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REFORM WITHIN THE
'N THEIfEW rhfladefphia, politically, thai is aris
ing out of the horrible mire,
is an organization, jnostly.
" ('everybody has been a Republication Philadelphia for 40
. '1 years hence it. is th rottenest city under the sun
? which proposes to reform things somewhat. It is notice-
1 able that heretoforc.when any such effort has been
filtnide, it was. useless, void," nil, abortive lapsed into
r--"f innocuou "desuetude.' The machine puffed 25-cent. cigar
7 77T smoke in it face, held a champagne wake over its early
: V I. demise scorned, flouted, . kicked and spurned .it and
J asked, "What are yon' going to do about it?". -.-.';
But ,-it is somewhat different now. The Republican
1 . machine, torpedoed already fore-and ait by a Man with
. ' l,J a Conscience, recognizes at last this new reformatory
v , element, andhas appointed a committee to treat with t bx
: reiormatory iorces in view -of the elections next No-.".-"
vember. The devil is sick, and saint would be 'till he
' j ; gets, .-well agairi, as usual. "7 ' .
- ; - And this is -the plea they the swindlers, the robbers,
the thieves, the standpatters fpf-spoils, sin, skulduggery
- and boodle make to the elements of righteousness that
-. . ; are rising in their wrath in the old Quake city: "Save
' . the party. Let us reform the party within itself." This
" is an old plea, but it is played out. A rotten apple can
not make 'itself fresh. A rotten tree all through its
. heart cannot make itself sound. The fig-tree that did
not bear Christ ordered-not to be
-but to be cut down. .. That was, and is, the only remedy.
.(There; is no reformation of the Republican party, by
t "... the old element in Philadelphia, in Portland, or else
where. Tb thing is rotten, is so offense to-civiliza-
tion, and like the fig-tree, must be destroyed, root and
. branch. . .' ' :.'. . "
'- Not but that there5 are tremendously potential re
formatory forces within the Republican partjE.There
, are. But they are only nominally Republicans. -There
. is a reformatory1 force nominally within the party in the
White Houses-he kicked a man out of office yesterday.
Bowen would have wanted to "reform Bowen within
Bowen. That would bave been nice, and satisfactory
to Bowen. But the president, who is a Democrat as much
, as. he is a Republican, and who Is hated by every ma
- - chine Republican in the country, kicked, Bowen a
.. ; grafter, out. , . '"" ., .,- - .'. , ..
- Verily, there may be 'reform "within the party,! but
.riot by standpatters and palarererS and sycophants and
' scoundrels. The old order of. things in the Republican
party-.i beng smashed into smithereens. This plea .of
the told Philadelphia machine for, terms is strong evi-
.., dencer. They should be given no terms.r Kick them out.
We-think that-within' 20 years there will be -pretty
l t nearly "a s.quare'dear with the people by-the politicians
i in this country, and in its cities, and that young men will
? be ashamed to hurrah for th Republican party and its
machine leaders in the same breath!
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PLEASURE YACHT WHY NOT?
Hp HI RTYMILES AN HOUR on the waters of Jhe
; Jf Willamette andrColumbia was the pace seryes
j ' 'terday by the ,; torpedo boat destroyer Perry
which made a four-hour trip for the edification of the
fair officials and a few of their friends aad at the itrvita
't tion of Admiral Goodrich. The. schedule was arranged
.ias closely as a, railroad schedule and everything tame
outto the minute. The exhibition was a marvellous one
; to the visitors aboard and a triumphant demonstration
of the qualities of the craft and the skill of the officers in
" charge. .' ." , . . 5 ,r-. '.. ..... ' -' - --.
V" There is now in this harbor a yacbt which came here
t from California waters. Many have Seen and admired it
tand most have expressed the same wonder that with the
water advantagea which we possess so comparatively lit
! tie .attention is given to private pleasure craft., There
: is, of course, much boating on the Willamette, very much
more thiryear than last. There is a new and ambitious
; clubhouse and from it and because of it there will spring
;up many-more eratttnanr we z. have
: There will be regattas too "and other spectacles but the
, , surprise still remains that with two beautiful rivers at
v our very doors -tndthe bcean'within a hundred miles
' the attention of no wealthy man has been directed to
i ward the ownership of a-private pleasure craft w,hich
could be made the source of-so much enjoyment to him
' , self and his friends. The reaches of the Willamette and
'.Columbia afford some of the most beautiful spectacles
' that the whole world affords.' History, legend and story
' combine to add interest to the wonderful natural pantlgreat case we get
orama ana various irips are so easy,
Hhat-ht
cures1 bi re
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be left untried and unexploredr-
HIGHLY-APPRECIATED
A
MONO, the most welcome
are the officers and-men -of the Boston, Chi
cago and Perry forming part of the squadron
tinder coromafld of Admiral Goodrich. Theseleviathan
war machines have an extraordinary fascination for the
ordinary peaceful citiietr. ,He gazes ; uponthenl with
awe and yet with a sense of pride at evidence of what
THE PLAY
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"Yes that's It he talked to her end
he llatened!" . " 5 . '
''j : Kleachna cried out in his anguish, it
had dawned upon him suddenly, terribly,
' that his daughter his catspaw per
haps had reformed and deserted. - One
thing orrty could be worse bad aha been
f taken? And In that burst of paternal
v pasalon .lt flashed upon- the. audience
which occupied the. Empire that the play
of a decade had bean written.
