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13 BRYAN READY TO WITHDRAW?
i HE STORY which, comes to as today from L!o
cola bears, upon its face certain evidences' 0
':' s probability. The. last speech made by ' Mr.
' Bryan indicated that there were other things on his mind
. besides presidential nominations, and indeed 'seemed to
j .j foreshadow,, what is now indicated ? by the telegram.
that Mr. Bryan, realizing that the, eastern Democrats
might never unite upon him, sought out and found a man
worthy of the mantle and made ready to put it upon his
7; ' shoulders. v, It .very often happens in life that the. man
.. vwho" blazes the way falls far short of, realizing'; the
.'" choicest benefits from' his work. ; The pioneer in such
new enterprises, particularly where he is obliged to' fly
' violently in the face of the settled convictions as well as
the self interest of Jarge bodies of influential citizens,
provokes antagonisms which can never be allayed.
The end which he has in view is 11 that can daim his at
tention; what intervenes cannot concern him if he would
-press home the full force of his convictions. Therefore
'.'fMr. Bryan .passed through two defeats. On the other
Jhand the. last campaign made it perfectly dear that the
jeastern wing not the party "Could "hope" for no success
-while it espoused the ideas which animated it. If the
'last, campaign eliminated the flaccid political theories
for which the eastern Democrats stood it is barely pos-
'sible that tb,e situation may ' call t for a new deal all
around. Indeed the taore closely the matter is viewed
the more reasonable does the conclusion' become and
we have sufficient faith iVMr.'t'Bryan to believe that
; ",P50e realized the logic of such , a situation he-would
, promptly act upon and loyally . further such an outcome.
J In the whole range of possibilities there is no man
Vbo so measures up to the standard as Governor Folk.
.He is time-tried and fire-t esttd. v He made an unap
proachable record as puhlio--proiecutor in St Louis and
that he wo the -complete confidence of the people was
? ; 'TOajJi clear ly election as governor against the combined
opposition of "the politicians. " He stands today as the
TnEtorwhat"fi)est,, bravest and" most modern in
.our public life and in alt respects he is a man of whom
.the whole people without regard to party can be proud.
THE PUBLIC PAYS TOO MUCH. ,
I NE. THINP csntiot .fail to occur to" those who
read the testimony - of- Frederick 1 Cromwell,
treasurer " of "the Mutual Life Insurance com-
. , Pany before-the New York legislative committee. Mr.
-: ; Cromwell igorotrsly ; defends the 'association of the
company with, the various syndicates for the reason that
in this way alone can they dispose of the tremendous
accumulation of funds in their hands. When he became
-. ; treasurer 20 years ago, the total assets of the company
jwere $100,000,000;' the transactions jn his department .in
a single year now amount to that jum. , la order to s'e
vcure investments for this enormous amount of Inflowing
money the company. is obliged to get into partnership
'with every syndicate which attempts to float bonds for
this is the only way to get "ground floor prices. ; ;
v The 'sort of relations which have existed between the
insurance companies and .the syndicates have scarcely
been on a basis to commend them to the good graces of
.the policy-holders. Indeed of all those concerned they
alone have had reason to complain for the officers of the
company, have usually got the cream. if the policy-holders
"got the skim milk.'- . .?: , ; .1; .;.;.-.-But
why should, there be such enormous masses of
'money "accumulating in. the .- hands of - the, treasurer r
There should be kept a -certain well defined proportion
f money to insure safety, but beyond that is simpty"a
'source of temptation and weakness. x Why should not
the price of insurance be; reduced to reasonable rates?
It is quite evident that the people of the country are be
ing held 'Up-that'they are paying entirely too much
, '.for their' insurance. . Why notcut dowa thatJuavy-ta
ti potrth e"l) tibl ic V wh il e ' ro ak in g other reforms in. these
unwieldy organizations? Y; ' . (V - 1
in this tremendous increase of wealth. ' The Denver
Republican interestingly says, further; ' "Land on th
average in the western half of Kansas which is suitable
at alt to farming has increased in price not 25 or 50 but
100 and 200 per cent irt the last eight years.- In the
eastern half of this state there! has been an appreciation
ot land averaging probably 25 per cent in the same time,
possibly 50 per cent .. No such increase, has occurred in
this country, but that is due mpre t the fact that the
homeseefcing excursions have not stopped here than to
any other cause. "One of the greatest agencies in boom'
ing eastern Kansas land is alfalfa, a crop that once it
gets a good stand doubles the income-producinir value
of land. It is a remarkable thing that notwithstanding
the expansion of the alfalfa area in this state, consider
aDiy more than doubled in five, years, alfalfa seed was
never at so high a price as it is today. There are many
eastern Kansas farmers whose income'trom alfalfacomi
pares favorably with the income of beet or rrrieated
land. In five years, from 1898 to 1903 the value of, the
tame hay crop in Kansas increased by more than f our
million dollars, mainly due to alfalfa. ,
The moral ol all which is: Get western land: irrigated
. a . "
an a is dm, na rue ajuiu. , -
Thi is better than practicing law or preaching. ' v ,
V : U : MISSOURI AND OREGON. -
r I " HE, Lewis "and Clark" exposition, and Portland,
arjd Oregon,, and the Pacific northwest, wel
... ' come. Governor Folk today. We all welcome
him, not so much , because he is a governor, nor even a
governor, ot Missouri; but because of-whaf he has done
as 'public prosecutor in St. Louis, where rich, and dis
reputable men were raping the city, and he not only
knew it but showed now they did it, and brought some
of them to justice.' :;: ;' .'.'.': '-.- A; '-iirf1-
The courts, .'through technicalities, kept some of the
thieves out of Jail, but that wasn't Folk s fault.f H
timed to. convict all, the high-finance grafted; and he
largely succeeded. ; -. : ... :'-
He did so for two reasons, expressed in the terms-
Intelligence and Honesty.: He brought evidence before
the court that the men were guilty; and, though millions
were involved in their conviction, he could not be
bought or bribed! ? '.v--'. ',;'; :
- Then naturally, properly, the "people of Missouri
made this man their governorhonored him. as he de-
servett,"thr Dest-thejrconldT
Oregon welcomes this courageous1 man. and it wel
comes Missouri nd Missourians too. A large proportion
of the people. of this country came' from Missouri
Lewis an4 Clark started from Missouri. -One of -them
was later its governor. Both made its chief city their home.
