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Page of 15s Jouriafll ' PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY. 23, U804. T TH E OREO ON DA JOURNAL ditimt, Small 1 Change Oregon Sidelights T4 V INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER " AN. Editorial t vr." " 'Try e zzzgsjJ t. , JACKSON Published every evening (exctpt Sunday) and very Bunday morning at The OFFICIAL. WHY NOT? IF THBJ MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIEa of Portland should order an expert Investigation of the several departments- of the city government, similar to that which hai been made by the county, they would probably h.v tha cordial atroroval of 'the taxpayer. The people - would like to know Precisely what revenues. Where does the money go I The annual and semi-annual reports ficial shed some lignt upon ino suujcvi, vui ' Jt Is not enough to know that expenditures are kept within speaking dlstajice or recelpw nor to mow nowmucn n ou cost to run the police department for The city's books should be experted that mi other limre business Is checked up, by careful . expert investigation, ix mere nas oeeu miauaa of funds ' It will be brought There is a widespread impression Portland that the city government Is net economically ad ministered.,'. The results are not commensurate with the high rate of taxation, and the impoverished, condition ' tha fit trmnnr excites much dissatisfaction ana com- nn If rritlrUm is nn1uL If the affairs Of the Cl(y SJ In fact being administered with economy and prudence, this would be made apparent to the public by an expert in veatlgatioh and city officials should of it. . ' ' ... The city may well profit by the county. . The reports of the expert who at the courthouse have brought to light vlously unsuspected' Considerable Sums recovered by the county which, but vestigation, would have been lost altogether. Many loose methods In the conduct of publlo business have been dis continued. The benefits of the county's house-cleaning have been unmistakable. It is fair to assume that' the city ample. ''..','., .-.-.-'. : THE COUNTRYS WHEAT CROP. THE WHEAT CROP of the United States is now being harvested. In the Paoiflo northwest it will , V- be a bumper crop,' but according to present es timates will fall below, the average of four years la the country. " .- -4 , ' The wheat ptoduct of the United States In the past few years has rangeji from 600,000,000 to 7(0,000,000 bushels. Its uiiu nnrna, frnm ISKft AOO AAA to, X4K0 AAA. 000. The value of the hay crop .'averages about $450,900,000, and that of the cotton crop has reached 1630,000,000. . ' James J. Hill recently estimated this year's wheat crop at not over (00,000,000, which Is now reckoned a short crop, .and Mr. H1U Is regarded as a pessimist; yet he may not be far wrong. . The shortage, 'as compared with 'the years since 1999, Is attributed chiefly to continuous and drench ' Ing rains and windstorms In the Red River valley, and In the great grain belts of Kansas and Nebraska, where the crop, though very large, will be less years. But even 600,000,000 bushels crop, ror in ibsj it was scarcely euv.vvv.ovo Duaneis, ana several years since fell below the 600,000,000 mark. . The greatest yield was In 1(01, T4t.460.000 bushels, while It was 670,400,000 bushels In 1901 and 6S7.000.000 In 190 1 These yields were above the average, for in 1900 the harvest was only 112,000,000 bushels, and In 1199 647,304.000. In three years during the past eleven, -the crop has fallen below (00.000,000. , ,' . .'" . So with even only 600,000,000 bushels this year there will be plenty for ourselves and a considerable quantity for ex port. And the Pacific northwest, with Its 60,000,000 bush els or more, will make a fine showing. HEAVY COST OF IT IS ESTIMATED that the war In the far east Is cost ing Russia now $1,000,000 a day, and the expense Is constantly Increasing. If, as some experts think, the war will be prolonged through many months, the aggre gate' cost win be enormous, ana win debt for many years and most of her KTOmxzg or ooun mvxa" torn From the New York American. The late Mayor Samuel M. Jones, of Toledo, won his sobriquet, "Golden Rule," following his election as mayor of Toledo. The church going classes and the laboring element voted for him, ' and be proceeded to apply to the con duct of public business as far as possible the Golden Rule principle which had distinguished his orlvate life. - - Ills family physician mat him In the Boody bouse In Toledo last spring and warned htm that his health would not permit him entering anether