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A MODERN FEUDALIST.
R. JACOB BCHIFF, the New
Tork banker and financial
agent of aoma great corpora
tions and trusts, recently
praised Messrs. Morgan, Rockefeller
and Carnegie for their generosity in
dispensing gifts to the cause of edu
cation, ana arguea mereirom inai
it was a rery good thing for a few
men to become exceedingly rich In
consequence of small and unnoticed
contributions from the many. The
common people, lie said In effect,
did hot miss nor suffer any appre
ciable loss through these Individu
ally small and involuntary contribu
tions which altogether amounted to
these mighty masses of millions.
whose possessors were doing good
with the money that otherwise would
not be so used. ' In this argument
Mr. Sen iff , lnferentlally admitted
that these few, la order to pick ap
these millions of trifles from . the
many, gained that much more than
reasonable and strictly proper profits
on their Investments and rewards of
their enterprises. But since the mil
lions of poor people would and could
not use their little Individual pos
sible surpluses to build up great col
leges and for other philanthropic
purposes, the system by which this
flow of small amounts to a few cen
ters where It would be ao used was
not only defensible but beneficent
Several answers might be filed to
this olea. In the first nlace. auch a
system Is distinctly contrary, to the
fundamental cornerstone of our re
publicequal' rights to . all. ;. The
dime or dollar of the poor man that
properly, belongs to him should be
as sacred as the millions of Morgan.
Any Justification of taking a little
oft the poor man unjustly would ap-
- ply to taking more and more. If
one be permitted to rob, from a thou
sand. It la robbery Just the same if
, he takes little as it he takes much.
'j' la the second place, the one who
is permitted to rob the thousand IS
not obliged to dq good with the ac
cumulated millions.; la fact, be fre
quently, aoes great narm. He cor
rnnll ruMlttoa - k.(h offfMala aai
r cures the enactment of unjust and
Iniquitous laws by which be gains
,nt , . -. ww - -a i
And ao becomes a veritable and dan
' gerous "enemy of. the republic." ;
Nor la It trne that what such le-
' gallsed or tolerated courmands of
' wealth' as Rockefeller take beyond
. what Is their Just due ta not felt and
. could , do the - Involuntary contrib
utors ; no r good,', Farmers ' are
pinched by blgh freight rates, con
sumers' expenses are enhanced to an
amount In the. course of a year that
becomes' absolutely burdensome, the
extremely poor la cities somotirnes
die of eold and hunger partly be
cause of these ruthless exactions.
The festering sores of society exist
where those great aggregations of
wealth thas gathered are concen
tered, and where grim, gaunt, dire!
poverty clos:a 'round Its hopeless
victims, and have in part a common
source.' ':: ..t .;. ; ;" 1 -
Mr. Schirf should have lived in a
feudal age, and. Spoken for the
barons of that time, whose "thoi
itnnds of retainers and vassals tolled
and fought their Uvea, through for
their living, for Just enough to exist
upon, all their surplus earnings go
lr to the overlord or baron, to en-
alls him to hold hh wassail withal
or r4o w-tth m b choM. 'It la u
trwa now m la Shylock'a day that
op Ukaa anothr'a Ufa It bf Ukea
tba maaaa whereby tha other lire.
Ownlnf an4 taking tha means where
by tha Taasala Itrad. tha taroa
owned them. an4 o la a modified
aenaa and degrea doea Rockefeller
or Uarrlmaa owa inllllon of Amert-
ean people. He pwna them to the
extent that ke can dlrert from them
earning and profits which lightly
should be theirs. , . Thaa tha baron
gained his orarlordship by force of
arms and possession of tha aoQ; now
tha multl-mllUonslra - galna . power
oyer millions of mea theoretically
hla political equals by dictating
Urlff lawa, fixing freight ratea,
monopolising coal laada and other
necessaries, and tha mesne of their
distribution. But aa surely aa la
feudal times, tha man who can limit
tha tuantlty and fix tha price of
necessaries, so aa to gala the million
little golden . streams ; whose flow
Rockefellerward Mr Bchiff praises,
to some extent anslares both - pro
ducers and consumer. The differ
ence, of - enslavement is of degree
rather thaa of kind. ;,
Soma trouble-making thinkers and
talkers arose la the days of War
wick and got the people to think
ing a i little, and acting, too, and
feudalism fell. It was a system that
bad Its good points, but It gare one
too much power over many, and the
many molted and took their own,
baring new-learned that It -was ao.
Something of. this kind may happen
In this country before the century
la out .': . ' " .
THE EUGENE CANAL PROJECT.
