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THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL,
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
Milwaukee likes Ha bloomlnr Boa. It
haa elected Mm mayor for- the, third
time. -' .
. .' ' .
Why ahould anybody complain of the
coat of living when oranges are ao
I cheap T
' ' TUP TircicnM CiXt RIIRTON'S SAD ENDING yun and growing cities, and Improved methods if not
THE LESSON OF BUK1UN& AU mBtwtato ar6. con8tanUy being Bought even by old. and
large cltiea, not only in thla country, but .In Europe.
Indiana Prohibitionists are to hold a
10 daya' convention. My, how dry
they'll get?
T
kHBS CASK of Senator Burton who baa Juat been
sentenced to six months' imprisonment and to pay
a. fine of 12.500 on conviction of bribery la one tnoi
L haa attracted and will continue to attract a great deal of
; attention for two chief reaaona. First, from the fact mat
Burton la a United Statea aenator .and secondly because
: lustice haa been ao swiftly and aurely meted out to mm.
.Thia latter circumetance la gratifying for the reason that
men of consplcuoua position have ao often escaped mer
ited punishment, sometimes very largely through waya
" that appeared devious. This has been particularly true in
'Missouri where the tremendous scandals unearthed by Dis
trict Attorney Folk have- resulted In little else than scare,
' the star performers escaping the punishment which they
. ao richly deserved.
' So far as Burton is concerned he never ahould have
been elected to the senate. He Is a man f a certain sort
'of talent, a fluent talker, a lawyer by profeaalon and a
wii it Irian. All hla Ufa he baa been a promoter. Some of
;tha enterprises in which he haa been engaged were
Will Uncle Adlal E. Stevenson be
ready for the vice-presidential nomina
tion again?
Knowledge on the subject la nowhere exhausted- yet.J
But there la enough knowledge extant, and purchasable,, to
have procured Incomparably better street Improvements
than have been submitted here to the teat of time. Thla
city has needed, and now needs, the best of that expert
knowledge procurable. It would have- been, a valuable in
vestment years ago. It win De bo even yet. Comparatively few people of Portland
But of courae knowledge counts for little without the I realise the amount of building going on
itni. nacaaaarv Inrredient Inflexible, faithful, unwearied na projected.
honesty In the taxpayer's service.
.:..!
Governor Dockery eay there la no
boodllng in Missouri. Haa everything
been boodled? , . i ,
THE PORTLAND-TILLAMOOK RAILROAD
Parker suits Cleveland. Then there
is no doubt that he is especially obnox
ious to Bryan. '
T
HE COUNTRY is somewhat Interested in the re
ported struggle between Mr. Hill and Mr. Har
riman for the control of the Northern Pacific rail-
Perhaps the Democratic! nominee will
wish afterward that somebody else had
been nominated.
"The duty of the worker, no less than
his personal self-interest dictates the
wnoie-neartea and unreluctant accent
ance of . whatever labor-saving' devices
me inventive faculty of man can pro
duce. But if the workman la to rise
to truer conceptions of labor's duty to
ine community by yetting the best re
sults from a la employer's . "property,'
the emnlnvaa miial ih. Immhii.j
" In these words Prank H. Rosa draws
his .conclusions as. to the "effects of
labor-saving machinery- la the En tin
eerlng Magaaine for March. Mr. Hose
is an exponent of the beat and most
mnueniiai element in British trade un.
lonism, and hla position as defined In
the paper Is characterlstlQ of the modern
British labor party. Mr. Rose does not
oeny that bis sympathies are with hla
class, but he declares that no amount
of sympathy can blind him to the facts
he sees. He declares that he believes
that the British employer ahould revlaS
his and In the same breath Ulls
tno worker that It la hla duty to see
that he gets the best results of the ma
chine by his own effort. It being equally
the duty of the employer to recognise
mat errort witn the highest reward.
minimum ana maximum wages notwlth
standing. ,
For the first time in six years Wood-
hum will h lllv It will aim
roaa, xnougn unaer preseni cunaiuon. iniui7 tolintt the town cow.
little difference to the country generally or to this portion
of it In particular which one wins. By the addition of
Not a war vessel la anywhere neat
Port Arthur. It appears to be about the
quietest elty on the map.
