The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 28, 1906, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text1 Editorial of; i lis ...ourifiAL - ;-V"' '. A: - i I Page E THE JOURNAL ' AM OttlFUDBIT WlftW. c a. jacason .rsMtokaf PMl.el rMTT 'n ( trmft , S ota y 1 " , every xU ruin. t The Jol Btl4 i tac. rutk u XaisaUl MnM, Partlae. f Kar atM seatefSce rrtl. Or ml tor traaMleslM Ureas te ells SS ' pcua4-UM sutler. . ' ' " TtLKPHOirw: Mtorlal mm.. ....... .A... ......Mala Ofsrt?) ..Mala Sos Yreelane-BeajiiBla pHl Aavertwag fV T 150 Kim MrMt, Xefkt IrllwM W- ,-t Sabaerlptlaa Tmt ey ,Jta the, lisltes aus,-C A as ' - DAILY. fc any, e4Sraaa to recr.........s oo ) On taaerth..V.... . ' . ..- -, SOHPAT, ; - ' ss reer.'.,.....:.SS.oo Ob Kitl4xUj.l, J Tpee yeer.........T.S Oh Mtt.,.....l He who Is taught to live on. " little owes more to hU fath er's wisdom thaa ha that has a (rest deal left him does to his father's' eaw, William Penn, ;.,-'-.';-v .V.' ,, DIFFERENCE IN ASSESSMENTS HE CLACKAMAS county at- sessor has chosen not to con form to the new plan adopted rby most of the assessors of Oregon in raising assessments - to cash valua tions, or nearly so, and consequently the assessable property ,of Clackamas county toUls officially only $10,559, CQO, while thst of Marion county, - whose assessor fcllrr Imewrththe new system of valuations, shows up with taxable property amounting to $28755,000; a difference of nearly 18, 200,000. .V' Marion county's wealth is amas, but such a discrepancy is ab surd unless one understands the dif ferent methods of the two assessors in valuing property. J A stranger in 'looking over the assessment totals of different counties would suppose thst Marion county had nearly three times as much . property ' as Clackamas, whereas in fact the ' difference be tween them is smalli One assessor puts down property at nearly its full Jcash value, as 'the law1 requires;" the .other clings to the old antiquated sys tem of assessing property at one third . or 40 per cent of its true value, on the theory thata low assessment means light taxation, a notion as absurd as that of the ostrich that when it hides its head its whole body .also disap- , 'pears -from view., rv, r-.v 7 - With competent; honest, watchful jgjgnirpifinsls no more tsxes wilt-be paid under a high than under a low assessment. So much money has to be raised, whatever the valuation of property; as the valuation is , raised the rate decreases; the tax paid by each property owner is the same. But it looks a great deal better, and is a good deal better, for a county to show forth to the world its property in full, and not to appear as possessing but a little, hi a vain attempt thereby to re- , duce its taxation. 1 - .Under the old law there was a strong tempution to do this; and some reason for doing it, for the stste tax paid l?y the several xounties . was apportioned according to tneir assessment rolls, hut this is fao longer the Isw, and Marion county Will now pay no more nor Clackamas frnnnty "any 1aa tha .. rff s... jcaust .of the .wide variance in the to tals of their assessments. ..And as to - the state tax, it will not be" many 'years, if the legislatures do their duty, until there will be little or no demand upon the counties for a contribution of their direct taxes; Jhe.state tax will be largely if not wholly paid hL other , ways.'. - ; '? --'J' ' :; ; v bimilar '. comparisons ; or contrast might be made between , some other counties Polk and Yamhill, for ex ample but most of them, we are pleased to notice, hve assessors who , recognize and realize the benefits, not to mention the sworn official oblige tion of assessing property at its full value. This is the only right system, - though along with it care should be exercised in the selection' of the men - who. hsve the spending of the money. GET A HOME. -OU CANT GO bsck and nndo wrong things , done,- or do things nunc pro tunc . The ., only way to do m to start from where yo.,are, profit as much ss possible : bjr costly and disagreeable experience, arid do better,' the best you can, in the future. , .V:, ' . . ' ' : , TWs-4sotnrmTraTTecture: the above', statements apply at well in the practical business affairs of life.'Whst 've had in mind particularly was the purchase by wage-earners, people of i .Tiall means, of a home, or ground therefor. The advantage and benefit of this we hsve spoken of befire) and will speak of sgsin, but whst mis take hundreds, thousands, made in not buying ia little piece, of land, not far out, yesrs ago, when it 'could h'aVe been bought for , one, i third r one quarter what it -would cost" now. r-.ill. by 'going alitUe farthefout - ate good ' cpportuclties t yet, , many of them, in various directions, for securing at a moderate price a lot or two or more for a future if not a present home. , . j :; , 77. k-V-T.' Jf you made a mistake by not Auy ins; ten or five or two years ago, when property WM Inwf than r.flW don't make the same mistake by Teg lecting to buy now," for the advance will continue . right along. , If you have to go a mile or two farther out now than you did a year or two ago, remember that this will be the case right along.. The sooneryou get your little plot of ground for a home place-the-better, Prices-wilt-go. op continuously;' and with only so much money to buy with you will be forced f "go"' Urtnerahd farther out every year,.