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l Editorial Page c PORTLAND, OKEQON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1001 - THE ORE .y:'. ' , . DESTROY THE "ENTERINQ WEDGES.- F OUB MONTHS AGO thn,-city favored the closing of the pool or that time eight members of , i- reopen them. That ordinance the mayor has vetoed. The . quest ton then which will come up at ths council meeting at o'clock tomorrow afternoon la whether or not the 1 X ordinance ahall pass over the Wo of the mayor. Thaw ts no doubt whatever that the ordinance abollah tng soot rooms Was passed through ths Influence- of tha , Portland Chib which, finding ltowtt vnabls to maintain a monopoly, temporarily put stop to ths whole business. ' That is now Jest as little doubt that tha Portland and-a rival club have coma to terms and hat tha repealing or ) d manor vm stfelthlly passed throuch the oonbinad in ! ' fluencs. , . -t - ' ;: influence "then h) at tha bottom of tha passage af the r ordinance and K la "lnfluence- o nth a character that ." calls for explanation from an official who want to stand . well with him sotuMtnents. The "Influence" la evident I tha nature of tt not so apparent, but naturally It must be I. an object of suspicion, ' .'. Indeed there to no disguising the fact that an sntsring . vredge M being Industriously sought to make of this a i "wide-open town" during- the world's fatr. Rich picking to ': expected tn those days. Suppose that all the sports had a ehanoe to exercise their ' talents, practically under the JJ' wing of the authorities as they had until recently under " Mayor Wllllama administration, how much would Jt bo ' -worth to the syndicate book of themf It to confidently ' hoped that there will be no less than a million paid admlo ' atom during the four and a half months the fair will last. The toil the visitors would be foreed to pay would foot up ' tha richest total the Pselfls oftast baa knows for many ; lone ffeara. And by tha same token the very name, of Voritend, whew It waa all over, would be) a stench In the - nostrils of decent people throughout the ' tenfth and " btoedih of tha land. Tha poolroom ordlnanoa waa ae . looted as the entering wadg leadlns to a "wide-open town.'' -It was supplemented by the maucuratad by the snydtoate atalnst the msrchsndlse slot maohtnea so aa to distrust a majority of the people with ; the whole subject and thus by Indirection rslegatt it te the scrap pile until after the fair was over. -. V ' ' - The general pubJlo baa wn defined views on the aueo tloa of pub He gambling. - It Insists that tha big gambling houses be kept persoaaenUy eioeed; that the saJoba aad . ' restaurant bones bo sboUahed, tha restaurant boxer being : by far the worse of Aha two evils; that the money ma " chines be tabooed for all time aa a skin game of the very worst description and that the poolrooms be abolished. ' f On the other hand the line to not drawn at the little mer chandise machined either In the cigar stores or the saloons ' nor la K feasible, even bf It to advisable, to attempt to sup V press the poker games which are bald behind otosed doors. Portland's fair name to not to be Imperiled during the - i fair: during that season Portland to determined to make a good name for It self and its section m the hope and ex peutetlen that to may be of benefit to tha whole Pacific - coast. It now hopes to get the recognition tt demands " from the council, both fen the matter of the poolroom and the saloon boxes. Te aid In the accomplishment of that ' purpose there should be a big delegation of oltisens at the I meeting' tomorrow afternoon to show the interest which k to felt In these questions . f , : ' ' . . : But If the worse should eoma te the worst, tha state law Is still ample to aoeompllsh those things which the decent I . elements of this community are determined upon and It , ' will be appealed to tf It to found tha only, way to ac complish the purpose. THE HOOD RIVER fTHlB HOOD RIVER VALLEY In tha shadow of the big where time has formed son deptfX to a Volcanic aan, as rich in " aa can be found anywhere on earth; ' fi know. It to especially Adapted to tha plea and strawberries. It to estimated that there ,nre4 hmtm heavier nnout iv.eoe acres or in is proauonve 'In the Hood River valley, although but a comparatively , small fraction of this land to yet under cultivation. There -- are approximately about Loot acres m strawberries, and t,aoo ta apple orcharde, not counting areas recently planted and' net bearing. Tha Income from these- two '- eurletleo of fruit Is now about $lM,ot per annum, but hi . - vapidly tnerensing. About $M.00d worth of hay Is also raised, tor those people are generally, well supplied with eaws for their own use; and the lumber bejsuess up the ' swift and powerful Hood River amounts to about HM.090 . i . a yean There are -other products and industries besides . those mentioned, so that tha total output of n eompar- atlvely few people's labors amouata In a round number to ' fedo.eot a year, and there to no more Independent and self 'J; :.