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PORTLAND, . OREOON,
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER K 190.
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THE SERIOUS QUESTION OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXATX0&
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0 WAS STATED to former
of UMHiMnt and taxation,
qualltr,: both under the
matter of aba tract right, la tha fundamental basis of. ins
i.Hm a all mnalr. . This result BOUSht M
ranched to ft variety of ways, but tha moat oonaolcnttou
imnt u times finds H hsrd to even; approximate thai
ideal. Thara ara elaaaaa at eorporaUom which represent
targe capitallsatlooa and earning oapaoltr. wboaa tangi
ble property bears but a amall relation ta value to tha
mnitaUaatlon or earning capacity. In this class ara tde-
graph, telephone, express, eleepins ear, refrigerator car.
, railroad companies and tha Ilka. These corporations ea
'. - toy the protection cf our taws, tha benefit of aw deveiop
. merit, ara given kmy facility ta do business, and their
iBcomoa and returns tecraaaa with aw m tenses and
- growth. -These tacts require no arffumant to rapport
J - them, and tha mere ststonient la sufficient to carrr oon-
- vteuoa. Hi matter of principle rt
' that If a business la of a oharactar ta Justify tha tammnee
of any; ana mUUon douan In bonds, and ona million doi
tara ta stock, and tha boatnaaa dona para dividends an
tha atock and tntaraat on tha banda, and malntalne both
' at par, that aoch a bualnaai and each property ahould
iniiiil aa,s, basis that would put it oa. an sQuallty
; 'with other elaseee of tangible property. Thara la some
, thins o a sufficiently substantial character ta Indues tha
v torvsStment of two million 4ouara and ta pay mtarast,
,and dlTtdamds tharaon, and thai aooathlns: ahould pay
taxea tha sams as stbar property.
Under tha law of thia atata, abaraa of stock In oarpo
U ratkma, axoeptln thasa of banks, ara not taxable, bat
: the propartr jM aarparatlcaHa iwnl rllperttr to U.
- Tha onMrtlon, tharafara, that posslea many of tha astaas
aora la to determine what Is property tor tha purpoaea
of f TBHen. and tt took Ion time for them to learn
' ; that there were actual vatoes W fnnchlees and tn bual
' rnw, r rather In tha faailitr to do bualnaaa. Whara -it
hi desirable to aaatee tha property aa auoh, tha euprame
court of tha Ualted States has laid down a plain ruin, it
bald that a fair way to arrive at what eonstltutas tha
; ; .Talus of tha araparty of snob a aor potation to to take
"tha market valua af .Ha stocks and bands on a si van day,
vahw ,tta vtolMa property, and tha difference - between
that valuation and tha valuation of tha stocks and bonds,
. would faava tha valua at tha franchises or facility ta do
: buslnasa, and tha asiaism,int .would he baaed tharaon. -
There are, however, manr oaaas whara ths stocks and
;, banda ara not on 'the market and aava no market valua
-lu-the tins mam of ths wordt-nwd ccnaeaueDtly-ihla
- method of valuation la not aval labia. Became of thasa
alfflaulUea there has bsasv tarouah an evolutionary pro-
;. ' A b0U LETTER OP ACCEPTANCE 13
V vvarrrvn
rT HS DEMOCRATS of the west
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With the profoundest interest
v letter of aeceptanca of the
tloa tor ptesidsnt It Mr expected that that document will
' Bound the keynote of the campaign, that it wilt be so
definite and poalttvtf In tone, so frank and attmightforward
In Ita enunciation of principles and ao oomprehenatve of
the lasues.mvotved, as to arouse the enthusiasm and act
. tvs fighting qualities of ths party all over the country,
For sight years the patty In ths wast baa controlled the
. party's destinies. In both campaigns It bad the active op
l pealtlca of many Influential men. who bad theretofore
been Identified with tt. ' Nevertheless Its popular vote
was so heavy that a change of M,M would have meant
; the defeat of McKlnley and tha election of Bryan. How
aver much an Important element la the country may have
.' disagreed with the policies .enunciated at Chicago and
, reiterated at Kansas City this vital fast stood out In bold
reUef-thare was no doubt whara tha party stood -and
what It stood for and there waa just as little doubt that
thee policies would nave been put lata effect bad the
party base successful at ths polls. - . s
j Two successive defeate counted with a settlement of
the chief Issue Involved, through natural rather than lea
telatire or other cause, brought the politicians and time
servers of ths party ta tha eonvtetkm that ths only hope
. sf sum ess lay la burying what waa esteemed a dead issue
and striking out oa new lines that were the outcome of
- new cenditiona. To these wees added many eoneclentlouo
pemoerata whs saw no ether way out and the body of
oou Demoorats was- were mors than anxious to once
again ass that wing of the party In tha ascendency.
