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l-ORTLAM), THX7R8DAV, JAN.
K RESTRADTT OF TRADE.
The Interstate'Commerce Commission.
hearing- In thla dty today Is expected to
develop Interesting: information on the
railroad situation in the Pacific North-
west. With the same local officials
serving: a officers or the -Southern I't
cine and the O. R. & N. Co., which is
. Pacific Cotu3t outlet for the Union Pa
cific, It is difficult to regard the two
3 rear, eye tame, a in any- marked deaa-es
competitors for trade in the field In
-which they have for eo long enjoyed a
monopoly. The "Pacifies," as the group
composed of the Union Pacific. South
ern Paclflc, Oregon Short Line and o.
it. & N. are termed, are all under the
domination, and control of E. H. Harrl
man. The defense to the cbarge that
the amalffanmtioa of these roads under
one management ie a combination in
restraint of trade has usually teen that
there are thousands of individual etock-
--.... v .j nuiaingn in one or
more of theee roads, -but not In all of
thorn.
Theoretically, then, -we are' expected
to assume that each separate property
must be operate Independently -on its
merits, with only incidental regard for
the interests of the competing: line,
liut. while there are hundreds ,tii per
haps thousands of comparatively- small
investors who have holdings in but one
or the other of these lines, the man.
agement and control rest in the hands
or men who are Interested In all ' of
them. When Union Pacific was picked
up out of the 'ditch, its prospect for
financial rehabilitation would have been
anuch retarded had. Mr. Harrlman failed
to secure control of the Oregon Short
Line and the 0. R. & N., which tapped
the territory richest In traffic possibili
ties. But -these road's, taken Jn connec-
tion with the Union Pacific, were In no
forme competing: lmes, and there was-
lio restraint of trade In their operation.
The actuation was 3ifTeren.t with the
Southern Pacinc. Reaching all of the
Coat terminals that are reached by
the Union Pacific and its connecting;
lines, and drawing: "loner-haul" freiarht
from practically the same .territory
through the Middle West. It was, prior
to coming- -under Harrlman control, nat
urally a formidable competitor of the
Vnlon Pacific. Whatever- the inclina
tion of Mr. Harriman's employes might
he to route frelfrht o-er the particular
rneh -of the system to which they
were attached, in preference to permit-
ting it to go by another' Harrlmaa
route, there ere Umitatlon which pre
vent the best results. Thews limitations
mlg-ht perhaps have remained unnoticed
M it not been for congested traffic
onditIone and an unparalleled car
nhortajre. "With euch prominent factors
in our commercial eituatlon, it la not
easy to believe that cars can be se-
oured. for example, to carry lumber to
Texas ovtt Mr. 'Harrtman's Southern
ra-c-Jftc, after Mr. Harriman's Union
Pacific or 0. R. & K has professed In
ability to supply them.
It is taxhijf our credulity to expect
any rivalry or competition thLt can
prove beneficial to shippers wnen euch
favors from Mr. Harriman's Southern
Pacific mue be granted at the expense
of Mr. Harrltnan'B Union Pacific, or
vice versa. A similar situation exists
on the north, where Mr. Hill's Northern
Pacific e:ets along quite nicely with Mr.
3-lilra Great Northern. This "commu
nity of interest" that has been estab
lished has undoubtedly been a factor
in the existing- car shortage and lack
of trackage facilities1. There is no in
centive to reach out and anticipate the
future In a trade field when it ie a
certainty that all of the traffic therein
must pay -tribute to one branch or the
other of a great system whose net
earnings from all branches are arpor-
tione4 by one-set of directors.
Monopoly aJways tends to weaken en
terprise, e-nd, wherever competition is
eliminated there quite naturally springs
up a tendency to negrleet the demands
and requirements of the territory, fail
ure to provide the necessary facilities
being due to the accepted belief that
the traffic cannot get away, and if It Is
not moved this year it can toe moved
next year. It is not our intention to
assert that all of the present trouble
could have been avoided, i even were
there competition between the South-'
ern. Pac4IVc and the Union Pacific, but.
had there 'been active rivalry between
the two lines, it is hardly probable that
tne. business of the West wouKt have
outstrrppea the facilities to the extent
now In evidence on every band.
ARE TBET PAID ENOUG It T
tPoNHbly Multnomah County officials
ara not g-ettlns- adequate ipay. They
say they are not. and -undoubtedly all
th-mlc they are- not. and they have asked
the Ireglelature to come to their rescue
with Increase of compensation all
around). Except the Sheriff, fie has
not asked for more, but he Is. on the
contrary, called upon to enow cause
why he should not have less. The
County Court and Commissioners, who
vale of tears tinder the conviction that
their deserts are Insufficiently recog.
nized throug-h. tho operation, of strin
gent law are Just aa profoundly con
vinced that the Sheriff Is getting- too
much ad they are convinced that they
are getting too little. The Commission
era and court have -heretofore proven
their faith by their works by cutting
off the Sheriffs emoluments wherever
they could, and by themselves drawing
pa 'for six days in -the weejc and also
the seventh. Nor has the County Court
been able heretofore to take a favorable
view of the persistent demands from
various olerks and. subordinate officers
in -the county offices for hig-her pay.