THERE la a wideawake spirit of
' progress! veness, aa well ; as a
, far-sighted grasp ". of coming
conditions, la the movement at
Eugene ' for waterway connection
with Portland and the sea. A canal
from Eugene via Monroe to a Junc
tion with the Long Tom In Benton
county, and thence through the Long
Tom and Willamette to Corvallls, the
present bead of regular steamboat
navigation, is one of the plans pro
posed. ' v ;.
Aa outlet of the kind would be a
consequential asset tor the future
Eugene. The Willamette valley Is
easily capable of supporting a popu
lation of a million and a bait. There
Is 'scarcely a product known to the
temperate sone that the regloa will
not only ; produce, but produce In
great abundance and luxuriance. ' la
the new crops experts are evolving
It la being shown that In the Imme
diate future In the Willamette val
ley there will be succulent foods for
livestock every month la the year, a
conditio known nowhere else, and
an asset, that will mean millions add
ed to the exports ot the region. ;
Competent and conservative au
tbority, after years of study of con
ditions believes -that aa exportable
wealth, ot 1209.000,000 a . year Is
possible for this extraordinarily fa
vored section. The widely varying
character of the growable products
gives the region ,a resource far be
yond that of which the present pop
ulatloa has conception. It means a
future population that will make of
Eugene and other valley towna, cities
jf great importance, wealth and pop
ulation. A new artery ot commerce.
such as a water route with Its cheap
est of all transportation, would bave
an Incomputable value for Eugene
when . the Willamette' valley shall
come Into Ita own...
, THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
T
HE Los Angeles Times draws a
parallel between conditions In
the Republican party now' anL
ln 1872, when what seemed to
be a large and Influential portion
ot the party rebelled against the re-
nomlnatlpn of General Grant for a
second terrt, : ,, There seems to us but
little similarity ' la . the two cases.
though with an effort, some points
of resemblance might bs found. The
conflict 'which centered around the
renomtnatlon of Grant originated be
fore bis first election, la New Tork,
with ex-Governor and Senator Fen-
ton aa the leader ot one faction and
Roscoe Conkling, then a young man.
the leader of the other or "stalwart"
element bf the party. Conkling won,
but Fenton, 'with numerous other
prominent Republicans . throughout
the country, .bitterly opposed Grant's
renomtnatlon, charging bin. ' with
misconduct In . various ways, and
formed the Liberal Republican party.
which nominated Greeley, the Demo
crats not making any nomination.
but Indorsing him. This movement
was supported not only by Greeley's
paper,' the New York Tribune, bnt
bf the Chicago Tribune, the Cincin
nati Commercial and other leading
papers. Among the prominent men
of that time that aligned themselves
with this seceding party wereHenry
J, Selden, . General John Cochrane,
William Dorsheimer and David Dud
ley Field of New York, A. K. Me
Clnrg of Pennsylvania, Stanley Mat
thews and George Hoadley of Ohio,
Carl Schuri and Joseph Pulitzer of
Missouri, "Long John" Wentworth
Leonard Swett and Horace White of
Illinois. George W, Julian of Indiana
Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts,
David A. Welles of Connecticut and
many others of national or state rep
utations Aspirants tor nomination
by these bolters for president were
Judge David Davis pf : Illinois,
Charles Francis Adams ot , Massa
chusetts, Governor Curtin ot Penn
sylvaaia, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio,
Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois
and B. Grata Brown of Missouri. But
Greeley, was, chosen a great editor,
bat about as nnfit tor president as
a man could well be, , The regular
Republican convention, which met
later, renominated Grant, the oppo
sition,, so formidable In appearance,
made but slight showing . at the
polls, a large portion ot the Demo-4
crate refused to vote for , Greeley,
and Grant was elected by a great
popular and electoral ' majority.
Many of these Republicans went over
to the Democratlo party permanent
ly, but , the bolt was a complete
failure. 1 ' ',' " ';
This Is Interesting to recall, but
we see ao parallel la the present sit
uation Many Republicans are op
posed to Roosevelt, but be Is not a
candidate tor reelection, and It be
were It Is doubtful if the dissatisfied
Republican leaders would organise
a bolt though that Is possible. The
nomination of Roosevelt cannot be
prevented If be will consent to run;
If be will not, the Interests that op
pose him will concentrate their ef
forts upon nominating a reactionary
candidate, or one more "sane and
safe.', There la no evidence that
any Republican "mentioned" might
not auit them fairly well, except La
Follette, and possibly Hughes. The
president Is said. to favor Taft, but
it is Impossible for him to touch for
a Taft administration. 'Z
The "squaw" uniform ; for " the
Oregon girls who are to visit James
town baa been abandoned, and also
the military costume suggested by
the governor,- and they will simply
go la uniforms, so as to be recog
nised, and will engage la some drills,
though we do not see where" this
performaaee would ' be ' representa
tive ot . Oregon particularly, any
more than a knife and tork drill.
