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F03TLAND. OREGON.
TH E O REG
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; ;,V-; PQOR PROGRESS' IN PANAMA. 77 v ;
rS NdlNEER WALLACE may have some griev
.,!" fH ;tttce against the administration which he desires
. .'to vent, because of the severe criticism to which
- 'fee was subjected by the "president and Secretary Taft
'.yet his representations,' taken id .connection with other
"testimony, are sufficient to induce the belief that the
"Panama , canal affairMa being wretchedly mismanaged.
'It is a big and complicated job; and that theVe should be
a good deal of misdirected effort and even grafting was
lio be anticipated and perhaps was . unavoidable, but
. there seems to have been an enormous outlay already
'with scarcely anything to show for itA great number
vof high salaried commissioners and engineers, some sup
i posedly active, and others consulting, and overseers and
. clerks and other functionaries are being paid, and the ap
propriation is fast dwindling, and yet it has not tven
been decided positively what sort of a canal will be
') built Approximately half of .those who hay the matter
, in hand-are' for a lock - canal? and the other half for a
. sea-level canal. The 'president- and Secretary Taft are
) secretly if not openly opposed and harassed by the. in
j teroceahic xanal committee in the senate and by Repub
i Jican leaders, some of whom desire to make a fares of
f the whole business, as it seems it is becoming. v...
The-general criticism of Mr. Wallace and others is
? that the whole business is ruinously burdened and inter
I minably tied up with endless red tape, and that the 'job
will never be accomplished unless it be put absolutely in
charge of ona man and be given complete authority and
control, or that it be let in one contract to some re
sponsible firm or company, under strict conditions as to
". performance. - ". 77- 77'7v- -7' ';
' Railroad ' corporations can , get as , big Jobs as this
""done, but the government cannot, because loo many peo
ple ara pulling in different directions, there is too much
politics in it, and the army of grafters is irresistible.
7 T HITTING THE BACKWARD TRAIL. iC: t
EZRA MEEKER, an' eminent pioneer of the Pa
cific northwest, who for half a century or more
. has lived in the vicinity of Puyallup, Washing-
- ton, is making what to others besides himself will be
: an interesting trip. - With team and wagon, perhaps an
' oxteara and a prairie schooner, ha is taking the back
track over the old trail from his home across the moun
; tains and plains and rivers and valleys to Missouri, the
i starting point of the emigrant trains of 50 fit 60 years
1 ago. He will find a very different country most of the
way from that which he traversed then, yet soma of it
r will not have greatly altered. He will lecture and ex
hibit scenes on the route and so perhaps turn the trip to
', a little profit, but the novelty of it is no doubt the main
, inducement ' . ; "". ;; . ' . ' "7
' . Old men of means and vigor have different ways of
enjoying their declining years. Some continue at work,
being better contented thus, others take their ease in a
period of leisure, but this sturdy old pioneer believes he
. can best enjoy himself for a few months in hitting the
trail back to old Missouri, and many people not only of
his own state, but of Oregon, will wish him a pleasant
journey and a safe return.
; ;':;i ' '. , LEGISLATORS AND PLEDGES. '
ff HE Pregonian ' quotes and . typographically m
I 7 phasises this' remark of the Roscburg Review:
'-. - "The average legislator has enough; of frailties
and shortcomings to answer for without forcing him to
make a pledge that his bosses will compel him to- dis-
" - regard ' .' '' ." vi'' " Y '.
' So it is taken for granted that there still are or will
' be "bosses," who will "compel members of the" legis
lature to do-the bosses' bidding, even to the extent of vio
lating the legislators' pledges made to the people to se
. Dog Waited Three Weeks for Master
" From the Denver Republican. "
-' . For -weeks Bhep.- e blooded Bootch
collie dog. waited at a lonely station
In Auvvet ooonty, Virginia, for the
' retura of hla absent master. The mas
ter, C. T. Dorian of "West Eighth avs
" aue, Denver, when he beard that bis
i devoted pet wsa bomsless, took a Tall-
- roA trip to Virginia to get posseasloa
of the dog and bring him to Colorado.
The twe r have . never been separated
7' since ,. .- k--Dorian
wae at the union depot last
7 night, waiting foe a train to take htm
ts South PUtta, Nebraska, where he
Is to do some contract work for the
'Union Faclfio raUroad. With him waa
the dog Bhep.
Mr. Dorian patted the dog as he told
'the following story ' . -'
' "I left Augusta eountr. Virginia,
Where I had a farm, several months
!, agow I gave Bhep to a neighbor, be
llevlng that : be would be better off
than with sae. Bhortlr attar I left he
' broke bis chain and returned to my
arm. which was la- tbSi hands of
stmngnro. He took tip the scent at the
farm and followed my footsteps to the
railroad station. There he waited for
, me for three weeks, taking but little
nourishment - - -.. - ' -
.-. 'Ths station agent knowing 4hs dog
and knowing me, wrote to me, desciib-
ing the ' dog's actions, about the end
of the seoond week. I Immediately
left Denver for Virginia and did not
rest easy until I arrived at the station,
where the dog awaited ma.
