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THE MORNING OREGONIAIJ, FRIDAY; NOVEMBER, 190 not what .they bargained for, but pome- thing: else. It's the same way in twen ty-odd counties. The people can have the promised "local option'1 If they Entered at the Postofflee at Portland. Or- I give the prohls county prohibition. The as second-class matter. . I law stands' now as it stood last June HEVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 1 tt-nH an thp nrohls riad It drafted. Any By mail (postage prepaid in aavancej b d h , h ahead Qr his nose f Z- RTJVrtST iei'Yw knew that, the law aimed for county Daily, with Sunday, per year ".j I pronimtion. Tne majority 01 uregon wi.&tf l.tso voters would have realized the deccp The-Weekly, 3 months w j tlon quickly had they taKen pains to Daily, -per week, aeuvereo. eunaay uncover the sheep's clothing from the Dally, per -week, delivered. Sunday In- wolf. eluded Ma POSTAOE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico , WHAT THE "RACE ISSUE" IS. 10 to 14-page paper " The Montcomerv fAla.) Advertiser 82 to 44-5aIe paflr tells us that "It is not an extravagant Foreign rates, douoie. use Qf .language to say that the white EASTERN BUSINESS OFI1CE. nMn. . aVA nh,0,ut- con. Jfew Tort-, room- 43-50. JTrlbune building, troi, political, omciai ana juojchu, oi Chicago: Rooms sio-512 Tribune, building, the colored race, and It should be a mat The Orezonlan does not. buy poems or ter 0r nrlde to dve that race equal and stories from Individuals and cannot under- g,, justice before the Jaw. That is !S J? ffff-T Sff. TLia be the theory of our laws, but we are lnclosed-for this purpose. uounu to aurair.ujai tue nicuij o u KEPT ON SALE, carried out as it couia De ana as n Chicago Auditorium Annex; Postomce I ought to be. This is a solemn truth and fltwi -"-. xo xienruum buccw i nMP readers KnOW It. Denver Julius .tsiacK, iiammon a. atao- rick. 80G-912 Seventeenth street, ana ruo- R!n(VV th-n tho -white neonle of Ala Kansas City, Mo. Rlcksecker Cigar Co.. ---- Ninth and "Walnut. I the everlasting nowi aooui uie utmset Xos Angeles B. ,F. Gardner. 259 South of "nigger domination"? It Is merely Eprlng, and Harry Drapkln. a disgusting partisan expedient, em- vauiana, lauw. iU jonnswra. im nlnvod tn "keen the South solid'." With Franklin St. . v, nnr. e tlia in i; ,r t tt w rn C..II. I UUUlVuec 1UJUOIH.C w C3"I Third; L. Reselsburger, 21T First Avenue Aiauama paper aaraiia, mm w-tu Eouth. mense political injustice to, tne wnoie New Xork City la. Jones & Co., Astor country: since it prevents discussion In House. , RnnHiprn States of everV subject ugaen jr. . uooara ana wera nujw ltnaT.0t in nnr TCntlonnl life. n 1. -T 1, Un. TTumhumr I vt i.u.t. -' r iftlageath StaUonery Co., 130S Farnam. ana tnrougn suppression at ueuaic uu Salt Lakev Salt Lake News Co.. 77 west vital matters. Is huruui in every way Second South street. .- to the welfare of the country. St. Ixrals World's Fair News Co.. Joseph ThI . th race issue.' It is raised popeland. Geo. I. Ackerman, newsboy. partisan oblecL and x-ignin ana uun oia.. u.uii "-"i i - . Knn vmnriuw t v mmr ro.. 74a Mar- I thft jiortn. lor a nartisan ODjecu xnat ket, near Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear, object is to keep 159 electoral votes, Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros., 238 counted always In advance, and to hold Suter: L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand; ... - r w -Pitf. XT,rVt- m-nte Seott. SO saua. repieKuwuuii xium t, - -rhi.-'tc whMtiw 83 stevensSn: Hotel St. bf states, in both houses of Congress. Francis News Stand. omce me aisirancniBeraeni oi mc uu Wafihinrton. D. c Ebbitt House News groes in all the states where they are Stand. numerous, assurlnsr "absolute control, nniUlAot sifllotcil ltirllpla.1 tn the more than a disreputable partisan x pedlent. Invented and maintained uy the party that profits by It Yet this party has the effrontery to charge its opponents with "reviving the race Issue"! It is the old story of the wolf complaining about the muddy stream. no more steamers here. Jive thousand tons of Portland -cargo will go to the Orient by way of Seattle this month. Nearly as much more will be sent by way" of Tacoma. This will ease, the strain on the Portland & Asiatic service to such an extent that, in due season, there will be vacant space on the Port land steamers; and another reason is thtls offered Mr. Schwerln for not giv ing us more steamers when they are ac tually needed. This "public-be-damned" policy which is a relic of the Huntington regime In California may be all right so long as the. shippers will stand for it, but "there'll come a time some day" when the shippers will rise up In their might and ship all of their freight on Inde pendent steamers. They would then know Just what to expect, whereas un der the Schwerln administration the only assurance they have of securing space when they need It Is on the steamers plying out of Puget Sound ports. This confession may be humili ating, but it Is a statement of condi tions as they exist, and not as they" should exist. CONSCIENCE AND PROFITS. The Anti-Saloon League, contending for prohibition, has issued a circular in which It essays answer to the statement that "prohibition will destroy the hop market," viz: It Is amuslnp. it not pitiable, to ece how hard run the brewers are to find some pretext with which to work upon the fears of the people. Aak any authority upon the hop mar ket, and he will "tell you that the best Oregon hops are shipped to the London market, and the poorer grades are sent to New York and Milwaukee markets. The home supply cuts but little figure. If every saloon and brewery in the elate were closed. It would have but lit tle effect upon the demand for the Oregon hop. It Is true that most of the hops grown in Oregon are shipped out of the state. But by what ethical argument can those who insist that manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors Is worse than all the seven deadly sins, justify the growth and sale of hops for conversion Into the "deadly poison," for destruction of other communities? Yet here is an argument studied and framed expressly to lay the conscience asleep. You are urged to prohibit beer in Oregon, but In order to get you to vote -that way you are told you may go on with growth and sale of hops for the "accursed brew" elsewhere. In their relation to the liquor trade hops do not1 stand on the same basis as cereals, or wen on quite the same as grapes. For hops In quantities have no commercial value except for conversion into (malt) liquors. A person has a right to assume, when he grows wheat and corn and barley, that alcoholic liquors will not be the result; but ho can have no such ease of mind or conscience -r-lf he profess scruples in regard to hops. Then what is to be said of "the soft cheverll conscience" that may "stretch from an inch narrow to an ell broad." to cover the argument that there is no moral Inconsistency between voting for prohibition at home and pro viding the materials, without scruple, for the "damnable traffic" elsewhere? because 'there's money In hops" and "we can't afford to quit the business." It Is not the business of The Orego nlan to establish peace between the conscience of the prohibition hopgrower and his desire for gain. It simply ex poses the casuistry of the argument ad dressed to him by the political prohibi tionist. REAL CAUSES OF WAR. It is said that the arrangement for an international mixed commission to con sider the North Sea affair, as between Great Britain and Russia, . is a great triumph for peaceful arbitration, and another proof that the causes of war or what have been such hitherto can all be removed by peaceful means. Not so, for this controversy between Great Britain and Russia is, comparatively, a small matter. It was sudden and un expected, was probably accidental, and may easily be explained and accounted for. But It would be a mistake to sup pose that graver causes of contention between nations, such as those that have produced the war between Japan and Russia, could be removed by arbi tration. For this war, as other great wars, has its origin in a vast and complex move ment that has been In progress many years. Russia's long-continued pressure upon the Orient has brought It about, Behind this movement on the part of Russia there Is the whole tendency and force of a mighty empire. What power, what international commission, would say to Russia that she should stop Japan saw that this movement of Rus sia towards absorption of Northern China and Corea threatened her pres tige and existence. What power, what international commission, would say to Japan -that she should not .resist Rus sia? Real causes of war cannot be removed by arbitration. Trifling Incidents, that are not real causes, yet might under the direction of hot heads lead up to war, can be removed by such expedi ents, But when the causes of war He Jn the rivalries of nations, In their pressure on each other. In the develop ment of their history and In the very nature of things, talk of arbitration will always be useless. WORSE AND WORSE. The paper that calls Itself the East Oregonlan falsely and fraudulently, because there Is only one Oregonlan newspaper, and the use of the name by another Is an attempt to deceive now prints the following. In an endeavor to justify Itself for Its false statements that The Oregonlan was "In on a big graft" for advertising the IewIs and Clark Fair: Here are the facts In the case: During the month of May a commissioner of the Lewis and Clark Fair, working In the States of Washing ton, Idaho. Montana and Utah, cams to East ern Oregon to smooth over. If possible, the ac tion of the Fair management In "farming" out the printing contracts of the Fair to Port land Job offices, which took several thousand dollars' worth of printing out of the towns of Eastern Oregon, and In conversation with tho East Oregonlan. said positively that, while the Fair management would not "bo able to pay regular rates for all tho advertising 3on. yet an advertising fund would be ect aside, and those papers which were going to so much ex pense to get out special Fair editions and extra editions for advertising purpoes would be paW at least in part, for their services, and after the)' were paid, the remainder of the fund would be paid to papers next In line by virtue of their constant advertising of the Fair. The papers that would naturally come In for the first share of this fund would be The Ore gonlan and the Telegram, as they have Issued several costly editions advertising the Fair. They are entitled to remuneration, and nobody would complain if they were paid, but It might as well be made an open business deal. instead of concealing the facts, and flying Into a rage when some one happens to mention It. Observe that the statement begins with Here are the facts In the case." They are not the facts, but the Inventions of an (alleged) newspaper that Is extreme ly greedy and .corrupt, and so suspects others. The Oregonlan and the Telegram have, indeed, "Issued several costly edi tions advertising the Fair," and will Issue manyjiore; but no money has been asked for them or paid for them, nor will be. For the honor of Oregon be It said that only a few very few of the newspapers of the state have asked or expected money for this service of common advantage to the state and of all the .people In It. The paper that miscalls Itself "East Oregonlan" is an unenviable exception. Prohls say Multnomah electors can safely vote "dry," since prohibition cannot possibly win In the whole county and thus electors can get the "local option" for which they voted last June. The cunning which drafted the "local option" law should be a proverb and a byword unto all who hereafter would expose themselves to prohibition wiles. Precinct prohibition Js offered as a bait Xor the county prohibition trap. If prohls