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. ( PORTLAND, OREGON,; WEDNESDAY. JULY, , '1904. 'i "...t 1 ,: HE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL BSSSm: Oregon Sidelights ? AN ' INDEPENDENT NBW8PAPBR ' ' Small Change ; JACKSON PUBLISHED BY.jbURNAL PUBLISHING CO. J NO. P. CARROLL 11. v. 1 Knnii..) ind mr Sunday morning- at The Journal Bull din. Fifth 4 Tnmhlll HWifl VTX VTVUtU lVy .... rf r - ' " street. Portland. Oregon. - ' OFFICIAL.! PAPER PORTLAND'S PROSPECTS' OP j. THB CITY OP r OW' $300,000 cement plant U talked ofThe $500. 000 meat packing,. etabnrrtent l considered a . .. rpk law witnltn mill will be of jnuch ,ir capacity than the one burned at Sen wood. The land flouring mills will do a far larger- business .nfter than heretofore. So -with the Doertibecher fur re manufactory, -with some of the big sawmill, and V establishment irtland la rapidly- becoming manufacturing pity of rtance. . It already ha many large manufacturing ern, and Is aoon to' have more; and still larger and i' Important one. . This means that Portland- Is going e a great city, the undoubted and unrivaled metrop- of the Pacific northwest; ?s. If. Then Is one, and , practically only one .thing J spells this "it"? .That is the obstructed river, below above. .True, Portland's-commerce la already tnrlv iairly. ' Its situation is such that it grow apace, even - gh handicapped by the bar and that obstructed reach iver ebovw The Dalles. But with these Impediments .'handicaps removed -we would ee Portland Jeap tor 1 to' municipal greatness with astonishing bound; i.let every energy and effort possible be directed, cpni rated, on the opening and Improvement " of the river, next congress must be made to see. and understand.. as it has never yet been seen and understood by east statesmen, or la wmakert. . ' k , ,; f course- It goeomhout saying that Portland will only f as the state, and the tributary region grow. : But "country will fill up far more rapidly hereafter than tof ore, though that 4s the next Important thing to do new people here, not for Portland, but for the country! i Portland, the river attended to,wiU take care of f almost without conscious effort.. "ie things that must be done, then, are: . Get people; ,e milUonaJtrtow what Oregon .An, what It offers; and. nd or. first, if you chooss-yget the Columbia river hy, Clackamag county alone' could support a l6pula larger than inhabits all Oregon today I PORTLAIS Parker get. that Now, why couldn't some bandit have captured Dowlet ... That speech of Bryan's will be worth reading, anyhow. , Harmony In a Democratic convention Is on of the Impossibilities. The July bride 4s Just as sweet and prejty, as the June brlda wa. X SIGNIFICANTSTORY OF GROWTH. ' -v.' , v--- ' " ; VHE GROWTH of . The Journal -In the past year has t : been the most .remarkable fact in local newspaper history Neither times nor seasons seem to ma illy hamper it'. Its tendency is always upward and tever Its "gains during the busy seasons when growth nturally expected, the same relative adyance, remark- to relate, marks the dull seasons. -The average dally -n circulation of The -Journal during '; the month of . last year waa ,80. Each succeeding month show-ad althy Increase. The average dally circulation during i month was 45,154. During Juno a falling off in clr rion was naturally to be expected. The whole month unseasonably dry and. many people were- leaving the' earlier than was usual with; them. A proportion of were golhg far away from .the center and therefore A not have the paper follow them. From this source e s an expected loss In circulation each season as It around and when It comes it, la a matter of no great 'rise. But June actually showed a growth of 600 avert, dally circulation over the previous month. Thelclrcu ;n has now safely passed the 11,000 mark and Is still "bing steadily upward. . , ' hat la true of the circulation Is proportionately true i advertising record. In June of last year there were ted 11,230 Inches of advertising; In May of this year figures rose to 2J,93. while In the month Just clout d f had jumped to 28.087. . With the circulation to Insure its advertisers. have found The Journal an extremely able medium for the ' reason that all classes are hed and the sale of goods, whether expensive or cheap, be entirely -Influenced by this tingle medium. It Is fact, proven by experience, which has caused the ex tliwry growth lu the advertising of the paper and the Ing with It of extremely larg advertising contract hrewd and farseeing merchants who find in it an ln parable medium through which the purchasing pub f Portland and -the whole ; Oregon country may b hed and Influenced. . '-"" . '.