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THE arOHNlXG OKEGOJSIAJS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, laus, its v$govticax Entered at the Postoflice at Portland. Oregon, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (jjostage prepaid. In advance) Dally, with Sunday, per month... ....".t . pally. Sunday exappted. per year 7 50 Jally. with Sunday, per year.. 0 0 Sunday, tier war 2 00 Tho Weekly, -per year .; 1 50. u.-ie Weeky. 3 months , To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sr.dav excepted. loc Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lne'uded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United State?. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 14-page paper '. i lc It to 28-page paper 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relatlnc fo adver tising, subscriptions or to any business matter' Hiouia be addressed simply -"The Oregonlan, Eastern Easiness Office. 43. 44. 45. 47. 45. 49 Tribune building. New York City: 510-11-12 Tilbune building. Chicago: the S. C. Ucckwlth Special Agency, Eastern representative. ' For sale In San Franc! I. E. Lee. pal fcce Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter street: F. IV. Pitts. 100S Market street; J. K. Ccoper Co.. 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry news tfand; Frank Scott. SO" Ellis street, and N. Wheatley. 813 Mission .street. For sale In Ios Aneeles bv B. F. Gardners 259 South Spring street. sCnd Oliver & Haines. 0o South Spring street. For sale In Kansas City. Mo., by r.:cl3eclter Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut streets. For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. 63 "Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1C12 Farnam street: Megeath Stationery Co.. 130S Farnam street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale in Minneapolis by R. G. Hearsey & Co.. 24 Third street South. For sale in Washington, D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For Bale In Denver. Colo., bv Hamilton & Xendrick. D06-012 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence street: A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Probably fair; west erly winds. , YESTERDAT7S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. S3; minimum temperature, 48; pre cipitation. 0.2o inch. PORTLASD, SATURDAY, OV. 1, 31)02 Mr. Cleveland can strike the cause of tariff reform ao more deadly blow than to advocate 1L The more he talks about it. the more perilous becomes its path. This is not a pleasant thing to say of a man of Mr. Cleveland's high character and eminent service to his country, but it is true. The country has a measur able interest In tariff reform would that It had more! But a concern much greater than that is to keep the Gov errment out of the hands of Mr. Cleve land's parly. There is the mistaken but persistent notion that the panic of 1S93 wao due to free trade. Its voters are le gion. There Js the mere pertinent fact that the Democratic idea of tariff re form had its free-course in the "Wilson law. and that the country got rid of it ct the first -opportunity. There is the crowning fact that Mr. Cleyeland's p.Tty has not yet purged itself of the fatal opprobrium of Bryanism. If Mr. Cleveland had not been denied the sense, of humor. he. would hardly have asked what the Republicans have done to jus tify confidence in them, when the ap plicability of his query to his own partj in so patent. Trusts have grown amaz ingly in this country the past four ad ministrations, it is true, but two of them were Democratic. All that is needed to perpetuate tariff abuses is for Mr. Cleveland to persuade the country that tariff reform Is a Democratic enterprise. That will beat it. Fortunately, the country knows better, for tariff reform is in Republican hands. East and West. There Is no "better evidence of It than Mr. Cleveland's frantic efforts to Iden tify the cause with his own, party. He Implores hiis comrades to lock the stable door. But the horse has already gone. It will strike some people as curi ously fit that a Catholic priest should lead the anthracite commission down iato the coal mines and among the humble homes- of the workers; for among all the denominations his, per haps, is tire one that has best main tained a hold on its masses. Possibly the Salvation Army is an adjunct to Tr tfstantlsm which the Catholic church nvill never have to parallel. However this may be, it is an inspiring sight to see church and bar and bench and public men of almost every type engaged In a close personal investigation of conditions among the humblest of our toilers; and it is comforting to think that in thus crawling through dark passages and en countering the grimy dus of the mines and looking with sharp but kindly eyes on the lowly homes of the poor, they go at the instance of the President of the United States and in a sense with the sanction of our great Government Itself. If half the world took more pains to find out how the other" half lives, the world would be the better for it. In .view of the events that have gone before and the results that may come after, this inspection becomes one of the dramatic events of the century. These men of influence and of author ity declined to ride in the railway presi dents' palace cars, but they will hardly refuse to enter the homes of the miners. The sympathy and interest of 80,000,000 people are following them In their task, in the words of the old .song: . - Down in a coal mine, underneath the ground. Where a gleam of sunshine never can be found, Digging dusky diamonds all the season round, Down In a coal mine, underneath the ground. Three 15-year-old boys in one court for arson, and two 16-year-old boys in another court for disturbing religious services, al in one day, should satisfy the ambition of any single residence sec tion for notoriety. The moral of this exhibit is a hackneyed one, and should not be