condemned to "Slavery. '
From the Collectors' Magaeino. :
Two hundred years ago, when men
and women were condemned to death
ror trivial errenses, it was tho custom
In Scotland to commute the death sen
tence Into perpetual servitude, to speci
fied masters in other words,' tho con
demned person became a slsve. It was
further ordained that he should' wear
a metal collar round his nock recording
his ssntonco and punishment
. The Society of Boottlsh Antiquaries
owns one of these collars, fished out
of ths Forth above Alloa. It is of
brass, with this Inscription: "Alexander
Stewart, found guilty of death for theft
at Perth, fth December, JT01, and gifted
by tho Justiciars as a perpetual servant
to air John Arsskea of Alva," -
i THE PLAY I
DONT MAKE MONEY
' YOUR GOD
By Beatrice Fairfax.
'This country Is money mad men.
women, children, oven tho babies are sit
possessed of the oho Idea money.
When a girl is "keeping eompany
with a young man her chief thought la.
"How much money ass he, and bow
much will ho spend on me?" ,
Money wisely expended can do a great
deal of good, but it la not by any meano
tho greatest thing in tne wonu. .
It would bo wiser 10 oewuie your
energies to speculating on the worthi
ness of a man's character than on tho
on tho worthi
er than on tho
a roan's worth
r ho -spends on .
lopes lo get on .
t himself will '.
slse of his pocketbook.
This Idea of measuring i
bv the amount of money
you la all wrong. .
The young man wno napes
and make a success of hln
never amount to anything If he apenda
every cent ha owna on pleasure.
A girl's Influence over tho man who
lovee her is great.
If she constantly urges him to spend
money he will soon grow to think thst
money-making. Is tho most Important
thin on earth, as by that and that only
can bo hopo to hold her affeotlon. Bhe
had much better use her influence In
urging him to be aobor and Industrious.
If ha has both 'those qualities ho will
always bo able to make a oomfortable
living. . - - - '
And when tho young wife keeps for
ever at her husband to work harder and
make more money ho comes In time
to bo nothing but a money-making ma
chine.
It lo the. women who drive the mee
toward their money madness.
Love Of finery on his wires part nas
aged many a man before his time.
Do try to bo moderate in your ao-
sires. t- , . , .',;
Bo economical; that will help Im
prove tho family fortunes rsr more
than overwork on . tho man's part.
The average young man cannot afford
to marry on the same eised Income as
his father did,' and the chief reason Is
that the average girl is not content, to
live as berumother did. ....
She want more clothes, more . thea
tres, more luxury of every klnd.J.1
Of course general living expense are
higher than they were In those dare,
but tho salaries are also larger than .
they used. to be. ..- -
Do not waste money, nor yet treat it
aa a god. . Respect it and use It to good .
purpose;
If you are a young gin remember
that vohv father works hard to maks
the money you are so ready to squander. -;
And If you are a wife, remember that
money represents toll and worry on your
husband's part' ,
If you are a wage-earner yourself you
should understand all tho better tho
Importance, of using money wisely.
And always bear in mind, girls, that
In marrying a Vnan whose only recom
mendation Is stchea, you Will find no
happlneeo. ..-. - ' -.,
Much bettor marry a man for love ,
and help him build his fortune than ...
enter upon a loveless union with a. rich
man. ,;.
For without lova all the money In tho .
worldf'wlll not . bring you content
At Waltsbur-. Washington. w
April SO. Although wa had hobbled "
and eoourod our now purchases,, wo -lound
some difficulty in collecting all
our horses. . In tho meantime wo had
purchased several doga and two horses, ,
besides exchanging one of our least
valuable horses for a good one belong
ing to tho Chopunnish who is aecora- ,
panylng ne with his family.
We , now. have 21 horses, many of
which are young and excellent animals.
but the greater part of them are af
flicted wlthsore backs. Tho Indiana
In general are cruel masters they ride
very - hard, and their saddles are so-:
badly constructed that It Is almost lm-
posslblo to avoid wounding tho back; .
yet they continue to redo when tho poor
creatures are scarified In a dreadful
manner. At 11 o'clock wo loft these
honest, worthy people, aooompantod by
our guide and tho Chopunnish family.
and directed our course north 10 de
grees oast, across sn open, level, santty
plain, unbroken except by large baoke
of pure sand, which have drifted In
many parts of the plain to tho height
Of IS or !0 feet. Tho rest of tho plain '
is poor In point of soil, but generaty
supports short grass Interspersed with
aromatio shrubs and a number of
plants, the- roots of which supply tho
chief sustenance of tho natives. Among
these wo observed a root something like
tho . sweet potato. . At tho distance of ,
14 miles we reached a branch of tho
Wollawollah river, rising In tho asms
range of mountains and emptying - six
miles above the mouth of tho latter
river. It Is a bold deep stream, about
It yards wide, and seems to bo naviga
ble for canoe. Tho hills of this creek
are generally abrupt and rocky, but the
narrow bottom Is very fertile, and both
possess 19 times as much timber as tho
Columbia Itself; Indeed, wo now find.
for tho first time since leaving Rock
fort (at The Dalles), an abundanoe of
firewood. Tho growth consists of Cot
tonwood, birch, crimson haw, red and '
sweet willow, choke cherry, yellow cur
rents, gooseberries, tho honeysuckle .
with a white berry, rose bushes, seven-.
bark and sumac, together ' with some
corn grass and rushes. The advantage1
of a oomfortable fire induced us, ss tho ..
night was come, to halt at thla plaoo.
Wo . were soon supplied by Drewyer -
witn a jeaver and an otter, of 'which
wo took only a part of the beaver, and
LEWIS AND CLARK ;
of ' which : r.
laver, and .
gave the rest to the Indians.
Tho ot- ' Jr.
igh muett r
nation, to JL
eat , Tho Oy
ror except y , v,
tar lo a favorite food., though
inferior, at least in our estlms
tho dog, which they will not est
horse is seldom oaten, and never
when absolute necessity compel them,.
a the only alternative to dylna . of .
hunger. This fastidiousness does not.
however, seem to proceed so much from ' '
sny dislike to ths food as from attach
ment to tho animal Itself; for many Of
them eat wry heartily of -the horse
beet which we give them. , . -
How Kaffirs Smoke.
From tho St Louie Olobe-Democrat '
"Tho Kaffir smokes on his stomach."
said a tobacconist, "using ths earth for
a pipe. -.-.... ,
"This benighted savaare. when tha to
bacco hunger seises him, selects a piece
of clayey soil about a foot aauara and
puts a curved twig therein, ao thst both
ends of the twig stick out Then ho
Duuae a nro over the place, and when
tho tire has sufficiently hardened tha
clay, he draws out ths twig and a chan
nel, a aina or pipestenv Is left '
."One ond of the channel ho hotlowe
Into a bowL Tho other end la hla
mouthpiece. He puts his tobacco In the
bowl, drop a live ooal on top, and.
lylna down, falls to. . . ,
"Tho Kaffir sueks away vigorously,
and very black and atrona are the
fumee that enter his large mouth. Ho
wil not use CJl ordinary nine. Ha likes
his own way of smoking best. He Is.
I suppose, tho only smoker Whoso pipe
la the eartlLt .
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