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RIVER,;-.' jT IS A 'SORRY, Indeed a pu.il " I lanimous conclusion, that unlet! the people of these northwest crn states 'are' content to center all their efforts on securing an appro priation for the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia, both this project and the improvement of the upper river must be . "indefinitely postponed.1 Unquestionably the mouth of the Co lumbia must be deepened, but unques tionably, too, the obstacles to the navigation of the upper river must be removed. It is not to be expected that the farmers and shippers of east ern ' Washington,' ' eastern'. Oregon, Idaho and Montana will meekly aban don the fight which they have been waging for years for an open water way to the lea.; for years they have been groaning under the exactions pf the railroads and each year the de mand for relief has grown more im perative. They, arc interested,; it. is true, in the removal of the bar at the mouth pf . the river, but the Cclilo canal is to them of at least equal 1m ' portan.ee. . ' . V '.' ;i; ': . ' . ;; V;. "'.'.,-' t It is folly to regard these matters from the narrow .standpoint" f. the selfish interest of any single totality, Portland's welfare is , indissolubly bound up with . the welfare of . the whole inland empire and this must be recognized if we "are to hope for eon certed, united action. ' Let ,the jetty project and the improvement of the upper river go hand in hand. United .... 5. rr.it'm . : ... they w7irstin3; divided, both will falL PEOPLE NOT ALL FOOLS. gm PEAKER CANNON and Secre h tary "Shaw talk like blind men and ignoramuses. ! They : as sume and in effect say ' that every thing in this country is all right, just right, now; that there is no need of any reform ,or improvement or , change 'in anything whatever; : that there is no cause for dissatisfaction or complaint or criticism, and that there is none except on the part of a few chronic malcontents-' who are sot worth noticing. Cannon and" Shaw have lived in such a contaminated at mosphere . that Tthejr are unable to sense the signs of the times. - ; - In Speaker Cannon's ' estimation everybody who intimates that every- thing is not exactly j right is . a "kicker," a mischief-maker, who ought to be suppressed or ignored. As for anything which' anybody might say in criticism of the present condition of ' things political, industrial and social, why, there's simply nothing to it, and it isn't worthy of Consideration. There is not the slightest occasion for re forming anything, or discussing any changes. Nothing could be bettered, and anybody who isn't satisfied is a braying, kicking mule. . - That the trusts are practically tun ning the government; that the pro tected interests are, through the tariff, robbing the people of .hundreds' of millions a year; that congress con tinually serves the railroads rather ih an the 8S.000.QOO American people; that the government has been bun koed out of all Us public, lands; that the cost of living has increased about four times as much as wages; that while multi-millionaires , are being manufactured by Stores or hundreds 4he working people are but slightly if any better off than they were 10 years ago; that there are. tens of mil lions for battleships that never will be used except for official junkets and only an occasional pittance for rivers and harbors; that the prospect is that the Panama canal will not be dug for 20 years nor for less than a billion dollars; that the senate is a hotbed of "treason," as'Dsvid Graham Phil lips rails its betrayal of the people; and the house, under Cannon's rule, rot much better all this is of no ' -consequence; anybody who mentions any of -these matters is - merely a mulish kicker and brayer." f t . Secretary Shaw down south talks in a similar vein. The trusts are al right, and there is no occasion for any opposition to them. The railroads are ail ight, .too,, and Foraker was right when he denied the constitu tional power of the government to regulate or control them in the least, The financial system is all right also, and nobody who. complains of it knows, what j he ') is talking, about. There is not a particle of basis for any objection or criticism or, desire for any .sort of a change that has been expressed. ; ' v Yet1t is apparent that in spite 'of alleged and boasted prosperity there is a great deal of dissatisfaction, of unrest, of not. only suspicion but as surance that the common people are not getting a square deal in the mat ter of prosperity. ' It isn't divided aronnd equitably.' Government is run for the few, riot for the many. T The man