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PORTLAND. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1904.
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Published every evening (except Sunday) , tSSOSn. Tb
OFFICIAL,'
. PARKER AND THE SECOND TERM.
inn t Mn..onti sincere and ' conclusive
V, pronouncement of the Democratlo nominee that In
..nt hi election he would not bo a candi
date for re-election haa attracted and Is attracttnf a good
i : deal of attention because Of th significance of its appll
- v cation to President Roosevelt. There Is a feeling that the
; i president Is not quite, so fiery and untamed as he was
: - " when be was further away from the close of the term of
: , V office- to which President McKlnley waa elected and to
',, which he succeeded, -'.'v ' .'
, ' It he had keen uninfluenced by the absorbing desire to
be elected In his own proper person to the office to which
. ha succeeded almply aa a beneficiary, it .is not reasonable
, to suppose that hvwould hav changed front In so- many
directions or established alliances with so many spoils,
' . men whom he. had bitterly fought m an earlier stag of
, bl political career. Is It likely that he would hare Uken
up with "such an unspeakable political outcast as ."Gas"
''.'.' Addlcka In Delaware, and lent'th strength of his admln
" titration In furtherance of that Individual's openly avowed
purpose to buy hU way ln,to the senate! Would he have
.identified himself with the spoilsmen pure, and simple
whom once he scathingly denounced? Would he have
gon back an the record he established-In the anthracite
' coal, commission matter , and ths one trust fight Inaugu
rated under his administration by renewing his strained
Miatinna with tha-.verv men who. to fully do his public
duty, he must have antagonised T 'Would he have usurped
inriijt fiirwtlnn hv Issuing- an executive order add
tng thousands, to an already overswollen pension roll? ,
' Measured by, the standards which he set up for him
self In the earlier stage of his career, and which so
largely contributed to making himself known, as" a force
. , for good. In publlo affairs, thus leading to th political
recognition which subsequently came to him, it is not at
all likely that he would have put himself In such a position
and leave himself open to ths criticism of th very ale-
" ments of the' country whoser 'good opinion ha had up to
that lima so industriously sought" ' '.' , (i . , '
. Judge Parker is right In bis .attitude with referenc to
a second term, and ths fact la nowhere so well exempli
. fled a in th recent career of the Republican nominee for
president. , 1 ., t '
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WHERE AWRUSSLVS SOLDIERS?
lO THE non-expert observer,
sla's comparatively small army 'in . Russia haa
grown with, the passing months, and with Japan's
almost invariable successes. ' Where are most of those
million and a halt of men that Russia could put Into the
field, and with which in a few months she would drive
the Japanese, even if they cam with their full force,
and even conceding their Individual superiority, back into
the seat ' Most accounts agree that
in Manchuria . considerably, .exceed
there la no news of a tide of new
th. north, such as it waa expected by th. world generally
would arrive before this. Are they yet to come? Or are
they being kept back at some unknown place oti or not
on th map, to await the Japs If they should chase Kuro
patkln's army too far? Ther la, at least, no public
knowledge of any other specif lo great army, Of course, a
great rnany soldiers are scattered about th vast domains
of Russia, but these do not comprise a reslstful or rein
forcing army. If Kuropatkln should be overwhelmingly
beaten in a general ' engagement, what other mobilized
fore has Russia to withstand them? And If none, why
not, by this time? . , - ;-;- '
' The answer apparently is that Russia did not have one
quarter as many real soldiers ss It pretended to have, or
else did not have -or did not wlah to spend the means to
' equip and provide for them and move them forward into
Manchuria, which truly would ha v been a tremendously
difficult and expensive' undertaking. And probably Japan
was well aware of this situation, and counted on events
' falling out pretty much as they have don so far. , . ,
But fcrher are Russia's millions ot soldiers? . It is likely
to soon need many more than It has ready.
' KExorr ajts bvttosT tbxtbt.
$3,00000 Oorporatloa rails to 8ay a
Zfot fot S3S400. . ': 1 '
rrom the New fork World. "
' Th . I. 000.000 button trust. . which
besan business two years ago, la In
trouble. Last night a deputy sheriff
was in charge of Its . New York head
quarters at No. Broadway and kept
a watchful eye on the stock of buttons
In Its salesrooms.
The failure of the trust to make
good a note for 125.000 given to Theo
dore M. Pos was tba cause of the trou
ble. . The note was dated June 29 last,
and should have been paid on July 89
at the Cltiens' Ctentrsl National bank.
It has not bea paid, though it bore
the 'indorsement of 11111810 McCleery,
president of the trust; Frank P. Ten.
ney. Its vice-president; Albert W. New
ell. Its treasurer, and Horace L. Clark,
Its secretary. " - ' -
- When the note went to protest Mr.