campaign. "Why!" shouted Jones. "I am physic ally, intellectually and spiritually better than I ever was before In my life.' One of you hold my hat as high as my head." tnnllni Tnn tnnlt tha hat and Mayor Jones proceeded tojklck a hols In It, and then offered to stand on his bead. , . Mayor Jones was born in Wales 61 years ago, and came to this country with his parents when he was three years old.' He disliked his father's busi ness of farming. He learned the ma rhlnlst's trade, and joined the rush to the Pennsylvania oil regions In 18(4, where he made a fortune. He settled In Lima. Ohio, where he Invested In a fac tory for the manufacture of oil well supplies. Seven hundred men applied for the It jobs he had to give out in his little factory. This insight Into ths appalling conditions that surrounded the lot of the worklngman overwhelmed him. Thereafter he took unto himself the rule of doing by others as he would wish to be done by. - "r ' He applied his -oonvirtlon that eight hours a day is sufficient for a man to work, gave his men ; maximum wages and a week's vacation every year, made them a present of from 6 to 10 per cent of the entire amount of yearly profits, and took their, families out for laks rides. ' , He -established Golden Rule park, where good musle and good speaking are provided the year around. He once said: We cannot eome nearer to a Just sys tem of production and distribution than by adopting the creed of St. Simon: rram each according to his ability; to each according to his needs.'" A mefona Ksesare. ' rrom the Chicago Journal. Several ladles were engaged in deco ratings the church when . news was brought them that a goat was making a meal of a "Peace on earth, good will toward men" design In pretty leaves, which was .standing ready for. removal Into the building. The eeaton. who. was assisting. Imme diately rushed to the rwecve. - but the goat, resenting the interruption, repelled PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. OP THU' CITY OF with, principally beiian railway, ularly Supposed and divert large pockets.; j ,; H But Russia Is becomes of the city's . . , of various city of the previous year. port has declined In the same manner shrunk 25 per cent. It Is estimated waw, irmm number of 66,000 to light. '.' .400,000 laborers among the people of Idle. On the other constabulary must guard against revolt will operate as a being made to preserve the world's peace. , be heartily In favor PROTECTED experience of the has been at work many abuses pre HERB IS one of money will be for the expert's In' and Insincere explanations. -This fact' la that -t- are sold In foreign sold at home. Abyslnlan, can buy American living a' them. . ; It certainly costs the past three or Profit. T T i "... ; f Now these facts, oughly inquired into, about, during this Ths people are dodge-this matter The tariff should of this system of called protection. The people will than in some former is not a very light THE UST as every vlctlon that reason, Justice more decidedly on away rrom solution, awkward questions situation will be seriously complicated. If both parties to I the fair thing by good reason why WAR. this were true there started. But the selves of the charge snap Judgment In ouraen Russia witn people are none too otnerwise mint te the attack tn the most approved style. "Make haste, Johnson, and get up," said the pastor's wife from a place of safety; "It's starting to eat again." "Let hire eat again, ma-am." gasped the sexton. "I'm goln' to wait till he's got some good will to man inside Ira. V0TSXVO BUT HO0SXWOKX WOW. From the Newark News. Mrs.. Gresham tied the rowboat at the rickety little pier and went up the weed-grown path from the lake to the old farm house. "Good morning. Mrs. Hopkins," she said to the thin, worn woman, who came forward to meet her. "Mornln, Miss. Graham," said : the other, and, drying her hand, she held It out., '"Tou all back for the summer, I 'epose." ;..'