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' -'-r !- ' ' ' I ' ' - 1 V ' Friday, : if ay s. mcs. v PORTLANDr-OREQON. ni i ii' -1 Jonsraal V TH EQcR E G AN C X. 34CKSON Published tvery entogJeV!LJjrili4 every 9KJymonibiflatTiiv)fmI BuiI4Jn,-Piftl a-V(Mhffll ( "Look out for the councilmen. T --cilmetj'kt large.ru recelvingand naa rewivea em tirriv-tre tittle ttgnttortrTtia tcgtslatlvt branch" of our "city government Is of just the executive' branch. Tha' niayof - cannot xio rvrrTthingTnTftrTfiiB Tight sort of a mayor and couaciLU-ittioi-wotrfd eatp-afonte"and :-, Portland would then be lure of i JiVst-claM. adrointyra- -tion. -r - ThereTs a movemenTon foot to elect a wide-open couh- . cil aud for this reason the votes"! certain elements will bf concentrated in theRej?ubljcajiprlgiarie flnJthemea -who nrit hnown tn hr mirnablg iheseiflfltwnces.iiTM aTerage ToteHf utmost completely til elected in the warfh if M K. . Tor within thoio limits it Is comparatively easy to sue UD a man, tojnake an. estimate o hi capacities and trfigure out pretty closely his sentiments. If good men are not got in the various warIs It u due chiefly to the apathy "of fhc voter themselves andlBey alone are to bTame. But with candidates W councilmen .at largeiti a . very different matter, r Most, of thera are .known to cer tain;: f irctet tiiherriocfatryT iaTDUitnej wayut'are "T not well known to the general mass of the voters.'or j this reason it may happen that good men may be defeated .. just because a majority of the voters do not fully realise their qualifications while- on tha athef hand lindcaitable . represertiverTiiayTfleerwItli success because certain - -classes of people know that they will do as they are told to do.. . Yot erg at Ihe Republican primaries who; wantlhe .. . best results for the public should closely acan the list of "councilmen at large and vote only" for those men who are , - pretty sure tp.rome-Juj-tO-tbtu-tequircment :ZZ-event there is failure-there it jrjtilf gether anjndependent jnovcmfnlTwhlfn mayacconiplHfo Ttne-result;-. J ne moment the, nominations ara made the ..-record of all these men will be muie closely-aeanntd and more critically treated and mean rw'lt be found to make the. public better acquainted witti i them and wliat they stand for. ' .w---------.--''-:." - '.:,..... . ; '. ,. KE3SEW73flnrXliYbAWir - trT X'TjIATEVERrthe resulFof tomorrow's primary : W .-. election there is little' doubt that the law itself - . will come in for warm commendation, "For the first timeHHr berng realizedthe contest for nomina- T" tiona isa tree f miaHhajMejttteJ4ivr beforer4s - i hthetfindrbT Ihe partisan voters and that if they, are to "' minded thcy-cafr nominateheefiheTryanttThls y JUbas; Jalready-brbugnt-into the preliminary campaign ele ,Ijnenta which ...heretoiore-bav-. bee aootable-chiefljr" by ' their absence. " If they seek a ' nomination for , their friend they need no longer bow -before a pa rrybotnnd- make pledges .to- him; th ey an gO peonle and stand upon their own -merits. All of the provisions of the law are not as well under J. t oodajlhywill.b-a fter-his firsrpeTatlonju n d e r Ty provisions;Vheo read H seems ery'colnp'.icated biitln optralba itia. very airopU-tHt egtry-tmderstdZ'IWEIIft doubtlessweaVhcsses will become manifest as. time goes on. the general principle of it will continue to meet with ... appro-val Jnr it is anolher -tttp-ia the franchisement of the peAp1- - -TAXATION OF INHERITANCES. OVERKOR POUGLAS" of rcrftmmenrlid tn thi- If gislAtu-ot-th4-ttg an inheritance-tax law, which that body is con- ' sidering,: perhaps withsome" more prejudice against it than "would be the'easetf "the governor' were" not a Demo crat and somewhatvof a practical reformer, r , -" Noticing this circumstance the Washington Post re : marks:, "An inheritance tax of any kind is double taxa ion,ndiii -only-excuse for it is that the manwh9"paid taxei onr hfi'pfopefty whflehe"TiverTs dead. Terhaps he paid his taxes, yesterday and died this morning. Therefore, the widow-and children must pay again. We realize that the inheritance tax is popular, and that it has been resorted to by the general government, bat neither ' its popularity nor that high example commends it to ,! those who are anxious that justice, or an attempt to be just, should dominate taxation." - , ; ; , t : rr This is the old, formal, stereotyped -"againsf the taxation of inheritances., t lorrna and methods of taxation ara in some degree nal-and-tffljast-in operation: but thisvspeder of taxa- ' tion is as little so as any. ' . i 4HheritancefxTaws do not tax and moderate estates only lightly ; they tax larger estate more, and therefore "doubly'.' and "unequally," because; . The persons receiving those estates did not earn - them themselves, were never taxed upon. them, and may . conceal jthem Jfom thessessof. and are well able to pay the taxes imposed; but as a better reason " - 7 Prrantr as a mlrtlii mill fTTr-fififrTIfiT n,' ti pecially in