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OREGON'S RAILROAD OCTLOOK.
Laying aside, for the time being, all
consideration of the reasons why Mr.
Harrlman has not built railroads In
Oregon In the past, one cannot but
feel encouraged over the outlook for
extensive railroad construction in the
Immediate future. Mr. Harrlman has
not only made definite promises, but
there are abundant reasons to believe,
aside from his promises, that new
roads will be constructed. In the first
place, the roads will pay; second, Mr.
Harriman has plenty of money with
which to build them; third, if Mr.
Harriman does not build them Mr.
Hill will. Mr. Harriman wants the
business, he does not have to build
the roads with his own money, and he
knows that he must move rapidly to
get ahead of Hill. His own agents
have been telling him for years that
the roads would pay, he has collected
from the people of Oregon net reve
nues enough to build several roads, he
has seen enough of the Hill method to
know that he cannot safely delay
longer.
The question of funds is, of course,
one of primary importance. All who
have read the Interview in which Mr.
Harrlman complained that railroad
companies could not extend their lines
without raising more revenue were
misled by the implied assertion that
the' money was not available. But
Railroad Commissioner West has ex
posed tje error of this conclusion. In
his address upon the subject of Harri
man and railroads he shows that, af
ter paying' all operating expenses. In
terest on bonds, taxes and 4 per cent
dividend on stock, the net profits of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company for one year alone are suffi
cient to build a railroad across the
State of Oregon from east to west. A
4 per cent dividend alone is not a bad
profit, but over and above that the O.
R. & N. has earned an Immense sur
plus which should never have been ex
acted from the shippers and consum
ers of Oregon. It Is fair to say, there
fore, that Harriman need not spend
money out of his own pocket in build
ing new roads, for he has enough
money furnished by the people of Ore
gon to build all the projected lines.
Having the money, which was so
easily earned. Mr. Harriman might
well be expected to invest it in new
roads, especially in a state which has
proved to be such a profit-giver In the
past. Moreover, every line proposed
promises well as a money-earner. The
road from Natron to Klamath Falls
would be a profitable Investment for
no other reason than that It avoids the
steep grades and the dangerous can
yons of the climb over the Siskiyous.
But that line will traverse a region
that will yield traffic for almost its en
tire length. It will tap an Immense
timber region. It will secure consid
erable traffic from the cattle and
cheep industry of interior Oregon. It
will reach the rich agricultural region
surrounding Klamath Lake. That
road will pay from the start, and its
completion will mark the beginning of
a period of development which will
make the territory it traverses many
times more productive than it is at
present.
, Construction of a road across the
state north and south is a project
which has been recognized by traffic
men for years as one that commended
itself to good business Judgment. The
Shaniko road paid good profits from
the day it was completed. A road ex
tending farther' south, to the Agency
Plains country, would tap a grain dis
trict as rich as that traversed by the
Columbia Southern. Lying a little far
ther south is the Deschutes irrigation
region, where reclamation works have
already been constructed, and where
hundreds of settlers have taken land
and commenced producing crops,
though out of reach of any market.
When transportation has been provid
ed, the irrigated farms of the Des
chutes will multiply in both number
and size, yielding crops that will af
ford plenty of traffic for a railroad. All
along the foothills of the eastern slope
of the Cascades there are forests of
pine which will invite the lumberman
as soon as a means of marketing the
lumber has been provided. Beyond
what is commonly known as the Des
chutes irrigation district is the site of
a second Irrigation project, in the
southern part of Crook County and
the northern part of Klamath. Noth
ing has been done with the irrigation
projects In that locality, but with
transportation convenient th'ere is lit
tle doubt that thousands of acres of
land would be made productive. It
has been said that for many miles the
toad will traverse a country entirely
unproductive. This, however, has been
said of roads projected into other sec
tions of Eastern Oregon, but experi
ence has shown that land considered
worthless will produce profitable grain
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results will doubtless be seen In the
region to be opened up by a road from
the Columbia to the California line.
The situation at Tillamook has been
Investigated by an agent of the Harri
man system, and, while his report has
not been made, it is unquestionable
that his recommendations will favor
early extension of the Harriman lines
to that wealth-producing section.
Tillamook Is an already well-developed
region, and yet. If trans
portation facilities were good, the
dairy farms, which now occupy
chiefly the rich bottom lands, would
soon extend back into the hills.
Tillamook Is one of the richest timber
belts or tne state, ana us muis win ,
afford a railroad an Immense "freight I
business right from the start. Be
cause of Its short distance from Port
land, Tillamook Bay should become a
popular Summer . resort, and the
beach travel alone would be a consid
erable source of revenue to a railroad.
What has been said of the projected
road to Tillamook applies as well to a
road to Coos Bay, and with additional
force, for the reason that the Coos
Bay region Is more extensive than Til
lamook. A road either to Tillamook
or Coos Bay would find the traffic
waiting.