It is difficult to do or be. anything
peculiar, as representing Oregon, for
after all Oregon girts are Just like
those of other states. Oregon is not
A squaw state, nor do Oregon girls
tak to military "drills particularly,
and so they would probably better
behave Juat about as other , young
ladiea do, and let It go at that -
Now appears the dandelion nuis
ance In mosf Portland lawns. Tc
peka, Kansas, had a dandelion day
last week, but as a snowstorm oc
curred that day people had an excuse
for not eradicating the dandelions.
Various recipes have been given for
exterminating . the yellow, pest,
among them gasoline and kerosene,
but as these bave a like effect on
grass roots, they are not in favor,
and a sharp knife and elbow power
are perhaps the only sure means to
be employed. The more people wbo
will rid their premises of dandelions,
the better the city will appear, but as
a good many Will not do this we may
expect aa Increasingly yellow town
from year to year. -.. .
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Very sensible and satisfactory Is
the decision of the supreme -court of
the state ot Washington that Ches
ter Thompson, though Insane, must
be sent; to prison, . He was Just In
sane enough to commit a murder,
and 'under an. old territorial law
that kind of Insanity la treated with
Imprisonment ' la , t penitentiary.
Now the effort will be to enow that
hla Insanity has left him; in which
case be will go free. - But it might
be wrell .to establish a minimum
period for. temporary Insanity that
results In murder say SO years or
1 0 might be better, w ;;
The country from the great lakes
westward to the Rocky mountains
was under from six to tea Inches of
snow and la the grip of a blizzard
yesterday, and yet there are people
living In lovely old Oregon who are
kicking because it Is a little ehlllj
yet et nights If they don't bave a
fire, .. Minnesota, Nebraska and the
Dakotas ought to be a good field for
the distribution of Oregon literature
Justnow, with Climate underscored.
. The Tronble With Him. ;
From the Corvallls Time. '
If you see man on the street with
a hunted, nun try looa ir tna light in
his eye ta of that faraway kind . that
sometimes suddenly biases up like Old
Faithful, the geyaer; if at that point
In hla anatomy about mldahlpe where
there ought to be a nice rotund bulge,
there la a noticeable sink, if his gen
eral appearance I J that of a man who
wouldn't care a whoop whether It was
a speeding locomotive or - a fighting
grlsxly bear that he tackled; if ta ahort
aa yoa look, jrod gather the Impression
that here is a man who, doean't care a
tlnkara d if school keeps or not,
that man Is married, and his wife has
the akatlng erase, lie's dangerous
TwoMillionFreiglit
Cars. . l.
From the Railroad Gasette.
Tha number 6f frelrht car owned and
controlled by tha' companlaa in the
American Hallway aasoclatlon has now
paaeaa tha J, 000,000 mark, and from tha
flrat day of next July the hanJUna ef
theee care la Interchange" traffic 1 to
be Improved and almpltfled by the adop
tion of a rate of 10 cent a day for the
naa of each car when off from lta own
road, and by the abolition of the, rule
providing; for aa increased rate after a
car has been away from- home SO days.
rifty eents la to be the uniform rate
without re sard to dates. As the reader
will remember, this rata has already
beea pat In force by a number of lm
port ant roads, but now, by formal letter
ballot, the other road In the per diem
asreemant have asreed to adopt it. The
exact number of care reported
l.OII.m (United States. Canada and
Mexico), and the number ef membera in
the association Is SIS. AU Of theaa
voted except It companlaa, representing
39,111 care. In accordance with a reso
lution paaaed at the October m eating
each member, in votlna. axpreaaed a
flrat and a eeoond choice, and in count
ing the flrat cbolcee It wai found that
IS members, controlling 110,171 cara.
were In favor of a rata of 71 cents, but
ao proposition waa to be carried, except
by a majority vote- of members and a
two-thirds vote of oare, and under thia
rule none of the propoaltlona was
adopted;, but under -4he provision for
flrat and second choices tha secretary
had the power to recount In auch a way
as virtually to take a second vote; ana.
pursuing this course, and counting both
first and second choices, ha was able to
show for the CO-oent rate 211 roads.
controlling 1,126,041 ears, and so this
rate will prevail. Tba matter being set
tied. the principal - business to be at
tended to at the spring meeting of the
association at Chicago next week win
be the report of tha committee on car
efficiency, which, we understand, will
show that considerable progress -has
been made in clearing tha war toward
agreement on some action looking to
tha euro of the more flagrant freight
car abuse With a view to clearing
tha air before tha association gathers in
formal meeting on Wednesday all roads
have been invited by the committee to
attend an Informal meeting at the Au
ditorium hotel on Monday for the pur
pose of dlsfiuaalng the problems which
are before the committee.