It was Missouri s senators Benton and Linn who did
more than all other ' senators and. congressmen com
bined to save Oregon to the United Staffs, and make it
a creditable commonwealth. Two of our, counties are
named for these men., ' t
In Missouri Grant lived. -There Sherman made nis
home. There, In itCmain city, ! was held the' greatest
fair of all time. There was evolved, in course of time,
a -Folk! "--t.- i ;. -,:,ri:i
It should be' a great day at the fair today Every M is-
sourian nd thereare tnany of them in the Oregon
country snouia. go. Ana. everybody else should go, too,
to show the. Missourians! -'.'-'r::?'J'y'' i-T. '.' ';;jf;;
tiurran tor Missouri.
j Hurrah .for -Folk..,." .'''. J-S .' - ' r ' ' J',; ..''.-
. And then, hurrah ftjr;Qregd&, which Is $0 largely a
product of Missouri . t ... .'-., . ' ..
SMALL CHANGE
Missouri hi 'sll rlht
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So U Governor Folk.
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IN DARKEST TOKIO
WHERE MQES GROW
.r
thla and alrajtar quarter tho acavangarf
to forth day March in a (or food, and
they raka th city with a comb. Back
they con at night laden .with bad rle
decayed fish end meat, scrap from
lopbarrel, broken food from restau
rant, and jail manner of queer odd
and end.
"Thla second-hand food business has
letk:.;- ftom the
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. Cheerfulneas ta the best medicine.
. Hoodlumilm la ' th 'modern
worst curs.
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Don't be scared at th fog.
, - .-t .- ;'. " ; e e ' .
Show Oovernor Folk,
A woman's idea of a aood time la to
It around with her corset off. Topeka
vpiuii. now ao you Knowj
The Euaeae Development oonventloa
From tfl Chicago Tribune.'
It Is Strang to picture Tokio, the Ian extenalv language of It own. with
capital of th mikado, In th clutch of Pelal term for -every kind and condl
a mob. . From th day th war beaanlt,on ot edible junk that la brought to
th. world h. Kmk .111. .)h.. r the quarter. This Jargon ta wholly un
the patient endurance of a almple, taw- 'ntelllglbl -to th uninitiated, nd few
reanactin i. . hn .v.... I there are who car to learn the lan-
.c,ty," mpror ajxt-who subrnftted to his vry I of th freing'and atarvlng who
Th cable dispatches now reveal Tokio ! "Poverty has Its ultimata expression
In a new Uaht. Thev lift the curtain on I bare Ita last word."
a new and strahge Tokio a, Tokio that
me world has not suspected. 1
It is well that the truth 1 known. In
no capital ot th world doea the plummet
' deeper in . tn ocean of poverty,
wretchedneas and human wna than In
Tokio. London, with Its "submerged
tenth" Paris with lta newer naonled
promises to b th greatest gathering veiin. r."".", "tV"'".
of th commercial bodi.a ever held In !X5fS to eoul ' ?h. ni.
th state. Salem Journal. w nnn. . 5u.rV,,Trau elu1 abeolute
wrcunean f -th slums of Tokio,
wber llv , 100,900 or more of th
starved subject of. th son af heaven
-too poor-to own even th rags they
wear,,., -, ..-.. .
DANCING MASTERS
PONDER . :
th atate. Salem Journal. ' We hoon ao.
No place on earth need development
more man ioe wuiamett valley.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
1
Albany Democrat: What Eugenav peo
ple aon 1 know about municipal owner-
nip. i not worm knowing. , v'
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Curry shall. ha v a railroad, too. ,
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Th railroad situation Is th only Im
portant tAlng In Klamath county. ,
Found A russet leather lady'' sura
containing a amall pocket wallet, three
receipts, two business cards, a fragment
01 a letter, a leadpencll and a newspa
per cupping, owner may have mm
by paying for-this advertisement Co-
quill City Recall. Don't aU answer at
one. . B-
Ashland la ao far ISO ahead 'of the
-wind pigs.- -', : v
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Dufur Dispatch: Quit , crow want
fishing and hunting th first of th
weea and regaled themselves on aualL
Their luck wa ao good In that direction
ma zestiv trout "ported ' alone- the
brook unharmed. 1 .