worth a million 4en years ago is worth ten or twelve millions now, while the man worth $1,000 then may possibly be worth $1,050 now. Things are not all right, and. the Cannons and Shaws cannot make the people be lieve that they art. . ... ; , IRRIGATION AND PRODUC TION. rpHE IMPORTANCE of irriga ; tion, not only in-eastern but A in western Oregon, 1 can scarcely be exaggerated, and The Journal indorses and eupports all ef forts and arguments in behalf of ir rigation wherever practicable; but it Cannot agree with a statement attrib uted to Judge HaQey that except for irrigation Oregon had reached the limit of agricultural production. We suspect that ' Judge - Hafley did not make this statement thus- broadband unqualifiedly,- or if he did, that he did not mean it to be construed literally. Such' a declaration, Coming from such a source, if published in other states, is calculated to'do Oregon an injury.! Irrigation, as nothing else will or can, will greatly increase the products of Oregon springing from the soil, and in some localities production will be f small' ind uncertain without it: but' if irrigation T had 'i never ' come into vogue or been thought of in Oregon, auch products could yet be not only greatly increased but multiplied sev eral fold, '; ; , , u v i2- ' - ..' ." This can be done by utilizing lands now partly-or wholly idle, so far as the production-of valuable crops is concerned; by the division of large into smaller farms, particularly in westernj)regon; by rotation of crop.aJ ana intensive farming; by greater care in the planting,' tending, harvesting and marketing of crops, and by re ducing waste to the minimum.' ; Irrigation will help greatly; there must be more and more of it: every body - actively and experimentally in favor of it is doing a good work not only for himself but for the whole state; but " evenwithout irrigation Oregon's products tan be increased almost indefinitely. "This is less true in the eastern Oregon wheat and range belts than in western Oregon, but is measurably true even there, Let us have irrigation, but let us also have more and even better products independently of irrigation- - , ' - RAYNER ON THE TARIFF. i: N A RECENT interview Senator Rayher - of Maryland made a strong i , presentment' of the Democratic or reformatory' view of the tariff question, which, may serve as a "keynote" for the coming con gressional and the later presidential campaign. Here are some of his statements condensed: ' ' " ; ' '"W want a revenue tariff for (he whole country, not ' a tariff for the benefit of. a particular, section or lo cality. : Every Republican tariff ever framed has been for the sole benefit and interest of those who are in part nership with the Republican party and who furnish; the. firm's capital. Tariff laws can be framed that will not protect industries that no longer need protection. We need a revision of the tariff at the hands of those who belieye that monopoly has been sur feited with a sufficient amount of pro tection. ' The Democratic party should stand for a revenue tariff in the in terest of the" consumer and against a protective tariff in the interest of the monopolist. The tariff is fhe leading issue not only in this campaign but will continue to' be so until 'radical changes are' made yi the Interest of American consumers. I : take-" no stock In the Massachusetts or Iowa idea of lowering duties on hides, sole leather and lumber, and permitting the rest of the schedules to stand. There Is no reform in tin's. 'We.want a thorough revision of the whole sys tem, not at the bands of its friends who' will never revise it in the peo ple's "interest, but at the hand of its enemies that is,, those who believe monopoly has renjoyef a surfeit of protection. A half-way measure A Little Out THINGS PRINTED TO RE Tha Fleeting .Year. f The aprlng la ne and aumm wanes apaca," . ' '.' And f rooty autumn now la at tha door: And whlla I amll t aa hla ruddr (aoa, I sigh to think the sumrter time la ' - o'er: .. ' I alsh. and think of all tha many hours And daya of purat pleaura thatI round - " i . t With nature la her plaaaant laafy bow ers. . . . ' With paca and joy and plenty spread around. - - t atgh and think of plaaauraaof thtpaat, For melancholy autumn now la here, And aoon upon hla chilly wintry blaat . Will txar tha moaning of the dying .''