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During the stress of the war many of the English peo ple felt that the cause of Japan was closely connected with the welfare, and perhaps the safety ot the British Em pire; and this sentiment, together with the fine premiums made by those who floated the loans, caused money to be advanced till the end of the war, and indeed on flotations since.. But In vestors now stop to think it over, and their conclusion that the taxable ca pacity of- Japan, and the present re sources of the countries which she Is exploiting on the continent do not war rant the further loans that have been ought In London. Even since the war, Japan has been a heavy borrower, and her debt is probably more nearly up to the limit of her resources than that of any other nation, -frith possible ex ception of Spain. Special loans are required for rail way improvements and extensions In Corea arid Manchuria; since these works are necessary to strengthen Japan's influence in and power over the countries which were overrun by her armies and which she means to hold. But those countries, never very rich, were much wasted by the great war, both armies devouring everything they could lay hands on. Yet large areas are productive, or may ba made so, and under careful administration a restored industry will soon provide for support of the undertakings which Japan has projected. English Journals, however, advise Investors to act with caution and reserve, until the prospect shall become more clear. It Is evident that Japan' is not pre pared to engage in any aggressive en terprise, and could not for years to come find means to support a serious war. Time for recuperation Is most necessary to her; and time likewise will be required to carry out her plans for strengthening her position in Corea and Southern Manchuria. Her present weakness may be really, good medicine for her, since, elated with her victory over Russia, if she had financial strength, she might become too ag gressive for her own good. ' It would be absurd to suppose that Japan really wants war with the United States, and as certainly we want ' no war with Japan. There Is nothing indeed in sight for us to go to war about, with any nation. MR- HEDGES IN ERROR. . State Senator Hedges, of Oregon City, says that the state authorities cannot suppress gambling in Milwaukle. But the state of Oregon has decreed that gambling la unlawful, and public sen timent favors the decree. If public sentiment were less pronounced against the evil, the opportunity for indulging in hair-splitting legal tech nicalities would be much more favor able. If, as claimed by Mr. Hedges, the legislature has granted the town of Milwaukle the right- to license rob bery and theft for the gambler is a twin brother of the thief, both seeking to get something for nothing,' it could also license a few murderers or other lines of lawbreakers. If Milwaukle really needs the money, as badly as some of its thrifty citizens seem to think, and Mr. Hedges is sure of his ground, why not license a few coun terfeiters? . There are a, few people who perhaps could stand robbing fuel barons and franchise grabbers, for example, and a license to steal from them should sell for eaen more money than can be se cured from one that only permits a man to run a gambling Joint. A license to steal Indiscriminately would bring in so much money that Milwau kle could lay out ' a new park. Mr. Hedges, however, should not mistake the temper of the people on this sub ject. A mistake may cost his clients some money and much discomfort. We have not yet succeeded In stopping murder entirely, and arson, burglary and other crimes flourish. But It has been quite definitely settled tha't "what ever gambling Is done in this vicinity in the future, will be in some dark se cluded spot such as murderers or other law-breakers would seek In order to escape detection. Civilization has reached Portland and the practices of the Indians and other heathen races, will be abolised. HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS. It seems . scarcely advisable to en courage the use of Bull Run water for hydraulic elevators. The supply tor more legitimate uses is inadequate, and for the elevators other power is available. The change to electricity would entail soma expense, but it can hardly be avoided unless hydraulic power Is obtained from private sources. The Water Board cannot be expected to reduce their rates to meet electrical competition in view of tha urgent and growing domestic demand for Bull Run water and the heavy annual outlay for which they must provide. It is doubt ful whether the Board ought to com pete with private producers of power for elevators and other machinery. Portland has not yet adopted the plan of municipal competition with indi vidual enterprise even to break up mo nopolies. Why should it make an ex ception of hydraulic power? The common method of using water In elevators 1b extremely wasteful. The lift pipe must be filled each trip and the contents then escapes into the sewers. A