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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
SENATOR" GUGGENHEINi.

While the newly elected representa-
tive of "the people" of Colorado.
Senator" Guggenheim, was travelling
in a private car to Washington, in
''the interests of the people," his
agents in Washington, already at the
national capital in advance of him,
were obstructing measures for the de-
velopment of Alaska, until the Gug-
genheims could copper" all the cop
per land of the territory.
This is a sample of the Millionaire
senator" This little incident is an
index to the influence of Guggenheim
in the United States senate. He will
be against everything which retards
the increase of the Guggenheim mil
lions, no matter how vital the meas
ure or movement may be to the peo-
pie Of his state or of the United States.
The country can hope for no pro-
gress, except nj strictly selfish lines,
with such men in authority.
And yet the representatives Of the
people cf Colorado elected him.
He can hold the office for six years
in spite of protests, so what are you
going to do about it? This is free
government.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
LAND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

1t comes with poor grace from a
member Of the United States congress
TO criticize the strict enforcement Of
the laws governing land entries by
officials of the department Of the in
terror. says the Chicago Record-Her-
aid. Year after year the president
and his subordinates have urged the
revision Of the land laws.
Year after year they have pointed
out the frauds that we're being COM
ritted and the great difficulties Of
preventing them. Year after year
they have shown now the laws should
be made more liberal and rational
in some respects and stricter in others
in order to get good, honest results.
Year after year some public or
ganizations such as the National Bus
incss league have added their appeals
in the effort to secure reform. And
yet congress has done nothing at all.
Finally the conditions have become
10 bad that the president has beeen
compelled to authorize an order which
prohibits the issue Of any patent til
the facts in each case have ben ex-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
THE HISTORIC LEVEE.

For hundreds of miles along the
Mississippi river, everything depends
upon the levee.
Hundreds Of millions of dollars,
thousands of lives, magnificent cities,
rich agricultural lands-all depend
upon the frail line of earth and stone
raised along the bank of the merci-
less stream.
The pulse of the great river Is
watched with a sleepless vigilance.
The rainclouds rising threateningly
over the horizon are evil things in
the lowlands along the river.
From end to end Of the hundreds
Of miles, the levee is patrolled at this
season Of the year. Every spot is
watched by sleepless guards who
hourly send out reports Of the condi-
ticn.
1t is really a pitiable struggle with
nature. Man seems so frail, so help
less, so Insignificant in the face Of
the sluggish river. rising inch by inch
to test the puny bulwarks reared at
the cost of hundreds Of millions of
dollars tS. protect homes and loved
ones. And to think that such small
margin as two or three feet means
utter destruction in many favored
spots along the great river.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
TIMBER SUPPLY Is GONE.

The following dispatch from Min
neapolis shows the alarming situation
of the country with regard to timber
supply. The dispatch says:
The big lumber mill or the Bovey-
DeLaittre company, located at Cam
den place, this city will cease operat-
ing after two more seasons, according
to the statement Of John DeLaittre,
president of the company.
I'VE have now exhausted all our
own timber" said Mr.. DeLaittre, "and
we will be obliged to shut down unless
we are able to buy timber to keep us
going. There are no prospects at the
present time for securing logs to keep
our mill going for more than two sea-
sons-at the most three seasons.
I'VE are now using up a few strips
of timber land in the northern part
of this state, but they will not last
long. We are hauling some of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
MISSOURI.

Where ranged the black-maned,
woody bulls
BY millions, fat and unafraid;
Where gold. unclaimed. in cradlefuls,
Slept mid the grass roots, gorge
and glade;
Where peaks companloned with the
stars.
And propt the blue and shining
white,
With massive silver beams and bars,
With copper bastions, height on
height
There vast thou born, o lord Of
strength!
o. yellow lion, leap and length
OF arm from out an Arctic chine
To far, fair Nexic seas are thine'
What colors! Copper. clay, and gold
In sudden sweep and fury blent, .
Enwourd, unwound, inrolled, unroll-
ed,
Mad raoldcr Of the continent.
Mod molder Of the continent.
What whirlpools and what choking
cries
FROM out the IOilClofc oHi
sweep,
AS when some god cries out and dies
Ten fathoms down thy tawny deep!
Yet on, right on, on time for death,
No time to gasp a second breath!
We plcw a pathway through the
main
To Moros elastic, Cuba's plain.
Hoar sire Of hot, sweet Cuoan seas,
Gray father of the continent,
Fierce fasnioner Of destinies.
or states thou hast upreared or
rent,
| Thou know'st no limit; seas turn back
Bent, broken, from the shaggy
shore;
But thou, in thy resistless track,
Art lord and master evermore.
Missouri, surge and sing and sweep!
Missouri, master OF the deep,
From snow-reared Rockies to the sea
Sweep on, sweep on eternally.
joaquin Miller in February Century
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

