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PORTLAND, "VEDN"ESDAV, APIUL 12, IBM
HOW THE BATTLE GOES.
It comes to The Oregonian that some
candidates are using its name to pro
mote their political welfare by saying
that "The Oregonian is for them" and
'The Oregonian Is against" their par-
rain of volcanic ashes, challenges the I
pity of the world.
The utter hopelessness of It all is
borne In on the mind by the statement
that one of the towns destroyed a day
or two ago on the slope of Vesuvius has
been destroyed and rebuilt three times
in, recent years. "With our vast expanse
of country in which to choose our habi-.
tatlons, this rebuilding is regarded as
a folly that could expect no better re
turn than 1t is now receiving. This is,
however, superficial judgment, and
should be revised" to meet the limited
area of Italy and the necessity that is
upon her people to make the most of
what they have. In their view, possi
bly, there is -nothing left for them but
to repossess as soon as they may the lo
cation from which they were driven
and rebuild their homes. "Whether the
quality that prompts them to do this is
courage, simplicity or defiance, their
persistence challenges admiration, even
as their terrible plight when overtaken
again by the forces of Nature in revolt
challenges pity.
A TATK ISSUE.
Letters from legislative candidates
who live In various parts of Oregon
show that the great moral issue be
tween honest government and govern
ment by graft is everywhere alive. The
deliverance of the people from the ex
tortionate tyranny of special privilege
is not a matter which Interests Port
land alone. Xo hamlet Is too remote to
be seized by tho fangs of corporate
greed. As long as the. perpetual fran
chise iniquity is permitted by law.
every town in Oregon stands la Jeop
ardy. "Which community may become
the next victim of plutocratic avarice
nobody can say.
Clearly the whole "state realizes Its
danger. The operations of the confed
crated millionaires of Portland are
known elsewhere, and their significance
is understood. In the fight for popular
rights against the graft of special priv
ilege the voters of Multnomah County
are not more vitally interested than
those of -Southern and Eastern Oregon
As the smaller cities of the state de
velop and their franchise privileges be
come valuable, the greedy millionaires
will appear upon the cne to get con
trol of them by their usual methods of
fraud and chicaner? unless the law
shall secure them forever to the public
The general interest in the Issue is wise
and wholesome. The declarations of
the candidates are encouraging. It is
the duty of.the people to express their
tlcular ODDonents. It aDncars to be "wisnes so occisiveiy mat no canaiaaie
neccssarv to sav once more that The shalB feel politically safe until his good
Orcconian has no candidates except intentions nave oeen enacieaimo a law
bor markets of.the United States. "WKh
so much work la Manchuria, the Jap
anese invasion of the United States "will
be' deferred for a few years, at least.
SHIFTING BCHXBS-S CENTERS.
From Seattle cones the remarkable
announcement that the finest hotel in
town, representing an Investment above
ground of or over, commanding-
one of the most beautiful views In the
world, a tourist hotel opened with great
eclat three years ago. with President
Roosevelt and party as'guests. is to be
torn down at once. It stands on a hill
which Is to be removed because it bars
the gateway 4o a rapidly advancing re
tail district. Increased value of the
level .ground more than compensates
for destruction of the building.
Like Rome, Seattle sits on her seven
hills, picturesque but impractical. The
King County Courthouse is on an eml
nence nearly as high as Portland's City
Park and halfa nille distant from the
first level business street. Denny's niu.
nearly a mile to the northward; was
selected as a site for the leading hotel
seventeen years ago. It was built and
suffered to remain untenanted for four
teen years. The average man doesn't
like to climb as a dally task.
Abandonment of the Washington Ho
tel serves again to illustrate changes
that come to all American cities built
on the shore of great waterways. The
business center shifts from the shore.
where It always begins, and then keeps
on shifting Indefinitely further away
from the wharves. As in Portland, so
In San Francisco, in St. Louis. in CIn
cinnati. In St. Paul, In New York, in
Seattle. The one notable exception Is
Chicago, where the center of the shop-
Dlnur district "has remained, where It
started over seventy years ago.
It Is curious to observe- the lack, of
topographical foresight In men who laid
the foundation for cities great and
small. There are a hundred harbors on
Pugejt Sound that -Henry L. Tcsler could
hare chosen for his sawmill, equal to
Elliott Bay, with sloping ground as a
shore Instead of steep hills. Looking
toward a commercial city, several bet
ter selections could have been made on
America's finest harbor than the hills
and sand dunes pf San Francisco. Chi
cago, on a mud fiat, barely above the
"level of Lake Michigan, with sightly
come slews-to spy sat the taw. 0 to
speak. But very many will remain to
become factors in ear agricultural aad-
Industrial growth.