The practical certainty that Mr. Hill
intends to reach out for all the busi
ness he can get in the Oregon country
encourages the belief that Mr. Harri
man will extend his lines. Harriman
has had the traffic in the past without
going after it, because the people were
compelled to patronize his lines or
none.- Electric lines up through the
Willamette Valley, Hill lines coming
down from the north, and construction
of an independent line by the people
of Central Oregon, all tend to make it
necessary for Harriman to abandon
his former inactive policy. From any
viewpoint it appears to be to Mr. Har
rlman's interest to build his lines Into
every section of the state not now
reached.
UNCERTAINTIES OF TUB UW.
Protests against technicalities in
the administration of the law are not
directed against a reasonable adher
ence to necessary rules of procedure.
In order to facilitate the hearing of
controversies- uon their merits there
must be an orderly presentation of the
issues and the evidence to support
them. Courts -would waste much time
getting at the merits of a case with
out some observance of order, and
form. The protest is made against
that unreasonable insistence upon
strict compliance. with uncertain rules
which tend to avoid and delay rather
than to promote Justice. That such
rules of practice exist is evidenced by
nearly every volume of court decisions
ever published, and there are thou
sands of them.
. Justice is guaranteed to the people
without price, and yet there is scarce
ly a retail merchant anywhere who
has sufficient education to bring an
action and try a case for the collec
tion of a grocery bill without employ
ing a lawyer. This Is not a reflec
tion upon the intelligence of mer
chants, but It is a very serious indict
ment of our system of legal practice.
It is safe to say that there are not half
a dozen merchants in all Portland
who could prepare the papers and In
troduce the evidence necessary to se
cure judgment against a debtor who
had run a month's grocery bill. If the
debtor employed a lawyer to Insist
upon those technical rights which the
law insures him. The merchant Is
therefore compelled to employ a law
yer to procure him Justice. And yet
we have a printed Constitution which
guarantees justice without price. .
Further, it the transactions in con
nection with an account witha mer
chant happen to be a little corriplexi it
frequently bothers a lawyer to bring
suit and get judgment without fall
ing Into one of those fatal traps which
the law-has set for him. Even if he
should succeed in getting the Judg
ment to which his client is entitled, he,
might be compelled to go to the Su
preme Court for it, for the law is so
uncertain that scarcely any two law
yers can agree as to what it Is. The
man who seeks justice must not only
hire a lawyer, but. If he desires to be
reasonably certain of winning In
the contest, he must hire the best law
yer to be had. If his opponent should
employ a more skillful attorney, the
man who really has the right on his
side might lose on some technicality.
In playing the game of law, as in play
ing the game of eucher, the result
depends not only upon the hand you
hold, but how you play it. The best
hand sometimes loses because played
with the least skill.'
Probably the collection of a mer
chant's account with his unscrupulous
or tardy customer ' presents the most
frequent occasion 'for litigation, and,
In view of the length of time mer
chants havfe been doing business, one
might expect to find the law regarding
their rights very clear and universally
known.. Yet lawyers occasionally have
to submit a case of this kind to a
court and await the decision in order
to know Just what the law is. A
wholesale merchant sells goods to a
retailer, sending bills thereof in the
usual form, to which the retailer
makes no objection. After waiting
several months and making unsuccess
ful efforts to get pay for the goods,
the wholesaler brings an action on
what lawyers call an "account stated,"
and demands Judgment, not only for
the price of the goods, but for inter
est on the amount from the time the
bills were rendered. Immediately the
retailer employs a lawyer, who raises
the question whether the account was
"stated," in view of the fact that the
bills contained the qualification "er
rors and omissions excepted." So the
case is tried upon that question, and
not upon the question whether the re
tailer got the goods and ought to pay
for them. If the court decides that
the account was njt "stated," but was
"opn," the wholesaler goes down and
out of court, pays the costs, and, if he
is not barred by the rule of former
adjudication, must begin another ac
tion to recover the money due him.
A laborer on construction work
falls victim to an accident which ren
ders him unconscious so quickly that
he does not know what struck him.
After he regains consciousness and
serves his time In the hospital, he in
quires what happened, and upon the
best information he can get brings
suit against his employers for dam
ages occasioned by their negligence in.
providing inadequate guy wires. The
evidence discloses that the negligence
was of some other sort, and the in
jured man goes down and out of court
to await such time as he can get
money enough together to bring an
other action.
A thief is indicted and tried, and In
giving Instructions to the Jury the
judge declares that the man may be
found guilty if it appears from the
evidence that he appropriated the
property without color of right or au
thority, and with intent to steal the
same, but the case Is reversed because
the judge did not say fn the same
connection that the intent must be
criminal intent.
Fine distinctions distinctions so
fine that the ordinary lawyer can
scarce understand them often deter
mine the result of a case without the
real merits involved being considered.