.;,. "Yes. we got here this weefe" "Where you stoppln'T" "Same place the Lake house. How are you and yoursf "Oh, tH'able, thank you. Won't- you set down?" "No, I'll not stay. Tve Just rowed over to see if you'll do our washing this summer as you did last". "I'm sorry to disappoint you. Miss Graham, but I . don't believe I'll take' In washtn' this year. I'd do moat anything to accommodate you, but I'm out o' the washln' business. Tou see,"' she added, with a sigh, "an ancle o' mine died out In Caltforny last winter maybe you read about It In the papers an' he left us Mfrh on to a million dollars, so I ain't doln' much now, but the house work." A VsTTAXUaTO TOXXV. From the Denver Poet Once In a while the fact bores In deep ly' that the perfect performance of the ordinary duties of city government, which arouse little or no eoramant be cause of their ordinary and unexciting nature, are the teal thing to get the publlo money's worth. Clean streets, good sidewalks snd crosswalks. satisfactory sprinkling, plenty of street lights, excellence of po lice and fire protection, artlstlo care of parksi'thoughtfulness tn such little mat ters as park music these are the fun. damentala: of good municipal adminis tration. . Carelessness, Inexact methods, lack of system in the common things, are the chief sin of city methods. Sidewalks that don't "gee," gaps In them, dirty al leys, dreamy street-cleaning these tell the story of the real character of the ad ministration. ' Disciplined, exact systematic per formance Is the best evidence of effi ciency In anything., . ' JNO. Pt CARROLL Journal Building, Fifth, and Tamhlll PORTLAND well off now, - Russia was not well off financially to begin on account' of the great cost of the 61 and expenditures on "Port Arthur. Vlad ivostok, Dalny, Barblrt and Wsewhere-. Besides; it is pop that most Russian officials are corrupt, percentages of expenditures to tbelr own ' ,,. ;;-.- ' also losing heavily In Indirect Ways, through the Interruption to Industries occasioned by the war, and the Idleness and restlveness of th pePl not engaged In It. , One wealthy Moscow man, it is reported, is spending several thousand dollars a day In aiding his former, factory bands, so as to.keep them fromriotlng, The volume of Russian goods delivered to railways for ex greatly, and the railway tonnage has -.' . that railway loaders and carters to the have been discharged and that nearly and '"artisans of. all kinds are .already hand, awing to these conditions, the be increased throughout the empire, to - or revolution. . - War is a ' very expensive thing,' aside from the lives lost, and It Is well that : it Is so. The very cost of war preventive of war, and aid the efforts MANUFACTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD. , Important and significant fact that . the standpatters for. a high .protective tariff, for the present tariff law, dodge. The Republican organs . Won't mention it, or If they do they make lame protected -manufactured articles such as agricultural machinery, sewing machines, steel rails, glass and metal wares of various kinds, and many others. countries much cheaper than they are . . . . ".. V A Russian, a Hungarian, a Tibetan, a Braslllan or an these protected things cheaper than the mile, from the manufactory can buy considerable to transport these things to far-distant countries. And It Is certain that nnless In exceptional cases these articles are sold abroad at -a -rn-r-r - - - - and this subject, are going to be thor Investigated, and talked and written campaign. going to bar told and shown what the standpat policy means, and is doing.. The time Is near at hand when the Republican party 'cannot successfully longer. - v be reformed, and not by the friends robbery of the people by means of so ' . . not stand pat much longer. - . FIGHT IS ON AGAIN. one had aettled into the comforUble eon the great packers' strike was ended, that and common sense had replaced the spirit of pugnacity which has marked the past 'few; days, word comes that the strike. Instead of being settled, is than It ever was and apparently farther, u there is now added to the other a suspicion of unfair dealing the whole such a controversy are disposed to do themselves and each other, there Is no the strike should be prolonged; but If would be no good reason why it ever packers should at once relieve them that they hav attempted to take having the strike declared off and then railing to live up to tne . understanding. This would greatly embitter the fight, while at the; same time It would withdraw from the big packers some of the sympathy that theirs, i - 1IKABZI OKZWXAT KOSZTZBB. The telephone " had gone wrong again and the senior partner, who had worked himself up to the necessary pitch of anger, had announoed his determination to go to ths exchange and demand an explanation. He walked there, and on his way com posed the following speech: "Now, look here, what the dickens does this meanT Here we have been ringing away at that machine of yours and all re can hear la a bussing over the wires. Do yon think I pay your heavy rates for the exercise of ringing that confounded bell? If you don't send round at once and have the blithering thing seen to, you can take