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PORTLAND. MONDAY. Ariifff . 111. HARVEY T HrTErlKIJJ SCOTT. No word can be written now by the poor pen of a sorrowing; associate that will fitly commemorate the death of Mr. Scott. Here at his desk are the silent relics of his life and labor. Here la his worn ecrapbook, there his era.er and Ink-pad. yonder the many works of bin varied reference library. Above s an enlarged full-length portrait, a perfect semblance of his living pres ence; and near at hand is a smiling; desk-picture of a baby grandchild. It seems incredible that his alert and rigorous step may not soon be heard fa the hallway, hla key inserted to the door, and his day's work begun. Everything is here as ha lrft It; yet naught can ever again here be as he left It Mr. Scotfs death was a vast surprise to his fellow-workers. True, he had been Quite sick, but he was better, and he kpew and felt that he was better, and that in all human probability he would soon return to his accustomed dally tasks. He was seventy-two years old. and over, but he had been strong and well all his life, with a physique a powerful and reliable as his domi nating Intellect; and good health was with hire largely a habit. It seemed that he must live for many years. All his office affairs were arranged In the expectation of a long life, and there was no preparation by his associates for his passing, even In the recent three, months. But here Is the end: the work must somehow go on. Yet how will It be done without the vast resources of that mighty Intellectual reservoir to draw on. or his perfect . courage and firm determination to rely upon, or his unfailing good will toward those who had his confidence to depend upon? Tha greatest monument to Mr. Scott's memory is his achievements through Tho Oregonian. Of them there U no need to write now. But a word may be said about his personal ity and the every-day side of his char acter and of his own outlook on life. He was a good man and a good friend. He had strong likes for a few per sons, and deep dislikes for a few oth ers. But the list of the former was larger than many have thought, while of the latter In the closing days there were practically none. He was a strong partisan, but It was easier to conciliate and placate him than may have been supposed. If he believed In a measure, he followed his opinion anywhere to Its logical consequence. If he believed In a man. he found a way always of letting him know It not by empty professions, but usually In some substantial and effective man ner, for he would not or could not adopt the little arts that smaller men have of manifesting friendship for others. Mr. Scott was In a sense a solitary man. for he had no way of getting on an exact social or personal or intel . lectual level with others. But he had, nevertheless, a highly developed so- rial gift. He was fond of congenial " company, loved a humorous story, and told many, and told them well, and ho sought always In his periods of relax ation the companionship of those who ..wi inat or instruct him. Yet theVo were not many who could vie m tth him In the ready play of a scln filiating wit or discuss with him the nrfrsHina' problems of politics or lire or religion. His books were his familiar friends and constant companions. He knew history, he knew theology, he knew literature, he knew everything that men can know. He even knew ' men. though It was easy for such as . had the rare possession or his rsitn In them to deceive him. He had a su perb courage to do what he thought he ought to do, and to tell others what he thought they should do, whether It pleased them or .not to hear it But they listened, always, and usually they heeded. He cared very little for the harsh Judgments of his many crit ics, and he often Affected an exaspera tion he never felt. He was scrupulous In discharging his personal obligations to others, though he was csreful to avoid Intimacy with many., since It imposed burdens that he had neither : the time nor the Inclination to as sume. He was honest always with himself and with those around him; he was petty in nothing whatever. He was exceedingly modest In his per sonal deportment, in dress, and In his manner of llvina-. But with his large vision he saw opportunity quickly, and he would venture boldly. He believed in The Oregonian and in its destiny, and he urged always large Investments 1 In modern equipment, and Increasing outlay for news service and other In dispensable, features of a growing and -i important dally newspaper. If the a nar needed it. nr u , likelv to need - It soon, he wanted to get It. In this great view he had always the ener getic and large-minded co-operation and support of Mr. Pittock. The re sult of their Joint endeavor Is The Cre st on tan. . lir. Scott s conception ox aiaUh was that of a man of brave and reverent mind, accustomed to view logically and dispassionately all human prob lems.. In his later years he looKea backward over the traveled road wist fully and tenderly, often recalling the names and the presence of those who had worked out the riddle and passed on. He frequently quoted In this con nection the following stanzas from Gray's Elegy": Fo- whom to dumb forgetfulness a prey. Dleplraslng anxious bem nere rann. lft the warm precinct of the cheerful day. Nor ct on longing, lingering ioo hind. On some fond breast th parting soul relies. Some plou drops the closing eye require.. E'en from the tomb th yolce of nature erica; E'en In our ashes live their wonted Arcs. ATi.'KE UETAUArES. Joe .Cans, the