7 ' "There never was a ,aog more glad.
fire Jumped and frolicked, despite the
t fact that he was lean for the want of
nourishment Seising my t router lege,
i he dragged me In the direction of the
, old farm. .He would run a short dis
tance toward the farm and then return
' to me. He eould not understand why
I would not go home. He ts contented
her, t hellere, and his devotion has
' made Such an Impression en me that I
have never been away from him since."
" . . Philosophy ot Clothea. '.
Little wen I are generally vain and
' faatldlous la the matter af their dress,
r while tall men care more for. comfort
'-then style. . -' ' .'''.'
' t This Interesting conclusion has been
reached by the London Tailor and Cutter
after a careful Inquiry, with a view to
describing the Idiosyncrasies of parlous
- types of cuetomera j- . .
'Our experience In connection with big
and little mea," says this Journal, "leads
' ua to the Concluelotf that Uttlemn are
generally vain, and decidedly fastidious In
the matter of drees. They are fully con
srloua of their awn deficiency In the mat-
- ter of height and balk. but. will not
tolerate Its being ipenllone by others
They want the tailor te make the moat
he poaeibly can of them, and te give them
the amartest style and the best of flta
"With big men nd by -these we do
not mean corpulent figures, bot tall and
welt-developed men our , experience Is
that tbey are often clumsy and Indlf
' ferent In matters of drees, and as they
prefer comfort to style the cutter seldom
has the chance ot doing that Justice to
taeat whlck ha dealres aoaeequetly,
O N DAI L Y
IKDKPIND N T"' NBWSPAER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUDU3HINO CO.
Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at
. M atreata, Portland; Oregon. , '
' .1v.r.tinff
is sold than would
In Los Anereles.
the license is SI 250
200 saloons, while
generate. ...""-!-.
very few big men appear to the best ad
vantage. -1 . 7 v
"Th eustomers who give the least
trouble are thoee who are best described
as average-built . men; they recognise
that they are not A police, and so see the
need for a proper attention to their
dress." , ' . .
'Taa working classes have their own
Ideas on the matter of dress but are aot
so exacting as those who have not to
toil for their living. '
"la certain districts their taste for
bell-bottom trousers Is very pronounced,
and woe betide the tailor who does not
Impart proper bell-like form te the bot
toms."' t.
- An aristocrat la the moat eaaetlng ef
all customers. t---.
"He will order on thing and require
It transformed te another when hs has
tried It on. only to go back to the origi
nal order before tt Is anlabed.
"He will keep his garments waiting for
months to be tried on, and he le not al
waye eo considerate of hla tailor's need
for cash as 'be might be. Of course
there are soma splendid exceptions but,
taking them as a class; they are exact
ing and In many cases fastidious,"
Business mea vary considerably In their
peculiarities. Many of them dreaa In
harmony with - - their business, ' which
often mesne atrength and ease rather
than style and smartness. , .
The bualneee man generally knows
what he waste and tries to get It with
as little waste of time as possible and
will often overtook deficiencies ( rather
than send the garments back to be
altered." :. ,1 , . .. . .. . '. - . ' -;
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; 7 Knighta and King. ,
'' William Watson, author of the offi
cial , "Coronation Ode" to' Edward VIX.
thue describee the situation between the
rear and the -Russian subjects In the
Dally Chronicle In London! . v
The kn!ght rode up with gifts for the
- king. -' '.'-..
. And one wae a Jeweled sword.
And one was a suit of golden mail.
And one was a golden word.
He buckled the shining armor en.
And he girt the sword on hla aide:
Buty he flung at his feet - the golden
- word, -' '" , .
And trampled It la hie pride. .' J'
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the armor is pierced with many spears,
And tbe sword Is breaking In twain;
But the word bath risen in storm and,
fire. . -
' To vanquish and to reign. V.
Electricity' for Seasickness,- 7"
The ship physician of the Hamburg
American liner Patricia publishes his
account of a new method 1 tor treating
seasickness by mesne of an- electrlo
vlbration chair,, writes . Conaul Osmua
from Btuttgart Bis of theae chairs
were placed aboard the Patricia and
connected with, tb electrle light con
duit. TH sedative effect en the pa
tient whoa vibrated la the chair ' was
Botloeable, reducing tbe pulse and nerv
ous excitement. The ua of thess eleo
trio. chairs will ba extended te other
steamers tain winter, . . -,
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mo. r.. oajmou
The Journal BuOdlng. Fifth and Tan
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cure their votesv This has undoubtedly been too much
the case in the past, but we think it will be less so in
the future. We have a better opinion of the average leg
islator of the future than this, and believe most men
elected to the legislature on either picket jjext June W(I1
keep any specific pledges they may make.' Af least we
would not assume in advance that they are lying to the
people in making such pledges and will ba "compelled"
by4he bosses to disregard them. ' Indeed, we don't, be
lieve there will be any bosses, this year or next, to the
extensor in the full sense that there have'been in.the
oast. The remark quoted shows, however, that the
Oregonian neither expects nor desires any improvement
in this regard, or that good'faith be observed with re
spect to 'the primary law or legislators' pledges, ' ! i r'
SALOON LICENSES IN DIFFERENT CITIES. 7
HICAGO PAPERS are vigorously discussing the
Question of higher saloon licenses, some of them
th raiiina- nf the licence to X 1.000
a year, at least Granting that licenses to sell liquors
should be granted at all the question of the license charge
or tax is a debatable one. If on the one hand the license
is placed low, as in San Francisco and Sacramento, the
liquor selling places multiply until the city gets a bad
name in consequence,-though perhsps no, more liquor
be. the case it the license were nign.
a city somewhat larger than Portland,
a year, and there are not to exceed
iri Portland there are now about 450
and probably will ba 500 before the year is out We get
$180,000 a year revenue from the saloons, while. Los An
geles, with only two-fifths as many gets $250,000.
