Vw ' E FFIDAY. OCTC-13R 7, 1904. PORTLAND. . OREGON, -r . ... j T HE O REG ON DA I LY JO URN A L SCENE AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE STATUS "COMING OF THE WHITE MAN" YT-Tr-XDAY IN rnE CITY PARK, BY THE FAMILY OF THE LATE D. P. THOMPSON TU inn uiYurpu cijlaixu . ,. ' H'-h -I ;.-AN IDPKlsfT WWPAP U..;":V 'V PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CO. JNO- P. WIM I. M Tas Jonraal BuUding, PKka tnl Yasahul IM Sunday) atreets, Portland, Oregon OFFICIAL PAPIA OP TH CITY OF FOUTLAMO Editorial Page Jot MMMHHWWWWBWWMBWBMMBMWWIIiMMMWiWMMBMMMWMMWIli Ml Ill I -M SmBBSBBBmB -.A YVTTH WHOM IS THE CITY A BUSINESS MAN who sold valuable goods to a AA stronger oh credit, without any Inquiry as to uw " borers responsibility or even hla hum would bt looked upon as a fit candidate for ft lunacy commtsaion Yet when thta asppy-go-lsoky atyis of doing business i adopted ay tho oitr council It seem to bo regard a a gnatier of mwm. The council Ntm to have thshsbtt of granting veluawa rights and franehiaaa to amentia wboee Identity ftbaolutrty hidden under tho goiee of ft eoa any." created for ta occasion end without any tanglbJo aaasta Tho rami bidders hid tbefnaslvea behind thee gummy eompnntae. thereby ssttaprng persoasl UabUtty for the perfermsnes of any obllgailona which aeoompeny tho posioselou of Um frasiektte., ,;:. r ; ;'5i - Thta practice was lUoatratod recently ta th Mda for the garbage franchise, when tbo Identity of tbo Udders waa oomplately hohnowA. AH of tho bids war prooantad by as-called companies, formed worajy for tho purpose of screening tho man back of thorn. Another case of thla kind baa coma to liftbt to connection with the public market fjaachtoe. Thla franchise, which lmpoaad upon U grantee important obllcaUona, waft boatowad upon ths Unloft Market company, ft concern whoa personnel ftppoara to have bft oarafolly hapt fraaa tho knowlads of tho fMbUa and of tha couactlmon, . Tha company fallod to parCorm tha obllcaUona tmpooad npoa It, and aftor ba to In dafavit for oararal atontha Ua. rlfttoU war finally tranafanod to tha Untoa' lfarkat aaaortatloft, ft carporm tfcm whooa toeorporatertf do not wwm find ft pUo In tha cfcr diraetory. It hi oald that thla buaot boldar of tha franehto hi baekod by bm of maana and thla may na trua, thooph tha coDftrocUon of tho publlo markat haa boaa dv layod beyond aU foaaon. But ba that ft It may.- no on can doubt that tho baUdlnp of tho markotrwould hftvo boon praaUy baatanad K tha elty had bean daallnp; with ooma paraon r paraona of oatabllahad roaponalbiUty. who would here fott an individual oMlpaUon to oarry ovtt tha torma of tho acraamant wtth th city. v' -yi , , -- , Tharv hi no good roaaon Why tho cowmH anovld not know In orory taataao with whom tt la daallnftv It la pro ly lnpropar to ptra to wnknow and trraaponalbla biddora ft opportunity to apaeulat m fTanohlam whloh toay oa eura without any othar obet than to hawk than about wjitll tbay find opportunity to diopoaa of tham at ft profit to soma third poroon. Thoa Who aoak mnnlelpol fran chtaao ahoold ba oompellad to ooma out tat tho opan, ao that if thay aro mer apaeulatora without maana or without oradit, tbar city may not ba tbo Ytctlm wf toalr aohpmaa. Dark lantora mothoda juatlfy roapietoa and thoa who raaort to tham bava no rlpht to oom plain U thatr motlToa ar lmpuft-nad or thalr booaity uatlonod. .: . ' - :. y ; ft la aafa to any that not a mambor f tho oounall would al wtth pwa m tbo dark, wbnw hla own buatnoas waa oonoarnad. AH of them hava loarnad thla rodlmantftry la- aon of buaraaaa prudaooa.. la tbar any thay abould not-put It Into practice whar th tatoreato of the dty are at atake? It ought not to ba a Miliary to hire detective in order to learn tha Identity of aa appiioant . for ft municipal franehhia. - - f x;"V ,: LAUNCHING OF THE NEBRASKA. W rTHB STATE Or WASBXNOTOM, I ctflo northwaat,- Join today la oonpratiuatlono to Saet tie, and to tha enterprtalng' and oooceaaful ' firm of