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THE FINANCIAL. SITUATION
THERE are signs in the financial
slcy of approaching storm. Al
ready the rumbling thunder is
', heard ia the east Whether it
portends a . Wall street shower only,
or a wide-reaching . tornado no one
' can foretell. ' In any event it were
well if our people took careful
thought of the morrow. . - -tThe
railway systems, of the coun
try are. blocked in their efforts to im
prove their transportation facilities.
Traffic conditions -make imperative
, additional trackage, more motive
power and more, rolling stock, but
the sinews of war are lacking. The
country generally never waa to rich
and prosperous as today;. why then
does the investing public withhold fi
nancialuppojtfromthe railroads?
Because the-eeeurity- factories of the
country have been working overtime,
manufacturing bonds and stock cer
tificates galore, until most of the
spare cash of the country has been
' mopped up, and because of fear of
the intrinsic value 'of railroad securi-
. tiesa fear engenderedJby wellr
grounded disbelief" in-the financial
morality . pi ' our , railroad magnates
and accentuated by much hostile leg
islation. ; But what will be the effect upon
the country and uppn Oregon . par
ticularly, of the enforced curtailment
by the railroads of all expenditures
" ' for rail and new equipment? . In the
country at large stagnation in many
industries and the enforced idleness
of many laborers must follow. We
shall have dull times, diminished
' prpfits, dissatisfaction, unrest and in
the end all will be "bruised with ad
versity." But Oregon, thanks to the conser-
vatjve tendencies of its people, has
lest to fear from financial troubles
than any state in the union. True, of
late there have been get-rich-quick
germs floating in the air but the ma
jority of our people are inunune.,
There may come contraction, ; in all
lines of business, probably there will
be idle men on the street corners,
but after all is said and done, no trou
ble in the east, however great, can
do more than check for a moment
the growth and progress of Oregon.
1 JUDGE GRAY -MENTIONED."
a i m a
SEVERAL, eastern papers are
favorably mentioning Judge
( George Gray of Delaware as
. i the Democratic candidate for
president in 1908. A Wilmington pa
per quite naturally suggests him,, for
he ia the most prominent figure of
that little atate. that "has three coun
ties when the tide is out," saying that
he "would make a strong candidate
with the masses and be attractive to
solid business interests," and that it
, would be "a glorious thing for the
Democratic party and an excellent
thing for the country" if he should
run; but the Wilmington paper ad
mits that he probably would not ac
cept the nomination if it were offered
to him. . The Boston Herald also
commends Judge Gray as a good man
to nominate, and he is alluded to in
complimentary terms by some other
newspapers. ... ,
But there are several reasons why
such talk need not be'taken seriously.
One is that Judge Gray is now an old
nan, past -the age for engaging in
nrh struggle or performing the
Mrenuoiis duties of (he office if elect-
( i. lie knows this; he fills a place
, r genial to him; and iie ia too wise
i become a candidate. - Another
-oa it that he ia sot axactlyj the
type of a man tb party and the coun
try demand bow lor president, juag
Gray ia a man of the higheit type of
character, but he ia too conservative
and colorless to arouse the least en
thusiaam among the masses in his
behalf. Everybody would acknowl
edge that be is an excellent old gen
tlemaa, lawyer and jurist of the old
school, but nobody would warm up
over blm. The people demand a man
full of warm blood.
THE PRESIDENT'S CHOICE.
r
HE BALTIMORE NEWS con
siders George B. Cortelyou aa
a probability in -connection
with the Republican nomina
tion for president next year. It was
recently reported from Washington
that Mr. Cortelyoq was President
Roosevelt's latest choice for the
nomination, and while this rumor was
not very definite or reliable, it is not
improbable. It has , been reported
that the president was for Secretary
Taft, next that he was for Governor
Hughes, and now that Cortelyou is
his favorite; and while there may
not be much foundation for any of
these reports it would not be surpris
ing if there were some truth in all of
them; for "the "president is not- the
sort of. a man -to take no hand in the
nomination, and is .one whose .fancy
might change aeveral times.
There is in this latest report, the
Baltimore News aaya, "a very consid
erable amount of intrinsic plausibil
ity. ' The extraordinarily close rela
tions which Mr. Cortelyou has now
so long sustained with the president,
his steady and unprecedented rise in
office under the appointment of Mr.
