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Newspaper Page Text;) FRIDAY, MAY ' 18, 1806. PORTLAND. OREGON. , THE OREGON DAILY AN IKIiriKDIVT ' a Jackson" Published every evening (except Sunday), and evsry Sunday moraine, at Tt Journal uiiains. iin . Yamhill streets, Portland. Oregon, r, . - Entered at the postoffice at Portland. portation through the mails a wtona-ciw v .. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.. Main tSO Business FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. 'resland-BenJsmln Special Advertising Agency. 110 Ni street New York; Trlbuna Building. Chicago;"- BtWSCRIPTION RATES. - Tana ay Otntat. ear. 1 year. ....... ...I'-St . The Dally Joaraal. 1 rr. ... tka Dally Jourul. wit Sat- say. noathe. ............ J-TS Tha Pally Joaraal. aiootbt.. 180 Tlie Dally Journal, wlta Sue- oar, I siootha 1.03 TliePelly Juaro.l, ( moathe.. 1.30 The IallT Jearnal wit Saa- ear.- r-oers. ; The Dally, par wees, dellv ra.T!ulWt7th'liUir. . V77 "7Je11? wefoeliered. lua- :3X-1-Ttie ntUV SAT r' -lnl Buadar Remittances should ba mada by express ardra and smell amounts ara t-cent postage stamps, THE VITAL ISSUE AT I HE REALLY-IMPORTAN'T. the election in June and the action of the le'gis lature in January, as to the election of a United j States aenator fronts Oregon, 'is whether that body of 90 elected, selected, employed and entrusted 'men will obey, the wiirgfjhe people as expressed on the first Monday . in June. - . . - If the majority or plurality of the people prefer, the TTiepublicTn parfyTchoice in the prllnariesrMrrBcrrirnej to the Democratic party's choice, Senator Cearin,. every ""one ot the members of the legislature should obeStently vote forjand formally elect Mr. Bourne. He made a """light for that. pHncrple, . antf 1. ictiofC15dolte7rand v method, and" wetssume that he'wai lionesrtnd sincere in doing so, and is ready aridllig,to stand or fall by , tke natural, proper result " 1 , On the other hand, if a majority or plurality of the pr-onle of Oregon prr-fer Senator firarin In hft his.flwjl- to constitutional formalities. ,. Tn''s t0 reulu,: is .. the i central, . vital, important growing and transcendent idea of the primary law, as to -the-elcctton-Tjf-United: States senator. '7'.ZSi j We speak only-f Mr. Bourne and Mr. Gear in because 7 they are the principal candidates; but if the Socialists or ProhibitioaisU4. jmyQih e t ia,rtp r or ga mza tjpnj; a s o r should put forward a candidate, or if any independent mat Jfjigurd leganycomejcuit asa candidate, who could secure, a.pluraiity oflhe"" people's"" votes' " in" J une, tTfeTf that man should without fail and -without doubt be elected- by the legislature. We believe both Senator Gearin'and Mr. Bourne, and any other candidate, will MJ Jai.a a a aiaiTi asrt afi A aa djtsat as tnqvxSirctOipUPmifQ..jtBesii . Kv-il, nt - ; W'e donot assert that the "IS hold-over or those elected tothe nexMegislature who declined to subscribe to "statement No. 1" in the primary law, are in honor and dutyboupd to do this in the sense and to the extent , that" those mrmben arc who signed that -state -.1 went exense if- not-Jefense-rnay-ba mads for thenv-for - doing as they please, regardless of the plurality's -will; ' - but no man who subscribed to-"statement No. 1" and is " elected to the legislature can hgporably and decently, re ' ffseor neglect to ke'ep his wffijd tothe people, in letter ind spirit, and so obey the peopreVwilT; '. 7: r 'This is far more important than the' name, the politics, " ,' " . or xvea-ihecharacter, of the man .elected The import-: . ant thing is: Obedience to the people's will by their chosen public servants, and particularly, as to this mat- th tegtftlatur. j' Illinois now also has a direct primary law, by ajejose seratcnt The-machine- politrcians-of -both-parties-were against it, but the people won. -' SHARE-THE BURDENS. I-NFAMILrES-Krhere-there-are -a-large number-of children the younger ones often become o used to allowing the oldest to bear the obligations that they lb this "even after they are grown and equally able to shoulder their shareof thejtttnmon load. ' ' " Tt""eenis"thaf a - simTlarcohditionexists - among "the LcitiesLhe.racifijiqryw :.this famiTy: of. citiesnwa s expectedtoi:and:did help in 3sTablisbingZm0sr5f3hertQtleaTirPhTnxhe id -otheT-xharitable-aTid eleemosyiiaiy institutionsy-and . whenever any trouble or disaster came to any other of rthe-nortbwcstcitiefcStJchlire or ilood,. Portland aU waysjrertdered Jhe- larger partof theneeded assistance. -This was right andTproper, but surely the time has come when the olhcr menTBefs-ofTlits Happ3f4mlty ftf Cities "shouldrconieeaTer-carrywgnrrualniou ot lite civic responslbilitfes, ' These cities point to their -vast commerce, their bank - clearings, postoffice receipts, and other things, to show that they are nearly equal to, or larger than Portland, but the cities of the Pacific northwest have always . looked to and expected Portland to carry