-; y v; , .. tXi.if?;'Sr:M '- Every man who hasn't ; a home ought to get one.or the foundation for One, the start of one, ufa piece of ground.' It won't run awsyWith fair judgment exercised in the. buying It'will increase in value far more than the Interest you hare to, pay if you go in debt for it ':,.. " , Because you made a mistake last year or before, don't make the same mistake now. Don't look back; look ahead. Ret l linm. ' , SECOND OR THIRD TERM. HETHER another term -.for' Mr. Roosevelt as president would ' , be a third term, a question ' now being much discussed, from a broad point oLview.catti) .answered Jjothways. When his present term expires he will have served nearly two terms. one term and about seven eighths of another, so it is not very much out of the way to ssy that he. has served two terms, and another one would be his third. ' But technically there is no room for discussion; he - has not served two full terms; he has been nominated 'for and, elected president only once; and his election 1. 1908 wouia te tor a second and not a third term. Mr. Roosevelt himself, how ever, has chosen' to regard his admin istration of the office for the greater part of McKinley's second term as a term for himself, and this as his sec ond term, and on that ground, at least in part, he positively announced immediately- after his election that he would not be a candidate for reelec tion." That resolution he has adhered to, though what he might do if the convention should nominate him in spite of his protests and refuse to nominate any , one else,' 5 is prob- I lematical. - This, however, is not likely to Occur. Hia wishes will prob- ably be respected. A professed ssvant of Washington, D. C'ssys the earth Hipped around out of its' upright position after the Noachian flood, and earthquakes are caused by its effort to right itself so that the north pole will be directly beneath the north star, we suppose, instead of where Wellman- will look for it; and that in 1982, the earth will make so tremendous an effort to get straight that all the cities df the world will be destroyed.' As he finds the foundation for all this in the Bible, where nobody else ever discovered it; he msy be checked off as a Bible crank. Anyway, few of us will be here in 1982 to let It is one of the easiest and most natural thing in the world for some routine officialsclothed with a little brief authority, . to make ; assef of themselves.?, Forty Jewish children. orphaned bv the massacres in- Russia. Were brought over to this country bv Berlin woman, after homes had beejv definitely, prqvided for, them among wealthy or well-to-do Jewish families, but though this fact wss not disputed the 40 waifs were all ordered sent back, though they have no par ents or homes to be sent to, on the ground thst they might become : a public charge. This asinine decision ought to be, set aside."; ; : : vr 'v?" : . .. ";-"V-:, Very different from-that which had been planned and prepared for will be Secretary Root's reception at Val paraiso and Santiago de Chile.' In stkjj of gay, prosperous, illuminated and bedecked cities, he will find hesps of ruins andil! the evidences of dis tress due to a j' great dissster. The original itinerary will be carried out, but it will be for the most part a visit of condolence and sympathy. . J ' ' ' ,a ' ' Elder Pettermsn's asgeftlOn ' that the members oFali churches but his sre doomed 'to eternal , perdition shares interest with that other extra ordinary'statement of Mayor Lsne to the effect that detectives are supposed to workv-V---:---:--,---- - - 1 . . u The newspspers iof Nebraska are demanding an answer to the question: "Shall our girls wear, pejus?" Why not wait until the girls 'get married, and then they will decide the' mstter for themselves? ? , " : The courts of Chicago have' saved Mr, Rockefeller a vast deal of trouble A Little4 Out THINOS PRINTED TO RE How Fabrics Were Named. All th world la rprMantd In the common names by which w ask for bo