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: Editorial PORTLAND. OREGON v a. 1 Z AY,. CCTC-2 4, 1 f V '.I -, TH E OREGON D AILY j-' An f v. 0..JACXSflM PubAshed, iw; fan gig ( ); 'PRIMARY LAW. OBJECTIONS ANSWERED . li-''.. I ..talwsrr w ntmC1 win 1 f , ' party fat Wisconsin, Aj such rt Is opposed to th ' i . direct primary law favored by Governor La Pollette. and j it givss lone Ik of mmu, noM of thm olthar inap- i , pucable or extremely shallow, for opposing such taw. These objections will sufficiently appear la the foUowlng brief gumsasry f tha Chicago Tribune's answer to them. I Coder th convention system voters have to choose be- tween candidates In sleeting delegates; or If delegates ar unpledged moat form opinions of tha qual location or each delegata, and delegate far outnumber tha office to be filled; hence voters oan probably stand tha tremendous Intellectual strain of selecting candidates themselves, a Well a (hat of samctlng aitagitM. It ought to be aa oaay to nominate no candidate aa to sleot many delegates to nominate him. ,' V r-V t J v - .: " ''" ; Tha offtca rarely seeks tha man; tha man almost always seeks tha office. Now ha aaaks K from a boss. Tha dee ten is to havo him aak tt from tha people. Which la bettor? Tha direct aovninaikHi system doe not favor tha rich man, because tt lo cheap and easier to bur boa than a whole electorate. Though a minority of voters, there being several Candi da tee for an offto. may nominate, boas nominations are made without the consent or knowledge of more than a mall fraction of ouch a minority. Frequently not on Tatar in 10 la a county Ilka Multnomah over beard of a .oandidata out up by aonvantlono ruled by bosses. Direct nominations air an advantage to men in efffee only tt they havo proved fit and worthy, and acceptable to the people. 1 v Doubtless tha abrogation of the ate to oonventkm would result la. tha disruption and dtalittogrsilon of party or- : gan last loo -that Is of the sJush-fund. padded pay-roll or genisatton. But thero would be a bettor kind of organisa tion. People with Identical oplntono are aura to orsanlsO. . man Is far more likely to need, and to deserve home lnd)orosmentH when voted for by ale neighbors than when be la pieked out by a boaa ) Men too "busy to consult the electorate, but who nave ttia to fht thing with bosses, are not urgently needed m office; tha public wlU do batter without thetr services. - Tha Aentlaal makat soma other points, not worthy of notice, but to tha whole batch the Tribune repllea to con clusion: J " ; 7 "The direct primary system cannot bo assailed without .InvoktnaT and reveal in a; a dlstruot of democsacyv. Tha ob ject of the direct primary system hi Btmpiy to give the voters what they are supposed even by tha present pri mary system to have the opportunity to make their win felt ta too selection of the candidates who shall represent their respective parties." - .x -.. - .' : A MONTH'S LOSS OP SCHOOLINa OR ITVSJ HUNDRED PUPILS school for one-nlntk of the L ' no fault of their own. Is a not akme to them but U an the, taapayers of tha district. U It b oho of thou cases In which excuses are well and J good, but no excuse however apparently valid for lack of preparation to of the leaat possible benefit to the children who are unfortunately deprived of the month's education for which the taxpayers havo footed the bilk It is a ease In which there should be no excuse either offered or ac oepted. The contract ahead of the school board to or should bo fully realised at the beginning of the calendar year. , When the approprlattonj are agreed upon tha board know precisely what tt has befora It, and tt must out Its goods to tha cloth.' It has two and a bait months In the dear for whatever building and repair It may lay out r (o do. Every preparation for beginning the work oould be completed the moment the schools are let out In the r epcing. Tha contractors know or should know Imw much ' time It will take them to do the work. If thay are bold ' to a rigid accountability under a heavy penalty for failure V 'and with tha full assurance that that penalty will be en forced, there w littler doubt of tha result, at leaat under ordinary circumstancea, andN circumstances wers 'Ordi nary during tha past aaaaon. - - ; The record lo one of which no one ing has any reason to feel proud, and The Journal wishes to reiterate in the moat forcible way that no such record - should aver again be tolerated In tha school district of .Portland. - ,.-..- , , better, because not so Bia ; ; , TLHB L8TW18 AND CLARK FAIR wiU be si! tha more enjoyable for not being planned and carried out on t i ouch an Immense scale as the Louisiana Purchase exposition. This, la magnitude, far exoeede anything aver before attempted, and tt to oafs to say that nothing oa so . V vast ecale wiU be attempted again far many years. If ;.-vr.