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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, AUG. XI. 1906.
MR. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS PASTOR.
A curious commentary on the mo
tives which take people to church may
be read In the announcement that last
Sunday the Euclid-Avenue Baptist
Church In Cleveland was crowded be
cause Mr. Rockefeller was expected to
be present. "Whether the congregation
assembled to worship the oil magnate
or the Almighty Is not stated, but it
may be surmised that their devotions
were about equally divided between
the rival powers. As for the pastor of
the church, his allegiance was single..
Knowing doubtless where his interest
Hps, the good man, Dr. Cortland My
ers, seems to have passed by the Al
mighty with scant reverence and made
his prostrations before Mr. Rockefeller
with ostentatious pomp; and who shall
say that he did not do wisely? One
may safely bet that Dr. Myers -never
received so much as a dollar from
heaven, while from the profits of
Standard Oil, coin has fairly rained
upon hif head. Mr. Rockefeller woos
preachers and college presidents in a
shower of gold, as Jove did Danae, and
with the same success.
Whether Dr. Myers prayers were
formally addressed to his earthly
patron is not clear from the account,
but there is no doubt about the ser
mon. It was an attempt to do for the
chief benefactor of the Baptist Church
what Milton did for the Almighty in
"Paradise Lost." The poet set out "to
justify the ways of God to men." Like
wiee the preacher proposed to justify
the ways of Rockefeller to hie coun
trymen. The defense which the
preacher made for hits wealthiest com
municant was interesting both for its
antiquity and its futility. It has been
made for every rascal since the world
began whose public and private lives
presented the same contrast as Mr.
Rockefeller's.
It amounts to this: The charges
against Mr. Rockefeller of rebating,
unfilr competition and unscrupulous
dealing must be unjust "because we
who see him at homo and In church
love and respect him." The defense
offered by Dr. Myers is Irrelevant to
the i6sue. Nobody accuses his patron
of not being a loving hueband, a kind
father and a generous church member.
The accusation against Mr. Rockefeller
is that he has broken the laws of his
country and ignored the principles of
decency and righteousness in his deal
ings with his fellow-men. Many bank
robbers are loving husbands. Numer
ous forgers are exemplary church
members. To make this defense of Mr.
Rockefeller valid. Dr. Myers must dis
prove the actual charge which is made
against him, and not some other
charge.
The curious and startling aspect of
this matter i3 that the church should
appear as the apologist and defender
of Rockefeller, and not as a stern ad
monltor calling him to forsake his sins.
In other times it was left to the para
sites and unworthy favorites of crim
inal magnates to excuse their misdeeds.
The church had no favors to offer until
the sinner had repented and made res
titution of his ill-gotten gains. Mr.
Rockefeller's pastor numbers the oil
magnate among the ninety and nine
Just men who need no repentance, and.
Instead of commanding her son to re
store his plunder to those from whom
he took It, the church divides the profit
and the guilt.
EMERGING FROM BONDAGE.
The light of Tillamook has been hid
den under a bushel for many years, not
through any fault of the enterprising
people of that rich region lying over on
the coast, but because the people of the
outside world have been too busy In
cultivation of trade territory nearer at
hand, or at least easier of access. But,
with all other portions of the state ex
periencing a growth greater than was
ever known before,' it would be unrea
sonable to expect Tillamook to stand
still. In order to demonstrate that it
is moving, Tillamook is arranging for
a county fair which will enable it to
display its varied resources to good ad
vantage. So far as transportation fa
cilities are concerned, Tillamook is
only a little better off than it was
when Vancouver and Gray were in the
coasting trade In the North Pacific;
but, despite the handicap that has
rested on that fine region for so many
years, the port has grown and the trib
utary country has developed even
more rapidly than some points In the
state which are better provided with
transportation facilities.
The very isolation of Tillamook has
perhaps to a degree been to her ad
vantage In laying the foundation for a
future business In keeping with the
greatness of its resources. The Wil
lamette Valley farms, with an easy ao
cera to market by river and rail, con
tinued for years to cultivate large
areas of land for the exclusive produc
tion of wheat, the net returns per acre
being small, so small that, when a light
crop and poor yield came simultaneous
ly, the effect was ruinous. It was Im
possible for the Tillamook farmers to
ship wheat to market, even had they
been disposed to grow it, and as a re
sult they turned their attention to
dairying long before the Willamette
Valley farmers discovered its advan
tages. An acre of land in Tillamook would
not be worth $20 for wheatgrowing
under existing transportation con
ditions, but for producing succulent
food for well-bred cows it .is worth
more today than the best wheat land
in the Willamette Valley, and, as soon
as better transportation facilities are
provided, It will still further increase
In value. Dairying is the industry that
has made Tillamook famous, but it Is
not the only resource of that rich re
gion. The timber wealth of the county
IS of vast proportions, and, unllk the
logged-oft lands of some other locali
ties in the Pacific Northwest, the soil
is so rich that the. land, even when de
nuded of its timber, is of great value.
