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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1903)
) X.KADI2H AND HUMl GUARD. ar Joi"! nora let. o. d. Tho LorJ will go before you, nnd the God of Israel -will bo your rear guard. Isaiah, xllL, IS. Thcro la somewhere tho story ot crystal stream whoso water forever flow over rockB tundo red with humau blood, and although this stream has flowt-i ou and on for ages It cannot wash away tho crimson stain, for n martyr here gave up his llfo and his blood roniatns as nn eternal witness to Uh truth. And men approach this stream, It la said, and clasp each oth er's hands above tho blood-stained rocks and renew their vows to heaven. This strange story has Us fulfillment now In our Memorial Day, when re llglon and patriotism clasp hands above tho graven of tho departed heroes, North and South, and renew their vows to God and man. To-lay wo place the garlands on the graves of the soldiers who gavo their lives for our country, and It Is well we do, for there are throngs of people com ing dally to our shores from over the seas who do not know the matcnicss price paid for our liberty, and who do not know the rule of this land to bo The Lord will go before you." We bow reverently at the graves of this silent army, whoso lives still speak to us of sacrifice and triumph. ' We come not to look for scars and wounds. As nature In this springtime chastens to heal the blemishes of win ter, so gentle time has covered tho sor rows and sins of forty years ago, and there rises over all the glory of divine leadership, for "the Lord will go be fore you and the God of Israel will be your rear guard." The man who sxamlncs tho blade of grass will soe the plan of God written there. The man who studies history of the past will see the divine plan un folding with precision and grace, and will never doubt God leads tho Indi vidual and the nation. Thank God, our days of doubt are past, for we have come to know that Christian manhood rises triumphant over alL JIoW, then, will the Lord go before you? Not In visible form surely, for that would discredit man's mission. God does not come to earth to prepare everything for man plan, path and all and then lead him as though he had neither sight nor sense. No, God teaches man to use what lie has given him. God leads by tho preparation of the past. We travel the highways laid out years ago by our forefathers. We enjoy the liberty purchased for us by the patriots of former days. Wo tako up the work prepared for us by tboe who have finished their Journey. Wo possess the heritage of Christian cltl senshlp, purchased by tho blood of fallen heroes. We dig In one moun tain, because there Is In it the pre cious gold, and And the diamonds, for God attracts us by His treasures. Now, tbeso are all the leadings of the Lord, though they seem so natural. The Lord will go before you then, not In Ilia dazzling form of majesty nor by a voice of thunder from the sky, but by the beauty of Ills truth revealed In Ills word, by Ills Imme diate and divine Influence, which we often think U of ourselves, by the grandeur of Christian manhood, by the sweetness of forgiveness, by the Infinity of Ills love, by all things good and beautiful which can remind us of our neavenly Father. He goes beforo always If we love Him, unfolding with unseen bands the map of our lives and seeing that we fill the parts necessary to completeness. Yes, He goes before us even In His death of i sacrifice, as tho soldiers whom wo honor to-day went before us preparing the glorious way. Let us ever follow Htm as obedient children, saying: "The way that leads from banishment, We go the way our fathers went, Tho king's highway of holiness." But wo are told also that "tho God of Israel will be our reward." There nro dark deeds In tho past of almost every Hte deeds which we fain would forget, which, If unforglven, will caHt their shadow across our path. Tho future docs not disturb us much; the present conflicts are soon over, but out of the past come the monsters of other days to wound and kill. To know that the everlasting God will bo our rear guard If we will permit Him, and that He will settle ull the past, Is a source of Infinite comfort. To know thai God will forglvo the past If wo will permit Him, so-that It will never come up in Judgment to condemn us, Is enough io brlug the bloom of youth to the check of old