- , V- ' Tbe grounds of the Columbia exposition at Chicago - measured M scree, those at Philadelphia, in tS7t, SUacresi those at Paris in ltM, SM acres, and those at Buffalo la lfrU, toe aeree,. while the exposition fence at St. Louts Is , nine mUea long and enciosee Lie acres. In a single , v building one may walk nine miles through aisles without - retracing his steps. The Agricultural building covers 11 - seres, and tha Transportation building 11 t There are ';' 70.so exhibits enumerated In the catalogue, and te.Ov ex- bibltor. The floor apse for exhibits with 142 miles ' of aisles In the - scattered over a wide area, which lo advantageou to ox " MMtora, but not to visitors who have to travel far to see ' j1" much; ta eea all, or eve the greater part, lo impossible, to do oo would toko months. Everything la motion m run by electricity; 4,e0e lo paid for 0,o boras power. In a' few weeks all these vast and crowded building will be rased, will swiftly disappear, all except the oentral portion of the art gallery, which cost $OOo,fX0 and will be given o the otty,---''' . K is calaculated that exhibitors have expended over . 9M,0M,tee. T0 prepara transport and care Cor the West ' ' ingbouse exhibit cost half a million. Several Individual j exhibltof hav expended over IIM.OM each. The United - States apeac l.leo.ee for Its bulUtlng and exhibit, and 1 more than half of K will be transported to Portland next "f - year. Oermany he expended lUIOO.eee, Pranoe and lapaa f l.t50,M each. England I7M.000, and other foreign gov ortirneou enough to bring the total up to M.000.000. The several states appropriated nearly 0,eoo, beside llts- A Prom tM CMcsg Record-Herald. - Oeors Meredith's plea for the tenta tive aMrrta-ftr the oentreet which woald lrailae the tin loo of man and woman for a dennlte period of time. - ymra 40 houre or 40 mlnutea,' ao h puta ft in the cotosino of a lnaoa nww paper -bae caused the uproar be rvople of the Rrttlag capital are al ius stirred and taeir eaadeamnailoa of IMDBpKMDSsYT ' MlWirAPIK PUBLISHED; BT JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. snd svery emaday at .-. MnM PurUeod, Ongo. OFFICIAL PAPER OP THK CITY OP POUTLAMO sourl. whkh gave of ths Republics R to be kept out of school terra through matter of importance : i' ' SOME r N PRKPARXN9 thing needed work at tb r ' concerned to Its mak without any great In the first piece that his own home houses where they respect the colors climate; we should cover itl acres. building. These are tn appearance and scatter over tha the novelist's' sAeme for optional wed lock is Bringing out sharp crltleiam. la Chicago hta remedr for unhappy mar rlasee hi called Inaane, absurd, lmprectl' eable. Immoral and Indecent. Mea and women who were interviewed, ae a rule, expresaed dlauet and ridiculed the oug Mtten. but when ashed to consider -It oerloualy for the eake of argument vented thetr eondemnatloBv Teacher are yet scarce la Waablagton oounty. - , .,. ' . . J O URN A L JhA v. fianii Tbe Journal BuOding, Fifth l.v(X,vf. The Philippine exhibit coat Up to the opening day the xpoaltton company bad ex pended flt.tOO.OOe, derived a follows: Sale of stocks, (IQO.OMi sale of bonds guaranteed by St. Louis. f,0M.. 000; subsidy, IS,000,o00; lean, from the goverament. 14. tOO.OOe. The latter la mostly repaid. The officials of tbe fair hope to come out even. The total expenditure on this suipendou fair amount to $W,l0.Oto. It le now expected that the number of visitor will reach In the neighborhood of IMM.teo. Supposing they spent an average of only SM each, the total would amount to tm.Ovt.ftoe, Mo w snail not havo so groat a show as this, la vise, but, we repeat, tt may bo mora enjoyable, partly on that account We shall havo qulta enough to entertain vial tors, Without wearying them through, week tf they want to see tt au. ' f y '. ; : v PEOPLE'S OPPORTUNITY IN WASHINGTON SPTJBUCAN8 of the state of Washington hav a vflne opportunMy thie fail to exercise a reason able and intelligent degree of political indepen dence in voting for A governor and a state legislature. The Republican party of that state nas repeatedly and conclusively proved, and especially in the last state con vention, that It was absolutely dominated by and eervllely obedient to the railroad. Whether the railroads are- right or wrong, reasonable or unreasonable, fair or oppr solve, makes no manner of difference; whatever they demand is yielded, as a matter of course; whatever they disapprove, though tt may bo demanded by nine-tenths of tha people. Is not done. The party boaaea, the majority m the legis lature, suck otata and oounty officers as are necessary to tb railroad service, are absolutely under their con trol The railroad lobby dlctatea all legislation in which the railroads are interested. . Railroad attorneys and agents as completely controlled the last state Republican convention aa Dowie would control a meeting of bumble Ztonltes. ' : - . r ' - Thi .Convention