Therefore the clerics, too, have gone to
the Legislature with a loud cry 4or re
lief, along- with the County Judsre.
County Commissioners, County Asses-
eor, County Auditor, County Clerk,
County School Superintendent and
County Treasurer. All of them were
unhappy until they got office, and are
still more unhappy now that they have
got It.
The laborer, of course, ie worthy of
his -hire. The county should expect to
pay wen for efficient service. If the
County Commissioners devote all their
time to their public duties, they are en
titled to -full -pay. Three dollars is un
doubtedly very small compensation to
public
!c officers who have great responsi
bilities like the County Commlsslonera.
-We assume, of course, that S3 is all they
get. If the County Judge, who is also -
officio chairman of the County Com'
missionere?. devotes alt his time to -his
OUbilc dVutles. 4ie also is entitled to suf
ficient compensation. It is not always
easy to Drocure for an Imuortant nubile
place -like the County Ju3ro&hlp at
wu per year a man witti tne proper
qualifications of character, industry.
experience, courage, learning- and tact
and an invincible determination to dis
charge all his obligations, public or pri
vate. The Bum of 4O0O might possibly
not be too .much If there should be add
ed a proviso that there shall be pro
portionate deductions and rebates to
the county for iprotracted absenteeism
or continued devotion to private busi
ness or Interests. In that case an in
crease in a County Judge's salary
mi k h t be more apparent than real.
we fancy the Legislature Is likely to
say to theee Multnomah County offl-
clalt? that when t'hey assumed office
there was an implied contract between
them and the county to accept the law-
ful salary until their terms should ex
pire. We do not say now. that. this ob
jection Is valid, though its welgrht can
not toe denied. It may be possible that
the offlcens asking for larger compensa
tion will not object to the suggestion
that the new schedule should not apply
to -tiienli but -to-their successors. Every
county officer hopes and expects to be
hie own successor, though it does not
always turn out that way. In any
event. we think it is true that
employes In the county offices, or
some of them, ought to be better ipald.
No doubt a remark of that kind) ougrht
to be addressed to the -County . Court,
and not to the Legislature.
IUVKR-SITV OF J.A VS.
The other day-Mr. Frederic J. Haekin
'discussed pleasantly in one of hie ar
ticles in The Oregonlan "The Diversity
of State Xaws." Incidentally he spoke
of some queer legislation like the MIs-
souri statute which makes it a misde
meanor to keep honey bees within 200
yards of a public road, and the Ken
tucky Jaw which makes it grand lar-
ceny to eteal a chicken; but be touched
also 'upon other matters, not merely
amnftlng. that raise Questions of funda-
mental lmnfr-tanra T .bd-I alnt Ij-ii-i varioa
among tfce states quite aa roucf. upon
such subjects, like divorce and the reg1-
uiarion or corporations, n-s Jt does upon
trifles like eh It-ken -stealing-.
The diversity or divorce laws has
greatly disturbed the minds of reform
ers. Seme- states. XiUcota for" exam
ple, make divorce very facile; while
others, like South Carolina, make it
difficult or Impossible. Bteween the
extrwncs arc all degrees of rigor and
liberality. I'erhapa no two states have
the saine divorce laws in every particular.-
This seems to many persons ap-
palllnK. 'To 'them it indicates a de
praved condition of the public morals.
and they cherish the belief that If they
could secure a uniform code making di
vorces more difficult to procure, much
evil would be preventedan much aTood-
accomplished. To this end the reform-
er-3 hive 'held national divorce con-
grressev?. where they have agreed upon
provisions whleh seemed suitable for a,
uniform code, and they have even pro-
grensed eomewhat In a movement to
confer upon Congress by an amend
ment to the Constitution Authority to
legit-late upon marriage and: divorce for
all the states,
Perhaps tbis would be -well; but It
must be remarked that the "divorce
evil," as it its called', looks a great deal
more formidable to professi.nal reform-
ers than It does to anybody else. Here,
as In bo many other cases, the reform
ers make the mistake of believing- that
U they could euppresa the symptoms
the disease would'be cured. Undoubt
edly we have too many -divorces and
something ought to be done to dimin
ish the number; but there may be le
gitimate difference of opinion about
where to ero to work at the task. Shall
we doctor the symptoms or -the cause of
the diseaee? Families are broken nn
becauee causes are at work deep in the
structure of society which make home
life difficult, increase the severity of
the etruggne for existence, make women
reluctant' to assume the burden of
motherhood, and add Increasing uncer
tainties to the problem of supporting:
children. The operation of these hid
den causes 1b measured accurately
enoturh by the increasing- number of di
vorces. Could we pass a law which
would forbid divorces altogether, we
should merely remove one of the out
ward symptoms of social dlfease: the
causes underlying and prod-ucingr the
symptoms we should not touch.