age. Now God works by human agency whenever Ho can. He rearguards by pqmt : iJ Uls power transferred to man. God ex pects each man to bo tho providence of his own little sphere up to tho limit of his knowledge and ability. See b.ow well the Puritans guarded their past by taking care of the present: see how William Peim left no enemy In his past to tako away his reputation when ho was gone. If then there Is to be a glo rious past, In family or In nation, fol lowing these days In which we live, wo must see that tho present Is full of the means of defense. Wo must see that wo have n surplus of confidence In men and of faith In God to mako up the scales towards the right. For every Iguoraut man who lands upon our shores you must add a little to your knowledge and Influence, to balance tho scales towards the dlght. For every murder or other awful crime, such as have been committed In the past few days In Hussta, you must Increase your rlghtrousne as much as possible. For tho doubting, the faltering and the dis couraged wo need men of strong faith who will work out Joyfully the great decrees of providence. We rejoice In this our quiet confi dence In God, which secure to us n settled past nnd a glorious future. We are glad to hear to-day this voice which In tho Incident of the text was spoken to God's peorle when In slav ery In Ilahylon. Do not hurry, take your time, 'do your work well, you are safe, for "the Lord will go beforo you and the God of Israel will be your rear guard." AMERICAN rATIUOTIBM. Br Dr. Jon rlerrllt Drift. Well do I remember the day when the Sons of Veterans on parade follow Ing their fathers were greeted with Jeers and ridicule and hailed ass "tin soldiers." Hut the war with 8paln came on and then tho conflict In the Philippines, and every son of every veteran proved himself to bo a genuine chip of the original block; that the heroes of Santiago and Ban Juan. hill, of Manila Hay and of old Pekln wero worthy of the sires who fought at VIcksburg and Sblloh; at ChlcbAtnauga and Chattanooga; at Gettysburg and Peach Treo creek; at South Mountain and Malvern Hill, and that the sons of "Johnny Iteb" and "Ullly Yank" were Americans all, true to the old flag, true to the inseparable and Indivisible government nt Washington, equally truo to every high and noble instinct of deathless patriotism and humanity. When nobbon wanted eight men to Join him In sinking the Merrimsc, in a very tempest of Spanish bullets, at the mouth of Santiago Day, and Admiral Sampson Called for volunteers, the men of tho entire fleet stepped to the fore. When the legations of the world, our own Included, were beleaguered In China's capital and "Iloxer" flends were gnashing and lapping for their blood and re-enforcements were order ed from Manila the only dread of each regiment was that some other regiment might be ordered to the arduous task. And when tho transports sailed away, bearing the favored troops, those left behind bewailed their Inability to show the world of what sort of stuff they were made. Thank God for the brave, worthy, magnlflcent youthful yeomanry and soldlerhood of our blessed republic, but beforo another war comes may tho busy decades lengthen Into centuries and the long unfolding centuries ripen, like golden grain, into the glid harvest time of universal and eternal peace, when all our swords shall be beaten Into plowshares and all our spears Into pruning hooks. Hut let us not forget, my youn friends, that great problems confront us to-day, problems as great and mo mentous as those that confronted our fathers In the antebellum days. The negro problem yet vexes us; the trade unionist giant, refusing to Incor porate and as a corporation become accessible and amenable to the law, qnd sometimes carrying on a bush whacklngand guerrilla warfara against the most vital agencies of material ad vancement and prosperity, utterly In different to the comfort, well being and downright losses sustained by an Inno cent and generous public; tho liquor demon, as deadly and more delimit and strongly Intrenched behind legal, commercial and political breastworks than ever; the widespread corruptions In political llfo and particularly in municipalities and State legislatures; the deadly miasma of official mulfca sance; the Invasion "of a vast horde from France, the Philippines and other countries, many of whom havo lceii expelled for Immorality and