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He who brings ridicule to
bear against truth finds in hi
hand a blade without a hilt.
Landor.
ABOLISH THE FREE PASS.
OREGON'S legislators will in
all probability be compelled
by public sentiment to aban
don the passes of courtesy issued to
them for the term of their office by
the Southern Pacific and O R. & N.
and to enact an anti-pass law which
will aid and abet -the federal law
which is soon to put an end to the
great bulk of the interstate free rides.
The anti-pass bill which was so
strongly indorsed at the last general
election but which failed of effect on
account of a technical flaw, in that it
had no enacting clause, is not dead in
spirit though it is in theory. Public
sentiment, which passed it and de
manded it, is still clamoring for such
a raw, and every indication points to
the legislature resurrecting the meas
ure this winter when the session
opens at Salem.
The time has come when the peo
ple of the United States, and of Ore
gon as much as any other section,
look askance upon the purity and un
biased mind of the public official who
habitually possesses and uses trans
portation issued to him because he
fa a member of the legislature or
other public servant. It was this in
clination of the public which fostered
and passed the anti-pass bill at the
last election, and it is argued, that
the simple technical lapse of a miss
ing enacting elause, does not free the
legislature of its obligation to resur
rect the law, pass it and thus ratify
the popular will.
.From many sources the rehabilita
tion of the measure is being urged
and many of the members of the leg
islature are considering what action
they will take on the subject. One
prominent member of the Multnomah
delegation said today that in his own
case the annual pass he possessed had
no influence on his attitude nor would
have, but he recognized that it was a
bit of circumstantial evidence which
could be used against him by those
opposed to him in the event of his
supporting any measure which had a
railroad phase to it. For that reason
it would be well for all passes to be
done away with, but in reality he did
not consider a pass a thing of danger
to fair and honest legislation.
The members of the legislature
draw mileage for their trips to Salem
and home again, as well as upon all of
the side trips and junketing excjR
sions which they take during the sW
sion. It is the almost invariable rule
that this money is claimed, despite
the fact that the members are riding
on free transportation. It is time
that this petty graft should cease and
if the legislators' are alive to the
sentiment of the state they will rele
gate the annual free pass to the dusty
archives of outgrown things;
MR. HILL'S WARNING.
MR. JAMES J. HILL is in
many ways a wise man, and
one whose judgment and es
timate are to be relied upon. His
town marvelous success proves him to
pe a man of keen foresight and re
markable powers of calculation. Yet
10 think that while most of his re
marks in Chicago Saturday, reiterat
ing statements he made recently in
Wk. Paul, are importantly true, he is
entirely too pessimistic in his forecast
of conditions in. this country SO years
or less hence, when our population
shall reach 200,000,000. American
people have' been excessively im
provident, especially in their treat
ment of the soil and the forests, as
Mr. Hill says, but it docs not follow
that they will always continue to be
The very pressure of population
n the main means of subsistence,
the soil, will compel them to be more
careful and to (fetter conserve this
source of wealth The area
1 r I nited States is large enough
its soil on the whole rich enough,
upport in comfort the number of
utaKij iiitimi'iicu again, riancc,
Belgium, England and other com
paratively small countries have dem
onstrated that many times the present
population per square mile can exist
in this country. Oregon, fot in
stance, can sustain ten times its pres
ent population. And if this country
becomes too much crowded, there are
the South American and Central
American states, and Mexico and
Canada, affording room for an al
most unlimited overflow.
But farming must be carried on.
more systematically and scientifically.
Farms on the average must be much
.mailer, and the soil must be put to
more profitable uses and not exhaust
ed. All this will gradually come
about with the increasing pressure of
necessity for it. Nor do we imagine
that coal and iron are going to be
exhausted in 50 or in 500 years.
There is no telling what mines may
be discovered yet in this country, and
it is known that other countries have
practically inexhaustible beds of coal
and other minerals.'