the larger end of any civic load. This is well illustrated in the response .,Z''hat came from the call for assistance at San Francisco. ' Portland gave at once to relieve the physical needs and 'suffering as much as Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Van couver, B. C, the other .four large cities of the north 7 j west,corhbined. "NoFbnJydid PortTand"Tead in the re sponse to the great physical needs of(ihe stricken city, but when it came to helping particular churches, organ zrriratidhs,and "instfliinoris onto a . working' basrsagainlri . San FrancLsco. -tbejaniecondition-wasiound ta-sxi.t, A general dignitary of the Methodist Episcopal church ' informs us that the churches of this denomination in I'ortland,tho'.. not .. as numerous or as wealthy as the same denomination in Seattle, for instance, have given To Assure Peace. - Trotn tha New TorK, Mall. : A hundred rrrilllon dollars of new monay for the maintenance and incrcHa --Tf the I'ntted ' States navy U a bl sum, tut that, or the approximate amount which cOhsrSss' may rt found wllllnt; to rrantrwlll wir.lnvtpd. Ths.fnlled b'lalaa Is not-reaponalbls for lbs system of. great armamants which now pravalls' throuxhout ths civilised world. ,80-far as land forces are con--csrnsd.'oui' country is not In tha move ment at all., It maintains only the "nucleus of an army, only ths remotest semblance nf one. But contlnuod 1m- munlty In the matter of an army Is to : It purchased only by ths maintenance of a respectable : navy. Ths bettsr our . navy. Indeed, tha inors securely ws may rast -In our almost cxyntyote military ; doatltutlon. , v t - rnns-rsas Is about to pass an appro Miatlon for ths ysar'a work on tha I'anama canal which may reach 2, os.ooe. "It Is deslrabla nd necessary, t )ut It would ba rarrk madness for ths ' I'nltral States (overnment to snrs In m sxpenslvs as enterprise. Intended to trenathen and defend tha republic. If 'It ' wsrs ' not accompanied by, the eon . atrvctloa f'M. navy which will put us , amoDg tha Batlona'at ths first class. JOURNAL The same is' true, Pubrisnsr. in. nrrv nn the San Francisco, the than twice as much cities-f Oregon, Oregon, for trans w... Offlos.. .Main BOO Tarsia lyltall. Tt ally Joaraal. wltt aar. I year IT-SO The Pally JoornaL 1 rear. .,..S.eO The Dally Journal, wbh Boa. - far. nonttaa )....,.". S.TO Tha Pally Journal, ifcoathe.. ill Tba Daily Jooraal, wtts Baa- aar. - meeitaa. l-les Tba Dally- Jooraal, I two tha.. 1.40 Amv lBJOats".. ."'ll 315 the other cities of sciousness of their The trial and - JBBTBl Jowrsai. a pomns i.yu S FEW OF insisjingt . who are draft, postal notes, acceptable la 1 and STAKE. point and issue in Knhndy knows reforming that.- So if you vote mere account o( come' anachronous, The world do theTudeboundjeyj Who" is a liar, moflnVi-asiirg DONT HEfeE are a s i m sSjatiafiaT m aa 1 1 ia aa Vb a al ss anq 'ngeriuuy mmt state senators, i prosperity and progress. . iSobody doubts taken sometimes, Volfe to s p e e ch mak f The-statement - However the Lbe.tsli m a tes, unles vate--contract and politicians. the country, is: rulef . w 'hi this nu isn'f as ezy as meny folcs thot it wod be. The only way is lor tne senate The assurance" of undlsturbe4 peace, with a free path to ths Pacific and ths orient. Is amply worth all the expen diture that the recommendations of ths committee on naval affairs of ths houxe ea 11 for: . iThe New Condition.- rrorotha-Roseburs;--Bpofcsman, - The time for the use of the party lash has pa wed. The people no longer look at the head of the ticket and swallow It as a whole. Ths main question to be de termined now Is as to ths ntneee of ths candidate and not as to his party. Home of ths beat men nominated for of Ilea in this county sre on the Socialist ticket, which Is considered to hsve no poaMlble show of success. Yet the question of the real merit of the nominees will be. ttie main factor with many In selecting- ths men thy will vote for. Without expressing- any opinion as to ths merits of any candidate or party, ths Spokes man will aay that the party leaders will have much trouble In so molding public opinion as to hold voters In line to sup port party nominees. Dlsguis the fact as we may there la rampant an Inde pendent feeling- and that feeling will cause Many people to vote very. Inde pendently! 