Not firat-cUsa harvest weather. -
... . iw..: y. m m L .; ; ,.- ,.7,
Threshing Is nearly dona throughout
tnis section, says the Dufur Dispatch.
ana in mscnin nouaed. Leon Ron
- In Tokio not fewer than 100.00 So-
pl seldom. If vr, know of a certainty
where the necessities ot th next day
will oom from, and throughout th land
th great majority. are too noor tn at
rlca...,Th high-grade rice grown In th
miiaa is exported almost to the last
sack and Inferior rice imported for tho
who can afford it Rica fa not In vry
bowl, a th tourist fondly lmagloe.
A recent visitor in Tokio write;
-1 "I have spent dsy and night In th
midst of this InexDresslble realdu of
japan in company with a brilliant native
oclologlet who. Ilk scores of his fel
low students of men and things, be
lieves that Japan baa left Its aood days
of general happlneee aud general com-
tort rorever behind and la entering upon
a sordid and merciless ag of Industrial
tam. In which ita people are not fitted
by temperament to compete, and whose
proletariat Is, moreover, fsr too Intelli
gent aad too proud to be exploited by
capital. He la crying out a warning to
Japan that her seat at th council table
of th powers Is being paid for In th
blood' of her cltlsen. not expended aa
they would pour It forth' Cheerfully In
war, but In factory and on farm. In
hop and In offlc. .
" Think for a moment h cried last
week aa w looked at a Japanese battle
ship In the offing. what a multitude of
our tiny no fields It takes to support
such a monster, and then remember that
our- eoplcn'Lartord-t.at rice!!
v
Ar xagk Carrestioaa
rortisnd. Sept. IS To the Editor ef
xne journal ir orncor Moon, who Is
working overtime." would report th
extreme fllthlneas of th arc globes a
well aa light out. he would be doing
th cliy a great service. I have- In mind
several which ar o black with the ac
cumulation of dirt that one could very
well Imagine that the lights were "out."
I have watched the trimmer In our
neighborhood for a year or more and
nav yet to see him clean a a-loh in
any other city it would be taken notlo
wi ana ne wouia 10a ni Job.
ican lamp globes ar essential to
good light (and lookat In b .1.1.-
a m m noma., should th good wlf
of that trimmer place aa dirty a lamp
on th Horn table as h leave on th
u. .iB nkwouia ao some tall kicking.
to, trimmer la auuoosed to clean ih.
arcs, glob and all. 1 know, becauae I
- - ui.uw cmiu io a trimmer. In
anotner city to Clean globes. You may
laugh at "Watch Taooma grow," but her
?irel Iamp ar alwaya clean, unlea
e cnangea lately; Then, again,
I know of on are In th city which has
long Intervals of . darkness- After a
whll a streetcar or something; jar th
K"" mna l no car Don s coma nk
with a click, and th light appears for a
enoner period, i have seen
boy kick tha sola ta ta. k. k
- " Ha vatwvni
qwh; vi or tnree or them would kick
.wS.,,cr u.iui in iigni cam.,. Portland
MopJr proud of thtr city (I ami
and thy-should object (as I do-to such
unslghUy objects aa tha filth. -ik-.
M . . . - , - r r
airwei area. " ' UosGRVER.
Trlbut to a oat Ku
macy- It la an open question, but ,ni1 .Vk- i .' TV' TO ,M Etor
Robaevelf la th favorite. . s ' li:. J rn-i nav reao-with delight
Thr 1 much rloua debate alao as ""Vu" ". P"i rear tn news items and
to th adoption and naming - of th I "" your vaiuaoi paper. Bom
"Trln" valta 1 inl.mil .(...1- I ""nil 1 I1V read have haan t.,tw t
la thla ' ntxl aa Ik. ni.n.. n . t Vluabla aUgKtlOn. and hava
glacier from 'mountain to moraine, it food for thought. Tour manliness In 'up-'
comoines au .in anown . rouna-aanc I jriucipie 01 righteousness
movements backward, ' forward and I should reap a fuller appreciation. . Fleas
J 1 ,i I . . . . . I IMnHft WwtM 1. 4 J a. . . , . i
iiuawiM ai i rqi nieani igr uexinnera. i .w vmwi. jubc mis once, to
no on can ao tn vreao nut an adept.
and even h must be constantly alert.
wny do you call It the -cradoT'-a
professor asked Professor Osker Duen
wag of Terr . Haute, th proud and
happy Inventor.- "I should think peopl
would object to such a nam for
dane."- ' .
u, : From th New York World.
Do you- dance, fair mis or kind sirT
YT Thn pry glv heed, for her I
news., which, concerns, yon deeply.Tn
American Society of . Profesaora of
Dancing SO or more re now In ses
sion at th Hotel Majestic exhibiting,
editing and .otherwise preparing th
dances thst will b . roost popular. In
America mis winier. ; -..-...