Roosevelt; and many peculiarities of
hiaharacter and disposition set forth
by the News' correspondent, point
that way."
If the president takes an active
hand in the next national convention,
be can very likely name the candidate.
In the first place, he can control
New York'a 72 votes; and then dele
gates from ether states, especially
western states, will go with a rush
to any man whom the president is
known to favor. They will say, "Any
man whom Roosevelt wants ia good
enough for us." ,
But during the campaign the peo
ple will consider- the man. himself,
very carefully, independently ol
whether he was Roosevelt's choice
or not' The presidents O. K., may
be sufficient m a convention, but it
will not be ao potent through the
fierce heat of a campaign.
-UNAVAILING SORROW.-
Y
OUNG GARRETZ, on hearing
of the death of one of hit vic
tims said: "Poor fellow, I
feel sorry.' What else can I
Nothing, jroung man.Vhat
dor
you did cannot be undone, nor does
your commiseration of the "poor fel
low" who is dead without any provo
cation on his part avail anything for
either him or you. That you are
sorry" rather than atill vindictive ia
something to your credit; at least, it
shows ' that your heart is not com
pletely ossified yet, and there be those
who teach that this affords you
ground of hope with respect to your
treatment in that undiscovered coun
try; but sorrow does not restore life
nor satisfy the law. If the law would
recognize remorse as a defense, then
any young man in anger might kill
another and go free, for nearly all
are eorry afterward; but the law ex
acts the life of one who takes a life,
not ao much in vengeance as to warn
others not to commit a like deed.
You boys and young men who are
inclined to drink, and carry a gun,
and get angry with others, and feel
like killing any one at whom you be
come angry, here is a lesson and a
warning for you. Cut out atrong
drink. Keen the mastery of your
temper. 'Dtin't carry a revolver. Keep
away from evil companions.' Else
some apparently slight provocation
may some time serv to put you
where this young man is, and where
you will be overwhelmed with un
availing sorrow. '.
COQUILLE RIVER AND COOS
BAY. . .
N
OW IT IS Coquille valley peo
ple who are aeeking to induee
Portland men to help bring
the i trade of that locality to
this city. The Coquille river putt into
the ocean . at Bandon, a few miles
south of Marshfield and North Bend.
On it "are Coquille, the county seat
Myrtle Point and other townl and
settlements. It is a richly resourceful
and productive region, in timber,
dairy products, potatoes, minerals
and other necessaries. Big mills are
located there and at Bandon is a ship
yard and several manufactories. The
population of the - district is gradu
ally increasing and its trade will be
come constantly more important
' Those people offer to rsise $25,000
if Portland will raise $20,000 to put
oa a eteamer between the Coquille
and thia city. In San Francisco they
would not have to ask a second time,
or wait at all for a favorable reply,
but they live in Oregon, and as they
have lately been literally Tarred loose
from San Francisco they want to es
tablish a regular trade communica
tion with Portland.
It looks as if Portland business men
ought fairly to jump at auch a propo
sition. We think that there would be
no hesitation whatever about it not
only ia San Francisco, but in Seattle,
Tacoma or Los Angeles, if a similar
proposition were presented to either
of those towns. In fact we know of
no town that would treat it with
doubtful coolness or indifference but
Portland.
We have a sea service to Marsh-
field, but it is wretchedly inadequate
for the traffic already offered. Freight
piles up beyond the capacity of the
steamers to carry it, and liea untrans-
ported for weeks. The people down
there are not going to- submit-very
long to thia sort of insufficient and
aggravating service, when San Fran
Cisco, practically aa near, as soon as
it gets straightened out a little more
will give. them all the transportation
facilities they want and serve them
promptly. More steamera are needed
at once on thia route,nd if nobody
will supply them on his own indi
vidual initiative, the business men of
thia city, in their own interest ought
to make a movement to do to.
.A GHOST THAT WALKS.
I
N OREGON, there is a ghost of
the past that win alwaya walk.