Our people have a duty to perform
toward these, newcomers, in giving
thera such Information as strangers
need. In regard te locations, transporta
tion facilities, crops, aehrhborhood util
ities, eta, and thus save them the dis
couragement and anxiety Incident to
learning everything by personal obser
vation and experience. Let worthy In
tending settlers be traated from the
first in a neighborly spirit, and not as
strangers within our gates. The most
lastlnr charm of the Bleseer era was
its abounding hospitality.- The spirit
that prompted this should be Tenewed.
to the end that the settlers who have
been invited, and even urged, to come
hither may early become possessed of
the home feeling so essential. to success
anywhere and in any vocation, except
perhaps that of raining.
Commissioner-General Sargent, of the
Immigration Bureau, was before the
House committee on foreign affairs
Monday, and informed them that dis
honest attorneys and the "Six Compa
nies la San Francisco "were the Inter
ests which were actively engaged In
trying to break down the present ex
clusion law with lax amendments. He
also stated that the Immigration Bu
reau was not responsible for the Chi
nese boycott. Both statements are In.
a mrasnre wrong. The stringency of
the present laws affords the "dishonest
attorneys" an opportunity for grafting
which would be missing if the laws
were so lax that no difficulty would be
experienced In getting Chinese Into the
country. Not all of the blame for the
Chinese boycott lies at the door of the
Immigration Bureau, but It was easily
the greatest factor In bringing on the
trouble.
In a protest against the naval budget
a member of the French Senate urged
an International agreement providing
for a gradual naval disarmament. It
1 was, of course, opposed, and th Senate
promptly voted the budget on the as
surance of the Mllnster of the Navy
that It was necessary to assure the na
tional security, zvavai disarmament 11
THE. S1LYER LINING:'
a
Br A- 1C Ballard.
KHfeclIk. t
Kubellk.
Give your bow another lick.-
kLet her flick,
KuoellK:
"Whispering; winds and thunder- tone.
Ton can bring thera. you alone:
Bless the fiddle and the bow.
Bless the gods that made you so;
Tick.
Tick.
Kubellk.
That's the wahe hours go by.
Tou make other fiddlers sigh:
Tou're a dandy.
You're the candy;
Tick.
Tick,
-Kubellk.
Go the seconds of the day.
But as Ion? as you can play
We arrive just in the nick
f precious time to light the wick
la lamps to us in mercy given-
That shall guide our steps to heaven.
Jan.
Man.
You're a cunning little cuss,
ou can raise a mighty fuss-
"With your fiddle:
You're a riddle.
Now, mark.
You're a spark
Of genius rare.
Yes, you are:
Put some resin on your bow.
Sweep' your violin, and, lo.
All the earth and heavenly host .
le with each to praise you most;
What's music.
Kubellk?
You are slick. Kubellk.
You can make your music stick
With high-toned man and lowly Mick.
Even if It makes them sick.
Kubellk:
Kubellk.
You're a brick.
Baker City Weather. Note.
Herald. Straw hats in April are fatal to beau
tiful weather.
Jag-Handled. - -Cowlitz
County Advocate.
In the South they have primary
elections, but they seen to be for Dem
ocrats only. .
those candidates who have openly.
earnestly and expressly advocated the
principles and policies it has declared
-to he paramount in this campaign; and
It Is not for those candidates who are
opposed to them, or who, by evasion or
indirection or uncertainty or ambiguity
or otherwise, do not make themselves
clear to the public In these great mat
Hers, thus giving Indication of their
purpose to defeat or delay or sidetrack
any plan of franchise and private bank
.reform if or when opportunity offers.
The Oregonian hss named no names.
yet, of candidates it regards as unsult
able for nomination and election. It
;may. Then again it may not. Nor
should it be forgotten by anybody that
.the primary is not .the end of the battle.
JThc Oregonian expects to have quite as
much to say during the campaign prior
Xo the June election as it has said here
tofore. Perhaps more.
If there shall be nominated at the
Republican primary in this county leg
Islatlve candidates who by their pledges
and by their probable, or prospective.
activity at the Legislature have made
It plain to the plutocrats that they will
use all available means to give voice
to the public will in the matter of
franchises and banks, it may be ex
pected that the local plutocrats will
take alarm and uso every effort to de
feat the Republican nominees. The deft
hand of the franchise schemers and the
banking clique has already appeared in
the Democratic nominations, which are
being held in reserve for whatever use
may be desired by the plutocracy.
But the banks and corporations have
by no means given up hope of framing
up a eatlsfactory Republican legislative
ticket. Oh, no. They never give up
hope. They have too much at stake.
They have been in the game top long.
They have "persuaded" legislators and
controlled Legislatures before. They
know how to do it. for they have tlonc
it. So we may look out for a frame-up
that will strive to capture the Republi
can primary in the plutocratic interest.
