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Kind. 114 2 lth etreet; James H. Crockwell. 242 25th' street; F. R. Godard and C. H. Myers. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C, by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale in Denver, Colo., by Hamlltbn -& Kendrick, 900-912 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co., Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. : -H YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum temr perature, 68; minimum temperature, 55; pre cipitation, .07of an inch. TODAY'S "WEATHER Probably fair; west erly winds. - , PORTLAXD, TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1003. DANGER. IX RESERVE POLICY. Citizens of Oregon who feel an Inter est In the industrial development of this state will find profitable reading in the review of forest reserve affairs as presented in The Oregonian's Washing ton correspondence yesterday, For a number of years The Oregonian has been exposing the abuses that have been carried on under the name of for est preservation. Public interest has been slow to awaken, and many have paid so little heed to the disclosures that, they know but little of the manner In which monumental land grafts have been perpetrated with the aid of law subservient newspapers which reap large profits from the publication of-. land notices have refused to' admit the existence' of-the multitude of wrongs 'In land administration, and have accused The Oregonlan of "besmirching the fair name of Oregon" by its disclosures Now, -however, public attention has at last been aroused, and the people are demanding that landgrabbing under the favor of law shall cease. Responsive to the, popular will, newspapers In all parts 'pfthe state are now joining in the .denunciation of unwise creation of forest reserves. Statesmen who for years silently viewed the work of spoli ation are now raising their voices in accord with the popular demand for an end of the vicious forest reserve policy. The resume of forestry proceedings does not show anything reprehensible in the theory of, forest preservation Against a -judicious creation of forest rese ,es, -'under proper laws and regu lations, there is nothing to be said Every timber expert who has ever come to this state from the East will testify that the waste of timber in the North wesfcjs enormous, and that lumbermen give no thought to the needs of those who will cut timber in Oregon in years to come.. Beyond a doubt there is a need of Government control and preser vation Of the forests on the public do main. No one will question, either, thatthere is good justification for the creation of forest reserves in certain portions of the state for the purpose of t conserving the water supply. It is matter or common knowledge that where the timber has been removed irom the land In which rivers have their source :the. water derived from Winter sndws passes off rapidly In the Spring and the dry season is length ened. Tho conservation of the water supply in streams running largely through the public domain is manifest ly a proper matter for Governmental control. But a review of the history of for estry proceedings in - the Northwest does not lead to the conclusion that the preservation of forestsor the conserva tion ofwater supply has been the real end to be accomplished. When it Is seen that in the creation of each re-4 serve some corporation has a selfish In terest to be subserved; when it is seen that some few individuals get a "tip" concerning the future acts' of the Land Department, so, that they can supply themselves with "base" In tho forth coming withdrawal of lan from entry, and when it is known that reserves are proposed for the conservation of water where such a purpose is absurd, the presumption is unavoidable that the forest reserve policy is being manipu lated, if not actuated, by selfish private interests. v One of the remarkable features of forest reserve proceedings is the almost entire lack of responsibility for the ac tion that is taken. Atfempts to learn upon whose recommendation the with drawals of. land from entry have been made have proved fruitless; and the public is left with no Information as to 'the standing of the men who exercise so despotic a control of the public do main The creation of reserves which Include nearly one-fourth of the mended the 'wholesale creation of re- serves and the extent of their knowl edge of conditions In this state. This is something the people have a right to know, and which they will know if The Oregonlan can secure the Information. There is evidence of an intention to cover up information which the people are erjtltled to -and which they would have If the newspaper correspondents at Washington were given access to records which may be published with out Injuring public business. Withhold ing information .concerning intended withdrawals -!s entirely proper; but, after withdrawals have been made the public should be given. complete Infor mation as. to the facts in the case be fore a reserve Is permanently created. Governor Chamberlain and -other mem bers of the State Land Board arenot assuming too' much when, they assert that .they should be consulted and be given a chance to be heard before re serves are created in this state. The fault with Federal officials is hat while they- withhold Information from the general public they permit some indi vidual to learn of their intentions and this favored one secures a large share of the advantages to be gained by the creation of the reserve; The Oregonlan does not' say that none of the proposed reserves should be cre ated, or that any .one at them should not be created,- but it -does say that no Jfinal action