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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1909. PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Fostoffice ss feecond-Clase Matter. Subscription Rate Inrmrlmhlj- in Advance. (Br Mall.) Tai!y. Sunday Included, one year. f.0O Pally. Sunday Included, ifx months 4 25 Dally. Sunday Included, three months. . . 2 ' Dally, Sunday included, one month .75 rally. without Sunday, one year 00 fally. without Sunday, six months 3 25 Dally, without Sunday, three months.... 1.75 Dally, without Sunday, one month...... .10 Weekly, one year 150 Sunday, one year. 2 "O Sunday and weekly, one year a ov (By Carrier.) Dally. 6unday Included, one year 00 Dally. 8unday Included, one month 75 Mow to Raml Send postoffice money order, express order or personal check on our local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postoffice ad dress tn full Including county and state. Postage Rates 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent: 16 to paxes. 2 cents; 30 to 40 pares. 3 cents; 44 to 6o paces. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rates. Eastern BusineM Office The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 48 50 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. PORTLAND. MONDAY. JrXT . 19C. THE TAJT METHOD WILL PREVAIL. To an extent, undoubtedly, the Pres ident will have his way with tariff re adjustment: because Congress wants neither a veto nor another special ses sion. Most probably, if it should adjourn now without enacting a tariff bill, the President would call another session at once, or Congress would be compelled to. give way op to remain in session continuously, till the beginning of the regular session in December, when the same problem would still be upon it. Some conclusion, therefore. Is necessary; yet the President will approve no bill that does not make substantial reductions. But It Is not probable that the con test will develop what is called the deadlock in legislative bodies; for this would mean a bitter conflict in the Republican party and certain disaster to it. If there can be no agreement in Congress, the party will split in all the states, and the next House of Rep resentatives will be Democratic. This might not promote tariff reform, but it would be a sure consequence carry ing the struggle from the Houses to the electorate. Taffs position very much resembles' that of Cleveland in 1895, when Con gress was called in special session, for repeal of the silver purchase act. Cleveland forced the measure through, but had- to employ the most drastic measures to do it. Seldom, however, in our history has any statesman rendered the country a more signal service by any single act, than Cleve land rendered then. He delivered the country from the thrall of the silver folly, but divided his party, which re fused to accept the result: and this refusal has been the controlling factor in our politics ever since. It brought Bryan to the front and three times doomed him to defeat; and the retalia tory power of the Bryan party defeated the candidate (Parker), who was a representative of those who had stood by Cleveland. Nothing so serious, probably, will follow Taft's effort to force change of the tariff laws. The subject is not one that gives rise to agitation or ex citement, to the extent that the silver question affected the public mind both in informed and uninformed por tions of it. Besides, Taft is showing a very superior tact in dealing with the problem he meets. He is more rr- suasive than Cleveland: and his quiet. methods are, for the time, more ef fective than any effort to follow Roosevelt's demonstrative ways would be. But. as the Brooklyn Eagle well says: "The Judicial method and tem perament of Taft and the unpre tentious and hortatory temperament of Roosevelt bear more of a sequent rela tion than some understand. Roose velt blazed a path and Taft finds travel on It easier than it would be had it never been blazed at all. Roosevelt broke ground and Taft Is tilling the ground Roosevelt broke. Roosevelt coerced the Congress to a degree which showed Congress it could not coerce Taft. Those who try to show a conflict between the drift of the two men simply forget, allowing for a change of expression, that the one voyaged tumultuously and the latter is floating easily In the same direc tion. It is in the direction of Federal control of corporations in distinction from corporation control of states. Roosevelt forced the ship through the breakers. Taft Is steering the ship beyond them, the breakers having been passed." FLIGHT OF THE AEROPLANES. Aerial navigation made an excellent showing Saturday and Sunday, for the heavier-than-alr machines successfully flew "o'er land and sea." Thus far the Wright brothers, who still wear the crown as "kings of the air.' have confined their aerial navigating stunts to that portion of the atmosphere which is located over solid ground. Sunday a daring Frenchman accom plished the feat of flying across the British Channel, a distance of about twenty-two miles, the distance being covered at speed of nearly a mile a minute. For distance covered, there is nothing remarkable about the Frenchman's flight across the water, and even the speed at which the flight was made does not exceed some of the flights made by the Wrights. The demonstrations made by the latter at Fort Meyer on Saturday are in some respects the most interesting that have yet been noted. According to news reports. Orville Wright, driving his aeroplane at a speed of nearly fifty miles per hour, made a turn at full speed within a ra dius of fifteen feet, a performance which compares very favorably with that of some of the large birds of the air. This exhibition approaches near er to a demonstration of the adapta bility of the