- ' ' John W. Gates Is becoming nearly popular entnigh to run tor sheriff. , REMARKS ABOUT THE WEATHER. TRANGE. THING, the weather. No wonder peQple talk fio much about IK- Here we are having In western Oregon an unprecedented dry time, con sidering the. time of yearalmost no rain for over two months, while In eastern jqregoii and eastern Washington, usually far more rainless at this time of' year, soaking rains have lately fa Her " Western Oregon crops are doubtless suffering from lack of rain, and someOf them will be light on that account. yet they .will notbe by any means a failure, and compen satlon -will appear In the largest crops, apparently, east of the mountains, ever raised In that region, Alt tne way from tn uascaae mountains on iuo wtm to the Idaho and British Columbia mountains on. the east ri both slopes of the Blue mountains, but par- tlculariy In tha great Inland Empire wheat belt the wheat crops are simply immense, vvneat is yieiamg, soli, 10 to. 36 bushels an acre, ami bacley. St to cases much more. Some damage was done being reported the other day that Mr., COnley, county fwheat king," would cut nearly all. bis thousands 'of acre for hay. But as a rule the crop are big, and the farmers of the upper country will have a very large pggregate surplus of money next fall. Those of western Oregon will not be quit so welt off, but when everything is measured and counted tip. It will be found that they, too, will be In a generally prosperous condition, t- ' .. , : j .-' :. ''' Rain would be not only very agreeable, but exceedingly valuable yet worrying and wishing will wot bring U, and -xffou' were not "phy sIcaTTyln Jure on the glorious Fourth you are lucky. and shoulfl be thankful. The people generally have entire con fidence in Sheriff- Word, and he a Dem ocrat, too Wonderful. lb o anu uiiter on averagi 4(lirtr by fro AC I kthe Vnlbn we might a well look pleasant, and keep the bright side in view. After all, It Is a larVe and pretty side. ' - ' 1 .: DEMOCRATIC VOTE OF NEW YORK. M' R. BRTAN, ln his recent Cooper Union speech, stated the fact, which may seerrr a curious one? that Judge Farker. though elected by a large plurality In 1897, receivedJewer. voteillnNewJxorkthan Mr. Bryan did In 1900, although Bryan was beaten by 268,469 In that state. , . , . Thi exhibits an Interesting phase of New Tork politics and one' observable to a lesser extent elsewhere which can be explained only by the-expressions the Independent, and the stay-at-home- vote. - - - Th total vote of New Tork state for Mr. Bryan in 1896 was 651,369. In. 1897, Judge Parker received 654.880 votes, and was -elected-by 40,889 plurality. But In 1900 Mr. Bryan, although beaten by 123,606, rceived about 122, 000 vote more than Parker did three year before, ' . It doe not necessarily follow 'that Parker Is weaker In New Tork than Bryan, lor Parker was running for an of flee for which he waa peculiarly fitted, and New Tork gen erally has a bi-partisan bench; that Is, many Republicans will .vote for a good Democrat for a Judge of the court of appeals, when the Republicans already have a majority of the court which would be a good practice to follow here. Neither Mr. Bryan, nor any man whom Mr. Bryan would select, eould carry New Tork this year. It is perhaps doubtful whether Judge Parker could carry the- state for president, though In all probability he could do. so by a large majority If he were again a candidate for Judge. .BoMr, Bryan's statement,, while interesting, and worth noticing, ' has not the significance which her apparently wishes people to attribute to It. . It looks somewhat Parkerish, ' Brytn continues ee.. interesting. Swallow may. possibly outrun Dr. Debs. Weather prediction Very stormy. . v ; ' If defeated, could Judgeship back? . for '' 8L ' Louis Pick out the beat of everything from now on for next years exploit. Mr. Bryan considers himself a con splcuous example efJ' a stand-patter.' ' Th Fourth of July was duly cele brated In and around Port Arthur. General Miles. Is wondering If hs won't be mentioned at all at St Louis. People' of the more elevated portions of the east side are calling for more Hilt. It is dellahtful at the beach, of course; but so It la right here In Port land, thank you. The products 'of Oregon-will be big and very valuable If It doesn t rain till next -Christmas. If Jefferson were to come to life and ro Into that convention, some delegates weuld question his democracy. - So far no fatalities among the' dele- rates to the Bt Louis" con ventlon from blowing out the gas have been reported. Scientific sharps sar solar heat Is decreasing. But visitors to St. Louts and Kansas farm hands don't believe it Will General Mtles vote the prohibi tion ticket nowt But It Is nobody's bus iness but hi own, unless he Wants to teU. Oregon needs several more railroads. and will get them, too, before very long. In spite Of the Harrlman and Hills. , . ,. Why couldn't they have held the con vention on the plkeT Perhan the fair managers .woul4 have paid their ex penses. .' -,''. "- ..