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75
A BITTJsR PILL.
Evervbodv recognizes the fact thai
William McKinley will again be nora
1 Dated for the presidency by the re
publican convention Dext year. In
fact he .must be ' nominated, for he
stands close to the bosses, and is an
exponent of every doctrine the party
puts forth; really doctrineB cannot he
made too fast for him to accept them.
' But seriously speaking, his adminis-
tration must be endorsed by the party.
therefore his renomination is assured;
the republicans have no other choice,
for to turn him down would be to
acknowledge tbe failure of their party
in its control of the government.
Thn democrats will irladly meet the
Issue with McKinley as tbe standard
bearer of the republican party; no op
posing candidate could suit them bet
ter. But to honest republicans those
ho accept the doctrines the party
enunciates because of principle and
not for the hope of official reward he
will Ka a. hitter Dill to swallow, not for
t.hn mason that thev Question his
partisanship, but because of his seem
ing dishonesty in the administration
of public affairs. Many of the leading
PAnnhHcan iournals recognize bis
weakness, and would rather hazard
nominating a new candidate than un
dertake to defend his administration
Among them is the Portland Oregon-
ian, that never hesitates to criticise
the president's action, and show his
ahnrtcumlnps and mistakes. Here is a
criticism that appeared in its Sunday
edition which shows how that paper
. feels toward hint:
"What 'pull' has Captain Carter,
; through powerful friends, on President
McKinley? It is an interesting ques
tion. Captain Carter was convicted a
year ago of having defrauded the gov
ernment of a very large sum of money.
The amount ia nearly $2,000,000. Cap
tain Carter . belongs to the engineer
, corps of the army. The findings of the
court have been a long time in tbe
hands of the president; yet this kind
executive refuses to act on tbem, and
Captain Carter continues to draw bis
pay and emoluments, just as if he
were an honest man and not a con
victed har and thief. Of course, there
is some powerful political boss in
terested in him to whom tbe presi
cannot say nay. This is quite in ac-
' cord with the character and practice
of William McKinley."
This Carter affair and the Easran in
cident are two acts that can not be
called by any other name than dis
honest, and cannot be excused except
: by adknowleding that Carter and Ea
. gao were favored because of the "pull"
of some powerful friends who have
' : Influence with the president.- But de
spite . such incidents as these the
.. republican press will support McKinley
after he has been renominated. Even
' though they know his administration
'. has been corrupt, they are o party
bound that they will not bolt the
ticket. The Oregonian admitted as
much in 'an editorial a few days ago
when it said that ''McKinley must be
elected notwithstanding hi9 short
comings, io order that republican
',2 doctrines may bo maintained." Such
admissions embolden the McKinley
1 managers, and will cause them to force
- his nomination regardless of the pro
test of those who demand an honrst
administration. But he cannot be re
elected without votes, and there are
hundrens of thousands voters in tbe
republican ranks who will repudiate
him on election day. They will not
supports man who thwarts justice by
screening such rascals as Eagan and
Carter.
MORE MILLS AND FACTORIES.
Under the above heading the Spokes-
man-Reyiew says:
"A noticeable feature in the ways of
OWasJJO uouuig ia ouri jucu otuv ucaw
made money here invest it here. Thla
is a good sign. It shows faith in the
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1UHUIH V VUG IVJ , M U U u AV .O AW
as it certainly will be, it means that
the city will become large, populous
and wealthy. There are many chan
nels io which local investments can be
' made which will turn out profitable.
There is real estate, improved and un
improved, which will appreciate in
value. There are nnanrial and mer-
cantile concerns which will make
good returns. There are manfactur
ing plants which will pay handsome
profits, and there is warrant for in
creasing the number of them.
"Spokane ought to be a center for
small factories. Thev should be foster
ed and encouraged. If one wishes to
come io and is substantially and reliab
ly backed,everything Bhould be done' to
helpdt get a foothold Is
' ls not necessary to start immense af
fairs that could supply half the world.
Let them be small and be enlarged and
extended as time and business war
rant, and from these small beginnings
will grow up large and flourishing in
dustries which will be features of tbe
' business life of the city. Local capital
ists can well a fford to look into tbe
. question ot small manufacturing,
which has a field here unsurpassed by
any other In tbe west."
Spokane, with the exception of its
water power, is no better situated for
manufacturing than is Tbe Dalles, and
in this respect it has no advantage
over Tbe Dalles, provided electric
power snouia oe orougn. nere irom
one of tbe several water fall near by.
which is a possibility and under con
sideration by local capitalists. The
Dalles has advantages over Spokane
or any other town in the Icland Em
pire In the matter of freight rates, for
it has a competing transportation line
that enables it to ship at a minimum
rate.
Then if Spokane should become a
center for manufacturing, why should
not The Dalles? If manufacturing
will pay there, why should it not pay
better here? If Spokane capital
should encourage such industries, why
should not Dalles capitals be doubly
active In lending encouragement to
them? Nature has done much for this
place to make of it an admirable site
for manufacturing. Placed it on one
of tbe greatest rivers of the world,
surrounded . it with a productive
country, gave It a healthful and in
jlgortHag cUw, fare ft taciliijes
for seourlng cheap fuel, in fact did
everything while man has done little.