nominated fop gmeiuor a mediocre, almost unknown young lawyer, whom the, railroads were satisfied they could dominate and dictate to, and men satisfactory to them have been nominated for mem hero of th legislature throughout the state. They are quite confident of eucoce because of tb largo normal Repub lican majority tn the state, and they depend upon Presi dent Roosevelt's popularity to pull the corporation ticket through. -: ,' r '' , - . .' . But. there m a strong protest, slid a considerable row among Republicans all ever the state, especially In east era Washington. . Tha people demand- a state railroad commission, regulation Of freight rates, and Just see ess ment of ratTread uropoity. They know, or should know, that the Republican party, owned by tbe railroads, will giv them none of these things, which really constitute the only issue worth, a moment's consideration in that state...... , v Tha Democrats havo nominated for governor " their ablest man, a statesman, and a man of convictions and moral courage.1 He was formerly a Republican, but many year ago left that party because he could not approve of its policies and practices Ho has been a United States senator, and the ablest one ever sent to congress from that state? a? not from tha Pacific coast, and President Roosevelt chose him as one of the Alaska boundary com missioner. He is a man of wealth, and not a radical tn any direction, an entirely san" and "safe" man. He does not believe In oppressing the railroads, but be .believes they should be subject to tha people not the people ab jectly subject to them. -." f It remains to bo aeon how great a hold party regularity, snd the pleadings pf the machine manipulators and sub sidised party organs will have; but It la clear that tbe people of tb state of Washington, regardlass of party, would be wise to embrace- this opportunity -to break the corporation bonds that enthrall thonv FAIR SUGGESTIONS. for the Lewis and Clark fair very- cannot be done by thoae m charge of the fair grounds; there Is work for every In dividual householder. V Each one oan contribute some thing, and what ha can be should do. The first impression which Portland make on visitors. Is decidedly to its credit: It hi a beautiful elty and everybody unites In that expression, but U oould bo made very much more eo individual outlay. 'V- each property owner should see to It surroundings are trim and neat. The need It should be painted. , In this used anr generally too sombre for this run more to lighter colors. There are some striking; object lessons In this direction in the city which entirety prove the logic of the critical m. Lawns should bo put In good condition. As a general rule, and this will apply with groat fore to all the public park to the city, the grass Is not In good condition and will not begin to compare tn appearance or texture with the lawns In cttle of the arid belt where they require sucb extra ordinary care. Hera It Is an assy matter to have good lawns, tn fact, so easy comparatively that In too many cases the grass Is practically toft to Its own devises. , Then the sidewalks should receive the attention they deserve. - This Is particularly tru of those- sidewalks which front hlgb-priced, -unimproved lots. Too often they are left la an extremely dangerous shape. It would seem that vacant lot owners, who profit by the enterprise Of those who adjoin them, should at least be forced to keep the walks up to as high a standard as those of the people who hav improved their lots and invested good money In Improving the city. ; As a rule, too, thess lota are unkept vegetation from them is allowed ta walk, making them next to Impassable In wet weather.; - Then the trees of the city should be trimmed where they need It : Many of them are allowed to grow as they will, giving an unkept look to the street that la far from desirable. More flower should be grown, pot only rosea but striking looking flower of every sort, and they should be scattered la profusion over all the hotels and restau rants. v 1 . t-L ,' - 'if If each cltlseu dost a little within tbe limits of his own property It will be seen that be can do much for Port land during tbe time the fair la In progress, and whatever be does In this direction will not only benefit htm but the whols community. . soitftiee to TTllae4s Qmiet. Collier's is running a series of articles oa the forecast to doubtful states. In the issue of October I tb writer die cuosoe tbe outlook tn Illinois and con cludes by saying that "While the poli ticians meaeure obancee and discuss pos sibilities, the moat notifiable thing about the people of Illinois ta general Is rhat they are attending to their various hualneeara snd spending little ttma or thought oa the eoauag elect lo a" i i , . . I Small Change ' I Throw a bouquet at October. Next the Hood River fruit fair. ' New the majority will ba if ., eh 7 A hop tt is a imie. light