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OP COURSE. -
F COURSE Harvey Scott de
nies that he ni bribed to
support the blanket street
railway franchises by the promise that
Jack Matthews1 would tnake him
1 , United States senator. y Perhaps it
will now be in order for Mr. .Scptt to
' deny once more that he was a sen
." ' atorial candidate. Perhaps we shall
". hear again aa we did in 1903 that the
editor "asked no member of the legis
lature to rote for him nor any one
else to support him and that he did
"absolutely ' nothing ' to bring in-
: tluence' in his behalf, from any
.. quarter." ' ' ..! - V-1' ,-".''?.. '
' And bye . the , bye, Is there no
Brownell who can come to Mr. Scott's
aid in the. present sore emergency?
: "Now is the .time. If you can help
.: me it will be appreciated." ;,
- Mr. Scott alleges that he was in
Europe "during most of the time"
.', when the blanket franchises were put
through the council. , But how does
an alibi help Mr. Scott's case? It is a
well known fact that it was on the ad
vice of his. political "managers" that
the editor absented himself in order
"' to give color to the pretense that he
'wa-not--senatorial candiditer-For
months before the legislature met, the
policy of the Ofegonian was shaped
wholly with the view of ensuring his
election. . Powerful support: could be
gained by "standing in" on the fran
. chise deal, and the Oregonian "stood
in." What possible difference does it
make whether Matthews made the
- deal wkh Scott m th his
"managers"? ; That the deal was
made does not. admit of doubt or de
nial, for all Oregon kho wsTthaf when
Mr. Scott at last came out in the open
near the close of the legislative ses-
; eion, Matthews was at his back with
all the votes he could control. ' !
' Apropos of the pretense that the
Oregonian.waa.the. innocendupe of
the "franchise mongers" and had no
knowledge of the objections urged
against granting- the , franchises be
fore the new charter had become ef
fective, it is worthy of note that the
reports of . the council proceedings,
published .In the., Ore soman's news
columns, give the lie to such an as-
! sertion. ' Elsewhere In this issue will
be found some significant extracts
'from these reports, which Mr. Scott
will do well to read before proceeding
further with his own defense. '
,
TROUBLESOME BOYS.
-TIHIS IS the time of year when
. I the troublesome boy is much
i'-i n evidence. By the way,
comparatively ew girls are trouble
some. Mr. Carroll O. Pearce, super,
intendent of the public 'schools of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said recently
that "the trail of Oie troublesome boy
i; too often leads away from the school
room door and has passed by short
;.. cut into and too often ended in some
. tangled thicket" This Is too often
true of boys not only of the gram-
v snar school age but of those out of
high 'school and even college, and
; standing on the threshold of a busi
ness career. The "thickets" are all
' 'right to get into if they are entered to
be cleared, .and the underlying
-swamp-drained,bur'rhe)rarea bad
thing to be lost in.
. .'V The trail of tens of thousands of
, boys leads to the tangled thickets of
- idleness,' of dissipation, of various
.form of viciousness - and vulgarity,
. , jbf smartness smacking of immorality,
- of precociousness bordering on crim
' , )nality '-": ; ' ; . ;'" .
i A boy must play some, we know,
iiutNhe-ahould for the-main-part -do
. something gainful and useful. Every
' body expects a boy to be somewhat
' troublesome,, else he' would not be a
boy: but he mutt early team partly to
. repsy for the trouble he-causey for
,- his "wear and tear, by doing some
thing beneficial to himself and others.
We know of few sorrier sight than
t ig. ttoot, healthy boy taking a long,
U.'e tacation, One curse of this
country is the pampering of many of
its boys. '.' .
As soon as a' youth becomes in
oculated with the notion that it is
gentlemanly and "au fait" to be idle,
he is spoiled for a future good citizen.
And the uneducated and unrefined
youth who starts out. with the idea of
working "as" little as 7 possibleronly
enough barely to exist in comparative
comforlTi"a menace to the republic.
All countries that maintain a large
idle population occupy a low, polit
ical social, moral and intellectual
plane. Only by sustained effort - do
men rise and grow and thrive.: There
may be idle rich, so through inher
itance, but the average boy, fortun
ately, cannot be so, ' ' The voluntary
idleness of the rich and the enforced
idleness of the poor are equally a
menacing evil There are "trouble
some boys" of, both sorts, and with
out good guidince jhere will be more
of them, headed for "tangled thick
ets." . 7 .
Work in school is well, but other
work for the average boy is equally
necessary. .The busy boy, usefully
employed and interested and en
couraged in his work, ; is ' not the
troublesome boy." .