.' ', yaar. 1 ;-.;. - Than, winter, with his .flaeoy mantla Will hid tha yaar foraver from my sight. , -Frank uo Baaby. :. The Be ag a Doctor. Tha baa, that wonderful little era,- tura, tha organisation of whoa Commu nity must always be a eouree of ad miration. Is among other thlnga an ex cellent doctor, and gxes about it work la thla partloalar with the aame scru pulous care that It exeroliea In all elae that It doea. Tor certain ailments It aueka the aatrlngent dogwood,. poplao lid . cherry or hickory. Bee keepers sometlmea place a small veaael contain ing a decoction Of wild cherry In the bee hives during the winter that the lit tle honey makers may imnleter to their ailments If they are stricken during the period when tha rigors of weather would make It difficult for them to ob tain remedies elae where. 'Town Named for Girl Clerk, . The power of- personal - charm : is shown In the story of how the town of WlllmathsvlUe, Misaourt, got Its name. Many yeara ago a man whose name Is not remembered had a store there In a building now uaad .by A. H. Ammer- man as a etable. He employed a 'young woman la the atore by tha name of Wlllmatha Me- Clatn. Bhe was a popular clerk and tha town wae afterward called - Wtllmatha- vllle. :. r-".'.-.". .-. .-. . ' . ..- Vlrgln'f Tre . Fallav : ' :' ' Tourtats who hare visited Egypt will learn with regret that the Virgin's tree at Materlen. (Hellopolts), In tha suburbs of Cairo, has fatten, . t , -. , , v The famous tree waa a sycamore, be neath whose shades the holy , family Is won t do. Nor is there need of a tariff with 'incidental protection.' Reciprocity under the Dingley law is a subterfuge." The duties were placed at fictitious figures so that if reduced they would still - be extortionate. The Democratic party must stand for the reform 'pf the whole iniquitous business." ; v ' -,' ' - This is the right kind of talk, but the Democratic party will never win on it hs'long as when it has the chance to elect members of congress it sends men who become protec tionists .to some . extent as soon as they get there. '" " ' - "' Will the newspapers have to print next December the ' president's mes sage fonetically In part? If so more people than usuat maynread it. V ' ;'-;; If Taft .can hold the lid down till the secretary of . state . arrives, "the revolution may be Rooted out That old warhorse, David Bennett Jlin, seem to be have been turned out to grass at Wolfort's Roost y. Surely no horrid laboring man would attempt to defeat the presi dent s daughter s husband. i. Now that President Roosevelt has butted in down Itr Cuba, whit is he going to do "with .it? - "; : Pictures of hopgrowers before and after the clear-up might be valuable to cure-all fakers. : It looks like a good many people were for Bryan whether they' agree with him or not , ' ," ' ."' .' ' Now who's growling . about the weather?-?'- p,s ::.;., General Weyler'a Birthday.' , General Weyler, or,'. to give him his full name. Senor - Don Vsleiiano y Warier Nlcolau. Marquis or Tenenrre, was born in tha Bales Ho Islands, Sep tember IT, 181. Though he was sound ly denounced In America for his "butcheries ' in cuDa. wnicn inairecuy led to the Bpanisn-Amerlcan. war, there never has been any disposition to be little General Weyler'a military ablll tlea. He was everywhere recognised as one of the ablest soldiers attached to the fallen fortunee of the Spanlah mon archy. - After graduating from the In f entry school in 18(1 tha young officer entered the army aa an unaer-iieutenant. Teh years later found htm a lieutenant- colonel of cavalry, and thereafter his promotion was rapid. He saw active aervlce In the campaigns of Santo- Do mingo and Cuba and in th'e civil war In the north of Spain, his last work In the field was to suppress the Insurrec tion In the Philippines, and according to all accounts he made bloody work of it. After- the - Spanish war - with - A merles General Weyler was made captain-general of Madrid, the most cherished post In tha Soaalsh military eervlce. . He also has served in two cablnete as sec retary of war. ." . Took the Law With Him. , WhfiTthe Hon. E. Bi Flynn of Spring field, Maasachuaetts, was on his way to the supreme court one day he carried under his arm several law books. A friend remarked' to him. pointing to the books, 'Why, I thought you carried all that stuff In your head?" "I do," quickly replied Flynn, with a knowing wink; 'these are (or the Judges. " v-.,.- -, v .., ,- -v' i AD WHILE YOU WAIT. Aid - to hare found shelter after Its fUght Into Egypt. Although thla is doubted by .many, .the tree haa remained aa a rella asaociated with aaored h' tory. ( .'