It is a hard job, for nearly every one
of the Republican candidates has
avowed hlniself to be diametrically op
posed to their views, schemes and pur
poses. Yet the plutocrats have known
before of legislators going to Salem in
tending to do ono thing and winding up
by doing another. The subtle and per
suasive influence of the graft has ac
compllshed many things. It will be in
evidence at Salem again. Jt Is lmma
terlal, then, to the banking trust and
the franchise corporations whether the
Legislature is Republican or Demo
cratic It is material whether it is
"friendly" or "unfriendly." No matter
whether the state goes Republican or
goes Democratic, so It goes their way
and for them.
The war must be waged all along the
line. First, we have the primary, then
the June election, then organization of
the Legislature at Salem, and then the
real battle over the measures to be
proposed for strict regulation and con
trol of public-utility franchises and of
private banks.
that will end the franchise iniquity for
ever.
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NATURE IN REVOLT.
The news from Vesuvius tells of the
re-enactment of the drama so vividly
pqrtrayed by Bulwer Lytton in "The
Last Days of Pompeii." Cities and
towns that, in defiance of the warnings
of history, h&ve clustered at the base of
the volcano, and, being snowed under
THE MANCmJRIAN OIEN DOOR.
The open door to Manchuria has at
last swung ajar, and the world has
been officially notified that the field is
ready for commercial exploitation. The
statement issued by the Japanese Lega
tion at Washington says that this ac
tion has been taken by the Japanese
government "In accordance with the
principles of open door and equal op
portunity ever advocated "by It." There
is nothing in the Manchurlan situation,
however, that warrants belief that any
other country on .earth will have "equal
opportunity" with Japan in developing
and exploiting the rich field. It is hers
by right of conquest, and her people
have been for years fortifying them
selves against any possible commercial
Invasion which might follow, were they
less well prepared to meet It. The
United States has been participating
quite extensively in the trade of Man
churia for a goodmany years, and will
undoubtedly continue to handle a large
business with thatcountry.
The trade development which will
now follow evacuation by the troops
means less to all other countries than It
does to Japan. TVc shall continue to
ship lumber, flour, raw cotton and steel
and Iron in the rough, providing Japan j
is unable to supply these commodities;
but the "Yankees of the East" will do
all the manufacturing required In their
neir fleld. and, with their cheap labor
and modern 'machinery, they will turn
out finished products at a cost so low
that no other country on earth can com
pete with them. A little later, when
the agricultural resources of the coun
try are developed, there will be a de
creasing demand for wheat and flour
from this coast, and. while the forest
area Is somewhat restricted, there will
also be developed a lumber business
that will affect the trade with our great
Pacific Coast staple.
Manchuria is not only a rich land
with comparatively little poor soil, but
it is also of vast extent,, the area being
greater than that of Oregon, "Washing
ton, Idaho and California combined. It
is more than twice an large as Japan,
and offers an admirable outlet for the
surplus population of the island empire.
Its great size and possibilities for de
velopment may .offer a solution for the
threatened proolem of Japanese inva
sion of the Pacific Coast. In America
the Japanese will meet with resistance,
and they will gain prestige but slowly,
while 1n Manchuria they will be in po
sition to rule commercially as well as by
force of arms. Since the war with
China a dozen years ago, Japan has
been the principal purchaser of the
products of Manchuria, and, while she
failed to secure the territorial rights to
which she was entitled at the close of
that contest, she never realized her
commercial hold on the country.
"With their tireless energy and com
mercial cleverness, the ten-year start
which the Japanese had on all other na
tions before the war with Russia placed
them In absoulte control of the country
has left them in position where they can
practically eliminate all trade competi
tion or determine at will the pro rata
which shall be granted other' countries.
The commercial door has not yet swung
open atall ports, and Dalny and Tallen
"Wan have been reserved for -the pres
ent. In 'time these ports will also be
open, and will afford the foreigners an
opportunity to engage. In the buslaess
sewage cannot empty Into the Missis
slpp'i, appear monumental folly. First
settlements rarely carry the Idea of
commercial greatness.
- Note, however, that the effort put
forth by new and enterprising commu
nlties to overcome Nature's obstacles
also serves to encourage and stimulate
the inhabitants to beat "the other
town." Before 1S33, Portland had dis
tanced all rivals and has held suprem
acy ever since: Seattle's struggle came
thirty years later, when not only Na
ture but a great transcontinental rail
road had to be foughL This belligerent
Hpirlt of defense created a unity of pur
pose that made the town.
And now. looking toward a certain
greater future. Seattle at very heavy
present outlay Is "moving- mountains'
so that retail business may march In Its
natural direction. In the end, the In
vestment is sure to pay.
quite clearly indicate that need of a
good navy Is paramount -to all other
equipment in securing peace or re-es
tablishing amicable relations which
might, have been disturbed by a mis
conception of the power of the oppo
nent. Nothing in the present outlook
warrants the belief that brotherly love
will ever be as effective as a big bat
tleship in restoring' or maintaining
peace.
OREGON AND ILLINOIS.