Boys, head for the broad prairies,
the lovely valleys, the magnificent
forests, not for the ."tangled thick-
etc overspreading noisome" swamps
unless ' to conquer them remem
bering" always that Only honest, faith
ful work wins. : v
AN EDITORIAL "FIT."
HE EDITORIAITmTthe New
r' York Sun of which so much
notice has been taken was in
part as follows: . . - '.
"Tha Bun eraves irmlaion to pre
sent Ita humble servta to the suprame
powers at Oytr Br-to Meaara. Pl4t
and Dapaw, - to the naw and austere
hlerarohr of OdeU and ' aaaooiataa, to
one Frank Wayland Blfclna, tha puta
tive arovarnor of the state of New fork,
and to all tha aober-mtnded and aelf-
respecting Republicans to whose con
fidence It can apDeal. and with all def
erence And reapeot, eubmlte:
"The next aovernor of tha state of
New Tor will be a Democrat '
"The next governor of tha state of
New York will be tha next president of
tha united State," . .
The Sun is rabidly Republican, and
an especial organ of protection, the
trusts and monopoly, yet it seeks to
be, editorially sensational, becomes
hysterlcsl, and is a kicker along any
line it pleases whenever it takes a no
tion. It is "out" with Piatt, Odell
and Governor Higgins, who are try
ing to' form ; an alliance to run the
party in New York," hence" this ebul
lition. ' 1 ; '' .V v ' ., --
' Hearst will probably be the Demo
cratic candidate for governor of New
York, but as ha would b bolted by a
large number of conservative Demo
crats, his election is by no means sure,
and if he should be elected governor
it is still less probable that he would
be the next president of the United
States. The Sun was merely "throw
ing a' fit and trying to scare some
people, though its prediction is with-
iirthe Tangef possibilities. ' .
THREE
emperors and'
'. .-land. ,'.:
PO-
T
HE HEARTS of ; William of
Germany and Francis ' Joseph
ef-Autfi are fluttering in
Sympathy with the perturbed cardiac
organ of Nicholas of Russia, partic
ularly on account of Poland, which
may wriggle out of the grasp of the
three monarchs if the "proletariat of
Russia should get the upper hand of
the government.
.1 From the imperial point of view.
whatever menaces a throne In one
country indirectly menaces every
throne. The spirit of revolution is
contagious. In overawing the poor,
underfed proletariat of Poland, may
notWilliam- and Francis Joseph
reckon without due consideration of
their own 1 proletarian hosis?From
their" point' of' view, whatever men
aces liberty in one country indirectly
menaces liberty everywhere. If the
German and Austrian emperors are
with Nicholas, -why -shipuld not . the
people of Germany and Austria-Hun
gary be in sympathy with the peopled
of Russia and of Poland? Inter-
imperial concord and concert should
naturally produce fraternal feeling
smoTig the people.
And Poland will furnish the crux of
tlie-sltuationr If irheTJls it la under
the heels of these monarchs in order
to maintain the "balance of power.
But it may yet serve" to unbalance
power. n- :- "'
The - statement - which"; the packers
are so fond of seeing in print to the
effect that conditions in the industry
in other countries are just as horrify
ing a they-are here may afford them
consolation, but, doe not give the
common people . any remedy for
ptomaine poisoning. ' .v . ; ',
The-ciar should get- himself -to a
monastery ; that is the only ptopef
place for him. ; .
. It i found after all , that Alfred
B.eit'i fortune a..YaiUj;v. overei-
;" . :-'-.
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO RE
Question. of the' Hour.'
We're all awere that Anna Held
Exaetly what John Draw,
But what we'd Ilka to know Is just -'
How much eoln Kyrlo Bellew.
Does Herkett cut tha lea ha Old?
Ioea Tony Paator prayt
If you can't anawer thea perhaps..
Our old . friend Edna May. ' (
Xoea tJUlan Ruaaall through her lines T
Is Cleey Loftua U11T - ' ,,. ,
Is Bothern cold by nature, and
When Prlmroaa did 'he faUT '
la Mnfleld traot-ablet If ao, -
Can ha be called a plott . '
Would Qoodwln be a bad One It'":,,
OHletta hlmT - Maybe not.
But ail theea queatlons simple are .
Compared with tbla, to. ma:
Waa Meyerbeer a relative ''
Of Mr. Beerbohm Treet ,
$10,000,000 to Save HalT l Mne.
rrom' the Kanaaa City 8Ur:
The Atehlaon. Tooeka A Santa Fa
railroad la apendlng f 10.000,000 to aava
alx and seven tentha mllaa.' An army of
men and' machinery are working day
and mani to eompieta tna new ueien
cut-oft between Texleo, New Mexico, on
the Pecos valley line of tha Santa, Fa.
and Rio Puerco, SO mllea eaat of Al
buquerque, New Mexico. Tha length of
the main Una to Emporia la 114 mllea,
while by the cut-oft it will be lot.l
miles. . - v .t .
