THE; -JIOBNING OREGO.XIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1910.
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FOKTLAJTD, TUESDAY. JULY 12, 1910.
TUB WEST BKAKS Tlffi BCBDN.
"Nationalization of resources" Is the
latest Eastern catch phrase added to
Jjthe propaganda of "cdBsefyatlon and
of multitudinous bureaucracy and of
'socialistic effort toward Government
i ownership and exploitation of the
'people's wealth sources. Be it noted
. that only lands, trees, minerals and
' streams of the West are to be thus na
Vtionalized and conserved; similar ro
il sourcs of the East are to be kept in
control of local government,;, are to
'pay no tax nor toll to the General
"Government at expense of--the-, local
people using them; nor are they to be
f swarmed over by devouring hosts of
j Russianized officialdom. All this con
servation business is to. be confined to
J Western resources and the people of
; the West are to be assessed therefor.
Roosevelt's Outlook is proclaiming
noisily this Eastern conservation of
j the West, without, of course, propos
ing to nationalize resources of Eastern
States. Such talk applying to the At
lantic side of the continent would be
J regarded both as socialistic absurdity
t and as illegal Invasion of local govern
5 ment powers. It would stir the peo
tple of New York and Pennsylvania
4 justly to declare that they know bet
J ter how to control the sources of their
wealth and power than do the people
r. of Florida or Oregon.
States of the Rocky Mountains and
j the Pacific Coast will resist this en
croachment of Nation-wide authority
over their affairs.' It is not a question
'of state's rights, but of local govern
jment of administration of resources
i whose use concerns chiefly the people
-who dwell iwith them and know their
best use and make their value. If
'Roosevelt has" tied himself up to this
kind of -conservation and he appar
ently has done so through alliance
with the noisiest apostle of the doc-
trine he wholly mistakes the temper
of the West. He is no longer the
ifriend, as he has always professed to
ibe, of this part of the Nation. He has
allied himself with a propaganda, both
?of Western suppression and of ex
treme socialism. He appears as sanc
tlonJLrtgaliQctrJpe ..that .wjjuld reverse
'.ih.e.'pb.ucy TKai "has made' each "com
monwealth strong arid progressive in
."Turn
' ' Alongside an article from his pen on
.New Tork .politics appears one In the
Outlook 'urging National conservation
'of the West. The second article re--cites
the nationalization of inter
state commerce as precedent for
-"conservation"," and leads the argu-ment-
to' National abatement of indus
trial and social evils. This, then, is
the trend. .."It is false doctrine in this
.'country. Control of interstate com
merceli is' a .constitutional function of
-the - GeBeral . Government. But Na
tional conservation and National regu
lation. of social conditions within the
.'states is unconstitutional usurpation of
local government, duties. Extended
to that limit, the new-fangled doctrine
will bring Itself home to the minds of
.Eastern, people right quick. ,
' . States of .the East have lands which
.might well be depopulated and refor
ested for purposes of conservation.
.They .'have stream waters which are
"movixLgTmachinery .and lighting night's
shadows for. uses of the people. - They
"have, minerals' upon which most of
'their prosperity and activity is found
ed. Their state governments have
'full power to regulate and tax these
resources, and to conserve, them. '
,' The people hold full governmental
powers, in their dual form of govern
ment.:- hey-haye": ordained the " re-.-
-ipoujwj.iuBciions oi tne-rwo Dranches
.of . government. Under . state. ..goyern-raent-
peop-le- of -the West "know best
how to conserve their resources. Un
der National control the people who
use these resources and are entitled
.to their best administration would
lose this proper power of conservation.
"' In other- words, conservation should
be local. It should- not be National.
'.It cannot be National in the East.
Then, why in the West?
; TOit . Kt ri'ER "COXVECTIOX WITH
KLAMATH.
' The , Klamath Falls Chamber of
Commerce-has taken up "the matter of
better- :train- service- between that
city;"and". Portland,. For many years
-he ie'6pie of. the "Klamath, country
jjiave had extreme difficulty in doing
business with . Portland' arid with
the state capital. With the building
of tne-railroad, it was hoped that the
' -disadvantage", tinder which Portland
"had "labored for so long would be re
moved.. .The San Francisco pull, however,-seems
to have held over from
the old- stage coach -days to the pres
ent time.. It is in-:evidence to such
in extent that the Southern Pacific
train schedules enable passengers
from Saii Francisqo via Weed to go
right through-. to -their destination
without delay,' while passengers from
Portland are obliged to lie over ax
Weedl'Tor -jo Tiours, before they can
continue their journey.
By rearranging their schedule from
Weed,' the, worst that' could' happen
would be a three-hour delay for the
Californians, while the twenty-honr
delay to which the Oregonians are.
subjected would-be eliminated. It will
be very difficult for Portland to se
cure or hold very . much trade with
the' Southeastern , Oregon metropolis
until there is an improvement In the
train service.-'- The Klamath people
quite naturally show a preference for
Portland where it is possible for them
to -do. business in this direction. There
is a'large and steadily increasing busi
ness between that new country and
the state capital, and politically and
geographically the rich region should
be tributary to Portland.
