THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY -MORNING, MAY 10, 1908.
IAV All, CROSSROADS
OF PACIFIC; OCEAN
United States May Not Realize Value of
Precious Chain of; Jewels .But Hawai
ians Do and Are Anxious to Be Allow
ed to Show World
BT rSEOSBZO X ttASXTT.
i (Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J. Haakln.)
- Honolulu, iT, H. Take a map of the
Paetflo ocean and draw line across It
. from principal porta In both Americaa
to principal porta In Aala and the Islands
of the aeaa. Where theaa lines crosa
you win find Hawaii, the eroaaroada of
h, A Xa 1W ... will
have a home-made map ' of the . very
TUnd that every visitor to Honolulu la
an agent of tha promotion committee,
which la to say every time he meeta
anybody at all.
The united Btatea aa a whole may not
ret - realise, how rare and precloua la
his chain of jewels of the sea that
naa snaaen orr tne old name or Bana
wloh Islands, but the Ulan6rs realise
It to tha full. They know that the value
of Hawaii is not to be calculated by
square miles of territory. They don't
discuss area. But when It cornea to
strategic maps ana applied geography
the Hawaiian Is on the 1ob
Honolulu, which is the great port' of
t'no Hiva 1 (an Inlands la m llltla mnra
man a.uoo miles from anywhere that
anybody ever hears about or goes to.
To the unthinking that fact may mean
i disadvantage, : but Hawaii knows tha
, oontrary. Ships sail by Island ports
which ara close to the mainland, but
they areKlad to stop in a good harbor
when 1,000 or 3,000 miles out on a 6,000
or 10,000-mile voyaare. Being a place
for ships to stop made Honolulu In the
old days of the whaling Industry, and
It did not suffer from tne overthrow of
the sperm candle by the oil lamp, for
it found great profit In dropping lumps
of sugar into tha world's coffee cup.
. But that was a business which con
cerned only Hawaii, for the world
doesn't ask whether its morning sugar
Jump comas from Hawaii or Cuba or
ava.
m Mladle of Game.
Things are beginning to change now,
and Honolulu knowa that it will not
be long before tha whole United 8tatea
will wake up to the fact that the ter
ritory of Hawaii is riajht in the mid
dle of the game. This name United
States Is soending some untold millions
to cut a ditch across the Panama canal.
Why? To faollitate trade in the Pa
cific ocean. This same United States
Is showing the world a few things by
sending the biggest fleet of warships
ever sot together for such a cruise all
around the Pacific. Why? To show
the world that tha American trade and
prestige in- tha Pacific Is to be guarded.
No one supposes that the United States
Is going to permit any of Its Pacific
grfstlpo to be taken away, and- every
ody ought to know that American
trails In tha great ocean will be ex
tended If human means and Yankee wit
can accomplish It. 1
Where will the American battleships
"top on their way across tha Paclfict
Honolulu. Where will tha merchant
vessels ( that carry " tha American .trade
to tha orient put InT Honolulu. Where
will tha great stream of trafflo that
will burst through from tha Atlantlo
when tha ditch ta dug first touch?
Honolulu. - Where wl'l ba the great
American naval base, In the Pacific?
Pearl harbor, which la seven miles from
Honolulu. Where will be the great
military outpost which will be tha bu
far between rising oriental amblcton ana
tne maintenance oi American dominion
In the Pacific! Honolulu. Where will
ba the e-reat American empire's rendes-
vlous a Malta and Gibraltar all in one?
Honolulu. .
. Wide Awake,
T"ne Hawalians have been out here
In tha Paclflo watching things, and thay
knew tha answer to all these questions
long ago. They urged thdrn upon an
unwilling American ' government for
years whan thay -were begging to be
annexed. One bright May morning
Uncle Bam woke up to find a brown
baby on his doorstep. Tha Philippines
eome by the accident of fate, and con
gress at last waa persuaded that Ha
waii might be worth while as(a stop
over on the way out. Therefore Ha
waii waa gathered into tha fold by a
joint resolution, and by most of tha
people promptly forgot
That as only 10 years ago. What
now? There Is a storm brewing In the
orient which will make tha little scrap
of 3 898 fade Into a children's quarrel.
