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' " II 4 PORTLAND OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY, 13, 1C01 4 THE ORE Q ON. DAI UY JO U RNAL, AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IJlt SmaUGhange yHEciCitEN.FOXJiVEiUDLic -QreTOnSiddighte 1 1 . i C g. JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca JNO, P. CAfttOU. I Published very evening (except Sunday) and every Bunday morning at Tfca Journal Building, flftk an4 TaahBl " - trts, Portland. Oregon. - -: ' Straw bat ar 1..' OFFICIAL. PAPER OP THB CITY OP PORTLAND ' iSr Herbert X. Canon.) One upon a time there waa a Chlcken- SOK HepUDllO, - - v v m. ahaj aid basins t be popular.! ,r -war 'over 70,000,00 cnicxen Th hr ,M bgtna W'land they, had plasty of rich wU to Th i.M mt. aaka an Man o tlfcrlott ,n " u,,y would hav bean wr Thara war not manr.PosM. but It li ha has any controvertlnr or excusing facta to proMnLf It la allea-ed. In bri4 by Vaughn, that Mr. Road, by repreaeiv Port Arthur. Natura will soon follow tha aampi r tha i hot air. :.!;'u 7. Iw of Natura that ona Po oa mak '" 'Juu i'"""" '"-"--Itroublo for ft wholo barnyard full of t y 1 HE PRESIDENT Is having much trouble' In finding a tatlona that the other attorney waa neglecting the cast of auwoa rtB.nt. ww.. . Kw i not air. . : , ., i Chlckaaa. ,,-'.-, t - '.h m maka hla wife I.' Now. . tatybodr knows that a Chicken : J S P . goodaiur oritur, tjanarally - I . tnan to take tha late Senator Banna's piao " '. " T". S.ZT". . ZZ l.tnutn. . Dhin lob. I r.Trr.""J-11. "I'A':. u" " Y"' ef th. national Republican committee, man wunout a re, aecurea ma own a.uw-u .., , ' J "r -"T What with dWglng aM ruanlng tt. . th. Ch'lcka aad lb. Alined, or on due conalderatlon. been rejected, torney or record p. enaeavorea o ooaxn . eo ox ,; WW "V'r- - Poxes were' the ba.t of frt.nds. Now w . lie yM jviji aMaIm fnn arni r nn niniMir ninnnnan iwiBta vmsr auvcaa nu'iwi w ... . n .' i ai . . .lo In mklnc the aelectlon mar OV nOWOTer, D "-v ...yyi v., . - . t--" I ; V vnumawavia -Tho--delay la roaung ue seteciwi m.r U.ii k. anM.. mn'. Th flrat of thul ' 1' ... I aoratoh no a few worms c 1 " 7. -n.rt.ined. accusing tha other lawyer or neglect 01 me acoueea mans n a canoiaai ri"n" ...i . M other tunes th Poxes would throw nateat wwrt. that Cornel lu. N. BII.s would be nom- caso after taking a fee to defend him. is a matte Of record in2 JlSSSarS T ewmtlon attorney of low. undeniable-. The other allegation-, that lUed violated SiBt" rea! acti manager. If true. Indicate, bto promise to th court to defend tha matt without pay. -B1h.!! ?3 ,'2 :dTUrs hay. con- Pocketed a large fee without rendering th. promised tlZlZc will be controlled at Bt ar. not y.t proven, but they arimad. y an of . V" "T. iT. ..Vt.. th. imnnrtant Ucar of the court, and are a jnatter of record, Xt Is only If Deooratlra day or Thanksgiving aay trl r,iw... . eannot b. rafomad. how oan tha antl I klvI .TT rrr, TT c 7 It la aU a Uw'of Nature that Poxes are good talkers and that Chlokena ar SvnJt 1 fakakaM.iM i Sal. A.. ZfLLk.. T.. . . .7 . i. war pieaad;wha ih rosea - talked lalds. JWatrtot Attorney Manning U i . w th. h.nnin.u ... ...t. Louj, Dy th raorganlser. and that therefor th Important urJ. "4 " " , 12, lYS1 tIttZaLnmt bout tt bapplneas and pro.perlty. of HiuaBjiuiii i .-, ta . that th. whnla affair rlla for. full anif I "blaaar mABT than AtI0rny-Vnara4 1 , r-vii. t . . .... .k. .n.n.im win ba a conteet ior in support i - -1 . . 4V . . " -"---- 5 . f th traits. If the Democrats nomlnat ft man entirely satisfactory to th trosta. then th Republican, win ed a chairman and active managers who ar tnorougniy ana particularly allied with the trusts. Ilk Bliss and Blytbe, In order to prov to th dear trusts that the Republican party Is still, and will be. a better friend of theirs than the re- could be. Ellas . is I frank explanation on the part of Mr. Reed. ; I ' STREETCAR ADVERTISING. N THE NEGOTIATIONS now pending between the city . authorities of Chicago and the traction companies the question of advertising In the street-cas is one of the Crawford, la the matter of a legal opto- A .wybody knows, chickens hare ton, I bad memories. If a Chicken la eanrht . . ' V " -v ... 4.. y na tag ana pulled off the roost It Is Colonel Bob Veatck would last at terribly scared, and makes a Idud cackles about ona round in a Joint debate with DUt the moment It gets away it scratches Blnger Hermann.