It 1 aaked why thla Vaat axpandlr
ture of money if tha distance saved la
only 4.7 mllea T Aa a matter of faet tha
Santa Fa la really spending thla money
for tha purpoae of avoiding half a mil
between Albuquerque. New Mexico," and
La Junta," Colorado. Tha 'other t.i
mllea aaved la not material. It la tha
1000 feet difference In altitude between
the Raton mountain, tha hlgheat point
on tha preaent line, and the Abo paaa,
tha hlgheat point on the proposed cut
off, that Is really material., :
What Niagara Costa' .Ua.L.-.
H. W. Buck, an engineer writing for
the-Outlook,-makes out that w have
an expenalv luxury In- Niagara f alia.
Tha total hydraulic energy of tha
falla, says Mr. Buck, would represent
about 1,600,000 horaepower. To gen
erate on horsepower eontlnuoualy for
a year by a ateam angina require about
11 tons of ooai. "
To generate, therefore, eontlnuoualy
1,500,000 horaepower by steam would re
quire about SO.000,000 tons of eoal per
year.- J .
to srnerte aleetno power by steam
with tiie most modern steam plant coat
not Jaa than 150 a horaepower a year,
alloeVing for fixed charges and operat
ing expenses. Niagara power can be
generated and aold in large quantities
for lis a vear leaa than la poaalbl from
th uaa of eoal and tha ateam engine.
Bryan on Money and tne Trusts
SO-CALLED LONDON INTERVIEW."
' Here la th so-called "London Inter-
view with W. J. Bryan, with which
Bom of hla 'Supersensitive opponent
ar finding a good deal of -fault As
Mr. Bryan sent the meaaage to the
whole people, th feelings of. on or
two editor on th- supject will not
worry th great eommoner:
"William J. Bryan, having read th
AUrloaa newapapcra, consented today
to discus question raised slnoe he
again became prominent as a presiden
tial possibility. H said
" 1 notice that I am now described by
some as a eonaervatlva. In one sns
I always have been a conservative. The
Democ ratio policies are conservative la
that they embody old principles ap
plied to new conditions.
" if however, by the word conserva
tive they mean that I have changed
my position on any publlo question or
moderated my opposition to corporate
waiting for them. Z ant more radical
than t I waa te 111! and have nothing
to withdraw on economic questions
which have bean under discussion.
" Th only question w discussed In
1114 upon whtcn there haa been any
apparent change Is th stiver question,
and that haa not been a change In th
advocates ef .blmetallam, but In con-
dltlona. I believe in "blmetallam, and I
believe that th reetoratlon of ailver
would bring etlll further prosperity, be
sides restoring par Sin . exchange be
tween gold and allver-uaing countries;
but 4 1 recognise, as do all - other bl-
metallata whom I have met abroad, that
the unexpected and unprecedented in
crease in gold production haa for the
preaent removed the silver question as
an laaue. -
" "While th money question haa
waned - In Importance other queatlons
have been forging to the front On th
new queatlons many will act with ua
who wer against us 'on th money
question, for, notwithstanding th dla-
timated. and that instead of possess
ing $150,000,000, the poor man had
but a beggarly $60,000,000. It it not
unlikely that Mr. Beit made this gall
ing discovery himself, and that the
fear of . dying in poverty accelerated
his speed on the long journey where
neither purse nor sjrip is needed. r
The Republican leader have con
cluded to stand pat They will not
have to do so very long till Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and other
hitherto solidly Republican states will
be going Democratic. '
Now Thaw has a notion to play in
sane in reality. At - any rate, ' if he
should not be electrocuted, he should
be shut up for about 50 years and
forgotten. . . ..
. Every year, from one cause or an
other, there is some .loss of crops,
yet they average up well . at last, al
ways, a they will this yean -
1 Judge Fraier has stirred the official
animals up "to beat the band." It is
well; a good many of them were
a sleep, --- . - .
Mr. Hoge of Medford is better; Dr.
Heney attending.
, I i i i i -
So tu at can bi aicertaintd or ua
va , ' : - 'j
of tlie Common
1 i
AD WHILE YOU WAIT.
