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- I hold not with, the pessirn-.
1st that all things arc ill, nor y
with the optimist that all
axe not ill, and all things are
not well; but all things shall
b well, because this is God's
worldv Browning.
V - -r POOR REPARATION.
-rHE jOregonianpublishes"today
--. I ' an editorial fully exonerating
- Senator ' Fulton . from sus
picion of being in any way involved
in any land-frauds or under any in-
" estigatioit'r7't --
An apology voluntarily given is an
honest and manly act But since this
one comes so late, and in coincidence
with the presence in town yesterday
of Senator Fulton's brother and the
sitting of the grand jury which will
enforce the law without fear or favor
it "is robbed of much of its honorable
quality.
; The Oregonian says that Senator
Fulton has complained of its asper
sions and has asked for the source
of its information, but that it cannot
find any source "On the contrary,"
says the Oregonian, "the government
here through its special agentsrc-
pudiates any suggestion or intimation
... that it purposes to attack the record
- r character-of Senator Fulton. The
Oregonian is, therefore, constrained
to assume that it was imposed upon
in the publication of November 12
by a reporter who himself made un
warranted deductions from insuffi
cient .information, or no in forma-
-tion." '";,."
What shall be said of the moral
tone of -a newspaper which, prints
.nearly two columns with these glar
ing-headlines', Suspect7 Fulton of
Land Frauds," and then admits that
it thus libeled the character of our
senator and fellow-citizen qn - the
mere word of a reporter who had "no
information"? Would -tl not - have
been better to have ascertained this
vtter lack of foundation before print
- ing the libel?An apology never over
takes the original hurt 1 Would it
not have been more just, before thus
assailing- Senator " Fulton, " to have
wired him for his reply' or explana
tion in the matter, and to have con
fined the article to the facts?
THE -HIGHER LAW."
"X TTWITHSTANDING- laws,
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and the command,' "Thou
ihalt not kill," and the edict.
"Whoso sheddeth man's blood by
man shall his blood be shed," man
kind will differentiate and make ex-
eptlonfrsndTheofniheasesm
which they are certain to do so is
that of homicide by a mart who thus
-avenges the ruin of - his - sister- or
daughter. It avails not to say the
girl was equally to blame. - In
fact, she scarcely ever is so, for she
trustingly depends on promises that
are not fulfilled and that perhaps
were not intended to be kept. The
blame and the vengeance properly fall
on the male; the woman is sufficiently
- punished for her fault; and there is
. no excuse for him. Since in such a
case the law can afford no remedy,
and provides no 'adequate punish
ment, mankjnd will always find ex-
. cuses for the avenger .
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
lOMMENTINO on the recent
it com
merce commission would rec
ommend the government ownership
and operation of coal mines, William
Allen White, who has written a great
deal in ridicule 61 Populism." says:
"Fifteen rears ago when a Populist
orator said such things we Repub
licans'' said he was crazy. i!et that
j one of the coming things. The
Country is rapidly i drifting toward
government ownership and operation
"jof'ftitblic utilities. The government
will own and operaleihe mines ofthii
.country, and will control the railroads
closely. There is no private busi
ness. Every man is his neighbor's
partner, and every man has an inter
est in every other man's welfare. We
are all tn the iame" boat, and some
day-and that not far away this will
be recognised by 'statute, as well as it
it by commda sense,"
I lr4v"18: gained some notoriety by
Jhig ridicule of reformatory ideas and
efforts, White found profitable occu
pation as a magazine writer in New
York, and has to write something
readable' ifld "thlt "Wlttnrsct
tion. His first object is to-' sell hit
stuff, rather than to tell the truth, yet
telling the truth may at times square
with his interest .'in producing some
thing thatwill yield him a piece of
money
sentirfrent toward governmenf owner
ship of "utilities," providing all- other
means of protecting the people
against the rapacity of corporate cor
morants fail. There is at present no
definite prospect that the government
will own and control the coal mines;
though that, this may be brought
about "is not inconceivable. A good
many-thing willhave to occur first,
some of which are riot likely to oc
cur soon. A good deal depends on
the tMuJiJfeownmj
forts to regulate and control certain
classes of industries. If these efforts
signally fail, and railroad, coal-mine
andotherallied corporations, with
Standard1 Oil at the head, continue to
oppress the people and defy the laws,
a political revolution may beexpected,
that will put some party in power
that will largely adopt socialistic prin
ciples.BuOh is wULnoLhappen. while
the good times last '
SHALL WE FIGHT?