can tempt a majority of the vot ers of Multnomah with that bait, elec? tors will find that they have secured" ORIENTAL TRADE HANDICAP. Monday's Seattle Post-IntelUgencer under very conspicuous headlines prints the news that Portland exporters will this month ship 50,000 barrels of flour to the Orient by way of Seattle. Among other details of the event, the Seattle paper has the following: The Sound has been leading the Columbia River metropolis in flour shipments during the last few months, and with a lot of Portland business coming this way, the percentage of gain in favor of .the Northern cities will be augmented. The shipments are coming to the Sound for the very simple reason that Port land cannot afford the steamship facilities. Had It been possible to secure adequate trans portation service from the Columbia River, the orders would have .been loaded from the Web foot port. This id taken as one of the most signal acknowledgments of Seattle's superior shipping facilities ever made.- Unfortunately for Portland, there is much truth in all of the above com ment, except that portion which refers to Seattle's superior shipping facilities. The fact that Portland exporters are compelled to ship their freight by this roundabout route Is not so much of an acknowledgment of Seattle's advan tages as It Is a reflection on the busi ness methods of Mr. R. P. Schwerln, of San Francisco. Since the. ocean transportation business out of Portland has been turned over to the Callfornlan it has been In worse shape than ever before. Promises do not run steamships nor provide space on them for flour shippers, but promises are about the limit of the assistance Portland has re ceived since the Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company became a tail of the San Francisco kite. This season more than ever, before Portlandhas been discriminated against In the Oriental' field. While San Fran cisco and Puget Sound both had all of the transportation needed for the busi ness originating In their respective ter ritories as well as for thousands of ton3 sent north and south from Portland, this port has been forced to drift along with, a service which would have been Inade quate five years ago. The Schwerln policy toward Portland seems to be similar to that of the man with the leaky roof. When the weather was dry it needed no repairs, and when it wa3 wet It was impossible to make the re pairs. "When no facilities are available our flour is sent to Puget Sound. After It Is diverted to Puget Sound we need WHY" SALMON ARE DYING OUT. The wheel cannot turn with the water that has passed, and the-hatchery can not get spawn from the salmon that is canned. The State Fish Warden has learned with apparent surprise that the salmon which were caught In season and out of season for the past six months did not reach the hatchery at Ontario. This inability of the salmon to follow the call of Nature and spawn at Ontario, while they were reposing In the cans and pickling vats at Astoria, Cascades and way landings, has result ed In but 3,000,000 fry being secured where 30,000.000 were expected'. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of this un satisfactory condition of 1904 artificial propagation is the fact that even 3,000, 000 fry were secured. "e do not recall that there was a fisherman's strike dur ing the season or before it opened or after It closed, and it is accordingly somewhat mystifying how enough sal mon to yield 3,000,000 eggs got as far up the river as Ontario. The prodigality of Nature is apparent in nearly all forms of animal or fish life. In the reproduction of species the plan of that unseen .power seems ever to pro vide for a surplus. In the case of the salmon Nature seems to have made full provision for the loss of a large propor tion of the young which spawn and even for the young which are hatched. The female fish Is physically equipped for turning out many thousands of eggs In order that the voracious enemies which devour the spawn and yourig salmon cannot entirely eliminate the school which should depart from the hatching grounds. It has been demon strated that a vastly greater proportion of the fry are saved by artificial propa gation than by the natural method. This becomes true only, however, when ar tificial propagation Is given an oppor tunity. The natural enemies of the salmon In their most relentless pursuit could not create the havoc among tbe species that Is caused by such whole sale levies as were made on the Colum bia River and adjoining streams day and night since early last Spring. The sea lions, off the mouth of the river are terribly destructive of salmon. They catch hundreds of the fine fish, and, after biting out a mouthful from the choicest portion, leave the remainder to go to waste. In the river the voracious salmon trout, catfish and other fish of a predatory nature devour large quan tities of the salmon eggs. The loss by either or all of these pests Is never complete. While the sea Hon is grabbing one salmon the remainder of the school gets away, and at the worst a goodly proportion of the school will reach the river in safety. In the river a percentage of the young fish elude their enemies. The ingenuity of man, with the seemingly overwhelming desire to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs In this case salmon eggs has made It almost Impossible for any salmon to get past the endless string of seines, nets, traps and wheels which block every channel between Cape Han cock and the Cascades. The lax en forcement of the law has resulted In the large quantities of gear going Into the water several days before the lawful opening of the season In the Spring, and this season that gear remained In the water continuously throughout what should have been the close season In the Fall. The cannerymen and fisher men are to blame for this open violation of. the law, and It will require an exhi bition of more than ordinary nerve for them to appear before the