We need mills and factories that we
may take advantage of our natural
resources.
STARTING IN RIGHT.
The county attorney of Whatcom
county. Wash., and thecity authorities
of the town of Wascoin this state are
undertaking to enforce the Sunday
closiag laws very strictly, and in a
way that will brio? cases into court so
forcibly that the laws Jtill be thorough
ly tested. Whether it U good policy
to have Sunday closing laws has often
been questioned, but legislatures have
usually seen fit to load the statute
books down with them, under the plea
that it is against public policy to
ransact any manner of business on
jhe Sabbath day. But such laws are
violated every day and frequently by
the most law-abiding and respected
citizens. Whether Sunday closing
laws should ever be passed is ques
tioned by many fair minded people;
but so long as they are enacted, any
body who transacts any kind of busi
ness, except such as is priveleged, is
liable to prosecution and penalty.
Hence we say the authorities above
referred to are starting in right when
they undertake to enforce them literal
iy
If for the sake of public policy and
morality it is necessary to close any
kind of business on Sunday, all except
hotels, restaurants and perhaps drug
stores, should be closed. But if it is
found against public interest to close
any line, none should be brought un
der tbe rule. Tbe people of .his
country have advanced too far in
civilization to be carried here and
there by sentiment or prejudice, there
fore they should not object to tbe re
peal of laws that are seldom enforced,
but as long as tbey lemain on the
statute books, give persons liberty to
prosecute business men for -revenge or
spite. All laws that are good should
be enforced or at least observed. But
those that are bad should be repealed.
If the authorities of Wasco and What
com persist in enforcing 'the Sunday
closing laws, it will probably result in
brioging tbe matter so plainly before
tbe courts in both states that the legis
latures will take some action to either
repeal the laws now existing or modify
them so that they can be enforced.
SOME TRUSH PRICES.
The Crook County Journal, one of
those papers that is bo blind that it ac
cepts everything as right and just
that happens under a republican ad
ministration, and has occasionally re
marked that trusts are not a bad thing,
unfittingly published a news item that
ia not strictly in keeping with its
preachings. The item referred to says:
"Col. Forsyth, superintendent of tbe
water works, returned Sunday and will
commence work at once. Be says that
the company was very unfortunate,
tbe price of iron having advanced to
almost proplbitive prices, so that a
carload that would have cost (900 last !
January now costs $2500."
While tbe Journal has allowed Col.
Forsyth to give it a fill about tbe
price of iron, for there has been no
such rise in price as he states, yet, be
cause of tbe formation of the steel and
iron trust, tbe price of iron has ma
terially advanced sincu last January.
This fact should be sufficient to stop
the Journal from oreacbir-'g about the
beauties of tbe protective tariff that
enabled manafacturers, on account of
tbe monopoly the tariff give tbem, to
form trusts aod charge home con-
suruers unreasonable prices for tceir
products.' ' The price of iron has ad
vancud materially in the past eight
months, not because of any special de
mand, bub because a trust has been
fromed tbat controls all the iron mills
of the country and has cut down tbe
product below the demand. Being
giveu a monopoly of the home market
by reason of a high protective tariff,
the trust can x prices to suit itself,
but if there were no protdctfve tariff
on iron there would be competition
from abroad, and the trust would be
impossible. Trust prices that now
prevail ougbt to open ibe eyes of such
paoers as the Journal that advocote
the tariff as a pa ire for all ills.
THE DRETFVS TRIAL.
Tbat gigantic farce, the trial of
Capt. Dreyfus, bids fair to continue
several week longer, and wben it Is
concluded nobody will be any the wiser
concerning bis guilt or Innocence.
But it is not tbe purpose of French
criminal trials to arrive at any definite
conclusion as to who is guilty or who
is innocent. Tbe accused is deemed
guilty from the time information is
lodged against him until he proves .the
contrary, and the matter of proof is a
most difficult undertaking. In the
trial of Dreyfus each witners called to
tbe stand is permitted to tell not only
what he knows but what he believes,
then he is allowed to deliver a speech
ventilating his opinions of tbe defend
ant and the merits of the case. Vben
he is through, if he is a witness for tbe
state, the defendant is expected to
reply ai d express his opinion of the
validity of the witness' testimony.
The members of tho court, before
whom Dreyfus is being tried are, some
of tbem at least, bis accusers, hence
the possibility of his getting justice is
very remote. The whole proceeding
seems to be an attempt to convict the
accused regardless of facts, and while
it may satisfy justice in France It will
bring discredit upon the French gov- '
eminent. Whatever may be the re
sult of tbe trial, it is very likely to
envolve France in a rebellion, for on
the one side the army is determined
to he avenged, and if Dreyfus isas
qjitted there will be a terrible com
motion among army officers, while on
tbe other band, the sympathy of the
people is with Dreyfus, and if he is
again sentenced to Devil's island the
French people are ripe for a revolu
tion Tbey bave borne corruption in
public affairs about as long as tbey
win, and are ready to rebel on tbe
slightest provocation. A rebellion in
r ranee, however, would not be so
serious a calamity. It is unquestion
ably one of the most corrupt govern
ments on earth, and it will never be
purged until tbe people rise in their
might and take the reins of govern
ment away from those now in power.