Miti-iiia from -whtoHTuf clothes ar mad. Hardly a fa. brio but de rives Its nam from some city or ooun trjr, and all a gee as-well a all the four quarters of the rlobe are lnaluded. aye me uirveiana Kews. Muslin 1 'named from Mosul a city on the nana or the Tiirii in Asia. - Cambria is from Cambria, a city u France. : . . v t Qsuse U srobabl from - Oaasw In Sjrrla, thouah possibly from. the. Hindoo ml Biunlnf thlM lnfh. alsrr1rhlcn-W oomm6nIjrUiink of as areen, was named from Its orl(lna4 color, ev reddish-brown. The word Is reallr the plural of way. and the oolor Is that of a horse which la known by that name. A form of the word Is common to many toncues. Damask la readily seen to be from the elty Of Damascus. In Sjrrla. ; Bilk and serae are both from the Latin Seres, meaning the Chines. These fabrics, first cam from that portion of Asia whloh Is now Northern Chins. el vet la from th Italian velutto, meaning woolly, this from th Latin vellus, a fleece. Vellum is a derivation of th earn root a pelt or hid. Death Rather Than ! Work. Prom th Ww Turk tribune. Thar Is reported from th If or district of Switzerland a case of mule suicide. .Th beast had received rouah near and wa betnr driven dally'with a heavy load back and forth from Bins valley to Morel. . ; .'.-. Th other evenlna-. as the mnlateer had added, as usual his own weight to me iirea mule's already heavy load, the bat plunaed and reared so violently that th man was thrown with violence. breaking Uile- arm. while th pack was also flunr off.--- .. - r Boltina then along th torrent side. th mule was neartns; th bridg of Schert at full gallop, when a partx. of men larreorth way. , r eelna escape thuc blocked and re- ! Cinkelflpiel : BY GEORGE (Otplrtcat, ISO, by W. . aeuet) ' . ,.'' Saratoga, Today.' .: Meln Lleber Looey I haf left your mother at home to nehoy a veil-earned waeatloa vfl X am up her Saratogolng myself., as far as dar law vlll allow ance. " Beauty und fashion und all of us round boys dot make life vot It is in der grant matyollopus vas here at der races. I vas baring der time of my life. At night v - drink highballs to make us sick so In der morning v can drink Saratoga vater to make - us V1L Die Is vot Is called reciprocity In dls country, becauae it- vork both vays against der middle. - Nefer, Loey. nefer before did I see In vun buheh such a crowd of sports und sponges); of pldnchsrs und pluggsrst of shrimps und lopaters; of canary .birds und hen hawks; of hotel valters, , bell Tkfynnd iilaln lubbsrsi sf hackdrtTsra und second-story men. Her at Saratoga it costs money t draw a deep breath, und der low. boars wolc of th cash rechlster follows m all der das und haunts my. dreams by dar night' In! ' ' ' , . , J Society Is ould In fores, eggepldally at night, van der full dress Idea lets dsns ould a leedl more den. der law allows. . Nefer before In der 'history of Sara toga haf so .many peoplesj ruihed her mlt vlde-open pocket-books 'und mlt delr bank aoeounts frothing at der mouth. Hall bedrooms In boarding-houses vleh hldderto vas used only as an envelope for der broken furniture vas now selling rapidly at 10S a front foot At som of der hotel dining-rooms It costs slgs dollars to peep In, eight dollars in pointing a way for him to spend his money without making the recip ient feel like a charity patient They have indicted Standard Oil for 6,428 separate cfirflel Sgsiust the peaee and! hs wlU Inaugurate a system of street dignity of the state of lllmoU, T andfe when Mr- Rockefeller pays the fines which may be assessed against , him the public sympathy for the' sorrows of the unfortunate rich' will be re duced about $128,560,000 worth. The officers of the Russian army cannot complain that , promotion is slow. - The exigencies of the esse which include the accurate aim of the terrorists,- require thst at least four new generals shall 7Te named each week. Again the fsct is forced on us that the only detectives, who . detect . arc those we meet in fiction. ; The rebel general of Cuba deserved defeat. He pad not a single war cor respondent in camp, x' Go West, Young Woman. ; ' ' From ths Boston Herald Th stat superintendent oi schools In Kansas Issued on August 1 his third bulletin showing ths number of schools that hav not teachers and th number Of teachers who hav not school. Th bulletin shows a greater' shorter of teachers than th on Issued on July 1. There are 2S schools, .