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THE MORNING ORGONIA MONTJAY, JULY 13, 1903. foe regmxtcm iter at the Fostcfflce at Portland. Oregoa, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION BATES.' Hail (unita nrnlrt. In advance) illy, innn Sunday, per month . ..$0.55 nr. eunaay excepted, per yesx.. um ilr. with Sunday. Der year 8.00 fanday, per year ......... 2.00 ae Weekly. 2 months. lO Ultr Suhlrrflun- ly, per week, delivered. Sunday exceptea-ioo ly. per week. delivered. Sunday iacluded.20o POSTAGE BATES. InflA RtKtos CaruLdm. and Mtllco-" to 1 -nnfi nBr ....mIO to 80-sare saner 3 TO 44-DATS DA Der ... ... ....... 'oretgn rates double. News cr dlacutalon intended for publication Tee Oregonlan should be addressed lnvana- y "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the cams any Individual. 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News Co.. 17 .Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonaia, Washington street. 1 far e&le In Omaha by Barkalow Bros-, 1812 jam street; Megeath Stationery Co.. laws jam street ?ox ea.li in Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 23th et; J as. H. CrockwelL 242 25th street. Tor sale in Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News West Second South street. IFor aale in Washington, D. C. by the Ebbett louse new stand. IFor sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & lendrick, 900-012 Seventeenth street; Louthan Jackson Book & Stationery Co., Fifteenth ad Lawrence streets; A. Series, Sixteenth and irtls streets. 3STERDAYS WEATHER Maximum tem- brature, 71; minimum temperature, 50; pre- Ipitatlon, trace. DAYS WEATHER Partly cloudy and oc- Blonally threatening; southwest to northwest indsr. -) JUTLAND, MOIDAY, JULY 13, 1003. Ian excellent object-lesson. In the current number of the Quar- 2riy of the Oregon Historical Society Ir. T. TV. Davenport, of Marlon Founty, presents "An Object-Lesson in Paternalism," based on the results of le donation land law of Oregon, under rhlch the best parts of the Oregon ter- Itory were "taken up" by the first set ters. Looking to this law and Its results, le inquiry is, "Has Government help Iromoted Individual competence, and las it promoted the general welfare?" The general answer, which we think sound one. Is In the negative. Pos- Ibly the donation land law may have irought settlers to Oregon who but for would not have come. But what is le larger result? The great majority simply "sat awn." Mr. Davenport presents an ex- fellent, even unexampled, picture of arly life, and of Its easy condl- lons without necessity of Industry, rhen our young people skurrled about horseback and the older lapsed into farrulous Indolence- But what Is the itcome? Let this veteran Oregonlan 2ll us. Inquiring into the condition of the jloneers and their Immediate descend- Ints, he finds that, taking an area of 10 ennnro mil 00 tr, -tho rfn,.f .M, 1-hich he is most intimately acquainted id this district contains the capital the state-66 per cent of the donation id claims Vulva t f ' ssion of the grantees and of their de- :endants, and that .another 15 per cent them are mortgaged for all they are rorth, and for practical purposes may ie considered as lost. Not more than per cent of the whole have been or- finarlly successful in holding and im- iroving a part of their possessions and low are free from debt and only 5 per nt of all of them have increased their loldlngs and now are thrifty. Elghty- ven per cent held section donations. ret the half-section claimants have een more successful than the others holding their own. It Is certain that ie general results of the donation land iw would not be found more favorable lan this result developed by Mr. Dav- inport in a particular district. What Is the deduction? Certainly lot In favor of paternalism. Man is lost likely to keep what he has earned llmself. It has long been the opln- jn of The Oregonlan tht the donation id law was the capital mistake made the Oregon Countrjt It brought us I ere in numbers, and we sat down and Id nothing. The best lands were mbre tenerally taken up received as a gift- Oregon than In Washington; and this lay be thought of as a main reason" i'hy Washington has passed Oregon In topulation, In wealth and In general ctivity. They who receive gratuities llmost always become deadheads. Mr. )avenporfs object-lesson in paternal- Bm Is an excellent one. As a rule, bnly l-hat the man himself earns does him Iny real good. "The father of our race llmself decreed that culture should be' lard." And whatever comes to any one Is a bounty not only checks his ener gies, but enfeebles the state. THE FORCES AT GETTYSBURG. The recurrence of the anniversary of ie battle of Gettysburg Is always fol- awed by Inquiry as to the respective lumbers and losses of the armies en gaged. Leslie J. Perry, of the Government bureau of Records, has examined this luestlon very carefully. The aggregate Union losses, complied from complete iclal returns of every Federal com- land engaged In the campaign, was 8,040 men killed, wounded and missing. fhese figures are undisputed, and have leen accepted by all writers since Gen il Meade made his official report in. Lugust, 1S63. I There was no similar and correspond lgly complete official report of the confederate casualties covering In de all the commands engaged. Mor lan a. dozen years ago Major E. C. awes published in the Century Maga- Bne a resume 01 xne tjonieaerate ngth and losses at Gettysburg, lowing almost conclusively that Lee lad not less than SO, 000 men on the leld and that his losses were not less lan 26,000 men for the campaign. 