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PORTLANDS OREGON.
THE O RLE G ON DAI L..Y J OJJRNAL
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Small Change
PUBLISHED BY
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NAL PUBUSHINO CO.
JNO.P. CAKtOU.
tYPubuabed every evenafCcpt 6uad) endevery Sunday rnornmg ' at The Jounial Building, Fifth TarnbJH
-...i r:;. (i ;j - t- I -. street, foruanc, cjrtgwi, . .-- t-, ,.
la Laweon played out, or la ha hatch
In eomethingr , , ,
ft.
TheP resident and
the Tariff
Illinois and" lflaaourt are wall rid of I Walter- Waiiman In - r-M nwnni.
Ya tea and Dkrir-i--j"- j - I -- t- -. ui.a - . -. - - -
SENATOR MITCHELL AND
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' ''r ENATOR MITCHELtfs DgkrAL of direct or
faN i indirect connectiori with th land fraud it plain.
.' f specific and categorical.- lie leave lor himself
- " "absolutely no loophole of escape, no shadow of a Una
- oiretreat... ne yneeis ms isiut iui ,iui uuwn
: ent ranknesfand In the sweeping! force.'and directness
.of his deniaf he leaves nothing to be desired. So far as a
Wrect charsre hal.bceil.inade.he jneets it unequivocally
(to other charges that have, not been, made but which, it
fmight be expected would b entered he makes a general
'.denial which is sweeping and unreserved. , ;The issue be
"X, it ween himself and the government prosecution is there
fore -direct and downright; eitherit is or it isn't- The
denial, is made' in toto-and the case must,stand bn its
-.-i- naked 'merits. ",
Ever man" 1 .assumed' to be innocent until he is
proven guilty; this assumption must embrace Senator
Mitchell. To a degree ,ihe government has largely
staked the outcome in these. cases upon the. indictment
- - of men of the official standing of Senator Mitchell. It
'is idle to tblrtk that a failure, to make out-a cse
- against him, to furnish perfect Justification foe. bringing
! jupon him the i disgrace whjclt .even. an indictment in
(volves, would not react with force upom ell the govern-
ineot's prosecutions, present end contemplated, it is
'only reasonable to suppose, too, tnat tne government,
" '' has long ere this taken .these things into consideration,
that H has fully considered the case in this aspect and
that it. is reasonably certain of achieving results," other-
, Jwise-it would not have taken such a boI4-UnLAt.the
same time itisjipt jikely . that it vhas given forth to, the
.,, public everything it knows.
( But in any .case the issue Is now clearly made between
s athe government end Senator Mitchell and it is through a
. trial ajone that all doubts in relation to the case can be
dissolved. Meantime' it is only fair that public judg
ment should be reserved;'' " ;- J . . ':
OFFICJAPAPCR OF THE CITX OF PORTLANb
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HE LAND FRAUDS.
rosea
J A.-;
f
not
- " PERSISTENCE IN QAMBLIN&
i.7 T SEEMSTTOBE-A-CASE of the ruTmg passion
' ; l strongfin death,' for-gambling'certlinly; die hard
"" in Portland. It ia now known that" polcer' games
. ... ...... ... u. . : . -- y . . j t . a
"win not. be permmea to runTii-tney can oe reaenco,
. Why then such, persistence -in tunning them? Can they
py ' to welt even under these, ; obvious disadvantages?
I Or do thejrregard them as something to draw. to," a
" 'i.t small basis ironrwhichr ;to7enJrge nd Jead np to mor
f bDen and flasrrant samblingf r. Whatever the motive or
'purpose there is no doubt about the persistence in this
'irm of law'breaking. : 't..J;
' ; Such things usually die hard and yet when one comes
.to4hink of it how.easy after all was. the death of pub
: lie gambling In Portland. ; One day o bold, so haughty,
so OYerbearing"nd -dictatorial and -the Tiext-o-poor
there was. none- to do Jt reverence. 'j Of course there
: llwtre circumstances; rhi'ch have not. yet. publicly, transr
' cired that brought " the . big gamblers to their knees
-.and forced. them to capitulate' to save them from some-
,r thing worse, but the result is just the same sopen gam-
bling hae ceased in Pprtland. What that , meant can
.best be judged by the rum,ored reports of profits during
. .ordinary years" and the profifs'which might have been
.'expected with police protection uch as gambling bad
. ,jbeen "enjoying, during such a yearaa this 'is expected toj
- oer who. we nouaay apirn i m cwn "u vuii uir
I r:: Ito add exhilaratio'ft "tcrlfr'W4e'f;hese" circumstance; it
'. , w surprising lhat the thing was done to easily at it ap
; ' pearl to have been done. But there still remainvthSngs
.to be done to bringNthit city up to a plane -of ordinary
. decency and those things, cannot be done without a city
government in' lull .tympathy-with-the reform' move
ment now on foot Not only that but in drder fully to
' protect . what has been gained the election next. June
- must" decisively' show that the oeoole are still masters
;; ;bf the situation and that they re determined to lceep
ihe upper hand and run this city on a moral as well as a
Dunneis oasis. ' c-
difference In" thec&st here 'and abroad. . This would
make no great difference' if competition, were not sup
pressed and combinations succeeded; but at everybody
knows the result has been a multiplicity of (rusts, based
directly upon and supported in large measure .by these
excessive duties.'. '7;- , : ,'
Take the steel trust as an example. Members of the
Hard wlntar In Portland.'