should be taken until the people of this state have been fully In formed upon alLthe material facts, and have been heard in opposition to the proposed action, if they have any pro test to make; that no reserve should be created until after all lands have been excluded "which arq not valuable for the tlrilber they contain; that no reserve should be created until the lieu land and scrip laws and regulations have been airiended or repealed, so that the creation of a reserve will not be in ef fect a gift of large tracts of valuable land to corporations. The Federal Land Department has been asserting, its in tention to create future reserves in such a manner as to leave out lands in private ownership. The Oregonlan has several times declared this to be im practicable, and in yesterday's corre spondence it Is observed' that the de partment admits this to be true. Since it is impossible to create reserves with out including lands in private owner ship, the reserves should not be created at all until the basis for exchange of lands has been modified. There is now no need of .haste. The land has been withdrawn and no new claims can at tach. Any final action without first ar ranging an equitable basis of exchange will lay the Administration open to the suspicion of having acceded to the wishes of those whose private interests are promoted by the creation of forest reserves. "showing of what a busy people .have been doing .throughout the year. Let uir'hope for bright skies and balmy airs throughout the. weekx beginning Sep tember' 14, and an attendance at the State Fair that will break air previous I Last of the Mohicans." "The town of records in that line. . I Lake George,,, where the battle monu ment Is unveiled today, includes the sue oi.jj.prt William iienry, wnuse mnasnrrft... In Ioct-IVioiT in rnnnr's ""T" pages, and sp is Glenn's Falls and other Greece. Roumania and Servla, under ' .2 . ,1. . . , . current number of the North American Review that the- Ideal solution of the problem .of- the Balkans, would be a great federal state stretching from the Bo'sphorus to the Danube, from the Black Sea to the Adriatic, forming a new Christian power In a territory once ruled ty Mohammedans and con stituting powerful buffer state be tween Russia and Constantinople. This ideal solution of the Balkan problem Is impracticable, because of the ambitions and rivalries of the great powers. Rus sia would never consent to such an ar rangement, except as the result of war. This ideal settlement, a great federal state, comprising in' a single union with local autonomy the present political or ganizations now without cohesion or common ground of development or pur pose, cannot hope for realization In the present century. So long as Russia re mains an unbroken entity of despotism no Balkan federation is possible, and even If the Turk were expelled from Europe there would still be, a problem for solution 'In the' future condition of the Balkan States. In 18S5 Bulgaria was robbed of the results of her courage and valor when Austria and Russia halted the victori ous army of King Alexander of Batten berg outside the walls of Belgrade and forbade him to enter the city. Russia forced Alexander to abdicate his THE -STATE FAIR. area of the state may matter to self-important ie entire seem a small officials at Washington, but the people, who al ways insist upon believing- that these officials are their servants, -and. not their masters, would be interested tp know te' names of. the men who 'have recom- The annual State Fair will be opened at the fair grounds of the State Agri cultural Society near Salem Monday,- September 14. This announcement brings pleasure both in retrospection and in anticipation. The event that it heralds partakes of the characteristics of a harvest festival and an exhibit. Its social features are remembered pleasantly, running as they have through the years of more than a third of a century, while its history has faithfully chronicled, through -all this period, the growth of the state in agri culture,' horticulture,- In stockraising and in the business enterprise that keeps pace with these In every pros perous, growing community. From the small beginnings of a pio neer era and section, ttfe exhibits of which made a brave showing In a pa vilion not larger than the barn of prosperous farmer of that time, the fair has assumed proportions that by com parison are truly colossal. Running over the schedule we find that entries can be made In 918 classes, while over 2250 cash premiums and a number of di plomas will be awarded to successful competitors In these classes. These cash premiums range from ?1 to $300, and are the gift of the state through legislative appropriation for the legit imate encouragement of Industrial ef fort upon which the prosperity of the people depends. The Oregon State Agricultural Socl etj', as is welPknown, has weathered literally speaking the disasters and discouragements due to many damp and trying years. During this period it naa an tnat it coum ao to keep its head above water, so persistent were the untimely September rains and so pinched were the farmers and every body, in fact, by the financial depres sion known as "hard times." But Its stockholders persevered, and in the nick of time the state came to the rescue with an appropriation that Is the basis today of the sound financial standing upon which the fair rests. But this" is only the basis. The pre sentment that the coming fair will make is the work of men who, deter minea. xo succeea, nave worked pa tiently, managed the funds intrusted to them carefully, Introduced new Ideas and eliminated those that had become stale by too frequent repetition and outdated