With actual construction well under
way on Mr. Lytle's road to Tillamook
and surveyors for the Hammond road
in the field, it is almost a certainty that
Tillamook's first county fair will be the
last that it will hold before visitors
from the outside world will have an
opportunity to visit it without the long
trip by wagon or horseback over the
mountain or by the diminutive tug
which now supplies means of communi
cation by water. There is a bright fu
ture in store for Portland's nearest
coast neighbor, and its first exhibition
of the natural resources of the county
will be of material benefit in bringing
these resources to the notice of the
people who do not now appreciate their
variety or extent.
KEEPING THE SABBATH.
The advocates of Sabbath legislation
will have to wriggle rather smartly to
elude the dilemma In which Elder Sny
der has entrapped them. If such leg
islation Is enacted on religious grounds,
the elder argues, it Is unconstitutional,
for Congress is expressly forbidden to
make any laws respecting an estab
lishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. Since there are
many people in the country who keep
the seventh day instead of the first,
and many more who keep no day at
all. Congress would Invidiously dis
criminate in favor of certain religious
views were it to enact a law for the
observance of Sunday. Such discrimi
nation among sects and opinions Is
contrary to the very genius of Ameri
can institutions. Our Government, as
a government, knows nothing of relig
ious opinions or warring sects. Such
matters, we have found, are best left
to the individual to settle for himself,
and so long as he violates , no moral
precept and disturbs no other worship
ers the law will not interfere with his
preference, whatever It may be. He
may keep the first day or the seventh,
every day or no day, as he may choose.'
Concerning such matters the law
should be a very Galileo; it should care
nothing about them.
Elder Snyder pertinently remarks
that the Adventlsts, who keep the
Scriptural Sabbath, or the seVenth day,
need no law to help them obey their
consciences. Why cannot other sects
get along- as well as they do? Why
must they continually appeal to the
state or the Nation to assist them In
doing what they think is right? The
fact of the matter seems to be that
they are more eager to compel others
to conform to what they think is right
than to walk in the straight and nar
row way themselves. If every person
were content to satisfy his own con
science about the Sabbath and leave
the same liberty to others, we should
hear very little about Sunday laws;
but religious freedom-is the last privi
lege which most men are willing to
concede to their neighbors. Most of us
are determined that our friends shall
go to heaven in our way or not go
at all.
But the elder's dilemma has another
horn. Tie Sabbath is either a religious
institution or it is not. If religious,
Congress has no right to meddle with
it under the Constitution. If not a re
ligious institution, why make such a
fuss over It? Really, the elder's argu
ment is rather neat. Of course the
advocates of Sunday laws can answer
him, but just at thi3 moment it is not
entirely evident what they can say.
THUNDER MOUNTAIN'S DEPARTED
GLORY.
Throughout the entire known world,
wherever the search for gold' has led
men, can be found monuments which
commemorate the poor Judgment of the
treasure-hunters. Thunder Mountain,
Idaho, Is the latest of the big camps
to be entered on the list .of fine pros
pects which were never realized. It
will never be known how many mil
lions were lost in that mad race for
wealth, nor how many lives were sac
rificed In the fearful struggle; There
was probably less lawlessness in the
Thunder Mountain boom than in any
of its predecessors In the West. Civili
zation and environment have failed to
tone down or quiet that restless, fever
ish desire which lures the miner up
and down the earth, enduring hard
ships which are impossible in any
other pursuit. But they have had the
effect of eliminating assassination and
robbery from the list of dangers which
beset the miner heading for a new dis
covery. ,
Human endurance will find Its limi
tations now the same as it did on Po
ker Flat, the Black Hills, Leadvllle,
the Klondike, the Fraser, or at any of
the other wonderful camps which were
world-wide in their fame; but murder
and robbery of miners will never
again flourish as a seml-legltlmate
calling, as it has done in some of the
mining booms of the past. Whatever
else may be said of Thunder Mountain,
it was always an orderly camp. Port
land and other Pacific Coast capital
fought shy of Thunder Mountain from
the beginning, and the losses sustained
by people on the Pacific Slope were
probably less in that 'boom than in any
other mining excitement that we have
experienced in the past fifty years.