There waa a dispute aa to the author
ship of "Leah Kleachna" that la, aa to
whether, the writer himself. C. M. it.
MrClellan. or the actress. : Minnie Mad
j darn Flake, waa responsible for irr artis
tic embellishment. It matters little.
The icrand fact 1a that this story ot
aiiperlor criminology la among the
tronart It shall be oar prlvllegtvito XfCr
ommend to posterity. It. will live. It la
teal. It ia the triumph of heart-Inter-.
'' eat playa. Of course, American audl-
1. ancea expect much of Mrs, Flake. She
t--.. haa educated them to the keeneat antic!
patlon. She hsa aiven them such superb
r creations aa "Taaa" aivd -Becky Sharp."
"Hadda Oahler" and Norah of "A Doll's
House." And probably there waa aome
nervnusneaa among her loyal followers
.about thla new play. If so, it waa mle.
. placed-. The lobby that tinfalllng Jury
of the flrat nlht apoke unanimously
for "Leah Klracfana" asalnat al) her
orerunnera. And Mr FUke who. above
- all ethere la opnoaed to setting a dia
mond in mud. haa surrounded herself
- with playera of downright genlua. She
) la greater thsn nr male.-enpport only
. in an far aa the character of lh may
be greater. She Is a euperb artlat. yea;
but ae are the othtra. Broadway has
G ON DAI LY
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8unday - and every Sunday morning it
.. . - etrceta, roruana, uregon,
PARTY.
this great nation
of generations, there
about them and
Republicans-almost
of people thus
cured within itself
A
for proclaimings to
supremacy- in the
A
lew nours
newspapers
"heretofore seen.
saie ana convenient
read the papers
-nnnnt nun li liiiiuir
The people of
VISITORS.
visitors to Portland
never "sent to the weat a star encom
passed by a galaxy more brilliant. .
As a play, "Leah Kleachna" la unique
singularly so and yet the wonder is
that aome one haa not done It before.
Leah is what club, women. would re
joice In calling a victim of environment
Her mother waa a peasant, laboring In
anAuatrallan lettuce field; her father
a man of brains a thief who holda his
profession as legitimate aa any man of
so-called "bualneaa principles." drawing
a distinction .only in the material man
ner of getting the money. From the
cradle Leah haa been taught thievery
aa the subllmeat of virtues. And until
she ia caught In the act of robbing tha
man' who once aaved her life- and ha
burnishes with kindly advice her dulled
moral sense, she Uvea the life ahe haa
bPen taught. Of a sudden ahe quits
crime. , She returns" to tha peaaantry
and there la found by her aavlor some
years later. . Ha haa suffered a Jilt be-i
cause of his Interest in tha girl thief..
At. tha end they leave the lettuce field
together and whether thpy marry or hot,
the spectator ia glad that ahe Is going
te a -decent home. The Whole Is Jot
told In thla play. There ia no disposi
tion of the father end the hireling thief,
and, we sj-e-ieft to Imagine tha happl
pess'or the misery, that, entered Leah's
life thereafter. But. Fiske-llke, the ef
fect Is there. Of one thing we are cer
tain she will hot. steal again.
"Leah Kleachna" la melo-dramatio In
principle, but not in action.. Only twice
last night did Mr a. Flake ' approach un-!
repressed cllmaxea...- Once waa after her
discovery In the act bf burglarising her'
benefactor's aafe, whan aha turned on
him and cried: "Don't look at ma like
that, damn you!" It waa art. pure and
simple.. She waa afraid of his benevo
lent eye and felt her courage leaving.
The audience felt It, too. On the see
ond.occaslpn.She. pressed, au revniver-to'
her temple and was about to fire. Ia
JOUR NAL
.JNO. P. CAgROU.'
Tkt Journal Building, JkifOt tad Yamhill
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of which he forms a "modest part
could do in. cas of nee&s IIerlelights--to seethem
afloat,, he is almost-childishly interested in everything
he sees with pleasure and satisfaction
at close range the guns, the armor, the many ingenious
devices for offense and protection. The general run
feel themselves part owners in all these
great mainlines 105 no maucr who ncj arc or wnai mcjr
are, if they conduct themselves with decency they are
pleasantly received aboard, officers and. men give cour
teous explanation of the many mysteries and make rip
note of the trouble involved in it all for themselves. . ft
isdoubtless true 1 most warships but surely it ntvir has
been more true of any than the present squadron which
has been a source, of so rnuch pleasure and instruction
to the hosts of people "who have literally swarmed them
during the all too short days that they have been in the
harbor. ' If the people have reason to be proud of their
fighting'machines theyT havefione the less reason tojbe
proud of the officers and men. There was no needof
formal. introduction to arouse the good will and interest
of officers iand men in visitors who' sought, information.