That, it is not tributary to this city
is due to the efforts of San Francisco
interests who have always found that
portion of Oregon a favorite Held for
commercial exploitation. The Port
land commercial bodies should join
with those of Klamath Falls, and in
sist on a train service that will give
this city somewhere near an "even
break" with our neighbors on the
south.
WHY IS OKBGOy IMTOTKNTT
Oregon Senators did not lift a finger
nor raise a note of protest when the
bill, despoiling this state of millions of
dollars of irrigation money, was con
sidered in their branch of Congress.
Supine, they rested upon their ease
while Senators -from other states
framed a law which will take between
J5.000.000 and $10,000,000 irrigation
money from "Oregon during the next
few ' years and bestow it upon Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
Oregon - has equal constitutional
power with every other 'state in the
Senate, but evidently is unable to ex
ercise it. Why?
The negligent Senators blame Ore
gon's two' Representatives for this
spoliation of Oregon. But Oregon's
numerical representation in the House
of '"Representatives is insignificant
compared with that of other states.
No state ..has numerical superiority
over Oregon in the Senate. Yet so far
as this state's interests In this irriga
tion business were concerned, its two
Senators might as well have been deaf,
dumb, blind and paralyzed.
Why . should not Oregon make its
constitutional equality with other
states in the Senate actual and real?
THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY.
The .-delegates to the forthcoming
"Multnomah Republican County As
sembly have been elected. They were
chosen at open precinct meetings last
Saturday. Public invitation was ex
tended to all Republicans to attend
and participate. They attended in
large numbers. The result speaks for
itself. - The list of delegates embraces
representative Republican citizens
.from every walk of life. There are
many familiar names. There are
many others not well known. It may
be assumed that all are coming to
gether with common desire to find a
common basis on which the Repub
lican party can proceed to organize
and appeal to the body of Republican
voters for support. There is to be no
concealment, no secrecy,- no deception,
no underground or hidden influence
about the naming of the proposed
assembly county ticket. There can
not be.
One merit of the assembly is that it
advertises what it proposes to do and
it invites criticism and attack upon
the basis of whatever it shall have
done. The' public knows throughout
the names of the men who are going
to take part in the assembly. If the
public has np confidence in them, it
will pronounce adverse Judgment at
the primary. If it thinks the work of
the assembly well done, it will render
a favorable Judgment. What justifi
able criticism, then, can be made to
the plan of assembly since the body
of Republican voters never surrenders
to the assembly the right or privilege
of accepting or rejecting its work?
Every word now uttered in opposi
tion to the proposed Multnomah As-senrbty-ls
ta; tleqlirrattjjnvtht -the .800
men who are going to "meet together
have 'ho right to' suggest-cahaiaates'or
to make any suggestion for the consid
eration of the Republican primary.
They have that-right. The Common
sense of every jerson admits it, and
all who are disposed to be fair pro
claim it. '
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
1 The interesting letter upon the rural
free delivery system which The Ore
gonlan prints elsewhere today points
out certain dangers to that branch of
the postofflce business which may not
be entirely imaginary. The cry of
economy is always deemed popular in
Washington. Many - officials believe
that it is their duty to save money
without much regard to the manner
of doing it, and some ' of those en
trusted with the interests of the peo
ple might even- go so far in their
love of penny wisdom as to curtail
the usefulness of . the free delivery
system. It is incredible, however, that
the Postmaster-General, who is a
shrewd politician, contemplates any
such piece of folly. Most Congress
men understand thoroughly that a
blow to free mall delivery means
political death to the man who strikes
it. No work of .the Government means
so much to the immediate .welfare and
happiness of the people. There is no
service which return's soVntich f.or. the
money it costs and none for which' the
publie so willingly pays taxes.. , ,
In general, economy is a desirable
thing, but if the only way to lessen
the expenses of the government is to
.strike at rural free delivery, the 'soon
er . all thought of the subject is
dropped the. better for the welfare
of the country and for the fortunes oC
the politicians. The principal pur
pose of the postofflce is to spread in
telligence among the' people. This
duty should naturally be performed
as Inexpensively as possible consist
ently with the highest efficiency, but
whenever a choice arises between ef
ficiency and expense it is the money
which should be sacrificed and not the
public good. Primarily the postof
flce is not designed 'to be a money
making institution. It ought to pay
its way if that is possible, and so
ought the Army and the courts, but in
general it is not possible. As the
greatest educational institution in the
country the postofflce. must be ex
pected, like the colleges, to present
a deficiency, now and then. The de
ficiency need not be so frequent as It
has often been nor so large, but it is
a thing to be expected and- it Is as
poor statesmanship to think of cutting
down the postal service because It
costs a great deal- of money as it
would be to close up Harvard ' uni
versity for the same reason. Educa
tion under modern ; requirements lis a
highly costly affair.