Poe had his attorneys. Shearman A
Sterling, of No. 44 Wall street, ask for
en attachment against th trust, which
wajj granted by Justice Scott In the
supreme court yesteraay, on me gruuuu
that the company Is a, Delaware corpo
Vtlon wKh Its niinclpal offices In Wll-
mlhgtin- The sheriff promptly levied
on Che stock of the trust. Deputy Sheriff
Burnee executing m aiiacumcm.
Though the trust was organised in
Delaware its factories are all in Massa
chusetts, at Boston, Springfield and
East Hampton. It Is made up of the
-three largest manufacturers of buttons
in the country, namely the Newell
Bros. Mknfscturlng company, of Spring
field; th Williston Knight company,
of East Hampton, and ths Boston But
ton company. The official name of the
trust Is the United Button company.
It controls 8S Pr cent of the covered
button business of the country snd 4S
' per cent .of the Ivory button Industry.
The trust was .Incorporated in June.
1901. half of Its capWtal of li.000.000
being in preferred 'stock and half In
common. The trust also made an lesus
ef 8MJ.O0O 80-year collateral trust
mortgage per cent old bonds.
' At the time of Its creation the trust
boasted ot the fart that It had no debts
. ether thaa the bond issue, It Vas also
ansei-ted at that time that It had 8SJ0.
- .. i i .u.1. mnA real estate.
buildings, machinery and fixtures with
a value or ll.ooo.wwo.
The Inability or fallsre of the trust
to meet a note for lli.ooo is a mystery
to the trade, snd It Is said that there
are Internal troubles la ths corporation
which may make, necessary an applica
tion to the Delaware courts for the ap
pnlMnvent ef a receiver or trustee pre
paratory te a reorganisation of Its af
fairs. Recently Ooorge B. Hsnford, at
torsey for the company, succeeded Al
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER , '
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
PAPER OP THE CITY OP
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while.' It stirred
What la true of
of the city affairs.-
result Should be laid' befor th public
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THE YEAR'S RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
HE RECENT
dent was
the wonder of R,us
th Japanese forces
those' of Russia, and
soldiers arriving from
able carelessness,'
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In a kirld light and with an accusing aspect. . , J..
, ;. ..' MISSIONARIES WANTED. .
r I SHE GREAT
I what, waa
There was In
murderers might
had been or was
Justice to them;
lawless barbarism,
agest Hottentot
are th real heathens. '.. " ': V
bert W, Newell ' as , treasurer of the
trust. ' - .
The Inventory 'of the trust of June 1.
1901, showed assets of 82.161.014. Pat
ents.' trade marks, etc, were put, down
as having a value of $1,101,000. land
and buildings, 1517.000; merchsndlse
and materials, : 1166.000; accounta re
ceivable, 46,000, and cash In bank,
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From the Kansas City Journal.
Walter Crowder of West Virginia tells
a number of good stories about the busi
ness sagacity of Mr. Davis, ths Demo
cratic vice-presidential candidate, of
which the following la one:
" "About SO years ago he wanted to buy
some coal lands' without getting the
owner know he wsnted 'em. The owner
wanted to sell without letting Davis
know he wsnted to. - It took , the two
a long time to get together, so exces
sively cautious- were they. Finally,
however, tbey met and came abruptly
to the scratch. .
" 'How much? asked Davis,
" 'A cool million, and not a cent less,'
the other replied.
"Olve yon tlSO.000,' said Davis, nd
not a cent more.'
"In less than two hours Davis got
ths property for $400,000. and made a
splendid bargain. After everything was
settled snd the money paid over, Davis
asked:
" 'Why did yos ask me a million dol
lars for that landr
""Because I thought you would be
fool enough to give it,' the seller replied.
Why did you offer me $160,000.'
" 'Beceuse I thought you'd b fool
enough to take It' -1
"They laughed, winked, shook hands,
snd have been close friends ever since."'
A OOOX SXBMOV.
From the Congregationalism
A friend of the late Bishop Huntington
was spending a Sunday In Edinburgh
and followed the crowd to the church
of a celebrated preacher. At the close
of the service he said to the elergyman:
'That was a "remarkably fine sermon."
- The minister, puffed up with pride,
said: 'Thank you, thank you," ....
, "But. said the Boaton man. 't have
heard It before: It Is one of Bishop
Huntington's sermons."
"Ah. yV I dare say, to be sure; but
Huntington could never Tnave gotten ( It
oft aa I did. . i i i.
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" Triendshlp la Theory.
