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About Albany democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1900-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
A Remarkutle 1'empi.raiica Talk. Senator George W. Plunkitt, the Tammany sage, delivered from his bootblack rostrum in the county court house a temperance lecture which is out of the common. "I told you some time ago how to succeed in polititics," he began. "I oughter have said then that no matter how well you learn to play the political game, you won't make a lastin' success of it if you're drinkin' man. I never take a drop of any kind of intoxicatin' liquor. I ain't no fanatic' Some of the saloonkeepers . are my best friends and I don't mind goin' into a saloon any day with my friends. But as a matter of business leave whiskey and beer and the rest of that stuff alone. -It's a matter of busi ness, too. I take for my lieutenants in my districts men who don't drink. tried the other kind for several years, but it didn t pay. They coat too much. For instance, I had a young man who was one of the best hustlers in town. He knew every man in the district, was popular everywhere and could in duce a half-dead man to come to the polls on election day. But regularly two weeks before election he started on a drunk and I had to hire two men to guard him day and night and keep him sober enough to do his work. That cost a lot of money and I dropped the young man after a while. "Maybe you think I'm unpopular with the saloonkeepers because I don't drink. You're wrong. The most suc cessful saloonkeepers don't drink them selves and they understand that it is business. I am one of the best friends the saloon men have but I don't drink their whiskey. I won't go through the temperance lecture dodge and tell you how many bright young men I ve seen fall victims of intemperance, but I'll tell you that I pould name dozens young men who had started on the road to statesmanship, who could carry their districts every time and who could turn out any vote you wanted at the primaries. I honestly believe that drink is the greatest curse of the day, except, of course, civil service, and that it has driven more young men to ruin than anything except civil service examinations. El.ctloneerlng la Crook County. Prom the Journal. Judge M. E. Brink was doing a little electioneering himself Monday morning. While standing on the sidewalk near the courthouse he got his eye fixed on a copper skinned Siwash from the Agency whom he thought would be willing to vote about the way tho Judge believed was right. So he touched the Indian on the shoulder and the conversation which was overheard by several by standers js related this way: ' "Well, my son, whore are you from?" "Agoncy." "Going to vote today, my boy." "Yon." "Are you right sure you know which men to voto for?"- asked tho Judgo who was parrying in a legal way for a little elbow room. "Yep," said his monosyllabic client whose face was as stolid as a brick wall. "What's'your business, my boy?" "Banker." "Banker!" said the Judge is ho took a step backwards to keep from falling ovor. "Yep." "Where were you born?" "Ireland." said the stoical copper skin and the bystanders snorted. And the Judgo couldn't tell to save his col lar button from scratching his neck who the joke" was on or for whom the Indian afterwards voted. From tho Chicago Journal. A clergyman who was traveling stopped at a hotel much frequented by . wags and jokers. The'host not'boing used to having clergyman at his table, looked at him with surpriso; the guests used an tneir raillery of wits upon him without elicit- in? a remark. Tho clenrvman ato his dinner quietly apparently without observing the gibes and sneers of his neighbors. One of thcm'at last, in despair of his forbearance, said to him: "Well, 1 wonder at your patience! Have you not heard all that has been said to you." "Oh. vcs.'bu't I am used to it. Do you know who I am?" "No, sir." "Well, I will inform you. I art chap lain of a lunatic asylum. Such remarks luivcjio clTcctupon me." From the Plnindenlor. Wc cannot but admire the man who does not allow a political campaign to sour his disposition toward his friends of opposite faith. Politics any way you take it is an uncertain quantity and should not bo taken too seriously when friend is pitted against friend. There must of necessity bo two great nartics. We cannot nil belong to the same, so, after election como up smil- ing even though adversity may nave been yours. Show