There is no ' occasion to worry
about the capacity of this country to
produce enough to sustain the in
creasing millions that will inhabit it
during the next century, but the dif
ficulty and danger lie in the economic
and social conditions which exist and
which may obtain in the future. If
the masses shall have a fair chance,
a "square deal," equal opportunities,
and the few are not accorded special
privileges and given authority to op
press the rest of the people; if there
shall be a fairer and juster adjust
ment of the machinery of production
and distribution of Necessaries and of
profits, there is scarcely any limit to
the number of people this great coun
try can sustain. But if the present
tendencyto Jhe concentration of vast
wealth, and natural sources of wealth
in the hands of the few, to use at
their will, be not checked, and these
sources of wealth guarded and equit
able distribution of it required, then
indeed wlff the condition of the
masses become worse as they mul
tiply. To Tni phase of the problem
Mr. Hill does not address himself,
but his plea for better methods of
farming, and for the conservation of
natural resources, is timely and
worthy of serious attention.
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
THE MEETING of 500 farmer
dairymen, with their families,
in Forest Grove, last Satur
day, is a significant event. In that
college town is located a milk con
densing establishment that in a short
time has built up a very large busi
ness, shipping its products all around
the world, and it buys the milk of
hundreds of the surrounding dairy
men and farmers. It wants more
milk and from nearer farms than
some of its supply comes from now.
It desires farmers, immediately
around that town to keep more cows,
and more important than the number,
better cows, and this will be done.
They are finding that it pays to do
so. If this establishment is a suc
cess, and is so conducive to the build
ing up of the dairy industry in its
vicinity, why shjuld there not be
other establishments of the same kind
in the Willamette Valley?
But. while there is a large distant
market for condensed milk, there is
also a constant, good and growing
market for other dairy products, but
ter, cheese and cream. The number
of creameries is steadily increasing,
but there are room and opportunity
for many more of them, and for a
corresponding increase in the num
ber of dairy cows. All good judges
agree that there is no better dairy re
gion in the United States than the
Willamette valley. Everything req
uisite for ideal conditions is" there
soil, climate, water and products. A
good dairy, well conducted, and with
such a market as is now and will
henceforth be' afforded, is always a
profitable thing, though it takes hard
work and careful management to
make it succeed well, anywhere.
The dairy stock of the Willamette
valley and other sections of the state
is being improved, but needs con
tinued improvement fot years to
come. Only the best breeds of stock,
and those especially adapted to the
purpose in band, should be kept It
costs no more to keep a first-class
animal than one that is not worth one
third as much in a dairy. Dairymen
and farmers are realizing this, and
acting accordingly.
The dairy industry in the Willam
ette valley, though already of no
mean proportions, is literally "in its
infancy." Dairies large and smart!,
and creameries and perhaps con
densers, will multiply. It is a good
thing for farmers who keep some
dairy cows to get together as they
did at Forest Grove and talk the
business over and , arouse one an
other's interest in it Every county
in the Willamette valley not to
speak of others is naturally a great
dairy county, and years bene wc ex-
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOV WAIT.
Name It
By Florence Earl Coats.
The World denlea her prophets with raah
breath.
Maka rich her slaves, her flatterers
adorns.
To wisdom's lips the presses drowsy
death.
And on the brow Divine a crown of
thorns.
Yet bleaaed, though neglected and de
spised Who for the World hlmaelf hath sac
rifleed
Who hears unmoved her wltleas mockery,
While to his spirit, slighted and mis
prlxed. Whisper the voice of Eternity I
The Clock Plant
There is a plant, a native of Borneo,
which Is known aa the "clock plant."
The name la derived from the action of
the sun's raya on the leaves, which are
three In number a large one extending
forward, with two email ones at the
base pointing sideways. The., coming
In contact with the rays of the sun,
oscillate like the pendulum of a clock.
the larger leaf moving upward and down.
ward, going, lta full length every 45
minutes, the smsUer leavea moving
toward the larger, Completing, the dis
tance forward and backward every 46
minutes, thus resembling the hour and
minute hands of a clock.
Notes by the Way.
Many a girl has lost a good friend by
marrying him.
Many .a good husband hasn't the nerve
to be anything else.
Tomorrow never comes that Is. unless
you have a note to meet.
Some men never accomplish anything'
without a pacemaker.
It Is quite possible tha( the Lord also
loveth a cheerful loser.
A man's Idea of an Ideal wife Is on
who thinks she has an Ideal husband.
Liquor Improves with age. The longer
you keep It the better It Is for you. Fig
ure It out.