the whole of the useless arrangement away and 111 write to the paper telling them." etc -. When he got there he was confronted by a neat, pretty young lady, who asked him. with a pleasant smile, if she could do anything for htm. This is what he said; . . .. "Well er our telephone is a little out of order, and It's rather inconven ient I should be very much obliged to you If you would send a man round to aee to It as soon as possible. AI AS XT is cxiTxcxsra. From ths Chicago Journal. ; Jesse Lewlsohn la a collector of plo tures. The other day he was convers ing with Robert Henri, the painter. "Art galleries and exhibitions," Mr. Lewlsohn said, "are interesting places to haunt I wish I had noted down all the odd comments I have heard In them. "Only last week I stood behind two young women from the country In a pic ture shop. One of thn called the other's attention to an atrocious animal piece. "Two dogs; after Landaeer,' she read from the frame. 1 can see the two dogs, but where is LandseerT "The other young woman studied the painiing Closely. " Where is her she ssked. 1 guess this must be one of them pusxle clo tures.' - i " Sympathetic From the New York Times. Marshall P. Wilder tells the etnr nt a wife who told her husband that the cat had eaten the pie that she had haked for him, ' ... "Never mind, my dear." ranll h husband; "I will get you another cat" A Bnsy Worjd.l From the ChicagojAirnaL One half th' world lavtr.n f somethln' fer nothln' an th' other1 half's tryln' f give 'way nothln' fer somethln'. No fatal heat prostrations here, how- ever. Longing for a sea breese snd a bath J It Is a good time now, If ever, to be a vegetarian. ..f Those green mountains orowns look good.' with snow The . settlement of ths stockyard strike was a sensible thing. Will arbitration eauaa another rise Is the price of beef In eastern cities? - When a Pretty womaa la on trial, it might be wall to blindfold tne jury. If money talks. Candidate Davis can become very eloquent, if he cnooses. The murmur of those mountain trout streams is almost eompelllngly Inviting. The aid needed at the" afflicted town of Mitchell should be prompt and ample. Russia Is having nearly as much trouble. It would seem, as she deserves. Nobody needs to consult a calendar now to know that It is .the summer time. Senator Piatt of New Tork la Tl years old.. Ia a few years he may run for vice-president ". . . If people of eastern cities . were only Igorrotee, the meat question would be settled, for awhile, . - Candidate Davis believes tn the gold standard, but in how much of It, for campaign purposes. Now Ralaull Is carrying off many eat tie, .but none of them are American eat tie, so our government will not Inter fere. The Chicago Chronicle has come out as a Republican paper, It has been so In fact though pot tn open profession, ror years, ' . Some Republican organs are doing an unnecessary amount of worrying about that gold standard, considering that no body is trying to pull it down. Judge Parker- has passed the parish .church plate at Eaopus for the past II years, without ever the shadow of a suspicion that he took out more then put. in, ,- ,. . ..; ' " . , The men who " play baseball such afternoons ss these should be well paid somehow. The presence of plenty of pretty summer girls might be toe. most acceptable sort of reward. . . J XjromsASss xtAorr au. From the Pendleton East Oregon Ian. Is nature reversing her ancient pro gram In Oregon? . Is the gradual settle ment ana cultivation or tne, arid regions of eastern Oregon having a tendency to Increase rainfall? and Is the denudation of forests on the coast decreaslns rain fall In soms districts in that part of the state? It Is true- that portions of Unit tllla oounty, north-and weat of Pendle ton are increasing in fertility . every year. Land soarcely eonaldered worth plowing 1. years ago, Is now considered to be the safest and most certain wheat land in the oounty. Where it yielded from nve to 11 bushels in 1890 to 1991; it now yields II to 26 bushels and It is needless to say that prices have In creaaed accordingly. ' Wells have been recently found on .farms in : that dry district, upon which numberless holes were bored years ago, which did not show a sign 'of water. All this shows Increasing moisture and greater preclpl tatlon. There are those who believe that the gradual .settlement along the outer borders of the arid district will slowly reclaim the entire area as cultivation Induces moisture snd the natural rain fall of the county is Increasing. Uma tllla oounty la experiencing a natural transformation for