It ia aa restless as that other one
that troubled Hamlet Like that
other one, it has a mission that re
fuses to be unfulfilled. It is the ghost
of that last congressional election in
Oregon in which Binger Hermann was.
the atandard bearer of his party. It
was the party of Lincoln, of Garfield
and of Roosevelt.. It is a party with
honorable traditions. It is a party
that ought not to have been dragged
through the mire and filth by machine
politicians. - Yet, that is exactly what
waa done when Mr. Hermann, . dis
credited at the White House, repudi
ated at Washington and required to
resign, was picked up and given a
congressional .nomination and in
dorsed at the polls. ' '
AH the truth Is out now. The un
welcome fact of Mr. Hermann'a unfit
candidacy waa heralded by The Jour
nal as truth at the time, but partisans
refused to believe it Others denied
it, among them Mr. Hermann'a party
organs. But, on path, In a court of
justice at Washington, it has been I
proven! that for irregularities in his
position, .for surmise that he was
giving too much privilege to land
conspirators, Mr. Hermann was re
quested to . resign. The president
sanctioned the request. Secretary
Hitchcock ordered it Senator
Mitchell appeared as mediator and
begged , postponement of the blow.
Respite was granted, but at last the
crisis came and Mr. Hermann had to
resign. ; t
And here is the. ghost that walks.
A few weeks later. Republican poli
ticians in Oregon nominated him for
Congress. By appeals to partisanship
and misrepresentation of the facts,
they duped voters into electing him.
It was an election that slapped full in
the face an administration that was
and is trying to save the public do
main from land thieves. But it was
done and Mr. Hermann was sent back
to Washington in triumph, and a
congressman. , .
He is indicted now. He is on trial
He may not be convicted but there
ia the record. It is redolent of the
folly of yellow dog partisanship and
a scathing indictment of cuckoo poli
tics. It is a ghost that will always
walk. " ' ' " . ., . . y..
.After years, of self , expatriation,
Greene and Gaynor, who with Cap
tain Carter swindled the government
out of a big lot of money, were
brought back and convicted in , Sa
vannah last April, but having some
money left they are not in jail yet
but are still fighting the case on ap
peal, on technicalities, and will prob
ably die of old age before punish
ment will be inflicted though they
have not been without punishment in
their experience as found-out thieves.
Sixty years, at human life runs, is
a long time for a couple to share each
other's joys and aorrowa, and very
few attain that record, as Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Mayer did yesterday. They
have long been prominent respected
and useful residents of this city, and
the public generally joins in congratu
lations suitable for the occasion, and
hopes that they may enjoy other an
niversaries of their. marriage. '
The secretary of .the treasury kind
ly offers to pay off bonds now in
cluding interest up to July 1, to some
bondholders who are in a specula
tive pinch.. This is no real monetary
loss to the country, since the money
it lying idle ia the treasury, but it
-". . . . i
illustrates" the principal function of
the treasury to help out ita Wall
street friends , when in distress after
a speculative spree. Four months'
interest on millions of bonds will pay
for a champagne drunk. . : ,
It ia reported that the Russian gov
ernment will hang 300,000 Socialists,
or Democrats, or people of tome sort
who are "agin the government" This
may be threatened, aa a hint to the
douma of what the members may ex
pect if they try any reform nonsense.
Uncle Grover Cleveland hat gone
down south hunting. ; Between hunt
ing and fishing excursions he finds
time, to draw that $25,000 a year sal
ary. Hut the people like, to see tneir
only ex-president enjoy himself.
Senator Spooner leaned toward the
corporations, but he was never ac
cused of borrowing money from the
Standard Oil company and acting as
attorney for one of its dummy com
panies, v
It is said the Dreadnaught type of
battleship is useless. No, indeed;
look at the money" the contractors
and protected material manufacturers
make out of building it r'x:' ,
Secretary Taft, It is reported, will
go to New York to consult with the
railroad men. Poor ; Taft; , he gets
little rest He is the heavy choreboy
of the administration. ,
After having been out west in a
snow blizxard last winter, Mr. Bryan
can endure quite a spell of Boston
temperature. '
The president has gone after too
many Rocky mountain .bears to be
scared by a few of the Wall street
variety. ;
. Tke Play
. .
"Shannon of the Sixth" Is vastly
different from any other play the
Baker company haa recently produced
that H wtU probably have a successful
run Just for that reason, even If It had
no' other merits. But It haa merit and
a considerable amount If you are pleased
with melodrama.
