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IMPROVEMENT of schooluouse
GROUNDS
Theimbrovementotthojchool grounds
-which Is being rgitated by the alumni
oasociatibn, is a laudablo undertaking
and should bo encouraged by every one
who takes pride in Manhfield's public
ec'.ool, which is one of the beat in the
stale.
The clay soil ibeat the school house
makes about as unsightly surroundings
us eoald be imagined, and during a good
-part of the year it iain such condition
that it sticks to tho children's thocs,
tracks into the school houee and makes
a mess of things generally! In fact, it
is necessary to forbid the children from
getting off tho board walks.
Tho Mail would tnggost thit what
ever be done should bo in tho direction,
not only oi bcantif vinj tho groundr, but
ol rendering them available for a play
ground for the children, also.
WHY PANAMA WAS CHOSEN
(Oregonian)
That tho American people have de
sired the construction oi the Isthmian
canal at Nicaragua rather than at Pan
ama is unquestionable. They haro not
liked tbo flavor or order of tho Panama
project with its history of corruption.
And as for traffic between the Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts of the United Elates,
Nicaragua offers the shorter route, by
many hundreds of miles.'
Bat the Panama project has been
adopted. It is assumed that tho au
thorities of the United State the dip
lomats and the Senate have superior
knowledge; and upon it action has
been taken, We are committed to Pan
ama. Professor Emory R. Johnson, mem
ber of the Isthmian Canal Commission,
in the current number of the Independ
ent (Now York), undertakes U set forth
and explain the reasons why Panama
has been chosen, The sum of these
reasons' he tells up, why the commis
sioners recommended thePanama route,
Instead of the Nicaragua-Costa Rica
location, was that the Panama Canal
will be shorter, cheaper and on a lower
altitude. For the Nicaragua route the
estimated cost was $100,000,000, for
Panama, including the payment of
140,000,000 to the old company, 118V
003,003. Eut it would coat 11,353,0(0
to maintain and operate the canal at
Nicaragua then the one at Panama ; and
tho capitalization of this annual cum
would make a total of f 53,000,000 again tt
Nicaragua,
Since the canal at Nicaragua would be
much the longer one, more time would
be required to pass vessels through it,
This, it is urged, would be an offset
against the savins pf distance south and
jnortb. To eteamera It might lej to
Milinjr, Vessels not bo. Tho. .Panama
" Ti "
Canal will bi 409 anilea in length ; the
WEEKLY COAST
Nicaragua Canal would be 18lt:G8 mllos.
It Is rrged further that tho fact that
tho Panama Canal is etrolghter than tho
Nicaragua route will ho a coneiderntiou
of much importanco to vessels of tho
length required for modem commerce.
Again tho summit lard oi the Panama
Canul will bo eighty-flvo feet nbovo tho
ocean ,'evel; wlilla the level of Lnl.o
Nicaragua, tho summit on that route, ia
twenty feet higher. Tho number of
locks nt Panama will bo ilvo, two on tho
Allautic nnd threo on tho Pacific side.
At Nicaragua eight Jocks would bo re
quired Wcre to py Colombia 10,100.030
outright for the concession at Panann;
but this is not deemed ixcctiivo, in
view ol what that country is to surren
der ta the United States. Colombia
now receives 150.000 annually fro-n the
Panama Railroad, and under tho ar
rangement with the Panama Canal Com
pany was to reciivo from o Id S per cent
of tho gross receipts from tho operation
of tho canal tbo concession stipulating
that this payment should not be loss
thnu (250,000 annually, Thus Columbia
is surrendering a present annunlty of
fiW.OOO and n prospective income of
larger amount. These advantages
Colombia will loso altogether under
the new arrangement; for the railroad
will go with the canal, and Colombia is
to surrender her right, formerly reserv
ed, to tako over both.
These concessions to tho United States
are deemed equivalents for the sum to
be paid and the annuity for 100 years';
and at (bo end of 100 years the United
States !s to have the option to renew.