-mostly In th western part of th state that ar with out teachers, and the number of UacTiers who are Unemployed, or unengaged for school employment. Is but 171. Ons Inference that may be mad from such statement Is . that young - woman In Kansas are not permitted to grow old In school teaching. W can understand that some ohools. may b consldsred undesirable by som teachers, but we do not well understand how Kansss can not raise teachers enough of som sort for all her schools. Chautauqua county appears to be In a bad way with a de flolency of 4S teachers, and Rawlins county wants 40. In all there ar II counties which require 10 or mors teach ers each. This Is a different condition from that prevailing In this state, where very elty snd distrlot superintendent ha a long waiting list to choose from. W hav teachers here who have been steadily ompioyed sine Kansas was very i Help make ths state (air a big suo young, ; . , ' : i ' ' ' isesa, . ,. - of tt'c C omxnon AD WHILE YOU WAIT. , oapture inevitable, with a return to the eld niitieaiable erusuy; Th animal stopped, turned to th torrent flowing a. areat dapta. blow, and with a side leap plunged headlong Into th abyss. ; ' The Color of .Water. " i ' From th Relent I flo' American. It -was long ago discovered that the natural oolor of pur water is blue, and not white,' as most of us usually sup posed. Opinions hav not agreed on the cause of th green and yellow tints; tneae it has been i discovered by W. Spring, are due .to ztraneous sub. s taaoeev -Dlaeolved ealolum-salts-thoagh apparently giving a-green tint, due to a fin Invisible suspsnslon, have 'no ef fect on th eolor of th water when ade quate precautions are taken. Th brown or yellow color due to iron salt la not seen when oalolum la present. . Th green tint la often due to a condition of equilibrium between the oolor effect of th Iron salts and th precipitating action or tn calcium salt.. Fraulein. Krupp's Trousseau. Th 1st head of th world-faraoas Krupp gun Industry was a utilitarian of whom John Btuart Kill might hav been proud. Every member of th Krupp family, Including th . two sisters, ha been mad to learn' a trad. Bertha Is an accompl lahed dressmaker and It Is I said that much reeling waa eaused In th Essen district becauae. Instead of buying har wedding trousseau from Oer. man dealers, sh ha mad moat of it hsrsslf. I J. .From the Cap to Cairo. Th Cap to Cairo railway has reached a point in Africa 174 miles north of Victoria falls and J.01S miles from Cap Th til miles from Kolomo to' Broken Hill were constructed in 14 days. On SI days, however, no work was. don, so that th rails were actually laid at ths rat of over a mil a day. From S.00S to 1,000 natives ar eon stantly smployed and xut 180 whltea At Saratoga V. HOBART. to valk in, und tventy dollars to shovel In enough French cooking to start vun attack of dyspepsomanla. Many rich peoples may be Seen la dese dining-rooms who vas now using a fork tn public for der .faint time. Der result Is alvaya plctursquful. but not mltould surprises for delr shirt booaums. . .- Tou, haf read It In der papers. Looey, ar gambling In Saratoga has been gtfen a knock-ould blow In der solo apo plexua, but doan'd belief your listener. Looey, doan'd belief It. Any man dot comes to Saratoga mlt nine dollars spending money und says he could find no place to play faro, or loos ette ain'd a gambler he is yust a plain liar. -.1. - . EHok Can field's betting bungalow ain'd open: as. usual, but It la usually -otmbv Der difference between dls year und last year at cannaid's vaa a door mlt faney knob on It, ' s . Last year. der door vas vide pen., Die year der door Is closed und yoa nair to turn der knob - before enterlmr. Dls Is der up-to-date Idea of dot olt choke. vies, says, ."Yen Is a door not doorr ; ,--- In Saratoga der answer Is, Ven If s at Canfleld'a" ;.. X valked In dar last atoning and der maknlflcenc of der brilliant picture spreaa neror- my eyee is something shan nefer forget becaus I lost nine dollars und my sleeplng-oar tlgget. As der poet says It. "Wloe is der monster parent of a t'ousand sins un loss v put our money on der card dot VlnSI" . - ,;! ; Tours, mlt luff. ' s D. DINKELSPTEL, Psr George V. Hobart Aod. Street Cleaning. Portland. Aug. tt. To th Editor of Th journal Mayor Lan has begun a good work In enoouraglng th mployes of th elty to, earn their pay. ' Now if by th wretched system now In vogue ol-wetting down the soil and filth In stead of removing what is left, h will deserve and no doubt receive th ap proval of a large portion of th suffer ing public A WALKER Thievea Rob .yiaitbrv - From th London Exnrss Visitors to 8witsrland ar almost tsr. rprlsed by a daring gang of International thieves, whose operations ar so cleverly conducted and whose schemes ar s carefully planned that nothing Is safe rrom inem. Jewel-cases hav been ahatrantiul ewm looked bedrooms and valuables taken out or notei strong rooms, without any traoes being left that would lead