If Hawaii was necessary to America
for such a little affair as the brush
with tha Filipinos, how much more
valuable will it ba when there is a
man's fight a-comlng. Ten years ago
Europe laughed at the little American
navy. It was good enough to get the
best of Spain, all right, but America
woke up to the fact that It waan't
good for much mora There wasn't
much fuss .about it as It went along,
but tha United States turned to navy
building. Now It has the greatest fleet
In the Pacific In (he history of that
ocean, It has a navy which ranks sec
ond in the world In slse and first In
relative efficiency, and there Is a fleet
left on the Atlantic seaboard that Is
stronger than the whole navy was at
the time of the war with Spain. So.
much for 10 years.
Struggle Will Coma.
The great struggle for the mastery
of the Pacific and the freedom of China
may not come this year, or next But
it Is very likely to coma within the
next 10 years, and Uncle Sam Is very
likelv to be in tha acrimmaira. TTa ta
beginning " to wake up to the serious
ness of that likelihood. In fact ha ta
In training, so far as the navy goes,
and is getting,. into form on publto sen
timent This great struggle will be
in the Paclflo ocean. In the middle of
the ocean Is Hawaii. Hawaii to tha
fore!
Hawaii has a sora stint. Tt la an tan.
der that one doesn't need to poke to
ring n. ii manes its presence relt, and
every visitor from" tha mainland of tha
United States knowa about it Before he
has been in Honolulu 24 hours. That
sora spot Is that the people of the rest
of ths United States don't seem to know
that Hawaii la a pona-f Ida. inseparable
directly attached,' seamless part of tha
United States.- The Americans in Ha
waii ara just as American as any man
who ever shot a firecracker on tha
Fourth of July,, or -ate turkey and
pumpkin pi on Thanksgiving day. And
when a fellow-Amerlcao from Kalama
soo writes one of them a letter and
puts a 6-eeni stamp on it well, there's
a little voloano In Hawaii tnat tha
guide-books don't know about.
A great business firm in New Tork
recently sent half a ton of advertising
matter to Honolulu. It was all print
ed In Spanish! Soma man had got out
a scheme to reach the "insular pos
sesslona" The Porto Means and the
Filipinos ' speak Spanish, therefore tt
waa decided to give Hawaii a dose of
opamsn, too. -
Governor Johnson of Minnesota re
cently gava out an Interview saying
he was in favor of lopping off the
Phllinnlnes and Hawaii and all "in
sular possessions.' - When that got to
Honolulu tha looal 'papers . gave "Ton
Xonson" a lambasting that would have
aeiigntea ' ' tne noui or ' a nnni
Bryanite. And Hawaii Is right about
Ik The United 8tatesv eogld lop off
Arizona or Maine, or cut dut Iowa from
Its heart, just, as easily as it could
east off Hawaii. Hawaii became a cart
of the United States In exactly the same
manner as Texas did. It Is just as
miifh a rtart of tha United States now
as New Mexico la And Hawaii, look-
in into tha future and with the eye
of faith, can see a new star en the
flag a star of turquoise teas and opal
skies, a star whose radiance casts over
tne asura , or tne union me greeting
"Aiohar - '
v Hawaii Xreeds Eslp.
Hawaii knows" that the -pth to tha
stars Is beset with difficulties. No oth
er part of the United States has more
knotty problems to work eut- It needs
tne neip or tne rest or me country,
and now that the increasing import
ance of the Paclflo -will bring Hawaii
Into prominence, that help will be forth
coming. - - .- -
So far as politics are concerned, and
so far as the people now in oontrol go,
Hawaii is as thoroughly American as
Ohio. But its peculiar economic sys
tem nas overwhelmed it witn an alien
people which have no- sympathy for
American laeais, put wmcn in time will
become nossesned of the American riant
to vote. It Is Hawaii's present task
to Americanise the children of the ori
entals, if nossible.. It is Hawaii's task
to encourage immigration from sources
which win send men wro can te as
similated into- American Institutions. It
is Hawaii s task to stand in the van
of the social and economic struggle be
tween the occidental and oriental civili
sations.