HE Willamette region ought to
be rescued from the toll-tak-,
ing to which its products are
subjected at Oregon City. The pro
cess is a relic of primitive civiliza
tion and ought to be discarded. It
ought to have gone with the ox yoke,
the flail and the flint lock. In spite
of the fact that it costs the farmers
and consumers of the region an im
mense sum every year, it is retained.
And this is the twentieth century,
tool- . ; 1 .
The Journal is for rescuing the
magnificent Willamette region from
this relic of pioneer days by purchase
of the locks or constructionf new
ones,'-The Journal would discard this
tollgate maintained for mulcting traf
fic, and make the Willamette what it
was designed .to be, a free and open
waterway, the people's own and not
a private corporation's.
"In recent issue of -The -""Journal
Mr, D. B. Ugden, a government" en
gineer, showed how comparatively
small would be the cost of new locks,
how no corporate power could intervene-
to - prevent -the - people- from
building new locks and how, great
would be the benefit. It all makes
the wonder grow,' why have the peo
ple of the Willamette Valley paid this
.-j i -!t to Francs in 1 88 h waaelected jdfiputyJtw4 ihi JiersJxats,psloiu
Ttouso-nneomptsmmgly and so ngftfr0-m-,iBna;HvrdVlnc"e7'and in 188Tfond 'of olives. Sb says they wlllf
If they will rally now in an effort
tothrow down this barrier to an
unhandicajpe4f(fL,ahlJ0Jll,'ial
will do everything it can to aid them.
Will not the commercial bodies join
in a movement to open this splendid
waterway? Will not the newspapers
take up the fight? - Will not the
granges and other farmers' organiza
tions utter a ringing protest, and pe
tition for redress?
A strong pull and a pull all to
gether will rid Willamette of this toll-
taking pawnshop establishment' at
Oregon City and let her commerce
flow unfettered " to Portland and
the sea.
The S pok a n e Sp ok e s m a iPR e v i e w
editorially credits or discredits
western Oregon with floods last week
equal in size and .damaging results to
those of western Washington, but its
news columns do not bear out such a
statement. Aside from some, damage
to railroad bridges and tracks, the
harm done by 'high water in western
Oregon 'was slight, scarcely 'worth
mentioning. In fact, no part of west
ern Oregon has ever suffered as de
structive floods as frequently occur
in the low country back of Puget
sound.
While the ordinary directors of
Standard , .Oil are expected to walk
info-cour XT iaiid" give bail like other
common criminals, Mr.' Rockefeller
enjoys the privilege of arrest .by
proxy. Just for the pleasure 6f learn-
ing if Mr. Rertefftlerls rich eqough
to hire a substitute on the rockpile
or in the jute mill, we should like to
see the trial go to what might be
considered a successful termination.
" Oklahoma will be a great state, in
population and wealth as well as in
area, from the beginning of its state
hoodunless . congress, because the
proposed new state it Democratic, or
not surely Republican, shall devise
some scheme to prevent its admission.
Senator Piatt will not " resign yet
because - he has a virulent grudge
against Governor Iliggins. The peo
ple of New York hope he will not
manufacture a grudge sgainst Gover
horrelecf Hughes. """V, "fr: "
People of the Upper Mississippi
valley are pulling strong or a water-
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO
Tale of a Coat
r Prom th Philadelphia Bulletin.
. Th clttwhammerv or evening eoat, hat
many oddities of cut These oddities
were once essential. There waa. In
fact, a,' time when every Idiosyncrasy of
the clawhammer served some uaeful
purpoae.
stance, waa originally cut away so that
the wearer when on horseback would
not be incommoded.
The two buttons at the back were for
fastening up the tails out of harm s
way. each tall having in the psat a
buttonhole at its end.
The sleeves, with their false cuffs.
are relics of the days when sleeves were
always turned back and therefor were
always mad with, cuffs that unbut
toned. " , ' '
The collar, with it wide notches, is
a survival or th old couar inatwas
notched In order that its wearer could
turn it up conveniently in cold or
stormy weather. . N
The dress ooat in a word, is a patch
work of Trtlcs, TltrBonce!"e"entlal;--ttlt
now of no us on earth:
Bishop Webb's Birthday, .