amined on the spot by an agent Of
the department.
In the face OF all these facts Sena-
tor Carter OF Montana and Senator
Hepburn of Idaho, have been making
speeches in the senate sharply criu-
Ching the administration and de-
nouncing its rules,
They try to make it appear that the
rules as they now stand are rcflec-
ton on the honesty of the entire west
and they are holding the administra-
ton blamable because the openings
for pioneers are so much better in
Canada than in the United States to-
day that the bulk of the settlers are
going thither. one would think that
the administration had been guilty Of
treason for not trading off all our
had lands for all the good lands of
Canada years ago.
If there are any congressman from
the west or the east or any other part
of the country who are not satisfied
with present conditions, they can ac-
eomplish a great deal more by work.
ing hard and steadily to secure a re-
vision of the land laws than by max
ing speeches which have no other eff
sect than to prove their present ira
tionality and their past neglect.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
HOW MODERN PROGRESS
HAS BEEN OPPOSED.

The Chicago Record-Herald prints
the following list of amusing objec-
tions which have been made to the
introduction of many of the worlds
most useful Inventions:
The most active opponents of the
railroad and locomotive were the
stage coach lines and canals, especial
ly in England, where the invention
was first put into practical use.
They persuaded landowners that
the locomotive was a horrible dragon,
monster whose breath was so pois-
orous that even the birds flying over
head would fall dead. 1t would set
fire to everything, make the horse a
useless animal, destroy the game, put
an end to hunting, throw land out of
cultivation, and reduce agriculturists
to beggary and so increase the poor
rates.
One of the landed proprietors said
he would as soon meet a burglar or
a highwayman on his premises, as an
engineer. Another devoutly wished
that the inventor and the protector
was at rest in Paradise.
When Stephenson was making his
surveys he was threatened by such
men as Lord Derby with u ducking;
and much of the survey was done by
stealth, for men with guns were
watching them day and night. Heads
were broken with bricks. and ribs
perforated with pitchforKs, and the
theodolites, supposed to be contriv-
ances of the devil. smashed.
The prejudice against speed was the
greatest of all. THE Quarterly Re-
view exclaimed Twelve miles an
hour! As we'll trust oneself to be
fired off on rocket" And it said no
charter should be granted permitting
a speed of more than eight or 10.
When Stephenson was applying for
one, he would not admit that his loco
motive would exceed that.
One prominent member of parlia-
ment denounced it as most absurd
scheme ever conceived, and another
doubted if Stephenson ever had a
plan, or was capable of making one.
Still another member thought him
mad, and a fourth called him a for
eigner, on account of his Scotch ac-
cent.
When the Pacific road was project
ed in this country more than one
senator and member of congress pre-
iicted that few if any would live to
see it completed; but six years after
Francisco.
1t was nearly a century after the
discovery that Illuminating gas could
be distilled from coal before it was
regarded as fit, or used, for practi-
cal purposes. 1t was considered
merely an amusing experiment and
exhibition.
When finally proposed as an illum-
inant. it was as seriously opposed
If successful, it would ruin the whale
fishery, in which thousands were en-
ployed and millions of capital in
vested.
II would put seamen, shipbuilders,
ropemakers, sailmakers out of en-
ployment; bankrupt candlemakers
and lamplighters.
1t would explode and kill thousands
of people every year.
1t smelled so bad that no one would
he able to live in the place where it
was used.
Mischievous persons would break
the lamps.
Burglars or highwaymen would dig
up the pipes and put the town in
darkness whenever they wanted to
commit their crimes.
The claim made for it that one
crystal globe would light large room
was treated as preposterous.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