your good disposi lion und your good judgment anyway, 'fa i gent. I hear the farmers complaining of the dry weather. They now fear that there will be short spring crops if there is not rain soon. All kinds of fall grain is looking well but a good shower would be a great help to it, especially that which was 3owed for hay. The early spring grain is looking well and is growing nicely. Strawberries and cherries are ripe and there is plenty of each and some to spare Gardens look well and with good use of the hoe all kinds of vegeatablea will be abundant. There seems to be quite a number of new buildings going up this summer which show the farmers must be fairly prosperous. L. F. Smith has rented the property of Mrs. Knighten and moved to Tan gent. Mr. Chandler has bought a small piece of land near here of the Granville Smith estate, and is building a house on it. The firm of Slate Bro3. has had finan cial trouble with R. M. Wade & Co. of Portland, and the consequences ' are their business has been closed up. Mis3 Lottie Marsters, who has been teaching school at Fisher, in Benton county, has returned to her home in Tangent. Mrs. J. J. Beard is making an ex tended visit to the home of her son, Ben Morgan, of Roseburg. Miss .Florence Hudson has returned to her home from Tillamook where she has been teaching school for the last twelve months. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Hudson of Tan-- gent, have recently learned that they have a new grandson at the home of H. H. White and wife, of Wasco, Or. A picnic will be given by the mem bars of Tangent and Western Star Granges at Blevins Bridge (in place of Slates Grove) on Friday, June 17th, to which all are cordially invited, A large part of the people of Tangent ana vicinity are mucn pieasea on ac- count of thi passage of the Local Option' law. The measure was SUP" i ported about equally by both cans and democrats. republi-: Many of the citizens of Tangent are receiving their winter's supply of wood which is turnishea by tarmers along the (Jalapooia creex. The measles and whooping cough have been taking the town of Tangent and quite a few have been visited with those troblesome diseases. A. D. Hale has returned from a visit to the Washington State Grange which was last week. Cumtux. dedication of the Oregon. Building ,. . . m i Following is the official program ar- ranged by President Jefferson Myers Oregon State Commission for dedica tion for Oregon Building at Louisiana Exposition, St. Louis, tomorrow: Mtlsic. Invocation. .Address by Hon. Jefferson Myevs, President of Oregon State Commission, The Oregon Country and the Louis- iana Purchase." Address by Hon.IDavid R. Francis, President of Louisiana Purchase Expo sition. Mimic. ' Address by Hon. Thomas H. Carter, President National Commission, Louis iana Purchase Exposition. Address by Professor F. G. Young, of the Department of History, Univer sity of Oregon. Music and Raising of Lewis & Clark official flag on the Oregon building. Receiving of visitors in the building, which is a reproduction of tho first building ever constructed by an Ameri can citizen on tho Pacific Coast. A Panama Canal is an expensive luxury. Tho plates are now boing pre pared at tho Printing and Engraving Bureau of tho Treasury Department for the issue of Panama Canal bonds amounting to $130,000,000 authorized by Congress. They will bear tho portrait of the late Senator Hanna in grateful recognition of his service in getting the canal treaty through, and of his method of getting into the Senate. When Congress meets again the Socretary will ask that they be rendered untaxable and be called "consols" this last, of coumc, being a delicate to ndyism refined incenso at tho .foot of the Brit ish throne. These bonds are not to be issued immediately; the Secretary only wants the plates ready to pass when it is necessary to take up tho collection. Peeling Chittim Bark. Tho Derrick Brothers, of tnis city ex pect to harvest beforo the end of tho annson five car loads of chittim bark. Ten tons make n ear. Dick has already peeled 17 tons around Millers station, and his brother has as much or more at tho Summitt. Dick, who was in the city yesterday, declares that ho would nt nVll until a better nrico prevails. ' The present rate is 4 or 5 cents. Chit- i tin) lmrk people, though, anticipate con- sidorable of a rise. Umatilla county went 802 plurality for Williamson, considerably more than the republican plurality. People there know that it was not to endorse the President, but