aeroplane to practical use than anything that has yet been shown. Something better than any thing yet accomplished must be shown, however, before either the aeroplane or the dirigible balloon can be depended on in any other than fair weather. This is a feature of the new science that -m perfectly understood by the Wright brothel, and It is for that reason that they have repeatedly postponed the otficial flight which is to determine the fate of the aeroplane with the Government. The time limit for these official tests expires this week, and. In view of past perform ances, we may expect the American built aeroplane to show its best paces. The Wrights have already demon strated In their trials that a successful flight Is dependent on expert handling of the machine and perfect weather conditions. We may be able to train experts to handle the new craft, but as yet we have much to learn about the contrary currents of the air in which our aeroplanes must travel. The Mother Shiptons who write air ship stories, for the ten-cent magazines have portrayed some wonderful craft cruising around the stars, but a num ber of improvements will be necessary to bring the present airships into any thing approaching adaptability for general use. "IT IS A PLENTY." The Oregonlan supposes that Repub licans of Oregon, candidates for the Legislature or for the United States Senate, .will not be so inconsiderate as to pledge themselves to "The State ment" again.- Among those who have "taken the pledge." heretofore, there has been sufficient regret; and regret, too, among others who didn't take It that some had been so unwise as to do so. For the results have been the elec tion of Bourne and Chamberlain to the Senate men who In no wise rep resent the political sentiment or pur poses of the people of Oregon. Of all the Juggles In politics ever known in any state, this bears off the palm. Last Winter those who had been entrapped, yet were forced to vote against their convictions, principles and purposes, uttered a cry of distress and despair, that will be remembered awhile therefore will not need repetition. Republicans, therefore, will be mighty careful in their avoidance of "The Statement" another time. There is no obligation on anyone to take it. Use of it merely is one of the duperies of bunco games of politics chlefest of all ever practiced or invented. Furthermore, if any Republican candidate for the United States Sen ate, or any Republican candidate for the Legislature should so pledge him self, no quarter should be given him, no quarter will be given him, by the Republican electors. This fraud. Jug gle, cheat and bunco game will be "cut out." The fruits of it, thus far realized, are enough. Let It pass, after these full trials of its virtues, as a method of electing Populist and Democratic Senators. HOW TO GET GOOD STREETS. Councilman Lombard Is on the right track. He purposes that there shall be uniform and systematic improve ment of streets, and he will urge adoption by the Council of the system by which it may be accomplished by district assessment. We hear much about the beautiful streets of Seattle and Tacoma, and the scientific and permanent manner in which the work has been done. But if Seattle and Tacoma had followed the Portland method, they would have been Just as far along with their street paving as Portland- no farther. On Puget Sound they have the plan of improvement by districts. ' Here we have always left every proposed scheme of improvement to the initia tive of the property-owners and the pav ing companies. There the chief func tion of the owner is to pay his assess ment. The city, through its engineer ing department, decides that the pav ing of a certain street, or series of streets, is desirable. The improve ment is ordered and carried out. That is the reason, and the main reason, why Seattle and Tacoma have a better system of streets and thoroughfares than Portland. Here we have left the promotion of projected street-paving schemes to the paving companies. It is, or ought to be, none of their business. If we can have a competent and stiff-backed City Engineer and an energetic and capable street committee of the Coun cil, we shall get in Portland the first class streets we should have. Let them decide what streets should be paved, and then go ahead and pave them. If the property-owner can't or won't pay his assessment, let him be made to sell out and go Into the back woods, where there are no streets or street schemes to worry him. ATTRACTIVE CENTRAL OREGON. Railroad history in the Pacific Northwest has supplied a number of precedents that cause Oregonians to view with Just a slight feeling of mis giving the present feverish activity in the Deschutes canyon. We have in the past seen these violent conflicts in which the ultimate result, so far as new mileage was concerned, was akin to that which followed the famous conflict between the two Kilkenny cats, result being that "instead of two cats, there wa'n't any." Responding to a question. Engineer Bethel, of the invading forces in the Deschutes, volunteered the further information that- "I have seen many railroads started and abandoned, I was working along the line of the Union Pacific's proposed extension from Portland to Puget Sound, nineteen years ago. The Union Pacific thought it was going to build that road and they spent $3, 000,000. and then the work . was abandoned." There was also a wild rush for the Clearwater country about fifteen years ago. and a vast sum of money which was wasted in "rush work" along the Snake River, re mained a dormant investment for more than ten years after the custom ary peace pact was signed. For all that, it is hardly conceivable that a permanent deadlock or peace pact, which Is the same thing, will much longer deprive Central Oregon of a