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THE OREGON DAI L - Y AN 1 U.S. JACKSON f Published every renin (except Sunday) and ererr Sunday morning at The , -. - streets, Portland, . Oregon, , OFFICIAL. . A. FUNNY -LITTLE. I N THE COURSE of a rambling' and the Mtcfmed Oregonlan demonstrates -to tne pudhc atlBf action that If the business (continue to grow, they must inevitably Invade the reel 1 dance districts; that they have dpne eo at other, times In cur- municipal history and they will continue to do eo ,ln the future, provided, of course, that -the city's' growth ' 'la not arrested. In which contingency the general principle Is not urged. sections Invade the reeldence sections, tinuea. then what wa the residence Wlly be invaded by the butcher, 'candlestick maker; there will be etreet . peddl"". fherd lH ' b9 clMi stores obtrusively If not ,f 'offensively fitted in to shallow corner fronts, there will be liquor stores there will be the din of business the toolse of drays, "the nuisance of telephone pole and wires nd the clang of the church bell that "shatter the nerves of not a few." '".'. v- ".-"-' AH of these xlews, which are as course as that two and two are four, are advanced with vjpwl-llke solemnity and an air of original discovery which must be exceedingly fascinating to those who delight to ' feel tbe'tnrill of daring-flights Into the vaultless blue "of stoutest Intellectual effort.' After demonstrating that the v business sections oftentlme invad the residence sections jit is-obliquely suggested that it would be utterly unwise ito apply the local option law to the residence sections, :htu of this very invasion wblclf sooner or later will transform it into a business section. All f which Is most purely a remarkable case of borrowing trouble. We do not "believe that for this reason anybody should try to Inter pose an obstacle to the extension principle to such residence section as '' ties encroaches In any direction, private residences must make war before It as they have . "business so advances, marry things - train which are not regarded as extremely desirable ad d it Ions of quiet residence neighborhoods. When that time fcomes a, majority of people living in trict may want saloons; if they want jirees themselves at the polls they though thU act transforms a "dry" oner. , The matter is entirely in the hands of the majority as It always should be. So, while admitting that Lthere hMf enowth4n 'Portland in the past, that there. Is likely to be even more growth in the -future through which trtcte 'are to be invaded by business, nevertheless- arid notwithstanding we see nothing In that fact to Interfere "With, any reasonable advantage being taken of the local option law, and would suggest to the Oregonlan, which 'unwittingly contributed . so much to " carrying that law, not to go too far out of its road to borrow troub(e or it ' 'may flounder too perceptibly In a slough of verbiage and " be mired. :, :: r' . ': PARKER S LATEST OPPONENT. T HE NEW TORK SUN proclaims j Roosevelt for the presidency, consideration thereof, to keep 4 bow eo that he will nut 'into ruin. .-:'; v ,'""." . "; ': -',' . ...... , . ... , ........ v , : The Sun Is a queer bird In the Journalistic barnyard. In many respects it Is edited with vigor and, brilliancy and Ivery fairly upholds, in Its aggressive and literary aspects. the traditions of the Charles A. Dana "the features which then made it famous it still retains.. It ,may still boast of the same crisp style, the same vigorous, aggressive and court of last resort tone, the same manners that superficially marked Its earlier , and more potent history. But It Is not what it was, however, far It may hare fallen abort of the Ideal under the Dana management ;and however much Its policy may then have been marred (by the vlndlctlveness which so often marked and marred It. After the death of Dana the elder he was succeeded In the editorial chair by Ma son, with the same old staff about him. But the new reign was not a long one. It . -Jell afoul of the printers' and other trade organisation and . lt committed- many error of "policy- Quickly It was shouldered aside by It young rivals and In the course of a little while the range of its Influence had perceptibly .narrowed. Its business had fallen off and many, of its . told time friend had dropped away from it support. This was about the same time that the Harper collapsed and . passed under the control of the Morgan syndicate. The . same combination gathered In the Sun. W. M. Laffan, for . many years connected with the elder Dana as publisher ;of .the paper, then assumed complete editorial control. Laffan is an Irishman by birth and a man of fine edu cation. In certain lines of art, more particularly In (ceramics, he is one .of the first authorities In the world. lUnder his direction and following the Impulse of the new jOwners the Sun became the frankly outspoken, advocate