treason, expelled to prevent them from destroy ing tho government; tho continual en croaclunent of tho church upon the public school and the withdrawal of tens of thousands of our children from tho one universal Americanizing and patriotism-begetting Institution these are problems that will test our pa tience, our wisdom and our loftlesl statesmanship for many years to come. DAnTER AT THE Cn088 ROADS. Two of the Natives Tutk Two Days to Make n Deal, At Carter's eros roads I came upon two imtlvo Tetiiiessewuiii who sat on u uutniiil whittled whllo they talked. Olio of them had an old silver watch nnd tlio othen. owned tho poor old mule hitched to a post. They had eomo to gether to make n tradu nnd hud been talking for an hour and na I rodu o(T oiio of them said: "I'll trade yo' oven up, Jim, and If that don't hit yo' It's no uso to talk furder." "I can't do It, Tom," replied the other. "That there mewl la wuth two slch watches." It was dark when I returned nnd there sat the same two men and there stood tho same old mule. They were talking trade as vigorously as over and ns I rode away tho man with the watch was saying: "It's oven up or uothln', Jim; J 1st as I told yo' before." "Tom, I can't do It cau't possibly do It." replied tho other. Along toward night next day I rode over to tho Mine store on an errand for Mrs. Williams and thcro sat tho very same two men. I couldn't see that they had moved an Inch. They weren't saying a word, however. Ou tho contrary, both had their legs swinging over tho edgo of tho plat, form, their chins In their hands nnd were looking down on tho ground. I saw tho old mute lying dead on tho ground and between the two men lay tho watch. It had stopped dead still and both hands were off the face. "Do you know that your mute Is dead!" I asked the owner ot the ani mal. "Of eo'se." he replied. "And your old watch has gone to wreck?" I said to the other. "Yes. sab." "Did you sit here all nlghtr "We did," they answered In chorus. "Hut if the mule Is dead and tho watch busted you can't trade." "Oh, that trade was oft at midnight," said tho owner of tho watch, "ond what we are dickorln about now is that yere saddle again my dawg." "DIXIE" CHEERED EVERYWHERE. Worth No L Kathualastlc Than ttis South on lUarlnic It. "A singular thing about the tunc 01 'Dixie,' " said a Washington roan who does a good deal of traveling, "Is that It arouses quite ss much enthusiasm when It Is played above. Mason and Dlxou'a line far above that line, In many Instances-as It does when It Is played down 803th. I havo often no ticed this ami wondered over it. In the Southern towns and cities, or even In Washington, whero Southern sen tltncnt predomliates.. It is the natural thing for tho thrcrs nnd the hand clapping to begin when, for example. n theater orchestra or musical per formers on a stage strike up the tune of 'Dixie,' but precisely the same thing happens In the Northern cltle. An or chestra never gets Into the swing of 'Dixie' In a New York theater that tho audience doesn't nlmost come to Its feet. They cheer 'Dixie' vociferously every time It Is played In Han .Fran cisco. They yell In approval of It In DstroU. and Ht. Paul, nnd Cincinnati. and In Chicago they hum It along with the band or orchestra. Kven lu chilly Ikwton they wake up and, give a hand to 'Dixie.' it's a lively and Inspiring tunc, of course, but I don't think that fact exactly explains why It Is that It arouses enthusiasm lu communities In tho North, whero a Southerner would scarcely even expect to hear It played, much less cheered. Maybe It's because there's 11 lingering love nil over tho country for tho old South, and maybe It Is Itccause there Is a pretty general and wholesome sentiment all over tho laud for the section that camo out of tho big fight n good deal like tho under dog; but. ot any rate, 'DIxloV tho tune that gots tho biggest hand nD tho wildest ac claim, no matter whero It's played, from Michigan to the Gulf, and from tho Atlantic to tho Paclflc." Washing ton Post. Forgot Nothing, Walter Hem er haven't you for gotten something? Farmer Hams Oh. no. I guess not. I've et everything clean up. Cotton Mill t Quito. A cotton mill to bo built at Quito, tho capltnl of Ecuador, must be car ried on the hacks of mules through tliu AmIcm, pusslng u point 10,000 feel In ultltudc. When two women talk tho subject of their conversation is conspicuously absent . HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON , , T ,, . ... ,T , .i.