to endorse Williamson. One of the most colossal jokes of the age is that any one should vote for Mr. Hermann in order to endorse the Presi dent. That is enough to make Jhe fin gers of justice become nervous and drop her balance. The accident at the depot simply sug gests the need of uncommon care when around a train of cars. A small slip sometime and all is over. It doesn't take much of a railroad accident to re sult disastrously. Mr. Rockefeller is about to organize j a mining trust which will make all other trusts insignihcant. tie is very brave to do it just before election. At the same time he knows that he is safe '. under the present administration. , If the President were to appoint a real anti-trust lawyer for attorney-general there would be the liveliest times in the history of the United States, but the President will do nothing of the kind. His attorney general will simply make enough of a stir to slightly excite people and put a veil over their eyes until after election. A big event in Oregon next year will Via flio nt!nn.l w-.nrla nnnrrani-inn nrVii'h will meet in Portland. Before that time we should put our roads in the everyth.ng possible about their im. provement afterwards. It is expected this convention will bring 4,000 repre sentative men to Oregon. The Russians every few days claim some kind of a small victory over the Japs. It is an interesting fact that these victories are rarelv ever verified bv the reiiable newa that follows. So far tne japane3e have met with very few reverses considering the extent of th0 war. rphe Rugsjan8 though, are so anxious for something- to keen tin the hopes-of the people that almost any kina of a skirmish is magnified into something important. Base ball is a splendid game but it loses the best thing there is in it when ever there is a shadow of question as to either the honesty of the work of the players or tho fairness of the d3 cisions of the umpire. The public cannot be fooled. Th3ro are time3 when people get too anxious and bo- come excited, but it whether decisions are is a fact that manifestly un- lull, ui tiid uiayiuir 13 nut luuy 111 eam- ' i tu Z th M. .,1 ; : i. ..u.. : rangement ana can generally be trust ed. The trouble in Colorado is present ing one of the most difficult questions of the day to solve. On both sides - it . seems men have gone to extremes. No one has a right to interfere with another parson who is working, no matter what the circumstances. - It is declared, though, in connection with the Colorado trouble that the committee of the citi zens have themselves dono things in order to have blame laid on the union men. If it results in a more tolerant spirit on both sides it. will have served a big purpose. Printer's Ink: Most people are too busy to read long-drawn arguments. Have an idea. Begin with this idea like the crack of a pistol. If it is a good idea, little argument is needed. It will be understood if clothed in sim ple language. Simplicity does not mean bad grammer and slangy phrases rather a nicety in the choice of words. Short, sharp sentences, like blows straight from the shoulder, make the strongest hits. Only deceit needs a flowery verbiage to cover its falsity. Truth flourishes best in the cpen. The argument made, stop the quicker the better. Brevity and conciseness are always clear, never blurred, and point the way straight as an index finger at a road fork. From the Echo. The Deschutes river has long been known ns a peculiar stream in that it knows no flood season at the Bend. At the Big Meadows, 17 miles above, floods are common, a rise of ten feet being not out of the ordinary. But this year, for some reason or other, the river, while not being at its usual high water mark at Big Meadows, is higher than ever beforo known at the Bend and be low to Cline Falls. The problem is puzzling the engineers in charge of the irrigating works on tho river, who can not account for the usually high wa ter at Bend whilo at .Big. Meadows it is so much tower than usual. The only j explanation vouchsafed is that one of the big leaks in the lava ten miles south of Bend haa beeomo choked up, thus permittingSfe v ,se through its natural channel. MISFITS. That baccalaureate advice should be absorbed. Cripple Creek is crippled again. "The farmers want rain and want it badly. Albany went up four steps and then down four. Base ball in Albany has become some what strenuous. Have you put up your strawberries. Now is the time. The Russians have again been trap ped by the Japs. The sugar trade is fast and furious these canning davs. Umpiring a base ball game much of a prose fact. is very Extremes rule in Colorado, hunt for the golden mean. Why not An umpire can cause an immense amount of trouble in a short space of time. Keep your optics on Yaquina this year. It is the prettiest resort on the coast. Dr. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, says men are not created equal. Depends somc- what on the standpoint This has an old fashioned sound to it; 32 to 31 in favor of the Portland hop I men in a game with theSalem hop men. The small boy has begun to spend considerable of his life in the limpid waters of the Calapooia and Willamette. June 14, anniversary of the American h f tf f ' and the aBli of the fl n rr T nnrv vnn.r if- lliqira tllO hmvn. Mothers should not be in too much of a hurry to marry off their fifteen year old daughters. Five years, on top of that is pretty young. An exchange says: "Never- expect large results from churches that depend more upon music than religion, to at tract its congregation." . Hold your breath, the great and.only Maud Adams will soon pass through Al bany on her way to Portland, where she will play June 21 and 22. Linn county business men shbuld see that the road into the Blue River mine3 from the Linn countv-side is completed. It will be a big thing for the county. The biggest joke of the season is the claim of Secretary Hitchcock that the Oregon election was an endorsement of his Oregon policy. Great Mt. Kanier. j Magazines are supposed to be modest affairs, but one of them takes a page advertisement in a journal that has just reached the Democrat office to crow, using two roosters. Ashland rowdyism is stopped on the base ball field and no betting is allowed on the grounds. The grounds are made a respectable place for women. - In Al banywell, you know how it is your self. The Portland Jonrnal prints the fol- lowing in its funny column: Leland correspondent of the Rogue River Cour ier: When we read such lies in the Port land Journal as that editor prints, re-o-ardins- some of Republican candidates. he should be made to prove his words or sign a libel; it is outrageous, ano a little misleading, we mu3t expect, but to make up a pack of lies that person should be made to eat his own words. Notice. To D. N. Cooper and Charlie Cooper and All Others Who May Be Concrned: You are hereby notified that I have .grain in cultivation on my farm in Syr acuse precinct, and you are notified not to turn stock in fields where there are no fences to restrains aid stock from damaging my grain -and lands. E. Wills. Get a Pollman cherry stoner at the Albany Hardware Co.'s, a fine thing, i Regular Sunday trains to the Bay hereafter during the snmmer, leaving ; nt 7 a. m., and returning leaving the Bay at 5:30 p. m. Judge Bollinger yesterday sentenced T. A. Wood, convicted of defrauding Indian war veterans, to pay a fine of $1,000, and his son Hosea a fine of $250. Besides he scored the defendants for their conduct in unstinted terms. In 1900 Mrs. John Hamilton, of Ben ton county, secured a divorce from her husband, and deeded the whole of her farm of 319 acres to her lawyers vv. n, and Webster Holmes for their services. Nmir Jumna Hnmiltou. a son. has sued the lawyers for the farm, claiming the fee to be unrersonable, that $250 would have been sufficient. The parties and lawyers reside in Salem. aOUS FQKSALE Urisi! Enulisb Burls slii'e. Oar foundation nock come from bent herds io the Unicd 8tles and itock for ale in resieteied am) nf Hood cn bs bad Bnywbeiti. We slao havo a 6na vearlUit. registered nouhorn hnll.we will aell reiaouable. Call oo or write - PiCinc Nursery Co , Tangent, Qrt. TELEGRAPHIC. Russians Claim Victory HAICHEno, Manchuria, June 11. A flanking movement of the Japanese around the Russian left from Feng Wang Cheng, June 9, was repulsed with a loss of two whole battalions. They received a murderous rifle and artillery lire at close range and were wiiiej out, only one or two escaping. 