Bishbn Coadlutor Walter -'Vv. Webb,
w'ho succeede Blehop NIchoMon as head
of the Episcopal diocese of Milwaukee,
waa born in Gormantown, Pennsylvania,
November to, 1867. After graduating
from the University of Pennsylvania tie
went to New England, first as a student
at Trinity cojlege, Hartford, then to
Berkeley divinity school. He was or
dained to tli deaconat by th bishop of
New Hampahlre, later elevsted to the
priesthood by th bishop of Connecticut,
and 'became assistant at the Church of
th Evangelists,- Philadelphia, and then
rector of 8t Elizabeth's. Ia 101 he
was called west to become a teacher at
Nashotah seminary, near Milwaukee. A
year later he was made bishop coadju
tor of th Milwaukee diocese. Now he
has been advanced to charge of th dlo
ces and will be crowned early in De
cember, November 20 in History.
1841 Sir Wilfrid Laurler. premier of
th Dominion of Canada, born.
1888 Earl of Elgin, former governor-
general of Canada, died. Born July ZO,
1811.
1888 First national encampment of
the O. A. R. aaaembled at Indianapolis.
188S Centennial celebration of the rati
fication of the conetltutloir. of the
United States by North Carolina begun
at Fayettevllle.
Hi Th Amalgamated aeeodatlon
aeciarea in iomeataa etna i an
end. . i . j
18 SI Commercial bodies In Spain
urged speedy conclusion of peso with
th United States.
1899 German emperor arrived at
Windsor .castl on visit to England.
Gabriel Hanotaux's Birthday.
Gabriel Hanotaux, one of th fore
most statesmen in France,, member of
th academy, and for many years min
ister of foreign affair, was born la th
province of Alsne, November IS, 1851.
In the Ecole de Chartes h distinguished
hlanseif by winning th medal in pale
ography. Later he was professor In
the Ecole des Hautes Etudes. In 1871
h entered the employ of th govern
ment and waa attached as undrt- officer
to the cabinet for many year. In 1888
he entered the diplomatic service and
for a time had sol charge of th em
bassy at Constantinople. On his return
was reelected over the Bonapartlst can'
dldat. Shortly afterward Hanotaux
became minister of foreign affairs, an
office which h held without interrup
tion through many changes of adminis
tration. way to the gulf, and ought to have it.
They are good people for us of the
Pacific coast to stand in with-and
aQ others who are pulling for open
waterways. United effort and action
will force Uncle Sam to loosen up
his pursestrings for the purpose of im
proving rivers and harbors. If we
must have a great navy, Jet us also
have a great fleet of domestic freight
carriers and freight regulators.
Government pQ4tQfiicebanl ifl
Crest Britain have, proved to be a
great encouragement, to thrift. . The
number of depositors has doubled in
15 years. Would they not be help
ful to wage earners in this country?
Mr. Harriman says, railroads are
not given enough- power and Mr.'
Root asserts that they have far too
much. That, is, a. very pretty basis
for a quafrel but picase pass the
turkeyi
Mr. Harriman will have to hire a
pretty good speech writer, and will
need a speechmaker besides, to equal
Mr. J. J. Hill when he has something
to say and wants to say it.
Sheer- carelessness, or foolhardi-
ness, is responsible tor tne fleam oi
thcmsands--r)f-people-annTraHy-The
sinking of the steamer Dix is the
latest of such 'accidents.
A good many workingmen and
women feel that instead of paying a
nickel to ride on the crowded cars
they ought to be. paid about six-bits
a ride . -
Nobody seems to pay any more at
tention td Vice-President Fairbanks
while the. president is out of the
country than they did before
; Mr. Hearst 'sreported declaration
that he will not be. ..candidate fot
anything again will make him popu
lar enough to be elected. .
. Palermo, Italy, hands Americans
msny lemons $2,6S3,6-7 worths in
1905. ; ; -: ; ..
of tKc 'Common:
BRAD WHILE YOU WAIT.
