The Oregon daily journal., May 16, 1906, Image 6

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COOS BAY AND PORTLAND. ;
i HE MarshficJd Mail, in a semi-facetious and rather
ill-considered article,' ridicules and deprecates
' J " I 'belief fort of Portland men. . to . dotuine j on
- Cops bay tnoithan thcy7haverdoiiehitherto;and in
timates that the people of Coos bay towns should beware
of the Portlanders. -The Mail fells these visitors from
Portland "vultures", and complains that. Portland has
never done anything- for Coos bay. Here is a" sample
paragraph: f Cultivate closer relations with Portland?
iioi . mi i oniina cultivate closer relations wun us,lll per
i n t JUKes. ntn,Atie!Comca to us in a busincis-iike-way,
- let usmeet her half-way-btit-even then, 'beware the
sleek Grejcearjnggifta.' Let us not fall over our
iselve to show how tickled we are that a job lot of one-
horse pirates should jump in and, try to capture trade
which they-had nobance-to get in opw competition
'with the city which baa always doiie-.llg liitht tliiuirbr
ua. . .... ... ,!.-.;y ,--'; - ;.- ,
:l . Replying not in kind, but temperately it may be sad
that Portland jobbers have not been" sufficiently' inter
ested, in south westerffOregon, nor- taken the "pains to
"inilthrate friendly business relations withlhe i people dowii
'there: "But now an effort ii being made to do-hi,-ad
. Ve have no doubt that the Portland menn order to do
; business on Coos bay, will treat the people over there
possessed of ordinary business intelligence,, which is a
ridiculous proposition, and not complimentary, rather an
sidered. " One New York man now advertises 190 grocery
stores while one g'gar ompany has . J.10,esubli.shments
in- New York-alone.with scores of others scattered
tbjOTontotmtrjoit restau-
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rants, and vastly more numerous scm are xne msii
of unannounced ownership of saloons by breweries, the
Ostensible proprietors being scarcely more than agents
or managers. Like conditions prevail in other countries
also: notably in England, Holland and Germany; and it
is said that nearlv all the Popular restaurants of London
are in the hands of four or five firms, and that most of
the saloons of England are owned by a very few people,
The tendency, there even more than here, it would seem,
is ever growing toward a multiplication of separate es
tablishments owned by a trust or company of capitalists.
Years ago the smaller independent retailers declaimed
vainly against the department stores, but with the intro
duction of competitive establishments in .their immediate
neighborhood, financed and owned by corporations which
have all the advantages arising from the possession of
largo capital and the finely systematized processes of a
great enterpriseJhe djff icultie$pf the indepfendents are
constantly increasing. . "The results are partly seen in
the list of failures of smalt'conccrns." The" greatest abso-
1ute commercialfHortattly-."ii "found "In !"the ' group .of
grocery, meat and fish stores, which afford about-20 per
cent in number of commercial failures,' though thejiabilr
bes are usually small. In spite, of all effort the. petty
trader," Mr. Ghent says, is inescapably doomed to
progressive lowering of his business status and a greater
insecurity of his livelihood.'
Another significant fact is that the increase of small
business concerns and of population has not kept pace
with the increase of wealth. During the decade 1890-1900
such concerns ' increased 24.1 per cent,, population, in
creased 207 per cent, while the aggregate wealth of the
country increased ,45 per cent. The wage-earners did not
ger this extra 20 or 25 per cent of Wealth. Where, did
it go? Ask our. tariff-protected and otherwise favored
multi-millionairesthough ''by advice of counsel" they
will not answer. Indeed, it is shown that the wealth of
the greater capitalists increased during that period .74.9
per centtwhile the midd!elass'Jarejym
bolditgown And-guffeTJva constantly diminishing return
as its share of the nation's annual income. And this
process has been going on even more notedly since 1900.
'Everywhere," Mr. Ghent' concludes. - "the 'middle
class gives evidence of decay. Its economic function is
being taken up by the combinations, and there will soon
be but little left for a great-Dart of its units hut tr..j
ctut iniijlut nitnt-nridernhe-ttireai6ri-,'pf ' lhe"intfu5tTiat
captains.?
V
. Dowie, wh6 escaped the yawning doors of the asylum
for the msaneonlv after, a desperate struggle. faces
gTaver danger, ne is on mai lor oanKrupicy.
THE WAIL OF A HIRED MAN.
err San Franasco; havt doiieTd-aS-.-
' ftnd manufacturers
sort that the people .of the Coos bay country are to be
taken in, swindled and plundered, by the Fortlanders, ia-
volyes th assumption that the Coos bay people are not increase that the next ingress will be .DemocraticJLand.
