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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1903)
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IJ1S B MTn, Will Un the benefit of tb Uilar rai. ; But if lhrv d'i not pay fc r si. month, U rate iu be SU& a ear. ; uereajier we wua seaa tbe paper to aiJ iiponaibte persons wi:a i'iy not ead tbe Doner i n that U are to pat f 1-26 year, in ea tbey , ) tbe obarr1pl)oB aoeooat ran oxer six laontba. la order I bat there may Oe no aaiswa defwtaalrag. we will keep this notice Heeding CIRCULATION (8 WORN) OVER 4000 :2EE ABED NEWS AWAY UP HOrtTH. The newspapers of North. America which are just now enjoying-. good" times are those published at Dawson, N, W. X the famous city of the Klon dike mining region. Copies of these news disseminators were recently in the "outside world." and perusal of their columns affords. one much inter est. ; i : The Yukon Sun (dally) Is an eight page quarto, six columns to the page, " published by W. P. Thompson. It Is hand ; set. neat typographically , and well edited The subscription rates are as follows: Per year, In jadvance, by post, $35; per year, fn advance, by carrier, $35; mix months,, In advance, lit; per week, y carrier, 55 cents; Sunday Sun, per month, by carrier, $1; per copy, 25 cents. It claims a circula tion of 3,500 daily, and judging from Its advertising columns it should have a very respectable Income, provided its advertising rates correspond ! with its subscription rates. j . ., -. The Klondike Nugget (daily) is an eight-column folio, and its subscrip tion rates are as follows: Yearly in advance, $30;. per month, by carrier, in city, in advance. S3: single copy.' 25 cents. Semi-weekly, per year. In ad Vance, $24; six months, $12; three months, $6; per month, by carrier. In city, $2. It is not to be- wondered at where newspapers are worth their weight in gold that unscrupulous per- sons would purloin them, especially as reading matter is scarce in the Klon dike. Th Nugget offers a. reward of $50 for Information that will lead to the arrest and conviction f any per son .'stealing copeis of the Jpaoer from residences or business hojuses where they have been left by carriers. ; j It isn't always so cold up there as some jpeople imagine it Is. :- Tempera- yture readings show thajl at 5 o'clock on lecember 20, 1902, it was 41; degrees below re ro. That this Is exceptional is shown by the fact that at the same time in 1901 i wias 11 degrees above 'zero, and at tVielaamt time in 1900 it Wis degrees stbove. : The ieopIe of Dawson City 5 a re not lacking in amusements. The: papers contain announcements of two theatres, at one of which a vaudeville bill was being given, arul.at'the other an opera company was presenting "The Bohem ian (JlrL" The beef trust doesn't have things all Its own way in the Klondike, owing to the supply of moose, 'caribou and bear, which are not bad eating. According to the "papers the "price of beef was advancing, but the advance Was checked by the) arrival of'a large amount of moose and caribou and sev en. 1 bears. Sloose meat was quoted at 25 rents wholesale against 30 cents for beef. There was a large , supply of ptarmigan, a siecies of grouse, or pheasant, which were quoted St $3 a dozen, 'wholesale, agatnst $4 a dozen a year ngo. 'One firm advertises Blue tints butter in tk lb, rolls at $1, which, if It means $1 for 2 lbs. is not - There are children In the Klondike. Many, people have the impression, that only grown people went to that coun try during the rush to the gold fields, and that that event Is not far enough in the past to admit of a new genera tion having grown up. But there are children up there, and plenty of them, evidently because the Nugget contains nn article regarding' a skating rink "I have used Aver' HairViror for thirty yetrs. It is elegant for our dressing and for keeping the hair from spUrrine at the ends." J. A. Gruenenfelder,Crar.tfork, III. f Hair-splitting splits U fri?ndshin. If the hair- 1 splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head Is a friend, j , Ayers Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will stop it. If your drortriat ran not strppty yea. send as on doOar sad t will esfreas yoaabotue. Beaareaod givm tbe aaaas of year aoairat ex iw f0-. a ddi J.UAIaO,bml, HafrSplits IV 3 N V Absolutely Pur THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE which had been prepared for the youngsters of Dawson City. Now, one wouldn't think there - would , be any trouble about getting Ice for a skating rink up there with the temperature 41 degrees below xero.. But the article deals with the woes Of the school chil dren arising from the fact that the Ice didn't freeze evenly on the jink when the fire department flooded it, and con sequently was full of blisters. Some of the water, it appears, soaked into the ground and didn't form smoth ice. It was thought it would be necessary to flood the .rink a few times more before the ice would be smooth and even. In the Klondike, as elsewhere, the uuestion of - circulation is one which worries thei publishers of newspapers. The Nugget, after taking a slap at the opposition, announces that it offers its advertisers "a paid circulation Ave times that of any other paper pub lished between Juneau and the North Pole." -1 rK.-'; " . ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR DISRE GARDING THE POPULAR VOTE EXAMINED. An Astoria paper excuses Fulton for trying to enter the Senate against the plain inhibition of the state Con stitutlon and in defiance of the popu lar vote for Geer, by saying the Repub lican State. Convention "set the stamp of disapproval" on the Mays law by making no nomination for U. 8. Sena tor. That was what it did. negatively speaking. But that wa not the only mistake It made, which was not rati fled by the people, flow many of these experiences does the Astoria paper think the Republican party can stand and continue to thrive? The people wanted to vote for can didates for United States Senators. The Mays law was passed by these men In order to give them that chance. Are the people to be disfranchised in certain directions If it may best suit tne purpose or men in control or a convention to deny them the privilege by refusing to give them condldates? It was to take the power of disfran chisement from state conventions that the law was amended giving the people the right to correct- the mistakes or to supply ! the. deficiencies resulting from the arbitrary control of con ventions, f If those in control of the "Republican State Convention sought to deprive the rank and file of the. Dart y' of the right to vote for candidates for; Sena tor, the law poinjts out a way by which .the people, themselves may nominate one or more candidates, and this was done. i ; The right to indulge in "a stamp of disapproval"" is not held alone by state conventions. This has been demon strated. The Statesman only wants to Impress this fact upon those members whd are at this time disposed to listen to the siren song of those manipulator? whoare tryin gto give reasons for "braving public -r pinion." Better think twice before doing It. GALL WITH A BIG G. For pure unadulteratetl gall, with a capital G. commend us to the following from the Astoria News: ' "The field is clear. The death of j Congressman Tongue, too. Is JfRely to send Geer off after that noraina-, t Ion and may be the means of re storing the Geer faction to the bosom of the party. It would be a fine stroke 'of politics on the part : of Senator Fulton to give Geer that nomination, healing a serious party -breach and making his own elec tion to the United States Senate a triumphal march. As though & man who had appealed to the people for popular support under a law which Mr,; Fulton' advocated but was afraid to comply with when the time came, and who has received 43.00O votes should or would "run off after" another nomination Just to make the way lear for another man to hare "a triumphal march I, ji . , l ' And it would be "good politics" for Fulton to give Geer that nomination!!! Since when has Fulton acquired the Ownership of nominations for; Con gress, in this district? ! Does the News think that because be has the effrontry to "butt In" on a contest before the Legislature that he was afraid ; to enter before the people, the voters of the First district ' have abdicated to Ur. Fulton? The News should take a hike beyond the outskirts of Astoria and learn that "there are others. That Mr. Fultonwho received btrt 150 votes for United States , Senator, should be banding out nominations to' Mr. Geer. w ho has recorded to bis credit 45,000, Is another evidence of- that bossism which