As to control of the canal, wo are to
havo tbo least of a atrip of torrlrorr six
miles wide and the right to taio such
measure as may be necessary for defense
of the canal.
Under this lease construction and op
eration si tbo canal probably will pro
ceed smoothly, for wo are pretty big,
and shall bo bigger, and Colombia prob
ably will not want a quarrel. This is
the true ground of hope that wo shall
keep out of trouble ith these ''little
convulsive republics" of 6panish
America, as somebody has called them.
ANAROUY IN HIGH PLACES
(Oregonian)
It ia hardly susceptible of belie that
the Bherman law conveys a diflorent
meaning1 to Hill, Morgan and their col
leagues thn to the ordinary mind.
They can scarcely be credited with the
conviction that the joint acquisition and
control of Great Northers and Northern
Pacific had for either its purpose or its
effect the etimulua of competition be
tirecn those roads. In their heart of
hiaris they probably regard the conten
tion that tho merger's consummation
before the Government's bill was filed
renders tho morger impeccablo in tbo
eye of the law, as "novel'' and "absurd"
as doea the ruling of the court.
They understood the law, bnt it did
not suit them. They bad other ideas,
Tbey had other plans.
The law was a mere negligble inci
dent to their more pertinent nudortak
ings a mere fiy on the great wheol of
their colossal schemes. Hence it did
not effect them. It wbb to bo ignored,
or, in the last extremity, to be gotton
rid of by high-priced legal talent in a
sate of technicalities and whimsical!.
ties and nonsenslCaltieu. What was
11,
Congress o Hill, what is the ' President
to Morgan, what are a few judges more
or less to,Wnll tfeot and the brainest
lawyers in tho United States? We are
engaged, they sidd, in a great movement
of world development, Wo must ho
equipped for qn'ck aud cohcront service
c cross tho American continent and tho
coast of Asia, What wo require wo
must havo. It tho law is otherwise, an
much thu worse for tualaw. It must
stand asido. Wo cannot be balked,
This da anarchy in high plnco, but
anarchy. Disregard and impatlenco of
lawcomoto tho snmo thing, whether
hold at the cornor of 11 road and Wall
and in privato palace cara ami along
Fifth nxcuue, or by tho ragged beggar
stealing n loa! of brcat from tho bakor's
wagon,
KNOOK THE KNOCKERS
Knockiug ia as old as Father Ttmo
himself; tho very Biblo starts in with
it when Cain "kneckod" Abol on tho
head. Had Cain a chum to whom ho
could havo gone, nnd to whom ho could
have told what a - Abel war, that
wouldhayo porhapi sufficed, nnd Abel's
llfo would have been sparei. But Cain
hadno one to "knock" to so ho solved
the problem by. "knocking" Abel direct,
and bbi example bas been followed for
generations in a greater or loss degree,
sanguinary and verbal. It is easy to
imagine the workmen on tbo Pyramids
formed into cliques and "knocking" as
thoy hammored thu grf.it blocks of
'1
stone topieces.
The Romans must havo been great
"knocksrs," for tbey had to caution
pcoplo Against "knocking" a mjn aftor
bo was in his coffin, for witness: "Do
mortuis nil nisi bonum." What better
evidence can ono desiro than that? Ho's
gone now; let him alono; or, perhaps
moro literally translated jet, let him do
bis own "knocking" at tho gates of
heaven or hell, as thocaso may be.
And then wo come to tho Christian
era and read upon tho tombstone of tho
dead, "Requicscat in Pace " or, "Rest
in Peaco," and can this not bo construed
as a warning to thoio who "knocked"
biii in life to now giro him rest?
How natural this knocking buiiness
some men spend moit of their timo
knocking everybody, from tho president
clown, The man who is "agin" any
thing and everybody can be set down ae
a "knocker," and no mistake need be
made. And men do not do all the
"knocking" for the gentler sex como in
for their share of it. Tho women, too,
have their little hammers concealed up
their sleeves and can ."knock" fhoir
worse favored sisters to the queen's
taste. , t '
Tho business men 'who are given to.