Wouldn't it be . better, if we must have saloons, to nave
only half as many, and charge them twice as much for
licenses?. - In New York City the saloons are numerous
enough, in all conscience, and yet the license thete is
$1,200 a year, while in Chicago it is the same as in
Portland, but there is a strong and insistent demand
that the, license be put up to $1,000 a year, and this
probably will be done before long. . , v
The tendency toward higher licenses is a good one, and
will prevail more" and snore in our cities. It probably
would be a good thing to raise the saloon licenses here.
We would get aboift the same revenue from the traffic,
and abut out soma of the worst of the establishments,
or at least reduce their ' number, which is a desirable
thing to do. t7,'--- ' : "- ' : ,: .': V;r
BOSSES AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY I
From the very beginning The Journal has been
strongly in favor of the direct primary law. It re- ,
garded it as a movement in the direction of the ,
elimination of bosses. Portland Journal. 1
7 Also of the Republican party and the instatement '
of the Democratic party t Salem Statesman. - 7 7:,
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DOES the "elimination of bosses" mean the elini
: iitation "also of the Republican - party"? .The
Journal has never intimated nor supposed any
such result, but this seems to be the View taken of it by
some of the leading- Republican papers of the state. We
have a better opinion of the Republican party than the
Statesman has, for, we believe It would be better off in
Oregon and in Portland today it it had never had
"bosses" but rather 'only broad-minded, truly and un
selfishly patriotic leaders. The Journal has not' "striven
for the instatement of the Democratic party", so much
as for a large degree of intelligent, conscientious political
independence. The man. who is' absolutely and always
committed to and tied up with a party, right or wrong,
good or bad, and who votes for "a yellow- dog" if ."on
the ticket," isn't the best type of citizenship. Such par
tisanship is the curse of American politics and if it isn't
reformed our system of government will continue to de
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Lnmber Mining la Michigan.
v " From the Detroit Kewa. '
During nearly . two generatlonsthe
Manistee river and He tributaries have
borne on their troubled waters countleas
mtlllone of feet or logs from the for
ests to the mills to build houses and
fortunes and lumber . barona. . - The
realm of the pine king held out bravely
against the wsatons ot civilisation, and
the old monarch yielded only when
"put to nia stumps." .
But thero are few more pinee to eon
quer, hence the Maalatee and Little
Manistee rivers are to be mined for
logs loat In past years la driving
sna now resting in muddy graves,
where, preserved alike from worms and
the market, they hold a value many
times Increased by waiting. Since pins,
llks walnut and many ether woods,
will endure In good condition from age
to age If submerged, a company hae
been formed to proapect the atreams
and rale the pine sunken In the run
irora onerman to Manistee. '
Ostensibly the company Is organised
10 -improve" ins uig and Uttle Man
istee, but It Is an open secret that
the submerged pine 1st the underlying
object. During high water the bed of
the streams slopped over, pouring Into
the delta Its overflow of Jon .iw
la the mud. pontraets with former
owners or logs . or their heirs will be
made, and as soon as may be .the' "day
of resurrection" will arrive la the path
iiiv via tog- runs. w
Pound Gold Nugget
- we.
While workmen were excavating for
tim nn u III Aisnorn UOtOI In Can-
yon City they picked up a large chunk
of quarts that waa completely stUddsd
with free sold. . The iMPimn . ....
arthed Vrlday not far below the sur-
" mm urge as a small flat and
prooaoiT represents a good many dol
lars In value to Its present owner. Land
lord Bauer. Had .the ore" been found In
piece one of the mightiest mining ex
momenta that ever shook the ones
tm mnn Mm. wahIA h.u. .u..u.i .. .
the beautiful epeclmen had been either
wasnea or carriea irom soms hidden
ledge in the mountains. As such It
serves not onlv 'to Mnall fh .m.j
glory, but to remind prospectore of the
iHuuiou., uniDvcnfn wu i siiii lurxing
In Its treasure-house on tb rugged hills
ana lumuwii mem iw nntwex activity
m , prospecting. 7 . 1
'"'v' Safe.'.',; 7'. ''."'..;''. ' '' V'
' , . Vrom ITsmee's Wseklv. ', ' '
J Aa official In the land office at
Washington relates how Dr. Whipple,
for a long lime bishop of Minnesota,
once undertook to hold religious services
near, an Indian - village in one ef the
western states., r - .; .