scarcely such In character to raise him In the pubilo ea- th Nortnern pactfln to their interests, the Harriman peo
tlmation. Without the faculty of confining himself to ply wouja immensely increase their already . vast system,
.legitimate effort to secure financial Independence- he had but lt ,g impoaslble to make an Intelllgenr guess as to
"all of i-he tastes which money alone can gratify. The wnetner jt would be advantageous, to Portland and the
natural result ollowed. He was always in debt and, with- terrltory 0f which It Is the chief center or not. Distant
.out any Inclination to cut his expenses to nis real income, rt.anut of the contests, combinations and manipulations Some eastern publishers are lncllnec
he necessarily became a promoter. By a strange freak of of the nttro?iA magnates are something not easily to be J run mnck a mtie m the case, of
The cause of woman suffrage nearly
always meets defeat but Its advocates
refuse to become discouraged.
fortuYie he was elevated to the United States senate. Here
'was an opportunity through which he might jhave re
"habilitated himself If he were only made of the right ma
teriaL But. deeply In debt, without the strength of char
. acter to live well within his means, be weakly accepted a
fee in his capacity as attorney which he roust have known
'and which those who employed him thoroughly well knew,
. would be money thrown away were It not for the Influence
, which 'a United States senator would naturally exert in the
government departments. And thus followed exposure,
conviction succeeded and as a climax came a sentence- to
Imprisonment, the taking away from hlnf forever the right
; of civil employment and the accompanying disgrace which
I will follow him to the grave, a pitiable, finale to a career
that might have been both brilliant and useful.
f: In it all Is Involved a lesson that human experience has
taught ever and over again. It is that each Individual
ehould have the moral courage to live within hia means, to
f spend nothing which he hasn't got and to affect to be noth-
Ing but that , which he Is. No matter how Independent a
maa may be In character and no matter how courageous in
facing the world, the longer a man lives the more likely
is he. to discover that there Is no Independence which U
not based on financial independence. This does not neces-
t'arily mean that he must have much money but it does
th miner trust. If Mr. Knot won't.
preuiciea wijuioui runiina
One thing, perhaps In a measure connected with thlnl ; people who aW opposed to war
fns anv atrtn -sar Isih rha Imnm n Due,
contest or Involved in It as at leaat a minor, thoug-h of itanB the,u,t flgntt woujd gi
itself not a smau item, is or great importance to i-oruana,
and to northwestern Oregon. The big roads, one or- more
of them, have ao far not only neglected to build a railroad
Into the Nehalem-Tlllamook region, but have succeeded In
thwarting all efforts of others to build it. We have heard
from time to time for years, the last time only a few days
ago, that this road was sure to be built soon by an inde
pendent company, that the money was ready. But remem
bering past experiences, the public's hope that this final
report Is well founded Is rather faint.
That road, with Portland as the direct terminus, ought land?
.V V . ITWUIV4 11 B' VI DtJ U I V VlUfc t , . . . . . , . .
I NnhM. ava annnnaM nar llrnni.
and undeveloped riches. It would add in a few years tens General Knox would "run amuek." or run
It took 140 ballots to nominate a can
didate for mayor of Superior, Wis., and
yet be may not be a superior candidate.
i
Seaside weather prophets predict an
early and unusually fine summer. But
the wish may have inspired the predic
tion. .
The mayor of Seattle has stopped
"box-rustling." If this can be done in
Seattle, might it not be done In Port-
He says In part as follows:
"Machine appliances have revolution
ised every Industry; but In almost every
case their best results have been mini
mised and their natural development
Impeded either by the workman's hoa
tlllty, ,or the employer's narrow concep
tions of their possibilities. The moat
ardent defender of trade union methods
would Insult his own conscience by pre
tending that a heavy share of culpability
is not associated with the workman
himself. , C
"I m frankly taking the position that
machine appllanoes are not only bless
ings in themselves, but are the source
of manifold benefits to an men. When
ever In the history of labor In Great
Britain we find manifestations of the
workers' opposition to the machine, the
root cause la the sama There Is no
essential difference between the anarchlo
excesses of the old Luddlte, and the subtle
method of the modern 'reluctant.' In
one case the hated machine is destroyed;
in the other Its benefits sre steril
ised.
Sheridan is to. have a 'new -sif ntflLV
The
Gopher-
graveyard X has W WW
and productivity, than a convenient
Implement fojf curtailing labor's re
ward. . ;, if :v..-, -r ' 1 .