logs from these Isolated pineries a
distance of ~ miles to a waterway"
H. NJ. DeLaittre, manager of the
company, said that while definite
plans had not been made regarding
the closing down of the big mill here,
at the same time 1t was expected that
the mill would shut down in a very
short time, not excee ding three years.
The Bovey-DeLaittre mill at Cam
den place has now been in operation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

for 10 years. 1t turned out $4,000, 900
feet of lumber last season.
John DeLaittre, president of the
company, said that the company ex-
pected to sell the mill. He declared
that it would not pay to move it to
the coast, and that the machinery
would be OF small use in cutting tim
Der out there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
MOTEL PORTLAND
PORTLAND, OREGON.

CIV 7 377R-N47' DItI8uNtN'
American plan. SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at ali times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment In the hotel.
~. @. BOWERS. NanaIer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

Read the East oregonian.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

roads sought with Governor Glenn,
who has stated as a precedent to any
agreement he might make that the
2 IA cent rate must be put into ef-
feet.
Glenn Tells of Conference.
The conference was a private one,
newspaper men being excluded ut
the request of the railroad attor-
neys. After the conference Cover
nor Glenn stated that at the begin
ming of the conference the railroad
representatives stated that they We're
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

ready to agree to the 2 IA cent rate,
later to be tested in the original in
junction case before Judge Pritch-
ard, an appeal if necessary to be
taken by the state to the United
States Supreme Court, while the
railroads would appeal the Wake
County case to the North Carolina
Supreme Court, and if necessary take
the case on writ of error to the
United States Supreme Court.
The only trouble in the conference
was the selection of the date at
which the 2 IA cent rate should be-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

Raleigh, N. c., July 27.-The state
of North Carolina has won in its
fight to have its passenger rate law
of 2 IA cents observed by all the
railroads pending an appeal to the
courts by the roads of the state
which propose to fight the law.
The promise of obedience to the
law by the Southern and the At
lantic Coast Line railways, which,
since July / the date set for the
rate law to go into effect, have been
violating the law, was given late to-
day at a conference which the rail-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01
GObernOr Glenn forces Southern TO Its Knees

come effective. The railroads want
ed longer time than the state was
willing to grant, but finally the 9Th
of August was agreed upon, as the
railroad representatives stated that
it would be impossible sooner to
make the proper arrangements at
their various ticket Offices to supply
tickets and to fix rates.
Conference Was Harmonious.
The conference was harmonious
throughout. The state was repre-
Continued on Page Five.l
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-01

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30

from the lower end. Folder to tbs
short end . piece Of brass. =, Of such
weight that 1t win exactly balante the
weight of the hand. This Is slipped
on the pivot and the whole thing Is
again placed in position in the sup
port. II the pointer is correctly bal
anced 1t should take the position
shown in Fig. /. but II 1t Is not ex-
actly right . little fling will bring
1t near enough SO that 1t may be cor
rected by the adjusting screw.
Next make q brasS frame as shown
in Fig. s. This might be made Of
wood, although brass IL better, as the
eddy currents set up In a conductor
surrounding . magnet tend to stop
oscillation Of the magnet. THE core
is magnetized when q current flows
through the instrument.) The brass
frame is wound with magnet wire, the
size depending on the number of am.
peres to be measured. Mine is wound
with two layers of No. IA wire. ten
turns to each layer, and is about right
for ordinary experiment purposes.
The ends of the wire are fastened to
the binding-posts, B c, Fig. /.
A wooden box, D, Is then made and
provided with a glass front. A piece
Of paper is pasted on a piece OF
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
Names That Are Suggestive,

