THE OREGON DAI L - Y
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U.S. JACKSON
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Published every renin (except Sunday) and ererr Sunday morning at The
, -. - streets, Portland, . Oregon, ,
OFFICIAL.
. A. FUNNY -LITTLE.
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N THE COURSE of a rambling' and
the Mtcfmed Oregonlan demonstrates -to tne pudhc
atlBf action that If the business
(continue to grow, they must inevitably Invade the reel
1 dance districts; that they have dpne eo at other, times In
cur- municipal history and they will continue to do eo
,ln the future, provided, of course, that -the city's' growth
' 'la not arrested. In which contingency
the general principle Is not urged.
sections Invade the reeldence sections,
tinuea. then what wa the residence
Wlly be invaded by the butcher,
'candlestick maker; there will be etreet
. peddl"". fherd lH ' b9 clMi stores obtrusively If not
,f 'offensively fitted in to shallow corner fronts, there will
be liquor stores there will be the din of business the
toolse of drays, "the nuisance of telephone pole and wires
nd the clang of the church bell that "shatter the nerves of
not a few." '".'. v- ".-"-'
AH of these xlews, which are as
course as that two and two are four, are advanced with
vjpwl-llke solemnity and an air of original discovery which
must be exceedingly fascinating to those who delight to
' feel tbe'tnrill of daring-flights Into the vaultless blue
"of stoutest Intellectual effort.' After demonstrating that the
v business sections oftentlme invad the residence sections
jit is-obliquely suggested that it would be utterly unwise
ito apply the local option law to the residence sections,
:htu of this very invasion wblclf sooner or later will
transform it into a business section. All f which Is most
purely a remarkable case of borrowing trouble. We do not
"believe that for this reason anybody should try to Inter
pose an obstacle to the extension
principle to such residence section as
'' ties encroaches In any direction, private residences must
make war before It as they have
. "business so advances, marry things
- train which are not regarded as extremely desirable ad
d it Ions of quiet residence neighborhoods. When that time
fcomes a, majority of people living in
trict may want saloons; if they want
jirees themselves at the polls they
though thU act transforms a "dry"
oner. , The matter is entirely in the hands of the majority
as It always should be.
So, while admitting that Lthere hMf enowth4n
'Portland in the past, that there. Is likely to be even more
growth in the -future through which
trtcte 'are to be invaded by business, nevertheless- arid
notwithstanding we see nothing In that fact to Interfere
"With, any reasonable advantage being taken of the local
option law, and would suggest to the Oregonlan, which
'unwittingly contributed . so much to " carrying that law,
not to go too far out of its road to borrow troub(e or it
' 'may flounder too perceptibly In a slough of verbiage and
" be mired. :, :: r' . ':
PARKER S LATEST OPPONENT.
T
HE NEW TORK SUN proclaims
j Roosevelt for the presidency,
consideration thereof, to keep
4 bow eo that he will nut
'into ruin. .-:'; v ,'""." . "; ': -','
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: The Sun Is a queer bird In the Journalistic barnyard. In
many respects it Is edited with vigor and, brilliancy and
Ivery fairly upholds, in Its aggressive and literary aspects.
the traditions of the Charles A. Dana
"the features which then made it famous it still retains.. It
,may still boast of the same crisp style, the same vigorous,
aggressive and court of last resort tone, the same manners
that superficially marked Its earlier , and more potent
history. But It Is not what it was, however, far It may
hare fallen abort of the Ideal under the Dana management
;and however much Its policy may then have been marred
(by the vlndlctlveness which so often marked and marred
It. After the death of Dana the elder he was succeeded
In the editorial chair by Ma son, with the same old staff
about him. But the new reign was not a long one. It
. -Jell afoul of the printers' and other trade organisation and
. lt committed- many error of "policy- Quickly It was
shouldered aside by It young rivals and In the course of
a little while the range of its Influence had perceptibly
.narrowed. Its business had fallen off and many, of its
. told time friend had dropped away from it support. This
was about the same time that the Harper collapsed and
. passed under the control of the Morgan syndicate. The
. same combination gathered In the Sun. W. M. Laffan, for
. many years connected with the elder Dana as publisher
;of .the paper, then assumed complete editorial control.