It appears that the bishop's effects
were scstterd about the "lodge." and.
when about tovgo out, be asked tb
chief If it were safe to leav them there
wblld be went te the village for the
eervio. - - - r ...,.
. T1 Uf." MaiMll tkt T.1U.
"no wbiu man la a hundred sniles at
ere 1 .-
, SMALL CIIANGS 7
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I- ZJfaea blooming. -J . . - . .' , .
i Some people are wondering wky Judge
Ellis, If 'he la running for representa
tive In " oongress. Is etlU holding ont6
that circuit Judgeship. ,,.'
That Front street franchiae Is a very
Important piece of business..
One can get Into trouble without much
trouble. .'-'s ' '. '. ,.:. t.. ,.
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The birds knew, after alt ' '
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What I nicer than a February Sun
day la Oregon T ; ... .-.
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By the time' Hon. . it." Smith de
cides, the election may be ever. -
r. W. Mulkey thinks a month or six
weeks ot senatorial life couldn't spoil
him. - . . ' -. .,"' " " ', ''.'' " ';,
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It ts a wonder that ' anybody who
bates Portland as Hof er pretends to
would ever oome down here. .
Lost Aa - enacting . clauae; . cost
U0;,:;norewa5rd. ,- ';77v.:
Oet pure water, and use iota ef it. 7
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Help Portland grow. ' ; ,
A party that does wrong Isn't right '
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Well. If John D. was found, whatof
HT - Nobody axed him nbthhv. ;
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The new seneral of the armyTor a
few monthe or a few minutes. John C.
Bates, la an old bachelor. What can
he know, about real wart
M. Witt seems to be trying te break
Into 4he news columns again. , , .
New arrivals In Oregon rather like it.
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Feels like spring, looks like eprlng.
acta like apringwell, maybe 'tie spring.
There are worklngmen,' and men who
work the : worklngmen. : '
Party spirit should be kept In a good
deal of aubjectlon.
There 'ought In the near future te
be no soldiers la thle country. ... , '
A county Judgeship In the band la
worth more than United States senator
ahlp In the bash..
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The eandldatee are all for big Im
provements and no expense, ef course.
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liven men who won't vote for Senator
Oaarin acknowledge that.be Is a good
man for th place -j .'.:".-.'.': ,
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Some people wpnder why good men
want offloes. , ' r r .. . c.
Bat If women eould vote would the
homely man atand any show! .
, . . v.-.",' a ;e;.-,s .-, -Oood
time to clean up.
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On man thinks the requisite number
of votes Is to be obtained Wtthyoomb.
No explanation. as-tnis pan supplied.
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Pay your taxes and save the rebate. "
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Mayor Fse ef Pendleton has prohibit
ed the delivery ef messages and pack
ages by messenger boys In the tender
loin district. .... .:,:.'
Many people still Investing in Hood
River valley , land.
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Now le the time te spray some mora.
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Tygh valley wants a narneasmakar
and a sheemender.
Farmers ground Sheridan may organ-
Is a berry association. .
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Several new residences will e built
In Heppner. -
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: Probably a cheese factory, at Dallas.
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Trout biting " fine -4n the Taoulna
river. . ',
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Many Indians horses on the Grande
Ronde reservation have th mange and
need treatment; says a writer to tbe
Sheridan Sun.
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Ontarlo'a population la 1,604. , ... -,t
s .- ;, i '..".-.'. ' ;'
A Malheur eounty man milks four
cows and his profits derived from tbe
sale of milk and butter amount to
111.40 per month, .which la an average
ot S7.SB par month per cow. . ,
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Several new houses are being erected
In Ontario. :. . i
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"Astoria's all right" says the As-
torlan, which ought to know.
flllvse Wmlla MemAnoftHM Ar'SMIwMw
ton Appeal: Tbe farmers .of these
anug little hills are busy plowing and
planting. Fall grain looks well and a
bountiful harvest is tne prospect.
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Una county has at least, two men
who held office there ever. SO years
ago, Jason Wheeler, who wae sheriff,
and Luther White, representative and
surveyor. R. P. Boies waa district at
torney for several .years previous to
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Molalla may have a church building
this year.. .-.
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Molalla correspondence of Oregon
City Courier: Some youngsters tried to
hold up our school last week, but did
not last long enough te finish their
task, when the prlnolpal Introduced the
strapping course, . Some wild
animal took all ef a goat from D.
Bngle'a fold a few days ago, excepting
the hide, eeemlngly having no use tor
"more hair" this warm weather. ?. - .
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' Grain never looking better In Sher
man county.' ..v.; -- ,
Considerable Intereat - Is being taken
In the culture of Bngltsh walnuts and
filbert around Monmouth,
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A man Uvlng near Independence hae
set out an orchard of 0- trees each pf
English walnuts and peachea 4
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One Benton eounty road dlatrlot will
spend $1 thle spring.