"knocking" their competitors cannot bo
counted on ono's fingers. "Knock!
Knock 11 Knock ill" might bo said to
be the trade mark of some firms and
the salesmen go out and forget all about
extolling the quality of thoir own goods
In their firm attempt to "knock" their
competitors. I wonder when some salos.j,n ouice ion wu, .,., .... ..,.-
men will over learn tho futility of ter to eorvo ns in tho office to which ho
knocking," the taking op of on hour of
- ,,'. im .i,nopUnn" vm.r m.
petitor, and when your time is up, com
ing to your senses to realize that you
havo not eald ono word extolling the
goods you have to soil. No wonder a
buyer gets tired of auch nnd tnrna
tnem down as they rightly deuorvo.
O'nceln a great while tho'knockera'1
gels knocked good and plenty.
Some men would as eaaily nnd read
ily pay a bill they did not owe as to
say a ploasant word for anothor. J
have known eome men and a .woman
1
por two who could never roolst tho
opportunity to "kpock" when speaking
of iay individual. It was SQCond.na-
ture to them. Tho nearest'thlng to
praise tbey could give wr.i ainfc praieo
'which is morcdamlug than loprnlio nt
all.
I havo root) Ilvo men In 11 uroupo un
anlnioua in tho pratao of'an Individual,
and tho sixth mau "knock" tho pratsiM
one by emphasising como iucotiecqutm
tinltlrnlt In his character, but enough to
tVi'm the tly tooa In tho ointment. And
when I scu such niou I caiiuiit but
thjuk ol"CrU" in "Tho Havon," when
llo "knocked" him nt bo.ml, ho "knock
ed" him In led,
From the eolu of his fool to tho crpwu
ol hlo head;
flo "knocked" him In sleeping, that
every night
llo. should dream of a "ecalpor," and
wfdiu in a fright.
ilo "knocked" him in eating, he
"knocked" hint In drinking,
Ho "knocked" him in coughing, In
snerstnu in winking; '
Ho "knocked him in tlttlii., in atnnd
iug, in lying,
llo "kuookod" him. in walking, in riding,-
In Hying,
flo "knocked him living, ho "knocked"
him dying I
Never was heard such h terrible "knock
ing." Rut what gave riso
To no llttlo surprise,
Nobody nceund ono penny tho
worse I ,
But tho "knocker."
Charles Christadoro lu Barrol and
Box.
A WISE STATESMAN
"In the first placo I believe Repub
licans are fair minded enough not tu
waut 16 return a man to W.-uhiogton
who is not in favor with tho Adminis
tration. Then, again, Mr. Hermann
has been iu olllco a long time, I don't
bcliove Mr. Hermann would bo in n
position to do anything for. tho statu on
account oi his atttludo toward tho Ad
ministration. One Democratic vote
moro wouid cot probably mako any
change," said tho gentleman in
argumentative manner "It would bo good
politics for tho statu to havo somo rep
resentation in tho other party.. This
would bo especially co in tho next
House ehpuld it happen to bo Democra
tic." Tho above ia from on intorviow with
E. A. Reames, Democratic cu.ulidute for
congress in thin district. Wo suggest
that every ono study it carefully, for its
statcBmanship.iteorBinallty aud its wide
and firm grasp of largo ideas.
Somo friction aroso between Mr.
Hermann nnd Secretary Hitchcock,
which, so far as known, was through no
fault of Mr. Hermann. Tho Democrats
aro working this for all it is worth, as
an indication that Mr. Hormanu's "atti
titude,,,toward tho administration"
should bar him from return to congress.
Tho Mail begs to submit that the
Secretary of tho interior is not "tho
administration" and we can send a man
to congress who ia "poraona non grata"
to him without casting any reflections
on the administration.