It la considerations like these Which
give an aspect of childishness, and
perhaips insincerity, to the anti-divorce
agitation. Ae a propaganda it it? either
essentially ignorant or cowardly. The
reformers almost always convince on
by their speeches either that they have
not gone to the heart of -the matter or
that they are afraid to speak out their
real thoughts. Certainly their ex
pressed horror at the surface fact of
multiplied, divorces cannot he moich
more than mere simulation so long as
they say noth.in.tr of the evils which
cautse the divorces Were these ovils
remedied, or even -paJMa.texi to a Tair
degree, we ould presently cease to
hear complaint about multiplied, di
vorces. The family is -the natural state
of -man. and but for the pressure of
con3itlonfl whlca are too tiara for him
he would build his home and stay there
contented. Ies'lslavtl on agialnAt divorces
la necessarily -rutl le, almost puerile. The
only
effective method of reaching the
evil te to enact laws which ehatl restore
trhe institution of private property and.
through that re-establish the American
home.
The institution of private property
has been attacked in our day and al
most destroyed by the predatory cor
porations. To be sure, they are vocif
erous in its defense throug-h their syco
phants and mercenary, mouthpieces, but
their clamor deceives nobody. By
"private property" these plundering
organizations mean their accumulated
spoil. This is sacred to them, but noth
ing else 1b- sacred. They claim implicit
ly tbe right to seize upon the posses
sions of every individual in the coun
try under the forms of a law which
they rrave skillfully manipulated to
further their ends. The diverse leg-Is-
lation of the etates has shown itself ut
terly incapable of rescuing- the Institu
tion of -private property from the rapa
clout9 grasp of the corporations. The
only power that can quell their fero
cious greed is that of the National Gov
ernment. It is for this reason that the people of
this country, who foresee the advent of
universal industrial serfdom, unite with.
tne resident an his wish to etrenjrtnen
the National Government. Mr. Bryan's
Commoner, criticising the views of The
Oregonlan upon this point, remarks
that It would "be a mistake to srlve the
Federal arm more power, becauee, as
it Ifi, when the corporations are at
tacked, "they run to cover In the Fed
eral Courts." So they do. and they
can shelter themselves safely there be-
cause we have permitted the courts to
usurp almost despotic power step by
step, while nothlrnr has been done to
strengthen the elective branches of the
Government. Some of our Judges now
openly boaet that the President and
Congress are -little more than their sub
ordinates.
Thus the divorce evil relates itself
back to the evil of corporate riot and
anarchy, which saps the vitality -of the
Nation at the roots. The -home decays
uecause uia.1 wnicn snouia support tne
home goes Into the strong box of the
cause the robber corporations -make the
struggle for family existence too bard
for the average man.
- '-- - MOSKr FOR WATEKWATB. . .
The liberal appropriation carried by
the rivers and harbors iill, Just report-
ed, may be viewed in the light of belated
recognition of the merits of the Colum
bia' River. Tnridftntiillv. murh rf -t-l-i.
credit' for the success In securing prac
tically everything- that was asked la
due-. to the eelf-help -policy of the Port
land people in improving . the great
waterway, The' Port of Portland has
expended a vast sum of money in pro
viding1 a twenty-five-foot channel to
Astoria. Zeepite the fact that this
channel annually floats seaward thou-
sands of tons of Washington products,
our netfThborlng state, which, has a
greater shore line along: the Columbia
river than has Oregon, has never yet
contributed one dollar toward making
this fine channel, without which mil
lions of -dollars' worth of Washlnatoa
products would foe 'obliged to pay much
higher tolls In order to reach the high
It is Interesting- to note that the lib
eral appropriation for the Columbia
River above Celllo was due to a belief
that the State of "Washington ,was
about to undertake river Improvement
work similar to that which tolas been
carried on by Oregon for many years.
Representative Jones, with bis very Im
portant position on the rivers and har
bors committee, has done more for
Oregon than ever has been accom
plished by any other Washington mem
ber oT Comrren Undoubtedly his po
sition enabled him to put to advantage
the numerous demands made on tne
committee by large and Influential
commonwealths In the East. f?ew
York. Boston and Philadelphia all
fared veil In the appropriation bill,
and the eajne influences which were
behind those ports "were forced to nally
to the aetMstance of the Far "Western
project. PWlaflelpliia, tor the compie-
tion of her thirty-four-foot channel,
waa gri veil $760,000, and. the State of
Pennsylvania and Port of Philadelphia
are to supply a like amount to com-
plete the work.