next-Legislature and ask state aid for an Industry which they have worked so energetic ally to kllL chairman of the railroad commission, created disaffection. Practically the only Issue In the elec tion was the railroad policy of the gov ernment, A new, transcontinental line Is to bebullt at' a cost of 510.000,000. The Grand Trunk will build from the Pacific Coast to .Winnipeg, the govern ment will build Irom Winnipeg to Que bec, and the road will then be carried east to tidewater In New Brunswick ?and the United States. The Conserva tives argued that the Grand Trunk, whfch now has its terminus at Portland, Me., will ship Its wheat from the Amer ican port instead. Jf building up Cana dian trade. Borden also proposed to make the new road entirely a govern ment affair. In view of the expenditure the nation was about to make upon It. On this subject all the forces of both sides were centered during the cam paign. , Laurler was aided by his personal popularity and the "good times" Can ada is now enjoying. His victory is" also Indication of the growth of the na tional spirit in Canada. From the United States standpoint the Liberal success is chiefly Interesting as that of the moderate tariff party, since neither side made any attempt to use reciprocity as an issue in the campaign. Port Arthur seems tottering to Its fall. Russia has made tremendous de fense of a position into which she forced herself, at the conclusion of the war be tween China and Japan through the support of France. and Germany. Rus sia has no right to Port Arthur; never had. An immoral compact between na tions of Europe placed her there; and If Japan can turn her out a great step will have been taken towards restora tion of the equilibrium of the Oriental world. Russia, France and Germany, In this business, each and all are In a false position, and each and all know It. France wouldn't have bsen in it but for her upset in the Franco-German War. Naturally the Ideas that control France are completely at variance with those that control Russia and Germany. But France, smarting under defeat, and on the search for an ally, supposed she had .got Russia, but was duped both by Russia and Germanj. Japan now. It may be hoped, will be able to dissolve this unholy alliance. If she cannot. England finally must help her. But Japan is putting up a splendid fight. ROOSEVEITS IDEA OF. MANHOOD SHOWS REGARD FOR.MIKADO. Jacob RIls In Chicago Tribune. Many years ago Roosevelt in a speech said ' that the three fundamentals re quired of men who would act a man's part In the world are honesty, courage and common sense. If you will watch his speeches as the years pass you will flnr! that th Irlpji rnmps nenln nnd again. He cap not get away from thaf conception of strong manhood. The rea son is that it really represents his own equipment. In his whole extraordinary career there is nowhere evidence of any transcendent genlusl There Is the sound brain to think a thing out, the honest will to do it, and the unhesitating courage that takes the responsibility for an act done qualities any one can cultivate and bring to his work In life. Even when he soars highest as In tho KIshinef business, that left his ac cusers gasping breathless in their amazement It Is really just the com mon sense thing he does. The "diplo macy" of avoiding the giving of of fense to Russia and the charge of In terfering with what she would choose to consider her private business, "while In reality It was anything but that avoiding this reef over which the ene mies of the Administration gloated, by simply telegraphing the Jews' petition bodily to the American Minister, direct ing him to present It to tne Czar ana asking Whether he would receive It if it were transmitted to him officially, was the baldest common sense when you look at it afterward, though in tho whole chorus of cavillers there was apparently not one to whom that way out had occurred. The Czar would not look at it, no! But he had done so, had heard It all, without a Shadow of an ex cuse for taking offense. Soma one said once about Roosevelt that he "stands for the commonplace virtues: that he Is great on lines along which every one of us can be great If he wills and dares." That is emphati cally true, and that Is where the man's real greatness comes in to me when I see the enthusiasm with which tho young rally around him everywhere. A great orator, a great General comes once' in a 'generation and leaves no' ono to take his place. There will be hun dreds who will aim up to Theodore Roosevelt as the years pass. They may not rcacn mm, but tney will get part of .the way, and we shall bo bptter off by so much. The young arc hero wor shippers, which means that tho ideal lives In them. The Immense gain Is that we have a hero they can grasp and for whom there Is no apology to make, to set up before them. The dairy output bf the Willamette Valley suffered materially from the late dry Summer. The supply of the cream eries has fallen far short of the de mand, and as a result butter reached a price in our market early In October that It does not usually reach until two months later. The grass has started slnco the first rain fell. In September, but It is now too late to expect much relief from that quarter. Dairymen and farmers are feeding their cows and will have to feed them more or less from stored- forage crops for the next four months at least. This means that the consumer will have to keep up his end of the dairy business by paying the top price for dairy products during the Winter. It is not a local option election now, but a prohibition election. All the-deception practiced hitherto by good men like "Brother Tufts ,is at an end. All the resourcesof disclaimer and equivocation have been exhausted. It'ls a straight Is sue In Multnomah and In every other county not local option for precincts, but for general prohibition. Men will vote as they please, but there Is no use of" any further attempts at deception. Strange this couldn't be