1 ha lii-Un Fleet. LcttDON, Juno 13. The Standard's correspondent at St: Petersburg says he hears that a telegram from Vice Admiral Skrydloff states that on June 7 he went within thirty miles of Port Arthur with the Vladivostok fleet, and there ran into a fog. He found several Japanese torpedo boats and two battle ships, whicu; attacked him fiercely and inflicted some damage.! At Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, June 13. It is re-- ported on naval circles this morning that a fierce naval battle has taken Slace off the entrance to Port Arthur arbor, in which the battleship Retvi zan fand the cruiser Bayan were so badly damaged that they had to be beached to prevent their sinking. The Japanese are reported to have lost four ships during the encounter. Big MlninsTrutil. New York, June 12. Announcement will be made soon of a gigantic new combination capital in United States and Europe. Nothing less than the amalgamation of all the valuable mines of America. The man who will con summate the stupendous transaction is John D; Rockefeller' The corporatiion under which the big mining interests will be merged will have a par capital of $2,500,000,000. Fatal Accident. Montreal, Quebec, June 12. The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.'s steamer Canada, bound from Quebec to Montreal, came rin collision with the Dominion Coal Co.'s collier Cape Bre ton, six miles below Sorei. early today. Twenty minutes later the Canada went to the bottom. At the time of the col lision, there were 110 people ; on board the Canada. Five were lost. Bis; Attendance. St. Louis, June 12. The statement ot recorded admissions tor tne weeK endinc last nierht. eiven ont' bv the World, s Fair officials shows a total of paid and tree admission ot WJ.Zza which is 100,000 - more than during any previous week since the Imposition opened. o--t Arthur Attacked. Niu Chwang, June 13. Information has been received here through hereto fore reliable channels that part of the Japanese force left at Pu Lan Tien to to checkmate the Russisns' southward movement to relieve Port Arthur was attacked southeast of Shung Mao yes terday. After slight fighting, the Jap anese made a false retreat, the Russ ians hotly following them, when the Japanese made a flank movement, catching the Russians in a trap. The Russian losses are placed at 800 men. iWetcalfthe Man. Washington, June 13. Representa tive Victor H. Motcalf. of California, it is virtually admitted by high Admin istration officials toniget, has .been of fered the position in the Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce nnrl Labor to succeed Mr. Cortelyou, who expects to retire about July 1 to' assume charge of the campaign for President Roose velt, representative Metcait nas not stated whether he will accept the place. - 4 Fitly Foot Fait. The Dalles, Juue 13. Dr. H. A, Sturdevant, of this city, met with serious accident yesterday while on a fishing trip to Lyle, Wash. In ascend ing a ladder placed upon the side of a cliff on the Klickitat River, about six miles from Lyle, Tlx. Sturdevant lost his footing and fell about 60 feet on to the rocks below. He sustained a frac ture of the right leg just above the ankle joint. At Cripple Creek Cripple Creek, June 13. The de portation train scheduled to leave here today will not get away before tomor row. The safety committee finished the work of examining all the witness es this morning, and it is believed all the Drisoner3 now connned in the "bull pen will go out on the next aaporta- tion. Ihe. Colorado War, Denver, June 13. "I think the war is nearly over, said Governor Peabody today toeay. ' JL have news trom uen eral Bell that the Cripple Ureek mines are open and running today, also that there is comparatively little disaffection among the men. There is no news of any further trouble or any livelihood of. any. In Favor ot Hot-kins. SnRiNGFlELD. 111.. June 13. The sub committee to which was referred the hearing of contests was in session the greater part of the night. I he con tests were mainly decided in favor of tho Hopkins faction. Eneagenient in ProgresR. London, June 15. A dispatch to the Central News trom tokio, hied tins af ternoon, says a naval engagement is now in progress off Isusclnma Island, in the Corean Straits, between three Russian cruisers, which escaped from Vladivostok, and a number of Japanese ships. No details nave yet been re ceived. A Portland .riurder. Portland. June 14. Driven to des peration by the thought that he could never possess tne object oi nis anect ions, Frank Guglielmo, a handsome, voune Italian saloonkeeper of 22 vears. shot to death pretty 16-year-old Freda Uuarascia, about 4 o ciock tnis after noon, while she was busied about the humble little home ot tier parents, at 324 Harrison street. Killed by a Mine. Tokio, June 14. While the Taihoku was engaged in laying mines at an en trance to Port Arthur last night a mine exploded, killing one officer and 18 men, and wounding two officers