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0: vy.x ;'-;; j- Sail r i alllag ei MONDAY, . MAY ; 9, ,1604.. :.v; ; PORTLAND, ; OREGON, f V E iiO k. . N DAI L.Y JOURNALS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C fit JACKSON PUBLISHED ' BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. NO. r, CAKJtOiX Iubllehed every evening (except Sunday) and mr Sunday awning at The Journal BunUa nftft Tspihffl , SUVflS) VI MOB-ISVBa wa OFFICIAL PAPER OF TUB CITY OP .PORTLAND THE TALE OF THE CHARTER. H1 month later should be Indicted ' for complicity In the frauds which caused hla removal from the land office, what then would become of the argument that hla cause 1 the cause of Roosevelt? Would the convene of. the propo sition be true, and would Hermann's Indictment be a legit lmate argument against the reelection of the preejdent? Would it not rather be used aa a vindication of hla course toward Hermann, as new evidence of his determination to punish malfeasance In public office T It Is not believable that the voters of the First district will be misled by such a palpable deception aa Hermann's No admirer of Roosevelt can consistently vote for, Hermann, nod every vote cast for him Is a reflection upon the president and censure of hla policy. T UNCERTAIN RESULTS OP WAR. HE CAREFULLY O B SERVANT EDITOR, and some ordinary men of ether vacation, can ftivs about as Intelligent a guess as the alleged experts can at 'ERB Is a little story In four chapters. It Is un usual In the respect that the last chapter comes first. It is not unusual In some other respecta For Instance, In finding the Oregonlan on both sides and .astraddle of the same fence, befwlxt and between and at the same time t'other and which. Ash. flesh and fowl in consecutive breaths when it Is not actually all of these In the same breath. It Is only one of a hundred similar . -. . .. w-- ,,r fn "c " rase, embracing every question J"T" apologists are attempting to practice. . pUDUO Oiscussion la rwrnuiu. n in mtu.. f of the live publlo Interest which this particular question Is arousing at this particular moment. Closely observe - the dates to fully appreciate the gyrations of the mental - gymnast: ; . ' CHAPTER I. Vj, M From the Oregonlan of. May f, 1M. 'it ma be supposed that the present charter of the city of Portland will not be continued always, without altera tion or amendment Changes In many particulars already are talked about, and more to come. To these- things the the outcome of the Japanese-Russian war; for no one can - Oregonlan Is practically Indifferent, for It deems them of 4 da more than guess. . The unknown factor of chief Import' mall Importance,'' The principal features or in is cnarter ance is Russia s power to concentrate, move ana success were made by a bunch of faddists, and It Is go lame. In fully light overwhelming forces of men. If it can do this, Many places that even they (or some of them) are calling It may eventually whip Japan,' on land, and drive the Japs for amendments, "The Oregonlan, for Its part, accepted pack to their Islands. But Japan's recent successes, and - the charter, for It dldnt want to fight or squabble over It; I manifest superiority both in generalship and soldiership but It never professes fondness for fads or innovations In I lend color of probability to the view of pro-Japanese par- - legislation or government. It knows, moreover,' tbaf. not Ptisans that Russia will.be beaten, in detail by the more a few which are in this charter will wear out in time and agile and intelligent Japs, will not be abl to mass suf bo long time, either. Everybody knows that this charter flclent troops at the right points at the right times to give Is a kind of crasy quilt Usually It is called "Joe Teal's Japan a succession of crushing blows, will gradually lose Crasy Quilt," for Its principal author. , ., confidence, and that esprit da corps so essential to sue - ' ' CHAPTER n. cess, and so, disheartened, aftd disgusted, will make peace 'I From the Oregonlan of June 1, 1901. t .' on Japan's terms. This would be terribly humiliating, but 'The charter to be submitted to the voters of Portland many nations have been Obliged to go through similar ex in Mopday'a election should not be overlooked. It Is. a periences iYance, for example, at the hands of the allied product of xareful studyrof painstaking, disinterested and powers, headed by an ancestor of Nicholas Et, and again Intelligent Industry. It embodies the results of wide mod at' the hands of the grandfather of the present emperor of .... srn experience In munclpal government and the Oregonlan Germany. The csar dreaded and, tried to avoid the war, believes It, as a whole, worthy of the acceptance of. the and It seems that his heart is not In it now) he would people." r. doubtless yield much to end It, . hut (thU Is impoasble, or i : CHAPTER UX seems so; he must go on to "the bitter end. , ( , From the Oregonlan December 16, 1902. I In case the suceese of the Japanese continues, In