understood last Spring! The late accident to the President was one of those happenings which might have been serious and far-reaching in Its consequences, but the results of which were fortunately unimportant. The American people will doubtless feel that, under the circumstances, the risk taken was a reckless one, and hope that the possibility of disaster that attended It will deter the President from taking such needlessly strenuous exercise In the near future. So in the matter of labor, of tho under dog In any fight. His first year in the Assembly of my state found him championing tho cause of the virtually enslaved tenement cigarmakers, found him locking horns with the managers of his own party over tho rights and the wrongs of legislation. The rights and wrongs were In question only for mally. They were perfectly . plain. It was a question of convenient corrup tion, which he blocked, and the "con venience" had to give way. As Police Commlstoner, as Governor, the same things came up again and again al ways with the same treatment from him, always with tho same result. Did the police neglect their duty? Was tho Factory Inspector Inefficient or negli gent? Was it a bill that tried to regu late the relations between employer and employe, .to drive sweaters from the tenements, to bring light and air to the people's homes In those tene ments? He went himself to see by day or by night and went to the "bottom of It. I know, for I was with him. Wo went .together on those errands and I saw that what counted with him al ways was the "right" of tho thing. That once established, he went straight to it, and if anyone or anything was In the way he was apt to be "hasty" with It. That much truth there is in the old charge. With those who counseled "discretion where a Just law was to bo enforced, where the right of a thing was plain, he had never any patience. And whether they happened to be sel fish politicians, greedy corporations, or purblind labor men who demanded for themselves the special privileges which they denied others, was to him of no consequence. Therefore he made enemies. Japan Enjoys a Holiday In Honor of His Birthday. TOKIO,. Nov. 3. Japan enjoyed a holi day today in honor of the Emperor's birthday. Ordinarily the people idol ize their sovereign, but the war seems to haVe Increased their affection. The celebration was observed throughout the empire, The cities were decorated and patriotic exercises wcro held. At Toklo the Emperor reviewed the fleet and the Imperial guards division, and gave a luncheon at the palace for the higher officials and foreign diplomats. The military review was held at Aoya ma Field, where the troops began arriv ing early this morning. The Emperor drove through the city in a handsome red state coach. Leaving the palace shortly after 8 o'clock, ha reached the field at 9 and alighted from his carriage and mount ed a black charger. He was accompanied by a numerous staff, which Included the Crown Prince and Lleutenant-General Sir William Nicholson, director-general of military intelligence of the British War Office, attached to the Japanese army dur ing the war. The Emperor rode round the field. Only a small portion of the troops as sembled marched past, the remainder holding th-lr position In an . Irregular square. The troops which marched past included three regiments of infantry, 6ft field guns and a regiment of cavalry, totaling 8000 troops. They wore the field uniform and carried a full kit, including intrenching tools, presenting an impres sive appearance in the bright sunshine. Thousands of the populace walked around the field. After- the review the crowd broke Into the field and gave tho Emperor and Crown Prince an ovation. Upon the occasion of his birthday, at luncheon today the Emperor briefly ad dresesd hi3 guests, extending welcome to tho foreign diplomatic corps arid Minis ters of State. During the course of his remarks ho said: "We regret that the time, has not come to see peace restored in the Far East In realization of our desires." He then proposed the health of the sov ereigns and rulers represented at his court and expressed the wish that the bonds of friendship existing between their re spective countries might be drawn closer. Baron D'Anethan, Belgian ' Minister, dean of the diplomatic corps, responded, congratulating the Emperor on the day and expressing regret at the continuance of the war. Continuing, Baron D'Anethan said: "We again express our wishes for peace and do so with more fervor when we con template with profound emotion the rav ages already caused in suffering families and the thousands of noble victims on either side in the armies in tho field, struggling and shedding their blood with a bravery that rises to the height of a sublime and Indomitable heroism." OBSERVED AT ST. LOUIS FAIR. It transpires that the many good men who hoped to expel liquor from their home precinct but to get booze in the next precinct or down town are to be disappointed. If liquor Is an unmiti gated evil near home, they are not to get drunk at the club or at the swell saloon on Sixth street that 13, If they are still to follow the blandishments of the prohls and vote for county prohibi tion under the guise of" precinct prohibi tion. MRS. REED'S WELL AND 'HER HEIRS. The right of the late Mrs. Amanda M. Reed, of this city, to give and bequeath her property according to her own. will and wish Is to be contested, It Is said, by some of her heirs at law. Mrs. Reed was without children. Her will was an explicit and carefully drawn instrument in which her collateral heirs were gen erously remembered. Her property holdings, real and personal, were large. The bulk of these holdings was in Ore gon. Her fortune was founded and largely amassed here by her husband, the late Simeon G. Reed. Though -for some years they had dwelt in Pasadena, Cal., both fondly regarded Portland as home, and often thus- spoke of iL The devlsenients made by Mrs. Reed she being the sole legatee