by the progress of events. As a result, the directors will this year give to the people an up-to-date agri cultural fair. Not a single feature In the wide range covered by this term will be omitted. The stock and dairy interests; wheatgrowing, flaxgrowlng, hopgrowing, poultry and fru'Itraising, floriculture, household Industries, man ufacturesall these and more will be exploited to the benefit of producers in all lines and to the edification of con sumers. And finally, the speed contests will be of a type that will give pleas ure to all breeders and lovers of fine horses. ' The old-time agricultural fair served Its purpose and passed on. Upon its foundations, laid deep and strongf'in the sopial life of an Isolated commu nity, broadened to meet the require-, ments of agricultural and Industrial progress, the new fair rests. Its growth epitomizes the growth of the state; the appropriation for Its support testifies to the. generosity of the people; the success-which it has attained attests the careful attention to details that is the essence and proof of good management. And finally, the railroads have given substantial aid and encouragement to the enterprise which the agricultural and Industrial fair represents. These are the forces that work together for the development of the state's resources ay find expression in the annual Lake Geerfe, which he called LaS-e Si TAFI'S ELEMENTS Of GREATNESS; Sacrament. The English gave, it the name of Lake George after the reign ing King of England, and the Indians called it Lake "Horicon, a name which Cooper preserves in his fine story "The THE BALKAN PROBLEM. Louden v Snowden, Minister to Because' o- Cooper's ' promptness to select American events and scenes as subjects for his pen, he has firmly maintained his place. In the first rank of .American' novelists. Cooper saw tnat' mere' numbers dld noty'constitute 'an Important historic scene. 5 He re membered that Attica, which included Athens, was a very small state; he kriew "how far a light th.at little can dle throws." He measured correctly the historic consequence for fiction of the beginnings of North America and so he hit the mark when he. made our colonial fight with France, 'our later fight with Great Britain and our final conquest of the western prairies the themes of his discourse. Following .Cooper and probably Inspired by him came Parkman, whose history of the conquest of British North America is as brilljantly told and as romantic in incident as the finest work of Scott or Dumas. In Parkman's History is in cluded the story of the battle of Lake George, in memory of which a monu ment is raised today. Cooper and Parkman have honored the memory of these Initial Incidents in the conquest of British North America, and now a 4ater generation plants monument on one of these historic spots. There will not be wanting dull folk whowlll ask "for what good," but no thoughtful man will question the Great Executive Capacity. SSL Paul Pioneer-Press. That Governor Taft will make an ex ceptionally efllclent Secretary of. War cannot be doubted. Like Secretary ' Root, he is a man of great executive capacity, as he has. abundantly, demonstrated in the Philippines; of deep' insight, of broad views and of high character. That he will quickly make himself masterof the details of the War Department, and that his influence and tact will carry through the plans of reorganization and. readjustment , which Secretary Root In stituted, and has all but accomplished, there is no reason to doubt. The Phil- iplnes, however, loses the right man in tne right place, tnougn it may get -an other in Governor Wright. For ft has been largely owing to Governor Taft's thorough understanding of the possibili ties of his position and to his sympathy with the high aims of President McKln ley. President Roosevelt and Secretary Root that the United States has been able to initiate civil government in the islands with so little friction. He de served and he won the confidence of tho natives as he has deserved and won the confidence of the people of tho main land. His character and devotion to ttfe country, so clearly shown In his unselfish sacrifice- of a' life position thoroughly tb his tastes to undertake in, an unwhole some climate, an uncertain and doubtful task which was likely to expose him to the severest and most unpleasant criti cism, has been a guarantee that, the purpose of ihe United States to give the Islands a clean. Just and wise govern ment would be carried out. That he gives up the work with some regret is probable, though It will without doubt be carried on in the same spirit ana witn efficiency by his successor. It is prob ably true that Governor Taft's health has suffered under the trying conditions in the Islands, but It Is -probable that if ho could consult his own inclinations he would rather withdraw to private life, and bo restored to the circuit or raised to the supreme bench than undertake the arduous and not particularly thank ful duties of a cabinet position. ls ON BOIUTJiG. Chicago -Inter Ocean. The- weekly health report shows that the death rate is low, and that typhoid fever has almost entirely disappeared. It shows that there was but one suicide last week, and that tho Increase in smallpox cases to not alarming. But it docs not show that our drinking water should be boiled. For the first time since ISSo we are not given any advice concerning the matter of boiling the water. The Impression prevails In some quarters that tills omis- sI6n is due rather to an'oversignt tnan to any belief existing In the health depart ment that our drinking water is any-purer now than it has been from week to week during the last eight years or so. It is contended