the better. . . BID ITT UAS TO YAm. From the New Tork Sun. The last man In New Tork to hear of the Slocum dlaaater arrived at the Bat tery pier at 7 o clock Saturday even tag. What time does the General Slocum leave for Rockaway?" be .asked the gateman. What's that?" said the gateman sharply. He thought his ears had de ceived htm. But the man repeated his Question. I've been recK nin on a trip to Rock- away all the week," he said. "It uater leave from here, but I've been waltln' quite awhile, and It don't show up." "You'll have a good long walr for It all right" said the astonlahed gateman. The Slocum burned and aank with more than 1.000 people aboard moat a month ago. You'd better wake up." "You don t aay so," returned the In quirer with a faint note of surprise. Sorry to hear It Guess I'll have to so by train after all. though I don't like rid In on the ears nohow." "Uhls was too much for the gateman. 'fcay you're an odd fish.'.' he ex claimed. "They want you over at the aquarium. Where do you live, any how?" Right here In New Tork," the stranger replied, "but I don't get .a chance to read the newspapers much." omrxT or a fabk stajts. . i S. Klser In Chicago Record-Herald. How glad I am to be a toller where There ain't no smoke to make your collar black Gosh I how that sun does beat down on my back! 1 Where every prospect pleases, and the sir Is always pure and braein' I-4eclare, My tongue feels almost dry enough to erack Gtt up. there, Fan, er Til give yon a whack!- And all you hare to do Is laugh at care. pity them poor slaves that work away Up there In town geel how my head does aohe! While I am out here, sing-in', glad and gay And what they earn the selfish bosses take; rve saved six dollars since the first of May. . And aeems ss though my blistered back 'ud break. ' One of Senator Davis' Fads. From the New Tork World. ' Senator Davis has many little fads, and one of them is the picking pp of old horseshoes. ' He never allows him self to pass one In the street or on his country rldea There Is a story about his making a JlSO-mlle horseback ride to Charleston, W. Va., and back laat year, whan he brought back half a dosen horseshoes tied to hi saddle horn, ...... July : St. This morning we set sail. and having found,, at the distance of 13 miles from the Platte, a high and shaded situation on the north, we camped there. (By Beatrice Fairfax.) Tucked away in the depths of every girl's heart is the thought that-some day she will marry the man of her choice and live haDcr ever after. - There is nothing to be ashamed or in this a woman's thoughts turn to love and marriage as naturally as a flower to the sun. " s . . . But even though It Is. so often in a girl's mind, I doubt very much if she beslns to realise what It all mean a Erven at the altar the solemnity or tne vows She makeavwelghs put lightly on her mind. - She loves the man and means to make him a good wife, but her Ideas of the duties of -a wife are or the vaguest. In marrying a man It Is not slone his love you accept; you are indebted to him In most eases for your actual support The only way In which you can repay this obligation Is by making him a good wife. The women who Is a good wife and mother Is filling the highest vocation that Is granted to woman. There la no career equal to It We do beat that which we are most naturally fitted for, and every true wom an should be at her best when fulfilling the duties of wife and motherhood. The' good wife should be her husband s comfort, strengthening him when he Is weak, softening him when he Is hard, walking proudly by blm in success, giv ing him tendorest love and sympathy In adversity. . -. She should spend his money wisely. remembering that every cent represents work and thought on his part His good name she should hold .more precious than gold. - Many a man has lost heart and cour age simply because he eould net keep pace with the demands of bis wire. The. young wife finds it hard to realise that she cannot have all the luxuries she had In her father's house. Even If she does net actually com plain, she looks hurt and surprised when the husband hints that expenses are running a little too high. He loves her and wants her to nave as many pretty clothes snd comforts as she has been aocustomed to, ana tnat is the beginning of the trouble. Try and remember, girls, that u you wish to help your husbands, to success you must be content witn small Begin nings. .... i . W , t THE RAKING OF A GOOD WIFE DINKENSPIEL, SEES FITZ By George V. Hobart i (Copjrfebt 04. by W. R. Hearst) I haf yuat ' holded a short gonversa- tlonlna mlt