From the Wsshtngton Post
While all wealthy men Ulk of their
friendship for ths worklngman, it la
noted thst when they have Industries on
their hands they always look for bar
gains in U labor market. . ,
J O URN A L,
JNO. P. CARROLL
.,10Urnal J?'UJ" rmh n TtUB!,,a
PORTLANO
EXPERT THE CITY BOOKST
FOLLOWING UP the suggestion of The Journal that
f( with constant deficits In th various municipal
funds, In th fac of taxation that Is burdensome,
It would be wis and proper to have ths city's books ex
perted, to the end that the public would be fully informed
of where and how th money la-spent, a correspondent
comes forward with the proposal that thsubject Is of
sufficient gravity t warrant it being seriously taken up
by the Taxpayers' league or some similar organisation.
Totally without reference to any possibility . of wrong
doing anywhere, and altogether on the ground that It
Is well for the people to know' precisely about all publlo
funds, t would be wor)h the cost many times over for,
th matter to be taken up and gon into in detail. The
official reports that ar available do not furnish the In
formation which Is desired. .The results of th couhty In
vestigation demonstrated that It was decidedly worth
up a publlo interest In that direction
that was exceedingly healthy, and It started some move
ments which hav worked a great deal of publlo good.
the cqunty affairs will doubtless be true
Th books should be experted ana tne
Denver Rio Grande railroad acci
by far th worst of th present year,
ther a bad' -many with fatal
consequences have occurred. Th Chicago Tribune, which
keeps track of such' things, gives a list of them, which,
condensed, Is aa follows: '
January J, Western Maryland, t killed and ! injured;
broken rail. January , Rock Island & California, 17
killed and li injured; mistake of engineer, who thought
another train had passed his. January 2 B, near BL Louis,
t killed and IS Injured; "somebody blundered." March 8,
Alabama & Great Southern, I killed and I injured; mis
understanding of orders. April 7, Northwestern near Chi
cago, I Indians killed and3(r injured; on train ran into
another; no good excuse. April SO, St. Louts tt Iron
Mountain. 8 killed and IS injured; 'train ran off th track.
July 8, Wabash, 20 killed and 40 injured; misplaced switch
through carelessness. July 10, Erie, 1 killed and (8 in
jured; rear-end collision; engineer disobeyed orders to
stop. July 13, Chicago ft Eastern Illinois, 18 killed and
88 injured; coroner's Jury held, railroad people responsible.
Next came the horrible catastrophe at Eden, Col., and
sine then an accident on th Baltimore A Ohio killed 4
and wounded 14. . , ''
v This record, ss cotnpared with' th corresponding peri
ods of some other years, may be relatively smaller. . With
on exception there has been no great loss of life, the
highest numbers. being 20, 18, 1? and IS, though many In
jured probably died of their wounds. ..; Yet when it Is con
sidered that most of these accidents were due to inexcus
th list of dead and injured looms up
STATE of Georgia, fully advised' of
Intended, and. certainly capable of pre'
', venting such an occurrence, permitted the burning
to death of two negro murderers, after they had been
tried and convicted and were sure to be hanged. There
for Georgia fk .no more civilised than the darkest cor
ner of Abyssinia or New Guinea. 1
this case not even the. excuse that the
escape , due punishment, nor that there
likely to be any-delay; In meting out
therefor this fiendish act was' on of
pur and simple. .
The men. who soaked these creatures with kerosene and
burned them are professed Christians; but they know less
about th principles dt Christ's teachings than the sav-
allv. 1
Wanted., in Georgia and elsewhere in the United States,
mlssionartoa from India, Africa, China and elsewhere. We
'",-' From Harper's Weekly. '
' There can be no denial ot the fact that
the strongest Independent Journals of
public opinion are lining up for ths
Judge. Of the big newspapers here In
New York the Tribune alone supports
ths colonel. The World, Times, Staats
Zeltung. Evening . Post, ' Brooklyn
Eagle, all of which favored McKlnley,
are opposed to Roosevelt. The Bun cer
tainly Is not supporting him. All this
we could have guessed. But the taking
ot a- positive position by ths Herald is
a complete surprise. Mr. Bennett's the
ory of making a successful newspaper
has not hitherto Involved aotlve parti
cipation In political campaigns. All hs
required of his young men waa to get
and print the news, which they have
done so admirably that Mr. Bennett s
yearly net revenue from the Herald ex
ceeds a million dollars.. 'But hs has in
sisted and consistently sated upon the
belief that the taking of sides weakens
such a paper as It suits him to make.
He considers It an advantage, however,
to be on the winning side at the finish,
and It has been his custom to return to
this country a few weeks be fore -a na
tional election and tell his helpers which
way to lean. ' So far as we can recall,
he has not mads a single error In form
ing this Judgment since he hss directed
his, paper. It Is certainly significant,
therefore, that he ahould now cast his
own precedents to ths winds, snd at this
early day come out flatfooted for Judge
Parker. What his action means we can
only guess. All we know Is that Mr.
