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Wheatley: Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United News Agents, lift Eddy street. Oakland, Cal. W. H. Johnson. Fourteenth and Franklin streets; N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; Hale News Co. Goldfleld, Nev. Louie Follln; C K. Hunter. Eureka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency! Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND. SUNDAY SEPT. 29. 1907. AN OMINOl'S RECORD. In Oregon mu-der can no longer be classed among hazardo. ; sports. To the pastime of human slaughter the law attach h that hare suggestion of d. nger which is ersential to give zest to any manly amusement; but the sug gestion Is carried out so seldom that only an arrant cowan', would be de terred by it from shooting any man or woman whom he might select for his game. The nly drawback to the sport of homicide is its expensiveness; but even in this respect It compares favorably with duck shooting. To feed a lake with wheat, maintain a club shanty and pay for guarding the birds probably cost more in a season than the lawyers' fees for defending a murder case; and since no good sports man would care to commit more than ore homicide a year, the advantage of economy is on the side of murder. It is also more democratic than duck shooting. Under modern conditions, since the destructive Irruption of the carp exterminated th- wapatoes, few poor men can stand the expense of this aristocratic sport; while the benefi cence of the state brings the delirious enjoyment of homicide within the reach of all. If one is too poor to hire his own lawyer, the state steps for ward and does It for him. Thus the noble game of human slaughter may be played by all on equal terms, nor is there any closed season. Deer, ducks and pheasants enjoy a respite from the hunter Curing some months of each year by a mandate of the law, which is strictly enforced. Not so with human game. For hunt ing men the season is always open; probably becau:e the species, like guinea pigs, multiplies faster than it can be killed off, ai.d therefore needs no protection. To be sure, the Oregon code ostensibly prohibits murder un der severe penalties; but it Is well un derstood among lawyers that the pro hibition is nothing but a bit of grace ful persiflage, and the penalties are mentioned only to make the joke more pointed. Perhaps, though, they may have been inserted with the practical purpose of exercising the ingenuity of legal acrobats. At any rate, they sub serve that desirable and profitable end most admirably. If they subserve any other practical end, some ornament of the bar ought to win eternal fame by telling what it is. To be sure, a person who commits murder may be hanged in Oregon. It is always possible. Likewise a man who starts across1 the .street may be run down by an autom-bile. But does the fear of automobiles prevent our going where we like? Why, then. should the lesser chances of being hanged prevent 'ne's shooting or poi sontng whomsoever he pleases? As a matter of fact, they do not, for man after all, is a logical creature who usually lives up to his privileges. When a citizen of Oregon wishes to kill an other he oils up his . in and shoots, calculating that the satisfaction far outweighs the slight danger of punish ment. As a rule he calculates cor rectly. Most of our homicides go un punished and the lesson of their im munity Is not lost upon others.. The old feeling that murder is a crime ex piable only by death, branded with damnation by the Almighty himself. is dying out. In place of it we now accept slaughter as part of the daily routine. If one differs from his neigh bor over the hens, ho shoots, not the hens, butrfhe neighbor.- If a man dls likes his wife's visitors he shoots them and the law owllshly approves. All this teaches that the protection of human life by the law Is a mere pretense. Since the acquittal of Rey nolds, for example, there Is nothing In the world, so far as the law goes, to hinder any man from shooting any visitor of his wife whom he happens to dislike. Ho can allege, as Reynolds did, that- he committed the homicide to prevent a felony, and who can dis prove it? Whether his victim really did purpose to consummate a felony or not makes no difference. The de fense is complete if the husband be lieves that such was his purpose, or says that he believed it. If Smith wishes to kill Jones, he may gratify his malice with perfect safety the first time he catches Jones sitting In the parlor alone with Mrs. Smith. That la the legal lesson of the Reynolds case. Does It not Are one with zeal ous admiration for the law as the law yers transmogrify it? If the Reynolds case stood alone, these strictures might justly be ac counted too severe. But It does not stand alone. It has plenty of com pany, as the following record of Ore gon murder trials for a week and a day will prove: A. D. Rhonimus, of Umatilla Coun ty, was acquitted for killing a man who he said had been trying to steal his horses. The victim of Rhonimus gun was instantly killed. Mrs. Hambleton, a Baker County woman, was