This condition of affairs is one which
cannot be laid at the door of any one
court or any one Judge. Certain rules (
of law have been established by long
lines of precedents, and yet lawyers
must take their cases to the Supreme
Courts in order to ascertain just what
the prevailing predecent is and
whether It applies In any particular
case. The question before the court
is not whether justice has been done,
but whether precedent has been strict
ly followed In the formal proceedings.
If the merchant brought his action
upon an account stated when he and
his lawyer were in error as to what
constitutes an account stated, the
complaint cannot be amended to con
form to the facts, notwithstanding the
litigants know what the controversy is
about and justice would be promoted
rather than retarded by a trial upon
the merits.
The technicalities against which
protest is made are those that tend to
avoid and postpone a hearing upon
the merits instead of opening the way
for an inquiry upon the real issue In
volved. The average citizen has a
feeling that when he goes Into court
he ought to be asked, "What Is your
grievance and what relief do you
wish?" but instead he hears the ques
tion "How did you get here?" If, as
is quite likely the case, he failed to
step' exactly in the footprints of prece
dent, he must go back and come into
court again, paying a second entrance
fee and hiring a better lawyer to show
him how to get properly before a
court of Justice. The realization that
It Is better to suffer injustice than risk
the results of litigation is what makes
people .dissatisfied with the system of
court practice which has been built
up.
QUEER LOGIC.
The New York World struggles
manfully to get out of the hole Into
which it plunged last Spring by Its
headlong opposition to the nomination
of Mr. Bpyan. Its war on Bryan was
vehement and unceasing, for. It said,
Taft would be the Republican nominee
and Bryan would be beaten, as he de
served to be. Now the World is nomi
nally supporting Bryan on the extra
ordinary ground that, "although Mr.
Taft is the Republican nominee, it Is
Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore
Roosevelt's administration that are on
trial and asking for a vote of confi
dence," What, then, has the World
to say of the Impudent Bryan as
sumption that he, and not Taft, is the
especial . exponent and particular
champion of the Roosevelt policies,
and that they can be most success
fully and effectively carried out by
Bryan's election? Continues the
World:
Regardless of Mr. Taft's great ability,
wide experience and engaging personality,
he cannot escape from his political environ
ment. His party is still the party of pro
tection, privilege and plutocracy. Prac
tically every trust promoter In the country
Is a Republican; practically every railroad
president Is a Republican; practically every
"ruthless malefactor" Is a Republican.
Practically every trust promoter in
the country is opposed to Roose
velt and his policies, and was in dead
ly fear of his renomination. Prac
tically every railroad president was
ready to support even Bryan in pref
erence to Roosevelt. Practically every
"ruthless malefactor" still out of jail
joined in the hue and cry against the
President for "no Rooseveltlsm, no
mllitarisml no jingoism, no centraliza
tion, no personal government, no
panic."
The World howls at the Republican
nominee because he is another Roose
velt, and at Roosevelt because he is a
Republican, and at the Republican
party because trust promoters, rail
road presidents and "ruthless malefac
tors" all enemies of Roosevelt are
Republicans.' No sane person can per
ceive Its logic.
STOCK RUNNING AX LARGE.
There is a general disposition among
town people to assume that the ques
tion of cattle running at large admits
of no reasonable discussion, but that
all the arguments are upon the side
opposed to permitting stock the free
dom of the highways end commons.
It is easy for townspeople to say that
every man should provide his own
pasture and keep his stock off the
roads. This would be true if only the
rights of the individual owner of stock
were to be considered. No man has a
right to impose upon the public by
using the highways as a pasture. But
It is not to be assumed that running
stock on the highways Is an imposition
upon the public On the contrary,
such a practice has its benefits to the
public as well as to the owner of the
stock, especially in the region between
the Coast and Cascade ranges. The
arguments upon this quesifion, so it Is
reported, will be heard in the politi
cal campaign in Washington County
this Fall, and there is a likelihood that
the stock question will receive more
attention than the selection of a Pres
ident. Back in- the foothills, where a large
portion of the land Is unfenced, and
where there Is a large amount of free
range, the question of stock running
at large Is always decided in favor of
the stockowner, because the interest
of a majority of the voters so directs.
In the more thickly settled regions
opinion Is more evenly divided, be
cause a large 'portion of the people
keep no stock that they desire to turn
loose upon the highways. Near the
cities, the majority almost Invariably
opposes any concessions In favor of
stockowners. Cattle on the highways
are considered a nuisance which the
public should not tolerate.
But, as said before, there are two
sides to the question. If stock be ex
cluded from the highways and com
mons there grows up a Jungle of brush
and vines or the road is fringed with
long grass which rlpens.ln early Sum
mer and becomes as dry as tinder. A
highway In such condition Is neither
beautiful nor conducive to public
safety. 'Dry grass along the highways
and accumulation of dead vines fur
nish the best possible means by which
fires may spread in Summer. The
fires which destroyed miles of fences
and scores of barns and haystacks in
the Willamette Valley a few years ago
made much of their progress because
of the refuse material along the high
ways. Where stock run freely upon
the highways the grass Is eaten down
before "it becomes ripe, and there is
little dry material by means of which
a fire can spread.