colored fighter, still well on the sunny sloe of 40, is dying at his old home in Baltimore. Con sumption is riven as the immediate cause of the ex-lightweight's hurried movement toward the next worm. ia a case of this character, however, con nmnifnn in onlv one of many dis eases by which outraged Nature shows her disapproval of the abuse to wnicn human beings subject their Domes. Joe Gans was a sturdy, well-built. young colored man. He was not only exceptionally well endowed'with bod iiv strenirth. but had more than the average mental equipment of his race along with it. xiis aiiaoimy nu muu ntv murin him. with the possible ex ception of Peter Jackson, the beat- liked colored pugilist wno n :c come prominently before the public. Rut nana was a prizerignter. nis strength, his ability to stand puninti- ment. his excellent "footworn, etc.. -1 nn h. mnrket on exactly tine j ... . . . v., ..... ... - the same basis as the prostitutes of the other sex sou tneir pn charms. ' r:.in rknw to let some other male prostitute maul him around for a stipulated sum, in preference to earn ing m honest dollar by hard work. Just s the female prostitute prefers the life she leads to one oi respeci Miitc .ml initnstrv. Members of either sex who make merchandise of their physical charms do not live long, and Gans has proved no exception to in n,i. Tho terrible drubbings which he received In bis struggle to hold the title of a lightweight champion leu their mark on his constitution, and k. hima an easv Drev to the dread disease for which he Is about to take the count. These warnings, by wnicn v.h.ra nr. in tn to decent living and re spectable conduct, are generally un heeded, however, and there win prou ably be both male and female prosti tutes as long as the worm lasts. THE riWiRIM FATHERS. TA It nnl hi. errieVOUS Unto VOU that you have been instrumental to v,- l- hx ir. for others. The honor shall be ryours unto the world's end." After enduring that rirst va inter oi cold and hunger, the survivors of the Mayflower's little company received this message rrom tneir inenua home. It was a present consolation In that time of utter need, a prophecy that stands today after a test and ful- Fitting. Indeed. It Is that the first magistrate of this great Nation of 90.000.000 souls should Journey to that historic spot and dedicate the ... onito hnft that marks the spot of the landing of the travel-worn and feeble company on the Massa chusetts coast. Self-exiled for conscience sane irom .k.i. ...,n.H PTnirlish homes, fifteen years and more had been spent by the majority in Holland, wnuner tney naa j hA rnwinr nersecutlon of the English- bishops. It is no wonder that the I'oriians grew u mo umuu 0t,- is the need of the church. The English Church under Queen Elizabeth, as unuer ner laimr, VIII, was a compromise in doctrine, ritual, organization and practice. On .i v.r,.i not onlv the church but the Queen and her officers were most bitterly attacked uy ome uu nc. .,. i .,norter. Philln II of Spain. Open invasion, conspiracy. Insurrec tion, assassination, were u-ieu, nv once, but through a term of thirty years. Only by most dexterous hand ling were the- Koman Catholics of England held to support the Queen and remain true to their allegiance. Out of 4.800.000 English of that age 3.600,000 were Catholics, more or less active and pronounced. Yet, when at i.,i tho ran Armaria Railed. England offered a united and enthusiastic front to her mighty foe. The English Bible was the weapon on which the Protestant minority re lied. No longer chained in the churches it was printed and In the homes of the people. Really, the only prose literature of that day. It was studied, learned and debated on throughout tho land. The high claims of Queen and bishops to spiritual au tocracy were tested by the law and the testimony and found wanting. So Puritanism, the bitterest enemy of Rome, soon came to question also Its English counterpart. Very soon Bap tists. Anabaptists, Independents, and Calvinlsts of divers grades raised their heads. In England, as already on tho Continent of Europe. The dominance of the new ideas was as hateful to Queen and bishops on the one hand as the Roman Catholic nierarcny ana adherents on the others. No time was lost nor mercy shown. The 'bish ops' prisons were choked with teach ers, printers, preachers and their flocks. Leaders among them went to the gall. ivs. Less prominent believ- rs fled from England in haste, and mn tost found refug" In noiiana, tnen ill at war with Spain. It is typical sti of that era trial spiritual, lar more mn tAmnoral crimes and misdemean t) ors, sent men, women, and even chil-iti-nn to nrison and to death. And tl hey were more than willing to suf- fer r for conscience saKe. 1-.. ri. . ...Vi ni- tho refinra kindlv w elcome. first at Amsterdam and then at Leyden - on - the - Knine. years j -. I . . - V.