! blooming wtll how. . .. -
The aenato ned Just such men at
Governor JLaFollstta. .
(TapaM
Kovember, immediately after the
country had given him such an extra?
ordinary vote of conndanca, MR Kos
velt bataa work ori his iuii. .- He
wanted to apeak right out In favor of
tariff - revision. Then he decided -to
WW1 blafflna Xurene. Caatra karaa! wait a llttla. and In the ftret draft of his
Wa eya on tha bl atlck. , . - - maasaco ha had written: ! "Aa io th
.' . . ... , - , : v tariff, 1 will communicate with yqu
It ia up to the praaldent now to pay later. " Thle la well known In Washing-
Mr. Bryan a compliment. ' ton, where It has bean, talked about by
ansmuera or the eabimt, atnatora and
posseeaad.' One of those friends, a sen
ator, said today;- "Mr Rooaavelt has
ltxn aocuaad of belnv Impulsive.- He
ia not impulsive: ha is only a quick
thinker. In the oommon Mtlmatlon ha
la reckless; In point of fact he la one of
the moat cautious and adroit, man I evar
knew,: Tea praaldent a - varaallty - of
learnlne and ef Interests ia proverbial.
And hare w aea that hie dlamond-Uka
character, baa many, facets.... .
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aaea,f-iakeje.,i
f oi ikc Diiflc?
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iiiajini,iiaj if
Lomenra
Money Mania "4:
i, :.:.... 1. ... i I nureiy uaeie Bam doesn't Intend te go otnere who had talked with the preel-
wT v back on a bargain with Oregon. r , dant on the subject Finally thle wae
another big trust, say that steel vessels cannot be built I ..-.. i, a - . I stricken out. J The fact that u was
here, as cheaply as abroad, became the American steel f wiiea in doubt aa to Oreaoa'a needs, I stricken out. has been . construed by
manufacturers charM .honie ahiobnildera JO net tfent eoB,ult th governor meaaage. ; - , aa meaning--hat. Mr. Roosevelt
quent than hi palavering- apeech. j
' Bverytblne else gwrndles Into unim
portance beside the open-river Usue.
6onfrXs ' should bear from' and be
mora iur ncti min mcr ro loreign puiiucre.j nn yet i , Uncle Bam eeema Inclined ta .fry
some pt tnese tame congressmen wno compose mis com-1 tune rat out .ox the beef trust. .
mission would vote against any reduction: of the- duty on
steel. Recently the United State Steel Corporation de
livered 100,000 tons of steel at Belfast at $4 a ton. equal
to n at home tidewater, aridi yet the American consumer
ha to pay $32 per ton -at Pittsburg, where the steel is
manufactured. Here is a cold-blooded imposition ' and
extortion because of the excessive duty, and the resultant I made to heed the Faelflo northwest.
friut, r a tnn p Avar np a Ts a trfftl, ia that I .: .' " '' ' '
u vu vm uiaiHiwwaicu uii,i i v uuucu wiic m than rour or nve.thlrL-rate onea.
man, anywhere else in tne world, ana American manu
facturer sea itinaonpro tec ted market at a profit alt
over "the" wbrld.-Tbetr'. big. dividends, that make (multi
millionaires' out pf them, com out of "the American
people, and it h eerjariff robbery... - jv ' ' '.. 'V - 1
This illustration might .be duplicated many timet by
looking' inr other directions.
. From the Chloo Tribune. ',:,
Aroone the many thines of Interest
that once roamed the city streets, and
which throufh the varlou procesae of
evolution by which natur la eliminating
the auperflou In oar social economy la
rapidly disappearing, may be mentioned
the aenu "dude."
ITAN..tlwk.kj . t . . ' .... 1
i f a.iu mujjt, now loner u i(
nee you aaw a re4 dudeT Stop and ,
ponder and aeareh your memory, for It la .
certain, unless you have been particular-.
(Ooajrtrtt. itoa yw; g. -Hearst.) I ly fortunate, or unfortunate. In thla re-
4 If you. madam, knew that your hus- ard.-you have not been favored with a
band or son waa suffering from a fever "ht of the aenulne article In dudes .for
how anxiously you would look after his several years. The dude 1 dead, or evo
bodlly welfare,: and how unremlttln luted Into another person, and the man
would be your efforts to bring fclm back bo nowadaya eeea a dude may be"
to good health.. .. O - " elaaaed In the same attregatlon aa thoae
Why, than, are yon not' equally aollo- e wii attnts or the auk.
a I tartrr readjuf tment
roiiows
Th. tiraatant Malla n Miitn. It .mm.
Th? fV?'1'"0 h more elo- Uf hj frtenda Inf and out of eongresa
aa to what he should do with thla mat
ter. . On of them, a man of long ex
perience In the national legislature,
apoa uMtantiaiiy as, follows
money fever, which le driving so many
of our men today Into early grave or
asylum for the insane What, are you
dolnsT to control thla revert .
' Are you wlshln for. a larger "house,
more' Jewels, veh icle and: Journeys
tlnot epeolea.
' Thera could , be ' cited many plausible
reasons for tha disappearance of the '
dud. It might be eu nested that men
are with the years, coming Into the poT-
avaeiun vi more common sense, or that
tariff ' In soma, particulars. Industrial,
eonaitton bave chanted alnee the Dint
ley law- waa framed -eltht years ago,
but in mr oslnlon vou will tnaka a tnla.