From the above It 'will b seen that
If all tha hydraullo energy of the falls
were utilised for power purpoaea there
would Tult to the country an annual
saving of fit a horaepower for MOO,
000 horaepower. or f 113.1500,000, and in
addition there would be an annual sav
ing in ooal oonauroptlon of 60,000,000
tons. , :., . . ' ; . . ' . ,. . '
' . More Southern Spindlea;
From, Birmingham (Ala.) . Age-Herald,
While 110,000 aplndlea were added or
contracted for 4n aouthern -mill In the
flrat quarter of the preaent calendar
year, the aeoond quarter did better, for
It brought out - announcementa that
cover 117,000 aplndlea. At thla rata of
Increase tha year promisee to show an
inereaa in aoutnm spindles approaoh
ing a million.
North Carolina's enters tie la aasllv
nrat ,in jir, ner additions in April.
May and June aggregating v 157.110
spindles and l.tTO looms. South Caro
lina, oomea next' with 101,104 spindles
and 1.771 loom, and Georgia follows
witn ,ag apinaiee ana i looms.
MlaslssloDl added during the second
quarter 1.000 aplndlea and Virginia In
stalled 4.011 spindles. ,.
, How Much People Eat. .
From the Boston Tranacript
In finding a unit for-th food-eon
sumlng power of each family It la as
sumed aa generally tru thatt-
Huabanda consume ilka amount of
food.
The wife eonsnmea f par oant . aa
mucn aa tne nuabana.
child from U to 14 " year- of age
consumes so per cent aa much food aa
th pueband.
A child from 7 to 10 years of age con
sumes 74 per eent aa much food aa the
huaband.- .
A child from 4 to 4 year of age con
sumes 40 per eent as much food aa the
huaband.
Jhtldrenefril'"yeare or age and over
are considered aa adulta so far as the
consumption of food la concerned.
. An Electricity Thief. .
"Electricity thtevea crop np now and
then," said an electrician. "Our - laat
a man who had lighted hi
whole houae with stolen electricity for
fix montha.
"Next door to this man waa a big fac
tory that uaed 1.400 lights a night The
man bored a hole through a partition.
inaerted a wire, tapped th factory's
current and helped hlmaelf bountifully
to illumination.
'W lost nothing. The factory paid.
of coura. for th electricity . atolen
from It The theft wasn't discovered
till some time after th thief had moved
away." , .
euaalon of that question, millions (Old
not understand It and, wer frightened
into opposition. -
r-rJ,W-Tannot--xpet -th support ef
any on wno is interested la taking ad'
vantage of the people either through
trusts or through any other illegitimate
rorm or Dunnes a. our efforts should
be to distinguish - between 'those cor
porations which - are' leal tl mat and
uius aggnganon of wealth which are
organised for purposes of publlo plun
der, and appeal for support to thos
only who are willing to have the gov
ernment protect each person tn th en
joyment of his own earnings. -
" "The newspapers have been trying
to create friction between what they
can "old mends" and "new friends" la
politics. Those are friends who are
or It Ing toward a common and. and
each campaign brings to some extent a
new alignment. In 1114 the party lost
uy-Democrats -and was recruited by
a great many who had been Republicans
up to that tuna, and w welcomed them.
In ltoo some earn back who war
against us In 1114. and w did not ahut
the door agalnat them.
"1 hav4 no Idea that th party will
require ticket of admission in th
eomlng campaign. Usually parties ar
difference ar not empbaalsed If there
is sincere agreement on present Issues.
I do not know that we eaa find a better
plan than the Bible plan which admlta
the eleventh hour corner to a place in
th vineyard and to share th reward
with thos who began earlier. -
If tha differences between the sin
cere and the pretended friends of re
form cannot be discovered before, they
will become apparent When the platform
la written; for. If preaent Indication
count for anything, that platform is
likely to be so plain tbst no one can
mistake It. and so strong that no enemv
of Democratic principles will b drawn
to th party."'
derstood, nobody who ' has testified
in the Hartje case has as yet told the
truth.'' Yet some inkling of truth may
be inferred. -r- ;
' It should not be forgotten that the
Russians over whose cabled woes we
are atked to shed the salt vintage of
ouf sorrow are the same who find
their, chief relaxation, in murdering
Jews. , ; :V '
There ace no real newspapers in
Russia, no inch thing as liberty of
the press, though this was guaranteed
by- the -exar.-r A- country withoutl
free press ripe for revolution.
t( Russell Sage gave his wealth to
charity, some of the unfortunates
whom he sent to the poorhouse will
get little of their own again.
We have our troubles in this big
republic, but how would you like to
be a Russisnf-- ' 1! T'
. .Those wails over. lost opportunities
evidently emanate from the Oregon
ian talking machine department
. Emperor William had bettef be
careful or he will burn his fingers.