Th gravest question before th con
vention la th naming of th new - ga
votte. It la a beautiful gavotte. It 1
full of glide and elides that melt one
Into another. But th : nam of ItT
There's th rubk All th professors are
anxious to do honor to ins president.
Some wsntWcall th gavotte "The
Roosevelt," but others suggest that the
deed ia greater than tha man, and that
Inasmuch as Mr. Roosevelt's greatest
triumph Is th Russo-Japanese peace,
th gavotte ought o be called "Diplo-
your article or Monday, , entitled "Nw
ruipii Assia-nea - Tha nrtrniM
D. I Buromervllle la not tru In'facC .
besides It Is unjust to thst sentlaman .
at thla time. Rev. Mr. Bummervllle was
not rejected by th Grants Pa M. K.
church. A to his ability aa a Methodist
preacher, I" do not know a Methodist
"Oh, no, no." ald Professor Duen-1 preaoher who more thoroughly under
"But whether th last atate of Japan
deaa tella us ha has housed his engine I wors than her ftrat, let ua proceed
and, la now threshlna with horiw.r. to Darkest Tokio. Wa jrllt visit th
ini is on account of the difficulty
there 1 in-retting- to and 'from some
or th ranchea in' bis section with bis
machine. ,
, e
Monument Enterprise: The town Is
to have s hydrants, and with 100 feet
of hos will cover every building In th
town. Th standing pressur la ac
quired from a. tank which 1 feat
aDov the town, th tank being IS by It
feet and at no time 1 the water to fall
below .tha (-foot mark Jn tha ald tank.
inis tame is ror the purpose of Immedl
Shltaya quarter, which la clos by th
neautirui uyna park.-
"Tokio la ao vaat. It la such an im
mense sea of shed, thai from th high
est point on th clearest day one can
see but a fraction of lta area, but her
are IS districts of mean streets. . Th
jcrasy structures called houses, which
are In reality she -la. are strung along a
series or auapiaiea ana nuny compart
ments. To folk aa poor aa t hoe who
llv here, cleanliness, ao dear to the
average Japanese that It ta above godli
ness, is out or tn question.
we-, "thar cannot b any objection.
Tp nam is excellent. DOean t "'credo'
meanI belleve't and you ae I believe
th waits la th queen of th dance, and
this on is th queen of all waltsea" "
Besides the dances named, tha con
vention Is Inclined to adopt th "Oa
tanas ana Keeps in letter and spirit
u.vn mw uian- n ooes. -x -
. ir every preacher In Methodism took
such ' palna to prepare Sermons, was aa
conscientious In practice, and a faithful
to tha traditions and laws of th church
Kev. Mr. Bummervllle ther would
vono aoira imis is auiomoouian). in l b a lare-ar and hitar -oaArk i.
"Nouveaute" and th Spirit of America-the church- h represents. Hi uaeful-
iw.tia, , 4- . - ineas in tn enureb aa nresldln elder--of
Th first thing upon which th eon- I tha Grants Paaa dlatrW win t..
vntlon Is agreed la that tn tlU "pro. (forgotten by th boys who served, th
iivm win i cnurcn onoep mm. - Ha ia . t-bn,hi.,,r
VALUE OF WESTERN LANDS.
ARM LANDS in the west are advancing in value
, as the fertility of the ' soil Is discovered and
utilized. It is estimated that the advances in
farnf lands ro the middle and farther west in the last
two years amount to from 25 to 50 per cent. ' u
' The Denver Republican remarks that "worn out lands
that have, produced practically nothing for years fiae
suddenly come into demand and find buyers in men" who
interM to put them again under production." This is a
significant -statement, worth studying a little. It shows
"that men are farming better than they used to do. It
'shows, - what is even more interesting,' that ' western
firmers sre becoming more intelligent than .those of the
ast, or are better improving their opportMnitie.--'r--Irrigation
is cutting a great figure in the west, and
will do so more and more. The Republican says:
"Colorado lands that two" years ago were selling at
$40, $50 and $60 an acre, are now going at $100 and
$125, and even as high as $250 has been paid frfr Greley
-lands within the month. In these " sections sales -are
restricted in number by the fact that even the higher
prices fail to tempt many farmers into selling; they, say
;thatthey would not know . what else to invest their
money in that would pay them such, good returns as do
the farm., een at double the prices of two years ago."
': This' Statement applies - to large aggregate areas
throughout the whole west. Alfalfa is a great agency
: ; ' THE TARIFF ROBBERS .PUNCTURED.
rP HE Pittsburg Times published !n the hotbedof
. I ; protected graft says that the Republican party
should go slowly in the matter of tariff reform.
To quote it exactly, it says! "The Republican maioritv
in the-next congress should go slowly about doing any
thing that may put a stumbling block "in the path of
progress- ana prosperity. i here is no real ' Republican
demand for tariff revision. That cry comes from those
who. have always been the enemies of the nrotective
principle, or from others wh6, for purely selfish oiLpet?
sonai reasons, wouia nxe to nave the system changed for
JitlSUL.Q'n-aiaatag," " .