railroad. The situation as it now appears is strikingly similar to that which was In evidence Just across the Columbia River when the North Bank Road was hurrying construction to Portland. In that case it was Mr. Harriman who, some time after Mr. Hill had the work well under way, suddenly developed great anxiety to build a railroad down the north bank of the Columbia River. That contest waxed so warm that the rival forces had a number of personal encounters, but eventually the Harriman forces withdrew from the field and the road was completed to Portland. Judged by the surface developments. Mr. Hill is playing exactly the same role in the Central Oregon project that Mr. Harriman was playing in the North Bank enterprise. Mr. Harriman never displayed an Intention of build ing a line down the north bank of the Columbia River until the Hill-forces made a definite announcement of their purposes, and had actually begun construction work. In the present case. Mr. Hill was apparently oblivious of the existence of such a locality as Central Oregon until Mr. Harriman had actually begun work on a line up the Deschutes -Canyon. In the North Bank case, the sympathies of the peo ple were with 'the man who took the initiative. Pending positive assurance that both roads are to-be constructed up the Deschutes, the sympathies will be similarly placed in the present con troversy. The public, of course, can not forget that. If some of the Harri man money and energy wasted in an effort to block the entrance of the North Bank to Portland had been ap plied in Deschutes Canyon three or four years earlier, the present expen sive war might have been avoided. Now that Mr. Harriman has pro ceeded with every evidence of good faith, some of his shortcomings of the past will be forgqlten, and all Oregon will sincerely hope that there will be no obstacles to retard or prevent speedy completion of the road. If Mr. Hill Is also desirous of entering Cen tral Oregon by a water-level route, there should be some method by which he could. do so without seriously en croaching on the rights of the Harri man forces. If it is a bona fide race, in which truces, peace pacts and divi sions of terVitory have no part, Oregon will view the contest impartially and extend equal favors and encourage mejit to both contestants. OCR FEATHERED NEIGHBORS. Slowly we are getting acquainted with our bird neighbors in Oregon and Washington.- Most of them are our friends, bird men tell us, and, as we are gradually lifted beyond aigrettes and wanton slaughter, we come to ac cept their testimony. Until but a few years ago few or no explorations had been made after the birds of this country. Lewis and Clark, with their bird-woman guide did the first work in this line, of course in meager way. Pioneer set tlers had to devote so much time eke- ing subsistence out of the land that they could give no more than glancing attention to the creatures that flew above it. To the pioneers the most Interesting fowls of the air were ducks and pheasants, and with these they were well acquainted, because the birds were good to eat and were easy to shoot. In the last decade much has been learned of the birds of Oregon and Washington, through explorers who have gone afield with science and camera. In Oregon, large part of such knowledge has been gained by 111 iam L. Flnley and Herman T. Bohl- man. In Washington; William Leon Dawson has Just published the most complete work yet compiled, "The Birds of Washington." The bird life of the two states is very similar. Just as the topography and climate of the two commonwealths closely resemble each other; so that the Dawson book covers very fully the bird life of Ore gon. Southern Oregon, in its lake re gions. has a number, of additional va rietii-s, with which Mr. Flnley and Mr. Bohlman are well acquainted, and which these men could well add to the Dawson work In the form of a supple meni. This supplemental work for British Columbia is included in the Dawson book. The Dawson list contains 372 varie ties of birds in the State of Washing ton. These are described both in a scientific and popular manner, grouped according to- their families and illus trated with numerous half-tones. "They are here," says Mr. Dawson in his preface, "as economic allies, to bear their part in the distribution of plant life and to wage with us un ceasing warfare against Insect and rodent foes. Not the least of our re sources we find to be the birds of Washington." The author speaks also of the sentimental and artistic beau ties of birds. In connection with their economic merits. Several years ago Dr. W. R. Lord, tlien a pastor in Portland, published a bird primer for Oregonians, This lit tle book pioneered the way to further investigations. Growing attention, has been directed to bird life since Dr. Lord's little book appeared. Any pub lication nowadays on bird life is eag erly read. Birds are regarded by the General mass of the people as frlendij allies of humankind. Sometimes, how ever, an Individual makes war on spe cies or the feathered tribe that he thinks are an Injury or a nuisance to' hiin. In the Oregon Legislature of 1907, an apple-grower legislator of Rogue River secured passage tnrougn both houses pf a bill for the slaughter of a certain variety which he called "apple birds." These birds, he said. damaged his apple crop, and he want ed them exterminated. The bill was killed by veto, however, after repre seniatlves of bird societies showed that the birds complained of were the ap pie-grower's best friends, since they did more to destroy insect pests than any other agency. K!td study is one of the numerous activities that will belong to the scien tific exploration and classification of Mlvancing years. The same investiga tions of animals and plants, soils and climates, are