However unjust the trial of Dreyfus,
and whatever tbe verdict of tbe court
may be, it possibly will prove a blessing
in the long run to tbe nation.
A conference to consider trust has
been called to meet in Chicago,
September 13-16, and tbe governors
of the several states have been re
quested to appoint delegates. Some
have resDonded, and such men as
Cbauncey M. Depew, John C. Spooner,
Russell A. Alger and John Sherman
bave been named. Of couran this
quartet will be very "autogonistio" to I
1
I IS IT A WAR OF CONQVESTi
President McKinley's snort speech
at the Catholic summer school war
notable for an utterance which must
have impressed tbe country. Speaking
of the flag, be said that "wherever it is
assailed at any sacrifice it will be
carried to a triumphant peace." He
Could have ment nothing else than that
the present war will be prosecuted to
the bitter end, and that it will never
cease until tbe Filipinos submit to
tbe absolute dictation in their own
country of a government located 6,000
miles away..
Mr. McKinley has often been criti
cised for having no definite policy in
the Philippine adventure. But here
is one. It is ttern and unyielding re
preesion. Some people call it the
"restoration of order," we call it con
quest. '
It is conquest because the people he
is engaged in subduing have a divine
right to resist the transfer of the
sovereignty of their country from one
foreign monster to another, when it is
done without their consent.
It is conquest because tbe Filipinos
obey a fundamental law of human
nature io resorting to arms in order to
have some part in the determination
of their own future.
It is conquest because that same
people had an orgauized government
of their own which preserved order,
protected life and property within its
territory.
It is conquest because that people
display remarkable persistency and
fortitude, in struggling for what tbey
conceive to be their rights, against
overwhelming odds.
To describe this, war as an attempt
to "restore order" is a hypocritical
travesty upon truth. It is a conquest
without adequate justification, and in
the history of the United States it
must be viewed as one of tbe shameful
events of tbe century.
It may be true, as Professor Langh
lin has suggested, that the president
thinks that be cannot so much as
deviate now from this bloody career
without acknowledging his previous
course to be a colossal blunder, and
thus inviting his own .political ruio.
We believe, however, that he risks a
ruin equally complete by preserving
in bis policy of conquest. But allow
ing tbat be will be triumphantly suc
cessful at au early day in this war of
subjugation and will be sustained for
the moment by tbe majority of the
American people, it will still be im
possible to congratulate tbe twenfy
eight president of the United States
upon his lofty position. Tbe cold,
white light of history will bbow that
this war was due to him, and will
recoid tbat in no respect did the
American people regard it as praise
worthy or as anything else than
wretched in its butchery from begin
ning to end.
Ratber than lead the nation through
such a course as Mr. McKinley is now
leading it, any man should prefer to
live and die theobscurest aod humblest
citizen in the republic. It is a mel
ancholy fate for tbe President of tbe
greatest democracy on earth to wage
a bloody and devastating war not in
the defense of his own country, or to
conserve his country's yilal interests,
hut to tear down and tremplo upon tbe
legitimate aspirations of a distant
people to hew out their own destiny.
Springfield Republican.
MARKETING FLOUR ABROAD.
Until recent years flour has not been
generally exported from the United .
States, the breari stuff haviuu been i
J 8hipped aB they came frotD lhe field. !
But lately Aine.ritQ millers have in
troduced improved machinery for con
verting wheat into flour, and as a
consequence our flour is attracting at
tention abroad and is finding sale in
the markets of the Torld, and during
the last EsckI year the exports of flour
I amounted to 18.000.000 barrels, equiva
lent to80,0C0,000 bushels of wheat.
Ibe gain to this country io exporting
flour rather than wheat is a consider
able item. The average price for
a bushel of the exported wheat last
year was 74.77 cents, while the aver
age price of wheat exported in the
form of flour wae 87 67 cents, or nearly
13 cents per bushel profit for making
the flour. Had all the wheat exported
been converted into flour it would
have made a profit of about $60,000,000
to the millers of tbe country.
Tbe increase in the demand for
American flour is quite general the
world over and very considerable in the
countries the other side of the Pacific.
In 1898 we exported to Hong Kong
378,634 barrels, but in 1899 more than
l,000,0"il barrels; to Japan in 1898 we
sold tt577 barrels, but in 1899 about
225,000 barrels. Our Asiatic trade in
this commodity grew from 418,353
barrels in 1898 to 1,750,000 barw Is In
1899. In the United Kingdom tbe de
mand increased from 5,271,244 barrels
in 1898 to more tban 10.000,000 barrels
in 1899, while Germany which took
only 13,000 barrels in 1898, purchased
of us nearly 200,000 barrels last year
There is no feature of our foreign
trade tbat is more encouraging than
that which Includes flour, for we not
only produce a superior quality of
grain but no nation excels us in the
process by which the wheat is conver
ted into an article of food.