moifey or credits, do netnduring their lives pay a just and fair proportion of direct taxes as compared . with people; who have but small estates, and ' 3. Because the larger a man'a estate is the less tariff ' Wf 1 BOB" COOK'S FAME k RECALLED ' ; Ralph D. Paina in May Outing. "T . It la eaaonable to nota that tha moat . conspicuous figure in tha hlatory of : American boating ahould have recently son Into a retirament that ia aa remots aa-lt ta plcturaeque. rBob" Cook, onca the : 3Talo . rowing "coach, has gone ' to ' " Japaa wbara ba intends to raatde for an Indefinite pefiod. - For mahy " jreari" h -- was a, flrnra ln tha world of sporte who I tranacandad Tale rowing : . intaraata. Thouaanda of paople who would nai .. have walked a mil a to aea two university erews race; lenaw of "Bob" Cook, and liltled Tilm-ae- ne ef tha notabla Tnn of the day. 'For a quarter ot a century ba waa.-tb first- aathortty-eH'TOwlns: lr thlacountxr; and aq Tala alumnaa .. , was mora popular.. . v But popular memory . la iahort-llrad, and-Mr.1 Conk and hla ralgrn aam dim "hlalorjr to, tha active s'eneratlon -of lo day. - JTa' withdraw- front' ' boating-ist-; fairs flvo y-Mra airo, snd with him went tha moat admirable 'system-of amateur 'coaching and boatlns: spirit ever bolldad - 'among Amartcan' colleges. In many . . ways bla career at Tale is eomparabla with that of Dr. Warre In the boating hlatory of Eton. "Bob" Cook stood for . - graduate coachlne?, for Tala athletlca, ' T for Tala men, and be raised a staff of . younger axperta around him.-wh a- . rlad oa bla work under his general di rect fan. . Ha took his annual vacation time from Ma large buslneaa affairs to maeh tha dark blue at New London, nd te him gladly flocked all old strokes ' ,'" ' - ' '-"' - - - O N D A I L Y INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. nnti .rauuo, wipii and revenue taxes hir death 1 arid hutch Importance at way do much but he large .estates, than prtnertylJs:aa - ai reasonable and Jut An inheritance near being right tjgglogglAuorii . Ihe dark with ref tffi.ri.iH inartrrj eve for an eye. a :pos'aibl.f ;- jfta' caittulr consider . . . - " PflJ be taken as a murderer unfit to lie amnnir mm The lesson of these directly beforethe injthistyjystJaliaw of the educational tlireetioifTB thj: ta : 1 neet to give it all privatn informBtiv"i Aifaidu-jda Massachusetts has points the number tions "they desire at pay ill the heart whlchnhefTniy be little consequence of the rooming should make a note 7 A CASE OF rT HE-PUBLIC 4oilied objeetlofr Any and all sys- action in continued to hold small estates at all. father of the girl and eaptalna who eould arrange their Vacations llkewlee, - . Their ' reunion at ' Galea . ferry waa live with Tale spirit and good fellow S'llp.-all pulling together in a common cauaa. - in it waa tna nominating maa- tary ef "Bob" Cook, who labored for Tale and for no ether reward.. And ,h brought to Tale a proud pre-eminence in American boating that ' was unques tioned for tyijj, yMtra. After, living in Europe for acveral years, Mr. Cook eame home-last year .ig ttma to go to Gales ferry and watch tha final prep, arations of iha Tale eight College mem ories, too, re ahort-llvad. There was no welcoming ovation for the maa who had dona more than any other man for Tale athletlo prestige, excepting Walter Camp. - He wae allowed to look on," and ha made no comment,, Tha Tale crew was in .the able hsnda of, a, professional coach, and It won the race. -. But gone from the quarters, gone from the koathouae in New Haven, waa something that- profeastonat victories can never replace, a. sentiment that etnjies' frora (Jevotton to The college and Ita eolore for love and loyalty, and many1 a' Tale oaraman baa remembered whan bta eourage and enduranoe were taatad In later years, the bulldog grtt and diaclpllne that were baaomarad Into blm by virtue of the preaence of "Bob" Cook. The college courae held things of less vajue aa aa educational influence than the exhortation of - thla famoua teacher, whan lungs and) back and lags ware near eollapaa In tha laat stretch of a -four-mil a row against the watch: "Oat Into IL Pull every stroke as-If It ware the vary last efXort you had In you. - Whan you get bp against hard trials In tha world, remamber that you'll navar strike anything that wilt teat your and any more. thaa-thiajast mlla. Nothing can ever lick you If you ra- ', member tola" f ' J O U RiNfAD jrw. p. aou.' : .-, r. . njayyj,J.Tnr-r!rl!t''ffatfIY tn fsJthr mu. bu uuuiu ihhuc v(i Bomeinuig out, oi dis coiaio. sucr 4. Because society affords more-protection to and therefore cosirersnwTTbneflta--npoatht-possessor. of of amall estates. 