- On Interesting vacation trip, would be to go up to eastern Oregon and ob serve the work of catherlng . the Im mense harvest up there. ' . A' WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY? ; . RE WE TO . HAVE August Belmont democracy, or) Pat McCarren democracy, or Dave Hill democ racy T Bryan may be politically unwise, some. times; he Is, not sufficiently adaptable to. circumstances to be a leading politician, perhaps not to be a great states man; but 'the time is rapidly wheeling and whirring hltherward when the people, a between1 August Belmont and William Jennings Bryan, will choose the latter that Is," hi type rather than the plutocratic type represented by August Belmont. ' '. : , . . ' Now if this is not true, democracy is not worth fighting for, talking for, or worrying about. We might as well all vote for Roosevelt,' a man of many admirable features, but of some not quite so admirable, ETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Th Fedalers XJeanse. rtland. Or, July 6. To the Editor The - JouranL I notice in todaV's ronlan that the city eouncll will . an ordinance to rescind, a former u nee which is only nve days' old. - set is, attributed to "too much hur- - or as the Oreaontan had It on. July i trick." I, believe that It would be fur the council while It Is resclnd- nrdlnanees to repeal the fruit ped i Hrense. which waa. recen?ly-rali i tit a yeaY to 1200. which I pre. waa caused' by the same Influence bove stated: "Too much hurry." etc. electrician license was brought it by a few who wanted to control business and create a monopoly nat those who are not able to pay t an exorbitant tax. The peddlers' tae presumably was .exorbitantly -d at" thr Instahc or "a" Tw grocers rult store who are th ones most y to begrudge the peddler a chance urn a living for himself and family use It may deprive the grocers and t stores from upholding certain s it looks like they don't bajleve impetttlon being the life of trade) or a poor man a chance to earn a g the best "way he knows how. I k the peddlers would rather own erles or fruit stores instead of ped' i. As the electricians' license has ed g blunder i S Is the -peddlers' ise a blundflrSind en-outrage and I It may be Tesaon to our lawmak. not to be too hasty In the manufac ig of law at the mere advice, or (estion of a few Interested parties, e who- do thing in haste sotne- have occasion ti repent at leisure, h need not be said in defense of peddler nor In condemnation - of raise from f4t a' year to 1200 11 e. The electrician- muddle speaks the peddlers as well, but as the rhle mayor says he thought It was range proceeding, he might . have, led the same thought to the ped-. ' license when It was suddenly d from til to 1200 and otherwise d Into the matter, by giving a bear to those mostly' anVoted by this re-er by Inquiring from- sotne sis rittes regarding such matters fljr- ignlng away th opportunities of ant a living of -so msnyineri of :lle. . .. ..' , a letter 'before me Oeorge B. Me Mil. chalrrnan of the lloenee commit. ,f Ih City council of Ban FranetaO.. eays that the fruit peddlers' 11- In Pn rraneto 'a 424 a' year that there la no disposition .on the part of the oouncU to raise- this 11 cense as it is only a fair tax on that Business ao the different- in this par ticular tax U 17. Tours truly. f PHILIP STEIN. From the Review of Reviews. - The great La Follette movement in Wisconsin had begun some years ago witn an attempt to give the plain Re publican voters an opportunity to carry out their' wishes as against the clique of leaders ewhe bad been accustomed to out of existing laws than to make radi cal chahgos in statutes and Institutions. In Wisconsin men are -either for La Follette or against him, and ther re main no man .In the. entire state who Is capable of a dispassionate Judgment in the matters 'at Issue. In this regard the situation is like that which existed some years agp in South Carolina, when men were for Tillman or agalnat htm. with a factional reeling a hundredfold more intense .than the normal feeling between the tiro great national parties. Mr. Tillman I now recognised, with an his faults of manner and indiscretions of speech, an upright leader and valuabl control convention and "run" tha atsta. nquestionaoiy trjje that some of ' w iuuuu ui iwu men u these leaders were closely In touCfrTrith- the railroad Interests that. InJVWaconsln. ss In all the northwestern states, have In years past played so hlah handed a part in politics, legislation and admin istration. The two great reforms with which 1m Follette Identified himself were: (1) radical change in the meth oret nominating-men to ofTico, and (2)" a now system of taxing railroad and corporation. - To mrik any headway at all a a leader Mr. La. Follette had to show a remarkable combination- of qualities. His worst enemies will not deny that he has courage of a high order, the tenacity of