p LOCAL. 2
Did poicm 23 cent vr hundred.
Tlio timely ruin has fallen copIouHly.
Judgu lluttan vintc ! Portland Tueiu
tliiy.
John Wllvcrdlnu tvlurncd to Portland
Monday.
Ui-tul tho guinwlng propmltion in wi
otli column.
Parties desiring old new Hpnper should
cull ut tltlM oflko.
Ui.tuhTkH natl Journal (semi weekly)
lr fl.73 per year.
Dish icivi'U away fn-o nt tln New
York storo lu St. Helen.
K. L. I'ulU-n, of Uainicr, visited St,
UcIciim und Warren, 'Fucrday.
A. W. Ilagglii, of Itainicr, took iutlio
vlly of Portland, Wednesday.'
Bert and John Huberts Hturtod for
Kustcrn Oregon Monday morning.
Mr. 0. 1. lUoghkirk and hou IMph,
of Uainicr, vlUd Portland Tucsduy.
Jack McKktluidvd two cars with rock
tir Fort Stcvuu the flrt of this week.
JnuirH lUxinlck was up from tlio Clif
ton seining grounds u duy or two last
eck.
Pete Palmer returned to Yernonia
front Wcstport, where hu km been
worklntr.
Uunior has it tliut theie wilt soon It
another wedding ut Yernonia. Don't
forget tliu Kiev.
How Stanwood, oX th Stanwood mill,
in kept iultu busy tlitm day Hilling
' loud ordcis fur lumber.
Tlio Hoggin boys nl Uainicr, practical
jointers, nru luiving a good run of work
' ut I'laUkanie, tliin summer.
Mr. Hone passed through IIouHon
Sunday enroute for licr homo at Yerno
nia. She Iium been it klwid Uivcr.
The warships, which had bevuat Port
land since before the. -Uli ol July, piusst'd
down tlio river Tucmluy morning.
If you want toscll that house you uro
advertising, let Hoggin paint it outside
und paper it inside; then you can null it.
At lWulcy & Brina's you ilud a good
quality of general merchandise, ut tlio
right jrice. New gwodn arriving daily.
Solomon Uockstarted. Saturday morn
ing for a viwit in southern Oregon, and
-while tliero hu nuiy do a littlo prospect
ing. Morgue of tho New York storo at St.
Helena if offering special inducements
for camIi trudc. See him for fine premi
um dishcS.
The webs of tin Oregon pedestrians-
are nguin healed. The average Oregoni-
un an w ell an tho (rout nud tho ducks
1ms reasons to repwe.
John Pringle, of Deer Inland, was in
Houlton, Monday, to get some black
smithing done, lie says tho recent ruin
bos done much good in that locality.
8. Sonilnndro( Uainicr, has just re
turned from a visit to Baker Oity and
Eastern Oregon. lb reports times as
dull there as hero in Columbia ceunty.
Joseph Pupont, of Valley, brought us
in a loud of lino shingUnt for our otlko
building last Friday. The Duponts are
getting a good reputation us shingle
makers.
Cicorgo K. Ilewd, who lias just com
pleted tho new building for the
Hkoihtkh, has tho contract for tho erect
ion of several new buildings in this
Vicinity.
"Beginning July 2nd, and continuing
for tho summer there will be no evening
train from Portland, on the A. & 0. 11
11., but inatead train will leave tliero at
2:::or.M.
Miss Allio I'orry, ot liainicr, vipitcd
St. Helens and Houlton last week , and
Miss Daisy Wntkine, of St. Helens, re
turned with her to vinit iu liainicr
. Saturday.
Frank Ablo and other gentlemen of
For thin, have loaned the seining ground
of Thou Council on tho sands at tho head
of Deer Island, and are operating there
at present.
J. W. Hnggin hna securod tho agency
(or the well known Totter Wall Taper
Co's wall paper. If you are in need of
papor, drop him a cand nsd he will call
on you with tho finest line of samples
ever seen in Columbia county.
The Register family is under obliga
tion to Mrs. Alice Duitz, of Kainier, for
a fine lot of black, cherries. Tho name
of tho cherries was oi littlo moment to-
tho littlo follows who-enjoyed the treat
as well as did some of their elders.