TOO SLOW A METHOD.
some people in tbe upper country
evIdeDy Implicit confidence
in the saying that "God belDS them
who helps themselves, else they would
not wait for congress to appropriate
money with which to improve the
Columbia river, but would go to work
and do it themselves. Tbey want the
river opened to navigation and want it
bad, but are not taking hold of the
proposition ina way that will insure
speedy action, if the following from a
Lewiston correspondent to the Ore
gonian is to be taken as an index of
the sentiment that prevails there:
-it is urgea oy many tbat a mass
convention should bs beld at Tbe
Dalles, in Oregon, to discuss on tbe
very ground tbe immediate construc
tion of a portage railway. This con
vention, it is declared, should be at
tended by representative men from
the entire country. Tbe attendance
should include the mayors of the cities
and towns and congressmen from
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, be
sides large farmers from the Palouse
valley, Camas Prairie and the whole
country affected by tbe proposed im
provements. It is said tbat by such a
meeting, tbe vast importance of a por
tage road could be brought vividly be
fore tbe minds of the people, and an
appropriation oi izuu,wu,vw or more
could be made by congress immediately
upon its being called together In De
cember. It has been argued that such
a convention could be beld after har
vest, tome time in November, and its
effect would tw fer-raachjog ia secur-
ing a passage-way from Lewiston to
-lie sea.
"The ideas set forth by Lewiston
business men is tbat a portage railway
could be cheaply and rapidly con
structed around the obstructions in
tbe river at tbe dalles, and if positive
action were taken, an appropriation
could be secured from congress for im
mediate use. Farmers are prone to
believe tbat so long as they pay 14
cents for carrying a bushel of wheat
from Lewiston to Portland, a distance
of 360 miles, they will never prosper "
Such a proposition from a people
who are so abundantly able to help
themselves reminds one of the story
that was related in the oli school read
ers about the farmer and the lark, in
which the farmer was depending ud
on his neighbors and friends to har
vest the field in which tbe lark hud
built her nest, and tbe friends aod
neighbors never came, but when he
took hoid of tbe work himself, the
grain was harvested, though tbe delay
caued by waiting for the neighbors
enabled the lark to rear her young.
There is a move on loot to ou'ld a
portage road around the dalles of tbe
Columbia, tbe Central Construction
& Navigation Co. having completed a
survey for tbe proposed road, but
should this fail, our friends should not
wait for congress to move In the
matter. If they want their grain car
ried to tidewater at the minimum cost
tbey should follow tbe example set by
Tbe Dalles a few years ago, and not
wait for the general government to
come to their relief.
Wben The Ualles ielt that It was
being discriminated against it built a
boat line of its own, and as a result
freights were reduced from nine dol
lars per ton to one and two and one
half dollars, according to class, be
tween here and Portland. It is time
the state assisted in making this pos
sible, by building a portage road, but
Tbe Dalles built tbe boats that caused
the reduction. What a few men in
The Dalles accomplished can certainly
be duplicated by thousands of inter
ested parties in tbe upper country.
Tbe farmers of tbe upper country
raise at least 10,000,000 bushels of
wheat each year that must find its way
to tidewater. On this tbey are paying
14 cents a bushel transportation for an
average haul of less than 400 miles.
If tbe river wa open tbey would get
it carried for seven cents. Tbe saving
on transportation one year would
build tne portage road and a line of
steamers. Then why should they ask
congress to help them?
We have a suggetion to offer to the
wheat raisers and business men of the
upper country who would be benefited
by tbe opening of the river. It is this:
If tbe Central Construction & Naviga
tion Co. does not begin operations at
once on their port-age road, call a
meeting to be beld in The Dalles this
fall, and instead of asking congress for
an appropriation, form a company,
each one subscribing an amount uqual
to what he would save on freights in
one year, build and equip a portage
road, put a line of steamers on tbe up
per river, bring your wheat to The
Dalles, and the local transportation
company here will see to moving it on
down the river. By this method the
river can be opened in less than a
year, whereas if congress is depended
upon it will be delayed nobody knows
how long.
EDIIORIAL NOTES.
Portland is insisting that the Thirty.
fifth regiraeoc should be embarked
Iruiu '.bill, place, and transports for the
Philippines outfitted there. There
cms to be no good reason why this
suould not be. Oregon should have a
little of tbe profit out of tbe war.
Military prevaricators are trying
very bard to conyict Dreyfus, but as
his trial progresses it begins to look
as if some of them will convict them
selves. His percenters are gettiug
into dangerous places, and no doubt
several of them would give a good deal
if tbe prosecution could be dropped.
Some breezy Wasbiogton corree
pondent baa trough James Hamili-xin
Lewis out as a democratic vice-presl
aentiai caniaiaate. tie must be a
viaiuuvry creature, for even Lewis,
thougb ambitious, would not seek the
domination. He and everybody else
knows he is not tbe man.
The fire apparatus is soon to have
an addition of a chemical engine and
electric alarm system, and to make . it
complete a new hook and ladder truck
with aerial ladders is needed. No. fire
department is complete without such
a devise, for fire io tall buildings can
not be successfully fought without one,
so let one be bought at once.
It is announced tbat the bruiser Jim
Corbett is to tackle the Sbakesperian
drama for the benefit of a fashionable
New York chu rch. To make it a good
drawing card John L. Sullivan ought
to open the performance with a prayer
and Sharkey pronounce the benedic
tion. Such an arrangement would
fill the fashionable church coffers with
gold.