This in a manner is cause for con
gratulation; but, while our capitalists
and small Investors still have the
money which they might have wasted
In a Thunder Mountain investment, the
people of the Pacific Northwest as a
whole have suffered by reason of this
failure. If Thunder Mountain had, to
use an expression of the street, "made
good," it would have been a powerful
Inducement for more capital to be sent
this way; but the adage "Once bitten,
twice shy," applies with the greatest
force to mining investments. It will
take many years to restore the confi
dence of the unfortunate investors In
Thunder Mountain to a point where
they will again put their ' money in
Western mines, no matter how great
the merit of any proposition 'may be.
In this respect Oregon will suffer by
reason of the Thunder Mountain fiasco.
Southern Oregon and some portions of
Eastern Oregon are wonderfully rich in
mineral wealth, but most of the prop-f
erties cannot -be developed to the best
advantage without capital. For the
good of all' bona fide mining enterprises
it is to be hoped that the West has
seen the last of Its Thunder Moun
tains, and that, in the future, legiti
mate mining propositions will not be
handicapped by the presence of too
many of these specters of departed
mining booms.
THE VATICAN ON THE PENTATEUCH.
Some days ago we had by telegraph
a brief statement of the pronounce
ment of the Vatican on the authorship,
.date and composition of the Penta
teuch. It was a subject which the
Holy See felt the necessity of dealing
with; for so general has become the
knowledge accumulated through mod
ern literary inquiry and process of his
torical Interpretation, as applied to
this and similar problems presented in
study of the Scriptures, that It has
long been felt that an authoritative
deliverance from the head of the
church at Rome ought not to tie de
layed longer. Inquiry into the origin
and contents of the Pentateuch has
led the way on the whole subject of
"higher criticism." This pronounce
ment from Rome comes, therefore, as
a statement which must attract wide
attention. We have it in full, from
tha correspondent of the ' London
Chronicle at Rome. Here, in equiva
lent English, is the text:
1. Despite tha arguments formulated by
modern criticism aagalnst the Mosaic authen
ticity of the Pentateuch, greater regard muet
be had for the witness of the Old and New
Testaments, the constant persuasion of the
Jewish people, and the uninterrupted tradition
tf the church, equally with the Internal proofs
derivable from the sacred books themselves.
It must be maintained that these books have
Moses for their author, and have not been
composed of elements for the most part later
than his time.
2. It does not, however, follow that Moses
wrote the Pentateuch entirely with his own
hand, or dictated it all to copyists. It may
be admitted that, when he had conceived his
work under divine inspiration, he confided Its
redaction to one or more secretaries. It must,
nevertheless, be affirmed that they have truly
rendered his ' thought, neither adding nor
omitting anything contrary to his Intention;
and that they have published their labors
only after having obtained the Inspired
author's approbation of the work which bears
his name.
3. It Is likewise admissible that Moses. In
composing the Pentateuch,- availed himself of
earlier sources, written documents, or oral
traditions-, whereof, under divine Inspiration,
he made use comformably to the end he pro
posed attaining; so that he borrowed some
times the words, and at other times the senee
only, abridging or amplifying according to
circumstances.
4. It may further be admitted that the
books of Moses In the long course of centuries
which have elapsed since their composition
have1 undergone some modifications; as, for
Instance, certain additions, written by some
inspired author after the death of Moses; cer
tain glosses and explications interpolated into
the text; certain words and forms of discourse
translated from an older Into a more modern
style; and, lastly, certain faulty readings at
tributable to the unekllfulness of copyists. It
belongs to the province of criticism to em
ploy the rules of Its art in the research and
discernment of these modifications.
The first thing that Is apparent on
examination of this utterance Is, that it
attempts a plausible explanation of an
Insuperable difficulty. But It leaves
the difficulty virtually untouched; for
it cannot now be disputed that the
Pentateuch Is composed of diverse ma
terials, gathered at periods of time
widely distant from each other, and
brought into their present form very
long after the death of Moses. It is
demonstrable, indeed It Is apparent, to
any close or critical observation, that
recasts of the materials and introduc
tions of new matter were employed
during many ages subsequent to the
time of Moses, to meet changing condi
tions in the life of the people among
whom this literature grew up, and of
whose life this literature is a tran
script Just as any other body of liter
ature Is the transcript of the life of the
people that has produced it. Tet the
church deems it necessary to maintain
that the authorship of these books is
certainly due to Moses, though we are
tord It does not follow that ho wrote
them entire. He may have dictated
parts of the work, and confided Its
redaction to secretaries; after which he
looked over the whole and approved it.
But this exposition ignores the fact
that great portion of the work is de
monstrably later, by many centuries,
than the age or time of Moses; and
that it deals with codes, ceremonies
and institutions, formulated to meet
the later development or progress of
the National and religious life of Is
rael, tinder conditions changed im
mensely from those of times long ante
cedent, when Moses was the leader and
the lawgiver.