the ' v --.;The greatest danger this charter la building up for H-1 event that the Russians become actually demoralised and self la that of being too good. The naked truth is that Incapable of either effective' resistance or successful of the charter. will have to run the gauntlet of the politicians fenslve movements, if the "bitter end" should loom largely who control the legislature. Now an Ideal charter Is very Into view, then, the csar doubtless conjectures, France and ' far removed from the sort of document a party machine Germany, and perhaps other European powers, will step covets as a source of power. TneT tn" P&rty bosses) forward to restrain Japan from demanding and taking win look without sentiment. upon tn. proposal to put the too. mucn. as Russia deprived Japan of the principal city elections at a time when national issues cannot be fruit of Its victory over China, so may not these powers . Invoked to pull through unworthy candidates selected by deprive her of her victory. If she should gain It, over the central committee in the Interests of a faction. I Russia T But on the other hand there is England, which, . ..,-iUv CHAPTER IV, though war-weary and tax-crushed, will , yet put forth , jWhen the charter board finished Its labor the Ore- something more than leonine growls if the other powers ..sT0nlao. printed a photographic reproduction. of the slg-lK.o too far In Russia's behalf. Small Change Kurokl against Kuropatkln there'i nothing In the length of a name, , Kuropatkln doubtless regretted to re port, whether he said so or not. . Now Port Arthur can relieve the mo notony- by taking watch landward as well as seaward. , f y Mr. Rockefeller doubtless thinks Miss Ida Tarbell is as disagreeable as sticky tar and a clanging bell. Kansas will be SO years old May 19, and denes any other state to show se many notable happenings in tnat time. The city 'authbrltlee will do a good Job In tearing down those old shacks of Uncle Jakey Kamm's. Tney nave peen an offense much too long already. "The best example of a pure Democ racy," says an escnango, - -axisiea. in Iceland at an early date.- Politics couldn't get Impurely warm up there. -PattTs backer In America, now an ab sconder, claimed that US seat io,ooq on the venture. That was worse wan dujt lag sevaral tickets to hear the old lady screech. Tks argument Is that President Roosevelt Is lying awake nights for fear that some Oregon Republicans may vote for the better man, woo nappens pot to be a Republican, for some local of fice, The government garden seed bin be ing now bare, all the oountry editors having been supplied, members or con gress are ready to come home among their admiring constituents and see things grow. Does that Kentucky Smith who In vltes all Smiths to meet at Lou Is villa at his expense, Include President Jo senh Smith ef Salt Lake, and all the other Mormon much-married Smithn, and their families T This Is the last week In which you can register. According to the attorney general, the registration books must close at ( o'clock next Saturday after noon. This should be a very busy week for the registration clerks. Why are "flat." "die," "dose," "dem.1 etc, so persistently put into the mouths of hobos, toughiea darkeys and other specimens of humanity not personally familiar with the life of the 400'a? Th creatures do not in fact speak that way at ell. natures of all Its member and lo. the name of Harvey W, Beott like Abou Ben Adhem'a led all the "bunch of fad diets." But the questions of. Immediate interest are: Can Japan keep up Its lick? .' Can Russia get Its great forces properly together and In proper motion to deliver to Japan staggering and weakening blows!" On these questions the A SLAP IN THE PACE FOR THE PRESIDENT mta roo"' knowledge are reticent; they are spec uiauve, rawer wan positive.. rT HE Oregonlan Is making a persistent effort to tie ,. I ; "Singer Hermann to the -tall of the Roosevelt kite. A vote for Hermann. In June, It tells its read ' era, "Is a vote for the re-electlort of Theodora Roosevelt.' But even Russian partisans art forced to admit that the present outlook for the great autocracy to gloomy. Port Arthur Is surrounded; Ntuchwang Is reported fallen Dalny Is invested; the fong single railroad On wb'lch Rus It Is the same shallow artifice which' was employed a year muBt aPn1. not broken already. Is almost sure to be cut In places; and worse than all, the Russians, re puted good soldiers, seem unable to cope with their an . ago. and which aroused the keen Indignation of the presl . dent. " . ' '- .There" could be no mors manifest absurdity than to link Ugon,st: "-n -N" thi,,, waster, to have no heart tn their . ths names of Hermann and Roosevelt, as representative of " wlu n01 00 10 conclude from all this that Japan . the aamt political alms.:: Roosevelt is the man who dls " Ru,a Jpead5r wn?PPf d. -bH4 11 manifest, sven. to missed Hermann la dlsgraoe from the mea of Tlnd KUB8,a now tnat JPn has jralned an enormous foothold. Btates land commissioner.