that the expejt bacteriologists in the City iail nave Deen so Dusy mus ing microscopical examinations of our milk supply that they have been unable to devote as much time as formerly to the discovery of foreign substances In the hy drant water. Why would it not be better, however, to take the more cheerful view that our 2S?e:.!fj! SSt? W spot where a good deed for the day -nse of duty has evidently again con great statesman, Stambuloff, Is laid at the door of Russia and her tool, Prince Ferdinand, who now rules Bulgaria. Servla is In the hands of assassins and anarchists. The situation in Mace donia recalls the horrors of Bulgaria preceding the Turko-Jlussian war of 1877-78. It Is doubtful If Russia,- Aus trla and Turkey combined Will be able to prevent a general outbreak if Turkey massacres 10,000 of its Christian sub jects in Macedonia, as It did In Bulgaria nearly a generation ago. The Austrian occupation of Bosnia has resulted in the expulsion from the province of. the Mohammedan portion of. the popula tion, who have abandoned a land which has been their home for five centuries his personal desires. The ap nlntnxf to nnn iVlof roflflcU hntldr On trlotic memories are the strength of a th. -0 na well as on the aDDointee. nation. Even in our young State of nnri thni- -win m far to maintain nonular Oregon the people begin to mark the (.confidence In the administration, spot where settlement began and the organization or ithe state to ' un fold. The critical! spots in the Indian war are pointed out; the story of the blockhouse at the cascades is told. Some day liere we shall be erecting monu ments to the memory of our local In dian fighters and state-builders; some day The waters will murmur of their name. The woods bo peopled with, their fame. Practically all the corporations have Rnrc Devotiou. to Duty. Chicago Record-Herald. Taft was a marked man when he was In college, where he took a very high stand In his class and enjoyed great pop ularlty. After his graduation his prog ress in the profession of the law was un usually rapid. He . was a United States Circuit Judge at 35, and was hlgniy es teemed wherever he was known for his ability and sterling character. When he was asked to serve upon the Philippines commission the service Involved hk resig nation froni the bench, whose duties were Great Britain feels no longer under already Paid their license taxes, and most agnseaMe to him, and his identifl- any pressing obligation to resist Russia in the Balkans and. on the Bosphorus, now that she virtually controls Egypt and the Suez Canal. The area of con flict between England and Russia has been transferred to the Chinese coast of the Pacific. When the venerable Emperor of Austria dies, 'some Import ant political changes are expected. Austria may acquire Salonlca and its' seaport; Greece may get Macedonia and may become the nucleus of a new Christian nation on the Bosphorus, ra the much-talked-of test of the consti tutionality of the law has not mate rialized. As a matter of fact, the li cense tax Is not. a burden to any cor poration doing a business in proportion to the amount of its capital stock. A concern having a capital stock of $1,000,000 and doing no business at all, and owning no valuable property, can not afford to pay the tax. Such a com pany should reduce its capital stock to the amount of its assets, and then if its business increases it can either in crease Its capital stopk or raise the cniM,fa 00 r.. t. market value of each share. A legiti unity until the Turk is forced out of cation with a policy about which he had serious doubts. He was not an original imperialist or expansionist. But at the time of his appointment he was convinced that the relinauishment of the Philippines was -then Impossible, and it is certain that he accepted the presidency of the com mission and the Governorship from a sense of duty. It Is certain, too, that the appointment was a most fortunate one for the Administration, for this country and for the Islands. The Filipinos couia not do otherwise than respect and admire the Governor, and whenever the report has gone abroad that he was to leave there thev have protested. Tnat we nave Europe, such a nation might become a reality, and if Austria breaks up, its German-speaking provinces will join the German Empire, and then on Ger many would rest the burden of resist ing the onward march of Russia. A FAMOUS LrTTIiE BATTLE. Today at Lake George, N. T., the Lake George battlefield monument will be unveiled. President Roosevelt will attend, and Governor Odell, of New York. United States Senator Depew will make the principal speech of the day. Governor Bates, of Massachusetts, Governor Chamberlain, of Connecticut, and Governor McCuIlough; of Vermont, will be present, and a number of the regulars and militia from the sur rounding states will attend.. The battle of Lake George was fought September 8, 1755, between 1200 British and Indians commanded by General William John, son and 1400 French and Indians com manded by Baron Dleskau. Colonel Ephralm Williams, of Willlamstown, Mass., commanding a thousand colonial troops and a detachment of Mohawk Indians under their chief, Hendrlck, fell Into an ambuscade. Williams and Hendrick weie slain and their men re treated to the British camp. Dleskau not had more serious trouble with them mate business does not depend upon is dujp to the fact that we have been rep- the amount of a corporation's capital resented in tne lsianas Dy sucn hub stock. Wild-cat concerns proceed upon n SLSZZ the theory that the amount of the cap- nJ bfi Qf special value to him In the War i.a.i niuin. mil uciciimwc wc ittiuc uj. Tnnnrtm6nt hut nftlrte from tnat tnere the business, whereas the value of the .can De no doubt as to his fitness for business should determine the amount his new post He has the necessary ad- af thA-oanltal stock. The success. of the ministratlve ability as well as a compre mmnraHnn Hfonco lati- tr, tvia flrgt I hensive knowledge of affairs; and he Is vftir of Ita operation, is a cause for awungnisnoi ny a uu yuuu , uuw n NOTE AND COMMENT. A well-known vaudeville manager has almost completed ' negotiations for a sketch In which Jeffries, Corbett, Llpton and Lou Dillon arc to appear, The local postofflco has notified Eastern offices not to forward any moro mall here for Lewis and Clark, as, despite their exhibition, they have not visited here for several years, and their present address Is unknown. PORTLAND, Sept. 7. .