Americans control.
"These are tasks which no people
would approach without a due sense
of their responsibility. In Hawaii they
are made more difficult by reason of
peculiar business conditions, and by the
Impassive resistance of a small but
Influential element of European foreign
ers who still look to British and Ger
man ideals in government Notwith
standing these complications, the Amer
icana in Hawaii are in control of poli
tics, Dusmess ana society. They are
working with might and main to Amer
icanize the whole DeODle. Thev ara
using the same methods which "Amerl
canlxeo' the United States the weap
ons of school and church and printing
press. It Is a brave fight and most
Americans have faith enough to believe
that they will conquer. When they do,
will not most Americans agree that
they are worthy of their star?
But with all the nrobleihs to work
out, and with some delicate bread and
utter Questions in tne future to keen
an eye on, Hawaii knows not care. It
yields to the gentle influence of its
tempered tronlcal climate and la hannv
Today Hawaii Is the greatest exporting
community of its population on earth.
Today Hawaii Is the richest political di
vision, per coplta, of the richest na
tion on the face of the earth. Every
day it Is growing in importance as that
nation reaches out its influence Into
the orient. These things are comfort
ing to Hawaii as It looks forward to
tne aay of its greater luster.
RESULTS OF FUEL
'' TESTSBEINtf MADE
A'
Of Vital Interest to Every Man
and Woman in Portland; t.'4
- In an Interview yesterday , with Cap
tain F. B. Jones he had tha following
to say regarding tha coal situation at
the present time: - , . , ,
t 'intense Interest la being manifested
lately, in Portland in the results of coal
tests that ara hMnir: tnnH h Ik. Pn.l
Creek Coal i Mining company on coal J
"' v"voriy. norm or rortiana on tne
Columbia river. Thla -company, , of
which I am the head, has been pros
pecting and mining this coal find ..for
over two years and the indications are
uuw mat we nave one or the beat coal
mines on the Paclflo coast. .,.-.,
The testa recently concluded demon
strate that the coal Is of excellent qual
"f. ,r domestto " burning free and
with little smoke and no soot, and sot
hove the average in ash. , .
"The Bteam tests were made on two
50 horsepower boiler, one at the mine
and one at our plant at 181 East Water
street In both boilers the poorer qual
ity of coal was selected, so as to make
the test, as severe as possible. The re
sults were beyond all expectations.
These boilers carry 125 to 140 pounds
or steam, and run night and day, and
do It on but very little more coal than
would be used of the Wyoming or Aust
trallan varieties, which cost double the
money. Walk over the Morrison street
bridge any day to our. plant and you
will eee this boiler performing the same
service with Coal Creek coal at one
half the coat of slap wood and In a
much more satisfactory manner.
"Imagine the Immense possibilities
that cheap fuel means to Portland. It
means that steamboats Instead of going
to Seattle to coal can pull up to the
docks of the company which they will
construct on tha Columbia river and
there fill their bunkers. ,It means that
factories, once assured Of cheap fuel,
will not hesitate to locate In Portland,
which offers every other advantage.
It means to the consumer that instead
of 112, $14 or $16 for coal, they will be
able to secure a ton for not to exceed
6 and coal that will give entire satis
faction, people are skeptical, and deal
ers In coal here at the present time are
responsible for this feeling of preju
dice, and why shouldn't they knock?
Thev have their hunkers filial with
ooal that cost them from $8 to $10.25 per
ton, and some of jt more. Now they
have to sell this coal in competition
with a coal that is cleaner, free from
slack, burns equally as well and la sold
for $4 delivered in vour home, and tnr
a full ton, at that. I guess if you were
one of these coal dealers you would
maae a noise, too. But It isn't fair to
the people; it isn't fair to the business
man thA . . V. 1 J , . ,
hotel man, or In fact to any one that
has the Interest of our beautiful city at
heart and wants to see It progress.