repeated any oftener than the of fense arises; but this is nearly every day. What alls these boys is that they have nbt been taught obedience at home. They don't think it makes any difference whether they behave them selves or not; and this is a. lesson that it is generally too late to teach a boy by the time the state gets hold of him. Maqy and many a man. in the shadow of the gallows has told his father or mother that he would not -have been there if they had taught him in childhood to obey; and .the speech was no" more brutal than true. The punishment in these cases falls upon the boys, but they are not as guilty as the parent, who goes free. Unruly boys are often ,the ones that are most worth saving. Some people are born without moral courage enough to hoUi up a train, or decision of character enough to crick a safe. They are good because theyv haven't spirit enough to be "bad. But the boy of spirit must be wisely directed If he is to come to anything of real value In the world, and if his parents do not realize their responsibility, some way should be found to make them. The penitentiaries are full of hright but spoiled boys, -and the stums are full of undisciplined girls. There is no law by which parents can nut in Jail, as they deserve, for bringing up trainrobbers and outcasts,' and probably never will be. But a more powerful "agency even than law Id pub lic, opinion. Parents who neglect proper training of their children should feel the disfavor of decent and intelligent socl-.ety. Think of the Associated Press, carry ing in a single day Cleveland's arraign ment of the Republicans, Root's indict ment of the Democrats, Secretary Moody's Republican campaign speech at Chelsea, and ex-Senator Vilas Demo cratic campaign speech at Milwaukee! These speeches are all carried Impar tially to newspapers of eachparty and by them printed. Thus is marked, a great gain over twenty-five 'years ago, when papers printed only their own side, news as well as editorial. ' It shows the growing spirit of tolerance, and the Increase of intelligence among the masses. Few mei not office-holders or I omce7seei:ers wm untninKingiy swauow the doctrines iald down for them by self appointed leaders. -It is probable that the Associated Press, embracing as it does every variety of political faith, has' been a most potent force in this ameli oration of the publishing business, for it has been obliged to provide fair news .reports of political ss well as other oc currences. Simultaneously with tills im partial news report has come the rise of the independent newspaper. It is an impressive tact that no great journal of power in the United States today Is to be depended upon to support any part of its official party programme. No paper has Influence if it can be depend ed upon with certainty to obey the crack of the party whip. Some 'of the most profitable newspapers are absolute ly devoid of party affiliation. They are conducted with the sole purpose of suc cess in and for themselves, and not as an adjunct to some political machine. They are rua as any other business is run on the hope of finding favor by the acceptability of its performances to a discriminating public. It Is well to please half the community by advocat ing its political beliefs. It Is better to please the whole community by giving it the news and discussion it can't do without. THE PAIS AXD THE STATE.( Some months ago The Oregonian com missioned a member of its staff to visit the several cities and states in which expositions similar to that projected here for 1S05 have been held, for the purpose of studying both the methods and the effects of such enterprises. Time and" care were given to the inquiry, which was pursued not only in the exposition cities, but In the regions of which they form the", centers. Particular attention was given to the country about Omaha, Nashville and Atlanta, suggested by some general correspondence of condi tions there and here. It was found that the expositions themselves had had various fortunes, that held at Omaha being the only one which in the commercial sensa "paid out." But when the inquiry advanced to the discussion of effects, there was birt one voice. In every instance, even at Charleston, where in a direct finan cial sense the exposition was a flat failure- the results as related to the gen eral interests of the community were of the most gratifying sort. In each In stance the attention pf the country had been attracted as never before. busines3 had been stimulated, capital had come in, better social relationships had been established among the home people, the "Spirit of progress had been revived all as a dlrect.consequence of the exposi- tion; As related to Portland and Oregon, the experience of Atlanta and the State of Georgia was found especially suggest- ive." For a long time before the fair the cltyl had lacked the force which comes from the pulling together' of its own citi zenship, and the interests of the state had 'suffered from the lackof co-operative spirit between the city and the pro ducing country. One of the larger mo tives qf the Cotton Exposition was to bring the people of Georgia and the people of Atlanta, Its chief city, into closer touch and sympathy; and no pur pose was ever more perfectly achieved "From the very hour when the exposi tion project was definitely and finally agreed upon," said a leading citizen of L Atlanta, "the city took on new life, and jl wfta nut u. muiun oeiore me new spirit extended to every county In the state, Continuing, he declared "that the era of large tnings in tne envelopment or Geor gia had its beginning In the exposition "The coming to Atlanta of one. man Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, a direct con sequence of .the exposition, was worth to the State of Georgia all that the expo sltion cost, .and many times more. The exposition did wonders for the City 'of Atlanta, but it did other and equal won ders for