to th arrest of th actual offender. r An Englishman forgot his pocket-book containing over 10 in his room at a hotsl in Baal, and on hi return a few minutes tour It had disappeared. An English lady who arrived at Baal from Paris was robbed of her Jewels and purs whloh sh bad looked up la a Jswsl-cas. ." r Several thefts from visitors staying at Montreux hotels bars occurred recently, and much property has been lost on ths trains from Lucerne .to Milan. Th thieves ar women as wall as men. All ar Wall dressed and speak several languages. ' ... j.. ; Beautifying the-City. V , Prom the Boston GAobe. Maliy'of ths German cities are en gaged in a work that ouehr t Mm. mend Itself to American municipalities. Consul Joseph I. Brit tain reports from Kit-tftat ths Germans ar ' organisms' competitions In floral decorations for windows snd balconies.' with a view to beautifying' the cities and cultivating th tastes of th people. Strasburg lately bold a competition In in aecorstion of Show windows In mer. eantll houses, and ths prises were awarded by th sUdtholder; th imperial goveraest who mad a personal tour of Inspection. It la believed that th sens of beauty, one, aroused In th people, will not soon be lost An effort tn another direction is belne mads to make ths towns and cltlee more attractive. This eonslsta of th sncour sgement to keep th roads and streets In good ' repair and to construct parks and flower gardens at street Intersec tions. ,i" I,',... LA Little Nonsense i: Lft Behind. Mrs. Maud Miller Hippie, whoa ad vocacy of a course In motherhood" for young matrons has already begun ' to hess goed fiulL was talking' of Th duties of young mothers. TAna no young mother,- sh said, -no l Now watch th fonetlkers nt. ' matter how many her minions, nor nowtr'7 r - - , - in so or euiiiDn. snouia .trust per nine one entirely to a nurse's ear. A nurse may be most Intelligent, moat conscien tious; but to rear a baby 'properly Is a difficult -'task, and only on person Is sufficiently Interested in this task to perform It well. .. That parson la the baby's mother." . .n ' , Mrs. Hippie smUsd. . " , "A- young- mother," she said, "was walking with bar husband on the Atlan tic City board walk.- Suddenly shs gave arMtfls' cry of-pl,ur)--:-----r Oh.' sh said, tbr la nurse curse wheeling baby.' . -: -Ana she j-an lightly to th luxurious eosca oi lemuter, wiin lis awan-snapMi oarrlage - and Its rubber-tired wheels,! and she ' pushed back th parasol that snaoea tn occupant xrom th sun. "Then sh gave a great start. - "Whr. nurse.'- aha rtA lim'i bapyr -,. . . . . . - - - . .. ., tm nurss gaeped. Ooodnees gra- oious, ma ami i forgot to put him In." r Or Jim and Jirnjam. . v ; "'. Race sulold. was th subject under eonaideratlon at oonferenoa of trav elers in th foyer of th St. Xranola "Roossvelt may be rla-ht about It." saiq one cigar, "but . wher. I come from - the young ones ar so plentiful that w hav a hard tlm naming them. . Al though we de not consider them troui bles, they resemble them In that they' never com sjon. says tn Baa Fran cisco Chronicle. . , . . . . "There was on woman who bad twin girls. - . . r 'What shall we nam thenar ah asked her husband. - , ' , . ... "One must be Kate,' he dictated. i Duplicate for th other.' was the reply. ., ., ..... ,-, .. , , . Th second pair were boys, and earns to th altar as Pete and Repeat 'At th third christening both parents wer Out of names, and as twins earn again it was decided to nam them Max ana Climax. ,. .....,.,. ,, .t.,:r .-. "Simply Indescribable." , )J: "t Is impossible to convey to th reaer any adequate Idea of the beautle oft th Bosporus . at ' Constantlnonle," says William Jennings Bryan, la on of I ms synaicats letters In th Indian. apolls Star. , , - imposaiDier-. i am raminded of a tru story. There waa a country editor down south who wsnt to New Tork and got a jod on a real nswspaper. On day ther was a big storm on th bay, and than new man. waa ni out to -cover" ths descrlptlv aid of It : ' "Th daahing and the, fury of th waves" he wrote, "was slmnlv Inde scribable." .;' , ..'. Th city editor called htm In. . -What do you mean." he asked, -bv this expression, 'simply Indescribable r " I mean." replied tha new man. 'that it was simply indescribable on a salary of SIS a week." . . . . j So It waa with William J. B. Ri might hot hav found th task so dlfft-j cuii iz. n una been paid mor. .' yj r Under Soapidon. v.';' '.;.;' Ther srs 1n th world's good many man Ilk Jonathan Scarborough of Hannibal.