(To the looter and Commenter.) I hope that 'Is the right address. I thought of commentator, but it sounds like church.. I see you had a piece in the paper this morning about weddings at Vancouver, and I wanted to ask you a question on the same lines. I have a position in a soda fountain, and I have a fellow that says he Is mine to death. Well, one nicht He comes in with another girl, and buys her a lot of fancy drinks. Now. what I want to ask you drinking water In its unboiled state Is at I is, Woum it be right for me to refuse o last safe, and that the department of health Is so- Well satisfied on this score that It deems It unnecessary to caution us further Surely. If there were any substances of a harmful nature in the drinking water the department would not fail to advise us of that fact, even serve him, as I know he'll go broke, as his salary is only $11.50, and out of that he has to support hl3 uncle. EMMA C. Inthe opinion of the Society Editor, to whom we referred this Question, you though the pressure on the columns of wouW Do perfectiy justified, trnma. in re- the bulletin, by reason of the miJk In quiry, rendered It extremely difficult to find room for more than a very brief boll-the-water editorial, The fact remains that the bulletin does not advise us this week to be on our guard against disease in the hydrants The thousands Who have been habitually drinking the unboiled water during the year the health department has been for bidding them to do so, and who have per sisted in feeling tolerably well notwith standing their obstinacy, will, of course, hold that tho boil-the-water editorials in the bulletin were simply a waste of space. Naturally, this position "will be assailed by the consistent water-boilers? while the conservative element that endeavors to avoid water, boiled or unboiled, will find the conditions amusing. In any event, the health report Is en couraging. For if it is no longer neces sary to boll the water, and If it is possi ble that eventually the milk will not neecV boiling, there Is every reason to believe that in time the bulletin may itself be boiled. fusing to serve your fellow. Anyway, ho has no right to blow In his dough on an other girL "Why can't you accidentally squirt his companion with the seltzer bottle? This, however, is merely a sug gestion. The Printer's PaL Of all the boys I ever met There's nono can beat Jim Bash; Against strong- language he Is set And soothes the ultra rash. Do cops arrest some vicious tough. Or swear-word-lovlng swell, "Whoso talk Is Just a little 'rough, It's set up Go to Jim Dash. He is 1 a most obliging cuss. Ho' 11 stand for anything. But when there's any wordy fus3 Jim Dash is la the ring. gratification. The young woman of whom we read in a dispatch from Eyerett, Wash., who at 15 married a man twice her age against the wishes of her parents and at 18 coolly walked off and left her two' babies to the care of her .mother and" forgot to return, may be said to have cultivated a large stock of Impudence for one so young. And when later her husband, disposing of their household belongings, Including the Infants' high chairs and nursing bottles, decamped, presumably to join her and begin the family business over again, the wonder grew that in less than forty years of life the man was able to accumulate 1599, the Army was to be reorganized, and vis very rare. He will undouoteaiy ronic high as a Cabinet officer. 1 VarledExperlence and Judicial 3Ilnd Chicago Inter Ocean. If Secretary Root must leave the Cab inet he cannot have a better successor than Governor Taft- Secretary Root be came Chief of tho War Department in the reconstruction period In Cuba and the formativo period In Porto Rico and tne Philippines. The administration of all. these islands was in his hands. The field was new; the situation outside the ap plication of our usual legislative pro cesses Mr., Root mastered the problem and carried out the purposes of the Gov ernment. In this great constructive work he had no more sympathetic, no more efficient ally, than Governor Taft. IU TJie "System" and the Gambler. Louisville Post. Policeman Max Glasgow, of New York, began about two weeks ag6 to work upon a "system" which would enable him to beat the race-track bookmakers. He start ed upon his scheme after seeinc his first race and winnl -"g his first bet. The amount that the policeman took from the track after hl3 first investment was not large, but It was enough to make him hanker for more. Wherefore he began to work out the details of his "system." For the pur pose of finding out all about the raclnj and bookmaklng business he put In much of his time, and all of his earnings at the track. His first winning appears to have been also his last. Ho went on 'with a brave heart, how ever, knowing that in due time he would get his "system" perfected, and then the bookmakers would have to suner. u inaiiy the finishing touch was added. The "sys