pump in the basement which would force the water to a tank on the roof would make it possible to use the eame quantity ovir and over again. This might not economize en ergy but it would save water, and per haps postpone indefinitely the necessity of changing to electricity. Certainly In all rational consideration of the water question the needs of the house holder take precedence over every thing else. THE BIRTH RATE. The vital statistics, published yester day in The Oregonian, seem to Indicate that the population of Portland Is In creasing rapidly. For the first seven months of last year the average num ber of births per month was 163. This year the average Is 188, the Increase being 25. Since there is no reason to believe that the birth rate, per thou sand of the population has risen, It is natural to conclude that the popula tion Itself must have increased. This conclusion Is corroborated by the death statistics for the same years. In 1904 the deaths averaged 111 per month. In 1905 the average rose to 121, which scarcely changed in 1906. But for 1907, up to the end of July, it has risen to 164, an Increase cf 43 per month. The rise in the number of deaths per month has thus been almost twice as great as that in the number of births. What does this mean? It means that the unmarried popula tion of the city has increased a great deal faster that the married portion. The former contribute deaths but no births. The latter contribute both births and deaths. Had our newcom ers all been married, the increase in the monthly -average of births would have shown a slight preponderance oyer that of deaths, since, even in Portland, nature slowly augments the population independently of . immlgraT tlon. But, as the death average shows much the greater Increase, we must conclude that much ''the larger num ber of our new inhabitants are unmar ried. The growth of the monthly average birth rate, therefore, contains little consolation for those who deprecate our local tendency toward race suicide. The only thing that could brighten their horizon would be a report that the annual birth rate per thousand has risen. But no such report is forth coming. - VAST NET EARNINGS. Some very interesting figures appear in the statement of the Union Pacific earnings for the month of June, and for the twelve months ending June 30. Contrary to predictions, the two-cent fare and alleged hostile legislation has failed to break the keystone of the Harriman railroad arch. Figures are usually dry reading, but these present such Juicy returns, that a few are re printed to show the wonderful profits that are pouring into the railroad cof fers. For the month of June the net earnings reached a total of -$2,582,000, and for, the twelve months ending June 30, $33,338,928. Gross earnings for the twelve months were $76,032,703. The net earnings show an increase over the preceding year of $382,502 for June, and $3,021,159 for the twelve months ending June 30. . There is nothing in this showing which indicates other than wonderful prosperity. Some of the millions, which Union Pacific has poured into Wall street In the twelve months, ay ere in directly drained out of Oregon. Thou sands of carloads of Oregon lumber, grains and stock find their way to mar ket over the Union Pacific, and other thousands of cars return to this state loaded with merchandise from the East. The main line of the Union Pacific is only 1012 miles long, while the Oregon Railroad & Navigation lines, which gather up large portion of the Union Pacific traffic, cover 1075 miles, ex clusive of branches operated as sep arate properties. The Oregon Short Line has a mileage of 1390, but does not compare at all favorably as a traffic producer. Its earnings like those of the Union Pacific being made up largely of traffic passing over the Una from points beyond its terminals. Mr. Harriman would probably regard tha vast net earnings of his remarkable property, as only moderate, when their dividend-paying power was considered. But the amount of stock on which div idends are expected. Is so great In all railroad properties, that It Is difficult to arrive at tho exact percentages on the real value of the property. The Union Pacific with, all of tho branches directly owned, has a mileage of but 3128, but It Is staggering under some enormous stock issues which to earn dividends would require even greater net earnings' than those shown. The common stock was Increased $35,000,000 in 1899, and the preferred stock $25,000, 000 at the same time In order to se cure control of the O. R. & N. and the Oregon Short Line. In March, 1901, another increase of $100,000,000 in the common stock was authorized, and on June 15 still another $100,000,000 issue was put out. Naturally, it Is impos sible for net earnings to keep pace with such prodigious expansion in the cap ital on which they are supposed to pay dividends. But there Is another method by which the profits ot the Union Pacific can be arrived at with a fair degree of ac curacy. The official report shows earn ings in a single year of $33,338,928 