a bulldog, and almost fanat ical belief In himself and in the value to the state of his principles and proj ects, superb gifts as a manager and organiser, a. talent for political strat egy unequaled by any of his Opponents and the sheer force of a man of destiny who. throws pfudenoe -to .the winds, burn ' bridges behind him and stskes everything without ; regret or misgiv ing. Such a man . makes devoted fol lowers and bitter enemies. , .His formwers believe that all the railroad and corporation In tereata.. to gether with th old line political leader, f are conspiring to DreaK JUm flown in or der to defeat . th cause to which he tands-onmmltted and to which he- has already devoted so much energy. They believe aim. In short to be, marked for destruction by those interest; precisely as Mr. Kooaevelt ha been similarly marked fey the Wall street leaders, the trust magnates end the class of men who manipulate city councils ' snd . leg islatures tn- order to filch from th pub lic th monopoly public servlc fran- eniNc ana In orderjlo keep such fran- rsiae rrom paying taxes. The difference, between the two men Is that La Follette has from the start played the .rol: of fighting re farmer. While Roosevelt, who I also a reformer on occasion. Is first and fore most th Impartial, efficient executive whose inu t ;'. - . r-uji brilliant and so highly fitted for public servloe and leaderahlp . as Senator Bpooner and Governor La Follette. .A Weatphaltan. who worked 78 years on the same farm, has retired, to poorhouse, and now perhaps thinks that there Is something wrong about the gospel ' of work- . , . . ; ; July . W. set sail and at one mile passed a sandbar, three mtles further an- Island and a pratrt to th north at a dlstano of four mile called Reevey'a prairie, after a man who -was killed there, at which place th river I 'con fined to a very narrow channel and 'by a sandbar from th south. Four miles beyond' Is another sandbaa terminated bx a small willow-islan-td forming a Rainier ha a lively board of trad. I composed of men who will make that a muca Digger ana better town.. - Roseburg Is proud of being advanced from the third to the seoond-clas a a potofflc. Roseburg is growing nicely. ' The rnan who sued tha eltv of Beta ! for. 117,000 oa account of a lost lea. did not get a cent Scle haan't that much I money to par.- The Eugene Commercial dub la doing very -considerable bend In the river to ward the north. The sand of the bar is light. Intermixed with small pebbles and some pit-coal. The river falls slowly and owing either the th muddlness of I good work for that city, particularly in It water or th .extreme heat of th weather the men perspired profusely. We camped on the south, having mads i mile. Th bird called th whip-poor- will sal on. the boat lor some time. raising 18.000 for building a railroad ta the Blue, river mines. , TH E- REAR! N G O FC HI W RN ' (By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.) , (Copyright. 1804. by W. B. Ufarst.) Some month ago I received a letter from that goo woman, Emma Sickles, in which she said; It is to be honed that th day 1 not for distant when-men.!! see It Is a far more serious thing to bring life Into human existence, of .suffering and deg. radatlon. than It I te end the earthly existence of that life,-and that they are quite as -responsible to God and to clety for the Uvea they bring Into being as they, are for the lives they "murder.' That day is not as near as Miss Sick le hope, yet such a day must coma A day when -the ' propagation of the human family Will be under as strict law as tha breedlna of fine fowls or blooded. stock, with th additional ele ment of religion to aid science. Fine animals ar bred by aclence the science or earerui selection ana wise mating. - But it require TnoreeiementgTgTpro- duee a splendid specimen of the human family than a perfect animal. Fin Teathers make fine ' birds, and tender flesh and certain productive end salsbl qualities complete the well-bred fowl. " i .- ' The high-bred horse needs fine point, speed and carriage. But , the perfectly bred hu.mnhVlavJJuch-raa.the world wait ' to welcortiSv rauat b mentally equipped and morally endowed, a well as physlcallx developed. .. and all , thea trait ahould be equally balanced. Tha man of stunted or deformed bodr or giant proportion's, the - anemic and undeveloped temperament, or the over sensuous and self-indulgent, the mate-rlal-mlnded, or the spiritual bigot, are all types to be eradated. The Ideal race the coming - thoroughbreds will be men of good statue and strong vi tality. Intellectual and reverent, and all animated with an ambition to work to gether toward the betterment of this beautiful world. Deformities and de generates will be unknown, save a ac cident. -I A, ... There are few deformed animals, be cause animals even when left to them selves, breed their ybnng more accord ing to nature than the average min.