- Roosevelt Instigated and dl- an secured tremendous advantages which if maintained racted the InvesUgations' which promise to result In the mu,t v'tslly influence the outcome of the struggle. Indictment of Hermann for- complicity In the land frauds, It was Roosevelt's Influence which was responsible for. the extraordinary rebuff which Hermann received at the hands of . Speaker Cannon, in the distribution of committee appointments. -tThe president has shown repeatedly his distrust and dia- THE SALOON BOXES SHOULD GO. T A 7 vv ORDS ARE CHEAP, yet without talk there would be no agitation and without agitation i 1 - "vii u ,ufuyuu. 4ueciUi mo uua ae ox nermann, n waa 'witn aimcuity that HSrmann in favor of abolishing the closed boxes in saloons is worthy obtained the privilege of ridmg In the president's special of encouragement. But the talking should be backed by train, when the latter visited Oregon last year. There wag action. Here we believe la the immediate anterin.- wri woi anower prominent Kepuoucan or tne state who was in the campaign for a -better .moral ton in Portland. ;-.:.not welcomed on the train,.nut Hermann was compelled Ao Next to ther official 'sJUaiufir wttlt 'fhrtamblei this''ls"tht Deg ror an invuauon, wnicn was given with extreme reluc-1 worst abomihation in the city. We are not at all sure tanca. Subsequent results fully 'Justified the president's that It does not rank In the first place, that It numbers and riuci-jic, lor nis nospuamy was abused ana by an un-1 debauches more 'victims. vrupuiuu. inca n was maae 10 appear as standing I But In any event It Is high time that the closed box sponsor for the candidacy of. the man whom he had die became a thing of the past-lh Portland. The ordinance roiseea xrom onice in aisgrace, only three months pre- introduced in the city council is the result of the aglta Vloua. It wag with difficulty that the president's, advisers tion In this direction, but it will never pass If nobody does dissuaded him from denouncing the trick and repudiat- anything but talk. Everyone Interested In the measure ing .Hermanns canaiaacy. should bring to bear all his lnfluanrji nrion th- m-mh--- ti ib an anroni 10 Kooseveit to say that his cause Is I the citv council. He ahonld show thm th.Ch. h..'-,A uuaea WHO j.aa.1 oz nermann, ine election or Hermann only a community interest In the measure, but a personal -ruvuu i m rnj-ci a voxe 01 censure upon tne president, interest as well. P'""y nown tnat no regards Hermann as un- The pressure to defeat the measure will be persistent fit for public office. The defeat of Hermann would be an and tangible. If it cannot be defeated a cunning effort endorsement of the president's efforts to put an end to the will be made so to qualify Its provisions that it will be of wuweoaie sieaung 01 puouc lanos ana to bring the land- no account. Those who have headed a movement toward VooerB 10 justice. hi eh moral atundaMa In thl. Mt .h,nM -i . 1 - J bi miuiutf .CBlH mmer a. aam ciou 01 accusation ana to work. They should not leav th -nmhi .. wo preswent nimseu ts nif Chlel accuser. Could any. ell In any doubt as to where they stand and what estimate , mm-, uu mum prcpuHieroue wan 10 assert tnat an expres sion of confidence in the accused is equivalent to an en dorsement of the prosecutor? Is not a vote for Hermann KjBlap in the face for the president? they will place upon any member who votes against such a righteous measure. No member of the city council should be permitted to lie under any misapprehension about the public sentiment jlf Blnger Hermann should be elected in June and four I of Portland on the- box question. apkjss zir roBTXtajrs too. From the Chicago Journal.. St. Louis has a civic improvement . league which has set about the task of Cleaning the city, and the children have - ealisted In the work. One hundred v thousand badges have been distributed ; among the youngsters, each badge bear- - Ing' the Inscription. "I will help," Chicago has -no world's fair now. but it has 100,000 children, several times over, who are able to help In the crying a necessity of cleaning Chicago. With r the aid of Chicago children, what won ' derS could be accomplished in a week i tn the littered alleys and vacant lots of . the city! - 5 What we need Is a spirit of municipal cleanliness. Too "many of our people are eleaa la their homes and indifferent to dirt outside. - The alleys back of ; their r homes are y disgraceful, although they themselves may , use 'the bathtub . and scrub pail freely. ; a . . . The .children can't carry away the garbage, but they van gather, up and burn the1 waste paper, old shoes and .garments, and sundry things which may fee seen In abundance, disfiguring a landscape not attractive, at the, best. The boys can rake up the tin cans. and debris, and perform thSj first step . In municipal 'improvement. If Chicago i .f i 1 , ' 3 ' . i ..;n-i'i. r -r , ' cannot become a beautiful city right away, it can become tolerably clean. Why should we wait tor the inspira tion of a world's fair in order to take a municipal bath? nr. un or Bsrosx. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. There Is an anti-profanity society league at Tale, and Its special mission is to see that the word "damn" is no longer used upon the stage. The so ciety. Is right . Hew. .much, better It would sound, in playing "Macbeth," to sayi "Lay on. Macduff, and durned be he Who first cries hold, enough." Or: , "Out. , durned spot!" .w. .. . V Or, In "Shore Acres"! "I gave you the mother, but rm dinged if ril'give you the child.?' . .We call on all actors now in the city to become: ponoussere. i .? ' t ,. The' steeple's VosMloa. .', l. ' From the New York Evening Sun. With- the offlces of governor and state chairman united In one person, there is no difficulty in performing the operation of playing both ends against the middle The people are la the middle, mrou sajtb rxsfaxov Figures compiled by R. LV O'Brien for the World's Work exhibit in s striking manner the great increase of the American army of war penslonera One million names are on the federal pension, roll. All the employes of all American railroads, from ;ther presl dents down to the trackwalkers, number but few more. The annual pay-roll of the railroads Is $671,000,000 a year; the pension payments are 1117,000.000, fully one fifth as much, The pensioners 'of all our other wars combined, including the Spanish and Philippine, could occupy a city of 12,000, like Bayonne, N. J. The civil war pensioners today would make a eity of 164,000. Our pension system is a monument to the tremendoushesg! of r the struggle- over secession. . ; :2j : M The pension payments from July 1. 1 865, to June JO Of i last . yeari have amounted , to- the enormous total of $2,- 24,1T1,148.-I;' the cost of administer ing the law for the same period has been tM4T,24-n. making - the total expenditure thus far on pension account more than three billion and 'thirty seven million dollars, or.' expressed in figures, 3,OS?,826,080.6i, London tradesmen having heard that Plerpont Morgan had been a heavy oser in the slump of stocks, demanded cash on delivery for goods, The thick British tradesman's mind did not ap prehend that It was mostly others, not the big promoter, who suffered. Judging from the tone of Chicago's Independent and politically reliable news papers, the victory of state's attorney Deneen In Chicago, over Lowden, in the contest for the gubernatorial nomina tion. Is a triumph of honest Independ ence and faithful public service over a tyrannizing and corrupting machine. Chicago frequently sets a good example of political Independence. A Butte preacher, ut of a Job, broke, and with a family on his hands, staked his last dollar on a roulette game, won, kept on playing and won 11,600; then quit, and went with his family to New Mexico, where he will go to preaching again. He deserves to succeed for hav ing sense enough to quit. But otner hard-up preachers should not follow his example; might not be so lucky or wise. JAPAN'S ARMY) ACROSS THE YALU The mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa, had also been, told that gambling could not be suppressed, put he did not be lieve It, and so, armed with a revolver, he started out to see what he could do in that direction. He went Into four gambling places, leveled his gun at the tigers, arrested the players and confis cated the layouts. When the patrol waa-on arrived upon the somewhat dis heveled scene his honor bundled 14 men into that vehicle, and declared gamb ling out of the running in hla bailiwick. DID ITT TAXS XT BACK. ---From the New Tork World.) Mr. Nelson Spoke an unusual word Mon day In the senate debate. He was talking about an appropriation on the army bill for Alaska. Going over to a map of the terrttory depending from the senate wall he called the attention of senators to the geography of the situation. We have taken all of Alaska's money; said he, with much emphasis and. great earnestness, as he was returning to bis seat, anl we havent done a d The bad word was out As the echo of It came ringing, bact In the ears of the Minnesota senator he stopped short, be ing himself shocked at what he had said. There was a great outburst of laughter In the senate. Mr. Allison, waiting for an opportunity to proceed with the sundry civil appropriation bill, looked inexpressibly sad. There are adjectives that come from the heart," asserted Mr. Nelson. "We haven't done a thing for Alaska." Soon concluding his remarks Mr. Nelson sat down, blushing like, a school girl. BXBTOa TXH BTTBTOV TBXAX. t From ths fhtrftrrt Naws. " Japan's success tn forcing a way across the.Yalu, decisively defeating the Rus- eians la a great battle and establishing it self firmly in a commanding strateaio po sition on Manchuriaa soil marks' a new and Important stage in, the war. At the close of a week In which the attention of the Japanese has been eonoentrated on a general crossing movement before