- Ti.it faw tnfneri f Vi pas paru bw" i . - - - - j Leyden colony In their Dutch homes. Loss of their English nationality and characters stared the exiles In the face and absorption In the folk among whom they lived. They were but few in number, and a community of hand workers In various trades. In the Heralds' College of America today families contest the honor of descent from the Immigrants of Plym outh Rock. Studying the names and occupations of the Mayflower s pas- ser 'ngers. mere are touna tmiors, coo lers, weavers of wool and flax, print- b!. ers riooonmaKers, siut-KiiiK-i tavcis, wm r t holt, and au.r?a leather orfcem, ana one carpenter, one ca.it- inet-makcr, one butcher, one master- THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1910. mason. There was no worker, in metal, no maker of guns, or swords, or powder; no sailor, and but one. merchant. There was no landowner, and, strange to say, no farmer, or stockraiser from the Lincoln fens. They were mainly from the Eastern English counties of level' or undulat ing land swept by the fierce winds of the North Sea. The names of their English homes tell of the- settlement of Danish searovers and Saxon churls. The family, and above all, their Christian names, mark them as the Immediate sources whence CromwelKa Ironsides were soon to be enlisted. Patient, slow to move., but brave and faithful to the death setting spirit ual far above bodily needi it is good for their descendants of today to bo called to the self-questioning that this wondrous history suggests. It is true, past doubt. Indeed, that the record of the American Nation is full of deeds worthy of the inspiration coming from Plymouth Rock. But the ideals of those tailors and masons, carpenters and weavers, of those godly and faith ful wives, of the teachers and leaders qf the band, are terribly hard to fol low in these days. Very fitting is form and material of the .Pilgrims' monument. There are no graces of architecture, no adorn ments of statuary in pillared porch. Stern, strong, unbending, permanent, that granite shaft bids fair to defy the storms of centuries to come. INCREASE IX IOCAL SHIFTING. In the twelve hours between A. M. and 6 P. M. Saturday, seven steam ships arrived and three crossed out of the Columbia River. These ves sels aggregated 19,932 tons net regis ter -and had a. carrying capacity of about 50,000 tons. Showing not only the enormous growth of Coltimbia River shipping, but the remarkable change that has taken place In the character of this business, it is In teresting to note that out of a fleet of twenty-nine vessels of nearly 100, 000 tons carrying capacity In port yesterday, there was not a single ves sel under charter or available for grain loading. Not only was grain ton nage not represented in the shipping in port, but the grain tonnage of 4 8, 006 tons register now en route to Portland is but 10,000 tons greater than the total en route for lumber and miscellaneous cargoes. Development and change in the shipping business have come with great rapidity, for less than two de cades ago more than nine-tenths of our entire foreign shipping fleet was In the grain trade, and all branches of the business coastwise and foreign were greatly overshadowed by the grain fleet alone. Another Interesting feature of the change Is the increase In number of small shipping ports along the river below Portland. Of the twenty-nine vessels in port load ing, or under charter to load, yester day, fourteen were loading at Port land and the others were at St. Johns, Linnton, St. Helens, Rainier, Stella, Astoria, Knappton and Tongue Point. In addition to these ports, there are a nutriber of others along the river which usually have one or more ves sels at their docks. It will be many years before Port land ceases to figure as one of the great ' grain-exporting ports of the country, for the Pacific Northwest has not yet reached Its maximum or pro duction, and there will be an increas ing proportion of the surplus market ed through this city. The lumber trade however, has made such rapid gains on the grain trade that It is hardly anhihi. that there will ever again be as large a fleet engaged In the grain trade as will be necessary to move the steadily increasing output of the sawmills. a feature of the grain fleet en route for Portland Is the absence of vaaui rnmin in ballast. Every ship on the list Is bringing cargo, and the advantage over the profitless oanasi voyage is plain. It means lower freights for the Importer who receives the Inward cargo and lower freights for the farmer who provides the grain for the outward cargo. RAILROAD'S POVERTY TVKA. Traffic Manager Stubbs, of the Harrlman lines, has come forward with a poverty plea as an excuse for exacting higher rates lor transporta tion charges. Regardless of what the future may hold for the Harrlman system, the elaborate dividends of the Union Pacific and other Harriman lines, together with the occasional cutting of a large. Juicy "melon" that had grown out of the big surpluses that could not safely be added to the dividends, have been of such recent date that the public will regard Mr. Stubbs' views with a degree of skep. ticlsm. Mr. Stubbs saya that "the rail roads intend to stand squarely upon the proposal that they need more money to keep pace with the growing demand for transportation. This need of money Is unquestion ably true; but the problem is some what complicated by the uncertainty of the shippers as to whether they should supply the necessary money in the shaDe of increased rates or whether it would ,not be eminently proper for the stockholders of the Harriman securities to be content with a fair return on the par value of their stock, with ho extra, "melon-cutting" thrown in. Union Pacific common the leading Harriman stock, is now selling above 1160 per share. Its par value is 100 per share, and shippers would be willing to stand for rates that would assure a geod healthy k or per cent dividend on the . par value. But, quarter after quarter, ana year after year, this stock yields up Its 10 per cent in aiviaenas, ana i 10 Der cent stock of course finds buy. ers so far above par that at times In the past year Union Pacific common sold up very to -so per snare. Now the