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Newspaper Page TextEntered t Portland. Orefoa Postorflcs Cecond-aaM Matter. tubacriptkm Katn-InvsrlablT " Adrn" tBy Mail) . Patlr. Punday Included, one. year. 7 Dally. Sunday Included, all monms... Dally. Sunday Included, three niontm Dally. Sunday Included, one montn. . Laily without Sunday, one year Dallr. without Sunday, six months... Dally, without Sunday, three montna 4 2.23 .75 6.00 a. 25 i.-'i .60 i 1 M 1 1 . RUHUUl ouuuaji Cunday. one year J-jJj: Sunday and Weekly, one year (By Carrier.) Pally. Sunday Included, one year...... 8 J2 Dally. Sunday Included, one month o '. How to Remit Send poitofnc money rder. express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency re at the sender's risk Give pastofnee ad dress In full. Including: county and stats. i Pottage Ratea 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent; 16 to 2S pages. 2 cents: SO to 44 pages. 3 cents: 46 to 60 pages. 4 cents. Foreign fost- ' age double rates. " Eastern Business Office The S. C Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 4S ; So Tribune building. Chicago, rooms ilu-al- Tribune building ! PORTLAND. MON DAT, Alt. 10, 1006. f I JAPAN'S rKACEFVL CONQlESTf I That Great Britain cannot main- tain her alliance -with Japan to the ex ' tent of supporting that "nation in a ' conflict with any country in which 1 the race problem has arisen, la indi cated ty the Btrong language used by the Vancouver. B. C Province in dis cussing Japanese expansion. It is '- quite certain that whenever England ; adopts a policy -which finally commits " her to admission of Japanese to her t colonies, either directly or indirectly, those colonies will feel free to re nounce allegiance to the mother coun- try. Both Australia and Canada would promptly side with America in a conflict between the races, and would seek aid from this country in I protecting them from peaceful invas t ion if that protection should be re- fused by England. Blood is thicker i than water, and no treaty can ever " have the effect of arraying white men against each other in a conflict in 'I which brown men are parties. The British Columbia paper is somewhat agitated over an editorial ' article in a Japanese paper, published at Seattle, in the course of which the paper speaks confidently of the pro i gress of Japanese colonization on the J American continent. The language used is such as one might expect to read in England at the time when ' that country was proceeding by colo- - T.lzation to take this continent from the Indians. The Japanese paper quotes different views as to a proper expansion policy for the Mikado's iXJ Empire, and then says: ; Both of these utterances agree In re- garding the South aa the destined dlrec u tion of Japanese expansion. But In .cur opinion Japan's expansion should be in all lM directions, north, south, east and west. e ,1'must expand In all directlcns eaually. But ...before proceeding with our argument let us state what Is meant by Japanese expansion. It means, as a rule, peaceful advance and development, and. in exceptional cases, it I'JI may mean progress by meana rf war To explain the first of these meanings. - let us pursue our 'subject in the concrete. """ Some think that we ought to retrain from pushing eastward. We regard this as foolish talk. In our opinion we have more to gain .u. In this direction than any other. Our clo nlsts In America and Canada have already attained great strength, from Hawaii to California and the Northwest. They are gradually pushing forward Into the Middle wi West and into the East. When tl'.e Panama L" Canal is completed our merchant marine '.Z.', service will reach the Atlantic Ocean. For e these reasons the expansion of our people i-otowsrii the East should be regarded as of "very great Importance Though one might at first suspect . that the reference to "our colonists in America and Canada" was an ex i hibition of Japanese humor, yet the ' whole tenor cf the article indicates that the Jap is in earnest and takes himself seriously. Undoubtedly he can see the brown race pushing back the white from the Pacific just as the white race once pushed back the red ', from the Atlantic. Possibly, in the generosity of their hearts, the Jap ; anese are already planning a system i of reservations which will some day ; serve for the white man the same pur- pose that our reservations now serve ! for the Indian. Perhaps the Japanese J editor already has in mind the partic- ular sections of the country in which ! the American reservations should be ' ' located and by substituting rice for ( meat he may have studied out a ', '. scheme by which the Jap will be able ; to maintain his" white wards at less ' expense than the American has been able to sustain his red predecessor. """ But however the Japanese editor may take himself, the British Columbia . editor takes him seriously. Says the Province: It la little wonder that the Australians who have had a more Intimate acquaintance with the Jananeae than we have aliould insist , on rigidly excluding them. Australia is stlU-a white mans land! it is of Immense extent and is thinly populated. If it threw ' open Its doors, as Britain would have it do. '' to Japan, how long would It remain a white country, or a British colony? And con- - riderine the failurj of Great Britain to af ford Australia any protictlrn, it la not diffi cult to understand the feeling of satlsfac- tion with which the people hall the visit of the American fleet. In the event of trouble and the refusal of Britain to give protec tion, it la somewhat reassuring to be able .to call upon the great American common waalth for assistance. This feeling- is un doubtedly strong with the people of the Antipodes. Certainly, we'll lend a hand when ever Australia or