The democrats of Ohio enter Into
tbe fall campaign with John R. Mc
Lean as their standard bearer, and de
claring for the Chicago platform of
1896. Possibly they may not win, but
with proper management they should.
since tbe republicans are badly divid
ed. McLean is one of the shrewdest
politicians in the country, and it will
be no great surprise if he wheels the
president's state into the democratic
line.
Andrew Carnegie, now in England,
boasts tbat he remains an American.
It is America tbat gave him, thanks to
a most paternal tariff, the immense
fortune he possessses. Carnegie is no
in grate. Oregonian. It is pleasing to
realize that the Oregonian is begin
ning at last to realize what a glorious
thing the "paternal tariff" has been to
our country how it made a few men
rich at the expense of the many.
Tbe Dalles is soon to bave a very
complete sewer system, and if the
water supply could be improved as
well, it would be the healthiest city in
the state. It would cost a pile of
money, but health is preferrable to
riches, and the people cannot much
longer take chances of losing their
health for the sake of saving a few
dollars. Give us a pipe line from pure
water to the reservoir even if it does
cost something.
It Is said that tbe "kissing bug"
which is creating so great a sensation
in this country is an importation from
the Philippines. It was included in
our $20,000,000 purchase, not inten
tionally, but the Spaniards slipped it
Into tbe treaty when McKinley was
not looking. It is a strange bug, rare
and beautiful, and it is very affection
ate in its disposition. New beauties
are constantly springing up to show
o how much v gp (or owe mow
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when we went into the business of
bujing islands and earthquakes, floods
aud tornados, war and pestilence,
snakes, scorpions and kissing bugs.
Tbe great feature of the British
nayal maneuvers which took place
recently was tbe use of wireless
telegraphy between a convoy of food
ships which one fleet was to succor or
the other was to capture, accord i eg as
either was able, and the friendly fleet.
It was used successfully oyer a distance
of 30 miles and as there happened to be
a dense fog on the day of tbe maneu
vers it was of important service.
This was a test as nearly practical as
any that could be obtained short of an
actual state of war.
There is much truth in following
from the Portland Telegram: "A man
in the prime of life, well educauted,
well-to-do, well - connected, with a
young family, is in the Pendleton j ul
charged with murder. In a quarrel
consequent upon a card game, he shot
and killed another man. Here is a
text for a sermon, for several sermons,
but they have been preached many
times. But it is only remarked here
tbat the gun did it. No gun, probably
no murder. There is no excuse for a
man to carry a $un around the town
in which he lives. He doesn't need
it. And it is, or should be. strong
evidence against bim. The presump
tion is tbat a man who carries a gun
unlawfully and needlessly expect to
kill somebody with it."
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
The results of tbe operations of the
trans-Siberian railroad for tbe year
1898 are said to be encouraging to tbe
Russian government. In its present
unfinished state the traffic must be
strictly local. An analysis of tbe gov
ernment reports show that the country i
through which the line runs, though at
present undeveloped aod subject to
tbe rigors of the climate on a prairie public opinion, no remedy in the uni
sloping to the Arctic sea, under tbe versal sense of right and justice, its
fifty-first degree of latitude, is still ca-. day of power and usefulness in the
pable of producing great crops of , world is waning. So it is with France,
grain, that it has fine forest resources, i The momentum of a past moral force
that live stock may flourish in it, and ' of past greatness still carries it
tbat coal has been found sufficient for along, and may for a long time to
tbe purposes of the railrord and the j come; but France, as an effective
rnimlnt.inn that mav settle on the aud beneficieat potentiality in the
lanrinom.tjurinufi to it. Therefore the
rallrnai1mnuheinRcted when finished
tjihMnmekfMUir in the commercial
business of the world, even if its
thmnirh truffin ia not considered, bv
the opening up of tbe riches of tbe
hitherto unknown continent which it
is destined totmake accessible.
Tbe length of tbe road with its pro
jected extensions is so great that even
Americans, who are accustomed
to
deal with large distances, baye some
difficulty in comprehending the scope
of this undertaking. Tbe longest con'
tinuous line on tbe North American
continent is tbe Canadian Pacific rail
way. Its main line, from Montreal to
Victoria, is 2990 mile in length. The
located line ot the Siberian railway,
from Cbeljabinks to VJedivostock,
is
4785 miles, tbe branch through the re
cently acquired territory of Manchuria
to Port Arthur will be 1273 miles, so
tbat the svstem will commence, before
any feeders are built, with 6000 miles of
track. The distance from Vladivo
stock to St. Petersburg is nearly 6700
miles. The distance from Port Arthur
to tbe harbors of the Norta sea, on
the estuaries of which the European
trade with Eastern Asia is centered, is
6900 miles by the nearest route,
BECOMING INTERESTED.