New York is workirnj on a forty-foot
channel, and im to receive approximate-
ll H,W0,Q09, The &reat Importance
placed on New York, from a strategic
sttuidpoint. -4iaa enabled her to work:
proportionately more money out of the
Government for Improvements than has
fallen to the lot of most ports, but Bos
ton this' year also receives a very lib
eral appropriation, which. however.
must be helped out by money from the
municipality. With the money ' soon
available ifor completion of the Jetty
and a etronger sen'ttment than ever be
fore favoring the further deepening of
the channel all the way from Portland
to the eeo, Portland's future as a sea
port wa never brighter.
THE LIBRARY COMMISSION'.
The brief report of the State Library
Commiesfon contains matters of inter-
est to everyboay -who cares lor educa
tion and social advancement. One of
Its best pieces of work has been the
establishment of travelinar libraries, af
ter the example of Wisconsin and many
other progressive states. The traveling
library carries books into remote com
munities where there' Is not much to
stimulate the Intellect and where life
tends to sink into gloomy monotony.
With good roads and rural mail deliv
ery, the traveling; library is a great
factor in making country lire deslra-
ble. i ,
The commission has also given valua
ble assistance to the public school li
braries of the rtate. No educator now
thinks of trying to teach without a
good supply of books for Inspiration
and . reference. The school-house is
something less than hair furnished
without a library. The commission has
become the generM purchasing agent
for the school districts, thus securing
two decided advantages. A better class
of books is selected than individual pur-
chasers would choose, and much lower
prices are obtained. There seems to be
a saving- of something like a third In
the cost of books to the Bchool districts
under this system.
The report touches upon another mat
ter which 4s of srreat and increasing- In
terest. That is the-establlehment of a
sort of bureau of information for our
lawmakers. The New York State li
brary tabulates each season the entire
body of legislation In all the differ
ent states, and this Is available every
where for a moderate fee. Information
of t hie kind is needed, -by every Xes-le
lature, and would eave much expense,
much labor and many needless errons.
In Wisconsin the IetrlRlatui-e has -a
q vi official, s, -member of -the faculty
of the State University, whose duty it
is to furnish on demand complete in
formation upon any . subject in the
worldX He is said to be equal to his
Job, and has the confidence of the en
tire Legislature without regard to
party. The utility of such a man can
easily be armag-lned. The average, lea
islator ie honest and fiie intentions are
good; but he lacks' information. It ia
false information that leads him astray
more often than interest or influence.
Perhaps the solution of the lobby diffi
culty lies simply in giving the Legis
lature all the light-there is upon every
question that arises.
The commission asks -the Legislature
this eeason for a somewhat more gen
erous support .than it has hitherto re
ceived. The calls for money are nu
merous and Insistent, but this is one
which should be heard benevolently,
even df some more clamorous appli
cants) must -he -curtailedi.
LEGITIMATE SPECULATION IN LAND.
The retired farmer, in many iparts of
our -ltflddle West, acoordin to the
Manhattan (Record, faae come to be a
speculator In land. While this Is true
it must be added that be has not thus
ar -developed the characteristics of the
foreign landlord in .exacting all that the
land will produce beyond the barest
subsistence of h'is tenants: -but, having
prospered as a farmer, he puts other
thrifty men in line of prosperity, en-
courag-ing them to work his lands.. The
usual method of -procedure is to acquire
from the surplus of his early Industry,
one or two farms which he rents to sons
or sons-in-law. He then moves to a
town within easy reach of his holdings
where living is cheap, the comforts of
life are numerous and the sub-rural at-
moephere la attractive to his family,
collects his rents and settles himself
down to the enjoyment of well-earned
competence.
Having, however, heen long accus
tomed to occupation, the retired farmer
naturally .ooks ubout for fiomettalns
wherewith to employ himself. 'He
knows more about lands and their rel
ative value than anything else, and he
begin to turn the soli over not with
the plow, as m former years, when he
was getting his start, ami his thrifty
helpmeet was doing- her own washing-
hut with speculative Intent and energy.
Hie efforts result in profit to himself.
and. in placing many a worthy man on
the road to competence by putting in
hie bands, for a reasonable considera
tion, t-he mean, wherewith to work.
Here the ordinary -far in er who epecu-
lates In land Is usually content to stop.
Occasionally, however, he takes counsel
of ambition, widens the scope of his
operations an-d) goes to the Southwest,
to the Northwest, or to Canada, and
becomes a large -landholder, taking on
In his dealings wit-h .men and with the
government the features that make
landgrahblng end the landgrabber de
testable. But he Is usually satisfied to
doal in the locality with which he is
familiar, and seldom there does he be-
come the shifty juggler with the land
laws or the mercenary landowner who
uses iia own success wherewith to
grind the face of the .poor.