-'? sustatnlns; oouununlty In all the land. ; , ' Much could be raised without Irrigation, but Irrigation Is easy and comparatively cheap. The whole valley can " . be and moat of it is already Irrigated. The water to plen ' ''. tlful; the fell hi sufficient; the soil to there; tha people nppreclato their advantages, and "there they are." " - The ettmete to not everything every day In the year to 4 be desired. It is snvietlmee cold In winter, and the snow Tails heavily; but severe spells of weather are brief, and i . , 'wbo. under such agreeable drcunritaoces, need worry about a little wind, rain, snow and frost T - , 1 ' While there are aome peculiar advantages hi the famed , T Hood River valwy, there are many other localities In Ore- son m Southern Oregon, over on the coast, tn eastern ..' Oregon, In the Willamette valley where people aan do ;- r nearly If not suite as well, and where natures rich gifts .are yet lying almost unheeded and Unused, Four, five, awhile, perhaps ten, times as many people as are ' now then can do well m the Hood River valley t It takes , only a few acres to support a family there In comfort, even , hi luxury; but that Is not the only-place In Oregon where multitudes of settlers and workers t. From Builders' ' There- I ssare than ess steel sky scraper devoted eh lefty to bankers and financiers and tbetr ofBoe Brranamnents -f have been suited te their particular line . ef bUBteess. If one makes InveMlgatlow of the ooeupauy of the various hue . steel efltoe buildings bo will and that , this epeolallsetlea has eesa going on : J aJssoet -unconsciously for rears, and ' tha bulMevs are merely reoo-nis1ng a natural human trait la revising for - particular pleases ef tenants. ; . Artists flock together la studio balld v Ins., and men ef one line ef business - show toe tendency to occupy the same ' block and building. In . the dry goods ' district there te one oAce building of hue dHnenstone gives up almost en tirely U buHlaess mm ensesed la tbts line jc4 work, while la "the wrap" feather SAsrohanta aad salesmen bars G O N D A I LY J O URN A L A W IMPS F-E MDIMT ' MMWBTAPMU ' . -' "j PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca at Portland, Oregon. OFFICIAL PAPER OP THK CITY OP oounctl unanimously rooms. At the sua ths council voted to and thrift. The conditions to do people who visit RACE apart by nature physical and moral enough so far but talk about "the white ooBuUttoa along tn the same sion, "fury." as oampalcn which waa races to become they obey a proper gree apart, It does aB past wars, tlon for promotion this time. The tstration in a plan effort of every taining a military should reserve considerate attention. - America falls to present customs cause they do not VALLEY. Boers gave the marksmanship taught In the all that stops lying before Ban Juan mountain of Oregon, ooursge aad skill of any appreciable paign millions productive essentials and aa an our readers production of fins ap-. through the faot are better with inna unaer irrigation most Important gun decides the marily, tn war as tenuated frame reach mors than tary strength. ments military near the prime of, inarinunen. Close, unerring, voluntoers. whoso pale. Thsurlmpis tion and ele tighter when national can do well on a few after it is too late. practically taken possession ef a single lf-story shyscrsper. In the near future the different lines of business will come to a focus la verious parts of the city, and a visitor may hav pointed out to him the eltff dwetlere by the appropri ate terns of "hers are the buelness of nces of the leather fellows; la that sky scraper you'll find nothing but trust maanatrs; and over there the actor folk lire, and beyond the muatoal srewd, and then the dress goods fallows and the bankers and brokers," A handy direc tory for visitors to the city woo 14 thus be sreetly slmpllAsd In Ms general la etruetkms. ' A Weed res the tun, Portland. Oregon. Oct Ifc Ts tha Editor ef The Journal: As a cltlsen of Portland I feel quite Interested In the late strike of the Portland telephone operators. 1 cannot help te express my sympathy with the operstors, as they are mostly our home product and try JNP P. C4M0U. Ths Jowrssl sTmniWrej, Fifth and PORTLAND acres of Und-eaoh. Oregon aan sdstaln mill lens of people: the wonder Is not that so many are eomlng, but that so few have coma and made homes here. x But M must not as thought that what is being done at Hood River Is being done by chance; at the bottom of It all bf bard and unremitting tftort backed by Intelllgencb people do not rely upon the favorable everything - they fully do their part with a result Immensely gratifying to themselves and to tha them. - :-'-'-'n .. HATRED ON THE COAST. PTTAhS Hlnneapolla Tribune, dlscuaalng the race quas I tlon, remarks: -The blind race Instinct that re- sists pressing- together too elosely peoples sat to a sound instinct. It makes for the health of ail humanity. ' This to true when the Minneapolis paper goes on to embittered fury with which the. whole of tha Pacific coast resists Chinese im migration,' It shows that tt to not wet) Informed. Farther article the Tribune repeats its expres applicable particularly to the sentiment of the people af rhe Pacific coast regarding Chinese. 