. ' Many people carried away fragments of ita bark or leaves as a remembrance and to these especially It will doubtless be a consolation to know that, although the old- tree haa disappeared, other trees descended from It still remain." '; - ; Dancing a Lost Art. -, ; Mlac Kittle W. Nathan of Denver, one ef the dancing teachers Attending the national convention in New Tork, said "Dancing, aa you know, originated with long-legged bipeds auch aa storks, fla mingoes, oranoa. Aborigines noted these antics, indulged la at certain seasons of tha year by their feathered friends. and later adapted the gyrations to mu ato. The original danolng master waa a bird. ..".'.- "Socrates learned to dance when he an old man.- - Plato advocated it. and Miriam, Moses stater, was a reg ular soubrette in her day.' at became a loat art, though." - .; . v ; ' Reflections.' 7 Many a girl with ayes Ilka a startled fawn haa an appetite like aa ostrlon. New York Times. . 1 Tha devil gets a lot of help la his work from people who Insist on driving yon desperate with their good advloe. New Tork Press. Magnetism la largely the secret ef a clergyman's success, and It's much the same with the bunko steerer. New Tork Times. Don't make yourself common; the world only aits up and takes notice ef the uncommon. Chicago News. . A man is a good deal prouder of twins when he la buying wine to celebrate them than when he, Is paying the doo- tor's bin New Tork Press, : ' Value- of Men..- v V Before the war, a good strong man was worth 11,800; a woman. Sl.JOO: child. 1600. ' In Rome, in the' golden age. a laborer only coat and sometimes after a great victory and an Influx of captlvea into the capital, it waa possible to bay strong, capable alavea for is apiece. usuieo siavee. men with - trades. brought higher pzlcea Cicero ' paid 11.000 for a scribe, and Catiline had. a cook that cost him 11,800, A gardener was worth IS00: a black smith, TS; M actor. tC.OOO: a physi cian, 110,000. . Ttc Play ' By Johnston MeCulley. ' When tha advance man for tha Stew art, opera company came to Portland and aald -the company had a singing thorua. we amlled. Last night, after the flrat half of "The Two Roses," we went to the box office and begged pardon for he smile. , The Stewart opera company haa a alnglng chorus. ."And the company, has "k aelfcloua'JIt Of a prima donna who is charming and can run her voice up the scale ladder until you loaa sight of it la tha files. Also, the company has a tenor that la delightful to tha ear, a comedian that is really funny, a cbaraoter woman who knows a thing or two, and, above them all. William O. Stewart with his rich baritone voice and hla captivating- stage presence. ..Without prejudice or praise, hat Just as a sober matter of fact. It can be said tha Stewart opera company Is. tha best all around, capable company ever In Portland. ' The scenery need last night In "The Two Roses' could not be better. The first scene shows an old apple orchard In full bloom. It Js re alistic In the extreme. - The costumes of the ehorus - blend careful y with the seen a In the foreground la a gnarled apple tree in full bloom, with blossoms ftb real you can almost catch tha per- xume. Hiras are singing In the trees. and the spotlights are manipulated' so careruuy that the stage seems bathed In a buret of sunshine. Tha second aoene. outside an old manor house, is Just as nigniy realistic The costumes are new and resplendent ,' . Tha Two Roses" la "She Stoops to Conquer" made into an opera. The theme Is a happy one, of course, and is worked out happily. John Cort deserves the thanka of a - suffering publlo for giying sucn a worthy production. . The gems of tha show in tha mosioal line are numerous. . There may be men tioned aa - particularly worthy, 'The spirit of Mischief," by Carl Haydn: There'a Nothing I Wouldn't Do, by uoorre w. Leslie; "just Three Words. and "What May a Lovesick Maldea Dor by Mabel Day, . the delightful little prima donna; and the trio, "Tha Battle or the Tiles.'? hy Haydn, Leslie and Bowman Ralston. The chorus Is Indeed a singing ehorus. There are no aide antics on tha stage. Everything moves with discipline. The chorus apparently knows ita business and attends to It. . In spite of tha faet that the company was late getting in last night and tha curtain did not go up on the first half until :!! o'clock,, the audience gave encore after encore, aand then didn't get enough. - "The Two Roses" is a delightful entertainment a happy medium between grand opera and frivolity. Last night tha William Collier com pany waa present at the performance, and tha genial William aat in a box and laughed long and loud at tha comedian on tha atage, which .was aomethlng of a compliment for Oeorga Leslie. In addition to tha good work dove by, Mabel Day, Haydn, Leslie and Ralston may be mentioned-the work of Bertha BWllek as Susan Knight and of Beaale Fslrburn ss Mrs. Old field. -The Two Roses" Swill ' be repeated tonight