3lonel Livermore, of Boston, estimates ie Confederate losses at not less than 7,000; J. W. Xlrkley, of the War Rec ords Office, estimates them In excess If 27,000. Perry says the Confederate records lemselves contain absolute proof that afrat3DQX numbered at G&t tysburg fully gO.OWf men of 'all arms, and that Its losses In killed, -wounded and missing exceeded 27,000. The offi cial returns for the Army of Northern Virginia on May 31, 1863, show that It contained then 77,931 men for duty. During the month of June It was jgreat ly strengthened by recruits and from other sources to probably ?iearvS5,000 men of all arms. At Gettysburg Lee's army was com posed of nine divisions of Infantry and artillery, and eight of these averaged 8000 effectives each. On a fair estimate, this would give Lee 69,500 Infantry and artillery. The cavalry force was about 11,000 strong, so Lee must have had at least 80,000 men at Gettysburg. On July 20. 1863, only fa. week after Lee recrossed the 'Potomac Into Vir ginia, an official return showed only 41 coo nrp.qpnt for duty, not Including ' ... of 48,192. These figures show that Lee probably lost not less than 30,000 In the campaign. Meade's army was about 80,000 strong when it was. all up; he was outnum bered the first day two to one when the First and Eleventh Corps were wrecked, but on the second- and third days he had all the men that he could use In defense of a posltlbn that was so strong against direct, attack that but for Sickles' frightful blunder the lines of Meade could not have been broken on the second dayf RAILROADS' RAPID DEVELOPMENT. The experience of the Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad offers a good II- .. V . 1 . ' - , . V. I V- lustration 01 me development wmwi iu lows the construction, of a railroad through a country possessed of rich natural resources. Since the construe tion of this road, Balnler, Westport Seaside and a number of other towns along the line have doubled and trebled in population. Half a dozen large saw mills and shingle mills have sprung up along the line, and at Astoria two new mills have been constructed and the capacity of others enlarged. The big cold-storage plants that have added so much to the value of the Columbia River salmon have nearly all come Into existence since completion of the rail road offered direct arid easy outlet for the product, and there are half a dozen other industries directly traceable to the advent of the railroad. The nor mal population of Seaside has more than trebled, and .the Summer popula tion Is ten times as great as It was In the old stage-journey days. The business of. the railroad has trebled since it began operations, and the steamboats which formerly handled all the traffic are still handling as much as they ever did. These are some of the features of a new territory which should not escape Mr. Harrlman's at tention when he has under considera tion tire project of a road through Cen tral Oregon. There are thousands of people In the overcrowded cities, farm ing districts and depleted forest regions of the East, Middle West and North west who are looking for a new coun try. They do not care to push their way In and fight for a division of a trade already worked up, or .to pay the high prices for lands that have al ready been reclaimed from the wilder ness and cultivated. They wish to create new wealth instead of slowly adding to that already created, Even In the new West the immigrants have followed ihe railroads .so rapidly that the opportunities are dally becom Ing more restricted and the desire to penetrate farther into undeveloped field and forest Is greater than -ever. The vjiImp of the trade of Central Orecon Ave years after the completion of a ruuruttU lino umwivu uwuei aiiu "6 ricultural district can no more be ac curuieiy jsuBe uu unic ... v,uu u inat ine lBO rvfr .l?r luul oeiore xne compieuun oi.jne yvaiocia. Columbia River Railroad: The rate at which immigration Is coming Into the state gives us positive assurance that development in all directions will be much more rapid In the next five years than It has been In the corresponding pelid4J"st P9 What has been actually demonstrated afcmg the Lower Columbia and what Is equally certain to follow the advent of a railroad Into Central Oregon may also be expected with the construction of a railroad into the Nehalem Valley. The Lower Columbia district, wh.lle greatly retarded through lack of transportation facilities, could float some of Its prod ucts out of the slouglis and creeks to steamboat connection on the main river before the railroad was built. The case Is different with Central Oregon and the Nehalem. Both of these rich fields for exploitation by capital and labor are so effectually bottled up that there Is hardly any possibility for further development until they are reached by a railroad. The almost perfect isola tions at this time makes It a certainty that greater proportionate development will follow the construction of either of these roads than has resulted from the building of the Lower Columbia road through a territory which already had a partial outlet to clvHlzatiohand the markets of the world. OPPOSING VIEWS. For the ultimate . satisfaction of the people of Oregon It would doubtless be best If the Initiative and referendum amendment could be given at least two years' more trial. Alreadj' there is--a large numoer pi iormer menus or the amendment wlio are dissatisfied with the experiment and would be glad to see the amendment out of the constitution. But there Is also a large number who J still believe in the referendum and want it retained as a part of our system of state government. If the amendment should be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, these people will never cease their agitation until they have secured the readoptlon of the amendment, either through the Legls lature or by a constitutional convention or until the