Listen "purely selfish or persona! reasons." And
there is Dalzell o( Pittsburg,' who never politically drew
an honest breath, who stands prominently for the rob-
oery ot tne masses tor. yie benefit of a few, who repre
sents,, .ten or fifteen mn not at all the; thousands of
tools who vote tor him every two years. -.
Commenting on this false statement, the perspicuous
Washington Post, although inclining to Republicanism,
says: "-The great city of Pittsburg, with its enormous
manufacturing interests, will be permitted to enjoy-the
special and peculiar favor which congress, in 1677. leg-
!.I.4.J 'i. . ' .a.. . a a .
isiaicu iiuo us possession at tne cost ot Hundreds of mil
lions of good dollars to the American people. ; The in
coming congress will atand pat on the Republican party's
repudiation of its policy and pledges, and the masses
wiir continue to be heavily taxed for means wherewith
dividends may be promptly paid on a vast amount of
fictitious capitalization. No Pittsburg Republican
newspaper could be expected to permit moral judgment
to dominate local interest so far as to utter a word of
protest against a policy . ;that confers an v immense
gratuity upon thai city in particular and the state of
Pennsylvania' generally. But if a Pittsburg paper, not
withstanding the absence of anr necessity foe am-h a
effort, insists on invoking an indefinite continuance of
tbejavoritism out of which its city and state have reaped
and are reaping an incalculably rich harvest, it ought to
be practicable for that paper to avoid gross tnisrepre
sentation. ,. .
We are somewhat familiar with this style of journal
ism in Portland. 7
" But Pittsburg, .however,-it not 'peculiar
uomorran. inere are others. : .
r
Sodom or
Kitchener Coming Man. -
From th BalUmor Newa' ."' '
' 'Whll tb Bear wa busy in" Man
churia th Lion had sent Its mission t
' Tibet. A moat . excellent opportunity
for such a march. But for ihre years
Britain's great war machine bad been
-commander-in-chief In India. Roose
velt .is th man of th hour In th far
astern altuation,' Kitchener Is th man
of tomorrow.' With clockwork perfee.
-hMi- flo-4--7Thing Wr jna rathr than for power
toward Afghanistan,, th buffer tat
that Ilea between th great eastern em
pire of the Lion and tho territory of the
Bear. Curson had th temerity to atand
In th way of th machine. They have
another viceroy now. Kitchener 1 to
rule India with th perfection of order
and method that carried th Egyptian
and British force to Khartoum. Kitch
ener succeeded wber others had failed
in th goudan. because) h carried hi
iLiroad and then hi army rint th
. MTvlshea, The Japanea bad th earn
. dvantar through Korea Int Mn-
hui lo. T be stir Russia had it gret
( .na-fllherlan line, but then Hussla did
t have Kitehener. As to th msn-
r ci ran wa is
British possession Of India, O. W. St-
vena, th correspondent, .wrote of him
Immediately after Khartoum In KM:
"Major-Gonera! Sir Horatio Herbert
Kitchener Ja-sSyeara old by .th book.
butrthat la Irrelevant. He tands sev
eral inche6ver sis feL straight as a
lane, and look out' Imperiously above
most men's beads; his motions ar de
liberate and strong: slender, but firmly
"'i..na Seem built ror tireless, steel
or agility; that also la Irrelevant
Steady, passionless eyes shsded by de
cisive brows, brick-red rather full
cheeks, a long mustache beneath which
you divln an Immovable mouth: hi
fao Is .harsh, and neither appeals for
affection nor stirs dislike. All thl It
Irrelevant, too; neither sge, nor figure,
nor fee, nor any accident of person has
any bearing en th eaaentlal Sirdar.
Tou could Imagine th character Just
the aame If all th externals were dif
ferent;' H ha ne ag but th prim
of llf. no body but th on to carry hi
"" oi en io aeep hi brain
behind. Th brain aad the will ar th
essence and the whol of th man a
Ings thst In th fac of extremist dlf
ficulty they never seem to know what
Struggl 1.' Tou cannot Imagln th
Sirdar otherwise than as seeing th
right thing- and- doing Tt " "Hla precis
Ion Is so Inhumanly unerring ha Is
mor Oik machln than a man. Tou
feel that vh, ought to be patented and
hown with prld at th pari Interna
i'.l'J? 1 xi h t b 1 1 1 o n. . . British Umpire: Ex
blblt Nor- lr nor concours, th Boudau
J.m-IllIIW.
Tha walla am oaravaa and fnll of
ateuser but a soon aa a fir alarm is I crevices and cracks, th roof leeks and
turrad in R. 8. Goodrich ta to at m I ther ia moaa and hrokan tilaa tha ahnll
put his engine Into operation and pumplar full of holes or patched with news
direct into-th' mains. -' -: ' ", I pepera, the mats" ar ragged, dirty and
e . . ; 1 moldy. , There Is foul water in the I
Good Ashing and -Mir. huntlnv iw I streets and a still fouler stanch in th
in - nunir, ; r -v , . , - I air. wnoae source is onen visidi ao Ui
' ' . v t ..ley. .Frequently -on aeea dead rata In
LakevleW Examiner: ' Th eld aentl. I th roadway, but for fear of th plague!
wan , vupiun , Das . surrered. a portlal I "r are quicaij maue away witn. Arier
tork of paralysis, and ig in a some-1 coming from th dalnttne and dellght
what embarrassing predicament. H Is I rul artistry of well-to-do Tokio. Shltaya
wonderful physical exertion. HI hereto
work in. th anowy - defile of th Cas
cade -will always be an Inspiration to "
me. - storm or eunshlne, h alwaya kept
his engagemants and earn alwava aa- a '
I brother to Kelp.'. Sincerely, -
, ' C M. SMTTHB. , V
v Pastor Hubbard Cong.- Church.