The minute a man accomplishes any
thing he la called a crank by those who
have failed.
Of course every man understands that
salvation Is free till he stacks up against
a church fair. New York Telegram.
How Reed Bought Stocks.
"This talk about the speaker of the
house," chimed In a member of the
party, "reminds me of the novfcl manner
resorted to by the late Speaker Reed
when he wanted to take a flyer In the
stock market. Tom was nor adverse to
dabbling In Wall street, but he did not
Wis is the fact known with a brass band.
Hanging on the wall In the office of a
stock broker In this city Is one of the
pect to see this valley famed through
out the world as the finest dairy re
g'OA,pn ear-th. ..,
The campaign in New York has
been singularly free from personal
ities. While Mr. Hearst has called
his opponents croton bugs and cock
roaches, and Mr. Hughes has sug
gested that the truth tanks of his
enemies are hermetically sealed,
nothing that either side considers an
opprobrious epithet has been hurled
yet
t
The tramp of marching feet, and
the bray of 'trumpets and crash of
drums as we spectacularly intervene
in Cuba drown the cries for interven
tion that undoubtedly go up from
throats that are about to be cut in
Russia.
The fact that Senator Beveridge
has never been mentioned for vice
president is the deepest and darkest
mystery of the century. He pos
sesses every qualification for the
place, and the country would enjoy
the rest:
The sort of usefulness that Mr.
Piatt has in the United States senate
is by no means impaired by the at
tention he must pay to family mat
ters, i
Special Train for 70 Cents.
Special trains are supposed to be
rather expensive things, but a Eugene
merchant this week had the pleasure of
riding on one by the expenditure of 70
cents. The fortunate aristocrat Is I. T.
Nicklln.
He had some business in a number
of the towns down fne valley, and by
consulting a time table laid out a
schedule for himself. But he erred In
depending upon time table at least
Southern Pacific time tables.
On one of th days of his trip he
left Woodbum over the east side Una
for West Stayton intending to drive
from there to Turner In time to take
the train to Salem. The east side ac
commodation was lats by several hours
ao late in fact that he decided he had
better go on to Lebanon and make Sa
lem the next day. So he purchased
a ticket, paying 70 cents., but when It
was presented to the conductor, the
)atter dignitary Informed the merchant
that the train for Lebanon" had passed
th Junction point, had gon to Lebanon
and was probably than back to Albany.
Then the merchant rose on his dig
nity and refused the offers to tale
graph to Tnllman and have a rig there
ready. H had a railroad ticket to Leb
anon and to Lebanon lte was going.
Reluctantly the conductor got out at the
next station and flashed a ward to Al
bany that he had a passenger who hsd
a ticket to Lebanon, and who utterly
refused to pay for any carriage a for part
of the way.
When tna east aide train reached Tall
man at 7:S0 It was due about 4 there
was an engine with coach attached
waiting for the run to the terminus of
3
m Dram-L i ne mrcnam sieppea inio
s private ear and completed the Jour
ny. much to the surprise of the rail
road men at Lebanon, who did not ex
pect to see a train at that time of day.
Moral There are several morals to
this tale, but the principal one la for
the S P. Co. If It would run Its trains
somewhere near schedule time, there
would not be the necessity for paying
a half day's overtime to a whole train
crew In order t redeem on JO-oent
ticket
of tke Common
orders given by the big man from Maine,
which le probably only one of many simi
lar venture. Mr. Reed would cut out
the picture of a bull or a bear, paate
It on s piece .of paper and send It to the
broker Id question with Instructions to
I'uJl or bear a certain stock. This was
hsf code method, i nd the picture with the
name of the stock written beneath It
constituted the sole guide for the broker
In carrying out II) wishes of his dis
tinguished patron. Nobody save the
broker understood the meaning of such a
communication."
Latter Carriers' Scars.
"Show me a letter-carrier," said a
postal official, "and I'll show you some
where or other on the men the scar of
a dog's teeth. Letter-carriers hate dogs,
and with good reason, for they are con
tinually getting nipped.
"It Is at houses with front gardens that
they are troubled most. Dogs run loose
In these gardens, and It Is their delight
to bite letter-carriers. I myself have two
acars on my hand and two on my leg.