'The Unity If Interest between capital'
anil lahnr has Ion done duty as a DlOUS
opinion eve as an abstract aconomio fence.
nrnnniltlnn Thara la nothlnff BO Cer-I
lata as. tha fact that so Ions as capital I Ashland has exactlv l.ifta hiMrn 4
Mi.ir fm nmflt mnA ULbor for f waaci. I school aa-a. t '
oth will work for their own ends with .' ... n ;v .' ;
more or less -disregard for each other's Good stone for monuments is plentl-
tnterest The machine appears to me to ful near PrlnevUle. ,
provide a medium by which both-ends , . :U,;y' .
may ba aarvad if both Parties Will settle Tha Tillamook w.mM t... i
down to make the beet'pHMlM-- J typesetttni' iioblBt.TJ7-ru'"'''!-,T;-.'
The' snow ip portions of eastern Ore
gon has been: chlnooked. , JT'
it.
W may leave the allocation oz oiamc
due to employers and employed re-
TMictlvelv an onen . Question. . hut we
have to admit that whoever deaerve
the larger share, the machine ao far
haa not had a fair field for its natural
development In Ureal Britain. lei, in
spite of thla the benefits it has con
ferred are almost incalculable, I can
not trace a single ' social or induatrial
evil to its use. I can trace many to us
have a new rural mail routei..vj
J. K Fawcett of Benton, county has
paid $2,500 for a Percheron stallion.
The Deschutes Irrigation and Power
of millions to Oregon's wealth of products, and tens of
thousands to its producing population. It Is easy to say
ought" easy to say that it is a shame that such a region
should be so long Isolated and undeveloped; but lt 1b not
easy to get the road built, so long aa. these giant corpora
tions stand in the way, awaiting their own good time and
method.
If the people owned these great trunk railroads, they
at all,
trusts.
in the . prosecution of criminal
Why should -a 'lawyer who ia not a
Judge, never has been.'a Judge, and prob
ably never will :' be a Judge, be. called
"Judge"?
j mean that he must have enough to serve- his needs and to cou,1 ,orce th building of such a line as this from Port-
- meet his obligations, besides a little laid away to meet land to Tillamook and Nehalem whenever Its building be
?" extraordinary requirements or to make him reasonably came desirable. But now they have to wait on the good
' secure in case of disaster., There were few better fellows Pleasure of the railroad and financial Kings.
anywhere than Burton. He was. genial, sociable by nature,
If the summer and autumn correspond
In lateness with the apring, the Crops
will be harvested about the same time
as the votes.
In front of the workman- today are all
the vivid proofs of the Uselessness, as
well as the mischief, of resistance to
the Inevitable. However unpopular may
be such a declaration, I know that no
honest inquiry Into this question is pos
sible which does not take cognisance
of the prejudice which still exists ,in
the workman's mind against new appli
ances for Increasing labor's productivity.
Whatever may have been the outward
manifestations on this prejudice, their
results have been uniformly mischievous
and consistently productive of strife and
waste. Tet the growth and development
of the machine system Is as certain and
aa remorseless as death. No attempt to
resist it has ever been crowned with
even a temporary success.
The British employer, on the other
hand, is neither a blameless saint nor a
Buffering martyr In connection with
this question. While he haa hung on
I liberal, a good public speaker and a charming single
i handed talker. He had, too, many friends and well
, wishers who mder the" right circumBtances would hav
' gone far -to serve him. "-But the whole foundation of h
v career was built On: sand, on the theory that two and two
were five, thai one coidd forever successfully. Juggle with
conditions and implacable facts: His election to the
. i (United States senate seemed to add proof to his theory
if -while in reality lt only furnished a speedier way to his un-
doing. And what a price -the poor devil has paid for ex
.pensive' habit which his Income never Justifies! ,
THE ONLY WAY.
-.
INGREDIENTS OF GOOD STREETS.
I HE PRESENT, city engineer, and his predecessor.
m
I . may be as good men for that position as are or
.. dinarily selected by political conventions. They
T may have a good and sufficient general knowledge of the
routine work of the office, and they may have performed
.t their duties to the best of their ability. Let us go farther
nd concede that their ability was the best that could be
' procured at the time- and under the circumstances for the
.office, and that mistakes and failures in street improve
ments have been others fault as well as, or rather than.
"theirs.
( , But when all this is said, the fact' remains that street
f . improvement work has been largely a failure. Either the
'material. was not of the best quality, or else it was not
. "used In the best manner, or both. The result is that prop
erty owners have paid out very large sums of money for
ipoor work. The city engineer's office- may have been
, somewhat to blame, the street committee of the council
may have been to blame, the contractors may have been to
. blame, but the- chief blame is negative rather than pos
Jtjve, and is divided, for this condition of affairs Is due
chiefly to two things ignorance of Just what was best to
: do and how to do it, and an old Oregonlanish, happy-go-lucky,
semi-conscious sentiment that maybe it didn't make
much difference anyway.
