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8 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906. Entered at the Poetofflce at Portland. Or., as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. XT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. T3 (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months ? 59 Six montha ?J Three montha 2 iJ One month 2 Delivered by carrier, per year 8. 00 Delivered by carrier, per month "5 Ume. per week - Sunday, one year Weekly, one year (issued Thursday)... 1-50 6unday and Weekly, one year 3.50 HOW To REMIT Send poetofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8. C BeckwKh Special Agency New York, rooms 43-30. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 610-512 Tribune building Ktl't ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, Postofflce News Co., 17S Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. St. Marie. Commercial Station. Denver Hamilton k Kendrlck, 908-912 Beventeenth street; Pratt Book Store, 1214 Fifteenth street; I, Welnsteln. Uoldfield. Nev. 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Its isolation has (been complete from the earliest ages. It has isolated Itself as a large body of our fellow-citizens, deeming Amer ica all-sufficient, and accepting the leadership ut Bryan and other mounte-liai,k.- wanted America to isolate It self. They argued, as the Chinese did, that within ourselves we were self-sufficient and all-sufficient, could maintain values, social, moral, political, indus trial and monetary. In our own way; and when one spoke of the world abroad, the sneering answer was, "What's 'abroad' to us?" But America and America means the United States didn't fall to the Chi nese basis. We kept within the cur rents of the world and within the move ments of human life. The Bryan no tion, that America and the rest of the world should remain uninfluenced by each other, and unconscious of each other, could not prevail. Even China now is making a start, to get out of its isolation. Its weakness and its conceit. This movement, for regeneration of China, was started by travelers, and then pushed by commerce. The actual beginning was made in 1842, when Great Britain, to punish outrages upon Its traders, broke Into China and ob tained the port of Hong Kong-. Other differences followed, the French took a hand with the English, and In 1857 Canton was taken by the French and English troops. France, as well as England, thus obtained a permanent hold In the old empire. Germany got In some years later. But the real date of Chinese regeneration was the war with Japan, which broke out in 1894. It broke the Chinese notion of their su periority, which had been bred from their exclusivenese, and China realized at last that there was a world outside. Napoleon, whose Imagination was un equaled. though his Immediate fore sight was dimmed by his refusal to recognize present difficulties, obstacles and even Impossibilities, many times offered predictions as to what China could do. and what place that nation might take in the world, should It re deem itse-.f from isolation and make use of modern inventions and methods for development of its powers and for assertion at its proper place in the mod ern world. Old China now Is virtually broken down. New China begins. So, among the great and far-reaching changes that havii signalized the early years of the twentieth century, the most re markable Is the awakening of China. The people of that country had been regarded as the most conservative in the world. They had Introduced hardly any material change In the form of their government, in their public policy and laws, in their religious observances and social customs, in their arts and industries for 3000 years, and there seemed to be no reason to anticipate that they would ever voluntarily enter upon any marked departure from an cient usage in any sphere of human In terest and activity. But today the American or European traveler in China finds conclusive evidence on all hands that the Chinese are enamored with progress and have broken defi nitely with the iwist. Profcably no proof of this fact strikes the stranger more than the altered at titude of the people of China generally In relation to railroads. The govern ment then dreaded their Introduction with good reason, because it became obvious that certain foreign powers de sired to establish and use them as a means ot conquest. By cunning schemes, by promises and threats, Rus sia secured the concession of an outlet through Manchuria for its trans-Siberian railway. Other European for eign offices took the hint, and English. German, French and Belgian conces sions were urged upon the Chinese gov ernment, and even an American conces slon was at last added to this formida ble list. The uneducated masses in China were told that the locomotives with their trains were foreign steam monsters, and that the passage of a railway would be a desecration of the graves of their ancestors. But when the railroads actually had been built and put Into operation, the people swarmed to use them. It is said, in deed, that there Is no parallel to the local railway passenger traffic upon fully established roads In China, except in the daily rush In and out o great population centers in Europe or Amer ica. Such stir Is portentous. Railway travel, of course, shakes the people up and brings them together, rendering the work of an industrial civilization easy and progressive. The government has abandoned its policy of opposition. It has been