- said Mark Twain, , at a banquet in kisw xorx. . i - . . "Scarborough was on of thos men. with nothing vll absolutely known against thsm, who ar yet looked on. ana no aouoi jusuy, Wltn suspicion. "It was thought of Scarborough that for a poor man, hs ate too much ohtcken. Ana on any th blow fell. He was ar rested for chicken stealing. - A witness was call ad to testify about I Scarborough's character. . I "Did you over know this man' to I stsai poultry r ssld the lawysr for tha I defense. - i I Bh had Spoken thus of her trouble "'No.' I never' did,' said th witness. I to m a full minute before shs dls "But this la what I do know: If I was I covered I wss a stranger, who had taken a cnicaen'and Jonathan Scarborough I was about I'a roost high.'" . , I Yea, What? it happened In th hlstorr class- Viae I Ros Goldsmith, principal of tha Fre-1 mont school, was talking to th young sters on tn superiority of 'th Ameri can government to that of England, says u Bin jrranciseo cnroMoie. . "In th United States w elect our rulers, whlls in poor England thev mm a I by aooldent of birth. Ths nsoola have no vole as to who shall be their ruler, I but must Isk th oldest son of the I king." ' 1 . V ' .; , I Thar was silence, and then small I hand wsnt up. - It was llttl , Willi Garrea. .- "What ma'am." Dined his small vnlne If ths king had twin for eldest sons T" I The Dalles Military Road. From th Blue MounUln Eagla ' I It is said Of tha United Rtetea .n.. I rnmsiit that It Is most particular. This I may d tru in small things and wher certain Individuals ar concerned, but when it comes to a big steal th United state government is a howling Infant-I On of th most glaring examples of I this is th pseudo military road con structed from Th Dallas to Boise City. Th company constructing this biased trail received rrom th government the most valuable timber and grasing lands in that section of the state of Oregon. And thay gave absolutely nothing In return. '. Not vn a road. Ther Is no Dalles military road. It was never built and never will be, but th com pany has th deed to th lands. Th road la on of th humorous thing of theee government contracts. It runs from th summits of th John Day pass directly across th mountains, along a rout that a packhors cannot travel. Ther .Is no semblance of , a road. The trees ar not svsn cut be ing merely i biased. Th road used by th oompaay "building" this military road le a county road and is todav tha I only road through that section of ths I country. The uaiies military road la marked by biased trees, and that is alL. Hut-tha-rwmpany-got every odd amo tion ror a aistanc of three mile en lther slds of this road, and wher there was land already settled upon th eom pany got lieu land serin and took uo au tn gooa lanes in th Logan valley. summit valley, - eras valley and In numerable other rioh sections. And now . this company owns this und absolutely and vn charges sheep men and cattlemen for crossing it to get to the pasture land In th foreet re serves. . . ' . . .. There ar two absolute Idiots In ths United States government administra tion. One Is the man who accepted this Dalles military road and th other I th man who is responsml for this forest reserve policy. Th first belongs in th pen) tent lsry and the other should .bs In sn, lnssns asylum. .. , . gom hopgrowrs expect K cents.' BIRDSE YE VIEWS , cf TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANQX f No rain wanted yet by th bop men. , c - e i,-.. "They invariably x'braak down- befor wy coniess. -. ....'!.,, . ' It Is only th worker who knew th aeugni or resc . - '- - ...... : It Is rumored that Jo Day can afford io iaa a vaoauoa. i . New-a laborer can-tak- blg-ehotee af several ainas or jobs. . f Oood streets and sidewalks are a monA mvesiment w any-(own. - . Bryan ha toe muoh brains lnsld his naq to allow it to swell. . - : v :'- '. . .. e r-e r- ' Astoria regatta this week; Portland snouia ne mere numerously. ,, r ; !' . ' ' ; Plum trees near Band hav mad growth of six feet this year. i , : ... There ar an unusual number of "star witnesses" In th land fraud; oases. - . It will b Labor day sur nough next or moit or us. . same as other days. ' '.,- . -. , . .. ; v: . , . . ; Whan you read th news from Cuba you don't know whsther muoh of It la so or not. ' ,'.' ' '. :,' ' -. a. i...'! '- If now th eaar would only follow Teddy's example and reform th Russian language. -'.. ., , . , ;- Several people hav been killed in th Cuban revolution already most of them general... . .---. , ; e s - -V" -. -'.. v .r . ' ' Maybe th erssv man whs Imislnss h has million la happier thaa th man who has them. ' ;:.'.,' ' ," "' ''What to do with Roosevelt after his term is out Is setUed; h will get up a fonetlo dictionary. " (. Alfalfa does well on the Luoklamute, on man securing S4 tana per aore from land planted last year, t ;, e e. I ,;. s,.'