A Coos county stream Is named Catch
ing ereek, perhaps becaua it is a1 good
one tn whicn t eatch fish,
A tittle. Nonsense
it la aeea eeelAad that Back
I that Back Smith et
mmwi. sm au xnomi
la the aeat a tori .a tot th
aneea el Correius seat
hla eolnam la the seeaad
eooiaat, and ebetk bare keea .fonraroad
An Inherited Musical Taste.
r George Bernard Bhaw, the Irish play
right, haa a good deal of eontamot for
aoieotisia.
-W - told scientist rin" too Wgh
honor," he wrote recently to an Amerl
can admirer.. "Wi take them too muoh
onJ faith. W bellev vry aelentlflo
aasertloa. no matter how incredible it
may be. . " .-. ,
' "And how Incredible, hew preposter
ous muoh of this eoientlflo talk is)
There heredity, or inatanc.- I have
sees doobs on heredity that wer about
as logloal aa th remark of an old
woman whose - daughter played th
piano. f . - ti -.
- " Tour daughter nlara wlL' a lady
said te hr. .- -
" Tea.' - the old woman replied, "ah
aoes nave a nae touoh. and It's no won'
der, for she loves the piano, and never
tire or it Te a, ahe's a great taat
for music, but then that's only natural.
for her grandfather had his skull frac
tured with a cornet at a picnic'"
According to Hoyle.
'There la an enterprising ' dealer la
men's shoes In Boston who, at one time,
was aceustomed to display sticking out
Of -each pair of shoes in hla windows
three new 11 bill a.- The accompanying
aeoouncement uaed to read something
like this: "Three of a kind beat two
pauV
on one occasion a bright young man
undertook to get the better of th dealer.
Entering the store, he said to tha pro
prietor, Tou aell ahoes according to
the rules of poker, I see."
Tea.'" waa the reply.
1 wear sis No. aald the bright
young man; "wrap me up two pairs of
them.1
When he had received the shoes h
tendered In payment therefor 11.
rtraon me," aald the proprietor, "but
tnoae ahoes come to IS."
-7-Not according to Hoyle." aald the
bright young man, with a triumphant
grin, "three of a kind beat two pair."
Very true " rea ponded the suave pro
prietor, "but they don't beat four ntnae.
Six dollars, plea." . , .
Small Riak,
From Harper' Weekly.
Ones while maklna-a tialltleal eanvaaal
of Missouri, th Hon. Champ Clark bnelfopeka Capital. Rather a halrreetorer.
vening found himself obliged to aocept , . e . ; ;
the hoapltallty- of a blackamlth's house.
When Mr. Clark arose th next morn
ing h observed that th hou stood
on th bank of a deep, swift stream.
In fact, th stream really flowed
through the back yard of th black
smith's place. On the bank ther were!
at least 10 or II children at play.
-Madam." said Mr. Clark to the
smith's wife, ' "are you not afraid to
allow your children to play so near-a
treacherous stream Ilk thatr .
"Wa-,don't -mind," waa th laconic
reply.' .
'But madam," persisted : Mr. Clark.
appalled, "I should think you would llv
In constant dread laat one of your little
one would be drowned.
"No," responded the woman, "we've
only lost four or five that .way," ..
trrrr Dumas : and ; the Count
Alexander Dumas found' In his mall
on day th following not, signed by a
French count J
"Sin I have the honor to propose
our collaboration of a drama. Tour
name will appear beelde mine. -Tou will
eompoae th drama, and I will bear all
th xpcoee of th flrat production.
Tou will receive th pecuniary benefits,
lor I only work for glory." : -j
Pumas sent the following answer:
"Sir: I am not tn th habit of har.
neaalng a hors and an aa to my car
riage. I regret, therefore, that I cannot
accept your amlabl proposition.
Th count, in bis turn, wrote:
"Sir: Tour note refusing to loin ms
In literary work Is at hand. ' Of course
you are at perfect liberty to refuss-so
advantageous an offer, but I forbid yourl
calling me a horse la the future."
They Had Mleaed Him.:
An Englishman who" had his .doubts
about "Irish wit" asked a friend, aecua
tomed to go to Ireland yearly on fishing
trips, if he had ever met any not ape-
llr prepared fur th EnallsiriBaTket.
Am Iwa going down to th fishing
station on th morning or my arrival,
he answered, "an old fellow came along
the road who, on a former visit, had
don m aeveral little services. 'And
how is Michael r I called, approaching
blm. 'Sure, It'a Mr. 1 exclaimed my
friend, recognising me. 'And how hav
things been with you line I saw you
last. Michael r Without a moment'
hesitation he answered. "Shure, th cork'
screw's got rusty alnc your honor was
nerei
: Deathleaa. ' .