There Is little -doubt that the absolute Judgment of the
BC Louie convention waa simply to Ignore the sliver quee-
tlmv but when that negative position was outflanked by
the Parker telegram, after the first white heat of indlg
'""natlon whal had hitherto bn the great' majority of the
V r party bowed gracefully to the Inevitable, accepting the
V new dispensation In perfect good faith,' awaiting only a
t bold, sura and vital enunciation to concentrate upon ths
common enemy to a battle that would lonaj be reeacm
bared. . j , . j. j
It was not too much to ask of those new forces Into
WW the snwrmlee of the party had been committed for a
vitalising pronanelamento that would have electrified the
party. If not the country. So far the national campaign
has bam little snore than a fight of the outs to get In.
Somethlrrg more than this ta looked for; tt la expected
to come In the letter of acceptance which will be Issued
Monday. For this reason It la eagerly looked forward to
In tha west which, however mistakenly in the Judgment
of soma, having stood for something definite In the past
Witt hope to da- aa to the prewiit campaign, - - ,
Wj INCREASING COMMERCE OF JAPAN.
T APAN hae made wonderful program
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not' only to building a navy but also In building up a
merchant marine snd Increasing her foreign commerce.
. Paring the hundreds of years when Japan waa closed
' tightly against ths rest of tha world, and before the
United States, cracked its shell, Japan had no Commerce
at au. ut now Japan handles mora
the marine tonnage of the world,
. amount when c-M considers the great
inTEKSFROIITEEPEOPLI
una r Bet--' --
'. Pertlsna, Sept. SI. Te the Editor ef
The Journal Tha question ef municipal
mvermnent Is the questloa of the day.
It Is toi the dties that Republtcaa
gorernment Is to be tested and put te
the eevecast litel. ponumtioa Is fast
- aecctntng eeaaeeied, and without rem
etv will fester tn the slums. put if
lhr an dleeaasd, how are the rest
ewoe and baslnesa diatrlota to esoape
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O N D A I LT.
- INDlPIItDIIfT NIWIPAril
PUBLISHED BY' JOURNAL. PUBU8HXNO Ca
Sunday) m ovary sender miiadml
t. .. . , stream Pop ilaaa, Oregon. .
OFFICIAL PAPtR OF THI CITY OF PORTLAND
arttela on ths subject
"uniformity ana
constitution ana aa
from nerfaeL and
whole has been
they should aid
stance, no matter
within the state,
arty, which consists
and If It owns real
mast be conceded
could, like the
to operate the stats
sufficient lntartat
carefully considered
are looking forward
to yarkar'a formal
Demoeraue nomina-
they ara determined
HINT TO
ta the last few years
than a per cent, of
not an Insignificant
eotnmeretel nations.
prices than now
Chios so has taken up the question, net
only with eamestasss. but with discre
tion, that bide fair te produce the best
results. She propeets te sstsbllsh tt
parks snd provide thwa wfth the means
of heaKhfot rscreatinn and amusements
te which men may resort instead of sa
loona rbt tray aa the sa
loon evil be overcome T
it ts net trnwe ! that ara needed.
There are laws enough now a dead let
ter upon the statute-books. It Is new
methods that we want, and meet have.
If Christianity or even etbios are to be
ooneerved.
What has Portland thiia far dent to
remedy, ths sAusss which, creep into
J O U R N A L
jns. P. rmm t
Ths Jeejrnat Bafldtaft IHSfc an Yaamfl
n
oaaa and after many sxpsrlments, a principle of taxation
developed In connection with thia . olaas of property
ihmick a u m reaa emrnlncu." .This system Is far
has aasas eUsadvantasas, but on the
found to srork reasonably -wall Ms seri
ous burden' la entailed upon tha corporation, and so Ions
aa tha taxation la eaultable and such a corporation la
required to pay only Its fair share towards carrytnf on
ths sovernmant, no well-founded complaint can be made.
They require snd sst ths- protection of tha, .laws, and
ta maintaimn them. -
As ths law stands today, an express company for In
bow much business It may be doinv
pays tanas only on Its tanalbte prop-
of hers as, wajrons and off loe future,
estate, of course, on that also;
graph company pays an Its poles, wires snd matrumenta
aa such, and not as plant for dotns; buataeas, and so
on down ths line. The result' would be ludicrous tt It
were not aa serious. Many a small property bolder m
thia osuntv nan snore tax as every year than some M
the express companies as teiesraph companies. 'This fe)
not as H should be, and such taxation Is neither uniform
nor equal. Real estate, stocks of anode, snares In banks,
mills and property of a Ilka nature, saa a tend a certain
amount of taxation, but they Can be taxed so n standstill.
Moreover If thia Inequality hi corrected, another condi
tion which, until remedied will always causa trouble, can
in a measuie be abated, and that la, the direct atata tax.