The play was produced at the Baker
theatre yesterday afternoon and last
night-fend -wasr witnessed by- lart'
dlencea. It waa the first, time that
Shannon of the Blxth" has ever been
produced In Portland, or indeed In any
city on' the Paclflo coast However, It
has been played in many eastern eiues
and Is said to have been quit popular,
Miss Lawrence and Mr. Balnpolla took
part In Its production In Boston.
The action of the play is laid In India
during the Sepoy rebellion In 1S67.
Shannon ia a lieutenant In the British
army who haa been promoted for an aet
of bravery. Hla promotion ia decidedly
displeasing to. other officers, especially
to Captain Arlington. The captain also
finds cause for displeasure In Shannon's
attention to the general's daughter and
Is doubly offended In discovering that
they are not rejected by .the young
woman. - .
During a scrimmage In the city of
Delhi a temple of Brahma Is entered
and "the light of heaven," a wonderful
diamond of great value and Infinite ra
il Klous potency. Is atolen from the head
of an IdoL Captain Arlington Is the
thief,, but by a chain of circumstances
Shannon Is made to appear the criminal.
However, he Is eventually able to
establish his Innocence with the aid of
a Brahmin priest who Is a hypnotist
But before his innocence la known he
becomes a fugitive, and It is durlns; the
time of hla flight tbat much of the
story transpires.
Mr. Baurae haa the part of Shannon
and gives an excellent portrayal of the
Character. Finished actor that he Is,
Mr. Baum la better at many things
than he Is at speaking an Irish brogue.
Miss Lawrence haa the part of Dora
Klmber. the general's daughter, and ta
aa brave and charming aa a general's
daughter should be.
Other parts are well sustained, espe
cially thone of Burrada. a Sepoy woman,
by Miss Louise Kent; Captain Arlington,
by Arthur Mackley, and Umbolla, the
dumb man of Allahabad, by James A.
Qlnaaon.
"Shannon of the Sixth la a play well
worth seeing. . The management showed
excellent Judgment In selecting It for
the week beginning March IT. It will
be the bill for the entire week.
"King of Trampa" at Empire.
There were twe performances of
laughter at the Empire yesterday when
"The King of Tramps" waa presented at
that . theatre. There Is a hearty laugh
In every line and , the kind of laugh
that doea you good. Besides, there are
a number of speclaltlea that are far
above the average.
"The King of Tramps." as presented
at the Empire. Is not the husky-voiced.
Intoxicated Individual that Is so often
presented as the hobo, but a genial, jolly
tramp, who tries to do his part In creat
ing happiness. He certainly does more
than his part In creating fun. for mere
ly to aee him is to laugh and the audi
ence has a chance to see him quite fre
quently during the performance.
Two big audiences witnessed yester
day's performances and showed their
appreciation In no Uncertain way. "The
King of Tramps" will be the bill at the
Empire for the entire .week and will
no doubt draw big audiences.
. It will certainly be pleasing to thofte
who like real fun- and unusually good
specialties.
' -The Final Punch.
From T. P.'s Weekly.
An omntbue full of young Parisian
students was rolling down the street
when a quiei-lookfng old gentlemen in
priest's attire got In. . The students,
angry at the Interruption, began using
bad language In the hope of driving blm
outside. But ..the priest took no more
notice than If the 'bus had been per
fectly empty. At last be rose to get
out I :
Then he turned and very politely
ssld, "Till we meet again, gentlemen."
"Qoodby, old chap," shouted one; "we
don't want to see you again." .
"Pardon me," replied the priest "we
are sure to meet again. I am the chap
lain of Maaas prison." f . 1
The Ambition to Do
Nothing '.s
Br John Anderson Jayne.
Ambitions rule the world and eontrol
human destinies. , .
Know a man's ambition and you know
hla life. 4 '
Some men have ambition to do things.
Then the world heara of an Alexander,
a Caesar, a Napoleon, .a Qrapt or I
Roosevelt . With men of this stamp am.
bltlon Is a postilion, driving bard spurs
of necessity Into the foremost horse
that draws the chariot ot progress.
Other men there are whose only am
bition Is to do nothing, not even "sit
by the fire and spin." Whan such men
die the world Bays, and says truly:
Ooed riddance; there goes nobody."