the state; and today If we had some decent historical or social excuss for it, Georgia would vote unanimously i to work the exposition project over again. We have had two already In twenty "years, and to them more than to any other definable Influence Georgia owes her leadership in the industrial and commercial life of the South." A leading banker of Nashville declared that of all recent large events in the history of Tennessee, the Nashville Ex position of six years ago was the most Important in its effects upon community interests. "It came at a. time when the affairs of the city and the state were at a low ebb. Our people had suffered greatly In the financial collapse of 1S93, and the spir.it of hopefulness had gone out of us. The fair put us on our feet by giving us something to do which called for personal and community effort under a common purpose. We gained enormous ly by it in many ways so much that the fact that the project Itself did not pay out, seemed a matter of no conse quence. The state gave liberally, and It was the best Investment Tennessee ever made, for It brought our people togetheTns nothing had done since the Civil War. For a long time we had had nothing to stimulate, state pride. The race ot our great National statesmen had died out, and nobody had arisen to take their places. The railroads, in stead of centralizing the business and social interests of the state, had divided them. We had ceased to be a united people. The fair cured all that; it gave us something in which the Interest and the pride of every citizen were involved; it gave a -common purpose to men who had not for the lifetime of a generation worked together; its social duties, in which everybody shared, broke up the social cliques among the women and gave harmony and co-operation to our social life. And tea greater or less extent all these things have endured among us; and we owe our bettered conditions in very large measure to the exposition." At Omaha the benefits-, while less marked In relation to the outside coun try, were still very great. For four or five years the city had been losing crround. The competition of Kansas City and of St. Louis on one side, pf Chicago on the other, and of Denver at the west, had cut Into the business and had weakened the general confidence in Omaha. The fair served to re-establish the city In its former connections. Even the mistake by which the effort was per mitted to make the exposition a. perma nent thing in the interest of the retail trade of Omaha did not wholly destroy the bond of fellowship and mutual In terest which the exposition created be tween the city and the country immedi ately about it.. These instancesare recalled to illustrate the purely business Interests involved In the Lewis and Clark enterprise. They go far toward answering some of tlje ar- ! guments raised by those who oppose the granting of state aid to the Lewis and Clark project on the theory that It is a Portland enterprise In which the state at large has little interest. It Is, In truth, a Portland enterprise only In the sense that Portland has taken the lead, contributed the foundation fund and as suped the "responsibilities. It is an en terprise in which all the -people ot tne Northwest are or ought to.be directly interested, for It appeals to sentiments and interests common to us all. THE ELECTION OUTLOOK. The National political campaign.whose result will be declared by the election of Tuesday next, really closes tonight, as the Intervening days will be occupied with preparations for polling the vote. Forty-two states will elect members "to the Fifty-eighth Congress. The only states in which no elections will be held are Oregon, which chose its Governor, Legislature and Representatives in Con gress in June, and Vermont and Maine, whose elections for similar officers were held In September. In most of the states Governors, Legislatures and minor state officers will be chosen. The campaign of 1902 has been so free from excitement that it'has been termed apathetic, but the registration has been large in most of the great cities. In Bos ton it surpasses all previous registra tions, and in New York and Chicago it has been quite up to the average for an off year in politics. No line of seri ous division has appeared in the Re- i publican party, unless It be In Wiscon sin, where Governor La Follette per sists in saying that he is for the re-elec tion of United States Senator Spooner if Senator Spooner" stands upon the Re publican state platform. In Ohio Tpm Johnson has .made small progress, and General Grosvenor, who felt uneasy during the coal strike, is now confident of -victory. The only great Northern stale that is in doubt is New' York, which the Republicans claim for Gov ernor gdell by from 15,000 to 20,000 ma jority. It is conceded that Odell is weaker than Roosevelt was In 1S98, when the Republicans won -by 17,000. In a state that casts over 1,500,000 votes, it Is. absurd to guess the outcome of an election when the majority for the vic tor Is fixed at but 15,000 to 20,000. New York is so close, that It Is very doubtful this yar, with the chances in favor of the Democrats, for all their votes will be polled, since the bulk of the Democracy are found in populous cities of the state, where it is easy to reach the polling-places, while the bulk of the Re publican vote is In the country towns. Many of the polling-places cannot be reached by the farmers except by a journey of some distance that is a. dis agreeable experience when the roads are bad and the weather bleak, as It often Is in Northern New York in the first week In November. Snow falls the first week of November in this northern tier of counties. Given a. fair day and the country vote will be all polled; given a foul day and the country vote will be light, but the Democratic vote is sure to be all polled, whether it rains or shines. The Democrats expect to give Coler a majority of over 85,000 in