counts the vioce of the people as naught when the de mands of the politicians are at stake. " " The people be d d.i When; the people of the First 'district - want to know. what to do politicaly. why, ask Fulton." The editor 'of the " Astoria News is an amusing cuss, to 'Say. the least. ; ' ' ' THE COMING IMMIGRATION. tm nredietion is made that ' -there will be a larger Hnmigration into Ore gon, and Washington fiom tbe Ea than has ever been known In any pre- vious year. A resident of Washington who re cently returned from an Eastern trip, says: "For several years a remarkable movement of population has been In progress all over the Middle West. Ito i the result of the good times s'nee 1 896 ar.d has been most noticeable in Illinois. Iowa and Minnesota. The r in crease in land; values ki Illinois has been; very great, and the owners " of high priced property have been niovng to Iowa, where they have bought land from farmers, who; have In turn moved nn into Southern I Minnesota and the Dakotas.' The Iowa men have money and are. paying fancy prices for land, but not,' of course, so much as'they te- celved for their Iowa farm lands. TJiey are displacing a large number of ilin- nesota and Dakota, farmers, who . are looking farther west for new , lands. This state and Northern Idaho are at tracting these people more than ever. and we shall see a mighty stream of Immigration pouring into the territory within the next few months." 1 i; Yes; and this mighty stream will flow on towards thet greatest valley In the Northwest the Willamette vi-Hey of Oregon. Thousands upon thousands of copies of descriptive matter pertain ing to Oregon have been distributed oil through the Kast during the past f&lf year, and an evidence of the Rood ,vork they-have done is bound to be noticed the coming spring and summer.? FIRE FIGHTING IN DAWSON. A fifty thousand dollar Are occurred at Dawson, N. W.; T., on December 3ist. last, and a few paragraphs from the report of : the ; conflagration shows under what difficulties the fire depart ment of that city worked: "The fire raged while the thermome ter was at 47 degrees below zero. The houses were mostly one-story struc tures, of light material, lined with Cloth and paper, which made them burn furiously. "The Dawson' fire department and the Northern Commercial Company's private fire brigade fought heroically. The city department, in particular, did magnificent work under the stress of scorching flames before them - and frigid ; cold behind. .Many hands and feet were frozen among firemen and citizens while fighting the fire. , "Immediately after the fire it was necessary to take up the hose and- ttiaw it; in preparation for use In the next emergency, and in this work the firemen suffered a great deal. Being away from the fire, many of them were not able to stand the cold as well as when before the blaze. Water had fallen on them and formed in sheets of mall over their clothes." A TWENTIETH CENTURY BRIDE. There Is some prospect th.t the twentieth century bride will rold-a dif ferent relation to her lord and mate the word "master?" is no longer appro priatefrom that held by brides of the benighted past. This prospect is the outcome of the decision of the Rev. Dr. Stanley, pastor of the First Presbyter ian church at Atlantic City, to elimin ate from the marriage ceremony the humiliating word "obey.". The women of the congregation are said to be pleased at the Innovation, but the men are solemnly opposed to it. They do pot find any authority in the Bible for the "substitution of the word "cherish" for "obey." It Is probable that both parties to a marriage i ceremony are in iWifeSays: -We havs four children. 'With the first three I suffered almost unhrsrahlr pifni from 12 to 14 hoars, and had to be placed under the f"fb of chloroform. I used three bottles ct Mother's Friend before our Ltxi cfuU came, which is a strong, fat and health j boy, doing mj housework p to within two hours of birth and suf fered but a few hard pains. Thai at meatb the prand- cst: remedy ever made, . Mother's Friend wifl do for every woman what it did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let ter. Not to ok it during pregnancy s a mattake to be paid for in pain and sufXericg- Mother s Friend equips the patient with a strong body and clear intellect, which in turn arc Imparted to the child. & relaxes the imsrln and aSows them to h fdkra.inotiisng skfcacaa and nervousness It pots a3 the organs concerned in perfect condrttosi for the final hourrao that the actual labor is abort and practkaCy painlesv- Daa- ger of ruing or bard breasts is altogether J anti-Addicks Repuoli.