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T H E O R E G
AN.
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'PuUebed rrmf evsomf ( ncp Sunday ) end
AM ORDINANCE THAT SHOULD BE VOTED
; DOWN.
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HE PROPOSAL to tax the
t IVI get-l M Vt 1 VU
"cause or another the coat of living haa been going higher
and higher in Portland and any new scheme to increase
- it arbitrarily will be resented. If there is to be a public
. market-house well and good; it will doubtless serve its
purpose and within limits be of distinct advantage.'' But
? the tendency in every direction is to create new monop
olies every one of which makes jnst so much harder the
lot of the poor consumerY Everybody wants to sell
; everything at the highest possible price, based not upon
what it is actually worth but what can be wrung for it
from the needs, of the consumer who is forced to pay
" the price which the monopoly or trust arbitrarily fixes.
. Every law and ordinance seems aimed at confining trade
rather than making it, freer. The consumer although
vastly in the majority usually has nothing to say..' He is
simply the victim of all the- wiles and takes what he can
'.; get-; ':-v;:t r i -'V ' V;
". In this particular case both the farmer, and the" con
t sumer are hit. for if the proposed' ordinance passes the
price fthe product may be arbitrarily fixed aa well fbr
'the producer as the consumer. The ordinance on , it
I present basis should be voted down. y, ; y ; " ; : ' ;v
Y "i. "'" i, V ;'r- , ami Vw ;i
kl''j'- SUPPORT OREGON COLLEGES.
ftV JIET Cor'vaTtirTiihes makes a plea for; Oregon
f f I : colleges that we can heartily indorse. It urges
. ', .N that Oregon boys be educated in Oregon, rather
y- than sent back east or to California to some institu
tion that has .a greater reputation and perhaps, some
' advantages over our Oregon colleges, but where it if
i doubtful if a really better practical education can be ob
'tained. It is true that a young man is likely to gain
I something by travej, by contact with. new scenes and ex
; periencea gamed, in a large eastern college and its en
'' vironments, yet if this possible benefit be offset by the
Ytmbibing of a contempt for Oregon's humbler yet very
" useful and creditable institutions it 4a doubtful to ssy the
least if there is any net gain, ' .'? ..'j'- r ' :'
Many-Otegon youth are sent not east but to Stanford
'-t University and some to Berkeley, and while-theee are
5 doubtless very, good colleges why cannot we have just as
good if not as great ones in proportions in Oregon?
And how: shall we ever have better and greater colleges
in Oregon'unless they are supported by Oregon young
men and their parents? yYy .'.. -V ..;..J'v y
; The Corvallis Times is published In a college town, the
? home of the-Oregon Agricultural college, and so may be
. biased to speak rather too atrongly when it.siys: .
"It is a condition that every loyal' citizen 'of Oregon
' -a should lament and aorainst which there .should be uni-
; versal and indignant protest It shows a woeful lack
lot state oride. it is complete disloyalty to Oregon and
all things Oregonian, it is shameful treachery to the old
oioneers who save their all to the bringing of Oregon up
i to its orcsent standard of state glory,
, to the voting people themselves to
"Tiave an'TUmaIatefTTiof 1ntheir"owtr but rn Tinther
-f.- . . ... , ....... . " ' r '
.aa rival state. , . . :r
. . Somewhat modified in terms "sod sentiment perhaps,
'we think this is ft reasonable protest and carries with It
f a commendable suggestion. Oregonians should stand
1 by their home 'colleges, more, loyally, and so help them
to become more ' prosperous and worthy, IrThe ; Ag
.' J ricsltural college at Corvallis the State , University at
f Eugene, Pacific collegia t ForesttCrove, and lesser inr
stitutions, are good ones and deseving of not only sup-
port but a feeling of praise on the part of Oregonians.
A young man or woman can learn all that is necessary to
be. learned or that will bfc of practical use tin- one of
.' ) these colleges as well as in one in California or New
- i England. -Aa the Corvallis paper puts it; Twojplus
j two makes four, just the same at Berkeley as it docs st
Eugene. A "civil engineer who can survey accurately is
J just as good a surveyor and goes' through exactly the
; same style of evolutions at his work, whether graduated
from Stanford or the ; Oregon t Agricultural college.