'i - mn r ' ! : : i ? ' . H ' .7": " ' i r T , . i . , i i . - r i i t
... surrection of various Republicans against stand
patism. It says that ''the belief is prevalent and on the
chg rgesjccalcilrant .andtcvnIutionary Republicans La
unwarranted affront, on the part of the Marshfield paper.
i With the completion in th near future of the railroad
from Drain to Coos bay, Portland will be put in much
xloser business touch and communication -with1that:r-4
glon; but besides and in advance of this, Portland busi
ness men are making an intelligent enterprising effort to
-increaser the; business between that;regiomind Portland
, by the searoute, and w doubt not will succeed. '. . t ' ;: '
:J Of jcourie Portland merchants and manufacturers are
-"not in business altogether for their health, but they are
- ' probably just as fair and-liberal as those of San Fran-
, Cisco or atry-other city. u . .. :
, ' ,'The complaint of; the Marshfield paper really springs
from its often repeated- statement that Portland ia op
psMtOTliFdejftBiiif:)! the Coos bay harbor, and
cires onlv Tor the imorovetsrent of the month oftbe Co
lumbia. WeUrlrls "nst-ars-iratnrs4 for-Portland-to-woxt
' more and harder for the improvement of the Columbia as
: it is for the people of Coos bay to be-more interested in
their harbor. This is inevitable, and is not a proper sub
- ; ject of criticism; yet , we are-gurg tha. no , prominent -or
influential Portland man opposes the full and utmost im
provement of Coos bay, as well as of the Columbia river.
The time for local jealousies and bickerings in regard to
. : these matters has passed. - The Improvement of Coos
bay, and the building of a railroad, or of several railroads,
1 v.t. thither, and the building up of a great port there, will not
hurt Portland in the least, and Portland men understand
A aa, V aV W am . . -au! arnja, JaJjaLaaAlaMjaa-aaL--,
and its posftlon Via too secure and its prospects too bright
"v . . . . . . i . . . , -. .
io cmenain any pcny jealousy oi any oiner cuy or re
"2T gion.rr We realize, ia- f act that ll jnust; grow andT3e
,jyeJop together, i . r- ' . ' ;. ' . ;
We" hope Coos bay will get a40-foot channel, or one
of whatever necessary depth,- and we doubt not that
'I say with pleasure and enthusiasm that in my opinion
Senator Gearin has voted in every instance for the people
and against the senators who have sought apparently to
5enatorsGeariiTBiSd Fulton, and whomsoerem hall bet prevent -adequate iegislationlor tfte regulation of rau
electe4 J epresratatr
"fatty to th arradr
sngTtsjEtorkfaitli
If you had Sunshine all the time) you might as well
live in Arizonat where nothing but adders and cacti grow
without irrigation,
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DOOM OF THE SMALL BUSINESS MAN.
THE GROWTH OF trusts and great industrial and
commercial combines, and the absorption of a
iJ great number of retaiWstablishments by single
, companies or individuals nvho manufacture "the" goods
' Sold or buy wholesale, are often made light of in view
of the fact shown by statistics that the number of busi-
ness concerns,' including small retail establishments, has
been for a number of years steadily increasing. But an
. examination into the facts by Mr. W. J. Ghent, an expert
'in such work, does not show reassuring results.
There was a heavy decrease in the number of business
; - bouses during the period of 1896-98,'an abnormal increase
Tin 1898, and a nearly regular increase since, the total
' number in 1904 being 1.320,172. Not all these were under
C separate ownership, many cigar stores, groceries, etc,
though separately enumerated, being owned in each case
, by" single firms or individuals. And many of them are
petty concerns with but very small capital invested.
One significant fact ia that, notwithstanding the
"boinrdinr prosperity that -we read o-mnch-of,the num
ber of failures has increased in about even proportion
since 1900 with the number, of business establishments.
; 'A great many persons, allured" by the idea of going into
business for themselves, and so escaping the.cubordina
- tion and, as it seems to some, the humiliation of a wage
' earninif -position, start a business,, bijt the records of
the mercantile agencies show that nearly one pertent
" cf them annually fail. In the United States retail mer
77"chants increased in. the' decade between 1890f and 1900
'by 19.8 prr cent, a rate les than that of the increase in
population; but a . considerably higher percentage is
given by including wholesalers, boarding-houses, pur
veyors of food and livery stables. The small trader and
other business Individuals are about a numerous rela
tively to population as ever,- but Mr. Ghent says that
"the notion that an increasing number of establishments
it proof of an increasing wealth and. independence of
the 'middl class' is unsupported,, As a matter of fact,
the independent small concerns suffer a progressive
inhtion pf returg arid frogffcsive.; limtution bf
scope and power." - - ." ...'.. - - -.
The increasing number of stores and restaurants tin
"( onuqoa pyrnership is anotliec Uctot tq be c pn-
Follette," Babcock and others with bringing about this
portent ot dire disaster. . - v
'-"Republican: governors of Republican, states,"! h wails.