yet to advance to the stages of practical utility. THE BOUNDARY. LINE PriKIL. Nothing Is more likely to beget bad blood and bring nations or individuals to the fighting stage than" boundary disputes. The most peaceable set tlers ' have not infrequently been wrought up to the point where murder seemed a mild defense of individual rights, upon a question of boundary that involved scarcely an acre of land; nations have gone to war over a sup posed encroaenment ot a Dounuary m regions so wild and inaccessible that accurate survey was exceedingly diffi cult if not practically impossible. The frontier settlements of our own state have furnished their quota of tragedies that grew out of individual boundary disputes. Our own nation barely escaped war with Great Britain from the same cause of dissension. South American states have been ex ceedingly prolific in disagreements in regard to boundary lines, any one of them being ready to fight at a mo ment's notice whether it has an army or not when its rights, real or sup posed, of boundary are called in ques tion. It Is this feeling of proprietary right In land of land ownership of "mine, not yours" that rises up against the last contention of Social ism the moment that a man becomes possessed of the few acres that sur round his home, or secures a deed to a town lot. It is a phase of the same feeling that sooner or later induces revolt that disintegrates the colony that has ignored In its founding the right of individual ownership. When the question arises between nations, the fighting blood of each comes quickly to fever heat and without speedy intervention a blow Is sure to follow. When it arises between set tlers the law's slow movement Is defied and personal encounter resulting in murder complicates and intensifies without settling the trouble, and its sting and bitterness are not infre quently passed on to posterity. The boundary disputes of South American states are, for the most part, an inheritance. Few of them have ever been satisfactorily settled. They have merely been smoothed over or patched up, again to break out and threaten or proclaim war. ' There is hope that the present disagreement between Argentina and Bolivia may be adjusted without further or more sen ous trouble. The disposition to patch the thing up and pass it on is noted and the warcloud seems to have passed for the present from the South American sky. . ft ohniiM ho culled Mount Tacoma. We owe it as a monument, to the In iiot.c" com iwiss F.dna Dean Proctor. the Boston poetess, in discussing Mount Rainier. This remarn opens up quite a fleld for speculation. If Vancouver and his shipmates had not discovered the mountain generations before the name of Mount Tacoma had ever been heard of, would the civ ilized world have read and reckoned with the reports of this region or un developed wealth? Would the In iiana tn whom Fdna thinks she owes a monument, have built railroads and developed the country so that it would be safe for a Boston poetess 10 travel n for- without a ehaoerone? The American Indian has been fairly well treated In history, although ne was sometimes mistreated before the his mi. written Yet there is no good reason why the name given by one of the white discoverers of the mountain should Me replaced by a piece of ambiguous cninooK jargon. The proposed cement factory at Os wego will prove a very important ad dition to Portland's industrial enter nriaoB Kvfrt vfiftt since the city and surrounding territory began the use of cement, Oregon has paid an increas ingly heavy tribute to other parts of the world for this most necessary staple. Within the past two or xnree years, California cement has made heavy inroads on the foreign article, which, prior to that time, was brought into Portland by the shipload. With th California nroduct there is a heavy freight charge to be met, which would be saved If the cement were iu v. munnfoi-hiriiil In Portland. The proposed factory would not only keep at home the large sums that are now sent out of the state in payment for Imported cement, but it wouia give employment to a large number of men in getting out the raw material and converting it into a merchantable product. 'The Chicago Record-Herald is abus ing Mr. Harriman because he proposes to electrify the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific and refuses to electrify the Illinois Central. The flreirnnlan has in the oast censured Mr. Harriman because he took money that was needed in the development of his Southern Pacific territory and used it in buying the Illinois Central Now that he is in possession of the lat ter road, however, it is difficult to see whora thd electrification of a western branch of the Southern Pacific has onvihinir In common with similar im provement of the Illinois Central. Na ture has supplied the West with cheap electricity, but has overlooked the Illinois Central territory in the distri bution of that particular favor. Prob ably, if Mr. Harriman could secure his electricity at as low a cost in Chicago as In California, he would make the 'desired change. An Investigator for Harper's Weekly who has been making Inquiry aDout the fruits of prohibition, writes: "The South has demonstrated that prohi bition Is wise and beneficial in the small town and the country districts, Infested with a negro population. But the South has given still stronger proof of the fact that prohibition, so called, in Its cities Is a failure. It would be straining a point to speak of it even as near-prohibition." Of course, we must have a new, large, 'excellent and sumptuous Jail, with elegant furnishings. But if The Oregonlan's advice could weigh any thing we should make our Jails and penitentiaries about the most excel lent and desirable places to stay out of in all this country. Of course, how ever. It's the ' officials, mainly, who need the grand and fine structures, for official residence. T- a Inn.' exonerated the auto driver who ran down and killed the Monta villa child; but the Automobile Club is moving to take away his chauffeur's iint limr the same. However, it is a safe wager that that particular chauffeur will never run over another person. Why not get busy with some of those lucky speed maniacs who have tried hard, but have not yet killed anybody? "Torft'a nlontv nf room in the Des chutes for both railroads," says one of v. OfniMTi TVunlr onclneers. Indeed there is, if one shall go on top of the other much of the way. The Orego- n.m'l iarn which eoas on tOD. or which underneath. It can get along . . ... . . . . 