1$ will largely be men rather hw party that people will conj- sidar la making, up thtir f i.iet, r as much at all the other Methodist churches of the entire northwest to assist their brethren.. in - San Francisco. of the.' Baptist, Jewish and other I churches. ' And when an official ppatwas senttoan TTKe'o u ng Men's Christian Ass 6 c ia t to n irS tin 1 1 rne ' P emere - encv work of that institution in Portland association lone gave more as all of the other association in the Washington, Idaho,' and British Co- liMnbia,-ccmibiued.Jhi isJiot jn,tne jeast.unusuai. Three years ago the representatives of these associations In the northwest decided., to send one of their number to Nauasaki. Janan. to-do a similar work in the Japanese empire, and that ever, since then, the rortland associa tion has paid fully two thirds of what has been paid by all these organizations in the' Pacific northwest.' ' " Portland, in these, cases, has not done too much, but t Ws-teeHon-h ave wot coma-to axon civic and associated obligations. - condemnation of General "Stoessel for having surrenderej Port Arthur'proye that no 'loser is hero. to his subordinate" " ' 7 r '"- - ' ?HE CONUNDRUM FEPUBIJCANISM4 OTTR ESTEOIEn stalschanges are with more or less vigor, that all voters or have been classed as Republicans sho.uld vote for nobody but Republicans for atate and count v officers, on this and on every occasion, and some of these journalistic friends urge that this is a duty in order that the president, an alleged Republican, should be supported.Hl x:- ' - -!. -. - Here our. brethren begin to get int miry ground or quicksands. For'there are Republicans and Republicans, these -dayi," "There are-Roosevelt and Aldrich, La Fol lctte and Harriman,nd so dp. In fact, it is hardto fenreitherwhois .a. Republican or what constitutes a Republican. or can tell what the KepuDiican party of 1905 stands for, outside of the monstrous odious, rob ber Dingley tariff. And it is generally supposed that President Rooseyelt and many other more or less emi nnt...Ppnhliean:'are very much in favor of revising and the straights Republican ticket, on the party, can you tell what or whom you are .voting tor, alter -Me... .May. tqh, npi-,De supporting Aldncft rather thatt Roosevelt, Foraker rather than La Thfr fact is that this straight pary ticket Pon tion. with many different officers to. be chosen, has be- out of date, is Silly, and should be resented byaH"huiiest. intelttgeTit:Tottrsas. it- is by many of them. -' ' - move even the political world and Jtnd what did he 4ie about? are the para- Washington. D. C. - BE A LAND HOG. many vacant or Illy-improved lots found lowni-the business-districtJory.hkh their owners lisk fabulous sums, and in a num ber of cases have refused sums beyond any reasonable value for the property. In one or two instances the lots were wanteA for sites f prja rge and moder:hbuildjn gsjorhomes for industricaj anienterprisesJhat3ereto comeiiere. tlowever, tne "greedy land owner" prevented this addition to the city's Sfrowth and the investors were discouraged. - slf this "dog in the mangerpolicy is to- be indulged lo even greater extent itbjthoovesAssessorSigler to levy upon-eseJracAnOndnimprpyd1ptsall traffic will bear, until, the land monopolizer and specu lator cry out "hold, enough," .and areforced to sellto some one who wilr-pntthe-ground to-ita-bcst-usesrbr will make the necessary improvements hiritself. Over-capitalization of vacant land and lots, is always a menace ta iridqstry-and enterprise, a barrier further that Tillman, even though he be mis is an uncOrruotible man. - N ItV-realfy- rather good lot -of -Democratic people that the Oregonian is cartooning these days. The farmers, rfrechanie. trades men,--BHnefs,workingmen--and business menot all sorts, seem to be pretty well satisfied with them. a " r....-. .; Some of the Republicans 'who were very prominent i-1ariTe'clin'narTRrlu Trltfcnie fm llie ilrfeme (hat tlur have no time to de- in g. that - the - Mormon church is going-ont of business will not be taken seriously until the people learn u.hat is to become of the political machines and marriage bureaus ".";. . rnr eanal is built, it. will cos't several times s the government Je t -4t-out by pri-j has it done by business men and rot . . . Editors are becoming important. Bishop Fallows thinks the Episcopal book of prayer should be amended no include supplications for newspapermen. - .-'!!. - And-when we have -cleaned up, and made Portland as beautiful as a girl on graduating day, for heaven's sake let us keep the city that way. - The issue7n Oregon, and it is becoming the-issueTn Shall the people or a few plunderers ": . . f -refermd -srtelrnK-4tas-sum--advantaies,-it to stop Bailey's and Tollman's tongues to adjourn, sine oie. - , . How Jimnvr . Fixed It. From Harper Weekly. , A persevering- youth had called sev eral times at the horns of a young; lady, to ba met each tlma with a "not at home." Vpon one occasion he had seen her co In Just before he reached -ths rate. His ring was answered by her 4smsH - brollier; "Jimmy. I'd ilka to see your sister," the determined young man said. "8 ho ain't at home." Jimmy said, sur vevine- him disdainfully. "But I just saw her come In," tha youth protested. -. , . "Can t help that Tell" you what I U do. though," Jimmy said, condescend ingly. "You gis ms your . pack of clgHrettes an" I'll send her flown."- "You sre too young to smokerjlmmy." "Do I get 'em T" Jimmy ssld, aggres sively, half closing ths door. "Hera they are!" was the conciliating reply, and ths box was handed over. Leaving ths visitor seated In ths par. lor. Jimmy disappeared,' to return In a few minutes. "Sha ll be down soon." ha saM. "How did you work that. JlrarayT" ths youth Inquired. 