Bennett himself wrote the declaratory
article. Is It ressonable to suppose that
he really thinks Judge Parker Is going
to be elected, and 'that the Herald is
going to continue to land rfght side up
with care?" Or has he, at 6$, decided to
effect a complete change, not merely in
the policy of his paper, but In his life
long theory of successful Journallam?
Maybe ha aimed only to attract atten
tion to the Herald! If so, he has
achieved a most notable success.
. Overworked. '
. . From the Chicago News.
: The edge on a rssor." said the gar
rulous barber, "Improves by laying it
away for a time."... , . .
'That being the ease," rejoined the
victim In the chair, "I'd advise you to
lay the one you are using away for
about 2.000 years." ,
Another babo Union. '
From the Chicago News,
She Tee, dear, I love you, even
though you . are a poor man. But do
you think you will be able to provide
for met .."
. He Yes, darling; by this strong right
arm I swear lt-even If I bava to take
In washing for you to do. ,
.Small Change I
Not all the strikers are enjoying
their vacation. -
If the Democrats carry but figure it
out for yourselves. .
Don't, go. to hear Fairbanks 'speak
without your overcoat , .
Senator Prmk "aeea vlctorv ahead."
But he may be a long-distance looker. . .
Pork back esst has also become very
high, showing that a hog haa sympathy.
The salmon crop is a partial failure.
but this may result In larger erops here
after. : . .... .
It is one thing to break out of a JalL
and another to keep from being recap
tured. - . . .
The strsw hats and the soda water
fountains are having a long run this
summer.
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A dollar always looks bigger and more
valuable when you pay It than when you
borrow It, . , . ,- '.
Parker resigned, but Fairbanks did
not. - That aenatorlal salary ' is not to
be sneesed at.. '
And 'yti the "mobile" , part oft the
name sticks.1 But there Is no good rea
son why It auto.
PBaBBWMBS ' 1
a' Nsw jersey girl Is suing John-Doe
for breach .of promise; she cannot re
member his real name.
AKansas Bryan Democratic editor
has come out against Parker. But Par
ker isn't noticing Kansas. .
The Republican campaign book is outt
but If you are Intelligent you will read
tt If at all with a big blue pencil. -
If Roosevelt should receive only 28,-
999 plurality In Oregon. Instead ot
24,001, New Tork might go Democratic.
Important local Item. It la expected
that another stone wtll be laid on the
new postoffloe building, perhaps . next
week. .
The worse Russia loses, the more cer
tain It Is she was wrong about the con
traband, of course. This is the way of
the world. . - , . .
Abdul Hamid wtll not care much about
our suspending , dlplomatlo relations
with blm if wa don't Insist on his paying
us any money. . . . t, t
Jewels stolen rise in value In about
the same proportion aa.a farmer's cow's
value rises after being run over by a
railroad train.
The Republican campaign book says
wages have Increased more than living
expenses. . But nobody Is expected to be
lieve a campaign book.
It la rather late In the season for
General Kuropatkln to go north, but he
may intend to lure the Japs up there
and frees them to death. -
According to reports,' Wall street is
for both Roosevelt and Parker, so that
ths other candidates may expect quite
a large complimentary vote.
If rou don't want to be covered with
a cloud of dust, that you ean't escape
for several minutes, don't get near a
sprinkling wagon In action.
King Edward's speech on opening par
liament wss very brief. His speeches
always are. ' Why don't our statesmen
follow his example in this respect?
- Chicago papers are watching General
Eunston to see If he will swim the Chi
cago river. He had rather come back
to Vancouver and swim the Columbia.
Chicago Tribunet A Jab acquired In
a model saloon will be called a condition
of cerebral excitement superinduced by
undue indulgence in fermented bever
ages. ' .-J!-.
If Democrats keep coming out ' for
Roosevelt and Republicans for Parker
Increasingly according to the growing
warmth of the campaign, and assuming
all such reports to be correct,, why, Par
ker will get most of the Republican and
Roosevelt most of th Democratic votes.
BaaiMaa'
- 'An eastern woman who had no red
petticoat stopped a train and saved tt
from wreck by waving a red tablecloth.
This Is the first recorded instants of
the kind where s red petticoat was not
used.- and proves that a red tablecloth
will 'do Just as well, though you might
not have thought aa
. SQUAIi TAXATZOsT.
From the Ontario Democrat."