In passages innumerable throughout
the Pentateuch the narrative Is based
on conditions later by centuries than
the life of Moses. It need not be
doubted that there are Mosaic elements
here and there; but the work is clearly
composite a compilation extending
from an early period in the history of
the people of Israel, down to the return
from the Captivity, and even later.
Proofs of this are written at large, in
the immense literature that has grown
up around the subject, since critical In
quiry began to deal with it. After a
while the whole Christian Church,
Catholic and Protestant, will see Its
way to recognition and acceptance of
these and other results of critical in
quiry. Of course it requires change of
the definition or conception of the
dogma of divine inspiration a change
that has made great progress already,
not only outside the churches, but
within them.
Undoubtedly Christianity, Roman,
Protestant, Greek or Russian also,
presently will yield to the rational, his
torical and literary interpretation of
Jewish life and history, Just as enlight
ened Judaism already has done. The
way has been opened and shown -by
historians of all nations. Religion is
feeling and emotion and aspiration,
which religious zeal is continually en
deavoring to harden or convert into
historical, reality. Formerly with" suc
cess, but not since the secret has been
reached, through which fable ana
myth are distinguished from the true
history of the time to which they be
long. The tendency is not to extinguish
the religious feeling, but to put it on a
higher ground of interpretation and
truth; Just as the Hebrew prophets did,
when they Insisted on advancing the
religion of their people from the con
ception of a God devoted especially to
themselves and to their selfish and
often immoral purposes, to a God great
enough to Include the moral govern
ment of the world. The struggle for
religious freedom always is to release
itself from dogma. This was the ef
fort of Jesus, and for this Jesus died.
Tet in the name of him who died to
free religion from these trammels, out
rages and cruelties have been com
mitted since his time, and would yet be
committed, if any sect had power,
which again would appal humanity. If
a whole people accept any religious
creed, that people always will be cruel
and intolerant. Liberty is possible only
through the doubt that challenges ac
cepted belief. The outwork and the
citadel of progress and liberty have
been established through historical in
quiry and criticism; and neither the
Papal chair nor an assembly of Prot
estant divines is able, or will be able,
to break the sure interpretation of his
tory, or reverse it.
Mr. Harriman's finest steamship, the
Manchuria, is ashore in a dangerous
locality near Honolulu. The loss of
this magnificent vessel would be almost
a National calamity, as she Is one of
the most magnificent vessels that sails
under the.. Stars and Stripes. If she
should remain on the reef where she
struck, the weakness and folly of our
shipping laws would again be forcibly
Illustrated. The owner of a British,
German, French, Norwegian or any
other than an American ship could in
an emergency like that which con
fronts the Harrlman system, replace
the wrecked vessel with a craft built
abroad, and. Instead of penalizing him
for buying her and adding to the pres
tige of-the National flag, he would be
afforded every facility for securing the
registry desired. It Is extremely doubt
ful whether, under existing laws, Mr.
Harrlman would replace the Manchuria
with an American vessel. He can buy
a foreign vessel so much cheaper that
there is no Incentive for him to build
In this country, and, If he does not
build and pay the usual tribute to the
trusts, he will not have an American
craft to take the place of the fine
steamer now on the reef, should It be
come a total wreck.
Either the Westminster Gazette fails
to reflect the sentiment of its constit
uents regarding finance or else the
London stock operators have pocketed
their pride and chagrin over being left
out in the cold on Union Pacific and
are now backing In with a rush. On
Saturday the Gazette Indulged In some
caustic comment on the "unpleasant
notoriety" enjoyed by American finan
cial methods as shown In the Union
Pacific dividends. The tone of this
comment was so dignified and lofty
that one could not overlook the inti
mation that Union Pacific would here
after be left severely alone In London.
But the dollar of the stockjobber is as
good as the dollar of the saint, even In
London, and yesterday the London op
erators took hold of Union Pacific and
sent prices up 15 points, which is near
ly equal to the big rise which Wall
street experienced last week.
And who knows what yet may hap
pen In the Oregon hop market? There
is the possibility that a rain will set
in about the first of September and
hang on for a week or two, driving
pickers out of the yards, injuring the
crop and limiting the. amount harvest
ed. Such a misfortune is not likely,
for Fall rains do not often begin so
early. It must be remembered, how
ever, that this has been an unusual
season from the beginning. The Spring
rains held sway later than usual and
the Summer has been abnormally dry.