Canada shall be in need, but there is no anticipation of an immediate call for aid. Great " Britain will soon learn that she must protect her colonies or lose them, and, with history before her, there is no doubt as to what she will do. She will not repeat the mistakes of the last. Moreover, the race problem can be solved without war, and it will be. Whenever we find that we do not want Japanese labor in this country shall cease employing it. When - we do not need Jap-made goods, we shall cease buying them. For their own advantage the Japanese will then return to their own country or. go --'-elsewhere in search of profitable em - ployment. We shall enact and enforce such exclusion laws as we deem proper from time to time, and because we t have a right to protect ourselves from any sort of foreign invasion, Japan - will not go to war about it. Further more, she will not go to war because she has seen what an American fleet can do in an endurance cruise. The famous Crystal Palace In Lon- don Is in sore financial straits, and, , unless some way Is found for appeas- ing the unsecured creditors who have " " claims of $450,000 against it, the world-famous attraction will close. At -the time of its construction, about fifty years ago, the Crystal Palace was a greater drawing card than Westminster Abbey, the Tower or TTT any of the ancient buildings In which history was made in London town. But the Crystal Palace is not old enough to be of historic value and it is not even a "ruln,""except in a finan- cial way. Some live Yankee might have made money with the big white elephant by keeping up-to-date at tractions under the big glass domes, but the English managers apparently thought that time would do for the Crystal Palace what it has done for the Tower, and. if it had been kept out of th hands of the creditors for about 500 or 1000 years. Its attraction might have been greater. Aa a present-day marvel, however, it does not compare with a New York sky scraper. MORE EVIDENCE OF DEPRESSION. Several days ago the Seattle Times complained because "The Portland Oregonian doesn't nrag a bit aibout the substantial and continued. evidence of prosperity." etc. The Times pro fessed to find a reason for this absence of brag in it3 own belief that "Port land is suffering the greatest depres sion experienced by any city in the Pacific northwest." To convince the Seattle paper that the alleged "de pression" was not the reason for the absence of "brag, i ne uregonian called attention to an increase of more than 33 per cent in July build ing permits" in Portland over those for July. 1907. Additional signifi cance was attached to these figures when it was shown that the July building permits for Seattle were 83 per cent less than those for July, 1907. It was also pointed out that the great "depression" discovered by the Seattle Times had brought with it for Portland an increased amount of real estate transfers, postoffice receipts and other evidences of what Portland crs had always been taught to regard as prosperity. The subsequent appearance of other official statistics again offers extenuat ing circumstances for the Portland man's foolish belief that the city is not suffering from the "greatest de pression experienced by any city on the Pacific Coast." The customs re ceipts at Portland for July were $108. 319. 2S, compared with $85,213.06 at the port of Seattle. These figures show Portland receipts to be $23, 106.22 in excess of those of Seattle. At both ports as well aa at every other port in the United States, there was a decrease in the receipts as compared with those of July, 1907. The de crease at Seattle was 33 per cent and at Portland 25 per cent. In the ex Dorts from both ports these official reports show more evidence of this awful depression. The July exports from Portland this year were $134,000 greater than those of July, 1?07. The July exports of Seattle were 294,on less than those of July, 1907. Per haps the saddest feature of this ac cumulating "depression" lies In the certa-inty that it will" be even more pronounced during the present month. "GET RICH" FROM WATER. Xot until recently has the value of Summer water to Western Oregon. farms been fully realized. Not even yet do many persons know that value. The highest-priced agricultural lands in the future will not be those only that are reached by a railroad or an Plortrlr! line, but those over which water can be poured for August irri gation. A lot of speculators have bought areas along the new car route to Salem and others are buying where they think other carlines will run. Not many, however, are buying where crops can be watered from streams of the Coast or the Cascade Mountains. Here is a wealth source which has been thus far almost neglected. West ern Oregon in August Is practically as rainless as the arid regions of Eastern Oregon. Its heavy Winter rains do not last the -crops through the Sum mer. But tne mountains are releas ing water during all the dry season. Perennial snows and Springs keep nu merous streams flowing strong all Summer and throughout dry Septem ber. These streams pour their life fluid into the ocean-going rivers", while herbage on the banks thirsts and grows brown. This water if led out on the land would double and treble many crops. Most important to the dairy industry it would make everlasting green grass. Right now is the hardest season for the cows, because there Is little green feed. There have been scrambles in West ern Oregon for gold-bearing land and timber land and land-tapped by new car routes. The scramble for land that can be irrigated is yet to come. The persons who can look far enough ahead to secure possession of tracts which can be favored by water will "get rich." One ct the biggest agri cultural developments of this part of the state