New York County and Kings, and if they do this the Republicans will have to reach Harlem Bridge with the unprecedented majority of 112,000 which saved Roose velt from' defeat In 1SS3. The result of the election in New York is "of great Na tional Importance, for it will determine whether New York Is likely to be a Democratic state or not in 1901. - The next House of Representatives, which Is now Republican by 47 majority, is claimed by the chairman of the Re publican Congressional campaign com mittee by from 20 to 25, majority out of a total of 3S6 members. The Fifty-sixth Congress, which was elected in the off year of 189S, had a Republican majority of 15, with two seats vacant. Free silver and Bryanlsm then were'much stronger in the Western States than they are now, and succeeded in carrying a num; ber of districts that had been Repub lican. Taking this fact Into considera tion, Mr. Babcock's claim that the Re publicans will control the next House ought to be realized, as they are likely to do better tit the West than In 1898. A curious feature of the Congressional campaign was the indifference expressed by some leaders on both sides as to its results.- This indifference can only be explained by Ignorance, for one-third of the Senate defends on the Legislatures elected this Fall, and the Congressional vote gives impulse to the Legislative, Furthermore, the party that carries the House this Fall would elect the next President If the election should be thrown into the House by failure of a choice by the people. If the Democrats control the House, they can, of course, stall any Important measures urged by the Administration, and tlms prevent the enactment of its policy. The Re publicans should desire to control the House in order to make an effective rec ord for the party, and the Democrats should desire to control It to -prevent the Republican Administration from ex hiblting its capacity for good govern ment. The Republicans have a majority of twenty-cne in the present United States Senate. In the next Senate they will lose one Senator from . Kentucky, one from Maryland, one from North Caro Una, but they are likely to gain one out of this Fall's elections in place of Harris of Kansas, and another from Washington in place of Turner, and pos sibly one from" Utah In place of Rawlin The Republicans have a fighting chance for gaining a Spnator from Idaho, and Delaware will probably choose two Re publican Senators If the Addlcks fight can be extinguished. The other Sen ators whose terms expire March 4 next will be succeeded by themselves or oth ers of the same party. The Republicans are likely to be. even strongerIn the next Senate than in this. If anything in the. way of religious fanaticism could at this 'late day in thp world's history, produce wonder, we might well marvel at the antics and acts of a colony of Russian zealots near Winnipeg, the members of which are possessed of a. religious mania. These: people are called "Doukhbors," and the disease purely emotional has proved so contagious that not a man or woman among them has escaped infection. They have turned heir cattle and other do mestic animals out upon the common under the belief that It is wrong to hold these'ereatures in subjection, -abandoned their homes, and started out to "work for Jegus." carrying their children in their arms and their sick upon litters. -No wonder the authorities of the prov ince arsf at a loss to know what to do with this army of moonstruck foreign ers, 1600 strong. Political fanatics, as represented by the Coxey Army in the United States" a few years ago, can be ! dealt with as a menace to the public peace and forced to disband. But with men, women and children who abandpn homes and property and eat weeds and grass in the name of religion, tramping through the country meanwhile In a body, seeking converts, It Is difficult to deal. Prisons are not just the places for them, and insane asylums cannot be improvised for their shelter and safe- -keeping in a day. Perhaps' it is un- neighborly, but If this condition had to be met, we are glad that It is up to our brethren across the "border Instead of ourselves to deal with-it. What with labor strikes and trusts and a car fam ine and the November elections just at hand, we have troubles of our own just now, and may well be glad that these "Doukhboro" settled In Canada instead of the United States. Our immigration inspectors should be on the alert and acid "Doukhborlsm"l to the list of'dlsa bilities for which immigrants can be turned back from, our ports. Contagious mania is the worst of all contagions, and is to be avoided when possible. In the report of Mr. Cecil, chairman of the British Parliamentary committee on shipping subsidies,, it is recommend ed that' "no subsidies be granted except for services rendered." This will be sad news fOr the millionaire subsidy beggars of this country who have been watching Great Britain's, action on the subsldy question with considerable interest, in the hope that .whatever action was taken would strengthen the argument for American subsidies. The American bill, as boosted by Grlscom Rockefeiler and a few more poor but patriotic Americano would have enabled certain classes of vessals to steam back and forth across the ocean in ballast, render ing no service whatever, and eating up the subsidy to the detriment of trade, as the ballast subsidy ileet would shorten the supply of working tonnage and en able the trust to increase rates enor mously. The American Government is already paying shipping subsidies "for services rendered" and our merchant marine and foreign trade is expanding more Rapidly than ever before. When Mr. Cleveland says, "I was born in New .Torssy, and after long "absence. full of incidents and vicissitudes, I have returned to the old state, where I hope to pass the remainder of my days and find a final resting-place," he suggests to every lover of dear old Oliver Gold smith some of