Given a boy with purpose, industry and fair mental equip
ment, and as far as the level of training proceeds, about
.1 the same product of man will be produced: regardless, of
' what institution he attend, except of course, such possible
- intrfrrmr as tnisht cAm from the temptations of etil
: : vironment" r y .''.!','-' :-- " ' " ?-: '''-"V- i
But if numbers of students and professors and wealth
," of -apparatus and educational appliances are essential,
- the way to raise' the standard of Oregon college! is. to
send Oregon boys and girls there. Then, if they' most,
, ' kt them finish off at a larger institution, but Oregonians
; '. should first encourage and support their own colleges. '
'INTERESTING STATE BUILDINGS.
E
AQI separate state building
especially interesting and attractive in its own
peculiar way, different in some respects from all
others, and in any of them a visitor can always-find new
features of interest or new and clearer aspects of those
." viewed before! "Washington" California, New York;
-Idaho, Missouri, Utah and other states have certainly
. ' done well in providing such fine buildings and so many
-featnreof entertainment for visitors. , Each vies fra-1 poses, and .insist
V. . a . .. . t -e . e a . a I "
ternaiiy wim me otners to make a can Dotn pleasant and
profitable. ' " -; ; ; , : - v '
Y, .'; 'Since great and especial interest has been taken' this
' week in the subject, of irrigation, there is perhaps no
- more instructive or entertaining a place '4han in the
Wyoming building where the wonderful results of irriga
tion are splendidly illustrated by moving pictures, and
. many scenes of the marvellous Yellowstone , park are
portrayed. ' Many people are, surprised to see and hear
'in 'this entertaining way what has been accomplished in
that statcat. elevations of from 4,000 to over 7,000 feet,
' and in ft region that many of us supposed wss almost a
desert, With water unobtainable- for extensive irrigation,
The CVedullry of Women.'
' Prom the St Ixrats Post-Dispatch.
r " There are notable exceptions to the
rule. If this is rosily the rule, but the
' statistics of the St Louis postofflce are
, an astonishing confirmation of the ease
' with which - thousands, of women all
. ver the country ea ' be Induced to
-. mall bard-earned money, running up
. tnt a tdml of millions, for - sere-
.' kwniiK" br men of whom they know
v nothing except through ths appeal of
the incredible made By circysr. ; .jr
. I " 1 " ' '
; , Thf Expert Statistician. "
' PraMi tha Pendletoa East Oregonian.
The statistical and crop editor of
Portland Oresonlas. rods throtign uma
ttila conty on the mixed Walla Walla
Pendleton O H. A N. train a few nights
. t as", but never stopped over dy In the
county, to be is highly nnaliriea 10
epeek es actual wheat yielda If there
" s mmbei of wheat In the county
whlcn thta ael-erd etatlstlolnn did
ot see ea this hurrtc J tour be does pot
O N DA I L Y
INDKPKNDBNT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL' PUBLISKINQ CXX .
wt ' Sunday moraine
et
Streets, Portland, Oregon.
and at best a vast
farmers that come to
is sufficient water
HVH TV sv W
The Wyoming
exhibition in their
very interesting.
Nebraska people,
, ... hospitality. -
almost universal
is that Portland
tice it more readily,
coming. - And next
degree of success
most of it
and it is a wrong
insist that they should
1 a-, .
expressed himself
the-peace treaty
cash the unsecured note of
$lf250,OO0,O00.'
J
at the exposition is
does he hope to
snow where it is hidden away, niere-
rore his estimate at 4.009,000 bushels
for Umatilla county is supposed to beL
correct to the kernel. ..Now, sines tnis
scientific statistician has ridden through
the county and surveyed the crops in
sight of ths railroad, let no farmer who
pays for the threshing speak of " the
wheat yield. The statistician knows.
. ... j A- Go Laughing.-,;;' ;'f v
from the New Orleans Times-Democrat
It's an ugly thing to whimper and a
buUy thing to smile, v '
The man who whistles stoutly lays the
' roughness of the mile, '
There's a Uvern.with a dinner and. a
barmaid arter while. .
Taraloo! Qo laughing down the.-osd.
There's a stirrup eup.' my hearties; let
the world ge weg away; .
Tomorrow , hasn't happened -add - we've
loot the yesterday; . . . ,,
le we'll celebrate the present with an
' ' cptlmletlo ley.- .. . ...