1 Rockefeller ordered Rfr to keep ,aee regardln the tariff"- And for this
quiet, but wh musal4 Tom IAwsouT reaaon; If you do. the leaders In the
- The theorr hf tha tn i. nt " house, will aay bat you
a.AT. J? lilt ' vnf?!.i?0torg are working up publlo opinion In favor
"""y-i'VS of-revmloa-where- nona-axUtad-before
Are you wondering why other men """" (J",na. ot 1B " toward ;
M. .u.T i. , inave mere auocesa naa tnoae or your i ui..iumr in
Mr. President. I aaree with- you that I , . ., . .. . I all thlnaa . But these are tint tha vit.i
. . . . . . . .... , I nguMiuiu. sua v ini man w luui uvu, I . -
tnira anmim na a rtr in. i ... . ma
the American people are thus plundered annually by the
combines that are at least in part sustained by the tariff
law, with its excessive duties, it enormous beyond cal
culation. ; .-' '-- : ' '. ' .
And vet there ar "tctlmi-fof ill krevlctlms "directly
or indirectly, to tome extent-who cheerfully chirp that
they are opposed to any tariff reform. . i. ' .. . .
CONQUEST OF THE DESERT. '
-The nraaa ft tfia Mimtp la
, The total amount of which In- In the least about being Fennypac le
ered.
The Duke fellow aad tha Webb woman
eem to be' well -matched, morally at!
ieasw-r-t v - . . . ... . f.".;
the disease you would feel like a crim
inal, just ae criminal is tne conversa
tion, or demand, which drive a business
man Into speculation and mad schemes
for acqulrlna -money.
- The attention of the whole world Is
focuaed- upon - America today . because
of the money., mania, which haa aeiaed
upon our -men, . Many f orelaner who
visit ie lay the blame of thla condi
tion upon cur women.- t '
. Before -they deny ' the accusation . 1
ir, iZ 7..iT a ,rr ' w .I lust how ulltle she may be. -
Aa annaalU. ,-. KH,. a I WUUIeVU WUUM V UT BUIINU1U ur ggejv
lJ.a' I'tiitM: -You must make money for me
wu.m w. v.u mn iviivow. niao .. annlh No MlU, what
hold hear your admiring comments upon I 'Tl""-" 1 eTreeea opinioa or, aev- s
others who have the meane tor areatar "r ,V",wa? ""i""" '? . apparel v
display t - .;'s ; ..'.
A7aav WAII 4e. enlatinaa ka Fn-aa Sk akWaa
patient the food which would Inflame 'fn"y ,d4- aa such, excite jso
and they will xeaent It It will treatly
increase the - dlfflaulty - of securing
aotlon.T"My advice ta to say nothin
to the public, but confer with the
j r. fc-.imr4v-- .v. euro ubatantially - harmonious action. r."T.:w':-r'V"...rr.!r.7.
next senate ia tne person or Tom Carter TTTr TZWil 7 71 r vT.m I thousand of women, by thouanuaas
of Montana,
deal of trouble, but in the end It wUl
better for -the party, better for the
i.UTHER BURBANK, the marvellous developer oil ' parhans the Tanner Creek aewar can country, . better for your; admlnlstra-
new and vastly improved tpecimeni of vegetables I be patched w o that it will not break "0,w : , : ' ; i; : v ' : ;
: 'J t T . ! . ... v.. . - L. I . t. . laiifr aaaln ,111 .a'aa th.
-ana iruus. n -nuBiuca vr omc scums iu u m t - ..,. - , . . - . ... - - .
moit useful man tn the world, ana. that nn work it more i ' Bui vraiha atwMn-t Mn,a a an this argument and aaonted tma ooltcv
important than Edisoh's in a very different and at least people who want to hear her would proo-aa hi own. Herein Ilea the explanation
it Tr6ad a dield.'-vThis opinion may ,not be based Jon ably squander the mohey in some other I r-h V President , haa not as yet
sound iudgmentbut nobody will dispute that Mr. Bur- way.- y -r .7---v ; WJ,Z
bank' hae -accomplfthed -and - is accomplishing - vast I jr.- D. - Rockefeller told" his Bon'' bible I earneatneeaT- It is due -whoUr to the
amount of good for the human ae. Hit triumphf m I class that people eat too much. Doee h4 fact that Mr. Roosevelt la a growing D,ura; the woman who must lead the
the vegetable kingdom since the evolution of the, cele I ZTl- w' r , faahlon and who must have an army
breted Kurbank ootkto have been many, and each one omch' v, f - - :! rrr tLJSVXlJ? atUndknt. to look after h comfort;
Z--i.i ia- uii.A AT,. kI -7. Z the. woman- who haa no word of dlsap-
worda and actions, auaaeot the necessity
for such a course to the men who sup
port them. - i
. Thousands of others fall to give the
word of admonition, or to make the
small or larce sacrifice -which would
arreat a man- la hi Insane race after
mill tone, gtlence may mak a. more In
sistent demand than Speech. '
-. Tha woman who -must' take .her trip
abroad each, year and chooses the most
expansive resort for her health, or her
prated Jfurbank potato have been many, and each one
teemt morewonderfui -than - tt-predecessor though
nature's processes which he guides are simple. j
One of the latest of Mr, Burbank t novel tuccesset is
Mfira AAmmanr
-in the flrat pWoe,you've ot to pn-.'
derstood clearly What la meant by the '
term dude." aald a down-town. hber
dasher. - 'Taking tha word In It general
enae, aaaumln that it means the lond. -
flaahy dresser, then it ia safe to aay that
aa a dude he Is extinct, but .a a fairly ' -reepeoted
eltisen he la still much, allve.-;
The fact Of the matter Is that all men '
are more flashily, dressed than they were " "
elht or ten years aco. The atylea of
tha last few year, while no one could
call them effeminate or 'dudlsh. have -'-
been alona; the line of flaahlnesa' more -7
than when proper thing of dram were
tne aomoer eoiora. . .... . f ..