. . What the city should have had years ago, outside, if 'not
inside, the engineer's office and council, Is the best expert
knowledge and ability on street paving in general and in
!this climate in particular, to be procured. It would have
been big money in the property owners' pockets If they had
.paid $5,000 or even $10,000 a year for several years for
..this experienced, expert knowledge and ability, which, if
they did not exist in the right quarters in city officialdom,
should have been imported:
Besides, the most scrupulous honesty and constant vig
ilance were needed along with this knowledge and capacity,
all along the official and expert line. We may say that
contractors are to blame, but they cannot be counted on
as considering themselves under such, moral Obligations
to the public as its officers and employes should feel them-
, selves to be.
' Street paving is yet in its experimental stage, in most
HE MATpR'S appearance before the grand Jury, to
make an argument against the finding of any in
diet ments against the owners of buildings leased
for illegal purposes, illustrates how one piece of official
deviation, from the straight and narrow course of the law's
observance and enforcement leads to farther law-break
lng, and apology therefor and protection thereof.
Perhaps lt would be Quixotic to attempt to Indict all
owners of buildings leased for gambling and other unlaw
ful or Immoral purposes; it will be said. that they could
not be convicted; yet lt would be well for the moral health
of the community if examples were made, and public at
tentlon drawn to a few people who pose as examples, but
who knowingly rent buildings for the basest of purposes
and as places where vice and crime hold sway with Im
punity.
The mayor pleads to the grand Jury that gamblers are
licensed; why, then, did be not urge that they, who pay
some of their hard-earned money into the city treasury.
be exempt from indictment? Should npt his official pro
tection extend to them, as well as to the property owners ?
Artd If protection Is accorded on the score of license pay
lng, how does this apply to some of the noisome and
noxious dens? Are they also licensed?
As soon aa an official, however learned and personally up
right, begins to compromise with crime and make an of
ficial partnership with unlawful vice, he Involves himself
in various discreditable tangles. All human experience
goes to prove that the only clear way Is the right way.
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INJURIOUS INHARMONY.
T IS VERT IMPORTANT and essential to the success
of the Lewis and Clark fair that the corporation man
agers and the state commission should work together
In harmony, as they seem not to be doing. The corpora
tion should keep In mind that the state commission is re
sponsible to the people of the state for the proper ex
penditure of the $500,000 appropriated by the state, and
accord lt due consideration. The corporation has the freer
hand, the state commission being restricted by the terms
of the law creating lt, but such rights and privileges as
the law confers ought to be promptly and cheerfujfy con
ceded and accorded. Most If not all the members of both
sets of managers are broad-minded business men, who
certainly will greatly disappoint the public, as well as in
jure the prospects of the fair, if they do not work har
moniously together on all important details. This is in
deed a high duty that they owe to the subscribers of the
corporation fund on one hand, and the taxpayers of the
state on the other. Any Jealousy, animosity or working at
cross-purposes, will lessen the prospect of that success for
which all are striving. '
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
From a Hospital iTuraa.
1- Portland, April 7. To the Editor of
' 4The" Journal On the 4tu InBt you said
, ' $ in your paper that Mr. Courtney has 111
l treated m. to whloh 1 wleh to say that
' Mr. Courtney has used me as a gentle-
" VmanAfiA has always spoken kindly to
" me, and I have had no trouble vlth him.
. , Vto the best of my knowledge. I resign
' - 4 on my own account.
; i ' FRANK ADAMS.
A
They Are Friends Again.
t JWMHjTH.W. X.., Af. .1 w. XV .11. UUII.I UL
The -Journal From your issue of April
"t 5 I clip the following comment about
; our recent city election:
' "There .; was considerable ( exclte
"' ment, over the election. During the
1 campaign there has existed a bitter feel
ting between the ant'l-ealoon. forces and
their Opponents. At the polls In the
Fourth ward about noon Rev.. B. Tr Row
. . land. pastor of the M, S. church, .who
, has taken an active part In the cam
- palgn, aa& Council man : J. - p. Matlock,
who was a candidate for re-election, be
came engaged in a heated discussion,
resulting In the councilman slapping the
minister In the face. Bystanders inter
fered and further trouble was averted."
I wish to state In a discussion of the
Issues with me the Rev. Rowland said
that 1 and the whole city council took
our oaths of office with the deliberate
Intention of violating them, and hac
committed perjury. .At this Juncture the
aoove reierrea to tooK place. He re
tracted, I forgave him, and we are good
friends. No one Interfered, nor did I
Intend to seriously injure him.