Ths revenues derived from the anurous above Indicated
corporation, Inheritance and Insurance
taxes, be paid directly to the state and la time would
furnish sufficient meana without ths see of a direct tax
overnmenC . . , '
The Journal is not seisins; to arouse any eantvnant
against eerpomtiona, or encourage tha Introduction of
"omen" bills In the lesislatare, but tt does hope ta arouse
to cause some legislator to prepare a
measure to meet these Inequalities tn
tasfftkm. Nothing tends to breed mors-diaoontant. and
la tha snd react on the offending .party; than 0 In
equalities of thia sort, and -by their opposition ta reason
able cnangna ta the laws to confirm ths belief of many
that thia claaa of corporations do not pay their, fan
proportion, of the taxes, ..--.. .
Oovernmenta cost money. There la each year a certain
amount to be raised. If each parson does not pay his
proportionate share, come one else, must pay mora than
la Just - This share la supposed to be baaed upon the
value -of property, --and- -this -property-may consist of
many different kinds and rises es, ba no matter what
kind cc.alaes, the tax ahould be equal and unffonn on alL
and. how recently Japan began marina buelneaa. In the
year UOl-t tha steamer tonnage af Japan waa Tf,m and
'the calling tonnage N.SOS, total lit, loe, while tn next
year IT had Increased ta sU,4et snd 17x.Me tons respeot
tvelyv total MS.Ke. Japan's foreign trade so far has been
principally with China and Korea, coming In com petition
there with -Germany, Kngiand and tha United states,
though her trade with these countries, particularly tha
latter two, tt she wins In the war, promises to Increase
greatly. Japan baa thirteen regular steamship lines to
China, two to Korea, one to Vladivostok, and several to
the United States; and Great Britain. Her flag flies over
tf per cent, at ths trade between her ports and those of
Korea and China. Of that between JCebo and the Qerman
Chlneae port of Talngtau she oarrico more than half.
With an advantageous outcome at the war. Japan's mer
chant marine will develop very rapidly. Her people are
as enterprising and persistent in peaceful ooaquests aa
and valorous ta war.
&OME HOMESEEKERS.
GOOD MANY homeseekers ara now eotntng to
Oregon, Moat of them come first ta Portland,
and than scatter out. Soma of them would pre
fer to obtain comparatively amall tracta af land not vary
far from thia city, but perhaps they are not aura of tost
what they could raise profitably. 1
: Fruit, potatoes and other vegetables, and poultry and
eggs, always find a ready market here, and command a
good price, but fet Is the latter class of producto to which
thia article directs their attention. t .
If any of these families go to housekeeping here a Utile
while, pending tha selection of a future home, they will
discover that they have to pay ft cents a ocean for fresh
Oregon egga, and later they will have to pay snore; and
for a chicken of average alas and quality they must pay
SO or to cents. We Imagine that thasa prices will strike
the Immigrant from Iowa or Missouri as high, but we
ara used to them bars. ',..7 f ' ..
Naturally these tmmlgranta will Jump to the onona
sien that thte region h for some rsseoa not well adapted
to raising poultry and tha production of eggs. But this
is not so. On the contrary poultry and eggs can be pro
duced hers as easily and nearly as cheaply 'aa anywhere
in the country. The climate la usually mild. The water
la pure. Any sort of feed hi easily raised. Then why
are poultry and eggs so high f Why ere we importing
many carloads of eggs annually, none of them entirely
trash and many of them offensively stale, front tha Mis
sissippi valley t v ; 'lt - ,v v
The only Imaginable reason Is that the present residents
of Oregon are too busy otherwise, or too Intent on bigger
business, or too indifferent to go to the comparatively
slight trouble of raising mors chickens and earing for
their, bens so that they will lay nearly tha yeas round.
- This Is the sUuatlea, and It offers an opportunity to
scores of homem chore with small means, tf they choose
to get a tract af land anywhere within moderately easy
reach of Portland. Poultry and Ogg raising need not be
made tha solo business, of course: it can be combined
with the production of other things l but many a family
could make a full, fair living on a small tract of land
out of poultry and eggs alone, . -
The time' certainly ahould soon come when, even If
Oregon does export some poultry and eggs to Alaska snd
elsewhere, tt ehould still have an abundance, at lower
prevail, without any Importations,
every city's life when municipal duties
are neglected? Shall Bishop Potter's
saloon be condemned until seme better
remedy Is discovered?
'At it, Louie "the Interna ti ona) Con
arose of Arte and acmncee ts now tn see.
Ion. What will the Lewis and Clark
fair specially do to commemorate the
occasion and ta help solve this probtemT
Will U call a eensreea for the considera
tion ef "Civic and Municipal Govern
ment"? If It falle ta this direction tt
will fall f the aoocees which ths peo
ple desire. M. S. oniowoux
The Democratic handbook will ecma
I handy lor Psaeoratlo stamp speakers.
C Small Change
How do ths taxpayers like the school
sltuattoaT V f . :,
There Is often toe much eUsresard- of
official reeponslbulty to the people.
eaaw
Candidate Parser seems to be soaw-
what ef a eampalsn aiansger himself.
''Forecast for Saturday night, October
1, frost, ralrbaake will be here then.