Abundant, cheao fuel mean a mnra In
dustries, and more Industries means
more people. Remember this, and be-
xore you Decoroe a anoc
One dealer in coal has
fore you become a knocker investigate.
One dealer in coal haa a pile of dirt
and slacked coal in his yard, and when
a customer Inquires for some of the
coal that Is mined close to home and Is
selling for $6, they point to this pile of
refuse and say there it Is. Now do not
be misled. Coal Creek coal is the best
coal mined within 100 miles of Port
land, and you have only to trv It to ha
convinced. Once you do, no dealer could
give you anything else. Over 2)00 tons
of this ooal haa been sold In Portland
this last winter, and at least 400 fam
ilies can testify a to its merit"
Bargain at North Powder.
(Special Dlroates to The Journal.!
North Powder. Or.. Mav 9. Clarenea
Wilson, well and favorably known here
as a mining expert and promoter, and
wno movea rrom nere to unve a year
ago, aold his fine piece of residence
property in town yesterday to Lee Dal-
Peters sawmill, for $1,350, not over
the expense of the improvements on
tne rour Jota Mr. Dal ton will use It
ior a winter residence
Save IWoney!
Avoid IPairi!
Teeth iBdracted FRED
When Flates ex Bridges Arc Ordared
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Hi l l n l a i
PINE TEETH $5
Full Set.' that fit f
Gold- Crowns,1 Ilk. .1
Brtdao Teeth. Ilk.... ft,
Gald Fillings , SLOO
SOver Fillings, .70
Ten-Tear Written Guarantee
. We . keep I busy doing good work
at these prices. We have the lat
est, most modern electrical appar
atus for doing painless dental work.
Bady Attendant
Opea Brenlaga
Electro Dental Parlors
OSH WASXnrOTOST ST cos. sth
Opposite Olds, Wortman A King's
'0
MAKES VICTDI WAIT
AT POLICE STATION
. The police are looking for a
man with a portable employ-
ment agency who has been reap-
tng a golden harvest of shekels
e from credulous foreigners by
selling them jobs at 50 cents
each. Yesterday a German oo-
e eupled one of tha benches In
e the police headquarters. At
e first no attention was paid to
him but as ths hoars rolled on
and the man's vlgU continued un-
w relaxed curiosity was aroused
and Officer Golti questioned him
in his native tongue.
The German explained that
e he had paid1 an employment
e agent 60 cents for a job, and that
the latter had Instructed him to
wait at the polios station until
e he oalled for him. The German
e waa given a leoture on the dts-
honesty of some strangers and
sent on his way.
e
Tomorrow, the 11th, positively the last
day for discount on west side gas bills.
Remittances must be received before
discount period expires. Portland Gaa Co.
PORTLAND SRAlLWAYiiLIGIIT
& POWER COMPANYIc
Bulletin 116. 3
.". THE, TRANSFER SYSTEM. $ I -V
Before the varioui consoUdatibnB' which resulted in tha placing;
of the street raUwayi here tinder one management, transfers were
given only between lines of the same company.-The person whose
residence and place of business were upon lines belonging to the
same company was fortunate; if thia were not, tha case, it cost
10 cents or more each day to get down town and the- same amount .
to' return. v". ,vii.-r,-- ' ..
With the consolidation of the companies the transfer system haa
been constantly- extended. There are at present 33 transfer points,
while the "privileges of transfer," that ts, the number of lines to
which transfers may be had at these points, equals 759. The num
ber of transfers used by the people of Portland has constantly in
creased, but actual figures are available only for the past two
years, which are as follows: i ' ?
190611327,148., ' ; r. '
. 190713,230314,
That is to say,' about 25 per cent of all passengers take transfer.
VALUE OF THIS PRIVILEGE IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.
Let us see what this means, first to the Portland public; then
to the company. : . . : ''"'; ,
Without the transfer system It would have cost, the people here :
about $1,250,000 more than they hare paid in the last two years.
This is a maximum: figure and assumes that aa many people would
have ridden without the transfer privilege asjwith It, but cut this '
figure in two' or even three parts, rand the' saving will stilt be .