Undoubtedly the only sane way .to
look upon the postofflce is- as a great
National scheme of education. It is
the most widely extended, the most
popular and the most effective that
exists. .No school or system 'of schools
begins to reach the same number of
people or to instruct them so persist
ently or so well. The work of the
colleges. Important as it is, is but a
trifle compared with the permeating
educational influence of the postofflce.'
The men at the .head of the depart
ment when they conceive their busi
ness properly take the same view of
it as a college president does of his
duties. Their chief object is to spend
money, not to save it. Of course it
Is understood that they ought to
spend shrewdly, and economically; but
what college president was ever heard
of who constantly urged the public
to give him less and less money? Do
not all of them continually cry for
more, and is not that college president
deemed most successful who collects
and spends the most money? It ought
to be somewhat the same with the
Postofflce. . . . .
"We are not arguing for any wasteful
expenditure ..of the-public funds. An
adequate postal service is not waste.
It is the most directly and widely
beneficial of all governmental activi
ties and it is also the most highly ap
preciated and popular. Any Con
gressman who wishes to retire to
private life quickly and permanently
can achieve.;- Mis .desire very speed
ily by helping ' to -curtail .the rural
free delivery system. Those who as
sist in maintaining and extending it
are sure of the reward of popular
gratitude.
NICARAGUA'S "SEW ALLY. -The
formal recognition of the
Madriz government by Germany puts
a vastly different complexion on the
Nicaraguan embroglio. Prior to an
nouncement of Germany's attitude,
Madriz had received but scanty moral
or physical support from any other
country. The attitude of the United
States has been so wobbly and hesi
tating that our famous Monroe doc
trine seemed to be a very elastic diplo
matic fabric. The United States from
the beginning of the trouble has been
"on the fence." We made occasional
hurried rushes to the revolutionists
by making, veiled threats of dire re
suits if some of our meddling soldiers
of fortune were executed for doing
exactly what we would execute Nica
raguans for doing in our own country
in similar- circumstances. We then
doused the cold water on the hopes
of the revolutionists by skipping over
to the government camp and permit
ting the executions to proceed.
We tried to be all things to all men,
in this affair, with the usual - result
Inasmuch as the coup of Emperor
William has just come to light, 'it is
apparent . that he played the game
with much . greater, finesse than was
displayed by our own Mr.. Knox; he
carefully concealed the fact that - he
had picked a winner until this coun
try .had. offended both parties to such
an extent that no matter which side
is victorious, we shall not be in good
standing. But even the unusually
brilliant diplomacy of the Germans, to
use an expression of Mistah Johnson,
may not "brfng home the bacon."
The United States is not the only
country that has something more than
a mild interest in Nicaragua. Some
of the other countries are opposed to
Germany to a degree that would make
Madriz very unpopular if he at
tempted to permit Germany to enjoy
any unusual reward for her sagacity
in picking winners in a Central Ameri
can revolution. It is not too late for
the United States to ' abandon the
vacillating policy that we have thus
far followed with Nicaragua, and the
possibility of German aggression may
bring about the overdue change in
tactics. ' r '
SUMMER COMFORT. "
Nobody need suffer in hot weather.
Those who reek with sweat and pine
iwlth; unquenchable thirst may thank
themselves for their woes.- For-one
thing, they wear too much clothing.
A noted Scandinavian professor of hy
giene' urges. All .workmen to go as
nearly naked as they dare in Summer
and Winter .'also.' He says Of. himself
that he has spent hours In the snow
without a rag of clothing on his body
and been comfortable all the time.
Most men who work., hard wear two
shirts a heavy -flannel next the body
and outside it one of cotton. : Accord
ing to our professor, both these gar
ments are' superfluous." He informs us
that it is vastly easier to catch cold
with too much clothing on the person
than with none at all. As to the im
modesty of gonig about unclad, he as
sures the public that the outer Integu
ment soon acquires a beautiful bronze
hue when exposed to sun and wind
and therefore looks as modest as any
garment could.
- Perhaps, it .-will be ?a long-'. time-before
people can be educated up to the
point of wearing next to no clothing,
but certainly civilization ought to suc
ceed before a great while in abating
starched cuffs -and collars ' in hot
weather. Authorities tell us that half
the colds' we suffer from in Summer
are traceable to the effects of these
abominations.- They collect all the
germs, there are. about ..and ..provide
them with- suitable vantage ground 'for
penetrating the skin; .The- whitest:
starched garment is, from the stand
point of hygiene; dirty. But if we
cannot bring ourselves to dress hygie
nlcally, we can at least acquire the
habit of moving ; deliberately and
thinking scarcely at all In Summer.
Thought is a terrihle enemy to com
fort when the thermometer Is high,'
and if mental activity takes the form
of worry., it is positively deadly. When
the head is cool Inside it is quite likely
to shed a 'refrigerating influence
throughout the system. Nobody ever
has a sunstroke when his stomach is
in good order and his mind at ease.