on 3128 miles of road. This is $10,658 per mile for th-s main line And branches, and it is hardly probable that there are many miles of the road jfhlch would not return at least a ten per cent dividend on this valuation. The Oregon lumbermen assert that they are contributing too heavily to these net earnings, and if they can devise some method by which the cost of moying the freight will be based, not on tne stock and bond value of the road, but on. its actual value, they may secure the reduction asked. One thing Is clear by these figures, Mr. Harriman is making enough money out of the traffic which he drains out of the Pa cific Northwest to entitle Oregon to better facilities than he now provides. ILL-STARRED MARRIAGE. The marriage of a white woman to a Chinaman is more than disgusting; it Is revolting. The ministers of Seat tle each and all decently and' properly declined to bo a party to such a trans action when Tom Chum and Mrs. Ger trude Hlgginson, of Healdsburg, Cal., applied to them a few days ago to per form the ceremony that would make Mrs. Hlgginson Mrs. Chum. Chum pleaded and Gertrude wept, but the clergymen were obdurate. A' Justice of the peace was found, however, who, being satisfied himself that no legal statute was being violated in the act, performed the marriage ceremony. This marriage is the outcome of mis sion work among the Chinese, of a type often engaged in by young white women, more zealous than wise. Every city on the Pacific Coast has had examples of this folly a folly which courts, almost as often as it has been committed, have been called upon to correct as far as possible by dissolving the grossly unfit alliance. It might be well to refuse divorce in all such cases, since no young woman of common sense could have expected happiness In a marriage relation so in congruous, and unpromising. To all young women who are zealous workers in Chinese mission schools on the Coast, the perusal of Julian Ralph's sketches of white wives of Chinese in China may be commended. One of these stories of sptlal interest entitled, "Alone in China," was published sev eral years ago in Harper's Magazine. It may be remarked .In passing that Julian Ralph, now deceased, was well Informed by travel and observation upon the themes of which he wrote. A RIGHTEOUS BLOW. A young woman from Portland, a bride of eighteen days, it seems has created a sensation In Chicago by seek ing out her recreant spouse and giv ing him a 6harp blow on the head with a hammer. In this connection it may be said that self-defense is laudable. The woman who, cringing under the blows of a drunken husband, or who, being deserted by a worthless hus band, takes In washing and hopes for his return, has little prospect of re dress from her wrongs, either through law or gospel. Appeal to the law re sults in a fine, to pay which, more than likely deprives the beaten woman and her children of the neces saries of life; appeal to the gospel 13 too often met by quotations from St. Paul, which enjoin wifely submission, or by citation to the one "scriptural reason" for divorce, which needless to say. Is not personal violence. This being true, the woman who, having been beaten, neglected and half starved while her husband has spent money In evil way9, takes up the cudgels In her own defense, avails herself of tha only means for redress or retaliation that is likely to prove efficacious. It may be said, therefore, that Mrs. Glenada Heinen, of this city, 23 years old and a wife of eighteen days, did a commendable act and showed wis dom not usual In one of her years. Fortunately for her the blow fell short of the killing point. Recovering con sciousness the man caused her arrest with the result that the resolute woman was given $100 and a railroad ticket to the home of her mother in this city. Neglected, insulted, beaten wives, who are wearing out their lives in the attempt to "get along" with human cattle of the Heinen brand, may learn something to their possible advantage from this widely heralded marital epi sode. The time when forbearance ceases to be a virtue and force must take the helm comes now and then to Individuals as well as to nations. When this time comes. It Is better for all concerned, for the party whose rights are violated, to strike a quick and' effective blow. We may pity, be cause we must, the cringing creature who, when smitten on the right cheek turns the left, but it is impossible not to feel contempt for her as for one who does not respect herself and rise in righteous wrath to her own defense. CURING CITY NOISES. Tha New Tork Society for the Pre vention of Unnecessary Noise, evolved front the din of a great city traffic. Is . congratulated upon what was deemed an impossible achievement. After' strenuous, persistent effort in this behalf, the head of the local steamboat Inspection service has or dered discontinuance of private code whistles and forbidden the use of the siren, that screeching, moaning, wail ing voice of tortured steam, in all or dinary cases. Mrs. Isaac L. Rice has had charge of this matter