. Taraloel ' Oo laughing dowa the toad,
the
J O U R N A L
no. v. oimsot
The Journal Building, Fifth and YamhO
stock range that had Jong since seen
its best days. . But we learn that great tracts of this high
plateau not only can be but are irrigated, and that there
supply to irrigate hundreds of thou
sands of acres more. ..... u. - . w.. .-:
To us accustomed to the mild climate of Oregon that
of Wyoming, either in winter or summer, would seem
severe and we cannot- think of it favorably, yet those ac
customed to it perhaps have no desire to exchange it for
ours. It is a region of bright sunshine, clear, dry at
mosphere, magnificent and vast views - of plains and
mountains, and a soil that when irrigated will produce
wonderfully prolific crops of alfalfa, wheat,' potatoes, ap
ples, and other hardy grasses, , grains, , vegetables and
fruits, v - '-, f ' ."s ' ; ..y -.X-xh: . j! i
people are daily giving an entertaining
state building, and make a visit there
The same may be said also, of the
who show very entertainingly eome of
the agricultural riches of that great state.: Indeed, there
is no state building or exhibit that is not Well 'worth Re
peated inspection; v ' ; ' .-' :t fj t; ? p
VISITORS PLEASED WITH US.
TVTOTWITHSTANDINd h occasionai expression 1
I i of dissatisiaction with Oregon or rather 1'ortund
we think the general and indeed the
sentiment of visitors from other states
haa in many .ways and on frequent pc-
casions shownytself to be a-creditably hospitable city.
One may hear expressions to this effect on the part; of
the varjoijv commissioners and hostesses, and others who
have charge of exhibits or who have .made a prolonged
visit to the exposition"' The people of Portland have
never been nofe4. for enthusiasm about their city, or
have they been quite aa effusive In their treatment) of
visitqAv as might to some have seemed, desirable, but we
thintef that the general verdict of visitors this summer
will be That Fortune s Heart is not.only in the right place
butjthat it is of at least fair size and desirable warmth, .,
The credit for this opinion of Portland, if it be gen
erally entertained, belongs to many, mention of any; of
whom might seem invidious, but those whose business it
has been to entertain and interest visitors have generally
done their part well, and we think that the people as a
whole re more inclined toward hospitality, and. prac
than they did formerly. At least the
great majority of visitors, ad far as we have been able to
observe, are well pleased not only with the exposition
but with the people of Portland and of Oregon generally.
And it may be said further that Portland is pleased with
their appreciative visitors from whatever state or locality
they come. V, They will be entertained and benefited by
their visit; and Portland will be greatly benefited by their
month should show an even greater
in these' respects. The exposition, is
for' Portland the event of a century, and for the ma
jority" of visitors of a'lifetime. Let us all make the
;HOW THE DIFFICULTY WAS SURMOUNTED.
JDRJDAYSokellpeaceJenvoyaJiadJsirugg
-the problem of - indemnUy. Jn vain M. Wttte
. . ... . . . . . . . .
- sent Durnmg caoiegrams to pc s-eiersnurg ana
in. the conference iA words ronta ning
as many as 16 consonants apiece. Y, ' y i-. i,T.'
'.There was nothing doing. .' '
Czar ' Nicholas wouldn't listen to ' proposals ' to pay
japan an indemnity.. i He balked when they called it re
imbursement He repelled it when Komura offered to
Call h pour bo ire. He refused to pay one billion two
hundred and fifty million dollars for a handsome teeth
ing ring, for the czarevitch. Even the brilHant suggestion
of : President Roosevelt via .Ambassador Meyer ami the
Ass Press that the czar and the mikado should draw
straws for the money did not reach the spot, , ;
There was nothing doing.-'-. -?-J.r-"
At last a brilliant idea leized Chin'g, the Chinese ser
vant of the Japanese envoys. He whispered it timidly
to Baron Komura who ? received it , wi;h" 'a " fervent
"Banzai." Calling his automobile, the official-photographer,
his press agent and the newspaper corre
spondents he sped to the consultation .rooms., - -.
Couriers, had summoned his colleagues and, the Rus
sian envoys. '
. ' "Gentlemen." cried the baron, "I have if "We will sign
tonight if his majesty -the csar will!
the 1 son of ,, heaven, for
A MYSTERIOUS . POTENTATE. ;
UST WrfAT INFLUENCES prompt the car in
t the course he is pursuing," what he thinks of his
country's future, and whether indeed lie has any
definite policy ortine of conduct marked out, form a sub
ject of interesting speculation.' Did he ever intend to
yield to Japan in the matters of Sakhalin island and an
indemnity? And if so what has induced him to change
his mind, if he. has done so? - And if he is determined to
continue the war, on what does he base his expectations
or hopes of success, when all the rest of the world ex
cept some few of his advisers and generals, nv agreed that
more fighting -must inevitably, result iii" failures What
gafn;ty refusing the terms japan pro-
upon?
Has he any assurances of support from Emperor Wil
liam or any other powerful source? ; Does he think the
powers will join in 'Urging Japan to modify its terms?