demonstrated that railroads are great conveniences, and that they pay. "No matter what led to their In troduction, or the uses to which they have been put," says Mr. Thomas F. Millard in his recent work on "The New Far East," the railroads have come to China and are there to stay. He Is fa miliar with the country, and gives his own personal Impression In addition to what he has learned from intercourse with intelligent native Chinese and well-informed foreigners. "I should take pleasure," he declares, "In dwelling upon the impressions cre ated by the natural aspects of the land, as one travels for days through fields of waving grain and growing crops, by thousands of villages and numerous large cities, on one of the new trunk lines or along one of the great rivers. Here is. Indeed, a. marvelous country, with almost limitless capability for de velopment." Our American people of the Pacific States have long time observed how Imitative the Chinese are. They can. do any mechanical thing that anybody else can do. Their imitative talent amounts almost to genius, and there fore no one should be surprised at the readiness with which they take on at least the externals of civilization. They are making rifles and artillery for their new army, and the smokestacks of their factories are to be seen from one end of the country to the other. "It no longer astonishes one in China," says Mr. Millard, "to see a Chinese electrician come to fix the elec tric lights or the telephone, do his work quickly and go about his other busi ness. The common thing now is to see wealthy Chinese going afoout the for eign concessions in their motor cars, driven by native chauffeurs. Even the new woman has made her appearance. Recently I saw the young daughter of a high official riding a bicycle through a street in a foreign concession, attend ed by a servant on another wheel." He adds that, in his opinion, there is now no nationality more disposed than the Chinese are to take up with new and improved methods. The telegraph and the newspaper are at work, too, and increasing numbers of Chinese are taking an interest, not only in the affairs of their own coun try, but in those of the outer and larger world. By the statesmanship of Japan the possibi'ities of such a situation are un derstood. Thus it will be the policy of Japan to cultivate peace with China and fair understanding. Alliance or co operation between China and Japan is a necessity. Wonderful things within a century will take place in the Orient; and our own Pacific States are in posi tion to be more affected by this devel opment than any other part of the world. DANGERS OF THE STRIKE. The sailors' strike, which has tem porarily crippled Pacific Coast shipping, now threatens to inflict great damage on shore industries which may be drawn Into the trouble indirectly. The withdrawal of a large number of steam schooners, which were engaged in the lumber-carrying trade, has .made It al most impossible for the large mills to keep their yards and docks clear. The Eastern States, of course, offer a mar ket for a large amount of lumber if it were possible to secure cars in which to. ship it. The Summer time is usually regarded as the dull season in rail lum ber shipments, but, exclusive of the business that has been thrown on the railroads by the strike, there have been at all times offerings for railroad ship ment slightly In excess of the facilities available. This condition has resulted In development of the water trade to its utmost. In order that the strain may be taken off the railroads. But with withdrawal of the steam schooners on account of the strike, no immediate re lief from that quarter can be expected. There is also little or no hope for relief from the railroads. With their rolling stock all in use during the dull Sum mer season, there is no reason for ex pecting anything but the usual block ade, when wheat begins to move a month or six weeks hence. Murmurs of car shortage are heard today, when the receipts of wheat are only about ten cars per day, compared with 300 to 400 cars per day, which will be pouring in two months hence. Unless the strike shall be settled in the meantime, and there shall be steam schooners avail able, the consequences will be serious for wheat shipments, and increased dif ficulty will be encountered in securing cars for lumber. The dally capacity of the big mills of Portland is so enor mous that the matter cf yard room for storing the cut is a most serious one, and unless the product can be. shipped in large quantities, practically as soon as It comes from the saw, a yard block ade will speedily follow, necessitating the closing down of the mills. It Is in this possibility that the sail ors' strike broadens its sphere for mischief and drags In thousands of per sons who have no direct interest in the matter. The Portland longshoremen, having no grievance with either the shipowners or the men who supply the cargoes, have been loading the vessels, even when manned by nonunion crews. Neither are the employes of the saw mills or the loggers In the woods in any way in sympathy with the sailors' strike, and yet all of them will suffer in the event of a general closing down of the mills. The big mills in this city, liable to be affected by this strike, dis tribute among the employes of their yards, mills and logging camps approx imately $7000 per day, and, as nearly all of this money is speedily placed in circulation, its influence on trade is enormously Increased over the actual amount originally paid out. The fact