When the Seattle high school base
ball nine was in Washington recently
it had as n of its players a young
man named Ten Million.
Civil Service Commissioner Greene,
in commenting on the unusual appella.
ton, recalled an instance of a queer
cognomen that had come under his
observation, somewhat in the same
class with D-Cady Herrick, unsuccess.
full candidate for the governorship OF
New York against the late Gov. Hig.
gins, and w. j. McGee OF the Smith.
sonian institution. But while In the
case Of these gentlemen the initials
are not really such since they begin
no word and are authorizations for
nothing whatever, in the instance cited
by Commissioner Greene the initial
had a meaning, making the whole
lame a parental admonition.
II remember that years az knew
a good woman who followed what
used to be the humble occupation of
monthly nurse" said the commission
er. This Mrs. Quick was full of
wise saws and modern instances, and
used to lose no opportunity to give
good advice. Her only son she bur
dened with a name which never let
him forget his duty to the business
world. She named him John B.
Quick.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
ARE OUT OF THE WAY.
System Of subways for City Pipes and
Wires.

European cities are making great
Roadway in the construction Of sub
ways beneath The streets to contain
not only electric wires for light, pow
er and communication, but also for
the gas ard water pipes. In London
a subway for these utilities is now
built whenever a new street is au,
thorized. Some OF the London sub
ways are as large as seven feet high
by ~ feet wide; there are already
seven miles of these pipe subways.
IN Manchester the subway has now
reached a length of 1886 feet, and is
used exclusively for electric wires,
which are contained in pipes carried
on iron buckets fastened to the walls.
The cost vas s39 per linear foot.
Other cities where the system has
been built are Leeds, Nottingham and
st, Helens. The construction is paid
for by the city, which charges al an
nual rental from the service com
panies, which more than pays the In.
terest on the cost. These annual
charges are based on the diameter of
the pipe. ranging from 60 cents for
three-inch diameter or less up to
$3.50 for 36-inch per foot for water OF
gas. For other companies the rate
is much higher, being $3.50 for three
Inch pipes and $50 for 1S-inch per
300 feet. The freedom from leaks in
water and gas mains, and the ease
n economy with which repairs a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30

wood, which Is then fastened in the
box in such a position that the hand
or pointer viii lie close to the paper
scale. The box is five and one-half
inches high, four inches wide and one
and three-Quarter inches deep; inside
measurements. After everything is
assembled put a drop Of solder on the
loop at d, Fig. s, to prevent 1t turn.
ing on the axle.
To calibrate the instrument connect
as shown in Fig. Z, where A is the
homemade ammeter; B, a standard
ammeter; G, a variable resistance and
D a battery, consisting Of three or
more cells connected In multiple.
Throw in enough resistance to make
the standard instrument read one ohm
and then put a mark on the paper
scale of the instrument to be cali.
brated. Continue in this way with
two amperes, three amperes, four
amperes, ETC., until the scale Is full.
To make a voltmeter out Of this in.
strument, further explains Poplar
Mechanics, wind with plenty of No.
36 magnet wire instead of No. IA, or
If 1t is desired to make an instru-
ment for measuring both volts and
amperes, use both bindings and con.
meet to two pairs of binding-posts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
kasnqarIa.

There are few places In the world
so difficult to get at as Kashgaria.
Though 1t lies In Chinese territory the
journey from Pekin occupies no loss
than six months. From India cara
vans take two months. having to cross
meanwhile the three highest mountain
ranges In the world by way OF several
passes measuring $4,000 feet above
sea level.
Then from the tailend of the Rus.
sian railway system in Central Asia
m may reach Kashgnr In three
weeks by several routes. all involving
the transit OF diflcult and storm.
swept passes.
Kashgaria is said to cover an area
OF 350. 1000 square miles-a statement
that has little interest until consid.
cred in relation to the proportion
which Is cultivated by man. II Is
startling to relate that human en-.
deavor has been capable OF rendering
fertile little more than q hundredth
part and that n~inety-nine hundredths
Of 1t Is i~rredeemable desert.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
Danger to Consular Service.

There is a doubt in my mind" said
an official of the state department,
apropos Of a recent examination of
candidates fer consulships, whether
the best consuls will be secured, ulti-
mately, by the entrance Of these
young men Tito the service, as perma.
nent members Of 1t. No matter how
desirable they may be, personally, /
cannot help feeling that with long
service abroad, unless in countries
positively reoulsive, they will become
denationalized, un-Americanized and
willing expatriates. Their only sight
OF this country will be during brief
and infreQusnt vacations, and imper-
csptibly their individual interests will
become bound up with those of foreign
countries. may not take the right
view Of, It, and my fears appear not 70
worry my snperfors, but that's the
way ! feel about II, and ! can't help Il.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
DRIVER WAS NOT IMPRESSED.
Ambassador J~usserand Probably Now
Carries Credentials.