effort shall have been finally beaten. They will always assert that the referendum did not have a .suffi cient trial. It has often been said that the best way to get rid of a bad law Is to en force it, and thus create a popular de mid for Its repeal. If the amendment is a bad addition to the .constitution I perhaps the best way to get rid of It I once and for all would be to have it re talned in force and let the people learn of Its evils by experience. If experi ence should prove it to be a good meas ure, then all would want it retained while if It proved unsatisfactory the demand for its repeal would be so gen eral that 4t would be everlastingly dead. The decision of the Supreme Court will not turn upon questions of expe diency nor upon the merits of the ref erendum ahfendment The sole ques tion that will be presented before the Supreme Court is whether the amend 1 ment was legally adopted The argu- - JLments on koto aM pi the option - " have so much reason in them that one not trained in weighing questions of such a character cannot undertake p form an opinion. Lawyers who stand high in their profession differ In' their views. The Supreme Judges will listen to exhaustive arguments onvotn sides of the Question and- will study,'tije TjrifT- clples of Jaw and the authorities. ThelrJ decision will be the law of-he case and- tvIII be as near right .as they can make it. , For the referendum there '13- an. ar gument namely.' 4that It may be a cnecK upon iegisiationwnicn ine-peopie may not approve.- Against it Is the ar gument that ours Is a Government through the representative system, and must be so. since covernment. dlfectlv. by a democracy en massei-ls impossible; and, further, that the "referendum may be used by a temporary Interest or a narrow prejudice to "hold "up" neces sary legislation. Another time, these arlant views would be debated at length; TRADE EAST AND WEST. The feature- of last week's commer cial situation was the continued strength in the wheat market. With the exception of a single day of weak ness caused by apprehension over the forthcoming crop report, the market ruled strong all the week and closed on Saturday near the highest point of the -season. Some of this strength was apparently due to unsatisfactory threshing returns from the Southwest, but there seems to be a growing feel ing that the wheat consumption of the world has increased to such an extent that all that is in sight for the coming year will be needed. The European market throughout the season has fol lowed the strength in America with misgivings, but by trailing in has final- brought prices up to the top on that side of the water as well as In Amer ica, There may be slight recessions from present prices, but there Is but little in the outlook that leans to the side of cheap wheat. The money market In the" East, pre lous to the appearance of another gloomy bank statement on Saturday, showed more signs of ease, but the re laxation was Insufficient to cause much Improvement in the stock market, and throughout the week securities which a year ago were wildly scrambled for by an eager speculative public were neglected, or when a transaction was reported the figure was so low as to have a distressing effect on all kinds of securities. This continued weakness in stocks which were supposed to have met the turn of the tide when the money market showed signs of ease, confcrm the oft-expressed suspicions that the trouble with Wall street at present Is more due to a loss of con fidence than a loss of cash. The unpro fessional public has been chiseled out of Its wealth so often by the skillful manipulation of stocks of real worth that the most alluring opportunities for a rise In prices are now passed up with no more compunction than would be shown In refusing to purchase a gold brick which would not stand boring. This unsatisfactory condition of af fairs in the East has not yet extended to the Pacific Coast, and all of the big cities west of the Rocky Mountains show substantial gains In bank clear ings and report a generally healthy con dition -of trade. With the usual rush of money for harvest purposes, delayed on account of the late crop, Portland's bank clearings for the week ending last Saturday were over $200,000 more than on the corresponding -week last year, although a year ago at this time harvest was on .at full swing and the banks were handling a heavy volume of busi ness with the interior. The salmon run has Improved very materially since the water began falling, and the Im provement comes at a good time, for many of Oregon's leading resources are inactive at present. The wool season has ended, and hops and wheat are not yet In evidence. The season for berries and cherries is now here, and as the crop is large and prices are good, the industry Is of considerable value In a small way. Lumber, which as a wealth- producer Is rapidly overhauling all other Industries in the state, continues active, with the mills all crowded with orders and new mills going up all over the state. General trade conditions lo cally are improved to a considerable ex tent by a renewal of the extensive building operations that were held up by the strike last Spring. PDNISH THE REAL CRIMINALS. If dealers in second-hand goods pray "Lead us not into temptation," they do not map out for others a. path as easy as that they would like tp travel them selves. One has but to read the ac counts of petty thievery committed by oys In order to learn that the buyer of junk and second-hand goods Is holding out to children a perpetual temptation to "steal. The market for 'stolen goods Is always - ready, and before he com mlts a theft a boy knows that he can dispose of his plunder without dlffl culty. In most cases his desire Is not for the article he