thing; but Will football have to be played with out mud to play inT ? , , Only .five weeks .till election, but there la as eeeasioa to got excited, The bt. Louts fair will soon be a thing of the peat. Tha Lewis and Clark fair looms up larger la prospect every 'J ?, " i I- ' ' 'A,.' Xevada quail wilt b4 more to demand than ever ta faahlonable refectorlea, ainoe many of them are having appeo- dtClUe, - , , , , People who rack their brains over the oqulrrel problem muet be sadly in need of some sensible mental employment or exercise. ; (, An American consul has been arrested lb a British elty for riding his bloyele on a sidewalk. Dispatoh a fleet st war ships immediately. - . ,jt Carrie Nation oalled oa all the woman of Kansaa to join her at Wlohtta to smash. Throe responded. 'Tie a wicked and perverse generation, , That was a shrewd notion of' Chair. man Baker's to keep the weather mud, by virtue of the Dlcgley (aw, notwith standing Fairbanks' presence. . ... ....y ? What about that rosubrious prediction of the Oregonlan laat aprlng that be- oauso Oregon went for local option no body would buy Qragoa hope at any rio,r j ; ' . k u.. -. . Many' people are aatonlohed. and aonm are Indignant, at the spectacle of a sheriff of Multnomah oounty actually attempting to perform his duty by en forcing the lawa , t sjtcretary Wilson saya the men in the country want no Interference with the tariff. ' Ho must have discovered this by looking at tbe country mea through a Pullman ear window. It' la rumored that David B. Hill" will marry soon, which If true account for his determination to retire from politic. He supposes that a wife and polities cannot both be properly attended ta . The political chairmen In the doubtful states are the ones who are la luck. Of eouree, the chairmen of both parUao In thoa states are equally confident of winning; If they earn only get money enough, -i,, v - The he announcement that baker will raloo the price of bread would bo not raloo the price more important and satisfactory if it war accompanied by the further state meat that they .would not decree aa the sisa or welgfa$ " Mkf, k A Wisconsin husband and father came home drunk and proceeded to try to ex terminate his family, . when his wife eclsed a rifle and ended his life and her worst troubles at on shot. No need to go to the expense- of a trial: justifia ble homicide will a the verdict. . - A Salem paper ask: WU1 the bem oc ratio managers deny that their waea have not been doubled during the past few years under the operation of the Dtnslev tariff r No, probably they won't deny that, nor that the Republican party baa In the ssme time doubled tbe average term, of bumaa Ufa, a.it rk Herald: President Roose- velt'o order to hie bureau chiefs to give cut no ootlraateo of probable expendl- turea for the flacal year IS not ourprls-- Ing. Ton see Roossvelt has promised to kea on doing things In the same old way and he's afraid the people might balk at tha expense. r-:Lj;:i...Liii. BO' XUL7BXOA OP WSWBTtttB Prom the Chicago Chronicle. London. "Tbe 0rowlng Handicap of Marriage la the theme of aa Interesting eerresporideacs ta tbe London prise, started by Cloudesley Breroton. who do eiareo the tacrossing eatravagance and seuishneoo of women, acting aa a power ful deterrent aaainat matrimony, la a source of aa enormous amount of saaap- pineas. Mr Craltie Intrepidly take up the gauntlet oa behalf of her own sex. "Mr. Breretoa," she unites, "should havo blamed women'e unselfishness. When their reellna are ta question they are not oelnsTa onoush. It lo the suicidal ua selflahneeo of women which makes the inshneae of the asodera bachelor pos sible. Bachelors are not all mloogrnteta and the fact that a man remains unmar ried is ao proof that he is Insensible to the charm of a woman's eompanlonohlp or does not havo such companionship on rrrooponslbie terms to a most eoastderablo decree. Whr should the a vera re vain youns man, egotistic by organism and education. make eacflfices for the sake of any par ticular woman while eo many are too ertlllng to chare hie life without Joining It? Modern women give bachelors no time to miss them, no opportunity to need them: their devotion fa undisciplined and becomes a curse rather than a blessing to. Its Object. "It is quite true, etso, that any young married man tn quest of ornamental or pletureoquo appointments Is dlsejnuuaW by bis superiors and boycotted by their wives; they are not content to remain with ether young couples of their own status and they eonfuoe tbe yearnings of snobbery with honorable ambition. On tha other hand a hro number of men and women ar eonatltutlonally unwilling to marry, not because they are eetnab, vleioue or Incapable of affection or ehJrk reeponalbillUee, but becauoo they lack overmastering impulse; they will not ac cept compromise, Sonaetlmec they meet their loves too late and their fate ' is tragic. All fates are not