1 Tha boy surveyed him with an amused grin.- .,.. . "AW. I told her It wt the fellow She's socage to,"; he said I SMALL CHANGE Ths ever-bleaasd "'nCrops. " a'-. . It nearly alwaya might be worse. -, S - After all, nobody has his own wsy. June may have some wetness, too. - ' e .. e .... Ths douraa has no Unci 'Jos Cannon. '1 . . However you. vote, build good roads. . ; "" Those Made In Oregon are bound to rin. 1- . 1. Has .Senator Bailey bought a-nruck- rake? a 'S . . , Again, what real' good did party ever do youT . . . . . -.-,'. ... Congress cant -keep" the'' crops ' froni arowlna-. ... - he best men? Could you reUy ba happier er better anywljers elss? - . 1 . . . Apparently Mlaa Mar la flirting, and desires to be courted. ' '' ." ' '.. ' Whether for Oesrln or Bourne, don't forget the -Hade In Oregon show. ...1 Politics Is not unimportant. ' but some other things are Important Tlo tha haat yoa can 1 and - thank "God for forgiveness for not doing better. There a earn a to be nsed of an Artemua Ward or - Mark - Twain 1 n dl he-senate . .. . . . r' - - What shall we have next? Pendleton Tribune (Rap.). ThaXord only knows. Ths-road supervisor Is properly be- coming a more incsaslngly Important man. 80 far sa ws are concerned, oue wife. mother and grown-up sister can vote. If xnev wanr 10 a .. ron'f'beg "tr say' orljeg to reply1 you ars u.ss 9f this ssnsaless phrass? The pour 61fT 'disfigured -rale bill may be passed after -awhile, and then ws will cslebrate ths Fourth of July, "f- . a . a Ttl small fruit farm h, nnitlt. an vegetable farmrs'ithe!tnl'hgs foi peo ple of small capital to look after now In ths Pacific northwest. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Ball games everywhere In Oregon. - . . , . - Talent la making a move for a park. - . . -.. . e .- All Oregon loved and rejoiced In ths 4, Don't forget Made In Oregon, wherever you live. Portland sis jealous or envious of no other place. 1 . Ths Haines granite quarry Is beeom. Ing famous. ' . .. . . ... s . -- Sawmill and other - workers wanted around Medford. Grant county has great and vastly Big movement of livestock from east ern .Oregon; lots left. - . a Salem will have a fruit cannery. It gtrc to nave severat. 1 etla PolnT la cnnslrTereif Yiv vlalfora a very agreeable town. Corvallla will rejoice In now mountain anti water in about a month. - --r . Gold Hill has a girl band that has given a series of dances. Of course all ths boys . go. -.,J -: - ' T :- : It- Of shadeas-wenHie "f rultlress being set out In the iriigatsd eountry rrounor Bena.- B S " Ths new farmers' and miners' tele. phons line is progressing rapidly." says the Cottage,,prove Nugget,- .. . . 1 Salem Statesman: -: The farmers ara happy, The showers hare diaalpated. all their fears. A faw more of tha aame klndrnet ween pow and J uly 4, will give ths country pumper crops. There la abundant evidence that there (11 be actual railroad construction In ths Deschutes valley during the coming summer, ssys the Bend Bulletin. Lots of tlss being mads around there. a e. Sliver Lake Central Oregonian: Work- Ingmen seem to be rather scares In thl4 vicinity. Three men came through town this week, and although they were sit offered, work they ."hit ths-plks." - ' a a Toledo Leader: ' A couple of Holy Rollers, the remnant of 'the late Cref fleld's outfit, - which was camped for ... . . , . t '"j-"'- awnne nar uc , J"";, "" c""n.l.tals of the English and Italian (tardens. passed . valleyward yeaterday going hotntv.no more to roll, let us hops. .- -T - -a a . Astoria Budget: Conservatively est! mated, Astoria now enjoys a population of IS. 000 people. Judging from the num ber of new houses that - have been erected and occupied during ths past year'snd the numerous new payrolls that have (teen established. ,a a '"iTumalo eorrespondenee ef Bend Bui let In; ''A large Are la raging-on -the Juniper ridge east of Tumalo postoffice, which is destroying the cattle range and also' a vast amount of fine Juniper 11m ber. It has already swept over msny acres and Indications are that It will completely, sweep ths whols rldge of severs! thoussnd acres. - .... ' m r . ... , . -Corvallls Times: A number of A I sea. Lobster and Five Rivers settlers have recently visited Corvallls and vicinity for the purposs or puytng jersey stock, separators and cans, with ths view of starting tpto the dairy business. All that section of country west of ths Coast range Is admirably adapted to dairying and conditions are rapidly forming which will enabls ths - ranchmen to market their products. ' Surprise " tb Mr. Rockefeller., From tha Chicago Journal. Standard Oil men say that Brother Rockefeller has not vleVl"ls office In mors than 1 years. Perhaps the good man had no Idea, what Was going on there until, be read the Garfield, re- Lport ' DO YOU EARN THE L-SALARYjyPUgET7 m - , v Rer. Albert