jot the Wall street money kings. It did nothing by Indirec tion. , It was quite as bold and aggressive in this new field as It ever had been in anr other. At all tlmea and under .every condition It fought organized labor and was the ; outspoken champion of What Is pleasantly called "high finance,'' but is much more accurately denominated pre fatory wealth. In the rather unpleasant financial deals which recent seasons have evolved, particularly the ship building trust and Its scandalous preliminaries in which there was a coldblooded conspiracy to rob Investors, It bold, vehement and frankly piratical. In the anthra cite coal strike it bitterly resented presidential Inter ference and denounced in unmeasured terms the work of SXTTX.Xmi ABB KKTXrMTBTO. .From the Spokane fipokeman-Revlew. If reports are to be believed, there has been a collapse in the land boom in northwestern Canada. For two years or more there has been a steady movement itoward the northwest provinces, but ap parently a reaction has set In. Hun dreds of people went across the line from the United States, but many of I them have already returned. Many oth- ers are said to be preparing to come .back, but will remain until they have perfected title to their homesteads. The .Canadian law requires at least six 'months' annual resldenoe on the land for three years, and It Is the purpose of the .settlers to acquire ' clear and full title 'and then sell out. . . t The movement Into Canada from this mlrie of the line at one time assumed notably large, proportions. The New York Financial Aire, In speaking of the 'boom, said recently; Thousands of Americana migrated to the Northwest territory and Mani toba, and hundreds of thousands of A merlon dollars were paid for farm 'land which has since been abandoned. Two years ago one bank In a small coun try town reported that 1JO,00 had been paid for Canada land with Its paper in a fw months, go large1 became the ex port money movement that many bank INDEPENDENT .m 11 1 1 NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. PAPER OR. THG CITY. OP SPASM. - : circuitous editorial to the country those realization of' which districts ot the city ful people.' , ; a rigid adherence to But If the business tne uregoman con section will nece the biker and the hawker and fish fur Parker It has haa demonstrated will be immensely country,'."1' '; ' .J--fc The Sun will be for it always is to much a matter of friends lor the Democratic nominee for president. . JUDGE J ciTOTse7"iuil prepared to of the local option desire It. If bust at ail, and does not done In the past. If will follow In its can readily believe of the responsibllty that particular dis he will fearlessly them and so ex can have them, even of the campaign, precinct into a "wet calm yet entirely law ought. to be ?j":'': : v thereby should be other residence dls v...-':'.'.. '.-..i:-. On the Philippine that It will support but urges him, in aome well balanced cannot be made declare the right, -plunge the country Judge-Parker regime. Many of a military oligarchy of any crime, and In Republican editorial uneasiness. THE A' DISPATCH doubtedly Japan has significant war with and a half years' staggering total of round number every In the light of It to do If it desired this reason when the balance against mere the outcome would represented In the full worth of their since the opening of In the middle west, in an effort to stop It, in the autumn of 102, refused to make loans on land outside the state." The objection to the new country Is not to the land Itself, which Is fertile, but to the climate, which Is -unusually severe In winter and uncertain In sum mer. Farming Is too much of a lottery, so the returning settlers say, and de spite an admitted fertility of soli it Is safer to take chances on this side of the line.. WOOXSASTS VU VMS. . Wool men who often complain about the low price of Oregon wool, mlarht be Interested In knowing that about SO tons of sand, washed out of wool used by the Pendleton Woolen mills. Is now being dumped Into the river bed at the Lee street bridge, says the East. Oregonlan. This sand was paid for at rerular wool prices, and is washed out of the wool In the scouring process, and' as the vats are now being cleaned up, this high priced sand is dumped Into the river, the woolen mills having no use for It The proportion of dirt In the unwashed wool may be Judged from the difference in price of washed and unwashed wool. The unwashed article sells for 'about II cents, while the washed wool 1 worth from SB to l cents. The weight Is re duced about l to 70 per cent in the wasbln . . - ' ( . : - J O U RN'A L J NO. P, CARROLL Journal Building, Fifth and Tarahlll . . . v PORTLAND the commission . which settled It., No other paper in the country haa made such brutal and "malignant attacks upon the Dresldent and none haa done so much to demonstrate arbitrary features of his character, a