MAdAZIXK SUCTION'.
LAKKVIBW. OREGON, THtmSDAY JANUARY 18, 190C
PAGES 1 TO i
GUEST OF KING EDWARD.
FITZI1UGII LICK'S VIEWS.
MRS. HITTER PALMER. SOCIETY
LEADER, Sl'ENDS SEASON
IV LOS DON.
Leased "Egypt llouite", Inle of Wight
Polished floor of Ctmout Man
lion Persian Carpeted to Please
Royal Whim.
Mm. Potter Palmer, nodal censor
for tho great world of society In Chi
cago, la numbered among tho few
American women who have really and
truly penetrated to lhn Inucr circles of
exclusive aoclcty In England.
Ono hear every day of :..:n. Thla or
Mra. That who has act tho ' ocla! world
of I -on Jon agog, hut few of thla vast
number ever do tnoro than receive an
One Told General Howard Southern
Defeat Would Work for Good.
In March. 18!ifl, I lind tho pleasure,
recently remarked an official of tho In
dian Department, of traveling In com
pany with tho "Indian party" from
Washington City on It n way to Car
lisle, i'a., to attend tint annual com
mencement exercises of tho Indian
chool there.
With tho party, which Included
dome member of both houses of dm-
NEW SHERIDAN STATUE.
OHIO EKBCTS MONUMENT AT A
COST OF TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS
Striking Figure of the Ca Miry Lead
er a lie Appeared In t,ie Later
Years of Ilia Life, But Not as Me
Looked During the War.
The dedication of a statue of Gen
grcss and a few officials of tho Indian ral I,hI1 '"'r),,an Somerset Ohio,
service, were tho fearless, forcible, " Nov. l!nl, revlvea Interest In tho
Kltzhugh l.ci and that knightly I farcer of the great cavalry leuder of
ChrlNtlan aoldlur, Major (General O. 0. 1 1'"' l-'nion armies. The atnto of Ohio
Howard. I erceted the statue, an equestrian one
isaiuraiiy tho two old veterans, s nil there hla birth was recorded.
Nerving on opposite aldea of our conn- which will stand In the nubile square
irys mom ucspcrato war. lotind much or the nun Hit o il vl aire In which
Invitation or two to affalra which are In common to talk over and discuss: Sheridan lived as n ho v. It was nl-
uy no meana tho entertainments of tho and wero together during tho entire I way believed prior to hla death, that
amart act.
Mra. Potter rainier, however, la a
woman whoNO nodal position la as
aured and ban been for a number of
yearn. To know her la the open ses
ame to the iiiohI uxelualvo houaea In
trip.
I had tho Rood luck to bo Included
m their con vernal Ion from time to
time, and heard, much that was In
structive and entertaining.
rroin prcucnt event their convorsa-
Sheridan waa born In the village. He
and hla family allowed tho impression
to remain an there waa some hope
that he might foe nominate! for Pri-sl-
dent, Sheridan hlrnaclf waa always
proud to rail hlrnaelf an Ohio man.
America, and ao when alio went tlon drifted back to tho heroic daya of When ho died hla relative admitted
auiuun iani buhiiikt ami annouiiceii
her Intention of Maying for tho re-
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tho civil war, and they fought over
again many or Its battle. Then they
recaneii oiH days at Went Point, when
Howard waa an Instructor and had
Htz as hla pupil.
Do you remember." aald General
Howard, "tho tlmo at tho Point that I
Induced you to attend chapel serv
ice t
"ies." answered General Loo. "hut
I didn't go for tho services. 1 went for
you.
Again their conversation waa about
that he waa not even born In this
country, nut on a ship when i..s par
etita wcrv en route from Ireland.
They settled flrwt at Albany, N. Y.,
and there hla birth waa recorded
However It was In Somerm-t that ho
rrew up, a quick alert little Irish lad
whose greatest delight In youth was
to await the coming of the stage that
he might ride the horse to water.
Hi old mot her used to tell in her As-
cllnlng y-:irs of Phillies great love for
uorsea and how hard his father usel
tho war. and Its decisive battles, and to whip him for riding every horso ho
ni.i wmiin iiui i uuukiu eiuce moae i could timj to mount.
tmplc dav it 'r.l.R I
They had discussed tho lnduatrlal tany uavairy i raining
TUE YOUNGEST SENATOR.