Early rains, long continued, would not
be out of keeping with the portioft of
the season already past. The possibil
ity of rain, that would break up the
camps of hopplckers, makes a man
wonder Whether we may yet see 50
cent hops before the crop Is in the bale.
Work is said to be progressing fa
vorably upon the woman's dormitory
on the college campus of the Univer
sity of Oregon, at Eugene. The con
struction of this building was provided
for in the appropriation that was held
up by appeal to the referendum last
June. Its construction Is hailed with
satisfaction by students and friends of
the University. Its completion and
judicious supervisloncannot fail to add
greatly to the popularity of that insti
tution and to the comfort of the young
women students who have long felt the
need of the college dormitory, with its
relatively low rates' and home privi
leges. Under an order Just issued by Sec
retary Taft enlisted men are to have
the first chance for promotion to the
rank of Second Lieutenant in the
Army. Heretofore the enlisted men
have been discriminated against. Any
sort of discrimination based upon any
thing but merit is injurious to the ser
vice, and it is well that the doors have
been thrown open to the enlisted men.
Deprived of all hope of promotion, the
soldier loses his ambition and becomes
careless and nonprogressive. There
should always be room at the top for
the man who has the ability to climb.
The City Engineer of St. Johns
should not be downhearted to find the
balance on the wrong side of his ac
count. HI willingness to pay for the
honor of balding the office proves that
he- has a proper seifse of the dignity of
civic station; and so far as the deficit
goes, our Ambassadors and public Min
isters are in the same boat. If the
engineer is headed for bankruptcy, he
is in good company.
The haze in the atmosphere is more
dust than smoke. Hence, even if we
could escape the annual sacrifice to
folly by preventable fires, we should
still find the atmosphere something
lees than transparent in July and Au
gust. Extensive irrigation In the Wil
lamette Valley would greatly help to
give us cerulean heavens in late Sum
mer, not to speak of the minor benefit
of doubled crops.
Portland, the New Tork of the Pa
cific Coast, must look to her theatrical
laurels or Chicago will make them wilt.
The home of socialism and embalmed
beef has made up a guarantee fund for
a theater which is to rank artistically
with the Thomas orchestra. If a second-class
city like Chicago can do this,
what ought to be expected of a metrop
olis like Portland?
The single drawback to the develop
ment of the vast resources of the great
Inland Empire is the scarcity or un
willingness of laborers. These idle har
vest days will be remembered against
men who, blue and shivering with cold,
make plaint of want, when snow flies
and east winds blow.
Mayor McClellan, after inspecting
public ownership in Dresden and
Frankfort, says he wants none of It.
There are a lot of other things in those
cities Americans would not have, yet
municipal ownership has nothing to do
with them.
Having defeated, Dowle at every
point, Voliva Is now going to pray for
him. The sequence is entirely rational.
What is the use of wasting prayers on
a man before he needs them?
Possibly Detective Joe Day will now
get a well-earned rest, with leave to
swear In peace.
FEMALE GUESTS OF 85 BARRED I
Ne-w Woman's Hotel Will Not Shelter
Old Maids.
New York World.
With a kitchen finer than that of
the Waldorf-Astoria, a capital dancing
.floor, a chain of small parlors for the
quieter entertainment of friends and
250 light and airy bedroms, Trowmart
Inn, a hotel for young women, has
Just opened Its doors.
It Is situated on Abingdon square, in
what is called old New York, within a
Btone's throw of the business centers,
whence its permanent guests will be
drawn. No one of its patrons will pay
more than $5 a week (one In a room),
and those who prefer only $4.50 (two
in a room). Breakfast and dinner are
Included In the weekly rates. Lunch
eons at 15 cents will be Berved only
on holidays and Sundays. Every ad
vantage will be .given the young
women to save their purses at the
expense of a little labor, for which
the most generous facilities have been
supplied. The only restrictions im
posed are those of having a position,
which pays $10 or $12 a week, and a
sufficient capital of youth. , All the
guests at the Trowmart must be
under 35.
W. R. H. Martin, who built the hotel
after plans he has for years been de
veloping, seeks to offer a comfortable
dwelling place to girls who have been
obliged to lodge uncomfortably for
lack of means to pay current rates.
He has no intention of catering to
those who have homes in tho city. To
keep his guests in of an evening he
will provide a mechanical piano and
piano player with which to amuse
themselves, a well chosen library, a
good-sized room to dance In when the
spirit moves, or cards for a quiet game.
Their men friends will be as welcome
as women friends to these rooms, and
soft drinks, cheaper than they can be
bought anywhere else In the city, will
be served.
When a girl presents herself she
will be asked to give the name of her
employer, the amount of her salary
these being considered in the light of
a reference which may be readily in
vestigated and to give assurance
that she Is not 35.