has given pause to so many thought ' i ' Up to yesterday the Sun has steered, a middle course since the nomination of Roosevelt If it had ultimately decided to support Parker, It antecedents and moving im pulses being known, no greater "calamity could have be fallen that candidate. It would have been accepted as a proclamation to the' country that he had mader hla peace with Morgan and the syndicate and would go forward Into the campaign as the . representative of that daring and unscrupulous elasa of financial operator. But fortunately pronounced against him. By doing so It that . Whatever else- may be said of him he is at least not the tool, mouthpiece or , sympathiser with the princes of "high finance," a circumstance that gratifying to voters, in all parts of the . ' -.. '.."'' ''. -.worth reading during the campaign, thoevwho delight in the picturesque and whose ears are tickled by vigorous and high pitched English, bufits real Influence in the campaign will amount to tittle except possibly in the direction of creating new I PARKER'S SPEECH. UDQE PARKER'S speech of acceptance does not, of the Republican organs. They were fully find" fault with It. Their criticising and condemnatory editorials were probably written before they read the speech. 'Yet the truth is that it I a good speech. Judge Parker is not a great or' radical reformer, 'and doe not pretend to be. He 1 not a man of the -Bryan type profess to be. But- he is an admirable type of man, cltlxen and candidate, all the same. He doesn't get excited; be doe not roar and rave; , but one that he haa a very high appreciation devolving upon a president, and that do fats full duty, if elected.. Judge Parker clearly perceives the two principal issues and declares his opinions upon them in adequate language. The iniquitous tariff reformed; and trust bred and fostered deprived .of this source of support. The Republican party not onlywill not reform thetartff la, but latterly scarcely makes a pretense of a purpose to do so. This 1 the main Issue of the campaign. If the people really want to be plundered by' this trust-breeding law, continually and perpetually, or If they do not yet know that they are., being plundered, they will elect President Roosevelt.. It on the other hand, they want a change In this law, they will elect Parker and a Demo cratic house of representative and by four year hence a Democratic senate, also. , j question Judge Parker takes exactly the right position. We mus give those- people self-government or-acknowledge that all our political professions for the past 121 years have been a fraud,, a delusion, and a' lie. And the declaration of our Intention in this respect any too soon. It is never too early to true thing. . " ' reiterates his declaration a to the es tabllshed fact of the, gold standard, because he desires hla position to be thoroughly known and understood. He Is not. in favor of war,. but rather of peace.. He does' not believe In the doctrine of unlawful 'and destructive force, whether used In the form of dynamite by strikers, or by In deporting citizens not convicted no case legally .subject to such pun ishment. ; The Impression which he make ' on unbiased minds Is . a good one, and he has apparently given the brethren some very good reasons or ' : COST' OF THE WAR. from Tokio place the cost of the present war at one hundred Aillllon dollars; 70 per cent of which is apportioned to Japan. Just how the figures have been reached and Just how Japan's pro portion of the total Is sq great is not stated, though un been put to extraordinary expense to meet the difficulties and cost of maintaining its extra ordinary campaign, . But if It has escaped with this outlay It has not only been extremely fortunate, but it has got, away with a tremendous undertaking With little waste. If these figures are correct its expenses have amounted to a little over a third of a million dollar a day. Our own relatively In Spain cost us closer to a million dol lars a day while It lasted and a very pretty penny after ward. If it had. been longer continued it doubtless would have cost u proportionately less per day, England' two campaign against the Boer cost It the f MM. 000,000, or about $l,J61,000 in day it lasted. V ' such facts as these It may Well be be lieved that-the richest ot nations, if It is wise, will long hesitate to assume" a 'war with a well equipped neighbor. So far as Japan was concerned there was nothing else for to maintain' its national entity. For national existence was placed in the money it was not hard to decide what be. . But If the figures are as they are Toklo dispatch the Japs have got the money for every dollar they have spent the campaign. . v On WAT TO STOP A BOO HOlt. From the Utlca Observer.' ' "I saw an ugly dog fight Stopped in a very handy manner the other day," says an agent whose business takes him to almost every section of the city, ' "It was between