Please give space for this explanation.
Very respectfully J. p. MATLOCK.
for cash and for votes. They could all
be done away with within 10 days. Why
not do it? Because there is a graft in
lt. That's all, But the people will
wake up some time. , C. F. SMITH.
TEXT DXSAaamB, AB TTSUAZk
Zt Could be Wiped Out.
Portland, April 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Justice Brewer of Chi
cago is perfectly right The laws and
ordinances can and should be enforced.
What a farce, also, to pass such ordi
nances and laws. Shame on those who
say that the majority of the people are
lawless. It is not so. , The gambling
housea, women of ill-fame,' dance halls,
all-night saloons, etc., are not wanted
by the people. They are kept Up by dis
honest officials and pplltlcians to be bled
From the Boston Herald.5
We note that two of the leading medi
cal Journals In this country concur In
the .opinion that the cigarette is the
least injurious method of using tobacco.
going to college?
Boston has a s-year-old boy ready for
college. But what is the use of such a
kid, who can't play ball or row yet to his old-world methods and beliefs, he
ill.nt I . . - ..... " .
mi Deen lorgeirui or tne ract tnai tno
worklngman's prejudices are more the
Sailing-wagons, for use principally on I results of heredity than deliberate ill
sea beaches, are the latest vehicle. The I disposition. Nor has this conception of
sea-beach summer girl eao-saH without lib machine been one whit more llb-
i u-v. - v.. - - - nnmnanv nnuii .si l.-.... u u,
misuse. I regard the machine as tne . " . - ."'""
4 A. A. I all Slia IM a SaSBVISB I TVmsTa I -
nrvi puioniiai uj ait ' 9" w- i
-m .... . T In favnV At m
rmmm ui uui u - va -.. . . . .
frank recoanltiorf of Its virtues by the epnone line siong the route of
workman and of bis endeavor to get its rroo,?.cou.nt3r -lrting canal will
best results. , u"' uw I ,
I have frequently said to English en- . Thomas W. and Lusena Sink cf Moro
rineera that' there is but one labor mat weex celebrated the f Oth annl-
question the question of wages. What-1 versary of their marriage,
.TCI VUUIltlCIU.. WW ... M " ,
trial topics, the question of wages or Umatilla county has about I60,00
reward Is the one we find ourselves re-1 head of sheen, whose wool will need
turning to in the end. The only Incen- 8,000 sacks, costing H cents each,
ttve to work Is Us reward." We occa ' J - . , j.
slonally hear of pure-souled and un- Six million foet of logs reached the
mercenary persons w no neeo no wore, i ooth-Keiiy t mill st Coburg last week.
dux wno ao wore oocausv -.w Tne mui is running day and night
worn. invii are vaiuiuiv wmuiunui
assets, as they serve as shining ex
amples to the rest of us who are fash
ioned of common clay.
The struggle between wage-earners
snd wage-payers is aa natural as any
111 l n .nv afclfMna- I .iu.-uiii.iii irua in
" . , . 1JL . , ' v. n , , . "urur Dispatch that there was never a
The-Corvallls Oasette says th new
game of 600 is creating a perfect furore
in mat city. Too big a number, perhaps.
of venue or alteration of method. But
machinery haa reduced its virulence aud
softened Its acerbities. . The machine
has been a better pacemaker than either
the man or his master.
But what machinery has done has
been to cheapen commodities of daily
Use and so to raise the actual labor
value of operatives.
Our clothing, is a machine product
from the raw material to the finished
garment -We are better dressed than
our fathers and there are many more
tailors. But in our homes I speak of
workers' homes vhe difference between
what was and what Is, Is even more
marked.
parallel to thai wetness of the soil this
spring. v
The Bentop county csndldate for rep
resentstive (n 1 the legislature lives on
Soap creek. He should run well, and
make a clean race.
Application' has been made for two
rural mall routes to start from the Solo
postoftlce, and It ia expected to hear
from them In a short time. '
them, If- necessary..
If Senator Brownell can control the
Clackamas county delegation, he may be
able to name the nominee for represen
tative in the first district.
eral than that of his employe. The ma
chine, I fear, has been regarded less as
an agent for Increasing labor's vslue
In conclusion, Mr. Rose declares that
he does not believe that the "physical
degeneracy of England as Instanced by
the British army statistics, can he
traced to labor-saving machines," as has
been asserted.. He saya that 60 per
cent of Britain's youhg manhood In In
dustrial centers Is not good enough for
her army. It is not merely the body
which Is shriveled and the faculties
dulled, but lingering disease has at
tacked them as well.