"Take a census of every trade, and
I'll guarantee that the letter-carriers will
lead all In their percentage of dog
scars."
joys of Rich Children.
Fowler McCormlck. aged 9 years, son
of Harold F. and Edith Rockefeller Mc
Cormlck and grandson of John D. Rocke
feller. Is staying at Forest Hill. He has
been there a weak.
The day he arrived the guards at Mr.
Rockefeller's home were doubled. Since
then, day and night, the Increased force
has been keeping watch on the boy.
The lad plays about the grounds near
the house, but never for an Instant Is he
left by a French maid. Within calling
dlstsnce, two or more stalwart guards
wan Room.
Thousands Killed by Snakes.
From the New York Times.
A statistical paper on India Issued to
day shows that In 1904 there were killed
In that country by snakes and wild
beasts 34.04 persons I1.S80 by snake
bites, 796 by tigers. 399 by leopards, and
the rest" by other animals. The number
of cattle killed was 91.681.
The other side of the account shows
that (5,146 snakes and Itun wild ani
mals were killed, for which rewards of
7,313 were paid.
No C in Governor.
Colonel Churchill, the clever creator
of "Celebrities," "Carvals," "Crises."
"Crossings" and "Conlstons," contested
courageously and counted a considerable
collection of votes. But New Hampshire
Republicans are not yet willing to spell
'Governor" with a "C."
Letters From
People,
Some monetae Questions.
Portland, Oct. , Tu one Editor of
The Journal If V wil permit, I shud
Ilk tu ofer a crUlslam oa dhe orrnografl
ov a fu ov Mr. Varnum's wruds. For
Instans, hwl dus not U represent dhe
second person as wel aa "yu'"r Uh
Varnum Intimats dhat his slstera ov
spellng is not Inconsistent Dhen hwl
"practical!!" and innvarlsbly," "yuaej
and "changes." Hwl not changes?
In luctng over Mr. Varnum's comuni
csshun I found at least twentl wurds
hwleh ar not fonetlc, strictll spacing;
dhe greateet number ofdhem contaning
silent leters. I am at a los to n hri
Mr. Varnum plaaes so menl I'M In wurd J
u uiu, nu, introdluses. etc., if
he Is so "sbaollutll" consistent. Hoping
dhat ur compositor wll excus me for
dhla, I reman urs for fonetlc spellng
kdvvin uiimkk.'
The Yaquina Bay Jetty.
From the Toledo Reporter.
Strangers who visit Newport and
walk along the beach near the Jetty get
a wrong Idea of the condition of those
harbor Improvements. They look at lta
decaying piling that supported the track
on which the stone wa hauled and have
sn idea that the Jetty work Is being
wasted away.
They do not. see the real Jetty, walls
of rock that reach out on either aide of
the channel. These do not show except
at low tide and then only the shore
ends of them.
Those walls remain where they were
placed and the waves break on them in
harmless fury. They protect the chan
nel from the sand that otherwise would
wash Into it
These walls are permanent and have
been the means of deepening the chan
nel anil Heaping It free from sediment.
The I'nlfd States engineers made no
mlstaka m their estimate of the value
of these Jetties. Had they been ex
tended as far as the original plans called
for the channel would be aeveral feet
deeper than It now Is.
Ways of Turkey.
Tt Is the fate of th heir apparent to
the throne of Turkey that ha muat be
kept In ignorance of the happenings In
the world. When, therefore, a doctor is
to see him. the. physician must submit
to be searched like a pickpocket. o that
be may not surreptitiously carry to the
prisoner Information which would en
lighten him. When he pays a profes
sional visit to the harem the doctor Is
under still greater suspicion. Being a
European he may. not see the patient.
This makes s diagnosis difficult. The at
tendants stretch a huge curtain aoross
the room. Behind this the patient takes
her stand, thrusts out her tongue and
hand through the hols in the curtain,
ao that the man of medicine may see
one end feel tlfe other, yet not look on
the face of the person to whom they
belong. ,
Blighted Orchards.
From the Hlllaboro Independent.