Men who have ambition to do nothing
are found everywhere. They are' the
curse of society, the drag of business
and the drags in the cup or lire. .
Just the other day Willie Doless waa
discharged from his position bv bis am
ployer. In extenuation of himself
Willie said to hla employer: "Why do
you discharge me? . I ain't done noth
lng.". "Tss." aald the employer, "that
Is Just the reason I dlsoharge you, be
cause you haven't done anything."
Tears ago a young man wrote to
Henry Ward Beecher, asking him to And
an easy position for him, aa he wanted
to come to the city, and Mr. Beecher
la aald to have replied: "My dear boy,
there le only one easy place, and that Is
In the grave." Tet there are many men
who are In search of the "soft snap,"
content to forever sit down doing noth
ing, being nothing; living Idle, aimless,
doless llvee. '
Such men aa these are forgetfuT ef
the fact that wealth without labor, po
sition without use of that position, and
leisure unearned are the very thlnga
that take away the test of life, fill the
mind of man with unutterable bitterness
and mad jealousies that inflame the
passions and Incite to the performance
of the worst of deeds.
Nothing crones from nothing la the
old law of UfgN.lt needs to-be empha
sised again and agaln. Every great
creation of art- every masterpiece In
literature, , every victor for the right
and truth, haa been wont - the price
of hard and continuous labor.
Before George Eliot wrote a single
line she had devoured a thousand vol
umes of fiction, poetry, biography and
history. 1
Abraham Lincoln's great speech at
Gettysburg was not scribbled la a mo
ment on the back nf a letter. It bad
been forged, tested and tried in hla
great heart, that bled as It considered
the rent and bleeding condition of the
people of hla native land.
So It cornea to pass that behind every
great action there Is a great heart. ' Be
hind every noble creation there la an
aspiring souL If a boy refuses to mas
ter hla lessons, he Is simply widening
the distance) between him and the
delectable mountains of an achieved
success, and Is preparing himself for a
life of useleasness, sloth and contempti
ble Idleness. This is a man's world,
made for men. In It men must do men's
work, or be - forever relegated to the
rear. He who keeps his eye constantly
on the clock, grieving because Ita Blow
moving' hands do not go faster, will
never hear the encomium: " "Well done;
enter Into the Joy of thy Lord." . .
A. boy reading a Bible lesson came to
the words Shadrach, Meshach and Abed
nego. Reading and unable to pronounce
them he aktpped them. A few daya
afterward, reading the aama lesson In
review, and still unable to pronounce
the hard names, he said: "There's them
fellers, agin." Everyday life means a
dally meeting of some Shadrach,
Meshach or. Abednego and -unless -mastered
there la absolutely "no advance
ment. He who ' does not master the
multiplication table will not be apt to
multiply hla opportunities when he
leaves the children's school room for
the University of Ufa.
Work la valuable not simply because
of the outward - things H -constructs,
such aa bridges, ships and towers.- More
useful la It In the secret character that
It constructs, enabling the building of
greater thlnga aa the years roll by.
The Idler, the dawdler, the frowsy
tramp cannot be a happy or a useful
cltlsen. He who alts by the Are and
loafs will soon want a Are aad a loaf
to aatlsfy hla hunger and warm hla
miserable body. . '
If you would have true happiness be
an ambitious worker, not an unwlae
ahlrker.
Big Copper Prospects.
Albert Gelser In Baker City Democrat
'Stick a knife In that wall of copper
ore, aa I did the other day, and see It
plats with copper in a minute. I have
seen all kinds of mining camps, but the
Snake river district In the eastern part
of the county and In the Seven Devils
Immediately opposite In Idaho will be
as large a mining camp as any In the
weat In less than five years. In three
years there will be 15,000- men at work
in the.mlnee there, and the new towns
springing up wtll be bustling with ac
tivity and business In all lines. There
must be railroads and county roads In
there before the money can be taken out
of the ground. The only thing that will
save to Baker City the business of that
Immense country, which is a revelation
to me, Is the building of the diagonal
railroad out from Baker covering the
entire belt and furnishing transporta
tion to west end as well as the east
end mines.