Burkctt, of Nebraska. Who Defeated
Wm. 4. Bryan for the Toga.
From the farm 'furrow to the Sen
ate la the somewhat remarkable
record of the youngest member of that
body, Elmer J Uurkett, of Nebraska.
To be ejected a Senator la considered
a distinction worthy the ambition of
any American youth; to be the "baby"
member of the greatest of legislative
bodies Is a higher distinction, and es
pecially as In the case of Mr Uurkett,
where the race was a hot one, and bis
opponent an able and renowned an
tagonist, no other man than William
J. Iiryan.
Out in Nebraska, says Edgar O.
Snyder, of the Omaha Doe, who is fa
miliar with state polities, there has
been In the past a cumber of lonz
drawn out senatorial deadlocks. The
people were not only dissatisfied with
IN TROPICAL ARIZONA.
DESERT SANDS USING TRANS'
FORMED INTO VERDANT
FIELDS AND ORCHARDS,
Country Waa Once Inhabited by an
Anci-nt People-Only Kulna Left to
Indicate a Teeming and Prosperous
Population.
Swinging gently In one's hammock
beiicatii wide spreading tig trees load
ed with luscious fruit, and breathing
into the nostrils the fragrance of a
field of Peruvian clover mingling with
the almost tropical bloom about me, it
la Indeed bard to 'relieve that this very
spot only a few years ago. boasted
naught save the horned toad, the
;ila monster and the rattlesnake. A
suspicion of a scent of desert sage
wafted on a summer morning's zephyr
tTZTt: Thev l'7 rrJTT oaX. gaunrdU a-!
to stop It They concluded to direct (,, -.i j .
--""u iuc ...-siBunure. W,ie nndo- rplpntlcas Irlo nf I,,,..
Nomination by the People. I AH these thoughts and others ore
The newspapers took un the matter yours when vou dron lntrt Phnontr
of a popular nomination very ener- or Mesa, or any f the little oase In
getlcaliy, and the plan was suggested tnc Palt River Valley, after the lonir
of having a state convention nominate not ride across the burnine sands
a candidate for United States Senator, wh!eu Intervene between It and EI
and Instruct their legislative nominees 1afl. Texas. Yon are glad to feast
to vote for him when the legislature your eye8 on the verdure which
met Of course, there was opposition "f8 "pring suddenly from out
to the plan in certain quarters, for It the Borc desert-
materially interfered with tbe desires! An Almost Tropical Climate.
or the "bosses" who had controlled Phoenix, beautiful In a garb of
Nebraska politics for many vears. and tropical luxuriance, with wide nven-
Burkett was not exactly to their liking. WB shaded by magnificent palms or
The opposition, however, did not de- "hapely umbrella trees, with pleasant
velop any great amount of strength. homos almost hidden by vines and
and Mr. ItnrL-,.t wna nnnim,..,Qi,. nowers, bids you welcome.
clared the choice of the Renublicansnf Many of ner pioneers and her best
years. Thousands of acres of vlnea
end orchards perished -miserably and
the desert once more began to en
croach upon the cultivated fields.
With ft courage born of experience
with arid conditions, a sublime faith
In their chosen Held, the people brave
ly tried to meet misfortunes and to
overcome them. It was a hopeless
struggle. Salvation, though near, waa
Just out of reach. The great floods
which came each year, sweeping away
bridges and tearing out canals ami
ditches, could not be utilized becnuse
conditions of tho country, and General That early love of horses stood Thll the stab, for fionntnr tn. antral &n. "tlzens came here to fight a last bat
Leo seemed unusually well Informed" Pl stead when ho imtered the! . -J warn max areadeu scourge, the
as to tho needs and opportunities of I cavalry arm of the service and fitted
tho south. I nun mr the famous "Sheridan s Hide
"Do you know." ho said, "tho next ' 'he battle of Winchester. Sheridan
decade will witness an industrial re-Ms'gnn as a clerk In the village store
nalswanco lor us. We are Jur.t begin n'd was sent to West Point by a coU'
nlng to get an Influx of Northern caul- gressinan who hoped to catch the
! tal and pu.Hh; and we are learning that I Irish Catholic vote. Alas, the con-
MIW. I'OTTKIt I'.I..Mi:il.
gatta season at Cowcs, it meant one
more distinguished American w-oman
to bo admitted to tho King's circle.