This la Engliah,
' ' From the London Times. 1
That concluded the case for the plain
tiff..' - i - . . ,
Mr. Levett than stated tha case for
Mra. Jalland from a legal point of view.
This was a life estate with a condition
subsequent, and if the condition could
not be fulfilled the gift was good. Bhe
could not become a . widow; therefore
the gift remained. In Sheppard's
Touchstone, vol. 1, p. 122. there was a
definition of a condition which covered
thla ease. Here there waa a true con
dition subsequent In Fearne'a Con
tingent Remainders, vol. S, p. i, a'mlxed
condition subsequent waa defined. In
tha same volume, at page 114, there was
passage which took him all tha way
home. It waa thla: "If tha condition
is subsequent, as tha estate to which it
Is annexed cannot be defeated by It,
auch estate Is absolute In the first In
stancs or -afterwards becomes mo. If
the void condition Is a mixed condition,
the preceding estats Intended to be an
nihilated, by it la abaolute in the flrat
Instance er afterwards becomes so and
the estate to arias or to be accelerated
on the fulfillment of the condition can
not arise or be acoeterated."
Tha hearing was adjourned till Mon
day. , - , . . , - , , .
. ' There Haa Been a Big Change.
From the Albany Democrat.
Crop proapecta are always of Inter
est. It is very satisfactory to hear the
report of splendid proapects for 1 big
wneax and oat crops. - They help. But
they are no longer the whole business,
as they,-practically were a few yeara
ago. Since then thla has become a land
ef dlveralfled farming. There are other
things and many of them. A very lm
portant one is that of dairying. Mow
tha farmer is not In It who doea not
keep at least Ave or six cows and sends
the cream to the creamery. If he has
six cows he wtll have an Income of 16
or ( a month, lesa the' coat of keeping
mem. some oowa are paying as high
as fid a month. It meana ceah right
along; and the fanner can pay hla bills
as ha gets his goods,' securing the ad
vantage of better prices. The old sys
tem was to run yearly bills st higher
prices, and the result , was that tha
farmer waa often in the hole when he
oame to settle. But genuine dlveralfled
farming oalls for caah -right along and
means prosperity. . ' With the telephone
and rural delivery' the life of the
farmer haa been transformed and Is no
longer a drudge. It la an up-to-date
Ufa, and farming la gradually becoming
tha safest sad surest of all businesses
Mining Outlook in Southern Oregon.
From the Gold Hill News.
A prominent mining man of thla sec
tion, who has alao been Identified with
some of the largeat mining enterpriaee
In the Bull Frog and Gold field dis
tricts, waa asked his opinion of the min
ing outlook of southern Oregon. He
said: "If one half of the money spent la
Nevada In giving publicity to the min
ing Industry there was spent In south
ern Oregon, It would be tbe greateet
mining camp in the world." The truth
of his statement Is -vary evident. The
vast ledges of low grade ere that streak
the mountain aides of southern Oregon
are tbe foundatlona of large enter
prises that will one day be opened. They
oannot He dormant forever. The pros
pective etage In southern' Oregon gold
mining will soon be a thing of the past
Big smelters and reduetloa plants vwlll
be erected and tha real development of
southern Oregon, aa a 'mining district
will have commenced. It takes, time to
work auch changes, but the time will
be much shorter in this Instance thaa
the man with the hammer would have
us believe. , , . .
. Words and Stonea, j
gome yeara ago Oeorge Meredith had
house bulU for hlmaelf which was
rather small, although extremely, com
fortable. One day a lady visited him.
and with great pride ha showed her over
the place. . After their tour of inspec
tion the visitor turned to her host and
with a disappointed expression said:
"In your books you describe hugs cas
tles and baronial halla, but when you
some to build you put up a little houne
like tlilsr Why Is Itt" "Well," replied
the author, with a twinkle In hla eye,
"the reaaon Is because words are eheapsr
than stones."- M. A. P. , .
Makes a Difference. "
' From the Philadelphia Preas, i ,'
"Isn't Haaael going to take any vaca
tion thla year at alir .,-
"No." . " ' v ' ; ''
j "Why, he took one last year."
"Yea, but he was on salary then;
he's a member of the firm now." .
Ttc Play
. For weeks patrons of the Baker
theatre have been debating with them
selves whether or not they should be
come offendud . or merely dlapleaaad
with, the class of entertainment offered
them. Testerday, however, they de
cided to rorget, the paat and joined
unanlmoualy In pronouncing "The Die
tator" one- of the very beet ahowa that
haa been offered this season at the
Third street bouse.