domestic, and If some gnd sorrow In marriage, ethers Snd It la singleness, some not anywhere. and, Isolated, live serenely enough. tented with mild friendships and a bumaa tiee. ' - . f Prom the New Tort Times. John R McDonald, on a tour of hv opeotlon of the subway, noticed one of the Irish laborers showing a Just-lands fellow countryman tho wonders of American engineering and explaining tho same ta a way. As Mf. McDonald approached the pair -the greeahorn. pointing to where a surveyor was squinting through the usual surveying instrument at a rod hold by en assist ant some distance down the atreet, aaid te his friend: , , -Pwhat'a that men dcin'T Tho New York ao ef Erin was non plused st first but after a moment of deep thought replied: To ignorant leaferl Sure hoe leym the wires far tho wireless telegraphy that waa lo via ted be that Dago Macaroni." n , THE GIANT CZIOPS OF AMERICA The following rata reetlng facts earning the cereal erope of the United states were taken from aa article en tltled "What American Crops Mean to tbe World.- by Prang Parent la tha Oc tober Suceeae: " Betweea the two oceans wo ralae one fifth of the world's wheal, four-fifths of Its core, one-fourth of Its oats, and four flftba of its cotton. This harvest Is the foundation of our preeperlty. Agriculture thwyear fill add about four billion dollars to the country's wealth, and forelgff customers will say us not far from f 9v.OSt,oee for our ag ricultural products, shipped to then over the sea, ; , ,v . ;i' The west, with its billion dollar cor crops, Ite half million dollar wheat crops. Its quarter million dollar oat eropa, has been the eountry'e bulwark ta the storm of inflated ftnaaoe. - ' All the gold In America the greatest board of the yellow metal over gathered In any country could not buy one year's harvest of cur corn and wheat, To, buy one seasOB'B wheat crop 'would take all the gold mined In this country in six years. In the past seven years all the gold mines havo only produced enough to buy on year's yield of our six leading . ' '; .. , y .,t It Is tha American farmer who has paid off our huge Indebtedness to Eu rope, Who has brought back our oecurl tlea from foreign basks, and who has sent American capital around the world looking for' Investment,. In tbe past three years, while our ex-' ports have averaged snore than II. tee. -OOQ.aoo, agrtoulture'e share la this trade baa beea nearly oo,ee,ooo. , rl , : Mere than one-third of all our export trade has been la the two great erope wheat and cotton. -t.r - , Cotton' Is assuming a more and more THE MATTER WITH WISCONSIN Prom the at Paul Dispsgh. . Loot June Lincoln Otsffens went fnto Wloconsla to oos what waa the matter there. Me bad been finding out what was the matter la Minneapolis and In t Louie and Missouri, and had hung his gruesome findings up high where the people of this nation might see the eorry spectacle of boodling, - graft and corruption. And be bad done this work so thoroughly and told his stories so well that be was met with welcome In, Wisconsin,, and by none more warmly than by the stalwarts, speaking through their organ, the MUwaukoe Sentinel. It spoke of bis "evident doalr to peak the truth on all occasions;" of his "training as a news gatherer, which had "admirably fitted bid for the task of sifting the grains of fact from the great maas of gossip that must Inevita bly confront any Investigator Into polit ical conditions ta any city or state;" that it waa just such an investigation aa Wisconsin needs st this time," and It Insinuatingly Intimated that It oould steer aim In pleasant ways. The October Isaac of McCI ore's has Btef fen's story- of what he found, and tho comment of tbe gcntlnel on his statement Is couched In the language of a man who bf mad dlear through. After reading the narrative we cannot wonder that the stalwarts at raging. But that is of no account save as It shews how hard-facta hit -and how badly Ihey hurt. Mr. eteffea says that he went out to Wisconsin to find out what was the matter there that bad caused a rumpus whoso roar sounded fsr beyond state lines. - And, asking hundreds of men. stalwarts and hairbreeda ta all sections of the state: - "What is tbe matter with WleoonslnT" each and all. foe and friend. answered, La PoUettelsm. And then he set himself to find out what "La Pol lettelsm" la And his search quickly ran Into what bo calls ths "System." what wa call the macmna, tnat uia twos Washington Dispatch In the New York , - . World. According to tbe latest figures avail able at the Pension Bureau, President Rooeevolt'e old-age pens lea order of March IF last has increased the monthly cost of the pension system by IT 4.401. or fee. 114 annually, plus tbe amounts that will havo to bo paid In sjrearageo accumulating between the time of filing tho claim and Ita allowance. These figures are up te and Inclusive ef June SO, the Wot dsy ef tho fiscal year. It lo eald at the pension of floe that no totals have been made alneo that datoj but I tho opinion of em ployees there haa beea no rotnaritable Increase la tbe number of applications since July I. Ths pension disbursed o aeoeuat of the order up to July 1 amount to a little more than 111,000. I his annual report Commissioner War eald th 7 amount disbursed was "leee than 0,o.