"When you can draw a tape line
across 1 50 feet of commercial copper
you are seeing some ore., x, believe all
that rockout there will average eight
per oent copper, and the beauty of it
Is that It carries enough gold and all
ver to pay for the working of the mine,
besides sufficient Iron and lime to flux
the ores In the smelters. I sawons
vein or' ore body there the smallest
measurement on whloh I made was S4
feet across, some 1,000 feet long, and
In which there are already blocked out
700,000 tone of ore ready for shipping
when the road Is finished this fall. The
ore body Is a true fissure vein, thrown
.up In the ages gone by. The rock la
andeslte, or eruptive, allied to trachyte,
consisting essentially or triclinia feld
spar with plyroxene, hornblende or by
persthene." . , -.
One Republican Editor Overlooked.
From Hlllsboro Independent
Senator Fulton sent us word several
months ago that he would mall to this
office a lot of gardes seeds for free
distribution, but up to the present time
we have received nary a seed. ' Now
that the government Is weighing all
mall matter. It might be well to send
along a couple of tone of seed. Not
that any ef them was ever known to
grow, but It will be a good thing for
railroads to base their mail . carrying
rates on. .
. Ship-Subsidy Champions.
- From the New Tork Worjd.
It le an Interesting circumstance that
the two members of the house most act
ive In championing the ship subsidy bill
are Grosvenor and Llttauer, both of
whom retire- -from .eongress with
smirched refiatatlona, .
Folly of Believing
in Luck x
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
"You think, then." said" the gentleman
who stood on the marble steps leading
up to his $700,000 palace, "that your
present condition la due merely to the
fact that you have been UnluckyT"
"Yes,"' replied 'the humble one who
leaned upon the handle of the lawn
mower, "I have made up my mind that
I must have been born under an .un
lucky atar. -Tve worked hard all my
life. A doaen times after aaving care
fully and getting ahead a little I've
tried to. become -a. leading oltlsan, bail
something haa always happened to
spoil my plana.- Once I atarted In the
milk business and had Just begun to
see my way ' clear ahead when some
body brought Into the neighborhood
eow with a contagious dlaease. Mine
all caught It before I had time to dis
cover the presence of danger, and I lost
everything I had.
I opened up a grocery . In a manu
facturing district next, and then a paale
came on and they closed all the shops
and the people moved away, ao that
lost all I had aaved again. Then ' I
went to work and hoarded up every cent
I could until I had 1600 in a bank that
was supposed to be aa aound aa the gov-
srnment Itself. The cashier looted It
one-day, and I waa penniless again.
Then I thought I would buy real estate.
After aaving again t bought a lot that
everybody aupposed would rapidly In
crease In value. The day after I made
tne last payment on It the city decided
to locate a dog pound on the adjoining
lot and I couldn't even get anybody to
take the land as a gift"
"And you think all this haa been mere
bad luck, ehT" said the rich gentleman.
with a smile of mingled pity and eon-
tempt. . My good retiow. there is no
such thing ss bad luck In thia world.
We succeed or fall according to our
abilities. You lack foresight that's all.
You should before going Into the dairy
bualness have taken precautlona to pre
vent your eowa from being con tarn I
nated. You abowed poor Judgment In
opening a grocery store in a district
that waa liable to be affected by busi
ness conditions, and you abould have
known better than to put your money In
a piece of ground that, adjoined
suitable Bite for a dog pound. People
never get rich or great through mere
luck. Bad luck la alwaya the exeuae
of people who lack the ability to rise.
It'e aa olt aa the world and as foolish
as the belief of the man who thinka he
can lift himself by hla bootstraps. Qo
ahead now and finish mowing the lawn.
After you're through 1 11 sea about giv
ing you a regular Job for the aummer."
The bumble one went on with hla
work. As he was pushing his mower
past the turreted stable the coachman
emerged.
"Do you know how the man who llvee
here got his money r asked the stranger.