"have led the assault. - Republican congressmen, elected
on orotectioH platfcws,-baye-disctTdrtedtheworlr of the
Republican party. ; Republican newspapers, in ' extraor
dinary numbers,- joined their brethren of the Democratic
press in long continued tirades --against the Republican
protective tarilf.7 '.ri
r So there is weeping" and wailing and" gnashing of-teeth
in the sanctum of the h ired or gan of - reciprocal rapine."
There is lugubrious lamentation in" the gilded temples of
standpatwmrr iTbe organ of the legalized robbers of the
people-says the Republican party ,"finds itself on-the
brink of a chasm, a monstrous abyss, dug by Republicans
themselves out of sheer Tolly and madness for the de
struction of their own party.
ITRalry,- wjTfear that ATdrTch had forgotten to pay the
bconomist editor s salary that week.
- Secretary Taft will not be a candidate for the presi-
dencyr-He-ai-madpubnc- his'determination topuri
chase supplies for the Panama canal in any part of the
world, wherever he can get them cheapest and best
LA FOLLETTE'S TRIBUTE TO GEARIN
OREGON SIDELIGHTS :
ENAT6R LA "FOLLETTE of Wisconsin, recog
right of the" people in the great atrugglt against
railroad tyranny, pays generous tribute , to the manly
stand of Senator John AL Gearin, .
road-yates in the UiritdtaTfaid-nator-La-F6P
Ictteeaterday-trraffintggcgJtrWasriirjg
- La ,Fbllette"is-a-TcepubIican,whne Geariii" is ""Demo
crat, but the Wisconsin senator is big enough, broad
enough, and honest enough to ignore party and to recog
nize earnest purpose even in one of a different political
faith. "John M. Gearin has demonstrated his splendid
faithfulness to the cause of the people, continued La Fol
lette, and he declared his intention to make this state
ment from the platform when he visits Oregon during
the. coming summer or fall. v --
Such expressions, as these, coming from such a source,
are a sufficient reply -to recent attempts of a partisan
Republican press to discredit Senator Gearia on - the
ground that he is a Democrat.- - - - - v -
v '.' v ,i
Paul Haas, a student atr London University, has re
ceived the degree of doctor of science for a thesis on
!The Condensation . of Dimethyldihydrorescorcisi and
Chloroketodimethyltetrahydrobenzene, This work
comes most opportunely, and we fancy that Mr. Haas
has earned his degree.- The manner in which the con
densation was done is a deserved rebuke, to those who
would hsve taken art x to the. subject.
This fs about the time' when"the life-long Democrat,
who has never before voted the Republican ticket, finds
it impossible to longer remain with his party " and oub-
, -1-,L-, t. T- ".J r- - 1
nciy announces inai nc is impenea Dy tne gnawing ol a
sharp-toothed conscience to cast his ballot for the standard-bearer
of the once reviled G. O. P. And the people
wonder what particular office is expected.
Some enterprising political editor has discovered that
W: J.' Bryan has become a "conservative" and "pluto
crat." . Yet it is doubtful if August Belmont,. J. Pierpont
Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller would vote for, him for
president . -' '
President Roosevelt says he is a Republican when run
ning for office but non-partisan when making appoint
ments, f -'- T ' T .
Perhaps if M. Witto-had .supplied free seed to-the
Russian peasants' they would have (appreciated him better.
; After all, the main point hahawiberlaiwHftade a
good governor, yegardless of his poUijfQit'f'it: .'
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There are people -who grumble about, a rain that, ;s
worth a million dolhwo. ' -, -L.
SMALt-CHANGEr-fi
Oat the Made-li
bablU'
On, May arm clear up .awhile yet.
Party poll t lea la largely played out.'
Hava you studied r th amendmentaT
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Lots of luacloua atrawberaW after
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Politics getting .warm In apota np the
eountry. . ;
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Governor Chamberlain la running on
bla record. , s i ,
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If you didn't reglater, youTJ have to
wear it in. .... . .
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Fey- averel reaaone, - Judge -Halley
should be electd.
Bttll -no-newa
Burna -atlH on
or-: PirTirv-
hie trail? : .
Ko rama. aftar
Beats good old baaebalL
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Gearin appears to be doing hla duty.
What more, could be aakad? ,
JlCarl Srhurs waa too big and hooeat
a man to. be a hidebound partlaanx
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' Sari Franc laco can ' rightly arlaa but
slowjy. - Rome waa not built la a day.
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-Ttiat terrible pitchfork of Tillman's
la. no -doubt a terror to ' Aldrich - and
some others.
t--. -
f The eaar baa nearly aa much trouble
is Teddy or BUI Hohenaollerni ha has a.
ouma on hla handa. r- : - -
:Bt111 an ' InlBreatlngJlaueaUon
rnal'a -Jtooaerelfa politics? We
mow what Aldrlch'e ia.- . -
all
J Moat or the sed la In the soil, and It
la aura to sprout and bring, forth many
fold, -ln fmctuoua Oregon.
tWILLFUIrWASTEIN-i
-HISXOUNTRY
' Be Mra. John 'A. Loaan,
(Oopirlaht, 1606. by W. JL,' Hearst.)