The fact that Mr. Hermann "haBbton
1. r.. . , It II ..!.. ll I.I !.,.,
ls aboulj to bo oloc,cd-
That . "ono Domocralic vote moro
would probably not mako nny chango,"
might bo a comforting reflection if thore
wore any danger of that voto boing sent
in, but as a reason for sending It,' it
Eoems to lark some of tho olemonte
of a good argument. If Mr. Reames
can think of no bo tter roacon why
ho should go to -congress than
that ho may not do any harm thcro, ho
would bettor atay at homo.
Tho Idea that it would bo "good poli
tics for the state to havo some roprojen
taJpn in the other party," may appeal
to candidates 6Hh,p other party, but It
will hardly. Influence tbo people of thiu
district to aend young Mr. R5amcj to
congress.
it Ih said that thu Domncrntlo can
didate will bo soon mul hoard in this
section during the campaign, and wo
i will thou ba nblo to jmluo whether or
not thu nbovo utlonuicos arc a inimiuto
of hlu cnllhro.
ftft9QS3$$asQcse$ccMQir
I Editorials
9 H)
of the People I
UmlertliUlirtdthfl MAU. will In
nlomtil to imblluli coimminlcntlonn un
J? til)icm ol (uiblie lulrtctt, utnlnir no j
T. roiponilbltity lor tit enllminu ft)
JjJ pietnil Contribution fyolnvltrd, n
l'OiStniUTlKS FOR CO03 HAY
"(lod tn Rib) tho world. Men build
cltlos" Jn 183.1, 10 yrarn ago, tho com
mandor at Fort Dearborn, whero en
terprising (rontlemmeii had built two or
throo log cabins on tho banks of tho
Chicago river, Mportod to our Oovorn-
uiont at Washington that tho surround
ing country was a low, marshy district,
notVapablo ol snelclnlng a population.
Today thcro Manda a city with a popu
lation of nearly two million pcoplo, ono
ot thu marvels of this generation.
When Chicago assumed tho dignity of
a rival of tho rich and thriving city ol
St. Louis, her brother rivals claimed
that St. Louis was owned by liar own
people, whilo foreign capital hold Chi
cago in its grnej), nnd thcro was no
danger of thulr being kit in tho rnco by
the city on tho Inko. But push ami
pluck Hoon forged Chicago ahead In tho
raco. Kantaa City and Leavenworth
were rival), tho peoplu of thu former
town feeling so suro of her preeminence
that they fell into n spirit of indlfler
nuce, and thu result is that tho en
thusiastic and enterprising spirit of tho
K. C.'s have built a city with nearly
ten timca tho population of hor rival.
Minneapolis, started right under thu
bhadow ot St. Paul, by judicious
advertising has left hor old nnd wealthy
rival, though at ths head of navigation
on tho Mississippi River, "thu father ol
waters", nearly 25 por cant in tho
lurch.
Seattle, though a burg in tho early
SO'n by tho hustling methods of bur
onthuilable, compelled tho N. P. It. R.(
which had rolected Tacoma a its Sound
town, to cnlar bur gates, and is today
moro than twico tho size of Tacoma, and
and aformidablo rival of thoold, wealthy
city of Portland. V.
Spokano, in '83 was only nock" r.td
neck in tho race with Cheney, her East
ern Washington rival, with tho N. P. 'It.
it. pulling for tho latter p'aco. At this
tltno Cheney Is hut n way utation, with
npokane tiio greatest rallroaa ccntor
west of tho Rockies, and a marvel of tho
ago, Push nnd a liberal use of printers
Ink did it.
Recently a bright man writing to tho
Oregonian, declnrod that In tho next
tenyoaratho Pacific Coast will ho tho
ccntor of tho world'ocommorco," Shall
San Francieco nnd tho Sound handlo all
this immoneo trafllc? Whoro aro tho
ontloto for tho great state of Oregon,
with hor moro than 00,000 pquaro mllcn
of area, nnd hor rich aud wondorfully
nnmorouBroBourooa; with 250 miloa of
aca coaat? Tho Columbia ivor at hor
oxtromo Northern boundary, with con
stant vigllanco and Immense expondi
luro of funds ia ono, Cooa Bay near tho
center of. Oregon coast lino tho othor,
and from its natural location nnd feat
urea should, WILL bo n moro impor
tant ono.