acquitted for the murder of her husband. Mrs. Hambleton suc ceeded in showing that she had been the victim of long years of tyranny and abuse. ' One Thompson, of Gilliam County, was acquitted by a jury for killing an antagonist in a private quarrel. Thompson was once convicted, but serving sentence for homicide is not popular in Oregon and the Gilliam County jury, after due deliberation, found that the former jury was wrong and set Thompson at liberty. In Portland C. H. Reynblds was promptly acquitted, for killing Pro fessor Hibbins. The circumstances of this homicide were that Reynolds found Hibbins fn his house in conver sation with his wife, aid, having rea son to believe that all was not well between them, disposed of Hibbins by shooting him. v In Josephine County the District Attorney found It necessary to set free Jasper Jennings, who had once been convicted of the murder of his father. The evidence, he said, was Insuffi cient and he had no hope of a con viction on his second trial. In view of this record, we candidly ak the question: "Is human life pro tected by the law In Oregon, or Is It not?" WHAT ONE TOWN IS DOING. Eugene enjoyed a substantial cele bration during the past . week. The cars of the Eugene & Eastern Electric Railway were run between the union depot and the State University, and they were first-class cars. While this road was being built, Willamette street from the depot through the business district was improved with a hard-surface pavement. An afternoon of Jof lification, in which the entire popula tion of the city participated, was closed by a meeting at which over $7000 was raised to advertise the at tractions of the city, the resources of Lane County and the general advan tages of the Willamette Valley. There was one subscription of $1200, and others of $600 each. At the close of the meeting an active committee was appointed, and they were out upon the street at work at 8 o'clock the next day, the result being that a fund of $1000 per month is now available with which to make Eugene better known. The different organizat'ons of the city have come together under one head. There Is unity of purpose and there is harmony in all of their endeavors. The total population of Eugene today does not exceed 7500 people, and this character of subscription means al most $2 each for every man, woman and child in the city. So that their funds may be made effective, the people of "ugene will employ a thoroughly competent man at a salary of $5000 innually to con duct their campaign. There have been few patriotic, public-spirited move ments anywhere along the. Pacific Coast that surpass Eugene, and they have only begun. When a city in the 7000 class constructs a first-class elec tric line, with splendid equipment, and builds a long stretch of high-class pavement, they have given an example which other communities can follow with profit. Eugene has contracted for more t'.'in double the amount of the present pavement. They are going to build a hundred-thousand-dollar hotel and several business buildings; the Southern Pacific is to give them a handsome depot; new residences and new sidewalks are a part of the pro gressive movement. In fact, Eugene Is making herself worthy as the home of the University of Oregon. In their work they are not golnrr to neglect the upbuilding and advancement of that university. OCR FOREIGN TRADE. The preliminary figures of the Bu reau of Statistics giving the values of exports and imports for the calendar year to date, and for the month of Au gust, present some rather striking changes, as compared with previous years. As has been mentioned, the "balance of trade," as the difference between exports and imports Is gen erally termed, exhibits a decided shrinkage as compared with the same periods last year. Imports during Au gust reached the record-breaking to tal of $125,792,156. an increase of more than $20,000,000 over August, 1906, while exports which in 1906 were $129,800,000, last month were but $127,625,000. For the eight months ending August 31, imports were $156,000,000, in excess of those for the same period last year. The Increase in exports for he same period was less than $100,000,000 over those of last year. Perhaps the most significant feature of these exports and imports, and their shifting relation to each other, lies in the gold transactions. In Au-' gust. 1906. we received $7,374,790 more gold than was exported, but last month we sent abroad $1,400,000 more gold than we received. As the tourist travel this year has broken all exist ing records. It 1- probable that much of this change in gold movement is traceable to the Americans who are over in Europe spending money. The imports for the month when compared with those f August in former years, present a most interesting study of the remarkable prosperity which has been steadily rising for the past five vears. In August, 1903, imports were $82,049,262; 1904, $87,737,868; 1905, $95. 831,15:". 