for the So ciety and everybody on the banks of the Hudson is grateful for the service' rendered. New York city, though noisy to a de gree that Is distracting to the un initiated. Is said to be easily second to London in useless noise. Several mem bers of the Society" above noted are now abroad, "studying conditions." Among these are Mrs. Rice herself, who. finds the noises of Paris, so far as the streets are concerned, much worse than those of New York, and Morton Arendt, honorary treasurer of the So ciety, now in London, who asserts that if there were a street in New York as noisy as the Strand, steps would soon be taken to effect an alteration. This doe, not refer to the noise made in the interest of rapid transit, which can hardly be worse anywhere or un der any circumstances, than in our greatest cities. The venders of Lon don are, however, much noisier than the street-hawkers of American cities, and there Is less limit upon the hours In which they may ply their calling. The shouts of milk peddlers constitute a form of useless noise that Americans would not tolerate. Without doubt, the volume of noise In great cities could be materially re duced by the elimination of that which is useless or unnecesary. People are no longer called to church, nor children to school by the clamor of bells. The time for opening church services Is well known and responsible people do not need to be reminded of It by the ringing of bells. Schools open prompt ly and children are required to be In line at the specified time on'' penalty of being dealt with for tardiness. It Is recalled in this connection that steamboats leaving our local wharves were wont In former years to blow three prolonged whistles fifteen min utes before the time to cast oft .lines, two whistles" five minutes later, one five minutes later still and a parting blast, mercifully short, when the words "all. aboard" were given. All of this noise was worse than useless. It pam pered irresponsibility in intending pas sengers, and was a sore aggravation to thoso comprising the vast majority who were needlessly awakened by the whistles of the boats from one to two hours before the regular time ' to rise in - the morning. Protest finally went up and the steamboats abolished this noisy method of announcing the time of their departure, substituting there for a regular schedule which was prop erly and quietly advertised. There Js, of course, much noise of impossible elimination. . But that some of the shrill and annoying sounds are a rec ognized factor in many a breakdown of the nervous system, has been dem onstrated. The disaster at the mouth of the Wil lamette yesterday morning miht have been much more serious. Both of the steamships involved were in the hands of skillful pilots of many years' ex perience In piloting larger and deeper draft vessels up and down the river. Had but one of the steamers been forced out of her course by the position of the dredger, the pilot's excuse might have carried less weight, but when two of them were driven out at exactly the same point, it would seem that the po sition of the dredger had much to do with causing the accident. A con tributing factor will perhaps be found In the slow old-style hand-steering gear of the City of Panama, which pre vented her swinging fast enough to keep clear of the Alliance. A rigid Investigation should be held, and the blame placed where it belongs. The. river is wide enough and deep enough for steamers four or five times as large as those involved in the trouble yester day. It should not be blocked up by dredgers nor should pilots take unnec essary chances in running past them. The case seems clear enough to make it easy to fix the blame. A threshing machine with bright red paint and whirring wheels crawled slowly on to the Northern Pacific track near Garfield, Wash., Wednesday. A train was late and running fast to make up time as it rounded the curve. While the thresher, like the frog which endeavored to equal the ox in size, was much scattered in the smash, it succeeded in pitching the engine down tha embankment, with numerous cars on top. No one was killed, but tha accident seems to Indicate that even the threshing machines have caught the spirit of the farmers, and are mak ing things, unpleasant for the railroads. Yet, if the impossible should happen, and if the Republicans should elect the majority of the members of the Leg islature in Mississippi, neither Wil liams nor Vardaman would be elected to the Senate, no matter what majority either might get on the popular vote; or, what Is not without possibility, if the row between Williams and Varda man should be carried to great lengths the one prevailing over the other on the popular vote mightn't be elected by the ' Legislature. "Fellers are mighty apt to get eliminated" in po litical rows, anywhere. Kaiser Wilhelm's head is level' when he demands that Germans learn Eng lish In order to compete in the world's markets with America and England. While they are acquiring the speech of Shakespeare, these young Teutons may profitably