A bad conscience is a great aid to the
fell "destroyer in' 'July and August,' and
the' habft . of fretting does more harm
than all the drugs in the city can rem
edy. Don't fret, don't hurry, wear as
little clothing as you dare, and sleep
out of doors, and you will be happy.
CALIFORNIA GRAIN YIELD.
The San Francisco Chronicle re
ports a bumper yield of barley in Cali
fornia and a wheat yield that is ."en
tirely satisfactory." The term "en
tirely satisfactory" is susceptible of
various interpretations, but we may
assume that it at least means that
California is again to raise enough
wheat to satisfy the home demand.
This will be gratifying news tt Ore
gon and Washington, as well as to
California, for it is from these Wo
states that California has drawn heav
ily for supplies in the past five years.
In the season just closed, this Cali
fornia business reached a grand total,
flour included, of practically 9,000,000
bushels. For this Immense amount of
grain, the Californians paid good
prices, in many cases figures well
above the parity with foreign markets,
and the value of the California market
was appreciated. But there is another
standpoint from which the view is not
so pleasing.
The 9,000,000 bushels of wheat
which the Californians bought from
Oregon and Washington producers cost
the Californians approximately $9,
000,000. These millions were of
course very acceptable to the people
of the Pacific Northwest, but their
influence on the general trade and in
dustrial situation on the entire Paci
fic Coast was much smaller than
would have been the' case had this
large surplus -been -shipped to foreign
markets and the money received.
added to the circulation on the Coast,
instead of being merely ' transferred
from one state to another.
Not only is the Chronicle optimistic
about the present season's crop, but It
also states that "California should,
and doubtless will, in the future raise
more .grain than we produced during
our best grain-growing period." To
accomplish this result, irrigation is
recommended, and the Chronicle in
sists that- "the fact that we can no
longer profitably produce grain by our
old methods must not make us
think of abandoning the production of
grain." The -Pacific Northwest'
farmers can" find a good market
abroad for all of their wheat, and
every- dollar "which . the Californian
can keep at home by growing his own
wheat will to that extent increase his
purchasing power for other commod
ities which are grown in the Pacific
Northwest.
The closed-draw problem has now
reached a point where its solution is
staid to be a matter of but two weeks.
There will be no acknowledgment of
the right of a city owning both sides
of the river to regulate the movements
of vessels through the harbor bridges.
The War Department,- however, has
announced that under proper restric
tions the draws may be kept closed
against certain classes of shipping for
a perlod-otf two- hours w.hile the morn
ing rush is on. From advices re
ceived it is apparent that no attempt
will be made to hinder the passage of
ocean-growing craft of steamers oper
ating on definite schedules. The closed
draw will . 'be directed : principally
against the towboats. The regulation
suggests possibilities for some trouble
in case an attempt is made to discrim
inate against one class of boats in fa
vor of another. The public, however,
will appreciate the promised relief,
and hope that nothing will occur to
interfere with enforcement of the reg
ulations. From Marshfleld, Oregon, comes
news of a rich gold strike in
the mountains southeast of Myrtle
Point. A number of people have al
ready rushed to the district from
Myrtle Point. While Oregon has a
great many unexplored and unpros
pected regions which are wonderfully
rich in mineral wealth, there will not
be very much of. a rush to the new
fields now or in the future. It is
always distance that lends enchant
ment to the view. If a strike of the
dimensions of the Myrtle Point dis
covery were made in far-off Alaska,
there would be a "stampede" that
would attract gold hunters from far
distant lands. The big- stories that
have come out of the Iditarod coun
try In Alaska have lured thousands
of men to the far North, but nothing
has yet been found to show that the
total output of the new fields for the
season will reach the proportions of
the Southern Oregon annual placer
clean-up.
If the voters of precinct 79 disap
prove the assembly which they prob
ably do not why do they send dele
gates to the assembly? If the dele
gates who have credentials from pre
cinct 79 do not approve of the plan or
purposes of the assembly, it is a piece
of astounding impudence on their part
to attempt to sit in it. The proper
course for precinct 79 disapproving the
assembly if it disapproves-or any
other such precinct, is to decline to
send delegates. So much is clear. The
county assembly in this case can and,
of course, will unseat the delegation
of precinct 79.
. Forest fires are already beginning to
rage in Oregon and Washington out
side the National reserves. Places
are reported here and there . whose
lumber mills have shut down and all
hands turned out to fight fire. The
battle is usually a losing one, for ap
paratus and disciplined methods are
lacking. The burned-over ' forests
may grow up again some time, but
who will compensate the owners for
their unnecessary loss?"
Governor Harmon will be com
mended everywhere if he decides to
remove the Mayor of Newark, Q., for
his failure to deal properly with a
lynching, mob. ,It is well indeed to
punish " those who participate hi a
murder by lynching,, but it is better
still to visit retribution upon cowardly
and conniving officials who encourage
the crimes of the mob by their remiss
ness, "Its-an ill-natured sunbeam that fails
to make someone happy. The bright
rays that have been softening our
pavements and increasing the demand
for . cold drinks have also scorched
the hop louse family to such an ex
tent that the Willamette Valley yards
promise to be unusually free from
these pests.