"Haven t you heard the story T Thirty
years ago when this city was a Strug
glln' village and nobody thought it
would ever amount to anythln' a man
who owed him S7S had a 10-aere lot
here. . It waa mostly swamp and
eouian t be used either for farmln' or
bulldln'. He couldn't pay the $71 and
the boas here had to take the land. He
tried to trade It off for a mule, and
guesf would of done It all right only the
mula died Just before- they come to an
understandln'. A little while after that
the boom struck the place and he
wanted to sell out for $10,000, but the
people that were goin' to buy busted us.
and he had to take hla swamp back. He
was so disappointed that he took sick
and waa out of his head - for thi
weeks. When he got so he could set us
and recognise people-again h(s land Was
wortn K.eoe.ooo." The men with the
mower then went on about hla work,
ror n waa cutting the graes by the job.
ana couian.t arrora to waate time. -
Suspension Causes Damage.
From the Roseburs Snokesman. -
.The suspension' of work on the tun.
nets and grades of the Draln-Marah.
field road Is far more Important than
may at rirst appear. In a sparsely set
tiea country It Is no easy matter to
secure supplies for so many laborers.
These mostly have to be shipped In,
wnicn was largely done in this case.
jnercaanu navs oraereo ana laid In a
large stock of goods. Stores have been
erected, restaurants -opened, hotels an.
larged and great preparations made to
take care of the crowds. If the sus
pension proves to be merely temporary,
no danger wlU result but If It oontlnues
long, serious results may follow. Saw
mills erected to cut lumber end ties wtll
lose neavuy and disaster caused by the
frustration of high hopes and rendering
useless preparations made, may brlns
on nnanoiai oas ana in some cases irre
parable ruin. By all means let work be
resumed. , Juetloe to the people In that
section and the whole of southern Ore
gon demands that It should. .
; Today In History.
186 J Maurice of Saxony " took up
arms against the Emperor Charles V.
I7$ John , C Calhoun, American
statesman, born. Died March II. 1IS0.
1101 Ambroslo 0Hlggens, the Irish
Immigrant who became viceroy ef Peru,
died. Born 1720. '
1805 Bonaparte assumed the title ef
king of Italy.
1S2S Mexico passed a law expelling
atl Spaniards from the country.
IMS Insurrections n Italy,
, 165 The confederate congress et
Richmond adjourned sins die. -.
1871 Communist ' Insurrection at
Parla. .
1880 Congress authorised secretary
ef the navy to transport famine con
trlbutions for' the relief of tha Buffer
ing poor In Ireland. ,
1 8 8 Captain F. W. Dawson, editor
of the News and Courier, killed by Dr.
McDow at Charleston, South Carolina. -
1904 Daniel J. Sully, New York tot
ton operator, failed.
Anna ' Held't ' Anniversary.
Anna Held, the popular comedienne,
waa born In Paris. March 18, 1877.
Though a French woman by birth she
haa now been Identified with the Amer
ican stage so long-s to be entitled to
be regarded aa an American actress.
Miss Held received her education at a
young ladles' academy at Rouen, but
before ahe had reached her fifteenth
year ahe had made her stage debut In
Parts. Shortly afterwards ahe waa seen
by Florence Zlegfleld Jr., son ef a well
known Chicago musical director and
himself an enterprising young theatri
cal manager'. Mr. Ztegrlelif fell In
love with Miss Hold, married her and
brought her across the Atlantic to en
gage In a starring tour. Since then she
has played In several popular musical
comedies, maklnr aeveral tours of the
United States In addition to plsytng en
gagements In London and on the conti
nent -Hell Be Tuk-Yung, Too.
From the Korea News.
A rumor Is current that the young
prince, Yonng-Chln, who le 10 yeara old,
win ne married next April to the daugh
ter ef Tun Tuk-Yeunav .
Small Change
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Every strike is sn argument for com
pulsory arbitration.
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But are not Mr. Herrlman'e etock of
good Intentions also watered T , . ,
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A man aubject to brainstorms should
not carry a loaded revolver. ,
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The prealdent did not uee the blk
atlck on Archie's diphtheria ease. - ,
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Now - the anti-insanity experts are
having their aey, and wlU balance the.
o there.
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rTbiresa'the high financiers dould
alao successfully plead insanity. If nec
essary. . .'-..'....,
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The Woodburn Independent says that
Mr. ITRen la cow the Republican bosa
of Oregon. . , . .
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Abe Ruef had San Francisco for quite
a while. Now Frisco ha Ruef. Turn
about la fair play. . ' ,
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A Salem editor roasts a new book,
saying It la unfit to read. Of course
he read it all through. -
r,-- - . , - --';---- J .