.Immense '.'..V. : , JT.
Again, if the charge for transfer were 3 cents, as is the case
for instance in Philadelphia, it, would have cost the people of this
city over 1750,000 in the last two years for transfers alone.
It is often asked what benefit the people received from the con-,
solidation of the street railways. The immense' saving shown above
is a complete answer to that question.
14 MILES FOR ONE TRANSFER.
Now let us see what this "means to the company.
Twenty-five per cent of all passengers carried ride on transfers;
that is to say, the company receives an average of cents per
passenger. In some cases you can ride 14 miles on this fare. Out
of this 34 cents the company must pay all taxes, licenses' and
operating expenses, keep its portion of the streets in repair, main
tain its system and pay the interest on its bonded debt
These figures are convincing. They show two things: First,
the advantage to the people and the burden to the company of the
transfer privilege; second, the liberal opportunity afforded for its
use.
RESTRICTIONS TO USE OF TRANSFERS.
It is only fair, however, that people should not ride twice for
one fare, and reasonable regulations are necessary to prevent this.
The regulations provide that the passenger shall ask for a trans- ;
fer at the time of payment of his fare; also that the transfer shall '
not be good on lines returning in the same general direction- from
which the passenger started.
From the above it will be seen that the only restrictions on the
transfer privilege are such as are necessary for our own protection
to prevent those economically inclined from getting a return trip
at our expense.
No fair-minded man can say that such restrictions are unreason
able. We know, however, that every arrangement is subject to
improvements, and we have men at work; constantly studying the
transfer system. - ..
It is our business and Intention, to give you the best streetcar
service that can be had. and we point to these figures as proof of :'
what we have done in this most important particular. What we
ask you to do is to read your transfer.
it is not good on a certain line, do not blindly censure us;
think out the reason for yourself, and you will find, we hope, that
in every case the reason is not an arbitrary one, but a matter of -
necessity for sea-protection. ,
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A Wire from Our People in Goldfieid Says: "Rip the Liver Out of Prices and Let 25,000 .
Shares Go at Five Cents Per Share; We Have a Hoist to Pay Fori"
Srw!?1! in Goldfieid, Nevada. Our people had ordered a hoist before we began selling shares and these things are not sold on time in that camp. The first sum necessary to 'secure the!
mJans iTthSrbVanJ who T ?S d,rect?rs' hn w T"St theTl Tl t0 .fflPIete the Pymit. . Therefore the peremptory order to "flip the liver out of prices?' Of course, all readers know what that'
means. If there be any who do not, it is only necessary to say to that one that we have been selling at 12 cents, and that, too, shares fn a developed and proven mine, but this unexpected demand is made upon us and to tneet it
Beginning Tomorrow Morning We Will Inaugurate a Sale of 25,000 Shares at 5 Cents Each
But Such Sales Will Be for Spot Cash Only
fyithrvffirst.PiUed mIUC' WC nCV" m0an ver an'thin- Nothing ever is accomplished by weeping, so we will sell this 25,000 shares at a nickel each with the same cheerfulness that has pervaded our sanctum ' sanctorum f
THE TlGER BUTTE CONSISTS OF THREE FULL CLAIMS
Sixty acres of ground, and is incorporated for $1,000,0001,000,000 shares of non-assessable stock of the par
value of $1 each. Never before have the people of Oregon had the opportunity to buy gold shares at this price
in a proven mine. The Tiger Butte has been proven. It is so well developed that we must have, the hoist
and engine at once, hence the reason we have cut the price from 12 to 6 cents, believing that with our hoist
at work we can make up the difference between the two figures in a few days' work.
$50 INVESTED NOW MAY MEAN $1,000 VERY SOON
All that is needed is these appliances and pay-roll money for a little time, and then the mine will step into the
profit-paying class. We believe that within six months these shares will be selling at $1.00 each. But we
need some money, more than we have on hand, at once. This sale of 25,000 share will bring in $1,250 and this
added to the amount now in the treasury, will put Tiger Butte on its feet and on the way to paying splendid
dividends on all its shares. We have considerable stock sold on installments, and these payments will meet
future obligations until we shai; be able to ship to the Goldfieid reduction works, and then our financial Wor
riment will be forever ended.