will come from irrigation. OrR UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES. Wonderful, indeed, are the possi bilities for development in the State of Oregon. Here is Washington County, small In area and old in years, so far as settlement and cultivation are concerned. Washington County is right at our dooryard and easily reached by trolley and, on account of the convenience of her location, was among the first of the Willamette Vallev counties to aid Portland in building up prestige as a wheat-shipping center. People have been farm ing for so many years out In Wash ington County and have shipped in so much wheat, fruit and dairy pro ducts that we . have almost uncon sclously got the Impression that it is a "finished" county, with every inch of land, in a highly productive state of cultivation. We, of course, do not expect anything of that kind from Tillamook. Lincoln, Coos or those vast Central Oregon empires, Harney, Malheur, Lake, etc., most of which have an area greater than many of the European kingdoms. 1 But Washington County, with its enormously rich soil and close prox imity to Portland, has been shipping agricultural products for so many years that it is almost pardonable for one to get the impression that there could not be much more land avail able for cultivation. Yet we find in yesterday's news columns an official statement from the County Clerk at Hillsboro, In which the total area of the county is given as 440.000 acres, of which 94.215 acres considerably less than one-fourth are cleared, and of the remainder, there are 250, 000 acres of merchantable timber. These are the conditions in one of the oldest counties in the state, a county that has had some advan tages in the way of transportation, and, when it is considered that four fifths of the remaining counties of the state have a .much smaller area of cultivated land than is In use in Washington County, its remarkable THE MORNING opportunities for future development can be better understood. Washington County and the neigh boring counties in the Willamette Valley made Portland the metropolis oi the Pacific Northwest before the region east of the Cascade moun tains began to attract settlers. The Eastern Oregon and Washington re gion is now trading heavily with Portland and will vastly Increase the volume of this trade as soon as the North Bank Road is completed. But it Is the wonderful Willamette Valley, with its oldest settled counties still less than one-fourth under cul tivation, which must have the credit for building up Portland. And all around -old -Washington County are other counties equally rich in natural resources, and much greater in area, which will some day pour out riches proportionate to those which are now coming out of Washington, old Yam hill and other early settled counties of the Valley. It Is in these wonder ful resources, as yet untouched, that Portland has a heritage of value un equalled by that which Is available for any other city on the Pacific Coast. WHERE PORTLAND TEAM BELONGS. Speaking of baseball, the proper home of Portland is with' the Pacific Northwest League, or with a Pacific Coast League that includes the North west cities. The present four-team Coast league is a jug-handled ar rangement that is highly serviceable to California and inconvenient for Portland. The Intervals between ser ies in Portland are too long. But that Is not the most important ob jection. There is no sharp natural rivalry "between Portland and any of the California cities; there is, or would be, an immense and highly proper spirit of competition between Port land and either Seattle, Taccma or Spokane. Rivalry is a good thing for baseball or for any sport. Portland wants class-A baseball, of course. It doesn't want to see the sport cheapened, and if it should go into a league with other Northwest cities, there should be no step-back into class-B. That would seem to b the only thing to be guarded against in forming or joining a North west league. But all that can, no doubt, be arranged. If It can be ar ranged, there should be no hesitation whatever by the owners of the Port land ball team as to their course. The local public is quite indifferent as to Los Angeles, San Francisco or Oak land: and it has supported the pres ent baseball scheme because it loves baseball. It would be enthusiastically for the Portland ball team against the world, if it should play In a league that had ball teams representing its business and commercial rivals. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. If the National committees receive campaign funds from legitimate sources only they may possibly be compelled to face a shortage. If they accept contributions for which favors are expected in return, then tnere is scandal and the Just suspicion of cor ruption. Although most of us are dis posed to treat the matter flippantly and look upon the indigence of the committees, as something of a Joke, still their case is a hard one. It is an expensive piece of business to run for President. Allowing no expendi tures except unquestionably necessary and honorable ones, a great deal of money must be provided. If it is not forthcoming for a candidate, his pros- Dects are blighted. More than that, one can easily see how the country might lose the services of an able and patriotic man merely because he could not meet the expenses or campaign. It is to the advantage of the Re public that its best and ablest men should stand for office, no matter whether they are rich or poor. Very often the most desirable candidates are those who have no millionaire connections and for whom the pluto cratic Interests will contribute noth ing. But things have come to such a pass that a poor man cannot run for the Presidency or the Senate with out falling under obligations from which