ahlpbulldart who oeoupy the eepter of the atage In today'a "performance there. Taking It for1 granted that th battleship Nabraaka will fin all th ontract foqulre aMrtp and ba a com pi eta too em. Ita oonetructkm plaooa tta boildora, Iforaa Brothora, -and tha people of Seattle who made It poaalble to build tbo ship there, la an eu Mablo light, end rendera theat worthy of approval and MISS ASTOR'S CHOICE ' Prom the Arswnaot. " . ''Cockaigne" writes from London that -' be doesn't think ths Astor nsaaBMnt haa ereatsd nearly aa groat a seneatioa la London society as was expected. "X have often beard people wonder," -he . writes, "who Mr, Astor'a daughter Pau f line would marry, and make guesses es to her dot. and all that. Z have heard - people sey that she eould easily gt a - royal arlnos. I doa't mesa a trumpery Italian or Oermsn specimen, but a gnu me article ef the BnslUh blood royal. , v So that yes ss when the assouncsnisnt ' . of her ensagaiat was made, and It was ,, dlsooverad that Ceptaln PpeDder-Clay lust him was her choice, why people .. were a Mt dumtounded, that's alt Kfei thuslesm, ell rady to bt pumped up, , sjulstly eased out of the.Jlocer tips, and th genera) auestloa wnt rouad: 'What Is the old genUemeo thinking ofT ' t, Couldn't hs bava dons bettor then that . . s. with all his mill ton r it certainly Is ,fi rather a ceme-dowa from expectation aad asdety hasn't got over It pet. .' " ' ""'"Par Captafa Spender-Clay ta really a very ordinary person Indeed, and this M i vtrtaally his third appeeranoa la public. " lie was hi the army that la to say, that portion of H who do not flsht. aenely, the household cavalry, whose existence Is Justtned solely by the tact ; that the kmg when be optne parliament, -'( sr holds a levM, must be eeoorted throua-h the strteU by a detachmnt of -: , noree seldiera la tin armor; and Captain . gpender-Cley commiLnded a company of ..- these warriors. Now, the household - oavabr, although called life guards and .1 horse guards, and Vot 'the auarle' aa they are known and spoken ot Is Kng ; land. It ta only the foot guards who are that. However, the household cavalry Is full mt swell and Utles among Its of . fleers and It Is a smart thing to be la It Bst there W this to be said. No maa of say poaitloo hi Xnsland society at an . - wooid dream ef elslmtng any social status from the fact alone that he waa , tn the life guards, sr bad bees. If he ' ; were anybody at all, ha would want hla KelUon to rest on something more tang le tsaa that. " Yet that la preeieeiy what I have aeas dose la Captala pender-Clap sase. A doses tiroes 1 have heard this: Who Is her 'He waa la the life guards.' Tnat all you know ' of klnf Tea.' Omet from ether party. ' The duk of Pox bur the knows what I mean. Wheo hs went a-marrytng of Mtae 4 Oo4et he did It aa a duke, aot aa officer of the household oavalry, whloh be was. but did aot fled U necessary to . ; The there la the name, . y ' 1n these days, anlem H be aa old eetabtlstied one. Ilka Levlson, Oewer or Bareedteh-BentlMk. a rein poena name Is artma toele evMenoe la Kngland that a man hi a snob. Of oouras, there are some new ones that are better thas steers, but as a rule the erase for double easies that has of late years set ta ihrevthevt Bnstand. la a Man of great vulgarity n the people Who adopt them. Is most eases. It Is bat ths Chrletlas applause. When aforea Brothers decided that they ooald not build the ship at th contract price without toeing DEALING? money, the buameaa mm of Seattle, said: Ton must build It; bow much more money must yu haver' Moran Brothers figured that they copJd safely undertake the work If guaranteed I1M.0O0 mora than (tho government price, and th people of Seattle at once reieed that amount of money, and tha It Is thla spirit that bounds, and made The building of bution of a great much to Seettle'e the front rank tn that auch great Jobo caa bo done Jn tha Pacific north west as well as oo the Atlantic coast or tn San Francisco. apd hopes that