And does he suppose he can pacify the people by his
manifestly false pretenses in giving them, a truly repre
sentative government? In a word, does the czar know
and realize what he is doing from .day to day, or 'why?
Doesn't he change his mind and purpose with every new
influence brought to bear upon him? . . '
;AOr is If, all tommyrot and false pretense a cleverly
conceived comedy to get better terms. than Russia de
serves by maneuvering itself ;into m position it is not
entitled to occupy? , 1 ; "'''V .'
. Business Is Business.
Prom the Wall-Street Journal.
mlttcd a terrible indiscretion at the time
of the isene of the last Japanese loan.
In communicating the invitation to sub
scribe to its friends it included those
on the other side of ths Russian border.
It was embarrassed to find that some of
Its Russian friends did not despise the
she nee of a premium on the new issue.
As Russia haa a good deal of money on
deposit in Berlin, en account of the last
loan, it is . not unfslr to suggest that
part of It wss used to f lnsncs this Berlin
portion of .the Japanese Issue. This
mis-ht happen anywhere, and is merely
the Irony of chance, bot the other de
velopment goes to show that business
IS business. it:- v j.
. . ium . IU VIUUKPt ...
From he" Phllsdelphla Press.
With Colonel Watterson and. Senator
pYew both home from abroad, the dull
season U over, y '-' . ' ' - -
SMALL CHANGS
Hurrah for B6ise. V ?.
Tt should rue orr zS.SOO nest month,
van it some psopie ipruu
jr 8haw raalgns ther Is no dancer
that he will take the delicti wua nun.,
.,. '.; ;. m.- ' , :''. :. ,L
Seattle i araat partly toeauM haa
bad a gnat independent newspaper
the Timea..-.,iV..v. ..;.,,r;':.i;
Don't believe all you bear from the
hop bears..'; ':,. y..',':' : ;
Keep the Astoria resatta la mlndj 'tis
a good thing to taxe m.. , t .
. ,,.v . .. e e t -. ; .
But can Dowle make the store obey
hlmt : ,; - ' "V . . .;. " rv, ?, i
Welt then, Oyaraa eaa proceed to
buslneea. ; t- ' .
.1 ; " -. -
Portland la running a continuous vau
deville performance la the ahape of mu
tual ' admiration ' congreseeaSalem
Journal. Well, this may be better than
continuous knockers and villtflcatioa
societies. ' ' :
The whole state should eome to the
relief and reaoua of- Eugene Bosee. He'
deserve eubstantial help. ... t;
; V, e -e ... v'i ?,
The onlr thing to be glad about when
speaking of John I Bulltven is that he
la old and ean't affront and. annoy the.
world much longer.. . : I
.-.-.i.v. ' e . x : , -The
Van - Dran - ease promises to re
main one of the unsolved mysteries
though many people seem to agree on a
theory, s .-.
Tight and -ousrrend w- elf-you
please, gentlemen, but . don't forget to
Irrigate, . .
Toose. Huston.. Vawter. . Gate h and
ethers? Get ready to make your choice
supposing that the Republican candidate
will bave a walkover, nut. boo Bmitn
has doubts about that.
No, Burton hasn't mslgned. Neither
has Binger. ' f -. -'. -
. ' - e',T;
The Salem Statesman Is being pub-
Jlshed'te years back, whenever it talks
tariff, its god is tna nignest posswie
protection; Its savior is Dlngley. Every
standpattlng robber snouia taxe nut nat
off to this hidebound standpatter from
Standpattervlll. - 1
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'. 'Colonel Hofer undoubtedly expects to
run for congress after the women get
the right to7 vote. . He says: "Oregon
women show up to th best advantage
when there is a circus In town. They
have dandy figures, beautiful complex
Ions, and number more peaches to the
hundred than the female population of
any other state. Wheat we look at a
crowd on circus day, thronging the side
walks In their beat bib and tucker, and
with eyes- sparkling with excitement and
imiwm-i nuBiivu wii.ii pucipviivns ul
pleasure, we would almost be willing to
reverse our Judgment and give them the
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Many bg yields around Weston; some
not so big. , ' r . .' '. , . .
UonuhlenU Enterprise: Louie Morris
snd family were in the city last Friday.