1 he millionaire s - she - - inatt"householdersT much more to defcndl.ljeahould' y-accrdlnglyr btit under' rjur ta systems In practical' operation does not do soV hence s) smalt special tax on what he leaves behind is u. tax law Is "popular" and It comes as and just as any of ouf tax laws, in prac- , : : EXECUTION OF QUQLELMO. nE"MAjESTV md power' "of the law' were ex? lempllfied again today in the execution of Frame Cuullelmo at the state penitentiary for the mur der cf the young girl; Freda Garacla. ot so much in a pirit of revensrenrjt.io-iollow-themeilent-maxiTni.tfl tooth for a tooth," andTwhoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed," a for warning" to others still alive and yet to be born, for the necessary protection ofi society; and reitralht 'of mur derous impulses, did the law send this young man to the gallows. - -J", r-n .-t-v 1 .rr-.rt-rc'"r7 At" the moment. of coramittlntf the crime he did not considen the consequences. ' He was wrothfully jealous, because this pretty child said she did not love him or was nbt yeteady jc marry him.-The child's instincts or in structions were right ; a man who woujd mnrder a yoimg girl on the theory that he loved her would surely have trade her life burden andai&TTcr.,' t. ; a vr si. .9 VA..uiky:i .ujii.ytuuaVH the consequences; for as surely as yo:tl,f tito and Jojaatvaniky ataar claar rtt . . . talie-Hle nnaef Sttctt-Cltcnmitanrr sn- mwywin yniirai heomically,CSdemlcalIy, it may not be the best way of punishment, correction. warningjndpreventioriibut in the present state of society .it seems the only way. gallowsragediesJs.j.olainjneiiL pjeUndtns -ty-tgrTfflaginuig thytf tflCy ,10VHl-JV"'T''v-'"t ifiougli fooIsth"ey may read it as they run. ', . Guglielmo when he found that his life would surely be taken thus horribly and ignominiously was exceed ingly sorry but sorry -for the consequence rather than for the crime. H wept,- and groaned, and writhed in agony, But thisxould not undo the crime -or. turn aside thA Jengeahce-of ifaHaw-TnirilTonhTs, any of you who are tempted to do likewiser'- .r ' "' . " . SUBURBS 3VILL.BE BENEFITED BY THE FAIR. r SfJE SUBURBS and ijrmiediatesurrpundings of T I Z"For tlandtwilf0 pro fit ..very -censiderabl y by -J. h it LIT. -holding of the Lewis and Clark fair. Many peo- peJromthejnteripr sections of. Ihe state and Washing; ton, as .well, propose to come here to spend a month or moreTJfthejatea charged them at the rooming" houses couver. These people are determined to take advantage opportunities which thef airbill m- lor (Land! 3heyl)roporse" to '.get-out ot it everything they canrr They da-notiropose tabe nished about it burex the timc-thartnalrbttequlred." FfjTrg rfh portfana r Is brought i" who will attend tn this- way far sur- pas.es any-cakuiation-tnat nas-yet peenmaqer-rnme that, they have heretofore put Ja. at Jha aeaside xesoru this year they will pnt in at the fair.:i; ,x' - .---. Those who think they will" not get the accommoda the prices Twhich they are willing to of the city argue that for their pur poses the street cars will get them where they want to ko at any time and at little cost. Therefore the distance from the fair site Itself Is a matterjpf to them. -This is rather a new phase house question - and - those interested of it. JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. will indorse the verdict ot the jury J-haacquitted"7ohnl5ickens and thus justified his killing Marvin Potter, a man 40 years old, who hsd ruined Potter's H-year-olddaughieLand or to try to nolo, improper relations with her. r PettereserveeHnst -what 'he got, andthe was the only person to administer proper punishment, which in such a case-the law does not provide for. Possibly, even probably. Dickens was at fault in his up-bringing of the girt, and he would have b?en clerd.a easily and with more credit to himsell if he had hot invented the diaphanous story about Potter making a motion as if to draw a gup, and, 11?" set. ring up self defense. ; He did not treed to do, this, for under the circumstances he had a high moral though not a, legal right to search out Potter and kill him as he would a sheep-killing cougar. -So thought the Yamhill county jury, and so think people generally. TKB AJDXTKAX'B aOUZQXTT. Garret Smith In Mew Tork Tribune. Togo or not Togo that la tha question, For if to go bo not Togo, vet atlll -Te stay may be Togo eo there' ' the' rub. . .. '.. U . , - - .- Bay Is It nobler in our hulls te- take -. The sheila and mines of thaae unerring - - Japs, And being rattled In the thick of furht To add our own to help tha work along. Or show clean heels across the Chlneae --" . sea. ..'........ .: - ; '.-','-- Te rent in peace secure, ptrohance to dream Of trawlara wa think torpedo boat at And,- yet to go may be Togo, alasl 1 Ills, vary name by loalng la not lost. Hla multlfarioua spirit walks abroad Car-alt - the world wide seas. And ahould we flea,. The' tmdlacovered Togo, from whose . trail No mariner eeeapea, eonfuses the will Andjnakaa ua rathar f aee the Japs W know Tban-needleas fly to those - we . know - not -of. .Tie thus theae Japs make cowards of ua all. Could X onoa aet a steady foot on tand, I'd hit the trail, aorosa Siberia's plain Where Togo's not sllowed to go; end haste r ; , ..