'This to a strange delusion. It la true that the people of this coast led the fight for exclusion of Chinese laborers, but the whole oountry now agrees with us. It Is else true that occasional outrages were committed. Soma Chinese were murdered at Rock Springs, Wyaj Chinese were driven out of Tacoma many years ago: and h few hood lums In our cities eeoaaionally pester Chinamen; but aa a rule there to no exhibition hers of the race hatred spoken of. We do not want millions nor oven hundreds of thous ands of Chinese coolies 'to eoma' ever hers to labor, but having prevented that, antipathy and animosity are not perceptible. Chinese go about our streets and roads and travel on our railways, aad come Into our houses, on proper errands, as freely and aa free from molestation as the people of any . nnUonalttyeven mors so. A limited number of them are useful hers, and elsewhere In America, and moat people recoejniss this fact. Perhaps few Amor leans would be Chinese If the transformation could be made, but there to really little "race hatred," and none of the "fury spoken of, on this coast. Raoa hatred to Indeed a foolish, unworthy feeling for any sensible person to entertain. . A really civilised man should be above It. It is not necessary, or best, for different Intimate In their associations, yet because racial Instinct by keeping in some de not fonow that there should be any "hatred In feeling, or "fury hi action And there to none felt or shown here, r- UARK8MEN NEEDED IN AMERICA. ,'. ACCURACY of aim In the use of firearms, an element of American ascendency aa military 'men In aU to rapidly falling below the national standard.. Especially meet to It that a national organise of rifle practice should booome active at effort 'being mads to Interest the admin for a nwrksmaa reserve wfll enlist the cltlsen who realises the necessity of main race, devoted to the way of pesos but educated to wars Destructive . art wn at ever - plana are promulgated by tha national rifle practice association grasp thtf Importance of drilling marks men, either because the people are not aware that our are leading from pioneer training, or be study the lesson of saodern warfare. world a most startling example of what alone can aooompllsh for they wars not discipline of militarism.- American troops hill again illustrated the efficiency of with the rifle, and In the Philippine cam In money aad many lives were saved that native soldiers were such poor gun ners that a handful of men could .whip them. Japanese both rifle and artillery 'than Russians, proportion of Slav losses In each lm- port ant engagement. Use of the rifle and artillery are the factors of war. Enduranes, courage, ef flclent eommlaaaries and quartermasters and modern equipment are of great value, but all these are merely pre liminary to tha supreme moment when the rifle and field fate of nations. In America above all nations should rifle practice among civilians be general. Our republic trains m peace pri an ultimate ssfesiard. Our standing army In a national crisis Is nothing mors than the at to be filled out with soldiers. National guard organisations have been great educators, but do not a twentieth ef the nation's available mili For this otvtllan body that Mly passes Its military duty, such an organisation aa a rifle practice as sociation would be perfectly adapted. Without the Irk some conditions of discipline and the unremitting require aervlee make which adults shirk when life, a rifle practice spirit could be fos tered among all. Germany knows the value of such edu cation, and to rapidly building 'up a nation ,of splendid Few Americans have appreciated from actual observa tion the faHlng standard of their nation in the late war with Spain and the Filipino Insurrection many soldiers from large cities were as erratic with the military weapon as tf It wars handled for the first time. Range was some thing they oould not get, and tha enemy l.Ode yards away was fired of with sights for tot yards, or vice-vers a. deadly fire, such aa the American moun taineer ,or plainsman has delivered when called Into the service, could be expected Only from a few regulars or life had been spent beyond the city's weshness may mean an awful humilia of good American soldiers some day. pride wMt-bs fired to awful purpose, but . r. ing to make an honest living. A good maUy of them have oM pares ts Cs sup port or support themselves and there fore I think the clttsens ef Portland ought to Interest themselves la this strike, as I think the operators have been treated unfairly and should re ceive support front our clttsens. A CmZBlf OP PORTLAND. Prom the Philadelphia North American. D. Cady Men-lea. Democrat! eandiante for governor of New Tork. says "there are many women who should vote aad many men who should not," He to a breve man. but not so brave as be would be If he had told as whteh were