1906, $105,697,015; 1907, $125,792,156. It will be noted that It requires a very heavy export business to keep pace with such extraordinary advances in the import trade. Another factor that has helped to swell the balance of t-ade against us is the record-breaking immigration to this country. Over 1.000,000 Eu ropeans came In during the fiscal year ending June 30, and a large majority of them came to the country on money that had been sent by friends or rela tives in this country. This, in the ag gregate, added to the amount which the 300,000 Am -loans spent In Eu rope this season, will run into a large number of millions. There is nothing particularly disturbing in the showing nude by these figures, and August is always regarded as a dull month for exports. At the same time the Sep tember returns will be awaited with considerable interest, as they will en able us to get a line on the export movement, which is expected to make a satisfactory stand-off for the un usually heavy buying which has been going on abroad. A SHABBY PLOT. As between Raddlng and the Way mire woman, it is impossible to decide which - was the principal and Which the accessory in the plot against Mayor Lane. Mandelay was obvious ly a mere tool and not particularly good at his job. A more astute ac complice would have provided himself with some plausible story and stuck to It, whereas Mandelay contradicts himself, Raddlng, Dr. Anderson and the Janitor. It is difficult to see how a man could write himself down both an ass and a liar more plainly or con vincingly. In working out their stale conspir acy which has seen so much service everywhere that one Is surprised to see it tried again in Portland, the woman did better than the men, though nobody was particularly bril liant. Radding was a fool to hang around the Hamilton building wait ing for the preconcerted signal so long that he aroused the suspicion of both Dr. Anderson and the janitor. Nor was he especially wise to slink away in the woman's company after the failure of their plot, and give the pub lic to understand by his subsequent boasts that she Is under his control. He can produce her at any time,, he says. To what extent has she obeyed his orders for the last few weeks? Is she under Raddlng's exclusive man agement only since the coup, or is the arrangement of older date? The more One examines Radding's part in the affair the less one admires it as a work of art. It was a mis take for him to suggest that the woman ;was of easy virtue and that he hung round to catch her in im proper relations wit'j. the Mayor. -How was he to trow when to appear at the door unless a signal was pre concerted? If she was of easy virtue she was not likely to scream except by previous agreement and for a pur pose. If she was not of easy virtue, then Radding prevaricates about his reason for loitering near the Mayor's office. Moreover, how does Radding come to be so much interested in the virtue of this woman, whom nobody else seems to know anything about? What have been his previous rela tions with her? It was another mis take for Radding to tell Mandelay "something was coing to happen" that day at about 6 o'clock In the Hamilton building. Such a 'statement rather goes to indicate that the affair was prearranged. Moreover, Mandelay, being evidently an ass, was sure to let the cat out of the bag. As a plot ter Radding is a failure. We advise hinfi. In the kindest spirit, to take up some other occupation If this exploit does not land him in the penitentiary. If he feels that he must practice blackmail for a living, our earnest counsel is to select some device which has not been exploited in 10-cent shockers for the last century. Who and what is this Waj-mire woman? In Germany the police would know all about her. Here she is Rad ding's exclusive asset. He is able to use her In his game, conceal her and produce her at his pleasure. She must be somewhat of an actress, for Mayor Lane is too old a bird to be caught otherwise. Her physical prow ess was another excellent qualification for her part, since she could seize her victim and hold him until her accom plices appeared. But in choosing a victim for her wiles she displayed but meager discretion. Mayor Lane is too old and homely. Nobody with his un comely phiz ever presumed upon fe male forbearance. Moreover, while some people may doubt the stability of his virtue, nobody believes that he Is a fool, and only a fool would have done -what Mrs. Waymire says he did. Are complacent females so rare in Portland as this would seem to Indi cate? Or does Mrs. Waymire exercise some occult Influence that drives shrewd men out of their wits? The opportune presence of the jani tor was well for the Mayor, since It put t,he conspirators on the defensive at once. But It made little difference In the public reception of the story. The plotters' account of the affair Is essentially incredible, while Radding's shady record makes it impossible to take his word for an instant against such a man as Dr. Harry Lane. We cannot help smiling that, old and wary as he Is, he should be trapped by such shabby conspirators. STILL, THE SALMON WRANGLE. Take your choice of the following opinions about salmon of the Colum bla River one by Samuel Elmore", of Astoria, manager of the cannery "combine," the other by R. D. Hume, "King of the Rogue : Elmore There i nothing to be alarmed about concerning the present season. We have had such seasons before and It Is no more than to be expected that we have an ( caaional poor season. Why I can remember In the seventies when R. D. Hume was a partner of mine here we had just such another season, it was just as poor it not poorer tnan this one. Hume The supply of salmon In the sev enties came entirely from- natural resources and an occasional small catch was Inevitable. But for many years thousands upon thousands of dollars have been spent In an effort to as sist nature and 'thus eliminate the poor sea sons. Mllliona of egg have been artiflclalty hatched and the resultant alevlns planted In all the Columbia's tributaries so that condi tions of the seventies cannot reasonably be compared with those obtaining at present un less you first premise the proposition with the theory that all the wealth of time and money spent by the Fish Commission and the Master .Warden in the past be set at naught. This disagreement between Mr. El more and Mr. Humeis just like that between either of them and other fisherynlen. They all have pet theo ries for protecting salmon from their neighbors and rivals, biit none to ap ply to themselves. With what result? Diminishing supply of salmon eadh year. Must the salmon men keep on grabbing from each other until there shall be no salmon at all?, This year the total salmon pack in Columbia River was equivalent of 350,000 cases. Last year it was 390. 000; in 1905 it was 405,000; 1904, 395,000; 1903. 'lO.OOO. Some years ago it was 600.000. Going down hill. Isn't It? Still the fisheries would not consent in the last session of the Oregon Legislature to shortening the fishing season, or establishing the closed Sunday. Mr. Elmore, Mr. Hume et al., keep It up. You won't live always. Then why worry about fish? MR. ROOT'S MEXICAN TRIP. Mr. Root is not going to Mexico to discuss the regulation of Central America with President D(az; but while he is there the subject will, of course, come up and will be talked over. This1 Is the diplomatic way of stating the purpose of Mr. Root's visit to our southern sister. Diplomacy never can admit a fact without first denying it. In November there is to be a conference at Washington over Central American affairs, and the ob vious supposition is that Mr. Root wishes to consult with President Diaz about the programme. Since our occupation of the Canal Belt, Central America lies between American and Mexican territory, and its endless revolutions are a menace to both nations. The people do not know how to govern themselves; or, if they have the knowledge, they do not use It. Life is unsafe there; property is insecure; there is hardly such a thing as law. Central Amer'ca needs regu lating as badly aj Morocco. It is high time that the task were undertaken. The'coming conference will be a con ciliatory affair abounding In whole some advice instead of threats. The bellicose Central Americans will be urged in a fatherly way to cease kill ing one another and go to work. But, peacefu' thourh the project Is, there is a threat in the air. The United States and Mexico have made up their minds, one imagines, that the petty republics of the isthmus must quell their haughty souls and learn to live like good neighbors. If force is necessary to teach the lesson, the inference is not remote that force will be avail able. In case compulsion Is necessary. Mexico Is better situated to exercise it than we are. America is satiated at present with the delights of tropi cal warfare, while the Mexicans are fitted for it by temperament and lo cation. They are kindred' to the Cen tral Americans, and could doubtless manage them with less trouble than we could. The Isthmian States would make a pretty addition to Mexican territory, while it wouki be greatly to the advantage of the United States to have civilization- and stabl ) govern ment established at least on one side of the Canal Belt. Hence, If the No vember conference turns out to be fu tile, President Diaz may receive a tacit commission to try what virtue there is in guns. "CUT OUT THE SOUR FACE." The schoolboys of a past generation were familiar with a tale ; told in rhyme (McGuffer's Second Reader be ing the vehicle of information) of a lordly youngster, finely clad, who, hav ing thrown his ball across a ditch, called impudently to a country boy who was passing that way to pick it up. "Do it yourself for want of me," came the answer, whereat the pom pous lad grjw furious, and, starting to chastise the country boy, fell into the ditch. Unable to get out without as sistance, he humbly requested the other to help him, and help was im mediately and cheerfully rendered. The moral to this tale was told In the last '.ire in the familiar words, "Vine gar never catches flies." That a useful lesson was conveyed In this simple story cannot be doubted. That such a lesson points the way to success in lif is still true. Madison C. Peters wrote recently in the Chi cago Tribune upon this topic, saying: "Good manners often do more for