It - was admirably presented
to
crowded houses yesterday and was el
moat tumultuoualy received. The. per
formance might have been perfect but
for the fact that several of the actors
failed to exhibit proper familiarity with
their lines, a fault that will undoubt
edly be ersdlcated by the eeoond of
third performance. Mr. Baume, by the
way, must certainly poeaeaa an as.
toundlng memory, for In tha title part
to which he haa been aaalgned, there
are enough lines to fill a volume.
"The Dictator la a farce by Richard
Harding Davis, and waa made xamou
as a play by ita preaentatlon by Wll
II am Collier. One of the numerous
revolutions In a Central American re
public la the baais for the plot Brooks
Travara. a wealthy new. xorner,
Imagines that he is being sought by the
police for murder and seeks refuge in
the Central American ' country, whicn
haa no extradition treaty with the
United Statea. -
Before reaching his destination he ex
changes places with the American con
sul who te en voyage. The lmposter
finally reaches the capital city of the
republic and after paastng hlmaelf aa
the American conauU In which capacity
he haa ' Innumerable experlencea, buya
an army, atarts a revolution of bis own
and seta himself uo as dictator.
The plot Is one of remarkably ciever
conception, affording an abundance of
amusing and complicated altuatlona
(The play was presented in Portland two
yeara sgo by Mr. coiner ana conse
quently 'many wha witnessed yester
day's perform ancea " ware In aa un
usually eritloal frame of mind.
In "The Diotator" Mr. Baume nsa
better opportunity thaa la any. play In
which be has appeared tor weexe. -jne
part suits him well and nia portrayal
of It la certainly eatu factory to . tne
audience. -. -
Jamea A. Gleason. aa Charley Hyna,
the wireless telegraph operator, gives
more than creditable interpretation
of tha part, while Oleason. pere. Is Ideal
In the part of Colonel John T, Bowie,
the genuine consul to . the v Central
American republic. To MlsS Ethel
Terry has been assigned the pert of
Mrs, John T. Bowie.
While the part of Jim Dodd, valet to
Mr. Travara. la far from one or premier
Importance. Ita Interpretation py me
Howard Ruaaell might easily be Im
proved: Indeed It might be eliminated
altogether without danger of vlgoroua
oroteat from tbe patrons of the house
or of aerloua Interference with the auo-
ceaa of the blay.
Aa Duffy, the seoret service detective,
Donald Bowles would make a hit with
his makeup, even If mere appearance
were all that were required of hint. He
doea a- capital piece of aotlng and
makes the part one of actual import.
ance. William Dins is pleasing in tne
rather Inconaeqnentlal part of the mia-
alonary. As General Bantoa Campos,
William Harris la aa fierce-looking and
vehement aa any , banana-eating ma,
cheteer should be.
Miss Louise Kent gives a really su
perb Interpretation of the part of
Juanlta. the widow whose love affairs
play an Important part in the politics of
the republic other members ot tn
company are eatlafactory. .
"The Dictator" will be the bin at tha
Baker for the entire week and Is cer
tain to play to big houses at every per
formance, , . V ,,4 j. , ;
' The Seaman Stock Company,
With a past that eovera only, o
week, the seaman stock company at
the Empire has; in that brief time, ao-
eompllshed something that Ordinarily
requires months' . of effort on the part
of stock companlaa It has built up a
large clientele ot 'sthuslastle admlrera
which le growing every day. '
The bill for the Empire thla week la
"Beware of Men," a highly sensational
melodrama that waa presented to two
large audtencea yesterday The play deals
with the experiences of a girl who leaves
her country home for the city. Her
leaving Is compulsory, because her
father has denounced ber and driven her
from home after her confession to him
of her shame. . She follows bar- lover
into the city, where he attempta to com
plete hen degradation. Bhe la rescued,
however, by a young minister.
'Miss Margaret Pitt, as Grace Field.
who la driven from home, doea 'a very
effective piece of emotional actlnk. Miaa
Pitt haa mads a great hit at the Empire.
She Is pretty and, attractive and an
aetreea of unusually high merit . .
Aa Rev. Oliver Churchill, . Raymond
Whlttaker alao wTna the unlimited sym
pathy of the audience, Mr. Whlttaker
is admirably equipped for such a part
and does It well. As the villain Herbert
A eh ton succeeds in winning the vehe
ment hatred of the audience, which has
no hesitation In showing him what It
thinks of auch a character as he por
trays, l
Miaa Ethel Jonas la earning quite a
favorable recognition aa an aotreas of
promise by her work with the Sesman
company. As Mrs. Fletcher In yester
day's performance she appeared to unu
sually good advantage. Miaa Lillian
Field, who under ordinary circumstance
la pretty and clever, muat have been la
a oaa numor yeaterday for she pouted at
the moaiclanj during her song and made
no effort to conceal tier dlapleaaura.