How the Barber Got His Sign,
. Th striped barber pole originated In
England In the middle ages, when th
professions of the.eurgeon and th toa-
sorlal artist war on. Phlebotomy Was
then, considered a our for every ilL
During th operation, th unfortunate-
patient had to grasp a -pole firmly In hi
freely. This pole waa usually painted
red. and to It were attached the .whit
bandace which th barber surtaon, or
th surgeon barber, used to stop the
blood. When not In us th pole was
suspended outside the shop, sometime
capped with a basin, to inform wounded
travelers where they might obtain re
lief.
Th practic was mad permanent
finally by law, and even after th pro
fessions became separate, both th bar
ber and the surg-eon had to erect th
pole outside .their - eatabllahraeot
O, Isle of Rest!
From the Cleveland Leader;
j-O lele Reet I Though 1 where yonrf
11
In what bright seas, 'neath what fair
sky.
By what warm winds and waves ca
ressed, I know not yet, of eaat or west
One I would (lnd you ere I die.
rd watch th fleecy clouds drift' by," .
And listen to th seagulls cry, '
And gain that gift of all gifts best,
O 11 of rti
For none Is wearier than I . .
Of Work and woe, or how and why; -
No knight am I of strenuous quest
And labor holds for me no sest
Or, X was born a lssy guy-r"
Oh, I lov rest ' (
. Queen Mark's Spelling.,.
President Roosevelt and advocates of
simplified spelling will read with Inter
est a letter from Mary Queen of Scots
to her son, written In 1570:
"Delr Son: - I sand thlr berares to see
sow and bring m vord how.se do and to
remerber sow that s have in m a lov
ing moder that wishes sow to learn in
tym to love, knaw and feir God; and
nlxt yat conform to Goddl command
and gud nature, to remember y dewtle
anent hlr yae he born sow in hlr
sydas. I send sow a bulk to learn ye
samyn, and pray God sow may learn
yat begennlng, and that he will give
sow his blessing, ss I do hartlle give
sow myne, (n holp sow sail deserve It
quhan sow come to discretion. Tour
tiovlng and sud mOderrMarie R.
Omens.
To snees on Friday presages miafor
tun. To see a shooting star means all sorts
of good luck.
TA pick up an opal argues the ac
ceptance of some one's vll fortune,
- Finding a piece of Jewelry portends
th bestowal of wealth.
-T put oinr stocking wrong 1d out
and U left bo first are both lucky.
Finding an unopened letter mean th
reception of good . news. . .
To dream of a funeral Is an xcellnt
omen. i
- To chss away a black cat means th
throwing away of good luck
Bad luck will pursu yon If you oarry
th handle of your umbrella down.
- ' Cats Like Olives,
An eastern Woman recentlv dlanov
eav ntllk or fish or any of the foods
that cats are supposed to love if any
one offer them olives. Although they
vni uiivib tuvin uiiTm, Aiuiuuin ma ,
are an acaulred .taat wltb human be-j
Ins, cats seem to take to them natur
ally. ;'. ,
The Independent Voter.
Th independent voter hold th bal
ance of power.;
It behooves th party leaders hence
forth to pick th best men they can to
try for elective office. .
In state, tn city and in county that
fact is mad apparent
The discrimination shown In the mixed
partisan complexion of th county ticket
In Ramsey, . and th city and county
ticket both in Minneapolis and Henna
pin, demonstrate dearly that the reign
of the Independent voter has begun.
The time has passed when a (Hrty
committee or political . ring can dictate
a list or officials for any community.
Buf-the political-committee still nssT"19 putrttr domalnr-arthough by ths
a field for usefulness.
It has an opportunity for effective
work in behalf of good government
not by trying to elect Its candidates
sfter nomination, as in securing the
right, men to make th race for th
nomination. That Is a task not to be'
despised. Nor is It easy. But It would
be a service of valu to th community
that would pay for all th labor.
. The result of recent elections Indi
cate that a committee which prevails
upon the right kind of men to seek the
nominations of its party will nnd- that
the discriminating voters will show
their appreciation of such nomination
And the. public servlc will b bene
fited. .
The Air Is Free.
Th Institute of international law,
sitting st Ghent discussed th -regulation
to be applied to seronautlcs and
wireless telegraphy. - Th following ar
ticles were adopted: -
1. Ths air 1 free. Th only rights
that state hav In It In peac or war
time, are such as ar necessary to their
preservation ' - -
S In the absence "Of spatial" circum
stances the rules applicable to corre
spondence by ordinary telegraphy shall
be applicable to wlreleaa telegraphy.