that the sailors are strik ing for higher wages than the highest ever paid for similar work renders it extremely difficult to settle the trouble by arbitration. Accordingly it seems quite clear that nothing but a fight to a finish will bring about a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulty. The ac tion of the longshoremen in loading vessels on which the union sailors have been supplanted by nonunion men Indi cates quite clearly their disapproval of the strike, and as the general public sentiment is unfavorable to the strik ers, it is probable that there will be a resumption of business before the mat ter becomes so serious as to necessi tate the closing of the mills, the most potent factors in our present prosper ity. Sir Joseph Wadd, Premier of New Zealand, Is visiting this country, and yesterday lunched with the President at Sagamore Hill. Sir Joseph is very anxious to perfect a reciprocity treaty with the United States for the purpose of widening the markets for New Zea land products and at the same time per mitting his people to take fullest ad vantage of the American markets in buying. The New Zealander states that his people have the largest per capita of wealth In the world, and pro portionately the lowest rate of taxa tion; also the cheapest and most effi cient public utilities, and that trusts are unknown. If our statesmen could devise 1 a reciprocity scheme by which we could secure from New Zealand some of the secrets by which such a Utopian state of affairs can be brought about, we could well afford to hand over in ex change almost any old thing our An tipodean friends might desire. HAKRIMAN AT COOS BAY. Purchase by the Harriman interests of the Spreckels holdings at Coos Bay removes the last vestige of doubt about the early construction by the Southern Pacific of a railroad to the rich but long-isolated region which for so many years has paid tribute almost exclusive ly to California. This purchase also ex plains the seeming Indifference of the Harriman representatives in securing terminal facilities at Coos Bay. It was this apparent neglect that has tended to weaken the faith of the people In the projected Drain extension. The pur chase of the Spreckels coal mines and railroad is undoubtedly of less import ance to the Southern Pacific at this time than it would have been several years ago. Prior to the discovery of oil in Cali fornia all of the fuel used on the South ern Pacific was wood or coal, the latter being hauled great distances at a heavy expense. At that time access to the Coos Bay mines would have effected an enormous saving in the operating ex penses of the road. It would also have given Portland an opportunity to secure Oregon coal at a price approximately as low as that paid for the Washing ton product. The fuel feature of the situation has undergone a radical change since the discovery and general use of oil, but railroad connection with these mines would still admit of a large business in Coos Bay coal in this city. But, aside from its value to the oper ating department of the railroads, coal is by no means the most Important fac tor in the trade of Coos Bay. Orchard, dairy and field products of that region are unexcelled, and both land and cli mate are admirably adapted for them. These products, for which Coos Bay has long enjoyed an enviable reputation, have never brought to the shippers the net returns which their merits war ranted and which would have been pos sible had there been facilities for plac ing them on the market more expedi tiously than by means of a long sea trip. The forest resources lying adjacent to Coos Bay are wonderful in extent and richness, and will supply an enormous tonnage of freight for the railroad. This industry is an old one in that part of the state, but the manufacturers of lumber, in spite of plentiful supply of raw material, have been under a con tinued handicap, through their Inabil ity to reach the rail markets of the country. Mr. Harrlman's newly ac quired terminal facilities, of course, will require remodeling on an extensive scale, when his branch line shall reach tidewater at the Bay, but his purchase will greatly facilitate in the budding of a new seaport in the southern part of the state. It also offers positive as surance that Portland is at last to have access to a rich trade field, from which this city has long been barred. So long as California was the only market sought for the coal, lumber, butter, fruit and other products ol the Coos Bay region, practically all of the goods used In that country were bought in San Francisco. All of this will be changed as soon as the Southern Pacific closes up the gap between its main line in Oregon and its late purchases on Coos Bay. Of all the new lines and branches projected in Oregon, none will offer such quick returns in trade as that which will Join Portland with the prosperous cities of the Southern Ore gon coast. THE CALL OF THE HARVEST. The teeming earth is offering Its har vest bounty in great abundance. A fa voring Spring smiled upon the labor of the husbandman and a generous Summer is ready to give the reward. The careful plowman has long looked with pride over his fields of corn, of wheat, of rye, of barley, well pleased with their promise. But now a new anxiety awaits him a menace to his crop that no foresight can forestall, no device turn aside. Where are the hands to gather these abundant crops? Already the railroads and the mining camps, the mills and the logging crews, the fisheries and the odd jobs about city and