a couple ot bulldogs, and they-went at It in a manner that threatened to put an end to the life of both. .Finally each got a hold that could not be broken, and the men look ing on were afraid that the dogs would kill each other. It was a short distance from a saloon, and a young man who appeared to be interested in one of the dogs ran to the saloon and brought out a bottle of seltser water. Approaching the fighting dogs he aimed the syphon at their faces and pressed the lever. There was a stream ot. water straight Into the mlx-up of struggling and growling animals, and, it had scarcely touched their eyes when thy let go in stantly and ran In oposlt directions yelping like whipped puppies." '. "; '- -. , .iest Bcsorfe " ' ,'- From the Chicago News. Woman!" shouted Mr. Van Albert crushing his teeth on a granite muffin. "Oo ahead!" spoke Mrs. Van Albert, sweetly. "I suppose you are going jte say ril drive you to drink." Wore than that you'll drive me .to free lunch." - ' Small Change: ( Warm la Indianapolis Fl-rb-nk not at home. . " V But Colonel Butcher will Parker, all the same. ' . vote Tor Perhaps Kuropatkln had rather been a bishop than a general. Dollar wheat in Chicago, How would you Like to be a. farmer? But Pa vis would have run earlier- it he hed been given a' chance. ' St. Louis is not to blame for weather bnly for its boodlars. the ' Could anybody write a poem about the -fervid patriotism of Fairbanks? . We ' rather like that Judge Parker he didn't even pretend to be surprised. Borne, people come up every day (rem the coast to a little vacation and rest. Have you noticed how tame the birds are? And have you thought that It Is nice to have them so? . . T ' A hundred years from now men will know better than to strikeor to let tneir employes strike we nope. Well,' . Japan is getting rid of some er its surplus male population, all right cut ,wnat are the jap girl to do I , W don't believe we can keep away rrom the country much longer Minne apolis Tribune. Might com to Port land. - i Moro Observer. The beef crust well knows the public is good for an extra milking . Incident to the strike. The oonsuraer pay the freight. Atlanta Journal: Red-haired girls may not be popular in. summer time. but nobody can deny they are bandy -" .iwiuiu in wtuivr, - Albany Democrat: The Christian Science editor of the Salem Journal aaya a aisa is a narraiesa thing. That Just depends upon whether it is your own whs or some one eise st Chicago Record-Herald: Rudyard Kipling has written a poem the mean ing or. w men has to be explained in foot. notes. There can be no doubt after this mat Kudysrd is a real poet Shouldn't Marion eountr have both presidentship of the senate and speaker- snip or tne nouaei Surelr Marlon count. after giving Blnarer Hermann uch . a i iimjui njr, unserves tnese plums. v Chicago Record-Herald: One nt tha Russian generals boasts that he sur prised the Jap by retreatlnar when thev didn't expect him to. It must be truly sr.iujing- io some or the Russians to De anie to show the world what wonder ful strategists they are. , .;, The best thins Missouri ran An to help the fair la to go Republican Blnnx -7 journal, rne nest thing Missouri can do la to elect Folk and send . ita Dooaiing Democrat lo and Republican politician to -the penitentiary.. That wuuia oe a. greater victory than stun ning pronts rom the fair. nanu aobbttV oouapsb. fn the ChlcagoJdBrnafc- - : 1 "Mile. P.. la ana Of tha mnmt a. traordlnary artists the world has ever prooueeo," said the manager of a big show to the gentleman whose duty It waa to -wora tne preee.... wow, be went on. "i want vm a Doonr ner m an effective Way." , - -very well.- returned the nreaaa-ent. "What are the facta?" r "WelL she haa no diamonds to he stolen." - i "That doesn't signify. Diamonds are piayea out." , t . . But it knocks out elaborate descrip tions of the way her gems are guarded." or course." "Then she does not come of an arlsto eratlo family that would be humiliated to see the name on the playbill" "That has beoorhe an old notion, too." "And she was not rescued from the slums by some one who was captivated by her voice." ' The press agent began to look a little troubled. "She has no Wealthy patron who has watched her from childhood and de frayed the expenses of her musical edu cation from humanitarian motives la order that the great public mind might not be deprived pf the Joy of her mag nificent voice." " ., The agent began to frown. "She did not show her indomitable will-by getting a musical education un der the most adverse., conditions, ' and none of her relatives starved themselves or in other ways showed extraordinary self-saorlflce in order to furnish the neoeasary money." ; The press agent breathed heavily. "None of the great masters of Europe considered her future of such promise that he took her as his personal pupil and refused to accept any compensstlon other than the satisfaction of