-:uts have in for avoided, and recovery is merely a matter el j mer sessions wlthtoo.r the tVh - nod AJrfJu - ' I the' fatrorage test. in. Cis last ies-tUm MnbJUaMalMrsPlieeferSf abet rr i. i. .t .i . ... lac "aaacIJ Rcgmlator Co AfUnti. Ga. " - - pi. e -SIMS i. . I V, cllned to "place, too much stress iipor the substitution, of one word for thf other. , There are many years now- during which the word "obey" - har been spoken by the brides under theii breath. The obligation imposed by It has not been taken -seriously. Wives obey kheir husbands, when they obey at, aJL for other reasons, than , because the:word occurred In the marriage cer emony. , The Rev. Dr. Starnley defends his action on the ground that it will promote matrimony among the young folks of. Atlantic City. lie has not yet K stated what effect, in Ms opinion, it would have on the divorce record. There does not seem at the present time any marked unwillingness on the part of ykmng women to- enter upon the married state, but ' a disposition t.as been noted to get out of it upon, insuf ficient kiusi. In fact, the Injunction to 'love, bxinor and obey" is euphonious rather than practical. No woman can love her husband because she has., .m mised to. She may honor him in the sense of being faithful to himbit 'love Is Inspired by the thousand little msn ifestatiohs of affection on the part of the husband which are not included in the, marriage contract. Tbe best that can be said of the omission of the word "obey" ''from the marriage ceremony" is that thereby the wife is relieved from the feeling, that she Is .tabituatly disre garding her marriage vows. It Is bet ter not to familiarize a woman's mind with the thqught that a fni'ur: to do what She finds impossible to do i a rsin. i THE DELAWARE SENATORIAL CONTEST. The Delaware Legisi iture met on Tue1ay.j the 20th, and balloting for Senator Will begin on tht seconl TK-f -day, after the organization of the Leg Islarure. There are substantially three parties ,to the Senato.-lal contest, the Unicnlsts, the Regulars, ami the Ifem- touch with Polk" county. The proposed ocrats. rThe Unionists, also known as rural telephone lines will help. A boat Union Republicans, sre pledge I to vote on the river making frequent trips, anil for no one but Addicks, end the Regu- connecting with , the Independence lars are as solemnly pllged not to ote! Monmouth-Dallas motor - line, would for Addlcks. The Regulars only claim nine Votes, while the Unionists vont it and make no secret of, their n.-inxs. As 27 'Votes are necessary to a choice, the Addicks Republicans have to win over but four to elect their man. "These four may be found cmonf the 'Regulars or among the Democrats. Ad-Ticks mlt!s having spent $"i0i)0.6s') in Senator ial campaigns, first and last, and con sequently nis , willingness to payhand somely lor the votes he-jieels is not disputed. ' The nuestWn is if he can build a bridge upon which members of tbe Legislature can pass ronr. either of tbe anti-Addicks camps to the Addkks camps without subiectiag t Items. es to. the Inquiry as to the niMiunt W irold cash he received for ns vote. F The licana' nttme the canJMsto v.ith. iio. 1 i isole provio that Utey should not oawel Vddicks. It is now nnt!c!patel tit -ather than let the state go wholly un represented for another term, the Reg ulars will give the .Democrats enousrh votes to elect one Senator, and that the Democrats will vote In a bod for, an anti-Addicks Republica.i. An arrange ment of this kind is. highly pr-ibable. Mr, Eddy yesterday said In his efr fort to cast a slur on the intelligence of the people of Oregon that "no man is greater than the Republican party." True enough. But it is well to re member, and now Is the time to re member It, that neither are a score or two score of members of the Legisla ture greater than the Republican party. Mr. Cither's majority for United States Senator was over 12,000. The majorities of' all the members of the Legislature combined, who are now nor opposing him. Would probably reach one-half of 