K. George. , Do you earn your salary T Ars you perfectly satisfied that what you render In service la an equivalent for toe amount of salary you recslvet Suppose you ars getting 11.100 a year, ere - you confident that you ars worth it? Such a question is tiokllsh and touches us where we are more or less ssnsltlvs. . Sometimes ths smaller ths amount of salary ths mors likelihood there is that we ars really earning It A small salary carrlas with It no In eptratloBi asd la more within . ths roach of one's earning power. The generality of us have to work to live and the generality ot people get small salaries. - You take a. olerk plodding along dally In a routine of duty, that la his second nature, end knowing Just exactly -what he has to do every year, and he Is apt to compare notes. TTe aeas work that he turns out faith- peeDi'arTilJrsmair salary. He thinks ha is worth mors than it stands for. He knowe very well that If he should throw up his situation there would be no difficulty In filling it lit Is conscious that he Is worth all that ba la getting and something more. ..But whan we are rendering a dollar's worth of service for every dollar of money we should be satisfied with our selves. -- - .- . Do not make yourself uneasy , about your salary. If you are getting what you are worth, and -you are sure you ars worth what you are getting, why, you have, reached a statsrof contentment. There may come a time wnen you ars worth more than you are getting. Make It evident. Make your work stand out oonsptcuoua that it will convey this lm- preaslonr"" r- 1 ' Jt will be a "very dull employer thst will not see this after a time. If he perelsts In not seeing it. why, then you are Justified In calling his attention to tc Do not nresume to do this until you ara confident that the coast is clsar for this kind ot salting. . Larae salaries tend to make some more important than they really arejl T tie sit salary and to lw iMMniiimaflagg in your wort requires a dead conscience. -On hundred thousand dollars a year y-tiO,00 0 worth of sarvicej. ahdTnayTlor-meair-thwfc At any rate, this interpretation was recently piacea upon that kind -of-sr salary. Tou cannot Judge a man s worth by his salary.- You may determine bis pull by It. i But sivinc in service what you get in salary' makes any one independent ot any obligation to his .employer. GW"WrtMiia.jor?,swo, substantial work, ars Just. , - Small wages for good work mean im position. ..." . : ... .- 'Benefits of the Big Fair. From ths Independence JCnterprts. At this season last-year sverybody I wss saving tls6rTef a"01Iars and dimes and -laying -plans to- attend -tns-iiewts and Clark fair. All spars change and some that possibly eould not wsll bs spared -was spent at the fair. -The Lewis and Clark, fair drained ths out sldo counties, millions of dollars being carrlsd-from tha country and spent in Portland on . account . of . tha btg fair. No complaint ia made because of this contribution, for tha fact Is ths, fair was worth all it cost .. . - Outside of . what the - railroads had Just begun to do, the fslr Is the first and "only real advertising exploitation and awakening of our own people this neck o the woods hag ever had. Ore con could spend millions yet In the aamt direction with advantage to Jt- self. . v Ths amount of capital now seeking and finding investment In ths north west following in ths waks or tns mi exposition tends to satisfy people with tha enormous drain -of a year ago and they optimistically look to the compen sating feature rather than, ths cost. Country merchants wno missea ins cash and trads thst went to TOWUM last . summer have grounds to expect better business this year, especially a better" fall trade. "With a good crop outlook and - an., unprecedented demand for labor, and no outside drain except the generous and willing, contributions for the California sufferers, which are a bagatelle compared wnn ins cost or the fair, a good fall trads -la promised ths merchant as well aa prosperity for everybody that la not averss to work. Xfec h"B. crop is promising, grain win falrZyleld "and the 0rChArari.f6m lae their share of fruitage. It Is not the hop fields alone that are distribut ing ' money to the wage-earners, but thsrs Is a cry going up ror jaoor irom every lumber camp In the country as well - as :from ths -rallToads - that are building and extending their lines. Thsrs should be money in me country ths coming fall and there wrtlbe no e xcu se - f or; any - able-bod led -. person be Ing -without- share, Modern Sun Dials. From Harper's Baser. - Ths brass plates ot sun dials are en graved to suit the purchaser or they may bs bought" already marked with the figures and a simple motto. ' Theee may be had for about $15. They ars of heavy brass or bronxe, about 18 Inches In diameter, and the gnomon It set at the neceeaary latitude. Addi tional Inscriptions may be added at an additional cost Pedestals made of stone, marble or cement, especially