wrongfully takes.lmt for the jnoney it will produce. Were It not that he can turn old lead pipe, tools, clothing, etc, Into money, the tempta tion 4o take that which does not belong to him would be small indeed. All of which suggests that petty thievery, by either men or boys, could be greatly diminished. If punishment could be imposed upon the man who buys the stolen goods as well as upon the thief. There is. now upon our stat ute-booksa-law which prescribes pen alty for the .crime of buying' or Tee'eTv ing property which the buyer "knew or had good reason to believe to be stolen. No prosecutions or convictions are ever had under this statute except where the defendant was a party either to the planning or execution of the theft The statute Is broad enough In Its provisions to warrant the conviction of dealers in second-hand goods In many Instances. The law does not mean that the buyer Is guilty only when he has positive evi dence that the property was stolen. It requires only that the circumstances shall be such that a reasonable man would have believed that the goods were stolen. When such circumstances exist, the "buyer has good reason to be lieve that the property was stolen, and if he buys It he cannot complain if he suffers the penalty. Police officers very frequently find stolen goods in a Junk shop, and where the purchase was made from a young boy the ' circumstances are nearly al ways such as would arouse the suspl clon.of a .cautious man dealing with that class of property. In the trial jOf the boy the dealer usually appears as a witness for the prosecution. The? boy .goes to Jail or his parents pay a fine, while the dealer collects his witness f,ees anft returns to his business. A very ef fective way to nut a stap to much "of the stealing would be to prosecute a .ties of. tie. dea?r using, the boyjr as 'XT' " witnesses and letting them receive the per diem and mileage. After a few trials and a conviction or two the mar ket for stolen goods would be 'so lim ited that, there would be little empta iion to steal. 'JXh 'ounce of prevention is worth a pounfr of cure. Many a boy who has.-'notriIng Vicious in his nature has begun a career bf crime by stealing such small article's as he could easily sell. The humiliation of exposure hard ens him, anda conviction starts him ofa the way to the penitentiary. At the, same time the real criminal is the man who stands ready to buy stolen prop erty because he can get It. -cheap and sell it again at a good profit. When 'Margaret Fuller was workin.g on the New York Tribune in 1844-45, she Jell inlovftwltefydung Hebrew, Jam .Nathan, "Margaret aruller- was tnen about 25 yearBof; tige. For some reason this love affair. dU not end in marriage. .Nathan, who hVlSif changed his name 10 uoienuorAt oeane ujum&iei u rwi banker ifi Y$all infteet, and died In 1MB. He preserved 'n .of Margaret Fuller. letters, andV$ej 'are' now published with an introduction, by JullaVWard Howe.whp speaks of her as a sybil and likens her to George Sand, which is very rough on the .great Frenchwoman, who wasa genlift.Nvhlle Margaret Ful ler was only the Pythoness of the Bos ton Transcendentallsts. In one of thet letters, just before the correspondence ceases, is this somewhat effusive pas sage': Lost too soon, too Ions; -where art thou, where wonder thy steps, and where thy mind this day? - This day, the last of leisure, X shall pass In the place that vras the scene of our meeting when our acquaintance grew with the advance of Spring, knew indeed its frequent chills, blights, and delays, but alecjts tender graces, its young Joys and at last Us nosers. This place, I think, wlll always bo lovely In my memory. But alaal we shall met here no more. Strangers to us will haunt the rocks and little green paths, where vwe gave one another so much childish happiness, so much sacred Joy. Hast thou forgotten any of these things; hast thou. ceased to cherish me, O Israeli The Vermont' Marble Company, of Proctor, Vt, for several years has had contracts for supplying gravestones to the United States Army. The Spring field Republican says that the chief owner of said works Is Senator Redfleld Proctor, who might be amenable to the law forbidding a Congressman from having a financial Interest In Govern ment contracts but for the statement that a certain section of the revised statutes "expressly exempts members of Congress holding shares In Incor porated companies from the operation of the law prohibiting them from hav ing an Interest In Government con tracts, and it Is believed that the Ver moht Marble Works Company is an In corporated concern." If this statement is correct it would seem that Congress man Llttauer, of Gloversvllle, -N. T oniy needed to.be an "Incorporated.' manufacturer of gloves for the Govern ment to escape all criticism. The management of theOreeoh State Fair Is to bs congratulated upon the conditions which make' annual expan sion necessary. Although several score of new cattle stalls were built two years ago, the Board of Agriculture finds it necessary to construct eighty more this season. Other, departments have also been growing. Farmers. siucKgrowers ana manufacturers are demanding more space, and. their de mands must be met, for the fair is conducted chiefly In their interests, or rather as an exhibition of their prod ucts. A broad view of what a state fair should be, and careful business methods In conducting It, have made the annual exposition at Salem a popu lar institution. In the last few years each fair has been greater than Its pre decessor, and the one this Fall iproni- loea iu no exception to the rule. However valuable'' the flax industry may yet prove to be to this state, It apparently will not afford employment to a very large number of American la Dorers