Mr. Morris brought In a rattlesnake
which hs succeeded In killing 4a Rudlo
creek measuring -three feet seven inches
in length and hsd 14 rattles and a but
ton. ; Thls is one of the Isrgest killed n
this 'Vicinity. : ,
... , '.u . ' ',' e e -" :,!' ,
Big Lost River Item In Klamsth Falls
Express: One of our young ladles met
with a startling- experience lat , Thurs
day. She Is In the habit of running
down ths bank and taking a "header"
Into, the river. The dam , had been re
paired, making the river about a foot
deeper than usual, and whan she gained
her feet she found that the water was
over her head. . That frightened her so
that she forgot shs could swim a little,
but she soon struck out for shore aa
best sBs could, and reached tt safe, but
frightened. v , v.- '. , ,;,.;..y r
e e .. ; r- , .
w.
he- Weeton brick-4
yard, which consumes a large amount
of water dally, bad sstabllshed Its own
waterworks system and will ' hereafter
be Independent of ths elty. A well has
been dug In Pine creek at ths Richmond
place, affording an ample supply, and a
gasotlns engine Installed. . Water Is
pumped from this well Into ths city
msin leading to tha-yard. which plan
will be followed for the remainder of
ths summer. , Before' next season,, how
ever, ths yard will "have" "a permanent
system, consisting of a well on the
Nelson place and a reservoir overlooking
ths yard site.. Ths pumping plant con
stats of a two-horsepower gasoline- en-
sine known as the Famous, driving a
pump which throws about 1,000 gallons
an hour., - 1,. -,;
. . ,- a e. . .
Art Amity' man raised eight 'tons of
vetch on one an,d three quarters acres
ef landt ".. .;, .....i
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New creamery In McMinnvills. ;
..'!".'.. ' .'';;'.-,
North Yamhill will have waterworks.
Mors Improvement and new buildings
In McMinnvills than In ' any previous
summsr. . , - .. ;;
- e e , ,
Mitchell News: The first stock-killing
In - this vicinity this eeaaon occurred
early Friday morning about three miles
from the Mountain creek sawmill. Un
known parties killed with rifles and
pistols 141 head of sheep belonging to
Butler Bros, or Richmond. . ,
In the aourae of a column account of
a wedding a correspondent or the
Coqullle Recall says of ths bride: Miss
May M. Boyrle, formerly, is one of Co
qnllls's fairest daughters, and one of
the best of ths "tunrh." being born and
raised In the Coqullle valley, ths only
valley on earth noted for pretty girts
and ugly men,' le well and 'favoraby
known. In this part , of the country.
Laird may well congratulate himself in
being able to fool this young lady, la
consenting to link her fortunes with his.
All boys. Including messenger boys.
are now barred, from Pendleton saloons.
Who says ths girls srs not coming
to ths front when It takes a man snd
his wife to fill one miss' placet The
Oold Beach Globe says: Miss Annls L
Fry gives up her job as cook at the
Oold Bar Mining .company's sawmill
ths first of September. Mr.' and Mrs.
Wilson will take her place.
a ' . e e
New creamery at Crebtree the fifth
Owned by the Same man,:-. - '-.. -
UllDAYr CLOSING IN
ST. LOUIS r--
From the Bt toule Post-Dispatch." '
..Four months haver passed since Oov
ernor Folk clapped the lid upon the sa
loons of" St Louis. " In vthoss four
months of the Sunday closing law the
governor's determination .to enforce It
the sentiment of; the people-for -and
against -the Sunday saloon, and the lid
in 1U -various, phases ethical. moral.
financial and sociological -hava been a
burning entity. In St. Louie, stirring the
community to such feeling of resent
ment and Indorsement that it has over-
Shadowed all other locally publio ques
tions.. . ... v.M'. t' '
- In the fervor of, this debate St Louis
has heard everything but the. lid's argu
ment for itself. - It Is an argument of
figure. . Admitting of no controversy as
to the things which it teaches, it Is in-
oirensive. . . .. 1 .
l"he lid's argument is ' the record ' of
police streets In St -Louis ..through, the
mm
TllcP
i pes r"vi
fi.L-ls
period that the lid has been on, com
pared .with the1 "arrests made - in this
same period through three prlsr years.
The. figures are those of the police. They
are unprejudiced. . .-t. ...-.,..,
They show that during the period that
the lid has been on the Sunday behavior
of the city has greatly improved. Drunk
enness ont Sunday has decreased SI per
cent: .- Disturbances . of ths peace on
Sunday have decreased IS per cent As
saults with intent to kill have decreased
SO per cent . That is, there have been
SO per cent fewer arrests for assault
with Intent to kill. It per -cent fewer
arrest(r-tmr"drunkenness.and'irTeT
cent fewer arrests for'Tilattirbanoe -of
the peace In the time that thcild has
-been on than' there were in these same
four montbe of the three years prior to
this, with the lid ottV ... ,.