' By Lowell Otus Reea.
Thews of the dauntless Norman knight
blood of the Baxon than.
Bye Of the hlllman, eagle wise, scanning
th far-off plain.
Mind of th gentle Puritan, stern In his
single thought .
This was th blood of the Pioneer, this
. was the Argonaut .'.,"..:.-,.
Out on the hills of the Sunset Land, out
by the western gate. .
Builded a city to laat for eye, under the '
hand of Fate; .'....,..-.' .
Thla waa the Temple of Destiny, out of
th Future brought:
This waa th. lasting monument ralaed
ft : oy me jargonaui. , .j,
Borrow may eome te the western land,'
- ruin may stalk the town. '. a
Blackening all of the beauty there, fling-
' Ing the temples down;
Courage! for-though Desolation spreads,
- bringing th der to naught. ---
Btm In the mldat of tha ruin dwells the
. soul of the Argonaut.
, , Gambling a Religloua Duty. ,
Annlsalonary lay beside a camp fire
ef birch logs In the Maine woods, smok
ing1 a black elgar and watching hla gulda
grill trout.' 1- -r-rr- ' 1
Speaking of gambling." the mlsaion-
ary said, "I know of a sect that regards
It as a . religious duty, like fasting or
prayer. ': . -
"This ect Is the Hindoos. They, one
day in each year, gamble like" mad from
sunrise till sunset The day Is the fes
tival of the lamps, a day sacred to Lak
ahan, goddess of wealth. A tremen
dous lot of money changes hands In
Lakahun's honor. . ;
"All this gambling Is dene te test the
financial success -that - writ -attend "on
each person throughout the yesr. If a
gambler loses, he knows a year of hard
luck la ahead et him. If he wins, he
knows he may expect a twelvemonth of
prosperity. t . . -r . ,
- "Strange to aay a good deal of cheat
ing accompanies this religious . gam
Wing." . - " ,
RIRDSEYE VIEWS
J- cf TIMELY. TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
- ) -'When hay Is plentiful And cheap, get
I mora eowa.
a e " iL
Dirt la flying In Oregon now when
th wind blows.- ." -v '
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The hop contract habit la a bad en
for th growers.'
It was a successful Bruin hunt but he
still lives td' roar.
w
Genuine Maud Mullers are In demand
in the bar and grain fields.
Why are some weddings very pretty.
wnue ouers are only pretty 7
ipeaklnc ef reforms, why not raise a
demand for longer batbtubet
- - . e ve "...i,'""
It takes aa Immense amount ef talk
and paper to build a railroad
Poetry about meadows and new-mown
hayt doasn t harvest the hay crop.
The aim of the fool with a gun who
Uhought It wasn't loaded is alwaya good.
Grandpa Rockefeller I only if, and
don't see why he shouldn't slso live to
Soma hopgrowers who remember last
rear think that 11 cent la not an un
lucky price. . '. . . i- .
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While Juh want wet, her slater. July,
To .reform th weather, want fervently
Weeds and ' grass should 'b' out
throughout the cl(y "now, before they
go. to seed or spread a flre.'"-- .V
If. as 'she says she IsV Madam Tlnglay
la 1.110 years old. sh ean't expect many
men really to tall In love with her. r
' - - -' .. e , .,.-.' , v"
It paya in towna of aeveral thousand
Inhabitants to pave the streets, and aev
eral Oregon cities are finding thla out
Bryan says he ' hasn't changed. If
that is true, Bryan need a haircut
We really, believe that this gnra-
tlon will not pass away till thos eleo-
trle railroads up th valley are built.
I - -. ; a e-'.- - v, ;.
Mrs Leii Carter, who owns up to
only 11 years, is said to hav a aon
aged 14. . What a real young mother
abe was. - .
Tremble, tremble, little esaf,
HowI wonder what you are, -There
upon your throne so high.
Monkeying with destiny.
. e '"..;' ;
Nobody will ever know whether tTncl
Ruaaall Bag got aTedoctlon la" the
fare acrosa the styg or not. but th
cnances are inn na - man i.
" On ratlrlm from tha Gardiner Oasatta.
MUa Dolly Refty wrote- a llttl poem,
beginning. n -blow you a kiss." But
unfortunately for ua th wind was In
the north. ". - '' -
Letters From tlie Pcople on Topics
ofl-Current Interest
' trafair to sQkeraaaa Oouaty,
Wasco. Or July 11. Te th Editor
of Th Journal In your lssu of July
10 appear an interview with-W. U.