We have often thought of the world's
waate, eapeelally In the United Sfatea.
No one who has made any observation
whatever haa been astounded 'at the
tona and tone of perfectly good food
that ia put on lighten and acowa and
borne out of New Tork - Into the aea.
Waate seems the rule rather than the
exception In our eountry. . Peraona aeem
to think that the abundance of the past
will continue" forever, notwithstanding
the continual -multiplication of our pop
ulation. Statisticians have' dlarovered
that flat Ufa haa greatly Increased the
extravagance . of living.' It la claimed
that It Is impoaalbMi to lira aa econom
ically In a flat aa you can In a house
which stands - alone, - -aa - every thing la
In euch a narrow apace that there ia no
way In which preservative methods can
be nSfpnedflr lneSceaa6r proTialdha
which our houaewlvea are prone to pro
vide. Hence. It la not an unusual thing
to witness aimoat criminal extravagance
on the part of flat dwellers. '.
The great trouble '. with' 'American
housewtvea'ls that they are brought up
nnder the Influence of ' the feeling that
close economy Is meanneaa, and that
they must buy liberally or else be' con
sidered stingy. Tney do not makeVthe
careful calculations that are made In
all European countries, where -portion
la provided for each member of the fam
ily, an no 'more, - and in many cases
ir a friend should come In It would be
necessary to aend to the ahopa to. pro
cure a portion for the unexpected guest.
This la really the proper way for peovla
to live, and yet many or our citizens
who have ' very - email incomes buy ao
much In excesa ot what they need that
they waste- nearly as much as -they
use. -
wouldn't hurt to dig up a few burdocks
and thistles today and tomorrow.
- Help-develop and get In touch with
the Coos bay country. This will benefit
that' region -and- Portland both;
'mocrai antentlously
remarks that Proftaaor Witbyeomba
promlsea to do what Chamberlain has
dona.
- Reforming commercial -and Indus
trial crime and monatroatty by its
"friends,' at soma indefinite future
fw la ra.h'rr a. ghastly ioke on the
common people., ;
DralnTiaa-irjiv commercial club." '.
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Vale will bare a railroad next month.
-.i.-r .m - a ...;.;i.: .. : ..-.
Within a year. Union county cut Its
debt In two. . .":.,. ' . ; , "--J-..
Helpmake-th Made In- Oregon- fair a
great success. -
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Considerable good road work la balna
dona near Glendale. -...-
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People of and" around ' Mrrtl r,t
have organized . a, telephone company. .
Lack orbulldlng material Ig Klamath
county'a greatest drawback. '
The Glendale News ealla lta locality
the Valley of Content. People must pay
thdnubscrlptions there. ;
. W ... e ,
Grande may have a big vlneaar
plant, to consume perhapa (0,000 bush
els tf fruit, a large portion of which
otherwise goea to waate. .
MoveraIr.
. Movers t J
buggies.
Movers! .
bicycles.
schooners.
heiiM-M h4 8 ;oa-8uUi.and,jMrU,- aMi
Prairla
horses.
north and aouth. Everybody on Wheela.
exciaima tne canyonvllle Kcha r
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Condon,- olat me- tha- Tlraea,- has the
best wool balera and beat accomraoda
t lone for wool teama In eastern Oregon.
The roada and -br4dg reading to this
place Xrom distant points In Wheeler
and -other- counties ar in - excellent
ahape and camping . jlacaz i arg- many
along the routOtJ .
Coqutlla BehtTner:" " It mair annea'r
that Coos county Is all that could be
desired In the way of a dwelling place
for man. This Is not quite the case, but
wa believe it la aa nearly so as any
place that can be found on this mun
dane sphere. - '- .
Wallowa News: " Thuradar morn I n
WlllUm Dougherty killed a largo bald
eagle at his home Just west of town.
The huge bird measured alx and a half
feet from tip to tip, while In its talons
It elutched -a large fish which it bad
eaught a few minutes before In Bear
creek.. . ' ' . ,
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Condon Times: The contract Tiaa
been let by the Wheeler count Mnn
for the new steel, bridge at Twickenham.
This will make four bridges that lead
toward Condon, and by which more or
lesa trade -will reach this place. Good
roads and bridges are great factors In
the development of a country. .
.V, .a A-- -jt- - ,
"There la no section of the northwest
that has such a glowing future as the
Grand Rondo valley; none baa such a
variety and wealth of reaourcea, aa well
aa the elements and materials for con"
tlnued growth and prosperity," says
prominent - insurance man to - theI.a
Grande Chronicle
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Milton Eagle: The strawberry season
Opened this week, being several days
earlier than ever before. Nineteen
crate were shipped from th Milton do-
pot Tuesday, and the warm weather Is
causing the berries to ripen rapidly. It
la estimated that an average crop will
be secured, despite th cold snap In the
any spring, --. . .