This is the arithmetical side of the
lid. it- could not be presented nerore be
cause ths time has been insufficient te
furnish a fair comparison. Four months
Is time enough to make posslbls an im
portant and comprehensive test . The
Post-Dispatch has gathered these sta
tistics from the police. Here are the
comparisons of arrests for various of
fenses, befogs and afterthe lid: ,
Average per Sunday for II Bun-' ",'1
. days from April 20 te July -
IT, M0I ......... ........ ..U
Average per Sunday for 15 Sun' .
; days from April II to July -
20, lOOt . 4t . r. . . . .10
Average per Sunday for 10 Bun
' days from April'-20 to July '
' 21. 1004
Average per Sunday for It Sun-
days from April 10 .to July
SO, lOOf I
'Average decrease per Sunday la
of the lid. 1 11-11, Tor tt per cent
. ,, ' xnatnrbing the Peaoe. -:
Average per Sunday for II Sun
days from AprH te to July '
17, l02 .... 7.. .;...rr;r... 17
Average per Sunday for II Sun-
I-II
ii-ii
- it 1
it-n
favor
J T-ll
days from April, If to July A
tt. loot ...tt.t-li
Average per Sunday for It Sun- ; , :
-days from. April. 21. to. July
11, 1904 ......J l-ll
Average per Sunday for 11 Sun- -,
days from, April 40 to July
- to, 1001 I t-lt
-. Average decrease per. Sunday under
the lid, I 2-15, or 13 per cnt
. wAisaalt Wlta Xotent to Kilt f -
Average per Sunrtny for 15 Sun- ' 1;
v. H. V-'.'.-r ' V .', ':; ...
,,--v,,..,f
.' .';.", ....;'...'.:::.':'.;
-Y W '.
ISS
' I:;.
27. 1101 .................. ... 1': i-ia
Average per f inday for 11 Sun- ; . ,
. da va fran A rtrll ' IS ftA July ' . -
' :. loot .' 11-11
Average par Sunday for II Sun- ,
days from Anrll IS to July '
II, 1104 ., ..v......... 1 -l
Average per Sunday for II sun- v '
" davs from Anrll IS to July ': '
to, not .............,.;J.-..v"v. .'-1
Average decrease per Sunday in favor
of the lid, T-ii, or 10. per cent" -t Y
' These offenses cover pretty well the
mlabehavlor of a community in so far
as drinking has snytblng to do with it
Drunkenness. , of eourse, is a direct
product ot the saloon. ' Disturbances of
ths pescs may be- due . to drink or- It
mey not but ths figures show tnai sues
dlsturbsnces srs mors frequent with the
Saloon open than they - are with the
ealoon closed.-- Assaults with intent to
kill cannot always be laid at the door
of the saloon, but ths statistics prove
that the number ef them is diminished
Just 10 per cent when the . saloon door
Is closed. . . . ' . Y.-:
The sdvocata of the enforcement of
the Sunday law wlU .naturally feel that
In view ot the-revelations of compare
tlvs figures, the law and the enforce
ment of It are Justified, because ot their
moral value to the community. Those
members of ths community that bave
upheld the governor In his position will
feel that although it is undeniable that
Sunday drinking Is harmleee with the
majority of people that indulge in it it
is ths duty of all to desist In order that
what is a, harmless privilege to many
may not be made a dangerous privilege
to that limited element which abuses Its
opportunity te the Ze tent of drunken
ness, disturbance of the peace, and, in
exceptional but not .always infrequent
eases, m attempts to take numan we. .
Drunkenness In the lid period has de
crossed II per eent from May to July.
If the governor persists in, his enforce
ment of the law and the police ao not
relax their vigilance It will be argued
that within - another four . months Sun
day drunkenness will have been, almost
entirely done away with In the city of
St Louis. - i '"'' .. - -
This will be surprising Information
to many persons, . but It will hardly
astonish' any other person ao much aa
it will William Travers Jerome, dis
trict attorney of New Tork City.. Upon
a recent visit to ths west Mr. Jerome
had quite a - good . deal to say about
Governor Folk's efforts to enforce the
Sunday saloon closing law. Hs Insisted
that the governor would fall, He said
that persons whose autnority ns nso
no reason to question bad. Informed blm
that while the governor thinks the ltd
is on in St Louis, it really is not
.Governor-Folk - has answered these
contentions,' but' nothing he . has . said
could hope to upset the New Yorker's
faith so . rudely as the police statistics
in St Louts after fous months of ths
lid.. Evsn Mr. Jerome must And these
pusallng. Ths lid is actually on. Mr.