Bob Fitschlramons on der supcheckt of hope deferred maketh der heart get a aeaelck. Ven I met up mlt Bob he vas pasting a picture of der mayor of Philadelphia on a punching bag una getting ready to took a leedle eggserclse. Bob Fltschlmmons has a vunderfur collect lonment ot live stock made up to look like household pets, und der prin cipal vun of deee Is a self-chumplng kan garoo. " ' Dla ' kangaroo seems to reflect der moods of his master vlch at dls moment vas red like a sunburst since Mayor Veavor passed Bob der Ice pitcher. ' It vss so difficulty, so eggstremely difficulty to earn a living dese days," Bob eggsclalmed bitterly as he vatched his pet kangaroo chew up der boxing gloves vlch Bob vould use no more for-efer- "Here at home vas leedle mouths to feed, und I haf not swatted a rib nor soaked a law for nearly a year!"' Bob stghed bitterly. . .. . "Here vas I sitting at home mlt nd vun to hold an argument mlt eggscept cuckoo dock vlch strikes and den ducks!" Dare vas slmost a sob in Bob's throat "I should be ould in der vortd mlt a flag wrapped around niy middle dis tance, reaching fo9 der gate receipts." Bob brushed swsy a tear of regret "Dare is der baby crying for a new dreas, und, curses on der luck! I haf not been able to land a right hook for so long dot I forget der odor of arnica!" Bob's eggspresslon vas full mlt der sadness of longing for der unlongable. "Here la now a new hot summer wlslt- ing us und not an eye blacked. I" . ' TOsTT. (By James Montague.) Tony, he's de pedler w'ot comes along our street ' A yellln' "Buys de bananl" "Orange! Two cent I. Swe-e-etl" De fellers likes ter swipe de fruit W'ot Tony has ter sell. . Because he gets dead crasy an' can't do a t ing but yell Out euas words in Eyetallan; but If they khowed It he Is polty near as human as a .guy like . yeu yor me. . r For once, one winter mornln,' when I went to buy de coal. I saw a feller alttln' on a doorstep wit a roll j O blankets under neat his eoat a tryin'J ter keep warm A baby w'ot someone had left out dere in all de storm. , see him take it up de street' and down a cellar way To Were he had a bed an' stove. An1 It was Tony I Bay I ,' ' ' ' An' now at night I go down dere, wen Tony s wolk Is t rough. An' we sing songs to dat dere kid, an' he Just answers, "Goo!" A Oulnny woman Tony knows, she keeps de baby days. But all de bills fer milk and does, wy Tony slways pays. An" ev'ry night she brings him down, ana xony nas mm oreep, An, plays an' talks an' slugs to blm until he goes to sleep, i . - One day I saks him Wot he sees In dat young kid dat he Sh'ud t ink dere wasn't nuttln' else In all de wo lid, an', geel He looks so sad an' far away, X felt Just like a shine, k. Wen he saya, "I have baba once, an he jus- una mine!" Dat's w'y de kids don't t'row no bricks at him w'are I am at . t I almost wlsht I had a dad he eould fee like dat intending to make the requisite obser vations, and to send for-the neighboring tribes, for the purpose of making known the recent change In government You can slther be the guiding star and helpmate of a man's life' or you can be a clog and drawback, dragging him to failure.-,.' r So, when you are building estles in the air, add a practical -touch to your day dream a by asking yourselves; -"How ara I DreDarlna- myself for this happy dream, should it eome true? Am I train- tag mself to fit this vocation properly, er am I Just frittering away my time, aa idle butterfly, with no practical attain ments a mere parlor ornament!". It you want to make goof wives, you must know something about the prac tical side of life. .- Married Ufe 4s not all romance, you know; after the first glamour has worn off there will be many hours when the sordid side of life Is uppermost and love seems perilously near flitting. Tour husband, absorbed by business cares, will not always remember to kiss you and tell you he lovee you, and that you keep bouse beautifully. Then Is your chance to prove the stuff or which you are made. . Don't cry and neglect your duties be cause your efforts are not sufficiently appreciated. .. . Just bear in mind that business wor ries are worries that cannot be pushed aside. It Is because he has loved you and married you that his cares are so engrossing. He has. promised to pro' vide for you, and must de so, even at the risk of-Insulting that most imperative of all sods. Cupld. u -- I But see that you propitiate the little tyrant by burning an tne inoense possi ble at his shrine. , Don't be cross nothing kills love like a cross wife; make . home comfortable and attractive, and then your husband will be