Breachy or vicious stock should not,
of course, be permitted to run at large
In any place. Harmless stock is of
very little annoyance to the public,
and can scarcely be classed as a public
nuisance. In addition to the advan
tage of having the "highways kept
clear of grass and vines by stock, a
community gains something by the In
creased number of cattle the people
can keep If permitted to use the roads (
as part of their pasturage. In the
course of a year the feed a farmer gets
for his stock in this way Is consider
able, and if he were denied it he would
be compelled to reduce his herds.
While this is a matter of chief 'inter
est to the individual, it Indirectly con
cerns the community, for the prosper
ity of a community is nothing more
than the aggregate of the well-being
of its individuals. In Washington
County, as elsewhere, due considera
tion should he given to the advantages
as well as the disadvantages of permit
ting stock to run at large.
PERSECUTING THEIR FRIENDS.
Not many months ago District
Fruit Commissioner R"eid told the
farmers of Clackamas County some
plain truths about their orchards. The
pest-laden, diseased trees, he told
them, were signs of thriftlessness;
they were unprofitable and the sight
of them would-deter desirable home
seekers from buying Clackamas land.
All these things were true and whole
some. The farmers ought to have
given Mr. Reld a gold loving cup for
saying them so courageously.
But they did not give him a loving
cup. Far from it. They railed at
him and despitefully used him. Some
said they would not go to farmers' in
stitutes to hear him lecture. Very
likely they were afraid they would
hear some more truth if they did go.
Such was Mr. Reld's reward for doing
his duty. Now comes a band of Yam
hill County farmers demanding con
dign punishment for M. O. Lownsdale.
And what Is Mr. Lownsdale's terrible
crime? He has enforced the state
law. As fruit Inspector it Is his duty
to chop down wormy old apple trees
when the owners refuse to clean them
up, and he has done it. He had the
choice either to break his oath of of
fice or chop down those wretched, disease-spreading,
trees. Now, because
he did his duty, some people are sign
ing a petition for his removal.
They ought to ibe ashamed of them
selves. What inducement is there for
officials to do their duty when It .brings
them nothing but obloquy? Integrity
in the public service is not such a
common thing In this country that we
can afford to flout and contemn it.
Those Yamhill County farmers will do
well to burn up their petition and
clothe themselves in sackcloth and
ashes for having signed it; and In or
der to bring forth fruits meet for re
pentance let them shoulder their axes
and sally forth to aid Mr. Lownsdale
in his good work. Five years from
now they will all have more money In
their pockets through his efforts un
less they succeed in thwarting him.
When will farmers learn to see their
own Interest?
Linn County's Sheriff and Albany's
Chief of Police conducted a very suc
cessful raid upon a liquor Joint at Al
bany and found that liquor had been
shipped to Albany in butter boxes and
was being sold in an establishment
that pretended to be a commission
house. The evidence secured was very
conclusive, as a number of men were
caught In the act of drinking. To
make the raid complete, the officers
should now secure the names of brew
ers who violated their promise not to
sell liquor in dry counties.
President Taft if there ever is a
President Taft is going to call the
boys together and revise the tariff first
thing. President Bryan will do the
same, no doubt, if the Senate will let
htm, which the Senate won't. Possi
bly it won' t let President Taft do
much, either. Both the Senate and
the tariff are going to travel a rocky
road next year.
Some of those candidates for Gover
nor in Washington are for local op
tion, others for prohibition, and some
don't know where they are at. But
none of them has reached the high
moral elevation of Jlmmle Durkin,
Spokane's favorite son, who favors a
square deal, or meal, as the case may
be, and a free hand-out for every man.
Probably Candidate Chaftn, who is
headed for Oregon, with a barrel of
speeches, thinks he may pick up a few
electoral votes while Mr. Taft and Mr.
Bryan are not looking. But he's
wrong. Hasn't Milt Miller already
pledged the state to Bryan ?
. The Russian government is disposed
to discourage all efforts to celebrate
Count Tolstoi's 80th birthday. But
the Grand Dukes will look with hearty
approval on any arrangements that
may be made for Tolstoi's funeral!
There are more automobile acci
dents than ever. But there are also
more automobiles. Possibly that's the
reason. We shall never have the acci
dentless automobile until we have the
safe and sane chauffeur and a speed
limit of two miles per hour.
Linn boasts of more .tall hunters
than any other county of similar size
or population in Oregon. But there
are other counties that maintain a
high" average by having hunters that
can tel! tall very tall stories.
"
Railroad Commissioner West begs
to assure Mr. Harriman that If he will
look in his other pocket marked O.