shippers are perfectly win Ing that the road should make a fair and reasonable profit on its $100 per share valuation. They are. however, unwilling to aid in safeguarding the investment of some speculator who boiisrht Union Pacific common at J200 per share simply because high rates enabled the line to pay divi dends on that Inflated valuation. In stead of paying 16 per cent dividends and cutting 8a per cent special dlvl. dend "melons" out of the profits of the roads, some of the money, over and above a fair and reasonable prorit, should have been used "to keep pace with tho growing demand for trans. oortatlon." For years Mr. Stubbs turned deaf ear to all requests for better transportation facilities into Central Oregon. Not until the Hill forces actually Invaded the territory was there any movement in that dl rection on the part of the lines rep resented by Mr. St u DOS. It will be difficult for the Union PacUic or any oilier line to make tha aaaala na.lft.va rftta advances ST6 Justified, so long as people are pay ing well up toward douDie par iur the common stock, some of which is not yet thoroughly free from water. Something must have gone wrong with the typewriters of the war cor respondents down In Nicaragua, mere has not been a decisive battle won either by the insurgents or the gov ernment for more than two days. Perhaps it is the climate that is con tributing to the feeling of lassitude that seems to have settled over Nica ragua, Madris Is not shooting any American citizens and Estrada's mag nificent victories, which he has been winning (by cable) with the regu larity of clock work, do not seem to be having any seripus effect on the government forces. If all of the punishment that the opposing rorces have inflicted on each other In the newspaper stories were real and tan gible, there would hardly be enough Deoole left In Nicaragua to bury me dead, or establish a new government. The respective contestants should declare a truce until they can oner something more exciting than has been forthcoming for the past rew days. The armored cruiser Lion, the lamest, fastest and most powerful M-iiIaer in the world." was launched at Devonport Saturday. This latest addition to the British navy is iuu feet long and has a displacement of 28,250 tons. TurDina engines oi ,-000-horsepower are. expected to give her a speed of S8 knots. Some very t..t ,Awir ! hAina. H on a An this "last word" in fighting ships, as the keel was not laid until Novemoer s. ..Ac Cimo avnianation for the speed at which she Is being constructed may be fcrund, in the tendency oi warships to get out of style so soon after they are built. If John Bull maintains the activity he seems to have displayed on this special oc casion, this latest British Lion may be roaming the seas early next year, and Great Britain will not De coniromeu n-lth o tnnrA nowprflll shlD Sailing the German, the American ' or Japanese flag for at least a year. xtr rsiavis. who attained consider able notoriety through his efforts to manage the Interior Department while occupying the position of- a clerk in the Government Service, la still seek ing the limelight. His quarrel with his superior officers in the Govern ment Service gave mm nis nrsi. nt mihiieltv. He seemed to like it. and a quarrel with his wife kept his name in the papers ior a iew wm longer. Now comes a report from White Salmon that he has quarreled with his partner. In a land deal. There are various ways in which a man can secure mention in tne puonc prints, but Mr. Glavis seems to be arirtH with a nature that makes it easy for him to secure plenty of no toriety without changing from his sys tem of being simply quarrelsome. 1 T anv of the "chosts of dead de- iio-ht" ata hauntina- the aroves in the vicinity of the old Seaside House yesterday, they must have been ret minded of the old days. Two tnou .an.t s-iu. ramhllna- and rollicklna: around Holladay Park undoubtedly made nearly as much noise ana mer riment as was made by some of those famous legislative excursions " which the late Ben Holladay personally con ducted 'to his famous hotel on the banks of the Necanicum. The hoo- nt nine cents a rtound has beguiled many farmers of the Middle Waat to rtnv corn and raise hogs to the exclusion of peas, beans, tomatoes and other croDS that go to the making of canned goods, which have coma to be a necessary adjunct of civilization. It Is well to remember, says a Western innrnal. the farmer and the packer man cannot live by hog alone; he needs peas and tomatoes to round out his bill of fare. There is little hope of cessation of the automobile-buying craze, for com petition is making them cheaper and the man or woman who wants one will have 1t. After all is said, the machine is a simple part of the equipment of the present rapid age that talks ana acts by and with electricity and woulB crowd the work of.a day.lnto an hour, Life itself is twentieth-century mad ness. ' Less than one-half of the voters in Portland have ' registered, although the time for closing the books is ap proaching. On the last few days there will be the usual big crowd, and much valuable time will be lost by thousands of men." who could easily register now without losing any time by waiting. An, Immense fruit crop is the report from the valleys of Central Idaho this year. Ollpots that combat frost, and plenty of water for irrigation, are the means to the end. The railroads may need money to . . -1 An.nM0 Hut maalhff meei ituwuifi uciuouua, . ... . . a those requirements means earning much money. The railroads are not