Mrs. Potter Palmer never does
thing by halves, and this was never
more thoroughly demonstrated than
when sho arranged tho marriage be
tween her niece. Miss Julia Dent
Grant, and the Kussian Prlnco Can
tacuzene. It was ono of tho most bril
liant matrimonial achievements tho
social world has ever known, and, un
like so many similar affairs, the union
has turned out to be a supremely
happy one.
When Mrs. Potter Pa.mer deter
mined to Join the social colony at
Cowcs last year eho leased tho his
toric Egypt House in England's fa
mous beauty spot, tho Isle of WIrht.
Everybody who Is anybody In English
society goes down for tho regatta sea
son, for the King Is sure to be there,
and society flocks at tho royal heels.
This recalls that the interior of
Egypt House 1b a splendid example, of
the simple luxury which prevails in so
many old English houses. Several
years ago It was leased by Consuelo,
Dowager Duchess of Manchester. The
Duchess is ono of tho oldest friends of
King Edward, and during the season
that she was mistress of Egypt Houso
she was the King's hostess on more
than one occasion.
The Duchess had the old place done
over In anticipation of tho King's com
ing and all the floors were highly pol
ished and covered with expensive rugs.
Ills Majesty was escorting tbe Duch
ess Into dinner one evening when he
slipped on the polished floor and nar
rowly escaped getting a bad fall. For
the Instant the King was angry and
reminded the Ducheus that he detested
polished floors and would never again
enter a house where they prevailed.
Merchants of London received or
ders the following day to take meas
urements of all tho floors fn Egypt
House, and when the King again vis
ited the Duchess there ho found every
room and corridor carpeted In fine
Persian effects. Tho King laughed
and partly apologized for his bad tem
per on the previous occasion by say
ing, "You are very good, Duchess. You
see, I am not as young as I used to
be." Since that time polished floors
have been tabooed by the English
smart set.
we ran get along without tho niggers
i es, assented Howard, whose
tho-ights seemed still to cling round
p:i:t events, "It's all tho result of that
fight at Gettysburg."
"I uon t know as to that." resnonded
General Lee, "but I wish you would
tell me bow 'you'ens' came to win that
battle."
greHHtnan was beaten, but be gave the
nation a great soldier and in later
years when tho man was in trouble.
Sheridan came to his relief in n grate
ful manner. The mother of Sheridan
almost outlivtil him and died at the
ase of PO retaining her faculties to the
last He visited her often and she
was never so hannv nt when ntu. tnlri
i'..ll ..i, n . u. ...
.ii. till mi me genno no warn, linn n-r neighbors ".My Phiiiie Is com-
umti t win it. ri:z, God did." lug." lie gave her a nice little horai..
"Yes, Gener.il." Leo answered. "lion the eilce of tln villnr-o nn.i nminr
know you went up Into the steeplo of a grent tree that stands In the yard,
that old church at Gettysburg for somo speeches have been made by the first
purpose, but I didn't know it was for President Harrison. by Sherman,
that'
Lee gazed for some tlmo out of tho
Tom Corwln, Garfled. Hayes and Mc-
Klnley. The father of Sheridan lived
la Sunless Daogcoaa.
A victim of Kussian severity who
was at one time immured in the grim
fortress of Peter and Paul, In St. Pe
tersburg. describes It as resembling a
house of tbe dead.
"Its dungeons, utterly sunless, are
abodes of gloom and silence. Not a
word is spoken among the hapless pris
oners. Intercourse being carried on
mainly by gestures. Prisoners com
tnuulcate with each other by knocking
on the walls of their cells, bo many
times for each letter. But even this
Is sternly repressed by tho authorities,
and captives detected in the practice
are liable to severe punishment.
"In short, the prison reproduces all
the horrors of the dungeons of ro
mance, with mildewed walls, cold si
lence and despair. The fortress, In
deed, is never spoken of In Russia
without a shudder, for Imprisonment
there Is little better than being burled
Jive."