of her husband to philanthropic and charitable Institu tions in this city are in loyal evidence of this fact. In the face of all this, and' of the earnest purpose of the will Itself, as strikingly and specifically set forth In its provisions, an attempt will be made to set It aside under a law of California which limits the amount that may be devised to charity. It may .be hoped that the effort will fall, since Its suc cess would limit the benefactions of a philanthropic woman to a few already generously remembemred and turn them away from the wider purposes of humanity by which the testatrix was Influenced in executing her last will and testament. Marlon County schoolteachers figure they can save only 60 cents a month out of their salaries. That teachers are poorly paid all persons admit, but the fault Is mostly with the profession. So long as young men make teaphlng a temporary makeshift as an occupation and young' women make It a sort of probation or purgatory, test for matri mony, the profession will be poorly paid. A longer closed season seems to be needed by the salmon fisheries of the Columbia River; also ' more adequate legislation by the States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and close co operation by officers of the three states for the rigid enforcement of law. With out these remedies the fisheries appear doomed to ruin. Hatcheries will not perpetuate the Industry if salmon can not reach them. ' A Yankee.CaptaWs Nerve. Frank J. 'Mather In Atlantic. In parallel 57 degrees, in the dog-watch 4 to 6 P. M., when the chief officer came on deck to relieve the second officer, he swiftly cast his eye toward tho horizon In tho direction of tho wind, and then at the struggling canvas, and particularly at the main topgallant sail, which threat ened every minute to blow away. As nautical etiquette forbids the officer In charge to altar canvas when the captain is on deck without his command or con sent, tho chief officer, after his hurried survey, eald, "Captain Matter, that main topgallant sail is laboring very nard." "It Is drawing well, let it stand, Mr. Bartlett," was tne reply. At 6 o ciock, when tne second officer in turn relieved, the first, he also gave a rapid glance about, and said. "Captain Mather, that mam topgallant sail Is struggling hard." "It holds a good full, let It stand, Mr. McFarland," was tlje reply. Even the old sea dogs among the crew begged the petty '01110613 to send them up to take In sail, while it was held safe to do so. As the helmsman turned his wheel, every turn of a spoke would make the ship Jump in the water like a frightened bird. Men were stationed at every belaying pin, holding halyards and clew lines, by a single turn "under and over." ready to let go and clew up, at a signal. We were making a record passage. and sail was to be carried to the last minute, the utmost the ship could hear, while every exigence of storm was antici pated. Later in the evening the captain could not help asking it tne crew sun thought .that he had married the owners daughter. Captain Mather Illustrated then, as always, a quality of nuna usuany exhibited by those who succeed in most any direction an extreme daring; and ex treme caution running parallel, a Prominent (Japanese Make Speeches Message Sent to Mikado. ST. LOUIS Nov. S. On. the occasion of tho celebration today of Japan day at tho Exposition, the following cablegram was sent to Katsura, Minister of the In terior: The entire isolony of Japanese subjects here in St. Louis; assembled today in the Japan ese Pavilion, respectfully ' congratulate His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, on his 53d birthday. SELICHI TEG IMA, Representing Japanese In St. Louis. Opening the celebration, more than 400 Japanese, including, residents of St. Louis and those connected with the Exposition, gathered In the national gardens and there observed the Mikado's birthday. There were speeches and songs in Japan ese, tea was served and there was danc ing. S. Teglma, head of the Japanese Im perial commission, who was the princi pal speaker said in part: Owing to the progress .and prosperity of our country under the ruling of His Majesty, our Emperor, we have reason to applaud the virtue of His Highness on this, his 53d birth day. To fulfill our obligations as his subjects. Is to answer the call of duty, -whether It be on the field of battle or in furthering the ad vancement of the empire In a commercial or industrial way. While our 'brothers are nobly and willingly sacrificing their lives for the cause of the Emperor, fate has de creed that we, here In this foreign land. Illustrate to tho world the progress of Japan and at the same time acquire for ourselves the very best which "Western civilization has to offer. By so doing we are expressing our appreciation of our Emperor's grace. That we are ably surrounded by the Influ ences of peace, and far from the tumult -of war, to celebrate this eventful day. Is a gift -which we. highly prie. We join qur voices In the prayer to God thnt the Emperor's reign may be limitless, both as -to time and prosperity. Following a luncheon served in the Im perial gardens, the Japanese commission entertained at a garden party 1500 guests, most of them members of the World's Fair, state and foreign commissions. The feature of the entertainment which In character was strictly Japanese was the presentation of Japanese chrysanthemums. Fireworks or flreflowers, as the Japanese call them, were liberally displayed. K0TE AND COMMENT The Beleaguered City. The latest Oriental malls bring several copies of the Port Arthur Novlkral. Side lights on life in the besieged city afford considerable Interest, and translation of a lew local Items are appended: x Several shells paid us a nylng- visit yes terday. A number of Japanese settlers have ar rived on tho outskirts of our burg, and efforts will be. made to settle them as soon as possible. "Cap" Stoessel, our efficient City Mar shal. Is talking