WUu. they have succeeded not only In passing the fiver but in ralnlnr rnmnlate control of the estuary ef the Talu, driving the Russians from strongly Intrenched posl tlona and forcing them to evacuate An tuag. This signal achievement giving japan a nrm lootboid in Manchuria ana forcing the Russians to retire, marks the opening of the heavy fighting on land. Preparatory to' the crossing movement there was a protracted artillery duel, in cluding a long range bombardment of WUu by the Rusalana , The gunboats which Japan recently sent up the Talu de moralised the Russian defensive forces and protected the construction of pontoon bridges. Friday and Saturday an entire division thus crossed the Talu, Its ap proach being screened and protected by the islands in the river, which were first seised. . Sunday found the Japanese troops on nigh ground to the north of the In trench ment at Chlntienoheng. So the Russian position) occupied by 30,000 troops and extending over a four-mile front. was carried by storm, with the capture of 21 guns and hundreds of men, the Jap. anese losing 700 and the Russians 100 In killed and. wounded. The vicinity of Chiatiencheng Is hilly and affords a strong position for a de fensive force, but the Japanese by creep ing around to the high land to the north seem te have been a)le te rake the Rus sian line with an enfilading fire. All this territory Is familiar to the Japanese, moreover, and la 1B94 they took the same position, then held by the Chinese, by practically the same tactics. They have gained a brilliant victory, but It has yt to be determined whether a retreat from the Talu was not a predetermined part of the Russian strategy, the resistance the Japanese encountered being merely In tended to make the movement aa costly for them as possible. This, at least, Is the Russian view. Once firmly established on the Manchu- rian aide with his army of 100.000 men. General Kurokl will have hla choice of several lines of advance. Within a few miles of the region Invaded there are ample facilities for the quartering of an army. In fact, there is on tne Manchu rian aide of the river, near the place of crossing, a flourishing town, Shahotse, hich numbers some 20,000 Inhabitants. It Is accessible to sea-goings Junks and would furnish excellent advantages for a base of supplies. From this regjon fairly good reads can be found leading to other highways connecting with Niuchwang, Mukden, Takusban and Fenghuancheng. It is the latter place, 40 miles from An tung, which General Kuropatkln has chosen as the main position for his first line of defense, and unless it is really the Russian policy to keep falling back Into the Interior It Is possible that the first eavy engagements will take place there. The. Japanese may elect, however, to take southern route, moving directly toward the Llaotung peninsula and Port Arthur, trusting to their navy to rescue them should they be cut off In the rear and driven toward the coast by a superior Russian force. . ' The importance i of the Fenghaung- oheng position and one reason for tblnk Ing It possible that the Japanese might move upon It ties In the fact that It stands at the point where the three roads leading to the Port, Arthur branch of the railway converge. One road leads directly west to Niuchwang, 160 lies away. One road leads to Llaoyang, distant about 100 miles, and thence to Mukden, which Is 40 miles far ther. The road is In fairly, good condt- Oregon Sidelights tlon and could be used for Wheeled trans. leading to Niuohwang runs to Hal-1 , wuu w- -w . ui.k.. I trot out. - . . ir tn Jintntii mrm ii rctMwa to 4ao-i. . . . v.n, and Mukden, aa has been reported. Rainier alstricl has lot CDUdren C thai- moat oraetlcabla route probably will I school age. . - ( , T ...... t..W At... I . . ' ... : . - If ,V e Pf .way oi , rw.-,,v . MtA m poara ok iraae, ;. ,.'.., - . ; ' -j -,H It lsbecemlng fashionable with OreV AN AAllM(al a. avufe axf aVkS nn.rn.ctad dah, from the harbor and on - Tne orace of the -reoorder of -Ttm Mndav mnrninr annearid off Wonsan, more than self-euportlng. . w - .... .1 Vam, vh.rt It sunk I wu m vw. v ---------r , , .,.,. i. v.l ...a Jabanese merchantman, tne uoyoi . .""" . " ":; siaas have strongly fortified., 4 iv iya J One of the eurprlees of the week was the daring sortie made py tne Kussian squadron at Vladivostok under command of Admiral Tessen. The fleet made an wxyrazji too wnvn omasid. Krom the Pittsburg Post The name ,of Senator Sniff kins cams afar down the list and the voice of the clerk intoning the rollcall made an ex cellent soporlnc, - Senator Snlffklna was very tirea He nodded and drowsed. Senator Shugar," finally droned the clerk. "Present" "Senator Slye." "Present" "Senator Sniffklns." That gentleman emitted a half-snore. "Senator Sniffklns." . Senator Snlffklna roused himself and stared. about him with the vacuous stare of interrupted slumber. - "Senator Sniffklns!" called the clerk for the third time- Senator Sniffklns evidently realised