during the harvest season. In two successive years the proprietor of" the flax-working plant at Salem has been unable to procure white labor to gather the crop. In order best to pre serve the fiber the flax must be pulled msteaa or being mown. In perform Ing this work a man must stand in a slightly stooping posture nearly all the time, ana men not accustomed to It sobn give out. Last season, and again this year, Japanese Were .engaged to pull the crop after the effort to secure white men had failed. Americans, and especially Oregonlans, are not accus tomed to stooping.. Influential men In New York and Washington are going to ask Congress at its next session to. make an appro prlatlon for an art gallery to bejbullt at the National capital. Princely gifts of precious works and of money are promised by private Individuals., While the fpSterlng of the painter's and the sculptor's art Is commendable, It la not one 01 the functions of government as Americans view government. 'It will not be surprising If ,the proposed meas ure. falls, A National iart gallery smr gests a National theater and a National opera-house. Congress will be cautious about setting a precedent Another lesson In the. management of desperate criminals comes- from June tion' City, Kan., wberea negro who had murdered a guard was confined in the County Jail. With three others he at tacked and overpowered the Sheriff and maae nis escape, iferhaps after more lives are sacrificed jailers will learn that it Is dangerous to herd desperadoes of the Harry Tracv stamp with ordf. nhry prlsdrieis In Unprotected corridors'. Nothing 'is likely to come from the proposal to Unite In one body the Chris tian Endeavor Society, the Epworth League andthe Baptist Young People1 Union. Each Is strong enough (to stand. alone, and generous rivalry Is a com mon stimulant for the three organiza tions; still, the movement to consolidate is in keeping with the twentieth-century spirit Up In Salem the proprietors of the meatmarkets are engaged In a war among themselves. When butchers go at It the slaughterpf prices should, be errmc. Parsaed. - Chicago Tribune. There was a hunted look In the states man's eye. With uncontrollable agitation he packed his vaJIso and kissed his wife irooa-bye. "What is the trouble, dear?" asked his anxious wire. "Where are you going?" "To the roountaias.itbe deaerB. the jun gle anywhere!" Mf'akewered, incoherent ly. "There Us a delegation comlnt tcrthe .house within an hour to tell'aaie I've gt to run for Vice-Presldenfcl" I Anrl with wild cryJitJUa V' " V -r SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS War Opem t Great Fame. Pendleton Tribune. John Barrett can make a hit In the Argentine by Introducing clam chowder. GlKd-te Get Omt Witk Whsle Sklna. Tillamook Herald. . We -note with some surprise, that the postofflce officials who '-'resigned" arc not asking for any testimonials. ' Llstea te Tfclfc, Mr. HarrlKRB. East Oregonlan.' If Harriman spends $10,000,000 in the "next five years building roads In Central Ore gon, he will have laid' foundations for greater future profits than he has in any previous venture. Okie Wea't Be Sidetracked. Sheridan Sun. Ohio has become so accustomed to hav ing ri Ohloan at the head of the ticket that she does not take kindly to the sug gestion that axu-Ohloan be nominated for the Vice-Presidency. Harsh View ef Mr. Haaaa's InlBeace, Dayton Courier-Press. Senator Hanna declared In his address to the Salvation Army at Cleveland that if he had 'the power to touch men's hearts, he would Join the Salvation Army. Mark's touching power lies altogether in the pocket. Dea't Worry, Father Mather's Working Burns Times-Herald. Many a wife Is loitering around home fooling away time toying with the wash tub, or splitting wood, while her poos hss- band is hard at work In the back room of saloon, worrying his brain to keep. the other fellow from shutting out his long suit in a solo hand. r Happy Eacape for the Prealaeat. Colfax Gazette. The dally papers of Seattle and Tacoma are chewing the rag over what they imag ine President Roosevelt thinks of their respective cities. There is only one gratl fying thins about the affair and that Is that In all probability the President does not tret to see the trash which those sheets are dishing up to their readers. Frank Rieder'a Great Perplexity. Harney County News. Frank RIeder has secured some photo graphs of the curious Indian writings which appear on the rock walls along Blltsen River. Frank would like to know what the picture of a turtle, upside down and surrounded by lizards signified to the wayfaring redmen. He doesn t know whether he has the picture of a hotel reg ister or a recipe for tanning deer skins. Terrible Trouble Over Two Hoars. Tillamook -Herald. A hundred dollar lawsuit over a couple of $10 hogs was tried in Justice Alley's Court last Wednesday. The grunters be longed to A. Arstel and were allowed to run at large. It appears they were fre quent caller at Harrison Booth's, doing damage in rooting about his place, the hogs were taken up by Booth and sold to the constable who had advertised them In the proper way before selling them. Mr. Arstel brought suit to recover the value of the hogs, but Booth had Judgment rendered In his favor. The Ladles, and the Badger. Waltsburg Times. A pitched battle occurred In the western part of towrf Tuesday which was exciting while It lasted. The principals were a large badger and four ladles. A badger was dlscdvered in the Vlning garden after chickens and Mrs. A. Vinlng and daogh ter-in-law, Mrsi- F. Vlning, Mrs. John Lane and Mrs. E. Diehl with clubs, pitch forki and hoes lined ud for the rescue of th'e poor chickens. The badger put up a gallant fight against such odds but to no avail and .the thief was finally