recommended to- en dure the changes in temperature pe culiar to this climate, cost from .120 to 1 iiui. 1 ney ara nwunwa uiwp 1 1 iw . In the form of Ionlo -or Bysantlne pil lars, with or without carving. There are vass forms' and there sre square or round pillars, surrounded with sculptured figures. The most attractive are ths simple square pillars, beautiful on account of their perfect proportions. Ons of thess pillsrs, together with the brass dial plate will cost about 10, al though the price may go as high as $100 If either tht engraving on the bfass or - the -cutting - en - the -stone - is elnb-orator-' Dials are frequently mounted on old trree trunks, upon mounds of stone, or posslbry-upon a-boulder or a piece of atone or-wood 4aksn-f om a building having historical or personal associa tions. . - Girls in Germany. The German girl leaves school at 'about IS years of age, by which time she has learned to sew, mend and supposedly to speak-Engllsh and French. She "Has trot-learned higher mathe matics, says Modern Women, but she has learned tha small things which fit a girl for a housewlfs or companion, and that. In Germany, Is woman's only sphere. ' However - mlSch we American girls may enjoy our colleges .ws dare not pity ths German girls, .for they have something which, takes their place and of which we ean have no conception un til we reside In Germany a few months. Did you ever hear of a pension. It Is ons of ths most enjoyable things which exists. Certain Influential ladles, mostly widows er maiden aunts, make known that they, are willing to Uke a limited number of young ladles Into thelf family. W. went to Hanover, two of us girls, with a, horror and dread of a boarding school, as ws beard a pension described. Ws found, aursaivaa la a . family pf .eight girls, all from ths very best class of Ger mans, and all placed under Frau. von H s-oars foT-s-Tr- er more.11 None of tht girls bad any special ob ject ia llfei a few wanted to learn how to keep'houee, a. few Indulged in an hour'e muelo lesson per week, but most of them, came, as la ths German custom, for tht sake of becoming polished, and being escorted to concerts. theatres, balls, reoepUoos, studsnt Knelpea, etc., opportunities not - afforded in smaller cities, and sven not In many cities that are larger than Hanover. - Consequently our chaperon accepted invitations for her girls, parties were given and .the great intimate family spent a year full ot. nleaaure OREGON CAMPAIGN -.-PRESS COMMENT- tSSSSSBsjSS Wbloh AseyeufL "irron?"The Dslles-Chronlcle. " " If ipsrty loyalty commands you 'to vots for an unworthy man. pure patriotic cltisenshlp commands that you do, not Are .you partisan first and cltlsen after ward or cltlsen first and partisan after- wardT.- ,; , - V rartdsam Appeal' -' From the Cloverdale Courler-(Iml). .' Mr.. Hawleya address taken, as a whole was an Impassioned appeal to the partisan spirit of ths voters - ot this district, f or tt is by that spirit alone he hopes to win a seat in congress. Has- any- Democratic- senator or-repre-sentatlve brought such disgrace upon the name of the atate in the eyes of the nation aa Mitchell and Hermann? And yet thess were ones Republican leaders in the state." We do not ssy this with ths spirit of antagonism to ward any party, but simply to show that there la something mors thsn party for which to east'eur -votes in Juns, sna a '-squarg neat" wr- an is an we ask. ...... . - viaia'a Kla M aaa rd. From the Roaeburg Review (Democrat, Four ye eg ago tn,a Prsgnpian sat ,un his lnwl ' ulssi lhat If Usergs Chamberlain was elected governor the state would Joss its credit and standing asaona'-the-thsr-. states .of -th.rBtionv ana Indeed taka a long step- baekwara In ths world's current advancement. How fallacious that prediction-, was Is now . well known to svery one. uunng ths past Jour years Oregon baa made greater, and mora ubs4sntta progress thsn during any other similar period In Its history. More than this. Governor Chamberlal r M a oirsetl y"ejved4o ths taxpayers more than $100,000, largely In shifting ths burden or taxpayers upon corporations which had-hitherto steeped.-' fie has1 eltmrna the state Institutions and placed them upon a business basis; vstoed obnoxious bills, mads available the new barracks am at the 1 Soldiers' home; md appointments of highly capable men. to puWle-of flea and fulf UleA-aU xhe duties of ths off les of chief executive, in .euch an acceptable manner that his reelection should bs a foregone conclusion. ' - ' An Jfplleptle Attack. t -From ths-Wsston-Leader-(Ind-i. The Pendleton-Tribune. saes In-Go V- ernor Chamberlain's appointment -of a. A. Hartmsn as county Judge to succeed H. J. Bean .