The producers and business men of
the Inland Empire, east of The Dalles,
are coming to a realization of tbe fact
tbat they are paying entirely too high
freight rates and giving too much of
their substance to the railroad com
panies, hence they look to tbe Colum
bia river as the agent tbat will finally
come to their relief. Newspapers
everywhere in the upper country are
beginning to talk about an open river,
and means of makingoit such, and
when tbey get public sentiment
worked up to a sufficient pitch, some
thing - will probably be done. The
East Oregonian has taken up the cry
for an open river and says:
It If plain to be feeg tbat much mora '
Obar's Hotel"
Ingraing
Ingrains, half wool
Ingrains, Extra heavy all wool
Inyrain", Extra super
Three-ply Extra heavy
Suits
Iron Beds
: ( ,-VUJ B1H Tl i ," 1 " " . ' m.
mm
;$3.50
and upware.
of tbe wheat of the Inland Empire will
go down the Columbia river route to
tbe sea in the future than in the past,
to tbe advantage of Portland and to
the encouragement of the opening of
tbe Snake and Columbia to free navi
gation, from Lewiston to Astoria.
Now if Astoria will cease its grumbl
ing at Portland, and cease putting its
faith in bonuses and land speculation,
and take bold of the open river ques
tion with vim and -vigor and nover
stop until there is an open river, and
with some one to represent the t eople
of tbe second district in congress in
steal of a politician of' the peanut,
office-juggling variety, who bad the
office thrust upon him because he could
be Influenced and controled, the pros
pects ot tbe entire section east of the
Cascades will be brightened and the
country developed and inhabited by
thousands to hundreds that prosper
here at the present time. Wben there
is an open river, no agreement that
the railroads can enter into can hinder
development or retard settlement.
Until an open river is secured the
Deoola will be. comDarativelv SDeak -
ing, subject to the whims and dicta-
tion, and son. etimes the greed, of those
who make profession of manipulating
railroad stocks and bonds in Wall
street.
THE DECLINE OF FRANCE.
The Ortgouian, in discussing the
Dreyfus trial, made some very timely
reflections which we think are worth
reproducing. It says, and we believe
truthfully:
"The army controls the government;
it overawes tbe courts; it intimidates
the press; it dominates so much as
there is in France of public opinion.
Unhappily for France, It seems strong
enough to do any and every species of
wrong with impunity.
"When a nation gets into a position
so corrupted that there Is no appeal to
I world Is dead. There awaits her the
'moral decay, the material decline
! the progressive loss of respect an
power the general paralysis.
sbortwhich has been illustrated
painfully
Spain."
in the history of Modern
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Report of the Portland Bureau for the
Week Ending- Monday.
The rains bave ceased and fai
weather has again set in. Tbe rains
began on August 19 and ceased during
the night of the 26th. Rain did not
fall every day; there were intervals of
fair weather and bright sunshine.
but tbe temperature was abnormally
low. The total rainfall for the month
amounts to 2.22 to 2.48 inches, except
over the plateau region, where one
inch or less fell. Snow fell during the
last week upon the mountains of north
eastern Oregon, and frosts occurred
over the plateau region on the 14th,
15th and 20th; "on tbe later date frosts
occurred on the higher elevations to
southwestern Oregon, east of the
Coast mountains. The weather which
has prevailed auring tbe month was
nnprecedented. At Walla Walla the
records are complete since 1857 and
tbe former heavy rainfall in August
was in 1896 and in 1897, when 1.24
inches fell. At Portland tbe heaviest
prevlovs rainfall was in 1881, when
2.11 inches fell; in tbat year 1.01 inches
fell on the 13th, 14th and 15th; then
dry weather prevailed until the 26th,
wben rain fell until September 1. In
1896 at Portland 1.16 inches fell from
tbe 1st to tbe 7tb. In 1879 at Roseburg
1.47 iucbes fell, which is the previous
heavy rainfall, and in 1894 at Baker
City 0.55 of an inch fell. In these
years the temperature was higher and
tbe air not so damp. The weather
during the month was therefore un
precedented. Haying is .late in the mountain
valleys of Eastern Oregon and in
portions of the Plateau region; la these
HPO ffJF
50 Years in
the lead
A stove that has outlived
50
years of competition and
of
which more and more are sold
every year must have special
merit. The Charter Oak is the
stove. Where is there another
rooking apparatus with such a
record.
Charter Oak
Steel Ranges
In the construction of these
ranges we use the best quality
of cold-rolled heavy and perfect
steel. The best Norway iron
rivets and plenty of tbem. For
the cast parts high-grade select
ed and analized pig iron. The
Af bestos mill boa id lining are
one-eighth inch thick, made of
pure material and contain no
wood pith with earth. Only
the most experienced workmen
are employed. The Japan
finish is the best. The nickle
plated parts are double coated
and finished in the best passi
ble mannet. Send for circular.
Prices range from
$27.50 up.
Cast-Iron Stoves
and Ranges $10 and up
35c
50c
65c
75c
95c
CHRPETS
We take the lead in prices
and styles. They are very
heavy enameled and well
made. We have them at
I limited areas damage and loss resulted
to the cut bay.
I In the Grande Ronde valley but little
grain bad been cut before the rains
set io; hence, in that valley there is
little damaged grain and excellent
prospects for the late grain. Sugar
beets have made wonderful growth
and a thoroughly satisfactory crop is
now promised.
Hops are in first-class condition; the
vines are free from lice, and tbe burrs
are free from mould aod are large and
plentiful. Tbe bop crop is today more
promising tban it ever was before
Hop picking will commence in the
southern counties about September 1,
and in the Willamette valley about
September 10.
The second crop of clover will be
nearly as good as tbe first.