the Nebraska wM ba thoeaual In every resDeet of any battleship of Its class la' Uncle Sam's navy.. . . ,. . " . VALUE AffDRBW CABNMIB Was aad la ft man ospUonaUy broad and keen observation, and of ramachabl intelligence, a born business man, and what ha eaya on any subject that he haa studied ft) worth sona of Chicago to said: ? agrsp with you, th small poor cellegsa ar moat in need. It baa become th fashion to give to tho prin cipal sniverelttes; these do not gat too much, but tho mss known get too little." Mr. Carnegl Is greater btnefeotor of- the present aad of future gsnarft tlona than any ens, would have been by giving many times tho amounts to tho great colleges. H Insists that the purpose aa the great and he has proved now eminent or auscseeful la public or professional life indebted largely therefor to soma small oo liege, one oom UHi hand and whose Instruction was within hat maana. It la by and training and not, oa tha whole, of tha larger snd Paoine northwaat Orove and Whitman college at Walla Walla. The timely aid no has extended to them has not been misplaced- Hundreds of men Intelligent useful tunities afforded have been ft veritable blessing tn .this portion of tbo country, and tho memory Dr. Pearaona, when hla good works on earth shall have ended, will ba kept green by those whom ho has helped. pood toaaon why AX svmTrJJTO-ALASKA' A talked ac. Boms day auck a mar will be estab lished that Win stick. ' Thai is a prsctlsaals aa terprm that haa been too Ions neglected, or whoa Started not aufflctently aupported and stood by. The outside routs from SVUand to southeastern Alaska aotata m no longer and is leas difficult and dangerous than the Inside route to those points from Seattle. The Alaska trade hi very large and valuable, and will continue to be ao. It' haa long eeemed tnVt that trad should not be monopoUsed by the Sound metropolis. That oity has- some Advantage of po sition, but not enough to keep Portland business maa out of that field. If they will persist m their efforts. and all tha Pa- asoond Christ tan name, turn la unMushlnaly turned bite a surname. But no one who knows anything hi das sled by tt. Much th reveres. Te -her credit be it spokes, Mrs. Meekay haa never taoked oa another name te here; but we have the Bradley-Martina and the Ktdgeley-Carters to make up for It. 1 can't beeia to tM you where pender Clay comes from hitched tocetber. separated, neither name Is ta England what Is known aa a good one. No hale is abed on thla aids of the water from the lustre of the famous Keatttaklen. The name of Clay Is unknown la the peeress, la knighthood, or entoag the landed gentry. There la ens solitary baronet of that name. But there are baroaets frequently la the workhouse. It ta like saying, to establish a man s credentials. His father le a clergyman.' "The name Spender ta rlsht enough. But it is no great shakes. The Spenders are very new, but within tha last M or a years they have made a fortune through the publication of what la known la the west ef Bnaiand as the chief newspaper of those parts. I ds not know that Captain B sender-Clay Is interested in this enterprise. It would be well tor him if he were. He la ft auts of seme means, as he would have to be to be In the household cavalry, from which, by the by, he has retired. He has s small country place sailed Pord Manor, near Llnsneld, where he new lives, which tils father left him, not by entail, some M years age, for hs hi ao ohickea. , .-., ;.