- After deducting tho amount ths remainder of tbe appropriation of fl.eoe.eoo made to meet tho expected increase ta th ex pense was turned back Into the treasury. OSAR AS A lt' Prom th New Terk Times. Much that seems Inexplicable te the situaUoa of Russia obtains a partial ca sta nation u we accept the statement of Breonlts von Sydaooff that the esar is a confirmed fatal 1st. Believing that his own wisdom and that ef his counsel ors cannot control event, be may well hav convinced himself that tho inevita ble ehuh with Japan might just as well occur at present as a few years later, and feel now that ths destruction of tho Russian fleet hi Asia, the approaching fall of. Port Arthur, the defeats of his amiss in Manchuria will not affect the eventual success ef the Russian armies. To a man profoundly sure that the stars la the ascendant at his birth were favor able, It la not matter of greatest mo ment that there should be defeat In the beginning of the campaign. Victories lis those mean to him a steady depletion of tb wealth and available men of tho enemy, while he remains confident that tbe capital and tbe supply of human food for cannon ar still far from ex hausted fei Russia. Tbe same serene be lief that Ood Is with him makes him easy to manage, ao that be can be kept ta Mlasfut ignorance of tho state of af faire, act only ta hie own country, but ta Europe and America. This ignorance on bis part Is the moot dangerous thing on the Russian hofisos. Nicholas II may be a dreamy, kindly fatalist like Napoleon III, who ended by ai lowing women and obsequious court I ere to ruin hsj land. Tbe Prussia aa of the orient have beea making ready for years; but ae one told him how prepared they were, although It le ridiculous to sup pose that It waa a secret to tho men who ohouM have hi formed htm. . The weakness of the Russian aavyNmay havo been surprise, but th army troubles t WHAT AGE PENSIONS COAT tmaAf-tant noaitian In our foreign trade. Our eouthern plaautlona produelng all but a dfth of toe cotton of the world, have monopoly of the trade. ? , What England would do. and how her people would subsist. If deprived sud denly of her American source ef sup plies. H Iff difficult to Imagine. It Is ao secret ta Buropoaa politics that Eng land normally has In store only a few weeks' supply of food, ana, at tinea ibe reserve would toot only a few days. "-rtouT.maktnr and wheat. raising sa Hand in hand. During the past is years the milling industry has been revolu tionised The substitution of rolls for millstones In grinding wheat Into flour wrought as wonderful a change la the milling Industry aa the reaper did In agriculture. Plvo years before the- In troduction of rolls, a groat Itnpetue was given to milling la the northwest by the discovery that, by tha use ef a purlaer. the beat flour in the world can be ground from the despised spring wheat inoe then Minneapolis hae grown to bo the greatest flour milling city In the wort& - -.V ' Bvery summer the Unsocial markets of the world watch with anxiety the growth of tbe eropa Beeauae this coun try raises more wheat and more cotton and more oora than any other eouStry ID che world. It lo to tha Amertosa farms and plantations that the eyes of the world arc turned. The price of broad In Europe depends ta a great measure upon the amount of wheat wo havo to export The cotton manufacturing In dustry in Europe Is almoat entirely de pendent on our cotton crop. The price of beef la England hangs oa our oora crop, n . American ratiwaye handle about 111, m.ooc worth of grata a year. . - One hundred mllllou bushels of grain are sent every year to the mills of Du- luth and Minneapolis. ,. Keyee" built; that aawyor took over; that ran the state for years; that mads tho state client partner with the rail ways. In supplying power and privilege and the gyotem financial sustenance; that selected senators and governors snd pocked legislatures, and that said to this sua coma, end to that maa go. He telle how Sawyer snd Stephenson compared notes bf how much they had spent to elect Bpeoner to the seriate, and bow much Stephenson had spent to put Sawyer there. And then he telle how La Pollette "butted la;" how be ig nored tho System when ho wished to bo county attorney and congressman; how the System fought him then, and has kept on fighting him. And he found "La PoUettvtsm to be simply ths fight La Pollette haa made and Is snaking agains tha System from pocking convention and buying dele gat sc. as' they bought bis in 1W; to make the railways bear their fair and Just portion of