T. i XoVtlaad Thatwar''--'" ' A v.''
Portland. Sept. It. TO th Editor of "
l.eb& . . .. i i . . , . ' i
i aim . vurnir oince my arrival in your -
witnout means .of , suinort. and
climate docs not gree with binv
th
Methodist church In Corvallla being
impniTn io mo extent or leDv. '
.th abomination of desolation.
"Th moat . tumble-down ' of the
bod mjr b rented for from i cent
to 60 cents. per month, but ther ar
house so fin that they eost aa high as
S cents, or even 4 cents, a day. - To af
Mrs. "vVIgga. who knw no wrong:
Mr.- Wlgg. who believed o wrong;
Mrs.Wlggs. who might haVe picked
dim out of th mud without finding a
ford on of these xpnsiv residences "tain on It she, the philosophical Mrs.
Cn?rIr Noblltt Is busy sewing I several famUlea club together, not alon Wiggs lived and breathed on th stage
tnia weea. Needy Correspondence for economy bot alao for warmth, in th Marquam Grand last night before
Aurora Boreslla. : (Probably . another I alni.. .ll ha i.i... tha lara-aat anil moat riallahtarf auaiana
" iinui,;. ina mats. Charcoal la not always to blr n eariy season.- Bh caused tears.
- . ,' ,; - I afforded, - and heat la a .graattuxttrytiSbe caused screams of laughter. She
Clean picking required., .' ; " Jthes cold daya A whole block wlUj generated Joy end bov , ll. taught
, , '-c : j sometime take turaar inawarmlng tiandsj the-play-goers of Portland tb exqulalt
Thrnklng of hardly anything .tfcjmll.lL. m&EF$-J
tha dancing hall along the Bowery. A
committee of real llv professors' visited
the halls along that thoroughfar on
Tuesday bight and were ohocked by the
costume. ---- . --, '
Th men If I can can them uch"
gasped on ot th survivors, "danced
wtthout their cott I that th proper
way to carry On graying with the feat.'
a Schiller ao beautifully apostrophises
aancingr it is not Yomme II faut' nor
In accord with th eplrlt -of nobless
oblige.' And thee Bowerv nrofeaaara'
permit-It! . They meat. -b. stripped of c'ty.I hay been to, every on of our
Uilr falsa tltl.:- ,,k , .. ... . 1 theatree. I notice that, a commute
nas, neen appointed by your touncll. to
look Into th matter of tb safety of
mem, ana i roust say that I think this
one ot th. most Important .mo vea that
baa been made sine tb new council
(and I learn that It la a new one) cam
Into offlc.. In my opinion you -haven't
Ingle safe place of amusement -In'
your' city. I llv. In Chicago, and -you '
remember the experience with so splen
did a theatre a th . Iroquois. ; Wlw't,
would happen in auch houe as yourkr'
A STRANGER.
I
pVkaWkaet
THE VLAY - j
LEWIS AND CLARK
roads in Klamath and Laks
' Echo News: . Talk to every man that
strike Echo, tell them about our Valu
able resource, get them Interested In
Echo, and Anally get them to locat in
Echo. Don't wait till th government
ditch I built, but ao It today and every
any. win up, tn narveet ia paaalng
th door., losa sight of th dollar-mark
"Suppose a plpecleaner ha bad a good
day, and return to his bom with, say
IS cent. . H will expend thl In
farthing purchase of mlso, a kind of
soup , stock, oil, fuel, tobacco, and per
haps a Uttl nsh, which, if he feel
reckless, h will at raw with horse
radish. He buy in driblets, and like
th poor In all tn cities of th world.
artlOf smiling at tb mockeries of UfeJ
Most XmcrtctrtTiuthOrs ar ambltloua
Som are- "shiftless" other "careless."
But whn all ia written, and th back-1
slider and neglectful have suffered the
penalties which follow the abuse of
Min"re!Ch-".r:.,? Jff,T.r.T normou. pric.r JbJ. I,.. W a
thing good of tb town and localltr that
maul jrou ricn, , ,
edy Item In Aurora Borealla
Henry Deets was sawing wood for C. G.
good day, and perhaps ne will peep la
at on of th tempting cakeahops, which
smell so fragrant to th- weary and
hopeless. However, 'he will be. In all
likelihood, 'broke' by thlstlm and will
Near the Columbia river. ":
September" 14. Th '.'day. was' vry
cloudy, with rain and hall In the valleys.
whll en top of the mountain some mow
felL Wa nroceeded earl v. and continued '
O od-glven Intelligence, you will And no along th light aid of Glad creek. .
greater work thn tht of Alice Hegan croased a high mountain,- and at th
Rice, who la responsible Tor Mr. Wiggs dlatanca of six mllaa reached tha nlane
and Lovey Mary, the dramatisation of where It la Joined by another branch of .
which proved a startling revelation lat equal sis from th right Near th
night to Portland, a it. did two year fork th Tuahepaw have had an en-
ago lo another part-of the nation.