- AU deformity of mind and body I th result of wrong conditions ignorance. Some people use . dynamite' In Olive lake to get fish. Such people should never have a chance to taat of a flso If such, a penalty were possible,-.- , -A half-dosen Weston fishermen spent two lolly day last week on the south fork of the Umatilla river, returning Saturday. They report s. total catch' of 1,100 trout.. - : 1 ,: ' " There , are many opportunities tn Douglas county for People of moderate mean to secure good home. The soil la productive and th climate' approxl- ' mately perfect, , .-. v . . . An Albany man 1 oreatlng consterna' ' tlon with an automobile recklessly , driven. Some men who are abl to buy decide whether the parties are proper n automobile hav no consideration for people to become parents, xnis win ' vu rmyii. lestt ta tha nreDaratlon of men and wo- I men- for marriage and parenthood th Evidence accumulate that Norman moat Important occupation of Ufa, Williams, sentenced to b hanged W Women will be guarded and protected the murder of the Nesbltt womon. wa 1 before the birth of children and taught a double murderer before he committed the wonderful influence of prenatal In- the horrible crime -for which he 1 to be fluanr-a. Men will lift their hata to an executed. ..- ' - self-indulgence, extreme poverty and extreme luxury. By and by the wise people of the world are going to see how necessary it Is to control th con ditions under which children are prop agated and reared. . - Science will establish Jaw and par ents wlU abide by them. No criminal, no diseased person, no drunkard, will be allowed to produce hi kind.. . , Before a marriage license can be pro. cured, la that day to come, a oommlt tee will invewtlgate-th condition and fluence. Men will Uft their hat to an I executed. expectant mother, and tha child will be I - welchmed with -rejolcrng and -reared as - A"Tnn""Who "used to liv at Forest carefully as he waa born. Orov ifd sold out and went back to Thi wa doVi In the day of old Ohio to live ha returned, this time, hi Greece, but woman was not allowed the says, to stay, . Thsy nearly all do It . intellectual menom wnicn im oo oan't keep away from Oregon after Uv aay, ana a wurw wm w,u. lag nere awhile, possessed . less scientific knowledge, I . . , , . .In the next hundred years science is to By digging a tunml 7 00(1 feet inn. make marvelous rellg lou. truthj, only thrXghThli'waJSj known now to the . w enlightened irriirmtion company will provide wt.r in i uu m. uta.viww. .wwv, vhw -- -- , in, in. h. M.tin. - vn.n neip men ana women iv su .u"ui i vv- gatlon -of a higher : order or -numan being with reverence and patience, Tha time will coma when It will seera a matter of surprise to the denisens of the earth that diseased and vicious peo ple were- -ever-alio we to -produce off spring. Meantime let mother remem ber how much they can do today by keeping their minds uplifted and their hearts' full f love for th unborn shlld they are moulding. - , -...' And let them think before; they be come wive of the. manner of men they re choosing for the father of their for the reclamation ef iO.000 . seres of arid land, thus more than dqbUngha w jrngateq iana ia uamata basin. Wllliara Wolf of. Hlllsbora nlne1 his pip in hi coat pocket and then sus pended the coat. .on a peg in-the bed--room. The tobacco In th pipe set fir' to tn connia th coat set fir to- th -house. Then thev house smoked more . furlousy for awhile than WUllam ever did. ,.......,.,, ..... . Brownsville Time: Perhap no see. tlon of th state can boast of a better growth in nonuletlnn than hke Atf.upr4 children. ,!.r. f. I in Brownsville -and the surrounding Every well-bom child vWJIlCh comes I country during the oast few veers. , Tt : Into the world todayWIH help along conservative to say that something , that time of which Mis Sickle write 111.. to rur,u h... mi..i. the 'time still far away. , but -coming .,,,.. comma- her from .imn. earer and nearer, when men an worl.v. , tr.i.. a..... . men shaU realtxe what it mean, to pop- ,welltn th, population of .BrownivUl. I to upwards .of 1,000 peopl. DINKELSPIEIv PLAYS GOLF - Mr. Cleveland 1 gofng to New Hamp shire, so that he won't be bothered by newspaper reporter. But New Hamp shYne Is not Manchuria, and newspaper men can surely go anywhere Mr. Cleve land can. ' - ...... . n. On one thing ' most Democrats can agree on that Is with regard to th tariff and a good many Republican agree . with them, too. But. what Us needed I Democrat who, when eleoted,J will practice what tney proress. After sifting and slstng up all ao counts of Oregon's exhibit at Bt Louis, it may at leaat be said tnat some im provenvent In the quantity and quality of ehrMa there is aesiraoie. - no mucn criticism cannot be entirely unfounded. v r-- , OBJBOOBT msTT.QT VK03M. From th Bend Bulletin. Information