a man than money or influence; they open many a portal to the aspiring which would otherwise remain closed, arid Jead the way to recognition and success. Rev. Mr. Peters adds: Good manners go farther than letters of recommendation -like the gold standard, they are current the world around. The well-mannered man usually gets fht place. A position la always open to him who kas a pleasing way; he can make himself twice as valuable as the gruff man, and attract while the other repels. Nobody likes to patronize 111 man nered people. They are shunned aa much as possible by those who wish to walk on & smooth path and enjoy the amenities of life. Few of us like to walk in the shade of the cypresses when a flower spangled path is Just beside which. Instead of leading to the tomb of failure, stretches onward In the sunlight to the goal of success. . . . Don't let ice water get into your veins; keep the good, cheerful, warm blood coursing through them. A smiling countenance and kind words will do more for you than a fat pocketbook and the "pull" of your friends. WHERE MONOPOLY MEETS LIMITA TIONS. The fallacy of that ancient, theory that this country is likely to experi ence a lack of transportation facilities unless a ship-subsidy bill should be passed is again disclosed in the pres ent steamship rate war on the Atlan tic. The conflict was precipitated by the appearance of the new Cunarder Lusitania, and the British and Ger man lines are the chief contestants. At the same time, Dutch, French, Norwe gian and Russian and American lines have been drawn into the fight. It is a matter that the shippers and pro ducers of the country, as well as the general public, which buys accommo datlons on the ships, can view with as great a degree of equanimity as it dis played regarding the failure of the ship-subsidy bill to pass. The ocean highways are open to the competition of the fleets of the world, and a mo nopoly' which could discriminate against any country or any particular shipper Is an impossibility thereon. If the present rivalry for the busi ness of carrying American freight and passengers across the Atlantic contln ues to increase, there is an excellent prospect for the shareholders in the big lines involved being obliged to spend some of the hoarded profits of past profitable seasons in keeping up stpam for the nresent contest. This. however, works no hardships on the Americans who are afforded the op portunity to buy freight and passen ger space at lower rates than they could provide it themselves. The gen erally promulgated theory of a subs! dized American merchant marine is that it would enable us to ship our goods and carry our people abroad in American vessels. But the very causes which have provoked this active war on ftie Atlantic show that such a result would be Impossible, or at least high ly improbable. Great Britain, In spite of her immense prestige at sea, is un able to secure a monopoly of the traffic originating on British soil, and for years the German lines have been making such inroads on her business that the shareholders' dividjnds have been seriously affected. On the other hand, Germany, with the prestige of the government be hind two of her largest steamship lines, is unabl; to monopolize the busi ness originating in German territory. The booking offices and general agen cies 'f the British lines in London and other large English cities are no more pretentious and no better patronized than are those of the big German lines, and similar conditions are noted in the German cities where the British agent is soliciting German trade. In France, both British and German lines enter Into strong competition with the regular. French liners for business. Restraint of competition to any seri ous extent is impossible on the ocean, where fixed routes and special privi leges are unknown and unobtainable. The American citizen can go himself or ship his goods to any country on earth at equal advantage with any foreigner who is traveling or shipping. The trans-Atlantic passenger business has proved very remunerative for the past few years, and with the advent of the Lusitania and the Maritania, the largest and fastest vessels afloat, the competitors of these mammoth ships seem to fear that their interests are in jeopardy. The laborer Is worthy of his hire, and the American traveler and shipper will pay it ungrudgingly; but they will not spend much money In quibbling over the flag which hap pens to fly from the masthead of the carriers. Great Britain shows no scruples In shipping to all parts of the world in German, French, Norwegian and other vessels, and she has been fairly successful in trade with foreign countries. A Maltese poodle old enough to die. as the years of dog life are reckoned, grew sick in Los Angeles. A veteri nary was hurriedly called to, attend the distinguished pa: ent, a special train was chartered and away the trio mistress, dog and doctor hied to New York, where there Is a dog apd cat hospital. Thither , the dying ca nine was taken and the test dog spe cialists in the city were called to at tend htm. All was vain; the dog died and his