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"Trtr telling the truth for oril day."
aays the Albany 1 Democrat. This Is
the first Intimation we ever had that
anybody, la Albany, ever tied. . . . . ,
OREGON INQDENTS
AlD OPINIONS 7
7 Aav Old Thlag Will T.
Canby Tribune: The Tribune will
take any kind of, country produce an
subscription. If you would like to take
your local paper, bat lack the necessary
dollar. , bring la chiokena, eggs, pork,
butter, . wood. , or ..any old thing. - - ,
7 ' Tb Zt za Ample. . :
Editor W. J Clark of the aervata
Star, who Is a candidate for state print
er, says: "Politics la everywhere! In
the ' workshop, tbe home and on the
street. . The list of ellciblea to State
and eounty positions Is ample and of
splendid quality. Muoh Interest Is
manifested and tt now looks quit ra
vorable for a large primary vote." 7
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- -. A WosdS tb lrtse.
Dallas Itemlser: Not very much ia
being eald about candidates In papers
over th state because bretbrea of the
press are waiting to be authorised wbt
to ear., : , ., ; . '.-.. t -;v.
A Worthy baaaldsta.,
Polk" County Itemlser (Ind.):' Senator
Oaarin is te be a candidate for reelec
tion to . hie present position. , He ia
probably the' ablest and In all reepecta
the beat man la his party for the place.
Not only all Democrate but many Be
publicans would vote for him. He
would never dlsgrac his stats aa some
others .la congress have done, -t :.
7 ' A StaappoUted MUUii, '' g' L
More Observer) The Old Man has
cancelled hie order for an Auto, aa se
many horsemen la th eounty are de
termined that Th oo uevu snail ds
forever ruled off th road her.. Our
Auto coat $175,. was guaranteed to run
ISO miles on ml of OIL at an average
speed of a miles per hour. Now we
must again take up tne tsueaooera anu
Old.Doo...- .-,.:' ---
Probably th Paople'a Okolee. -
Houlton . Register: The people's
choice for United Btatea senator 11
taken today would ba Oearln, without
a doubt He will probably receive the
majority vot at tbe June election, aa
the people of th great stat of Oregon
are anxtoua to be relieved from th
Mitchell barnaclee that are clinging te
the body polltio of tbe governtnent, .
' ' 1 gndge rraaes Parents.
Polk County Itemlseri John Fraser
lived and tan ah t school at an early day
on Salt creek, where he first married
a daughter of Unole Jimmy Rlgga, who
died, and than he married a Miss Nlck
lln, who lived at the present home, of
Henry Clanfleld. Hs and hla wife died,
snd his son. Arthur. Was raised by Wil
liam Burrum. at Amicy. ate is toe pres
ent Judge Fraser. of whom w se so
many commendable things In. the Fort-
land papers. , ; ..v;-,
Pleased Slat tmmaly. .
Roeeburg Newa: Te editor la human
like other morula, and enjoys an occa
sional "square meat" Thle time, H. A.
Kruse, th poultry raiser, Is to receive
credit for soms good, old-fashioned sau
sage, "Just like mother used to ma.
It was fin, and Mr. Kruse has placed
th writer under obligations to him for
the wholesome treat 7 , . . Y
1 j,-.' Taa Blseeei stain."' 7
Tillamook Headlight: ' The rain of
the last few days has eauaed a freshet
In all the rivers flowing Into Tillamook
bay. It Is a good thing for the com
munity that the weloome rain has coma
for It hae refreshed the atmosphere and
cleaned the stream e of decaying aalmon
and th prevailing alckneas has been
struck a blow by this copious fall f
molature. -. '-. 'v.,'j. .-
V' Old Paean lent. Sry." " -.'
McMlnnvllle Telephone-Register: "Old
Ocean" does not seem to realls tbe
pniamnok la a nrahlbltloa
town. A barrel ot whlakey, a cask of
wine and two barrels or iinsoea on
floated In on the aurf. along with wreck-
ss.rtliee south, alons
th coast, a man' noticed a barrel play
ing about in tne sun, ana r mnj
weeks landed It The barrel waa eov-
. w a fMm two t a three
Inches with barnacles. Indicating that
It had long been eiioai. it was tuumi
to contain ft gallon nf whiekey.
- .-' xi.': i Sanaa Bsail silieie. . j
1.L1..1 iprihnn.' Mothers f Ash
land should ask themselves two ques
tions many time a day, and see to tt
that thy know th- answer each time.
These er th pertinent queries: Where
la my daughter! ana. nm '
we don't llks to say it but eome one
should. . whether they ; displease tbe
mothere or not eo here goes: Many
mothers In Ashland are criminally care
less In allowing tnair young essinun
. aii hours with certain
iO run .w... - - - . - -
young fellows whose reputations are .fai
from eavory.- . . . .. - .; . .,:; -.
Oraat Ooamty Prospetoas. 7
t.v. rtav Nitws! Mteedv atreama of
freight pouring Inte tb vaUey ar tes
timonials to. the prosperity of business
conditions in the towns. If there le any
merchant not getting m snare w"
t. know that, either-his
methods are not up te the standard or
that he is railing to propeur iwtn
hla buatneea before the people by proper
advertising.. :. , . r,.
Oeed Ttaswi Vp tk Oountry. ;
Arlington Record: What w " call
winter Is one of the moat favorable for
the fanner and atockralaer ever known.