and seven men. The Taihoku, which is a naval transport, was not seriously damaged. MISFITS. A Mixture of Things and Thoughts Eugene weakened in its proposed Jth of July celebration. People coming from California tell of our superior climate. See that your sidewalk is in condi tion, with the nails down. Salem is having its annual building of the Falls City railroad. Salem is at the head in base ball and at the bottom in its high school grade. L)o you want the band to play. An Albany correspondent devotes half a column in the Salem Journal to Umpire Derrick, accusing him of be coming a grand stand performer. General Funston was recently in a big train hold-up on the Rio Grande, but there were no streams to swim, and, fortunately, the robbers did not enter his car.. The street superintendent has begun a campaign on repairing and improve ment of sidewalks. Thirty-five were ordered attended to and more will come next time. Fix up. After viewing the wrecks around,, the people of Corvallis justly have be come incensed at Holy Rollerism, and would like to get hold of the head vil lian, Creffieki, in the play. James-rnmani of Rosebnrg, announces his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. He claims to be the people's'true representative. Mr. In man ls-evidently paving the way for a, trip to Salem. The War. St. Petprsbubo, June 15. General Stackelbmg, through the army head quarters at Harbin, reports a number of desperate skirmishes with the Japa nese, in which both sides lost heavily and in one -of which the Russian Gener al Gernross was severely wounded. At midday yesterday an- entire division of Japanese made a desperate- attack on the left fllank oi .the Russian position at Vafangow:; They were finally compelled to retire, leaving, fully 300 dead behind. More leportrd. Victor, June 14. Thirty-eix men were deported this afternoon by the militia. The men were residents of different sections of the- district, but mainly lived in. Cripple Creek and JVic tor. There was a large crowd at the Florence &Cripple' Creek depot when the men were loaded on the train, but little excitemena or demonstration of any kind were- made. Instructed tor Hearst. SnniNGPlELD, 111., 1 June 14. The Democratic State Convention, after a long and stormy debate, instructed the delegates to vote for William R. Hearst at St. Louis as- long as his name re mains before the convention. Notice to Bridge Contractor. Hotice is hereby given that theCoun'y Couit. of Linn- County, Oregon, sill on riiurFdav, Joly 7th. 1804. at the hour of one o'clock p. m coDsider aealed bids tor tlia construction o a Howe truss cov-rjpd hrideo, acrocis the Oalipooia river, at Me&eicher'i mill, whtre tho "id bridge now stands, accord'Dg to plans and epecificaiionB now on file with the uouruv ctftrn, ol Unn (Jaunty, Ore- ooii. liacll btrtoer will be required to daposit with the Connty Clerk, five per ceut of his bid in coh, or certified check to be forfeited to the County in case tbe contract la awarded to mm. and be fails to contract with the Ooonty Court within two days thereafter. The worn to OB completed by September let, 1904 The Canrt 'etervea the right to reject any and all bida. Dated Juno Ilth, 190). B. M. Payne. Connty Clerk. By F. C. Stellmacher, Depu'y. Albany Musicians in Salem. Prof. Parvin's Northwest Music Col lege gave graduating recital at Salemi Monday evening. The class of 1904 consists of Mrs. Edwin Stone, Miss . Theresa Collins, post graduates, of this city and Miss Roberta Bond, of Salem. ' The Journal says of the Albany per formers: Mrs. Stone was heard in a beautiful number, Allegro Sonata, Op. 53, and was greeted with hearty applause. She is a most faithful and painstaking stu dent, and has a keen understanding of the composition. Miss Collins rendered Adagio and Allegro, Sonata Op. 57, in accurate time, and with faultless expression, wbich was much enjoyed. The last number of the program was "The Two Last Movements of the Sixth Symphony," and was indeed a crown ing piece of the evening, and was delightfully rendered by Mesdames Stone andi Churchill and the Misses Collin3 and Dorgan. The playing of these talented pupils is very fine, and the manner in which they rendered this difficult piece of music was a marvel and a delight to the audience. All Kinds ot Sprinklers, At the Albany Hardware Co's from, 25 cents up. The Blake, with its wide spread, The Admiral Dewey for any placek The C. B. G.. cheap but effectivej Ti n Oakland, which is all rightj Numerous pozsles ctc