of. establishing a rockpllo for hobos from the Llatung Peninsula. Charley Stlckoutvitch has Improved the appearance of his bomb-proof cellar by a coat of black paint on the door. We received a fragment of shell In our midst and are somewhat indisposed at this writing. ' Charges of graft have created some unpleasantness-in the City Council. Council man Buttlnsky says someone must be getting a rake-oft from the shell game that Is running unmolested. As' Discussed on This Side. There was an election In Canada yes terday. The whatyoucalllt party wen out on the thlngamajlg Issue. Dental students are using gas In extract ing their teacher. Panama was a year old yesterday, but hasn't yet been weaned. The trusts should be gratified over the amount of free advertising they are get ting. A Centralla preacher has joined tho Eagles. The order Is becoming careless about Its membership. According to Punch, the Archbishop of Canterbury received a new title In Amer ica, that of Plerpontlfex Maxlmus. Panama's population cannot be very patriotic Although their Fourth of July was celebrated yesterday, not a single case of lockjaw has been reported. Inventor Baldwin would find an appro priate song In: I shot an Arrow into the air. It fell to earth, I know not where. Speaking of tho girls that sp6ll their j names Mae, Maybelle, Grayce, etc., we no tice that marine men have so far been afraid to call their ships after the dears. In Marion County the average teacher, it Is said, can save 60 cents a month. The Marlon teachers might move to Portland, where one can run Into debt 5100 a month. The The antics of the Baldwin airship have served mainly to -show that "dlrlirible" balloon Is Just about as dirigible without an aeronaut as when he Is aboard; and that Professor Bald win's theory that your true balloonist never risks his life by going more than four feet' above ground (except "by proxy) is eminently sound. Judge Parker grieves ever the doc trine of "stand pat." But he suggests no change that gives any sort of assur ance that the Nation vould do better. The "standpatter" simply means to "stay put" until he knows how. why, when and where to move. I'ltEHIER LAURTER'tf VICTORY. As the result of yesterday's election Sir Wilfrid Laurler, the eloquent leader of the Liberal party in Canada, will re main In power for another five years. In accordance with expectations, Que bec went strongly In favor of the French-Canadian Premier, .and, much to the discomfiture of the prophets, so did such Tory centers as Hamilton, In the Conservative Province of Ontario. R. L Borden, the energetic leader of the Opposition, was himself defeated in Nova Scotia, and Indeed the only seri ous blcjv to the Libera cause appears to have "been In New Brunswick, where A. G. Blair, who resigned as Laurier's If the Russian armada shall ever reach -the Orient, it may. learn h'ow it feels to fishermen to be mistaken for a fleet of warships. The British could get even, one of these dark nights, by plan ning a "blunder" of their own. Salt Lake, a city of perhaps 60,000 in habitants, has a registration for Tues day's election of 26.000. Nearly ones half are women. All over Utah there is a heavy increase in registration. No race suicide there. Of course all barbers are neat and clean. An untidy person Is usually cocksure of his tidiness, and the less tidy the surer. x Phenomenal Turncoat. Walla Walla Union. In 1S93 George Turner said: "I am a Re- vublican of Republicans. I believe that all the Intelligence necessary to uo conauct of this Government lies In the Republican parti' alone." In July, 1596. he said: I am for free- sliver, out suu a. prutecuumsu In January, 1S97, he' said: "While I have been a Republican in the past. I am now member of the people's party." In Feb ruary, 1S97. "e saiat "I am a; Fopunst." On April 14, UXH. in tnis city, ne saia: Free silver Is dead." He tnen got onto the Parker platform which says: "Protec tion Is robbery." Now Mr. Turner says: "I am a Democrat because I believe the principles of Democrapy necessary to the neroetuatlon of our republican Institu tions." That Is.Mr. Turner's political rec ord for the past ten years. Irrigon Is in Morrow County. Irrlcon Irrigator. Irrlgon Is in Morrow County. There' might have been, haa anyDoay tnougnt oi tne name before we did, an Irrlgon in Mal heur or Umatilla or any other county. But there 13 only one Irrlgon and that Is at this specially favored spot. In Morrow County, Oregon. Our good friend. Congressman William son, always .addresses us- In Umatilla County. Now, wo have nothing against ' that county. Umatilla has many things to be proud of, but we are not one of her beloved possessions, ana we are giaa or it. for Morrow suits us best. Call Him Down I -Salem Statesman. Shouldn't the acting Governor at Oregon City- be called down for Tasking political speeches? Where are those Democratic papers which are so intensely opposed to this sort of things whea oe oy KejWB llcans? Also Anilversary of Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3. There was little attempt toaay to cele brate except In a perfunctory way the tenth anniversary of the accession of Em peror Nicholas. The Imperial -family at tended a "Te Deum" at the Castle Ca thedral, and there were services in all the churches Later the troops were paraded, the theaters gave tree exhibitions to the school children and there was music-and other holiday dlsplays'in tho parks, but on account of tho war and the anxiety re garding the situation at Port Arthur everything was on a small scale. Panama Shows Enthusiasm. PANAMA, Nov. 3. Independence , was celebrated throughout the Republic of Panama wlth great enthusiasm. Presi dent Amador received messages of con gratulation from President Roosevelt and many prominent people In different parts of the world. Appropriations for Pacific Coast. . KANSASV CITY, Mo., Nov. 3. Among the appropriations made by. the Methodist, Women'B Missionary Society today were the following: Pacific, $17,500; Columbia River. $5000.: - Life. Bryan "Waller Procter. We are born; we laugh; we -weep; "We love: we droop; we die! Ah! wherefore do we laugh or weepj "Why do we -live or die? . r "Who knows that secret deep? Alasv not I! "Why doth the violet oprtng Unseen by human eye? "Why do the -radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts that quickly fly? WhYfdo our fond hearts cling To things that aiei "We toil through pain and. wrong; "We flgjit and fly; "We -love; we lose; and then, ere long, Stsne-dead we. He. O- lite! Is all thy song "Endure and die?" "6 Swallow Blithe." Sunset. O swallow Withe, O bird of Summer gay. Xou happy 'bird, to whom all grief la new; You seek fore'er the asm and bid adieu Tp these, our fields, whea Autumn brings dis may. Tou can forever eteep In cloudless day And kiss the verdant earth and climb the blue That smiles above, then to the earth anew. Thus making of your mirth a glad display. Tarewll -to- you, who -now to distant atranda Tour, flight direct o'er calm .and stormy- sea la search of valleys green, of cities fair. "Woid that I. too. could fly tfr happier lands An Jpkvc behind the gloom that crueijea me "Kb. life fettbbuc-4 load, an auslM care! rl. W. Boynton, tho author' of "Journal-Ism-and Literature," says that people do not buy poetry nowadays. Oh, yes, they do; thousands buy books of poetry to give away at Christmas. One Charles Jackson has been making money by advertising that he would send any person mailing 75 cents valuable ad vice on "How to Succeed in the Philip pines." When the sucker sent his money he received the reply, "Stay away." A Seattle business man recently received from a Tacoma friend a postal bearing the following Intimation to expect a -visits "Will leave the Cemetery y the 9110 car for the City of Forty Th.v.ves." Jealousy seems to have made the Ta coma man minimize the rival "City's population. So a Multnomah Justice of the Peace ha3 resigned from office., because the adminis tration of the law acted detrimentally upon his barber shop business. Presumably disappointed litigants concluded that a man who hadn't sense enough to see law as they saw it was surejy unfit to shave them. For the sake of the gayety of nations we hope the Wyoming outlaws will wait untn Buffalo Bill, Chief Irontall, the Indian trailers, scouts and cowboys, and the "party of English noblemen and New York clubmen" catch up. What a picnic there would be if the distinguished visitors ever got within firing distance of the gang. It Is out In' the forest grand that the true Inspiration of the season Is to be found. Here 13 the way a country walk we hope It was nothing stronger Inspired me eauur oi mu cugene itegisier: In regal splendor and wJ'Ji hand most mas terfuf. he paints his glory on the forest grand, in colors earth's artistic temperament hath not , yet framed, nor genius knows the stroke yet silent but all animate, yet dainty but most gorgeous, a touch from that ethereal realm that means an earth glimpse of eternity, bright, radiant with the effulgent glow of that much-dreamed-of and far-distant world close linked to this thrice doubly, trebly bound by threads of gossamer that Interweave the two. enfold as one, the step across when life is done. The following communication is self-explanatory: Max Fracht has completed the -details and will apply for patent No. 4-11-44 on an. inven tion which he calls "Pracht's Patent Steam Tramp Eliminator." "Manager Calvin thinks it is great, and he may offer a million or more for the control of the patent. With this inven tion 'in use, It will not be necessary for the engineer to dump his clinkers and live coals on the tracks at Oregon City, and then slowly pull the train over It, causing the tramps to lose their hold on the hog chains and drop -off on the broiler, creating a bad smell. In short, Pracht's' invention consists of series of ro tary diaphragms, similar to some In use on hose nozzles for watering lawns. These are attached to a pipe running along the under side of the coaches, baggage and express cars, coupled together at the ends, similar to the air brake pipes, and connected -with the boiler of the engine, so arranged that any one pf the train crew cans by operating a simple device In the' coaches, etc., turn on the steam, thua causing the putter mechanism under the train to revolve and scald oft the clinging tramp. without causing an offensive srftell; and also give the tramps the ever-needed bath. "What Oregon City may do with the derelicts after the bath is an open question," but there are those in the Falls Clty who seem to prefer the tramps to the railroad. WEX. J. . OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. "A. campaign He." quoth Uncle Allen Sparks, fa not only wicked, but unnecessary. There are always enough campaign truths that hurt Juat as bad and answer the purpose as well." Chicago Tribune. "Weary "Woggles De eye doctor told me Td have to give up booze or go blind. Slothful Joe Dat's hard luck. Wot did you tell, him? Weary "Woggles Dat I guesee'd I'd seen every- ihing. Town Topics. Servant There's a gentleman downstairs, jn'a'am. Mistress Show him up to the drawing-room. Servant But he has come to clean the chimbly. MIfltress Then show him up the chimney. London Tit-Bits. Rooster Don't you know you're sitting on a, litter of glaas egga? Hen 'Sh! Don't mention it! As long as the hired man taxes me icr a. fool he'll bring me my meals, and I won"C have to grub for a living. Detroit Free Pres. Teacher Now, Tommy, whea any one glve you anything you should always try to give them double in return. Give us an example. Tommy Tes'um. Billy Brown gave .me a black t eye, an' 2 give him two la return. Philadelphia Record. Maud Have you noticed that peculiarly ateu ous. imakelike motion with which lb, Dod I&op daace lately? Mabe.1 Tea; he hM ac quired that unconsciously tram fcla habit of crawling aader M automobile to see -what's the MtMr wltfc UK ealnT.- Chifi ITU- UB " '