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About Portland new age. (Portland, Or.) 1905-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1906)
SffiL 3TJ fcfltfctaattsffiilirMaaBaart states tsjbftwtycasjf tc v TOE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON ! 1 fe (fiS-'j Topics of the Times (5) &S If wo tnke tlic Asiatics, of course we must take their rlmlern. A current nrlVIe on ".ItiMirc In rnince Mini Ainerlcn" Miowh tlint there Is some of It In hoth plnccx. HillMlliR the blKKe.st ImttlcMilp troinit to he merely n mutter of rommeneliiK after the other fellow lins llnlHlieil IiIh. The MetlioillNt jueiieher who stopped M-rvleo to help put out a lire can't just ly he tried for horexy or neglect of duty. Philadelphia Imh decreed that t?lrl hood pnssen at '!', hut It does not fol low that this ace initrkH the limit of KlrllslinesH. Iluudredfi of lirwrlni; letters come to Mr.. ItnsM'll SiiKe every day. A pod tlon as the widow of a multimillionaire Is no Nlnecure. Think what n difference It would liave made In the histories If the peo ple of the olden time had heen provided with telephones It can plainly he seen from Hussell Hajje's will that If the old man could have taken It with him his money would not have heen left to nnyhody. It must he highly diverting to the Japanene to watch the Husslnn.s smash ing that part of their nrninmcut that did not et Into the late unplensant ness. Another Niothsayer has hoeu heard from. Ho mi.vk there will he a financial panic seven years hence. Keven yean Is a Ioiik time. .Make jour Kanie, Kentle-men. In Franco they iiro the knife to euro criminals after the crime. The Plilln del'inJn surgeon's WUy of uhIhk tho kn' j to cure tho jwtontlal criminal Is a . nitf advance toward the mlllon-nltini. Divers have found n Kood deal of thiuuiKo was done to the Illinois and the Alahatna when those two hnttlo Milps collldeil the other day. It Is re it My unfortunate that tho ocean Isn't bljwr. Our soil Is now producing nullum, illn inoiids. pilil, silver, .Nipper and nickel. With n little more (mining It may he that we will he nhlo to grow automo biles, cash registers and agricultural Implements. A New York physlclnn says peoplo can get along without stomachs. At last reports, however, ho still main tained possession of his, not caring ,to go to (he bother of presenting nuy evi dence of good fnlth In hi theory. Admiral Itoxhdrslveusky played the willing scapegoat by taking full blame for the loss of his fleet In the Sea of Japan. He satlsiled Itusslnii uiilchil (loin by saying. "I alone am guilty," hut was acquitted on tho ground Unit when he surrendered he was Incapacitated by his wound mid not In possession of liU full powers. In spite of the growing condemna tion of burning gunpowder on the Fourth of July, twenty-eight persons were killed an a remilt of the celebra tion this year, and more (ban (wo thou snud were wounded. Although publln sentiment ngaliut (ho toy pUtol uuil the cannon cracker grows stronger ev ery year, the number of deaths and wounds caused by them lucresen also. Wliy'f llccnuie those who allow (heir children lo "celebrate" with the mur derous articles are not those whose thinking apparatus Is affected by pub lie sentiment. r Kvery Utile while we bear n story about "periccutlou" by the Cuban gov eminent of American In the Isle of l'lnes. We uliould not close our ears to .truth, of course, but It will be t.afo to tnke these stories with plenty of salt. .Wtt should remember that certain American have set up an unfounded claim that the Isle of Pines Is Ameri can territory and It keems to be their determined purpose to keep up an Irri tation until they Involve the govern ment at Washington In trouble with the Cuban government and get thn( Island away from Cuba In one way or anoth er, There Is an Interesting report to the effect that somebody ban discovered a process by which the atalk of the cot ton plnn(, heretofore a wate product save as It may be devoted to fertilising uses, can t converted Into paper of excellent quality by the same processes that are now applied (o wood pulp and other materials and with little or no modliUMtlon of paper-making plants. It Is estimated that general ue In this way of the cotton stalk will add S100, 000,000 annually to the product value of the cotton Slates, will put an end to the boll weevil, bring nlong with the paper mnde four or lire byproducts of paying value and greatly check (he destruction of forests lu paier-maklng. If these claims shall tie half JustluYd .by the event tho descoverer will de serve to be ranked among tho great benefactor of humanity. None of the exhibitions held to mark nnulvcrsarlca of national events has celebrated a more slgnltlcant historical slate than tbe fair which Is to be opcu- "Jrrhi'a HelletlnV Senator Halley was once staying for n short time at a country place, when he received a telegram urging his Im mediate appearance lu Washington. The place was about two miles from the railroad station, and as the schedule hart iHH-n rtwntly changel, and hlajioft, rtlrt not know" (he new "hour for (lie (ruin (here was but one a day a ne gro was hastily sent to Inquire of (he stntlon agent, K was perhnps (hree hours Inter when (he negro ambled ln(o (he yard. "Where bnve you