utuer members of tha comoanr do
more than creditable work 'and succeed
In giving a really meritorious 'perform
ance. . The play is strictly melodramatic.
but a more wholesome effect ralaht be
produced If the author had selected some
other scene for tbe second act thaa
'Mrs. Fletcher's gilded den." - ' -
; "Reware of Men" la to ha tha hill at
the Empire for the entire week.
loyal to Portland. - , ; , ,
' From the Newberr Orach le. '
The Oraphle llkea to see every Ore
gon I aa loyally boosting Portland it'a
a good ' sign. , Boost vmir own town
community nrsr, out (ion t be BO
narrow ss to stop there. Portland be
longs to all of ua and her growth.
prosperity ana general We I rare are
linked witn eur own. Portland is lust
now expertenolng a phenomenal srowth.
the most substantial of any city en the
coast . Bhe Is the business center of
tne nortaweat and we should be orond
f her. An Oregonlan Is a good deal of
a traitor who will llaten to a Seattlelte
or any other "Its" knock our metropolis
and not speak up In her defense, ,
" The One Perfect Woman. , '
' Whon the lecturer Inquired dramati
cally, "Can any one In thla room tell
me of a perfect man?" there waa a dead
alleges. . "Haa any one," he eontlnued.
"heard if a perfect woman" - Then -a
patient-looking little woman In a black
dreaa rose up at tbe back of the audi
torium ', . , . ,
''There was ona ,1've often heard of
her, but she's dead now. She was my
husband's first wla." r .,
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Good Road Making
in England .
Conaul F. "WV Mahia of Nottingham
reports that the country rosds of Kng
land are cared for by the oounty eoun
ell of each ahlre, an elective body num
bering about SO, mora or leas, according
to slss and population of oounty. He
continues: ...-,
The official In Immediate charge Is
tha oountv aurvevor. an appointive of
ficer who serves during efficiency, and
la an expert engineer. AU the roads
are macadamised, or similarly treated.
and for ordinary traffle are very aatia
factory. In recent yeara automobllea
and heavy traction engines and motor
wagona have created new and aerloua
problems. Automobiles not only cause
stifling clouds of dust but loosen the
macadam .by suction while heavy en
gines and motor wagons crush and de
stroy the surface smoothness ot the
roads. . The result haa been to heavily
Increase She expenae of road mainte
nance and to exercise the Ingenuity of
oounty surveyors t devising mesne ef
auppreaelng duat and conatructlng roads
suited to present trafflo conditions.
Tha Nnttlnahim enuntv aurva-vnr. af.
ter experimenting for many yaara.baa
annarantlT solved tha nroblema ef both
duat and durability. Ten yeara ago he
tried tar washing, a process now mucn
talked about for roads, but found It
only a temporary palliative. The. tar
waa chiefly absorbed by the joints of
the paving and only partially adhered
to the material, and after a few months
duat resulted which he considered
worse than ordinary soil dust He next
tried tarring slag, granite, and lime.
atone by the roadside, but the heating
ef the material to a point neceaaary
to make the tar adhere made It brittle
aad not suitable foa heavy trafflo, and
the process waa besides very slow' and
a puplla nuisance. He then - removed
bis apparatus to aa Iron foundry and
tried hot alag taken from the furnaea,
tha first attempt or tne aiaa. Tne ex
periment worked to a charm and with
tbe mixture of a toughening adjunct
waterproof road .material waa created.
He haa patented tha process. .Not only
is tbe xormer work or -nesting cus
ps need with, but tbe material la not
brittle and being; uniformly hot to tha
center It aucks in the tar, The pro
cess of artificial heating leavea the
center cf the material relatively eold.
aad the reverse effect ensues, tbe tsr
being In a degree rejected. ,
a
The preparation la styled "tarmac'
It la applied to a road without any
dlggtna or gradlnsT beyond mare leveling.
Two layere are used, the lower two and
quarter and the upper one and ona
Quarter Inches thick, Steam roiling
reduces the thickness to three Inches.
five-mile) section of road between
Nottingham and Radcllffe waa used to
teat the preparation. It Ilea near the
Trent river and a canal, la below the
level of both and baa a gravel bed.