and tomorrow; "Dorothy" will be the bill Wednesday and Thursday nights, and "Babette" Friday and Satur day nights and Saturday matinee. " esaaBaaaBaMaaaaawaaaaaaaaaaeaw; v ' Two Little Vagranta. This week's production of the Baker- lies serves to do two. things place Frances Arno, the new second woman from Philadelphia, on the list aa a clav- emotional aetreee. - and reaffirm Baker's reputation as a man who be lieves in something unique In scenery. "Two Little vagrants" played four hours long yesterday afternoon. The play Itself is a dignified melodrama wherein situations of dramatlo quality follow each other Validly. It Is the first time the play has wver been given In Port land. The initial production took place about eight years ago - In New York, when Minnie Dupree played Claude, the part taken this week by Frances Blos- son; Jessie Bushy played Fan Fan, the pert taken by Miss Lawrence, and Cora Tanner played Helene, the part In which Mlaa Arno does such excellent work this week. .; Tha story ef the play la one of in-1 of tke Common A - Little - Nonsense The' Old and the New Way; .. .. . .. rrom L0nd0B -rit-Blta "It waa Battled some time ago that he was to marry my daughter," aald the father of a girl of the period; but It yet remained for the young man to get my consent. It -was merely a .formal Ity, however, aa my girl had arranged matters to auit herself without consult ing me or my wishes. "Now, I remembered with what trepi dation I had approached my wire father when I aaked him for -her hand, and I made up my mind that when that young man showed up to ask me for my daughter's hand I would have re venge, not only for what X had to pass through when I urged any suit, but also for bslng relegated to' the background during- tha - present proceedinga. "Well, he called at my offloa yester day, and I told my of floe .boy to admit him and leave ua alone and see that we were not disturbed. " 'Just dropped in.' said be, easily, de clining to take a aeat. to tell you that I am going to marry your daughter on the fifteenth of next month. It wall be an Informal affair, so you may eon aider youraelf invited without further notice. Good -day. "Before I could catch any breath he was gone, and when I complained to my daughter about hla treatment of me. all v the comfort I got was that I could consider myself fortunate In get ting an invitation, as it waa te be a very exclusive affair. .?j aaaaaaBaaaaaeaa ' ' ' . (," ' V'; An Astute Boy.' : The late Alfred Belt the famous dia mond magnate, had a smalt handsome house on a huge lot In Park Lane, Lon don's most fashionable street, and hers he gave occasionally very elegant din nera. . - . i , An American, at one of Mr. Bait's dinners, asked the .millionaire what quality he considered most essential to success. ' . - - . - "Astuteness, provided that Industry goea with it" Mr. Belt replied.. "The power to see quickly and to seise every advantage, large and small alike, Is the quality that above all others insures sueoess. - . - ' :. Mr. Carnegie," Mr. ' Belt went on. tells about a little Scotch boy who had thla quality, of astuteness highly de veloped. , ' ' The bore grandmother was packing his lunch for him to take to school one morning. Suddenly, looking up, in the old lady'a face, he aald: ' --. "Grandmother, doea yer specs mag nify r ' ' " A little, my child.' sne answered. "AWeel. then,' said the boy, "I wad Juist like It if ye wad Uk' them aff when ye're pacain' my looncn.-- . C Not All the Truth, v Commercial' travelers will appreciate this story, which U told of one of their number. He had been summoned as a witness In a case at court, his employ- era having sued a delinquent ouatomer, and the lawyer for-the defense was cross-examlnlnr him. "You travel for Jobaon .Cov do your asked tha attorney.-----, "Tea. air.".. - "How long have youbeen doing JtT" -adoui. .yeara. ; "Been traveling all that time, have yOUf " ' ,.,,. i.-. - "Well, no, sir. raid the witness, max- Ing . a haaty mental calculation; "not actually traveling. I have put in about four yeara of that time waiting at rail way stations and Junctions for tralna" trlgua. A wayward-woman-aafca her married slater to aid her In getting let ters from her lover. A courier is 'In jured and letters are lost - Another lat ter to the wayward woman Is received ba the sister's husband, who thinks It IsKa own wife who la faithless, and in anger he gives hla own aon, which he thinks Is a child of sin, to a band of gypalea. Tha boy. Fan Fan, falls In with Claude, the illegitimate son of the wayward sis ter, and the love of the two boys for each other through trials and tribula tions, ths ears of Fan Fan for the con aumntiva Claude, tha aearch of the fran- tlo mother of Fan Fan, the death of Claude In protecting. Fan Fan from a traglo fate and the final-reunion of the eat ranged family forms the basis of the play..