poverty-stricken this year. Iowa is one of the great dairy states, but the State Health Board gives poor milk as one cause for the death qf one- third of its infants this year, The consumer is led to wonder why the fuel man is not bankrupted when he hears In detail the cost to the dealer. Than has been no business In the Dallas Police Court for the past three months. Yet Dallas is pot "slow town. ' Great Britain's cruiser Lion will be the largest of her class in the world until Germany and Japan beat it. One effective way to close draws is to close them. Exercises for Youna- Ladies. Boston Transcript Throwing a fellow over. Tossing one's head In the air. Jumping at a chance. Pushing one's self forward. Getting in tho swim. Fishing for an invitation. Shooting arch glances at a man. Twisting him round the little finger.. Casting about for an excuse. Running up millinery bills. A Matter of Doubt. Washington Star. Evidently America's most distln-a-uished citiien is en as friendly terms ! with the President of the United States as he was with the crowned heads oi Europe. FREE ADV. FOB KELMITH COUNTY Booster Rushes Forward With let ter aad Geta It Printed. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. . (To the Editor) I wish to correct an edi t.riei .i.i.mini hearinfr on the pro posed Nesmith County which appeared in your issue of The Oregonian of yes i.niav In which it was stated: "There are, or were, several conniciins, u fusing and overlapping schemes from the territory from which it is proposed to create Nesmith County." Ttecarriina- this matter, I Wlsn to say that there has never been, or is there now, but ono overlapping u.u.iu.j line, between the proposed wesmiiu County and any other proposed county. That is In the case of tne proposea vvu liams County, the scheme inaugurated by the citizens of the little town of Drain to embarrass if not defeat the Nesmith County movement, by overlap ping a few square miles of territory at one point on the south boundary of the proposed Nesmith and north boundary of tho proposed Williams County. How ever, this overlapping of boundary lines embraces such a smalt area oi territory that it Is looked upon as a very Insignificant and non-imporuun matter In Southern Oregon where the facts are so well known. As Is well known, the initiative petitions for tho proposed county of Umpqua were neves tiled with the Secretary of State, hence the new county proposed to bo formed from West Lane and West Douglas and its boundary lines conforming fully with those of Nesmith, will not materi alize, at least, not this year. The Oregonian of yesterday aisq says: "The Oregonian wouio. nao see a Nesmith County in Oregon, and Cottage Grove as its county seat. If the proposal can be made to me tes's latura and- tho ouestion of boundaries so clarified that it will not bo embar rassed by other county efforts, . J. no ur egonlan will urge that the name of Nesmith be thus honored by this fine new countv." The matter of Sossible connicting laws approved by the people in an elec tion, has already been fully provided for, and this applies plainly and fully to the proposed counties of Nesmith and Williams, should they both succeed in iNOvember with their small area ox overlapping territory. I refer to the following law bearing directly on this matter:. Section 7, of an act of the Legislative imhlv of tha State ot Oregon, niea in ih. ntrtM nf the Kecretarv of state Febru ary 25. 1007. being- chapter 226 of the laws tanr and hainar an act nrovldlng for -..... J in,, mfffct the Initiative and refer endum powers reserved by '.lie people in sec tion 1 and section 1A of article IV of the constitution of the State of Oregon, on gen eral, special and municipal legislation. among otner tnings yruviue ma.. ;i ,air,in. law shall be approved by the people at the same election, the law receiving tne greatest uuiuu,, - live voles shall be paramount In alt par ticulars as to which, there lr conllc- There was no substantial error in The Oregonlan's statement, to which this letter purports to be a correction. There were three confusing and contig uous new-county projects in the terri tory out of which it is proposed to cre ate Nesmith County. : One of them fell, by the wayside and now there are two, and they overlap. But' the law will straighten that all out, says the corre spondent. So they are going ahead, in the full expectation or placing on the statute books one initiative law that will probably conflict with another, and then take the whole business to the court, or the Legislature, or any old place, no one is now quite clear where. for adjustment. For the present, it is a mere race between two opposing county schemes for tne most votes apd the devil can take the hindmost. The real purpose of this correspond ent in writing thus to The Oregonian was of course to get another free ad vertisement for Nesmith County. Well, he's got t. . . MR. FIXCHOT MORE DISTRESS He Again Intimates His Poor Oplnloa of Hla Fellow Citizens. New York Times, Dem. Gifford Plnchot continues to attack Secretary Balllnger. reviewing jar. Ballina-er's work in the interest, oi con servation, he pauses to condemn the Administration bill grafting water power sites to the states. Its passage,. he declares, wouio put. tne unci, m water-power completely In the hands of the big water power interests." We do not know upon wnicn state oi mis Union Mr. Plnchot condescends to be stow his claim to citizenship. Sup porters of his "booms" for the Govern orship of New York and of Pennsyl-. vanla are In dispute about it. But