It was always forthcoming and it was always giveh-as
though the-man .who gave it had answered the same
question for the first rather than the thousandth time
since he has been in port. ' ' ' '
. This unvarying courtesy has made a pleasant impres
sion upon fair visitors and residents alike.' They warmly
welcomed the ships .wheir they came and -they will look
with extreme, regret upon their departure which, is
scheduled to take place so soon. ....
BUILD A BIO SKYSCRAPER.
FEW DAYS SINCE The Journal asserted that
Portland had. reached the skyscraping era in
its municipal development. It. was led to make
the statement because of the number of big office and
mercantile buildings now inr-course of construction, for
which plans have been drawn or whose construction
had been determined upon although no preliminary work
had been done. In the past three years there have been
several notable additions to and improvements of down
town structures but by-far the most notable advance
ment has been made in the residential quarters. - In this
respect .the improvement in the city has been simply
phenomenal. While there is every reason to believe that
much-more will be done jn this same direction, con
ditions" are so shaping themselves that we may look for
some- extraordinary improvements - in the j down-town
sections -during this and the coming year. There are
several eight-story buildings jipoa which work- will be
gin within the next two months and all of these have
their accommodations already rented,
But there is a call in one direction that has not yet
been supplied and that is for a 1 or 14-story building
that will Really set the pace in this direction, . Such an in
vestment would be of inestimable value as an. advertise
ment. It may be that no Single individual would feel
justified in undertaking it alone and therefore it should
be a syndicate effort. So far Portland iseoncerned
we know of no single enterprise that would be of more
value to It, :noT"a1one for 8eftlhgthe6uflding pace, but
the world Portland's metropolitan
northwest: All the conditions are
now ripe for it and the time could not be more happily,
chosen to begirr-the undertaking. ' Portland is ready for
a-genuine big building boom andf jt could be inaugurated
in no better -way than by the announcement that ..syn
dicate' of our own citizens hSddetermined.upon the "con
struction of such a skyscraper as is herein indicated.
A JURY THAT CAN READ.
NEW THING under the sun a jury selected in a
every one ot whom could read the
and knew a spade from a wheel
barrow an automobile from ". a hay rake. "..They 'all
acknowledged that they, eould , read and had rea'd"" the
local papers 7the Salem Journal and Statesman, the
Coos Bay News,the Grants Pass Courier and , most
of them The Journal,1 and some even the" Oregonian.
And ye they were almost immediately accepted as jury
mjen both by Mr. Bennett who by the way Jcrtows Ore
gon jnen pretty well and Mr-Heney, who doubtless
knows his business. . Til .
"The world do.jnove." The legal, theoretical idea of
an ideal juror is that he should be an idiot; that he should
have no mind and if he has any that he should have
never made it up on any proposition; hut behold,' in a
a jury
in a few hours of men who
and tbji1l(!.:,JW'''"""fii1t
Arleta are made of the right stuff.
That section grew so quickly as the result of rapid transit
that hedUzenir. were forced 16face and themselves av
sume the wholey burden of school accommodations.
They met the situation like men. The tax levy for
school purposes alone was 47 mills. They fixed the levy
themselves and paid it without a murmur. Hence every
thing from the very beginning moved in-a well-ordered
procession. Keep an eye on Arleta. Composed of "men
of this stamp it cannot fail to be heard from to good
purpose as time rolls on. . . ,
every other of tha Innumerable Intense
situations the actress called Into play
the. repreaslve qualities which made her
'famous. Her speech waa explosive,
choppy and Incisive, true In every par
ticular to the character-. And even In
her reform there was no maudlin appeal
for sympathy." She accepted the logic
of uprightness as aaaliy as she had ac
cepted the virtue of burglary, and, until
the very end of the play, so far aa
outward appear ancea went, she did not
allow one ray of warmth to penetrate
the chilled- being she Impersonated.
Tha opportunities of the support are
so strong , and numerous that one
might believe the play originally .waa
called by another name. Four parte were
.played exqulaltely. Charles Cartwrlght
was the Kleachna ahrewd. cunning and
uncompromising; a defamer of good;
overpowered only at one moment by the
prospect of Leah's arrest. . The cruelty
waa In his eye and behind Ms speeches
ao .strongly that you cowered with the
other thief and Leah when his temper
burst Sgalnat them, aa frequently It did.
To appreciate George Arllsa as the de
generate Raoul you must contrast the
role with all others he hsa played. HQ
waa the Prime Minister In "The Dar
ling of the Ooda." Laat night ha was
.the poor, lustful fool, preying upon hla
own rrinnas ana ramtly to further his
iniquitous ambitions. Mr. Arllss' make
up was Itself a marvel of realism, and
hla acting perfect, to the letter. John
Mason is tha philosophical savior of the
glM-thfef brought to the fore the quan
tise of a new and lovable hero. He was
admirable throughout. And finally
William B. Mack as Schram. the Bill
Sykea type of thief, played a hard role
without a euggeatlon of 'malo-drama. It
would be difficult to muster a greater
ejuartet. There wasn't muck left to the
others, but each bit was artistically
done. - --- -. --
In summing up there is a question la
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SMALL CHANGE:
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J-rUaaa,- Jun. don't -
Tti soda c-f Wllhelm It's muataehs
nave coma down a. little,
A sood many ouacwlvea think this
is a oaa year lor putting up fruit.