Martin of Baa Francisco la which h
says: - "Th farmers of Buwrman county
ar much aiacouraged-and many are
figuring on moving to other parte. Es
pecially Is mis true OI some oeoaus
of th fact that tn eonaitions wnion
prevailed thla year were also true last
vear." .
No statement eouid wen ne -more un
fair or ' misleading. The fact 1 that
while Sherman county did not have a
flrst-claaa crop Jaat year ndwM.Miral
a poor crop this year, where our farm
ers own tneir land tney are rar irom
bankruptcy, and a very large majority
of them ar in mucn batter circum
stance than la th ease with it out
100 farming communities, and
their assets ar more than abundant to
meet their liabilities. -Ther la much
good wheat in th eounty and - should
Mr. Martin attempt to buy land in Sher
man county he would find that h would
hav to pay th farmers quits aa much
per acre and find land as hard to buy
as it was beror in terriDi rauures
he speaka of. ' .
Mr. Martin automooiisa aoout it
hours In Sherman, county and talked
chiefly, probably entirely, te the tenants
of the Eaateru Oregon Land Company,
who have probably loat money this year,
and many of whom are tired of renting
land anyhow. . Tbeee : eastern Oregon
Land company tenants are the only dis
satisfied farmers In Sherman county
with the exception of that small minor
ity that are never satlafled. No eounty
In the north wee t, even with the com
plete failures of which Mr. Martin
prattles, can show a better satlafled or
more prosperous lot of land ownara than
Sherman county, nor can any farming
community . show better results from
thalr farm a. Mr. Martin must remem
ber that th Eastern Oregon Land com-
nanv does not own all of Sherman
county, and before he predicts a depopu
lation of this section he should consult
land owners outalde of the stockholders
of the Eastern Oregon Lend company.
Tours truly. J . , J. W. ALLEN...
The Bridge etlsaaee, -
Portland. July 11. to the Editor of
Th Journal I note from time to time
In your fearleas paper attempts to .im
prove conditions in Portland, and . In
Interesting Josephine Letter.
It may be recalled that the Barrss
memoirs, jmbllshedri years Ago, pre
tended tor cast ssperslons upon ths mari
tal relatione of Napoleon and Josephine
during the period of the consulate, when
theae relations hsd been generally be
lieved -by histoTisng-te "bs -most " eon-
genial and loving. A hitherto unpub
lished letter written by the wife ef the
flrat consul will shortly be offered for
sal In Parts. It Is dated "Saint Cloud,
I lira Brumal r. an XI" (November
lla.llOJlt It4 charseter -certainly re
fute aome of Barrae' moat startling
accusations. The text is as follows:
"All my troubles hav disappeared In
reading your dear, touching letter, which
I full ef sweet expressions ef your ten
derness for me,". How kind It Is ef you
to give up so much 'of yoer time for
your Jeeepbinel Xf yea only knew, you.
nn
. OREOON SIDELIGHTS. - -
' Barley yielded about SO bushels n acre)
around Helix.' J- ;. ... . . . u:
,.,.. . , ,n -.-fcTt---:- .
Logan . berries have proved ' profitable
in many localitlea. , - j ; ,
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' ''Help! Help! wanted by Condon farm
ers." - Bay the Times. . (.
t ' . e . . 1 :.'
"' Hobsonvllle In Tillamook county is to
hav a 71,900-feet-a-day mtli';. v. .
,.5. ;"y.;.-.'- 4 . , : .;v , jVv":
' Butter - creek correspondence of. Berv
Nws; W are sUU kUllng rattlesnakes.
:: ;V-?r--''
Nearly ovary young lady going to th
aeastda takes a dog. saya a Balem paper.
'. .-' r ee . .-
A Balem editor haa been 'out raking
and pitching hay; b doean't aay how
much. , '-.
' - "e . e- .,. "; lv: ,.' .;
Manr McMlnnvllle-people are ta
an outing by living mostly in tsnts on
their premises. " f ?.'
Benton county farmer haa a .tree
that, through grafting producaa n va
lietles of fruits and nuts., - , . ,
The Coqulll Sentinel grlev because
that town went dry, yet announcea Its
own enlargement and Improvement on
account of increased business. i' '-;
: . . . ' . - .. ... .
Illinois wallay 1s one of th chief hog
raising seotlona of Josephine eounty -and
- th farmer of ' that valley keep
larg number of hogs, many of them
thoroughbreds.. .- . 5 ... , t
. i .' .