The direct primary law of the State
of Illinois was declared unconstltu
tlonal and entirely void In a decislo
handed down by the Supreme Court of
that state on April 3. There has been
some fear that the direct primary law
in this state might be open to the objec
tlons which prevailed against the Illi
nois statute, for all state constitutions
are very similar In their provision that
plectons shall be free and equaL The
full text of the decision of the Supreme
Court of Illinois was received yesterday,
and from inspection of It there seems to
be no particular in which the Oregon
law would be affected by the reasoning
upon which the decision Is founded
The Illinois law required candidates for
nomination for Governor. Congressman
One Is at a loss to know whether
Dowle should be sent to the incurable
ward In an Insane asylum and properly
gagged or to a Chicago jail In which the
lowest, most profane and most Inde
cent criminals are confined. One thing
Is apparent. He is not fit to run at
large and wag his vile -tongue unchal
lenged by law and decency. It Is char
I table, of course, to consider him In
sane, but the truth probably is that his
case Is simply one of abnormally de
veloped human "cussedness." If his
son, Gladstone, Is worthy of the name
that was given him. he will do what
other boys do when the most obnoxious
epithet in a calendar of vilcness Is ap
plied to or implied in connection with
the name of mother he will draw his
coat and give the vlllfler a much-need'
ed thrashing, or be thrashed himself In
the righteous attempt.
has been borrowing money and plan
or United States Senator to nay a filing ning for enormous increase in her navy.
riw. cr tifto. and for other offices various it would seem mat sne regaraea ino
stipulated fees, which bore no relation
to the service rendered in filing the
papers or the expenses of the election.
The opinion of the court says:
Every rlletble perron- baa a right to be
candidate for public offlce without bring sub.
Ject to arbitrary or unreasonable burden. The
voters hare a rlitht to choose anr eligible
person, and he owca a duty to the public to
qualify and errc tPeopIe c rl. vt. will
lams, 145 Illinois S7X) Reasonable rerula
ttonc isuch as a petition from a prorT per
ceatare of voIth which would how that they
want the primes of xouhk foe him. or oliitr
reasonable conditions or rrstrlcOona may be
1 mooted. If there were not ruch conditions
the ballot rolcht be k latxe as to be Imprac
ticable, bat there can be no discrimination be
tween candldatrs based upon the jrround that
one has money to pay for the pririlesa of be
ing a candidate and choorca to pay and an
other haa not the neans or U unwilling to
buy the privilege.
The Oregon statute Ib not vulnerable
In this respect, for no payment of a
fee Is required, while the petition feat
ure is approved by the Illinois decision.
The Illinois law also established one
r . - 1 -n - J 1 v.. tin-. r,r 4 V.
rate ner cent ol voiers 10 cuiduiuic xmwic un.i w
political party In Cook County and an- prophet, so to speak, that he positively
steadily -by the fatal shower of ashes
lBce unto that which settled over Her-
culaneum and Pompeii, preceding the that the Japanese are unable or unwlll
stream of lava that rolled1 over and en- ing to handle themselves. Owing to
crusted them In their ashy tomb. The
scene by day Is terrifying, by night ap
palling. Superstition bearing ikons and
chanting prayers rises impotently
ngatnst the bellowings .of Nature
through this awful crater, and, as if In
mockery,the churches In which the terror-stricken
multitude gather to voice
their prayers for delh'erance are rocked
upon -their foundations by earthquake
and totter to their fall.
MouotPelee was -more merciful in its
Implacable purpose, in that the menace
and the- blow feu together, giving no
ttrke for vain "attempts to escape. Run-
their cheap labor, cheap raw material
admitted duty free, and modern ma.
chinery. the Japanese can have an in
surmountable advantage over all other
countries which may seek to make use
of the open door. Even should these
great advantages prove insufficient.
which' Is improbable, no difficulty would
"be experienced in securing legislation
that would effectually shut out of the
country everything except the raw ma
terials which it would be to the advan
tage of the Japanese to admit
The door is open la Maachuria. and
the United States can now pass threvgh
Hihif hither and thither to terror, afraid I it with just what Japan is wiUlag shall
t go, doubly afraid to remain, the I enter. Perhaps one of the meat pleas
nilsht of human teiars, fceset by the 1 lag features of the sUwatfs. as it w
commotion of earthquake, assailed at I appears, k the prospect for empisyment
every turn br the hot breath of sul- I at home of a few raMMet Japaee
sihuric re and stifled by .a.stnotherteg I whow it far4 arigltt d t la
The National Red Cross cables from
Japan that 155.W0 people are In need of
food, and that outside help was depend
ed on for A0W, over half of whom had
been provided with work and are now
earning their own livelihood. Consider
ing the prodigality with which Japan
Implements for taking life as of greater
necessity than the food necessary to
sustain it. The hastily applied veneer
ing of civilization has failed to cover
all of the rough spots In the character
of the conqueror of the Muscovite.