The straw hat ts alt rlaht now. but
don't give, th other one to th garbat
man. ,
TV were afraid that Teddy would fall
lata the' hands of the pollc when ha
too to auto)ni.
Will wa have to aand for that aoutharn
Callfofrtla fellow whef can maka It rain
whenever ha pteaseaTT -.-" ,J:.l;sr ' "
Ferhapa Grover Cleveland waa put1
on the Kqultable board of dlrectore to
preaerva the balanca. , H
At least the mayor-elect. of Portland
la not likely to have aa much trouble
aa soma other mayors."'
Tom " Lawson la going ' to ' maka
apeacnea out .weat. ; A monthly . maga
sine la too slow for htn "
Now an Engllab aclentlat haa dlaoov-
red that freah ess ora full of bacteria.
Boll or fry your ess. .
Tet there really 'are timta. mar It
pleaaa the aupreme court, whan tawjrars
talk at leaat IP tlmea too much.
If the reporta keep ralalng Paul Mor-
ton'a aalary It ia up to 1160,000 a year
now ha may aoon be the Equitable.
Uncle Jim Hill la getting faat In his
old age. At leaat ha waa on that 14-
houra-from-Chlcago-to-New-York .. train
Sunday, : .-. ..
The Salem Statesman atlll atanda pat
on the Dlngley 'tariff, and Insinuates
that President - RooaavU- ia - av dinged
mugwump. - -'-..
It will only be a war of worda be
tween France and Germany, find. In thta
the French have the advantage theirs
la the diplomatic language.
Juatlse- Brewer say a ' that 20 years
hence a woman may ba prealdent of the
United Statea.- Think of trying to read
through a woman . prealdent'a message!
There are tlmea In both Chicago and
New York when an lS-hour or even a
14-hour train can't- a-et a man outror
those freealng or acorchlng towns. Come
to Oregon. .
Toting Zleaier Is nearly 21. when he
will have $30,000,000 and ha la going
to find the North P61e,' Sura. When
some boys are 21. with 20 centa, they
can awing the earth by-the tall, they
think. . " .
How eaay It la for papers published In
Boston and the ffete east to commend
Hitchcock and. hta policy toward Oregon!
But out here we feel his policy, ana
don't- commend -1. Salem Statesman.
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS I
Waaeo la to have a furniture pollah
manufactory. -.
Oakland offlcera give notice that no
mora obscene language and profanity
will ba allowed on the streets of that
town. - .
Gold Hill News: "We have cleaned up
all the rubbish and traah around the
News office building end had fc hauled
off. Who will be the neat to clean up
around their premlaeeT
' More sheep: will be -shipped out of
eastern Oregon. thta year than for sev
ral Sflpaat - Already 0 carloads
have left shanlko, and, lit carloads
more will be shipped soon.
The Albany Democrat man says he did
about (217 worth of advertising foe the
fair, but paid hla 60 cents to. get In the
asms aa .a white man, and yet ha does
not kick, bat says the fair Is "Immense"
and glvea It a' fine aendoff. That is the
right Spirit. - '
The plowing crew of a Morrow county
farmer waa out 5 daya and woraea ss
1nr tl, i f-f - "" "-
bottom and one two-bottom plowa did the
work, and they turned the ground over
at a rate of about 3 acrea a day for
the entire E.S days. ''.'' '
' , A Polk county farmer gets rid of yel
low Jackets thus: He cuts a hole In a
piece of meat, fills It with Paris green.
Land then hangs tha meat In a tree, out
or tne reacn or cogs ana cats, una yel
low jackets feed on the meat, and are
put out of business In short order, i.
ToledoTlifPorteK , We here a achool
ma'am In Lincoln county who walka four
miles each morning from her boarding
place to her achool and back again at
night She Is .always on time, does her
own Janitor work and haa enough sur-.
plus energy left to wallop the unruly
pupils. , . r-. -v
Seaside Signal: The men employed
to shoot seals and seallono on the rocks
below Seaside are doing great execution,
according to their reporta. - It la feared,
however, that the rarcassee of the ani
mals thus slain drifting ashore on the
Seaside and Cannon beaches will be
come a grear nuisance. " 4 ' .
On the farm of T. J. R raves, near
Beth'ef. where his grandfather settled
In IMS,' and where he was born, la an
oak post set out 60 years ago which Is
till In , a good stste of preservation.
Mrs. Graves haa overvlOO varieties of
roses snd 100 chickens,- says the Dallas
Itemlxer. ,. '--
Four-MU Correspondence Arlington
AppeaH Two men In a buggy drawn by
two small burros passed this way last
week In search of,, rattlesnakes. We
tmderstandthat they succeeded Invget
tlng two on 'Willow creek. They render
them snd get the oil, which Is used for
rheumatlam and la very expenalve, t
an ounce, so we' are -told.