the common burden, instead of eeeaplng tt as ths system per mitted them to: fighting for represent ative government for the common wel fare, tor the common right Against him tho System baa, arrayed net only its retainers In tho Republican party, but has made allies of tho Democratle element ef kindred Ideas of government; setting up a temoc ratio candidate axalnat La Pollette and throwing tho stalwart vote for htm. just as It intends to do this year, If tho court bare Its candidate from tho ticket. . And they will work their mischief In vala. Por La Pollette la "thrice armed" tat a "Just causa He appeals to that oenee of right ta mea to which no men or party over yet made vain appeal when honesty and sincerity reinforced the Bp peal. Democrats as well as Republi cans Will answer the call as Republicans will la Missouri or Democrats will In Illinois. What the eta tec and what the country stsnd la dire need of la mem "La Pollet talma. Whoa the order was issued tbe pension office estimated that to pay allowances made under It between March II and Juno 10 would require tl.loC.00o. Con gress set aside that much money, but It was not needed. According to the commtsstoner'B re port from March IS to Jus M 4T.100 old soldiers applied for tho money the order seemed to say was to bo theirs for the asking. Of these, 18. SOB were original claimants, the other St.140 war veterans already receiving pensions, but loos than 111 a aseath. The following number of claims were adjudicated during April, May and June, and certificate Issued therefor: Orig inal. ,; Increases. 14,144; . total. II.4IT ' The ratee of tbe issues wr a fel lows: Originals, at 14 a mouth, l,s4t; at tl a month, l.tii; at tie a month. 111; at til a month, 44; total, S.U. Increases i Prom 94 to ti a month, a104; from M to t a month, 1,040; from H to lit a month, 1.171; from I to tie a month. 1.141; from It to lit a month, t.444; from 10 to 111 a month, 4.044; total, 14.T44. . - - ' hav always beea patent to any one who has read Russian history. Even the esar could net have been quite hoodwinked in this reaped. We must therefore accept provisionally' as In the mala trno what wo hear of Nicholas, that he has an al most Mohammedan resignation to ktsmet and endures these tremendous shocks ta hie vanity and family pride because fatal ism provides aa elastic ground-work In bis mind from Which there Is rebound. Gossip says that a French spirit medium named Philippe Is a favorite with Nicho las, who through his aid summon the ghosts of departed esara in order to In terrogate them as to the. future, Tho violent deathe ef Bobrikoff and Von Plehve were ale fated; so that Nicholas soeo ao reason to change the policy toward Pinna and Russians which they carried out. Tho Russians are h a sad plight within and without . , , Away Ass tree . Slmo Nsweomb In Harper's Magaalne. Speaking roughly, we have reason, from the data ao far available, to be lieve that tho star of the Milky Way 104,000,00 and I00.000,0 times the distance from the sun. At distances less thsn this H seems likely that tho tars are distributed through space with some approach to uniformity. We may stats ss a general oonolusios. Indicated by several methods ef making tho esti mate, that nearly all the sura that wo can see with our telescopes are con tained within a sphere not likely to bo much more than 100,404,004 times the distance of the sun. The Inquiring reader may her ask another quest loo. Granting that all tho stars we oan see are contained within thlo limit may thero not be any num ber of stare which are invisible only because they ar too far away to b Oregon Sidelights Many now arrivals te Condon, . v - Tb Laksslew school employs fhre toachers. ... , A , ; ) Many a load ef bops Is equal hi value to f a tsao bilk . :i - ... ; The Dalles naurlag null Is grinding Mat " barrels a day. 'i VUtwa iim rii nn - tnems- next year eleaa upl t ft t Oal aM-dith nf RantAii sountv'S laadT la under cultivation. i' tune- prune drying sow. Cougars are numerous and bold ta tha mountains above Canyon City. , J Corvallis people are still working, oa the project to get mountain water, r . Saws' and hammers make continuous ' music ta week-day hour In Palls City. 4 Most of tae'Reguo River valley prune : orchards am being destroyed. Don't pay, The OerVais Star complains of much , lawlessness, .caused by whisky, ta that town,, .4, v. ;. , ' -: , Bu gene's school building are crowd- ; ed, 1,111 pupils being In attendance last week, . , , ;;. ; .;, f - . Between every article, long or" short. 1 the Cottage Orove Leader printa; "lto Oregon Itot,- ,-' 1 Ths big Derrts hopfield near Vugene S has averaged a yield of 1,400 pounds per A acre for four yeara 5,v.