... V ' If hunter would kin a cougar for every dear they kill they would be ren dering th stat som service. a , A tnsa nearly. thre-scor years old may be a good swimmer . yet. but be mustn't sxpect to beat an expert half his sg or less. , ' -, e e ; . . ' . ( Parsons' In Russia carrying bombs with which to kill somebody should be trained so ss to carry thsm until th right tlm to throw them, and not drop thm Inopportunely. , . , t. . r '.-r ,.'-' v -a;..',:'.",.''. -.''v-'; It hasn't rained so much fn Oregon during th past decade as ft did in for tner decades, and so - som people pre dlot that this region In a century or so will "go dry sntlrely. But don't worry;' probably .the fear , , is unfounded, but whatever happen can't, be helped or hindered. , . .. ... V-.-. '.r'.':.., ' t", A - Literary Froj BY CLARA ' I paussd in what thay call th "Classi cal alcovo In - a' Twenty-third street book store, to read the - book backs, when some on, mistaking me, said: "I really' think . you might coma and help mo, Sadie, for you know what en awful bother It is to choose, a novel for Jane." th place -or her companion. Apologias wer wslvsd aside in friendly spirit ., Bh proved a hope nil, laughing, trust, ina- rlrl nrattv as a flower and frank I ss a bo v., who Was nndertakinc th 1 ra nosslbla: trvlna to select boost to amus .th unamusabls. Suddenly sh burst forth: "Now what would you do In my place, I wonder . -Tou see, my cousin Is quit spoiled, and "r sh likes just to glance at a. new book and sum It up la a smgls word.'' ' "Pleasant for th author," I observed. And for th crushed giver, rocs' shs answered. "Why, Just let m show you what It's Ilka4 Sh caught up a book to Illustrate with. - "If cousin opens hsr new book snd finds th scene laid at th seashore, sh claps It shut twists her lips, and says 'Humphl Shipwreck lor llfeesvlnsr!' If mills are-aantloned. lap soes th. book to th on word. 'Btrlker ir mine ' ar mentioned, Cave-In or exploelonT While if the book ODena with a S o'clock tea.- shs fairly snorts, Dlvorcsr" , I laua-had. and aa did aha. ut rathar ruefully. '"Then does sh never really read DOOkT" I asked. "On, sh ussd to, but now sh says they ar ail repetitions; and sh Just jumps rrom rront to nacx, tnan onoa m the middle; it's all Jump, Jump, Jump, Ilk" - "A sort of literary Jumping frog," 1 suggested. .' "Oh I" sh exclaimed, "I don't want to b mean to cousin, but I'll have to tell papa that Just to hsar the windows shake at Tola laugh. . Ton see, cousin. ; Joaquin In tha Seat, . ' From th St..Joseph Newf-Preas. ' Joaquin MUlery "th poet of th Bier ras," arrived 1 Kansss City some days ago from Oakland, California, bis horn, on his way to Philadelphia to visit his children and other relative whom h has not seen fof soms years. "Why don't you dig out your river and hav boats," h said, "so on esq travel in comfort cn the waterf I came an the way from California to Kansas City so ourl I lot w : Louis end then go -up the OhlOt.td Pitts burg. ,' . '." "I've Just written a' poem entitled Missouri," he continued,' "which. wilV sppear soon and In which' I hav eulo gised th great Missouri river whloh plows majestically from, th mountains of ths greet northwest ; t the ' sunny southland. . - "I am sorry th Missouri river' I no loiger used for trafflo, but I hop th next tlm I com here - I can tak a steamsr and. trsvel at my lelsurs, as I like.", ' -i Mr. Miller, with his heavy white beard and mustache and hia high whit forehead, resembles to a great extent th late William CnHe Bryant TJreaaed In a long black Prlnc Albert cost but toned closely about his tall ' form, his trousers tucked Into th tops of hi high black boot and bis masslvs gray head crowned by a large wide slouch bat, hs wss aa unusual figure ss hs stalked be- IB J OREGON SIDELIGHTS. ,1 .. Rousekeepari in great demaad ,lfl 111-. boro. . i ' .-, ... '?y e - ; : . Ail-lnr-aU, th blggMt crops ever, prob ably. ... r !v,' t f. . Medford box faotorj doing as immense ousinsss. . ; .'.., - ., s : v .': ... . . ; .Som Sluslaw property has doubled u" valu in six . months. . '. . . .. ' . & t . M . i - . - . , . ..: .. .,- . t ' Pruasploksrs and packer are muoh' tn -demaad rn trtmgias countrr"" ' '. ', ,;.';; ; T' ; '; Dallas college expects 'a , greatly la- creased . attendance this year. ; ... ;- .. f-.e. ,,-,.. v Looking Glass man baa a frultdrter with a capacity of 460 bushels a day.,. About t carloads of Una 3artlett eeara WU1 hav been shipped from Medford. Independenos has a lady barber, sara ' th enterprise. Sh. Is also a woman.. , ,''7;..''' e s . w stray shot 'fired by' som careless. Idle youth, killed a valuable cow pear Drain. . .;, ' Onlv one bonrard In Waaco countv In Tygh viJIeybut It .wUJ rqulr TO , pickers. 