( n "As a soldier he has seen tie service whatever, and about a year ass had hta name mixed up In the case of raasing, wherein a young subaltern's furniture was smashed up, and himself deluged with water. Poos after thla, Captain Spender-Clay 'sent In hla papers,' His connection with the Lord William MevUI forgery case was one from whloh he has always been thought te hare emerged unfortunately, te put It no stronger. I don't for aa Inetant uphold Lord Wil liam or hla methods. But thev would never have bees beard of but for spender -day, who was a friend. Hitherto It had not been usual for gentlemen, or utose Who wished to be tAousht such, to prosecute each other, especially )f they were frlsnde. The friendship eould be dropped, and there It would end. Bu apender-Clay wasn't rolna te be don out of his money. He was riant, from hta point of view. aitbeugh-H wm a sew one among gentlemen. I don't think be ever quite recovered from his prosecution of this sen of the Marquis of Aber gavenny, or the plunging of aa old father and hie entire family into disgrace. As tor hla looks, he Isn't ft bed looking man, with a sort of loud seir-eeearanoe la manner that ta more like the gusto ef a prospering auctioneer than the quiet reserve power of the welUbred KngHsh gentleman, I dare say the young lady lores him very dearly,, and they say that her happiness la autre te her father than til the titles goingexcept, of oouras, those of either 'Bares QUvedea (.: ..,s ) . i,: . A v , battleship was built there. This is a eharactertetle exhibition of "the Seattla aptrit.- haa sent Seattle forward by leap and ita nam noted throughout th country. thla battleship has caused ths distri amount of money oiarei n nas esaoa fame; It has brought th builders Into their business, and It haa demon trated So Portland ootigratutatsa Seattle, and Moran Brothers, ; ' v OF SMALL COLLEGES. ; miderlng. Comment log on th gifta of Dr. IX K, iear- smeil colleges, Mr. Carnegie recently. right, and Dr. Pearaona haa been a mt and mors obecuaa colleges servo suite aa useful a ones, aad are deserving at liberal aid, hla faith by hta .works. Many a man no means certain that the education Influences of these smaller onllages are baits as useful and valuable aa those more noted institutions. Amsnft the recipient of Dr. Pearaona bounty are two institutions. Pacific university at Porest and women, are broader, batter, mora and successful, because of tha oppor them in these colleges. These schools ALASKA TALK AGAIN.- Bteamahlp Una again or'Vlsoount Astor of Maidenhead,' whloh get nearer every year. I have spoken plainly is this letter, believing the Argo naut to be a out above the toadying papers whs call everything lovely be cause It bwMr. Astor." Colliers Weekly. The booster farm laborer regards the suffrage as a Ood-glvea perquisite whereby he gets II and a day off. at stated periods of lamentably long Inter vale. In some districts the farmer him self 1 aot shove bargaining Is the same commodity. Witness a conversation re lated to me by a political outlook, which may fairly be eat beside the Indianapolis negro colloquy. The see no to outsorts of the Democrat to local headquarters. Up drives a farmer with hie two aona and addresses the preclsst manager: , -"Morning. Howard." P. hL Morning. Cetvla; going is vet right I presume. Farmer -WelL I don't know. Howie. What you payla' for votes t P. M. Two good dollars aptoee. Farmer There's three of ua here; couldn't you raise ths rats a little for the lotr P. M. Can't do ft Calvin, Corns, now. you're always been with us. Farmer I hear It'a going to ba swas and th ether fellowa are offering mora U jog town ana ss cnems. He drives down the street a block, and a few minutes Inter returns. P. MrOolng to seat with us asw. Calvin. - . i Farmer dairy. Howard, but 1 ean't trade with you today. Tbsm fellows are gtvln' two'a-a-half. f , v P. M So yen sold te tberoT Farmer Sold the lot But, heb-ben- hehl tell yon a lake (lowering: his volee ao that hla two aona on the wagon eould not bearl. I only aire the boys two .dot lara apiece for theirs. Heh-hah-hehl ' " ' Prom the Hew Tork Times Hamlla Garland relates the following. which shows that sometimes a prophet doesn't get all the honor due him, or en outside of hta own country. The author sat beside s eohoolgtrl oa a train in western New Tork. Olanclag at the book she waa reading, he saw it was one of ' hla own novel a Naturally be was dellahtea. and. with sn tnaretiai- "Alng smile, said: like that