giving her to the world." The press agent gasped. "fthe has endured no hardships; she won't demand eight rooms at every ho tel and Insist that they shall all be re furnished to harmonise with her com plexion; she never has refused to sing because some one ' In the audience sneezed at a critical moment; she gets no fabulous salary; she Isn't supporting a widowed mother and paying for . the education of four slaters; she-" "Enough! Enoughl" cried the press ..an t. . "I told you she was unusual, said the manager. ' - "Unusual!" walled the other.. "She's impossible in the "blooming1 business!" "And last," said the manager, "she did not move an entire audience to tear the first time she sang." The press agent collapsed.' Jones. ',,-., From the Tork Times. Bam Jonee still meanders over the country receiving (100 a night His al leged lecture consists of a lot of cheap bar-room Jokes strung on a thread of blasphemy and vulgarity. Hla filth batteries are leveled at the clergy and at Christian women. Anybody who tries to be good or do good becomes the tar gat for his billingsgate while the worst element escapes unscathed. . Sam Jones ought to be qnarantlned by public senti ment and compelled to stay securely In his shell. Warning for rfcUadelpaiaV From the Boston Transcript i It's rather disturbing news from Penn evlvnnlu that a woman who snored in church and who brought suit because the ushers who ejected her has lost bar case. The Judge even lectured her for want of reverenee' and condemned her to pay costa No doubt many a man reading of this ease and fearing for himself a similar' mishap win stay away from church -next Sunday, . - ' ' t August iV After a violent wind from the northwest, attended by rain,, we sailed along the right of the island. At nearly five miles we halted on the south side for the purpose of, examining a spot where one of the great chiefs of the Manas (Omahas). named Blackbird, who died about four.years age pf small pox, was buried. A hill of yellow, soft sandstone rises from the river in Muffs Of various heights, till it ends In a knoll about too feet above the water; on the top of this a mound, of II feet In diame ter at the base and feet high, is raised above the body of the deceased king; a pole of about feet high Is fixed in the center, on which we placed a white flag, bordered - with- red, white and ' blue. Blackbird seems to have been a person of ' great consideration, for ever since Esopus Special in New Tork World. Sunday Is Judge Parker' day of rest s.nd so far as he can without discourtesy he discourage political visitors. His fa- vdVite occupation pn Sundays is the af fairs of the Church of the Holy Cross, of which his son-in-law, the Rev. Dr. Charles Mercer HalL IS pastor. ' - . After breakfast today Judge Parker went In his launch from Roaemount to Kingston -point and -by trolley to the rectory, next door to. the church; where his son-in-law Uvea Four generations of Parkers were there Mrs. Harriet raraer. tne juases motner: tne juase. and his wife, and her alster, his daugh ter and son-in-law, and Parker Hall, the grandson. 1 The Parker pew Is not prominent being pack, near the . entrance door. There the family sat, the Judge, at the head of the pew, and listened to a gos pel sermon. Or. Hall is a clear, simple preacher not an orator, but a working pastor not given to sensational sermons, but devoted to the people of his parish and the upbuilding of his church. .The cnurcn cnoir ana singing are excellent , The church was orlgisally a mission: It is located next tO' the West Shore railroad yards and Is - surrounded by factories and- lumber and coal yards; There are three buildings on the church plot-rthe rectory, an inexpensive frame house; the church proper, a well-built brick structure, with stained glass win dows, a heavily beamed and well pro portioned celling, a large chancel, altar, pipe organ and choir benches, and the parish-house,- The latter is theatre, ballroom, a clubhouse and gymnasium combined. There is a stage with flies and several sets of scenery, where ama teur plays are given. Clearing away the seats turns the room into a capa cious ballroom with an excellent dano- lng floor.. There are dressing-rooms, supper-rooms, a smoking-room and all the conveniences of a social club except a bar. Dances, plays, smokers and other en tertainments are . given .in the ' parish house, which makes the church - the social center of the neighborhood. In hla- work. among th railroad- yards and factories Dr. Hall felt the need of providing recreation and occupation of evenings for his people.