There has not been much snow or rain
at any on Urns, but all the molature
haa gone Inte. the ground that felt aa
the ground has not been -f rosea deep
enough at any time to prevent It. The
early-sown fall grain hae grown all win
ter and the late sown la coming up. The
grass Is green like springtime. Sheep
are doing well on the grass without any
other feed. The fanners . have . been
plowing and seeding off and on all win
ter. A larger acreage Is In grain than
usual. In fact everything points to a
aeasoa of unusual prosperity. . . ,, ,
' , An BsttsaaSe of Johns. ''7
' Albany Democrat: Charley Johns,
wh wants to be governor, ia one ot the
mea who fought Sheriff . Brown of
Baker City In hie efforts te enrorc
th gambling laws.- vBuah Li Termor, a
llv Baker City newspaper man, says
Johns ts trying to carry water on both
shoulders. He ears It makes him sick
to hear Johns talk on higher eitlssn-
ship. t.- v ; , .7
Baneh sYraaa joy. ..L''--1
Nysaa Newa: Th MISaes Psyeh and
Erras Torrey enterUlned a few of their
gentlemen friends with a eumptuoue
six-course dinner laat Sunday, which In
point of -excellence could not be ex
oeiled ' and , whloh waa thoroughly en
Joyed. At the oonoluelon ef the feaat
It wae announced that a four-in-hand
was In watting for the merry party,
which conveyed them to th country
horn of Mr. snd Mrs. John Ennls,
where a delightful musical program
wae enjoyed, after which aU placed their
feet beneath the hospitable board of
the boat and hostess and partook of the
choicest viands of th season, returaUig
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to the elty in splendor, all having had a
royai good tiros. ; . . . .
' Wky ro rK7eu Vaal' Saaaf
Arlington I.ecord: While Uncle Bam
la going after 'land frauds he ahouRl
look around him and see if be ts not as
guilty aa those be is prosecuting. Yars
ago many men took up land under tne
preemption aot. The writer waa one ef
them. This land being In the limits of
the Northern Paclfle land grant the
settlers paid Uncle Sam $110 an acre
tor It - Tbe Northern Paclflq did not
build the road and after a time the land
Waa forfeited to the government ' but
before this time hundeedSj, f men had
paid II.IS an acre for the land, while
thoee not-making proof until after the
forfeiture paid 11.14.. Unci Bam haa
had th settlers extra II. S per acre for
10 years, or more in many Instances,
and so far th settlers have been en
able to get It : back. As President
Roosevelt le righting all the wrongs
of all the people we call hie special at
tention to this matter. -
, Three Oerman eomdiana In one ehpw
at tbe Baker. .Think of ltl . Tbre In
on sbow, and two f them, a we are
told, genuine brothers of Lew Fields,
formerly el Weber and Fieldet , '
The Fields brothers, Nat and Sol,, and
James Haselton made most ef the tun
at yeeterdaya burlesque, contributed by
the High School Qlrla company. There
was tbe Usual tangled talk, bur Tt went
better than usual, and after the trio
had occupied the atage a few '.mlnutea
the audience got so snthuaed that there
wee a scream of laughter at every word.
The comedians introduced most ef tbe
Cld-features, including the alwaye pres
ent card game, which ia funny aa ever,
but ther war aom new on, and In
general tbe comedians were quite es.Ua
factory. - They almost monpoUsed the
situation , during the two ' aoto of the
farce, the .chorus merely swinging In
snd - than off sgatn to show their
clothes, which were rather becoming.
Th ' vaudeville turna ar, moat of
them, first rate. Rose Oilman and
Franola Thomaa contribute song snd
animated dancing that went well." The
specialty act Of Billy Hart and Emma
Weston pleased - tbe , people, the beet
feature being the mental telepathy bur
lesque. James Hugh, a legitimate
actor of eome ability,' contributed, with
James Haselton as the Joker, a travesty
on "Damon and Pythias" which wss a
scream. The flying Banvarda may have
made Rlngllng- famous, but' they did
Uttl that was up to th Baker atand
ard. and their aet dragged , dlaeour
agtngly. With six on ths stage and five
waiting for th sixth to do bis little
feat the audience was restrained with
difficulty. Mart Janaen - (where did
ahe set the nama?) contributed a pair
of Illustrated songs, th first one be
ing Charles K. Harris worst since he
Inflicted "Hell ... Central," Otve Me
Heaven." la thlg en th orphans com
municate with ., mamma through - the
egency of a robin. ? "Fly Away, Birdie."
la the title. When Mis Jann sang
"Dear Old Pal" taer wee an Impromptu
accompaniment contributed by S0O men
and boys with hard shoes, and for a
Urns It looked ss If ths accompaniment
would lose ths singer. . .
.-'While the musical numbers laat night
were aubordlnated. several were worthy.
especially "Silver Heels" snd "The Land
I Lov is Bohemia." "A rtcnie - roi
Two" wae billed en the program, but
soma one gave -.warning. - Billy Harl
suffered th fat of topical eons men
In Portland when he tried the "Rag Bag
Man" from the "Isle of Splee.". with
half the ononis te help. , H got through
two vereee. .
The chorue number It, moat of them
good looking, and, all. well dressed.