Excellent plan -that is of the Cor
vallls Commercial Club which has of
fered premiums of $100 to Benton
County orchardists. who make ex
hibits at the Portland Apple Show in
November. Fruitgrowers In every ap
ple, county, in Oregon ought to be
similarly encouraged- ."'".."
The record for Western Oregon is
limited to three successive hot days;
then moderation of temperature. . We
are due for cooler weather tomorrow.
Young' Mr. Armour would better
consult the Portland market before he
says there will be no more ten-dollar
hogs. Testerday's figure was $10.25.
The butter market and the butter
itself are at variance these days. While
one. is very firm, the other is very
much under the weather.
Making Governors for New York is
strenuous work these hot days, but
that's the kind of work the Colonel
likes.
The little chorus girl who lost her
legs Sunday should be remembered
with something more substantial than
pity..
Harvest hands are wanted every
where, but the crowds at Second and
Burnside streets do not diminish.
Lemons went up a dollar a box yes
terday. Before they know it the spirit
will be squeezed out of them.
The Malheur youth who disap
peared to dodge his wedding may be
diffident, or he may be wise.
Bicycle riders on crossings are bad
enough, but riders on sidewalks are
vicious.
And the worst that can be said
against it is that it is a bit uncomfortable.
EDITOR. DODGES U'KEN TASK.
Says) Hi Kempsper Can't Print Many
Bills and Tells Why.
Dallas Observer.
.a subscriber asks' the Observer why
it does not print the full text of all
the measures to be submitted to the
people under the initiative in Novem
ber. The Observer does not print
these .bills for the very good reason
that not one subscriber in 20 would
read them if it did. Another reason
is that we have only one linotype,
one nemspaper press, and little more
than a ton of paper in tne warehouse.
The Observer will doubtless print an
outline of many of the bills now pend
ing, commenting- edltoriaUy where
comment is cohsidered necessary or de
sirable, and some measures may be
printed in full. But when It comes to
publishing the great mass of imprac
ticable and theoretical popullstic rot
that has been ground out by the ITRen
factory.-and dumped onto the people,
this paper-begs to be excused. It any
reader Is honing and hankering for
that sort of reading, let him be patient.
He will get it all from the Secretary
of State's office later on, neatly printed
by the State Printer, tastefully, bound
by George Rodgers, and paid for by
the people of Oregon.
' To Separate Sheep and Goats.
Hoquiam" Washingtonian."
In this Senatorial campaign the disin
terestedness of the Democratic press is
something that would move a teredo to
tears. . Their entire energy seems to be
given up to the task of defending Miles
Poindexter against the numerous attacks
his own constituents are aiming at him.
This renegade to party principles all
at once has become a saint in the Demo
cratic fold. Not bold enough to claim
him as their own, they insist he is loved
by them for--his stalwart Republicanism.
As a matter of fact, all -they want out
of Miles Poindexter is to use . him as a
tool whereby they hope to disrupt the
Republican party and foist the'r own in
competence upon a long-suffering people.
Fortunately close at hand 's the day
when the sheep will be separated
from the goats. Democracy will have to
come out and show its true colors.
Roosevelt's Ugly Word Denial.
Tacoma News.
The ambuscade into which Poindexter
seems to .have 'led Roosevelt' probably
reminds, the latter of war times at Las
Quasi mas. . A regiment of pegro soldiers
rescued his' force' from that predicament,
but in "the present Instance he rescues
himself with a near-shorter and uglier
word.
He does not say in direct language that
Poindexter lied, but he leaves the infer
ence so plain that a. glass-eyed man could
see it on a cloudy day.' ,
Roosevelt is no political dunce to be
caught flitting away into the fields with
the enemies of his old friend Taft. His
very quick denials of the .Poindexter in
terview and his later statements are proof
of that. The' Poindexter interview prac
tically arrayed Roosevelt directly against
Taft. Roosevelt made short work of that
fake.
We Doit Believe It.
. . Dayton, Wash., Chronicle. .
: From the insurgent camp in Spokane
we have received a circular announcing
In substance that Miles Poindexter' vis
Ue4 Roosevelt and: was given to under
stand that Mr. Roosevelt will support
him for the United States Senate. If
T. R-- has agreed to this the people of
Washington have only one course to fol
low, and that will be to. sidetrack them
both and show them that this state and
this Nation can get along very well with
out them. We have our doubts' as yet
whether Mr. Roosevelt has agreed to sup
port anybody for office. He would hardly
head his list, with a back-slider, but if
he has it is plain that the hot sun in the
Jungles of Africa' has affected his mind.
The Over-worked Initiative.
Pendleton Bast Oregonlan.