A person traveling from one end of
the valley to the other will be surprised
to note the thousands of bushels of ap
plae rotMng on the ground. Because of
the order Issued by fruit Inspectors,
growers dare not offer for sals diseased
fruit, snd upon examination tt will be
found that most of the apples going to
waste sre worm eaten or covered with
San Jose scale. Nothing but a system
atic fight against the scale and codlln
moth will save the Immense orchsrds
now going to ruin, some of them right
here In our own county. On a recent
trip over the Corvallla & Eastern rail
road we noticed many fine orchards
heavily laden with fruit and was told
that much of It would have to be sent
to the mill or fed to the hog because
of the scale, which prevented a aale of
tba fruit In open market
The Diary of an
Aeronaut
f
By Wea Jones.
Monday Worked the old man for a
10,000-blrdpqsfer air car today. It' a
beauty IJS0 miles an hour easy.
Tuesday Getting on to the curves of
the' Thunderbolt today. Tried to make
'the roof with a grand sweep, but missed
and waa over Philadelphia before I could
get the brake on. Rather hard to
steer without practice. Biffed . a 250
blrdpower flyabout without doing any
damage. The flyabout was smashed to
pelces and the driver ma' have been
hurt, as he had a drop of 60 yards.
However, I didn't wait to see, as an
alrcycle cop was after me.
Wednesday Took Baggies out for a
fly today. He was very nervous, al
though I assured him there was no dan
ger, and everything went splendidly
until the Thunderbolt akldded on a
piece of wet cloud. Baggies wasn't
holding on very tight and went out a
bit auddenly. When I got the car going
again I looked through the observation
plate In the bottom and noticed a hole
In the roof of a farm house below me.
Concluded Baggies had gone to call on
the farmer.
Thursday Bagglea did call on the
farmer. Fell on the dinner table and
mashed the potatoes. Accuses me of
carelessness! He's a chump. I'm go
ing to take him out in the Thunderbolt
some day and show him a little speed.
Asked Dora to go for a fly this after
noon, but she said It was too swift.
Friday Dora refused again today, ao
I took Alice for a little thousand-mile
trip. We flew over the garden of Dora's
house with great success, and I saw jher
watching ua out of the top window.
Alice held her poodle up to look and It
slipped out of her arms, falling flop!
on Dora'a pet Persian kitten. Alice cried
and Dora cried. I tried to land In th
garden and rescue the poodle, but
knocked the top off a wall first time and
fhe second ttnte-thw Thunderbolt at nets
In the kitchen doer.
Alloa cried and Dora laughed.
I swore to give up the ship.
Saturday Dora came out with me to
day! The Thunderbolt was at her beat, and
we did 3,500 miles In no time. Coming
back we ran up a cloud bank at the side
of the air and the machine turned over!
I grabbed Dora, and aa we fell told
her how I loved her.
After dropping 1,500 feet she relented
a little. ,
Another 1.000 feet and she sobbed that
she had nlwaya loved me, and now we
were g-g-gotng to d-d-dle together.
I produced my pocket parachute and
we floated gently to earth.
We landed In front of. a minister s
house! f-
The minister said he had been expect
ing us (the chump!), and we were mar
ried right away.
rtAia hu, mnjta mm mm Hip Thnndr.
holt, and Just when I'd Itemed to up
set It where I wanted!
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The Play,
By Johnston McCuIley.
much-heralded "Checkers" opened
an
engagement of three .nights and a
matinee at the Hellig last night. We
have been led to expect a great deal
from "Checkers" Press agents have been
busy In its behalf. And "Checkers" Is
In some ways a great play. It la excit
ing, It grips an audience, It worka up
to a delicious climax and brings forth
round upon round of spontaneous ap
plause, but when there Is considered the
question of originality, or artistic liter
ary quality and consistency, "Checkers"
Is a huge disappointment and half cous
in to a failure.
Hons Robert, who plays .the title role.
Is acceptable when he is playing the
real "Checkers" part of the role, but
when he mixes In a scene of tenderness
there is a false ring in his voice, a false
light in his eyes, a false sincerity in his
manner chat spoils the effect. As the
happy-go-lucky "Checkers" he vindi
cates himself, but Mr. Robert doesn't
know how to make love If be always
doea It as he does It on the stage.