The Oregonian this morning prints
the preliminary letter of a scries on
the Panama situation, as viewed by an
impartial writer who is now at the
isthmus for the purpose of making an
accurate report on conditions as they
actually exist. No other topic before
the American people today is of such
absorbing Interest as the great work
now under way at Panama, and. as
Mr. Clum will remain at the Isthmus
for several weeks, he will be enabled to
present through the columns of The
Oregonian accurate details of the prog
ress that has been made and of the
plans for the future.
other rate per cent of voters to consti
tute a party In other portions of the
state. In other respects the law oper
ated differently In Cook County from
what It did In outside counties, without
cannot and will not" again live with his
wife; Such lofty assumption of virtue
seems to be supererogatory. In view of
the fact that -Mrs. Dowle desires noth
Ins else in the world o much as to be
IN THE OREGON COUNTW. TAX DODGERS PAY UP?
Wisdom Straight Off the Stick.
Canby Tribune.
No man can build himself up by try
ing to tear somebody else down.- The
man who pursues this method ulti
mately sees the folly of his way. and
suffers as a result. We cdn only elevater
ourselves by elevating the plane on
which we live.
Seeing Daylight.
Santlam News.
It has taken the people a great many
years to awaken to the fact that they
werc being robbed In many and devi
ous ways, but they have at length be
come aroused and are now having their
Innings. Let us hope that this inning
may- continue as long as time may
last.
Speaking of the Local Brass Baud.
North Powder News.
"Is It easier to tult two tooter too
toot or to tult two tultora too tuItT'
We can hardly wish for any better
results than have been obtained frojit
some of the best musical "talent in the
state; being- as they are Just beginning-
who knows wnat time may bring
forth?
Good Ahywiicrc.
BIckleton News.
w hen a man playfully points a gun
at you. knock him down. Don't stop to
Inquire whether it's loaded or not:
knock him down. Don't be particular
what you hit him with, only let It be
well done. If a Coroner's inquest Is
held let It be on the other fellow; be
won't be missed.
any apparent reason for the difference, rid of him dreads nothing else so much
This the Supreme Court held to be a as his presence. The self-conceit of the
violation of that section of the Const!- man, fostered by the; servility of his
tutkm which prohibits the enactment of followers and by his long-unquestioned
imi kv8 trovemlnt: elections. The 1 -Dower, advertises itself rather iuol
Oregon law has no local application. I crously in this declaration.
These were the two points upon which
the case was cec.uea, Today the scientific world receives
appears that there is nothing to Inter- . A,T.
fere wlttfa test of Uie Oregon law upon ' remedies for tuberculosis.
Its practical operation rather than upon r tkat 7r. Ishldaml. an
its legal aspects. .m(Mnt TaTriMM bacteriologist, has
saved with his antl-toxln one-third of
WELCOME TO K05CESEEKERS. the caes taken In their Incipient
Colonists rates that have prevailed on I atage will arrest attention. If, fortu-
all of the transcontinental railroads nateiv. this discovery with further ex
since February 15 have brought many I erlence shall check the ravages of the
thousands of homeseekers to the Rocky I disease. Japan will add far mere to her
Mountain States and the Pacific Coast. I fame than she achieved by her wonder-
Approximately 11.W9 of these people j fujf eats of arms.
have passed through omana via me
If you go home too- early you may
give your wife a shock. ,
'Wax the assault committed with malice
aforethoughtr
"No. It was committed with a mal
let behind the ear."
You can't keep a friend If you give
him away.
If I could get a peep at the- bright
side of life I don't believe It would
dazcle me. x
Many an employe consider., himself
a big gun and still gets discharged.
girlmii3t have chck In order to
blush.
The most elevating thing about mu
sic seems to be Its capacity for stlra
ulatintr lofty ideas in artists as to
salaries.
If you offer a woman a penny for her
thoughts just now. she might tell you
that she had a 510 thought about an
Easter hat at that particular second.
So, beware.
Scratch If you want to And anything.
Chickens know more than some men.
When you go up to a box office to buy
theater tickets, all you have to do Is to
stop In front of the window and stand
there speechless. It Improves matters
to look cross at first. It Isn't necessary
to tell the box-office man anything. He
knows by a mind-reading Instinct Just
what you want tickets for. whether you
want seats upstairs or' down, and Just the
location, and also the precise performance
you want to attend. No need to state the
price of seats you desire,' or to look at
the schedulo of prices" posted near the
box office. The man behind the window
knows by Intuition Just what your needs
are. Tou Know mat ne inienas to give
yon the worst scat he can find for the
money you will spend. You are tho only
person In town who Is going to buy tick
ets for the particular show on sale Just
at that time, and you can stay there as
long as you want, chatting with the box-
office man on all sorts of subjects. Par
ticularly, the weather Is a welcome, topic
of conversation. He is also a good direc
tory for any Information about tows that
you may have use for. Ask him any
questions you choose. Ha has plenty of
time. No difference to him whether he
serves any one else that day or not.