' Spalding Bros, of Wisconsin and A
W. Sllsby ef Greats Pass havs acquired
poasesalqn of the Sugar Fine Door 4
Lumber company. In the Sweet baaln
about .25 miles from that city. Tha mill
Is or 40,000 - feet capacity, and was
erected aome 'years ago, but has been
idle for tha past two years With the
mill go timber lande with -about TS.Oflo..
eos feat of timber; total conalderatloo
UUUI StO.VQO. - -
my mind sa to the particular essential
In which Mra. Flake deserves greater
honor her own acting, her staging of
ins plsyo her selection of the eaat. .
' AACK WHTNST.
THE
A aVusvef Kick."'
Portland, June It To the Editor of
The journal From every hand Portland
houaeholders are complaining- that after
having responded -to- the general call to
open their. homes th.ey are unable to se
cure as roqmera any of the visitors who
are now coming to the city. Months ago
realdants were canvassed and urged to
furnish every available room for the
accommodation . of . tourists, and an
enormous aum of money was subse
quently expended in preparation. It wis
claimed that should residents refuae to
comply with the requeet, aeeommoda
tlone would be limited, hotel prices
would , advance and the deelrWcrowd
kept from coming to the city in conse
quence. People In all circumstances In
vested - In - furniture and necessary sup
plies for which payments are now due.
The . result ia . apparent - Forced
through- their own inability to' get
roomers in any other way, many of
these persona have now taken out "run
ners' " licenses that they themaelvea, or
through an agent, might legitimately di
rect roomaeekers 6 -their-- homes. -'-At
the . license ..department - they are told
that upon the -payment of 110 per
quarter they will be permitted to go at
ill upon the atreeta to solicit custom.
To their present sorrow many have been
Induced to purchase .the license, but new
find that they are merely lift poorer
than they were before.
To aollcit they naturally turn toward
the 'depot. Of the condition, there one
of the daily papers haa through recent
laaues given the publlo a moat erroneous
snd misleading description. Policemen
are detailed to preserve oruer near the
station. They compel runners to com
ply with moat unreasonable regulations
which, if not changed, will force upon
the cltltsens of thla city a most pitiable
condition. - Runners are made to Stand
along the curb on the east aide of Sixth
street. The flrat mark, in the cement
walk la designated by the police as tha
deadline.- To place' one foot over thla
line la considered sufficient cause for
arrest. To atep quietly by the aide of a
traveler and endeavor to direct him to
a certain house la prohibited. To stand
in any other -place is not allowed. To
apeak to people wondering what car to
take la a crime. To stand upon tha
walk at any other time than at train
arrival ia sn equal offense. To atand la
one spot ac aesignaiea times is ineir
only privilege, and this forces each to
call Out the name of hla house1 louder
and louder, to. be heard above the volcea
of his competitors. As a consequence
travelers turn away from what the Ore
gonlan depicts as "a howling mob of
men." They either blindly board a car
at the direction of an unlicensed-street-car
runner who jfloes. says and. goea aa
ha likes, or board a conveyance for some
hotel. : .
Thus the privets homes are unknown
and those who respond to the call and
furnished rooms are fleeced out of the
llceaae -fee... and forced to await some
set of Providence which shall bring
roomera to their roome. For the bene
fit of thoae now holding licenses and of
the publlo. In general will the proper
person kindly atate In clear, and exact
form Just what a runner may and may
not do and how and when and where,
and the law or ordinance which glvea ts
for, violating, their- many patty rules.
Of which no two offlcera have the same
Interpretation T . ( .
API IfllWCBlfill 1-AU1I.
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- ' ' ateatlag Wlf ebeaters. - " " ": '-'
Portland, June IS. To the Editor of
J The Journal Now that this atate has
resurrected one t the -forme ef punish
ment of the r dark ages'for-wlf ebeaters'
and haa applied, it to the back of Mr. Mc
Qlnty (not the one that went to the bot
tom of the sea), the question is how haa
it' worked T. If the newspapers are .Cor
rect he'was received by the wife with'
open srms and the wounds were prompt
ly bathed with-healing, lcftlona. by -her
and much sympathy and sorrow .ex
pressed that ahe should cauae him. so
much suffering. "It was aver thus.
The-law Is a. farce, and I am greatry
surprised that It ever became a. law In
this enlightened age,-and the moat re
markable thing 6f.lt all was that the
bill was fathered and . Introduced into
the leglalature by in, orthodox Jew,
who . ts supposed -to be opposed to all
kinds of lnhumsn treatment, and atands
for - nothing but kindness and "gentle
ness. Not thatl!Lhave any sympathy
lor a man that would strike a woman,
and. no ' punishment, ia too -severe for
suclLhrutea.- but then soma , women are
far from being saints and have been
known to provoke men to ctfmmlt'rnur-
der. "Force met with force breeds
oruianty." ine American people- are
In ssmt iaallaiS t i iiiuke false 'IfliiTS
out of all females without distinction.
Right or wrong, we have been dubbed
by foreign nations as a nation of female
worshipers, win this law work both
ways and' pnfl!srthgnuabahd-bealerS?
In thla age of physical culture and
scientific training lots 'of 'women are
more than a match for their husbands,
and when you find them so are a great
deal more brutal. Let us have laws
that are equitable and not play favor
Ites, so that what la "sauce for the
goose, will be saucs for the gander.
. - . . - - W. LEWIS.