The Chicago wheat market advanced
more than a. cent a bushel yesterday.
j wii. me fjuiL'i or tne American Soci-
vi ui .caiuiij, uui uecause Daa weatner
in the Winter wheat districts and re
ported damage to the Argentine - and
Ruwian crops stiffened up the foreign
markets. There is more wheat in the
United States than Is needed for hrmA
consumption, and the course of the
UicMn.cL mis country win depend,
from now until a new crop ia grown, on
the conditions in foreign countries.
Some aid to the strength will, of course,
'be supplied by any damage to the
growing- crop in this country, but the
foreign situation will control prices.
Just at present Pacific Ceast wheats-rowers
are receiving sll-htly better
th-an European values -by reason of an
unprecedented demand from the Orient.
The -permanency of this demand Is by
no means assured.
.Th court order forbidding: Mr. Hill
to water his stock is a novel exercise
of the Judicial power. Heretofore its
main employment has been to hold the
public while Mr. Hill and his compeer
extracted dividends on the water from
the victim's pocketB.
The New York theaters now provide
escorts for unattended women wiro
wish to see the -play. This is a step in
the right direction, but it leaves some-
thing to be desired. The case of the
unattended gentleman has not been
provided, for.
The epidemic or railroad wrecks
seems to have extended to the streetcars-
One would almost conclude from
recent events that th latter aleo are
managed by expert Who learned their
trade In Wall street.
The story in the dispatches yesterday
that a polite man who gave up hia
Btreetcar seat to a woman at once euc-
Climbed to hetvrt failure has made a
profound. imprest-Ion In Portland.
Mr. Bryan seems to have made a
nice, ladylllce tallc at Brother Brough
ers church. But that was before
Brother Brougher admitted he was a
prohibitionist.
The British Government intimates
that it will print Governor Swetten-
ham's explanation In the blue book.
Probably they want -time to catch him
when he's sober.
Of course .there ie nothing to prevent
the Congressman who voted against
the salary increase to refuse to accept
the additional $2500.
A word of advice to those lawmakers
who wish to take the ginger out of the
direct primary law: Don't forget the
referendum.
It would seem to.be up to Secretary
Taft to have a little ex-post facto tallt
with ex-Chairman Shonta
.Why shouldn't Mr. Thaw appeal to
the unwritten law? That's the only
kind he ever observed.
CANTEEN QUESTION WOWT DOWN.
A mother Chance for the Cosgreia to
Restore Better Condition.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
In a weak moment a few years ago
Congress banished the canteen from
the Army. It Is known that In this
action It went against its own best
Judgment. It is also known that its
Judgment is still in favor of the can
teen aa an agency making toward tem
perance and good discipline. Unfor
tunately, however, it has never yet
reached a. moment when its courage
was great enough to permit it to undo
the evil and restore the canteen.
i .--. upon tne Army canteen
Was mrA.iie from r yn..ii.ia
motives by women and men who have
the welfare of the soldiers at heart,
and the welfare of all other people who
are tempted to do themselves Injury by
drink. Unfortunately the method
adopted toward this g-ood end, namely
tha banishment of the canteen, was the
wrong, method to get the desired re
BUltS. It has been conclusively shown by
facts piled upon facts that the canteen
makes against drinking- and the evils
ot urinmng, wiiiie the abolishment of
the canteen makes for drlnfcine and for
an Increase in the evils of drinking;. In
stead of canteens selling- only the
milder alcoholic drinks, managed un
der strict discipline, and applying their
profits to the welfare of toe soldiers,
our Army posts now have backyards of
drunkenness, disorder and vice. In which
the soldiers waste their money and get
into more trouble in a day than they
would s-et Into In a canteen in a month.
Adn.lt that abstractly a canteen
would bo a disgrace to Fort Sheridan,
and yet how can It be denied that
" j u i aa it now esclBts Is a hundred
times the disgrace that the worst pos
sible canteen would be?
The choice is one between evils. Un
fortunately It is the worst of the evils
which Cong-seas has chosen.
There is now a movement for the
restoration of the canteen, which, like
the movement for its abolishment. Is
in charg-e of women who wish the wel
fare of the soldiers and of the Army.
It Is to be hoped that this session of
Congress will not expire without a re
peal of the anti-canteen act, and a res
toration of the older and better condi
tions. legislator's Mourning Gloves.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch.
Representative Harry Maynard. of the
second Virginia district, lately appeared
In the House wearlnar a pair of black Hal
gloves, which he did not remove durin?
tne entire session. Naturally this gave
rise to questions by every one with whom
he shook hands. s In explanation, he
stated that the gloves were an emblem
of IVlA snmiw V-a la ..11 i . . -
-- --" ' - ""K over tne ueiay
of the passage by the House of the ap-
. u, j.twmins lor a loan to
the Jamestown Exoositinn Pnmnonv r.t
$1,000,000, secured by a mortgage on the
g..e receipts. tne Dill has passed the
- 1 aynara cannot un
derstand why the House hesitates so
"6 nuoui iHrung it up. as nas received
a sufficient number of votes to set it
through the House, but he fears that
unless early action Is taken something of
an untoward nature may happen to it.