General Steossel must have been well
supplied with both ammunition and srun.
Of course, Tibet will have to pay the
expenses of Colonel Tounghusband'a in
vasion, . y. .,, y v ' v. .;
Oeneral Stoessel is already m the hero
class, even If Port Arthur falls to
morrow.
But the secluded gambling games
among Chtnaasen exclusively are .the
least harmful of any. , y f ,
Pert Arthur might be more easily
Induced te fall tf it could discover acme
soft place os which te light. , .
. Oregoa Is fortunate la baring atea
able and wilting to take hold of that
Dortaae railroad nreieet and nuaa it
through. " mumim ,' ;
Theodore Kceeevelt ta thoroughly
convinced that the president of the
United States la ths greatest man that
ever lived.
If Tom Tasgart can carry Indiana for
Psrker. that will be work and glory
enough, even tf he at crowded te the
rear In Torn, ; v li'.
Owing to the beneficent operation of
the Dlngley tariff, more whales have
been caught thia year than la any eae
of several years past. t. -.
Perhaps Russia wants to get rM of
the Baltic fleet and the Vladivostok
cruisers, and as have them off her mind
and save their expense.
There te a fair nroseeet that Murder-
era Ougiteimo and Williams may be duly
hanged eome time next year, bat we
cannot be certain of 1L - ,
Men may en ear at the dressmakers
convention, but they will dfeoover that
the dressmakers' bills under the new
fashions are ao sneering matter.
Fairbanks has made eneeehm ta Ver
mont and Pennsylvania, and will apeak
tn Onecon and Iowa. But thess states
will go ftcputoltcan. nevertheless. ,
The present experience with the
Portland schools ehould serve aa a suf
ficient lesson to prevent any such
thing ever happening asm la. It is really
inexcusable. , i
"Tr . mrim he en 'Immm v
I several years, la gotng'to start for the
norm pcis again soon, ne snouw nave
secured permission to accompany Fair
oanxs oa ate wur,.aa a preparawry aea-
eoatng. . f.
struck a aesro cairlage driver for put
ting a colored woman tn tha same ve
hicle with him. Now won't be have to
cut erf .the Asm) that touched , tha
"lugnerr. . ' -
A maa who owns a big tract of land.
and who won't either Improve It or di
vide It up and sell It at a reasonable
price, la an Incubue upon the state ta
general, snd the eonuauaity ta which he
Uvea to particular. - ,
Tha lees the Bepubitean campaign ora
tors have te ear about reciprocity the
greater will be the measure ef respect
observant and Intelligent Vetera will
have for them. There is such a thing aa
being toe brasen la false pretenses.
' AS so bavxs a.
from the Cfatoego NewaY'
In an effort te account for David B.
Hill's mental and moral limitations and
his curious tack ef conviction, Oeerge
Harvey advances en lngcaleue theory In
the current Issue of Harper's Weekly.
Mr. Hill's experience of life, be thlaka,
has been defective. 1 Too restricted a
contact' .with general aeclety and too
mnoh concentration en political details
have warped and etunted hie growth.
He has none of the, email vices that
sometimes accompany social enjoyments,
but neither hae he any af the attending
virtues and grapes, Mr. Harvey says:
Hr. Hill la aot only a bachelor, but
one wtth very slight Inclination for
mixed society. He has habitually denied
himeelt not only the eommoa plsasums
and somces ef domestic life, but the in
spirations that come from the society
and discourse of intelligent women. Now,
womankind constitutes the greatest help
and one of the meet tm portent sources
ef in spiral ton that have besa vouchsafed
to' man.
That i mas r 1I6 haTgon nCMugirnfa
emnarrted la te a certain extent out of
touch with the eoclal system and more or
lees abnormal sa a logical theory. He
has not only missed the help and Inspir
ation which Mr. Harvey Justl? attributes
to women, but his whole life hae been
out ef tune with the natural and whole
some order ef things- Celibacy alone,
however, does not account for Mr. Hill's
inability to find a normal point of view
and establish himself upon firm ground
of conviction. His rotation to the ma
jority and te life la general has been one
of Isolation. Graver Cleveland was a
bachelor until his first election, but he
wss a good mixer. On the other hand.
there are many thoroughly domesticated
men whose personal lives ara as narrow
and circumscribed as Mr. Hill's, and who
era Just aa Incapable ef eeelng things
ta their proper perspective aa he ta.
Betting aside the question or native
honesty, the trouble with Hill and with
many other public men la an inability te
take the nolnt of view of the normal,
a vera ae man and keep In touch with him.
If Hill, who baa confined himself to
playing politics all his life, had had
some interests to broaden his outlook
and show him that principle and con
viction, hot selfish Intrigue, era ths
things that really count, he Slight have
been something mora than a clever poli
ticise. To this extent, et least, Mr.
Harvey's theory may be right. .
ens Btaeai
Washington Dispatch
to. Mew .York
Times.