been, you rnscnl? Hoes It (ake (hree hours (o ask when n train Is due?" the Senator's host de inanded.niigrlly. ".Now, .Mars Jeems," the negro pro tested, "yo" know hit don't take no three hours (er n when er (rain gwlne pass. Hut, Mars Jeems, dat s(atlon man am slch er Mar yo' can't tnke his word fer nutliu', nu' Ah stayed (er see for uiiili se'f. An' fer once lu his life he tol' de (rnf she sbo did pass dar ties' when he sny she would 1" -American Spectator. llrllllr. Gunner They say he Is n man of clay, Now what me Is a man of clay, anyway? (luyer Well er they might make n pipe out of hhn. In (ho average house when father takes up tho cream pitcher (he women folks hold Uielr breath for fear he will dralu it. ed nt Jamestown, V., lu 15)07. The re cent appropriation by Congros of more than n million dollars for tho ex hibition serves to remind us that 1007 will he the tercentenary of the found ing of Jamestown, the first iH'rmiuicnt Kngllsh colony In America. Most Amer ican fairs have commemorated events In history, nntlonal Independence, the landing of Columbus, the ourch'i oi loulslnun, the Lewis and OliirK expe dition, hut they have been exhibitions of modern art and Indutry, displays of the wondem of tho present. The Jamestown fair will he the first to he historical not only In occasion, hut In character. It will be designed to afford n study of our national beginnings. Ioklng out upon Hampton Itoads to ward FortresH Monroe will stand u group of buildings of finely executed colonial architecture, ranging from the administration building, which will re semble a colonial or early State capl tol, down to the smaller buildings de signed like colonial dwelling'. In the Arts and Crafts Village will be repro duced the Industries and home life of early Virginia. Kvery obtainable relic that will reveal the .Southern forefath er of the nation Is to he placed In or dered collections; and at orge. bench and loom, workers representing the dally Inhor of (he old colonists will produce wnres like those that have survived from the elder days. In the department of education and social economics will be revenleil not merely the Instructive continuity of Virginia life for three centuries, hut the (level opmont of the entire nation. The ex hibition will do good In forwarding acquaintance and sympathy between people of widely nopnratod parts of tho country. No American, whether or not he Is fortunate enough to visit James town, enn fall to benefit by the patri otic embodiment of a great national story. Perhnps It Is Just as well that men should not be allowed too great nu thorlty lu disposing of the wealth they leave behind them, hut If the isiwer of devising Is to be limited the limita tion should he direct rather than by subterfuge. It would he ca:y enough to frame n law providing tint a man may not leave more than a certain por tion of his jmssesslons to any cue per son mid such n law would forestall nine-tenths of tho will contests. Hut to grant tho testator unlimited discre tion In tho matter and then to upset his will by appealing to technicalities Is neither fair nor honest. It Is "whip ping tho devil around tho stump." The will of Itussell Hugo Is to bo contested because a scrivener, copying tho docu ment from tho lawyer's rough draft, ran his pen through a llguro which he had mistakenly written. Tho net did not niter the purxirt of tho will; It did not affect tho rights of any of the heirs to the extent of n penny. It wns nn obvi ous correction of an Insignificant cleri cal error. Yet It Is announced that ujhiu the strength of this trivial lapue of the pen the will Is to bo contested. It l pre dicted that tho struggle will Inst for several years, unless there Is n compro mise, nud that the will finally will he "hroken." Now, the meaning of this consuiuuintlon will simply be that pub He sentiment to which Judges and Ju lies are susceptible -does not approve of Mr. Sage leaving hut $1!.",(KK) to each of his other relatives and devising $(10, 000,000 to his wife. Theoretically, that Is. we admit that a man may leave his money as he chooses; practically, we deny him that right by upsetting his will on the minutest technicality when he does not leave his wealth as we should like him to leave It. There can he. no doubt as to the strength and po tency of this phase of public senti ment. The wills of rich men are con tested and Invalidated upon the flimsi est pretexts. The court will liberally construe other documents, hut i.y r Inexorable when they deal with wills. Any excuse U good enough for defeat ing tho testator's purine. This, wo re peat, Is the wrong wny of doing a very simple thing, If we want to limit the testamentary jsiwers of wealthy men we can do so by legislation. It Is nu absurd and rather hyiocrltlciil false pretense to grant unlimited testament ary rights and then nullify them by lin appeal to llue-spuu legal quibbles. YEOEiN BROS. SAVIINdS BAINK UIUUIMOM. MONTANA Drnnch DankN tit Butte, Anaconda and Qardlner TriuiMMct it Qunurnl ttiiiikltitr UuhIiiohh Pay Interest on Savings Account" ail Time Curtlllcates of Deposit. Wo start Savings Accounts with a deposit of ne dollar or more. O. E. HEIINTZ, Manager. Phone East 57 PACIFIC IRON WORKS. 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