-fta.lam Journal But for worms as If nothing had Happened, foxy Blnger Is careful not to Improv the , The motto of the Chickens waa: "Lai opportunity, even for that one round. ; avery Chicken scratch for Itself" while tha motto of the-Foxae waa: They who rganlsed Democracy. If successful. merely a big money-bags, and BIythe. It is stated In the mnor oneg being considered, and upon It the Chicago Ui reported that the etty authorities are to plckj Item In Journal ef May It. 1I1T: Tt iUnd together (bail have plenty of bones report, "would be eminently satisfactory to many eastern I journfij expresses the following opinion: ) ' men and corporation interests." ' This report, like many preceding ones, Is, however, prbb- ably only teeler." WhaUvw man or men are selected I there Is no doubt whatever that they will be "eminently satisfactory to many eastern men" Rockefeller, Morgan, CKwld. Baer, and th like and to "corporation Interests," ' and the trusts generally. , 'Whether the Damocratlo chair man and manager, will be th earn sort of men, whether the Democrat, will endeavor to out-Herod Herod in servile truccnlencr to the trusts, remains to be seen. iL:iniQ-BUILDINO AT;THE FAIR, . HE JOIHINAI aiHteratanda that th Stat commit slon haa at Its disposal unappropriated for bnild- " This may seem an unimportant and trivial detail, but it la In reality a matter which affects the Interests' of several thousand person, engaged la legitimate adver tising business in Chicago. Those persons can conceive of no legal or moral reason why a'publlo utility cor poration, engaged in the transportation of passengers, should be permitted to enter Into competition with private cltisens and concern, engaged In a' legitimate business. And this view of the case IS a sound one. Street railway corporation, have no more right to usa their ear. for advertising purposes than they have to establish restaurants, buffet, pr. cigar stand jol thetr. cara. The principle Is th same, and the Injury to 'private Interests is the same. ' ' Inclined to try to induce Orandpa Jakey Kamm to remove his buildings on. the corner of First and Waahlngtoa streets." The eounty clerk, on the advloe of I District Attorney Manning, has decided to allow voters to register next Monday, the llth. This wUl b -positively the last day But nobody seed wait till Monday. Those bad, wicked Tibetans' should be annihilated. They actually venture to shoot at Invading English soldiers, killing and wounding on to (ft of their own number killed and wounded by th Brttlah...Th javagasl- . Once la a while, after a Pox banauet the Chickens would try to organise them selves; but they never could manage to keep all the Poxes oat of their organi sation, so it fell to ptacaa - . - , - The great trouble of th Chickens was that so many, of them always believed everything that th Foxes said. - It a hundred Chickens ware found dead and half eaten, behind a fence th Poxes La Oranda is to build atone eroaawalka hereafter. . , , . , , x 1. 1 f hawks. I v The school enrollment Of TbalDallea is , found 1.466, t of whom live outside the city would say that th. fool 1 ah ' Chickens bad tried to eat one another and than committed suicide. , lf ', j If a. Fox was caught pulling a plump r". 1.r;3r:t. H a,T. Ta Ti.C: organisea at The oaai. USUI BUIUIWIU aaaaaj(WW Wr aa aaaaa wf IMS a , ( ( aartkaaaPPBaaaai ! " '"' - J ' - V j T" " ' the young .Chicken for s business part- ; Kow that Astoria haa got that monu, VK'h'of mv'"cick; . V- v roost mysteriously disappeared during I The plenlo season IS fairly on. and un i(ut u wy, ww vniuD coarea axeatappy, big reward for the capture or u hawks. If a ella of Chicken bone, was found In a Fox'a back yard the rox would umita. . 1 . vi 1, say that It waa a hawk's nest I ; . 1 ' '; . 1 ; - If a Fox was caught by a crowd of 1 Aa Albany firm secured ths contract. Chickens in the act of finishing oft a I for th Dallas s&war system at 11,800. ft ' Chicken bon h would throw a fit and I under a .Portland bid. - -, " exolaim: "How horrtblel That, what ' - - , . , earn, ef my being ft somnambulist.' It. is a peculiar kind of a man who -And all th Chicken, would real vary will, not - register. Albany Democrat sorry for the poor Fox ' . , Then peculiar men must be numerous in - Now and then, when a.usnlolous roos- Ongon. -t, , ter. would aak a Fox what he Uved on.1 .... the Fox would replyi 'Oh, my dear Aioany councilman and cltisens are sir, X am a Vegetarian, 1 X eat th red oonalderlng th question Of granting a . berries la the woods and tha green grass telephone franchise j. to aa opposition In the fields. ' We Foxe are too refined company. , , . .