THE HOME OF TIGER BUTTE IS AT HORNSILVER,
Nevada, 29 miles from Goldfieid. ,The railroad now pushing to Hornsilyer will be there in 60 days. This will
open the gate to that camp's marvelous riches, already known through shipments from the Great Western
mine. TJiis mine was sold three years ago for $1,500. Today its owners refuse $1,000,000 for a controlling
interest This is an indication of that camp's, worth and prospects.
r, THE NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE FULL OF" TIGER BUTTE.
The Goldfieid Tribune of May 5 says that Hornsilver promises to be a record breaker and has the following
additional about the camp: : - - - " . r
"On the Tiger Butte Mining Company's property, assays were obtained mining from $8 to $106. There
are two distinct ledges on the property. One can be traced for 2,000 feet and the other 1,500. In the bottom
of the 105 foot incline shaft there is an eight-foot ledge. All the mining men that have seen this are sure that
it is the same ore body which the Great "Vestern is now shipping, running $10,000 to the car, and it isjust a
question of sinking a shaft to the 200-foot level and the Tiger Butte Company will be another Great Western.
"On the Silver King ground there is pay ore in sight in little shallow shafts and ' crosscuts. There
was no town there thirty days ago, but there is one now, and not less than 100 tents and frame houses are in
evidence. From present indications there will be a dozen shippers in the camp within the next few months.
The men with money and push from Goldfieid have taken the helm and it will be the 'Goldfieid Way' at Lime
Point, which has got the new name of Hornsilver.
"An important combination was formed the past week for the special purpose of conducting leases in Horn-
silver, although those interested may not confine their efforts to this particular place. ; Well known business
men vjuiuiieiu nave joinca iorcca ana me mere mention oi tneir names will insure success' in any enterprise
they undertake. The personnel of the syndicate is as follows: L H. Hassell: L. I, Patrick. ,R. L. Colburn.
Lewis. H, Rogers, R. M. Henningsen and Charles F. Spillman. These gentlemen visited Hornsilver Friday.
S A M 11 1 - . U A V J J. t - - .L.'".t ' '.' , .. m.. ... . :
biivi miumi; uioycvicu wc giuuuu cmuiaicu un iwu leases on ine ueeiing'waim oi tne Oliver rung property,
previously secured by two members of the syndicate. While inspecting the property they uncovered a ledge
and brought samples to Goldfieid. Three assays were made, to-wit: $85, $107 and $110.
"The, fact dawned upon the average seeker of new camps thirty-days ago that a mine had been discovered "
at Lime Point, and this was proven by carload shipments. Then the stampede started. The Great, West
ern, which had proven its worth six months ago, was solitary and alone up to the time that The Tribune said
that a new child had been born to Esmeralda, which is the prolific mother of all of the sister counties in the
state. Ever since there have been automobiles hiking there and wagons loaded with fellows who know when
they see a good thing. As a result, all of the ground for miles around has been located and scores of leases .
have been granted. ,
EVERYBODY PRAISES HORNSILVER ) ,
. It is astonishing the world. It is a- record-breaker from every point of view, and Tiger Butte will soon be
added to the newspaper columns -descriptive of its riches. ' ' . . '
THESE '5-CENT SHARES CANNOT LAST LONG '
They ought to be sold within 48 hours.. Our offices should be thronged, tomorrow They doubtless will beM
but in case there be, any unable to get in during the day,
Our Doors Will Be Unlocked and We Will Attend to Business from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., and From 7 to 9 p. m.
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Incorporated under the laws of Nevada. Capital
$1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares, par value $1
each; fully paid and non-assessable.' . -
16
iger
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., Portland Office, Suits 31 Mallory Building "
r, 268 Stark Street, Opposite Chamber of Commerce
f S- 1' . i ' Telephone Main 3397