he were better free. DON'T GIVE UP TOO SOON. The man who engages in some use ful occupation and follows it diligently for a period oi many years is much more likely to succeed than is one who changes from one occupation to an other as temporary conditions chance to encourage or discourage him. We have seen this illustrated very fre quently in the hopgrowlng industry in Oregon. Those growers who owned their yards and cultivated as many acres of hops as they could properly care for year after year, made money at the occupation. But, while they were doing so, a much larger number of farmers made a failure of hop growing. Two or three year3 of high prices having brought immense profits to hopgrowers', hundreds of farmers rushed blindly into this industry, caus ing over-production and consequent low prices, which left the growers no profit at all, or perhaps a heavy loss. Farmers who thus took up hopgrow. ing almost Invariably made a failure, The same experience has fallen to woolgrowers, though the failures have not been so noticeable because it has been difficult to get into sheepraising quickly. Attracted toy high prices for wool and mutton, men have engaged in sheepraising when a large Invest ment was required, and when prices fell, as they were almost certain to do,1 the spasmodic sheep men went to the wall. At the same time, men who raised sheep year after year made money. Two years ago loganberries yielded fabulous profits to the producers. Im mediately large numbers of farmers planted loganberries, with the usual result. Some of them this Summer plowed up the vines they planted last Fall. Yet it is altogether probatol that those who make loganberry growing a steady occupation and who are content to take the bad season with the good, will find the industry profitable Illustrations might be multiplied al most indefinitely, tending to prove, not that one shouldn't engage in- a new occupation, but that he should an ticipate years of misfortune and ex pect to balance them with years o prosperity. These observations are prompted by the reports that many farmers are now discouraged with cherrygrowlng. A year ago cherries brought a good price and, as might be expected, thousands of acres of cherry trees were planted last winter. This year the price of cherries was very much lower and some of the OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, owners of new orchards think of pull ing up their trees and planting apples. Such a course would be sheerest folly, fcr, pursuing the same policy, these st,me farmers would dig up their ap ple trees after the first year or two cl low prices. Nothing but financial ruin can possibly result from such a course, esoecially when the trees planted cannot toe expected to produce a commercial crop within ten or a dozen years. Those who engage In either cherrygrowlng or applegrowing must not expect to receive every year the prices which prevailed in the record-breaking season. They must count upon an occasional year of loss. If they afe not prepared to sustain the los3 and continue oj.rations until the year or large prorus comes again, they should not undertake to engage in an industry which requires a large initial investment and a heavy annual xpense. There is no reason why any healthy fruit tree should be dug up in Oregon. There Is no place where fruit grows to greater perfection, or where yields are larger, or crops more cer tain than in Oregon. The industry is a safe one in which to engage, pro vided intelligence and persistence are qualities possessed by the grower. There is scarcely any industry, m which there is room for the man who gives up in despair at tire first sign of adversity. Every American citizen will re joice over the success of Wilbur Wright with his aeroplane, not aione because toe is an American citizen, but because ' his success has been achieved after more than fifteen years of steady work and experiments. The world was hardly prepared to regard aeronautics very seriously when the Wright Brothers began their experiments, but interest In the science of aerial navigation has developed so rapidly within the past few years that the friends of the Wrights feared that some of the many foreigners en gaged In the work might score a com plete success before the American in ventors perfected their machine. The account from Lemans, France, in yes terday's Oregonian, would give the impression that the American ma chine is nearer to a perfect success than any other that has yet ap peared. Thirteen steamers departed from California ports for Portland during the three days ending Saturday. This fleet, together with two coasting steamers from Coos Bay, will reach Portland within the next forty-eight hours. This is the dull season of the vear in shipping, but it is hardly noticeable along the waterfront, for the business increases so rapidly that the dull months this year compare favorably with some of the most ac tive months in the season In years gone by. i ne coastwise sieainaiuii business this Fall will be greater tnan ever, and it will be reinforced "toy the largest fleet of grain vessels that ever came to Portland in a single season. Along the waterfront, as well as in buildinir nermits, real estate trans fers, postoffice receipts and elsewhere, Portland is starting In on a new nscai vear under the most favorable con ditrons ever known. The "Alaska" wheat, which is said to produce 100 bushels per acre, will be a valuable acquisition to the country, provided its quality is on a par with the quantity It produces. So many different kinds of heavy yielding wheat have been brought into the country with very flattering ad vance notices, which were not ful filled by bread-making tests of the product, that farmers will not become unduly excited over the latest ad dition until