Bellamy and Maria to Live in France.
Cincinnati fOhlo) Dispatch.
Mr. and Mr.. Bellamy storer .are going;
to quit the United States and live in
Versailles, near Paris, according to a re
port Just given out by their friends It
is further mi I1 that the Storers came to
this determination as a result of the con-
troversy with President Roosevelt.
Mutual friends of the Storers and the
Roosevelts have taken sides in the con
troversy, and as Mrs. Storer's health ia
said to be affected, they have decjded to
occupy the beautiful country villa they
own in Versailles.
Their two residences in this city have
been leased and their household sroods
shipped away. -Next month or early in
March the Storerg are expected to pay a
visit here to Mrs. IaoriKworth. mother of
President Roosevelt's son-in-kw, and it
Is thought they may so to France after
that.
in Saleea to lloopltal.
Exchange.
An Irishman in a large city was
wandering around hunting St. Luke's
hospital, when he met a man who
looked Icindly and proved to be a po
liceman. He asked: "'Do you know,
sor, where Is St. Luke's hospital? I
want to go there." The policeman
re plied: "Sure. I do me friend. You
sro down to the nixt corner, turn to
the lift about half a block, and there
right in the center you will find the
finest saloon in the city run by ,Tim
Murphy. He is a. bier, folne lookin
man and finds ha-r-r- hlsef ; he wilt be
behint the ba-r-r. Ton walk up to
him and briskly say: 'To h 1 with the
Pope.' When you wake up you will
he In St. L.uke' hospital ; good day,
sor." -
World') HI (C area Drvc Store.
Kansn-i City Journal.
The greatest drug store in the world
will be found In one of the most back
ward countries of the world. It exists in
"Moscow, and is 20a year old. Tta title
is the Old Nlbolska Pharmacy, and slnee
3835 It iias been in the family of the
present proprietor. It Is a building of
Imposinjc dimensions, with many depart
ments. Ineludlnflr one of professional edu
cation for the ataff, which numbera 700
persons. They mako up about 2000 pre
scriptions a-day. and so perfect is the
organisation that an error is seldom re
corded. Vermont Surviving- Ei-Governors.
Hartford C Con.) Times.
The death - of ex-Governor Oeorxe W.
Hendee is another break in Vermont's
somewhat unusually ion? list or living
ex-Governors. Hendee was never elec
ted Governor, hut he was elevated from
the "Lsleutenant-Ooverrrorship to the chief
magistracy by the death of Governor
Peter T. Washburn In 1870. There, are
now surviving 14 ex-Governors of Ver
mont, the oldest elnsr Frederick Hoi
brook of Brattleboro (1861 -63 . aged 3,
ana the youngest Edward c. Smith or St.
Albans (1858-1900). aged 62.
mSWB&Jk&Wt WAIFS.
"Look here! You advertised this auto
you sold m to go from four to AO miles an
hour." "Yea, sir. That's ' rlirbL Four
miles up hills and CO down." T'lf.
I will confess to race prejudice." "That's
Tiarrow-mMeflnesV' "ThinK co: ireii, you
bet on as nmny sure tips ss I nave and spo
how you fsal about It." Philadelphia Ied
Oldbeau "rarlin(c.. I will die for you."
Miss Flnklelgh "Thrn you may nam the
day.1 Oldbeau "For our wedding?" MtfiS
FMnJtlelKh "Jslo; for your f uneral."-Chlca-go
Daily News.
Young; Jarge "Ol du 'ear tell as they've
made the colonel a 'M. V. 0. Now, whet
do thet mean?" Old Joe "Woy, wheer was
'ee broutrht up? 'M ulster o Vox-'ounds,' to
be sure." Punch.
WylJcyns "Smythe was telling- me a
while ago that he really didn't know what
to do with, hit lncom. but he i all right
now. watKyns "How so T Wylkvns
has sot an automobile. "
am.rvlll.
"Here-" a letter from th Boss," said the
machine leader's henchman. "He said you'd
Rive me a Job." "But." protested the mer
chant. "I have absolutely nothing for you
to do here." "That's all right. I won't
mind that, so long as I get me pay reA-lar."
I. Philadelphia Press.1
A STRONG CASE AGAINST BAILEY.
Yet Texas RcElects This Man AaralD
to the Senate.
Dallas News (Dcm.)