Voters of Oregon will be compelled
to pass Upon 32 legislative measures
when they vote this Fall. The number
is entirely too large and many of the
measures are of such a nature that
voters simply cannot hope to judge
intelligently as to their merits.
Conspicuous in -this class are the
eight county -division bills that have
been filed. Each of these measures
pertains, to an issue' that is strictly lo
cal in character. The people of the
state at large are not interested in
county division disputes. The average
voter cannot hope to judge of the
merits of these division bills.
. Those Democratic Pangs.
McMlnnvllle News-Reporter.
The Republicans really regret the pangs
their actions are causing some of their
Democratic friends, but really it looks
like they could not avoid it, and are not
Inclined to try very hard. They have
about decided to run their own affairs
after a number of years of vacillation;
and, while they will continue to Indorse
the primary law, they will adhere to
their .rights to stand upon a platform
representative" of the party, and also
claim the privilege of their representa
tives naming .persons that they believe
would be. satisfactory . to support, even
while they- accord anyone their right to
come before the Republicans as a whole
for the'r suffrages.
Envy, Sheer Envy!
Goldendale Independent.
There are times when a country edi
tor, becomes a little envious of other
people. Tuesday was such a day for
us, when a full-blooded Indian came
driving through Goldendale with a fine
automobile on' his way to the Mount
Adam3 country on a fishing and hunt
ing trip. Just think If it, an Indian
owning and running a fine, high-priced
auto, when this country editor cannot
even afford a mule and cart to - ride
around in.
The Simplified Check Boole.
New York Evening Sun.
This is a true story as stories go.
There was once a gilded youth who de
cided to live the simple life. What
did he simplify first? His check book.
He hit on a plan by which he would
just write a note to the bank explain
ing the matter and asking them to send
him the money and then he -would send
his valet to the bank with the note and
his valet would get the money and
bring it back to him. In that way he
would save himself the trouble of
drawing checks.
Just a Few Little ' Obstacles.
Washington Post.
Mr. Pinchot might have landed the
Governorship of Pennsylvania if he
had been a resident and had been ac
cepted by the independent leaders, and
had polled the necessary number of
votes. The world seems filled with an
noying trifles that block a man's way
to fame.
OLD MAX BENNETT OX LINGERIE.
How He Brightened a Whole Day itor a
' Fair Voudr Creature. J
.Rabbltviile Cor. The Dalles Optimist.
Being down to Portland and dooTng a
little errant for Liza at a dry good em
posium, a runned aginst a old party
what was clerking at the counter
whereat they self things maid out of
muslin for wimmen to ware. I" don't
know the nalms of Rich things, Liza
diddent tell me, she had it writ down
on a peace of paper wich I was not to
open but let the f email clerk open It
and rapp up the packaje and then I was
not to ontye it but take it home to
Liza. Well, this old party what cum to
wate on me was mebbe about 25 years
j old, if you wilt turn the Aggers the
yuniwr way ana put xne nve nrsi. Ana
humbly! One of her smile wood put -the
fire out in a eight-day stove in- less
than three seconds.
Well, she sed they had sum bargains
that she knew Miss Butterbottom -would
be Interested in, and so she commenced
to show me sum goods that was so an
cient, so shopworn, so battered and
banged and' broken that they was sell
ing of em at ten cents- on the dollar.
After looking of em over I sed to her,
to the ancient party, sed I, these hear
goods, must have been bought about
the middle of the last senshury when
this store started. And she sed mebbe
so, for, sed she, I have been hear going
on 13 year, and they was hear when I
cum.- Sed I, how menny yearsT And she
sed agin, 13 year last spring. I sed, Je
whllllkens, I diddent know they took
12-year-old. girls to work in stores. And
then you orter see that old party smile.
Talk about the smile that' won't cum
off, why you coodent rub that smile off
of her face with a brick. And I was
glad I .sed It. for it .diddent pane me
enny and maid the day brlte tor her.
Balllna-er and Newell.
Yakima Republic.
The dismissal of F. H. Newell . as
Chief of the Reclamation Service will
be a good - thing for the service. To
Mr. Newell more than to any other In
dividual Is due the demoralized condi
tion of affairs in the Reclamation
Bureau. He may or may not be a great
engineer; but he has remarkably poor
business Judgment, and hasn't been do
ing much else during his incumbency
of office but display It. If he had been
a business man the reclamation fund
probably would not have been spme
$50,000,000 in the hole - now. , Major
Newell is a nice fellow, with an en
gaging line of conversation, and out
side of that he is a member of a clique
of smallbore politicians whose princi
pal business of late has been to try to
convince the country, by embarrassing
and bedeviling the Administration, that
they are indispensable to the proper
conduct of affairs In the United States.
They have succeeded fairly well In
their endeavor; but the people of the
West, who know something about Gov
ernment reclamation by actual obser
vation and experience, can tell the
people of the East, who don't know
anything about it, that in letting the
Major go on his way Secretary Bal
llnger Is performing a valuable public
service.
Poindexter'a . Hot Haste.