Laffan is an Irishman by birth and a man of fine edu
cation. In certain lines of art, more particularly In
(ceramics, he is one .of the first authorities In the world.
lUnder his direction and following the Impulse of the new
jOwners the Sun became the frankly outspoken, advocate
jot the Wall street money kings. It did nothing by Indirec
tion. , It was quite as bold and aggressive in this new field
as It ever had been in anr other. At all tlmea and under
.every condition It fought organized labor and was the
; outspoken champion of What Is pleasantly called "high
finance,'' but is much more accurately denominated pre
fatory wealth. In the rather unpleasant financial deals
which recent seasons have evolved, particularly the ship
building trust and Its scandalous preliminaries in which
there was a coldblooded conspiracy to rob Investors, It
bold, vehement and frankly piratical. In the anthra
cite coal strike it bitterly resented presidential Inter
ference and denounced in unmeasured terms the work of
SXTTX.Xmi ABB KKTXrMTBTO.
.From the Spokane fipokeman-Revlew.
If reports are to be believed, there has
been a collapse in the land boom in
northwestern Canada. For two years or
more there has been a steady movement
itoward the northwest provinces, but ap
parently a reaction has set In. Hun
dreds of people went across the line
from the United States, but many of
I them have already returned. Many oth-
ers are said to be preparing to come
.back, but will remain until they have
perfected title to their homesteads. The
.Canadian law requires at least six
'months' annual resldenoe on the land for
three years, and It Is the purpose of the
.settlers to acquire ' clear and full title
'and then sell out. . .
t The movement Into Canada from this
mlrie of the line at one time assumed
notably large, proportions. The New
York Financial Aire, In speaking of the
'boom, said recently;
Thousands of Americana migrated
to the Northwest territory and Mani
toba, and hundreds of thousands of
A merlon dollars were paid for farm
'land which has since been abandoned.
Two years ago one bank In a small coun
try town reported that 1JO,00 had been
paid for Canada land with Its paper in
a fw months, go large1 became the ex
port money movement that many bank
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NEWSPAPER,
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
PAPER OR. THG CITY. OP
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circuitous editorial
to the country those
realization of' which
districts ot the city
ful people.' , ;
a rigid adherence to
But If the business
tne uregoman con
section will nece
the biker and the
hawker and fish
fur Parker It has
haa demonstrated
will be immensely
country,'."1'
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The Sun will be
for it always is to
much a matter of
friends lor the Democratic nominee for president. .
JUDGE
J
ciTOTse7"iuil
prepared to
of the local option
desire It. If bust
at ail, and does not
done In the past. If
will follow In its
can readily believe
of the responsibllty
that particular dis
he will fearlessly
them and so ex
can have them, even
of the campaign,
precinct into a "wet
calm yet entirely
law ought. to be
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thereby should be
other residence dls
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On the Philippine
that It will support
but urges him, in
aome well balanced
cannot be made
declare the right,
-plunge the country
Judge-Parker
regime. Many of
a military oligarchy
of any crime, and In
Republican editorial
uneasiness.
THE
A'
DISPATCH
doubtedly Japan has
significant war with
and a half years'
staggering total of
round number every
In the light of
It to do If it desired
this reason when the
balance against mere
the outcome would
represented In the
full worth of their
since the opening of
In the middle west, in an effort to stop
It, in the autumn of 102, refused to
make loans on land outside the state."
The objection to the new country Is
not to the land Itself, which Is fertile,
but to the climate, which Is -unusually
severe In winter and uncertain In sum
mer. Farming Is too much of a lottery,
so the returning settlers say, and de
spite an admitted fertility of soli it Is
safer to take chances on this side of the
line..
WOOXSASTS VU VMS. .
Wool men who often complain about
the low price of Oregon wool, mlarht be
Interested In knowing that about SO tons
of sand, washed out of wool used by the
Pendleton Woolen mills. Is now being
dumped Into the river bed at the Lee
street bridge, says the East. Oregonlan.
This sand was paid for at rerular wool
prices, and is washed out of the wool In
the scouring process, and' as the vats
are now being cleaned up, this high
priced sand is dumped Into the river,
the woolen mills having no use for It
The proportion of dirt In the unwashed
wool may be Judged from the difference
in price of washed and unwashed wool.
The unwashed article sells for 'about II
cents, while the washed wool 1 worth
from SB to l cents. The weight Is re
duced about l to 70 per cent in the
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J NO. P, CARROLL
Journal Building, Fifth and Tarahlll
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PORTLAND
the commission . which settled It., No other paper in the
country haa made such brutal and "malignant attacks upon
the Dresldent and none haa done so much to demonstrate
arbitrary features of his character, a
has given pause to so many thought
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Up to yesterday the Sun has steered, a middle course
since the nomination of Roosevelt If it had ultimately
decided to support Parker, It antecedents and moving im
pulses being known, no greater "calamity could have be
fallen that candidate. It would have been accepted as a
proclamation to the' country that he had mader hla peace
with Morgan and the syndicate and would go forward Into
the campaign as the . representative of that daring and
unscrupulous elasa of financial operator. But fortunately
pronounced against him. By doing so It
that . Whatever else- may be said of him
he is at least not the tool, mouthpiece or , sympathiser
with the princes of "high finance," a circumstance that
gratifying to voters, in all parts of the
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-.worth reading during the campaign,
thoevwho delight in the picturesque
and whose ears are tickled by vigorous and high pitched
English, bufits real Influence in the campaign will amount
to tittle except possibly in the direction of creating new
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PARKER'S SPEECH.