Jerome was misinformed. If this testi-
mony is Insufficient the New Tork agi
tator may find the final, proofs In the
police statistics. It ths lid were up
drunkenness ' in the 'city on Sunday
would not fall off as it haa.-, ., -
LEWIS AND CLARK
Lewis snd Clark ' "having sen rated,
each "-reported -The movements- of, bis
party separately In the Journal. ' Cap
tarn Clark reported 'August l: '
Ths want or provisions Urge Captain
Clark to return ss -soon as possible. Hs
therefore set out early and halted an
hour- in passing ths Indian -camp near
ths flah weirs. ' These people treated
them with great kindness, and' though
poor and. dirty, they willingly gavs what
little they poeseesed. , They- gave the
whole party boiled salmon- and dried
berries, which were not however, in
sufficient quantities to .- appease i thslr
hunger. They soon resumed their old
road, but ss the abstinence or strange
diet had given one of the men a very
severs lUness-thsy were detained very
much on his account, and It was not till
late In the day they reached the cliff
under which they had encamped August
tt ' Thsy Immediately began to fish snd
hunt In order to procure a meat. We
caught ssveral small fish and by means
of our guide obtstned two salmon from
a small party of women and children,
who, with ons man, were going below to
gather berries.- This supplied uS with
about half Of our meat but after dark
we were regaled with a beaver which
one of the . hunters . brought ' In. Ths
other asms seen In the course ef the
day were one deer and a party of elk
among the pines on the' sides Of ths
mountains. , .
wls reports on the same any:
Ws act out st sunrise, and after going
IT miles halted for dinner within two
miles of ths narrow pass in ths moun
tains. Ths Indians who were en the
sides of our party had started some
antelopes, but were obliged, after a pur
suit of several hours, to abandon 'ths
chaser Our- hunters hsd in ths mean
time brought In three deer, ths greater
part of which was distributed among
ths - Indians. - Whllet at .dinner we
learned by mene of Sacajawea that the
yeunn- men . who left us this morning
csrrled a request from- the chief that
the village would break up. Us encamp-.
a .un.-imii.iiiwiM iiii. .iimi. i ju,j!i! I.
XLTTZ-r.2 r?GM THE
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ta the irayor's Chair.
Portland. Aug. 12. To the Editor of
Ths Journal I cannot help . wondering
how many, of us fully appreciated the
significance of Mayor Lane's action in re
turning the passes presented to htm by
the Portland Consolidated, the. O. R. &
N.j California railway and others.-
It was, In a way, a small thing, but
by ths eternal, in these days, when that
sort of thing is considered a part of the
game, it Is all the proof we need that
we've elected a MAN. as mayor of Port
land. And. If. we're not proud of him,
we ought to be ashamed tof ourselvee..
.-; A great many ot us must admit that
we voted for Dr. Lane, not because
we believed , in him . particularly,: pre
even because we thought he would make
a good mayor, but simply and solely
because there didn't seem to be anybody
else we could vote for. 1 -
' Many of - us wars prepared for the
worst; we have had our ears tickled for
years with the campaign promises' of
politicians.' .only to learn , immediately
after election that we bad elected, an
other of "the asms old. breed."' And ou
faith in our , fellow man dropped an.
Other peg and wo said, 'X)h. yea, that's
how it goes; put a man Into public of
fice, and it's all off with JUnw" , And
we shrugged-our shoulders and heaved
another sigh, and tried to think of aqme
thlng pleasant
Well, we elected Harry .Lana, -didn't
wet -' , . . ... I,--- . , ,4-
And this quiet, unassuming little man
has fooled us some of -us good and '
plenty. Hasn't hst He has made .nn
grandstand plays; he has not filled our
newspapers with Interviews telling what
be'a -going to do. He has waited until -the
time came to de the thing, and than
he did It ' .- . ; . .-, .
Do you remember the eld days in the '
little red schoalhouss In the. country T.
And do you remember that teacherho
opened school on the first day ' of-the
term with a long-winded speech aboct
how he -would expeot you to conduct
yourselves, and ended by treading -you 4
Hat of rules ss - long as the stove
plpeT . ?.:..?;:. . ..... .... . . v-
Of eourse you remember him. fo oui
"didn't do a thing te that teacher."
