, 1881-05-14
The oregonian and the Bar.

but unfortunately ecitsu py one
who has betrayed everyone and every
thing but MS purse, take exceptions q .
telegram sent US by our Portland agent
The argument used against rs and IN be-
h If Of the Columbia River bar is thin
thin as the quicksands of this North
W. stern octopus. He holsters his weak
c aus. by giving US the lie, fact We over
look. coming from the very dlshonoraoie
sonrc. it does. and knowing full well thai
This quasi champion If the desth-deaiiii;'
Columbia river bar is DOING its cause n"
u,. II wirk its suberabundance of vituper-
ati,e b. Hngsgate He only succeeds u
lining himself with his own dE'y excre-
ment. The dispatch We published was
brna fde. and as such it wa, published.
The Standard, Portland paper, edited
by & ntleman Of veracity, says IN refer
ence to the Kate L. Heron:
when passing over the spit the wind sud
DENLY left her. The captain cast anchor,
:" hut the current WAS 80 strong the cham OF
"the anchor parted, and the schooner drifted
lover the bar in a heavy breaker and droPPe'i
Suddenly ON the spit with a forue that spit
cher IN two. One mal t5i a leg brcsen. bs'
fortunately no lives were lost
Aud in the San Francisco Cal OF the
3olh nit. We clip the following in refer
II Il aS
oation."
PORTLAND. April 29-The British ship
.'TAuiand Castle. with cargo OF grain for the
d" United Kingdom. while ii ing al anchor
"oppo-te Tansy Point, some eisht miles IN,
",id- the Columbia lar, drifted and
GROUNDED Two hundred tons Of wheat Were
taken off, and the ship Is now safely atioat
"The vessel was IN ~ danger At any time.
"ani sustained no damage whatever.
This model dispatch emanated from the
Oreyoniaa office, ard is fair sample OF
its consistency. "The vessel was in no
danger at any time" "Two hundred
tons of wheat were taken off and the ship
IS now safely sGoat." Oh, Scott, how
consistent Do the people of your coun-
try tighten ship for fun? Do they Con-
.ider ship safe when grounded or your
city safe when flooded! We take far
different view of these matters. Will any
seaman say that such sport With such
currents is safe No. They will tell You
that it is absolutely dangerous, and that
is the reason why insurance Is so high on
vess Is crossIng the bar, and why there is
snch variation in the prices of wheat
between Portland and San Francisco.
We make the bold assertion that there
are more vessels wrecked or damaged in
crossing the Columbia River bar, in pro-
portion to their numbers than i'll any
other port or ports on the coast The re-
mains of the dead, wrecked while enter
ing our " compulsory port would make .
f,ii. SIZED National Cemetery, wherein
Portland could ftly raise a monument,
surmounted by Scott, saying, "Truiy We
have done this; here lies our murder, d
victims; but indeed our purse is fat. l"
Be it as it may, Portlend's success as a
shipping port is at the expense Of sea
mems lives. Gone murder made VII
Lain, millions hero. Cities are priyi-
legged to kill, and numbers ,nnctify the
crime" In to-day's dispatches we read
that the steamer Cola BIC stopped at
Astoria to complete her cargo of Fheat,
and this with vessel that was built for
the Portland trade, showing conclpsively
that the dangers are not passed Ehen the
bar is crossed they surround the vessel
from the time they approach the mon h
Of the e, lumbia cntIl they leave II agsIn,
and this is the commercial gateway
through which Portland U.shcs us to
pass, when to the northwest se haze the
finest harbor in the world-Puget Sound
that will sail any -5osel ahnz. Spr the
time being, aud Ii the past ce were
powerie.s our hope noe lies in the
Northern P.,cific t. free, aud les Is ESCAPE
from the hear;-rending cries Of the
drowning
l." And the rockets went up in the pitiles: sky,
We h. struck on the bar If the Columbia 5
sands"
The above parsphr.sed f.o,a "The
Wreck Of the Indtds CAitf on the G,"d-
win Sand, strikes well home, our own
da,r CnIunh hi. " With fhi. m leave
Scott a, the enraged serpenr, 10 trins and
bite himself We leave hin, a. he is
very dlrty-too contemptihls to h.ndle,
evidently being surcharge6 with worms
and an unconqaerable desire to be smart
and nasty.