UDQE PARKER'S speech of acceptance does not, of
the Republican organs. They were fully
find" fault with It. Their criticising and
condemnatory editorials were probably written before they
read the speech. 'Yet the truth is that it I a good speech.
Judge Parker is not a great or' radical reformer, 'and doe
not pretend to be. He 1 not a man of the -Bryan type
profess to be. But- he is an admirable
type of man, cltlxen and candidate, all the same. He
doesn't get excited; be doe not roar and rave; , but one
that he haa a very high appreciation
devolving upon a president, and that
do fats full duty, if elected..
Judge Parker clearly perceives the two principal issues
and declares his opinions upon them in
adequate language. The iniquitous tariff
reformed; and trust bred and fostered
deprived .of this source of support.
The Republican party not onlywill not reform thetartff
la, but latterly scarcely makes a pretense of a purpose
to do so. This 1 the main Issue of the campaign. If the
people really want to be plundered by' this trust-breeding
law, continually and perpetually, or If they do not yet
know that they are., being plundered, they will elect
President Roosevelt.. It on the other hand, they want a
change In this law, they will elect Parker and a Demo
cratic house of representative and by four year hence
a Democratic senate, also. , j
question Judge Parker takes exactly
the right position. We mus give those- people self-government
or-acknowledge that all our political professions
for the past 121 years have been a fraud,, a delusion, and
a' lie. And the declaration of our Intention in this respect
any too soon. It is never too early to
true thing. . " '
reiterates his declaration a to the es
tabllshed fact of the, gold standard, because he desires
hla position to be thoroughly known and understood. He
Is not. in favor of war,. but rather of peace.. He does' not
believe In the doctrine of unlawful 'and destructive force,
whether used In the form of dynamite by strikers, or by
In deporting citizens not convicted
no case legally .subject to such pun
ishment. ; The Impression which he make ' on unbiased
minds Is . a good one, and he has apparently given the
brethren some very good reasons or
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COST' OF THE WAR.
from Tokio place the cost of the
present war at one hundred Aillllon dollars; 70 per
cent of which is apportioned to Japan. Just how
the figures have been reached and Just how Japan's pro
portion of the total Is sq great is not stated, though un
been put to extraordinary expense to
meet the difficulties and cost of maintaining its extra
ordinary campaign, .
But if It has escaped with this outlay It has not only
been extremely fortunate, but it has got, away with a
tremendous undertaking With little waste. If these figures
are correct its expenses have amounted to a little over
a third of a million dollar a day. Our own relatively In
Spain cost us closer to a million dol
lars a day while It lasted and a very pretty penny after
ward. If it had. been longer continued it doubtless would
have cost u proportionately less per day, England' two
campaign against the Boer cost It the
f MM. 000,000, or about $l,J61,000 in
day it lasted. V '
such facts as these It may Well be be
lieved that-the richest ot nations, if It is wise, will long
hesitate to assume" a 'war with a well equipped neighbor.
So far as Japan was concerned there was nothing else for
to maintain' its national entity. For
national existence was placed in the
money it was not hard to decide what
be. . But If the figures are as they are
Toklo dispatch the Japs have got the
money for every dollar they have spent
the campaign. . v
On WAT TO STOP A BOO HOlt.
From the Utlca Observer.' '
"I saw an ugly dog fight Stopped in a
very handy manner the other day," says
an agent whose business takes him to
almost every section of the city,
' "It was between a couple ot bulldogs,
and they-went at It in a manner that
threatened to put an end to the life of
both. .Finally each got a hold that
could not be broken, and the men look
ing on were afraid that the dogs would
kill each other. It was a short distance
from a saloon, and a young man who
appeared to be interested in one of the
dogs ran to the saloon and brought out
a bottle of seltser water. Approaching
the fighting dogs he aimed the syphon
at their faces and pressed the lever.
There was a stream ot. water straight
Into the mlx-up of struggling and
growling animals, and, it had scarcely
touched their eyes when thy let go in
stantly and ran In oposlt directions
yelping like whipped puppies."