bookr' "Oh, yea. air. 1 like ft very pjwek In deed,- she replied. . "la there any particular 'reason why you should ilka Itr asked Mr, Gar land. ' "Wen, 1 And It la a splendid book to read, because there are so many pages l can skip." Than the novelist put ps hla thinking cap and gaaed thoughfslly Out of the window. - , - Senator Speener 1a grieved at the beestsm of Governor La polletta Doesn't esnatnrahip htciude boeslsm as time-honored perquisite f .ilamiam a nmm - f '. v "' : ' v p t ! ' i k : $ 'ft ? v - ,: -S -JbsmtamasaBBSBssneiQ iminnm n n i inaiiniismmsasmaBSBssBsm " """! '"" smiTisaBsasmsssmssm . . . - - - Vl- 1 '- rbsta by MeAhda. - j Small Change 1 c'rmis.im thk world's history 1 1 Oregon Sidelights T BSaassaaasaSaai , the Kew Tork Witness. laha was acting foolishly. And sves & - , , . , The fair sits ought to bo future publlo pork. Tho weather bureau's ayes ere be- coming strained. What I needed next then. that will give bout milk, - Herriek money la MeW Tork doesn't require a hat to talk through, , , When Aoekefeltar dmtts las Jim BHD and Plerp. Morgan may as well suit. At least. Candidate Darts has not aisssid of being a frenaled f Inaneter. Oeneral ateeesel oaatlnne to deelars that Port Arthur will have no fall open- in g. . ,t . fv The maa who beta oa a sure-thing foot rsoe, and hla money, aro assa snd surely parted, .,, If la not beltaved- that Oregon sa yet offers sufficient induoement to MT. Stsf- fens M visit it, It Napoleon were alive as might mod ify his opinion that Russia would scene day dominate the worm. Plret voters will not be wis to be lieve aU that the campaign eratora and partisan editors tell them. . The trouble with George Meredith's it- year scheme la that tor many married people It Is too awfully long. . Ths great majority of tha people of Portland demand the elimination of ths saloon boxes. Keep that to mind, v The Russian naval commanders seem to realise that Admiral Togo is antloua ly desiring some more eserolse. If the admission wars marked down to i cents en woman's day the St. Lento lab managers might swell the atteadanos very meek. Devon port's Cartoons suggest that ha has perhaps unwittingly bunkoed the Re publican national oomasittee and some newspapers. - . , ... ' eaBBfesBsear" r ' It la nearly time for the annual raise In th pries ef milk and cream: but in tha Joy one springtime the dairymen for get to pull the price sown asaia. Saatern Republican paper are seen sins Parker of faring; both ways. But perhaps hs Is trying to vlsw Roosevelt both as a trustbuatei and a trust atrvanL A Pary haa Added against Down la ft lawsuit revolving 1 5e.ee. But what does he care, whea hs can pray dowa a snower ex doners from the akiear The story that candidate Darts advised Washlnston not te eross the Delaware to campaign canard; he was not enough ta know what was going oa. Ths emperor of Russia and Japan will pay about aa much attention to the request of tha ' peace congress as two mad fighting bulla would te the ooolns oa m wovw, ' , BAXBTTJTW nr Smma asckle Marshall ro iSunset Magaslne. Dairying will probably bo ft leading Industry la Oregon as long as ths land endures, as the natural meadows, the maentfloent ranges and the nerenalaj streams to be found everywhere la tho greater part of the stats, make Ideal ooodltkms for the unlimited production ef butter and eheeaa. At present th supply Is not much In excess of the de mand for home consumption, but when dairymen have been able to obtain all the oowa they need, the Industry Is bound to assume mammoth proportions. The condensed milk and evaporated cream business already 1 receiving an Impetue that will add another Import to the number that la making the name of Oregon famous throughout the world. Natural forage plants grow luxuriantly. and nowhere In the world haa nature been more lavish la sowing red and whits clover, timothy and other succu lent grasses that cattle lore When the land ta undsr cultivation the yield la remarkable, and tt la suite Common