tem" was worked out. Then they took Policeman Glasgow away to a lunatic asylum. There he is at present "skin ning" the bookmakers and. showing how they can be beaten at their own game. Meanwhile his wife and little children are llvine on charity. Glasgow's case merely shows the folly of wasting time and mental energy on "systems" that are to deprive the pro prietors of gambling games of their gains. If a man must gamble away his money let him save himself trouble by going ana Globe Sights. Some of tho Atchison Globe's character istic observations: It Is said of an Atchison man that ho makes a fine widower. Talk about angels: An Atchison man today put up ?200 to help out his lodge. We know a good joke on, an Atchison girl who used to have a very small waist. An Atchison man who wears ready made clothing talks a great deal about his tailor An Atchison woman has so little foun dation for the stories she tells that she Is called Marconi. A girl needn't apologize In this town be cause she works; Indeed, she'd better apologize If she doesn't. When a man comes down town In the morning good natured, it Is -a sign he has had a good cantaloupe for breakfast. No woman ever put a letter in a letter box that she did not raise the lid a sec ond' time to see if the letter fell to the bottom. Another reason why F. M. Baker is a great man: He has one of the finest homes in the state, and- hasn't named it after a sleeping car. New society rule: If you had a good time at a party, you must be calling the fact back to the hostess till you have reached the next corner. An Atchison man who lately went East bettintr it In. the usual way. The deadly upas tree is no more terrible than tho on a vacation estimates that he- spent 7 "system" by which the bookmaker and on weight si0t machines, while klYling his fellow artists in the neecing line are to' be beaten. Generally there Is a chance or two In a thousand for the fool Who merely coes and bets; but for him who gets to figuring on a "system" there is no hope. When the "system" bug first begins to work send for the doctor. such an abundance of what the user of slang calls "gall." The mother de clined to be saddled with the burden not of her seeking, and very properly so, since she could hardly be expected to do a better job in bringing up chil- under the persistent urging of Secretary Root it has been reorganized. Here again Governor Taft was in sympathy with the Secretary, and he will come to the War Department to carry out the policy of his predecessor. Governor Taft is of Judicial mind. He nas naa a variea assaulted this camp fortified with logs 'dren In -her age than she had done in experience In public life. His successful and slashed timber, and was severely repulsed. His 200 French regulars were all killed and he was wounded and made prisoner. He was a trained sol dier who had served under the great Marshal Saxe. This was all there was to the battle of Lake George, which seems a very small affair at this distance of time, but it was an Important eyent in the contest between France and England 'for the supremacy, in North America. The British had .been disastrously re pulsed under Braddock on the Monon- gahela earlier In the year, and the vie tory of-rohnson was so welcome that her earlier life, and certainly the net results of her early effort in that line were not flattering to her vanity. The gospel of labor was well ex pounded by President Roosevelt at Saratoga yesterday. But, long as his speech was, and forceful, there was little In It that was new. It was a sim ple rehearsal of the old' story that has been verified by thousands of upright, .strenuous lives. The rewards of hon- est, painstaking, self-sustaining labor are not always apparent In the accumu lations of the toiler. administrative work, in the Philippines has been so much schooling for duties In the War Department. Ho will come to the department well prepared and re sourceful. He will find a cjear neia where Mr. Root found friction and ob struction, and if it Is a promotion to go from the head, of the Philippine govern ment to the head of the War Depart ment he is entitled to the promotion. His KmjwledKe of the Philippines Chicago Tribune- It Is stated authoritatively that Gov ernor Tait. win succeea iur. nuui u Secretary of War next January. If it Men differ more were possible. Governor Taft should stay in their ability to save and manage where he "is, but the climate of the Phil ip- -dih-u t3ii., 1,1 fennn I i j .i 1 I lnnines is a wearing unc. aim ue ma, me -Dutiaii x ajiiaiiicuc vuicu. uuu uieir-. w,a.i;e3 uitt.11 in men eaiiiuJB ta- i 1 iiv necessary to return homo and made him a Baronet Outside his pacity. But there is one inheritance htehealth be permanently impaired. Influence over the Six Nations, Johnson that all industrious, self-sustaining men Happily, the position ho is to fill Is one was not much of a soldier; the men and" women have in common the in- where 'his intimate knowledge of the who bore the brunt of the battle were herltance of selfrespect, that follows Philippines and their inhabitants will be Colonel Williams and Hendrick. Will- industry. Labor is honored throughout of value to him ana tne country, as 1 - 1 ui. 1 ,1 xj Secretary of War be will have to deal muiB iiiuov. uu.vc ucui cuu&uicwcu I me laiiu 413 uctci uciuic, i ciii unci cltcu I , , miiinnlno niinotlnno Whnowr man, for before his death at Albany as never before, diversified as never, sUcceeds him as Governor will know he made a will leaving the bulk of his before. May the time speedily come that there is one man at Washington when it can be added -that the laboring who understands the situation, so that classes, fully realizing their opportuni- It will not be necessary to explain every ties and cheerfully making the most of them, are better contented than -ever befbre. Vote Value of Brynpism In Ohio. New York Sun. September 1. The Ohio Bryanltes are keeping up gaily their habit of giving away tho state, to the Renubllcans. The reward of their labors Is shown in -the votes, In 1902, be fore Mr. Bryan had begun his period of paramountcy, the Democratic electors got 404,13,5 votes, the Republican electors 405.1S7. In 1S96, the close season ceased In Ohio. That year the Republican electors sot 525.991 votes, the Democratic electors 477.494. In 1900. the Republican vote went ud to 534,910, the Democratic vote wenf down to 474.SS2. In 1902, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State got 436,. 