12,000. Mr. Geer; though a candidate for the highest office within the gift of the. people, made no campaign for himself, and. none was made for ' him by other speakers. His opponent made no speeches and he made none. Yet his majority was larger than that given to all the members of the Legislature combined, who are 'now saying "the people be d d." No, "wO man is larger than the Republican party, but Mr. .Geer' standing with the people of Oregon, judgrd -ty the votes simultaneously for himself and for members of the Legislature, is elo quently told by a comparison of the popular vote! in. the different counties. tea are. gentlemen. It "has not been so long since Jlhe people Indicated what they could d when aroused by a mis carriage of their purposes by their representatives. " Let us not now der liberately Invite another lesson. Salem is gradutlly getting into closer help. And a mottor line to tho princi pal Polk county towns would helrj atlll more, even more than rail connection by means of a branch road of the Southern Pacific, connecting its east and west side lines through Salem. Some of the richest farming country In the state, or in the world, is in Pc; county, and the forests over there are magnificent and will produce vast quantities of merchantable , products. It behooves the Capital City to procure closer and "closer connection with the Sowing commercial life of. the country est of the Willamette river. The motor lines will come in due time. A man who has witnessed the electrical progress of the East . recently told the writer that there Is nothing more cer tain for the future,' and for the not dis tant future.' than the construction of electric motor lines' all oyer the Wil lamette valley. . It would be a good ihinr for (H. nMinu r k . .1.1 " . m- -r - - ouuci state tbe progress In this-direcUOfW-and to secure for this! city the central of fice and starting point for the system for the central valley, or all the voli,y, to which our natural advantages en title us. 1 . ' " ' Jl, 16-inclrcoast defense rifle, c tl g '. $100,000 with a range of twenty niiict, but which will be I used to hit obje.Ms ( i .... at a distance of four or five miles, w : ,. successfully tested at the Govmmett proving grounds, Sandy . Hook, 1 "St Saturday, and It is to be put Ttto rtr vlce at that point. J In its flnil test a charge of S48 pounds of ; ,mokl(s powder was used, and the pressure vas 38,500 to the square Inch. Greit gvn! Who said there are no "blg guns' rti this country ? , .' " j For instance, Mr, Geer received more votes for U. S. Senator irt Multnomah county than any jman running for either house In the Legislature on in" ticket, excepting Senator Myers. And yet, Mr. Wood ran j ahead of his col leagues on the.Demooratlc state tlcki-t. Mr. Geer's majority. In that county was over 3,500. while that ot most of the members was much less than '1 . And yet well, there Is time for th :'.' to Vote right and according to the vote of their constituents. An epidemic of typhoid fever tt r;rr ing in Rosa Park, a Suburb of Sok.iiie, Wash, due to the use of milk from a dairy'where the family had the d'sete and the. infection has 'been caitied through the milk. Milk -nrr'.on the contagion very easily, and an inspec- tion. by a proper official, of the l?iiles supplying Salem with milk would be the proper thing at present. : . And there are certain men who pro fess to be indignant that Geer might receive some Democratic votes, and there are other men who recall that the same estimable gentleman fairly raised the roof off the state house two years ago every time -a. Democratic , member announced bis vote for Mitchell, Makes a difference, you know. i ' The editorial squibblers throughout the country are taking frequent crack" at the Oregon Legislature again. Will the time ever come when a deadlock Is not a certainty in Oregon when there ' Is a vacancy to fill In the United States Senate? . ' ,t There are numerous cases of small -pox and typhoid fever In the l'aclfic 1 Northwest at present, and it behooves Salem to use every possible means to prevent such an epidemic in this vi cinity. c--.,:!. :. . ; " ' . . . - i . Can't-be, perfect health without pure i blood.' Burdock Blood Bitters makes . pure blood.. Tones and invigorates Uie whole system. 4i - Ita toJ tat Km Kwarc fjs&t O s x Sigaatar, X 1 1 )