''-There has been a general and Just
complaint for some years that the bur-'
den of taxation waa falling too heavily
upon the shoulders of farmers and small
stockmen, while large companies snd
corporations were not paying their taxes
In proportion with the smaller land own
ers. ' Now that the oounty court Is once
more democratlo we hope to aee this
matter equitably adjusted. The repre
sentatives of the road company appear
before the county court and board of
equalisation each year and by some
means succeed- In ettlng their ' taxes
greatly reduced, which correspondingly
Increases the taxes or those who are de
veloping the country, and at the same
time Increasing the value of these road
lands by Improving their fown. farms.
This great Injustice should at once be
righted. These rich foreign syndicates
who are holding their lands for specu
lative purposes should not be permitted
to escape paying their equal share of
taxes. ..- '
' The Eastern Oregon Land company
has 113,696 acres of land which Is tax
able property In this county, and Is as
sessed at $1,601.90. The unpaid taxes
of this company, which are now due. Is
ss follows: County and state tax,
$4,767.70: special school tax, $269.80; to
tal taxes' due. $6,017.60. , Amount the
company Is willing to pay,' $3,2$7. There
Is no reasonable excuse why this company-should
not pay th full amount.
Why should the county remit to this
rich syndicate $1,780.60 and then tax
her .clt liens to make up for the .de
ficiency? . . . .
- "Open eesisi for Crap hattav'
i.At the recent mating of the Tennes
see Bar association, In seconding a mo
tion to adopt a resolution approving th
general gams laws and favoring a fish
law. Judge Barton read the following
letter from Memphis, received by the
game warden: "Mister Ward in, dere sir,
I have looked thru the kode snd cant
And out what t am goln to ask you. what
want to no by return male, if you will
pleaa anaer In a few days as ther dont
seem to be enny law on it, W4I you pleas
kindly let m no mister wardln what is
the open seestn for crap shutln with
thanka your A so forth." ,
Journal j&Zyftft"
August 17. i The wind ' continues
from, the southeast and the morning was
fair. We observed about us a grass re
sembling wheat, except that the grain
la like rye; also some similar to both
rye snd barley, and a kind of timothy,
the seed of which branches from th
main stock and Is more like flaxseed
than timothy. Iq the evening one of the
perty sent to the Ottoes returned to th
party with the information that the rat
war coming on with th deserters; they
had also caught Libert, but by a trick
h had mad his escape; they were
bringing three of the chiefs in order to
AT LESS MEAT.
(By Smith Ely Jelllffe, M. D Editor
of the Medical News.)
On physical as wall as pn common-
sense grounds It is well tor us to have a
little meat. If, at the present time.
ther is a desire to administer punish
ment to -the beef trust, the end ean oe
achieved by turning to fish; clams and
food ot a 'like character, which contains
all of the properties of meat and at the
same time ar less expensive and not
under the control of the beef trust. '
Of course, It would be possible for us
all to do absolutely without meat and
to make the ehange at .once without
suffering any physical detriment. . al
though there would be some embarrass
ments encountered which might tax our
loyalty to the great, anti-trust cause.
Take th great American bean, for In
stance, the basis of Boston's Intellectual
superiority. It has been pointed out
that the beaa contains all the protelds
thst are to be derived from meat So It
does, but proportionately. I think there
ar about so per cent of protelds In a
pound of beef, and 90 per cent In a
pound of beans. Therefore, If one is to
derive from the bean what he loses by
abandoning beef, he must eat Just foar
times as many beans as he does beef.
You' can easily est a pound of beef
at a sitting, but the most enthusiastic
vegetarian would find It difficult to con
sume four pounds ot beans. The whole
question, I think, haa been summed up
In this brief, sentence, .which I quote
from a medical authority!
The confirmed vegetarian la thus
placed In a dilemma, for he. haa either
to live on a diet, deficient In protelds or
to consume an excessive bulk of food."
In the latter Instance he attains great
corpulency from the sugar and starches
which he puts into nls system, and even
then may not enjoy the same vigor of
health possessed by his brother who eats
meat In moderation.
I think, perhaps, th rear secret of
dieting lies In a happy combination.-Ths
Ideal diet Is one that strikes a balance
between the . three different chemical
foods. - Practically everything we eat
consists of thesa In-Varying proportions,
via; Fats, enrbo hydrates, . which are
th starch and sugar foods, and pro
telds, or nitrogenous" food. I'.
. Those who combine the three in rea
sonable proportion enjoy th best diet,
and. I think, the best health. -
Taste Is an Important feature in di
gestion, and the fact that well-cooked
meat appeals to the taste to a greater
percentage . than any other food is also
FIGHTING RUM
(By Belle Bllts.) .