The Columbia Keoibtkr office is now
locatol in its new quarters opposite
Bailey's store. We shall bo pleased to-
boo our readers and all parsons interest
cd in tho welfare of Houlton as often as
they can make it cowveniont to-calL
. The Kainier Gazhttk has had all sorts-
of bad luck lately r but thoy hav thoir
press in running order again, and pro
mise to bo out on timo in about three
weeks. A little break in a piece of
inachinory causes a groat deal of trouble-
somotimes. ,
. Mr, Hurtzell, o Eninicp, whe has
been working in tho Bash and door fact
ory for the past six yoars took a short
vacation and visited at Soott'tf mills i
Marion coun ty. He returned to- Rainier
last Monday, bringing with him Mr. 0
M. Phillips, an excellent mechanic, who
bIho exnects to securo work in the
It n a fine pmt that x'r.ituhulHtel
the utrretii of Kainier and CHlherel up
lh irarltRtre, unving tho taxpayers many
dollar by doing tho work f tho town
iiinmhat In picking uj tin rniin.bnnanii.i
Kfl, et I'.y cliauco Mike S . left
liii red shirt out on thn front pon h, and
tho jK'ky goat elim1al up, and walking
out on thu hunixier Uhk in the rlfhirt,
chcwisl it up nod swallowed It. Mike
was mad and demanded tho rl diirt
buck or tho goat death. Tho red shirt
whh lieyond human reach mo the gout
nitiHtdiit. Mikotook him totlionilrond
trii k and hitched him Ix-twecn the rails
and went U-Ulnd a Ih'iiUt pilo to await
the on coining t xpreeit w li'uh pnnciH that
point ut 40 tnlh nan hour. I'ireclly the
train ninm dishing around Xtmiom's
curve, hnd this the wuy Mike Ull thu
iUry; Ancl thin iretty quickly she
whittled fur down bri nks, and know in
If had no Mop com in there, I hays
w hill's tho ould can cater done now?'
roth sir, thu ould goat had eoughixl up
my red shirt and flagged tho train."
M. J. Kittering bus one of tho finest
ranches in thu vicinity of Uainicr, .and a
few iays sinco wo availed ourselves of
the opportunity to visit his pl.wo and
at cherries. Hu has a very fine orchard
of apple, pear and cherry trees. A few
years itgolM) liought thu piece of tump
and, and hired a orliou U it cleared.
To-day he is reaping richlmrvtbtsof huv
and grain Ut his lulxr. Ho has uh fine
a vegetable gaiden ns it luts been our
pleasure to see anywhere at this time of
year. As a horticultural!, he is nn ex-
MTt. jio has alo a fine herd of cattle
cronHed Ix tween thn Jcncy and Short
lorn. Then of sheep and swinu ho has
some very lino stock, in fact there is
none better in Columbia rountv. His
rnncU uid its productions show very
plainly w hat may Wdono by jHTitiateut
(Tort, and the i o( a moderate amount
of capital.
Lost Saturday afternoon, whilclooking
out ow the bluff in Rainier opposite
tho mouth of the Cowlitz river, we
heard cries of distress and saw a man in
tho bow of a launch waving a ling and
trying to attract attention. At first we
thought thu launch was in a sinking
condition. Later wo learned that W. J.
Matchiette, of Carroltorr, .Wash., and
aunchkag part v. .were Itft in a sad
Miirht while enroute lor l ortiaial in a
steam launch, a piece of machii.ery w as
broken and tho launch rendered useless.
A couple of fishermen, w ith their boatn,
went out after the launch and towed it
nto Rainier where Mutchctte telephoned
for repairs. Tho luunching party took
their departuro for Portland Sunday
morning.
The carpenter work on Roliert Yount's
new residence at Kainier is uuouin null
ed. Last Sunday afternoon the Rainier
brass band, of which Robert is a mem
ber, spent a good portion of the aiter
noon discoursing sweet strains of music
from lib verandas. Ry tho way, tho
Rainier brans band is one of tho best in
the state for tho time of its organization.
The citizens of Rainier have reason to
congratulate themselves n having with
in their town so good musical talent as
is found iu the band.
"What shall we cat?" is the all ab
sorbing question with tho housekeeper.
We have pork and beans, lunch tongue,
ham loaf,. Vienna sausage, roast, corned,
and chipped beef, deviled ham, catsup,
mustard, pickles of all kinds, honey
in pound combs, besides salmon, oysters
clams and fruit to help solve tho prob
lem theso hot days. -We also keep fresh
fruit ond vegetables whenever possiblo
and pay the best price for produce. H.