R. & N. Co. he will find plenty of
money to build that Central Oregon
railroad.
A little rain noi would furnish the
occasion for reports of the ravages of
the hop louse and the presence of hop
mold. That might stiffen the hop
market a little.
Those growers who think they have
organized a prune-packing concern
that can "bust" the prune trust should
.remember that trusts sometimes do a
little "busting" themselves. .
We are now watching breathlessly
to see If any of those weak-kneed
Statement No. 1 legislators are sum
moned to Pelican Bay.
It is said that-Judge Parker declines
to tell what his private opinion is of
the chances for Bryan's election. It
might not harmonize with his public
opinion.
Our sailors met the Australians In
baseball, and conquered them. They
can do other things, too,' when they
can get at their ammunition.
Now the Parisians won't permit the
women to have even their hats on in
the theaters.
Well, we can beat Oakland, anyway
occasionally.
MAKING A HARD ROAD FOR BRYAN
Many "Ifs" to Htsi Success Pointed Out
by Oie Supporter.
New York World (Dem.).
The World will treat Mr. Bryan with
scrupulous fairness and Justice. It will
endeavor to treat him more than gen
erously because It so vigorously argued
against his nomination. Our conviction
Is stronger than ever that Governor.
Johnson or Judge Gray could have
polled tens of thousands of votes which
Mr. Bryan cannot get.
But If Mr. Bryan should adhere to his
admirable speech of acceptance and the
gratifying pledges to bury the past, and
should prove during the campaign that
he has profited by defeat and unlearned
his past follies in the school of exper
ience; If he should resolutely keep hie
back turned upon the delusive issues
which ha has hitherto advocated; if he
should refrain from attacks upon the
courts; If he should avoid all appeals
to class prejudice; if he should prove
that he Is not the old Bryan but a new
Bryan courageously leading the popu
lar protest against the excesses of
Rooseveltlsm, he can then appeal with
fair prospects of success to the great
independent vote in some states the
deciding vote that will be governed
not by clamor but by reason, not by
clap-trap but by conscience, not by
noise but by facts and truth, not by
appeals to class hatred and ignorance
but by appeals to public intelligence
public intelligence.
PROHIBITION THAT ISNT SO.
How It Is Laughed at In the City of
Savannah, Georgia.
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Savannah's city treasury will suffer
nothing as the. result of Georgia's pro
hibition law.
The process is a simple one.
The city has issued an edict prohibit
ing the opening of "blind tigers" on
Sunday!
But as for week days, it is the city
that Is blind and not the tigers.
Except that once every six months
the city wakes up, summons the alleged
eyeless ones into Recorder's Court, ex
tracts from each $100, and sends them
on their way rejoicing In another half
year's immunity.
By this process the city treasury Is
enriched to the extent of loO.OOO'a year
the sum thought to have'been lost as
the result of prohibition a sum now
become the price of open and defiant
lawlessness.
It must be said to Savannah's credit
that the city made, apparently, an hon
est effort to enforce the law. Blind
tiger proprietors were arrested and
brought into court with seemingly un
questionable evidence. There was no
noticeable laxity about the prosecution,
and yet petit Juries came back prompt
ly with emphatic verdlots of "not
guilty."
And so the question arose, if juries
will not convict, if public sentiment
will tolerate, why should not the city
have Us erstwhile revenue?
Savannah has answered by proceed
ing to collect it.
Batch No. 1, Improved and Recog
nized Order of Blind Tigers, 93 in
number, has just been haled into court,
leaving 1100 each J9300 for the city
treasury ana there are a hundred
others yet to come.
An interesting condition this which
confronts Georgia with the most strln
gent prohibition law yet adopted by
any state.
A condition of lawlessness absolute,
recognized and licensed by municipal
government!
But what about it?
Is there any hand that will or can
be raised to stay It?
Or will it thrive and grow until
unrestrained example has spread in
fection to other communities of the
state.
An economic problem of deep In
tricacy here presents Itself.
1)17 Cherry Trees at Catlln, Wash.
CATLIN, Wash., Aug. 23. (To the
Editor.) So much has been said in re
gard to big cherry-trees that I send
the dimensions of one from Catlln,
Wash., just across tha Columbia River.
The tree referred to Is In the yard
of Robert Foster, was planted over 40
years ago, and measures 11 feet 7
Inches In circumference at a point four
feet above the ground. Five feet above
ground, taking in the bulge of the low
er limbs. It measures 13 feet around.
The spread of the tree Is 54 feet, and
the height 60 feet. In this same yard
are several nut trees of Immense size,
the largest being a black walnut nearly
90 feet in height and three feet above
ground, measuring 6 feet 3H inches In
circumference.
In an adjoining yard there Is an old
pear tree which at least deserves "hon
orable mention," measuring eight feet
In clrcumferenco SH feet above ground,
and nearly 40 feet high. These trees
all bear well every year. VISITOR.