V A 0oo Country.-' . t. -,
Warm Springs. Or., June - U. To the
Editor of The Journal Three yeera 'ago
there waa a great rush mads by timber-
land seekers to the Matnlas country.
lying just south of. the- Warm Springs
Indian reservation snd on the west side
or the Deschutes river to the Cascade
mountains, which is aa 'fine a body of
iimoer, especially or yellow pine, aa can
be found anywhere In Oregon. But It
was said by some that his waa sn slmost
useless Investment, as a railroad would
not likely. In the near future, build
along the eastern foothills of the Cascade
range, where there la no aettlement. Just
to get at this timber, but thla question
la now aolved, for very recently the krm
of Durham A Cowlea has set-up -a line
sawmill on the Deschutes river sbout
two miles from ths Warm Springs Indian
agency and hss a force of men logging
on, the Matolaaand floating logs down
that stream and down the Deschutes to
Its -mill, which Is successfully done
Near the mill Is ths only place where
a good 7-per-cent grade la made for a
wagon-road out over the 1.100-feet-hlgh
rlmrock to the agency plains and Madras
country that Is Just. now booming as a
rich farming country. , There ere other
good mlllsttea in thta same locality and
no oount otners win be put, in, soon.
So now I will teJl you thst If you wsnt
to see a place that will soon boom and
keep at It In central Oregon, and will
Induce aome railroad to come up the
Deschutes river where It will have access
to the timber on the west and the farming
country on the eaat. then I say stand
from under and watch us boom, with
varied resources to back It up, then keep
an eye on this locality. ' ,
, : JOHN v; DIZNET.
To tha Editor of The Journal The In
dian war veterans of Oregon, Washing
ton ssd Idsho who were assembled
at Portland, . . Oregon; on the' filth
Inst and who were permitted to visit ths
LETTERS Z FROM,
W people;
Lewla and Clark fair for one day. name,
ly. the l(tb Inst..1 finding eo much
of Interest that they ware unable to see
for want of time, aud many of them
crippled and otherwise 'disabled ss the
reanlt of their exposure during thdaa
trying days In the history oflhe'T56rtlr
weat, and feeling that the present proa-,
parous condition of . the. northAest and
the extatence of tha great Lewis emr
Clark fair would not have been possible
except for their aacrlflcea and courage.
believe that aa a matter of Justice they
anould be admitted to tha fair at any
of the regular dava thereof free of
charge upon the presentation of a badge
or tne Indian War Veteran, and we beg
the Influence of your "valuable paper
with the fair authorltlea to obtain that
privilege for us. .,
- . - A. J. LAWS.
Sergeant Company C of Captain B. I
Henneea' Company during Indian war
-Of 1855-S. . . . , . , . , ,
moq Bale. Is (Drop., .
Portland,' Or., June It To the Editor
of The Journal Please Inform me-as
10 ins total number of baits of hops
raised in Oregon In 1104.
J - ' " ' A SUBSCRIBER. ,
THE VIEWS OF ONE
y Ambrose Bleroe. " '..
Of course we all want the war to end.
Of course we are all proud of our coun
try's power and Influence In the world's
affairs. Of course our president must be
"up snd doing" all the time. " Neverthe
less, some of us would like to see the
United States keep out of . this oriental
muas; It Is none of our business. . This
government, we venture to think, should
stand for. peace and amity by Its ex
ample, not by lta activity. If the Rus
sians and Japaneae do not wish to fight
each other let them come over here and
rtoecome American cltlsens our country
Is still an asylum for the oppressed of
all nations" except the Chinese. .
Americana are champions of peace, are
they? In tha century and a quarter of
our national exlatence every generation
haa "had its war a war with Great
Britain, a war with Mexico, a war with
Spain am), in default of e foreign enemy.
war witn ourselves. rime maaea no
account of our 'war with the Filipinos,
who are neither foreigners nor -Ameri
cans.) In brief, we are conspicuously the
moat 'cantankerous of all modern nations.
We are always "trailing our coat-tall be
fore the world's multitude of feet snd
challenging 4hem td entertain.- When
none of them responds to the Invitation
well, wa have aome feet of our own.
thank you; i la only to turn around and
take passage, as In 1M1. It Is deferentially
submitted that aa preachers of peace we
cut a figure that Is lacking In the es
sential elements - of consistency snd
taste. The solemn hypocrisy of our at
titude la like that of an owl arbitrating
a quarrel between two, cock sparrows. J
From Russian aourcee comes the as
sertion that Admiral Roleatvenaky was
Surprised" by the attack of the Japaneae
fleet. This raises an Interesting ques
tion: rr Iras-wot a secret, one would
like to know what It was thst tha Rus
sian admiral expocted to meet. -
Admiral Evans' denial that the sailors
of his ships are badly fed does not Im
press. It Is true that he showed a ' "re
porter the menus of his severar Vessels
and that these were -emblasohed with
the hemes of ' such goodie - a chicken
and strawberries and lee cream, pate de
foie-gras, ortolans Sndchampagne, tn
addition ' to the aubstantlal beefsteak
of our fathers. In that last homely
comestible Inheres the doubt. Once upon
a time, the ahlp'a stores ot a merchant
man having run low, a delegation ' from
the forecastle went aft to complain of
the quality of the meat.
