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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,