- , - ' . , and too hu-man-t-ta-rt-aa to eat ths poor, KT'ni:'- Z 'T. f t . T " HtUe, wiggling worm, that love to dwell J " h1 f Toncalla has. sued in the aoxt earth.". . . J.n.,.w1!r BOW tevenson, Waah.j If th Chicken aald among them-1" ew.v wunagas ior aiienaUng the ..1.... ri t. it h.v. nM.v u. lawaciiona 01 wmte a wira who with h.a the Foxes when they are eating the bar-1 daughter 1. now living Portland. ..v lies and the grass T" then the Foxe. '..' " . ' ' t .... ww. . ..iMumjI .1.1 Judge Boise, a candidate tar- niu. low ourselves to b gasad afwhUe we in. clreult -Judge m the third die- are at our meals." '. .1 -vt ; t, is about It years old. and If sleeted stoma of the Chicken., when they heard iS!mHt'itlJ v. m M .t,a a . He haa been on th bench about half a llv on bsrrles .and . graaa. but they ntTi Ukea the Job. . , 1 ; k starved to death. All . th Foxes war -J.', '" '""l " J fat and hearty, and a tew of the Chick- L?Jm? wco'i?iy, eas thought thU it was 'rathe queer Sffnprmi!: fc nK.they -f t.prMWlt-- that the Foxes got so fat on a vtgatarlan ?.WA . r.ua t?nt ' . iii.t ,. - 1 i"-wwo BTiun iooks spienaia. There But moat of the Chickens saldi "now 1 " .1" "p. refined and tender-hearted the . neble I mvmTa xamu w" ' Foxea are! How terrible It would be if T. , 1 . L .... . they shonld leave ua. so that we should UirfCr? r.? F?u?m.uol have no high ideal of morality te en- A th. T , eonraa. nal Lena live th. Foxeal". - J"? tb'.BUraber of buildings 4V" PROPERTY AND HUMAN ; KIGJHTS . (By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.) . . . . . : I . CIVUi UV IIIVWIUIIUI U.U1U VUIUH . Taking a philosophical review of the I the startling Information that certain history of hla oouatry, Mr. orover cieve-1 wtains-strt and Fiuana-avsnaa land : Tola, if not a new view, or an Opinion on a comparatively I inl can easily see how It would have lords have sent out notices that they will A ; ina TMircoaes about t SO 000. With this amount still new question. Is probably one that will not be favorably been In a far worse condition than it Is raise their rente aooordlng to the num- ! .M iir. m ti t woept for certain etolatrattoiw covr- her of chUdren to each famUy-at the - vnexpenaea mov anoiua ua no acwwuvu u luwuuuia 1 ' ' ' "ling eight yeara out of u; but, alas for I rata ox 11 per child. . th. list a building devoted to the mining industry. The states facts worthy of consideration. If the street-car com-1 th, country, these administrations can! The new scale also provides that a ? business in Oregon baa long cut ft respectable figure, but panlea obtain ft large revenue by competing In advertising never recur. family keeping boarders shall be re- ' In the tut f.w year, tt.ba. ba vy rapidly growing in with people engaged in th. advertising business th street- , Bpnan-Revlew pre- E5& r! W " " - consequence. Except in some comparatively small mo- cars being public conveyance., though owned by private dlcU th4t u McBrlde U beaten, and the This comes very near being avarloe tlons the stats to much mora noted for other thing, than person, or corporations, they should divide that revenue railroads win, in tha Republican state gone mad, the love of money reduced to mining, but.ln th. face" of It all th. mining Industrr bM ateadlly grown In consequence until it baa how become- on I wnicn tney are nouna 10 serve. DemocraUo next fait And possibly it Ty for standing-room, and pay round- of the great Industrie, of the Mate. This, too, it has done I The Chicago Journal goo. farther, with th following I might do worse. Th best governor the V, .or get ort th earth! despite publlo apathy In aome of the center, and not withstanding the fact that the .urfac of the mining sec- ' tlons haa oeen scarcely scratched. . : But the adjoining state have really ft better apprecia tion of the mining resources of the state than baa the average cltlaen of Oregon whose attention la absorbed in other directions and other Industries. Judging from the letter, and other information which have reached The Journal, mining men throughout the west have taken It for granted that th first great exposition in the far west will have for one of' Its star features' mining, exhibit which will excel anything ever before gathered together for such a purpose lit this country.- They feel that while the fair la to be broad In Its .cope and embrace world-wide products that as a western enterprise It will give peculiar and de served prominence to western industrea, among which min ing occupies ah imoprtant place. For this reason they need very little encouragement to take a deep personal Interest In the outcome and to gather together exhibits which will in every way, be worthy of the section and Industry. - With these facts before them the commission should not hesitate to seriously take up the question of a separate state ever had was Rogers, a Democrat. Journeymen baker, ar on a atrlke la Berlin, aa well as in Chicago. They de mand, beside higher wages, a discontinu ance of th system of boarding with their employers. They might yield on the