1 - 1 . . with eltner or ootn, as il h& s-jl along for many years with neither. But it 'doesn't expect this condition to continue. The steel trust is to get a duty of A z rxor ront In the new -tariff bill: and It is said the trust will be suffi- lentiv natriotic and self-denying to accept that little concession. It must be astonished at its own moderation. Just watch the chill that skurries p and down the British spine when it learns that a Frenchman has the English Channel In an aeroplane. It might have been a Ger man. Ex-Mayor Lane now sees how well the city gets along without him; the new Mayor Is doing things he couian 1 see to do. It's often the way when a new man gets a Job. It would have Mooked better for oung Sutton to have lain in his grave l suicide, except that the life insur ance money would not have been forthcoming. Wonder whether, within a year. travelers at the Union Station will hear the trainmaster call out, "All aboard for Bend and Prineville"? This time Mr. Kruttschnltt sees more In Oregon worth while, perhaps because another railroad system wants it. You can probably make your straw hat survive the Summer if you are Judicious enough to take along your mbrella. Tt mav be those European special ists who are curing Harriman of his partial paralysis In Eastern Oregon. Tf -maxr nnw Via rlefinitelv announced that the talking period of the Des chutes railroad is at an end. Actual raid on the Deschutes coun try made by an enemy, and Harriman 7000 milea away! GREATEST TRl'STl TARIFF. All Ita Interests Bound Together In Common Plunderbund. New York World. . Trust-busting has been going on for years and yet today the greatest trust on earth arrogantly confronts Govern ment and people at Washington. The protective system Is the greatest trust on earth, because It comprehends all of the trusts, fighting for a common pur pose and defending kindred iniquities. No on is ineligible to membership who can deliver a Senator or a Congressman or a contribution to the campaign fund. An honest President, pledged to curtail the privileges enjoyed by this colossal trust and unquestionably speaking for three-fourths of the people, of all poli tical parties, Is defied by a combination of all the Interests. They care little for each other, but they are a unit in the presence of a common danger. It is no rope of sand which embraces them. They are bound by all the tight con siderations of greed and plunder. Mr. Taft, with a few assistants, is at tempting to do what 6,000,000 of Demo crats with a President and a Congress at their head failed to accomplish Finding that he is in earnest, the great est of trusts now sounds a general alarm. summons every subsidiary trust to the fighting line and inscribes on its ban ners, "We stand or fall together." Wool, cotton, steel, iron, glass, crockery, oil, salt, lumber, copper, sugar and all the rest, disregarding minor considerations, are expected to move forward solidly in defense of privilege and plutocracy. If Mr. Taft can compel even so much as a material concession to Justice and decency from this combination he will find a conspicuous place among reform erg and emancipators. The wrong that he attacks is hoary with tradition. It is buttressed on all sides by craft, false hood and ignorance. It has placed in dustry and trade in an odious thraldom To check the growth of this-trust, the most powerful of all the trusts; to de prive tt of some of its spoils; to weaken it in a vital spot; to render it less capable of mischief, and to encourage honest men to continue their warfare upon it what nobler aspiration could an American President have? CUSTOMS OF THE MOORS. No Servant Claaa and No Claaa Distinc tions. National Review, London. Mohammedanism is the religion of democracy, and in the eyes of the Prophet all his followers are equal before God, and consequently with one another, Thus there Is no servant class, properly speaking, for there are no class distinc tions. You can hire a man to work for you at a certain wage, and he will do the work after his own manner, which is usually not your manner. But if you wish to maintain him In your employ ment it will not be by offers of an in crease of salary, but by the manner in which you treat him. It is no use speaking roughly, giving way to abuse, or making threats, because in nine cases out of ten the offended one will clear out without a word of warning, and will not even bother to claim the wages which may be .due to him. It is impos sible for a European, once he has ob tained a bad reputation for his treat ment of servants, to get a Moor to enter his employment The wealthy Moorish families employ negresses to do all their household work. They are slaves from the Soudan or from Senegal, and are sent up to Marrakesh and from there to Fez. Slaves are sold openly in the market at Fez, and fetch from 1100 to $1000, ac cording to their appearance and soundness of body and limb. But Europeans cannot employ negresses as servants, because the Moors are very jealous of their rights, and fear that a European, if he buys a slave, only