of semi-official . character leaks out that ths upper Deschutes valley as railroad 'territory has been transferred from the Columbia South. era to the Corvalll aV Eastern, and that the latter road will aoon put an exten slon through to Bend, probably before th end of thi year. According to thi statement of th case the - Columbia Southern will be extended but little be yond it present terminus and Crook county's first railroad will be the long- desired east-ana-west una. An Interesting theory In this connec tion Is that the capital In the new" Des chutes Irrigation work Is affiliated with Standard Oil Interests', Standard Oil controls the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railway, which has S2S.000.000 of publloman. WlsoonlnjrlU -sVh . In-4ts tVoesurv and is very aar KOW TOM XX78TXXSS. From the t'nlon Republican? Just bear these things In mind: JJnlon has the best water for domestic use of any city In the county. It has the best water-power and th moat water of any city In the county. It has the finest tributary fruit land pf any city In the valley. It ha the greatest krea of virgin tim ber of arty town or city la this section. It has the heaviest f rult-shipplng record of any elty in this valley. . It has th best schools In th valley. It ha more advantage ss a home town than any other point In. the valley. . It ha great a tributary hay and grain area any ether town in the valley.. " " . It ha the finest soli .of any section In th valley. ' ' i It haa millions of water for irriga tion, power, and domestic use. It has good roads to the finest sum mer resorts in eastern Oregon.- . It has good road to mining camcs. timber and fuel. It has everything necessary for a foundation to a first-class farming, 'min ing,, stock-growing, lumbering and .man ufacturing town. It has the material tfit themaklng of the finest home-town In eastern Oregon. The country Is all right. If we lack in anything, It is the fall-" ure of man to make the most of the ad vantages nature hasSjirovldcd to start with. , Counl our natural advents-.Ith fair" amount bfjhonest and buelness-IIke effort, harmony, co-operation, snap, vim and enterprise, and there Is no reason under th sun why Union should not outstrip all com petitors. . ' But we must. wake up, get out of our trance and do things. , The Lord help a hustler, . . , 1 f or-A. I'actfie coast outlet, and that th new turn, her may mean an en tirely 'new transcontlnentaLrallroad through Bend. . Thm, it la., argued. would account - for th confWeflce shown In the country by peopl who ar really but little acquainted with It they knew what 1 oomlng. However that may be, the Indications are strOng'thaf the Corvalll V Eastern will soon start Its extension this way. Its grade I now but 50 miles"7 f ran Bend, though 40 miles of Its grade has no track upon It. There is reliable information that th Corvallls A Eastern Is arranging for station facttitles snd townsites along the line of the proposed extension. One of these will be at Picket Island, about 10 miles below Bend, where a town to be called Laldlaw is being planned. .It is named after W. A. Laldlaw. secretary and manager of the Columbia Southern Irrigation company, whichs. company -will have headquarters there. It -will be a' central point for settlers on Co lumbia Southern reclaimed lands, which will Increaae Its Importance as a trad ing point t Arrangements are now be ing made for platting the new town. . Whether the extension will be under the control of A. B. Hammond, owner of the Corvallls A Eastern, or In other hands,' Is not yet known her. -If In Mr. Hammond's control it may not get across the state for some time, for it would lack transcontinental connec tions! But Mr. Hammond cad operate the Corvallls & Eastern quite Independ ent of the big tranacontlnentals. He can do a large business carrying De schutes lumber down to' Yaqulna bey and there loading It on ships for the California market p No other line can get Deschutea lnmher without making terms with the Irahsenhflnentala. .If tha Corvallls A Eastern has gone over to the Chicago, .Mflwaukee St. Paul it doubtless means the advent of another powerful line Into the family of the transcontinental .railroads, And tne development ll will bring to cent ral Oregon wlU be beyond aU calcula tion, ..... ,. - i " - . .By Oeorge V. Hobart., 1 (Copyright 1004, by W. R. Hearst) St, Looey, Yesterday. Ou Id her at der Bggsposay all der notabilities cf der vorld may be Vltneased, vaiklng up und down der Pike und seeking' eagerly to find a new place ..to spend money. Der side shows ould here vaa egg- tremely vun sided und different from a pool room In New Tork because der spectator nefer had a chance to vln hi money back or get a ride In der patrol vagon. ' .