- The girls in the large factories enjoy dancing, and the parish-house furnishes the - best dancing floor In the city. The reading and library facilities are good. Judge Parker is a vestryman and passes one of the contribution plates. He has given the church the benefit of his advice and aided with substantial contributions of money as well as time. After the church services Judge Par ker goea through the parish-house and JUDGE PARKER AS VESTRYMAN THE ROUGH RIDER'S SURRENDER ' From the New Tork World. For SO years the Republican party in California has belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad. In the early part of that period It was sometimes possible for an Independent Republican to get an office In the remoter parte of the state, but there is one region in which the party organisation haa been con sistently run as a part of the railroad's operating department That is the third congressional district containing the great terminals and shops at Oak land and the' vast grain warehouses st Port Costa. Any Republican office holder in this district is as much a Southern Paclfio agent as a conductor on the road. Mr. Victor H. Metcalf ot Oakland has represented this Southern Paclfio head quarters in congress for three terms. In the recent cabinet shift at Washington he was placed In oharge of the depart ment of commerce and labor, vice Mr. Cortelyeu, promoted to the position of party fat-frler-in-chief. , The creation of the department of commerce and labor was our first seri ous attempt at the systematic national regulation of corporations. The law establishing the department provided for a bureau of corporations, with power to make under the direction and control Of the secretary of commerce and labor "diligent Investigation into tha organ isation, conduct snd management of the business of any corporation. Joint-stock company or corporate combination en gaged in commerce among the several states and with foreign nations, except ing common carriers subject to the inter state commerce act and to gather such Information and data as will enable the president of the United States to make reoommendatlons to congress for the regulation of such commerce." Ta .n.hla tain, tA n.lA.m tkH. ties fhe commissioner of corporations is to "have and exercise the same power gnd authority In respect to corporations, Joint-stock companies and combinations subject 00 the provisions herein as Is conferred en the Interstate commerce a vaw bxptbuoab oboab. 1 i From the Chicago Tribune. ' u ' ' There helng no seal equal to that of a convert It is not surprising to find that the Chicago Chronicle,- Democratlo a month ago, now assails Democratlo can didates with unequaled virulence. But why, among a wide choice of Dem ocrats, doe the Chronicle choose for Its pet target Joseph W. Folkt He haa been one of the most useful publlo Of ficers this eouatry has ever' seen. If ever a man was entitled to political ad vancement regardless of party, he Is the man. He has sent "respectable", and rich boodlers to Jail: he cleaned un fit. Leula so far as one man could do it; and has overthrown .the excessive corrupt political machine which prostituted the his death he has been supplied with provisions from time to time by the superstitious regard of the Manas. We descended to the river and passed a small creek on the south, called by tne Manas WaucandlDeadhe (Oreat Spirit is bad). Near this creek, and the adjoining hills the Manas had, a village, and lost 400 of their nation . by the dreadful malady which destroyed Blackbird. The meridian altitude made a latitude J decrees 1 minute, t 1-10 seconds north. We camped at IT miles distance, on the north side, in a bend of the rlvsr. Dur ing- our day's course it has been crooked we observed a number of places In It where the old channel Is filled up. or sraduallr becoming covered with willow and cottonwood.. ; Great numbers . ot herrons are observed today and mos quitoes annoy us wry much. . T Inspects everything. He talks over the muslo with the organist, tells the solo ists bow much everybody enjoyed the slnslag. And takes a paternal interest in the Sunday school. Indeed, the Judge shows much more Interest and enthual asm la the church affairs than he does In the presidential campaign. It Is his way of taking a genuine interest in local matters that makes him so popular at home. . i I When-orr Iris horseback rides-he-talks with the farmers, they know that he knowa what he la talking about 'For years he has taxed many agricultural papers and reports,' and he tests their theories on his farm. His neighborhood Is a great -fruit and berry country, also sweet corn. -The Judge thinks that his theories and experiments have done much to benefit the neighborhood, and the farmers appreciate it - The children love htm, too." The first committee to call on him after his nom ination were the children of the neigh borhood, who gave him a bouquet of flowers ' whlph they had picked them selves. The ' children also organised a parade, which visited him one day and ate candy Instead of making speeches of congratulation. . Although the Judge lives at Rose- mountr- he votes-from the- his son-in-law's church. He has been doing this for years to identify himself as closely as possible with the parish. The feeling of the parish for-him was shown by the presentation of a silver lovlng-oup Inscribed: "Alton- Brooks Parker, on the occasion of his nomina tion for the presidency of the United States.'