Smile on him and It Is ten to one he will
give you a season pass to all the shows
at that theater for the rest of the year
If you are going to remain in town. If
you haven't taken up enough of his time
when you feel like departing, think up
some one to whom you can telephone, and
ask the box-office man to let you Into
his little den behind the window, where
no one is allowed under any circum
stances. He will be delighted to break
tho rules and let you In. so that you
may have half an hour's conversation
about ribbons and shopping with your
friends. "When you go away, tell all
your acquaintances how mean and un
accommodating they are at the So-and-So
theater. "When you go to the show,
wind up your kind and appreciative work
by roasting the show to everybody you
meet. It won't hurt any one, and you
don't know a "good show from a bad one
at all events, unless there are very few"
well-dressed people present to alstractJ
your attention. But, no matter what yea
may do about the show Itself, bo sare to
occupy as much of the box-ofSce man's
superfluous time as you can. An excel
lent way to give him extregae pleasure
Is to ask. as a favor, to have a pair of
tickets laid aside for you before the regu
lar sale opens as advertised. Box-ofBce
men are always permitted to do that for
-their favored frjends. It Is unfair to
everybody else, but that doesn't matter
muck so long as you are suited.
Make 'Km Self-Mllkcrs.
Star of Starbuck.
The Star has been requested to no
tlfy all the local cows In town to either
stay at home or keep out of people's
orchards. Complaints are that several
poach trees have been damaged anil If
this happens much oftener. the
criminal will be milked and sent home
dry. Their owners will be punished
worse.
How the Climate Scores.
Oregon Agriculturist.
A comparlaon of the reportn made by
creameries in Oregon with those, of the
Middlo "West shows that the patrons of
Oregon creameries get, on an average
for the ycaf through close to 4 cents
per pound more fortbutter fat than do
the patrons of creameries in Minnesota
and other great dairy states of the
Middle "West.
North American-
Most amaxiRg- Is the change -which
has come over Buffalo. N. Y.. since tho
inauguration of Mayor James X. Adam.
Although,- elected on. a reform ticket.
he had at the start of his administra
tion opposition from part of the press
and a fairly large proportion, of tse "
people.
Now he virtually has tne united sup
port of the newspapers, he has been
indorsed by nearly all the clubs and
organizations, and. what Is most un
usual, h js backed by the brewers,
who are apparently in earnest in the
fight to crush out vice.
when Mayor Adam announced that
municipal "ownership "was a very ex
cellent thlag. he was not taken seri
ously, but It did not take long to bring
around to his way of thinking the mass
of the people, and a proposition to
build a city gas plant Is now being-
worked out by the Mayor. Gas is now
supplied by an offshoot of the Standard
Oil Company, from wulch temporary
concessions have been demanded.
Mayor Adam has done some startling
things. He started out on the principle
that the people, of Buffalo as a whole
were honest, and when he demanded
the resignations of a few city officials
who were known "to be grafters he was
praised.
Buffalo has been a rather wicked
city, and its tenderloin needed clean
ing. To do this some changes had to
be made In the police department. Tha
dismissal of the Superintendent and
transfers of others convinced the police-force
that the old warrior in th
Mayor's chair could not be fooled, and
in a few weeks the tenderloin wore a
deserted appearance. The gamblers (led
early In the crusade.
Leading brewers were furnished a
list of places that were not straighr.
The brewers declared that they would
not sell to any' "joint, and they kept
the promise so faltnfully that these
places went out of business. The brew
ers went further than that; they- noti
fied all saloonkeepers that they had
to live up to the law. or get no beer.
And. If It became necessary, the Na
tional organization of brewers would
be called upon to cut off the outside
supply.
Mayor Adam served notice on a lot
of wealthy men that if they dldn t
stop swearing o(t taxes lie would send
them to Jail. Buffalo's tax receipts will
hereafter be higher.
The International Railway. whih
owns many trolley lines in the city.
jammed a bill through Councils before
Mayor Adam came Into office, jrlving it
certain privileges on one street. Mayr
,dam has held up its plans to get frc
franchises on other streets, and he has
made It clear that all concessions to
street railway companies in the fu
ture will be based on the city's optii:i
to buy the roads at a future date.
Strictly Personal.
North Powder News.
In last week's Issue there appeared
an Item announcing the birth of a boy
to Mrs. J. O. Pllchcr. That an Item of
this kind should get into circulation
when there Is not a particle of truth
In It. Is detestable, and the habit that
many have of always talking and mak
ing: slighting remarks In regard to
events of this kind, and especially In
advance. Is dirty and contemptible, and
those who follow It should be classed
among the degenerates and banished
from associating- with civilized people.
FRATERNAL INSURANCE.