country have absorbed practically all of the men who can be induced to labor or are worth employing. There is, plainly speaking, no great surplus of competent laboring men in the country at present. The 3,000,000 tramps who roam the country at will and live upon the proceeds of the thrift and industry of others are, of course, out of the reck oning. An army whose numbers can scarcely be computed shifts from place to place, fairly competent, but unwill ing and therefore not dependable. An other host, email hit comparison, but still large, has steady abiding place in agricultural districts, but most of them are working land on their own account, either as owners or as tenants, and prospective owners. These are they who are of the harvest-employing class ready to work In their own fields and exchange work with their neighbors when possible. Upon these the saving of the enormous bulk of grain now ripening largely depends, but there is not enough of them. Hence the harvest care, that for the next two months wlH become daily more insistent, while farmers listen in vain for the'-nswer that will set at rest their fears of a shortage of help. Men of the class noted as common laborers do not take kindly to the har vest field. Perhaps the most practical, certainly the most reasonable, cause for this is the relatively short period of de mand. Harvest is a busy, strenuous time. The sua is hot, the dust of the fields oppressive and adhesive, or, if a rainy harvest befalls, the hurry be tween showers and the broken working day render the work unsatisfactory. The next reason for the scarcity of harvest help is the restlessness of the men themselves and the liking of many of them for late hours and so-called entertainment. The quiet of the coun try Is Irksome to them; the early bed time is a bore; the rural life tame. Good wages, abundant food, the open air bivouac in the straw, are not ap preciated. The oall of the harvest reaches them and they respond to It for a time, but not for long. Thus between the facts that there are not enough willing, capable and inter ested laborers to do the work and that the large majority of such men as can be hired to gather crops cannot be de pended upon to stay by the work until It is completed, the farmers of a wide region regard the promise of harvest abundance with real apprehension. The call for help Is loud and earnest; good wages, good food and fair treatment are notes in the call. While this call Is being sounded from Kansas to Ore gon, from the Dakotas to Washington, from Texas to California, let no pity be wasted upon trfe workingman "out of a job," for behold, the fields are white for the harvest and the laborers are few. In one sense, one Creffleld was all too many; in another, at least three Cref fields were required to fill the measure of vengeance which the unspeakable ignominy of the man provoked. George Mitchell shot and killed the human viper; Lewis Hartley earnestly desired the Job; E. H. Baldwin was strenuous In pursuit of the same venomous game. If his death was not the just meed of his weird influence over decent, fairly Intelligent young women, and of the pertinacity with which he pursued his dupes, then the calm and deliberate judgment of three wronged men was sadly out of tune. While it cannot be expected that a jury will officially ap prove the killing of Creffleld, It will be a great surprise to a decent, well-ordered community If this killing is not tacitlj- excused by acquittal of the man who did it. There is always more or less friction between the loggers and the steamboat men on small streams which are used by both. The Cowlitz River, in Wash ington, is too important as a naviga ble waterway to be given over to the loggers and at the same time it is a waterway which has floated to market more logs than have come out of any stream of its size In the Pacific North west. The steamboat route up the Cow litz for nearly half a century has been a most Important factor in the trade of this city, and its importance war rants sufficient appropriation from the Government to put it in shape for both steamboats and loggers. If it is prop erly attended to, there will be but lit tle difficulty encountered in floating both logs and steamboats without In juring the rights or conveniences of either loggers or steamboatmen. Free railroad passes cannot be used after the end of this year, in traveling from one stafte to another, but, thanks to the lack of an enacting clause In the people's law In Oregon, no ban is to be put on free passes between one county and another in this state. Well, this latter is the only kind of free passes that most folks can get, anyhow; be sides, Oregon's best citizens stay at home and travel only to Fourth of July fireworks or to a country fair or to the Legislature. The lawmakers at Salem need the help of many estimable gentle men of the third house, in enacting bills for the people, and it is fortunate for them (the gentlemen) that Mr. U'Ren forgot the enacting clause. Even men who were said to be urging the defect ive bill on the people in the June elec tion have been seen at Salem. The effort to make Coos and Tilla mook Counties accessible to traffic by railroad may. It Is hoped, be successful within a few years. These coast coun ties are passing rich. Nature has done much for them, man thus far but littlej relatively speaking. Coos has created for itself a market to the southward, and Tillamook, overcoming many ob stacles, has floated many valuable products out over Its hampering bar. But the great