171 votes; the Democratic or Johnson Bryan candidate, 345.70G. The smaller a party can be made tne easier it is to con trol The Ohio Bryanltes possess to per fection the art of losing. A Word for aialcolm ' Moody. (Crook County Journal.) John W. Knowles. the "cinch" can didate for the registership of the La Grande Land Office, accuses Ex-Represen- tativo Moody of causing his rejection, and securing the appointment of E. w. Davis in his place. We are glad that there are those who acknowledge Mr. Moody's Influence. It hasn't been so very long since a different cry was sent up by the party leaders, tne ranacy ot which they already see. With all due resnect to Oregon's present delegation, time while his wife shopped. A white street preacher struck town this afternoon, and is addressing three boys and a man at the corner of Fifth and Commercial streets as wo go to press. The -Coolidge Enterprise says, in its superb dramatic notes: "Tho opera house employes say that. 'The Tramp's Bride,' last night, was very -good, but owing to the warm weather, there was no attend ance. Story so old it may be new to young peoples A traveling man went into a country restaurant, and ordered a porter. housa steak two Inches thick, broiled with butter, and mushrooms on tho side. The proprietor said: "Mister, if I had a steak like that, and could cook it that way, I 4 would eat it myseir." An Atchison mother of six girls says that while her girls may annoy the neigh bors by their noise on the front porch at night, that the louder the girls are, tha better she can sleep. She says that when there Is just one girl on the porch with a young man, and they are very quiet. she becomes so worried she can't shut her eyes. riiEASANTIUES OP PARAGRAPHERS "If some men,1' said Undo Eben, "was as quick to answer do factory whlstlo asv dey ls to respond to de dinner bell dey would fin' life easier." Washington Star. Sharpe There goes Bender, the poet. Every time he gets a checkf from the weekly property to found a free school at his home-of Willlamstown, Mass. This be quest was allowed to accumulate for thirty years, when a free school was incorporated which became a college, whose first commencement was Sep tember 2, 1795. Its students then num bered seventy-seven, ana lour were graduated. thing at wearisome length. It will aid Congress 'greatly, when attempting to legislate about the Islands,, to have at hand a man who can- enlighten members nt to matters concerning which they are The discomfort in hopyards when it ignorant and to explain to them how.lt rains Is not great where the pickers are There Is something fine in men" and boys, butto-women with little the picture of this gallant old New England- soldier on the eve of battle devoting his' 'property to the founda tion of a school. He had been a sailor in his youth; then a settler in Western Massachusetts, wrhere the Government for his services- had. given him a 'land grant, and as leading settler he natur- children to look after In addition to their picking and camp work it' Is dis tressing. It is, Indeed, difficult to con ceive of a more dreary plight than that of a tired mother, bedraggled and chilled, striving, with a wet, whimper ing child clinging to her skirts, to make a good day's showing as a hopplcker; ally became the Colonel of a colonial .The hope that rain would hold off until' regiment The battle or Lane ueorge was a small affair measured by the numbers engaged, but on the Issue of small bat tles the fate of this fight for the control of North. America turned. The little victory of Lake George saved the colo nies of New York and New. England from the French, prevented 'anv attack on Oswego, and went faf to counteract the defeat of Braddock. In those early colonial .wars, when ther was no steam transportation, military move ments were made largely by water. The St. Lawrence, the Sorel River and Lake Champlaln was the route of Dies- kail's advance from Canada. In his movement from Canada to Lake Geprge he followed exactly the .same route pursued by the great French discoverer Samuel Champlaln, -who discovered the and which in a fitting' and attractlvedhkike which bears his name and also is that some things wmcn are not. ex pedient in the United States may be quite expedient In the Philippines. Some times Congress has legislated as if un aware of that The choice which the President has made of a successor to Mr. Root Is a wise one. Cnt Rates In Christian Science. Chicago Record-Herald. Tho new. manual of "Mother Eddy" will, it Is said, sanction and encourage compe tition among the "healers" who have here tofore laid claim to certain territory, af ter the manner of book agents. The pros pect of this form of free trade or, rather, practice has created alarm and disturb ance among the "healers," to whom the protection which they havo enjoyed has assured fat.' revenues. But this seems to be a very narrow way of looking at the matter. Anything as