questloa of wages, but to bs re quired to eat their own oven products la something they will no longer endura In Chicago, the' Judges, ' paid from suggestions! v A provision of great benefit to tha publlo would ba one requiring the substitution of placard, or bulletin board, containing Information of value to strangers and. cltisens for the advertising cards which now fill th " cars. Such bulletin boards or placards should be main tained at the expense of the traction companies and should, in the . plainest manner possible, give; for la stance: - The- location of each of the publlo building, and their branch; of each of the hospitals of the cltyj ' the various publlo parka and other place, of recreation; of depot, at which train, arrive and depart, and the roads using each station; of the various passenger ( steamer docks;' and the latest official weather reports. Such Information would be of far more value to the patrons of the traction companies than all the adver tising that could be placed In the car. in ten yeara, and would be duly appreciated dv th. Dublin. This innovation "would be deeply appreciated" by th. w.. atu publlo and suggests a means whereby these advertising way to town to tackle the tiger, and spacer could be made directly beneficial to the patron, of incidentally get a square meal, and the the roads as well aa the roads tha-mselvea TCv.nt.i.n oruie wsa so aiiacaeo, annoyao. The greed of gain could not have re- eel ved a mere disgusting Illustration than that which Is afforded in this bit f Brownsville new ' In th eyas of th. type of landlord w are thinking of. there is nothing that has any value but money. For money they would eell their souls to the evil one If they had any to sell and the devil would make them an offer. The purest and noblest being ever on this earth aald one day; "Suffer .the little children to come unto me. and orXm touTh.daVTo; rVom I . Z:"' three to five days per week, are preparing for their two or three months' vacation. although 10,000 ease ar pending. But this latter circumstance I of no conse quence, aa compared with the necessity of vacation for th Judge. A Spokane woman, while roaming in the wild of Minnehaha park, in the of heaven," But many modern landlords are of a different opinion, and their first word to the applicant for aa apartment Is, "Children not allowed." . ha ' It is situated In th heart of tha great graingrowlng district of th Pow der river valley, and la a prosperous, busy, orderly town, - .... . , . ,: - '.',., - ;v- ! - Th -Dalles people who visited Hood 1 ' 1. .. ..Rive gundey were surprised to note tha ' duTc thm Uto aTTraoU av"O0m,ot ' b"a that .t. thnf t i fciTr olt' ring the past year. Th place ehU! - ?aasa TniTt aaaot looka " u bad almost doubled in slse oSlThtahJ ?!Su.Jh.fa W IZl wlthm 'IW wd that the class of thTcnr kA EaJa toldoa th. v.ry'hlgh.at ftft- SHumtaa thorlty that there are whole blocks of TSJXlV 1. t.n.m.nt. about the city in whlchqt who ld eDDed 1, the tlbl. of kinas solitary child la to be found. n. "pp w.ht t th. .ni.nM .ih th.i thn starved In sight of luxurious :Z.7",Tr . v. Imlsaed th tuna". Muuiftim uuvvu wajftMw tiggag aaaaj vs saw I 1. v' "" v """" I Absolut perfection In climate and is near a. I .... 1.1 ...-.... . Wax, polish and tinting represent! v. "' r: . ' r. A " . ' ' money the landlord's money and i7"Zi'". .7 ZZl .L Ll against that money nothing haa a case, lt1 " ' ... ..m not even th sweetest of all the forms I J, a,. J: hv DfvuMM aw as awaasg vs aaBvs g Ing. though they were rather untimely. But Oregon will a till have great crone. In spit of to frost , -. but - yt of humanity th llttl child. "Hurrer th utu children to come unto met Not much!" roars th kind of landlord w ar talking of. "Keep them away. They depreciate th value of my proparty." . Ana this is civilisation civilisation la th 0th century after Christ 1 Ahd we are brasen enough, with such civ ilisation about us, to send out mission- 1 . a . a. . a a..A rk m the Philippine and th Uahl-basouks I T' VT ZaIa .,t r. . Th Prairie City County Seat asso ciation, after having aeoured more than th requisite number of qualified peti tioner, praying that tha court make an order to submit th. proposition of .re moval of th county eeat from Canyon of Mesopotamia! building for th mining exhibit and one which will fully there w llttl oubt this li the way In which the spar meet tha heavy demands which will be mad upon It Pc in th street-cars will be used. Th world 1. rap. Then the fact should be freely mad known that Portland W17 outgrowing and therefore resenting the placing of ad Intend, to beat all records in this direction. The miners vertlsing matter on the drop curtains of the theatres and nestered