('0 . ' The Drain Nonpareil make g point by pointing out that It Is the gateway to the Coos bay country- -, , ' Tbe Junction City Times office has' put down a new noor. this being cheaper v than cleaning the old one, - Jaekoo county Rngileh "walnut trees planted 10 years ago are just beginning to boor sad yield fine nuts. - , -( A Crook" courWy farmer Is aamed Pan-' ' oak. If wall-baked and sweetened, bo should be agreeable of a sold seeming. Mining compantes and mlneowwers f ? totlos, assisted by tho Joseph Ins county . oourt have raised about 14,000 for th Improvement of tho wsgws read down r Rogue river from Merita to Oaltoo post of flee, and, tn fact down as far ao th Alameda mine, about It miles altogether. The town of Lawtea, to Orant county. to no mora, A women bold a mortgage against the main company there, and . under foreclosure proceedings closed out : everything. Some good buildings still mark the epot where once upon a time, A for a short while prosperity reigned. ( Houlto Register The say IS not far distant- when the A. C. will hove to put sa extra train on to haul the freight 1 At present one train a day Is sufficient If s mixed freight snd passenger was run every day. allowing the down train . to do moot of tho yard, werk above t Marshland, th company would reap a rich reward for thetr extra work. An , afternoon passenger from Rainier and ' Clatskanie would carry much of the r travel that la new going by the O. R. i in l'e-iii'N ' . J &A gprxosr turm vsMsasmoaT. Ocammaaity geeuM Beetas fsg ; Prom fht Pendleton Bast Oregonlan, Th Athena Press unjustly attacks . Judge Lowell for saytng publicly that . while he believes tn the principle of local option, as enacted Into law by the people at the June election, he la now 1 opposed to the principle or pronimtion being enforced ta tho city or Penvieton. Judco Lowell sooks thus sfter cue v. flection, spoke openly and honestly snd when he- so epoke he voiced the eentt-, ment of tho majority of th voting com- - unity of Pendleton. . . Th Athena Press t confused on the ' terms vooal option" snd "prohibition," ae are nine-tenths of ths voters off Ore- -goa who discuss these questions. A man can cons latently oeueve m local option, the principle of local self- government ta the liquor traffic and yet - not believe la enforcing proamnion. , Thousands of progressive altlsena of ' Oregon voted to put the local option law into fore, who will vote ogalnst pre ; hlbltton every time H Is voted en. - Decease Judge Lowell or any other thinking, progressive cltlseu bolievee In tho thoroughly democratic principle of local cation or local self-government It doe sot follow that bo or other such , advocates must be prohibit Ion lata Such . arc not the principle of the advocates of bettor government. Judge Lowell 1 belltvee aa do thousands of other cltl none that every comniunlty should be el- ; lowed to choose Its surroundings; thst ' thoae who maas homes and pay taxea , have a right through local option, to ; veto on and oeXect the aurroundlogs of such home. But after the Brtnelcle of local bvtlou , la enacted Into law; It does not follow that every local eptlonlst is a prohibi tionist A man still retains his per sonal liberty and can express aa advers aentlment through a local option elec tion, just as consistently as a sentiment favorable to prohibition. , , If. for reasons of public goo, a eitl- sefROppoeee tbe sudden precipitation of prohibition Upon a town which baa beea open for 40 years and In which thoue- andt of dollars are Invested ta saloons, : and thousands more In property relying ' largely 00 them for support, it ra ao breach of faith, no change of heart on his nart although he favored the en actment of the local option amendment' 1 In making he otatement that he op- posed sudden prohibition to - Pendleton. Judge Lowell specs for renoieton amy. He concedes to Adam a AUiena, wsston, Milton snd other towns the right and ' duty of local solf-gbysrnment The Press does him an Injustice when v tt says he favor prohibition for outside ; town snd "open town" for Pendleton. ' He believes other town should choose their own surroundings and has never expressed any ether sentiment Tho Bast Oregon Ma ooes not oetisv th discussion of the question ef prohibi tion should be ' carried en In bated breath, for fear of offtndtag some one. It is one of th public hiaued before tb people, one la which every one le con cerned, and Ita discussion should not lead to bitterness nor acrimony. - r '. There is a medium ground or eooer reason, on which tho thinking business men of the community can get together, and thero obould be no bitter feeling In the progress of the campaign nor ta the outcome. . , v Pendleton la entitled to protect, her . beet Interests; ethsr communities have the Seme sacred right under the local option amendment and If the property swuera unite hero to oppose euddos pro hibition, but with a view to making moral condltlnns better and ef weeding I out the otojeetteosste saloons. It te their moat sovereign right to do 00, without fear of eeaaure or condemnation, i. i 4 J -- V r 1 ..... V- .L, . ' " '