1 : ' ;'''; .. , e ..- v. .. v . t. Th Lettr-Dy - SainU' 160.000 ' Uber. naole la La Grands will . b . opened ' ' Sptmbr U. ,('; v, ' 'Bom scond-erop Tolsdo strawberries ' are better tbaa th first .crop, and sell -for M cents a box. . ,. .. Several men ar figuring on putting tn lumber plants In th near future, says . ths Santiam Nwe. .. . v s . ,. . . , Th Oregon Stat Journal at Eugen , never ceases to boom Portland aa th coming great city of th coast y The 10 man at the Grant county poor farm range In ags from Si, to S7, their . average ag being over SO yara,. and u seem wjmioriaois.. , , ,, , '-. . ..- V;',' 'v Hundreds of tens ' of hay ar, being shipped out of Tamhllt and ther will b "millions" mor for feed, says th Mo- ' Mlnnvlll Nsws-Reporter. - . , , , :. a..;.- v ..v...-. ' A Seattle man picked up M cattle along th John Day and tn Wheeler ; county tn a few days SH for 1-year-olds and SM for 1-year-olds. , ; : - s s : '.,'.:; ' ,' ' With th inorsased' acreage around ; Heppner, as much or mor wheat will be ahlpped from ther than last year, and : ' with a bumpsr hay crop and good prlosa for stock, mor money will be In circular ' tion than ever tin- Morrow county. , .'.-. e ; ' 4 k-.Tv--x ,. Spelta is a cross between 'wheat and barley. ? and " reeembles - barley, 1 srtd ley grown successfully 'on dry land tn Mai'' heur county. It yields H or mor bushels an acre, the grain being 'worth 114 to ll-f cent a pvund and the straw1 makeVt ' fine feed tor- catU. ";o J"' - "''. , i , , ' ' '" -t to MORRIS. therefore, cuts yoa down to such 'small choice, Sh says a French book ' is 1m- ' moral.' a Scotoh on a sermon, and an American on tame td SnnuL, See what a plle'ot books I've been through I Bh . can 'guess th f ormula, Of every book extant!" , " .,. : ";. .-V' Bh groaned..- v , ' "No, sh can't". I "asserted. ". . "Lodk , hsr; what about a book that has nq villain t (Her her ys widened.) A book without s. crime of aay kind tq ' avenge? (Sh shook her head.) - With- ' out". I sternly added, 'without aa ad--'' ventures without change .of scene n -' landscap. mahlar" - ., - , ' . "Imposslblel - Impossible'" sh gasped.. Walt" I said. "Now don't screami' a book without a dlvorc? . "But" sh charged, "why. there's no material to make a book of!" , "Yea ther Is."-' - . ' ' ' "Well, bo on would car fa Tad it, then.". - . ; - . .I ; '"It holds you with a grin, of steel. There's not a commandment broken, and ' yet it la strong enough to hold a man ' resder." . .:. Sh cam closs to me, and. with danc ing eyes, said: . "It is very wickeUo tell -lies." - ' ' r ,"Very" I admitted, steadily.'4 V. "And you know where ther Is a .truly . tru book Ilk thatr L . . . : , - , ."Tfc". ' . . - . .i .'. ; . Sh took my hands an'd cuddled them under her cheek: sh eootd aa If she had been about .4. years old. "Make m happy, happy!' ' Htp m t ,' ' play cna on th literary frog for she could not guess that Pleass tell me or.maybs.lt has no name, either?" , ; ' . "But It .has, and a vary odd .on.'" , "Oh. whatr ... : : . I gav th' name. I saw her scribble' " th' initials ' "P-M.- and then? shs' clasped my hand Snd said: "On, ycfu are . th dearest thing-that ties happened to " ms this day)'' And w both Hushsd and parted. , j , . v. '. . ft . " ' '. 1 '.u 1 hind the guide wbo was showing hln lm to Joaquin Millers real name la Cinetn- ' natus Heine Miller, but hs is more wide-" ly known by th former,, which is his' nom de plum. He was born at Wabaalv Indiana, on November 10lS41. and went '" to Oregon with hi parent nln years' later.. He became interested In mining tn California, but In 1IS0 h returned to. , Oregon, studied law and later becasis aiv, editor. In' 1I7S- he went to London., where he published his first book at poems and afterwsrd returned to Wssh-. Ington, wher he was a newspaper .rssn. for several years. 7 Again, however, th call of th 'Great Wast" brought bffli to Oakland In HIT, whsrs he ha made Jll . home since. . . , v . Prince's Picture in Suit . Th kalsers l-wseks-old grandson IS already the oause of a lawsuit. A fW hours after his birth th streets of Bsim lin war flooded with postcards bearlne? a graphic plotur of the kaiser -holdmj the imperial baby, although his majesty' was cruising in the north and had not then seen th child, says th London Mall. - ,., , Last week, when th court photogra. f4 ptier received permission to . make that ; first photograph of th baby prince, a: Potsdsm papsr referred to the postcard ' as a "forgsry." Ths firm which mad th cards ha now sued th nsner for - libel, alleging that th Cards war clr. culated with th express permlssloa of ia crown ynooe, ' ' .' ; : ' - ' iv,,'t:'rT : St