The record-union., 1897-07-28
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Los Angeles Times: The Supreme
Court of Michigan says that newspa-
per writers are professional men and
not laborers. That's all the court
knows about it, 1t ought to try to
Write chunks of wisdom with case
Of brain fag on, with the mercury at
the swelter point, and if it didn't agree
that the writer is a laborer we are pre-
pared to take the court out for soda
treat.
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
Oakland Times: The enactment of
protective law and the wonderful dis
coveries of gold in Alaska will awaken
business and stimulate an industrial
activity of the kind that the nation
has not enjoyed for many years.
COLONEL FRED"
Redlands Citrograph: Every Callfor-
nian will know to whom this familiar
name applies. Colonel Charles Freder-
lex Crocker is no more. In spite OF all
the care that loving kindness could
bring, death stepped in and took him
away, when he should have been IN
his prime. He literally worked himself
to death, and he is sincerely mourned
by thousands, who cared nothing for
his wealth or position, but who loved,
admired and respected him because he
was a man, and an American gentle
man. To all these many thousands his
death comes close home with dis
tinct sense of personal loss. We can
cd hn ma
nounced upon him by loving friends
Our heart is sore as we write. Know
ing him personally for twenty years
we loved him for his lofty character
unselfishness, steadfastness, love or
truth, uprightnesS and purity of per-
sonal life. He was totally unspoiled
by wealth and honors, and was one
of the most approachable of men. HIS
generosity seemed to be boundless,
reaching thousands of cases which
never became known outside the recip-
tents of his bounty. But the traits that
attracted US most strongly were his
love for equal and exact justice IN all
cases. and his thirst for knowledge.
Many cases have come to our knoWl-
edge showing these traits, and each
But his devotion to duty and his
faithfulness to the weighty interests
entrusted to his care proved too much
for his body, stalwart as it was, ana
he finally succumbed to the strain and
is gone from among us forever.
FOUR GREAT DISCOVERIES.
Los Angeles Herald: Assuming that
in the Yukon Valley there is anything
like the reported gold deposits, it is the
fourth great gold discovery within the
last half century, The first was in
California. the second in Australia, and
the third in South Africa. If one
quarter of what is reported be true,
the Yukon Valley find is the greatest
in all history.
Exaggeration is universal in connec-
ton with all discoveries of the precious
metals, and the consequences are more
or less excitement and adventure. The
rush to the Clondyke region considering
the unfavorable circumstances promises
to be without precedent. Facts which
seem always to be overlooked are that
reports are confined to those who have
been fortunate, and those who fail are
never mentioned.
The three previous great discoveries
were all in congeniaI climate and in
localities of comparatively easy access.
The Yukon Valley is a hyperborean
cline and far inland. The country
produces very little on which people can
subsist and unless ample supplies are
laid in there will be extreme suffering.
Mining there will be arduous for more
than half the year. People will find it
wise to proceed with the utmost eau
ton Dangers, hardships and depriva-
tions are to be encountered, and not all
who go will come back loaded with