"Take the average well-dieaeed man In t"
bli summer apparel. There la the ault . .,
of gun-ttetai gray, which was so popular -thla
aummer. Take, this In the flgbtest -'
hade and make up In the popular style,
with, tha pea-top trousers and the abort, ,
coat , Add to it the white or colored vest .
of wash fabric with-. fairly loud tie, -a
atraw bat with blue ribbon, and place
it alongside thai apparel of the quiet ,
dresser of 14 years aco.. and If last sum- -mes
gear does not look Ilk the clothes .
of a duda of that time in comparison I'll - -
give you the beet bat in- the store. rr rrr-
.--"BUt-thla U not all.- How many rheu ... ,
wore colored, dotted or openwork hoee-.i-
10 years aco T How many wore'shoes
low enough to show an ankle covered by
VK rrnnrird develonment of the snineless cactus, a nlant
. ... . " . I r.. w.t -ww . - ti .... .u. m ..
that like the spined cacti orthedesert will grow on ab- " Adams and hM wppomraTex
tolutely arid toil, and which it laid, to berhalf as '-nu loo-- Peabodr haa recoursa to, a
tritioua for cattle as alfalfa, - - V I heated vocabulary. .
haa faith,- moreover, aa he may well
wilUncnaas to follow
i r .lx tt:..j c.t.. "
x ii v ariu laiiua ui tuc uuucu.vuii-j intiuua hwit i .M : . - - - . .
" 1 i .. - k g . . . . . - I uvveiiiui tminn fiaa mvwil nw.ioaq
;,uuu,uuu euuapc .niuu v -"""-y. v. wuiyn viy i sense asrain. in eeoiininc to apoomt a
ioo.ood.0bo acres; or less than one sixth, are susceDtible I military staff, What doee a etva rover-1
have. In thalr
of irrigation. (The rest must remain a-desert waste,-ex-1 nop' went e s wi si nomina cojoneisi where he leadsr Eeeentlally and Ini
cent for tojririuch'Dlant at this.: Which.' it hat beeitl 'XZ1: "SnT JZiZZZ I We method ia the method of
..Jf. . . i j-' . .... ... J . . , r. . rj: rranajieaa an.opennea. -vm- enowea
csiimaiea, win increase tne agricultural pi more siricny i renaereo me onui e-io-e gwimmjajni i thjlt Jn h( pronouncementror a rant
or power. -to the Interatate commerce.
When h took hold of the subject It waa
en1 of thoee numerous aaltationa lone
pending before concreae and never cet
tlnc anywhere. Mr. Roosevelt vitalised
it with at few plain -word and It in-J
stantly became a burning issue,' Bo, too
with the 1ta tlck," .- which, rlshtly
viewed. U simply a Jiealthy, safe and
self-respecting - Americanism put . in
practice and. not - kept-a a beautiful
theory en a "shelf. Mr. Roosevelt took
Canby haa become good on Sundaya the country Into hi confidence as to
-.. - "" - v J- I that, and.-there la ample evidence that
Farmera are busy plowing ana sow-1 the country la with him. -inc
aroubd'Blalock. - . ....-..'..- I If he had followed his' natural! bent
anT-JUnd. of -hoaet- - Not tnaji. 1
proval lor the suoeessfur speculator snd I ausrantee you. and those- who did were
only amillng admiration - - for - the laid open -to the criticism ef efferatnaryr
they. wire the dudea of the dayA How.
the. colored, dotted or fancy hose are 'ee-;
eentlally part of a man's proper summer
attire, ana no one cnee .-auae" at the -
mnioiinnn.' '. ' T -' ,'
--"Thle te 4HtduMedly the reason" fr '
He Ja.aaaar.for .the ODlnlon of tha neo-l rz. -i-T!. Tvr-7VzV5 1 r" allVm.m"
ni . M h.a f.h - h a,.i- .-a ha " IrDm any pnocpie i or waicn xney torm.ouae n is now o common to see
h.-V.Hh-;7-r.:;' riS fouchl. I believe It .le for the gratlfi- what would once
Soma people
cost of necessities, and yet the whisky I tha adroitness and sucoeas with which
fnf whlrty at $l.l. the lowm brenght men Xo wayof thinking iJ l
.? gTT" --- - i. --:1""J.am?' .7." ? w"" """Mciety. la most assuredly cuUtr of
tZZ; rairi-- iXl. J money faver. - " ' ., ;
?V&!ZMJ. HZFtlfclA Thar are men who love the strife and
WV,T.ii.,a T XL'whmZT ir . r.ZlZZ exolUment of the business world for lt
?2ElJL?:lZ: v the f ray.ot tha strt and mart
ey - -w g .-w- w" wtaaea a7 atlal.-1nar.kjl Via. tve t laMakll
b trn4 mn Ovr-
Ore
reon : Si Jeliglitt
TEST OF AN IDEAL TARIFF
COMMISSIONER "of CorporatibnrXJarfield-tayi
. in hit reports "The ideal tariff duty.it the.dif-
ference between the cost of production at home
and abroad Such a duty should in any case be high
17 enough,'foreven then it would leave theTBome" manu
facturer or other producer additionally protected to the
" extent of the freight charges between foreign countries
-12 and mit."r And-furthermore the cost ofjabor alone
should not be. the sole test, but the labor cost,, which. is a
.-'"'very 'different .thing." An American manufacturer 'may
pay loo per cent more wages to hit employes than a
.'foreign manufacturer does, and yet hit .labor Cost may
;;not be more than 25 per cent more, because he hat better
, ; machinery cheaper tawjnaterials, and, more than all,
'" workmen who accomplish far more 1n a year, a week, or
a day." American labor it the most intelligent, ambitious
-'"and effective," accomplishes the most per .workman, of
any labor in the world. ; '
. ;. Commissioner Carfield's bureau was, ereated partly to
ascertain the cost of American production, and how it
- comparei with tlje cost of foreigri production, and if it
'doea this, and tofurnishet a basit.for an "ideal tariff,"
. ' it will have done a usefut piece of work. So far, it ap
pears, congTess has imposed whatever duties those in
i?ttefested in high protection demanded, with little regard
4 -'to this essential, baste element of cost of producttoH.: So
it bat in many schedule made the duties lar beyond the
tpeaking the pastoral areajbf the country more than onef S"10" f"rtn I'J?? wr
third. ILthi estimate bexomctiaji-tttiinateeJ fi'J." lLs"!