More Than 5,000,000 rollclc, Pro
tecting 3runy Holders.
"World's Work.
The cheapest insurance is "fraternal"
insurance, which Is the kind commonly
taken out by men whose yearly earnings
are less than T1000. It is maintained by
granges, unions and a great variety ot
secret orders. Some form ot It has been
in existence from time Immemorial. The
earlier plan was an assessment system.
by which on the death of a member of
the organization a definite sum was paid
to his beneficiary and all the living mem
bers were assessed enough to make up
this sum. No mortality tables were used
and no effort was made to proportion the
costs to the benefits received. The pro
ceeds were distributed not in proportion
to the assessments paid, but as members
died.
This
last pi
Union Pacific within two months.
Other transcontinental lines have, no
doubt, been equally busy. Hence it la
probable Ibat between and
Any friend, of the local plutocracy
who may think the bank and franchise
israes are mere newspaper agitation
wi'l learn something by reading- the
persons have availed themselves of the J yAf&riHS 0f the various legislative can
opportunity offered by these rates te
look the country over with a view -to
establishing homes somewhere In the
rrreal. "West. Montana has claimed.
many settlers that came by the North
ern roads. Eastern Washington' and
Idaho kav also received their share of
these people. ht Oregea has no reason
te demur, s lace very wMtantial add!
Jobs have been made to Ms pepdaUea
daring the two months covered by the
special rates. Some sf these people will
M&tMraMy return ts the places whence
they oame. or drift elsewhere. This
will Ve ct ccmlly-inse f ma who have
dMates. Yet a better way t And out
how the people stand and what they
purpose doing would- he to persuade
seme candidate -to- -oppose openly the
reforms The OrerniaB has suggested.
Ztoa wants it umtersteod- that the
late prophet I "Jaat ptala J. A. Dowle.'
Not plain, with those polygamous
whiskers.
The time te rtpe for JZ. TTtoad to
turn Ms brilttant pea m a new work.
Wh Dewfe Cam to CMco- ,
Missouri's Useful State Flower.
Marysville Tribune.
"What is the Missouri Ken. if she isn't a
Meemla oraameat to the whole state?
Sao pays off- farm mortgages. She buys
reed and driak and clothes for her owner.
She seads the yptfsg men and the yoang
womea to school and keeps them ther
longer, sometimes. It must be ceafessed.
than Is good for them. She "blossom early
and late, la fair weather asa la few, aad
everywhere she is plucked with enthvsi
. aad with load acclaim. Missouri not
x tte Sower? "Why. this great common
-realta of ours is one glorioas "bouoaot of
nvsnMcest flowers cocafcw. LegRora.
FlyoBth Rocks. Black SpaaUh and' eth
ers as aumeroos as prntoauers or a pal
let. Of coarse, we've got a stale sower.
Pa Saffcrs, Too.
IadiaaapoHs Star.
Tkk Kid "Whea pa aivoa me a Kckla',
St always horts Mm worse's Jt sorts, me.
Seeooa Km Aw! Thrriot, say that. .
TV KM-t my p ot th rhori-
Itcsponslbllity In a House.
American Homes and Gardens.
That the personal responsibility- is
weighty one. however. Is apparent from
the Indifference with which many per
sons regard, their place ot abode. That
there Is a personal responsibility is
new Idea to many owners. Otherwise why-
Is there so much Indifference towards the
house as a house, especially In dwellings
of low cost? The more expensive the
houee the greater the sense of responsi
bility, because In such cases, the material
elements are better understood. It Is
easier to rcckorf the damage caused' by
neglect or a costly nousc. wnue a- cneap
or Inexpensive one is bound to decay and
may -be viewed with more or less Indif
ference. But if the owner Is not keenly
alive to any sense of personal responsibil
ity he should not Ignore what he owe3
his family. Every man who buys a bouse
should see to It that It Is, In" every way.
worthy of his family. This Is the most
Important aspect of a house, far tran
scending every other point of view. If
his means arc limited the dwelling will
necessarily be of a moQest character. But
It need not be bad. It need not be situated
In the midst of squalid surroundings. It
need not adjoin obnoxious sites. It need
not. In fact, be open to any fair criticism.
Home at Xast.
E. "W. Howe In Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
I never enjoyed anything as I enjoyed
getting home. "When I go to heaven.' I
will think to myself: "This Isn't so much;
I had a better time when I returned to
Atchison after an absence of nearly five
months." ... And then I hurried up
home. Some more of my friends had
sent flowers, and after I bad admired
them this occurred to me: "The best
thing about it all Is that big. wide bed
of mine." ... For months and months
I had feeen sleeping in narrow steamship
beds, and In hotel beds "made up" after
a fashion I do not admire. And when I
actually got Into my bed It seemed some
thing had been done to It. It was so com
fortable. But It was the same old bed.
. . . And so I completed my journey
around the world, going by way of Nor
toaville. and returning by way ot ftush
ville; always traveling westward.