Consequently, water could seep through
upon It It was a notoriously bad road,
dusty lr dry weather and almoat Impas
sably muddy In wet; at the aame time,
one of the most Important and most
used roads In the county. It -therefore
offered a supreme test to tbe efficacy
of a road-paving material Thla stretch
of road ta now one of the finest la Eng
land. It la amooth aa asphalt; mudleaa
In wet weather; In dry weather dustless
with ordinary ordinary traffic and near
ly ao with the swift passage of automo
bllea A dry road absolutely duetleei
when traveraed by automobllea la an ut
ter impossibility. - The "tarmac'' road la
Impervious. Surface water flows te the
aides; and no -dust la possible, except
what la dropped or Blown upon It 'On
the usual macadam roeda the wheels of
heavy trafflo preaa dirt to the surfaoe
and .automobllea aiick. It out between
the stones. . Constant scraping and
cleaning are required to keep auch road a
la order, evidence of which Is the ridge
ofdlrt alwaya lining tha roadside. At
the same time the paving la dlalntegrat
lng aad, muat be frequently mended or
renewed. ,
A "tarmac" road ts not asserted te be
better .than asphalt for general use.
but it la claimed not to be slippery like
asphalt whan wet, and Is said to eoat
mach less te laybarely a alxth
much, according te local exnerianna.
The road was made In parte at different
tlmea One section haa been down for
five years and other eeetiona for twe or
tnree yeara. , The trafflo over tha road
a unusually great particularly In an.
totnobllea. traction engines, and the like,
bt seemingly without any Injurious ef-
ieei, lor no repairs have been needed.
No rolling Is required to keen the road
in condition, unlike the ordinary macad
am roao. ior it nas Dorse the weight
of the heaviest traction wagona without
crushing er 'other disturbance, nt . k.
surface, tt has been found reductive of
road expenses to patch ordinary msc-
aoara roaaa, when needing repair, with
tarmac '
The coat of the five miles af "tarmae
road waa 17,809 per mile. Tha eoat of
maintaining the road before tarmac waa
used wss 21,410 per mile a year. The
tarmao road la expected te last shout ta
years without expense for repairs. ' It
costs about 21 par cent more per su
perficial yard -than macadam,- bat the
teats made Indicate that the initial' out
lay of the "tarmac" road will be entirety
repaid In alx yeara. and thareart.e .
clear annual profit of at least 11,111 per
tnile tor about four years will result In
com pari a on with macadam. The Ini
tial coat of a tarmao road averages
slightly under 'SO cents per superficial
ysrd, three Inches thick after rolling.
umar airetcnee or tnis kind of road,
smaller than tha Radcllffe section, hu.
been mads with equally good results,
and It Is expected to kr several miles
mora thia year. No funds ara available
without Increasing taxation, for more
than a few miles of new road each year,
but as every new aeotlon ef tarmac road
deereaeee the coat of road repair, more
and more funda will be annually re
leased for applying the Improved paving
material. .-,. . ,
Today ia Hletory. .
12 allege f Orleana relieved.
17U Wilkea committed to tha Tn,
of London, ' . (..
UTSMary Mannering, actress, born.
127f Prince Alexander , JnnK t
Battenberg elected prince of Bulgaria.
1224 lr Michael Coat a. composer
and conductor, died, aged 71 years.
12RS New Tork city began a three
dare' celebration of the cantanniai
President Washington's Inauguration.
is ir tturnenne at Mauritius de
stroyed 1.000 Uvea. ,
l4 Coxey'a arn&r arrived at Waah.
ington, u. c .
1217 Log ' of tha Mavflowee tr-a re
ferred from Brltlah pnaseaslnn to the
American ambaaaador at I-ondon.
1222 Miners riots at Coeur d'Alena,
Idaho. . ,,- : . ........... -. '
lto International exhibition -OBenea-
at Milan, Italy. - .
WUJ Outatrip San' Francisco. ,f
.. From the Htllsbore Argus,- N
Portland eontlnues to groo apaoa. and
It la but a matter of a few yeara until
tt will outstrip San Franoleco.- It took
new blood to alert things going, but
the old fellnwe are taking tbelr lesaon
to good account , , ,
Small Change
May is almoat here, and maybe aha
will bring spring.
as,,' ..
The D. A, R. Is In favor of pesoe-ea-oept
among the D. A, R.-ter.
. e e .
Mr. Stead Is a very able man. but a
good deal of what he knows isn't aa
e e
In other word's the president Is not In
favor of the peace that passeth all un"
derstandlng.
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: Before attending the peace oongresa.'
aeveral Latln-Amerloan states went to;
lick one another.' . ' v
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The aew Pennaylvanla capltol haa 120
elocka. It waa a caae ot time being
money to the graftera. : v
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If the tbeoaophtats do come back, they
don't bother nobody, nor . let nobody ;
know nothlnr about it .
How nice It would be to be at James
town now not on account of the expo-.
sttlon but It la aald to be real warm
there. - , v - ,- .. , : :
, ' '. s ' e. s i : - -John
Temple Ore res le one of thoae
very entertaining talkers whom people
on a little reflection do not take se
riously. . .'....-. ,." ,.f ..