'Why, confound you," said the skip
per, "I hsve been supplying you . with
tenderloin steaks from my own larder.
Don't yoa get enough?"
"It ain't that, sir," said tha. spokesman,
nervously shifting his cap from one hand
to the other, "the meat Is a-plenty, such
aa.lt la. ,But there ain't no chaw In it."
The struggle for control of New Tork's
transportation interests Is described. by
President Littleton of the - borough - of
Brooklyn aa "a battle of Tttana." That
la picturesque, but Inaccurate.: The com
bat more nearly resembles a squabble
of doga In a meatmarket for possession of
a beefsteak.' The fact thai-fhe butcher
la thoughtfully fingering his cleaver en
courages hope -that In the eonteetants
we see the sausages of ths near future.
Wholesale Aeaertlona from the cruiser
Pelesartii In BoatflaJjarbor recall an Incl-
dent In the history of an Ullnoi's regimen
In the Civil war.' The regiment was sta
tinned at Readyvllle, Tenneaaee, for
nearly six months and during that period
a majority of-the men deserted and went
noma ' Oneday the oolonel received from
one of them the following letter, dated
at tne place where the regiment had bees
raiaed
- "Sir, If you do not Immediately rejoin
your command in this congressional dis
trict . you will be courtmartlaled for
absence without leave.
The poor man out short a moat promts.
Ing military career by resignation and
obedience,
Baby May Vitiate $2,000,000 in Bonds,
' From the New Tork American. '-
Can a baby sit on the' aide of a hell
nd go to aleepT ; . ,''
Thla la tha problem which hss arouaed
the - gravest ettentlon on the part ot
Chicago's authorltlea. . It may Invalidate
the city seal of Chicago and thue render
Illegal all the franchlres and othsr of
ficial documenta to which the sesl hss
been sttaohed since Its , design was
changed by a city ordinance : on' ifprll 16.
The.- "baby" that haa caused art The
trouble and has driven- Controller Mc
Oann to seek Corporation Counsel Tol
man'a advice la the "Infant sleeping In a
hell," that waa called for by .the ordi
nance of August IS aaThe lega design for
the seal. The whole question hinges on
the posture ot the Infant and on tha
construction -of. the word "sleeping."
.The Infant in the ahell Is seated no-
right with his legs crossed and dangling
over the edge. -Experts ssaert that no
baby can sleep In such: a position. - In ad
dition to the problem or whether the of
ficial bualneaa ot the city has been' legally
vitiated by tha new" Seal Is the queatlon
whether 12,000,000 worth of bonds to be
Issued by the controller In October will
be worthless If Jhey besr ths new Impres
sion. . . , . .
The President, ths Kaiser, tha Cm.
Henry, Wstterson In Louisville Courier-
- eournat, - .
The kaiser. I am lold. la highly flat.
tered to be likened to Theodore Roosevelt.
I wonder if Theodore Roosevelt la highly
flattered to-be likened to the kaiser. One
thing can be said that ought to be flat
tering to both of them, and that Is that
either could earn his living In caas he
lost his Job. " ...
Thst poor llttls creature oven. In St.
Petersburg. ' now, he could not earn his
tiring if he lost his job; though when he
loses It he 1 likely to, lose Lis head. -
LATE NEWS FROM v
'RABBITVILLE !
From the . Irrlgon Irrigator's
. -Correspondent.' -.
Special
The Cly drugstore Is getting up a par-
tltlonijo vote,, this, precink dry at- a
special elettlon. They say It 'would bs
a great curse for us to havs a Open sa
loon, "ihey promise us that If ws will
vote the prectnk dry they will reduce
their drinks to three for two bits, snd
sell better likker. It looks like we
would most all vote for dry) '-,
We had a Christian Scienter'' 4a our
midst last week. - He waa sent here to
-cure one ot the Butterbottora girls what
has a broken leg. - He aald to her.- aald
he, why your leg ain't broke, . Old -man
rButterbottom sot In the game' then and'
says you'rs a blams lire, -or . aomethln'
like that and then the fight begun. .That
scienter la trying to make folks believe
thst one of his eyes is not sweled
plumb shet snd his knose chawed looae,
but the hurts talk more aclentltlo than
his -preachln'. Dock Standpat -sewed
his 'knose on, end says It may grow.
on strata, . ; t.
"The City drugstore Is getting a lot ot
new goods this Week. Nice men's'suits.
which I mean nice suits for men, up as .
deaf ss four dollars a Suit; golf -stocks.