I. Each state shall hav th faculty,
so far ss Is necessary for its safety, to
oppose th passage of Hertstsn waves
over its territorial wsters, whether
such waves-emanate from state appa
ratus or private- apparatus, placed on
land, on a ship or a balloon. ,
4. In ths event of correspondence by
wireless telegraphy being prohibited,
the government shall st one warn
other governments of th fact Reuter.
Saving a Ha'pence.
'Alexander H.'Revell, formerly presi
dent of the Chicago Civic Federation, an
affiliated member of th Natlrgjal Mu
nicipal league, told Mayor Xunna th
other day, a story gathered by. him In
Glasgow, where h recently went to fh-
stlg,t . the .working of municipal
ownership. Mr. Revll ald that h met
a Scotch laboring man on hi way to
work and asked him how h liked -th
city's possession of th tram car lines.
"Not o'er well," replied th canny Scot.
"Before the city took the car I sayed
tuppenc by" walking; new I save but
a n penny.
WatcftKeRcsultin
' the Bay City.,
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Froaa-4he-Bn Fram'lmo Bulletli
- It ia to be expected that Ban- Fran
cisco snouid t tnes objuct OB general
interest throughout' the country. All
the slater cities are putting- their bead
together and whispering about, the re
lapse of this stricken city from a high
moral position of brotherly good- will
and civic humility to th slough ef
crime ana aespair. All sorts or rumor
are going the rounds, and. while Ban
TYftficIscd "haifoeeh a'prop Wtargwt fot
th criticism of her mora moral slater
of th eaat there is no reason why th
so-called religious press should deepen
th blac record.
The main thing San ' Franelsco has
bean eftitndlng against Is the grafter
who has Sprung up within th civic life
of tha- city, and th gaaplp man who
cornea from other sections Honolulu.
Boston or New York. Following upon
abnormal condition created by th
calamity the city passed through a pe
riod of lawlessness which a new grand
Jury, a nw assistant district attorney,
a new awakening of 1 the civic I con
science respecting th Judiciary, and a
fresh expression of public opinion, to
gether w i th the. nr rrsJLof Jha-fhtef .saaJ
pipe, fiends, have checked.
Th cltliens of San Francisco are not
persecuting th Japan, neither by
stoning Mr. Omuti. th earthquake ex
pert Into Insensibility, nor by th ad
vocacy of th scaffold by President
Wheeler. . all of which has been : ex
ploited In a sensational way by th
anti-yellow religious press of the eaat.
which seises the opportunity to "knock"
the morals of th Pacific coast - ,
San Francisco is conscious of a duty
to th grafters. - Proper attention is
being given to their caae. Th admin
istration of crime I coming to an- end.
A new political San Francisco s shap
ing Itself.' and will soon be a reality.
A to the-thugs -who eome here from
other religious communities, it would
have been better had their own com
munities hung a millstone around their
necks and drowned them in th depth
of th sea. Th only good thing thst
th gasplpe man ha don is by hitting
th easy-go'ng 'Inhabitant over the head
th whole ltv has been aroused, .and
for th first time in flv years really
awakened and taken a hand in doing
thing, v When lawlessness touches th
Individual he begins to think for him
self. Thst Is what the average cltlxen
has been doing. H has been thinking
and voting for himself.
Watch th result
Letters From the
, ; People
- ImmorwUlty and Humanity.
Walla Walla. Wash, Nov. IS. To th
Editor of Th Journal In Th Journal
of November li "Investigator" saya:
"Then came, th modern scientist and
taught that the soul of man was an im
material entity," etc
Profoasor Edgar I Larktn says: "Th
most rigid" scrutiny mad by conserva
tive scientific psychologists during th
last to yseara has been totally unable to
detect any trace in body or brain or find
any-analogy in natuie concerning the
existence of what la popularly called th
oul.
As "religious science" rest on the
.immortality of th "soul," ar not all
religion wrong T Those woo enjoy
thinking about a future life and lm
agined communion with Spirits, Christ
or God. wast much time thus, and lose
that amount of th real enjoyment and
activities of life. They fall in know!
edge and appreciation of nature's won
der and laws. '.Prayers shirk hard
All religions t-est on faith.-but farth
must yield to the supremacy of th
human reason. It must never be con
ceded that men shall so prostitute their
- -- -
reason as ..believe wUhanfinbls
prove with infallible argument.