- - . I haf seen so many vunderful dings at der Eggsposay dot my mind is full Vf. bubbles und I am beginning to. talk Ilk a merry-go-round. , Yesterday I met up mit my olt col lege chump, Valter Trafls, der cham- pean guff shooter vot vent ofer to En. gland und guffed his vsy Into der hearts of der royal family vile he pounded der tall - off der British lion mit a niblick. . , Dlt you efer play guffT 1 . Der gam of guff is vun of der most susceptible games In der vorld. All ofer der country vlmmen forsake delr hus bands und husbands forsake delr tailor bills to rush ofer der ploughed field und become eggspert gufflsts. Ouff wa born of Scottish parentage somewhere In der Highlands of Scot land und emlgratloned to dls eountry before der commuters got so thick on der ooean ferryboat. - Ouff i 1 played mit knickerbocker panting und a cubble .of farms tied to gedder mit a barbvlre fence. - Der difference between der full link and a slssage licks vas vunderful. . Mit der full course of der guff links dare 1 a cubble of Bunker Hill and plenty of vater all around ao dot der caddy boy can keep delr hand und faces dirty. . Mit der slssage links der full course Is abould a pound und a half mit a cup of coffee und somrDuteh THBStafdT- Mit Trafls, der rhampeen gufflat I vent ould on der Bt Looey links, far from der busy t'rong at der Eggsposay. -.""Dtfyou understoot der game?" set Trafis, . starting to play by paying der caddy boy ten cents. Somedlmes it is . started by owing him der money If you haf not got der change. It makes mit owing der caddy boy, because den he Is so busy mit vatchlng dat you doan'd run away dot he forgets. - to vatch der ball und you get -a chance to swear at him. "Dlt I understoot der gamer I set Most undoubtedly. I unterstant It bet ter den most mens. - Vunce I met ub mit Antrew Carnegie on der atreet; vunce 1 looked at a book written by Ian Mac- Laren for flv minute rich I held in my hand half an "hour, -and vunce I aval- lowed alga fingers of Scotch vlskey und vent home und discharged der eook be cause I fell up der front steps. Of course, I. unterstant der gams, Trafls." "Goof set Trafls, "led: us make pro ceedings mit der play." -. -. Den Trafls he put der laedl rubber ball on uer top part uf some mut, und he svlped at it mit powerfulness. Der leedle ball It remained mit a stationary face on top of der mut and a hour aft erwards v -found Valter's elub ta der cornf:cld abould a mile avay. "Dlt you foosisal. Valter r I In kvlred politefully. "Neln," set Trafls, J,bud I broke my suspender buggies, und darefor I score vun up und sigs to play," ' ., "Should id ber I set - Union correspondence of Aurora Borealls: Miss Laura Keller waa can. nlng cherries for Otto Knorr a few day ago, "and that' a very good sign." as th poet says. Amanda Smldt visited at Keller's Sunday, but was disappointed,, for Roy Bodlsh had left a few days be fore and gone-home. Amelia Smldt at tended a party at Woodburn Thursday and the next day spoke about the ntre-' looking boy that Woodburn haa That all right, Amelia; jut so you find some gooa loosing one oma place In tha country. , . ., 1 . . , Lebanon Criterion; Lebanon people are patient If they were not they would never put un with tha aervlae rC. iu ' ,,,J tfven them by the Southern Facifle. The rubber ball vunce more tmd dls time he J i! Ai5?ny U made connectlonlngs. Der ball it sailed !!e.,rf 1 w ffjeduled according to In der air, und at der place vara It fell V.FZSFSJSt e'dora ,lm down dar. vas a cow vatchlng der game. Jha Vii !pl! hv! ,de when t8 me rrivmi or neoarture or und der ball It hit der cow yust vara der cheap butcher get delr- porterhotts take.. : - . Der cow it looked t Valter mit re proachfulness, und den It noticed der gr.ff pantlngs I hat on, und It took der stage fright und evallowed der ball. ' "Vot club vill you use now, your nib lick or your brasslef I lnterrogatloned, vile a painful hush fell ofer der links. . "Ach. Hlmmel, Dlnkyl I should us my cleaver, but I forgot to took it mit me, eggsclaimed Trafis. "How vill you mark der eow on der score card T" I vispered breat'ltssly. iot cow vaa a unegsspected hasard. und should be roaated." set Trafls, who hss been traveling mit Sim Ford nnd knows der true walue of a new choke. - "VelL Valter, dare vas no use to cry ofer spilled milk.'' I et der eow chumped ofer a fence und rushed ould of our .ves forefer. Den Trafls und I eat down on der put train.. A th ervio 1 .now dished up to our people it I out of th ques tion, to make a trip to Albany and re turn the same day If you have any business whatever to look after. Some sweet day som good natured old-time Mlssourlan will eatablish a stage coach between her and th county seat and then travel will be reduced to aome. thing mor of a certainty. Advice to the Lovelorn BT BXATBIOI fATKyAX Th Dalle Or., Jun to. Dear Miss Fairfax! I am "an old maid." aged St past, and hav been keeping company -steady wMh a young man about the asms ears fni the 1 f.. . t , ting tee und vorked ouid