- To throw nry sword before the'mlghty czar And hear-with Joy bla words ef punish. 4 j ment: . - ' "Back to the mines!" ba they net Jap- aneae. ........... v:. -j .,.. Where Xaform gtopped. ' From-the Sioux City Journal,, i Tt seems there Is a limit to the cause ot reform even In Wlaconatn. A bill to prohibit the-wearlng of roraets failed to meet ; the approval of the leglaUture, ui u was a tignt, squeeze. E SMALL-CHAWQE MMrrw-wU-toll the tal n tal, Thy re ail fox j tratlon. "buttneaa" admlnla- Oot your primary nomination boom ra ainusoiT Tb. mayoxhaa Jindoubtedly joatjtha nun vote. Only ont more day Ja maka.up yew mina now 10 voto i - The arfafttMaro an unpatMotialt Baaia--aa uej are, -, ... loan shark should b thankful to be atlowodi private life and froadom. - t How on tho tnrtslbl eeraet expoct to . . . . rrTXn7 . It Is atranv that any fuaa ahould'ba mtanr BooattosT ra rniladoipbla. J-p-t-r Pt-v-'a has been taklnr a Drill a Tiwiium ui yuwf wora yfUDu. x-Uayor Hkrrlaon of Chioaso la la wok, aa usual in net being mayor new. SvldonUy Merrill doasn't expect- the vota or tneotner membera of the eoun- eii. '. . -. - - - - .. - - Thar ta a graat dlf faranoo tn tha value of ona'a own dov-ahow dog sod the otbor Only six XapubUoaa oandldataa for the nomination - for mayor to - ohoaaa from. The voloa of tha MunlclpaT aasootf tlon la entitled to reapectful conaldars Tha rath dotan't fall on' the unjust person who has appropriated some one alaa' ; " "' I . . . - a - - . a wa am miinv ri m nan i iraLrm munn .nh n-wmmtF A Russian admiral eaallV fisruraa ant victory for Rojestv'eniky. This la tha proper time do thla. 1 1 " M--2 It looks aa K the Giants would net ba "dne'of tha tM-tmamttrairHOTia fop fair i XarpVlaIl6ra this summer. A Chlcaro doctor aaya paople do not aat onouxh dirt. Probably ha navar ate at th reatauranta of that town. -- The Industry of robblnsf - banks -In small towaa- la balna oya worked. -A caahrar with wail-armdgnrrwho cot tha first shot would ba antltlad to much cred.lU. -: " r"--- fc ' -r- "An OM6 man baa bean sentencad to flva yca.ra lmprtonmnt-for-Bta,llnTa - so cent atkmp. But it takaa a long time to punish Wholepaa.SwIndlar QaorsjBaay; at i. . . A Cooa county papar aaye that it la shaiB that Portland's "rrmna old tnan" was forcad to acnmble for th nomina tion for mayor.utjnpjdjrjfor:ed him to da so. '- -- - - Btgeloweaya-ewaoesn,t " knowSwhat be did with the money. - A good many people have bean afflicted with- a aimi- lar loaanoc- iwamai?. But ot many of them. were ahy tJ.000,000. -- inneaeta-state senator baa been suapendad for the rest of hla-rarnv forlw. taXIhaoyTor worfclng- ayalnat a ?;:r siM!: way. Is it poaslDl tnat axaie leanaia- Lturemara-bacoming virtuouai. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Salmon have appeared in Bridge creek. Wheeler county, A fountain has been . placed In the Myrtle Point psrk, Where the fruit crop will be light it will be of superior quality. , - - .j- I "Monument people - haVa subsertbed over 1299 for a publio library. Large gray wolves frequently - klU deer la the mountalna ot Iane aounty, . Several Aahland young women tn aa opera sung there, displayed much talent, A nnHh.r. Tk. flaunt davalomnant leaguehas- been- erganfcsod at- Silver 1 Lake. - Fifty men ean eeoure work at II a day-on. the Callpoola 41tcb near .Non pareil.- : 1 ' -:' - Goed-eern crepe can be raised -tn Douglas county and many fanners there are planting aoma. Madrae will soon have the distinc tion of having the only rural free mall delivery In Crook county. j- - A Cottars Orora cat haa adopted a family of chickens, perhapa with a view to some good meals later. There are now II business, II resi dence and IT farmera' phones connected with the Jefferson central. An Aahland man's family ia eating new potatoea ralaad In his own 'garden. He also has ripe strawberries. The population of Albany Is exagger ated, admits tha Democrat, only it In serts .tha word a, "places like" before Albany." A- aharldan-man killed a brown bear weighing over SOo pounds, along the WUlamlna river, end thinks . he .. la a hunter equal te Booaevelt, : The first occupant of the Harney eounty Jail for many months Is Dick Dry, who waa convicted bf helping peo ple get wet In a legally dry precinct. A bear that had killed a number f sheep near Sheridan was hunted - and killed, It -wala-had. I OS nounda anA la fhe. njnth bear killed thereabouts sines fiarvest.' -.