The fact to brousht out tn recent foot
Inge ef census reports that West Vir
ginia Is the enlr state east of the Becky
mountains that Is short ef its due quota
of women. Melee ara largely 1a excess
of females, and eld maida ara almost
unknown. For every Hi melee la the
state there are 1f females. Thia con
dition te unusual ta the casters part
ef the country.
. The Akemrsity ef is, . . ?
- Prom Punch,
"Should actresses merry f" Is the allly
neasoa topic now agitating New York.
The iiefvote of the question la emnatag.
Hew aiss scald they get 04 creed t
GAG LAW IN THE DEPARTMENTS
Washington Letter ta Hew York Worts.
Cabinet earners srs Interpreting the
"gag erder of President Roosevelt ta
spirit ea well as te the letter. The let
ter forbids the disclosure af any part
of the estimates of probable needs for
the nscal year bsgtanlng next July.
Tha spirit, aa Interpret ed by the cabi
net officers, is that nothing snail be re
vealed, ao matter how tnelanlnoent a
piece of Information tt may happen
to be. - , . i
Since the promulgation of the "gag or
der," heads of bureaus have been tn
terror lest, by Inadvertence, something
be disclosed that would afford the presi
dent an excuse for reprimand or an
noying inquiry aa to who had been, talk
ing about the sacred affairs of an office
conducted by public oervanta, paid out
of money furnished, by the people, who
are te be denied any Information as
te how their money ts being disbursed.
The bureau chiefs et the treasury,
the department af agriculture and the
department of commerce and tabes are
the ease that especially fear the result
ef any slip ef the tongue whereby the
public may ecme to a knowledge ef
what they are doing. They are1 more
fearful than their confreres of ether
departments for the reaeoa that Secreta
ries ShaW and Wilson and former Secre
tary Certeiyou began, long ago, the
practice ef suppression. While Mr. Oer-
telyea wee ta office It weaves much aa a
bureau enters job waa worth for hie
name to appear ta any newspaper article
ta connection with the small est scrap ef
Information concerning the work being
done by him or ander hie direction.
Commissioner of Corporations, Oarneld,
the partieutar friend of the president,
who had a reputation te Ohio tea deal
ing above board la all subtle matters
whsa hs came here, base me afraid even
to venture aa estimate of when a par
ticular bit at work would be anlehed.
Inatead of being free end frank, aa he
waa la Ohio, he became ridiculously cau
tious, and at times felt constrained
even te act dleourteously whea newspa
per men asked him questions about the
workings of big bureau, probably ,wtth
the hope that they would never again
come near aim. - - -, .
Professor Whitney, chief of the bu
reau et soils ef the department of ag
riculture, whose work la to determine
what soils in particular localities are
good tor. found that the result ef his
labors wsa receiving ne publicity what
ever because In the form ta which they
were being put out by the department.
only chemleta could understand them.
So ha determined to employ a prase
agent. He detailed one of hts clerks te
do the work but soon discovered that
what he needed waa a man who had had
seme experienoe In the preparation of
He supposed he could have the
THINGS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
r From the Hew Fork World. '
Thara la a nsw senadtloa In lingerie.
It te the divided nightgown. It made ita
appearance yeetersay at tne opening 01
the Dressmakers' Protective Association
of America at the Maecnio .temple, and
eaueed much mora of a flutter than the
most gorgeous imported wa
Jt oou me, i in rmiwn. it
robe do suit; but It la Just the same
thi flt nlannn tt la hint the
usual thing, with the exception ef the
little billows of lace that travel ap frem
the head oh. a number of taohea and
down again. The billows wear an inno
cent air. But let the wearer move ana
they suddenly receive thsmseivee inie
ro parts, ' It tabes away ens s ermuo.
The naushtv little nightgown did not
oome boldly out In the open. It tacked
BOCnafsVSSaSati OBASBl
It to VOW
fas ths
Prom the New York Herald,
It to the ambition of Mr. John D.
Bookefellsr, Jr to sinks hia Bible class
ta the Fifth avenue Baptist church She
largest and most notable ta the United
States, and be to looking forward te the
opening of the els se en the first Sua
day la October with t great expectations.
He saa Instructed J. M. Troxell, presi
dent of the cues, te send aa extended
circular letter to every msmbsa, request
ing him te bring as many friends aa
possible to the opening eaeelon, with the
object at getting tha young men inter
ested, with this circular letter ' Mr.
Rockefeller hae forwarded another let
tor from No. If Broadway, also argtng
the Bwmbera to be an bend tor the tail
and winter season.
President TroxetTa letter opens With
this quotation t.
"Jesus Invitee Ale Batata H v
Te meet around hie Board;
Here pardoned rebels elt and hold
Communion with their Lerd.