0. Oliver, dealer in groceries, dry goods,
furniture, etc., Houlton, Oregon.
Frank Traccy, Sec. of the Yernonia
llureauof information, camo out over
the mountains . last Friday, bringing
with him a couple of railway men, who
have been in tho Nelmlvm .valley for
couiotinie loqkmtr over the old route
from Ililluboro to Jewell. Frank snys
that it will not be many years befo-cthe
valley will have a regular network of
railroads. Tho Northern Pacific, the
Southern Pacific, tho (ioblo Pacific and
thu Portland Scappoosc and Tillamook
are all headed for that country.
Marion Fowler, tho pioneer- black
smith of Rainier,, is again in the field for
business. He has purchased the smithy
erected by James Spcnco opposite the
K. of P. hall in Rainier, and is prepared
to handlo all kinds of repair work
Messers Ehrlingcr & Hamilton,, tho re
cent proprietors of tho aforesaid shop.
have returned to- Gohlc, theur former
home.
A. J). Mcuilhyairy is having a good
run of business at his blacksmith shop
in Rainier. Mc..is a goal smith and
tries hard to please his many customers
Frequently we, see teams'of horses from
the ranches near Olutskanie at his shop
to be shod. Mc. ran a shop at Clatska'
nie for a number of years, and his old
customers aro loath to give him up,
The Begistkr man has houses t rent
and houses to sell in tho town o Kainier
the bust school town in the county.
house and ono blbck, two houses and
one block, and also a house ancl let for
good business location. He line alsotwi
or three good locations for small fruit
farms or chicken ranches.
The blackberry harvest is about over,
The crop this year has been exception'
ally good, Several tons of berries have
been picked and marketed at tho differ
cnt towns of this county, as well as ten
or fifteen tons boing shipped to Portland
Mm. S. U. S' h""nover and her son,
Rrmem, riuno down from Vunuvi-r
Tuesday. vYcdnelay morning they
: continue Inn their way to Pilli-bur ' j
vmit Mrs. Khoommr daughter,
Hattiu Hallard.
Judge It. S. Hattnn visited (Matukmiif
and with the eo.'timimtioiierM looked over
the ( 'ulKknnie river bridge. .Tlie court
decided that tho old bridge was good for
three or four yearn w ear by making a
fuw needed repairs and putting on new
decking.
Judge Rianehard has completed the
tank of driving the piling for thu soup
factory .foundation, at Rainier. The
factory is nn uHxnred enterprise for the
county. Now let tis look about for other
ndtiHtrietf to employ the idlerupital and
He imifclwol this county.
l)r. Kdwia Rons, of St. Helens, laid
the foundation for a large new building
about a year since. Jit present V. W.
Clark and severul other workmen aio
nguged in the construction of tho new
building on tho strand, w here the doctor
w ill locate his drug store. Tho upper.
story may lie inicd for a civic hall.
"Coiiini'Tieiiig Juno fith and continu
ing uutilrcgular rummer seliedulo is in
augurated, the regular train of A. & C.
It. P.. arriving at Astoria vl 11 ::!) A. M.
w ill run through to Scamdo direct .in-
sicud of via Ft. Stevens, arriving at Sea-
ido at 12J50 p. in., returning leave Sea
side at 4 p. in. instead of 2".:!0 p. in.,
allow ing four hours at the beach."
Pert and Ouy Mills were over from
Yernonia last week netting some sup-
lies and blacksmithing. The boys have
a contract of putting 20H rods of cordu
roy road on Rock Creek. Pert Buys
Yernonia will bu the leading town in
Columbia county in a year or two as
soon as the new railroad, now building
from (ioble, is completed.
A decided improvement is noticed in
tho walk ud join ing tho M. K. church in
St. Helens. The old, dilapidated, lioard
walk has given place to a nice, clean,
crushed rock w alk. The spirit of pro-
gress is seen in all parts of Columbia
countv. It is not the singlo great enter-
peine, but the many little improvements
that employ the people ofourcounty.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Jndgo T. A. McPrido held an adjourn
ed session of Circuit Court in St. Helens,
ut Saturday, when the following cases
were taken up:
Gus Hegelo vs Northern Pacific rail-
way, dismissed.