Tacoma Ledger.
In hot haste to seize upon something
to bolster up the political fortunes of
Miles Poindezter, the "Progressive Re
publican League" of Spokane reprinted
in circular form a dispatch about Poln
dexter's interview with Colonel Roose
velt, which took place on July 5. The
dispatch appeared - In the Spokane,
newspapers on the morning of July
6, and lo! before the day closed
the "Progressive ' Republican League"
had in the malls a circular headed
"Roosevelt to Support Poindexter for
tne Senate."
Colonel Roosevelt came out promptly
tfce next day with a straight denial
that politics in the Northwest was dis
cussed. Will the Poindexter "league"
at Spokane have the fairness to follow
up the first circular with a second,
printing the statement' the ex-President
authorixed the next day when he
found the interview of July 6had been
misrepresented? If it does not. It will be
convicted of an ' effort to deceive the
voters of Washington.
Taft Supports Ballinger.
New York Sun'.
. The Secretary of the Interior can't
see the President without somebody
suggesting that he has his resignation
in his traveling bag. He was suf
ficiently emphatic on that subject when
he said: "I am not a 'quitter,' and
never have been. I didn't bring along
any resignations . and don't intend to
leave any."
Those persons who tried to discredit
Mr. Taft. making charges, which broke
down utterly, against the head and
other officers of the Department of the
Interior, must have strange notions as
to the relations of a President to his
own advisers when they think that he
should be influenced by the prejudices
of outsiders who want to have their
own way whether they are or are not
able to make out a case.
If it fell to Mr. Garfield and Mr. Pin
chot to select the best man they knew
for the office of Secretary of the In
terior, would the choice be unanimous?
Mr. Cleveland's Later Service.
New York Sun.
Some day it may be written that one
of the greatest of Mn -Cleveland's serv
ices to the Old- Constitution and to the
conservation of Its original spirit was
rendered about 1904, when, finding
himself .out of public office, he exerted
his personal influence to prevent the
retirement from the bench of the man
whom he had made Chief Justice dur
ing his first term as President. Not
withstanding his age, in spite, per
haps, of personal Inclination, Chief Jus
tice Fuller remained at his post
through years of agitation and peril
ous uncertainty. He died at his post.
May the man whom President Taft
shall name to be .Chief Justice Fuller'B
successor be as loyal and as steadfast!
' Ad Interim.
Chicago Tribune.
Noah Webster was compiling his dic
tionary. T know, of course," he said, "that
this is a purely ephemeral work, but it
will serv a useful purpose as a sort
of stop-gag. Insert the hyphen there,
if you please," he interrupted himself
to say to the typewriter girl. "It will
bridge over the interval between' the
crude literary beginnings of Addison,
Doctor Johnson and Walker, of an
earlier day, and the ' perfected news
paper style cards of the Twentieth
Century."
From whicn we learn that the im
mortal Noah took himeslf seriously,
but not too seriously
Ah Ha! Take That!
Newberg Graphic.
A "woman with an abnormally large
hat and an elevated chin, on boarding
the train Wednesday morning, re
marked that Newberg was the "stink
inest . town" she had ever seen, but
since her departure we have not no
ticed any specially bad odors in the air.
Something Xobby In Hearses
Lapeer (Mich.) Clarion.
S. D. Brown has a new funeral car
and ambulance in French gray which
arrived Tuesday. They are beautiful,
and the different-colored caskets which
are so much in use now will show off
to so much better advantage with the
gray shade.
A Hint. .
Pilot Rock Record..
If the trees and bushes in the Sturte
vant grove could only talk, what a tale
they could unfold of the happenings
during the day and evening of July 4.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
A few years ego there was a shiftless
colored boy, named Ransom Blake, who.
after being caught In a number of petty
delinquencies, was at last sentenced to a
short term m the penitentiary, where he
was sent to learn a trade. On the day
of his return home he met a friendly
white acquaintance, who asked:
"Well, what did they put you at in the
prison, Ranse?"
"Dey started in to make an honest boy
out'n me, sah."
"That's good, Ranse; and I hope they
succeeded."
"Tney did. sah."
"And how did they teach you to bo
honest?"
"Dey done put me in the shoe shop, sah,
nailln' pasteboard onter shoes fo' leather
soles, sah." Salt Lake Herald.
"One of my acquaintances is much' In
terested in the .Chagrin Falls Hunt club,
and is an onlooker at most of the func
tions of that organization,", says Ward
Jackson. "The other night he said to mo.
with some show of enthusiasm, that grad
ually he was getting acquainted with the
club members.
" 'Why, Dan Hanna came right up and
spoke to me today,' he said, exultantly.
" "Is that sor I replied. 'What did he
say to you?'
" 'He said, "Don't get too near that
horse there, or he'll kick your darned
head oft." ' " Cleveland Leader.
Two baseball teams, which were made
up or negro players, exhibited a great
contest of the National game before a
large crowd on the open lots at Twelfth
and Porter streets, Saturday afternoon.