loath to leave It and glad to re turn to It .. If you don t make him welcome some other woman will, and that la tne begin nine of the end. For all of this gevouon you naturally will expect to be well repaid, and so you will be by. the love and devotion of your husband. Doa't think for one moment that I am advocating all the love and sacrifice on one side. The husband owes his wife Just as much love and attention as she does him; but ss Kipling says, "that la an other story," and will eome later. , Efen der pet kangaroo seemed to par take of his master's despondency, for he svallowed der boxing glove und vas silent "Here Is der grocer's bill staring me In der face und not a noee broke for many. many veary reeks!" Yust den Bob's automobile ehuffer rushed In mlt a telegram. - Bob opened der measage vile der pet kangaroo ' opened der second boxing glove. , . Bob read der message like dls: "I haf yuat heard dot you haf resigned der prise ring forever und vlsh to congratulation you. How vould you like to choln me at Zlon und beat sinners und der English lankvlch to a pulp? No mayor could efer stop vun of my talk fights. Tours mlt luff, Dr. Dowle." e Bob put der message down und for a moment all vas still. . . ' Den der pet kangaroo and Patsey, der French ehuffer, vent ould der vlndow as fast as der skeeter screens vould let dem. Bob's right foot accompanied dam as far as der vindow sin. . "Can such dings be in a free country! he eggsclalmed. "To tlnk dot der bread vinner of der family 'Is put, to dls cruel sltlvatlon!" . "Der cuckoo came ould of der clock, but seeing Bob's face It vent, back mltould saying a vord. . "I vlll leave dls land of oppression nnd go on der stage," be sighed. "Perhaps vun. lucky morning ' der suthor of my new melodrama vlll put up a short kick should my electrpcutlonary powers, und den I von't do a ding not a ding!" A sveet smile played. hide und seek mlt Bob's freckles und den . all vas silence. v DBTnOTMXirT 'UTAXOBX. From ths Burns Times-Herald. - The. preaent uncertainty of things will not permit men who have an Interest in advancing this section, who desire Its development and settlement to conscien tiously advise settlers to come and take up their homes, ss much of our best land- la held up at present by the gov ernment and Carey selections snd not open for entry. It is an Injustice to this section for the government to keep the land tied up end prevent the settlement snd develop ment of the great Harney valley with Its opportunities and posslbllltiea The big 60.000-acre tract withdrawn await ing action of officials to report favor ably or unfavorably upon the proposed reclamation by the Harney Valley Im provement company under the Carey act and the many thousanda of acres withdrawn from entry by the govern ment awaiting an Investigation ot the proposed Sllvles valley reservoir, are the best vacant lands in this valley. In fact there le very little desirable gov. ernment land outstde .these where set tlers could taks up lands in any great quantity. . ... ... . Thare are people who think the de velopment of this section at a standstill and Interpret It as being, natural and that it la beeauae of - lack of mertt Such la not the case, however, and in vestigation of the . eause will disclose the fact tha It Is the government that Is retarding the devlopment of Harney valley. Juat ss soon aa the government decides on the matter of reclamation we will go forward at a rapid rate. Sow She Kept the Secret, ' k . . From Judge, -"A woman can't keep a secret" de clared the mere man. "Oh, I don't know," retorted the flut tered lady; "I've kept my sgs a Secret Since I was ft." ' . ...- "Yea; but one of these days you will give tt away. In time you will simply have to tell It." "Well, I think that when a . woman has kept a secret for 10 years she comes pretty near knowing how to keep It", Watermelons, soon, . Just as good as Georgia's. ,- La Grande, bag. 10,000 feet of new water mains. Sherman county crops are aven better than axiiectad- Grant county sheepmen have also formed an association. The beet crop of the Grande Bonds valley has never been better, ' "Come over and get eooled oft," In. vttes the Tillamook Headlight -How much will Mr. Belmont chip la to the Parker oampaign fund? - ' .. Now It Is aprloota. and next peaohes and Dears, that ara tn h nann mook, two have gone out -ot business. , on onet man's Grande Ronde valley farms. 10 'metti km mnmnmmA t. h..ln. - - MM,a. ,' J. W. Scriber - purchased - the whole of a new tK.009 issue or Tm. Onnii bonds, ' . , ' " . A Spray man Is breaking a large num ber of horses to take, to the Alberta Surveying for the proposed big arti ficial lake north ot Ashland Is In progress. .. .'