(resigned, to run for another and mors lucrative - office jair" awful Democratic plot - Its spavtf offended virtue and righteous Indignation wOuld maks a Jackass bray, a coyots howl or a hornsd ow-l nooi in syrapamy. ro Democrat should hold an office not even for month we are led to. believe from the Tribune's frothy convulsions. Judge Hartfnan will be surs to wreck the county; he has done eo before, even to the extent of depriving the people's great newspaper the Tribune of eer taln fat and Jicy eusttnance which js Its by- svsry-f dictum- of the -grafter's oread. How can the , Tribune eurvive to protect the county from such un-feetlttg--DenrocTaTg-as Joags mrtmaff unless t receives a quadrupled rats for public printing that ha refuses to' al low? No man who calls a spade a spade and the -Tribune's -bose-a -knave and mftir should sver Be allowed xo aa- mlnlster ths county's affairs. Perhaps others will hold ainareni opinion. howevsi Birds Find Fatal Refuft. r. From the Philadelphia Record.. w;diarihllrdJllfe'are-ensetecr-tn FeJrmount park every day. Whether the sparrows fly.: to:the shelter of-Hortl-cultural hall becauae 1U uoplcal warmth Is enticing, or becauae the tall tropical trees offsr them a pleasant resting place when the "branches outside are barren, even the most keenly speculative guard cannot say, but hundreds of them go through the broken or open transoms nnlv to meet their death, -The-gaaxls at tne pars nav. recognise the danger the great, hall for nnwars and slants has become for these pcipr, misguided members of tht feathered tribe, and omF who is especially aina heerted takes great pains to drlvs them out when he can, but, heedless or their danger and the fate awaiting them, ths birds hlds in ths corner's and crevices ot the great glass-roofed building, and mls tko the efforts of ths guard to call them away for a personal attack. Once the birds are in in, nan mpy stay. For several days tney nutter aoout nd It Is their glad chirping on top -ot ths tall palms and ths great tropical plants that gives such sweet mutla for the interested visitors. - The eweet-emell-Ing barks and berries on some of the foreign trees attract mem, ana auer a short stay, to stop tns crsving or hunger, they feast upon anything within reach.. '..'.' But some Of the bark and berries, like other treacherous things in Hfs. ars dan gerous, and after a little while the poor, misguided sparrows drop to the cold, hard pavement dead, - poisoned - or ex hausted from ths too Intense beat. This trasedy has become so common in tns hall that ths guards expect it and look upon the bird death rats from poisoning and ' heat exhaustion-ss calmly as all look upon the things to which we have become aocustomed irom too great, ia- millarlty. Fruit on the Coast.--..., From the St Paul Pioneer Press. The 'yield of fruit this yesrv in the Paclfto cosat states promises to bs an enormous 'one, particularly In the lrrl- " . . . . . . . I ,1' L.I I gatlon pen or emrai wn, the crune orchards of Oregon and In ever-fruitful California. Now, If trans portation facilities can be eo arranged as to take care of the crops, and without absorbing ell the prospective profits of the growers; if there snau ds no snort age of boxes or barrels, such as two years ago compelled New" York growert to let many tnousanas or pusneis or splendid apples rot en tne grouna ror went thereof end if commission men and retailers will be merciful In their charges it would seem thst, with eoaat shipments reinforced by our horns crop the people of Minnesota may this ysar feast to their fill on such fruit as, from the day of Adam and . Eve, has been receernlxed for the human racs ths most wbolesoma of au Things eatable. LETTERS FROM THE ,.r PEOPLE. --"- m . OearU and the Bate S11L . Forest Grove, Or May II. To the Editor, of ..The Journal-Rev, w. - CL Hawley attaches blame to . Senator Qaarln, the' Democrat lo nominee for aan.- ator, for not supporting the Republican -amendments to the Interstate commerce bill and accuses htm of failing to sup port the presidsnt Taking this as Ms premise, he reasons that Mr. Gearln cannot be depended upon, to suonort th president therefore a Republican should be, elected ia hie place. The president.' like all other men. should be supported wnen rignt, out not when wrong. Gearln ' supported ths commerce bill as It left " the bouee and the president expressed himself well pleased with the terms aad construction of the -wne.-heartily reo- ommendlng its passage In the senate. upon its introduutlun ' in thS Senate. Alaricj?tJPoraktrand-.