Winston Spencer Churchill to Marry.
' London Despatch.
The engagement Is announced otf
Winston Spencer Churchill, president
of the Board of Trade and member of
Parliament, and Miss ChriBtlna Hozier,
daughter of the late Colonel Sir Henry
Montague Hozier, formerly secretary
of Lloyds, and niece of the Earl of
Alrlle.
Colonel Hozier died last February In
Panama. His wife was a sister of the
Earl of AJrlie. ' He had twice insti
tuted divorce proceedings against her,
the correspondent being Sir Ellis Ash-mead-Bartlett.
The case was settled
by the payment of $25,000, the money
being furnished by Baroness Burdette
Coutts, Sir Ellis' sister-in-law.
Tramps Run Off With Soap.
Bloomsburg Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record.
Unprecedented, perhaps, but never
theless true, is the fact that tramp's
broke Into a soap factory at Miffltn
vllle and made off with some of the
product. When workmen arrived in
the morning they found a window
broken open and soap and tools to the
amount of $50 taken.
Chews. Up Whisky-Glasses and Lives.
Baltimore News.
John Suttenberger chewed up two
whisky-glasses at Youngstown, O., and
suffered no ill effects. He says he has
been eating glass 15 years and his di
gestion Is good.
An Aid to Satan. ,
Washington Herald.
"Is baldness an aid to spelling?" In
quires the Buffalo Express. We don't
know. However, baldness is quite an aid
to Satan during fly time.
Where Chairman Mack la Deficient.
Kansas City Star.
Chairman Mack, according to a Buffalo
paper, "nils the Dili. wnat tne uemo
cratlc committee needs, however,' is some
one to foot tha bill. - '
Kindred Regret.
Omaha Bee.
Mr. Taft expresses regret that he
ever left the bench. Chances are that
Mr. Bryan feels worse over that than
Mr. Taft does.
Things Looking Up.
Atlanta Georgian.
Times are getting better. A New
York exchange notes that Mr. John D.
Rockefeller is painting his barn.
I YE EDITOR AND HIS ! Altv l'A5 mi i --- . - . - -
He Makes a Little Trouble for the
Salem Management.
Junction City Times.
We have received the usual compli
mentary ticket to the State Fair. It
admits the editor and lady, provided the
sex of the editor and his wife are given,
whether slim or stout, young, middle
aged or elderly, whether redheaded, dark
or bald, whether whiskers, moustache,
chin or sidewheelers. Then you have to
take It to the secretary and have him
spread himself on It. Then you must
write your name In the presence of the
ticket man. If you can pass through all
this and live, you will be admitted, but
still you will be eyed rather suspiciously.
You can't take your daughter or sister or
another man's wife. If you are a single
man and want to take your best girl,
you will have to step up to the captain's
office and deposit your money. O yes,
you must sign your name In black ink.
We always have been a friend to the
State Fair, and fvhether we have at
tended it or not we always have a good
word to say for it. We shall probably
attend this year, as no doubt the fair
will exceed all other efforts because the
secretary says so, but if we do we will
pay our way in good money. The state
press who have encouraged the fair these
many years should vote the management
a leatheret medal in consideration to the
dignified and manly courtesy extended
the press.
What Happened When Father Left.
lone Proclalmer.
The editor of "The One and Only Pro
clalmer" took a holiday the last week
and went to Portland to help see to
the good roads of the state. Monday a
deluge of postcards such as "twin
boys, mother and boys are doing fine,
don't hurry," from the leading citizens
of lone, overwhelmed him, and he shook
the dust of Portland from his feet and
came home, for while he was not ex
pecting such a blessing, still he felt
that Morrow County. could produce any
thing. He found the two fine boys in
his house all right, but sad to relate,
they were the offsprings of another.
Anyway, we will always feel a peculiar
ownership in the young men.
From the Colored Point of View.
Portland Advocate (Colored).
Did you ever hear of a Chinese res
taurant which would not serve John
Chinaman? No. Did you ever hear of
a white barber shop which would not
serve a white man? No. Who ever
heard of a Japanese hotel that would
not entertain a Japanese? Nobody.
Who ever heard of an Italian refusing
to serve another Italian? Nobody. Who
ever heard of a colored man running a
place of business where a colored man
could not be served? Everybody!
. Moral i Don't Eat Dry Literature.
Albany Democrat.
A subscriber furnishes the following:
"The ladies of a neighboring town on
the day of election took an active part
In scattering local option literature and
pinning paper flags on the voters. In
the evening they had a lot of literature
left and they threw It over into a dairy
man's cow pasture. The cows ate the
literature and every cow In the pasture
went dry."
Pea Vine That DIdnt Have Chance.
Corvallls Gazette.