to whichever state he belongs, it Is evi dent that Mr. Plnchot has a poor opin ion of his fellow-citizens. Plainly, they are either a pack of scoundrels or an aggregation of weak lings and mollycoddles, too helpless to be intrusted with the conduct of their own affairs or to be allowed completer control thereof. Only Mr. Pinchot, and, possibly, one other man, can guard them. Alas, these twain are out of office! "There lives not tnree good men unchanged- In England," said Falstaff. That Mr. Pinchot is spared to us evokes our gratitude. Trouble With Postal Savings. New York Journal of Commerce. It Is evident that there will be a good deal of trouble in putting the new postal savings system into practical operation. There is certainly going to be a good deal of delay and dissatis faction. We do not quite understand, however, the difficulty which is said to bo apprehended in Washington over the use of the ordinary passbook method of making deposits and withdrawals. The law requires the issue of passbooks to depositors, but with the provision that the Postmaster - General "may, with tha aimroval of the Board of Trus tees, adopt some other device or de Vices In lieu of a passbook as a means of making and preserving evidence of deposits and withdrawals." And Gets More for It. Columbus Ledger. The Atlanta Journal wisely says "Tho man who spends his vacation at borne also keeps his money there." CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS. "What do you mean by 'being candfd. pat" "Speaking unto others as you would pot Hke them to speak to you."--Puck. "Pop. who are tho people they call the un derworld!" "The people you see on the road fixing their automobiles, my child." Baltimore American. Church Tell me what you eat, and 1 11 tell you what yon are. Gotham well. 1 eat hash at Mlxum's restaurant. Church-s-Tan you're a fool! Judge. " "City people don't buy gold bricks, you know," said tha Summer young man. "No." replied Farmer Corntossel; "they Jes' keep o'Cln' along, buyln' melons an' such, that look good on the. outside."--Wahington Star- Well-Meaning Golfer Er, do you think it ouite safe to bring that child across tha links Matilda Jane Oh. It's all right, sir I shouldn't think of briBgln' Mm If he wsrn't as dsaf as a post, poor little chap! Punch. Visitor i" Michigan fruit belt) Uncle Zeke hot Is your berry crop this season 7 Uncle Zeke--I'm thankful to say It's purty fair I've got enough to feed the Insects, the 'birds and the boarders, and stll leave a little profit fer the fruit transportation companies. Chicago Tribune. "Yes." said the man with the auburn ti. as he lit tha stump of a cigar. "I have a bushel and a half of children. My name Is Peck, and I have si-" "That's pretty a relnlned the man behind the corn cob nine, "hut I've got a mile of them. My Is Furlong, aad I'm the father of JL eight,' V-Cbicso Daily. News, HERE IS A DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK Considered Bright From the Conserva tive or Aatl-Brya StaDttolat. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. Not in years have the prospects of the Democratic party appeared more promising than they do today. Repub licanism is a house divided against it self, factional quarrels persisting even in the face of a National campaign. The defeat of Mr. Bryan in Nebraska, removing a blighting influence from the control of party councils, is a no tice to the rest of the country that the Democracy is no man's personal prop erty. Also it is an invitation to the intelligent voter who wants to be led on something more than theories and illusions and whom the shadow oi ry anism baa drjven from the Democratic Two special elections for Congress have Indicated the drift of public opin ion away from Republicanism and toward Democracy. hey have - re vealed, or suggested, on the part of the people in general a growing convic tion that the tariff enacted by a Repub lican Congress is responsible for the increasing prices of tha necessaries of life. They have furnished a species of measurement upon which estimates oi the result in November may be intel ligently based. They have given en couragement to Democratic hopes and color to Republican apprehensions. Moreover, the situation in a number of important states, so far as it relates to purely local Issues looks well from the Democratic standpoint. Judson Harmon may not realize his ambition to be re-elected in Ohio, but there are few impartial observers who do not, prefer bis, chances to those . of his op ponent, Mr. Harding, handicapped as the latter Is by factional disputes and the unqualified support of Joseph B. Foraker. In New Jersey the receptive attitude of Woodrow Wilson is making an impression upon the Democratic or ganization as well as an appeal to in dependent sentiment which the machine politicians within the Democratic party will find it hard to resist, in connects cut the Democratic state committee is warmly hospitable to the suggestion that Simeon E. Baldwin.president of the American bar association, dis tinguished lawyer, eminent lecturer, profound scholar, able writer and form erly Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, shall become the Demo cratic nominee for Governor. Mean while Governor Marshall is strengthen ing the Democratic grip upon Indiana the while Gornor Shallenberger is rising to power on the ruins of Nebras ka Bryanlsm. The democracy may not win the next House of Representatives, but it is in a position to make a fine fight for con trol on a big issue. It may not carry