the most moving lines in "The Deserted Village": In all my wanderings round this world of care. In all my griefs and God has given my share I stilt, had hopes my latest hours to crown. Amidst these humble bovcrs to lay mo down; To husband out life's faper at the close. And keep tho flame from wasting by repose. And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew. I still had hopes, my long vexations past. Here to return and die at homo at last. The sentiment of the two utterances Is so similar as to suggest that the ex Prcsident may have been . familiar with the poet's lines. The feeling, however, is a common one, and Goldsmith was merely carrying out Jthe common func tion of the poet in pu'tting.Into immor tal lines the thoughts and desires of our common humanity. The. New York Evening Post says that the East is asnding to the West "the popular eating apples not grown, there, such as Baldwins, Rhode Island Green ings, Northern Spies and Kings. New town Pippins, which arerais3d largely in California, are now coming freely from there for the "export trade, this apple being an especiai favorite in Great Britain." The East does not raise any finer specimens of Baldwins. Northern Spies and Kings than are grown in Ore gon, and our Newtown Pippins are- so excellent that we suspect that those de scribed by the Post as raised in Califor nia are really Oregon fruit. When Leonard Wood says that with out lower duties Cuba's sugar Industry Is "absolutely doomed," he is entitled to credence. The inability of Cuban plant ers to operate profitably on the old du ties Is explained by the tremendous fall in the price of sugar, largely growing out of European encouragement of beets. General Wood is probably right in his expectation of favorable action at the coming session of Congress. The "insurgents" have ceased to surge. President Roosevelt's sincere character Is shown In his open contribution to the New York Republican state campaign fund. He does npt pretend to a super human sanctity which offers to carry on politics without parties. At fhe same time he will be honorable enough to as sume that the money will be used only for legitimate purposes. It is an act that will find instant approval from all manly men. President Roosevelt'9 Youth's Com panion article scores a noteworthy point .when he says that with none of our Presidents has the shadow of suspicion rested cn their personal integrity. Change that history into prophecy and it will make same ambitious politicians hesitate a good deal" about Investing in Southern delegates. We observe with "pleasure that Mrs. Ballard, of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Convention, advocates hiring mak lobbyists to work the suffrage measuri through the Legislature. This Is jus. Each sex should have. Its part In til efforts for equality of the sexes. Ex-Senator "Wlas" scathing arraign ment of the steel trust will make inter esting reading for J. P. Morgan ard his Democratic coadjutors, Hill and B?er. Chicago renews' Its grip as the .'ypical Amerlcal city. Its tax system is offi cially pronounced "ful of errors abuses and mysteries." Cleveland recalls with what alarm his party viewed tjhe Republicaji surplus. Well, the Democrats got rid of it, all right. r Germany continues the h,one of Anglo Saxon justice. A poet ha) just beeh fined $75 for same unusua)y bad verse. That settles it for OdelU' Jones claims it for Coier. . 7 . ' SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS The JFecarnl WIsW. - Seattle Post-Iritelllcencer. The Portland Oregotilan Is afraid the Lewis and Clark Centennial Fair will have to . be Indefinitely postponed. It -will be a good thing for Portland If It Is. About all the benefit any placei derives from such an exposition Is the advertis ing It gets, ana Portland has had a cou ple of years of free advertising. Recogrnition of Boy Laborers. Salem' Statesman. A striking feature of the resolutions adopted -by the convention of the anthra cite miners .was the phrase, "We- the duly elected representatives of men and boys employed." This is probably the first time on .record of a convention of men assembled to. decide upon a really National controversy in which the Ameri can boy has been recognized as an ele ment of considerable consequence. Hypnotism by Sclf-Sussrestion. La Grande Observer. If last June's, election is to be held by i the Republican members as a farce and I .1 1 J .1. . -.,.111 rst Ql? Tl?r ! delusion and the declared will of 96 per cent of the Republican voters in Oregon is to be disregarded and held for naught by a Republican Legislature, then, and In that event, there will probably be the usual Senatorial hold-up, with all it3 job bery, useless expenses, neglect of whole some and needful legiolation, and the en actment of vicious laws. After the Western Oregon Hog:. jElgin Recorder. There Is scarcely a doubt but what the attempt to create a branch of the State Agricultural College in this county will, meet with but slight encouragement from the Legislative members of the west ern part of thestate. Of course, there Is no good reason for the; state not mak ing a reasonable appropriation for "the establishment and maintenance of a school on Its tract of Hind near Union, so long as it maintains schools in various parts of Western Oregon, but the people of that section have so long becif accustomed fo (levylng tribute on this portion of the state mat tney wm maKe a vigorous protest uu fore surrendering any of their perquisites. Thinks It a Hopefnl Sign. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Senator Turner attended Governor Mc Brlde's Walla Walla meeting and .ap plauded hl& remarks on the railroad com mission issue. Later the Spokane man epoke in the same city, and declared to his audience that he approved everything the Governor had said on that subject. This Is not surprising, for these two leaders in rival parties are heartily agreed on the importance of firmer &tate control of the common carriers. For this cause Governor McBride made his- memorable fight before the Republican state conven tion. Fbr this cause Senator Turner con tended before the Democratic state con vention. It Is a hopeful, sign when party leaders rise above the spirit of partisan ship and join hands in support of meas ures in defense of the people's rlchts. Cnrey Law's Menace to Oregon. ' Astoria News. The Carey arid land law, passed at thi last session of the Legislature, has jeq? ardlzed Oregon's chance for getting a fslr share of the Government approprlatpn for Irrigating the alkali plains of Esst ern Oregon. Under tho operation of ihat law, the State Land Board has awarded contracts for irrigation to private corpor ations that are likely, unlesG checkmated, to prevent the Agricultural. Dcpaitment from building auy great reservoir n this state. The Deschutes Valley was consid ered ideal for the purpose, but contracts reaching almost to $2,000,000 have been let to two private corporations for irri gation in that region. The stat has se lected lists of land thero for irrigation. It only remains for the Secrexry of Ag riculture to approve the llsts.fti order to shut out those people from, all benefit un der the free irrigation of the iecent act of ConKress. The movement, . then, to or ganize the people in order tr prevent this misfortune Is most timely. A Hogralslng Cunty. Wallowa Chlejain. Wallowa County Is now well up toward the lead of the counticsjn Eastern Ore gon in the number of hogV raised and mar keted. Kiddle JBros., ot isiana uuy, nave purchased in this'county during the fiscal year Just ended the enormous number of 15.CO0 head of hogs. The arm only ouys in the country along the Wallowa Valley, while Lcwiston buyers secure the produc tion of the north end 'it the county. We are safe In placing tha total sales of fat and stock hogs to outside markets at 25,000 head, and where we take into consldera tlon that the sheep cimps and people gen erally consume a la'ge amount of bacon during a year we a;e ceriamiy very con servatlve when w estimate the total number raised at 30,000 head. Scarcely any other Industry brings such a large amourt of. money Into Waliowa County. It will exceed i revenue of the cattle business, and wll be a close second to sheep and woolrwslng. Wallowa County Is one of the most prosperous counties in the state, and is enjoying a rapid growth which will be greatly accelerated next Spring. f Upper Jtlver Comes Xext. London Globe. Portland is jubilant and so, for that matter, is al of Oregon over the fact that Secretary Root has ordered the transport Grmt fitted up with .all possible dispatch as an ocean dredger and put to work d-'cpening the channel at the mouth, of the Columbia. This Is good news, lndeii. and Is doubly gratifying to Eastern Oregon because the fact that the Federal aithorltle& will soon begin active work on ihe bar will give the up-to-date, public-sprited, progressive people of Portlanc an opportunity to devote more time t aiding the peopie of the Inland Empireln urging the importance of open ing thf river to navigation at Celllo. A 40-fooi channel at the bar will be cap able it accommodating a mighty com merce and to- furnish the tonnage neces sary to load the fleets which the deep chapiel will invite and admit to Port lands port makes absolutely necessary the early opening of the river and the sptfdy development of the latent re soirces of this great country that llee eat of the Cascade Range. This country csnnot be properly developed without an poen riv.er, and now that the bar Is to le attended to Celilo must be next. And ortland will have plenty of opportunjfy Io help, and will, of course. V 'H'luit Oregon and Washington Need. Tacoma Ledger. A gentleman from the 'East recently made thfb remark concerning Washing ton: "The strangest thing to me l& the few people living in this land of wonder ful opportunities." A similar thought has been In the minds of others. If the truth concerning the great Northwest were known the facilities for transportation would not be sufficient. People would cpme in multitudes, and would not be provided with return tickets.'" To- make the truth known seems next to impos sible, for the East will not believe. When other sections are scorching un der a midsummer sun, they, cannot real ize that here the air is cool and balmy. When they are frozen, the fact that the residents of the shores of Puget Sound have hardly occasion to use overcoats does not Impress them. They pass It over as a fiction. Out here there are never bllzzard3, drouths or cyclones, and elec trical phenomena are unknown. There Is no such occurrence as sunstroke. There la not the, crash of thunder. No light ning flashes across the skies. AU the natural conditions are so different from those prevailing on the other coast, or throughout the vast area lying between, that people will not believe. The only way . in which they can be convinced is by personal Inspection. N DOING RIGHT FOR RIGHT'S SAKE. Kansas City Star. An. interesting and cqn3plcuous example pf the possibility of malting a human life useful and beautiful, without respect to arfy future existence, was the career of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her lifelong friend and co-worker, Susan B. Anthony, says, "The last time I met Mrs. Stanton was in June. She talked abtut the 'other,' side,' but she had no faith that there was Any other world. She always said this was a beautiful world and she wanted to stay In It a3 long as possible. She re lieved in the Immutable law for every thing, and did not believe In any 3peiial Providence for herself or anything else." It is not possible to know whether,- be- , uei in ine lmpenaniiumiy ut m fBymi. would have made Mrs. Stanton a stronger and a happier woman or not. The ftith in immortality redeems many a life Irom in tnlrnhlf. har.hlr and deiStiir. an! of all ! of the gifts vouchsafed to