der. following ha proposed to me several time, but new gulf rules to-vlt: I never gave consent There is another Rule . Vun Alvsys remember . dot a gentleman of about bis age, who I brassle is not der same as a niblick und love -dearly and be shows very mnmt der answer to a ntblicA la Impossible. I disposition In my presence, but- he haa- tui z,wei ven in qount alvaya play always acted as though there wss some trumps, uddervlse der game I forfeited thing wrong. He is awarw of the fact by ". score of two up und two down, that the other gentleman I paying at und der rest in weekly instalments of 60 tentlon and keeping company with me.. ' cents each. '. - and I believe If I should drop the first . Rule Drel Ven far from der lunch would propose to ma Please advise . ' basket eat plenty grass, for grass is hay ma what I should do, a I love him, und Hay 1 der secretary of state, und to dearly o give hint wo. But as It Is. it is vise to stand In mit der atmlnlitra- 1 m efrald ha Is not going to propose ttorr. r-"" , to ma The first gentleman that pro- Rule FoUrV Ven thoroughly over- P0 T,ry e"001 man nt 1 came br hunger nefer eat der stiks h. l "l,n- bertha. cause dot vould mean a hardwood finish for you. (Dls rule is copyrighted in England),- " , Jtul Fife Doan'd nefer took ' your own dog on der link -mit you. Let der slssage makers furnish delr own daoh bunds. Rule Slgsth Nfer strike der umpire below der belt mit a lofter ugjess It doan'd belong to you personally. -. Rule Befenth Ven you doan'd hit der ball doan'd rush up to der clubhouse urid hit der pipe, because two evljs do not make a record. . D. DINKELSPIEL. XXHXaXTS ABS TOSSED. . From the Medford MaU.' Ml Edna Hoag,' who la visiting the St" Loul exposition. In a letter to one of her friends, has something to. say that It. would be well for some of our orchardlsts and fsrmers to note. M(ss Hoag visited th agriculture building and looked lu vain for an exhibit f rnr.i Jackson county. Finally. In th horti culture building aha found aome Tellow Newtowns sent by 8. L. Bennett of Med ford, nd M. L. Pellett of Talent She wa Informed that request for exhibits had been made from various prominent fruit growers, which had not been re sponded to. Ih conclusion she says that th opportunity for advertising the- Dounaiess resource or southern Oregon Is one which should not be oyerlooked and that the people should be made to realise tne chance they are missing. She suggests that the cholre fruit and grain as it ripens be sent to St Louis In order to snow what. grand country lie la southern Oregon, between the mountain of the Cascades, th coast range and th Slakiyou. A OASBZXB'S STTOaXSTXO. ' ' A rural route- carrier suggest that all of the road In th country districts b named and all the farm. hOiise num bered the same as building In th city. The farm houses could be numbered sc. cording to th section they ar In, 100 number to th section. It I believed that such a plan. If carried out would bs a great convenience to th general. punuo as wen ae tne carrier. It Is said, that It is la. quit general use ih th east . where l gives good 'satisfac tion. s . . . , . . - A Oenti Xla. , . From the Detroit Free Press. -He 1 dreamed of you last night Do you ever dream of met , She (suppressing a yawn) No, but I'd Ilk to very much.- , , o Tou should be guided by your own heart's promptings. The second party ha full Opportunity to meet your ex pectation If he was really so Inclined. Tou can surely give hire to understand that you ar not obligated to the first 1 Await an opportunity to make clear that you are free and- that you prefer his society to that of any other. If he is shy snd hesitating tn giving expres-'1 slon to his feelings, you will need to be. more demonstrative than If he 1 other-' wise. He may be on that never take the initiative, and In that event yea will have to do It a a woman can without indelicacy and bad taat. . Sure ly you can give expression to your preference without Impropriety, and at the same time acquaint him fully with what Is In your heart ' June 1 8. Dear Mts Fairfax: Should, a girl have anything to do with a youth, who persists in taking liberties that are Unpleasant and. unbecoming? fs It harmful for a young man to kiss a girl and put hi arm around her when not engaged? A young man that - I keep company with think my parent . dp " not want him to go with me because' they refused to let me go to a certain plac of amusement with him. I know my parent have no uch objection and hav told him so, but he failed to keep an engagement the next day for that reason alone. Pica state what I should do. FERPLEXED. It would seem taat the young man 1 trifling with you; Is not serious, and has little real respect for you, or he would not act . so toward you. Drop him, for when a man cannot be fair and square with a woman he 1 not entitled to her coofldsno, . ... t ',. - ' A '':