does so In order to emancipate her. This they regard as a Step toward the abolition of slavery which they can- template with OiBinay. If you wish to correct your Moorish servants you must address them as you would an equal who has done you an Injury; you must show them the evil of their ways, point out the inconvenience to which you have been put, rub in your own exemplary conduct and the many kindnesses you have be stowed upon them, and in conclusion draw a comparison between their con duct and the written word of the frophet. A Point to Consider. Chicago Evening Post. "My dear fellow," says the stand-pat senator to the sit-pat Congressman "you are making the mistake of your life In holding out against us on the tariff bill. Why,, you are blighting your political future." "I guess not," argues the sit-pat Con gressman. "Look at all these letters from my constituents, telling me I'm right." "Tush!" retorts the other. "What do they know about it. We are here in Washington, and we know what is the proper course. "Maybe so. But you don't vote in my aisirici.- Kept Her Word. Chicago Tribune. "Harold," said the young woman, resolutely, "1 promised my mother I never would marry any man without asking him how he stood on the great question of woman suffrage. You will have to tell me how you stand." "I'm opposed to it, Bella." bluntly answered the young man. "Well we that's all I promised mamma; I didn't bind myself to refuse any good man Just because he now. iiaroia, you stop that." Rooters for Tariff Plums.' Springfield (Mass.) Republican. In marshaling votes in Congress for downward revision, Mr. Taft needs to keep a sharp eye on the Rocky Moun tain and Pacific Coast Senators and Representatives. They are the worst rooters for tariff plums In the business. A FEW COMMON SAYINGS. Housewife Why don't you go to work? Tramp I'm an honest man. mum, an' I can't And any business that isn't full of graft. Puck. "The trouble with him is that he lacks tact. Now in politics " "Well, he's hon est." "Yes. I was Just saying that he lacked tact when you interrupted." Philadelphia Public Ledger. Mrs. Bacon I understand your husband Is at work on a new poem? Mrs. Egbert He is. He's trying to get some magazine 'to accept it. Yonkers Statesman. "Last Sunday." says the Philosopher of Folly, "our pastor preached what I call a well-timed sermon. I saw six men holding their watches on him." Cleveland Leader. 'What makes the ships out there wobble about so?" aeked the Summer visitor of the old salt. "Well, you see, mum. they've bin soakln' at the harbor bar," was the old salt's reply. Judge. I suppose you know of my family tree?" said Baron Fucash. "Yep," answered Mr. Cumrox. "It may have been a good tree, all right, but It looks to me as if the crop was a failure." Washington Star. "Father." said little Sollo, what is a po litical trickster?" "I can't give you a defi nition that will cover all varieties. But, In general terms he is a member of the op position who succeeds In having his own way." Washington Star. "I ain't seen de boss fer de longest. Whar you reckln he gone ter?" "I thought you knowed whar he gone. He went roun' de country talkin an' talkin' ever- day an' Sun dav, an de fust thing he knowed. dey give him 60 days in de legislature an he won't be back 'twel he serves hi tima out-" Atlanta, Constitution. LIFE IX THE OREGON COUNTRY. Mean Thought, This. Forest Grove News. Is it because a duster covers a lot of old clothes the reason so many persons now wear them? Ia This a Confession? Newport Signal. It Is rather embarrassing to be mis taken for another man while standing at the boat landing watching the crowd, and have a buxom woman throw her arms around you and kiss you. Very WelL Boise Statesman. If, as stated, James J. Hill is going to build in CentralOregon he will have to run through Southern Idaho in order to make his new venture a dividend payer. Oregon papers please copy. Getting: Ready. Woodburn Independent. Listen to a prophetic railroader of prominence: "Portland will be a city of 1,000,000 inhabitants." We believe it. Woodburn in time will be a close-in suburb. Better prepare forsthe glorl-. ous future by paving Front or First street. Take That, Mrs. Flake. Spokesman Review. Mrs. Flske says that she "can make more money on the stage in one night than by living on a homestead for 14 months." Without a doubt; but if a host of brave and hardy men and women had not put 'in several years of useful lives on homesteads Mrs. Fiske would not now be making her money behind the footlights. Philosophy for a Stay-at-Homer. Albany Democrat. ' People have tjegun rushing off to the lowlands and hills for their annual out ing, that is some of them have; but it is said the really best outings are got ten by piecemeal along the way as the days roll by and the months come and go. People do well to have some kind of an outing every day, if for only a few minutes. "Merry and Particular Bloom." Condon Times. A cloudburst at Dayvllle did consid erable damage last week. The bottom land on the B. Morris ranch was ruined, 75 head of hogs and a stack of 100 tons of hay swept away. The storm was ac companied by hall as big as walnuts, and a shower of sulphur covered the ground. Particular h 11, that's what It was while it lasted. Don't Worry; It Isn't Your Money. Prineville Review. Automobiles are now thicker than freight teams about town, and several more have ordered cars. There are 15 cars of various makes already owned by people here, or one for each 80 of population, and the total cost of the machines will exceed $21,000. We don't know whether all this spells prosperity or Just reckless extravagance. Paradise and Hay. Tillamook Headlight There Is one good thing about Tilla mook County which does not trouble or cause the least concern amongst