McKicl vs Silvo Graham, injunction
made perpetual. Plaintiff to recover
his cost.
G. F. Liveslcy vs Muckle Bros., deter
mined that beltB, aws, etc. belong. to
Muckle Bios, underlease. .The plaintifi
required to return them.
Joseph Arnct vsMollieToppila, heirs
are citizens of the U. S. and not aliens.
Motion to strike out part of reply over
ruled,
Resimius vs Resimius dismissed and
ordered to withdraw papers from file.
Nilson vs Nilson set for trial October
12th.
Court then adjourned to August 1st.
Working Night And Pay.
The busiest and mightiest littlo thing
that ever was made is Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weakness
into strength, liBtlessncKS into energy,
hrain-fug into mental power. Ihey'rc
wonderful in building up tho health.
Onlv 2"c per box. Sold by Perry &
Uruhum.
GRANGE NEWS.
Natal Grange No. o02 met in regular
session July Kith had a very pleasant
and profitable meeting. Received one
application for membership. The lec
turers hour was very enjoyable, rendered
so especially by the singing of our young
lady members.
Tho W. M. appointed the following
committee to gather an exhibit for the
National Grange which meets in Port
land in November. J. W. Armstrong,
Pittsburg; Frank Peterson, Mist; Oliver
Buris, Mist. The committee hopes that
every one, whether members of the
Grango or not, will give a helping hand
to make this exhibit a Buccess. We
want grasses, grain in tho straw, vege
tables, fruits, woods, minerls, etc.
Grain and gross should be tied in small
bundles and hung heads down in the dry
where tho sun cannot shine on them, in
order to preserve their color. Every
sample should have n card attached
with name and P. 0. address.
Any ono having an exhibit can leavo
it with one of the committee, or notify
them aad they will call for it. Let every
one who loves our beautiiul Nehalem
valley assist in this work. '
The National Grange is a gathering
of representative farmers from all parts
of the U. S. and Canada, and on their
return home will tell of what they saw
in Portland, thus attracting attention to
tne merits of our valley. We need more
inhabitants to make homes among us, to
help us make roads, to fill our school
houses with children, ia fact to make
life more enjoyable.
Natal Grango will hold a basket social
and dance en tho last Saturday of July,
at the Natal schoolhouse and dancing
platform. This is leap year1 so now
ladies, young and old, put up a lunch
for two, bring, your best beau, and enjoy
life to the utmost. The baskets will be
sold at auction, the proceeds to apply on
building a hall. Come one, come all.
Good music w ill bo furnished.
J. W. Armstocxg,
Martin Wetrick, of Portland, went
lover li Pit txbiiry, Wedredoy.
Mr. S. A. Mile, of St. Helen. rirrh-d
yenr lay i,r Seattle, to vinit with rcl-
ativm.
Waller H. Smith and nan, Knucne,
departed hint Saturday for the Klamath
lake country.
Alx Sword, of Yernonia, ikiukhI
throuh I Ionium, Wedmi'day, enroute
for Portland on busiiiemt.
There are to Ih ten sets of Hicken's
worku irintl; l.'!0 volume in all, at a
tof I10K) for each vohimc. They
arc to be printed on parchment, such us
was UM!I UK) years aw.
"CRUSHED RAZOR" ROAD.
Nehalem Valley, July P., 1901.
Kdilor (,'olumbia lteginter:
It ban been sail that distance lends
enchantment to thu view, that thwe
thin we have, thc blessing which
we enjoy are never so good, never so
sweet an thoe belonginsr to and showered
ujxm others. We, of the Nehalem, have
been prone to find fault with our roads.
In the summer they are full of holts and
root, in tho w inter uxle deep w ith mud.
It is possible however, nay probable
that other parts of the county are worse
off than we of the Nehalem. Let us sec :
Lust week the w riter undertook a jour
ncy to St. Helens; and when between
Houlton and his destination, where he
struck the Portland-St. Helens road, he
encountered a piece of modern improved
road, veneered with crushed razors, or
somo other equally sharp Macadam,
which shaved all the hair off his liorses
legs from the fetlocks down.