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The ore shipping sea son I again with
ua, and the heavy deliveries of ores sn l
concentrates to the smelter wll be th
most convincing argument that winter
work at a score of properties has been
fruitful and that "the stuff Is here"
when properties are properly developed
and managed, ssys the Bumpter Amer
ican. ;.
a - a - -
Hood River News-Letter! On of th
strawberry huakers from eastern Ore
gon, who, by the way; is th proverbial
boy fisherman, who never fall to land
good string, was seen coming up from
the rlvf Wednesday noon with a atrlng
nearly as long himself. H -had
caught that morning nearly 100 -small
fiatfUh. just the rlzjht alM tfl trz icJy,
-4 M claim
travaganeev In this Una Is. practised In
th great dining cars of our railroads.
As fast aa left-overs accumulate tney
are distributed along th line of the
road, which the superintendents of din
ing ears claim- Is a neoeaaity on -account
of thB-narrowJDacaJnwhlch.-they.-ha.va
fiiml. CHI si eat
This time It was the man whi ahlv-
red. He had. sven in his wrath, closed
that door quietly behind him. as tnougn
ha waa leaving eoraethtng dead -within,
and ha urderatool quite clearly now. it
waa nuL a deaJ love he bad left, there,
hut a llvlna.-active hatred: ' that the
coarse brutality of that eUmrned doot
had made an outcast as well of .th poor
beast that cared for him.
Then the dog reared up and with .
thruat o4ila-cold noae pushet Ins head
within the down-hanging hand. The man
gased long Into the lovtng brown Tea
"Old. man,".' he said, "you have mads a
bad choice: vou are going to glv me
a heap of trouble, too-but. ; ne sioppvq.
and regardless of possible- lookars-on,
took the hard whit head be'.woon ris
hands, and for one moment pressed bis
cheek against it and added, "Well, alnc
you've atuck to me. I ll iWff, to you. w
two. ahen, "Random. aslnt the orId,
Yhf " reo com e stlonff
: man and
And through the years man and dog
have been together. In evil days when
times war hardest.' meat unknown and
even breidriftsnTfTcTeBt the dogTiaJTh
laraar nortlon -of it. and he ahared the
chill comfort -of a lodging-houa . bed.
tn-bet4erdays whenr-tlmes were good ne-'
'sfeamBhTpTIhes one wllnessea dally ihe
moat wholesale-waste- m-rthe-amount-of
food thrown overboard by-he stewards.
If la probable . that Ui steerage passen
gers could live well on what la- thrown
to the fishes If there were some way In
which "It could be "utilised ln 'the steerage.
Ofcours, thereuarejreryanyjrts
abWlooifs which cannot be conveniently"
preserved, and oftentimes .steamships,
rail way a, hotela and restaurants have to
have in stock more than they really re-
qulre. They are frequently dtsappolntef
in' the"humberrof gueets- which they -ex
pect to supply, and consequently are not
always to blame for the perishing' of
frulta-avnd soma vegetables, but a ma
jorlty of the staple foods ar needlessly
thrown
Ttwgyr
On asks the question, -why would it
not be w'iie for our great caravansaries,
restaurants and other placea where food
Is purchased in large quantities, and in
which there la a sinful waate," to dis
tribute this rejected food among the poor
Pt the city, the .workhoueea, jails and
asylums tor the poort -They reply that
It is Impossible for them to do ao, as it
would encourage pauperism and beggary
and would become a perfect" nulsarice.to
them. 'There are soma Instances, how
ever, where Hut .tittle Blsters-oX.th -Poor
and other charitable organisations have
regular receptacles In the. kitchens of
tba great hotels and restauranta where
even , the coffee' ground ar saved for
them, but this saves but a very amall
part of th tons that are thrown away.
The' tendency, to extravagance seems 'to
be Inborn In Americana. They allowed
the buffaloes of the plains to be wantonly
killed- and thew carcasses left to . whiten
just for the gratification of foreign -and
native huntsmen. Snd on the great
ranches where there are large herd of
cattle and sheep there is also the most
willful disregard of economy In th pro-
serration of animal life. r
Odr extravagance In th destruction of
native plant and forest life has been sim
ply appalling, and although but little
advanced into the second century virgin
forests have been swept-away through
the ruthless hands of pioneers until we
have now a forestry division -j the gen-
era!. ,iandJ-ofilc--.Jlrh .ls.. mafcln
feeble effort toward replacing many of
the giants that .have been cut down- and
allowed to go to decay, and in some cases
hare formed funeral piles aimoat moun
tain Wgh-which have slowly- burned to
ashes. . .
. Our extravagance, hs s reached the point
of vandalism, and unlesa we take lessons
In economy, from alder .countries we shall
surely see the day when living In this
country will be far more expensive thart
It is today, sS everything has steadily
advanced tn price for the last four or five
years. This Is, of course, attributed to
the tyranny of the trusts, price of labor
and many other causes, but there is no
doubt that willful extravagance has
much to do with th advanced price of
everything which laan requires.