After citing an experience ta a little
church In Maryland thia summer, whioh
made hlm-thtah-ad-the- '"eld el ace'' to
New York, Mr. Troxell says: t
"We hope that your Borrows since last
we met have net bees greater than you
could bear, and that these words ef Job
have helped you: The Lord gave and
the Xord hath taken away; Missed be
the i"n4 et the Lord
This to the ninth year I have besa
privileged ta advice you that on October
1, the first Sunday ta the month, cur
claaa will meet again ta the church at a
quarter before 1 o'clock, with the leader
1A the chair. Topic: 'Studies ta the
Parablee of Jesus.' This to a new course
of lessons which we believe will be seeat
Interesting and helpful.
"A growing Bible class, like any ether
organisation, cannot hope to continue to
multiply and maintain a healthy Interest
without aa effective and comprehensive
organisation, and that we now have,
thanks te the unselfish and kindly In
terest ef Mr, Rockefeller. Dr. roots and
ether etanch friends of his claaa
"Much Urns waa given to this work ef
greater or mora effective organisation
by the class officers, and now we would
be glad te have each member give hie
pro rata of time te the work ef' In
creasing the membership. After a care
ful revision ef the rolls we find that tha
class contains nearly 40 active mem
bers. One member thinks that It should
not be a very herd mstter to eloee this
term with a membership of 1.000 active
members between the sgee at II and 41.
As now organised. 1,000 members can
be looked efter Just as well aa a smaller
number. Think It ever end, eome pre
pared to help decide upon a plan for
futhertng thte greet work ef interesting
young men ta the work of tke Master,
'Meantime esk the pester, of your
home church or Ths principal of your
school or college te send you the name
ef any- young men whom they happen te
know are ta New York, se that you can
bring them into the elans. No doubt
you know of at least three young men
whom yea can bring ta during the first
few months. There Is only one sura
way ef setting a man for the ctaaa, Vial
by calling for him at his house on Sun
day mornings. It la a very fascinating
work. Try If ; ,
With )thiM circular letter Mr, Kosac-
Mtv eapeloe mmmtastOB certify the
name of soma one whe had had such
expert enoe and that whea he, the pro
fessor, had appointed him. the clerk,
itk a bmtBiMiM at the ways ef newa-
nenera. aould sceomsMsh the desired
After working out hll Idea nearly to
h Mint m ths nniMrtkm of a eisrk for
that work, he laid the scheme before
Secretary WUeen, expecting the tatter
tO become aa enthusiastic aovoosjo ea
th man. inata4. tbs professor re
ceived a peremptory notice that if he
had anythnlg te make putuie nia Busi
ness waa to aead it to the office of the
Conimtesloner-Oensral Sargent, of the
Immigration bursa ui when nis nuruau
waa tnnaniMd tn tha deOSXtment Of
com me roe and labo had a padlock
placed oa hie lips and from a source of
Interesting and often entertaining In
formation he wss converted Into an
inmiv for the suppression et inei
which hitherto bad afforded fooe tor re
nection for those whe ere paying him a
ulirv Tha nana In trua of Commle-
ainnaw a Ma.via-a.tlna Cbanbsrlaia and
every other bureau chief placed under
ohargs eg tne sioeea-saouuiea ueruirva.
Secretary' Shew, Just before the latest
ni order was promulgated, put
bands over the mouths of those under
him. and now It Is slmcet Impossible
te procure mformattoe about anything
even ao public a thing aa tne construc
tion of a federal building la some out-of-the-way
town. The Iowa man's Idea
aoneara ta be that -any news from the
treasury' department must eome out
branded with his same. Several bureau
chiefs whe recently received reprimands
from him have besa told that If there
was anything to be given out he would
do the promulgating. -
The "saa order" pieaaea, tns camnei
officers mentioned as greatly aa u eacn
had received checks for sums as large
aa the annual salary of the president.
They have the Vandermit Idea aa te
the rights ef the pnblie with respect to
the way they conduct the public busi
ness. They go about inesuppreeeioa ex
Information with aa much gleS SB It
they were ta a game of addition, dtvW
aloa and euenoe. The excuae for secreqy
la that the interests of the government
are often srejndleed by the publloaUon
of facte as they develop. At the navy
department It is said that tf Information
with respect te estlmatea ta given out
the publication brings a horde of eon
Basemen to Washington, tt eongrsee to
not la session, each bent upon having
the allowance he asked for spenV tn his
district. Import vnltiee of the kins, it
la held, musa up the plane of the de
partment. The fact la that publloatlona
og that Bins usually mane unponsiue
te carry out schemes for. the benefit of
favorite eeatraotora.
Itedf tat ft corner as if affitated with
modesty. But It "arrived" quite aa
Buraly,', ,-rr- -r -:
m.C ----iaa--iji;-iswi R. .'.-Ak
v he Vrae Bamamaay. " ''
From Senator Hoar's Biography of .Sev-
" enty Teare.