whleb. ' The Only way to Bw tt, ' Prom the New Tork Herald. v f f the peace eongress wants to stopthe Russo-Japanese war, its members should enlist at once, 3 Small Chan Only three weeks mora to campaign to. Think of a political party making yen Waking up a ltH new la Hew York and Injeaony. . - . I The dove of peace win nave his Inning laterlet us hops soon. . .. A few land notices will change the politics of most country papers. vtdentiy the Jape mean to eonsssr Or die. And they le-to conquer. But If Indiana should ge Democratic, what a big man Tasssrt would be. - ' ' Aren't you going te vote as somebody else, with an Interest to. the game, thinks? . , -.' y , : Better boll and filter most of what you read In a thlck-and-thln party ergaa these day. - ', These Hood River apples will snake the eastern consumers deelr to come out te Oregont It ts said the army mule Is doomed. But the protection campaign orator will keep on braying. , ., Perhaps the esar and his advisers will not soon sanln force KuropaUtia to as sume the offensive. . The terrible slaughter In Manchuria should make for future peace more than all the talk of peace oonareaeee. .When Rockefeller and his gang set all the railroads, the. people may take a hand. Their time is eomlng, but not Just yet . Mr. Bat-' has covered himself with lory. Rainier - Ossstts. Chairman Prank Baker Is meant. Golden alorv? Wings next, perhaps. A . Can H be that the silence of Arithme tician Orosvenor is because Roosevelt's majorities are to be so large that TJnole Bin cant add them up? The people of Washington ought to elect Turner governor. There Is not a particle of doubt about that. But the corporation boodle has a strong pull A. Massachusetts fisherman found S flask of whisky In the stomach of a fish, ' which Incident may considerably stimulate the flatting Industry alone the Massachusetts coast. L . If the cost of living keens on Increas ing faster than the Increase of wages. now tons will it take for the country to reach the acme ef prosperity? Or may tt not reach ajumplng-off place f "Imneriallsm ef Steel la tha tm r an editorial in the Baker City Herald. wen. the steel trust and imneriallsm seem to work together pretty well Add the shipping trust, which is eomlng next year If the Republican party wins, and me producers might as well bold up their hands. - - . " . wOVRrnrr. Prom the Spokane Spokesman-Review. The party man who offers Wis alle giance to .hie party ss an excuse for blindly following that party, right or wrong, and who falls to make that pertjr to any way better, commits a brlmt against the country. If we Bad so In dependence, we should always be run ning the rufk ef the most dearaded kind of despotism the despotism of the party Doea. rneoaore Roosevelt in , "Ameri can Ideal ." That la the pistn, honest- truth, etraight from the shoulder. It never has been refuted; It never can be. If the Roosevelt voter hi this state te ever to apply that patriotic principle, new is the time. The Republican organ isation la this stats hss fallen under the despotism of the party boss, and a Democratic boss at that. Piatt In New Tork. and Croker In New Tork, neve had more thoroush control ever a party orgaalxatlon than James J. Hill and J. D. Parrall. both lifelong Democrats, exerted over the Tacoma state eonven tlon. These men asserted tbelr power with despotlo authority It is narrated by one of the men who was at the con ference In Farrell'a private oar that Mr. Parreu opened the conversation by de claring that be was 'tired of aU this backing and Ailing' and proposed to end tt then and there, meaning by the phraee -book lag and filling'' the disposition of a majority of the King county steering committee to break away from the rail road crowd and form aa elltenos with the commission foreee for the saoptlon of a railroad commission plsnk and tha nomination of Oovernor MeBrlse. yarrell did put aa end to the "keek ing and nlllng," aad before that con ference was ended Mead and the rest of the railroad nominees were ea the slats and aa one ef the men at the conference expressed It "the ticket waa as good as nominated.'' - Republican voters who support the Parrell state ticket will become parties to that degraded despotism. They will 'Coffer their Allegiance to their party as an excuse for blindly following that party, rlebt or wrong," snd they wHl do that at a time when eves the weak plea of party need cannot be offered, for thousands of Washington Democrats are going to vote for Rooeeveltf the elec tion, by big majorities, of the Repub lican nominees for congress le assured, and there Is not the slightest doubt that the next United States senate will be overwhelming ly RepeMleaa. v gpnur.sjt OS , Prom the New Tork Herald. 