desir.aole as health oucht to be made as universal as possi ble. Such an Inestimable blessing ought not to be restricted by any sordid con siderations of pecuniary aggrandizement. Granting: the power of the "healers" to cast out disease and ameliorate Infirmity, it is highly desirable that they should mul tiply and that in the acquisition of pa tients they should have free course and be tnHnl plp.tlons nro. mitrlifv Rmnll mat. jrlorlfled. It Is rather painful to observe ters.' And yet sometimes persons who the, dissatisfaction which has been cre i,ir.v v.a,! nr. tr, olf im,.0 x,., ated among the "healers," whos pre thlnk they are in state politics, or have BfTV(ia "hft ent.ronilhoa unnn hv th-- interest In Senatorial elections, have ne down the bars to others, but It must Known Tnat xne uregonian exists, ana l be remembered, that man , is mortal, may again. n . I though God Is Good. . the hopplcklng season was over was not based entirely upon the commercial feature" of the situation.- Humanity had also something at stake, as all Who have witnessed the chill discomfort that is the portion of women and little children In the hopyards In ralny weather pityingly attest Says the Eugene Register: "The Ore gonlan insists that there is only one newspaper in the state, and that is The Oregonian. When it comes to state pol itics and Senatorial elections, The Ore gonian always finds out that there are others." But state politics and Sena- papers he goes on a tear, whealton II m! eh hnsn't nor never had a representative I sudposo you'd call them periodical drunks. in the National body, who commanded Philadelphia. Kecora more influence than Mr. Moody. The rea- Thinne Oh, I wish I had your voice son Is assigned to one cause he was a Thlccke No doubt you would enjoy using hard working man and worked not only for the interests of his district, but for those of his entire state as well. Flower Life. By Henry Timrod. I think that, next to your sweet eyes, And pleasant book3, and starry skies. I love the world of flowers; Less for their beauty of a flay Than for the tender things they say. And for a creed I've held alway That they are sentient-powers. It may be matter for a smile And I laugh secretly tho while I speak tho fancy out But that they love, and that they woo. And that they often marry, too. And do as noisier creatures do, I've not tho faintest-. doubt And so, I cannot deem It right To take them from tho glad sunlight As I have sometimes dared; Though not without an anxious sigh Dest this should break some gentle tie. Some covenant of friendship, I Had better far have spared. And when, in wild or thoughtless hours. My hand has crushed the tiniest flowers. I ne'er could snut rrom signt The corpses of the tender things, "With other drear imaginings, And little angel flowers with wings "Would haunt me through tho night. O! say, you, friend, the creed is fraught "With sad, and e'en with painful thought! Nor could you bear to know That such capacities belong To creatures helpless against wrong, At once too weak to fly the strong - Or front tho feoblost foe? So be It always, then, with you; So bo It whether false or true I press my faith on none; If other fancies please you more, Tho flowers shall blossom as before. Dear as the sibyl leaves of yore. But senseless, every one'. Tet, though I give you no reply. It were not hard to Justify My creed to partial ears; But conscious of tho cruel part ly rhymes would flow' wlth faltering art. I could not plead against jrour heart i aor reason with your tears. It. Thinne No; taint that, but I was think ing if it wero mlno I could stop it when I liked. Boston Post. Blobbs Why do you suppose he married a woman so mucn older man nimseiir Slobbs Perhaps he didn't want to run tho risk o experiencing the pangs of Jealousy. Philadelphia Record. Miss Passay You may sneer at pet dogs. but they're faithful, anyway. I'd rather kiss ia pug dog ithan some men. Mr. bharpe Well, well, some men are Dorn lucny. iaiu- olic Standard and Times. " I want to got copies of your paper for i week back," said, tho old gentleman. Don't you think you'd better uso a por ous plaster?" suggested the new clerk In the publication ofllce. Philadelphia ledger. Mrs. Newllwed I made a big batch of these, biscuits today. Mr. Nowlywed You did. Indeed, dear. Mrs. Newllwed How do vou know how big a batch I made? Mr. Newllwed Oh, I thought you said "botch." Philadelphia Ledger. Ho had "been detained at tho "ofllce" un til 2 A. M., and when he Anally meandered up the front steps his wife's head appeared at an upper window. "13 that you, John?" she asked. "Shay, m'dear," he queried. In a voice redolent with cloves and suspicion. "r who else did you thlc) expect?" Chi cago News. "You'ro forever trying to give the impres sion that you're a martyr." snapped Mrs. Henpeck. "I suppose you want everybody to think that you suffer in silence." "No." replied Mr. Henpeck. "I suffer in the per petual absence of silence. A little- silenco would be a positive pleasure to me." Phil adelphia Press. "See here, John, this automobile of mine looks' as if It had some pretty llvoly usage. You didn't havo it out while I was away. did you?" "Why, yes. sor, t aiu. x was afraid it would git shtlff shtandlng In tho shtable so long, and' so I gave It a lively little exercise, d'ye molnd. every pllsant day." Automobile Magazine. "What was tho sermon about, Saman tha?" asked old man Meddergrasa qn his wife's return from church. "Sumthln' about a feller by th' name of Joseph sellin corn down tew Egypt" , answered tho good woman. "An' did th' parson say what corn -was sellin' fer down thar?7 asked the old man; who was Interested- in: the market r&J .orts. Chicago News,