RANDOM
By Clara Morris.
The family dlaputes ended always by
the dog shouldering them. " Conscious
of his duty and aver desirous Of har
mony h would fore himself "between.
husband and wife. Just to what ha car
rled away under the bed the rebuffs
necessary to mend for the time their
conjugal, difference.; Thuahiwas a
part of. th family; h was loved and
maltreated. . ......
Then there cam a day whan th man
and the woman who had been declared
one with blm tore themselves asunder;
and In such rending of quick flesh
hearts bleed and much strength Is lost
Now they were two again, and they
stood at the dividing of th ways. Who
was to blame t I do not know, for -.the
man made no accusation, spoke no word
of complaint-so, perhaps, all the fault
was his. Random. 'th dog, only could
have told, for he was th sole witness.
Ther th pair stood, " whits lipped,
facing each other, .and . . through. . th
knowledge gained In th few year of
calm companionship, knowing the ten
derest spots In each other's hearts, they
struck at them savagely.-, It was a duel
a tout outranc, with quartet neither
aaked nor given. '''".'
And during all the bitter struggle th
dog sat on his haunches, shifting hla
weight uneasily from one for foot to
th other, and watched the two fierce
faces with anxious yellow-brown eyes,
Ms ears cocking hopefully now, then
falling nervously back oloaato his head.
Thus he sat between the couple, looking
on. while they broke and cast away th
bonds one so light " and ' flower
wreathed; now so heavyhard and irk
soma.
And when -at last very tender vow
had been flung contemptuously back
into the maker' a fare; then spent and
worn, unsbla to sped,natkas" arrow or
deliver another thrust, th men turned,
went heavily downstairs, and without
a backwvA gUw Ion Xorjyas the houst
- .' -
that bad been home and the woman who
had been his wlf,A. h reached the
Street a ""sudden recognition ' came to
him of the bigneas and loneliness Of the
world -ha -f seed, Wlwt difference mad
it which way he wentf , Finally he
moved away, and -then there cam .a
sjsund that held hlm-stock-stlll-in hi
track- It was the ' opening of a door.
With one red rush hla blood cam throb,
btng to- hla head. Would he after all,
might ha bear a call his name, ptt-
The whole world seemed to turn whfle
he waited, and than ther cam to ni
ears a wild scurrying of pursuing f eet--
but no vole, no call, ana tnere was a
very bitter smile on th Hps of th man
when Random bounded at ki breast
with, brown ayes aglow and erooped tail
aaulver. with a very raptur or iov.
"Go -back! Go back!" repeated the
man sharply to th animal, which with
th visible creeping skin of on antlel.
patlng a blow, now grovelled , on the
pavement. .. ! .-. . .. . ..
- There au in Instant's Pause Of X
pectanry, but Inetead of a woman's
voice lifted in recall of the household
pet ther cam th vengrfuW- furious
Barrg org" BTsmmsa-snui qoor.
meaty bones; waa wTiTta aridTcIea n from"
weekly Uatha. aneVlept-as vr acres
the feet of hls master.
This man's business kept him travel
ing nearly air the Uma. In many cit
ies h haa been kept out or tne nest
hotels because of Random, but he never
.h.-ht t Krrtlr,,, the nr elsewhere
but calmly took him with him to some
plaoe wher they ware not so particu
lar. Rsrtly was the dog admitted In
the . passenger coacnes,was roreea to i h lanored by the dominant party.
gd6raetaggirrrr-wBre he ,n.ince the retirement of Judge Shat
tered "such " s goriie - of - tonellness - and
humiliation comoinea tnai tne man in
pity snent most of bis time with Him.
lug, recrossefi tne
ocean many times. Random has even
sniffed at lh"heavy-Ttatng boots of-that
great hero . Do wet during fheTBoer
campaign; yet, being a dog, n never
doubted th utter superiority . ot hl
maater. . .. , -' ' ' t , :
X, have met many hundred dogs. I
havb twice won friendly notice from
fierce, chained- brntesr-OvenWhilevthelr
keepers were running to me wltn wild.
warning cries not for my life's sake to
touch the creatures.- But In Random I
at last met one. who knew-ma not at
all, t nor -wished to.. No, ' neither man,
woman '."nor " dog rCou!d win' - on glance
from- his - yea, so long- as nianaater
was orr hla feet. for- b-did-not: propose
to lose him through lack of persistent
watching. ' . .. ''. -
One day that was bitter- cold; Ran
dom, shamed and east down, had to go
to th baggage car." In ther passenger
coach it waa aummer warm. Chatting,
dosing, reading, card playing went on
then I saw the man excuse himself.
lay dowsv-his cards,-tak his -overcoat
and go to the baggag - car, and for
hour h aquatted down by Random
that ha might hid hla whit head In
his bosom and be comforted. " The love
between " the ' two -moved - the "trainnOen".