- ' There waa a skirl launching at Inde pendence," Saturday,' the boat having capacity ef ten people, a bottle Of An-i bauaar-Buaoh - champagne being-broken over , the bow. -r r-- - - 'Wblle'vlsJUnf the Elks' fair In Port land, a Dallae man waa Induced to take a 60-cant chance en a buggy and har ness, and thought rto'more about It un til he waa notified 'that he waa the win ner, and now hie frlende expect Invlta tlona te go riding. ' , Twelve hundred people attended a meeting called by the Ashland board Of trade to discuss iqeana and tnethode of Improvement and advancements, and 43 periona. subaorlhad 130 aeh,-and 'many othacg smaller amounts, for this pur poaa Evidently Aahlahd is very much awaae ana auve. . "LETTERS FROM -THE J.. PEOPLE : , A Matter of Oonsoiaaoa. -1 . r ,JPi!tlsnd. Or,, May-S.T the Edtfor Of The Journal The time naa arriveu when every self - respecting cltlsen .hnuM r- " ,a wlia hi an earnest and aerlous manner, and aak the question: "Whom Should I support for mayor, and whyf "In all the years alnca Portland has been a city, what haa been the. nature of her varloua V admlnlstrationa, and what the following ot the efflclals who ;"Of tha vsat sums of money expanded for streets, brldsaa and other Improve ments, what benefits have Inured te the cltyr . "Wbarprogreea basTSeen made In the moral and physical condition of the city tnd by what maansr. -And nnawy, "What ara tha oondltlpna today." It doee not reaulxe a manwlth a pro found knowledge of municipal affairs to answer- theae questions, The most humble cltlsen who earns bla bread in Iha sweat f-f bli brow,: struggling to maintain a borne for bis family, ao that he can educate his children and bring them 'up . aa self-reapactlng and . law abiding oltlsene. can anawer tha que ttlMl. nd m- tliam tn- ar moit ertDoatlo way on election day. . : As to the first question, look over the names of the different candidates and read the platforms - or -pledgae which they make, and -aee who. If ur, cornea out squarely and openly and announces his Policy in favor of law and order, on which be is willing to stand, let the results be what they may. - In the long list there is but one man who fearleaaly and without equivoca tion dares to announce his policy and say that be baa made ft pledges to any man or faction, and will conduct the affairs of that office With Juatlee to all, fair and Impartially. . No matter -with what Political party you may ba afllllateddoae wot the sen- I tlraent herein expreaeed appeal to every noneet inanT .When . Boosavalt an I pounced hU famous polloy, 'A-aaaare deal for- every man. without fear or favor," -the whole world stood up audi T " ' - applauded, for they had. confidence in tha Integrity of the man, and they have not been disappointed. When a roan, in the face of tha bitter. feeling and op- poaltlon engendered by a political cam palSBUfe-laaaalaee etioogn-tO"tfOfrt obf squarely on a platform of law and order, Juatlee and impartiality, yon can rely on him and your confidence will not ba misplaced, for he Is no moral coward, " therefore an honest, fearleae man. The second question la a matter tf hlatory. - Tha omea-aeakar, fearful lest the coveted prise should slip front -his grasp, has not Hesitated- to make alll, ancea with petty politicians and ward healers, who had been feeding at the publio crib for yeara, and whoa loyalty a cneir party was Kept . auve .- only through their desire for graft, the re- eult being tBat3hs omca-holdar. eleoted or ana xor xnepeflpte. na.peenrnomi-t nated - by theae parasites, who - have robbaa: the city right' and laffc Tha next ouaatton la onlv halna triad out now, . although if began years ago, ss, no doubt, could be proven If -some omciaiwnQBe ..amy u wae to ai would delve deep enough; but. thla we cannot, expect, as the. afcToaaid official. Ilka Payoha, would nor doubt "behold hla own . renaction atthe bottom of the wenr The moral condition of the elty la a serious i one, and every man who la raising a famayTofchlIdrenshould maatKm well,-asit . is not one to be paaged over JlghHx. Aa-a it:: to your family,, your neighbor, your self and to that diviner creation some times, called conaclencal Think it over, Bleep on it and think it Over again, and , The physical condition of the city is being improved upon, hut from Out side pressure, which should not be nec essary. If those elected by tha people would, do their duty aa they bave aworn I What are tha eondltlona todayf VA flA. From every part of the City, from high and low, there Is a general de mand for a change. , Look at the graft ing that Is being done in nearly every contract that the city lota -Can It be done without the connivance of the elty officiate T Emphatically, not For whoae benefit Is this being done? For the benefit of .those who believe that a publio trust is a publio graft! The' property owner is taxed beyond all reason to pay for It, and so far he haa submitted without a murmur. But bow-much longer ean he submit ' and retain ma seix-respeciT W h y-n ot throw en- in a yoK f Bow? Tou have the opportunity of electing a man who haa never been identified with politico, therefore-cornea to you with plean hands; a ' man whose reputation ss an honest' business man haa never been questioned; a man who la ...not afraid to stand up and announce his policy, and say to all the world; 'if I ? "I lt t -Mill ll ay, hlT made no pledges to any man. Or fao tion. and will see that the , laws are en forced fairly and Impartially, without fear or favorV' -: Such a man Is W. B. Glafko, and If elected, we can be assured of a busi ness administration, something we bave never had, and . which we ahould have. If you desire to apply -to municipal affairs the principles by which the af fairs of ths business world is governed. then. vote for W. B.