Tho resources tributary to Cooa Bay
aro rich and varied, Whilo farming
or grain propucing la Iitaitod, thero is a'
1 1
uilno of wealth In her dairy farms, hor
I1 niMtt r
MMlMtMtiatMta
orchards, her inajentlo furoatn nnd hor .
coal fluids, Land trunnportnllon It all
that la needed to bring this favored
section to tho front with a bound,
Whero Is thuro n llo'd no Inviting to
capital as tho vital nrc-n Dotwmm B.iti
Friuiclico to tho south, i'oillniul north
and Salt l.nko City cunt?
For lu'allhfiilnosii tho ollinato ol th'ta
May In perhaps second lo uono on thu
globe, and taking thu year round, will
compare favorably with itiiy, for com
fort, Tho CiiOi ihy Cliambor of Cominuico
In n reproiniitntlvo b:idy of niou. Dj
they collectively, and in Individuals run
lUfl tho posalbllllios within our u,rnip?
Thoijuuhlfug of tho population of 11 town
qiinuplc8 thu vuluo of its outtldo
property,
Ono dollar spent in Jfidlclous ndver ,
tiling will bring a return of ten. Thero
Is no roaron why the city on Coos Bay
should not ho at least second In N tho
stnto of Oregon. Shall wo not lot tho
world know what wo enjoy? Invito
thoto rotklng now liomos to como and
enjoy with ur, that wo may onjoy ' tho
more?
The enter priio of ono o our citizens,
Mr. L. J Rlmptoo, tho worthy president
of our Chamber of Commo;:r, Ii already
pushing our manufaclorlng industries
away nhoiul of tho K3tulation compar6d'
with most cities, Shall wo not Jofu
him In Id noit comrnendnblo efforts
and rightfully claim a iluro of tllo
bonoflls? '
What need Is thuro of Jealousies?
Marihtleld with hor reboots, churches,
hotels, docki and mercantile oitabllnh-
monts, will, must receive the beriefits
of tho lion's sharo of the tint influx.
Ail branches of business will rocelvc a
now impotus,
Instead of raying, "h railroad can't
como with exhlstlug conditions let ns,
ns we can, bring about conditions, as
did Seattle and Miuncapollo, that will
compol railroads to build to Coos Bay.
It can bo dono, c.
LANDS IN COOS
ARE NOT AFFECTED
There It somo oxcltemont over tho
decision of tho supremo court touching
tho 0. AC. R. It, lands which havo
Ixion indlsputo with inttlora,and parties
hero havo commenced to tile on rail
road lands lying iu thin county. ,
ThoMAtif will state, on tho author
ity of Chas. J. Echnaabol, of Portland,
tho attornor who won tho salt against
tho railroad company, that the dsdslon
affects only the Inuda which have btton
in dlsputo with actual eottlora, who had
filed on tho lands about the time they
wero awarded to tho railroad company,
and docs not affoct the lands to which
tho railroad's title has uot boon disput
ed, TIGHT SQUEAK FOR L0UI8E
Pounds
on Umpqua Bar
her Slioe
Loses
,! l-M
Cafl L. Albrccht, who returned (rant
tho Umpqua yesterday, reports that tho
thrco""InUBtod schooner Loulso, Copt,
Andereon, .got 'into aorlouu difficulty
whilo crossing In over tho Umpqua bar
Monday, and lost hor bIioo, an nnohof
and cablo,
Sho struck on tho north aplt and sua,-
talned a eevoro pounding, The Llle.
Saving crow wont out to render atslat
niico and tho boat was capaltod In tho
brcakore, tho crow being coneldorably
bruised. An anchor wnu put out, and
an attempt mndo to warp tho schoonor
off tho eplt, but tho cablo parted, Fin
ally Uib, tug got tiio voesol off and Intel
tho rtaor, and alio does not aoom to bo
eorioualy damaged,