and flustered by the woman's little fox terrier that she escaped) help came, and ths wild animal was killed. Bet she wouldn't swap that, nervy llttl. dog for a ranch or a mln " of the west may be counted upon to do the rest. ' V , ABOLISH THE SALOON BOXES. . J.. I T HE LICENSE COMMITTEE of the city council will . i-rjtteet': at the -city. iaH on Monday afternoon at t -, ' o'clock to consider the question of reporting an ordinance prohibiting the closed boxes In the saloon .....JThere ar few things that more deeply affect the morality public sentiment against street-car advertising Is growing Ths country portion of Multnomah in tne same direction ana sooner or later will make' Itself county, that portion lying eaat er Mount felf. A WELL-DESERVED PUNISHMENT. Tabor, ia fairly entitled to a oounty commissioner. Mr. 'John Sleret. the Democratic nominee, Uvea near Pleasant Horn II miles out, and Is a successful farmer. He la an intelligent, fairly educated : maru who - has '. lived In the country alnce Iqfancy, his father, a German-American, having taken up a' tim bered claim addining the present town site of Gresham, where he started and .A UL&Y AJMUXXsT AJTAXTSBB. saaiaaaBaBaaaat From the Portland Chronicle. Vote for Bill Jonea for hog reve in order to sustain the policy of President Roosevelt, is the senseless cry of some-i of th hide-bound partisan prea A man trains with the Democrat, all his life, fighting the principle 6f the Republican party. He sees a chance to be elected to office on a Republican ticket and be promptly flops Into the Republican camp. We ar then called upon by tha aforesaid partisan pres. to vote for him In order to sustain Presi dent Roosevelt Another who knows nothing of 'ths Republican principles, nor even of American principle and cares less,' is nominated for office and we are told we must vote for him in order to sus tain President Roosevelt- ,y.r - . President Roosevelt would be the first to repudiate any such doctrin He be lleves in good government and good men for government and has In th past car ried that theory even Into national 'af fair putting men above party for the JUDGE HOOUE yesterday fined a man who plead guilty to selling beer to three minors $160, which waa $60 for each boy. How many glasses of beer v k. tk.. i.... t. i. . 7z, . , . . . . I . ... . .i..i..iv I fair putting men above wuimaiin v 1. iu,i ui uuui7 1 1 ma uuvniouj uvuDicsome saioon-aeeper naa sola these I ruu IB u7 y--- .uip. ag good government ' vouna. innocenc or tnouanuesa s-iris nesnn tneir wratcnad m . mitoh hi. nmflt k. ..1.. .. 1. 1 u nnw wu - 1 ......... v, .... "vi I-.... l.nn.. In n.rr hi1 H. I ' " -" but It may be asaumed that he "lost money on the goods." j will tolerate no grafting. He will hav to sou a large amount of beer to make back that $160, and hla lawyer's fee.. But If the- license commit tee of the council does its duty, he may have.tp , make young, innocent or thoughtless girls begin their wretched -career and it ia from them that the brothels are recruited. Every one realties what a foul blot they are upon the com ' nninlty and most of the saloon men would gladly see them abolished. 7 ' .' ,'- ' " " ' ' "-'Ttiitit Is nOW a chance to abolish them as they have been money In some other occupation, for h Is on of the saloon ftbollshed In very other aelf-respectlng city In the country, keeper, who 'are- a nuisance In th city, because of their , libera should b a large attendance at the meeting of the persistent violation of the law Such men ought to be -, license committee next Monaay arternoon. Every cltlaen & i who believes in raising the moral standard of the city ..'should be there and by hla presence make known his - , -Interest not alone In the general subject but In this specific matter. They will find that In thia way the saloon boxes can be done away with in Portland and a good start made In the direction of practical reform which will do much to raise the moral standard in Portland. POLITICAL POINTEKS denied the right to sell liquor at all. They are lrreclalmably crooked In this business, and not only the public generally but law-abiding saloon-keepers as well would be benefited by their suppression. Selling liquor to minors is not only unlawful, but It is a serious, a grevlous offense;, we saw the consequences of it at Corvallls recently, and we see shameful and sorrowful consequences of It here frequently; and Judge Hogue evi dently understood the gravity, of the offense. Oregon Irrigator: Let all Republicans remember that th members of the leg-; lslature to be elected In June will not be called upon to elect a United States senator. 