Emma Weston leads it and alnga pleas
ingly, though ehe has not a remarkable
VOlCe, - ; 1 ; ..'
"Human Hearts" at the Empire.. 7
In "Human Hearte," which le playing
at the Empire thle week, Mlaa Gretchen
Sherman, who playa the heroine, la a
clever actreea. She has long sine mas
tered ths art ef turning to good effect
upon the atage her natural graces. Ths
piece le pastorak; along ths linee of "The
Old . Homestead" and "Bhore Acres."
Ther Is enough bloodshed te appease
ths appetite ef the gallery god, and suf
ficient pathos. Intermingled with com
edy, to satisfy the parquet.
Lincoln J. Plum, aa Tom Logan, le
tbe star. Next in the hearta of th aa
dleno come Baby Katharine, a little)
tot who pray for her mothrfr.v ... - -
Aa a whole, the eempany is probably
th best la malodramatlo work seen at
the Empire this season. It Is well bal
anced and remarkable for th fact that
It contains no specialty performers. No
body sings a parody on "In tb Shade
of the Old Apple Tree."
Many people were turned sway.
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j 'PERSONAL-, FANCIES
. Mre. Alee Tweedle will ehortly Issue
a Ufa of President Dlaa from material
supplied her by the Mexican ruler.
Maine's spokesman In the United
State senate, Eu gen Hale, with the
general consent of his party. Is now ths
leader of the Republican majority. ,
Th let Aeeooiat Orey of the su
preme court was very eccentric. Among
hie prejudloee was a deep and lasting
averalon for a typewriter.
The new naval aid to the president
Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Key,
seems to have been made to poee In a
brilliant uniform. . He Is more than six
feet tall, broad " in . proportion . and
straight as an arrow. '
Miaa Henrietta 8. Leavltt, working In
the Harvard observatory, baa discovered
t S new variable etare. , - 't-
Dr. 0;-A. Nunnally, a distinguished
Baptist minister of Newman, Georgia,
has announced his candidacy for the
governorship of hie atate. - , .
Frederick P. Olcott f New Tork has
given 160,000 to the Dudley observatory
and ths Albank (New Tork) female
academy. ' -
It le aald that Mr. MoreelnL the rich
New Tork banker, dealgne moat of hie
daughter's hats, and they are a delight
to the eye. ? . -
,. Steven Balrd of Chittenden, Vermont
after working eeaaelesaly for 40 years,
declares he haa discovered a method of
welding copper, something metallurgists
say has never been done before.
Th centenary, of the- bflthf Mr.
Browning (March S) will be celebrated
by the Pioneer club In London.
The late Henry Harland, Is said, to
have received 170,000 frem. on ef hi
novel, but - hi manner of , working
killed him. ' ' '-
' Waaally Safonoff, th Russian 'Con
ductor, -who I now In New TerbX' has
aatonlahed hla friends by hla,. capacity
to be entertained.. Hs can eitjoy more
lunches, dinners and suppers In a day
than: any foreign celebrity that ever
came here. . - " ' '' ' '
Senator Knox ef Pennsylvania, in
conversation with a friend . the other
day, laughingly observed that If be bad
any Idea aa to the. amount of work he
would have te perform he would never
hare taken a Job a a member of the
United Btatea aenate. He ia compelled
te answer en aa average 111 lettere per
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CArr-ilGNjIIAS
W1LVAUXE3 DIZZY
V' - From the New Tork World; :
5 'JSberble" Becker, Milwaukee's boy
alderman, wants te be mayor and ha
been 'campaigning In a moat unique .
way."" '- . ; I 1' -';'-. ,...- ,: , ;
"Sherble" Is the. heir of a millionaire.
That helpa. He has , ideas. Thoee alao '
help. With aa eye to the value of ad-,
vertlalng he hag secured tbe backing of
men who know hew to carry out Ideas
and there" Is hla campaign' In tabloid'
form. '1.7..'.'.' -,-''.7: '- .' 1 7 - ,7
He .haa been In politico four.'-yeare
and waa hardly past the voting . age '
when he' was nominated for supervisor .
from a blue atocktng ward.' Th popl
laughed at hla candidacy. Every persun Y
who voted-for hua expected that hla
would be about the only vote cast, but
there were enough polled for tbe young "
aristocrat te eleot him b a big margin. '
- Bherble'e- first act was to direct the
finger of suaplcion at the county print
ing. When he was through the county
waa saved $16,000 a year on this item
of espenee alone. 'Thle elected him ,
alderman. It came time te vote for a -municipal
lighting plant . Sherble'a"
rick f rienda were allied with the tu-.
tereate which had the private lighting
contract . "Sherble" sent out return
postal cards to all the voters In - hie '
ward asking how they wished htm to
-vot on th city ownership . queaUon.,
IC3
m.ii . . vmauv .,ia ivr nun iw '
vote, he cav th notal-card noli of hla I
ward and voted against th dealres of "
hie swell friends, and hla own. family '
aa hU eonatltuents had-naked. . .- -
With Jthe time drawing near' for the -. 7
opening of the mayoralty? .campaign.
Becker had another Idea. . H had a :
quick-hitch apparatu attached to hla
automobile, and a rope . ladder was -stretched
from hie window to tbe stable.