4 But apart from ' these general truths. universally accepted by observant busi ness men, H seems Incredible that our 'toepteJne of Industry" eud'tbeta srmy of wage-earners can venture to cast their ballots for the special poltetee which may plunge the country Into seas of strife consequent upon unwise Interna tlenal complications and the great greedV of empire. In his famous speech la the United States senate on the treaty by whlcb ws obtained Alaska. Charles Sum ner sounded thess ever timely warnings: "This treaty must not be a precedent for a system of indiscriminate and cost ly ermexatloa. ... I cannot disguise my anxiety that every Stage tn our pre destined future shell be by natural pro cesses, without war, and. I would add, even without purchase. , There Is no territorial asTgrandlsemeat which Is worth the price ef Wood. Our triumph should be by growth and organic expan sion tn Obedience te -pre-established harmony recognising always toe will of those who am to become our fellow alt leans. If we are mdeed ever to have another golden era ef good fee1tng la whteh every Americss city, village snd hamlet will most richly partlelpats. It can only come when the federal constitution Is re habilitated, the supremacy of law re asserted and the government Is sdiulnle tered en the peaceful lines lata sows by Judge Parken THE MARTYR AND TIIX FURNACE- Why ea earth don't you light that fire in the furnaoe, Mrs. Martyr t Do yon want ths entire family to eatch their deaths of cold T , 1 should think that whea tha tempera ture gees down te W, and the bathroom floor feels like a skating-rink. It might occur to you that a little beat ts needed: but no, you gather your children to- etaer around a gas stove la the parlor and heat them red-hot. and (ben, of course, every time they go Into any other part of the house they run the risk of getting sulcb eon sumption. I told you to Hght the furnaoe fire when 1 started for town this morning. Bvery Unto 1 got out of bed to shut the windows I met night my feet shriveled up like sensitive plants when they hit the floor, end the draughts that went shoe. lng around the house gave me convulsive chills. I mentioned these things to you, you remember, and ' suggested that they could be prevented. no. don't tell ma what you did. I know you didn't Hsht the fire, because the house Is as cold as the north side of the north pole, and It's had the sua shining on It all the afternoon at that Out of Order? Foolishness? The fur. naoe wasn't out of order hurt spring when the fire went out, Why should It be out of order nowt V I suppose I am wasting my time in talking to you, however. I might as well go down' stairs and Start tha fire myself. Tpu know how I dislike start ing fires, and how little time I have to enjoy at heme, and that la ths reason, 1 suppose, that you always leave work like that for me to do. . Nov you needn't try to stop me. I hsve made up my mind to light that fire, and I intend to do It I should think you'd learn after a while that whea 1 resolve te do anything It la done, no matter what people say. Of course, it's dark in the cellar, and there's no kindling-wood. Welf. here's an old chair that Is no good. I'll spilt that us. . - Bang! I guess that won't be kicking around for a while. . Into the furnace with it STORIES FROM - By George V. Hebart . And It came to pasa that a certain man had of worldly goods no portion, and he waa absent from wealth to the extent of seventeen thousand miles as the great crow flies . And .his raiment was evsa sa a barb wire fence for construction, snd ths waggish winds didn't do a thing to his shreds and . patches. And all the friends ha had he eould count upon his little finger, which had been removed by a sawmill episode, and he waa like unto a doormat on ths thres hold of society. " . v And those whom the gods favored passed btm In the street And they Jeered at him, saying; "Oo to, thou un washed one! And he went to yea, sometimes going even three or four. And It-came to pass that In these days S great cry came out of the wilderness, and this cry arose- upon ths four winds, and It spread to the uttermost parts of ths city. And this cry took form and shape, and It sounded like unto thl: mere srs not iimw in nm m wwii, and we wonder who will Win the battle of the ballots." And all ths city listened, but the an swer came not except in statistics, whlcb were manufactured from hearsay. And the people knew that hearsay la not a good material from which to man ufacture statistics, for ths rain comes and washes the whole -outfit away. And It came to pass that the human doormat on the threshold of society heard thle great cry, and he smiled a emlle of exceeding' circumference. And even aa he smiled tie spake, saying: "I'm a non-partisan; therefore will 1 get In on both sides to a Isrgs liquid ex tentwell, I should grasp a boss!" And the human doormat wshdersd rXAThT BWTT. . From ths Tillamook Headlight ' 'it la nog with a disposition to quarrel with Sheriff Woolfe. toe eonstabtee or the efty marshal, or any one else for that matter, that the Headlight takes the position and makes the assertion that It Is tbelr duty to enforce the licensing and gambling lews. They have taken oathi of office snd receive pay, but fall to do their duty. Because officials have failed to do their duty In the past this is no excuse for the present official a. The sheriffs of Multnomah, Baker, Union