My mother waa the moat perfect
democrat. In the beat sense of the word,
that 1 ever knew. It waa a democracy
which waa the logical result ef the doc
trines of the Old Testament and of the
Nsw. It reoognised the dignity af the
Individual soul, without regard to the
accident of birth or wealth or power or
color of the akin. If she were ta the
company of a aueen tt would never have
occurred to her that they did not meet
aa equals And If the aueen were a
woman of aense and knew her H would
never occur te the queen.
fsller has forwarded a personal letter
over his own signature to each member
of the clam calling on him te be present
and reiterating the Importance of having
him assist In the work. The text af
the letter ta as fellows: ,
"Dear Mr. : In looking over the Hat
of men whe Joined our Bible etase this
year I find your name, and take this op
portunity as the fail approaehse ta ex
press the hope that you will be with the
class when tt reassembles en the first
Sunday la October, end that we amy
ceunt upon your Internet and oo-epera-tioa
to the work of the dees during the
year. ' "
T hope that the class eaa bo of service
to you. I knew that you can do much
for the class snd that we need your help
In order that I may be able to make
complete a membership list which I bars
and which givse certain facts regarding
the mca tn the claaa, may 1 ask yen ta
fill ta the blanks ea the accompanying
clip? -
"Looking forward ta knowing you bet
ter during the coming year and assuring
you of hearty welcome at the class, I
am, very truly, -i
"JOHN D. BOCKEPBIXBR, JR..
This latter, Mr. Rockefeller believes.
Mrlll aid materially In increasing the In
terest la and membership ef the olass.
MAUaUSBBS IXfPtrOBS SCdftBIS.
-wroag the Waahlngton Post '
By all odda the greatest promoter af
temperance In the tact te years hae been
the change ta bualneaa of every deeerlp
Uon which hen especially- marked that
period. Everywhere the machine haa
aupsraUsd the sua or the wamaa, Thia
to aa notable on the farm and ta the
farmer's home aa ta tha town. In manu
facturing, mining, efiglneertng, transpor
tation, and almost all ether buetaeea
pureuita, the Individual worker haa be
come a part ef the machine, and the
mechanism Is too ooetly ta be tntrueted
to the direction or manipulation of a
man whose brain Is liable ta be befogged.
Ia transportation, and to a leaa extent
in mining and maaufacturesv not only
the safety of property, but ef Mfe, de
pends, upon the sobriety ef employee. In
the eld days a waaewerker could go off
on an oooaslonai spree without inter
rupting ths work of others; new the ab
sence ef a eingie employe may tie up the
business of ths branch of the factory hi
which ha works. -- i
,M OB SVBWi P.
A Special writer attached to the stsff
of the New York Times gave hia paper
a rather complete sketch of Judge
Parker, tha Democratic sasdldata In
hia estimate of the saan, thia writer
says:
It la a little unfortunate that be waa
ao little known to hia countrymen be
fore hia nomination; tt Is hard ta teach
a fair judgment ta the height: of a po
litical campaign, where every word and
action to distorted. If he la elected wis
people will have ample Usee to learn
that he la a man of strong aa powerful
ehareetert one whose Ideals are ae high
that even among presidents, be has not
muck company, and who sticks to these
Ideals with the ebeunacy that nature
planted In him when she gave him hie
red hair and hie big laugh j one whe Is
ae far aa possible removed from ths
hnmsn Iceberg type. Who la a warm
hearted man, a Sao lighter, and a very
Hearty, human, WholeaoaM typical
American gcatlcdma "
Oregon Sidelights
MSaSnagagaaaaaCT-n-mi
Brer saimca have sppoarsd In Coos
Mora dweJlnehouses are
ver take.
T7
an-
Oregon apples have nearly p world
wide lame.
Can't Oregon beat that Arkansas 14
ounoe applet ,. k ,
Have you got your local aeveioeaaent i
league to operation t , , r.. ( '
U A farmer near Ashland has finished
ling t3l tons of hay. , .. . . 4
Three crops of alfalfa D Over Oregon. -;.
despite tha dry aummeiv , r
An it-acre fruit farm aear Ashland'
haa been sold for 6. BOO. r "7, -"4
resell expects to be much benefited
by the railroad to Condoa. - 1
- Pacific university, at Forest Orove. -i
haa entered upon Its lth year of work.,
A fanner near North Tamhltt Is msk- '
lag two alios, sad uses a a team eUoi
cutter. .; , . t 1. ' J
Now the hemeaeefcere are pourlnir Into $
Oregon again. They ahould be well '
treated. v , v " ;- . .
' Hew about those ell wdleT And hew ' '
soon ta ecmeaody going to strike oil ta
fsnTJt. , - : , ,
Sell land to hemeeeekera for is fair
price." They will make the renmteder
mere valuable, 1- .,
"The district fair at Bugune thia week
was also a eucoesa. Oregon waa waver ;
as wide awake aa now. ; , ,
'Fine trout weighing up to four sounds
are being caught in Coos river. Wish
coca river was nearer. : v
A farmer near HUlebord raises fine :
popcorn. It's nice ta leas rear for mar. .
rtageable glrta to have. -
A Chinaman property named Ah Swill ' "
eperatee a hog reach near Albany, which '
near-by residents consider a nuisance.