80 do not - let the Mitchell bugaboo scare you out of your wits, but cast your ballot In ths interest of local question . ' Th Dalles Tlmss-Mountalneer: Th Portland Oregonlan is urging Republl- ln the. First district to vote for and vote the Republican oounty ticket from top to bottom in order to endorse the administration of President Roose velt- It Is not he nor- his .administra tion that is before th people at this time,' but th question of our localxgov rnment over which th president has no jurisdiction, .we win attena to tne matter' ot endorsing; tha president next fall, meanwhile let us elect good men to administer our county affairs. Tha Republican ticket is, in ths main, a good one, but It has weak spots, and some of th weak , ones win be beaten in the rac through no. fault however, of President Roosevelt iBSaTATOm 'WPOXXtW MftTOsTATIOir. Tha nan. It-. I Cans The incident reported In yesterday's Journal in which, If h imposed on this man was none too heavy but It should Hermann m order to Indorse President the- allegations of an affidavit filed by W. T. Vaughn, a , rival lawyer, are true, Sanderson Reed appears In a very unpleasant light, demands an explanation from Mr. Reed, it T,. I.vl. ..MM. .llutlAR.lll. not be forgotten that this particular saloon man is not the Hermann was let out of office by Roose- only violator of the law In this respect There are, un fortunately, many others. Ivelt hence It Is difficult to see wherein a vote for him is a vote for the presl dent ' From th Salem Statesman, Soma facts have been ' known to ob- sermg friends' of Senator McGinn for a long time. One Is that hla political and legislative enthusiasm showed de cided abatement during the last session. AW SSXTOS OUT A TAXZJB. i7" The Paisley Post having published an Item stating that Its office table had been stolen, made the next week the fol lowing explanation "It was George Reed who took the table from the office of the Post We had Just as lief the people knew his name as not How would you feel if a man left a .table with you and you took good care pf It and after a year or two be came and wanted It? This Is what Mr. Reed did. and for no other reason in the world than that he owned It and needed It Wouldn't you feel like pub- ' Jishlng him? suppose he did need It . We needed it too. Mr. Reed is a car i 'penter, and a very good one, and could .-, - have easily made himself another table. ,' ' W. are." no carpenter, although aome people have been unkind enough to call . ' ,',111 1 blacksmith, and now we have to 1 r run eft our paper with a hoard laid atop . of two chairs. It Is a nice predicament ; , for a flrst-clas. newspaper to be In. Mr. , Reed, will never loan us another table .- and expect to get it back. No, indeed. t How f long doeava man have to be in V possesslpn of a table anyway before he ' - owns ItT , The next thing w know he ' t will probably send in a bill for ths use - ' cf the table, and thia after we, had kept v . it for him all winter without charging! XOtTLO MM ROmB. From The Dalles Chronicle. The war between sheepmen and cattle men has resulted in the killing of sev eral thousand sheep during the last few weeks. This should be stopped, as both Industries ar an titled, to th protection of law. Sheep are entitled to graze on the public domain, and so are the cattl The vicious and lawless who attempt to discourage any class of men from a le gitimate pursuit of thslr business, should be punished. No one can say that only cattle can feed on th grass growing on unenclosed land, for it is common prop erty to alt : Both Industries are of Im portance to Oregon and the northwest and It Is a deplorable matter that such an embittered feeling should prevail among our citizens who are engaged In raising cattle and sheep. - Short Wattersoa Sermon. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. The gibbet and the. rack, the torture and the stake, no longer exist; but there is the devil of party spirit to blind and mislead. Down with fake heroes 1 Up with ths standarda of truth! Down with Image worship! .Up with the slg nals of Jlght and knowledge! Dear God and Father of us al, i .; Forgive our faith In eruei lias. J M Forglv th blindness that denies; " our laois, evertnrn ;? .j ! Our bloody altar Make ua see t. Thyself in Thy humanity, r ff.-'l JOVBHAUSTIO OOVXTBST. 1. 