further tests demonstrate its value. The famous "goose wheat" came in with wonderful stories of yield, and, under some conditions, it proved a big yielder, but It has never been regarded as suitable wheat for flour-making. At the same time, any kind of wheat that will produce 100 bus-hels per acre Is worth a lot of money even for feeding to stock. The Pillsbury flouring mill3 at Min neapolis, Minn., have gone into the hands of a receiver for the purpose of reorganization, this having been made necessary toy bad management. The mills were built up from very small beginnings by the late C. A. Pillsbury. Though he probably gave little per sonal attention to the details of the business In the later years of his life. It Is evident that his exercise of con trol kept the vast enterprise on a suc cessful basis. It is not uncommon for a large business like that to suffer re verses when the mind that created it has been withdrawn from the manage ment. . It may or may not be true that the railroads have discriminated against the Democrats toy refusing to grant excursion rates for. the Bryan notification. But if they wish to elect Mr. Bryan, they could choose no bet ter way than to give grounds for sus picions of this sort. The Independence League mana gers announce that they deem it im portant to keep Hearst talking all through the campaign. They prob ably will not overlook the fact that it is much more important to keep Bris bane writing. A Pittsburg physician claims to have discovered a sure cure for lockjaw. If his discovery is what he toelleves It to be, he has rendered a valuable service to humanity. His next undertaking should be to find a cure for loose Jaw. A Phillpino who served three years in the United States Army and was honorably discharged, has toeen denied the right to take out citizenship papers. He probably wonders whether the Constitution follows the flag. The ten grafters just convicted in London must look with envious eyes upon their happier brethren in Amer ica. There is no Supreme Court in England to set them free. The New York Times says that Taft was once a poet. This might injure his chances for election but for the ready argument In response that he demonstrated his good judgment when he quit poetry. Now that the postmasters have de clared their four-year terms tot) short, there ought to be a meeting on the other side, of patriots who are seeking postoffice jobs. Before trying to fly to the North Pole, Writer Wellman ought to follow the example of Baldwin and Zeppelin. AUGUST 10, 1905. LIFE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY Where Two Eye Are No Enough. Junction City Times. A good many of the men who return from Newport-by-the-sea are cross eyed, the result of trying to see all the pretty girls in bathing at the same time. He Knew. Condon Times. A story comes from the Sherman Wade ranch. When a native of the Scandinavian Peninsula saw a rattle snake he remarked: "God Almighty knew what he was doing when he put bells on them things, already yet." One Kind of Advertlalnjc. Moro Observer. If the Portland firm that sends out tons of free catalogues monthly' at 2 cents postage each, could see the piles of Its books in the street at every Post- office they'd try some different method of reaching out after trade. Editor Geer's All-Serins Eye. Pendleton Tribune. Every instance where this writer has ventured to gaze upon a peek-a-boo Hvalst or open-work hose the Impres sion has been that the very opposite or deception had been practiced upon him, and that the visual encounter haa re sulted In added information relating to forbidden things. Why the Farmer Smiles. Weston Leader. With wheat at 80 cents a bushel, "hard times" cannot even peek over the rim of Umatilla County. His crop may be 10 or 15 bushels short of the usual average, but the farmer is not com plaining. He will have a Jingle in his pockets and a corpulent account at the bank. Truly, he is the "salt or tne earth and the fatness thereof." Van Schoraek Goat a Loae aa Enemy. Cottage Grove Western Oregon. W. P. Van Schoraek and his boys shot an immense cougar Wednesday. The animal, which measured nine feet from tip to tip, was killed six miles up on Mosby Creek, and had Just completed the slaughter of three goats on the Van Schoraek place, when a bullet from his rifle ended his career. . A dog belong ing to Mr. Van Schoraek assisted In the capture of the animal, and as the cou gar was shot he sprang on the dog and nearly killed him. The New Editor's Salutatory. Harrlsburg Times. Never has much to eay outside of the paper. Chief delight is to make other people happy, but doesn't believe in spending his money to do it. Gets no delight at making enemies never found it profitable. Likes pie. Chews and smokes. Pays for it. Married. Paid for it. Four children. Is willing any time to let them decide as to his worth, and always will be, If Harris burg stands back of him. Stands five feet eight. Sits down all day If neces sary. Weigh 170 smiling, a ton serious. Mad. sro anywhere at postage rates. Received more compliments on his good looks than he ever did on his bank ac count. Run newspapers before. Another Marvelous Discovery. Marshfield Times. Charles Codding, of Millington. has a cow that establiehed a new record the other day. She succeeded -in getting neat a two-gallon can of strawberries that Mr. Codding had Just gathered, after a couple of hours of back-breaking labor. Of course, he was sore and angry with the cow when he discovered that the meek-eyed bovine had enjoyed a rerjast of the luscious berries that had presented visions to him of shortcake and a big bowl of berries and cream. He still had a "grouch" on the next day, but the smile that came over hia face when he tasted the milk and cream and found it to be of a straw berry