. July . 104. The letter of presentation said: "The Pearl-street neighbors of Kingston ask Judge Parker-to accept this lovlng-oup as a token of thejr esteem for him as a man, a citizen and a friend." It is little incidents like this wnioit show the hold Judge Parker has on tha hearts of those who know him. The embarrassing part of it Is that the Judge la expeoted to arbitrate and settle local matters, agricultural, social and political, and do it in such a way as to please everybody. unared Democrats are seeking the nominations for sheriff, county Judge.) senator, assemblyman 'and so on In this county. They are all friends of the Judge,' and they all want htm to decide who will be nominated. Two-thirds ot his political callers oome on these errands, and they take up more of his time than the Murphy-MoCarren matter. The Judge amiably - "shoos" them all away and tells them to hold a convention and settle it among, them selves, but. they all tell htm that the convention will nominate the men who they believe are the best friends of the Judge. commission in respect to common car riers, so far as applicable." - In the first year's work of the bureau of corporations it Investigated, among other things The general subject of Interstate com merce and the powers of ths federal gov ernment In relation thereto. The decisions of the federal courts relating to corporations sngaged in in terstate commerce which are subject to the jurisdiction of the bureau. The Jurisdiction and powers of the in terstate commerce commission. The decisions of the federal courts In relation to trade conspiracies, monopo lies and combinations in restraint of trade, .,....,. The corporation laws of the various states and territories.' ' The methods of taxing corporations in each state and decisions relating to the taxation or interstate commerce. The effect of Industrial combinations upon the prices of the commodities sold by such combinations, the effect of tar iff duties upon the prices of commodi ties subject to such: duties, and the rea sons for the difference. If any exists, between the domestic and foreign prices of commodities manufactured by the protected industrial combinations of the country. -This is the work that President Roose velt haa Intrusted to a representative ot a notorious corporation whose very ex istence is as flagrant a defiance of law fcs the organisation ot the Northern Se curities company. .? ' -,', I Mr. Metcalf qualified to execute In Its spirit a law Imposing such obliga tions f Is not his selection for such s responsibility ss gross an impropriety as me iransrer or Mr. cortelyou from tne wont or investigating corporations to tnat or extracting their fat or that of Mr. Knox from the task of prosecuting lawbreaklng combinations to that of rep resenting the Pennsylvania railroad in the senate? Is It not like the appoint? ment of Vice-President Morton of the Santa Fe to the cabinet six weeks after his Initiation Into the Republican party, a proof that Mr. Roosevelt haa definite ly surrendered to the trustsT government of his state and city. . Why, then, among all the Democratic gubernatorial candidates In the union, does the Chronicle choose to attack the one who Is easily the most pre-eminent for his active honesty and public recti tude? - - - , .The Chronicle say Folk ought to be beaten because he is a Demecrat Why dpes it not say that Springer wof Illinois ought to be beaten? He aleo is a Dem ocrat If the Chronicle so vehemently exhibits Its Republican seal for the state ticket In Missouri, why does it not ex hibit similar seal for the Republican state ticket In the state where it is pub lished? Let the Chronicle come out for Denatn with the same enthusiasm it has come ou against Folk. Oregon Sidelights Pratum seems to have subsided, r A Bteyton man has mad a rowboat , Peaches are the next thing to. put up. . Nice weather for picnics, it you have time. ; . ... : '.,.'. Much baled bay Is shipped from Central point ... , . ' Maggie Bellinger of Medford to gaged.-. .... en- Fellows are fishing over on the Bllete reservation. ..,;:,.- v"'- Lafayette firemen are building them selves a hall..',.. ,v, . .. .... v The hop yield In southern Oregon will be greater than ever. ,.: ,v . ; . Wild ' blackberries sell for' 40 cents a gallon in TamhlU county. 1 . j ; Bluestem wheat turns out better than other kinds in Umatilla county,. ... A camp meeting has'been ' held lately at Oladudlnga, Marion county, , .. - Part of the wheat crop of an Athena farmer yielded ,00 bushels an acre. ; . . j The Florence West wants wood on sub scription. 