. Gold Beach Glob: Thla country beats
the world . for apples, plums, - prunes,
cherries, to. All w need her to make,
this one of the wealthy countlea. If not
the moat wealthy. Is to get alt th avail-'
abl land into fruit. .
A team hitched to a hayraka and
driven by- a woman ran away - near -Haines,
and sh was thrown, and had -har
collar bona broken. It might have
been cheaper for her husband to hire
I "n. niayb n eouiant
Umatilla haa the record for growing
th earlieat and largest potato In th
northwest says ' th ' Register. - They
were raised In th whit sand and -without
Irrigation. ' They also hav a
very fine flavor surpassing- all othare
that ar raised In th wat r '
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A large number of campers from -the
Willamette valley are enjoying a sum
mers outing In various parts of Coos
county. Bom ar living at th ea
shore, other hav pitched their tents
1n th mountains and , numbers are
camped along th various streams:
V . .' . e e . ... . .. ,:. . ;..
- Haines Reoord: Last week it Just
seemed Ilk Via entire community had
assumed an air of "innocuous desue-L.
tuda." v words to that effect No on
eemed willing to be born, to commit
matrimony or suicide or go fishing. But;
after the Reoord had gone to press John
Ingram's wood pile caught -ftre, hla lit
tle daughter, Myrtle, drank fly poison
and ther waa a narrew escap from a'
serious conflagration In th , most
densely populated block In .th dense
ly populated elty of Haines. - .
general I find that Tha Journal gets :
what It goes after. An exception, how
ever, and, one which vitally interests
Irvingtoa and other parts of the big.
eaat slds Is the agitation agalnat keep
ing the ttrldge drawe open unneces
sarily. Tour failure . to succeed.-- a
remedying this' disagreeable state of
affairs I lay not to Tha Journal . but
to th lnnat stupidity of the bridge
leaders, which no amount Of agitation'
can help. -
Testerday afternoon I nottoed an ex- '
ample of .th way these fellows, the ,
brldg tenders, block trafflo . unneces
sarily. The IrVlngton car was stopped
itaacllje-l:li la answer tu aTwhlatl
of the Spenoer. The Spencer' slid
through In a hurry but the bridge
didn't swing to. - Whyt Because down
th river the Vulcan, a amall ateam ar,
waa dragging Itself along with' a big.
raft In tow. r ".
' Ther was plently of time to close
the draw, let the ears pass and thea
open It again for the Vulcan and her
unwieldy tow to go through. . This ,
would not have delayed the rartboat at
all and It would- have aaved three min
utes, for th car waa delayed five, when -It
might have passed" te ' two. Three
minutes isn't. a great deal but the east
aide people are too busy to loss any
tim at alL . .. v . IRVINQTON.
i'v I'.'''.','1' v - Beautify the atkyila.' ;. v v
Portland, July 14. To th Editor et,
The Journal I would like to call at
tention . to- .one thing which - would
beautify our elty a great deal.'- I do
not know how feasible it would be but -if
there Va aoms way to fell th dead ;
trees on the skyline of the hills sur-
rounding Portland it would ba a great
Improvement.: - From the different points
Where th outlln of the hills Is' seen
the beauty of th trees Is spoiled by
a lot ef ugly dead tree and bar sticks
which give the hills a desolate - and
neglected appearance. We perhaps do
not notice thin but - It la mucn com
mented on - by . strangers. . The cost
could not be very great aa the trees
oould be left lying on the ground. ' Of
course we eannot expect all the prop-.,
erty owners owning ekyltne land to do
this but Some might, and a way b de
vised to complete the work, either , by-
getting permission to do io from th
others and' paying for ' coat by- sub
scription or other methods.- Perhaps
some of your readers ean suggest some
thing.. T. W. HINDMAR8H.
would be pleaeed with yourself at being
able to give so great a joy to th wife '
you Jove. A letter la- the portrait of the
soul, and I press this one agalnat my
heart It does me so much rood I . I
shall keep it forever, end it will be my
consolation during your absence, . my . .
guide when I am near-you. for I wiahi
io be la your eye always the good and
tender Josephine, who thinks solely ef
your happiness. - If a spaam of Joy
reach your soul, or If a momentary sad-
neas trouble you, let It be la th heart
of your friend that your happiness and
your, aorrows find reflection. That you
Should not hare a aentlment-that t "
not ehare Is my desire I subordinate
everything to the wish te please you
and make you happy. Adieu,
Bonaparte. 1 shall not forget "the laat
words of your letter, which have en
tered my heart and are deeply graven
there. Tea. my dealrs IS alee to please .,
and love or rather adnre you.
",VV ' " -Jouzpaanv