disconsolate mistress provided for him 'a $500 coffin, had him buried in a dog cemetery and herself deliv ered a touching funeral eulogy upon his many and rare virtues. We sug gest that this sorely bereaved woman who, by the way, is Mrs. Stanley Alan Shepard, widow of a Chicago Jeweler have a "Teddy bear" made to order not one of the common kind, but one with long, silky -hair in imi tation of the coat of the late lamented poodle and make it her constant companion. Such poignant grief as hers must be assuaged, and we may well believe that there is not another dog no, not one in all the wide world for Mrs. Alan Shepard. There are myriads of children dainty. bright and winsome who are in need of home and love and care, but to the woman whose maternal Instincts have found exercise in affection for a dog for seventeen long years th. ".ge at tained by the late lamented poodle the love and companionship of a child would be tame. . The manufacture of glass is a wan ing industry in Canada. Since 1900, as stated by the Dominion bureau of statistics, there has been a very large falling off in the number of employes in this industry, and a corresponding falling off in amount' of wages. At the same time th : imports of glass have increased remarkably. This state of affairs, at a time when Canada's popu lation is rapidly increasing and her building industry is active, seeks ex planation. The Canadian manufac turer points to conditions that exist south of t e St. Lawrence River, and answers that the decline in this Im portant industry is due to the lack of protective tariff. Vice-President Fairbanks has been turnei down by an assembly of his church in Columbus, Ind., because last Memorial day he served wine and cocktails at a dinner given to Presi dent Roosevelt at the Fairbanks home. It Is not charged that the guest, being unduly tempted, imbibed too freely, or that the host took more than was good for him. Wine was served. That was all. Truly there are still those who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Why all the fuss because the class! cal features of Miss Cunningham, of Vermont, are to adorn the new gold coins? May, the Englishman who de signed the silver dollar, gave the Na tion the portrait of a British girl, she of the voluptuous chin, and not only that, but- he stuck his initial on the edge of her neck. R'ally, now, but where do you find a beautiful face if it hasn't a bit of Irish in it? "For vindictiveness, the Tacoma milk trust bears the palm. One act of re sistance to its demand is made pun ishable by cutting off the supply for two months. On this point the trust is a unit. In the case of a family with small children, this tyranny is outrageous. It Is insufferable. If the city authorities -do not curb this con sclenceless combination, Tacoma de serves to be depopulated. Kindness to dumb creatures is com mendable, even with the rich, but when a widow of a Chicago million aire hires a special train to carry a pet dog across the continent to a New York veterinary surgeon and buys a $500 cofTin and builds a tomb for it, pne cannot help but wonder at the kind of sympathy some American fountains pour forth. Serious discussion of the anti-Jap anese riots at Vanco n'er, B. C, having been read and considered. It will af ford relief to listen to "Mr. Tooley" on this source of international friction His remarks are published in section 3, page 4, of this issue. The ability of Jimmy Burns to "stand Gans' punishment of the head" in the late contest in the Los Angeles ring is said to have been marvelous. It was a blow on the stomach that knocked Mm out. Let us hope that Harriman's im provement of Pelican Bay lodge may open the door for further invasion of Oregon. True, this is a slender hope, but it's the best we have. It will not be surprising If the Presi dent's trip down the Mississippi will create an awakening of one great agency in relieving car shortage. Having failed to beat the eastward record with New York coal, let the Lusitania now try Portland 'slabwood. A curious public now awaits Mrs, Waymire's no matter hrtV it is spelled version of the assault. COMMENT ON VARIED OREGON TOPICS Why Blush at Bull Run? WE LOVE sweet Sallie, Maud and Lu. And Maybelle, Daisy, Mary. Sue; We do not love them for their name, They're sweet and dainty just the same. Then, too. we love the ox-tail soup, The bullpine and the cowslip troupe, The ox-eyed Juno, bulrush tale; The bullion money, never stale. Not far away the Cowlitz flows; Of Cowper's verse 'most everyone knows. Who'd call the bulldog anything else? What name for "bull-con" talk excels? Now this is why we never blushed When Bull Run from our faucets gushed. And why the pure and limpid wet. We're all enjoying even yet. Joy in Grant County. JOY in a big bundle arrived at one of the road forks in Grant County, where Long Creek dots the map. It was brought by the stork, and as a result Jesse Allen has charge of both the papers this week," says thj Ranger, commenting on the newcomer in the house of Mr. and Mrs. William Weir. Both mother and babe are doing well. but Will's case is somewhat doubtful, as he has failed to recognize any one since." Will is doing his duty by the Central Oregon region where Harriman said there are not yet enough people nor enough traffic for a railroad. Now If every man over In Grant would do as Will has done and do it often, that rail road whistle might echo Master Weir even before he shall pass out of swad dling clothes. Watch Tacoma Grow. "L OOK out for a bank wreck over in Tacoma," warned the supersti tious traveler. "Why?" asked the unfleeced depositor. 