What if the name of Governor Camp
bell, for example, should be found In
the secret cipher code of the Standard
Oil Company, and it should develop
thnt he had borrowed at first sight
3S300 from President Pierce. one of
lta chief officials; that other large
loans had followed, of .1750. $2000.
tlSOO. JS000. J25.000. J1S6.000: that all
this had been kept a dead secret for
years; that it .appeared, further that
there were not tt be found any
canceled notes or checks or any
other evidence whatever showing the
payment of these large loans, made
without security of any sort: that Gov-
ernor Campbell had bodyguarded the
Standard Oil magnate back Into Texas
over the law. and. recommended that
the outlaw and oppressor of the people
be readmitted: that the evidence actu
ally showed- that Campbell's name ap
peared in the Standard Oil Company's
cipher code as "Republish ?'
What If all this appeared from evi
dence that has not been challensrej.
and Governor Campbell then came for
ward and admitted the loans, the ser
vice, tho correctness of the confiden
tial cipher code, and letters and tele
grams from others Indicated that he
was, the trust's man Friday to inter
vene for the trust and to quiet all
Texas parties? What If all this were
in evidence against any member of tho
Texas Legislature?
What would be the standing: of the
Governor under such circumstances?
Who would expect the people to con-
flfle In him; to rely upon him longer?
Would he not be impeached? How long
would It require, under such circum
stances, for every constituent of any
member of a Texas Legislature to re-
pudiate him and recall him in dis
grace? The testimony Indicating; Senator
Bailey's close, continuous, confidential,
secret-, suspicious connection with the
Standard Oil Company. through Its
chosen magnate over Texas, Is abso
lutely startling. There can no longer
exist any reasonable doubt about it.
rut If every scrap of this volume of
documents, of testimony that fits it,
piece to piece, date to date, fact to fact,
were burned to ashes. Senator Bailey's
own confessions would still be enoua-h
to destroy his fitness as a Senator from
Texas. To re-elect him under the evi-
denoe. under his own admissions, including-
the last, that his name really
has a place In the secret cipher code
of the Standard Oil Company, would be,
in effect, in favor of the Standard Oil
trust aa against the code of Texas,
as against all Democratic platforms,
as against the Democratic party, as
against the people of Texas, who must
buy either oil or lumber at exorbitant
and merciless trust prices for all time
to come.
"De-Ila-ated" Has Lost Its Place.
Washington . C.) Dispatch.
White House callers are observing that
the familiar "De-llghted" no longer holds
Its conspicuous place in the Presidential
arreetins-. The commonest expression em
ployed by the President now In receiving
his hosts of dally visitors Is "It's a real
pleasure. I assure you," or "I'm mlgb.tlly
pleased." These are occasionally varied
by "srlad you are here.'" But "De-llsrht-
ed" that greeting- seems to have been
relegated to the limbo of things that
were. It Is pertinent to remark that the
daily number of White House callers
seems to be as large now as it ever was.
Apparently,' everybody who cornea to
Washington goes to the Executive offices
to shake hands with President Roosevelt,
and nobody Is ever turned away. The
procession of respect-payers usually
starts about 11 o'clock every morning ex
cept Cabinet days and Sundays. A con
tinuous line moves from the main recep
tion room past the lynx-eyed Major
Ix)effler, through, his room, and on into
the Cabinet room, around the big table,
In which the visitors range themselves
and await the whir-linn: of the President
around the semi-circle of callers. -Aa
rapidly as one crowd, is disposed, of an
other Is admitted to take Its place, and It
Is well on toward 1 o'clock every after
noon, before the Chief Elxecutlve denies
himself to other callers.
Why We Are the Rlchent Nation.
New York Sun. .
Ten years auro our yearly produc
tion Ot coal was. 170,000,000 tons, and
we thought It a heap. ' Last year
we mined 400.000 tons. In 1896 we pro
duced 8,600.000 tons of plir Iron. Last
year we produced 25,000,000 tons. Our
copper output of ten years ago was
240,000,000 pounds. It Is now 900,000,-
OOO pound. In 1 89 S we dragged from
the bowels of the earth minerals and
mineral substances worth about 025,-
000.000. The value of our mineral
product In 1906 approximates $2,000,
OOO.OOO. These flguren are bewildering
In their Immensity. It is no wonder
that we are the richest nation on earth.
Tet in spite of It all there Is something:
left to hope for, and there may be
something: left to fear.
SCARLET
A STUDY IN CAUSE
MET A6AIX AFTER, MA XT YEARS.
StraaKe Story of Be pa rat Ion aad Re
union of TN-f Oresron "later.
From a Chlco (Cal.) Special.
That It is a wise man that knom-s his
own brother-in-law. and that it Is a wlsa
woman who Knows her own sister is the
belief of several people who reside in
this city and who, until a few days ago,
although they are closely related and
lived within a few doors of each other,
knew notblng of their connections.