killed with a blow from a hoe. Cattle Iaaaatry Will De Beaeflted. Harney Valley Items. The stand. It is reported, that the Gov ernment is taking to have the illegally fenced public lands thrown open is caus ing the. big cattle corporations to wince. The illegal fencing of public lands, how ever, Is not wholly confined to the large concerns, but also to a number of the "smaller fry" who would like to be classed with the former. The cry that the throwing open of this land will hurt SLtS ?L?jm.,2lmJ2 W! thinks that with his passing from this earth all Industry will die. Jio Open Door There for Dr.1 Laara. Tacoma News. A Woman blatherskite from San Fran cisco is arguing against marriage to au diences of "elderly women and embar rassed men" In Portland. She declares that marriage is "unscientific, Immoral and will bring on race suicide." The Ore gonlan reports her as referring to a band of women In Tacoma who hold to her shameless views. - Perhaps she refers to the "Home Colony," which is not located at Tacoma. It Is to be hoped that "Dr." .Laura Smith will not pollute the at mosphere of "Tacoma with heV presence, nor poison; the minds of Tacoma people with her Indecent suggestions. One Healthy Infant Industry. Seattle Times Seattle's advocate of' "letting well enough alone" now talks of the urgent necessity of subsidizing the ship trust before the American ship .disappears completely from the high seas." Never In the history of the United States has American .shipping been so numerous upon the oceans of the world as today and never so prosperous, yet this advo cate of pap for hoary "Infant Industries" goes forth weekly with a message of gloom. It goes into hysterics over tho possibilities of a centralized despotism and yet boldly approves a piratical raid upon the public treasury for the benefit of a combine. Means Good for All Oregon. Astorian. xne Lewis ana uiarK exposition is a legitimate enterprise, In which the whole Northwest is concerned, and, while It may redound especially to the profit of certain .fortiana people, tney are more than welcome to their share for the great "work they are doing in making the Fair a success, for its success means much to every part of Oregon. That Portland will collapse and go tb sleep after the Fair Is over. Is among the Improbabilities which need not be worried about at this early date, especially as another ball will open before that time to occupy the attention of the public Unless all signs fall, greater Astoria, will then have awak ;ened from the sleep of a century. There will be a buzcing hereabouts that will disturb the slumbers of old settlers. Short Stories ana Good Money. Boise Capital News. So many of our most respected masra zlnes are going into vaudeville that there Is a general hopelessness among old fashioned magazine readers over the fu ture of their favorite periodical literature. What Is to become of the purely literary writers, the essayists, the travelers, the Wits and philosophers Is not to be fathi omed. Short stories sell more magazines and the object of printing magazines Is to sell them. .And such stories I They revolve around the Incident of a torn dress, a lost rowboat, a sticking car window, and for the most part record the "flip-flap" con versatlon of young persons whose only Idea Is a wish to be married. But let all who can put pencil to paper and under stand their grammar make hay while the sun shines. For; now is the harvest' The short story Is a good seller. Everybody Is going Into short stories, as they go Into nw kinds of raspberries, strawberries and tomatoes In the fruit-farming dis- TEACH YOUR BOY TO SWIM., Chicago Tribune. The public bathing beaches were ooened vesterdav. There are tnree 01 Jhem all on the lake. The public baths which used to be situated at Tweuui street and the river and at Fiftieth street and the lake will probably not be in use this year. "The .'three baths which will be open ar,e at Oakdale avenue. Twenty sixth street and Seventy-ninth street At each of these places there are acres of shallow water where those who do not know how to swim can learn. The beaches slope gradually and Safely. Ad mittance to the water costs nothing, and suitable bathing garments are furnished free. The city employs expert watermen and swimmers, who watch the (bathers and keep them from getting into danger. The parent who has a boy who doesn t know how to swim should see that he learns. Possibly some day that knowl edge will save his life. Certainly during many days it wil add to his stock of happiness and health. There are few more thorough forms of exercise than swimming. Every muscle Is brought into play. .The chest and lungs particularly are developed. Greater chest develop ment. If it does not Jake the form merely of pectoral muscles enlarged by artificial dumbbell exercise, means greater lung capacity, which means greater vitality. The schools have closed and the ooy has quantities of spare time. He ought to make the most of the half chance that city boys have to understand the mean ing and the feeling of nature. Country bred boys all through their after lives look back on. the old swimming, hole as the pleasantest place in all the world. The bathing beach of the city is not so good as that swimming hole, but it is much bet ter than nothing- If the boy spends a good part of. his Summer vacation In swimming he will be a happier boy now ana a oeuer, man in ine xuiure. NEWSPAPERS. Yakima Republic The influence of a newspaper, whether it is published in the city or In the coun try, depends largely on who owns It what he owns It for, and what he does with It The country newspaper Is usually a small affair, owned by a single fhdlyldual. J3en- erally he Is a man of ordinary ability, trying to live honestly and to . make