dairy men, and that is a crop failure. This is something unknown in the county, with the exception of once in a while thu early fruits will get a backset. And, as as usual at this season of the year, the dairymen are filling up their barns with another bumper crop of hay, In suring plenty of feed for the dairy herds next Winter. It is truthfully said of Tillamook County that it Is the "Dairymen's Paradise." Having Fun at Yaqulna. Newport Signal. The conditions prevailing along the shore Tuesday were peculiar. The ocean was as still as a pond. The dark blue waters, unbroken by a wave or a breaker, smiled alluringly In the sunlight. A fishing party went out on the xtose for a little sport catching fish in deep sea. They had great luck. The water being quiet it was an easy matter to locate the fishing banks. When the anchor was thrown out the excitement began. Evidently the fish had been waiting a long time for an opportunity to grab the hook. STie boat remained out for about four hours, and the merry fishermen and women were kept busy pulling in ocean beauties. When the Rose returned to the harbor there were over two tons of fish on her deck. THE BIBLE NOT UNDERSTOOD. Should Be Taught Only by Those Who Do Understand. The Divinity School of the University of Chicago keeps discussion agoing these times. Following is .a report of a dis course of July 21 by Professor Clyde Weber Votaw of that school: "The Holy Bible is not a fit subject for the children of today to study." His audience gasped In amazement. But he was only preparing tnem by this state ment for even more revolutionary state ments to come. He exemplified in his lec ture the modern school of theology. He ais regarded the old teachings that have been nanaea down n-om age lo age. He called the story of the creation ; myth. He tabooed the catechism and h said the day of Judgment is coming when the people of the world will have to take their chance Between 01a religion ana moa em ethics. "The Bible Is not connected with 20th century life," said the professor, "and we should not be a first century people." "We ehould make our Christianity for our own age," was another of hia statements that caused a nutter not aitogetner or ap probation among his hearers. Professor Votaw's subject was "Ethics and the Sunday School." "Boys who go to Sunday school should not be allowed to study the Bible until they are ready to go to college." he said in opening his remarks. "Until they are old enough to go to college they are not able to understand the Bible. Theological stu dents aB a rule and many ministers In the pulpit do not understand the Bible. Cer tainly Sunday school teachers', a a rule, do not understand it. If they do not understand the book they cannot properly teach It. "But even If they did understand the Bible and were qualified to teach it prop erly the Bible is not a fit subject for chil dren. "It was written by grown-up people for grown-up people. We do not want our chil dren to think the way the ancient Hebrews did about creation and other miracles." His Offense. Denver Republican. The vender of images, who had Just been thrown out of a large office build ing, wept bitterly as he looked at his torn clothes and broken wares. "Who did this?" Inquired the friendly cop. "I'll pinch 'em If you say the word." "No, Jt was my fault," said the vic tim, gathering up the remains of a plaster image. "I insisted on trying to sell- a bust of Noah Webster to a meeting of simplified spellers." "High Cost of Living." Albany (N. T.) Journal. The man who complains loudest about the high cost of living pays out car fare when it would be better for him to walk, has his shoes shined at a stand when he might Just as well shine them himself, isn't particular about the number of high ones that he pays for in a day. thinks it beneath his dignity to smoke 5-cent cigars and In many other ways lets slip nickels and dimes that quickly make the dollar. , Don't Shave Lawns Toe dose. Garden. ne hint In regard to the mowing of lawns at the present time will be useful to the Inexperienced amateur, and this Ib to avoid cutting the grass quite as low down as in the months of May and June. JUSTICE-FOR ftUILLAYUTE INDIANS One of tribe Says Land Allotments Have Censed In Reservation. TAHOLAH, Wash.. July 25. In recent Issues of various newspapers In the Gravs Harbor country, it was stated that F. R. Archer, United States allotmg agent of the lands in this reservation, has completed his work. He has made 560 assignments of land to the Indians, and reports about 15 candidates whosa claims have not yet been located. Forty members of the Qulllayute tribe have made application for lands upon the res ervation, but their cases have been re ported to the Indian office, at Washing ton. D. C, and pending this decision the Qulllayute will not be given land. But. be cheerful. Qulllayute, there's truth in the world yet. Poor Indians, they have many disad vantages. They lost their only rights in this wide world of ours for being de barred from obtaining lands In this res ervation. This was their very last op portunity in the world to secure lands. Ths coming generation will have no op portunity to prove to the world their skill and ability In the farming Industry. It may seem strange to men of thought ful minds to realize that these Indians have eventually lost their rights, for unknown reasons. Their ancestors the leading men of the tribe were the first ones to set their hands on the treaty document made in 1455 and 1630 in the presence of Governor Isaac I. Stevens, when this state was a territory. The record shows plainly that the Qulllayute delegation had more men who signed the treaty, but how did It happen that these Indians were excluded from the allot ment of lands? They have supported the articles vested In the treaty