oeneiit conierrea py xne invesvgaiione inn experiments i aanat J rid of him.
ot this wizard among plant liter . ;. -
i.By opening np vast areat of now desert lands to raisers
of cattle and theepnot only the annual productjjf these
animals would be greatty' increased,' but room and. op
portunity, would be afforded fof?g greater population,
and opportunities, " along the industrial line, wduldj be
Increased, The evolvement of a new orchid, carnation or
rose it a creditable achievement; but it link into pitiful
insignificance beside that 'which evolves a new food or
forage1 plantv1.-,';-' --v;'!-1- f ,'-'
Heretofore desert plants nave been implacable enemies
of all' animal life, except perhaps lizards, scorpions, and
poisonous insects. . The desert cacti are armed, against
animals and birds, hoarding behind sharp spines their
nutritious substances,' and yielding them only to in
genious .and : reasoning' man. ., Some of the larger y"
cation of the love of power that most I dressed man that no one com men ts on
men have, money mania today but even it." v;i " - " - " : r 4 - - -r '
when the ambltloue woman haa been no ' A down-town tailor, while agreeing In -part
of his impetus it should be the lov the 'main wUK tha haberdaaher, arrues '
Ing woman's part, to help lead man away' that fashions of the day have been Such
from thsse falsa Idea ef happlnea and a to decrees the desire .for-eccentricity J
to teach him that actual happiness lies in dreaa.- I - '- ' i ; -
In quieter ways, - Tha only method -by H-"The atylea' In vogue today tylea"-of"
Which she ean ad" lead him is to lndl- Cloth, styles tf out and -dallorhir enable
cate her-own ; 1 preference.; for those a man tg bloasom forth in the full glory
quieter ways.- L r-.5' '.'.V. . of loud appareLlwlthout vlohvtlnc the
The Influence-Xt" woraan 'ln America fashions "of the day. ay hev Thus,
Is almost limitless; lt her use It for where 10 or T5 year ago we mlcht have . .
maklnc cur country a better place for had a few edyentureU apirlta who -wera
men to be reared in than it haa become wearlnc colored waistcoat and eartrtnc V
In the last quarter of a century. Let her notoriety through It; now we have Hun-,- ,;:
arena ox men who. When tney are in- -formally
attired, wear loud -waistcoats !
and no dna ssya-a-word about 'jW..-' It Is i
accepted aathe etyla w...-'" . " V
talk more and - think more of quieter
pleasure and simple habit of IlvlntT.
and she will And man following in. her
wake as ha baa since time beganT r, ;
y he would have dona the same thine with
The death rat In Albany wa jnlylthe tariff. Ha would have appealed to
IS per cent last year. r ;.-.' . -J the'-country. Can there be any doubt
. . ' : iaato wnat tn response wouia nave
Nearly all OrecoU counties bare eomelbeen haa he done sot a .-' . .
TOM BALM, HXaOWlAAMMQVW
butt
up with their (air ant. , -
TXewisburg la to have a flouring mm
and a blacksmith shop. .' r
'j
Isn't it about time to discover another
nafiaa ha thair hroad- flat etama ttn,na1 w,h v.r.'tiKl. loll-well alts In OreeonT , . - - ' '
daggers, while others are thickly clad with hairs or bris
tles like needles.'- - . . r ;.:J.-Z
In some, high crevices Mr. Surbank found some spec
imens of cacti that dropped their, spines, and these gave
liirrt a basis of operation. . By. different and auccessive
crossing of ' several varieties, with the spine-shedding
specie as the reforming element, extending over a pe
riod of ten years, he has produced, he says, a ispineless Ke-'
"His failure to" do so la. the hfghest
possible proof of his Intellectual and.
character STO-wth since be entered the
White House, jfor the tariff la a peculiar
question, it is a, delicate question, it
is on thing ' oomrreso I Inordinately
Jealous about.. L J la..th-Jilgheat 'at-
. A
.V; . ,. i :
--..'. Vv..'r ';
aeweoet'tt.