- '. . fe Arno's work ss the sorrowln moeafer la worthy -of pralsei Miss Sloi i la entitled to credit for her wor aa Clauds; .Miss Lawrence could have done better as Fan Fan; Thornton -waa good as the auspicious husband; Mrs. Oleasoa sxcellent as the drunken Zephyrlne. and the others also ran. ' The play is a little wild ror tne Baker's patrons, perhaps, and it ia to be hoped that the stage bands will cut out the long waits between scenes, f The sluloe scene In the fourth act where a volume of real water la allowed te run through a dam. Is a triumph of stags In- aenultv. It is worth seeing. "Two Little vagrants- win pa tne oui at tha Baker au week with matinee Bat urday. . v. "On the Bridge at Midnight" The bill at the Empire thla week, opening yesterday matinee. Is tha well known Roberts play, "On the Bridge at Midnight," It Is known by almost every playgoer. ' The ecento features are the backbone of tha production, the repro duction of the Jack-knife bridge over the Chicago river being the climax. The present company at the Empire is not worthy the play. Oscar Handler Is a distinct fallurs as the Baron Von Schuls- berg, Tha majority of the others are In the aame cissa. mere is a nine gooa work done by ' Grace Burdetta, and Oeorgena Hays, but not enough tefh-aoe up the production. A beau tl fur and touching melodrama is almost ruined. But the Jack-knife bridge and tha reat of the scenery works nobly and sustains Its end of the plot witn commendable in tegrity." - ' v-"" ' tn tha Bridge at Midnight" win be the bill aU week at tha Empire, with a matinee Saturday., , - , m ; Bureau, of Corporations. The bureau of corporations Is author ised, under the direction of the secre tary of commerce and labor, to Investi gate tbe organisation, conduct and man agement of the business of any cor poration. Joint stock oompany or cor porate combination engaged in Interstate or foreign commerce, except common carriers subject to the Interstate com merce act: to gather such Information and data aa will enable the president to make recommendations to congress for legislation Tor tha regulation of Inter state and foreign commerce; to report tha data se collected to the president from time to time as ha may require, and to make publlo such part of such Information as tha president msy direct I It Is also the duty of the bureau of Corporations, under the direction of the secretary of commerce -and labor, to gather, compile, publish and supply use ful information concerning corporations engaged In Interstate or foreign com merce, including corporations engaged la insurance. , nn BIRDSEYE VIEWS' : ef TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANGS. Tls aa evil time for ducks. f f. , , e e . f 1 1 - Probably Bryan could preach, toe. . e e The Ohio voters are to hear, from yet No, the Prohibitionists did not cause the rain. .. , . e a , .,.--.' The state fair wUT evidently "make good ' this year. v ' Xha crop of prevaricators is also fully up to tha average. , . : ', , e e 1 .-. After tha evidence Is all In the de- fendanta go In -perhaps. .- , . e e . Maine Republican candidates cannot stana another such victory. . . . e , e 1 X atand-pat policy and a square deal at the same time are Impossible, . . .. ., i- a. e ;.. ,;. . ... How remarkably silent Grover Cleve land has been for a Ions time now, . . . e e . Last week of vacation for tha "kids." and quite long enough It haa been, ,; ; , ' e e ,-. Of eoursa It couldn't be axpected that Gans would rlda in a Jim Crow ear. . . .. e ,e ' . ' ' No, ColoneL the moisture to be ex tracted from ralned-oa hops Isn't beer.. ..r, ,..... - e - a - - ..-r. "-:- Wouldn't tha rest aa well plead guilty and avoid ' the expense and strain of trialar '-. " .,..,,.,, -..v.; . . . a e . -Bryan scarcely knows whether ah his southern trip he la in the enemy's coun try or not -- - -- ; John Johnson, a Demec ratio governor in a Republican etate Minnesota Is a candldsta for reelection, but It is doubt ful it he can do the trick that Chamber lain, did in Oregon. The undertakere say preachers make funeral services too long. Preacher should remember that business ia busi ness and that while some are being burled others are dying. - - Oreat la Aba Rtfef. He le the boss ef the labor party In San Francisco, eon trola the Republican party there, and haa a balance ef power in the Demo cratle party. 