I ought not to tell this, but a bill paaaed
from th man's hand to another hand,
and when, as th last to turn Into his
berth, th men felt the silent, warm,
loving companionship- of the dog, he
gave no regretful thought to th bill
he "had parted with. -
When we arrived tn trie-early morn
ing .1 saw the oalr for a moment; the
Bug, as1 trr, with blight, anxluug eyes
upraised- In Intense watohfulnees,-Waiting
th : openings of th door of th
coupe. At hi master's gesture he
Jumped lit in advance and her I lost
sight of , him. But ohl he has lived In
my memory. -and will ever-do so;- and
today my eyes went dim on reading th
following, in Its deep black border:
tuck all th Judge hava bn Repub-
llcans. .
I would earneetly Invite an voters
lieroiyc3iracar-T"Ttisan-JudW
to earefully conalderthe qualinoationa or
OglesbyToung and H. B.;. Nicnois. -in
Democ ratio nominees ror circuit )uage.
H. W. PARKER.
In Memortam. -
Random,
Beloved Dog of
8 - S - 1
i. BornWarsaw.. New Tork, Id D..:
camber, 18J4. ,
: Died Bheepshead Bay. New . Tork, :
,. ,lth April. 10S. ,.t . :
A Sweet " Companion -a Patient, :
: .,: Steadfast Friend.; ,. :
l .: ... h. ... : ; i
Elections in Many States. .
t The states that elect governor this
year, with th names of the retiring ex
ecutives, ar:
Alabama, W. D. Jelka, Democrat.
Arkansas, Jefferson Davis, Democrat
California, O. C Pardee," Democrat
Colorado, J. F. McDonald, Repuhllcan.
Connecticut, Henry . Roberts, Repub
lican. ., . - - .
- Georgia, J. M. Trrell, Democrat.
Idaho, F. R. Gooding, Republtoan. '
- Iowa, A. B. Cummins, Republican. . '"
"Kansas, B.- W. Hoch, Republican."""
Kentucky, J. W. C Beckham, Demo
crat. ... . ,. . , ' ...
Main. William T. Cobb, Republican.
Massachusetts, Curtis Oulld Jr., Re
publican, r ' - . - - -
MlohlsanJJV M- v arnar, Jtepuoucao.
Minnesota, J. A. Johnson, Democrat
Nebraska, J. H. Mickey, Republican. '
Nevada, John fl parks. Democrat
New Hampshire, John McLane, Re
publican. ,
New Torn, K. W. Higgins. Kepuniican.
North Dakota, E. T. Barlea, Repub-
Ucan. ,
Oregon, O. E. Chamberlain. Democrat
Pennsylvania, S. W. Pennypacker, R-
publlcan.. . -
- Rhod Island, , George F. Utter, Re
publican. -v
South Carolina, D, O. Haywood, Demo
crat. ''--. '
- South Dakota, S. H. El rod. Repub
lican.' ' ' r- - -
Tennessee, John I. Cox, Democrat
Texas, S. W. T. Lanham, Democrat.'
Vermont Charles J.- Bell, Republlcaiv
Wisconsin, J. O. Davidson, Republtcen.
Wyoming! B. B. Brooks, Republican.
, n i i i J
A Kindly Word for Saloons.
From th Kelto'n (Wyoming) Oasett.
On "of our delinquent aubavrlbers got
drunk yesterday and paid us 04 on sub
scription. A few orderly -saloons are
gqod ttUnga tot a town, v - - , .
' , . v .-.. - ...:."'.' '
"Xb'l'l'fcKST FROKTHE"
k PEOPLE ::--z
swakasfejsaw
Aa Bvsst la a OhJla'a life.
Oregon City. May 14. To th Editor
of Th. Journal Noticing in ,Th Jour-,,
nal that Governor Chamberlain was "
again In . eastern Oregon reminded, m
ot a day he spent Jn Wallowa county
as th rueet of honor at th first an
nual county fair In 1904. .- '
The opening day was a warm and
lovely gs an October day can be- in
Oregon. Men and ' women wer busy
everywhere crowding the streets of th
county seat to do all honor to th gov "
ernor. That's Usual of course. But In
a certain neat cottage a weak vole
had. early begun Its pleadings to see
"th governor." - Th littl girl of four
or Ave summers had fought a hard fight
for life and had won outr and was eager""
to do her part in the welcome to th -s7?.Yni0iO'01lt.tateClAlongJcftmw
thai,
band, reception committee and Governor .