the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Ohio, but with the as sistance of the antitariff sentiment and the factional differences among its op ponents it Is certainly entering upon the campaign with excellent prospects. If Dr. Wilson be named in New Jersey as the Democratic candidate for - the Governship, artd if Judge Baldwin be chosen to head the state ticket in Con necticut, the Democratic party in the Nation as well as in those two states will be Immeasurably strengthened. With such men in the running along with Governor Harmon the party may hopefully contemplate 1912. OXB EDITOR'S HEAD IN WHIRL For Much Initiative and Too Many Candidates Make Trouble. Weston Leader. The Leader's maif is already begin ning to be burdened with political lit erature. Men whom we never heard of before have suddenly become aware of this paper's existence and have grown quite friendly and sent us some thing to read. That they are candidates for office, or are for or against some proposition to come up in Oregon this election, is perhaps incidental. Any way, that they are kind enough to no tice us is appreciated. But the Leader is bewildered at so much attention, and fears that its- per plexity will increase as election day approaches. It doesn't know and hasn't time to find out Just how benevolent (or wicked) the several measures are relating to home rule, state wide pro hibition, taxation. Jurisprudence, county division and what not, here in Oregon. Moreover, the multiplicity of candidates generated under the direct primary law gets on our nerves. They are bobbing up all over the state under a system which encouraged every man to seek an office. We do not say that all this beautiful hodge-podge of proposed laws and per spiring aspirants is wrong. We merely say that it inspires a political night mare from which this particular editor fain would flee, as from the wrath to come. He would hie him to the woods, and- leave the Job of moulding public opinion to a Digger Indian, who would bo Just about as competent. Tobacco Not a Cause of Disease. New York Times. The effects of tobacco on the ear and upper respiratory tract are summed up by Dr. H. O. Reik in the Boston Medi cal and Surgical Journal. These are his conclusions: "It does not appear, at least it has not been proved, that tobacco causes any definite characteristic lesions of the nose, ear or throat. While It is possible that the excessive use of to bacco may by Indirect action produce a toxic effect upon the auditory and olfactory nerves, with resulting im pairment of the sense of hearing .or smell, there is not at present any definite laboratory proof for such an opinion, nor is there sufficient clinical evidence to substantiate the belief. The ill effects of tobaceo smoking on exist ing diseases of the throat arising frem other causes are established, and are the same as would be observed from any other form of Irritation." From the Democratic Point of View. Columbia (O.) State. Dem. A proposed new party is to consist of "Lincoln Republicans" apd Jefferson Democrats, but tne iaiai odjicuuu id It is that a Lincoln Republican . might be elected to some good office. Bitterness of Damocles. Damocles saw the sword suspended V.v- a hnlr. "Shucks." he cried; "my buttons have hnnor that wav for months. Thus it may be inferred that he was married. Steady Source- sf Wealth. Lebanon Criterion. Three hundred dollars a day is about the sum tho two poultry-houses of this city have been paying out for produce in their lines of late. This means something for a community. - Inconsistent. Judge. He I notice that Mrs. Nicey takes off her hat in the theater. She Hum, If she was consistent she would take off her hair, too. - Jealous of Competition. EL Paul Pioneer Press. Chleago has a new-fangled religion rhich omits from its creed all refer ence to sell. Chicago is always Jealous of competition. ' -- ' Everywhere. The Be Is like a man. All up And down the world he beats it; ua .i pr, hnnev all his life- Some other fellow eatt it, r Puck APPARENT CONTEMPT FOR IAW Writer Instaacea Arbitrary Closing BlidKe Draws, by County Court. PORTLAND. Aug. 6. -r- (To the Ed itor.) If there is one thing for which we' Americans can" with justice be criticised, it is our lack of Tespect for the law and the constituted authority. We often see the city ordinances and the state law, if not openly violated by people who should know better, at lease violations are winked at and the law held in contempt and often ridicule. If the law does not meet our approval, in stead of seeking to repeal it, by a course of disregard for it we relegate it to tho realm of dead letters. Every law should be respected or else it should be repealed. However much this may be true of the state and city laws and eourts, as a rule I do not think it has ever ap plied in as great a degree at least to the United States courts, the statutes or the rules and regulations of the Federal Government or any of its de partments. These have ever command ed a greater degree of respect. While a prisoner may go before the bar of a state court, with defiance and con tempt "for the court, he .comes into a United States Court, humbly and in fear and trembling. Everyone who has the welfare of the country at heart should welcome the day when our state courts, our city courts, our state stat utes and our olty ordinances will com mand the same respect as that accord ed the Federal courts and statutes. But. instead of the tendency being that way. in the last few days we have had an incident which seems to show that tho tide is Just the. other