There may be greater plays but not on
tbl earth. . ,
Thl I not extravagant. -Ther was
never- an audience mor - thoroughly
piad and none baa been more- thor
hltcblng-po.t a usual Saturday, but of Dal Nippon.
aaaj wtuv Uf UClfyvJU I1CI friVsa. s4Uat
Hoffman Saturday. -,. pr.k '..w "l...":."-
Smitk had hla hoiae tied to th sams I story-teller relating tb ancient glories eughly thrilled. It Is a play that de-
aerveaa sir rear ler ana i oenev -will
get it "Volume ran be written about
lta aamiraDie qualities. . nothing can
be written against It To follow . the
vicissitude of Its quaint characters la
an -opportunity that overtakes you about
once in a lifetime. - My regret waa that
there were, not twelve acts, Instead of
three.
. And one of the grest elements of th
performance . last night waa the , fact
that no rol la unplayed. , There
Madge Carr Cooke, upon whom th vir
tue of. Mm. Wlgg have deacended aa
surely aa did Elijah's mantl fall on the
shoulders of Ella. ; Bh doesn't play
in neroin or tn cabbage patch she
lives It, down to the last detail.' Then
there wss Bessie Harrises le, an Ideal
Lovey Mary; Helen Lowell, a Mia' Hssy
that any of ua would walk 1 mile to
ee again; Anna Fields aa Mrs. Schutta,
Joe ' Leiter on Curson.
Kansas City Special In New Tork Bun.
If Lord Curson, your brother-ln-law.
a well aa resigning from th vice-roy
alty of India, gave up all his titles and
came to America, what sort of a cltl
sen would he maker a man asked
Joseph Leiter n a lobby of the Coates
house this morning.
Mr. Leiter Is bound for Illinois after
a visit to hi ranch. --
'A good cltlsen ss good a cltlsen as
ever . ther waa," cam th quick re
ply. "If b cam aa an Immigrant,
without a penny, b would mak good
Lord. Curson 1, a they say In Enar.
land, a man of hla hands,' and be would
sureed here anyhow." . .
"Do you know anything about tb
dispute between him and Lord Kitch
ener?" )..'
"In a general way, yes. Last tlm I
saw Curson h Said that th dlsput be
tween th civil and military power In
"Had our plpecleaner returned moty
handed he would nav hurried to th
pawnbroker, alwaya near at band, and
raised a few farthings on hla precious
brass pip, his htbachl, or his few poor
garmant not In actual us. - With th
money . he would have p'urchaaed fish
entrails or th offal from horse used
for food, . and v perhspa a handful ot
crap from a garbage-barrel. with
these he would have feasted-with hi
family and with them prayed that the
god would glv him a better day tomor
row, ao that h might realalm his
goods, , -.'. ' ' '-' ;
"Th pawnbroker fatten en these
wretches aa In no other land; It I lm
possibl to escape them, and they never
relent. Anything that costs above 10
centa ean be pawned. - .'l,
"VntW midwinter one can exist In
campment which Is but recently aban
doned, for' the grass Is entirety det
stroyed by horses, and two t lah weir
across the Creek ar still remaining;, ne
fish were, however, to be seen. ' We here
paaeed over to the left aid of th ,
creek and began th ascent of a very
high and atep mountain, nln mile
across. ' On reaching th other side w
found a targ branch coming In from th ,
left which seems to lis 'in th anowy
mountain to the south and southeast
We continued along th creek two mile
farther, when, night coming on, we en- ,
Damped nppoalt a small oreek at th
mouth of a branch- on th right aid of
the river. The - mountain which we
crossed today were much mor diff ioult
than tho of yesterday; the last waa .
particularly fatiguing, being steep snd
mmny, ana oroaen ny isiien limner, and
tnicKiy overgrown by pine, sprue, fir.
hackmatack and tamarack. Although-wa
had mad only 17 mile.' w war all
very weary. Tho whol stock of animal
food wa now exhausted, and w there
for killed a colt, on which we made
a hearty supper. ; From this incident we
called th last creek "vhlch w passed
Shltaya without bedcloihlng. but whenM" nel,thbornood cl,or Helen Raj-' from th outh Colt-willed ereek. Th
a.a . . . . . . I MrlirtA than U 1 lrBMM Aaawwa aau a . I . . . . a . . . ..
th night get cold, -with th fearful
piercing frost of a Japanese winter.
som covering must be bad. Now comes
another plunderer of th poor In th
India WB a Old a tho British control I aula of th canltallat who rente anllta
of that country. Lord Curson holds I by lh nlaht He charaea and lnvaria-
Rooe.velt h of th big stick, may
hay his statu In th peace palace.