- Olafka --.. A PORTLAND TAXPATXR. The Tan for Oroaewalka. "Portland. Msy 4- Te the Editor of The Journal There is a quarter of a mill general tax levied for the purpoee of conatruotlng oroaewalka and keeping them in repair now In operation' In thla. elty, or ahould be. .What this money la uaed for la not known to the general public, as the - property-owners whoss property abuts the streets where cross walks are neceesary are. taxed direetly tor their " construction. Those having thla fund. Id, -charge ahould give an ae- count of what Is done with , this money, which la collected annually." First street from Madison- atreet te the bridge is m a deplorable condition. There are two railway tracks located on thla atreet, and the track In many placea projacte frora three to four Inches abovs the grade, thereby malcing it next to Im possible for vehicles to turn. Should sn attempt be made to do so there la liable to be a wrench ocour or fracture of a wheel. The council ehould-see to It and notify the City suburban Rail way company that they should tske im mediate etepe te place their track in good and thorough order, and ahould be' obliged to' live up to tha ronditlone of their charter, which States that they Shall keep their track between the rails and II Inches on -each side In good con dition. .''' There Is a piece of property on First and Hall oi tree ta where the sidewalk ia in such a' condition that it la a menace to life and limb tha pedestrian whose buelness calla him in that directions aa the.vboarda composing the sidewalk are loose snd rickety and liable to trip one up. The owner M the property aHoult be notified te replace the board walk ..with a cement walk. There are a hum- ber ii- tweeertv heldsre sad-privileged charactera who Ignore the law whenever they think thev can-do ae with Im punity. - The - majority of property hdldera. Whan their aldewalka are in bad repair, are notified by the authorities and compelled' to place" them in good condltion.Xharesboul4.-eB exeep- llona; the law ahould be zor au, u whenever violated Its penalties should be rigorously enforced. There has been over lleO.OOO aunroDrlated and taxed ta. the paaaaHy- kaUeee a Flrat aUaat for placlngahat avenue In sucn a conai- tlon that It could be uaed for trafflo and for the general benefit of the publio. Notwithstanding this vast sxpendlture of money, owing to-tha xnal-admlnlatra-tlon of the publio officials, the money Intended, for Improving thla -street hag been uaed for-the benefit 06 contractors and publio grafters. Had this, money been spent' wlaely and Judiciously First street would be one of the best paved and equipped atreeta Ja.lhadty. Tha nroDartv-holdeia ara -accuaed Of not being willing to , pay their Just pe portion of money necessary sor this im provement. The property-bolder Is perfectly-willing to pay for all Improve ments .which ara raaaonable and Juat, but thay have been defrauded by the city efflclals, who eame In eolualon with the contractors, and through this bave been -charged on a- bale--mora- thsn ..the bridges cost They era also taxed for twice the amount of 'earth which baa been used In the fills. The cltlsena of South" Portland appointed a-ommtttee of IS to Interview the city council mlthJ. a' request to have a resurvey nut ei the various fills, snd to ascertain the exact amount of earth ussd. and the ma terial t- for-'the construction of-ths bridges. "Tbts they promiaed to da, but as yet no steps bave beeniaxen in mis important matter. The taxpayara of South Portland will never oonsent to pay the unjuat and dtahoneet amount ot money claimed by tne .various eon- tractors. The sooner the elty baa this matter attended to the better, for .all parties concerned- - THOMAS OtTIITEAN. j LEWIS AND CLARK j 1. . , . En route up the Mlsbourt river from Fort Mandan (near the alte of Blamaxk, North Dakota), to the Rooky maun Ulna. ' May ' I We had a fine morning, and tha wind being from the east ws used our aalla. At-tbe dhftanca of flva snllea we came to a email lalahd, ana II miles farther encamped on the north, at the dletance of IT miles. The country, like that of yesterday, Is beautiful in ths ex treme. Among the vast quantities ef gams around ua i we distinguish a small'specles Psty thanthe memor - differtngexnalderablyiToni4-r i6n Canadian gooae,.tta neck.. The bachelor geta to! of goose. the common Canadian goosaw bead' and- beak being .much thicker. larger and shorter rn-jrropoTtlon to its else.