what waa wanted now. Sitting up in hla seat he shouted. firmly.; "Not guilty!" : TXX MOSQUITO P1VAJTT. ' From the Chicago Post. The "mosquito- plamY'a specie of basil, is attracting a great deal of at tention in England Just now. An army offioer who secured one of these plants in Nigeria says it is well known as a mosquito defense there, and the natives use an Infusion of "Its leaves to cure malarial fevers. As soon as a hedge of this shrub was planted about the Vic toria Gardens, Bombay, India, the work men who had previously been almost unable to work because of the swarms of mosquitoes, had no further trouble with either these pests or the scourge of malaria from which they had -been suffering, . From the Providence Journal. NO one could have really expected that the Massachusetts Republicans would make any concession to reclproc itv sentiment at their convention. 8en a tor Lodge was on hknd to choke off heretical speakers. He even asserted that a demand for more liberal trade nrivileges was a reflection upon tne aa ministration. The platform used, the same old specious language about the reform of the tariff by Its mends. Far ticular tariff schedules "are neither sacred nor Immutable" a remarkable admission! but there must be no "die turbance" to business. As It is always easy to "disturb" some one business when the slightest change Is proposed. this means that the high tariff is etand forever as far as the Republican party ,ls ,coneerned,,-Mr, Joss put the case for reciprocity, especially wun Canada, exceedingly well,, and It waa clear that members of the, convention sympathised with him. Bus the wheels were too' well oiled to allow any inter ference with the course of tne machine. B-OaTOaC 9MAMB rEMWriT. From the Arlington Appeal. The truth that bits IS the truth we hate. A man's life Is worth what It costs him. Those who know the ropes do most haullna. The high livers do not reach the heights of life. There can be no sympathy where there is suspicion. A wife's tongue three Inches long can kill a man six feet high. It Isn't necessary to erect a monu ment when vou burr animosity. When the flying machine is perfected we can all get up In the air if we want to. The newest fad in Arlington Is for married ladles to present their gentle men friends with decorated shirt f ronta There isn't much chanoe for the Appeal man coming in for anything Of this sort but if some foolish maiden should catch the fever kindly paste .It on a corset as there Is no room In my shirt for decorations. , wru AKoxnrr to aroTauiio. From the Tillamook Headlight It will be noticed that another effort ie being made by the promoter of the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railroad company to. get that long-talked-of road constructed. Information to hand on the points how to be overcome leads us to believe that nothing will come of the new. move to resurrect it As we have so often stated, the Southern Pa cific or 'the Hariiman Interests, consider- Tillamook county Ha territory, consequently it does not want an inde pendent line from Portland or any. of the other railroad companies to puua to Tillamook. The only other company that la liable to build to Tillamook some time is the Northern Pacific, for a branch Una from -Goble -into: Tillamook' would be a valuable feeder to that company, JHtust'bs Bad. From the Toledo Leader. . ? A .lawyer and a minister visited the tough spots in Portland the other night and are agreed that a little reform is needed in Oregon's metropolis. , It must be pretty bad If the .lawyer thinks that way about It .. t , jabanese mercnamman, me wu i w .- ilaru. On Thay "ltaUack.d ; two Watta can be held there this year. ;., .hi Maru. bemg' rtrcVp.hlpT' After re work of nlarging the big Hood : " .J ... a.. ma a the river Irrigation dltou Is about oonx . men and offioers on the transport. Admi W1-,.,? -j.y.: : ft V r?; ' ral Tesseh torpedoed the vessel, sending - ' .h(. ZTZZ 2 lLt .v. i.-.. tk ,k. r.n.naaa tmnns. i A snendan man sold a team of farm whraocVrtog tr the Russian V.lon bor-e. weighing 1,000 pound. . for stoutly refused to surrender, t : ' . I mm - f Tha moat remarkable part of the ma-1 . u neuver Is that the Vladivostok squadron worth. Bend, Coos county, claims to ant onlv .manasred to set tO Sea Unim-1 iaw irura oovning u j..ev popu- peded, . but that It apparently has re-lon In a year. .