air. mantflnd
Eacle Creek asks to be deeolve.s-h'lbute of the taxing power which' the
tacada News. What B thatli BinoiiB' wu nvr iurra(r u mi
Arllncton hs
-The Infernal; Order-
new aoclety called nt or"- the popular JB
ir. of Tap-Ariothtr "an at the other end ot
1 head of the state, ba be klna or preel-
Roosevelt. The
the avenue who
hnrlAui nn.
mnllv. allt An aa a hla . navH1' " ' It
mius iusi win grow on inc uesen regions oi me juniiea J,. ; ., i--. a i I Cleveland tried it and his own party
Slates,-and that-will be e plentiful and nutritious food for I isadT-It is not only t have a oaloon, j tnIw-hlw lnto th ecraphaap. - If Mr.
rattier" He is still extierimentine-. or rather rarrvina- nn fbut a comedr eomnanv. .Roosevelt, had tried It by the natural
his certain work of development, to produce a still I .. ' 'i w. a !,
..or:., j r: .i.:.t. . Albany ha been a city for 40 year.
J u.V- 7""'. 'j t T: ' ,c"VOI'iaiid the Democrat man object to being
uuuui ij. jotvcii, uui n is cmimca tufti tne vnai .tning I called a country editor.-;
been at.
Great numbera or fowls nave been
POM SALE Dreie eelt. Brl-
'peats S2-SX,. V eate Jeafnal.
A suit for sale bespeaks a
Of being broke, I fear.
And doth remind moat
That they have ,ben there, too.
The owner not 'a man. of note.
iror e he quit a cad. -n;'- '
Thouch by his, ad., he ta, 'tis Bd,i7
A, man of little parte.
Dress suit, alas! what cruel laaa, . ; 1
Ha Jilted bar true bean. ' ,
For. this I trow, as all should know,
Must be the seller's grief. - : :
"Tlve years aco. If a jnaii walked dovrn"
M Lata atreet Araaaad in' thai neevtod trou- V
sera and short coat of the. day, he would v
have caused aa great a faro re aa did the -appearance
Of a few shirtwaist men aev- ' -oral
year aao.-Nowv-.whHe many "peo
pi do pot approve or tne taete teat gov
erns their selection, they find no reeeen
ror oomment in - tne tact tnat a nun-)
wear them. . ' - ' i 7'; !
There la aomethlnc In the aaaettton
that the men of thla oountry are-erowtnr . -'
more athlatlo and heavy in frame. Thla. '
Is proved beyond a doubt by the pattern
of old days, which call for considerably
lees cloth In the makinr or an average - -suit
than, le the avers requisite today.
Of Course, this should eliminate the af-
femtnate man, but it does not"- The col-
laces are where tne atniexio man ia mini
.. . , . . . . . i aounoan. ana vuw umm v
For man. when broke, may .Jose blsl -u.-iround durtnc elaa tntermlealon to
discover that- athleticism le aot neee-
Corvallla drucclats refuse to recog
nise a wink, and are marble-hearted to
pleas for alcohol lo medicine.
aimed at, a valuableifattle cactus, hat already
taiiied. , ''.v .- ; '.' ' .
'There are more than a thousand varieties of cactus, it
is said, and one. easily Unites with another.. It has long
been' valuable to. man- tor-huts, for a sort of toap, and
for food "and .drink but nobody thought before of de
veloping a spineless cactus for. cattle food, or if anyone
had the thought he lacked the knowledge and- enterprise
to carry out rus.thought in action. ... , ;
The practical and extended application "of Mr. Bur-
uana s wotk remains yet to De maae, out ir is at least not strawberry bloasome ware slaked in
improbable that in years to come hundreds tof thousands I the Hilisboro country a week aco. but It
01. catt le will obtain sustenance nn the deserts from h saia to eue-a mm wuia ds rouna
newly developed plant.. ; - m v- - r -. . npw.. ..
method of an appeal to publlo opinion
there can ba little doubt he would have
been . able to carry hi -point, but at
tremendoue cost-at the kost - of bsd
feellne . and bard words, . leavlnc tears
ror years to coma
Mr Roosevelt wisely chose the other
smoke.
Or eell his working clothes.
But while the girl smiles on the churl,
He'll keep that, one dresa suit .
eerily a euro for affectation or effem-
Inaoy on the part of soma men. The
phenomenally wide troueere, the small
I 1 1 - ' 1 1 a, , I cape ef vivid color and other sfens of -
. WaTXCTJI Ajajg TOVt loud neee all announce that even the re-
-'-' ' --; - bust, football-player 1 no immune to,
There ar two kind of people on earth the onalauchte of vanity. No,- it must
a . .lUiaJ Ika airaMra man fitkal flTaltltlsarl
shipped out of Tamhm county durlnc -"fT"" 7'y""mm:a" . loam7' . . . - .' " Vit I"" JV -"-T-
U, M- thraa montha. . I memoo, ana me mat nt mo coooeei just two kinas 01 people, BO more, I say, "R to n iinuuv. ....
tne peat tnree montna. ... ,. I .. ,m- ,.., fc th. ,hw.m, . : . " thin that tha duda haa dressed dew to
of It ail so Intensely interestlnr Roose. Kot the sinner and saint, for '14. Weill the quieter standards. . .-.v,..-...
velt nearly always wins whan ha hits out understood "But the treat truth In all thsseasser-
from the shoulder. Now It looks es If The aood ar half bed" and th bad artons Is that the dude la dead. No one
be were ' eolne to - win by the . other I
meana - In fact, he haa almost, though I
half gdod.
mmi him any more, no one talk of htm.