Just think of a pea vine 9 feet
long! It was raised by C. B. Starr, on
his lot on Second street It Is a Mar
rowfat, and It is hard to tell how tall
It might have grown had it been out In
the country where it could get the
fresh air and sunshine.
Good Judgment of Portland Men.
Albany Democrat.
These Portland fellows who come here
for wives get some mighty good girls,
all the same.
BIBLE WORSHIP IS ASSAILED
Dr. Aked Says It Does More Than
Atheism In Emptying Churches.
From a New York Special.
That "Bible worship" Is doing more
than atheism to empty the churches of
the country, is the assertion of
Dr. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the
fashionable Fifth avenue Baptist
church in this city. He Insists that
there as no reason why the Bible should
be considered above criticism or free
from errors any more than any other
book that has been handed down from
century to century, passing through
scores ef translations from one lan
guage to another.
"In the pages of the Bible," says Dr.
Aked in the September Apple
ton's magazine, "are to be found
historical errors, arithmetical mis
takes. Inconsistencies and manifold
contradictions, and, what Is far
worse, one finds that the most hor
rible crimes are committed by men who
plead 'God said' in justification of their
terrible misdeeds. Moreover, the Eng
lish Bible Is a version of a version
which Is a translation of a translation.
It has come down through Hebrew,
Greek and Latin Into English. In all
Its earlier stages It was copied by
hand from one manuscript to another
by different writers, a process certain
to result in many mistakes."
Dr. Aked Insists that he is not at
tacking the Bible itself, but merely
the claim for Infallibility which has
been set up for It, and he asserts that
this claim for a book in which It is
possible for a child to discover errors
is driving many intelligent people
away from the cHurch. The right of
every man to study and Interpret the
Scriptures for himself, he holds. Is as
great now as it was in tne time or
Luther and Calvin and Zwinglius. and
such an Independent attitude would do
more to strengthen the hold of relig
ion upon the multitude than any
amount of preaching and teaching in
defense of the Infalibility of every pas
sage in the Bible.
And Pendleton Was Dry
East Oregonian.
It Is estimated that 200 harvest hands
and farmers came to the city today on
account of the rain. Harvest operations
were stopped in every part of the
county, and both the Northern Pacific
train from Helix and the O. R. & N.
train from Walla Walla brought in
large crowds of idle men who are wait
ing for the sunshine to make harvest
ing possible again.
Adjuatable Anatomy.
Chicago News.
Willard Papa, may I go swimming?
Papa Why, Willard, only an hour ago
you complained of a pain in your
stomach.
Willard That s all right, papa. I can
swim on my back.
The Spice of Life.
Smart Set.
Ashley Do . you have much variety
In your boarding house?
Seymour Well, we have three diner-
ent names for the meals.
Father's Sunday Loaf.
Frederick Moxon in Llppincott's.
We hear a lot oi mother's cakes
And sister's lemon pie;
Of gingerbread that gran'ma makes,
And auntie's doughnuts my!
But father's got a recipe
He says beats all the rest;
And when It's mixed O.K., says he.
It suits his palate best.
Some lie-abed-till-nine-o'clock.
Some breakfast-up-to-ten;
A shirt-sleeve-stroll-around-the-block
A sha-e, a pipe, and then
A pile of Colored Supplements,
With frequent dozlngs off
Those are the chief Ingredients
Of father's Sunday loaf.
Newspaper Editors of Both Partlca
Discuss the Political Ontlook.
The New York Times recently askod
a number of newspaper editors in the
Middle West for their personal " opinions
of the outlook. A Democratic opinion
from Wisconsin says that the whole
Middle West is on the verge of a re
volt "against the outrage of the tariff."
and hints that it may go for Bryan,
while a Republican opinion Inclines lo
the view that Wisconsin Is for Taft.
The Indianapolis News (Ind.) says that
Indiana Is either party's victory os
things look today, while the Kansas
City Star (Ind,) thinks that the peo
ple have not as yet taken an active
interest in the fight. In Nebraska, one
opinion is that In the West the present
tendency is strongly to Bryan, while a
Republican opinion favors Taft. Ad
vices from Minnesota are that the peo
ple there think Taft is safer.
Extracts from the opinions follow:
Thinks West Near Tariff Revolt.
Milwaukee. Wis., Aug. 17. I am not
a political prophet. Some facts regard
ing Wisconsin may be of interest in the
East. Republicans will vote for Bryan,
because they think he represents pro
gressive Republicanism better than
Taft does. If there are enough of
them to change the Electoral vote of
the state, the fact has not yet made
itself known.
If a political revolution Is Impending,
there is no evidence of it; but revolu
tions do not herald themselves. Demo
crats who have voted for La Follette
and Roosevelt have to a man gone back
to their party. It Is probably not too '
much to say that 95 per cent of the
Gold Democrats will vote for Bryan
rather than Taft, solely on account of
the tariff.