wealth of these coun ties remains practically untouched. The surface has been skimmed and sam ples of great and yearly increasing bulk and value have been floated, but the citizens of the beautiful and pro ductive coast counties await the com ing of the railroad to show a wider world the variety and magnitude of their resources. The man who drew the pick of the Crow land drawing is one of those out casts from society, a "squawman" of Custer. Mont. His wife is a full-blooded Indian, who has received her allot ment (and more than likely he has squandered It) as a member of the Crow tribe. The hanger-on between savag ery and civilization, known as the "squawman," Is usually disreputable, dissolute and utterly worthless. He makes a slave of his Indian wife, curses his posterity by barring them out of a place in the world, and lives off the Government through donations received by his wife. Such a man should not be allowed to enter a contest for reserva tion lands. Will the critics of President Roosevelt please tell us how much reform legisla tion this Congress would have passed without the Influence of the man with the big stick? It took some pretty hard driving to secure as much reme dial legislation as has been accom plished, imperfect and incomplete though It is. Had the Senate been as z'ealous in behalf of the people as It was in defense of the interests of the corporations, much more could have been done in much less time and with much less noise. America's magnificent climate Is re garded by Professor John Mason Tyler, of Amherst College, as the cause for physical degeneration of the race. The professor recognizes in the ability of our ancestors to live on pork and doughnuts, with mince pie for a night cap, indications of physical superior ity. If this line of reasoning is correct, the fire-eater and sword-swallower might naturally be expected to give old Methuselah a close race for old-age honors. It is well that A- H. Tanner has been pardoned. His offense was his effort to shield John H. Mitchell. The ascend ancy of Mitchel over him was ,great. At last Mr. Tanner told the truth, be cause the truth was necessary to pro tection of his son. Who can say that the natural affection of the father should not have prevailed, over every possible obligation to. a politician in trouble brought into trouble by his own acts, characteristic of his life? Ex-President Cleveland has lived hie life, fought his fight with more than an ordinary degree of success, and now, in his 70th year, is forced to give his chief attention to the care of his body. The husband of a young wife, relatively speaking, and the father of a young family, it is hoped that he may prolong his life many years, though the book in which is written the record of his po litical and personal achievement has long been closed and sealed. Dr. E. P. Hill, we are told, finds dif ficulty In persuading even his own flock that his little Job lot of old theological rubbish is the true, absolute and final expression of religion. Meldrum's and Puter's sentences to the penitentiary and heavy fines do not afford much comfort to the others Whom Uncle Sam is pursuing. Oregon Prohibitionists might add to their peace of mind by moving from the wicked "wet" regions into the nine "dry" counties. WARNING TO POLITICIANS. The Declared Will of the People la to Be Carried Out. Eugene Register. Politicians who have begun a secret campaign the avowed purpose of which is to nullify the action of the voters at the April primaries and June election In selection of a candidate for United States Senator, are making one grand mistake. They seem to forget that un der the primary law the voice of the people and not of the politicians, is su preme in Oregon and any movement on the part of would-be leaders to undo what the people have done, no matter whether the decision of the people is good, bad or indifferent, will bring about final disruption of the Republi can party In Oregon and place Democ racy in control. Common sense should teach the bosses that they are entirely out of it for the present, at least, that the people are in it all over, and there to stay, too, so long as the new pri mary law remains on the statutes. Twice has Jonathan Bourne been named by the people as their choice for United States Senator, and whether or not he is the man for the place, from the politician's point of view, cuts no figure in the case and the sooner the politician finds this out the better It will be tor them and the Republican party. There is just one thing for the Legislature to do at the coming ses sion, and that is to ratify the choice of the people. If they have made a mistake time will tell and if the voters find themselves incompetent in selection of state and National representation they will turn the responsibility for such se lection over to the politicians again and the primary law will be abolished. No Lane County legislator elected tinder the primary law, can do other wise that vote as the people have dic tated on the Senatorial question, that is, if they propose to serve their con stituency wisely and well. If the primary law is allowed to run Its course in Oregon without interfer ence it will eliminate factionalism in the Republican party and restore the party to its former compactness; but if the politicians insist on "butting inv after they have been completely cast aside by the Oregon electorate, the last state of the party shall be worse than the first. This may seem like plain talk and It is, but the occasion demands it and the