1 He didn't seem happy among his asso- indorsement business that the ordinary SV voter can't understand. . . ' weren't moving the way h was acous- From the Gold Hill New Phew!! Burn a rag! Astorian: Despite the fact that eountv and stata tickets ar in tha field- Does that idiot on tha Jaakannvlll. I eemnaratlvalv little interaat la halna- Sentlnel think he runs all of Jackaon manifested In th aproaching elections, county politics? To hear him wall, he The campaign is going to bs a quiet would have It appear that he is of some one, if politicians are Judge and there consequence In the Republican party. (?) will be less of the spectacular this year The attack upon the News In his last than ever before. ' ;Ths Democrats are Issue was absurd and uncalled for in doing their work quietly, and having every particular. We have never re- named 'a straight? ticket ar anxious to ferred to him; don't know him; nor make a good showing for it Thsrs Is never want to. Never knew such a not very much talk of candidates anart thing was on earth. Don't worry about from those for sheriff and county com-itness sea' where hi ability will bring t ha Fw sa ear aa a aV a sI nl J tti 1 1 - . 1 1 k . sees. a. j . . a . .1 r , ea1 u "U1 ueiegauon, miaawnor. j.n iun raoa is a sort him mor substantial return young feller: it Will ta vni, k..i. Inti h..a.vnn.nl..a. 4 afT a If Aa a I T quite enough to attend your little ix, (neither of the parties hs. arranged Its xv-vcui men. scneoui or campaign meeting II this man If he Is a man haa an inenos nanay, they had better call him Oaa Thing More to Show. IT VL. nnr,.1 ne w not ny - From the Nw Torker. u vu -wm uuiy. ! - For two hours a fashlonahla UA was there any evidence of hi wonted fire and virility; Since th close of last session he. hasn't . smiled approvingly upon the manipulation of the machinery of Multnomah county; there are hands at ths crank which he does not look upon with confidence, but he has found no mean to break loos, their hold, so It Is highly probable that he has decided to pull his political sails, entirely until the winds blow from a more favorable direction and that he will steer his bark Into the placid waters Of the bust- Now, young feller, the mere fact thatlkant. tha draner axhihltlna- hi. you have starved out and had to mov and at the Tnd Of that period she cuts no lea her. Go 1 aweetly asked: "Are you ure you navel shown me everything you haver No, madam,' said tha draper: n have yet aa -old account In mr ledaer I'll giaaiy snow you. '"- He aid not need to show any mora a few ; time easy, aonl ' , Aa trnnecassary Oharity. From the .Philadelphia Inquirer. " It la' understood that . the Kentucky mountaineers are not as grateful to the Chicago women's clubs for their gifts of books ss they might bet-sines the in troduction of fixed ammunition has done V.',r';'i- ,M ttsnrv -t,. - - From th Augusta Chronlcl If there I no on elaa to take tHa vim. away -with th use of paper, for gun 1 presidential ,noralnaUon, thank -heaven wadding,-v' - : J ' Jw stlU hkv .Unci AdlafStevenson left .XeraWalXeaaoa. '. From the Chicago Poat "That woman is the second flat seems to be fond. of children,' ',. - , . . "Why do you think sof.-- : , ' - Because she is always asking thsm to come up to her flat to play." -, "Oh, that Isn't due to her love of chil dren; that's only because, she has , a grudge againet th woman In the first flat" .;i V.V'!aV-;4'yy: 'i-ft 04K.From:ihe'; Elk 'City ".Vim:- ' ,! Th wily Blnger made the Republicans believe that if ti should be elected gov ernment work would be resumed oh this bay. - h fooled them.? Will they be fooled by him th second . time? W shan saar yTy.', m -v.-c' DO spxotnvATB nr mcaATt Impediments and dropped th matter for at least two year : Th second church in eastern Oregon I where the women hav adopted the rule Th Milton Eagl makes the follow-1 of removing their bate during service is Ing suggestion Concerning the big and th Christian church at La Grande, and disastrous financial collapse of C B. at prayer meeting last Thursday-even-' Wad a few months ago: , Ing not a woman was seen with ber hat "Th mystery 1 and grow of what on. Th first church to set the example thlavman of correct habits did with the waa th church of th same denomlna nearly $200,000 representing th defl- tlon at Pendleton. clency between his liabilities and asset It haa been definitely ascertained that his losses in th Bumpier mines did not exceed $10,000, so th hole into which he dumped other people s money must ba looked for elsewhere. Athena seems to hav solved Its street problem. It haa-put crushed rock on nin blocks of th main street and It makes a solid and durable surfac im pervious to water and not likely - to be "There is a very plausible theory that I deeply covered with dust ' Ths work a portion of th money went to feed I waa don directly by the city at a cost th insatiable appetite of that colossal 1 less than $1 par front foot to' abutting gambling device, th Chicago wheat pit I property. Athena may teach larger an Institution'! that has pauperised cities bow to do thing I ' more" famtllea than all the gambling I '- - : - " " . - 7 - hells la the country. It is a game thatl C.,9. f ewart who recently completed la played in oomparatlv secrecy alike I the plantng of a fin young orchard of by saint and Sinner, and if Wade played It th records of Mr. Ankeny's bank and the W. U. T. Co. alone show it Like th Egyptian epninx, tay nvr taia.