to harvest two erops In a season, while alfalfa affords a crop for almost every month. Oregon's greatest advantages la her frequent gentle ralna, which keep ths atmosphere pure and clean and the meadows and rangea green nearly the whole yeac. , Pram tho Hew Tork Witness. - Do en of us real tee ths areatness of the eventi that' are taking plaos to the far eaett We get so Into ths way of taktns wonderful things as a asattsr of oourse In this wonderful age that we ara all apt to ssderrate their Importance. and ao to lose eight of th greatness or ths tunes In which we are living. Is eomlns senerationa the sudden rise of the Japanese people WU1 undoubtedly be looked upon as one of the greatest events In all history. Jn fsot, when ell the facto, and their results, seoeme knewa it may well ba that thla war will be looked back upon as the most import ant arista hi tha history of aetloea. - Only on ebon year age It aeemeg aa If nothing bat a coalition of the other great powers of SMrope agstnac her eould hinder Russia from absorbing Man obu rta aad Mongolia, and there did m to be ny prospect of oem- M nation of even two nations sgalnet her, while as ens of them dared to stead out aloBs In the matter. Few, tt any, supposed at that tlms that Japan would dare to tabs auch a stand. If Ruasta had bees allowed to absorb and Rusetanlae Manchuria and Mon golia her resources both in awn and In wealth would hava been ao enormously Increased that aha would hare been eble to annex almost the whole of China, bs oause no nation would hew dared -to defy her. and then the enar would eoon have been la n position to put m field at th eastern and of hla vast em pire sa army ta the presence of which any army that eould be raised by any possible sompinatloa against her would have been hopelessly outnumbered, and that without weakening; to any consider able extent the. armies which he could hava called to ths defence of hi west era frontier. Ail this mignt save asms sa pass, ii Wes undoubtedly all la the program. Russia waa playing for high etakee and waa winning- easily, when the Whole lace of the situation waa suddenly ehanged by the bold but well timed and sarefully planned actios of Japan. Now, Uk a look at tna staor aide: U to a few Fears ago Japan was looked apon as a eountry of no import ance whatever; it was knewa to have a population of tl.d0l.04P an 4,ooo.o. but what was that as compared with the toe.aos.ooo or oo.ooo.oo of China: sod as even Chlas was looked opes se a neg- llgeable quantity from ft military point of rlcw, and of little account from any point of view, It to little wonder that Japan, which was generally supposed to be a sort of small second edition of Chins, did not command much respect. Whan Japes declared war, against China the general Impression Wes that "Oreshsm, Or, Oat A Ta tha Sdltor ef The Journal John Smith takes op ft homestead claim, being Ignorant sf say mineral deposit aa the property, and re ceives ft United States patent, after which gold la dlacovered, and tha fact 1 developed that thla land la more val uable for mineral than for agricultural purposes. la mtth'e right good, as against mining laws according tho right W prospect aad develop mineral ground, or aaa hla homestead be reclaimed by the government and then made subject te mining rights? gUBSCRIBKR." A TjRlted states potest tomnd mrongh any of ths several channels pro Tided by the government, conveys abso lute title to lbs surface and all beneath tt, sere where this tula la slightly al tered by extra-lateral rights In lode claim a After patent Is granted for homestead or m other usual manner, the government cannot reclaim the land in any manner, save as provided while ex ercising th right of eminent domain In the few Instances specified by laws which embrace publlo or semi-public usee only. There has been some con flict as to placer and lode titles where subsequent locators bave sought either pianos og less right that were not ap propriated by the prior