A firs alarm was installed In bis room,
and whenever there was a second alarm "'
of fir be responded. To th. back-of Y
hi auto h attached a sort of wash- '. ,
boiler arrangement with a- gasoline
flam underneath. When tb outfit ar- Y
rived at th fir there 'would be hot
oof fee ready to eerve th firemen. When
pibl. sandwiches were served with . '"
th coffee. Hi coachman was killed in '
one ef these rune. . .
At the opening ef the . campaign'
"Sherble" started a dally newapaper,--
which containa campaign - matter.. It
ia known aa "Becker's Bulletin.",, ." '..
Becker , has been around the world
and. with hla camera baa taken a lot
of picture, which be ia ualng in a series -'
of free lectures In the schools.
, These i. lectures hava crowded the "
eehoolroome In the early evening hour, .
and Becker Is the Mol of the children. . :
Another wsy la whloh Becker recently
attraoted attention to his campaign waa Y
hta cordial treatment of IT Indiana from
a reservation up ths stats who had been '
arreated for cutting plna. All were '
diacbarged In court and were te. return 1
to their ' reacrvatlon .bomea; . when '
'Bherbie? appeared. One of tbe Indiana
he found was a formsr guide en a fall ':
hunting trip. In which Becker had killed
hla first deer. - - -, - .
The Indiana were - paraded , around -town.
Becker giving them a rare dinner.
at one awell cafe, then beekateak in "
plenty at a place where they would feel
more at home.. .
Becker la pnbllahlng plcturee ef htni
eelf In hi dally paper. Bom show him
In th garb of cowboy, and -other -a ! ..
he haa appeared in his travel,, dining '
with pate tale and. other dlgnltarle.-
'At Fort.Clateopr V" '''; Y7-..-Y
February IS. We . dispatched Drew- !
yer and two men In the canon un the
Columbia to take sturgeon snd anchovy,
or should they be unaucceaaful in flail
ing, to purchase fish from the, natives. 7
For. this purpose we . furnlched them Y
with a few articles such ee plesse the
Indiana We sent J. Fields, Shields ano
Sbannoa up tbe Netul to hunt elk, R.' ' .
Shields and some others to the prairies '
of Point Adam a W hop tbua to re
plenish our stock ef provisions, now re- 7''
diiced t a minimum. ' We have only 7
aufflclent for three eay In etore, and
that v consists only ef inferior dried -
elk. somewhat tainted -no -very pleasant
prospect for tb commissary depart- .
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. ' - Fortunes From Seaweed. ... '. 7
From the London Express.
. The debt - of v Norwegian farmers
whoss holdings lia along the seashore
have been paid In. recent years by the
Income arlalng from the sale of eea-
weed aabea. - . '
It appeara from a report by Conaul
Raamuaaen of Stavanger that the gath
ering ot seaweed In - the southwest of '
Norway hae. aaaumed the proportions -of
a targe Industry that has eurpassed
fiahlng and . agriculture in fortune- .
building. - ' .r
' Farmers collect . the apparently
wortbleaa growth, burn It, and aell the
aahee to agents of British . manufac
turers. The aahes contain valuable
ehemical properties. Including iodine,
but the ua to which they a re put, la ,
not known fn Norway.
"Old debt," aays tbe report "have
been paid, and small farms that were
laolated and surrounded r by unproduct
lv Isnd have had their boundaries ex
tended by th draining ot marshee and
clearing of aocky waatee that have not
been utilised or productive . since . the
stone age.
"Twenty yeero age there wee not
a mowing machine In . the entire die-
trict while now there are mowers, nayi
rakes, harrows and other, modern, ma
chinery on nearly . every farm. Mod
ern dwellings end barna for grain and
atooa nave repiaoeo in ncini i
"The transformation hae been ae
gveat that farming In thle particular
locality mar be said to have acquired
an almost American character, but on a
emaller" scale.", -j- :..
' ; ..".'' An ' Artist's Paradise. v''.;
'' Capri, beautiful In Itself ae a winter
resort offers sn Irresistible invitation
to artists, since it has an Inn .where eny
one, by painting a picture ort the wait,"
can get tree board.
To the lonely Island of Capri, with Its
perennial summer, Ita blue grotto, and
tta lemon grovee, came, some 10 years
ago, a ruined artist He opened an inn,
and died rich. In hla will, leaving the
Inn to hla herre, he made theae condi
tions: : '-.(.-', , . -. - . " '
. "The charge per day.wo bottlee of
red Capri wine included le never 'to be
more than ' franca. . ...
"If any artiet Is toe ponejlo pay, he
shall paint a picture upon eome wall
space, receiving all the accommodatlona '
accorded te thoee paying the hlgheet
price. . y v 1 .'. " .- -;
: "If any Oerman artist ahall eome to ,
the inn he ahall be accommodated, and '
hall receive th amount of hie far te
Germany upon hi promise never to re
turn te Italy." - . , - - '
Tha Inn I conducted today on theae
conditions." Its walls ar coveted with
palntinga Now and then, a .Oerman
gets his fare horn
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Hlewis AND CLARK
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