Register, here and now, holds up the warning linger to Oregon politicians in Multnomah and elsewhere, to keep their hands off, let the people have their say and let the Legislature do its sworn duty in the matter. Snrely a Hoodoo on This Solon. New York World. Congressman Harry Maynard. of Vir ginia, Is now a firm believer in a per sonal hoodooo. He Is sure he has one bigger than the .Capitol. A night or two ago, when he was coming Last from Pittsburg, he was rob bed of his watch and money in a sleeping car. He left the Willard Hotel last night to go South on a Norfolk boat. When It came time to pay the cabman he searched his pockets and found he hadn t a cent, although he had cashed a good-sized check at the hotel just before he left The cabman trusted him, and he went on the boat and yelled loudly for the key to his stateroom. "I'm going to lock myself In. he said, "and' see if I can get back to Norfolk without losing any thing else. Half an hour later, after the boat had swung down the stream, the door of Maynard's stateroom opened and he shouted for a porter. "See if you can find my srrin." said the Virginia statesman. The porter couldn't find It, for May nard had left it in the cab. Johndee Needed This Man. New York Evening Post. The recent death of Bignon, the famous restaurateur of Paris, set afloat many stories about him. Among his patrons was Aurelicn Scholl. It was he who told of a little mistake In addition to which he once called Blgnon's attention. On two successive days Scholl had ordered precisely the same dejeuner. For the first the charge was 23 francs; the next day the bill was 28. Bignon was summoned. How is this? A discrepancy of 5 francs and for the same Items! "Strange, In deed," said Bignon; "I will inquire." Soon he returned radiant. "Just as I thought! The cashier made a mistake against her self of 5 francs yesterday. But I will not make you pay it!" Another day, Prince Demidoff glanced at his bill and saw a fish put down at 6 francs. "The devil!" he exclaimed; "fish must be scarce this year." "Oh. no." affably replied Bignon, "it is not Ash that are scarce, but Prince Demidoffs!" The People's Candidate and the Repub lican Cnndldate. Grant's Pass Observer. Jonathan Bourne, the people's candi date for Senator, may not have a walk over when his election comes on in the Legislature. A number of unpledged members of that body are claiming to be at liberty to vote for any Senatorial candidate they please regardless of the popular expression. Nominally they have the liberty they claim, but they may find it rather serious to exercise it. Mr. Bourne has every right to the election. Immortal Appeal of Greek Drama. Boston Transcript. Though the world has changed, though its people have changed, though the drama has changed. Greek tragedy remains un surpassed in its power to sway the human mind. It moves us. it grips us. it takes absolute command of our feelings, as it moved and gripped and possessed the pop ulace for which it was created. Its written speech controls us In the reading; its spoken speech takes hold of us even more forcefully in the acting. She Grabbed Her skirts Behind. Exchange. I saw her today. She was crossing the street And she grabbed At her skirts behind. She walked on the heels of her dear little feet. And she grabbed At her skirts behind. She took little steps of four Inches or so. And she was careful her new patent leath ers would show And Just so they wouldn't get muddy you know. And she grabbed At her skirts behind. I saw her again, later on, from afar. And she grabbed at her skirts behind. She was running like mad, for she wanted a car. And she grabbed . A t her skirts behind. She waved her free hand In a wild frantic way And tried her best efforts the street-ear to stay. But she wouldn't let loose of the other, nay, nay. And she grabbed At her skirts behind. I saw her on Sunday, she stood in t'he aisle And she grabbed at her skirts behind. The church aisle was crowded, she stood Quite a while, And she grabbed At her skirts behind. She was gowned in a fashion becoming and new I watched her while the usher showed her a pew. And the last thing I saw aa she vanished from view She grabbed At her skirts behind. FIRST USE OF CHARTER LAW. CoquiUo Will Legislate Under New Home Rale Act. Coquille Sentinel. The Common Council of the City of Coquille, realizing the seriousness of the city's predicament from a financial point of view, and the growing senti ment for the banishment of local prohi bition, has decided to ask another ex pression of the municipality on the subject of the saloon. To this end the Council met in special session Wednes day evening, Mayor Stanley in the chair, and on a legal opinion that the city could proceed under an amend ment adopted at the late state election, it was unanimously voted to call a spe cial election. This will be held at Ma sonic Hall on Monday, July 9. 