Th Bible still stand th fetish
of human worship, but it lacks the
force It one exercised. In a few years
the Blblf will find Its place upon the
dust-covered shelve of som old library
to b pondered over by some solitary
antiquarian. . - ALBERT JOHNSON.
Selling or Donating Public land. ,
Bandy, Or., Nov. 16. To the Editor of
Th Journal Apropos of reading a re
cent address of Mr. C. E. 8. Wood, I
find that th public land should be and
should have been preserved for the peo
ple and posterity. Th people (its vot
Ing mass, at any time) I and was ln
significant In proportion to what th
coming generations will be, snd hence
has and had by nature no right to by
wholesale donate or sell stretches - of
United State constitution it may and
could, but to me It - seem doubtful.
Tours truly, T. H. ANDERSON.
Overcrowded Streetcars.
Portland, Nov. !. To ths Editor of
The Journal "One . of . th Herd" Is
fight. The way th streetcars are
crowded 1 a disgrace to civilization.
Thar are cities In the east where they
do not allow drunken bums to crowd
into the streetcars. But everything seems
to "go" here. Certainly th olty "dad"
should regulate the streetcar traffic,
which la hideous. ' '
, C. JASPER. On of th Cattle.
, A Run of Bad Luck.
Driven to desperation by their heavy
losses, gamblers hav often sought by
som coup either to repair their shat
tered fortunes or to bring down utter
ruin upon themselves.. On of th moat
curious Instances , of -this kind comes
from England of, he eighteenth cen
tury. A notorious gambler had been
losing steadily in ' a game for high
stakes with Lord Lorn. Exasperated
by his continued ill fortune, h sud
denly sprang up from th card table,
elxed a large and costly punch bowl,
and, balancing It above his head, called
oat to his opponent:
"For one I'll have a bet wher I
hav an equal chanc of wfnnlngl Odd
or even, for 15,040 guineas!"
"Odd!" replied th peer, placidly, and
th gambler hurled th magnificent
bowl against th wall.'
When they counted th piece Iord
Lorn had won. ' "
Who's Yellow Anyway.
From the Albany Democrat.
Th papers of th country generally
were against Hearst,, charging yellow
Journalism SS the reason for It. And
yet It Is a peculiar fact that ths .same
pnprs ape the Examiner and other
Hearst papers In a great many thing.
In fact 'almost everything but th high
moral editorials along Umpersnc 'and
social lines. Papers which mak fun of
th Hearst paper for. their red ink
procllvltle now themsolvea have red ink
and yellow Ink and all .th colored ink
needed. It1 Just make a difference
whose none 1 red. Th truth I eome
of the yellowest paper at -heart are
thos which ar continually yelling yel
low about t&olr neighbors. ,
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
. ef TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
On week more, Mr. Gobbler.
The railroads also have 'their
Dies.
trou'
Has vry member got his anti-graft
jaiOJEreaa,
Speaking of Thanksgiving, think first
of the needy. ,
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8mall tracts for homeseekers ar
what la needed, ,
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Political boaalam Isn't so asy a Job
In Oregon as formerly. .
As th great poet remarked: With
hey, ho, th wind and th rain. .
Thi' North- Pole: Haw! hawj ,.th
villjans hv been baffled again. -
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It's eesv to run a newanaperc almost
anybody cab tell one how to do it
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Th president will never admit that
hs has bean at sea. metaphorically.
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Poult BIgelow fully expects to bs
added to th president's list of liars.
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CoL Hofer Is a very much-allv kick
er When he can't kick he'll die, and
will be missed. '
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- Lillian Russell Is to hav a new play.
In it sh Is to be a sweet young
thing, of oourse. J r- .
,
An easy way to get board and lodg
ing for th winter free; sell som
whisky to an Indian.