- - " turned ta nort -without encountering a I - 1 1 . ' ' single Japanese war vessel.; On Monday rrospects were never better for a blgt the fleet appeared off Wonaan. Until strawberry crop In the Hood rlyer valley, Thursday It seems to have cruised about nd elsewhere lu, .Oregon. - . V. ..... m i..h .a l nlaaaad. IPtidar it t V, was back la safety at. Vladivostok and T Josephine eounty"a" maaf fell from Admiral Kamlmura, who was suddenly railroad bridge, a distance of 22 fast, dispatched to cut it off, la patrolling the end was only shaken up, not seriously . . ...... , wi. tnlnpa adjacent waters n iura uuij. i . . renort la correct and the Japanese admi-1 ral arrived too late It may be taken fori Baker City has a new publlo water granted that eteps will be taken to pre- fountain of unique design a thing of Vent a recurrence OC . Similar uaum-; i w, u ua-a, iiu luwrvivrw out operations on the part of the formidable I of Joy to many men and beasts as long Vladivostok souadron. The ease with I as It shall last t. which the rata was penormea nui mww - taught the Japaneae a lesson sa to the J- A. Loughmlller publishes tn the) peril of leaving even an inferior fleet un- .Sllverton Appeal this notice: "The per watched. u who borrowed my spray pump last .... Mltl Ml.... . - . . i ' " w. f ivium a am a at ong, The aaaresalve operations carried on by another man wants to borrow it" the Russian cavalry during the week are ' r not likely to Impede the crossing move-1 Pendleton consumes from to to 40 ment of the Japanese at the Talu or dl- beeves, from 60 to 10 sheep, and about vert them from their chosen plan of 100 hogs, per week. The people up strategy, but they are bound to prove an- there either have not read that Boston peying. The main Japanese foroe en- scientist's argument against eating, or gaged In the Invasion appears to be -well else they prefer to take cooked stock concentrated along the lower Talu. Gen- internally than stock in the professor's era! Kuropatkln has provided sn interest theory. v fng diversion by sending acroas the Tu- ' t men into northern Korea a large part L T. Mayfleld. for many rears aa of General Rennenkampffs Cossack car- O. R. 4 N. engineer, nominated by Baker airy division. This detachment said to county Democrats for sheriff, has de number about 1000 men, will effect a dined, for the good reason that he union with a similar force which crossed could not afford to give Up his position the Tiunen some time ago and menace permanently - for two or tour years of the enemy oa flank and rear. office, . Mr, Mayfleld's head is as level Meantime General Mistchenko's Cos- as a flat field in Mar. sacks who have been operating in north- , east Korea- have shown their phenomenal Pendleton has had a gas plant slta mobility by unexpectedly appearing dl- problem on hand. Nobody wants the rectly In the Japanese rear along the gas plant near his residence. But Coun- Seoul-Pektn road and occupying Anju. ell man Dickson argued that the works The force is not formidable In numbers, were silent and that the odor waa but the presence of such an exceedingly healthy and even agreeable, when jeo moblle bond of horsemen conducting pi became used to it and protests ofl guerrilla warfare along the Japanese fine certain cltlsen were in vain, of communication and threatening to i swoop down at any moment upon some A Douglas county man has worked unprotected depot of supplies is bound to 100 days on a piece of road, and now be a serious annoyance. It is already per- asks the county court to help him out tain that this policy of harrasalng the if it is a public road the county should Japanese rear will prove to be one of do so, not with reluctance, but with the unique features of the war. Japan's thanka The men who help to make cavalry Is known to be Its - weakest good roads are better citlseas than those point It has no troops which can oope who .stop at complaining .about bad with the Cossacks In suddenness of at- roads. ' tack and rapidity of escape. , ,2 , , ' , , ', , That Russia could spare a Considerable A recent arrival lh Oregon air from force of Cossacks for Just such -work Is Michigan came to escape severe weather, probable. While the number of Cosaacks Two weeks ago the thermometer was actually available for service between one degree above aero, for three morn- uuce naiaai ana me nranc is piacea ax Ings in auooeaslon ln7hls home town, only 60,000. Its Cossack population Is sup- He haa been assured that It rains all posed to Include some 189,000 malea In the time here, but nevertheless he Is do- what Is known as "Cossack condition," lighted with the prospect of drowning of whom a large proportion may yet be instead Of frecslng to death: shipped to the far east , ,.''' , , , . A Medford lumber mill and box fac- m CO OXmAir-S AXSZUC BOW. tory has built a storage ahed that will hold 60 carloads of stuff; is employing From the Milwaukee Sentinel. 