"What do rou think," asked the sten
ographer, "of this plan of" the Denver
Prohibitionists to fight the demon of
rum with bUlboerds? . '
"They ar getting out three-sheet
posters. Illustrating the Willies, that
they are going to stick up alongside of
all the whisky ads, so that when you see
a seductive sign of somebody's old rye,
you ean also behold at the same moment
th W. C. T. U.'s prophecy ot what It
will do to you." .
i It'll make, nice, warm, live billboard
art," replied the bookkeeper, "and I Joy
to think of having the monotony, of
pictures of how to keep down your shirt
waist and the effecta of taking' liver
pills, broken by cute little views ofthe
delirium tremens at work, but aa a re
formatory agent It la about th bummest
proposition that was ever put to the
front" . ' ' .'.
"How eoT" inquired the stenographer,
' 'In the first place," replied the book
keeper, "the general publlo won't stand
for It There would be too much mental
suggestion about It You could have
the gotemaglns on Croton water If every
time you peeked out on the street you
saw a realistic picture on the wall of
pink rats chasing around and purple
serpents with forked tongues doing a
hoochee-eoochee danc." .
"It Would . be . fleece," admitted the
stenographer. .
"Bur," replied th bookkeeper, "It
would drive people to drink, and that
isn't all. Paper a town wllh D. T. post
ers and I sm wise the saloons would do
a land-off lee business." .
"How do you figure that outT" In
quired the "stenographer..! "I should
think that they would be an awful warn
ing." - ,
"On the contrary," returned ths book
keeper, "they would b a terrible tempts
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LETTERS FROM
. ' Sip fot Xavestigatlon.
Portland, Or., Aug. 18. To th Editor
of The Journal I am glad to see by the
opening editorial in your Issue of . this
date attention drawn to the condition
Of th city's finances. There must .cer
tainly be some reason, aa yet not known
to the publlo generally, for the- oft re
peated cry ot embarrassment on the part
of th city administration, and It la
surely time that an Investigation was
made as to the conditions bringing about
this state of affairs. It would be proper
for ' the Taxpayers' league to take up
this matter, but If this organisation is
not prepared to do so, some temporary
cttlsens commute might undertake the
work. I have .no doubt that sufficient
funds could easily be raised among the
taxpayers to make a thorough Investiga
tion, and to such a fund I shall be glad
for one td contribute, .J. B.
Charmed With a Portland SUght.
Portland Hotel, Aug. 16.--To the
Editor of The Journal I have traveled
over a great deal of your western coun
try, but Portland surpasses any city in
the United States for beautiful surround
ings. Now the reason of writing this
letter to you is th most extraordinary
case to my mind on record. I have seen
your city from all the most Important
point advertised but happened to stray
uo on. th South Portland terrace and on
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engage our assistanoe In making peace
with the Mahas. This nation having
left their village, that desirable purpose
cannot be effected; but In order to bring
in any neighboring tribes, we set ths
surrounding , prairies on fire. ' This is
the customary signal made by traders to
apprise the Indians of their arrival; It
la also used between different nations
as sn Indication of any event which tbey
have previously agreed, to announce In
that way, and as soon s It is seen col
leets the neighboring tribes, unless thsy
apprehend that . it is made . by . their
enemies. ..
STILL EAT SOME
an argument in favor of a moderate
meat diet. It Is all a question ot per
centage. ' As a matter of fact,' ther are no con
sistent vegetarlana. They don't exist
They i will eat butter, for one thing; they
drink milk, which is a rich proteld food;
and eat cheese, whtob is even mor so.
I am aware of the arguments that ar
advanced In favor of the strict vegetable
diet but It seams to me that all of
them lack force and logic Some of
them ' are absurd. . The enthuslastlo
vegetarian will point to the sow, for In
stance, and remark how well she thrives
on her plain diet of grass.
Certainly she does. But nature nas
given her-four stomachs,-io fhaC'she
will never lack room for all the vege
table compound she has to eat to supply
her demands. Man haa but one stom
ach, and for the proper management ef
hla affairs his food must be of such a
character that with three meals a day
all of the demands of nature will be sat
lafled. . , ''--:.
. The cow converts grass into .good
proteld moats, but she has to chew away
all day to do It
I have been asked what the result
would be if a man should suddenly shift
from a meat diet to one of pure vege
tables. He would probably grow very
hungry about two hours before his
regular dining hour, and he would find
that his appetite apparently was "In
creasing to an enormous extent, and
might attribute it to th grand effects
of the vegetarian diet .
.As a matter of fact, he would simply
be realising the effects of having eaten
food containing less protelds than the
food he had formerly consumed. He
would have to eat mor proportion
ately at every meal. not. because his
appetite was Increasing, as we under
stand the expression, but because his
stomach demanded the extra supply of
food stuffs containing a small percent
age of protelds to make up for the food
he formerly at, which contained a
large percentage of protelds.