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Henry Is ; married, but It. does not
follow that he will be any easier . on
grafters and boodlers,
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A Chicago employment bureau ad
vertises for "homely girls." But what
girl would answer such an advertise
ment? '
Maybe Bonl will . go on th vaude
ville stage. If he should, along with
some of his femal , friend, how he
would nrtv. . '
"Work of a Municipal League
Th Los Angeles Municipal league,
sn affiliated member of th National
Municipal league, has a long record of
uaeful and effect I v work. It runs a
little monthly known as "Municipal Af
fairs," and from th latest issue we
take th following striking account of
its recent achievement:
"Recently an avantng paper, speaking
In a friendly spirit of th function of
th league In city afaflra, said that it
was a power for good, but net so much
la th matter of initiating new legisla
tion, .as In detecting wrongs and In fol
lowing UP th evil-doers,
"Now it is perhaps rather doubtful
taste to look a gift compliment In ths
mouth, but "Municipal Affairs" must
take gentl exception to this theory of
the proper function of th league. In
evitably thl organisation must at times
find, fault with city officials, and when
checking up of any kind Is absolutely
needed, we ar not going to refuse s
duty that others perhaps neglect to per-
880"good cltisen Joined for-tho purpose
Of bettering ar city government should
hav logically a much' higher - purpose
than that of serving as a general detec
tive s geney : and -we- ma in tain-that -the
career of -th organisation up to date
exemplifies th correctness of this theory-
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"Let us name, for example, nln things
of major importance which the league
has accomplished, and sight more that
it ha till In hand for larg things
com. slowly that ar not at all In th
detective line:
"(1) Th leagu gave the city Its
civil servlc ytm. Nobody claims it
la perfect or complete, but It Is a vast
tmprovemnt over the old spoils system.
"(J) The lesgu gsve the city a per
manent board of public work.
"(I) Th leagu secured th signa
ture for th paving of 10 mile of street
in th hill sreas west of th present
paved district When this work Is com
pleted (within th best flv or six
months)lt wlljstoptjiecar.rytnof
quantities of mud on our principal
streets.
"(4) Th league secured th nomina
tion .and election of a non-partlssa
school board of high character.
Filipinos Will Meet in Congress.
From th St Louis Q lobe-Democrat
March 27. 1907, will be an Important
datemark tn the history of th Philip
pines. On that day a general election
wll be called to choose delegates to a
PhHlpplna assembly. This Is in obedi
ence to a law of congress which pro
vides that two yar after th taking
of a census of th Islands this grant of
elf-rule should be mad. Th census
was published on March 17, 1901, snd
sttrscted wtd attention. It was ths
first oount of ths Inhabitants of th
islands which mad any do approach
to accuracy. Th population of ths
Islands, ss revealed In that oount, was
7,(35.000, of whom (47,000 ar classed
ss uncivilised. " " . ' '
Under the law of congress all mads
residents of ths Island of it years of
age, who can read and writ either
Spanish or English, w who own, a cer
tain small amount of property, can vote
for members of th new sssembly. Un
der Spanish law 23 years was th min
imum voting ag. Th Philippine par
liament will consist of two., chambers,
a popular branch of not less thsn SO
nor mor than 100 members, and an
upper and smaller branch, to be called
the Philippine commission, part of
which, it 1 probable, will consist of th
present commUslon for th Islands.
Thl will be th first step toward ins
establishment of self-rul for th Fili
pinos, but thy will, ven by this be
ginning, hav a larger voice In the gov
ernment of their local affair than
Spain would probably hav granted to
them Jf-sh had remained In eontrol
half a century longer. It I a larger
measure of self-rule thsn Is posseased
by any of the Asiatic colonic of th
European power Th grant will be
extended as fast' as th natives show
an Intelligence to us thlr power wise
ly. It Is altogether probahl that within
a third of a century th Philippines will
hav almost as much of a voice In ths
management of their horn concern ss
Canada has under th British system,
This r.perlment in. home rule for an
Asiatic dependency' will be watched
with good deal of, Interest by. th
world. - i
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- OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
boom n!itr',,,n ,ndu,tnr te
,' ' ' ' . " '.'.'' '--Hlllsboro
may hav a new ftrst-class
hoti.
Albany sxpacta som Important
Industries
More money In Albany banks than
vr before.
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Many golden wedding indicate long
evity in Oregoru. . ....
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lot mor alfalfa will b raised alonrf
the Malheur hereafter.
Klamath county may levy a B-mlll Ux
to build a nw courthous.
land In small tract is belnar mm
around Med ford. Thst's good.
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BherldSn VT proud 6ritflhnw
scnooi building, costing i,300. .
Sherman county, neoola mav a-o ta the
Crook county mines with teams for coal.