We do not know what St. Helens has
done to merit tnis punishment. It may
be, however, that herencmies do not de
sire any one to enter the town nnd finds
this mode of prevention cheaper than
maintain ing an armed guard. But the
County still has some claim on St,
Helens, and the authorities should open
up the road, either by building a new-
one, or raking the obstructions out of
the old.
Whcever is responsible for the same,
might be a glittering success at the head
of an insane asylum, but as a road build
er, it is safe to eay he will never win the
pennant.
X
Brutally Tortured.
A case came to light that for pcrVistcn.t
and unmerciful torture has perhaps
never been equalled. . Joe Golobick of
Colusa, Calif., writes: "For 15 vears I
endured icsufTerable pain from Rheuma
tism and nothing releived me though I
tried everything known. I came across
Electric Bitters and it's the greatest
medicine on earth for that trouble. A
few. bottles of it completely releived and
cured me." ; Just as good for Liver nnd
Kidney troubles and general debility.
Only 50c. .Satisfaction guaranteed by
Terry & Graham.
The Lecturera. Beading Circle.
Michigan's system of grange lecture
work bus for the past four years em
braced an. extensive course in addition
to regular programmes, which com
prise as subjects for discussion current
events,. special day exercises, question
box, , rccltatlous, select reading and
music. The aim of the lecturers', bul
letin Is to provide a variety of sugges
tive material to aid the subordinate
lecturer to arrauge and carry out a
programme . nt each meeting of his
-grange that will come within the scope
of his local conditions. And, further,
realizing that the lecturer should pos
sess abundant knowledge on the topics
assigned and be able to pass on to
some members a suitable article for
a select reading or an answer to a
question on current events, they haye
this year presented to subordinate lec
turers a reading club, which will be as
a key to the.monthly,programmes out
lined in the bulletin. This consists of
agricultural books and papers and bul
letins.
What the Order Stands For.
The rural population Is beginning to
understand, that to come within the
gates of the Order of Tatrons of Hus
bandry means more intelligent and suc
cessful farming, more cheerful and at
tractive farm homes, a broader educa-
tion, for the farmer, his wife and the
boys and girls. It stands for intelli
gent and progressive legislation In the
Interests of agriculture in the town,
state and nation, . It believes In the
right of every American citizen to la
bor with diligence and receive a Just
reword for the energy bestowed. The
Order does not conflict with any other
legitimate interest, but Is firm in the
belief that the farmer is entitled to a
full share of what the harvest yields
-Hon. C. J. Bell.
A SnsrsreattoB aa to Nora Scotia.
"There, is a grand .field for -grange
work and organization over in the fer
tile Acadian lands of Nova Scotia. Ter
haps some of our state masters or oth
er officials could be prevafleti upon
next summer to go over to our Cana
dlan neighbor and assist in tho work
of organization or at least of sowing
tho seed for future harvests. We have
an idea that a little United States en
thusiasm along this line would he very
helpful.
Congress has been appropriating mil
Hons for river and harbor improve
ments, coast surveys, n Tanama canal,
te., and Is now ready to help build
better roads if the demand for them is
sufficiently strong.
It is not legal ' to confer the four
Subordinate degrees on the same per
son at ono session of the grange.
Both Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and Assistant Secretary Brigham are
members of our Order.
THE GRANGE
. W. DAKROW. Outturn. R. T,
FrtM Corrtspomlent Xcw Turk BLtU
Urang
GRANGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
SfW York and Xrvr Hampshire a(.
la la I'laa Jala Operation.
At the last annual sc union of the New
York state grange n resolution was
adopted to appropriate from the state
gnmjre funds $-tJO annually for four
aeholanthlps, to be given to members
cf the Order, in any of the agricul
tural conrses at Cornell university. A
r.linlhir movement, looking to the edu
cr.tlonnl Interests of farmers' sons and
daughters, has been lnstltnted In New
Hampshire also. Beginning with the
opening of the college year, Sept. 7,
l'.M, each subordinate and Pomona
grange In New Hampshire will have
the privilege of appointing one student
annually to a free scholarship In any
of the four year or two year courses
In the college, each appointment to
be good for four years If In n four
year course, or for two years If In a
two year course. Students holding
these .scholarships will lie relieved
from paying the annual tuition fee of
$W), but will not be relieved from
payment of Incidental or other fees.
Women may hold these scholarships
on the same terms as men. The
method of appointment Is entirely nt
the option of the grange. It may be by
election, competitive examination or
otherwise.