.,.' , - . Now It Is announoed that the hop crop will be big. after all. Another ease premature scare... I Nearly all portions or Marion and Polk oountles will soon be In connection telephonioally -with Salem. the fruit trees ot peats and make Oregon the best fruit state In the union. A sawmill near Hllgard employing 10 men, when it can, has elosed down be en use It cannot st men towork. Mr. Henry & Ward and wife of The Dalles, aged It and years, respect ively, nave been married 10 years. , . Lake county, the Herald claims, raises a uam catrnoi, nnHrorrmi ana Outer, fruits aa are raised anywhere, and In large quantities. ' The Corvallla sawmill Is recetvtaB- over S.000,0,00 feet of fir, maple, oak and ash logs, and expects to do business on a large scale, . The Tillamook Headlight argues that saloons do not bring business to a town. out en the other hand are aa injury to A Dalles party caught last Saturday (41 trout In the Klickitat one man 109. another 99. Why oan't women and girls. nsn successfully for fish? - Union oounty has six flouring mills requiring about 1,900 bushels of wheat a day.. The county wUl produce enough grain to keep them aU buay for a year. Within the past month ths Pendleton flouring mill baa disposed of nearly sll. Its -stock of 40,000 barrels of surplus flour, besides its usual output of too barrels per day.- 4 , The Union woolen' mills will shin away $50,000 worth of products within the next three months. Their manu factures are considered to be among the best In the country. , Salem Statesman: Now the hops are - climbing and potatoes are growing so rapidly that as you stand between the. rows you can frequently hear coming from a hustling hill the Impatient cry. La Grande Observer: Jabe Conley Is down from Prosper ranch happy as a v-iaiii ,u , i . H . uuv vu H - vu iu u ill is the beat in years and all hls.ealves this season are heifers and Jabe says what more can a man want - Cove. Union county. Is light In Its glory Just now, dnd about 1.100 acres of fruit greet the eye of the traveler and lend additional Ufa and prosperity to this thrifty gardenspot There Is no better soil, in Oregon than at Cove, and no finer fruit is raised anywhere. Advice to the Lovelorn ST BZATXIOB rAIZyAX. Dear Mlaa Fairfax; A short tima am I met a, young gentleman who was very ' nice to1 me. He asked me If he could call, and I, being but IT years old, an swered no," that my people woulonot like It but that I would meet him out side quite often. . - I have been going with him in this manner since 'laat November. Christ mas he pressnted me with a gold watch and chain. Hearing that young ladles must not receive presents of lewelrv from gentlemen unless they were en-' gaged, I sent them back. I have never had any word with him since, but we have met once or twice and have spoken In a manner as though . wa were luat acaualntancea. Now. dear Miss Fairfax, kindly advlae me as to what I ought to do, as I would 1 1 k wa ranaw mil unuununn. with Tnia young man, having knowledge of his habits, which are good) salary also. - He s two years my senior and In my mind Is a suitable companion for me. B. F. Tou are in the wrong in the first place by not allowing the young man to call on you at home. - If he is nloe, then surely your parents would prefer your receiving him at home to your' meeting him on the street That la not a nice thing for any girl who respects nerseir to aa you were quite right in . returning the Jewelry. There' is Only one right way for you to renew your ao- ntia.Inta.nre with him. anil that la i your parents consent to his calllna- on you. Then Invite him to your home. , riM. Mlaa Watrfavf Snm. ltM. . r ' - ..in, aau a attended a ball in eomnanv with ihn. young ladlea who were my guests, and w evuuvuieu wvsa. iiviusj WllU Ua. J QSJ one I knew very well, the other only sbout two months, and he went home witn mysen ana tne two girl a It seems he wrfa married -and did nnt .ai.h his wife. I did not know It. and when I found It out did not sneak tit hi. a 4n Thl. Y,m wmA- . . .... . . - ' - .i.nuw . grm deal VK trouble between my. hushand an self.- At that time I was not married or engaged to be married. . A CONSTANT READER. 4 A A . tiAt think- tk.t ........ w... . should blame you for what you new noimna- aooui. iou need not have cut ttia other man: It armM . . u. - enough 4f you Jiad simply showed him . that you did not care for his attentlona I think your hsaband should b reason- 1 able and realise' this. ' t