A Brownsville maa killed three deer' 2.
with two shots from a .10.-10 rifle- The
last shot went through two deer) one of
which the hunter did not see when he
frwA -; .: v -, .. .(v, -,.,
While returning from hop-picking. ,
Miss Lucille Hamilton et Kslleher City
wsa robbed Of her purse, containing ail
her money and scene Jewelry keepsakes.
and new she wishes she had taken aa "
outing otherwise. " - - . .x
- - Ths Albany Democrat ta tn formed that -n
the Chlneae pheasants are being eleugh-
tared right and left through the country, '
witaeet hlaaraace, and so -awnnr -are ri
being killed that there will be slim pick
ing ea opening day. ' '-
Forest . Orova- Times: Mow that the
hop narveet to completed. It ta found :
that there, has been a great deatpf varle- '
tion in dirrerent -yards. In eome the
yield was even heavier than tact year, -t-
others were about equal to last yean and :
some fell to scarcely half of tarn year.
But tn every ease the auallty has asver" -
bees better. . , 4 ,
Owing to ''the large amount of flrb
lose to Umatilla county threshing ma '
chines and harvesters this year, caused, ,
by spontaneous oombusttoa of . smut
dust, leading farmers are now studying 1
meana of killing the emut germ In seed '
wheat A Umatilla reservation farmer
saya the following to sn affective rem- i
edyi Mix thoroughly with 10 gellone of
water one pound- ef formalin and Im
merse the grain In the liquid, letttag It v
remain is minutes. ' a
tarn bub maoig :
n Was
a drreaa
j , rnm ue v.niuago 1 nvun,
New York. den or Santoa, a Cuban '..
grace eater ef Brooklyn' who followa
Neauchadnssaar for hia atoms ch's seks,
hae a deaclpla True, bis deselple was a r
hackellder, but be to ta the fold agala,
Frank B. Taylor, who rune a dellcae-
esasn store ta Brooklyn, la the first ta !
follow genor nan toe. Ha cays It cured
him and will cure others. Taylor, who
la s Maine Yankee, and along ta yea re.
haa besa troubled with Indigestion. Ha
tried everything for It even doctors, he ;
saya. The doctors gave him up. And
then came the discovery that Benton,
whe Uvea two blocks sway, bad been
cured by native blue grass. , ,
Taylor emptied a salad bowl, went to .
the park and gathered a peck of grass
tope. He cut out hia regular food and
chewed grans all day long. All about .
him were tempting potato salads, ripe
frankfurters, and Virginia kams. They
tempted him not) he closed his bob- -
A week passed. Taylor felt aa strong
as aa elephant too strong, for a tempt
ing desire for flesh came upon him. It ;'
took all hia New Bagtand conedence and
Mstae backbone ta resist the slices off V
sat dally ta .the showcase. Oa the four-
teenth day of Taylor's new llfs hia ;:
daughter waa cut and bo was alone !a
the shop, and the potato salad gave cut.
He had been letting his daughter mix tha
salsd, believing' it beet te remove temp-
tatton wholly from hie path. But tha .
salad bad ta be mixed. . v
Anthov." muasd Taylor. "It won't da
any harm to smell the stuff. Havlnpan
appetite for good victuals Is a healthy
sign, I won't testa the staff. ( 1 will '
Just smell tt." - -
That, as hia tator wcnis nave tcio
Rollo, waa the first fatal step. He got
out belled potatoes. Such alee, creamy, :
firm notatoea-they were. It gave him .
a pleasurable sensation Juat to apt Into
them, . - i
It dees beat ail how his bid stomach '
keeps s-grippin' a man,' mid Taylor,
But rve found a better way."
He rhoetoed la onions and parsley, 'l
and they certainly smetled good.' Ha .
mixed the adlad dreeaing. .r
Fortifying his mind tbue he dumped
the potatoee in a salad howl and poured
out the rich, creamy, tempting dressing
snd mixed It up. Ita looked at tt a tang
time, . - 1
1 wonder new," be said, it I got
that dressing Just right T How am I
going te knew If I don't, toete Itr -
"Of oouree, bow-, eae yen tellf 1 One
tittle tacts will do ne harm,' whlepered
the voice ef the tempter. And then, with
a mad, dee pal ring sigh, the deselple of
gantos and purs living fell. . -
When Miss Taylor came back te the
shop she shrieked el the awful eight aha
beheld. There was her father sitting
on tha floor. Beside him was en empty .
salad bowl, the skins ef three bolognas,
the 'crumbs ef two loaves ef bread, and
an empty Jem Jar. With a Joy gone mad j
he waa sinking his tseth Into the pink
fragrant heel of a Westphalia ham,
"I was tempted and I fell," said Taylor
sa he reached tor . A plate, ef ameer-
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