- ,. -. ....,, .j LAND LUUUUUS WANT RAIN. Millions of I'cet ot Logs In thcSmall Streams, Loggers In I.mio County nro having moro dllllculty thla season than usual trying tu got loga down tho mountain streams. Tho spring has been no dry that millions of feet ot logs that were cut on tho streams tributary to tho McKonxlo and tho Willamette during tho winter havn hung up nnd cannot do driven out in tho usual way. Us uallx In tho month of April thorn nro rnlns that rntso theso creeks so that tho logs con bo driven out, hut this year tlioro havo boon nn rains ot con Bcquonco nnd the stream havn not had slnco February sumclont wator to run logs. On Lost Creok. Wlnhorrv. Mir nnd I.lttlo Fall Creeks, tho llooth-Kolly Company has. millions of root of logs that they nro badly In ned of nt tho 8pflngflold mill. For weoks thoy kcpi men rcauy ana nan tiiu logs in tho crook. Intending thnt tho moment tho wator was sufficient they would start them to deeper water. Hut the rains that woro hoped for did not come. Finally giving up hopo of running tho- logs In tho usual way, thoy began constructing dams to aid tho work by artificial means. Thousands of dol lars woro expended In building flood dams In theso small streams, Theso havo been of somo assistance, and tho logs aro bolng slowly worked down to wards the river, hut It Is n slow and oxpenslvo process. As yet It lino beon Impossible to supply tho big mill at 8prlngfleld with sufficient 'oga to keep tho saws at work, Tho logging business Is very Im portant In this county, and greater this year than ever beforo. Thcro are at tho present ttmo no leas than 3S.000.000 feet of logs In tho wator to supply tho various mills In tho coun ty. Tho UoothKolly Company alone has 23.000.000 feet afloat, whllo othors have no less than 13,000.000 feet. Tho mills all havo greater difficulty getting logs than they havo getting orders. Official Count. The ofllolal canvass of tlio voto for congressman at the election in tho First district on Juno 1, 1103, shows tlio following result: COUNTIM 1 S3 el -5.! llcntiin .'ttckamai Coo furrr IKiuiU , sck miii. ........ ......... Jwphlnf.,.. .,,..,.... Klainalh it.,,.....,.. iJike jno I.lnmln IJ1111 M111 Ion 1,141' aw l.r & lu ."I i.ns im,' I.W7 i,im nil t,3.t "3 ? ins it! im IJII1 IM I.2IS INilk HHi Art MM TjllmniMik W.hlHKUH Yamhill 44 4M ft! IM iw vet tail mi KrlMilo s.e4' TuUlf ..I.. Marlon County Wool Pool Sold. Tho wool pool of tho Marlon Coun ty Woolgrowors' Association was Hold (o tho hlghost bidder In Halom. and was bought by A. H. Jarolm. repre senting tho Oregon City Woolen Mills. There worn upwards of 100.000 pounds of wool In tho pool, and tho prlco paid was 1C cents per pouiM for tho coarso grado and 1014 cents for tho medium and finer grades. Tho do livery of tho wool began at onca through tho warehouso of W. M. Drown & Co., of this city. This Is tho highest price, by 1 cent per pound, that was over received by tho Marlon County woolgrowors, Copper Property Sold. Lou Simmons nnd William Myers havo sold their copper property on HIe Creok. Eastern Oregon, consist. Ing ot eight claims, to a syndicate financed by Indiana capitalists for I7G.00O. This deal has boon ponding for some tlmo, hut was finally closed. It Is understood that tho now ownors will begin tho work of developing tho proporty .at once. A considerable sum ot monoy Is to bo expended for surfaco Improvements, Incendiaries Set PI re. Firo destroyed tho resldenco, barn and blacksmith shop of tho Warnon Valley Stock Company In Wurnor Valley 0110 day last week, all tho housohold goods and n largo stock of supplies wero lost. It wan undoubt edly ot Incondlary origin, iih two mid dles and 'all tho horses wero taken out of tho barn, Tho parties who did it aro under suspicion, and will likely bo approhondod. Trouble In Lake County, A report comos from Lakovlow that squatters on land of tho Warn or Val ley Htocx uompany nnva mirncu mo Buildings on tho ranch 40 miles east of that pluco. Tho squatters rofuso to bo dispossessed and utato that they will resist, by forco of arms, tho or dor of tho court awarding tho land to tho Warnor Valley Stock Company. President Lee Is RcHlcctcd. At tho annual meeting of tho board of trustees of Albany Collogo, Presi dent Wnllaco IIowo Leo, who linn boon connected with tho collogo for many years, was