Mr. Martin's reason for the latter
provision is interesting. The woman
of 35 he looks upon as somewhat set
tled In her views of life and likely to
be bored by the giddier pleasure of
the girls from 18 to 25 who will make
up the majority of the clientele.
Events of the Long worth Tour.
Washington, D. C, Times.
June 2 Sailed for Europe on American
liner St. Louis.
June 10 Arrived in London.
June 12 Dined with King Edward and
other distinguished people at Dorchester
riouse.
June 13 Great reception at Dorchester
House, Ambassador Reld's town house.
June 14 Visited Houses of PafTrament.
June 19 Guests of King Edward at
luncheon at Ascot race course.
June 22 Left London for Kiel.
June 23 Arrived at Kiel. Guests of
Kaiser Wilhelm to see Kiel regatta.
June 24 Entertained by the Kaiser on
the royal yacht Hamburg at Kiel.
June 25 Took tea with the Kaiser on
his American-built yacht Meteor.
June 27 Returned to London from Kiel
June 28 Formally presented at English
court.
June 29 Attended luncheon given by
Society American Women at Hotel Cecil.
July 44-Attended reception at American
Embassy, London.
July 5 Arrived in Paris.
July 6 Informally received by President
fameres of France.
July 9 Entertained at dinner by Pres
ident Fallieres.
July 19 Started from Paris for Bay-
reuth in auto.
July 22 Met with auto accident while
en route to Bayreuth. Not Injured.
July 23 Arrived at Bayreuth.
July 29 Left Bayreuth for home.
August 3 Sailed on St. Paul for home.
August 11 Arrived in- New York on
American liner St. Paul.
Shall Hero Morgan Have a Medal
Brooklyn Eagle.
Banker J. Pierpont Morgan is a can
didate for one of the Carnegie medals
for saving life. His recent rescue of
the two bricklayers In the tempestuous
waters of Hell Gate brings him with
in the circle of beneficiaries from that
splendid endowment for the reward of
valor. An interested world has heard
much of Mr. Morgan. He is one of the
strongest personalities of which this
country boasts; and deservedly so, be
cause he tries and accomplishes great
enterprises. He is chief patron of
American art, but none of us had any
idea that he could handle a coil of
rope like a Wyoming cowboy! He
threw a lifeline to a drowning swim
mer with such accuracy that the noose
fell about the shoulders of the unfor
tunate chap struggling in the water.
Instead of "unfortunate" I had best
write "lucky," no doubt.
Mr. Bryna Hopes to Visit Australia.
Paris Dlsptach.
William J. Bryan confirms the report
from Melbourne that he Intends to visit
Australia. He says he will start imme
diately after the November election,
sailing from San Francisco and making
a tour of New Zealand as well as Aus
tralia. He will be gone 10 weeks and
travel alone.
Jerome as Governor of Neve York.
New York Sun.
We understand that William Travers
Jerome is considering the propriety of
offering himself as an independent can
didate for the Governorship of this
State. If Mr. Jerome runs, Mr. Jerome
will be elected.
WILL THEY STAND
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LIFE I! THE OREGON COUNTRY
Has a Snap.
t Star of starbuck.
C. W. Pearson has sold his entire
crop of wheat of 15,000 bushels to
Jones Scott Company, of Tacoma, for
62 cents per bushel. Nothing to do
now but prepare for another crop.
Mutual Felicity.
Beaver State (Montavllla) Herald.
Forty-seven years a continuous sub
scriber to one newspaper is a good rec
ord, and one of which both the sub
scriber and the paper may well be
proud. Captain La Follette, of Monta
vllla, has taken The Oregonian for
that length of time. .
Figs In Folk.
Dallas Observer.
The fig tree on the farm of Dr. Vic
tor Fink, north of town, will bear
about 25 well-developed figs this year.
The fruit is ripening fast and is found
to be of as fine flavor as that grown
in the warm countries.
Eliminating; the Hired Man.
Milton Kagle.
J. W. Capplngor, of Echo, seems to
have solved the labor problem this
season. He and his three sons are
now engaged in cutting their 1700
acres of wheat with a combined har
vester, doing all the work themselves
and using 27 head of horses on their
combine. They can cut about 33 acres
a day, and do not expect to be done
until some time in September.
Where the Air la Hot.
Ontario Argus.
The 200-foot well of J. T. Clement
has turned out to be a gas producer,
and the Judge will utilize the same for
lighting his home and for cooking pur
poses. An expert who examined' the
well the other day says the flow of the
wiell is 22 per cent gas, which, if con
trolled, would be sufficient to light the
whole City of Ontario. This is another
instance that this section Is an oil and
gas district.