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From the Chicago News.
Woman!" shouted Mr. Van Albert
crushing his teeth on a granite muffin.
"Oo ahead!" spoke Mrs. Van Albert,
sweetly. "I suppose you are going jte
say ril drive you to drink."
Wore than that you'll drive me .to
free lunch." - '
Small Change: (
Warm la Indianapolis Fl-rb-nk not
at home. . " V
But Colonel Butcher will
Parker, all the same. ' .
vote Tor
Perhaps Kuropatkln had rather been
a bishop than a general.
Dollar wheat in Chicago,
How would
you Like to be a. farmer?
But Pa vis would have run earlier- it
he hed been given a' chance.
' St. Louis is not to blame for
weather bnly for its boodlars.
the
' Could anybody write a poem about
the -fervid patriotism of Fairbanks?
. We ' rather like that Judge Parker
he didn't even pretend to be surprised.
Borne, people come up every day (rem
the coast to a little vacation and rest.
Have you noticed how tame the birds
are? And have you thought that It Is
nice to have them so? . . T
' A hundred years from now men will
know better than to strikeor to let
tneir employes strike we nope.
Well,' . Japan is getting rid of some
er its surplus male population, all right
cut ,wnat are the jap girl to do I ,
W don't believe we can keep away
rrom the country much longer Minne
apolis Tribune. Might com to Port
land. - i
Moro Observer. The beef crust well
knows the public is good for an extra
milking . Incident to the strike. The
oonsuraer pay the freight.
Atlanta Journal: Red-haired girls
may not be popular in. summer time.
but nobody can deny they are bandy
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Albany Democrat: The Christian
Science editor of the Salem Journal aaya
a aisa is a narraiesa thing. That Just
depends upon whether it is your own
whs or some one eise st
Chicago Record-Herald: Rudyard
Kipling has written a poem the mean
ing or. w men has to be explained in foot.
notes. There can be no doubt after this
mat Kudysrd is a real poet
Shouldn't Marion eountr have both
presidentship of the senate and speaker-
snip or tne nouaei Surelr Marlon count.
after giving Blnarer Hermann uch . a
i iimjui njr, unserves tnese plums. v
Chicago Record-Herald: One nt tha
Russian generals boasts that he sur
prised the Jap by retreatlnar when thev
didn't expect him to. It must be truly
sr.iujing- io some or the Russians to
De anie to show the world what wonder
ful strategists they are. , .;,
The best thins Missouri ran An to
help the fair la to go Republican Blnnx
-7 journal, rne nest thing Missouri
can do la to elect Folk and send . ita
Dooaiing Democrat lo and Republican
politician to -the penitentiary.. That
wuuia oe a. greater victory than stun
ning pronts rom the fair.
nanu aobbttV oouapsb.
fn the ChlcagoJdBrnafc- - : 1
"Mile. P.. la ana Of tha mnmt a.
traordlnary artists the world has ever
prooueeo," said the manager of a big
show to the gentleman whose duty It
waa to -wora tne preee....
wow, be went on. "i want vm a
Doonr ner m an effective Way." , -
-very well.- returned the nreaaa-ent.
"What are the facta?" r
"WelL she haa no diamonds to he
stolen." - i
"That doesn't signify. Diamonds are
piayea out." , t . .
But it knocks out elaborate descrip
tions of the way her gems are guarded."
or course."
"Then she does not come of an arlsto
eratlo family that would be humiliated
to see the name on the playbill"
"That has beoorhe an old notion, too."
"And she was not rescued from the
slums by some one who was captivated
by her voice." '
The press agent began to look a little
troubled.
"She has no Wealthy patron who has
watched her from childhood and de
frayed the expenses of her musical edu
cation from humanitarian motives la
order that the great public mind might
not be deprived pf the Joy of her mag
nificent voice." " .,
The agent began to frown.
"She did not show her indomitable
will-by getting a musical education un
der the most adverse., conditions, ' and
none of her relatives starved themselves
or in other ways showed extraordinary
self-saorlflce in order to furnish the
neoeasary money." ;
The press agent breathed heavily.
"None of the great masters of Europe
considered her future of such promise
that he took her as his personal pupil
and refused to accept any compensstlon
other than the satisfaction of giving
her to the world."
The press agent gasped.
"fthe has endured no hardships; she
won't demand eight rooms at every ho
tel and Insist that they shall all be re
furnished to harmonise with her com
plexion; she never has refused to sing
because some one ' In the audience
sneezed at a critical moment; she gets
no fabulous salary; she Isn't supporting
a widowed mother and paying for . the
education of four slaters; she-"
"Enough! Enoughl" cried the press
..an t. .