-which Is nearly a third smaller. the nolsetoo. resembling mere that ef the brant or of a young goose that has not yet fully acquired lta-noX; la other respects, Ita color.hablta-and-thaum- bet JDX leainara -J na tan,-in-Twti spades correepond; This Species also as aoclataa In flocka witn tna, targe geeae. but we have not seen it pair on witn them. The . white brant la about the else of the common brant or two thirds of tha comma gooaar than-whluh it is also atx inchea shorter ; front. toe ax tramltroflhe wings, though the beak,. head and neck are larger and ' etroagecJ the body-end -wings are of a beautiful wtrtta4ceTrttbe bltclT tea there of tha flrat and aacond Joints f . the wtngsr . the beak and laga are of a reddlah or flesh. colored white-. tha eye .prrItnoderatl flvf. pupil Af-a-daap M4.rMll In circled with a ring of yeUowlah brrrwni TfTTTanTanafati nrinfeaih eually long; the fleah Is-dark. and. ae well aa Ita irnta dlffera but little from thoee Of the common brant, whomin-foTSaand habits it- resembles, and with whom It sometlmee unites in a common flock; the white brent also sssoclate by tham- aelvea in larger floeke, but as they do not aeem to be mated or paired off. It la doubtful whether tbey realde here dur ing the aummer for the purpose of rear lna their young. jThe wolvea-ara-very-abunJftnt, and are of two epeciea. inrat, . tne email wolf, or burrowing dog of the pralriea which are found tn almost ail the' open plains. It Is of. an Intermediate else between tha fox aad dog, very delicately formed, fleet and ectlve.Tbe ears are large, erect and pointed; the bead long and pointed, like that of the fox; the tall-long and bushy; the hair and fur of a pale reddish color,' though ' much J eoarser than that of the rorrhe tfm ox a deep aea-green color, small and plere lng; the talone rather longer than thoae ef tha-weif-of-the-Attentlo states, whlun animal, as far aa we ean perceive, la not te be found -an-1 hia-ataa -or- ur rrvar Platte. Theae wolvea usually aaaoclate In banda of 10 or It. and are rarely if ever eeen alone, not being able singly to attack a deer or antelope. Thay live and rear thetrsyoung in burrows, which they fix near gome-paas or spot much fre- qnented-by game, andaauy out in a body agalnat any animal which They think thev can., overpower-bu allghteat alarm retreat to their burrows. making a noiae exactly jixe tnai or a small dog. Tha. second speelee -la -lower,- shorter In the legs, and thicker than the At lantic wolf: their color, which le not af fected by the seasons. Is of every va riety of shade, from a gray or blackish brown to a cream-colored whita They do not burrow, nor do they bark, but howl, and they frequent the woode and plains, snd skulk along the aklrta of the buffalo herda, in order to attack the weary or wounded. Captain Clark and one ef the huntera met this evening the largeat brown bear we have eeen. Aa they tired he did not attempt to attack, but fled with a moat tremendoue roar, ana euen was its extra ordinary tenacity of life that, although had live bene passea tnrougn nia lungs and five ether wounds,- hs swam more than half across ths river to a aandbar, and survived Id minutes. Hs weighed between 09 and 109 pounda at leaat,- and 'measured feet Ttt Inches from tha. nose to the extremity ef the hind feet, I feet 10 H Inches around the breast, I feet 11 Inches around the necK, foot 11 inches around the middle of the foreleg, and bis talons, five on each foot, were inches In length. It dif fers from the common black bear- in having Ite telone much longer and more blunt; Ita talk shorter; Its hair of a red dish -jor bay brown, longer, liner and more abundant k bis liver. lungs and heart much larger, even In proportion to hie else, the heart particularly being equal to that of a large ox; hla maw 10 itmee larger; bealdeS flah and fleah, be feed on roots-and every kind of wild, fruit. ;.s .: '-,-. Oreea Peppers Stuffed, WIOj Oaloaa. From. Good,-Housekeeping. ' Cut a small piece oft the stem end of the peppers or, cut them In two length wise, removing the seeds and parti tions. Boll thsm for five minutes, drain and fill with three Be? thud a onions eqokad tender, chopped and mixed with a tableapoonful ot minced paraley, a ecant cupful of bread erumbe, a few dropa ot lesson Juice,-aaiveayenne, a little eelery salt and two tableapoonfule ef muahroom catsup. Bake tha stuffed beppars In a shallow pan in a hot oven, basted frequently with melted batter, , -r- Why-MEN DONT MARRY By Beatriee Fairfax. "Down to Gehenna er up ta the throne. He travels the fastsst whe 4 travels alone.". -7 ; 1V-KB "Why don't lbs men propose, 'ntamma; why don't the maa propoaar le. the refrain of a quaint old song, wiUtsn many years sgo.. ' - Evidently jthe vsxe4questlonwby hacheloxa remain bachelore la one that haa agitated the epul of woman, for many generations,- - .. When a wsman remains a aplxuter thought it rnay be from choice er any one - of - mniy J puwio opmian - allows ber but one, and that la lack ef opportunity to marry. Publio opinion, however, deals more generoualy with men than -with women, : and -znan - la-allowed any- reason hs pleases for his celibacy. , . - Aak any eld bachelor why be baa not married. -. : He win give you A-atrlhf of reasons - aa long aa your arm, the aiat ef which