Clare Armstrong, the leading woman
of the troupe, who plays Pert Barlow,
doea not reach Mr. Robert's level. Her
voice is fraught with affectation. She
almost rants at times. She evidently
leans toward the "heaveh-save-me-chlld"
aqrt of an actress. But her facial work
la excellent and her stage presence
sweet and sathjfylng. She dresses the
part and acts the part as far as actions
go, but when she speaks all Illusions
are lost In the Insincerity and falseness
of her tones. She, too, falls down In
the love scenes.
The beet work Is done by Dave Bra
ham, Jr., as Push Miller, the race track
tout. This young man gives a perform
ance far above that of the other mem
bers of the company. He gauges his ef
forts to the proper pitch. The audience
last night showed Its appreciation of his
good work.
"Checkers" Is the -story of young
race track gambler brought to his right
sense's by a pretty country girt with
whom he falls in love. For her sake he
takes a position in a country grocery
store and gives up his life of swiftness
It la the old story of winning the girl
after innumerable throw-downs. Things
get to such climax that the girl's fa
ther, thinking to be rid of the young
man. tells him that If he goes away and
returns In a year with $5,000 he has
earned honestly he can have the girl.
"Checkers" goes away and goes broke.
In this condition he wandera to the race
track to meet some old friends and get
a stake. He has nothing but an old
ISO gold pleee the girl has given him for
a keepsake. In a moment of racing
fever he bets It on a horsa called Re
morse, a 100 to 1 shot. Of course . Re
horse wins, and the money belongs to
"Checkers." Though he has his IS. 000.
he hasn't earned It squarely, and he has
also broken his promise to the girl never
to gamble again. But he goes back to
visit the girl, and Just then there Is a
run on ber father's hank and "Checkers"
deposits his money to stave off ruin and
after that, of course, the old man has to
give th youngsters his blessing. Ton
see there isn't nothing In the plot to set
th world on Are. But when you get
down to th characters drawn -so true
to life; to the lines they speak, which
are also true to life; and the scenery
that decorates the stage upon which they
move and talk, which Is picturesque If
not true to life, you find those qualities
of the play which make It worth while.
And you And. also,, yourself wishing
that there were actors to speak those
lines and work out those situations as
tru to life ss they have been written
by the author.
"Checkers ' took the crowd. last night.
There were several curtain calls. The
production le a large one and makes
necessary the service of s large num
ber of people. There Is a mass of char
acters In the play and for the greatest
part they are enacted well. H la not
the first time a candle has dimmed the
glory of an arc light.
"Checkers" will be at the Hellig to
night snd tomorrow night, with a mati
nee tomorrow.
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03
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
r" TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE.
j ,
Summer seems not to know when to
quit.
e s
Now for the rest of that $350,000.
Surely Portland will aupply It.
senator Bailey is quite a
ar
but
look at the money he ha ma
The Sunday saloon closing movement
la spreedlng and gaining strength.
e
Children should be taught a whole
lot besides what la In their text-books,
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Barfing ysllow fever and a few other
drawbacks, Cuba is a rather nice winter
resort.
Nobody has yet proposed to reform
the arithmetic, though some frenxled
financiers defy it.
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It would also be Interesting to reed
of a very noisy wedding, fur a change
from very quiet ones.
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St. Johns Is on of th II vest towns
on the map. Its officers can get into
a row over anything whatever.
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Not quite all the Chinese gsmblers
are Aha, though probably alt the Ahe
are gamblers. If they gat a chance.
Mr. Cleveland won't talk even about
fishing, let alone politics. But tt may
be assumed that he la duly safe and
aan.
We expect every day to hear that
some hunter has mistaken another one
or a pheaaant. Why not? Both are
two-legged.
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An eastern paper hs a story of a
windmill that haa run for 32 year.
That's nothing; some human windmills
run three times that long.
Of course. Jerome will be too buay
for the next month trying to beat
Hearst to attend to hi official duties,
and after that he will want to tale a
long aleep. v
How can Colonel Hofer expect to be
appointed collector or custom when he
Is so disloyal as to say thsf It doesn't
matter If some Democrats are elected
In Salem T
Democrats, and union labor men are
combined to beat Son-ln-Law Long
worth. But he will probably win and,
like a new husband, credit Alice wnh
the victory.