Faith That Works Wonders.
Bend Bulletin.
The latest improvement decided
upon by J. O. Johnston for his large
ranch east of Bend is the planting of
BOO acres to apple trees next Spring.
Mr. Johnston has been making a study
of fruitgrowing during the last few
months, with the result that he will
plant what will be one of the largest
orchards in the state. No varieties but
those that command the highest price
as export -apples will be planted.
! Keeping; Up with the Time a.
All over Oregon the country press- is
howlng marks of prosperity. Recent
ly the St. Helens Mist installed a new
power . press. Not to be outdone by
a neighbor, the Rainier Register
trumped its lead. Awhile back the
Eugene papers spent money similarly,
and now Mr. Hayter, of the excellent
Observer, at Dallas, is watching the
frelgfit-cars as they roll Into polk for
a press that goes by power.
Sage Rata Hibernating.
PrlnevlUe Review.
The sage rat plague is ended for
this year. The little pests have disap
peared into their burrows, where they
will hibernate until next Spring.
Ranchers will now draw a long breath
of relief. The Century Dictionary does
not recognize the term "sage rat," but
the animal approaching its description
the nearest Is the dormouse. The Cen
tury Is authority for the statement
that the dormouse lives only in the
Eastern Hemisphere, but It Is evident
that it has managed to drift over here
somehow.
Eighty Noir, Good for 10O Later.
Silvertonlan-Appeal.
We notice in a number of papers of
the state the following announcement;
"T. W. Davenport, of Sllverton, Or.,
father' of Cartoonist Davenport, Is
dead."
Mr. Davenport has not been in bet
ter health for years than he is at the
present time. He Is well and hearty
and exceedingly vigorous for a man
of his years. He is doing a full-grown
man's work every day and desire us
to announce that he thinks a mistake
has been made some place. He is not
given to doubting what he reads, but
In this case, inasmuch as he Is directly
concerned and would presumably know
something about such an occurrence,
he is inclined to be somewhat skep
tical. When a Man Works.
Yakima Republic
Marvelous in its reality is the ex
perience of J. K. Cox in raising water
melons. Last Winter Mr. Cox pur
chased 20 acres of land in the Zillah
region. Jt was planted In fruit trees,
2 years old. and cost him $200 an acre.
This spring he planted between the
fruit trees six acres in watermelons.
Thus far he has picked but the first
crop from two acres. He has sold
3000 melons at $1.25 per dozen from
these two acres, netting over $100 per
are, and left the melons on the other
four acres untouched. And even now,
before he has picked the first crop
from the remaining four acres he Is
trying to figure how much per acre he
can realize on the second crop of the
two acres already stripped. He ex
pects to make from $25 to $50 per acre
on the second picking.
The Dollar Appeal.
Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
If you have a spare dollar about you,
you can contribute it either to the Bryan
dinner or to the Republican Congressional
fund, as you chooRe.
THE NEW CZAR?
-Philadelphia
HAS GOVERXOR FOLK MADE GOOD!
A Strenuous Life Since He First Ap
peared In theVubllc Eye.
Springfield (Mass.) Republloan.
Those residing beyond the confines of
Missouri, and watching with Interest the
course of the campaign that inducted into
the office of Governor Joseph W. Folk,
may be interested in knowing whether or
not Folk has made good. On investiga
tion it is learned that the following are
some of the things that Folk has done in
Missouri:
As Circuit Attorney of St. Louis he ex
posed more official corruption than was
ever before laid bare at any one time and
place in the history of the world.
He sent more boodlers to the peniten
tiary than any other prosecuting officer
in the entire history of the world.
He drove some of the lawbreaklng mil
lionaires and political crooks from the
United States, and procured a treaty with
Mexico making the crime of bribery an
extraditable offense.
He awoke the slumbering conscience of
the people and started the moral wave
that Is now rolling over the United
States.
Against opposition as bitter as any re
corded in the history of politics he car
ried his fight out on the hustings before
the people of Missouri, and over and
against the fiercest possible opposition he
was triumphantly nominated and elected
Governor of the state, running 50.000 votes
ahead of the other nominees on the Dem
ocratic state ticket, who were defeated.
He first announced the "Missouri Idea,"
now known throughout the civilized
world, which he has defined as "the idea
that citizenship In a free country implies
a civic obligation to enforce the perform
ance of every public trust by holding
overy public official to strict accounta
bility before enlightened public opinion
for all official acts." ,
He has popularized the simple virtue of
common honesty in the public life of a
great state to such an extent that, where
as an honest man formerly succeeded in
politics with only the greatest difficulty,
now a reputation for honesty must be the
chief political asset of any aspirant to of
fice in Missouri.