Corn is very promising:, and with
warmer weather a large crop will
mature. '
Gardens, berries, etc., are in excel
i lent condition.
Melons aod peaches have been ripen'
ing slowly. Apples and pears are
1 ripening. Prune drying will com
j mence about September 10, and dry
ers a-e being put io order for the work.
- The prune crop stood the rainy
' weather in excellent firm, aod a very
atr crop win oe secured; as a rule, tne
j prunes are larger and better than in
I former years.
The prospects for crops in Oregon
are good, better tbat expected, and, on
tbe whole, nearly as good as in former
years
Wanted.
A girl to do housework, one willing
to exchange work for music lessons
preferred. Inquire at this office.
a20 d&w 2w
Now is the season wben oysters are
the most delicious. Tbe best quality
is to be found at Keller's confectionary.
augzo-zw
Not too hot and not too oold
Just tbe days (or paint we're told.
The Butler Drug Co. have the best in
town. It dosen't pay to use anything
else. W.
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hereby given that tbe
partnership heretofore existing be
tween C. S. Smith and F. E. Cocker
line, under the firm name of Smith &
Cockerline, is this day disolved by
mutual consent, F. E. Cockerline re
tiring. C. S. Smith will continue tbe
business, and will collect all bills due
said firm and pay all accounts against
the same. Dactd August 15, 1899.
C. S. Smith,
al6 2w F. E. Cockerline.
Smith Bros, will give a dancing
party in the K. of P. ball next Satur
day evening. Music will be furnished
by Professor Birgfeld, . a29 4d
Ninteen and 29c each for ladle's and
children's bats and caps now on sale
at Pease & Mays
How u Sonr WlfeT
Has she lost her beauty? If so, con
stipation, indigestion, pick headache
are the principal causes. Karl's Clover
Root Tea has cured these ills for half
a century. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts.
Money refunded if results are not
satisfactory. Blakeley & Houghton
druggists.
Here's a Bargain.
A 14-horse power Buffalo Pitts
threshing machine, will be sold cheap
for cash. May be seen at W. A,
Johnston's store. Call on C. W,
Emerson. j 22 6w
Million. Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie
tors of Dr. King's New Discovery for
consumption, Coughs and Colds, bave
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has ab-
olutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Astbma, Droncnitis, noarse-
ness and all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs are surely cured by it.
Call on Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle. Regu
lar size 50 cents and $1.00. Every bot
tle guaranteed, or price refunded.
FURNITU RE
East End, The
sR iflpf
Higging Tapestry Brussels .'
Higgins Double "Wire , ,
High Rock Brussels
Ropal Scott Wilton Velvet
rjSsiJust Received
$12.50 and up.
Solid Oak, French
glass at from
$20.00
"MIDNIGHT BELL" SCORES A HIT
Brillant Opening of Dramatic Snuon at
Cordray'a.
The reopening of Cordray'a theater
for the regular winter season last night
was an event in the history of local
amusement, for with its enlarged stage
and increased accommodations, thin
house now ranks among the leading
playhouses on the coast.
The occasion was a notable one also
in a social way, and a more orilHant
house than tbat which greeted tbe
Stock well company in Hoyt's "A Mid
night Bell" has' seldom been seen in
Portland. Long before the rise of the
curtain standing room was at a pre
mium. The elaborate decorations
made in the interior, the resplendent
electric light effects, rich draperies
and general atmosphere of eiegaoce
all came in for a share of tbe audience's
appreciation.
Hoyt's popular play, "A Midnight
Bell," is familar to most Portlanders,
having been presented here before,
and tbe last time only a year ago. L.
R. Stoekwell, the star of the company
is also well known to Portland theater
goers. This was evidenced by tbe
rousing reception given him last
night. Otber old friends in thn com
pany fared as well. The audience was
generous and impart'&l in its demon
strations of approval.
Mr. Stock well, as Deacon Tedd,
gives a piece of character work that is
wort hy of his strong emotional powers.
It is a role created for bim. Max
Steinle, a former Portland boy, in the
role of Martin Tripp, shared the come
dy honors with Stockwell, and at once
won favor with the audience. Mr.
Fairbanks, as Squire Alcott, the bank
president, Mr. Yale, as Ned Alcott, his
nephew, and Mr. Ogden, as Napier
Keene, the shrewd city attorney, were
cast to advantage.
All of the ladies in the company
have roles well suited to them. Miss
Heffron made an excellent school-
ma am, and Miss ianaers an laeai
country school pupil. Miss Ba es, as
Lizzie Webber, the spinster, was en
tirely at home in her role, and did
Borne very clever woric. rortiana
Telegram.
Chinese Cannot Land .
New York. Aug. 31. A special to
the Herald from Washignton says:
Under the Chinese exclusive law
some members or toe crew oi tue
Olvmpia. who served with such credit
in tbe battle of Manila Bay, as to win
special commendation from Admiral
Dewey, may not be allowed to set foot
on shore wben the flagship reaches Mew
York. The law is mandatory upon the
official of tbe treasury department, and
it will be tbe duty of the collector of
customs to preveut tbe Chinese mem
bers of the Olympia's crew from leaving
the solo while she is in New York
harbor. It i9 not probable, however,
that an v action would be taken by tbe
treasury officials should tbe Chinamen
be allowed to land on the supposition
that they are legally entitled to reside
In lhe United States.