These scholarship appropriations are
quite In line with the avowed purpose
of the grange to help the farmer and
his family. In those states where
funds will permit, we doubt if more
practicable good can be accomplished
with an appropriation of 200 to $500
than in thU manner. It la expected
that these scholarships in New York
state are to be awarded as the result
of competition between granges. ,STbe
following plans have .been suggested
and seem likely to be adopted in. their
essential features:
First. Scholarship to be awarded to
the county showing the largest per
centage Increase in membership dur
ing the year.
Second. Scholarship to be awarded
to the county showing the largest per
centage increase in new granges.
Third. Scholarship .to go to the
subordinate grange showing the lar.
gest percentage Increase In member
shin and attendance.
Fourth. Scholarship to te awarded
to the boy or girl Having tne oesi
record for scholarship and. best attend
ance at grange.
SOME GRANGE DOINGS.
Xatlnnnl Blaster Jonea Telia What
the Grange llaa Aecompliahed.
In matters of finance, the grange,
through wise co-operation in lire in
surance, has saved many millions of
dollars to the farmers. In nearly every
state the enactment of laws has been
secured, making it possible for farm
ers to organize mutual fire Insurance
companies. In Indiana the grange se
cured the passage of the law of 1877,
and the amendments thereto in ISM.
Uuder these laws about fifty farmers'
mutual companies have been formed,
saving in that state alone $4,000,000.
One company organized under this law
has saved more than $100,000 to the
farmers of St. Joseph county.
In life insurance, in many states,
laws .have been secured and mutual
companies organized that have been
almost equally successful with .fire
companies. . Co-operative creameries,
cheese factories, corn husking and
shredding companies and live stock
improvement associations have been a
means of great profit aud saving to the
farmers. If co-operative laundries and
bakeries were established also, our
overburdened housewives would rise
up and bless the grange for relief from
these exacting duties that come to
every home, especially in this day when
domestic help is so hard to get.
In matters of legislation the grange
has standing , to its credit the eleva
tion of the department of agriculture
nt Washington to a position equal to
other departments of the government,
with its chief a member of the presi
dent's cabinet, thus securing to farm
ers a voice in the affairs of the nation,
This great boon was secured after a
'fisrht of twelve years. Also the Grout
bill, protecting the dairy interests
against the frauds practiced of selling
oleomargarine as pure country butter,
It was the grange that raised the
question that congress had power over
interstate transportation companies
and had the right to fix freight rates
This question was carried by the
cranee to the supreme- court of the
United States, and the decision secured
that all corporations were subject to
legislative control. On this decision the
Interstate commerce law and the Sher
man antitrust law rest The inter
state commerce commission law has
saved hundreds of millions.
- New Hampshire Grunge Frlsea.
The state grange of New Hampshire
offers $100, to he divided; into three
prizes, to the three, granges: that will
make the best park of not less than an made no serious effort to decrease ex
acre or ..thin a. grove of not less than pendltures. ,
two acres. It also offers an unubrldged One thing is certaln--that the nex$
dictionary to ench Pomona district for congress must either-reduce appropria
te best essay read at a Tomona meet- tlons or add to the. taxes or authorize
Ing and a cabinet desk to the subordi-, another bond issue. The extravagant
nate grange in each deputy district estimates. made by every department
that shall excel in certain prescribed i have not been investigated, although!
literary work during the year.
. Austerlitz grange," Columbia county,
N. Y., has 1G4 members, and not .one Is
in arrears for dues.
The grange picnic season Is In view,
again, ' i
TRADUCING A STATESMAN.
What Frealdrat Koaaerrlt SaUAhoaf
Thomaa Jelrraoa.
On April 30 Theodora Itoowvelt at.
president of the United States, touched
the golden key which opened the Lou
isiana 1" -chase exposition t St Louis, .
held to commemorate one of the great i
achievements of Thomas Jefferson, but ,
an achievement which Jefferson him
self, Iu writing his own epitaph, omit
ted to mention in comparison with the
authorship of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and the statute for establish.