'a kit of choice mackerel, popped corn.
new potatoes, let t Ice, flags, bay rum. "
New England rum", -and rum; wheelbar- '
rows, axes, .noes,, ginghams,- tootn-pow-der,
tooth plx, big stock of (adles linger
ease, and all klnda of , oils lamp, hair,
machine, olive and Unseed. r-
. 'Sou at rah -Plncrtatm Im fa 1 1 1 n a atitinrl fAR
that your correspondent ought to learn to -pell
in write grammeratlcally for the
papers, If thers Is any mistakes, they
ate made by the lunkhead what sets the
typea, for we always write and apell by
Daniel Webster's dlctlonsry. If you
butcher our english ub In your old nrlnt- -
shop It Is. not our fault. But we have
never seen any errers In our letters what
you have printed. We gueas the 'squire
le sore because we Intimidated thst he
got the best of si snd Blink in that .
case, out u aon i cut no mustard
wtth.ua what Jie eay. r '
The City barbershop la closed down
this week snd we think it will be closed
ail next week for the barber ia ahet up
In his room at the Bunco house flghtln
nakea and rats -and llaards and thing.
He ' tried to raasel with Uncle - John
Barleycorn, "but Uncle John -trun him
down good and bard, and new about a '
blllton-nttle red devils is prospectln' on
his atummlck Jabbln' hot pitchforks Into
hie vitals. .,4 -
SI Butterbottom's youngest girl ..rele
h rated her lth birthday last Thursday.
She haa celebrated It several times be
fore, and Is getting used to It, but some
of her friends is getting aweary of It,
' Inforaamuchmore aa there is' a notice
posted - at the barber shop Saying the
barber licked ua. I hereby rise to re1
mark that we -acorn to notice attscts
from folks fho- haa the JlmJams.
Two orthree fellere" sashayed over
from Sagebrush Plat last Sunday.- They
went up to the drug atore and tfun about
a doaen prescriptions Into theirselves
and then they started In to clean up the
town. On said he waa howlln' wolf,
another was a mad bobcat, and -tuther
sala he was a prancln kloty, and -all
every yelp, Then' there was a -mtxup-
witn tne marshal and they war sent
home Irr a wheelbarrow, and-none oT
'em looked like a wolf or a kloty or a.
bobcajU rout- they wliral be laid, up"
about- to days- for repairs,, U.'jhere is
any mora: varmints over, at , tha- Flat
they' (Lbetter send .'em over here for
skmnlrrrsnd-'- wa ' will do It . good'' and
-plenty. ,V . , . . . . ' ..
LEWIS AND CLARK
En route up the Missouri river from
Fort Mandan, near the elte of Bismarck.
North Dakbta. The party is now near- ..
Ing the Rocky mountains. .',
June 21 Having made the necessary
preparations ror continuing our route, a
part- of the baggage waa. carried across
tbe creek Into the high plain three
miles- In advance and placed on one of v
the carriages with truck-, wheels; the
rest of the party waa employed In dry
ing meat and. dressing elk sklna. . We
killed several mule deer and an elk, and
observed aa usual vast quantities ef
buffaloea who . came to drink at the .
river. For the flrat time on the Mis
souri we have seen near the-falls a
species -of fishing duck, the body of
which la brown and white, the wings
white and the head and upper part of
lhfl-fltk..ot,A brick, red.-with a narrow
beak, which aeems to be the aame kind "
common In the Susquehanna, Potomao
and James rivers. The little wood which
thts neighborhood affords consists of
the broad and narrow leafed Cottonwood,
the box elder, the narrow and - brtiad
leafed willow, tha large or aweet willow,
which was not common .below Maria'
river, but which here attains' the aame
else and haa the aame appearance aa In
the Atlantic atatea. The undergrowth '
consists of roses, gooseberries, currants,
small honeysuckles and the redwood, the
Inner part of which the engages, or
watermen, are fond of amoklng, when
mixed with tobacco. .1
Republican Party's Mission.
From ths Arlington-Becopd. r
To those people who claim th KepuBII-
can party of Oregon is at useless, corrupt
organisation and accomplishing no good
In the world, we respectfully call atten
tion to the fact that Oregon has a Demo-. '
cratlo governor elected by Republican
voters. That the elty of Portland haa a,
Democratic rnayor elected by Republi
cans. That Multnomah county has a
Democratic sheriff elected Lby Republi
cs na, and there are others. The Republi
can party Is great on number and Is
very much In evidence when It cornea t "f
whooping up the other fellow, but aeems - '
to be short of .material for, filling the
offices from Its own ranks. There are
not very many Democrats In Oregon, but
what few there are seem to be specially '
qualified to Oil the offices. The mission
of the Republican party seems to be to
vote the Democrats into office." and of
the JOemooratla party to furnish the -
office-holders. , '. . ' .; L ., ;, . Y,
Gilliam Receives Notice.
1 . ; '
' -From the Condon Globe..' -'"
The -Portland Journal 6f last Sunday"
contained sn excellent three quarter page
illustrated article ?oi tne new Condon
railroad. The article shpws a picture ef-
the steam track-laying machine which
waa used to lay- the steer and ties on .
ths new road and aevaral other Interest
Ing cute. The descriptive article la-of-Interest
to all who deslra reliable In
formation concerning the Condon Conn-
try and Is In marked contrast tq former-'
alleged "wTlteupa" given by some Port
land papers Which of late years hava
confined their, statements to the time. -worn,
cut-and-drled misstatement:, "oil- .
llam county Is a waving Wilderness' nt
bunehgrass, peopled by a few long-haired
stockmen. Arlington is the county seat."
Gilliam county people wll appreciate The
Journal's interesting article. : - - -
r