Chamberlain.- The nura mad her lit- .
tie patient comfortable eloa to th
window, for eh "must see the governor,
really truly." A sweet smtje, a wave
Of a waated thin hand the governor ,
saw, smiled In return and ralalng his
hat passed on. - And th happy child
was satisfied. w ' t
- Later in th day soma one told Gov
ernor Chamberlain -of th-child's e
miration and he called to see her and
to-tell her that had -ha-known her gvet
lng wis intended for him he would hav
"come right in at once." Then Oovornof
Chamberlain chatted for a few minutes
with th happiest las in eastern Ore
gon, 'r- ' ; ' '
Governor Chamberlain has no doubt
forgotten all about it- but .It was an
event in that child's Ufa that will re
main a sweet memory-- And those who) .
saw th picture all unconsciously mad
will long rerqember lt.
READER.
Portland. May ts. To th Editor of
Th Journal Prior to the yar 19
Hfiiltnnmah county hart but two circuit
Judges, departments No. 1. and . - Th
Incumbent -of . No. 1 was E. D. Shat
tuck, --DemocrBtt-whller the Incumbent;
of'cTTwasTLoyai B. Pteafn a, aRe
iihllnan ' The s. I nf 111 IsHsHflirn nf,
1S9I creating two additional depart
menta, Nos. i and "." provided "that :th7
new offlcea should be filled by th gov..,,
ernor and that at least one of hla ap- .
polntees should no belong to the same
politicals party aa himself, Andthe
governor appointed one Democrat and
flcea.
The-manifest" Intention of th leglsr
lature to keep the Judiciary non-partisan
LEWIS AND 'CLARK
On th Clearwater river In Idah.
Mav IS This morning sn Indian re--
turned wtth on of th horses which had :
strayed away In th night to a consider-..;
abler distance aa Jnstanca LofJJntegrlty
and klndneas by no means., singular
among th Chopunnlsh. Hohaatiillp wltn -th
rest of th natives left today. The
hunters who hav as - yst - come in ;
brousht nothing except a few pheasants.
so that 'we atlll place our chief reliance -on
the mush made of roots. WIlH tnese "
ws us a amall onion,, ahlcn grows in
arrest abundano. and which corrects any
bacT effectSthe-roots may have on the 1
stomach. In th course of the day two
hunters (Drewyer snd Crusatte) brought
In a deer.- Th gam, they said, wsi,t.
ecarce,' but- they - had wounded three -
bears aa white as sheep.' Th hunters
who left us yesterday alao eama In to
night with the Information that at a
distance of 'flv or alx mile they at
temoted to cross Coillns'- creek to the .
other side, wher game Is most abundant.
but they could not ford it wun tneir
horses on account of its depth and th;
raptdlty of Its current '"""'"' :
A New v Wirclesa RecotfL
- -' From th Chicago News, '"""
Even thoua-h the wireless telegraph
bi not- ben- peSfected so -far- as -to b.l
of commercial utility as a regular
channel - of -communication, avldences
that It ia already of Immense practical -
importance ar Increaaing. The remark'
awermcliieTeTnenr or thr Frtrnch -jlner-Lat
Provence, laat week,nn carrying bn
cnmmunicstinn with hnlh shfirps whlia
In mld-Atlantlc, makes a new record
In wireless telegrsph annals snd demon- -'
strates afresh the Importance of this
Invention to the world.
, Heretofore it has been found im
possible for any ship . equipped with ,
wireless apparatus to keep continuously.
In touch with land while crossing the
Atlantic orlo hold communication wtth
both shores simultaneously. Th opera-- -i
tors after getting a certain distance
away from one shore have been out of,
reach of land until they "picked up" a
station on th opposite shore. La
Provence, while practically midway be
tween th Cornish station at Poldhu
and tha on at Cap Cod, received mea-
sages; from both points. It had "picked ,
up" America befor it ''dropped" th old .'
world, ther being no moment In th
time of it whole Journey when It wa
not In touch with th land. Ther Is no
good reason, to doubt that with th
further Improvement. of wireless teleg
raphy and tha establishing of more sta-
tion the ships -on the great seas will
be able to hold communication with land
uninterruptedly. In time it will be pos
sible to send serial messages from eon- ;i.
tlncnti-to continent over distances of
thousands of- miles. But th posslbllt- .
tie to which tha achievement Of La
Provenc points ar in themselves of
vsst Importance In th Immedtat pres- -
nt , ' "
The Preaident a Non-Partisaru ( .
Washington. - Msy IS. President
Roosevelt believes In non-psrtlsanshlp
in making appointments to office.' In '
an address to representative of several -states
and municipal service commis
sions and of the National Clvio Reform"""
league who met for a conference
with th commissioners - of th gen- ,
rsl government with a 'view of oon-
alderlng questions- for th betterment
of civil government throughout th
country, th president said:
. "After consldersbl experience In a!-"
most every kind of governmental work ,
I hav never yet found any position or
any branch of the service ss regards
which th Intrusion of political reasons '
In making appointments .does not do -.-damage.".,
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. ,: - vFor the Bread Line. , .
. From tha Chicago Journal V
It is said that all tha iMwk beams
headed weat are loadfd with tramps .
going to break Into the San Francisco
gam. It la not stated What th tramps
ar loaded wltn, ,
') (