Ing religious freedom In Virginia. Yet,,
considered with reference to our na-.
tlonal security and prosperity, the ac
quisition of the Louisiana territory,
carrying with it the control of the Mis
sissippi river and the gulf of Mexico,
was undoubtedly thp greatest triumph
of peaceful diplomacy recorded In his
tory, ancient or modern. But there 9
a strange irony In the fact that Theo
dore Roosevelt should Lave been desig
nated by fate, as a successor of Jef
ferson, to Inaugurate tlue ceremonies la
honor of Jefferson's greatest diplomat
ic work nnd then publicly, before the
world, to give thp )Ie to bis own calum
nies of the founder of the Democratic
party, for of all the malignant vlllfiers
of Jefferson President Roosevelt has
been the most rancoronsly malignant.
In his published books, "The Wlpnlng
of the West, Thomas II. Benton
and "Naval War of 1812," lie has '
nounced Jefferson as "vacillating," a
"timid," as "a shifty doctrinaire," as
"Incompetent," "ungrateful," "Intrigu
ing." as "secretly . aiding Ihe French,
as "constitutionally unable to put the
proper value on truthfulness," tliat be.
was "the most incapable executive that
ever filled the presidential chair" and
that "his whole influence was distinct
ly evil."
.Touching a golden button will not
wipe out these calumnies. They have
been deliberately, printed by President
Roosevelt and scattered by him gratui
tously throughout the world. .They
stand forth today as witnesses to prove
him an unworthy citizen of the Uillted
States, who has risen to the highest
place mysteriously in order fhat by lib)
own act his calumnies might be stamp
ed as the work of an Ingrate and a
false prophet
APT CHARACTERIZATION.
Senator Scott Telia What He TMlt
pt ,11 la ,Owa Candidates.
.The Republicans of West Vlrglul
ore having a stiff fight over their nom
ination for governor, and unless a coiur .
promise can be arrived at there would,
seem to be a good chance for the Demr
ocrats to defeat either of the leading
candidates. So intense is the .friction,
that Senator Scott in a speech to the
convention to elect delegates to the na
tional Republican convention saldf
"Now, my dear boys, don't let ns say,
things about.each other that are harsh;
don't let us have to eat crow, for it As
not palatable. Good Lord knows J say
from my heart that J hope we will nlj
keep cool so that we will be prepared,
to go up to the polls on election .day
and rote for the nominee, no matter
Who he may be. Whoever we nominate
will be better than any Democrat . Go
to the polls, if you have to go with a
ballot in one hand and your noe Ju the
other, but vote the ticket" ' ,t
Now, what did Senator Scott mean,
by urging the Republicans o West
Virginia to "vote the ticket" eyen ''if
you have to go with a ballot in one
hand and your nose In the other?"., Jus.t
before making that extraordinary re
mark he bad informed the convention,
that both candidates for governor were
bis personal friends and his sympa
thies were divided, so it evidently wa
not the state candidate, whoever is
nominated, that voold.be "crow",..ta.
the senator or cause him or bis par
tisans to bold their noses.
, It la well known that Senator Scott
was bitterly opposed . to . President
Roosevelt being nominated for presi
dent, and as long as Hnuna Jiv.ed .he,
hoped he would receive the nomination,
but with the demise of that leader hope
died within the .breast of .Scott. v.IIe
accepted the inevitable Roosevelt and'
crow or a Democrat VGood .Lord
knows, I hope we will all feeep cool'
Judging from the battle ,of the cau
cuses and conventions, the shouting of
the captains, the perspiring of the rank
and file and the evident heat of Scott
himself. It would seem that for those
interested "to keep cqol" under ,those
circumstances would be difficult 1
, DEFICIENCY IMMINENT. ?3l
Expenditures .of "Government In
creaalnar at .a Moat AlarmlnaT Hate. !
The government receipts are decreas-!
Ing to such an extent that there Is ev
ery prospect of a deficiency next year..
For the current fiscal year that Js,
from July 1, 1003, to April 17, 1904-!
the total receipts amount to $432,482,
941 nnd the total expenditures to $428,
C33.334, making the surplus for that
period $3,849,G07. The surplus last
year for the same dates was $32,450
057, so that there is a decrease la
round numbers of $30,000,000.
With this dwindling of receipts the
Republican leaders in congress have
the cost , of running the government1
has doubled since Cleveland ndmlnls-:
tratlon. The discovery of graft In the
postofflce department does not seem to
have been met by a reduced expendi
ture, which shows that the system is
still rotten and requires a thorougU
reforming.
factory.-
and. Astoria,