'They've got a 4 per cent snake sign over there," was the response. Clear-as-Mud Logic. HARRIMAN'S paid spokesman was denying that rates were too high. 'But," he was asked, "have you not accumulated about $24,000,000 surplus In the last seven years out of your earn ings?" "Yes," was the reply, "but a large part of that was from interstate business. whereas you complain of rates within the state." The argument being finely drawn, the auditor could not see It and passed on to the next. Fair Sullivan's Gulcli. rOES of the name Bull Run miftht first tjfSjp their skill on Sullivan's Gulch. By' any other name the gulch might be too fair a spot for the garbage crematory. Were it called Sunny Rill or Happy Valley, or Shadow Rest or Sleepy Hol low It might escape being turned Into Gehenna. Therefore, Bull Run reformers first try your hand at Sulllvans Gulch. Trapping a Cook. SO SCARCE are the working hands these days that we behold a man re sorting to this stratagem to trap a cook: WANTED By a gentleman of means, a housekeeper, under .in, good looking and single. Matrimony possible. Address X. T. Z.. etc. It is surely coming to a pretty pass when a man must look for a mate when he looks for a cook. This explains one of the grave difficulties confronting mar ried pairs when they seek kitchen help. From the looks of things too many men have won cooks by this -method only the women, when wives, climb up above the kitchen level and the poor men have their troubles to face again, but In worse plight. We should certainly advise men not to marry their cooks, but hold out the prize for indefinite fulfillment aa incentive to kitchen Industry. However, we -do not expect this lecture to have much weight since It comes too early and when It fits the time Is too late. "The wedding you know," as Fielding remarks, "Is always before the sermon," and then the author adds, "which Is one of the chief things wherein hanging and matrimony dis agree." We find the new method or something very similar, in use In Tillamook County. "Wanted," says the advertisement " In Cloverdale, "a good women cook. Wages no object." Well, we are not going to be tardy with congratulations; so here they are. Tillamook, you always were at the front of the up-to-date procession. Tillamook In the Front Hank. WND Tillamook is up-to-date in oth r er ways, too one of them being tlje divorce court. "The numerous di vorce cases in this county," says the Headlight, "are a source of revenue to the attorneys and those who tie the knots that don't bind, for it invariably follows that one of the parties, has made arrangements to go through the marriage ceremony again, even before the divorce." So we behold another result of the quest for cooks men swapping cooks in the divorce courts. Those 500, pound cheeses are not the only pro gressive things in Tillamook land. Trading Farm for "Nest Kgg." SOMETIMES we hear of 'a man's sell ing his farm for a "song"; now we hear that B. F. Tyler, near Mount Scott, on Johnson Creek, sold his farm for a "nice nest egg," such being the intelligence in the Mount Scott News. Well, Mr. Tyler, since these are days of 40-cent eggs, we Juppose "nice nest egg" means a big price. We should think better of the sale had the price been several nest eggs. A still better price would have been a figurative roll of butter or cord of wood. Some time ag6 it would have been a sack of po tatoes. Clean Linen in Hillsboro. WOULD you believe Hillsboro has no laundry? That is true. And the residents are growing tired of the tack. They want some other place to send their dirty linen than the Court house. This bespeaks the cleanliness of Hillsboro. ' Lest the reader get the Idea that the county seat of Washington has forced its women to the washtub, he is told by the Argus newspaper, "thou sands of dollars are sent out of -this county annually for laundry, which ought to remain in It." This explains the white shirts, collars and cuffs dls- played by Lawmakers Haines, Newell and Purdy at Salem and by other Washington folk at the Salem Fair; also the clean clothes worn by the baby friends of Dr. Large, attending. By the way. Hillsboro. If the laundry you are going to get can underbid the high prices exacted in Portland, it will win business In this city, and perhaps rival Forest Grove's milk factory. Arguing the Hen. WHAT'S the use of arguing with the mule, when his price is $250, or with the hen, when her price Is 40 cents a dozen? Somewhere we once heard this couplet. But with some folks, 'tis labor lost to strive. A reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive. Therefore, when an editor pleads against 