Taft is spoken of highly by the in
telligent men of both parties, but there
seems to be no Interest in him, which
may be accounted for by the fact that
Roosevelt was the popular choice here,
not excepting La Follette. and the
spreading belief that "high finance"
has made peace with Taft.
Sherman Is a drag, and the feeling is
that the stand-patters are still masters
of the Republican party, regardless of
Taft's Intentions. I-have taken pains
to talk with so-called La Follette Re
publicans .who are for Bryan, and it is
clear that they are not to be Influ
enced by La Follette or anybody else
to vote for Taft. They would resent
efforts on La Follette's part to bring
them Into line.
The simple truth is the whole Middlo
West Is on the verge of a revolt against
the outrage of the tariff, and It need
cause no surprise If it should go to ;
Bryan. If It has not reached that point
this year. It is uot far from It.
Practically all the Republican papers
In this state are fighting for lower
tariff, and the Manufacturers' Associa
tion, whose president lives here, has
wielded a mighty Influence. Republic
ans dare not go on the stump and not
say they favor tariff reform. In many
cases thoy are pretenders, and the vot
ers are showing they are no longer to
be fooled by false friends. You in the
East will not learn anything.
You will not let up an iota on the
tariff, which is responsible for the
socialism which is spreading among tho
people, as Is shown by the attitude of
both parties. It will all go with a rush
some day, and the innocent many will
have to try to build up something
from the wreck caused by the greedy'
few. L. W. NIEMAN,
Milwaukee Journal (Dem.)
Says Wisconsin for Taft by 75,000.
Milwaukee, Wis., Au 17. The Presi
dential situation in Wisconsin Is parti
and parcel of that In the Middle West
generally. Bryan, aside from some de
fections to the minor radical parties,
will get the usual Democratic vote. Re
publican factional differences in this
state are, as in Ohio, local In origin and
character. They have no relation to
and will have no effect on the National
party ticket.
Taft will carry the state by a more
than normal Republican plurality say,
between 75,000 and 100,000. The per
sonal popularity of Roosevelt with tho:
masses In this section will prove a
strong factor for Taft.
THE MILWAUKEE SENTINEL (Rep.)
Indiana Is Still Fighting Ground.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 17. The most
it is safe to say about Indiana is that
It Is fighting ground for both parties;
that the leaders of both, privately, are
by no means confident; that both pro
pose to fight for all there Is In them,
and that the Democrats particularly
are better united and axe more hopeful
and enthusiastic than before in years.
CHARLES R. WILLIAMS,
Editor The News (Ind.)
Gives Nebraska to Bryan by 13.000.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17. The Cincin
nati Enquirer Is badly misinformed as
to the Western sentiment, judging from
Its recent editorial. The facts are ex
actly opposite. The Western Republic
ans are dissatisfied, and the present
tendency Is strongly to Bryan. Pre
liminary pollB in many precincts of Ne
braska indicate that from eight to six
teen Republicans In each precinct will
vote for Bryan, and this will give him
the State of .Nebraska by 15,000 ma
jority. Almost every Bryan club organized
has Republican members. Similar con
ditions prevail In neighboring states.
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD (Dem.)
Nebraska Content and for Taft.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17. Conditions in
the Central West are practically tho
same as those under which Roosevelt
was given his tremendous vote.
Unless the Democrats can find some
good reason for widespread discontent,
they cannot win in Nebraska, and no
cause for discontent can be shown at
present.
MANAGING EDITOR M'CLTLLITGH.
Omaha B?e.
Minnesota Won't Take Brynn Chances.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17. While
it is not expected that Mr. Taft will
carry Minnesota by as large a majority
as that given for Mr. Roosevelt four
years ago, there is no substantial rea
son to doubt that he will receive the
normal Republican majority. The peo
ple know what to expect from Mr. Taft.
They canno; tell what the result of
Mr. Bryan's election might be. With no
great moral issue at stake, the consid
erations which will Influence the void
in this part of the country are chiefly
commercial and business and leitiiijr
well enough alone 's a large considera
tion. J. CM' LA IN,
Editor Journal (Ind. Rpp.)
Missouri Sends a Nature Fake.
Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
John Murphy, of Sedalla, was en
gaged in unloading a car of cement.
His shirt "wilted" and likewise was
covered with cement. The cement "set''
until it was as hard as rock. When
John went home that night he attempt
ed to remove the shirt, but he was not
able to do so until Mrs. Murphy had
pounded the garment with a hammer
for fully 30 minutes, breaking the shirt
Into pieces.
Wasp and Worm Nature Story.
Philadelphia Despatch.
Howard Buchanan, of Royersford, Pa.,
says he saw a wasp split the skin of a
cabbage-worm, roll It up Into a tmiU
ball and fly away with It.
Rattlesnake Dinner Next on List.
Camden (N. J.) Despatch.
Eight persons partook of a rattle
snake dinner at Newton, N. J. They
Bald the meat was good.
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