In the opinion of Mr. Rose, "the in
fluence which has transformed the stal
wart yeomen of Lancashire into a race
of stunted weaklings is assuredly not
that of the machine. I am convinced
that to bad housing chiefly our physical
decadence Is dua Physical deteriora
tion, of all others, Is the least attribu
table to machinery. Machinery haa
brought health to the workshop and
comfort to the home.
A move is on fpot between the various
business houses f PrlnevUle to close
every evening at :J0 and all day Sun
days. Only one firm objects.
Jacksonville Sentinel: Jacksonville
bids fair to have more substantial road
work done In Its vicinity thla year than
in the previous five years together.
Fiddle creek correspondence of ' the
Florence West: The frogs sre singing
sweetly, their voices loud snd clear;-1
think the weather Is changing, and I can
go to see my dear.
' Losttne Review: Some one Is care
lessly knowing some pigs to run in the
school-yard.. They have rooted up man A
bulbs and destroy our flower beds.'
Please keep them up.
moved the social anomalies of our time.
It has certainly not emphasised them.
The lone Post reports the leading bar
ber ahop at that place being put out of
business by some one stealing every-
If It has not re-rth,n 1 tn shop. An Opposition bar
ber has. been arrested.
The Chicago Journal is worrying over
"the pitiful plight of the Democratic
party." But at least lt is not carrying
any national scandals JuM now.
At the Eugene city election a council
man wound up a heated debate with a
preacher - by striking him in the face.
The preacher did not turn the other
cheek.
Now the streetcar straps are accused
of being loaded with disease-breeding
microbes. But so Is everything else, so
people won't all walk on account of mi- j charge of the children. Every child was
crjrrxomxsT mt nroxAjra.
Millionaire Watts Converts House Into
ZiUllpntlaa Wild West.
From the New Tork World.
The children of Thomas L. Watt
millionaire horseman and banker of 10C,
Fifth avenue, entertained SO of their
society friends on Friday afternoon
one of the most elaborate parties that
nave been given for little folk here
about in many montha The affair was
called an "Indian luncheon."
For the occasion the Wstt mansion
was transformed into an Indian "reser
vatlon," in which real redmen. Imported
from the plains, presided and took
croby straps.
During 1903 the different statea snd
territories of the union passed 11,894
new laws. There is too much lawmak
ing and not enough observance of good
laws and rules of conduct.
Some sealous friends of the two lead
ing candidates for representative in the
first district are waxing warmly wroth
and throwing mean remarks about Her
mann and Harris back and forth, but
maybe nobody is badly hurt thereby.
POLITICAi; POINTERS
Silver Lake Central Oregonian: The
people of this county want Hermann i
turned to congress and the Republicans
that meet at the county convention Sat
urday should abide by the wants of the
majority, and start four good Hermann
men to the congressional convention.
Mr. Hermann during his long service In
the national house has made a most
energetic and able representative and
has worked with tireless energy for the
advancement and welfare of his state.
East Oregonian!" The Multnomah
county delegation cannot ' ignore the
news from eastern Oregon. The ma
chine cannot surely stand against the
wishes . of the mass of the votera It
would be a most heartless and inexcus
able injustice for eastern Oregon coun
ties which have received such benefits
from the labors of Mr. Moody, to con
sent to his defeat by the Portland ma
chine. Results alone, count
Roseburg Plaindealer: Four different
representatives were promised, the bribe
of the Roseburg land office, as register.
if they . would vote for Senator Fulton.
We wonder what has been promised the
Salem crowd to turn traitors and at
tempt, to slay Binger Hermann? Such
scandalous practices and promises are a
disgrace to the Republican party.
years ago.
Condon Globe.' The nomination of
Mr? Williamson will in all probability
be made bv acclamation, aa It trai two
I years ago, and as was Mr. Moody's
The most powerful effects of . tobacctf nomination for his second term, four
are to be obtained through the habit of
chewing. Next In order is the use of the
cigar, which Includes both smoking and
chewing. The non-absorbing porcelain
pipe, the briar, the clay cutty and the
porous meersqhaum continue the' 'de
scending scale, which nds with the
much maligned, , yet comparatively
harmless, cigarette.
dressed in Indian fashion, being clad In
buckskins and . bedecked with paint
powder, feathers and beada They pre.
sented a delightful picture as the dim
lnutlve "braves" and ."squaws" assem
bled in the ballroom for a dance, which
opened the festivities.