and other counties are doing their duty and living up to tbelr oaths of office, the consequence la that tha gambling Joints have had te eloss down, no they would have to In Tillamook City tf either Sher iff Woolfe or Constable-Marshal Quick did their doty and not wait until a poor woman has to die a complaint. Another thing, the taxpayers should not be put to that expense nor ths public to the trouble of filing oomplalnte when peace officers are paid for that, especially when they know where the lloenetng and gambling laws are being openly violated. One fault with our political system Is that If the saloonkeepers and gamblers turn In snd elect a msn to office they think tfaey have a right to do as they please. For Instance, not long sines, City Marshal Clements went Into Mad ley's saloon to put a stop to a drunken disturbance and he was pitched out into the street twice Is rapid succession. New, why should gamblers be allowed to-do as they please because they helped elect s few men to public office? Here Is a section of the gambling tow that has only one meaning: BSPBCIAl .DUTY OP OFFICERS TO PROS EC TITS FOR OAMBLINCk lse. ft shell be the especial duty ef each district attorney, sheriff, constable, city or town marshal and polios' officer to inform against and diligently prose cute any and all persons whom they Shall have reasonable cause to believe guilty of a violation of the provisions ef this act. i It is the duty of the above officials td "Inform against and dtltsently prose cute." That hi their doty and for whlcb they draw their salaries. . , . i in i i p'iHm 4 '" PBZVOKFXdtfl OF fnyoOBSSl ' From the New Fork World. : The kind of men the World needs most today la, first men of- Integrity and high moral principle, and. secondly, men capable of bearing reeponelbUlty, The majority Of llfs failures can be traced directly to the lack of capacity for bearing reepoaslbtllty,1' aald John D. Rockefeller, it., yesterday before the members of the Young Men'e Bible eland of the Fifth Avenue Bsptist church of which he la the leader, discussing; 'Ths Ideal of responsibility." ' ' "If I had to choose between S man of brilliance, but looking responsibility, and a man without exceptional talent but open whom I eould rely, 1 would unhes itatingly select ths latter," he continued. "If ynu aak why so many men. young and eld, are loelng their positions and are not sought after for' employment I would give you the reason as a lack of responsibility, t want a man whom I don't have to tell to do a think and then go aad ask aim, Have you done Rf " Whatt Well, why dMift you say H was aa antique mahogany chstrT What was It doing down cellar? 1 brought tt down Here to varnish? Well, you should have told ma That t gon to smith ereens because ef your carelessness. Oh. no: there's no use of taking It oat It's gene sew. I tell you, Mrs Martyr, there's nothing you can say that will dissuade ms from bultdlng this fire,. so ysu might as well go upstairs and 1st me alone. - There, it's roaring. Leakf Why should It leak? On. you merely Imagine you smell smoke. In a minute the whole house will be as warm aa toast and you will be rising up and calling me blessed because I thought ef build ing ths fire. - Don't beeps everlastingly worrying about that smelL It's only the osor oi the blackening on the pips, I tell you. Vurnacee always smell that way -when you light them. What's that coming us through- the carpet? It looks like fog. SmokeTJ Where eould smoke come from? Ker shool Something's choking ma Wil lis, stop that snssslng. Youoniy fancy that the houss Is full of smoke. There certainly seems to be some Bind of vapor floating up through the eracks la the floor. Perhaps you didn't adjust the dampers properly, Mrs. Martyr. Ornat Caesar! I'm stifling, .Walt till It nm down cellar and see what's the matter. -. Well, upon my word, Mrs. Martyr. thle furnace hasn't any pipe to the chimney, and the cellar's so full of smoke yen can't see across It I took tha pipe up In the garret hurt spring? Oh, no; you didn't try to tell ms anything of the kind. What'a that bell ringing outside of ths house, and all that yelling? The fire department, hey? t Attracted by the smoke. 1 suppose f Listen,! - They're smashing In the front door with en ax. I expected it. Mrs Martyr, your carelessness Is enough to drive a man to suicide la a week, and If I were not the most patient mortal la the world I should have blown my brains out years ago.. - . - . THE SANSCRIT forth and cams upon a group of men who stood by the highway sect leu lat tng nereely, and these men saw aha snd spake harshly, saying: "Pull your freight for the eleewbere; we will have naught of theel" And the human doormat mads answer and said; - I have a vote and It goes for Parker," for he was keen of hearing and knew whereof they gesticulated. And straightway those whom ths gods favored pressed closely about the human doormat and they loaded htm - with pleasant words and choice llauora, and he waa filled with a great cargo of ex treme happiness. And presently It came to pasa