Too had slssd him up before he'd half '
finished reading the rules, - And before
school was . ont that night - you had
broken more than half of those rules,
and the rest had been cracked, nicked
and dented till they wouldn't have
brought more then-half price. -'
' The bore didn't do much that term "
but have fun. and maybe that teacher
dldnt glVs that dsestrlct a black , eye
when he left ",-' : ' ' "-' . :,
"Those boye were terrors,"
' Burst '. ' ' : : '
But do you remember, the 'quiet little .
chap who opened school at ths begin
nlng of the next termt 111 bet you
remember him. He dldnt make a long
winded speech, did he? No, he merely
Introduced, hlmsslf to you, asked the
necessary questions about your' hooka
and classes, and school had begun.
The -boys sent' out one-or two little
feelers, Just to see how he'd take it but
when big Bill Willis had te have the seat
of his pants padded - before . he . could
really appear at ease in a sitting poaturs
you decided that the new teacher knew
his business, and. you attended pretty
strictly to your knitting dprig the-bal
anee of that teiuii .,; .''; "i ''
Didn't rout . .,.rin.7.u-.-.t :
Welt this term we've got ens or those)
quiet little teachers who knows bis. busi
ness, and we're going to learn mors thl 1
term than we've learned, for ..several
seasons. -And the big. bad boys amenar
us who have been in the habit of laying
down the law to ths teacher, are. going
to attend te their knitting or Jsave ;
achooL ... : . . ':- ''
Dr. Harry' ttne here's a hand grasp ;
for you. . . - - ,:..;
Thsra's a whtfls lot ofps who appret
elate what you're doing, only most of u
are too busy with our own affairs,. of
think we are, to take the time- te- telt
you ea. . Tou're. doing our work Just aa
we would do It If we could only beUer.
Tou're. playing no favorites it ,you
know a SRe publican who can .do ths ,
thing better than any Democrat you
know, you give blm the Job. just as any
sensible business man would do. Tou're)
teaching pa that . partylsm don't g-
after the election. Some day well be ,
big enough to eliminate partylsm- alto
gethsr In municipal affairs.
. A .-JOURNAITUIT. 5-
Ouwosss a
TQrssham. Or-Aug. !. Te th Bdlto
of The Journal I have read In The.
Journal' that they - Introduced 'aa ordl4
nance to make ths farmers pay foe the)
privilege ef sailing their own produce,
if such nonsense is mads a law it -wilt
surely msaa an sub in ins progress os ,
the country aa well as hardship en many
housewives. "r ' ' '
Now, the diversified farmer is UxedT
to his capacity as wsll as the business
man in the elty. He must hava a, mar
ket for his produce. - K-ths-Wholssaler,
grocer and lloensod street peddler be)
ths onty ones whs can sell It to houses,
what price will they choose to psy the
farmer for his stuff snd. what prices
will the shoose to ask the economical
housewife that is looked upon as the
financier of the household that mother
that must flgurs .so . tnst ne weess
aarnirin will not fall short for the)
dosen and one things that are neoss
aary-to alsa the worxing strengrn o
ths elty.' If euch a license is pur in
force It means disgraceful slavsry and .
will work like sickening poison to the
community all around. That Is my. ideal
of licensing the farmers. - t '
assail saaav hlsaV Mf(V IflfnOrrOW.
Hiaui easaaa asawww -e - -
when they. would all go down ths Mis
souri into tne nurrsio eoumry. , jiwrnw. .
at this nsweaprloe ef 'Lths - Indians. r
hlch. If not counteracted,, threatenea.
t A....iv, mnii our aaaaxe on
the mountains, or sven If ws reached
the waters of ths Columbia, prevent our
obtaining horses to go further on, Csp
tain Lewis immediately oalled- tho three
chlefe together. v ' . ,
Ths two. Inferior chiefs then1 said that
they had wished1 to keep their words
and to assist us; that they had not sent
for the people, but sn the contrary had
disapproved, of the msssure, which was
done wholly by ths first chief. Cameah
wait remamea sueni ior evm urn,,
1.- 1. - tttat Vie knew he had done
wrong, but seeing his .people jn went
ef provisions, he had -wished- to hasten
their departure lor ths country where
thslr wants might be supplied. He.
however. . now declared ' thst . having
passed his word hs would never violate
It and counter orders were immediately
ssnt to the village by a young man. te
whom, we gav a handkerchief In order
to Insure despatch and fidelity. .
This difficulty being now adjusted,
our march wee resumed with an unusual
degree of slacrtty on the part ef the
Indians, t - ' ; -;,'' -'. .
';;'.-, ;;' Japan's Other Trump.
. prom the Lincoln Star. ! .
tf M.; Wilts and Baron Komura fait
Oyama will probably be ready te try
bia kind. y" ' vV.;rm
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