In course of time h would be -able
to adjust himself to the new conditions,
but I doubt if the results ' would be al
together beneficial. He, would grow fat
without any corresponding gain to his
muscular power or his general vHallty.
In all of this, of course, I have had
In mind the man ; who sata meat In
moderation. I thoroughly concur Jn Dr.
Crosby's .view that we eat too much
meat But don't let us go to the other
extreme ' :
WITH POSTERS
tlon. because they would, make every
mother's son that saw them want to see
if liquor really did have that effect on a
man. He'd want to tank up Just to find
out If he would sea things, and go home
and beat hla wife and throw things out
of thewlndow. . ' -"'
'What makes people cut out all the
pleasures of civilisation' to go and hunt
for the north polsT What makea m
Jump from bridges and goovr Niagara
falls In barrels, and do other fool stunts T
It's th element of danger the Idea that
they are going up against something
that may annihilate them and that's what
makes me say that the lurid lithograph
of the horrors of drink Isn't going to
stamped people to the water wagon."
"Maybe you are right" said, th sten
ographer, "I've noticed "thtt whenever
a Danger sign is stuck up in the street
everybody goes snd walks on the edge
to see how near they can go without fell
ing In." . v .... . ;s
That's right," assented the book
keeper; "it's humsn nature. All that
you hav got to do to rope people in la
to warn ' 'em away, and that's where
folks - that ar trying to do good fall
down so often. They make wickedness
so attractive that you are Just bound to
try It . - 1 '-
"However, I am not knocking any
thing that makea for temperance. Th
old soak may not have the nerve to faoe
the three-sheeters, and the lithograph
may be the Keeley cure after all."
T should think that It would be bound
to do a lot of good to have .pictures
showing the evil effects of intemperance
always before you," Insisted the stenog
rapher. ' , . '
"Maybe so," agreed th bookkeeper;
"maybe When the men In Denver want
a Jag they will go up against the litho
graphs Instead of the booxtk., I should
think that either one would glve"em to
em," . .. - . t
THE PEOPLE
arriving at 929 First street South I wss
surprised at the grandeur of the view
that broke upon me, ; and also the
hospitality of the -owner of the most
beautiful scenic home anywhene In my
travels, and I wish you ' would pub
lish this letter so that others could en
Joy what I did. I understand from Mrs.
Stokes that few people in Portland are
aware of this most beautiful spot two
blocks from the 8-ear south, and should
be advertised mor Indeed than the fa
mous Portland Heights,' and which the
people visiting your fair In 190S would
agree was the prettiest -view to-be got
of city and mountains. " Ths sight by
night cannot be pictured by pen, it hss
to be seen to be aopreciated. -
If this letter will open Portland's eyes
to one of Its greatest beauties It hss. not
been In vain. I hope I will' be able to
visit 'again the lovely spot when I re
turn from my home In New York, r-
. JOHN MAXWELL.
A Mitchell rsafferer.
Mitchell. Or., Aug. 8. To the Editor
of Th Journal In th Portland Journal
dated August 8 Is a letter from a party
In Mitchell whom you call Prominent
Cltisen. Will .you kindly lv m spar
for a few Unea In your valuable paper.
In correction of th amount of my losses,
at least - I never asked for or received
relief. Twd garden running back 2n0
I feet from the street with young bearing
Oregon Sidelights
Grouse, ar plentiful around Joseph.
The thistle harvest should be In full
blast, too,, ;".',,'...
Ashland haa a successful woman real '
estate dealer. J - ;
Prairie City is to bava waterworks; - "
cost, $12,000 . ' - '
Work on th Bandon woolen mills will
be begun Immediately. - . , ,; 1 , x :
. Perhaps some of the forest rangers '
are away on a vacation., ; ' . '
The Dalles now has or two ot Its cttl
sens. have two automobiles.
There la a good opportunity at Drain'
for a brick manufacturing plant
When It does begin to ralrw well, don't
soak your umbrellas In the wrong way.
Gypsies at Joseph are making a for- '
tune telling the fortunes ot suckers st
$1 or $2 per. v , ; -, , , ;.' v
, Now the hogs are standing In with the
men who feed them, and' against thos 't
who at them.
A Btayton man was confined to his
house several days ss the result of a1'
hornet's sting. '.' ''-', ''
' A morphine fiend who had overdosed -himself
died on the stage between' -'
Mitchell and Fossil. ; ':
Miss Emma First of : Michigan Is
visiting a( Needy. But she does not ex
pect always to be First .