On last Thursday morning 0. Dar-
nlelle, who recently moved to this city
from . Grass Valley, and who lives on
F-rfth atreet. near Walnut, omtnok on
his morning walk to the business sec-
tion of the city J. H. Cecil, who Is quite
well known here, hut who for many
years resided at Cons Bay.
Cecil and 1 jiiti1 t-l I.. It seems, are near
neighbors, the former living but thrf8
doors from Ikrnlftlle's residence on
Walnut street. The two men had met
and exchanged frreetlnaa r.veral times
before, and as the two walked up the
street together, Cecil happened to men
tion that he formerly resided at Coos
Bay.
"Ooos BayT' said Damlelle. medita
tively; "did you ever know the Hetehell
family us there?" he asked.
"Well. I guess I did." said Cecil. "In
asmuch aa I married one of the irlrls
Darnielle stood still in his tracks.
"You married one of the Hetcihell
girls?"
"You bet!" said the other man with
emphasis.
Then Darnielle almost collapsed as he
said: "Well, I'll br bio wed I married
the other."
Then the two men beat hasty foot
steps back to their respective homes
and Informed their respective wives, who
thereupon ran to each others" respective
houses and threw themselves into each
other's respective arms.
Then after the emotional section of tho
Joy of meeting two sisters had subsided,
the husbands and wives compared notes.
It seems that Mrs. Darnielle. who was
formerly Miss Edith Hetehell. had not
seen her sister. Mrs. Cecil, who was Miss
Grace Hetehell, for 25 years. The two
grlrls were the only daughters of Thomas
Hetehell. who resided in Oregon. Edith
had left home while quite young to reside
with relatives in Washlnsrton. where later
she met and married Mr. Cecil. Tims
had separated the sisters and they littla
by little lost track of each other.
Both the Darnlelles and the Oecils
have resided in Chlco several months, and
the sisters had seen each other often,
but little did they think of the close re
lationship existing; between them.
Insurance for Baby Rblnocrrost 30fl0.
New Tork Herald.
On board the White star steamship
Cedric. which recently arrived from
Naples, was a five-months-old rhinoceros.
which was captured when two weeks old
near Lake Victoria Nyanza, German East
Africa. The animal waa brought to this
country under the care or 1 1 . o. tang.
who for the last two years has been exploring-
in Africa, and It will be sent to
the Zoological Gardens of the Bronx.
Tho baby rhinoceros was kept most of
the time in a pen on shipboard, but twice
a day the explorer, assisted by several
members of the crew, took the animal on
deck for exercise.
Curious passengers flocked about and
watched the animal as it walked up and
down. Toward the end of the voyage It
became tame and would allow persons to
pat it. Seven canftils of condensed milk
were fed the animal each day.
While in Africa, Mr. Iang- heard of tho
rhinoceros having: been captured and ob
tained the animal from a man named
"Fisher, who, to get the baby, had to kill
lta mother. Sn far as Mr. T.ang csn
learn there are only four male baby
rhinoceroses In captivity. What prica
was paid for the animal could not b
learned. It was insured for J3000 during
lis trip.
The steamer brought 37 cases of anlmat
aking and bones gathered In various Afri
can countries. They are to be shipped
to the American Musenrn of Natural
History.
"With Scenery and Orone Throirm In
Boston Herald.
The summer boarders who left.
17,549,375 behind them in New Hamp
shire last season are not eomplalnlnsr.
They Rot their money's worth, with the
scenery and oione thrown in.
Eli of Omelet Tbllosophj.
St. Lrfuls Post-tIspatch.
According- to an Inscription on a Ten
nessee hen's eRR, the world will pass
away before the re-election of Roose
velt. Foraker Is, therefore, wasting
MY IJRK IS LED ON LEVEL laVIST,
Ernest Brosa. now of Indianapolis, Ind., in
raclfle Monthly.
My llfs In led on level lanos.
JVIy heart tm by the Western sea;
In thought I pace Its yellow sands
And breath its airs so wild ana free;
Each morn the wind of mmory stlrg
The music of Willamette's flow:
Each noon the trent of f-rnt flrej.
Each eveninc Hood's effulgent slow.
My lot is cast on level plains
Its scorching suns, Us Winters kern;
My heart is where the frentle rain
Bedew . landscape ever creen
"Wh v mountains lift, the- soul on hlatx.
Whose ron perfume all the air.
TVtiofe every breeze that wanders by
Redeems the heart from pain and CArs,
My lot Is en the prairies east.
My heart Is In the lit lis and pines:
And when for me life" storm, are past.
And wJien for me life's flay decline
May my enraptured vlnion fall
On y.llow sand, and ocean's swell. '
O Ti m.untaini vatchlns n nil.
On rivers T hnr invert .o well?
FEVER
From the Chieaco Tribune,
AND EFFECT.