will he that he eould not find trie right J woman. -.j., . - He will discreetly Ignore the fact that he- hag been pertkHriarly- bard to suit An old bachelor 'is it times more forlorn than an eld'aaald. - - . - He Is the sqnare peg In a round bole. , A woman, can, adapt herself to . ber surroundings and - fit costly:' into anyr nook where she can gather ' a ,few ; eherlshed pbsaesslons about Jief rand make thince bomellka;- ' m -But the baohelor,-Unlaas-ha-liva at A boms, ekes out a miserable existence In . some boarding houss or club. Hla rooms are ae forlorn ae himself. ..Mils socks are full of holes, his gar-, ment buttonless, bis bureau, drawers a sight. Oh, "Tie's a aad spectacle this man wUe aasn-t-jnaiTlea because ba couldn't find a woman to suit him. . f " - Many men . remain - unmarried from " purely 'selfish- moll yea, ' ,t t Thay" don't- want te giver-up" the luxuries and t reeaom thty have enjoyed as bachelors.- - - , - , They do not like the Idea ef sharing the money which heretofore baa been entirely epent on their earn pleaauraa ' They, cannot baartb tdaa nf hot be-3 Ing able to coma and go as thay please, reaponalble to no one for their actions. Y That la all very wall while they are young and lively, but how about the, lonely old age that Ilea before them when, uneared for and unsought, they spend their days with little other com pany than the memories ef their gay be hial ae aeMn -1 bla wayo as the spinster gnd far mora i-- cranky.---.'--". - ' Woe betide the parson . whe trifles wtthhls mosnlng; paper. : and "tHaxa'a trouble brewing for tna-unluoxy-ana i who maddlaa with tha least ef hts be- lonalnaa.- : : '" "tZknowmeTraT3eld -nachslera, and every year I notice they grew nore per-" tlcular and pernickety. J-. ------- Pretty soon thsy will reach tbe sge where no woman would aeeent them. in t"y.""ni ff thttm ara , pernmit'r I I heTrTt now, Tha man who has a comfortable home - Wlth-w a ar daughters te care forjilin.1 I la O0.000tlmea - better-eff tbanrthf.: livery human being te the better off ' for having-great Intereat In nte- But tf that Intereat be . "seir' h an we deteriorate Inwtead of improving... , . The man who lives by nrmseir and fr pFTibiy'W r LenerTtrToTiie fellow belnge. . SBaUIAefia-s He is bound to grew narrow, selflah. self upiiltonated. - This all sounds rather hard aa - the poor Old bachelor, but of .course there. are exceptions te every rule, and there ara many nloe fid bachelors whose only fsult Is their bachelorhood. - There are dozens of reasons ether than selfish whymen don't marry, end ft would be k great satlsfsetlon to hear a few of . them fronvJtha lords, -of- eraa-; tlon tbemaelve. "T Old bachetoi present and future. what are your sons for' not marry- ingT Js it your faul or tbe glrle fault- er - the fault of the rents of the girl, or whoae T There must be some reason, speaking ha behalf of aB-nrj ere I aak-yoa to teU ns.' 1 Anewer the refrain ef- th old son Thy don t tbe men propose, mamma: why don't the men proposer' iou-uji sr gd mn Balera. Or., April to. Te the Editor Of The Journal. I see -where Comrade Edward Carpenter " claims to be the youngest soldier f-the-etvlt -war. having, been it when be enlisted In June. 1114.. in comrariv lid TU,; and alao Comrade M. E. Johnson. who enliated In 1164 In the 4ld Mlaaonrt. Now, for myeelf, !- - enlisted In March, lltt. In the ; 40th - Mlseourl, and re-anltat- ed . In AUgust, 1161, and waa mue tertd tito the 16th Kanaaa ; Volunteer Cavalry, and did duty aa a private eoldler until October II, 1181. and I wUl be II yeara . old the llth of June next. Waa . born June II, 1141. I know-of one -ether Just my age who waa a - member ef the Ith Maine, whose name is N. O. Bancroft. HARRT W.HICSKS. - Baker -City, Or.. April 19. To the Editor ef The Journal. I saw 'in your paper where Comrade M. -: E. Johnson bad disputed Edward "Carpenter's claim, to being the -"youngest soldier ef the civil war I ew living tn OregonHe glves -bis birth as March. sV-1144,- and hla enlistment in 1114. I am etut younger than he, having been born November I. 1141, and enllatlna on January I, H4S.ln eompany i . F. Iiitn inaiane veiunteer In fentry. - . - XDWARD RAWSON. ;r;.;..;;;..t",,.;T:.l nrcBZAn or sop tajujs.' From the Newberg Graphic A ride over the country fairly amazes one as to the vaat amount of aoreege which has been put ta hope this seasom New yarda dot .tha valleys and Une the Mllaides on every bend -noro notioea- bly 4n other parte ef the county than In the-vvlelnity-of -Newberg. Thousands ", " upow-theuaands of dollars, are being ln-- Vested In ths Industry and when one apaculatea - upon the reaulta .within' a few year, a big question mark looma up ominously.. - c.,. Jappy ea the SpeS. , From the Kew Tork World. ' - -MlllUry crltlca agree that It will takel r.' Yea Roaata the beet Part of a year to gat In ehape te be aa badly beaten again aa aha wag at Mukden. In the mean time tha Jspaneae are likely te Interfere with , ber preparation, ... j