1906. The voters will decide whether the charter shall be amended to permit the existence of saloons, and at an annual license of not less than $600 each. Other licensing matters, and the prohi bition of gambling, bawdy houses, houses of 111 fame, etc., will also be voted on. Notices of election have been printed and posted. LIFE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY. Rich Glrla In Buaebgrass Land. Pendleton Promoter. We have here In Umatilla County girls that would Bpurn the slave duties of the department store; they have an income from Government lands, that they have taken up in their own behalf and which is returning them handsome profits or dividends yearly. Miss Coppinger, of the Echo country, has an income of $2000 per year from her 160 acres of wheat land. Miss Wilson, near Pilot Rock, has a splendid tract of land that she has un der cultivation, and which would cost a neat sum to own her rights. These two young ladies and many others have laid the foundation for a fortune by tying onto the rich Government lands of Umatilla County, subject to entry. Where Gervala Missed It. Gervals Star. On one freight train Tuesday we counted 23 combined harvesters, made in Stockton, Cal., and being shipped to Pendleton and other Eastern Oregon towns and even to Alberta, Canada. The Inventor of this wonderful labor-saving machine was Samuel L Gaines, and he formerly lived In Ger vals, and In fact the first combine was made here. Not being able to get suf ficient financial encouragement Mr. Gaines went to California and is now a rich man and the factory Is an immense affair. Snake Vision la "Wet" County. Hood River News Letter. A couple of weeks ago our town went wet and now some of our best citizens are seeing snakes. This may be a coin cidence, but it looks suspicious. The variety, too, is worthy of note. It is claimed that several rattlesnakes have been killed in the city. This is some- ; thing unprecedented. While there is lit tle danger of one of our rattlers biting unless you pull his tall or step upon him, they are just as poisonous as any old rattler. It will be well to keep on the lookout for them and exterminate them. Metropolitan Alra, Forest Grove News. There's nothing like an electric street-car for a Fourth of July attrac tion In a country town. Even the steam swing fades so perceptibly that with great difficulty It casts the usual sha dow in the bright July sun. At the time we go to press all the people in this part of the county who have not al ready ridden on that car can be count ed on your two hands without using any or the fingers. And you 11 have to hurry. The Deadly - Tick. Condon Times. Harvey McKinney's little 2-year-old boy, of near town, was bitten on the abdomen a week ago last Thursday by a common tick. The bite formed a pain ful abscess almost as large as an egg. The doctor by a careful operation re moved the growth and the little fellow is about well again. It is thought that when the tick was killed on the boy the head remained In the flesh and caused the abscess growth. And They Want More Rights! Port Orford Tribune. J. K. Mack, the printer, who has been working on the Radium, was In Port Orford Tuesday night on his way to San Francisco via Coos Bay. His print ing establishment was destroyed in San Francisco by the disaster, but his wife immediately ordered another, and had It In operation before any others, thus show-ing the capacity of woman for business. A Chicago Clothing Salt Dummy. Washington. D. C, Despatch. Congressman Lorimer. of Chicago, who is fighting so valiantly for the packers in the present beef flurry, told a story about the late P. D. Armour during a lull in the hearing before the Agricultural Committee today. "One time." said Mr. Lorimer, "Ar mour was well pleased with the work done by a branch of his office force and he told ever" man to get a suit of clothes and send the bill to him. One flip young clerk bought a suit of evening clothes for $80. After the bill came in Mr. Armour said to him: "Is this bill correct? Did you order an $80 suit of clothes?" " 'Yes, sir,' the clerk replied, T did. You told me to get a suit and I got that kind of a suit." " 'Well.' said Armour, as he turned away, T want to say that I have packed many hogs, but I never dressed one be fore.' " A Black Cat Is His Hoodoo. Kansas City Star. John Wright, a negro barber at 219 Independence avenue, was arrested in police court charged with selling policy tickets. When arrested he had a slip of paper which bore the numbers 7-6-55-13-77 and 8-53-57. Charles Wright, another negro, had played fifteen cents on the numbers. "Ah had a 'hunch' dey'd win," John Wright said. Just then Siam, the black cat at police station, walked in. He stalked up to Judge Kyle's bench. "John," the Judge said, "there's a sign of bad luck. A black cat's always un lucky. And this one has a habit of com ing in here when there's a policy player in sight. You're up against it." The negro looked at the cat. The cat looked at the negro. The fine was $25. When Kaunas PMts on Alra. Eldorado (Kan.) Republican. You can't expect the Topeka hotels to take care of 2000 or 3000 rush-in-and-out guests, and it Is not polite to speak unkindly of the taverns for not doing it. Not many years ago Topeka hotel guests had to get up early to permit the biscuit shooters to use the sheets for tablecloths, while the very men who made the most noise about the sloppy food served to the delegates at the late convention swarmed into the hotel annex and swilled beer from a pine board resting on top of two hard luck barrels, and never said a word. And be It known that these very same plutocrats were delighted, a few years ago, to eat sorghum molasses and corn bread from a red tablecloth spread over the top of a drygoods box. But, then, Kansas must put on airs when away from home. Always Be Something; to Do. Chicago Record-Herald. One of the mose serious charges that has recently been brought against Pres ident Roosevelt is that he acts as If he didn't wish to leave any opportunity for his successor to make a record. SOME FEATURES OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN First and foremost, I all the world's