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MeMlnnvtll now ha "rich rivr
water," says th N. R. But It wUI hav
mountain water, rnot so rich." before
long. .
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Salem hoodlums interfere with the
flre-tonguer who ar noisily holding
forth there, and for once som sympathy
i leu. tor in nooaium.
Horn grown strawberries still on th
market: lettuc la th garden; exqulslr "
roses ana many other flowers blooming
out doors, along Myrtle creek.
A farmer lost In Canby a purs con
taining 180 In cash and checks. It
was returned to him with contents, in
tact by th finder, a stranger.
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Moro Observer: Never In th history
of Sherman county has so many varUw
tles of winter wheat been seeded as th
Fall, and w all look forward a to what
variety "will b th winner. 't An un
usually larg amount of winter barley
has also been seeded.
"(6) Th leagu prevented th re
election of an unsatisfactory street su
perintendent -
- "() Th league ha fought success
fully against th participation of city
mployes In local politics.
' "(7) The lesgu secured th passsge
of th two-mil-a-yar clearano of
pole ordinance.
"(S) Th leagu has secured prompt
ness in city oouncil meetings.
. "(). ..The league made a successful
fight against ths river-bed franchise.
"And a to ths work In hand:
"(1) . Th reorganisation of th city's
accounting system.,
"(2) Th working out of a sanitary
garbags system. .
"(1)7 Mor thorough" system" 111- th
filling of excavations.
"(4) Protection to th rights of th
property owners In th matter of sa
loon locations. There 1 only on 'ulti
mata put com to this contention, no
matter hew It ma y be delayed
. Tha paaa&g of a Uw that will
compel th payment of Interest on city '
deposits. 1 j - '
"() Chsnglng city election to non
polttlcsl years. This go Into of fees- in
1909.
"(T) Assisting disinterested newspa
per and conscientious city offlcal In
raising up a powerful spirit for good
city government "
"(t Better housing conditions for
th poor of th city.
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"Of course, th leagu doe not claim
j&n hav don or to be doing all these .
thing enumerated above, . alon and
lngle-handed; but It doe claim with
regard to a majority of them, and can
mak good it claim before any Jury
that Inquire Into th facta, that they
would not hav been accomplished, or
under way to bs accomplished, had not
th league or om similar organisation :
been in existence.
"Th functions of the lesgu ar as
broad sqd ss deep" as those of ths mu-
niclpaIUyihtltsekatosery. Th
city ha a few detectives, it Is tru. but
they ar of small Importance In com
parison with the thousand other Mne of
effort -and Interest that occupy its at
tention." " " --
The Weather Plant... -
From th Boston Glob.
Herr Nowack, a meteorologist claim
to have discovered a plant which will '
beat either ths rheumatism or a lies
weather bureau In forecasting storm
and sunshine. It grows In Cuba, along
side of bananas and revolutions, and
bear th vary slmpl name of abrus
praeoatorlus L. nobllls N alias th
pater noster pea.
Two or thre days beforehand, so it
Is said, rain or snow districts can b
determined to a distance of nearly 2,000
mile by merely watching the leaflet.
If Mr. Nowack I not too sanguin in
his expectation of correct results from
observation of his new-fangled plant It
will soon be possible for a man to know
on Sunday whether or not he will need
his goloshes ths next Wednesdsy, and
on Wednesday a housewife can decide
with certainty whether sh, will hav a -lawn
party or an indoor whist gams the
following Saturday. i
. But ths Austrian meteorologist goes -farther
than a promt to predict the
weather. H declares that when he
gets his stations established In London,
New York snd Toklo th leaf-midrib
will enable him to glv notice of dan
gerous convulsions of natur 14 to 21
days befors they occur. ,
If such a warning could have been
sent to th psopl of San Francisco a
month prior to th awful earthquake
which shook and shattered that elty,
hundreds of lives and thousands of dol
lars' worth of property could hav been
aved.
Herr Nowack has been conducting Ms
plant experiments for years and th
Austrian - government ha had -j faith (
enough in him to back htm with money. -
Now th world Is waiting for him to
make good.
Peculiarity of Plums. ,
1 From ths New Tork Sun.
Newton had Just discovered why ths
apple felt down.
"But he asked," "why do plum Tall
to thos higher upT"
Herewith th great man .hastily had
business down street r t . ' : .
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