flavor that beat any strawberry flavoring that he was ever able to get at soda fountains or ice cream parlor, Here's the World's Greatest Fish. Newport Mail. The greatest delicacy in the fish line known on the continent is the palice fish found oft the Grnd Banks, and sold in British and European markets at a high price. Until lately no one has credited the fact that this fish was a native of the Pacific in these lati tudes. Captain Bob Voeth put the mat ter at rest forever yesterday by bring Ing in' two fine palice which he caught outside the bar. Thomas Leese, who is thoroughly acquainted with the char acteristics of this fish, Immediately on inspection confirmed Captain Voeth's statement that they were palice. Voeth Btates that they are a difficult fish to catch, owing to the great depth of water on their grounds, and the emallness of their throats In compari son with the strong gear required to bring them to the surface. However, he Is confident that they can be caught in marketable quantities. DAVE DEITZ'S TREASURES. Kept File of Weekly Oreitonlan Since JS76. Canyon' City Eagle. Dave Deltz, who according to his own statement, was the first man to stand on bedrock on Canyon Creek, in the latter part of May. 1862. has preserved the Weekly Oregonian for a great many years and, reposing In time-worn and yellow bundles on his mantlepiece. are the files of the paper since the year 1876. The files are complete with the exception of two or three numbers. Mr. Deitz is an old bachelor, aid has lived alone in his present home, which Is on the Canyon Creek road, about nine miles 60uth of this place, for the past 30 years. He is now 78 years old. His little bundles of Oregonians, he regards with a sentiment that might be compared with emotions of affection that are ordinarily directed to an animate object. Methodically, since Centennial year, 1876. he has carefully filed away his copy of The Oregonian. and out of the thou sands of subscribers to Oregon's great paper, it is safe to assume that he stands alone with the distinction of being the only one on The Oregonian's subscription list who has preserved the paper through so long a period. . Latest Race Suicide. New York Tribune. The daily accident roll suggests that Americans are committing race sui cide by the automobile route. Twenty deaths a day, with the chauffeur as executioner, seems to- be the current record. Holdlns; Its Own. Lawrence Telegram. It may be more fashionable to be killed by automobiles than any other way now. but It Is to be noticed that the old method of drowning is hold ing Its own. One Comforting Thought. Albany Journal. You may feel uncomfortable under the sweltering rays of the sun, but Just think of the $1,300,300,000 corn -crop that is stretching skyward. Good Warm Weather Literature. Pittsburg Dispatch. , What Hearst says about Bryan, what Bryan says about Hearst, and what they both say about Tom Watson, make warm reading for Summer days, WHAT'S MATTER WITH TILLAMOOK Why Doesn't County Get (n nnd Adver tise Itsrlff Tillamook Herald. That in the Industrial pages of the Oregonian. and In similar ways in oth er papers. Eugene. Roseburg and other enterprising towns of the state are getting a lot of good advertising that costs absolutely nothing. That Tillamook might have a lot of such advertising If we would dig in and get it. That it is almost impossible to get the statistical information in regard to the milk yield, cheese made and prices secured at the various factories. That the parties who should be most anxious to let the public know exact ly the facts and figures, either will not give it or make it appear to be the greatest accommodation Imaginable. That an attitude of entire indiffer ence and "none of your business" is assumed. That three-fourths of the ranchers do not know anything about the rea sons why their milk check is the amount it Is. or why it Is more or less, as the case may be. and the directors of the factories cannot, or will not. give the data that might be used for valuable advertising. That the way to boost Tillamook and Tillamook cheese is to let the public know sometning about It. ' That some of the most prominent business men of Portland and other cities have been In Tillamook lately. That no person has welcomed them or placed before them the advantages of our county. That the Tillamook Commercial Club or Development League, that the county pays $50 per month to advertise the county with, has not held a meeting for three months; and, That it , Is the time now when we have the people here, to welcome them. talk to them, have a decent room, IT It la In the Courthouse, to meet them in. and try to interest them in our county. That next month 18 autos tun or Valley and Portland business men are expected here. Will we, shall we, let the opportunity pass? That the Herald Intends to keep pull ing for at least one good highway to Portland, boosting the county all it can and hopes for the help of its readers. JUST ONE BESETTING SIN. But It Was Enough to Color and Wreck His Whole Life. Chehalls Bee-Nugget. A contemporary, In writing an obitu ary notice last week, said of the de ceased that "his one besetting sin was drink. He was well Informed on al most any topic, and when he was sober, it was a pleasure . to converse with him." Such a statement miKht be written of thousands of men. Every reader of this paper has known in his or her life a parallel to such a case. Many an otherwise respectable man. an honor to his race when sober. Is a disgrace and a shame to his fellowmen when under the influence of liquor. Numbers of bright men, men who started In life with bright prospects and an excellent education, have fallen by the wayside and are social outcasts because of their Inability to let alone the one thing that makes a pariah of them. Too