After the dance came the luncheon In
the dining-room. Overhead was lattice
work covered with vines, while , about
the walls a canvas cyclorama reprt
sented an Idaho plain. At one end was
a tepee, with a' real campflre and kettle
suspended over it and back of the fire
sat a real Indian ready to serve boul-
lon to the hungry guests.
When the "warriors" and their
"squaws" had entered in Indian file they
squatted In a circle In the center of
the room, and then one" by one, enter
ing a birch-baric canoe run on a trolley,
they were propelled around the room
until they reached the tepea Here
they were Berved with boullon in elab
orate Mexican cups, snd were provided
with silver spoons etched with warlike
scenea Then, With a hand-painted pad
dle provided for the occasion, they cad
died back again. Ice cream was served
in tiny canoes, fruit In odd Mexican
Jars and cake in unique Indian dishes
that had been procured In the far west.
Each child was given his paddle and a
cactus plant in an Indian pot for a
souvenir.
After the luncheon the children were
ushered into the main drawing-room,
where each was provided with a bow
and arrow and told to shoot at any one
of a hundred presents suspended on ev
ergreen trees in the miniature forest.
To hit a present was to win lt, and tho
tots soon proved themselves good
marksmen.
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Spring- and Xiova.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Fair spring the poet's heart enthralls, ' '
Inducing thoughts intense;.
And e'en the smsll , boy sighs end
, - : scrawls , ; ... ,,., .-r.
His "girl's''' name on tha fence,-
Bound tense.
Vrnm tha. "raaha Ra
Chicago. minister's have decided to re
frain from Joining In the pulpit attack
upon senator Keea emoot as planned by
the National League of Woman's Organ
isations of America. . The Chicago
preachers declare that in their Judg
ment lt is Inadvisable and that they be
lieve congress can. deal with .the Smoot
case without them. . In this conclusion
their Judgment is eminently sound. The
Smoot case is not to be disposed of by
a nystericai appeal , to popular , senti
From an Exchange.
"I was traveling down south," said
John 8. Flaherty, manager of the Ma
Jestlo theatre of New Tork, "and while
driving in the country I saw a darky
under a tree by the roadslda He was
gazing lastly up through the branches,
while by his side was a hoe. Weeds
were growing luxuriantly in the -corn
field, which stretched their : acres Into
the distance.
' 'What are you doing,' I asked the
negro.
" 'I se out heah to nee flat corn,' said
the darky. "' ("
. ''The answer, was given in an Inimi
table drawl. Then what are you doing
under this tree? Resting r I persisted-
"'No. sah, rse not restlnv was the
answer. "Ah'm not tlahsd. Ah'm wait
in' fow the sun to go down so ah k)n
quit wuhk.' " 1
hit xmvnra saxl.
Xe
the
aad Xis Company Take All
Xasaba's ITessemger Booms.
Sir Henry Irving and his company, 82
in number, sailed on Saturday on the
Mesaba, occupying the entire passenger
accommodations of the vessel.- Two
staterooms were torn out so ss to pro-
vide a sitting-room and private dining
room for Sir Henry. The scenery had
been placed on board with the excep
tion of that used on Friday night which
was rushed to the Mesaba at the close of
the play.
Crabtree correspondence of the Sclo
News: The work along the rursl tele
phone line Is progressing nicely. Most
all of the farmer have subscribed, and
much Interest la manifested along the
line.
W. O. Minor of Heppner has recently
sold three of his own breed of short
horns to C E Ladd of Portland, who
will exhibit them along with others at
the St. Louis World's fair the coming
summer.
The assessable property of Crook
county has increased considerably this
year over last: and many of the largest
taxpayers' holdings In PrlnevUle have
crawled up wonderfully. In the country
districts the excess of stock, which
ranchers are holding until better prices
shall prevail, is responsible for. this in
crease, although much building has been
done in the past year throughout the
county,' -
In Baker City a man spent four hours
in a saloon while his wife snd little
boy were sitting In a' buacv outside
Sir Henry snd most of the company I waiting for the head of the family to
went on board early In the morning. I drive them home. When discovered she
Ha said nothing? rarardlns- tha treat-1 waa almnat In hvatria an1 Mrl.hlnv
ment he hsd received here st the hands with the cold. Some women wouldn't
Of the critics, but he declared that while have done a thing but something else.
uanie waa not an anisiio raiiure, ii
did not "take" with the American pub
lic.
"I will arrive in London on April 6,"
declared Sir Henry, "and about the
middle of the month will go on a tour
of the provinces and Ireland in
Becket.' It will practically be a ' new
'Becket,' for all the costumes and scen
ery were destroyed In. a storehouse fire
some time ago.