The score stood 2 to 2 in the eighth
inning. Two men were on the bases, two
players out. when the pitcher of one of
the nines walloped the ball to mldcenter.
He sprinted around the bags as if in
pursuit of a dozen chickens.
The center fielder of the opposing team
shot the ball with terrific speed toward
the fourth station, and as the runner was
about to cross the plate the catcher
touched him with the horsehide. Th
negro umpire shouted at the top of hia
voice:
"De runner am safe," and as the word
"safe" died away the many spectators
began to crowd around the umpire.-
"What's dat?" shouted one. "You done
be blln," yelled another, and a few other
remarks-followed. The ' man argued for
a while, and when the entire mob was
crowded around him the umpire's voice
rang out in loud tones :
"Game called on account of darkness!"
Philadelphia Times.
At a baseball banquet in Cleveland
Neai Ball, the famous shortstop, who last
year - made the only unassisted triple
play in the major' leagues, said: "Women
are more intelligent on the average than
men. Of that I am convinced. Why won't
women, then, learn to understand base
ball.? I have never succeeded in making
clear -to one woman the . difference be
tween an unassisted triple play and a
foul fly. - So, with the ladies, I adopt a
light, facetious tone in baseball matters.
A lady once said to me: 'I lotfe baseball,
Mr. Ball. I love especially to watch the
man at the. bat. It is so cute, too,- tUe
way he keeps hitting the ground gently
with the bat's end. Why does he do that,
though?' 'Well, you see, madam, said I,
the worms have an annoying habit of
coming up to see who's batting, and .that
naturally puts a man out a bit; so, rio
just taps them on the head lightly and
down they go.' "
Why Xot Cool IIonseHf
- New York Times.
Scientifically, refrigeration, even down
to the point of absolute zero, is as prac
ticable as calorification, and a demand
for "anti-stoves" would be sure to put
a dozen kinds on the market the' moment
It was made known. Though most of us
know Summer heat 'to be-no more Un
avoidable than Winter cold, we have' not
yet escaped from the old habit- of - ac
cepting It . as : something to be endured
without any real effort at relief. For
eigners are inclined to jeer at Americans
for making as much use of. ice as we do,
but though we ' cool our food and our
drinks, very few of us have yet taken
the next and very natural step of cooling
our houses, shops and offices.
Whenever we choose, the thing can be
done. It will cost something, but. prob
ably it would pay in increase of health
as well as of comfort. The so-called tem
perate zone has a climate which consists
of weather alternately tropic and arctic,
and though New York never gets as cold
as Greenland sometimes does, it has many
a day hotter than any known to the West
Indians.
Helpful Hints.
Chicago Post.
Unless the snow Is packed quite hard
your snow shovel does. not need sharpen
ing oftener than once a season. The snow
should be-removed from the walk with a
long, full arm swing, care being taken to
cut the edges Btralght and clean. Any
little ornamental effect, such as fluting
or corrugating the corners, adds to the
tout ensemble. If the back aches after
shoveling 40 or 50 feet, straighten up and
take a deep breath. If desired the walk
may be swept clean with a broom, after
using the shovel.
Frosted feet, or chilblains, are painful.
Indeed. Relief may be obtained by rub
bing them with a lemon peel.
Coming, in from a walk in the cold you
may feel chilled thoroughly. In that
event drink about a pint pf hot milk.
Have It as hot as you can swallow. This
will warm you very quickly.
Frozen ears should be rubbed with snow
or bathed in ice water.
Xotural Result.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Government inspector entered the
Blllvllle postofflce and expressed some
surprise on seeing a woman at the de
livery window. ,
"I was under the impression." said
he, "that a man was in charge - of this
office."
"And so he was." replied the woman,
sharply, "but I married him!"
When It Is Hot.
Chicago Tribune.
And Nebuchadnezzar commanded th
most' mighty men that were in his army
to bind Shadraeh. Meshach and Ahend-neso
and to cast them into the burning- fiery
furnace. Ian'iel. 1., 3.
Consider Mr. Shadraeh.
Of fiery furnace fame:
He didn't bleat about the heat
Or fuss about the flame.
He didn't stew and worry.
And get his nerves in kinks.
Nor fill his skin with limes and gin
And other "cooling drinks."
Consider Mr. Meshach,
Who felt the furnace, too;
He let it sizz nor queried "Is
It hot enough for you?"
He didn't mop his forehead,'-
And hunt a shady spot;
Nor did he say, "Gee!, what a day!
Believe me, it's some hot."
Consider, too, Abed-nego,
Who shared his comrades' plight;
He didn't shake his coat and make
Himself a holy sight.
He didn't wear suspenders
Without a coat and vest: - -Nor
did he scowl and snort and howl,
And make himself a pest.
Consider, friends, this trio
How little fuss they made.
They didn't curse when it was worse
Than ninety in the shade.
They moved about serenely.
Within the furnace bright.
And soon forgot that It was hot.
With "no relief in sight."
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