Kerosene "Will Go Higher.
Boston "Transcript
Judge Llndsey. df the Juvenile
Court. Denver, Cole., tells of a Nation
al plan now under way to better tho
conditions of poor children, saying:
"On my recent visit to New York I
was Invited by representatives of John
D. Rockefeller to call at the head
quarter of the Standard OH Company
to discuss plans for the Nationalization
of the work I have been doing In
Denver. I found that Mr. Rockefeller
and other philanthropists of wealth
desired to obtain a feasible plan for
the betterment ef the poor children of
all the large cities of the Nation. They
asked ray advice aad asked me to make
a plan. Intimating that It it should be
satisfactory unlimited means would be
placed at ray disposal to carry it out."
Better Than Hazing.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The students of the Missouri University
are a resourceful lot of young men. The
aslverslty haa suffered, recently from
lack of- coal, the supply growing smaller
aad smaller until St was announced that
without fuel the laotrtuuoa must close Its
doers. 'Then arose the student body and
Med Itself to the woods and there" be
stirred Xself wHh saeh good effeet that
-saSIcleRt fuel was cut, aad stored away to
hist tho imiveity a full month. TMs
feels? 'keoomot fee4 those hewers of wood
rotm-aod' to their studies aad, settled down
to a eahra eojoymettt of the atmospherte
warmth'-that-was so 'largely doe w their
TdcoioM oaorgy.
V
system has survived in one of the
places where It would bo expected.
the New York Stock Exchange, which
has the highest fraternal life benefit of
all organizations In the United States.
Its traditions, running back to the old
exchanges of Frankfort and Amsterdam.
include fraternal association among nil
the brokers in it. and the payment of a '
large death benefit to the family of every
broker who dies. Irrespective of the
price paid for his scat or the length or
time he has had it. every member of the
exchange pays In assessment at the death
of any fellow member to make up a sum
of 510,000 for tho family of the deceased
There Is only one other society whose
maximum life insurance protection equals
this. In most of the fraternal organiza
tions the maximum is 5SCC0 or less.
The fraternal societies Issue almost as
many policies as the old-lfne companes-
Slncc the average amount ol a frater
nal policy Is smaller, the total amount of
Insurance Is less In the fraternal, societies.
The statistics of the recognized insur
ance companies are readily available
through their reports to the state insure
ahce departments, but it Is difficult to
collect full Information about the frater
nal societies. In addition to the recog
nized organizations which publish Infor
mation about themselves and belong to
the Associated Fraternities of America or
the National Fraternal Congress, there
are hundreds of trade unions, secret so
cieties and other associations which fur
nish life Insurance protection on the fra
ternal basis. On January 1. 1905. there
were 171 societies making reports. They
had Issued In 1904 876,931 certificates, giv-Ine-
life insurance protection to the
amount of $878,378,127. They had in force
more than 5,000.000 certificates and more
than $6.6.COO.00O worth or insurance.
Public Art In the Country.
American Homes and Gardens.
Th farmer needs to be trained to ad-
preciatQ the value of pleasant house sur
roundings. His house grounds' should h
well kept; his barns should be devoid of
advertlserfents; and he should manfully
resist the persuasions ot tne aavenisms .
man who would paint signs on his rocks f
or stand them up on the meadows facing .
the railroads. These things are common
place enough In themselves, and yet If no
more was done than Improve these mat
ters. the country would be a pleasant
place to visit ana to travel isrongu. j-e
country does not need monuments. It
does not need costly works of art.. It does
not caU for the things tne city aemanus
as a matter of course; .its needs are It. J.
own. but they afe quite as urgent as
any or the matters which appear so es
sential In the cities: Its claims to artistic
consideration are Important.
My Ship.
Agnes Carter Mason.
There come, across a nun-lit sea.
A hundred boats to shore.
Their white sails shining- sllverly;
Bat one coraes nevermore.
Come freighted all with love and tears,
Aad ride the billows gallantly;
But vainly, Uito the restless year,
I waited, by the changing sea.
I watched the gtad sua climb and climb.
And flood the waves with gold.
I watched, the teapest'a rage sublime.
The whit surf dafelag cold.
And from ray chamber window oft
I sa-w across the shadowy bay
A single gllmraery star aloft '
Give promise of another day..
I watched the sea birds skim-la flocks.
And couated aa they flew.
X dreamed apea the shelving recks, .
Above the breakers blue.
My tangled nets all Idle lay;
My flselag beat slipped oat to sea,
Aad still I waited, day by day.
The ship that aeTer came te me.
Aad wasted life and lost deKght
Have left empty hasds.
The -blue waves meek me, laughing bright;
Hub HgfcUy P the aaads.
Aad leaptog- my ftt full fast.
A KmWered wreck thej- TMor to me
AM thw my boosted sfc'p, at la- '