devote themselves to a study of what our British friends call tho "American language," widely popular ized by such masters as George Ada and O. Henry. Such speech helps to sell stuff to a people who have the money to pay for It. We like that suggestion that the city of Portland, .following the prece dent established when it broke up the bridge trust by taking over the bridges and making them "free," should also solve the wood question in the same way. "Free wood" would indeed be a boon to every resident of the city; and to all visitors as well. Let us there fore break up the wood trust and have free wood. And, by the way, free milk would also be a boon. "Why have we burdened ourselves with the Philippines?" is still a cry from "antl" sources here and there. Be cause war marched us Into the Islands, and we haven't been able to get out. Plutarch relates that Demosthenes,' im peached for having advised a partic ular course in dealing with Philip, which was denounced as treason, answered: "It was not I who put you In that position; It was the battle of Chaeronea." Judge Grosscup assured his Chicago audience that "The Federal Courts will retain their right to regulate and control" Interstate commerce. This Is positive and clear, but a little startling. The Constitution says that Congress shall have the right to regulate Inter state commerce,. It Is pardonable; doubtless, in Mr. C S. Jackson, to boast of the wealth he possesses In .the stock of Mr. Ladd's newspaper; but he might be richer if he owned the bonds or could retire them; and then we should be able to rejoice with him on surer grounds. Mr.' Heinen, of Chicago, who sus pended amicable" relations with his Portland wife because she used a ham mer on him, should not be Judged too harshly. Some women are too literal., Whatever else may be said about Mr. Schwerln he Is not a fool. For proof, note the fact that he has never yet patronized one of his ' Portland-San Francisco liners. The Boston Transcript sees no frig idity in Mr. Fairbanks. That may be because Boston never allows Itself to get warm. I jRETS -i-i-l: BY LILIAN TINGLE. Housekeepers who have been impa tiently demanding "Spring roasters" may satisfy their desires this week, for there Is a fair supply of nice plump birds at about 70 cents each, as well as the usual "broiler," "fry ers," and "fricassee fowls." These last can be used effectively and eco nomically for "boned chicken" (I mean really boned, not simply boiled until the flesh drops off) and differ ent Jellied dishes that are acceptable to both maker and eater on any Sum mer day. Ducks are 25c per pound. If you serve them, remember that apple and celery, or orange and celery salad Is good In a duck dinner. The traditional green peas are past their prime now; but did you ever try fried celery with duck? If you are ordering lamb, and wish to be economical, ask for a "boned shoulder" at ltl0c tc-15c per pound, and see what a good bargain you get. Tongue served hot with a rich brown or a delicate sweet-sour sauce makes a nice change. Cold sliced tongue with cucumber and watercress salad is a great favorite of mine, and both cucumbers and watercress are very good this week. Fresh ox tongues cost about 60c each, smoked tongues, 75c. Pickled lambs' tongues are also nice. This Is a good week for lovers of crawfish. They cost from 30c to 50c per dozen, and you can buy them alive, or spiced, or cooked in wine. No less than 4000 dozen crawfish per week are being used by one Portland restau rant. Crabs, on the other hand, are very scarce and poor thla week, and the wise woman will have none of them. If you ' order salmon. It is a good thing Just now to ask for Sacramento or Rogue River salmon. Chinook sal mon is fine but rather scarce.. Black bass 1b good, but the supply is limited, and it is well to order early. There are fine fresh mackerel at about 25c each, and a good supply of croppies. I confess that I am not well acquaint ed with croppies. They were planted in the river during the Fair, and this is the first year that there has been a satisfactory supply In the market. Those who have caught and eaten them say they are excellent fried. They cost 15c per pound. Shad Is about oer, though a few come' from the South. Sturgeon Is good, but not very plentiful. Trout, catfish, flounders, halibut, smelt and carp are also to be had. The best beans this week seem to be the asparagus bean. Cauliflower is Improving. - Tomatoes are good but not much cheaper, although, as one of tha dealers put it, "they are at last getting so a poor man dare touch them." Eggplant Is cheaper, costing 10c to 15c per pound. Pickling cucum bers are coming in. Those for Dill pickles cost $1.25 per sack. Corn is good at 25c per dozen. Peppers are 25c per pound. Crab apples cot 75c per box. There are plenty of Gravenstein and Red June apples. The former are particu larly good for "deep pies." Water melons vary a little in price from day to day, averaging 2c per pound. The real muskmelons are coming in, and cantaloupes are. both better and cheap er than they were. The berry