"It has been my great desire to go to
Australia, and I am now conducting ne
gotiations with that end in. view, and
may go there next year Instead of com
ing over here, but I am coming back tO
thla country again.
Dante,' you . know, . can hardly be
called a cheerful play. There - is
death In every act except one, and In
that act they sre In helL so you can aee
that it is not calculated to promote mer
riment.
Altogether, my tour has been a very
good one. I found that In this country
there has been as much artistic develop.
ment as development in other lines.
Br am stoker. Sir Henry's manager and
press agent expects to spend most of
the time at sea under an awning Just
aft of the bridge, working out a plot of
a new dook ne ia to write.
Mr. Stoker also said that "Dante" was
notvcheerf ul enough to suit the . public
at this time. He said Miss Terry would
probably be again with Sir Henry, and
that a suitable part for her to play was
being sought He did not think that Sir
Henry would again sign with Mr. Froh
man, as he had always been hia own
manager.
ZBBXOATZOV XV JACXgOV COTJTTT.
It's An Awful Disease.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
. An American physician haa discovered
that the blues are' only a form of
splanchnic neurasthenia due to intra
abnormal 1 venous congestion; iNow if
that doesn't make a patient with- the
blues nine than ne was oerore he could
( From the Medford Mall,
The Jaokson County Improvement
company Intends this year to offer farm
era along the line of its ditch an on.
portunity for the practical demonstra
tion of the value of irrigation. To this
end they offer to give to any one, owning
land covered by the ditcti.au tne water
they wish to use, without any cost
whatever to the consumer, upon appll
cation. The consumer is not restricted
to any stated quantity, but wlll be air
lowed an jne water ne aeems necessary.
This offer is made with the expectation
that the result will cause the company
to gain many steady customers. How
ever, there is no obligation on tha part
of the consumer to use the. water after
this season! nut the company relies upon
the results it feels sure the use of water
will accomplish to hold the majority of
the usera v.-':;- ':
The water will be used upon the 6,000
acrel tract owned, by the corporation
this 'summer, and a piece Of land upon
whlch--to use Mark Twain's remark
about a New Hampshire hill farm one
couldn't even raise a disturbance." is
expected to produce bountiful cropa. t
at -ii' ' miV. I.,iina' W
Consolation,
V From .the 'Chicago Record-Herald. I
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATEICX rAIXTAX.
Salem, March IS. My Dear Miss Fair
fax: I am a young man of 10 years and
have been keeping company with a young
girl of lt for about three years until
about four months ago. I was greatly
attached to her, and I am still interested
In her. Recently she returned the few
presents I gave her, with no explanation
of her conduct She Is now keeping
company with another young man. Our
parents offered no objections to our st-.
taohment while it lasted, end I have no
bad habits; hence J cannot account for
her attitude and silence", for she does
not speak to roe when we meet. Please
advise me what to do to restore myself
In her favor. H. R.
Act generously toward her. Treat her
with utmost consideration, and when the
opportunity is best show her you enter
tain ho resentment and that you have
great respect, for her. , Be manly and
strong, self-reliant and' go your way and
leave the rest to time. There are others
besides her. and everything ' comes to
the man who can waitbide his time.
Dear Miss Fairfax 1 have two young
friends for -whom I care a great deal,
but not io much as they evidently care
for me. Affairs have . been going
smoothly enough until lately. Thev
seem to be approaching a climax. I do
not care enough for either to marrv him
Jiff yt I value their friendship too much
to loss eitner or tnem. What shall I do?
A, R R
Refuse both-of them. If thev resilv
care for you they will still desire your
friendship. Do not encourage them in
thinking that you care tor them.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a ...
lady of 20 years, and I have been keep
ing company with a young man for two
yeara He has asked me to marrv Kim .
but I do hot wish to settle down as yet
m. mm amrif, ao -pi ease advise me
what to do, as I am most dtiimm
hearing your opinion. H. C 8 -
zou cannot , love him verv naai-iv
you Would be Only too hannv . t. a.m.
down with him. : Yu know, a nUn ta
tired of being nut off Ion. if...,.
Wish to marry him at an, you had better
A'
1 ment but upon conatltuUonaJ lawandlbe Jolly, with . hyperpyrexia, or ,wlti "The world' fastest woman; is dead.(make up'your mind or some other a-irl
established precedent. V' V jmetaplasia of the ffplUteUuni. : ; ; . ,- 4sut'ttmi plenty t fat wonien left J wii wi AlpY away, from you. A " ? ' -