humanity it Is the most to be desired as a source or personal comfort. Yet it has been demonstrated again ana again that existence may be a great suc- n.t.V.n.. I Tk Ilfo rt W !. hot Vl P.TflV Stanton-was crowded to repletion witn jood works and with satisfaction of a high worthy order. She fclfillea faun- fully and with apparent jot the various important relations which, Evolved upon her. She was well content with the re-j suits of her endeavors as snc saw tnem wrought out in this worH. and she loved the labor to which she applied herself for the sake of the good wtlch attended it. It may be said that Jhe world is more profited by those people who strive earn estly to make It bette? and finer, because that is right, and for the reason that to them this life is all tnere is that presents any semblance of certainty, than by those emotional religlonifts who devote all of their energies to ,Xying up treasures in Heaven and who sre stimulated to spirit ual activity solely by the hope and expec tation of future Reward. The very highsst motive which can im pel anybody to Jo right is for the sake of right Itself. Tie influence of that line of conduct on thA charcater Is the supreme thing to be considered. The honest pur pose to pronote righteousness in the world Is crowned with a fitting reward in its simple achievement. That involves really a hi'her Ideal than to Inspire to rest and ftdcity In another world. If there M beyond this transitory life a condition k blessedness for faithful souls, it may b. accounted as certain that It is open to nich brave and earnest and unsel fish spirits as -that of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose influence in this world was aL' for good and for what she bo lieed with her 'whole heart was forthe welfdje of her fellow creatures. It V not given to every true and earnest soul in this world to lay hold of the joy whhh a firm faith in a future life must lns;Ire; but what those who are not able to believe can do always, is to fulfill their vylole duty as,they see It. and It must be )at of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. Ho-iv to Get In the Smnrt Set. New York Herald. Make 10 or 0 millions. Marry anybody. There is no woman on earth who can't get in with from 10 to 20 mlllons back of her. Buy a house on Fifth avenue; also one at Newport, Mount Desert. Florida, North Carolina, and any other place. Buy a steam yacht. Have It made to 'order. Have it the biggest one yet. Walt. Go to Europe and thresh around for a while. In a year or so you will get talked about. Do big things. Quarrel with your wife occasionally at space rates. " .Be snubbed as much hg possible at first. It pays in the long run. Get an automobile and run over some one. It's fashionable. Buy a hotel and name it after yourself. Charge 10 times what any one e!se has ever dreamed of. Wait. , Marry pff your daughters, if possible, to foreigners, no matter how decrepit, im moral or despicable they are, if they have titles. It pays. Never, let a scandal occur In your own family while there is a pcandal anywhere else. Wait for a dull period, and then spring it on the public. Be a friend to every newspaper man, big, little, rich, poor, good, .bad and Indif ferent. It pays. Buy diamonds and pearls by the peck. Your wife will do the rest. Walt. Never live with your family long enough In one place to contract a home atmos phere. Home Is death to society. Be dull at dinners; they all do it. Begin and snub those beneath you as early In the game as possible; your prog ress upward will be Indicated by the num ber you can snub. Rally around the divorce court. Cultivate your enemies; they will help you along. Don't be afraid of being too vulgar; It's a good "ad." Don't stint your women; they need the money. Feed everybody. To do this collect cooks. A good cook is the cornerstone of social success. Walt. Buy- up a clfurch or so; it's a good me dium. Many a woman has entered the kingdom of society through a pew. The Smallpox Germ. Ainslee's. One reason why the smallpox germ is so hard to conquer Is that he can assume so many different forms. He can trans form himself from Dr. Jeykll into Mr. Hide, and into two other distinct persons at will. One can never tell which meta morphosis he may assume. As Mr. Hyde he is known to the medical profession as Hemorrhagic, a murderous, deadly fel low, that covers his antagonist with wounds that bleed so copiously the afflict ed one rarely survives more than a few hours, or, at most, a few days. In one of his other characters he bears the name of Confluent, as which he raises poison ous welts on the 'skin of the victim very thickly, and they have a tendency to coal esce. In this character he Inflicts wounds more painful, but less fatal. The Discrete type manifests himself in fewer papules, and is less vigorous in his assaults. The Varioloid is the gentlemanly Dr. Jeykle held in check by vaccination, and, al though there is no mistaking his iden tity,, he Is mild-mannered and well dis posed to the sufferer. A victim may be exposed to the Hemorrhagic type, and yet the disease which develops in his own system may be any of the other va rieties, and similarly' through all the com binations. In which form the disease will make Its appearance can never be pre dicted with certainty. Englixh Eyes Weakening. New York Sun. Recent Inquiries by oculists and optic ians in England and on the Continent have developed the opinion that a few generations hence there will scarcely be a man or woman not wearing glasses. A member of one of the leading, firms of opticians declared today that they are selling almost'double the number of pairs of glasses that they did 10 years ago. This does not mean apparently that the eyes of each generation grow weaker. It Is rather that the environment of modern civilization is Inimical to healthy sight. Dust or fog play no small part In the troubles of the eyes, and traveling under ground Is al3o declared to be Injurious. Then there Is the hurried reading of small print, by which the reader lays "up for himself Impaired eyesight, with possible mental depression. "We," said this optician, "manufacture for ourselves troubles of the eyes far more than we inherit them. It seems that the universal trouble Is the eye strain of continuous application of the focussing powers to the Intolerable labor of fol lowing small print. The result Is certain to be, according to experts, that the Eng lish nation will soon be as bespectacled as the German's." NOTE AND COMMENT. - Good morning! Where's your gate? ' tL kiss Is better than' rain for the com plexion. m .The Seventh-street free ferry will soon, "oe running. It Id reported that there' is peace-in Co lombia: Who's elected? ,. . Booth Tarklngton is havins some un pleasantly novel experiences. 