40-cent eggs, what's the use? This plea, from the Condon Times, pro fesses to have sprung out of the ground in the Gilliam County wheat belt. The haughty hen sticks up her nose ana proudly walks away, and though we coax and wheedle her she still declines to lay. We feed her cracklings, meat and grain, ground oyster shells and such: but still sho hangs onto her eggs with a puissant cllitch. v ny Is it that when eggs are cheap the hens work overtime, but later choose to take a rest Just when the prices climb? Why Is it tnings.we want the worst are always scarce and high? When we are needing water most, why do the wells go Cry? Why Is it gold and precious stones are alwarys hard to And? In granting life's most pre cious gifts, why are the fates unkind? But why censure the hen for laziness when so many human shirks go vn whipped every one of them an egg eater? If hens had sense, they would cackle more about that and less about the egg. Saving $3000 Wages. HOW much can a man save out o his wages? Often wa hear it m wage-earners and salaried men can save little or nothing. But from Klamath Falls comes the tale of Grant Brewer Whn eav.i4 CliVlA tn - -. - - - " . . j in inn years, ac cording to the Express, "all from working fur TI" o ma ' ' Thn I .'. - -. .-n juai i--i '"! n. year, or $j I or AnnU T I - . ... wui lting oay. -mat is "going some,'" for a fact. "He now contemplates visiting his parents." continues the Express, "and buying a home for himself at Eugene. Perhaps to settle down, eh? Grant deserves pretty well, for his work: in Klamath. You girls up In Eugene ought to set your caps for him. He's a comet. If he saved $3000 In five years, "all from working for wages." And he won't II awake nights fearing the grand jury and Heney. There are several young men In Oregon who made $3000 and more, in five years, but are sorry for it. Progress at Coos Bay. MANY signs of growth were wafted from Coos Bay on the latest south chlnook. One of them, proving the many newcomers at North Bend, is the following notice: Beginning with October I. the Coos Bay Steam Laundry will be conducted on a cash basis. Monthly accounts will be opened with permanent residents of the city. North Bend is in the metropolitan class when It must foil the newcomers who would dodge the bill collector. One Hear Girl at Central. UP IN Cottage Grove the editor of the Nugget seems to be trying to "play nice" with Central; in fact the editor grows almost sentimental when talking about the voice that floats over the wire. (We'll bet It doesn't chew gum nor talk silly with some particular fellow.) Listen to what he says: "Telephone girls in some cities are forbidden to add 'please' when ask ing 'number?' But no law can prevent us from saying 'thank you' and wish ing to add 'dear' when we are an swered and get 'number' within a few minutes, as is the usual case In Cot tage Grove." Now, what do ' you think of that? That Cottage Grove Central must be a wonder to find such favor in the eyes of an editor, who is always on the hurry. If every Central only knew the conquering power of loveliness! Mr. Hume's Ancestry. RD. HUME (Salmon King of the Rogue) left Wpddcrburn last week," says the Port Orford Tribune, "whence he and his wife will depart for a European trip, especially to Scot land, tiie home of their ancestors." The "ancestors'" explains why Fish Warden Van Dusen found Mr. Hume so stub born. It's too bad Mr. Hume is a Scotchman, Hoot, mon! Rich Beggars and Thieves. A BEGGAR with a purse full of money was one of the marvels of Cor vallis" a few days ago. "He visited a local barber shop." says the Gazette, "and in tendering payment for a hair cut, disclosed a purse containing prob ably $25. Chief AVeils obligingly es corted him to the Southern Pacific De pot, where he took the blind baggage for parts unknown." That was a man whose purse was not trash, as the sublime Shakespeare called a purse, and who was not made poor by losing his good name. There are a lot of persons like him, but in stead of begging from the public, they filch, such things as land and fran chises. Right now they are filching water powers. But there is no Chief Wells In their case to escort them to the depot. They had too many friends in the last Legislature for that. Dealing Witli Kickers. SN UMATILLA thrives a race of kick ers, whom the Milton Eagle says it is impossible to banish from town. On the farm, the kicking cow can be sold for beef, it says, while our long-eared friend the mule can be traded for a shotgun, "but nothing but a funeral will get rid of the town kicker." We are not so sure about that. The kicker resembles the thistle, both on farm and In town. He is an outcast,, dwelling alone, living in ground he helps not to improve and cumbering the earth with his progeny. Treat him gently and he stings, but take him by the scruff of the neck and he's differ ent. Tender-handed stroke a nettle. - And it stings you for your pains; Grasp 1 like a man of mettle. And It soft as silk remains. Tls the same with common natures; I'se 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters. And the rogues obey you well.