-gthor, railroads attorneys and stockholders discovered " that ths law as It 1 -. ths house .would :S give the shipper an opportunity to ob tain speedy , Justice and squlty from public carriers (their clients) at nom inal expense. . . ( When the' bill was referred, to the sensite committee, composed of a ma-' Jortty Of Republicans, ths committee ' returned It -without , any recommenda tion, but made Tillman-chairman, so It -would appear In the eenate as a Damn. cratlo measure, and U ths presldont should attempt t force Its passage ha " wouia os forcing a Democratto -measure Introduced by his worst persons! enemy. The president,-restraining bis feeling st ths Intended personal . Insult placed Dy ins Maosrs -or his own party, still recommended its passage. Then came : the time when the Republican party stood divided, the railroad and corpora" tion -senators on one side, the president majority of ths Democrats on the other. The corporation- senators - were" flrnl, -they would divide the party before they would allow a meaaure to pass that would deprive-1 EasaWUsssVtB$y fered amendments that rendered the bill an absolute nullity -for the pur-r pose for-whlcblt,wag. IntendeiL-Rathse than aea their party sink In tha vortex enough nf the w9uld.be honest Republ icans supported the amendments to guarantee Its passage. , It is now asserted -by the Oregonian that the president-gave-his consent-to the amendments. Of this we have our - doubts, however, if he did It was a mere consent and -mnt-.m-. reeommendatloi.--We -a now ask Mr. Ifawley or the Oregonian, who went back on the president snd the common people, the senator who voted - when it reoelvedt the 'president's hearty approval and then refused to support the amendments which rendered It nu gatory, ur inCTefsons whOse vile hands did.- ths mutilation after-its approvait NGLEY ' ' A' lfote "of Warning. ".'-""" Portland, Or., May 17 To the F.dlter of The Journal Upon the fourth day of June the .electoref-thle atate have-- many things to vots upon. Among- the number Is an initiative amendment to the atate constitution which wilt ap pear as numbers J1S and 111. . i t This is , an amendment permitting cities to amend their, own charters with out appeal to the legislature. This Is good amendment bad it been sum- clently guarded. The danger I see Is this: - Take Benton' county, which 1 under local option and free from the curse of liquor in response to the de slrs of ths majority ot that county. .-. If the brewers end wholesale liquor deal ers, could open up ths city of Corvallls to their huslnesa It wouidJe-Worth a good deal of money -to them. By picking " up In Portland aumclent bums wno nan been In tha atate a year and sending them to Corvallls 30 days before eleo- - tion they msho-them qua Hired -el ectora. They only have to pick up enough to overcome a majority. Tney 00 not nsvs - to supply the-whole vote-for. their side. -Asauroe they had-to send 10 men -there and pay them $2 per day for JO days. This is -a small matter for the trade, . which they would aeeure through such tactics In . ths rears to follow. And - with one town in the county open to the trade it would be a plague spot to the whole county. - This amendment " should nave ex PtHPHs ""O1-Tsly",eTilMeWeV4sassJeesJ constitution and criminal laws, btit-r also all generaUinltlatlve-lawa, nr In someiway- have- guarded the people agalnat this srrogant, conscienceless, rich demon of destruction kuown aa the5 liquor traffic Ae it stands It Is dan ramus -and -should r'be defeated and -go" over till another "election and be puf In" eafa shape before being submlttsd. Yours truly, IS. T. JOHNSON. Om the Clearwater river in. Idaho. May It. Twelve hunters set out this morning after bear, which are now our chief dependence; but at they are now ferocious, ths hunters henceforward . never go except in . pairs. Boon after aftor- they left ua, a party of Chopun- nlsh erected a hut on the opposite side of the river In order to watch for sal mon, which are expected to arrive every dey. For this purpose tney nsvs con--struoted with sticks a kind of wharr, -projecting about 10 feet into ths river and about three feet above its surface on ths extremity of which one of the . Lflsliermen exercised himself with a scooping-nei similar 10 mm aa in our country; but after several hours' labor he was unsuccessful. In the course ot the morning three Indians celled at. our ' ramp and told us that they had been, hunting near tht "place-where7 -we-mat the Chopunnlah last autumn, and which la called by them the Quamash grounds; but-after . roaming about for several: days had killed nothing. We gave them a small piece of meat which they.satd they would keep for their chlldreivwho Ihey-sald were very hungry, and then, after smoking, took leave of ut. Some of our huntere returned almoet equally unsuccessful. They hsd gons over the whole country between Collins creek and the Kooskooskes to their Junction, -a distance of 10 miles, without seeing either deer or bear, and at last brought In a slngls hswk and a salmon dropped by an eagle. This last .was not In Itself considerable, but gave' us hopes of soon seeing that fish In the river, an event -which we ardently deslrs, for though ths rapid rise In the river denotes a . great decrease of entw on the moun-i, tains, yet we shall not be able to leave' our camp for ooms time. Everything Pure in Kentucky. , " ,v" From the Chicago Jdurnal - A British traveler saye the purest English in the world Is spoken In Ken- lucky. Nobody could beat the way In which a trne Kentucky gentleman po litely Inquires whetheh yuh have had ye mawnln's mawnln this mawnln V LEWIS AND CLARK ; 1 " .1.