1 Might take' veal and vegeta bles, too. . t, . i - Malheur people will Irrigate, whether the government helps them or, not Such people as they are cannot be kept down. - A Downs Station, Marlon county, young woman spells her front name Byrde. We would humbly suggest an Improvement Byrdye.. ...... ' I ' By a faTT from the loft ef W barn lar week, John Fltsgerald of Coos river had his skull fractured anl his right shoulder ' broken. . ; ' ,-,s .,.:..'...; Needy correspondence of the Aurora Borealls: You're not the only tin . can in the valley, Wolfer Prairie, 'cause you rettle lota : . .-v Miss George Hartlees returned Wednes day from a visit with relative at Phil omath, Corvallia Times, But we hope ' she Is not heartless. Wolfer Prairie correspondence of the Aurora Borealls: Philip Miller was work ing for Frank Meek of Orlbble Prairie one day last week. (Wonder If it hurt him.) .-.' .. ; J. W. Booth recently drilled a well on his farm west of Wasco andTaOS feet struck artesian water, ths well producing a steady stream one-half inch in diam- -eter. ?:' . - ,. " '.;'. Malheur Gasette: A young man said to us . the other day that he did not know . which to take, ' "a wife or 100 acres pf land.''-We would advise him to file a homestead on both. . . .,' , . -" Grants Pass Journal: "A.' J. Spauldlng- flnlshed his final cleanup on the old Hurd ' place last week and returned to Ta- coma, his home. The cleanup Is reported at About 114.000, although no exact figure . are obtainable. ' . , ' . a , Corvallia Times: Orders for phones are pouring in so rapidly on tha Independent telephone ostem that the original supply of wall end desk phones Is already ex- -ynnranay an additional In- volce of :0 wall phones was ordered by ' telegraph..' ,.;.. v -;. : Sllets correspondence of the Toledo Re porter: John Williams Is now -engaging -hla hop pickers for Independence, Oregon. Jchn wants 100 pickers. He has been con sidered a good Indian boss at tha bop fields for the past five years,, and is well known and liked by hop men and pickers. The Sheridan correspondent ot the Mo- Mlnnville Reporter writes: "Miss Lena Byrnjolfson resumed the duties of deputy postmistress Monday morning, August 1"- Couldn't Lena, holding this position, somehow use a pull with the government to change her last name little? But per haps she expects to change It otherwise before long. . . . While working In a hay field In the Bonansa, Klamath oounty, neighborhood, Dan Pearce climbed to the, top of the derrick pole -to loosen the pins, and the structure, being very poorly arranged, ' fell with him, on pole striking him on the back of tha neck, the other pole crushing . his shoulder, collar bone and lungs, and his recovery is doubtful. Society item in Klamath Falls Express: Because William Grimmett failed to keep bis agreement to depart from Klamath Falls and stay away forever and ever, he was furnished with a room in the city's calaboxo Monday and . will be given-an allowance of tl a day and board for the next SO days. Mrs. Grimmett left for an other state one day last week by request and hag promised to forget that Klamath Falls is on the map. - . ' Burns Times-Herald: Along with other counties of the state Harney will have one of the largest gralnylelds in her his tory. It will be even better than In many portions of the state where frost has materially Injured what were very prom ising crops. Ths season has been very peculiar for this section, but has been a benefit for growing crops. People who have been making a study ot farming are learning by experience and are now well enough acquainted with climate con ditions that In future there will be no , such thing as failure of crops. BTDOX BXPBOTBB OP TKUL ' From the Grant Pass Journal. There have been larger gatherings in ' Oregon than the .first convention of the Oregon Development league, but there will probably never be one of more lm-' portance to the welfare of our state -industries. The S00 delegates represented : all sections and all lines of Industry. All were enthuslastlo over . the work in band, even when In Ita incipient stage, snd all were ready to sot in harmonr. The keynote of the meeting was, ss ex- V pressed In the speech of Chairman Cake, : "Publicity for Oregon snd Its resoures." Men of good calibre have been selected for officers of the organisation and se- lected with a view to avoiding any dis play of sectionalism. We shall expeot to hear much from them. .. . , . V-V STBAIOBT VAXVK. ;-r i - From the. Tillamook Headlight. The Headlight Is sooused of making persistent and determined stand gainst gambling. Well, what if w have, gnd we readily plead guilty to the charge. Hasn't the Headlight always advocated and worked for that Which was for the beat Interests ot Tillamook oounty and tha people residing here? So effective Is Its work along these lines that If county and city officials per mit gambling to run, the voters, to show their disgust at the damnable practice, will vote to put the saloons out of busi ness.. ,. .....-'"' ""; '':-, ' ''.'7. ' I - ... V v