enough out of his paper to support his family. What he has Is more often than not his own. Including his opinions on such subjects as he Is competent to dis cuss. As a rule, his editorial utterances express his honest convictions. He is rightfully entitled to exercise a certain amount of influence. The people who read his paper respect the opinions of such men, and will always be guided to a certain extent by them. If he happens to be a mercenary creature, if he can ba bought the readers of his paper take little stock In him, and ho cannot Influ ence them, even though he may be a man of considerably ability. There are a few great dally papers In the country the editorial pages of which reflect the candid, honest opinions of the editors as fully as do the editorial columns of the untrammeled little weeklies. Such a pa per Is The Oregonlan, of Portland. The editor of that paper Is not only at lib erty to think and write as he pleases, but he Is a thinker and writer of great ability. The influence of his 1 paper is therefore great Probably there Is not a more Influential paper In the United States. No paper conducted as Is The Oregonlan can fall to have Influence, ac cording to the ability with which it Is edited. If the influence of the daily press -is on the wane, it is because many dally papers either do not attempt to make public opinion, or else are the organs of powerful financial or business interests, and as such express no opinions but those dictated by men with selfish purposes to serve. Well Equipped for Ilia First Trip. Philadelphia Record. A- young man who Is planning his first trip abroad, and who Is rather sensitive lest his fellow-travelers ssjpuld regard him as not knowing the ropes, made a vry Important purchase the other day. It was in the form of a dress suit case not a new one, but one that had evidently seen years of hard usage. Moreover, he picked it up in a pawnshop, the last fa7dTouThamtsUwould look for such a thing. But It was consplcuous- place In the world one wouia think a ly displayed In tho window, and he pur chased it paying a price far In excess of its Intrinsic value. The secret of his lust for this particular travel-stained bag lay lh the fact that It was plastered all over with foreign labels, and had evidently once belonged to a marr who had done Europe thoroughly. Equipped with this, he no longer has any fear, when he Em barks on the steamer of being taken for a "first tripper." "American Fever- in Jfonvay. Los Angeles Times. The "American fever" Is spreading so fast In Norway that the authorities are becoming alarmed. The country is very sparsely settled, having only 2,000,000 in habitants. Of these 2p,000 emigrated last year, mostly to America, and the Indica tions are that tnac ngure wiu no neany doubled this year. Where the Columbian Grows. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. Life Is worth more than the living-, never Is Joy moro complete. Never the cup of existence brimming with nec tar more sweet; Mountains of grandeur majestic courting the kiss of the skies. Vales of unspeakable beautr. charming the wondering- eyes. Thrilled Is the being with rapture, tingles the heart with delight, Dances the soul to & music all sparkUng with melody bright. . As we recline 'neath pinion in the moat Indo lent pose, Drinking the breath of the ' mountains up where the columbine grows. Sweet U the musical rippling borne In the prattle of brooks, Olad are the notes of the song birds hid In the leaf-curtained nooks-. Joyous the hum of the wild bees, seeking the sweets of the flowers. Gaily the butterflies spangle the walls of the falryllke bowers. There Is the world and Its troubles barred from the chambers of mind, Hefer unwelcome Intruder of thought from the carea left . behind. Comes to disturb the siesta, as our eyes we so Jaxlly close, Up In the heart of the mountains, where the wild columbine grows. - There In the arms of old Nature, close to her motherly breast Souls that are drooping and weary sink Into strengthening rest. Arms that are weak from life's battle quickly rrow active and strong. Lips that were laden with murmurs ripple with hope-given song, Nourished the toll-weakened body, anew the ambition is fired. The heart with new vigor is throbbing by Nature's rare beauties Inspired, As in the cool shade of the pine trees stretched out on tbe grass we repose. Up where the breezes are purest, up where the columbine grows Round us the wild deer are playing, yonder an elk lifts Its head. Sniffs at the scent of Intrusion, vanishes lordly f tread Sleeps the brown bear In .the bushes, dodges the quail In the gross, Frightened by cries of the bobcat up in the rock-armored pass. Proudly the eagle .Is circling' up In the face .of the skies. Finger of eep as, a. feather dreamily tpuches our eyes jOh, the delectable visions flashed on the brain as fre So a. Up In the ' klnglf olff mountains, where the I -WjW g&umfettM grows, NOTE AND COMMENT. Good morning! Did you see the great ame? Good news at last from Klshlnef. The leader of the riot has committed suicide: ' Cablegrams from Honolulu telling "of quarrels among legislative factions seems like ,news from .home. Matt Quay says he Intends to quit In 1905. No one believes the farewell seaeon of an actor is really the last King Edward ought to be gracious and send Roosevelt a congratulatory message on our success at the International shoot.' Speaking of local improvement has any one noticed the nine Portland men work ing in the lot at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn? Astorians refuse to. accept Senator Ful ton's resignation frora the-school board. -Do they propose to telegrapn to Washing ton every time a load of slab wood or a box of chalk Is needed? . Under the new charter the City Audit