H ia mo absolutely a back number that
JJFKaZ" uJti not Q't. won the-ease sund today! Not ths rich and the boorrfor to count thacomle paracraphert no longer make
Ct? 1 LJt?l2 ?!'ul2 J!1''0 n-ln the Uttie doubt there I we see maaewealth u " " copy out of him.". . .
Hntll death part, her and her husband.; that no, onl tha thing it.elf. but the Toi.iri.WlAt know the lute of bl --.--"; ,J . . .
"i,n'l.v . v, 1 ' -.. method Is on trial. We are accustomed conscience and health. - a ..n " px
in life's I j Xjtyois and ClarW
,.K..jragaraittTow atd m Ttrm.
. ,J ' ' , JFrom (th Tacome. Ledcer.
- J.' ,Th .leflelature shoald - take' prompt
action n th Wit SDproprl AtlPi jri9JL(!0 J
' 'for the Washlncton exhibit at tke Uwli
' and Clark fair. The sunt named Is none
, too larce: In fact, it should be retarded
aa the vr minimum te be considered.
; r.'.Waahlhctop, has t Croat opportunity
Jn eonneettoBwlth the Lwla and Clark
', t-fsir. .Instead of advcrtlalnc the state
. Indiscriminately at a creat dlstanca SB
" wae done at - Buffalo and - St. Louts.
( veaebiinT but a few out "of th tens of
. thousands-who woold be impreseed to
the extent of maklnc a-trip ta tha coaet
. .. with a view af eettllnc the opportunity
- at Portland la. to reach people who are
fiifflciently interested, to have taken this
--. lone Journey., to see the fair .and more
likely to eeertnla part of the country.
r -The- old aaylnc that a bird 4n jtaaj. is,
wortli, two In the buah haa some appll
' ration to the Case of the Portland fair.
It Is mors aanslble to ppeal to thoae
UTaa will -come to the fair than to try
ant ahota. t anywhere from I.OOS te
1,0 milea rance,'
r Waahiacton has more than A nelth
'horly Intereit In the - euceees of the
.rortland fair. There are eelflah reasons
, .which appeal eulte aa atroncly la favor
-t the project provMed Washlncton Is
- -wrll repreantad. - Thla state will drlve
. tke maiimiKm af benefit at a minimum
Vr reel. Orecon and" Portland have
.stent- aaUlloa'elf dolist ca ths ntr-
. i . -4 " . - ..J-i:
prlee. If Waahlnttea appropriate !
oo or more, this etate will be coneplo
uoua at the fair and will enjoy tha
benefit a, with, lit tie or tha espensa or
discomfort. The appropriation of not
leas -than tit, -wtU- proaa. a , flrat
ciaea bualneafl enterprise forjjilsBtata
AXAJIKAJrg KICX OBT TOWKXA.
Waeblnctoii Dispatch tn Beattle Times
The Alaskans In Washlncton- are-eore
On President 1 Roosevelt because they
say ha haa not lived up to hla promise
of home rule In fllllnc-the offices In their
territory. The straw that broke the
earner bark was the 'selection of T. C.
Powell of Portland as marshal at Nome
when- they expected aome han who had
been ldentl4 lit some rspaolty wltb
Alaska would be appointed.
Theyvaay they would not have kicked
on Clum or tjove. who have both 'been
, In. the territory and 'know something
about "Tf,. bnr- t(have-Orecon'" pult o
this -plum, the last ona in .stent, made
them . hot and they are tf Hint folks
about It in. their wrath. The Alaskana
claim .'that the covernment has had so
many scandals In which outside .ap
pointees flcured that soma of their own
men should at least be clven a'trtSL
Vetalag arprialag, ewevee.
From- tke Inlsvllle Herald. '
The man who buya e nickel's worth of
piety an Sunday la Sometime aurprlsod
to aee tha stok rua low and the week
till yeung. v . ; , . ;., . .
t
From the Lewlaton Tribunal
This la the Arst tlmClt Is believed,
within, memory, that the covernment
has totally abandoned the interior
waterweya or left them without means
for at least protecting the work pre
viously done. It Is- also the . most
unfortunate - time auch abandonment
should " Occur; as the railway- crssp
Is becogilnc . ever tlchter and the
Waterways in JhaiA.-must prove -the
main reliance : for eommerclal safety.
The Lewlaton country will be, specially
afflicted should, tha present policy pre
vail, aa tha river traffic la now of creat
volume and reaches Isolated territory
heretofore without tranaportatlon. The
pity of It Is that the coat pf one -bottle
hip would tve the Inland empire a
free water route from Lewlaton to the
sea. but. we are clvea the battleahlpa
and denied the mean a for maklnc their
cost less onerous. And. while one bat
'..C
Benton - county baa the lowest tax
rata of aayeouaty tn the etate, 1 Perhaps
to Vseelng , Theodore . Roosevelt win I .. ty ,
throuth crana aasauus. tne point now) Kot the humble end proud, for
la. -can ha win br labor loo a and can-I n,.i .
Uoua oountsrmlnlng of ... the , enemy's Iwho onta on vain alra la not enuntad V
woraa r
.HIM,
Skataaaaiisjisasai
winter -s--utUraJie
Sn weather ., f.nf and
roads.