locator. vPor in atanoa, a man locating for tode rlgbtb only has found hla surface ground sub ject to Subsequent placer location, and a placer containing a ledge, not known to exist at the time sf ths placer location has been f creed to yield to a lode right following n vein afterward discovered. This BDOllee until patent ta secured. Extra-lateral rights permit the owner of aa apexing rein to roiiow tne aip or inea vein beyond a line projected vertically downward from ths surface boundaries. When timber locators oecuis patent to their land, although it is patently min eral, as sf fort haa been made la the past ha waa acting foolishly. And sves when Japan earn ant of that war vic torious her su ocoes waa attributed chiefly to ths evident moapselty snd m sfflclenov ef the Chinese. Ho one sup posed that Japan would dare to fighH with Russia, the greatest military- power In thO world, or that if she did she eould escape from being crushed by her mighty rival. Tot Japan has not only dared to face Russia on ths spss plain, but has sven assailed her hi her chosen stroncnolds and has beaten ass at ovary Pomt, v V rF-, vy And in doing a th plucky little Island empire has ehanged ths Whole history of the world from thla time for ward. At least, that la the present as pect of the master. . Net ths barbarous, despotic Ignorant Russian, -est the civ ilised, educated, llberty-lovlag Japanese Is going- to tabs the lead la aU matters in eastern Astai And under the guid ance of Japan casters Asia will before many years a see we an Importance which tt la not even now possible to estimate. Under ths tofluense of Japan, masaifled by the prestige which Japan, has so qulred la this war, K may reasonably be hosed that China will throw off the lethargy ad asnturtaa and become a liv ing nation, And the indefatigable la dustry and sharp wrta of her 400,000. 000 of Inhabitants will aooa amke hot the greatest nation sn earth it ah aaa hold herself together and free herself from corrupt and despotic aovertuoent objects which the Jags assa will, wa think, help her te scoters. A- H ,? Wast ta ths mssamg of tt allf It means that as ft rasa the Japanese ere possessed of great qualities sad that they have been devoting themselves for a good many years te ths development of these great qualities, it means that they realise more clearly than, any other nation that te do great things one must be great, and that true greatness does net eonslst la self seeking but ta self consecration. Aa a nation they hare consecrated thsmsslvcs to the servion of their emperor snd eountry, and ao sacrifice seems great to them If only It oaa be of some eervloe. That la ths explanation which somes to ua from various sou rose, snd it hi confirmed bp the enthualastlo way la whloh Japanese soldiers - threw away their lives la battle; not recklessly or foolishly, but without hesitation at th call of duty, All th world owes a deep debt of gratitude to Japan for preventing an im mense Increase of the power of ana of the moat powerful, moat barbarous, snd moat hideous despotisms the world has rev known. ' to rectal m th ground, for sssapeotsra working there have been oompeltadr to aeonrs title from the Umber patentee, . OssftTmi ss'ssoesmvaw Waterloo, Or., Oat. A To the DAI tor of The Journal.) Dear Sir I would like to correct a misstatement in your paper is regard to the capture of Prank Bod well, the i escaped trusty. It la In regard to Mr. Bern la I wish to aay I never saw Mr. Bemis and would not know him if I should see him now, unless I was told who he was. Mr. Bemla was never on my farm that I know of. I aevsr mads any bargain about Frank's employment with him or anything of th kind, t did not know Prank waa an escaped trusty till Mr. Word eama to arrest him. Ha w In Jail under an assumed name, in order te conceal from hta relativee hla being la tall at ail. Frank came to my home Sunday morning, September U. and left Monday night, September U, after dark. I have had nothing to do with