"I told you she was unusual, said
the manager. ' -
"Unusual!" walled the other.. "She's
impossible in the "blooming1 business!"
"And last," said the manager, "she
did not move an entire audience to tear
the first time she sang."
The press agent collapsed.'
Jones. ',,-.,
From the Tork Times.
Bam Jonee still meanders over the
country receiving (100 a night His al
leged lecture consists of a lot of cheap
bar-room Jokes strung on a thread of
blasphemy and vulgarity. Hla filth
batteries are leveled at the clergy and
at Christian women. Anybody who tries
to be good or do good becomes the tar
gat for his billingsgate while the worst
element escapes unscathed. . Sam Jones
ought to be qnarantlned by public senti
ment and compelled to stay securely In
his shell.
Warning for rfcUadelpaiaV
From the Boston Transcript i
It's rather disturbing news from Penn
evlvnnlu that a woman who snored in
church and who brought suit because the
ushers who ejected her has lost bar case.
The Judge even lectured her for want of
reverenee' and condemned her to pay
costa No doubt many a man reading
of this ease and fearing for himself a
similar' mishap win stay away from
church -next Sunday, . - ' ' t
August iV After a violent wind from
the northwest, attended by rain,, we
sailed along the right of the island. At
nearly five miles we halted on the south
side for the purpose of, examining a
spot where one of the great chiefs of
the Manas (Omahas). named Blackbird,
who died about four.years age pf small
pox, was buried. A hill of yellow, soft
sandstone rises from the river in Muffs
Of various heights, till it ends In a knoll
about too feet above the water; on the
top of this a mound, of II feet In diame
ter at the base and feet high, is raised
above the body of the deceased king; a
pole of about feet high Is fixed in the
center, on which we placed a white flag,
bordered - with- red, white and ' blue.
Blackbird seems to have been a person
of ' great consideration, for ever since
Esopus Special in New Tork World.
Sunday Is Judge Parker' day of rest
s.nd so far as he can without discourtesy
he discourage political visitors. His fa-
vdVite occupation pn Sundays is the af
fairs of the Church of the Holy Cross,
of which his son-in-law, the Rev. Dr.
Charles Mercer HalL IS pastor. ' - .
After breakfast today Judge Parker
went In his launch from Roaemount to
Kingston -point and -by trolley to the
rectory, next door to. the church; where
his son-in-law Uvea Four generations
of Parkers were there Mrs. Harriet
raraer. tne juases motner: tne juase.
and his wife, and her alster, his daugh
ter and son-in-law, and Parker Hall, the
grandson. 1
The Parker pew Is not prominent
being pack, near the . entrance door.
There the family sat, the Judge, at the
head of the pew, and listened to a gos
pel sermon. Or. Hall is a clear, simple
preacher not an orator, but a working
pastor not given to sensational sermons,
but devoted to the people of his parish
and the upbuilding of his church. .The
cnurcn cnoir ana singing are excellent ,
The church was orlgisally a mission:
It is located next tO' the West Shore
railroad yards and Is - surrounded by
factories and- lumber and coal yards;
There are three buildings on the church
plot-rthe rectory, an inexpensive frame
house; the church proper, a well-built
brick structure, with stained glass win
dows, a heavily beamed and well pro
portioned celling, a large chancel, altar,
pipe organ and choir benches, and the
parish-house,- The latter is theatre,
ballroom, a clubhouse and gymnasium
combined. There is a stage with flies
and several sets of scenery, where ama
teur plays are given. Clearing away
the seats turns the room into a capa
cious ballroom with an excellent dano-
lng floor.. There are dressing-rooms,
supper-rooms, a smoking-room and all
the conveniences of a social club except
a bar.
Dances, plays, smokers and other en
tertainments are . given .in the ' parish
house, which makes the church - the
social center of the neighborhood. In
hla- work. among th railroad- yards and
factories Dr. Hall felt the need of
providing recreation and occupation of
evenings for his people.- The girls in
the large factories enjoy dancing, and
the parish-house furnishes the - best
dancing floor In the city. The reading
and library facilities are good.
Judge Parker is a vestryman and
passes one of the contribution plates.
He has given the church the benefit of
his advice and aided with substantial
contributions of money as well as time.
After the church services Judge Par
ker goea through the parish-house and
JUDGE PARKER AS VESTRYMAN
THE ROUGH RIDER'S SURRENDER
' From the New Tork World.