0 teams; will receive 40,000 feet of logs The areneral nubile will he dtannsed ta daily, and is now working on the mould- Share the imperturbable Speaker Can. JSnd Anlebina lumber for a 140.000 non's view of the rumpus in the house I5"W222La VJft fl U4t-1,i,20Unc."aBIUff' last Tuesday over the DalaeU-Cockran nijrK tt tilt as a case of much ado over com- the house, , paratlvely nothing. Mr. Cockraa was ' charged , by Mr. Dalaell with - receiving Jacksonville Sentinel: Good roads pay for making speeches for Mr. Mo- rural telephone lines and rural mail Klnley In 186. Moat people would be routes are three things Jackson county moved to ask, Well, what of it? Mr! needs and muet hava Life ufoo short Coc?.ran ff brlu,ant orator, and. ac- to do without these necessities, and we cording tt the general conception of should all get In line and roll logs till him. a professional orator. Had he ao- we can driv to-market on good road Cepted. or Were , he willing to admit any day in the year, and till wecan talk that he had accepted, a McKinley re- to any farmer or merchant In the Val ff ner 3tmi?'r ln..188.8' ,ey m our home, and receive our mail It would hardly be a difficult matter to show that paying speakers out of cam paign funds, Republican or Democratic is not a rare or a discountenanced prac tice. However, Mr. Cockran put In a strenuous denial, and certainly Mr. Cockraa; ought to know. . rzsatnra wxutbb good. From the East Oregonlan H. W. Swart the best If not the big gest fisherman in Umatilla oounty, was in the city last evening from Bingham springs and spoke enthusiastically of the fishing prospects for the season of 1004. . He says the young fish placed In the ponds by the state at Bingham springs were tne lines t specimens he ever saw when they were turned Into the river some time ago. The supply of trout in the streams of the Blue mountains will be better. this year than ever before, ac cording to Mr. Swart who Is a close ob server and a good Judge. water is too high yet to admit Of suc cessful trout-fishing, but within a week the flood will have passed and the actual fishing season will nave opened.- North fork, Meacham creek, Butcher creek and other tributaries of the Umatilla river ail give promise of giving excellent re turns 10 in risnermen. dally at our front gate. Advice to the Lovebrn ; - ST 2OATmi0l' riisrax. - on bbxxxm xcajnr. From Che Hood River Glacier. J. M. Confer is a newcomer, comnara tlvely, to Hood River, who blesses the day he heard of Hood River. He came from Missouri, looking fdr a climate tnat would benefit his health, -He hap pened to be in enerman county, in 1002. and picking up a copy of the Glaoler containing the announcement" of our biennial fruit fair to be held that year, he came down to see it. it didn't take him long to make up his mind that Hood River was good enough for him. He went baok to Missouri and soon returned with his family and purchased the neat cottage and lot on River street of R M, Arnold. His health is greatly Improved. and he Is only sorry he didn't come to Hood River years, ago.. Mr. Confer locating here was the means of bring ing six or seven families of hla, old neighbors who also are glad they came. Four or .five other families will follow sooner or later. We Blpt tt Baw, From the New York Sua- A This rather disheartening sign was displayed to the view of customer In a fish store In lower Sixth avenue re cently: ' , 1 ' 3 v ' Boy Wanted to Open Oyster It - - Tears Old. . , . Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young lady 18 years of age and am in love with a young man of 41. He has called on me several times and told me that he loves me.- We have been writing let ters to one another for the last four weeks. But the last letter I wrote he never answered. Now, do you think I ought to write again and ask him what is the matter? Please advise me, a I love him. . L. B. D. No, If I were you I would not write to him until he answers your last let ter. Girls cannot be too careful In such matters. Be very guarded as to what you say. Do not be carried away by a fancied affection, and do not believe ev-' erythlng a man says when he tells you he loves you after having called on you a few times. ? .' Dear MlsS Fairfax.: X have been go ing with a young man for a year. He has always called at my house regu larly three times a. week, and all of a sudden he has Ceased calling, for no reason that I can think of,, as I hava always had the highest esteem for him, and cannot account for . his actions. Kindly advise me whether I should write and ask for an explanation, as w parted the best of frienda There is no possible way of meeting him. as he does not live in the city. X. T. Z. If his calls ceased suddenly ther must be a reason for it but if he grad ually ceased coming to see vou I am afraid It waa because he was not inter ested, Tou are the best Judge of what to do. Write him If you feel that the olroumntance demand it Dear Miss Fairfax: For the nast eight months I have been keeping com pany with a young lady 18 years old. I am nearly 20, and love her very dearly. She invited me to, call one evening., I did so, and her mother told me she was out with another fellow. , Of course, I was hurt, and I told her so. Eventually she suggested that we part . We did, and shortly after I tasked that new our friendship, but she said; '"Wait' until I speak to papa" Now, Miss Fairfax, what do von think ofher-actions, and would von savin a renewal of our friendship ,., t BERT VAL. t Possibly her father- did -Tint innmM . of her friendship with you, and she', felt that she must rain his nnaht k. ; fore renewing it I would do lust aa X felt Inclined, If X were you, ; - - . is