often. however, the man who becomes an habitual drunkard takes on a number of other besetting sins. It matters lit tle to the man In the gutter whether he has one or more besetting sins, the chiefest of them all and probably the father of them all is the one of being a drunkard The subject of the obituary from which the above was taken, was known to a number of people in this locality. He was known as a man of exceptional ability in his trade, but on account of his "one besetting sin could not nolo a position that he was entitled to by reason of his ability and education when he was sober. There Is a moral to such a life that should be brought to the notice of every young man, no matter how bright may be his present prospects. Violin Orchestra of 14O0 Children. London Dispatch to Chicago Inter Ocean. The most remarkable orchestra in the world, composed of 1400 children, rang ing from 9 years upward, appeared and played together the other day In the central hall of Alexandra raiace. One thousand of the children played first vlollr. and the remaining 400 "sec ond fiddle ' and to give tone to so huge a mass of strings, the boys' band of the Duke of York's Royal Military School supplied the wood, wind and brass. For 10 years there has been steadily, but almost unnoticed except by those directly concerned, growing in England a movement for the encouragement of Instrumental music In elementary schools. Slowly, but surely. It has spread throughout the breadth of Eng land and Wales, until today, it is com puted, there are no less than 5000 ele mentary schools which can boast of their own orchestras. Poodle Checks Runaway Horse, New York World. Frank H. Holden drove up to the post office at Morrlstown, N. J., with a French poodle on the seat of the buggy with him. The dog weighs 30 pounds. Mr. Holden left the dog on the seat and went Into the postoffice. The horse's reins were lying over the dashboard. The horse was frightened by a passing automobile and started to run. At the first move of the horse the poodle jumped from the seat, grabbed the reins and sprang out of the buggy. When the dog landed on the ground he had the reins wrapped about his body, and, al though under the wagon, he kept hold of them and cMecked the horse. Patrolman Meiser saw the affair, ran Into the street and caught the horse. Then the dog unwrapped the reins from his body and Jumped back into the buggy, ready for another drive. Two Occupations Don't Mix. Pilot Rock Record. W. E. C. Pruit, a Pendleton attor ney, has left for parts unknown. Any man who tries to run a newspaper and the district attorney's office at the same time such weather as this Is apt to be troubled with "brain storm." If he hasn't gone to Alaska it Is very evident he has gone crazy. A Hundred Years From Now. There's a picture In the window Of a little ship I know. With boys and girls dressed as they vers A hundred years ago. And since I saw It, r havs thought. And keep on thinking how The children, maybe, will be dressed A hundred years from now. Will girls wear caps or farthingales, Or hoops In grand array? Will they war bows like butterflies. Just as they do today? -Will boys wear Jackets short, or tie. Their hair in queues? Just how They'll really look, I'd like to know A hundred years from now. What do you think the girls and boys Will eat In those far days? Will they b fed on breakfast foods In many sorts of ways? Will all th good and tasty things Be worse for them than rice? Will ice cream soda make them sick. And everything that's nice? i Will children's books hava pictures then Or Just all reading be? Perhaps they'll be hand-painted and Mnnr henutlfu to But when I think of those I have, I truly don't sae how They can be any prettier A hundred years from now. Sarah Isoble-Ivss la St. Nicholas. MADISON-ST. BRIDGE PROBLEM Consideration of Difficulties In Carry Ins; Out Present Plans. PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 9.-(To the Editor.) The decision of the Supreme Court validating the proposed bond Issue of $450,000 for rebuilding the Madison street bridge has made this matter a very live one. and the following observations of one who has given the matter y slderable thought will show the problems which will necessarily have to he soHed. . I believe it is the general opinion that $450,000 will not build such a bridge as is required for present and future needs at the present location, and as the act speci fies this location the money will not De available at another site. Although public opinion has not crystal lized as to a change in location, the tend ency of the East Side population seems to be pretty much in favor of such a change, and several such revised locations are under consideration from East Mam street to Clay street; from Hawthorne avenue to Jefferson street; and now South Portland wants a high bridge at Sherman street. PA.iian i emwlnf fast and the south- ' east section, which in previous years did not Join in this growth to such an extent as other sections, is now on the eve of a great development. Large areas are Deing cut up Into acre traciM mu iuio uu are beiiur erected everywhere. There are still large areas to be developed and at the rate things are now moving it will be a comparatively snort umo umu the population will be many times " It now Is. A large percentage of this io,i, ti electric cars dally in go ing to and from work, and the congestion on the present bridge by car, team and pedestrians Is well known. Simultaneous with the growtn oi me latlon the tributary country is also grow ing. New electric lines are being built, new steam lines are projected, and busi ness on present lines taxes them to their utmost capacity. The territory Immediately adjacent any location oi tne onuse " of Hawthorne avenue is a natural rail road