'Eggs are way up." Good heavens! can't the hens lay them down? , Now, that butter is so high In price. tne sandwich wm be supreme A skull 30,000 years old ha3 been found In Kansas. It must be Jonah's. Many maidens will blush delightfully this morning. And the men will never know why. A woman wears a short skirt, not to make her look shorter, but. to make men look longer. Molineux's counssl believes in the old adase thnt Jf dQa.t succeed at. firstt The small -boy who jangled tho doorbell has discovered that it's a long worm that has no turning. Now that the statements in the Bible have been utterly disproved, the Book may be rated as scientific From present atmospheric conditions it might seem that irrigation wouid 'be the last thing that Oregon will ever need. The school teachers of San t Jose are trying to form a union. To an outsider this seems more -in the nature of a trust. My" brandrnew pate has disappeared. And some one's else Is on my lawn. My windows all are daubed with paint. And Hallowe'en has come and cone. When Chancellor Andrew, of Nebraska University, assertu that football and the devil go together, he explodctj the old Idea that Satm is a gentleman. ''Denver people use 40.000 bicycles, and nary a lamp nor a bell on any one of them. Evidently the ways of the Denver ite are not so dark as supposed. A circus man who was performing on Scotch bagpipes was shot by a man in the audience in Georgia. These Southern States find their negro supply giving out. They will find that the Scotch are a more durable and dangerous target. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington is saving $13) a month by using revenue stamps for fuel Instead of coal. As the expense of the, stamps Is only ?1,000,COO per month. It will be seen that the Government Is fighting the coal trust very successfully. Winter has come to hem the city in. The forests about Portland are now clothed In mi3t. the rier rolls sullenly between the sodden hills toward the wind swept sea. But within the snug city, life goes on under glowing lights and the folks make merry, go' about the streets in couples and laugh the night away, not conscious- of the fact that beyond the farthest arc light stretches the untamed and untamable forest. Presently the wind will again blow from the west, and the people . will again seek the outside for gold, or love, or health. It seems strange that Portlanders, un like Bostoniansj -do not . tako Eastern friends to see our old landmarks, the memories of early days. What a fund of story gives glamour to the ancient edi fices on First and Washington! What a flood of proud memories steep that noble pile on Fifth and Alder! Have we lost all municipal pride that we do not festoon the old market on Second street with thank offerings of garlands? Surely not. Let us attribute it to myopic vision. to an astigmatism that sees only dis tortion where beauty dwells. Tlie Broolr. I come from haunts of coot and hern; I make a sudden sally. And sparkle out among tne fern. To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down. Or slip between the ridges; ' , By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To Join the brimming river; For men may come, and men may go." But I go on forever. I chatter over stony ways. In little sharps and trebles; I bubble Into eddying bays; . I babble on tha pebbles. With many, a curve my banks I fret. By many a field and fallow. And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter as I flow To join the brimming river; For men may come, and men may go. But I go on forever. I wind about, and In and out, With here a blossom salllnj. And here and there a lU3ty trout.' And here and there a grayling; And here and there a foamy flake t Upon me, as I travel: With many a silvery watcrbreak Above tho solden gravel; And draw them all along, and flow To Join the brimming river; For men may pome, and men may gOi But I gc on forever. I steal by lawns and grassy plots; X slide by hazel covers; r'msve t'le sweet forgot-me-nota That grow for happy lovers. I slip. I slide. I" gloom. I glance Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeams dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars, , In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; And out again t curve and flow. To Join the brimming river: For men may come and men may go. But I go on forever. ' Alfred Tennyson. On the Death of Joseph Ilodmau Drake. Green bo the turf above thee. Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying From eyes unused to weep: ' And long, where thou art lying. Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth -was pn Like thine, are laid in earth. There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. And I. who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine. Who shared thy Joy and sorrow, AVhose weal and woe were thine; It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded- brow. But I've In vain essayed It. And feci I cannot now. While memory bids me weep thee. Nor thoughts nor words are free The grief is fixed too deeply That mourns a man like thee. FItz-Greene Halleck.