his asere Moa or capture and up. ta October 1 had act been off of my farm for nearly two months. Tour correspondent assms to poem a lively Imagination and handles ths truth In ft very reckless manner, to say the lease. Prank sent a box of hta be- longings to me March &. prepaid, by freight to Lebanon, from Portland, be fore hla arrest there, I think. This box la still here and la subject to ths Inspec tion of soy authorised efllcer . f th land. I am sorry for Prank and 1 don't deny It and wish from ths bottom ef my heart he eould bS a better and aa honorable man. but aa for trying, to coo coal or aid him In the least tn doing wrong. I've aevsr done as. All hta relatives feel th hsmuiatlen w ar subject ts oh his account. If the Sibie 1 true la ths Went the poor thief on the crocs will stand a better show In the great hereafter thas those who torfars ethers by lying. Tours truly, , P. P. BVDWKUU Oregon Sidelights H Da me hunters outnumber the pheso ' aatsf , . .v? Pms groups raised at Piulta, WaUewa" . county, Hainan won't be dark a Bights aiaca longer. Corvsllto aublla a thiol pupils, 440, to- '- ' V,. .'.,.,. --''..."S y'f'-.'V' A Jiiksna assatr fsrmsr Is bolldlng a 14,000 house. ,, -, Oakland wm norths se ft 04,110. trie light ptaaA ..vr---,- Ths family that has ft tag friend la ta lack. , yt. Rooebarg also Is talking of owning Ha own electric light plant, .. i ii r- '1 Ashland fall strawberries aeU there for 11.00 to per orate, Seven houses are being bunt m Olsn- dale, and others are planned. , i- A Bodavlllc man esue 1.000 dossu eggs annually, besides lots of poultry. , . A new hotel will be bu&t ht Condon oa the alts of tbo one lately burned, . Tillamook boasts of more aeu-tafled dogs than any other town la ths stats -U- . Ji-t. That Milton maa whs gave a gypsy fl to disoover a geed fortune for him -needs BTmJdlaa. If , -;, -, t j - MMcheD. Wheeler county, suffered an-' other flood a week ago auadsy sight, a waterspout filling the main street to m considerable depth, and doing 1 7 40 wortk ef damage, , , -v- The Odd R1U News sDudea to the passing throe ah that village ot "Charley" PatobsnksV Thla la probably the first tune anybody baa "Charleyed" yuirbenks stnsa hs wore long trousers. Bight Treppists, thro fathers and five brothers, have purchased land near Jordan, Linn county, where they will work daytimes and study nigbts. It ta said that whan at work they maintain antlrs alienee. i. . :, A Wheeler county young man hag em tracts on hand to haul LT00 tons of ' hay from Prlaevflls to Bond, aad ' I, 004 cords of wood from Bend to Prlna ville and also to marry, and he has as time to talk politioa. . ., .. . x ... v f JTha Kmrnsth Canal eompafty bee half . ; S mile of tunnel completed -neat -' Khunath PaDs, and work ta stsadUy progreeslng. The company - to In- . oorporated with a sapltal stock of , II. 000.00ft and proposes to irrigate tarao area, of arid land. . -v- i I A Lakevtew lawyer found a aontalnlng soma money and turned it over to tha editor of the Herald, who drrusd it, which causes him to sakt "Who says lawyers and editors are not honesty But there wee aot ft million dollars la the pocket book, ; 1 . Response of Albany Democrat: A for Albany It will give the Lewis and Clark fair a liberal support, and fur nish one of the finest exhibit there It haa sent Out the best dSvalopmsnt pamphlets la the stats, and today ta not able to meet the demand for bouses fog rental,' - f ''...." : W ' n s i g : PORTLAJTB IgsmTah PATXNw X ' v Prom ths Salem Journal.' ' g - That dubious enterprise of o Jtabiishing another - high-elasa dally paper at PofUaad seems to :bare auoceeded. It ta said the Portland Journal d daily la now on a paying basis, :bnt ths Sunday paper ia etill a bill of expense to the company. : Portland ta one of the modern municipalities with s fu li ft, fledged New Tork Journal styls A of newspaper. 4 Howl yellow Journalism alt 4 you want to. such a paper as d the Portland Joursal does ad d verttaa ft towa. v. :, . f