As Governor he has eliminated the cor
ruptlonist and the boodler from Legisla
tive affairs.
In the single session of the Legislature
that has been held under his administra
tion, more laws, which had been thereto
fore opposed by the corporation lobby
were passed than in the whole previous 2a
years. He scrutinized legislative proceed
ing with such vigilance that the Legis
lature was the first in more than a quar
ter of a century to adjourn without a
whisper of suspicion that any of Its ac
tions had been Inspired by corrupt mo
tives. He drove the powerful corporation lob
by from the state capital.
He has abolished the practice of legis
lators and appointees of the Governot
riding on free railroad passes, and for
the first time since the Civil War not a
single railroad pass, telegraph frank ot
express frank Is possessed by an ap
pointee of the state administration.
He procured the enactment of a law
giving a right of action for the death ol
adult or unmarried persons.
He caused the law to be so amended
that $10,000 Instead of $5000 might be re.
covered for the death of a person caused
by negligence.
He helped to procure the enactment of
hill regulating freight rates and fixing
a maximum rate below the rates there
tofore exacted.
He gave his powerful aid to the pas
sage of the negotiable-instrument law,
which places commercial paper in Mis
souri in the same legal status with that
of the Eastern States.
He forced the passage of a law extend
ing the statute of limitations In bribery
cases from three to five years.
He has taken the police out of nollting
in the large cities of Missouri, and placed
them on the basis of public service
alone.
Through his Police Commissioners In
the various cities he has so conducted
the police that under his administration
the cry of fraud and police intimidation
after a municipal election has not ones
been heard, although it had been the
concomitant of every municipal election
before in more than a quarter of a cen
tury, both in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Through his Boards of Elections Com.
mlssloners the election machinery has
been so administered in the great cities
that there has been no cry of fraudulent
registration during his administration,
and the elections held under his super,
vision are conceded to have been fair and
honest.
He has stamped out the grafters from
the police departments.
He broke up the Joints of the panel
workers in St. Louis and terminated their
alliance with the police.
He forced the passage of a law repeal
ing the racetrack gambling law, and put
the most powerful racetrack syndicate
in the world out of business. Ho com
pletely broke up the attempted defiance
of this law by the racetrack gamblers,
who had the assistance of the local offi
cials of St. Louis County in their attempt
to defy the law.
He has driven from the large cities of
the state those haunts of vice in which
so many young girls had been ruined
the wlnerooms.
He has closed the gambling dives in
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph.
For the first time in the history of the
state he has enforced the law requiring
the closing of dramshops on Sunday, and
Is the only American Governor who has
succeeded In enforcing this law.
He has brought about a rclgn ot law
all over Missouri, with the result that
Sunday crime !n the large cities of the
state has been decreased over 60 per cent,
a great saving in criminal costs has
been made, and all crime in the stats
bas been greatly reduced.
His advertisement of good order in Mis
souri has resulted In a large Increase of
immigration into the state, and the state
is now enjoying a degree of prosperity
never before experienced.
Under his administration there is now
a clear surplus of more than $2,000,000 In
the state treasury, and the state now
receives on its dally balance from its
various deposits 2.99 and 3 per cent,
which is nearly 50 per cent more than it
ever received before.
He backed and assisted his appointee.
Insurance Superintendent W. D. Vandl
ver, who was the first Insurance super
intendent in the United States to take
action against the Insurance grafters in
New York, and through Mr. Vandlver he
has driven out of Missouri all fraudulent
Insurance concerns, and permitted the
big New York companies to do business
In Missouri only upon condition that they
would meet all the requirements of com
mon honesty and fair dealing, as laid
down to them in the ultimatum of Mr.
Vandlver.
He has incurred the bitter enmity of all
lawbreakers, rich and poor.
He has declined all opportunities to
form a political machine, and even re
fuses to permit any of his appointees to
serve on the State Central Committee of
his party.
In the use of the executive pardoning
power he is the first American Governor
to inaugurate a system of conditional par
dons, whereby the convict Is released
only upon condition that he obey the
laws and abstain absolutely from the par
ticular vice or indulgence which in his
case led to his downfall, and where there
is a relapse into vicious habits the man
Is promptly returned to the penitentiary. '
He has made and is now making a fight
to place the burdens of maintaining the
government so far as possible upon the
holders of special privileges, and exempt
ing to that extent the fruits of Individual
efforts, is striving to establish a system
of local option in taxation, and has ap
pointed a commission to consider plans
for a complete revision of tha present
system of taxation In Missouri.
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