- Senator Spooner at least watted un
til ha was out of tha senate before tak
ing f eea of corporations. . .
Of course every Oregon town that
amounta to anything, and what ona
doesn't wtll have a baseball team thia
spring. . ' '
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Homeaeekers - whe -arrived - yesterday.
wtll think Oregon haa about the same
sort of March weather as they came
away from.
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The Roaebu'rg Spokesman says the
men who are testifying against Her
mann are eorrupilonlate who have been
baffled by him.
A man named Smith haa sued Marsh.
field for tl.T7l.000.Ts. Perhaps the
town might compromise by offering
htm the six bits.
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Ex-Senator Burton wUI pay a $1,100
fine by staying aa additional month In
Jait which la a good deal higher pay
than he could earn otherwise.
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Olvs a dor a bed name, ete. Pert-
land's "North End" gets discredit all
over the state (or the lateat murder,
which happened In the 'South End."
A New . York scientist says women
will have. wings Instead ef arms after
a while. ' But tbat wonld not ' maJte
them any more angelle than they are,
Apparently the mill men would not
agree to arbitrate the strike, even tf
President Roosevelt would consent to
be the arbitrator. He might aa he
haan't much to do Just now. '
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A Missouri man has gone Insane be
cause ha believes that when the Pan
ama canal Is built the gulf stream will
flow through It to the west and by
thus being diverted from Its present"
course will bring ruin to the climate
of the eastern United States snd of
England. Hs mus have unusual con
sideration for the people ef the twenty-.
first ' century. . -' - - "
O regon Sidelights
Crop prospects were never better In
Morrow oounty. ' -.
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Bonansa raised $140 tn half an hour
for advertising Itself, -
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Some young Tillamook hoodlums
amuse themselves by atoning people.
Eight -dogs.'-some of them valuable
aheep doge, have been poisoned tn Ar
lington.
Prospects for a auccesaful year and
bountiful crops were never brighter,
says the Haines Record.
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A Sherman county man loat aeveral
horses ,thet ste whest that had been
treated with formaldehyde.
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There are quite a number ef race
horses In Coos and Curry counties now,
and more are constantly being brought
In. .
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Hood River- people are preparing for
strawberry time. They expect one of
the most prosperous seasons in the hla- '
tory of tha valley. .
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Burns Ttmee-Herald: New - people
ere coming in every day and very few
if any leave before looatlng en publlo -
land or buying property.
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An Oakland boy has invented an Im
proved two-story chicken coop, : built
especially for tha comfort and conven
ience of Brown Leghorns.
The mayor of Echo haa requested
that on Arbor day every man. woman
and child In that town plant a. tree to
add to the future beauty ef the town.
It Is becoming more and more appar
ent that the Gervala section Is adapted ,
to email rruita ana nernes, says the
Star.; At no distant day cannerlaa and
fruit - driers wtll be plentiful In thia
section. :.
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Never In the history of the fruit in.
dustry In Josephine county has there
been such a general 'Cleaning up of
orchards and spraying of fruit trees and
shrubbery as haa been dons this winter
and spring. ., , .
East Oregonlan: Preliminary steps
on two railroad extensions are being
taken In Umatilla, county one a branch
from Pendleton into the foothill district
south Into the Tutullla wheat belt and
one from the Columbia river Into the
Cold Springs wheat belt Tha electrlo
line will In time be extended from Free-
water to Weston, Athena and Pendleton.
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" The Frultgrowere union ef the Mil
ton-Preewater country will supply the
ranchers with boxes ths coming season
at actual cost plus the expense of
handling,- which will be nominal. Pros
pects for a bountiful fruit crop were
never better 'than at the present time.
Experienced fruitgrowers predict the '
largest crop ever harvested ia this vt-
clnlty. , .
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Harrlaburg Bulletin: The many hop
growers In this section of ths country
are pretty busy Just now getting, their
yards In shape for the coming season.
The rich river bottom land tributary to
this city cannot be excelled anywhere
for hop culture, and all the yarde will '
be worked tha present season regardlesa
of the discouraging outlook aa to price.
The season that hops were Belting at
better than It ents the outlook In the
A spring was no better tbaa new.