unanimously ro-olectod president ot tho institution. It Is largoly due to hla managomont that Albany Collogo has attained Its pres ent high degroo of efficiency, N &VJ IIJl I. IKJJ IKKUIATION AT KAI.AMATII. Dredger Machinery Arrives for Dredg ing the Canal, Tho machinery for tho drodgor of tho I.lttlo Klamnth Ditch Company I bolng put In plneo on a now boat, 38x08 foot, and will bo ready for oper ation In Lower Klamath Lako In three wooks. Tho machinery wolghn 100,000 pounds, ami 2G teams wero ro quired to haul It from tho railroad to tho lako last week, Tho first work of tho dredger will bo to dig a cut, four miles long, 30 foot wlilo and four foot deep, from tho lako to tho head of tho company's ditch, thus assuring an abundance of water at all times of tho year, Hith erto Will to I-ako hns beon depended ' on for supply, hut has been Instimo lent to ticcnmmodato tho demand for Irrigation during tho dry weather of midsummer. Tho cut from tho lako will cont 10000. As noon an that work Ih finished, reclaiming of land around Lower Klamath Lako will ho under taken. It Is estlmatod that tlioro aro CO.OOO aoroa contiguous to that body of wator, capable of reclamation by the uso ot tho drodgor. Coming Uvents. Annual mooting of Plonoers, Bona nnd Daughters, Portland, Juno .17, Western Orevnn nivUInn h.nn Statu Teachers' Association, Port- muu, j una zwv. Christian cam 11 mnatlnr 'Turnup Juno 19-28. Sixth Annual ro-unlnn of Ijinn Pnnn. ty veterans, Kugeno, Juno 16-18. Carnivals flranU Itaia Tun., ti.nn. Ashland. Juno 1C-20; Uosehurg, Juno .-. iiungn urovo, juno s-J7; Bnlem. Juno 290uly ; Albany, Juno iUMuiy 1. Ninth nnnunl reiratln Aalnrln An. gust 10-21. Wltlnmetln Vallnv r'liniifhnn.i Gladstone, July 14-20. ' Kncamnmnnt of tho Grand Armr or tho Republic. Portland. Juno 21-27. First Oregon Cavalry and First Oregon Infantry rc-unlon. Portland, Juno 27, Another Contrsct Finished. Major W. C. I-angfllt has completed an Inspection at tho Cascade Ix)cks, whero tho contract of II. W. Taylor had Just been finished. This contract Included the rlprapplng Tit tho north wall of tho upper lock, at a cost of $26,000, which has taken about six months to carry ouL A largo number of stono cutters nnd laborera were employed. Theso locks, which havo cost tho government 3,7G0,000, nro not yet finished, and an appropriation of $160,000 will bo necessary beforo the final details will havo been at tended to. At tho prosont stago of tho wator the locks aro out of commls slon ami boats will have to wait on each side until tho freshet Is over. Improvements at the Penitentiary. Governor Chamberlain has dcolded to havo nn mtillilnn imin ,.. i. .... -.... ...... .,,...t .... mn south ond of tho dining room arid kitchen at tho penitentiary for tho purpose of providing n plaro to con duet executions. The nddltlon will no constructed or brick, nnd will bo two stories high. Tho Improvement Will bO llinilll flu nlltllnn.l anni, llr... ago by Superintendent James. Work will soon bo commenced on tho con struction of i sower to connect tho prison with tho now stato sower built a yoar ago to a point west of tho n"y''"n. This will glvo tho prison hotter drainage. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 7no7.l. ..1. ley, 77c, Parlor Food. S'JO.nn nnr n, .- ing, $21. Flour Heat irrsdea. t.i.nn tm 1 m. grahsm, $3.4633,86. MlllstulTs Ilrsn, $23 per ton; mid. dllngs, $27; shorta,'$23j chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, fl.ip (8 1.18; gray, $1.05 percental, Hay-Timothy, $20Q21; clover, nominal; cheat, $16I0 per ton. Potatoes Host llnrpanks, 60Q7fle nor sackt ordinary. HRffltiKn n,,. ..,. t growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.60 por cental. Poultrv Ohlcknna. mlrn.1 11Ato... -..-, .via, V,ti young, ISQHoj lions, 12o; turkeys, iivo, misuoj ureaiHxi, su2Zoj uiirks, 7.00(37.60 ter dozen: dmmi. in nn 0.60. ' " ' y '"'" Gheoait Full rnrnm 4.ln. ikia lCfl! Ynimir Amnrlrn IftrialKL,.. f... ory prices, Idjlj-Jc less. liutte'r Fancy creamory, 2020c per pound; extras, 22o; dairy, 20(2 (i.uj aturo, jucusio, Kflfcs 17Q20o per doron, Haps Oholco, 18(320o per pound, WoolValley,12J17oKaBtorn Or ogon, 814c; mohair, 8637Jtfo. Boof Grors, cows, 3J44o, per pound; steers, 65tfoj dressed, 8&c. Voal 7K8o. Mutton Gross, $3.60 per pound; (1 reused, CQOc. . Lambs Grots, 4o por pound; droeesd, ?c, Hogs qross, 00c por pound t dresstd, 78e. miiiaiii ir--r-s-