It le aald that a tactful boateaa will
alwaya put the lovers together at a ta
ble and separate the married , couples
aa widely aa possible. ; V. . . -
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Mr. Stead cannot reasonably expac
te completely reform and thoroughly
aave this country unless he cornea ever -oftener
and etaya longer.
Even the Indorsement of the Pennsyl-1
vanla legislature doesn't) seem to Injure ;
Roosevelt" A man who can eurvive a .
blow like that ia Invincible. . ' . . ,
If Mra Van Clauaaen auoceeda la get-
ting the president's head under a pump, '
aa aha deal res, Mr. Harrtman might be -
willing to furnlah the Water. ,
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A Bait Lake man and hla two wives.
alatera, recently eelebrated their golden
wedding. ( He probably feela aa If be -bad
been married 100 yeara ;
' It eeems probable from the dlspatchta (
that brothers Charley and Hank are de-
oidediy la favor of big Brother Bill
being nominated for president
i . a e -.v- ;,T
Moat efT the. Republloaa candidates
have agreed te support the primary ,
nominees, which . If they, stick , to it , '
meana nearly three doaea votes at least
.'-''''"-':. ' -' e : s !.';-,iV
The Kanaas wheat crop premises to-
be larger than ever, but where the Aar- :
vestere ara to come from la a problem. '
But thoae Kanaas girls can do a big
part of the Job, ;
The president ta going te talk oa rail
roads In Indlanapolla soon. It Is con- -
sidered Improbable that he will Improve -
the opportunity to declare for Fairbanks
for his auccessor. , : , ,
e. a -One
absurd thing about that eonapl-
racy story la that the amount mentioned t
was only 11,000,000. -Why, It la sup
posed thst It took aeveral tlmaa that
amount to beat Bryan ta IMS. '
Immediately after being tumbled out
of a carriage Mr, Bryan made a speech.
That maa'a head will have to be broken
entirely before be le rends red Inoapa-w
ble of talking oa a moment's aotloe,
Oregon Sidelights
Hubbard la planning a big Fourth cel
ebration. t A i ' ,
Beat bualneea In yeara report Albany
merchaata. . ... . ; ' -t
Much Irrigation is being carried ea
In Baker City, - . : !- ,
A aew Baptlat church has beea dedl-
oatra at aaausoi'aio. a
v - e s
Astoria needs a wholesale
grocery
store, says the Budget -
Three more ' rural telephone llnea te
Jeffersoa are contemplated. . -
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8everal residences will be bufit In
North Yamhill this summer. , . - ,
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Babv mules are appearing quite
numeroualy In Washington county.
Wasco county, saya the' Chronicle, la
the county of all counties for climate
and crops of all kinds. , ,. J
Forest Orove people are agitating the
building ef a, eystsm of electric rail
road. Unas Into the surrounding country.
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k Tamblll Tain started to towa With
lot-of egga and a harrow In
wagon. -- The team ran away ami the
result was a mesa of scrambled egga.
Kent' Recorder: Promlacuoua shoot
ing with long range gune. avrr-h aa waa
Indulged In last Sunday, should he
Stopped, aa It endangera the life of any
one who may chance to be out walking, .
There will be no reason why the Pro- -
hlbittonlats and summer girls should go '
thirsty In Estscada thla summer. There '
will be four Ice cream and aoda atanda
at which they can quench their thlrat, ' '
aays the Newe. ., r ...
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A.' Smythe Son sold the wool off
11,000- head of . sheep sversglng 10
pounds per fleece, at It centa; alao aold .
(.000 yearlinga at 24.11 for 2.000 and
IS.60 . for ,14.00", retailing the . wool
They will shear 12.000 head thla year.
veragmg s.ous per aayv
The 'Fish - Lake Ditch company In'
Jackaon eounty controls 20.000 acres of
orrhard land, covered with .02 miles ef
Irrigating ditches. Its Investment amount-
lng to 2100,000. , The atockhnldera are
uaiiromia men. mey nave S.ooo
more to Irrigate and act out te treea.
The outlook for a heavy strawberrv
orop has never been more metering than
at tha preaent time. The aoreage has '
had no perceptible increaae. but tha eon.
dltlona of tha weather have been con
ducive to a heavy yield, saya the Hood
River Glacier. . High prlcea are expected.
t ; . ,. a . ...
Thlrty-one yeara age thla summer' a
young woman picked blackberries en
the river above North Yamhill, can
ning the fruit In anticipation of her
approaching wedding. Her fiance waa
with her when the berries were gathered
and canned. The next year they were
married. Can by can the berries dis
appeared until there waa but one left
and that not ta to be . opened for is
years, till they, Mr. and Mrs. Joaenh
Wllllame, eelehrate their golden wed
ding. If they live so rang.
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