1 Perhaps he Is also a Socialist and Prohibitionist The late General Trepoff s father be came a very prominent man ta Russia, but never learned ' to spell. By not learning Russian orthography, which Is nearly aa bad as English, he had time to evote to grafting and oppressing peo ple. , .,...., ... v : , .t - -. . . . t . e . .-.'.., . . j. ..y The mastea, plumbers of ths state of Washington have resolved not to work tor lees than H per cent profit and object te Journeymen raising wage. Wa re gret to see any disagreement between tha two. wny not eoiapi umise oy allowing tha Journeyman tie a day for Are hours' work, and fix tha profits of tha master plumbers at MS per eentt In faet every body supposed that about these figures already prevailed. Nooks and Cbrncra xof History THE PURITAN AND ' By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. Apart from the fact that they were both Englishmen, both . British subjects, and. later on, both a tan oh American patriots, there waa between tha Puritan and the Cavalier but little in common. The men who settled New England and tha men who settled Virginia were alike great but In tha greatness of tbe two - sets of men there, waa a marked difference. v In morality. In prudence, In thrift the New Englander was always ahead of the son of ths old dominion, but In depth of prinolple. In brain-grasp and In en thusiasm for tha ideal tbe Virginian was over bead and shoulders above :. his northern brother. For avervthlna that exists there Is a causa, and th'e explanation of the dlf- ferencea between the Puritan ana the Cavalier la not far to seek. The men who settled New England gathered themselves together into towns, while the men who went to Virginia lived after the old feudal order, occupy ing large estates la the country, and hav ing but little to do with town or city life. .-. -i ," - This fact It waa that so effectually dif ferentiated the New Englander -from the Virginian. - ; The New Englander1 s mental vision was bounded by bis township. Bsyond the petty affairs of the "town meeting" his mind did not roam, while the sou of ths old dominion, waa Intellectually re lated to the concerns of the entire province.'" v in Massachusetts ' tna wnoie- people ruled, while in Virginia tha few ruled. The New England "town meeting" la the indisputable - fountain-head of our democracy, while for a long time In fact quite up to the revolution Virginia waa the hotbed of "royalty." being In Edward H. KINO OP .THE y From Colller'e Weekly. ' ' v For the stock exchangle gambler who sold "shoci" what ha did not poaaesy and was ruined financially when Mr. Harriman stacked the deck, sympathy need not reach the point of pain. .. The bona Ada stockholders In the Union Pa clflo railroad, who sold his shares be cause Mr. Harrlmaa and the other -di rectors of the-road withheld from him the .true value of his property, and used their carefully concealed knowledge to Induce him to aell to them at a grossly Inadequate price such a victim haa his remedy st law, difficult and expensive aa It may be. ; Another aspect of Pirate Harriman'a latest holdup Is of wider aspect. .What of the sources of the money which Is being used to pay 10 per cent dividends on the heavily wa tered stock, of the Union Paclflo rail road T In that, queatlon every parson In the United gtates who has con tributes to the fund hae an Interest and this list Includes every person who hss bought a California orange, a pound of prunes, a ton of ore, or any other article which ever paased as freight over the Union Pacific or the Southern Paclflo. The freight rates on theee two railroads should be the loweet, or among the lowest. In the United Stares, because the freight Is billed, aa a rule. 4 In. trelnload, rather tha ear load, lata. 1 - OREGON SIDELIGHTS." On struck eaat of Medford. - i .'.-.....' . e e . ' .'.'': Fine fishing fa tha John Day river. ';.'...'. e e -r , -, lone needa a laundry and a flour mllL Frovolt - needa blacksmith. ' a creamery and . Benton county's grain arop waa the beat in many yeers -- . . , e . e .' t ' ' .;.''. 1 ; ' Echo Is going , to have an electrlo light system and pay for It within to daya' - ' . -'r . - ... a - a ' - .. .. : It la reported that a petrified horse Is Imbedded la a elift near Twlckenr . ham. ' . , . - - " ' vy e v. Southern ' Oregon : expects to ship -about 180 cars of apples, at ItiO to It . per box.' ; -'. ! ' a-. e J' '..'"' "No finer region fori duck shooting' exists than Klamath . county, says tha Republican. ' . - ' a. e ", . j Ths ordlnanoa' against tha use of ob scene language on the streets la to be enforced In Baker City. iv . Since ha. haa been In office the Tilla mook county aaseeeor haa raised timber claims from tfoo to 11,10b. - . . , !! . " - 3 a-' a f . " - - " No business at the last term of cir cuit court ia Wheeler county. It must be short feed for lawyers up there; - v .