A great number of runaways -equine t
ere reported by th state papers. - Hold
fyour; horses or" tie them. .; ' "
" Nobody will be at' home on Wolfer
prairie Saturday might. Everybody Is ' - ' .
going tOrthe dance at Needy, ,
y - ' ' ' -
Sheriff Brown of Baker county Is fol-
lowing Sheriff Word's example In. en
forcing the antl-gambllng law. , ,
.. As many buildings are going up. and
as much improvement Is going on, la
Corvallla, as at any time In thespast ;
. Oregon Is having an epldamlo of jail '
breaks. The prisoners, wsnt to get out
and work in the harvest fields and hop
yards nit .-
The La Grande creamery is using the
product of 400 cows. Mhelr owners re
ceiving an average of $72 per year for
the milk of each cow.
Tie a splendid harvest time up above
that rock-blocked stretch of river end
a mighty harvest it 1s -but an open river
would make . much greater ones. - ,
A man with a bottle In each pocket
boarded the train here Thursday morn
ing. lone Post. It takes a woman re
porter to see into a man's pockets. - .
Jacob Kllflpel. a veteran placer miner
6f southern Oregon. Is said to have un
earthed a nugget of pur gold weighing.
$477 at his property on Sucker creek a
few days ago.
, Mrs. E.' C. Martin killed a chicken last
week and In Its craw tt' nugget of gold
waa found.--8pringfleld News. This
Item hss been overdue for quite a while.
Next time it ahould be a goose. 1 '
. A farmer near Amity turned a lot of
hogs Into a field of peas, and In thre .
hours 26 of them were dead. Water re- '
stored the others. He now believes that
green peas. are not good for hogs. 1
' Peavlne news In McMlnnvtlle ' Re-''
porter: Sunday school progresses nicely.
George Miller has a new gun. Mr. Os-.
born lost a mule of heart ' trouble,
(Broken heart because be couldn't kick
somebody?) ,' ... ; ' " ,. .
Why don't some on who hss a good
gun and Is a fine shot kill some at the
howling, yelling, barking mongrels thst
roam, and sem to own, the streets of ,
Condon and make night hideous with 'J
their howls and fights T Condon Times.
Why don't you .borrow a gun and dd It " -yourself!
. . y4-': . :','T ' ;..
: A Prairie City young woman, away st -some
springs, . said , she had run a
apllnter in her finger, and It was con
sidered so serious that four friends "
went with her to town to see a doctor. "
who after, a careful examination pro- .
nounced It a case , of no splinter.
Prairie City Mirror. What was It a ens .
oft This Is th Interesting point Bet?
she had an errand In town.
orchard nd containing the finest fruit
of all 'kinds that will grow here, that
could be got on the continent represent-
ng six years of hard work, were entirely
swept away with even the ground they .
grew on. The creek runs over it now.
A house of mine wss moved across the
street which the council ordered me to
move back immediately or they would
tear It down. It cost $40 to put It In
place again. . -
My old orchard was very much dam
aged by trees being torn up
and others .'barked, also a garden at the
back being swept away. On account of
the lay of the land I received all th
debris that cam from above. - My land
Is In th center of town, but I paid half
the cost of having it removed' It wis
noticed that I all -work ceased till relief
cam from Portland. , '
My fencing and all' the outbuildings
wer carried a'way, with th exception of .
two box stalls and a barn, whloh were'
so badly damaged aa to be useless till
repaired. . The horse spoken so lightly,
of wss a beautiful black stallion valued
at $460. I also lost nearly 100 thor
oughbred hens. - s . -
A house of mine across th creek was
washed away and the lot entirely
ruined. . ' , ; '7 -
Remember all this wa Income bearing
property and having lost my husband '
not Ave months ago, and his estate "not
being settled, makes It doubly hard on '
me ; - - ' '-
Th mass -meeting held by all the'
good clt liens of Mitchell showed how
much they sgreed with Prominent Cltl-
sen's views. I also notice great stress Is
laid on what the people have left
Mr. Allen, Mr, McNsry and Mr.
WTnebrgr- srs ranchers living" out 6f
town. Mr. Allen lost a house In town. '
Th Mrs. Rose spoken ot la as old
lady, who In losing her home, lost every-.
thing. She had not a change of clothing
till kind friends gavs them to her.
, I could give many mor facts refut
ing Prominent Cltlsen's statements, but
will -no -longer trespass- on -your space -or
kindness.
CHARLOTTE M. BOARDMAN.
BJ Powers. : .
' From th Chicago Nws.
"Say, Winston, how would you Ilk r
to witness conflict between th ':
powers T" . ' ' i '
"Witnessed on th other dsyT" . -
"Between the powers T" . '
"Sure! My wife, th cook and the.
Iceman began a tbre-cornrd squabble
la ths yard.' ' ',
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