-'-.- sTOSOST XsTOWS. 200 acres of apple and pear trees be tween Mdford and Jacksonville, ha. sold it to W. W. Armstrong of Salt Lake City for the reported -consideration of $ $0,000. Three years ago ths land, or th greater part of It waa covered with pin and oak tree but has been trans formed Into one of th most promising orchard, in th vallsy. Advice to the ldorn ST BXATUOS y Any AX. Trora th Pendleton Xast Oregonlan." John T. Whistler has gone to Echo to suparvis th work of preliminary sur veying and sinking of the teat holes la th Better creek district Referring to tne perennial revamping 01 ths report that "the government has actually con cluded to build a reservoir on Butter orek,-Mrr-Whlstier-eald "Please quote me as saying that the government has done nothing or the Kind. No liv ing man knows where In Umatilla, Mor row or Malheur dountlea the government 7 "Ifii 1 rLrX r3i an thlTwS n 'rt know cares for m JLSH,-? SJS.Tn't ?h! WP mflcb,' but whenever I go out with -ort that ta VJeaV now i. -iVtw wants my friend along with us work that Is in progress now is strictly . . T fcllr tttm. ... M.t inv. I In th. .tuv. - - would like your advice tell her that I do not want my friend with us or let It go on -Dear Miss Fairfax Too will be do ing me a great favor by giving me ad- vice in the following matter, i am go- and only preliminary and In the nature T of Investigation Further, so far as "ow" aJ ?n.,i anybodt yet knows, it will never get "bother "iould -A k a.Maal.a.tSl SS-awah . T. aN-kv. W ft lit IDT .16110 1 Wrd if there will ever b government " ln. I irrigation works in UmatUla, Morrow or iove verT uoh becauee she hM Malheur counOe no on aa yst know tola m many times and I am morf , From the Atlanta Journal. . T know men . and women," aald Thomas A.. Edison,' ths other day,' "who are food drunk all the time." "Food drunk" la a new term. But It expresses an Idea that la old. - It de scribes a condition that Is notorious. than in love with her. , CLARENCE ARTILDER. ' Z think I would tell; lier that you never get a chance to sea her alone and do not always want another man along. She will be reasonable if she cares for you. - Dear Miss Fairfax: man 19 years of age. X am a young I know a young Few Of us, indeed, but know people who lady who has Just reached that age, and ar constantly gorged with food, with ths result that their intellects are be clouded and. their bodies benumbed Just as truly as if the excess had been liquid, Instead of solid, fv.';-.-;1H::'-- "f;i The man who ha his stomach full of food Is more or less stupefied.";. His mind and muscles work reluctantly and sluggishly. : His faculties are dulled and hav known her very, well for the past two year i love ner very aeariy, and I am positive that she loves ms the same. I know she would be very, happy if i would ask her to keep steady company with ma, but I am not of age. I do not care to ask her. Kindly advise me as to whether I could do' anything, or what I could do td hav her love me the same his feelings deadened.: His condition dlf- for th next two yeara without keeping fer. only In degree from that of the steady company wfth m. F. N. a. . man drunk with alcohol or of the snake i am afraid you will not be able to that Is gorged. fer-v.;".n!i-': bold her love unless you are willing to It la quit possible that w air might devote yourself to her. 'However, if live comfortably and better than we -do I you are very nice to her whenever you sea her, perhaps she will remain fond rot. you.. :;-j..-ik;,.jS . . . on half what the average man now con sume Sanaa's Few Faaner ; From I the ; London Chronlcl - Dear Miss Fairfax: There is a young man about th age of 5$ .who la deaniw Th Jananeae are never able to under-lln -lov with m' and wants na tn nt stand how It is thaV though their pop-1 engaged, but -as I am ft very young girl1 ulation Is about tha same as ours, they at the age of It years X refused him. Ha have only 11,000 paupers, while w hav calls to sea ms- both morn and night about 1.000.000.V The differenc is due and says .h can't sleep unless he sees to the Japanese attitude toward old age m:My lovforhlnxJavryacare. aad ' parenthood. Most & Of their few Kindly advise me what to do, ; l. 8. paupers are children or elderly people If you hav no lovO for bint, do not whom earthquakes . have ; deprived of think of marrying him.' , Tell him their breadwinners. Old age la all but firmly -and kindly that rou oan n.v.-'