Ambassador Jusserand, from France,
was n of the party OF diplomatists
who accompanied the president to
the opening of the jamestown expo.
sition.
The ambassador, who is small and
nervous, grew tired of the exercises
before they were over, and concluded
to go back to the hotel. He left, &C.
companied by Nine. Jusserand. Con
veyances were few. The ambassador
looked around and saw several sur
reys standing.
He clapped his hands, whistled and
shouted, but the drivers paid no at
tention to him. Then he trudged over
and said: Il desire to engage this
carriage"
Cant" replied the driver.
Cannot? And why?"
Because these carriages is re-
served for the presidents friends"
The ambassador hoped up and
down. But am re presidents friend"
he exclaimed, lapsing slightly from
the punctilious English he usually
employs.
The driver looked the ambassador
YER You one of the presidents
friends?" he inquired scornfully.
Which one?"
Il am &c ambassador from France
re ambassador from France, | tell
you"
The driver grinned. He leaned out
and shook a warning finger In the
diplomats face. Now see here" he
said, you can't come that over me,
Alphonse."-Saturday Evening Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
Brought Capital Up to Date.

When President Roosevelt adopted a
livery and put the national colors on
his coachman's hat. he gave the finish.
ing touch to Washington as an aristo-
cratic and up to date capital. Now,
at least the gentry can be distinguish
Six years ago, Washington boosted OF
but one state equipage, and that was
the property Of the mikado's envoy,
Now, Mr.. and Mrs. Everybody, and
family circle, has his coach embellish.
ed with coats Of arms, his attendants
bedecked in gay livery and ribbons Of
the same colors, fluttering from their
horses binders. When the president
goes out to drive, his driver and foot
man wear buff trousers, dark green
coats embellished with shiny brass
buttons, and a cockade Of tricolored
ribbon In their silk hats. Each OF the
horses also has a bunch of glory RIB.
bon tied to his head dress. When Mrs.
Roosevelt goes for an outing the out
fit is made more festive by the use
of a tan harness on which the national
emblem appears several times, and
the drivers whip Is decorated with
the national colors. The boys and
Miss Ethel have individual ways of u.s.
ing bits Of red, white and blue, about
their pony %turnouts, and even old
Pinckney. as he goes marketing for
the family, marks his horse with dis
tinction by fastening a tri-colored ro-
settle on either binder.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30

thumb screw shown at A, Fig. 1, until
the hand points to 0 on the scale.
First make a support, Fig. 2, by
bending a piece of sheet brass to the
shape indicated and tapping for the
screws, c. C. These should have
hollow ends, as shown, for the purpose
of receiving the pivoted axle which
supports the hand. The core, Fig. 3.
is made of iron. 1t is one inch long,
one-quarter inch wide and one-eighth
inch thick. AZ a point a little above
the center, drill a hole as shown at
H and through this hole drive a piece
of knitting needle about one-half inch
long, or long enough t. reach between
the two shown In Fig. 2. The
ends OF this small axle should be
ground pointed and should turn easily
in the cavities, as the constituencies
of the instrument depends on the
ease with which this axle turns.
After assembling the core as shown
In Fig. 4, it should be filed a little at
n end until 1t assumes the position
indicated. The pointer or hand, Fig.
5, is made Of wire, aluminium being
preferable for this purpose, although
copper or steel will do. Make the
wire four and one-half inches long
and make a loop, D. one-half inch
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-30
Sixteenth Section Lands.

The next legislature OF Mississippi
will be asked to enact a bill exempting
the McQuown property in Columbus
from the provisions of the sixteenth
section leasehold clause. Practically
the entire business district Of the city
Is included in the sixteenth section, and
as a great deal Of property has changed
hands recently a number Of complica-
tions have arisen.