that ths human doormat with many gyra tions, went forward through the city until he came upon Soother group of men. Aad they also gesticulated frsely, and were eosfldent In their esssrttona And when the human doormat drew nigh they spake to frosea accents saying: "Mosey Into the dim distance, for we will have naught of tnee!" And the human doormat made swift Answer and said: "I have a vote, and It will go for Roosevelt!" And straightway those whom the gods favorsd looked upon him with fervor, and made hie reception a thing of liquid longevity. And the human doormat plied hla elbow With painstaking regu larity, and he surrounded the flowing bowl with loving care. And when the evening was some the human doormat had gone te the quiet seclusion of the lumber tyard. and bad given himself over te delightful dreams And in bis oreams ne murmurea: "These days of bitterness and strife are full of lotus-llks Joy for these who work It properly, and I am aa humble worker all right all rlghtl" UOWSOI1 BATTLS WITS A (John Dicks Howe, In Harper's Weekly.) The great event at Cheyenne this year waa the remarkable feat of Will Pickett a negro hailing from Taylor, Tex., who gava his exhibition while lS,0Se people watched with wonder and admlraUon' a mere man. unarmed and without a de vice or appliance of any kind, attack a fiery, wild-eyed and powerful steer, and throw it by his teeth. With the sld of a helper, Pickett chased the steer until he was In front ef the grandstand. Then he Jumped from the saddle and landed on the back ef the animal, grasped Its home, and brought tt to a stop within a dosen feet. By a remarkable display of strength he twisted the steer's head until Its nose pointed straight Into the air, the animal bellowing with pain and. Its tongue protruding In its effort to se cure air. A gala and again toe negro was Jerked from hla feet and tossed Into the air, but hla grip on the horns never once loosened, and the steer failed us Its efforts te gore him. .Cowboys with their lariats rushed to Pickett's assist ance, but the action-of the combat waa too rapid for them. Before help eould be given, Pickett who had forced the steer's Sose Into the mud snd shut off Ha wind, slipped, and was tossed aside like m piece of paper. There was a scattering of cowboys as hs Jumped to his feet and ran for hla horse. Taking the saddle without touching the stirrup, he ran the steer to a point opposite the judges' stand, again Jumped on its back, and threw ft Twice wss the negre lifted from his feet but he held on with the tenacity of a bulldog. Suddenly Pickett dropped the steer's head and grasped the upper lip of tbS animal with his teeth, threw his arms wide apart to show that be waa not using hla hands, and sank slowly upon his back. The steer lost its footing and rolled upon Its back, completely covering the negro's body with its own. Tha crowd was speechless with horror, many believing that the negro had been crushsdj but a second later the steer rolled te its other slds, and Pickett arose uninjured, bow lng and smiling. ' , Aster's Bssenssi $ From the Chicago Record-Herald. ' Before he called for his Hngllsh borne the other day William Waldorf Astor put hla name to a check for $4H,ee, which represented the taxes en the as sessed valuation ef Mr. A a tor's real aetata holdings in New fork for the cur rent year. At the rate of 1 per cent . as a basis It would appear that the as sessed .valuation of Mr. Aster's realty la something- more then tll.eee.aft. As suming that he derives I per pent there from, his annual income from real estate alone must be about tl.H,00, With the sum paid by his cousin, the total tax of these two branches of the Astor family Is MU.609. end If the amounts paid by still other branches were added the sgsregnto easily would reach tl.tOO,- gain pretty From the St, Louts Republic An Arteone man offer a to raffle him self, as a husband; at II a ehanoe. The Idea may be all right, but It Is possible that the pries of a chance is too high. Make st t scats. jorr6n Sidelights Plows- running.'' ,.-" 'r'-'! , We'll beat t Luis. m totsrsst,- ' Mors crops than ever next year . Oregon sell is the big gold mm v , Porset drove want that electric Una Morrow county taxes almost all pale. ' proud of a too, new brick Mock, . , - .- . j . ;- ' ay there's great fruit In southern Oregon, too.. ,. r . . ... ,J Ten thousand people vial ted Newport last summer. . . Pall Logan berries are Suite esmmoo tn Lane county. -, The rainy season i b) to hand. rjerrais , find to head. . Star. Also to foot A party of government Irrigation lur vsyoro have, been camped at Spray. .Bridging of the Joan Bay at Spray" new assured, will help Msppner trade. The Fletcher Blue mountain mill above Wee ten will double lis oapaoity. Klamath county lacked Ave' legal peti tioners to secure ft county vote on pro hibition. . . ., ,. . , , x .. t Astoria newspapers are trying to wahV up Astoria men to a realisation of their oppQrtunitlas. ; ' Clackamas county (s lll,f in debt But the 3- O. P. must be sustained at whatever cost y- -'' . - t .f , . TwS young Smith beg have I.IH sores of land In cultivation In Sherman county. Ma elgaretto dudes of tinhorns, they, v ; . : .