news by Associated Press, special correspondents and sembers of The Oregonian staff, making the fullest and most complete record of any Pacific Coast newspaper. GROUND BEAUTIFUL WALLOWA LAKE A paradise of nature in the fur thermost corner of Oregon, well described by an enthusiast. This la the land of promise that white men stole from the Nez Perces. UNCLE SAM BREEDING THE IDEAL CARRIAGE HORSE A new departure In function! of Government that will interest everyone who loves a horse. At Fort Collins, Colorado, the Bu reau of Animal Industry has es tablished a breeding furm. where it Is proposed to produce a per fect carriage horse: one that can do a straight mile in 3 minutes, and will not falter at a 10 or 12 mile clip for long distances. Illustrated with fine plcturs of Carmon, the sire. FOR WOMEN'S GUIDE IN THE COMING SEASON During the next two months, all housewives who read The Ore gonian will be more or less busy in person or by proxy making catsups, relishes and sauces to Improve the taste of meats to be served through the Winter. Miss Tingle, director of the Portland School of Domestic Science, con tributes a very timely and useful article on the making of these table accessories. How many women nowadays know how to make cherry "bounce," and the ways of putting up cherries that our grandmothers knew? We shall print a number of old recipes not found in modern cook-books. HALF A DOZEN MEN WHO HAVE DONE BIG THINGS Human stories of General Dodge, who built the first trans-continental railway; Lord Cromer, who dammed the Nile and re created almost untold agricul tural wealth; John B. McDonald, Irish peasant's son, who built the New York Library; Charles M. Jacobs and Sir Westman Dickson Pearson, builders of America's tunnels, and Stewart, who stirred up England. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JUDGE GEORGE H. WILLIAMS The veteran Jurist writes of the Supreme Court, presided over by Salmon P. Chase and Norman R. Walte, during the period that Judge Williams was Attorney General under Grant, and ex plains why he himself was not confirmed as Chief Justice. WHY CHILDREN AND WOMEN WEEP Scientific investigation by Pro fessor G. Stanley Hall, of Wor cester, Mass., on the psychology, physiology and hygiene of crying Is the latest man-study. In this study he has entered a field practically untouched and re markably interesting. SUSAN CLEGG AND HER FRIEND MRS. LATHROP The villacre nhilosoDher talks with her neighbor on celebrating the Fourth, and introduces, as usual, her satire on human foibles. THE ROOSEVELT BEARS AT THE ZOO They turn themselves loose among the animals in the park and raise the liveliest sort of good-natured commotion. SOCIETY, MUSIC AND Trifc. DKAMA These subjects are carefully cov ered in The Sunday Oregonian, and the result is a complete re view of everything of interest con nected with them. All of the chief happenings among local society people are described and announce ments of coming events are given. The stage folks receive special at tention, and the dramatic depart ment not only tells all that is of interest in the local playhouses both present and future, but also contains interesting chat about theatrical people In other cities. Music lovers can always find Items of Interest in the columns on that subject. These departments are beautifully illustrated. LIFE AT THE SUMMER RLSCJKIS The hot weather has driven thou sands of people to the Oregon and Washington beaches, and a full page tomorrow will be devoted to the growth and life of the Sum mer colonies. Arrivals at Long Beach, Seaside and the other re sorts, and the events which have opened the season will be de scribed. EVENTS OF THE SPORTING WORLD No other paper in the Northwest presents so complete a resume of the week in sports as The Sunday Oregonian. Important occurrences In all parts of the world are de scribed in the Associated Press dispatches, which are supplement ed by letters and dispatches from special correspondents and local articles. The features tomorrow will be a European letter from H. W. Kerrigan, the Portland athlete, and a San Francisco letter from Harry B. Smith. OREGON CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC HOMES The 'life of the hundreds of chil dren in institutions such as the Catholic orphanages, baby homes and the Children's Home are de scribed in an interesting article by Marion MacRae. There are ac companying illustrations, the work of staff photographers. GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. Two letters from special corre spondents in these cities will be published tomorrow. The latest happenings in Eastern society are told in a readable way. Emila Frances Bauer, inher New York letter, tells of Summer music in the metropolis. John D. Llkea Frenea Thrift. Paris Dispatch in New York Sun. In an interview with a representa tive of the Matin at Compiegne, Jonn D. Rockefeller said that what Interj ested him most In France was the thrift of the French. This was the greatest virtue any people could pos sess. The American working people spent money much too easily. He would like to see them follow the example of the French peasants. Everybody in France economized, and this produced enor mous strength. The correspondent asked him what he thought about President Roosevelt's dictum that when a man had earned 'That is true," said Mr. Rockefeller wknm th. nn..annnnpnt Viari hllttOI1 holed while he was walking along the street. 1 had intenaea io.wus iiumc, but now I will act on tbs? President's advice and take a cab." r