MOKE 8ULDIKRS RE I CRM.
Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota Boy
at San FranclMO.
San Francisco, Aug. 31. At 9
o'clock this morning the officers and
men of the Idaho, First North Dakota
and First Wyoming regiments of vol
unteer infantry, and tbe battalion of
Wyoming light artillery; who arrived
yesterday from Manila, marched
in triumphant procession through the
city to the presidio, where they are
to remain in camp until mustered out
of service.
Tbe returning heroes were escortod
by tbe First California volunteers and
five batteries of the Third artillery. J
At the head of each column rode the
governors ot tbeir respective states
and tbeir staffs, who subsequently fell
on tbe column on Van Ness avenue
and reviewed tbe troops. Tbe men
wore regulation khaki uniforms, and
were decorated with laurel wreaths,
and a bunch of flowers was inserted
into the muzzle of each rifle.
Standard Fashions for September
now on sals at Pease & Mays.
Paint your bouses with paints tbat
is guaranteed to stand. Clarke & Falk
are tbem
Dalles, Ore.
50c
60c
70c
90c
CHRP6TS
A carload from Chicago markets,
of the finest line of Bed Room Sets
ever shown in tbe Inland Empire.
We bave then in Hard Wood at
Ml
Plate Bevel
up.
WASHINGTON BOYS COMING.
They WUI tan Manila In a rew
Days.
Washington, Aug. 31. General
Otis today informed the war depart
ment of the departure from Manila of
the transport Para, with 14 officers,
41 enlisted, and 924, discharged men
and six civilians. Another dispatch
from Otis gives the dates of the sailing
of the transports now at Manila and
which will bring state volunteers to
this country. It says: "Tbe Tartar
sails September 3d, tbe Pennsylvania
September 5th, the Newport aod Ohio
September 7th.
Tbe state volunteers remaining in
the Philippines in the order In which
tbey left San Francisco are: First
Washington, Twentieth Kansas, Third
Tennessee, Fifty-first Iowa, and a troop
of Nevada cavalry. It is the policy of
the war department to have the troops
returned in the order io which they
sailed and tbe volunteers will probably
come on the ships above named in the
same order. '
Trusts Win In Kentucky.
Chicago, Aug. 31. A special to the
Tribune from Louisville' says: Judge
T. Z. Morrow, of tbe Whitley cirouit
court, has decided there is no anti-trust
pool or combination statute in Ken
tucky Attorney Kohn received a tele
gram from Williamsburg announcing
tbat Judge Morrow has sustained his
demurrer to the indictments, and dis
missed the cases against the wholesale
grocers of Louisvillecbarged with com
bining to fix prices on teas, sugar, etc.
The decision is a victory for the
wholesale grocers. The case will be
appealed by Commonwealth Attorney
Sharp.
Doe This Strike SooT
. Muddy complexions, nauseating
breath come from chronic consump
tion. Karl's Clover Root Tea is an
absolute cure and has been sold for
fifty years on an absolute guarantee.
Price 25 cents and 50 cents, at Blake
ley & Houhton, druggists.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby (riven tbat tbe undernl(tned
bas been duly appointed by te Hon. County
Court of tbe Stiite of Oregon for Wasoo County,
administrator of tbo Es: ,te of Antone Jerome,
deceased. All person bavlng claims apaimt
said deceased or bis estate are hereby notlti'
to prenent tbe same, properly verified, to mo 1 1
my office in Dailea City, Oregon, within hi.
months from the date of this notice.
Dated this 31st day of August, 1H9.
R. F. GIBBONS,
Administrator of tbe estate of Antone Jerome,
deceased.
vrMML, SO YEARS
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qnlcklr ascertain onr opinion free whether an
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nt free, oldest agency for secuniigLPatenu.
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PETITION.
To the Honorable County Court of Waso
County, uregon:
we, the undersigned legal voters of Falls
Precinct. Wasco County, Oregon, respectfully
getition your honorable board to grant to V L.
chmidt a license to sell spirituous, Inous
and malt liquors in less quantity than one
gallon, tor the term of one year, at tbe Cas
cade Locks, Oregon:
Andrew Traverro
Oregon Washburn
R Q Connor
Sam McCary
P Aug Nelson
Charles AUn
O Syring
Jobn Anderson
K P Ash
J W Derdlich
AI Saling
F Rogers
P A Trana
W J Attwell
AO Hull
A B Glazier
Wm Nestler
J Jackman
Jobn F Trana
D L Cates
A Fleischner
E Martin
H A Leavens
R Black
J Dixon
J O Stout
H H Weston
O L Harnham
C J Carlson
Louey Lunyo
Erik Haggblom
Joe Schmid
C Voorhees
F H Douglas
D A Cheyney
John Thteae
H O Hansen
E W King
C L Gorton
O M Wilson
Aug C Scbmeder, H D James Stewart
Frank Sfbmld Wm W Black
H Lillvard Pa. Labey
Hen Dope O C Fyffe
Wm M Ash J Callahan
F E. Leavens H Henn
flames Uorton C V'aacori
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