- , ; Loggers are now demanding from lie , to tit per thousand for logs on the Co lumbia river. And the demand farex ceeds the supply. : . '. - The Hlllsboro condenser has Juat out la a filling machine, which weighs 1(0 pounds and cost about 1400. : It will nil - 14 cans with cream at a Urns and does the work of six persona l. ; - 4 - . .- .'' e ...a - '.:-r-. - . . Sheep at 14.80 per head., hogs at T cants per- pound, applea at 11.10 per box. doea not leak like all the western opportunttlea.have been exhausted, saya tha Pendleton East Oregonlaa, .. . . e e ; . f ' J , - Tha editress of the Canyonvflla Scho, after mentioning a trip tha't she had taken, says: ' She resumes hsr duties ' with the same name and still slngls in station, despite the many guesses and ' beta to the contrarx. . ' , .- v..-- . ,e : ; . : McMlnnvllle News-Reportert School . children are in tha hop yards 'earning from - IUI to - It , per day. Tha hop Industry Is a great money ' eiroulator and will continue to bo aa long aa men will continue to make , hop yeast . and ' other stuff out of hops. . - . ., - '." r---irV- On a farm near Carlton were threshed . IT bushels ot clover 'seed In one day last week. This is a record breaker for " clover aeed threehlng, yet ' hero have been several record breaking, yields. Six bushele aa acre la eoaaiderd a. very good crop, ' yet some fields - in ' Yamhill . county have gooa as high aa II bush els to tha acre. Clever aead ta quoted at 111. a bushel In Chicago. - THE CAVALIER. clined far more to monarchy than to representative democracy. , - And yet when the crisis came. It was Virginia rather than New England that -took the lead In tha mighty, struggle against King George and hla parliament - The "Idea of democratlo government came from' New- England.' where for a long time It had been familiar to tha people la their town meetings; but When It came to asserting this Idea against the power of kings, cabinets and parlla- -ments, it waa the Cavalier who supplied the ways and means, the enthusing prin ciples and the executive ability that made tbeaa principles good. The New England town meeting, jural y democratlo aa It unquestionably, was. ' reared no leader, no great creative . genius, no' suprsme administrator. It leveled everything, down to . a cheap - mediocrity. It waa In aristocratic Virginia where the great spirits were to be found who 4 should make of tha struggling .colonies . the mighty republic . v In the words of another! "A Virginian raised the first public Voice against the ' tyranny of 'the motherland; a Virginian first moved our national Independence In the continental congress; . a Virginian, wrote the declaration of Independence; a Virginian was commander-in-chief of the continental army all through ' the ' revolutionary war; a "Virginian brought that war to a successful close; a Vir- ' vlnlan was the father of tha American constitution; a -Virginian waa president of the constitutional convention; a Vir ginian' waa the -first president of. the: United State; a Virginian first shaped our foreign policy; a Virginian flrat saw beyond tha colonial Into the national ' future of our oountry, and .first des cerned la the opening times that future which Is now our manifest destiny," Harriman BUCCANEERS: and the lcng-dlatance haul Involves ths' minimum expense for labor in handling. As ai matter of fact, however, the ne- , cesslty for 10- per cent dividends and Harriman eoupa cauaes -tha rate on ' ' these two roade to be, roughly. apeak-' Ing.' the highest in tha United States. The average freight rate per ton, for all the railroads in the United States Is .710 cents per mile; on the Union Pa clflo the rate Is .til cents per-mlle- and the ahlpper over tha Southern Paclflo must pay 1.014 cents per mile. Fur ther, all . ever the United States," ex oept In Mr. Harrlman's domain, freight, ratee have been reduced during the 10 . years from , ltd to 1104, the average of all the roads In the country hsvlng fallen from .111 In l to .710 In 1104. On the Union Paclflo, meantime,' the rate haa risen from .071 to .011. Among . all American financial .buccaneers flrat place In ruthless audacity belongs to Edward Henry Harriman, - Laziness' Last Refinement . ' From Strav Storlaa . ! "I don't see that there's any advan tage In these clay pipes which you al ways seem to prefer." ,', "O, but there la 'When they drop on the ground, for Instance, you haven't to stoop ta pick them un," . I'