(.;.',.;-. Alfred Xjevt Joy waa married tn Ore gon to Misa Lucy Lovelae. If this. Isn't a happy marriage, there's aethlag Is nsmes, . . - ;-:. ' t Much nsw wheat land Is being seeded , tat Morrow county, which la two or tores years may be producing s,0S,SM bush els of wheat a. jrear. j Tillamook county has sot a mils of ' railroad, nor a threshing machine, yet Is happy. Schooners and steamers man age te get mto Tillamook bay. and no ', threshing machine la needed around the , cows. v . . , (. , Bom miscreant shot d fine and very valuable hull of B, FT Swsgart'B, to 1 Morrow eeunty, that had temporarily got out on the range. A reward of Hot y la offered for the arrest of the perpe trator of the outrage. . Mors Observer: A yearling mule colt . belonging to Robert Urquhart became . inquisitive the othaf day, upon Its first sight of a porcupine. It preeented a sorrowful appearance eh the road home, ; where it hnsw Boh would relieve US noes oftbs quills. , .-.. t7p on Smith river, ra southern" Ore gon, two boys, aged f and I. went out ; In the yard to play, and discovered a big, black bear trotting around close te them, and centring their si osor ap- , . quelntanee. Tbey knew what the am mal was and escaped his embraces and oalled tbetr father and his dog, who, after a chase, treed Bruin, and the kids , had bear meat for dinner, instead or -toe sear Saving kid meat.- ... in. .1. i i -r f - ' From the Hew Tork World. New York's sewsst theatre, the Lib- srty, will be opened tomorrow .night with "The Rogers Brothers la Paris," which moves thither from the New Am sterdam. The house Is owned by ths Klaw A Brlanger Amusement company, and was built te provide a metropolitan , home for the Rogers Bros whs have s financial Interest In it. . Ths theatre will have about ths seat ing enpaotry of the Knickerbocker, and la designed in Ahe etyle of Francis L ' There are two can W lever balconies, thus ; every seat will command a view ef the stage. The building Is constructed of fireproof material, has skeleton Iron work, concrete and tile floors and la sup plied with.., a powerful sprinkler and standplpe system oenneeted with enor mous water-tanks en the roof. . : The theatre proper Is situated en West . Forty-first street snd occupies s plot lefrxlOO feet The mala entrance, how- ever, extends through to 2lt West . Forty-seeond street. This portion of the building comprises the vestibule, lobby and foyer and three stereo devoted td of floe purposes The Forty-second-street front, rises to a height of ts feet from the sidewalk line. The auditorium le 12 feet wide by SS feet from the back wall to the footlights. Back af the orchestra . chairs is a promenade 71 feet In length by II feet In width. At either end of -this promenade spacious marbls stair sases lead to the first balcony. The suge. which poeeessee svery sd- ... vsneed electric and mechanical equip ment. Is 12 feet wide by IS feet deep s from the footlights to the Forty-first-street wall. The proscenium opening Is I feet wide by It feet high. These dl menatons enow the, the l heat re. poo Besses a stage which will permit the presentation of unusually large produo r tlone. The height of the theatre struc ture Is 70 feet snd the eta rehouse ts feet. The height of the stage to grid- Iron Is 7 feet and the height of ths au ditorium from floor to dome is tt feet, There are lit chairs on the orchestra floor alone, besides eight boxes, built on the suspension system, with a seatlag capacity for it people There are no boxes en, the lower floor, and the full stage can be seen from any seat In the ' entire house, whether in the orchestra er the balconies. 1 - The principal motif In ths arch I tec- -torsi decoration Is suggested In the or- -nementatlon of the Foriy-seoond-atreet I facade the liberty bell surmounted by an eagle and la carried through the en tire design to the arches to the prosce alum arch and boxes. The mural decorations are In keeping with the general character of the thea tre. The treatment of the. domed vesti bule which leads to the foyer Is eld gold and aluminum. Tha foyer leading Into the promenade Is toned In Ivory and white. The treatment of the grand , promenade Is s part of the color -scheme Y of the auditorium tons tn old gold, ' amber and ivory. The eeter scheme tn- ' eludes the seats, carpet a, draperies snd drop-eurtaln, the purpose being to tre ats ft soft but brllllsnt effect SOU'S Age snd Tetos. ' - From the New Tork Press. Davis B. Hill fins aged fast hi thd last few years. He Is today a wrinkled old man. yet hla age Is only II. The most remarkable thing about Hill le his voles. It Is away down In his Sub cellar, and 'Instead of being soft, nielli .' flu oue, canorous, musical and pleasure giving, as g basso-profondo should be, It le jerity (like Hill I. Perhaps this voice, so deep and dynamic, was no qiilred by HIH's habtt ef political tun neling. It Is aa underground volee a subway .-.J. i r J. Y 1 At J.