or must make an inventory of city prop erty. If he Invoices, the Jail building. Second and Oak, at more than one cent he will be swelling the valuation. HIgglnson, In his "Life of Whlttier," says that the poet was at one time so keen and influential a professional politician that when he withdrew from politics In 1S43 a congressional nomination was fairly within his reach. The largest Immigration In to the United States recorded of any year took place In 18S2, when tho arrivals numbered Tfe 992.. But this figure will be surpassed the pres ent fiscal year. Already 758.2S5 Immi grants have come in no less than 137,514 arriving In May and there Is one more month to hear from. The slaughter of railroad employes about which much was heard when Con gress had the question' of automatic couplers under consideration soma years ago, still continues. In the last fiscal year 2969 were killed and 50.524 were in jured. That is a very heavy rate of mortality, while one out of every 24 em ployes was Injured. The number of pas sengers killed was 345, or only one out of every 1,853,706 passengers carried. The most Impressive funeral ever seen in Jackson, Mich., was that of General W. H. Withlngton. who was burled there June 30. The guard of honor consisted of the six survivors of company B, First Michigan Infantry, which fought under Withlngton at the commencement of the clval war. Senators Alger and Burrows, with numerous other citizens, were In attendance.' Business was practically sus pended In town during the funeral, a great crowd of residents following the remains to the last resting place. Lawrence and. Cassandra Southwick, Quakers, who were thrashed at the cart tall through the streets of Salem for "prophesying" there In Puritan days, are to be commemorated there by a descend ant, Frederick Fanning Ayer, if his design for a monument be accepted. He proposes to commemorate the whipping by the statue of a tiger, typifying superstition, and exhibited wilh ravening jaws reared above a half-stripped woman, into whose shoulders his claws are fixed, while a -man strives to loosen the grasp. . In 1876 Governor Nicholls, of Louisiana, a graduate of West Point and a Confed erate Brigadier who lost a leg In battle, addressing a. colored Conservative Club. In New Orleans, said: "Any law attempted to be passed directed against a class or race of the community would meet with, my most determined opposition. No such - attempt however, will be made; for, in dependently of the constitutional barriers which stand In the way, the Democratla or conservative, sentiment of the whole South la united against ouch action." Adellna Pattf will sail for her native land, America, October 24 next In a re cent Interview published at Berne the great singer recurred to her childhood, in New York, "when I used to listen for the call of the Ice-cream man In Twenty- first street where I lived with my sister. . Thanksgiving day, 1S59, I made my operatic debut at the Academy of Musio in 'Lucia. That dear old academy how I love it! I'm so glad they have not pulled It down. For sentiment's sake I should like to make my last appearance there. An old Florida Colonel recently met Booker T. Washington and" in a bibulous burst of confidence said to the negro edu cator: "Suh, I'm glad to meet you.. Al ways wanted to shake your hand, suh. I think, suh, you're the greatest man in America." "Oh, no," said Mr: ''Washing ton. "You are, suh,". said the Colonel,, and then, pugnaciously: "Who's greater?" "Well," said the founder of Tuskegee, "there'3 President Roosevelt" "No, suli," roared the Colonel. "Not by a jugful; I used to think so, but since he Invited you to dinner I think he's a blank scoundrel." The 'kite General Wade Hampton, Gov ernor of South Carolina, and afterward United States Senator, said in a speech made In June, 18S7, at Auburn, N. Y.: "I say to you, men of New York, as I say at home, I owe my election to the colored men of South Carolina. Thousands of them voted for me, knowing that I had been a good friend of their race, and knowing that I was the first man after the war to recommend that the right of suffrage should be given to them, and that I have never yet changed my opin ion upon this subject Knowing this, they sustained me In large numbers, and I ,ara happy to say that nearly all the fears of the more Ignorant are passing away, and they are satisfied that they will be dealt with In all respects as citizens of South Carolina." .PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Teacher Where was the Declaration, of Inde pendence signed? Tommy At the bottom. Chicago Dally News. Ethel Do you really think the Lieutenant will propone to Beth? Edlth-Oh, yes; he has several medals for bravery, you knowl-Puck. "I told papa your poems were the children of your brain." "What did he say!" "Said they were bad enough te put in the reform school." Judge. "Weren't some of those transactions by which you profited a trifle irregular?" "Not for me." answered Senator Sorghum. "They were quite the usual thing." Washington Star. Value of His Opinion. "Do you think it's going to rain?" she asked. "Oh, I'm sure it's not." he replied. "Then I'll take my um brella." she announced with decision. Chicago Evening Post. "that it is my half million that draws your af fection to me." "You wrong me. MyrtlHa," said the impassioned' yoqth. "You might scale It down lemme see say 10 per cent, and it wouldn't shake my constancy In the least." Cleveland Plain Dealer. , Royal Adviser The world expects, your 'majesty, that you will Inflict some punishment Upon the assassins that killed your majesty's royal predecessor." New King (with emotion) I shall punish them by letting them live to suffer the remorse that follows th commission ief a crlmo, Chicago Trlbun.