For SO years the Republican party in
California has belonged to the Southern
Pacific railroad. In the early part of
that period It was sometimes possible
for an Independent Republican to get
an office In the remoter parte of the
state, but there is one region in which
the party organisation haa been con
sistently run as a part of the railroad's
operating department That is the
third congressional district containing
the great terminals and shops at Oak
land and the' vast grain warehouses st
Port Costa. Any Republican office
holder in this district is as much a
Southern Paclfio agent as a conductor
on the road.
Mr. Victor H. Metcalf ot Oakland has
represented this Southern Paclfio head
quarters in congress for three terms. In
the recent cabinet shift at Washington
he was placed In oharge of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, vice Mr.
Cortelyeu, promoted to the position of
party fat-frler-in-chief. ,
The creation of the department of
commerce and labor was our first seri
ous attempt at the systematic national
regulation of corporations. The law
establishing the department provided
for a bureau of corporations, with power
to make under the direction and control
Of the secretary of commerce and labor
"diligent Investigation into tha organ
isation, conduct snd management of the
business of any corporation. Joint-stock
company or corporate combination en
gaged in commerce among the several
states and with foreign nations, except
ing common carriers subject to the inter
state commerce act and to gather such
Information and data as will enable the
president of the United States to make
reoommendatlons to congress for the
regulation of such commerce."
Ta .n.hla tain, tA n.lA.m tkH.
ties fhe commissioner of corporations is
to "have and exercise the same power
gnd authority In respect to corporations,
Joint-stock companies and combinations
subject 00 the provisions herein as Is
conferred en the Interstate commerce
a vaw bxptbuoab oboab.
1 i From the Chicago Tribune. ' u
' ' There helng no seal equal to that of a
convert It is not surprising to find that
the Chicago Chronicle,- Democratlo a
month ago, now assails Democratlo can
didates with unequaled virulence.
But why, among a wide choice of Dem
ocrats, doe the Chronicle choose for Its
pet target Joseph W. Folkt He haa
been one of the most useful publlo Of
ficers this eouatry has ever' seen. If
ever a man was entitled to political ad
vancement regardless of party, he Is the
man. He has sent "respectable", and
rich boodlers to Jail: he cleaned un fit.
Leula so far as one man could do it; and
has overthrown .the excessive corrupt
political machine which prostituted the
his death he has been supplied with
provisions from time to time by the
superstitious regard of the Manas. We
descended to the river and passed a
small creek on the south, called by tne
Manas WaucandlDeadhe (Oreat Spirit is
bad). Near this creek, and the adjoining
hills the Manas had, a village, and lost
400 of their nation . by the dreadful
malady which destroyed Blackbird. The
meridian altitude made a latitude J
decrees 1 minute, t 1-10 seconds north.
We camped at IT miles distance, on the
north side, in a bend of the rlvsr. Dur
ing- our day's course it has been crooked
we observed a number of places In It
where the old channel Is filled up. or
sraduallr becoming covered with willow
and cottonwood.. ; Great numbers . ot
herrons are observed today and mos
quitoes annoy us wry much. .
T
Inspects everything. He talks over the
muslo with the organist, tells the solo
ists bow much everybody enjoyed the
slnslag. And takes a paternal interest
in the Sunday school. Indeed, the Judge
shows much more Interest and enthual
asm la the church affairs than he does
In the presidential campaign. It Is his
way of taking a genuine interest in local
matters that makes him so popular at
home. . i
I When-orr Iris horseback rides-he-talks
with the farmers, they know that he
knowa what he la talking about 'For
years he has taxed many agricultural
papers and reports,' and he tests their
theories on his farm. His neighborhood
Is a great -fruit and berry country, also
sweet corn. -The Judge thinks that his
theories and experiments have done
much to benefit the neighborhood, and
the farmers appreciate it
- The children love htm, too." The first
committee to call on him after his nom
ination were the children of the neigh
borhood, who gave him a bouquet of
flowers ' whlph they had picked them
selves. The ' children also organised a
parade, which visited him one day and
ate candy Instead of making speeches of
congratulation. .
Although the Judge lives at Rose-
mountr- he votes-from the-
his son-in-law's church. He has been
doing this for years to identify himself
as closely as possible with the parish.
The feeling of the parish for-him was
shown by the presentation of a silver
lovlng-oup Inscribed: "Alton- Brooks
Parker, on the occasion of his nomina
tion for the presidency of the United
States.'. July . 104.
The letter of presentation said: "The
Pearl-street neighbors of Kingston ask
Judge Parker-to accept this lovlng-oup
as a token of thejr esteem for him as a
man, a citizen and a friend."