The -Ashland Trlbuns I urrtn the!
people of that flnb southern Oretoa
tropoiia to be represented, at the Xw1sl
nd Clark fair.
'. Reveral Benton county woodchopper
wer treed by a festive billy-coat, who
at seVerat extra cans In celebration pf
the fun he bsd. .
A. man who bought a fruit farm near case looksllke a mtraclaLHa had com.
Central Point four months aco for tt,- muned with himself and with clrcum
SOt sold It last week for 1 11.00 te a atanrwa and decided once for all that hla
New York man. , . - party views on tha tariff should be his
vlawa y Hi would not take tha rlak of
An educated, full blood Bllets Indian I trvlna to force the party to ao his war.
Is sttendlnc a law echool at Kansas City, He- would not appeal to' publlo opinion.
which soma, people think Is en evidence Ta a friend not lone eco he Bald: "If
mat he is elrlllsed. - via majority decides for tariff readjust-
ment.' T am for it: If a majority decides
Jackaon county prospects for a proa-1 a sains t acalnat it, 1 am acalnst it'
tlnculahed members of the house sp-
peered In the president's offlce laat Sun
gay afternoon Mr. Roosevelt greeted
them with these. wordsi 7
"OehtlemenTT Hvs lkil yon to- come
here that I may nnd out what my views
on the question' of -tariff revision are."
Outsiders who heard of this remark
took ft as a Joke. But It wasn't It
waa spoken In dead earnest. The fore-
colnc narrative - explains Why. 1 Mr.
Roosevelt had performed what In hi
r., I.l wi. , w.- a I moderate.- Messrs. xatrocne ana at ki.
.. ,u.n .... ...,u.,r uu ..cn ,ha T. W. comnanv'a trad
ers, visited with some'of..the Mtnneta-
I aka attaanAAM V eBPaW At TV BlilMS.
No: th two. kinds of pple on earth ""J XZZZTinZk eXn. -m.-
, . . i . - ,. .. , ill uvvm uniLJ.. , ... -
, man bl tears.
.'..1
mean.
Are the people who lift.
who lean. '..
andt
th people
and a blalreau.
Beavate loelag Xt Blgalty.
Wherever you co. jo Will find th '' Tom th Kansas city journal
nflil', maaaa. .. I A few decade C0 th position Of a
Art ; always divided In Just ,ths . two United States senatdr was looked upon
y . I . .im.i.uI .nit a 1 , aA a
cissaes. ,
And oddly noUh, you will find, too,
I, ween. --
There in only one lifter to twenty who
lean.' : . ', . , .
In which class er youT Are yon eaalnc
the load . ,
1 Of Overtaxed lifters who toll down
roadT . ." ....
tleehtp.wae betnc built Ith open MverlProu" n,w rw r exceedingly brignt. There fs no doubt be Was sincere, That
would earn money enough for tke de
pendent producers to psy for It. ' .
.. . .' A Slseetumelag OnUeek. ,
-From the Waahtatton gtar.
Ho your daughter ia writing a book?"
' Tea." - "l - "
. "Are you planned TV
.No; we're worried. If It Isn't a stfc
reas we'll be disappointed. and If It is
tha neighbors win probably be shocked
l,wben they resd IC , , .. ..
lit ha the material behind It. says that Is what ha meant by. his greeting to
meorora eoutnem uregonian.. th statesmen who had assembled in his
, ) 1 ' -. office. .Another peculiar and almost un-
Hot air oont go any Inheer.'. We are nrecadeat fact la that at that con-
mighty tired of these promises. OoM 1 ference Mr. Roosevelt permitted the
Hill News. Rttll hot air oueht to. be vlsitora to do nearly all the talking. It
agreeable this winter weather. , - tajiisually right tha otner way. He was
- ' I sailing thera to make up his -mind for
A Mslheur county youth of.I and him.
girl of It eloped, were followed end In, 1Mb we see President : Roosevelt
csueht. end th boy was allowed tn go In a new light. Here, he ahowa char-
unpuniahed en condlllo that he leave anteriatics which only a few of hla moat
th state. . ,, ,4m intimate friends have known that he
Or
are you
bear
a leaner, who lata other
ss SO dlgninso ana eaaiiea a -position
thst It protected the Incumbent - even
from reproach. Many senators have
shown political blaa and bad" Judgment,
but .th number who have been m--pugned
for personal dishonesty has bead
very small. ' Ia recent years, however,
the' senate seems to be . falling, aome.
what to 'j''nof the people. .
honorable merely becauae be Is a sen
a tor. His position elmply. glvee him a
fine opportunity to , prove himself as-
such, and- In some caae the most hae
Tour portion of Isbor and" worry end bMn mau f thl" opportunity. ;
" . ' cere? , ' ;;- -
Ella Wheeler Wileox In Harper's
Wsekly. ' ' ,- ' ' . - .' '
. aterely Jrap. '.
- ' Prom the Philadelphia' Tedgef.
- Masfe Who wsa th gentlemen I sw
wllh Vrtil tndarT
- Klsle Qwacloual , That wasn't any J fell ur of employment among genuine
genUemaa. He a only my father.. . 4 workpeople wno ougut to De helped.
Widespread Slatrees ta Xodoa. ;
From the London statu rday Review.
It is ytot sufficiently realised thst wa
kre In 'tho .midst of what may almost
be termed a famine among larce tnaaaes .
of the people in I,ondon. There. le no
doubt of the distress' being caused by
. ' .
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