document, but they neither bought any more slaves nor made war with other Indian tribes, after the said treaty. They have waited and waited for years to be granted their rights, until the final end placed them beyond consideration. The intelligence of some of these In dians is superior to other Pacific Coa?t tribes, but had they been treated Justly, they would have proved themselves more intelligent than all Pacific Coast tribe?. In agricultural. Industrial and educational pursuits. The only way they can make a living now. Is to work for the settlors, but the work does not last a year round. They do little vegetable raising on set tlers' ranches, some of them, but they will not be allowed to do that all the time. The railroad Is coming and the settlers will use every bit of these clear ings. This is the kind of disposition they have to enjoy if nothing else. Many of these Indians do not have a foot of ground to call their own in what Is known as the Qulllayute reservation, which is supposed to contain the area of 640 acres. A greater portion of this area Is occupied by the Pacific and the marshes along the Qulllayute River. This is not enough for 300 persons ex cluding the coming generation. Each Quillayute is entitled to two acres but more than half of them have no lands and no lots. There Is an error somewhere. When the allotting agent began his work, he Issued an order through Henry Hudson, who was then the only educated Indinn among the Quillayutes, and asked them to come at once and secure allotments. For an unknown reason, another order was Issued In which the agent said that not one of the Quillayutes was entitled to an allotment. This, however, did not cause them to get In the warpath. The chief did not put on a feather and see the United States President. Thinking they were not wronged very much, the Quillayutes did not have a word to say about their rights. Should not the United States Govern ment remedy this mistake. If it is one? But if it is not, just let the matter drop and the Quillayutes w-ill be obliged to "paddle their own canoes." However, it Is pitiful as well as disgraceful to allow them to remain In the condition referred to while they should have enjoyed the same rights as other Indian tribes have. Our Congressmen and Senators have something to do with this matter, but If the officials who have the entire charge of Allotment work happen to discover any error, the 40 applicants might be enabled to take up their rights. I am a member of the Quillayute tribe, was educated at Chemawa. published a tribal paper at La Push, Wash., and will remove it to Taholah. W. H. HUDSON COR). THE CORPORATION TAX. Some of the Reasons Against It Strong ly Stated. Providence Journal. The' Interviews with prominent busi ness men of this city which the Journal printed yesterday are Indicative of the general feeling in this part of the country regarding the President's pro posal of a corporation tax, Broadly speaking, nobody wants it, nobody ap proves it. Its disadvantages outweigh its advantages; in a word, as one of the local manufacturers who was In terviewed Intimates, it Is "not worth the candle." It promises a considerable revenue; but this might be obtained from a stamp tax. It provides a means to inquire into the affairs of the mo nopolistic trusts; but It also exposes the innocent corporation even the in consequential neighborhood concern to an annoying espionage. For every benefit it confers it entails an injury. It is interesting to mark the various objections cited to the tax. It Is class legislation; it discriminates in favor of the partnership form of doing busi ness; it pries into legitimate commer cial secrets; it demands an enormous addition to the machinery of govern ment; it menaces the small sharehold er; it invites falsehood and manipu lation. Being levied on net earnings, it tempts the dishonest corporation to make as large a discrepancy as pos sible between gross and net. It has almost no good qualities; It bristles with bad features. The Usual Thing In Spending Public Money. New York Tribune. Controller Metz's report on fhe cost of acquiring land for the Catskill water-supply system shows that condemnation pro ceedings there are resulting scandalously. It has cost $885,057.19 to condemn land for which 2,200.000 has been awarded. That is to say, fhe expenses of condemnation are 40 per cent of what the land itself costs the city. Nor is this all. The sums awarded have been grossly excessive. The Controller's investigations lead him to believe that the city is paying from three to five times as much for the prop erty It acquires by condemnation ss pri vate purchasers have to pay for similar property In the same neighborhood. The costs of condemnation alone, if the Con troller Is correctly Informed, are mora than the land acquired would bring at private sale. Unsuccessful Thauks. Success Magazine. Ther Is an elder of a certain churoh upstate who thinks that things are only half done or not well started In which he has no voice. At a prayer meeting he offered thanks for the safe return from their vacation of the minister and his wife. With proper dignity and in a loud voice he said: "O Lord, we thank thee for bringing our pastor safe home, and his dear wife, too, O Lord, for thou preservest man and beast." The "dear wife" has made a change in her visiting list since then. Stick to Representative Government. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The New Yorkers have no real need to send out exploring expeditions to find out what the direct primary will do to tnem. All they need is to do a little real think ing, and to induce the few agitators for It who, like Governor Hughes, are cap able of real thought, to do a little reai thinking and then they will stick to rep resentative government. J