It is little incidents like this wnioit
show the hold Judge Parker has on tha
hearts of those who know him.
The embarrassing part of it Is that the
Judge la expeoted to arbitrate and settle
local matters, agricultural, social and
political, and do it in such a way as to
please everybody.
unared Democrats
are seeking the nominations for sheriff,
county Judge.) senator, assemblyman 'and
so on In this county. They are all
friends of the Judge,' and they all want
htm to decide who will be nominated.
Two-thirds ot his political callers oome
on these errands, and they take up more
of his time than the Murphy-MoCarren
matter. The Judge amiably - "shoos"
them all away and tells them to hold
a convention and settle it among, them
selves, but. they all tell htm that the
convention will nominate the men who
they believe are the best friends of the
Judge.
commission in respect to common car
riers, so far as applicable."
- In the first year's work of the bureau
of corporations it Investigated, among
other things
The general subject of Interstate com
merce and the powers of ths federal gov
ernment In relation thereto.
The decisions of the federal courts
relating to corporations sngaged in in
terstate commerce which are subject to
the jurisdiction of the bureau.
The Jurisdiction and powers of the in
terstate commerce commission.
The decisions of the federal courts In
relation to trade conspiracies, monopo
lies and combinations in restraint of
trade, .,....,.
The corporation laws of the various
states and territories.' '
The methods of taxing corporations in
each state and decisions relating to the
taxation or interstate commerce.
The effect of Industrial combinations
upon the prices of the commodities sold
by such combinations, the effect of tar
iff duties upon the prices of commodi
ties subject to such: duties, and the rea
sons for the difference. If any exists,
between the domestic and foreign prices
of commodities manufactured by the
protected industrial combinations of the
country. -This
is the work that President Roose
velt haa Intrusted to a representative ot
a notorious corporation whose very ex
istence is as flagrant a defiance of law
fcs the organisation ot the Northern Se
curities company. .? ' -,',
I Mr. Metcalf qualified to execute In
Its spirit a law Imposing such obliga
tions f Is not his selection for such s
responsibility ss gross an impropriety
as me iransrer or Mr. cortelyou from
tne wont or investigating corporations
to tnat or extracting their fat or that of
Mr. Knox from the task of prosecuting
lawbreaklng combinations to that of rep
resenting the Pennsylvania railroad in
the senate? Is It not like the appoint?
ment of Vice-President Morton of the
Santa Fe to the cabinet six weeks after
his Initiation Into the Republican party,
a proof that Mr. Roosevelt haa definite
ly surrendered to the trustsT
government of his state and city. .
Why, then, among all the Democratic
gubernatorial candidates In the union,
does the Chronicle choose to attack the
one who Is easily the most pre-eminent
for his active honesty and public recti
tude? - - - ,
.The Chronicle say Folk ought to be
beaten because he is a Demecrat Why
dpes it not say that Springer wof Illinois
ought to be beaten? He aleo is a Dem
ocrat If the Chronicle so vehemently
exhibits Its Republican seal for the state
ticket In Missouri, why does it not ex
hibit similar seal for the Republican
state ticket In the state where it is pub
lished? Let the Chronicle come out for Denatn
with the same enthusiasm it has come
ou against Folk.
Oregon Sidelights
Pratum seems to have subsided, r
A Bteyton man has mad a rowboat
, Peaches are the next thing to. put up. .
Nice weather for picnics, it you have
time. ; . ... : '.,.'.
Much baled bay Is shipped from Central
point ... , . '
Maggie Bellinger of Medford to
gaged.-. ....
en-
Fellows are fishing over on the Bllete
reservation. ..,;:,.- v"'-
Lafayette firemen are building them
selves a hall..',.. ,v, . .. .... v
The hop yield In southern Oregon will
be greater than ever. ,.: ,v . ; .
Wild ' blackberries sell for' 40 cents
a gallon in TamhlU county. 1 . j ;
Bluestem wheat turns out better than
other kinds in Umatilla county,. ...
A camp meeting has'been ' held lately
at Oladudlnga, Marion county, , .. -
Part of the wheat crop of an Athena
farmer yielded ,00 bushels an acre. ; . . j
The Florence West wants wood on sub
scription. 1 Might take' veal and vegeta
bles, too. . t, . i
- Malheur people will Irrigate, whether
the government helps them or, not Such
people as they are cannot be kept down.