way. We have had an example of holding In defiance a department of the Federal Govern ment. I refer to the closing the draws by the County Court. , To my- mind, the question is not so much whether there was any express law, rule or regulation. The person in authority claimed the right and quoted his authority. More, his authority had been recognized "since the memory ot man .runneth not to the contrary," and. at least, he had custom and an apparent authority on his side. A test case could easily have been arranged and the matter brought intq court ana there determined in the regular way. But no, our officers must take the matter Into their own hands and set at defiance authority. I have waited till some one whose word would carry more weight than mine, raise his voice in protest, but r-.o word of disinterested protest has been spoken. We sit silent, take it as a matter of course, or, worse yet, approve and applaud the act and heap ridicule on the heads of the vic tims of our servants' defiance. It was expedient. So Is lynching. Yet who would advocate lynching? Suppose Major Mclndoe now took the matter Into his own hands and ran a Govern ment boat up to the draw and. when it opened, dropped anchor and prevented its clqsing. What a howl we would make against him. Yet, in principle, his action wo'uld be just as Justifiable as that of our County Court. I say nothing of Commissioner Goddard, as I consider he is playing politics, and vicions ones at that, but I would criticise as severely as 1 couia the acts of a lawyer and one clothed with judicial power, a judge, who would lend himself to a scheme to defy au thority. The incident may be consid ered by some as small, but mighty oaks from little acorns grow.' He who sows the wind must look to reap the whirl wind. The harvest may be long com ing, but it will come. It is just such acts as these By peo ple in authority, by those who should be examples of respect for the law, which make necessary guards on eur trucks these days. If the County Court can set at defianee the United States Government, why ean't a striker set at defiance a state law and shy a brick at a man whom he thinks is encroaching on his rights? The answer Is anarchy. C. HENRI LABBE. HERE'S NEW LOT OF DEMAGOGUES Insurgency In Itself Meritorious, Should Stop at Right Place. Medford Sun. There Is' a great deal of merit In the insurgency movement. Outside of the tariff, over which there is reasonaoie and honest difference of opinion, there was much excuse for the movement and it has done a necessary service for the country. It has made possible leg islation that otnerwise wouia nav been throttled and gave the members nf roneress the opportunity of making a showing for their constituencies. However, this movement is no eirrer ent from many others of a more or less radical character. In each and every one, appealing as they do to popular leanings, men whose sole thought and occupation is office-seeking, are sure to bob up and assert that they are the only siraon pure representatives of the new doctrines the trail blazers ef the great movement that is about to sweep the country. The greenback move ment, populism, free silver, socialism and now the Insurgency movement, each and all are responsible for the appearance of those damagogues who have no more real heart in the move ments than" a last year's bird's nest, but who are after office. ' Men were elected to offiee as Popu lists who had no more in common with the old people's party than the man in the moon. The free silver movement gave many others jobs who knew and cared no more about silver than a snowbird. And now tha insurgency movement Is to have the same lot of Jonahs hovering about it and making use of issues that they are in sympathy with only to the extent of using such an occasion for personal political ad vancement. Insurgency in itself is' all right as long as it corrects certain abuses and stops at the right spot. Of its doing that there is absolute certainty. But insurgent demagoguery is a counter feit. A regular who is sincere is better 20 times over than an insurgent, who is insincere and the Republican voters will govern their actions accordingly. Their Different Ways. Chicago Mall Cabout 1870). One sought her "rights." Robbed by some eruel chance of life's de lights, ' , . With a dissatlBfled and restless soul. With half a logic which she counted whole. Earnest, no" doubt, and honest, not uneaed. But hungering and querulous and vexed. With starving instincts In a fruitless frame. And with an (tchlng for the sort of fame Which cornea trom the mere printing of a name. . . She clamored for her "rights," showed solemn craft. And men. Brute men. They only laughed. And one sought not her "rights." She dreamed not of some path ef mannua But foUowed nature's way and deemed it And bloomed from flower to fruit of woman She lod"the "tyrant" :i bore .her noble part In life with him, and thought with all her heart - . She had her "rights." She held that something men and women To h. UnUk'e but each a supplement ' t-nto the olher: 'twas her gentle whim: HwaS not more to her than she to him: And little children gathered at her knee. . And men Brute men. Would dl for such as she. , Back: to His Farm. Grants Pass Observer. . Charles Nlckell, former newspaper man of Jackson County and known all over Southern Oregon, who has beeB serving a term in the Government prison on McNeills Island for being mixed up in land frauds, has served, his term and returned to his home near Medford, where he is now. in the ranch business.