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W bite Plaguetuberculosis and the
welcome they received from the des
ert brought the bloom of health to
their cheeks and new hope to their
hearts, ant is reflected In the welcome
which greets the stranger at thelr
gates to-day.
Ours is usually termed a new coun
try, yet In Arizona one views the re
mains of a civilization that flourished
as Ions ago as the eighth or ninth cen
tury, and maybaps as ancient as that
of the first There is an Irrigation ca
nal, deep and wide, cut from the solid
rock by a race which lived In the
Salt IUver valley ere man had
learned the use of metals. On the
bank one finds a broken stone. axe,
mute evidence of the wonderful pa
tience of a people of whom history
records nothing save this sign of skill
in engineering and irrigation. Van
ished are ther into the misty
past eo long ago- that the i
GIANT CACTUS OF THIS SALT RIVER
VALLEY.
storage necessitated an expenditure
beyond the means of the people.
Once Lair of 6eronImos Apaches.
Far up in the San Francisco Moun
tains, once the rendezvous of the
Apacha outlaw Geronimo, and his
band of murderers. Salt River and
Tonto Creek come together in Tonto
Basin and flow into a deep and nar
row canyon. Near the entrance to
this gorge the Engineers of the Re
clamation Service are building the
Roosevelt dam, one of the hightst
in tbe world. From bedrock to tep
it will be 275 feet high, or about half
fhe height of Washington monument.
It will be of rubble masonry, and In
its construction! will require 220,000
bbls. of cement When completed It
will store 1,400,000 acre feet of water,
or sufficient water to cover that many
acres one foot deep. Once full, it
will insure sufficient water to cover
200,000 acres In the valley with five
feet of water, the amount needed to
produce a full crop. The people are
pledged to pay $3,600,000 in ten years
for this work. To-day only 100,000
acres are irrigated nnder present sys-
SEXATOR ELMER J. BCRKETT,
of Nebraska,
tor Dietrich, and, of course. Republi
can nominees for the legislature were
pledged to carry out the action of the
state convention.
Hot Contest With Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan was the uni
versally accepted candidate against
Burkett, supported by the Democrats.
Populists and Free-Silver Republicans.
lue tight was thus narrowed down to
one between Mr. Burkett and Mr.
Bryan for control of the legislature.
hich one would be senator was de
pendent upon the political complexion
of that body- The campaign, extend
ing over a period of about five months.
was exceedingly virile, and there was
plenty of uncertainty to make it Inter
esting, and at times almost bitter.
. .y'S
4 Noah waa a Who One.
A little girl was asked by her Sun
day school teacher, "who was the
wisest man." "Noah," she answered.
"Me was the only one who knew
dough to go In out of the rain."
THE SHERIDAN STATUE.
car window at the flying trees and
wheeling landscape. Ills thoughts
seemed far away. Then, without look
ing at Howard, he Bald, "Well I'm
d n glad, General, that you licked
us. It was the best thing that could
have happened fur the South."
Where Age Drought Wealth.
A proud father In a western town,
who has a number of daughters of a
marriageable nge, in speaking of tho
qualities of the girls, said to an ac
quaintance that while he loved each
of them very much, ho would like to
see them comfortably married. "I have
a little money," he said, "and they
will not so penniless to their hus
bands." "There Is Mary, twenty-five years
old, I shall give her fl.OOO when she
marries. Then comes Bot, she is more
than thlrty-flve, and she will get $3,000,
while the man who takes Eliza, who Is
more than forty, will receive $5,000
with her."
The acquaintance after some few mo
ments of Mrious thought, wanted to
know If ha tad any daughters fifty or
sixty years old,
oldest legends of the oldest Indian
tribes convey to us no word of an In-
Mr. Burkett like his distinguished rarrii th wntrr r ti Knit rivm-
opponent, is of even temperament, out upon the desert and made it to
slow to anger and plenteous in thai blossom. What dreadful catasrro-
brand of good nature that never wears phe overwhelmed them? What cruel
off; and so whatever may have dls- fate overtook them and swept them
turbed others, it can be said that noth- from the face of the earth? Ask of
ing harsh or bitter ever passed be- the desert which quickly returned
tween them personally. to claim its own and obliterated under
Roosevelt s great Donularltv made its drifting sands the long lines or
tho state surely Republican, so far as canals and ditches and the wide
the electoral ticket was concerned, but spaces of green. It answers not
Mr. Bryan's Donularltv and his force Centuries passed, and then the Anglo-
as a campaigner made the outcome as Saxoa came to battle with the des
ti tlm mmniKTinn nf ti.o loiatnt, ert As his great stenm shovels swept
one of doubt and uncertainty. Then, aside, t.he Mnds. behold he found bis
too. there were local conditions that u V.'"r u - .
iuo nuuieui uiaut'B or iuijuwiuk mew.