season is practically over, but all kinds of plums are coming In, and peaches are fairly plentiful at 50c to 65c per box. There are also good grapes to be seen, the price varying from 10c to 20o per pound. Carelessly Spoken. New York Evening Sun. Several lauies sat in their club a few evenings ago discussing tne virtues of their husbands. "Mr. Blngleton," said one of them, re ferring to her life partner, "never drinks and never swears .ndeed, he has no bad habits." "Does he ever smoke T" some one asked.. "Yes, he likes a cigar Just after he has eaten a good meal. But I suppose, on an average, he doesn't smc-e more than once a month." IS MERE MAN IS MERE MAN From the Inter Ocean. A casual comparison of the Summer man of 1907 with th corresponding type ot prevloua seasons would seem to Indicate that he 1. Increased frivol ity the keynote of masculine mode. Marked male tendency toward rowdy raiment causes sober-minded to view the situation with alarm. PUBLIC CONTROL IS COMING Roberts Says Monopolies Will Be Owned by the PeopJIe. ESTHER VILLE, Iowa, Aug. 8. George Roberts, former director of the mint, was the principal speaker at tonight's Joint session of the Upper Des Moines and Corn Belt Editorial Associations, com posed of newspapermen. Mr. Roberts Is one of the original members of the for mer association. In his address. Mr. Roberts, who Is now president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago discussed the tendency to enlarge Governmental function and he difficulties to be met In each effort. He said in part: For a concrete Illustration, take the situa tion now presented ty the enactment of the new Federal railway legislation and the pub lic utilities act of New York State. The acta undoubtedly embody a' sound public pol icy. The public control of monopolies whose services are necessary to the community Is Inevitable. That argument Is over, but the problem I believe la yet to be dealt with. Nothing is disposed of by merely turning it over to the Government to be managed. This question Is much larger than the simple reg ulation of profit upon capital' already in vested In public service corporation; how much larger Is Indicated by th fact that more than a billion dollars In new securities have been offered to th public by this class of American corporatlona since January 1 of the present year. There must be a broad and popular mar ket, such as only general confidence can give to absorb thl never-ending stream of new securities. The amounts drawn from proper ties In dividends from year to year Is small compared witn the amount of new capital required to keep their facilities up to the expanding need of th country. It 1 ob vious that unless this proposed regulation prove In practice to be reasonably acceptable to the Investigating public, capital will turn into other channels, with resulting injury to the publio enormously more serious than any probable loes to security-holders. It may be agreed that the publlo haa no Intention of being unjust to railroad property; that is not tho point at issue. The public cannot be expected to act with wisdom unless It has full and correct Information. The best board of directors would go wrong otherwise. Un fortunately, the public's sources of Informa tion, particularly about any subject of politi cal action, are very uncertain. The average business man must form his opinion upon a hasty reading of hastily edited newspapers, and nobobdy knows the faults of the modern dally paper better than th men who make them. ' ' Th higher organization of aoclety waits upon the development in the press of a higher sense ot social responsibility. Society cannot undertake and successfully perform the more complex duties that are proposed tor It unless this organ of social conscious ness performs Its work soberly and faith fully. There is no occupation in th world with which a man can more worthily be content than that of editing a newspaper. He ha a business and In It, if he haa the true spirit of hta profession, the money-mtklng features become subordinate and Incidental; his heart is In the publlo concerns to which he devotes hi pen. The most rational ambition a man can have is to be independent, have money to care independently for those dependent upon him, hold a responsible position In ths community and to bs able to exert an In fluence upon hi fellow. No other occupation realizes these alms more completely than that of tho editor, particularly the editor who owns his paper and write hi hearf convlo tlons. DECLINE IN STOCKS. Fear of Trust Prosecutions One of Causes. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. With British console selling at a new low level and American stocks generally lower In London, following the sharp declines here yesterday, the opening of the stock market today was attended with' unusual interest. The decline in con sols Is generally attributed to disturbed conditions in the money market abroad, but it is not so easy to assign a cause for the crumbling away of prices of securities in the American market. The sharp decline In quotations yester day was without explanation, further than it was due to selling by holders of railroad and other shares who did not care to retain their securities at this time. There was nothing to show whether their desire to sell was 'be cause they were tired of waiting for an upward movement of prices, be cause of the low supplies of money, or because of depressed sentiment in Wall street over the difficulties in which many corporations find them selves with the National and State government. First transactions showed large sales at low prices. Union Pacific was 1 1-8 lower than last night on sales of 5800 shares, and Northern Pacific was t 1-2 lower. Other shares sold at from 1 to 14 below yesterday s final quotations. The market was generally In a nervous state but the trading was not attended with any unusual excitement. The day's declines were attributed to sales by GETTING GAY? MHtR MAN oa S9 GETXlNGfiAY J IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN DOWN THE COLUMBIA ON AN OCEAN LINER Full-page illustration in col ors of a Summer outing scene not far from home. WITH THE COWBOY . ON THE RANGE Descriptive article by Arthur Chapman, illustrated, showing that while some of the romance .is gone, plenty of fascinating work is still left to do. TELEPHONING FROM A MOVING HORSE John Elfreth Watkins tells of the latest invention for the Uni ted States Army in maintain ing communication. NEW VIEWS or MOUNT JEFFERSON A page 'of pictures taken re cently by the Kiser Photo Com pany, during the ascent by the Mazamas. DAVENPORT AND HIS FRIEND, THE DOG In one of his inimitable ser mons on Fashion 's crime in im-' pairing the strength and useful ness of man's best friend. STEUNENBERG AND THE COEUR D'ALENE RIOTS Bartlett Sinclair, then Audi tor of Idaho, administered the government during martial law. He writes from the official rec ord some important facts now made public for the first time. GREAT AMERICAN POLITICAL TURNS Applying the year preceding the last four National cam paigns to 1907, Dexter Marshall shows how important a part it cuts in the political fate of men. COTTON IS KING IN MODERN EGYPT. Frank G. Carpenter writes of crops that are making rich the farmers in the Valley of the Nile. THE GENTLE GRAFTER,' BY O. HENRY - Jeff and Andy transfer op erations to Broadway, where in nocents are plentiful. CENTENNIAL OF STEAM NAVIGATION The United States Govern ment is making a remarkable exhibit of early steamship mod els at Bordeaux. SMALLEST KINGDOM IN THE WORLD Prince Albert, ruler of Mon aco, is a power between France and Germany. His government is a models ORDER FROM YOUR NEWS DEALER TODAY speculators who desire lower prices and holders did not have funds to protect their stocks against future losses. The Standard Oil and Frick group of stocks were the centers of attack. Including by that designation Union Pacific Read ing, Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting and In close sympathy the Hill railroads and St. Paul. The speculators for .the decline used as their principal fresh ammunition the reports from Washington of the intention of the Department of Justice to push criminal prosecutions against certain heads of corporations. The quick rallies in the first hour of one to two points left the market unsettled and feverish. In the curb market Standard Oil sold down 11 points to 485. The market became steadier, but when the earlier losses had been re trieved there was no disposition to fol low the advance, and the market fell Into extreme dullness. The price of Standard Oil in the curb market fell an extreme 19 points from last night. - The stock subsequently shared In tha vigorous rallying tendency shown upon the Stock Exchange. The rally in stocks in the late scaling was somewhat extended, but did not hold up to the close. Only Wall Street Depressed. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. President J. A. Davidson, of the St. Louis & San Fran cisco arm of the Rock Island system, has returned to New Tork from a tour of his road. His trip took him through tha cotton country of the Mississippi valley and tha grain belt of Kansas, Oklahoma and Western Texas. He talked prosperity ir, tne kock island onices yesterday while stock tickers were attesting opposite views m wan street. "It Is mighty hard for the men in our territory," he said, "to understand the news that comes to them from the East of business recessions and approaching hard times. AH tha country that I trav eled over Is brimful of prosperity, and tt looks as if the whole stretch from Chi cago to Mexico Is In for another year of record-breaking prosperity. 'The apprehension about the crops for which there was foundation In planting season, wnen tne late spring and heavy rains made re-plantlng necessary, has en tirely passed away and tho crop out look is now splendid. New Oregon Postmasters. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 8. Oregon postmasters ap pointed Leland, Elbert T. Furness. vice, P. G. 'Mills, resigned: Ormec, Lewis D. Ryan, vice, Charles Gettys, resigned.