center. The Harriman lines have their main track on East first urn-i, upon which train service is very heavy at present and will be largely increased upon completion oi tne nuisuu.B-. ton cut-on. and tne tnrowiux m in side traffic on that line on tne tiast owo of the river instead of on Fourth street Other lines projected and under construc tion by the same interests will add to the traffic on East First street. In addition to this, low lands tributary to lis irau In East Portland form a natural ware house location, which is building up rap idly and requires sidetracks and consjder able switching of cars and trains to handle the business. In the same vicin ity are the large yards of the Portland Railway, LUht & Power. Company, through which its lines diverge to tha south and east, and over which traffic at present is very heavy and bound to in crease with the development of the coun try above referred to. In short, the whole tide of travel by railroad trains, electric cars, teams and pedestrians is bunched in this vicinity and to avoid conflict and accidents and to facilitate travel, grade crossings should be eliminated, if it is possible to do bo. As regards the East Mill street location: This would be an- ideal one so far as throwing the bridge over the Southern Pacific Company's tracks is concerned, but It has the very great objection that The Oaks and Oregon City lines cannot reach the bridge except by a dangerous grade crossing on a curve over the South ern Pacific Company's tracks at an ascent, which would be practically pro hibitive and impracticable, and on the other hand East Mill street is not a thor oughfare, and runs out at Ladd's Field. In Justice to property Interests It irt only fair that those people who hae built up Hawthorne avenue should be considered in any change of location. There is no question but that real estate values would be greatly depreciated and business buildings and other Improvements along the street, especially west of Grand ave nue, would be rendered far less vaiuabla should the bridge leave the street. An other great advantage, and the principal one. in favor of the Hawthorne avenue lo cation is that it Is one of the -widest streets on the Bast Side and a thorough fare running from the river out beyond the city limits, and thus is a natural artery for travel. However, even If a bridge were built 'on Hawthorne avenuo with the east approach over the railroad yards and landing, say. on Union avenue or vicinity, it would have the objection that the Oaks and Oregon City lines could not reach the bridge without heavy and almost prohibitive and impracticable grades from the south. Therefore, viewed from any standpoint. the bridge question is a hard one to solve, provided up-to-date ideas are used in iget ting It over the railroad tracks, and I believe all fair-minded men will agree that something of that kind should be done. Throughout the East agitation is universal among state, county and mu nicipal governments to eliminate grade crossings wherever possible, thus giving freer movement all around and lessening the liability of accidents to the minimum, and It U a w?ll-known fact, supported by statistics, that notwithstanding whatever mechanical safeguards are thrown around these grade crossings, accidents still hap pen frequently and will continue to hap pen so long as their operation is left to man. As before stated, the city is growing rapidly. Conservative men believe that it Is on the eve of the greatest growth ever known. We know now It has grown i the past ten years, and It is well known to all that what was good enough ten years ago won't do now. We should not build for today, but anticipate the future by a large margin and discuss the subject without prejudice to corporations or others concerned. Transportation has been one of the greatest factors in our growth. We have to have the steam rail roads for our distant needs and the elec tric lines for our dally goings and com ings. We cannot do without them, nor they without us, and whatever is done to facilitate their business facilitates our own. and while not having any figures at hand. I believe It will be found that the additional cost of an overhead bridge over a grade bridge will to a large extent be met by taxes paid by the corporations in terested. The one main point in this whole bridge controversy is: Why should Portland alone issue these bonds and build the bridge? It will undoubtedly be used by the people of Multnomah County outside of Portland in about the same proportion as Portland pays county taxes. Why not let Multnomah County start the move ment sell the bonds, guarantee them, and operate the bridge? It affords a means for the farmer to come to town to sell his produce, and a large number of the people traveling on electric lines live In the county but outside of the city limits. C. G. SUTHERLAND. Boston's Ban on Public Courtina;. Boston Dispatch to New York Tribune. Staid old Boston has set a time limit on courting on and after tonight. The hour is fixed at 10 o'clock in the even ing, and the adventurous youth and the coy maiden caught at anything of the sort after that time run the risk of a night In Jail and a fine or imprison ment to follow. The Police Commis sioner put the order into effect today. "There Is altogether too much of this public courting," he said. In explanation of his order. "It's getting nauseous to people around the streets, particularly those who want to spend a quiet even ing In the Commons ard parks, so I have ordered It stopped. Anybody caught doing it again will be arrested for disorderly conduct." A Modern Romance, Washington Herald. "Why don't they marry?" "Family objections." 'As If a real man couldn't overcom I those "If, won t those!" not always so easy. Hfs wire t agree to a divorce.