So great were the returns from ir
rigation in the valley, it was but nat
ural that the old canals should be
SCENE IN PHOENIX. ARIZONA.
An Irrigation Ditch Runs Through the Town.
were not advantageous to the Republi
cans.
These were the conditions confront-
widened and lengthened and new
to see his son win fame in the war, Ing Mr. Burkett when the campaign
but died from the kick of a vicious of 1904 opened- Mr. Bryan, brilliant
Uorsu- shrewd and resourceful as he Is. took
Took Care of Relatives. advantage of every mistake of the Re
The General did much for nil his PuWlcana, and he went into the cam
relatives and his memory Is blessed palf,n nntaed. to elect a Demo
, , . , , , , , , tt. cratlc legislature. He strove might ly;
In the old town of his boyhood. Ills he uelJ stings In almost everV dis
younger brother "Mike" is a retired trlct; he completely covered the state
army officer. Another brother, John, with a special train, and made from
died somo yVnrs ago and his daughter Ave to eight rear-platform speeches a
Ellen is now postmistress of the vll- day, arousing as he always does, great
lage. Mrs. Sheridan, the widow, was enthusiasm. But Mr. Burkett was also
present nt the uuvelllng with her over the state. He made as many
children, one of them lieiug an officer speeches as did his opponent and he is
in the army. Tho sculptor. Carl a con vlneer, and he visited every por-
otr. ruueaiurvu 10 represent r-nen- tjon or tue Commonwealth,
dan as be may have appeared when , - n ,
making his famous ride, except that ,c,e1nlus,oryr,?a","J,on', . ,
he has pictured Sheridan na be lookwt Probably one of Burkett s chief at-
In the hitler vears of his llf. Tim tributes In his genius for organization-
Sheridan of the buttle of Winchester As a r8"1 ' the marshaling of bis dItohe8 constructed. With the
terns. The Roosevelt dam will double
the acreage. It will also furnish 10,
000 horse power,, which can be used
for pumping water from underground
sources where tne supply is known to
be large. Some of the power will be
conveyed electrically to the San Carlos
Indian Reservation, and water pump
ed from wells may restore to tbe Plmia
and Papago Indians the kinds which
are now worthless, and change a trlba
now almost wholly nomadic Into their
former condition of prosperous agri
culturists. Thirty miles of wagon road up the
rugged Salt River canyon have been
completed, a cement mill at the dam
site Is turning out hundreds of barrels
of fine cement daily, saw mills are
cutting big timbers, brick yards are in
full blast; thirty miles of power canal
now furnishes 4000 horse power for
all constructive purposes, telephone
lines, electric lights and water works
are completed, a city of 1.000
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wore a full beard as pictures taken forces, a legislature was elected with
then give proof. The Statue cost ten every one of the thirty-three members
thousand dollars and tbe dedication 1 the Senate a Republican and bnly
wus attended by Corporal Tanner, nine Fuslonists out of one hundred
commander of the G. A. R., who made members of the House. The legls-
a speech. Adjutant Tweedale re- lature met and In Just six minutes
cited "Sheridan'B Ride." elected Mr. Burkett a Senator.
op
timism which has ever characterized
the desert pioneer, great works were
undertaken-
There came a day when the sup
ply ceased to suffice. Periods of
unusual and protracted drought fol
lowed each other for a number of
HUGE ALFALFA STACKS.
Inhabitants rests In the reservoir
where 170 feet of water will cover It
Geronimo's Apaches working every
day on roads or timbering all these
signs of activity breathe unmistakable
promise of speedy prosperity for the
sunny valley sixty-two mTea bJUvr.
Phoenix redlvlvus.