- A Downs Station, Marlon county, young
woman spells her front name Byrde. We
would humbly suggest an Improvement
Byrdye.. ...... '
I ' By a faTT from the loft ef W barn lar
week, John Fltsgerald of Coos river had
his skull fractured anl his right shoulder '
broken. . ; ' ,-,s .,.:..'...;
Needy correspondence of the Aurora
Borealls: You're not the only tin . can
in the valley, Wolfer Prairie, 'cause you
rettle lota : . .-v
Miss George Hartlees returned Wednes
day from a visit with relative at Phil
omath, Corvallia Times, But we hope '
she Is not heartless.
Wolfer Prairie correspondence of the
Aurora Borealls: Philip Miller was work
ing for Frank Meek of Orlbble Prairie
one day last week. (Wonder If it hurt
him.) .-.' .. ;
J. W. Booth recently drilled a well on
his farm west of Wasco andTaOS feet
struck artesian water, ths well producing
a steady stream one-half inch in diam- -eter.
?:' . - ,. " '.;'.
Malheur Gasette: A young man said to
us . the other day that he did not know .
which to take, ' "a wife or 100 acres pf
land.''-We would advise him to file a
homestead on both. . . .,' , . -"
Grants Pass Journal: "A.' J. Spauldlng-
flnlshed his final cleanup on the old Hurd '
place last week and returned to Ta-
coma, his home. The cleanup Is reported
at About 114.000, although no exact figure .
are obtainable. ' . , ' . a ,
Corvallia Times: Orders for phones are
pouring in so rapidly on tha Independent
telephone ostem that the original supply
of wall end desk phones Is already ex-
-ynnranay an additional In-
volce of :0 wall phones was ordered by '
telegraph..' ,.;.. v -;. :
Sllets correspondence of the Toledo Re
porter: John Williams Is now -engaging -hla
hop pickers for Independence, Oregon.
Jchn wants 100 pickers. He has been con
sidered a good Indian boss at tha bop
fields for the past five years,, and is well
known and liked by hop men and pickers.
The Sheridan correspondent ot the Mo-
Mlnnville Reporter writes: "Miss Lena
Byrnjolfson resumed the duties of deputy
postmistress Monday morning, August
1"- Couldn't Lena, holding this position,
somehow use a pull with the government
to change her last name little? But per
haps she expects to change It otherwise
before long. . . .
While working In a hay field In the
Bonansa, Klamath oounty, neighborhood,
Dan Pearce climbed to the, top of the
derrick pole -to loosen the pins, and the
structure, being very poorly arranged, '
fell with him, on pole striking him on
the back of tha neck, the other pole
crushing . his shoulder, collar bone and
lungs, and his recovery is doubtful.
Society item in Klamath Falls Express:
Because William Grimmett failed to keep
bis agreement to depart from Klamath
Falls and stay away forever and ever, he
was furnished with a room in the city's
calaboxo Monday and . will be given-an
allowance of tl a day and board for the
next SO days. Mrs. Grimmett left for an
other state one day last week by request
and hag promised to forget that Klamath
Falls is on the map. - . '
Burns Times-Herald: Along with other
counties of the state Harney will have
one of the largest gralnylelds in her his
tory. It will be even better than In many
portions of the state where frost has
materially Injured what were very prom
ising crops. Ths season has been very
peculiar for this section, but has been a
benefit for growing crops. People who
have been making a study ot farming
are learning by experience and are now
well enough acquainted with climate con
ditions that In future there will be no ,
such thing as failure of crops.
BTDOX BXPBOTBB OP TKUL
' From the Grant Pass Journal.
There have been larger gatherings in '
Oregon than the .first convention of the
Oregon Development league, but there
will probably never be one of more lm-'
portance to the welfare of our state -industries.
The S00 delegates represented :
all sections and all lines of Industry. All
were enthuslastlo over . the work in
band, even when In Ita incipient stage,
snd all were ready to sot in harmonr.
The keynote of the meeting was, ss ex- V
pressed In the speech of Chairman Cake, :
"Publicity for Oregon snd Its resoures."
Men of good calibre have been selected
for officers of the organisation and se-
lected with a view to avoiding any dis
play of sectionalism. We shall expeot
to hear much from them. .. . , .
V-V STBAIOBT VAXVK. ;-r i -
From the. Tillamook Headlight.
The Headlight Is sooused of making
persistent and determined stand
gainst gambling. Well, what if w
have, gnd we readily plead guilty to the
charge. Hasn't the Headlight always
advocated and worked for that Which
was for the beat Interests ot Tillamook
oounty and tha people residing here? So
effective Is Its work along these lines
that If county and city officials per
mit gambling to run, the voters, to show
their disgust at the damnable practice,
will vote to put the saloons out of busi
ness.. ,. .....-'"'
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