Japan take her plac strongly In
trenched among th world powers in
tho l far east; Russia should hav a
""'"a oui, ana iiruain well, Kltch
""f ' " wramiM in India.
that th civil arm of th service should
b supreme. ... Kitchener, says that the
government and safeguarding of India
are military problems. Kitchener won
and Curson quit That's all. And th
tory 'that my alster ha been .ura-lne-
Curxon to aproya!ty la quite untrue.
Why should het A faeaa I air-M
Jl was an unaffected good fellow.
"Dont you bellev that my alster I
in power behind Curson. That's non
sens. She may b Americanising him
some, getting him around to our demo
cratic view of things, but that'a all.
And about this dispute, Curson wanta to
trust the native population, help them
to self-government Kitchener rinaan't
'4
bly collect, from 1 farthing for a hred
of dirty, patched old -rag to a penny,
or even 4 eenta for a foul but heavy
covering. Then, too, v there are frayed
mond, the Mr. Rlchorn.-awhom the pro
gram . described as a "eroaspatch":
Charles Carter, -who played Mr. B tub
bin aa only a genius can; Oscar Eagle,
a convincing Mr. Wiggs, - and finally
Argyie campoeu, as "Billy" Wiggs. Is
this young man there . are Innumerable
arttatio Instincts. He le the Louisville
boy to the proverbial "T"j born out of
the way of luxury, with a heart aa big
Fashionable Teetotalism in, London.
'From the Lady's Pictorial' .
ft la a 1 m rm t an i. il.
ent at a big luncheon or dinner it which
the "wine goea round"; it hope and
kip man and women alike, until on
auapoci in existence or so me secret
taaa-i,a ,f t mrv n.-.n. bkl.t. . .
trengthenlng the brain and will ao ; perfeet In tbelr work. 'rlng "amart aocltyr to It fold. .
silk quilts for bridal couples, .but these aa a temple. He le a aon of Locla
are too costly to be rented by many Moore, who recently left the Belaaco
brldegrooma ' ... I stock -company, - and evidently" "the lad
Rent must be paid In advance, and I haa acquired com of hla mother's ad-
before tha family, go -to elep--tha-eor-mimble-t41nV"J' '".' : '..
lector comes and gete either the money I There Isn't a weak Spot In the caat
..Professional Advice
or ths quilt With a refinement of cru
elty h-doe not appear until th lease
ha turned In, and th lo of hi cover
ing will be doubly felt. There ar heart
rending scenes when th penniless
mother strlv to hold th quilt to pro
tect their babes from tb chill and damp.
Lik th paWnbrokcr and th money
lander, th qulttlendef Is flinty-hearted.
Few of th Inhabitant of Shltaxa
ever get enough money ahead to buy
bedclothlng, and the ghaatly tragedy of
cur I ranting I reenacted again and again
for' winter after winter. Wber ther
Prom th Chicago Nw.v -Toung
Maa Doctor, I am add lo ted to
n nquor naoit. is mere any
for Itt , ... ' , .,
i ' 0p'n," 0B e-reum-lar o many children having but a few
V' " . . ' i cotton raga, th winter mean acut
- rZ.i -Zi x ' . 1 misery.
av.wr i nvn marry a woman WDO IS
more strenuous than you ut
"Nothing that waJ ever edible can"b.
LAasa too bad for & noor to us. Jftet
to tell the truths and It la a large one.
rou cannot afford ta mlaa -Ura
! Wiggs of the Csbbage Patch." Tou will
he fortunate If you secure tickets on
tlm. It Js, summed up, aa,v Ethel
Harryniore remarks in one of her favor-
it roles, , "not too anything just
ngnv - v , l RACE WHITNET.
' '' A Great Need. w -'
i From th New Tork Tribune. .
Now that th war ls over it I to be
hoped that aom on will be allowed to
writ a history of th Manchurtan cam.
palgna which will show som military
raaP, in aaaition, a utua uncensored
varaaiur. ,
. t- . ,- .- V '' '.. 4 ""' : ' ' '
river itself ta-A0 y a 171 wide. With swift
current end stony V nneU -Ita Indian
name la Kooskoosk'ws , .t - ,
MM MM- MMataBaw4MM.MMW 1 .
Webster aa .s Parmer. . . . ., ' '
Oliver Bronsow Ofiew- tn ountryTTJre
In America. . .
Webster was a scientific fsrmer: h
believed thoroughly th the Valu ef ,
blooded stock. At Marshfleld he had
a herd of SO or 10 head of cattl com.
posed entirely of thoroughbred animals
of Alderneys. Ayrshire and Davona
H had aeveral yoke of Devon oxen
which, were hie particular prld. Be-
aides, there were blooded sheep' , and
wine, . . . ' - '. ' '
All In all. Webster wss' considered by
his neighbors a the beat farmer of th '
country. 'It waa, moreover, a 'friend
generous and eonslderate.
There used to be a saying down Ply.
mouth way that a stranger -sould at
way toll whan Webatar wa at home
by the cheerful looks of the people for
1 mllea around. ,
-' , Ths Lesson ol Laughter . '
r , . From the . London Guardian.
Laughter more than anything alee
?rervea our aensa of proportion; It Is
orever reminding ua that w ar but
human, that nd man li quite a hero or
aaUraUr. a vUlaiev ,
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