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A brave. Michigan man married a'
straight-haired brunette named Kick-i-Hole-ln-the-8ky.
whose mother's name
la A frald-of No-Man. He must be look
ing for trouble.
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I there nobody at the Union depot
whose business It is to look after such
a caae aa that of the woman who, hav
ing three small children with her. waa
sick and unconscious for aeveral hours
there Saturday? This should not hap
pen except among barbrrlans
Dinkelspiel Tries
BY OEOROE
(CofUTlfkt. tOOS, by W. M. Hssnt.)
Home Lately.'
Mein Lelber Looey: Your letter from
Bay City. Wisconsin, is to hand, und ve
vaa all sorry to hear It dot you aln'd
feeling so veil und dot you haf der
bluea.
Tour mother aays dot I should make
you In dia letter a nice bunch of chokes
vlch vould mebbe cheerful you a leedle.
I aln'd much of a hand mit chokes
melnself, but I vss talking mit Oust
Bauerschmldt yesterday und he laughed
me Intensely.
You know Oust Bsuerschmldt. Looey!
He Is der floorvalker In der Informa
tion bureau at der Grand Central depot.
Oust vent Into a barber shop der ud
der day.
"Ssty!" set der barber, "your hair
need cutting in der vorst vay!"
"Tee." aet Oust, "dof der vay you
eut It last time!"
Oust has a ieedle boy py der name of
Chonny. und he vaa sliding down der
banister der udder day ven his mother
caught him.
"Vol vas you dldding, son?" she ln
kvlred. "I vas making trousers for der or
phans." said leedle Chonny.
"No," set Oust, "I vant yeu to remem
ber dot you cannot be a son of mine un
less you be goot for nuddlng."
Oust got a new cook at bis house und
his vlfe aet to her. "Minnie haf you
cracked dose nuts for dinner?"
"Yeaaum." set Minnie, 'ell but der
big vuns I couldn't get dem In my
mouth."
Ouat's vlfe vaa vua day in, a large
compartment store ven der floorvalker
rushed up to her und aet. "Hurry oufd.
madam, der store vas on fire!"
"Ach! le ttr set Oust a vlf; "den I
vlll valt for der fire aale!"
Oust vas valklng mit his doctor vun
dsy, eggspreaslng his symptoms, und he
set, "Doctor, vss Velch rabbits un
healthy?" .
Portland, Pride of Oregon.
From the Pendleton Tribune.
A difference of something like 50,000
In the population of Portland aa eati
mated by The Jorunal on the one hand
and the Oregonlan on the other la a
divergence wide enough to cause some
Surprlae. TJrfre are those auffleiently
cynical to Allege that the Oregonlan's
contention for a lew estimate Is due to
the fact that The Journal made the first
guess and It waa necessary to be differ
ent and that, on the other hsnd. The
Journal has a personal Interest In msk
Ing the estimate anywhere above 150,
The growth of the metropolis of Ore
gon haa been remarkably large during
the past year and it la likely that 150.
000 la not far from correct cellmate
of lta preaent population.
To the outside observer there appears
to be many tlmea over, more building
going on thla year than during any five
years within the past 30. Many build
ings of Iron and steel are being erected
in the business section. And In She
suburbs th growth of homes Is phe
nomenal, homes from the cottage tyle
of architecture to Costly onea of beau
tiful deelgn. The Lewie and Clark fair
la doing lta work along theae lines this
year.
Portland's growth 1 marvelous and It
Is now one ef the large cities of the
country. Whether The Journal Is too
high In Its sstlmste or the Oregonlan
too low, outside people are proud of
ffl
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Real eatate la booming In Hood Rivet
valley.
The Medford school haa 18 teachers
Instead of 14. as reported.
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A Salem factory will have ahlpped
this year about 100 carloads of tile.
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Marshfleld people ar discussing mu
nicipal ownership of the telephone lines
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The Medford mayor has forbidden sa
loons of that town to sell liquor to
drunkards.
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Cottage Grove Is stssdlly Improving,
one evidence of which is aeveral new
and many repaired houses.
A Medrord man tells the Msil: "This
is tba best all-round, all-purpose country
that was ever put out of doors."
The Arlington Record reports that a
threshing machine man "had a success
ful though not a profitable run."
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A large golden eagle waa captured
near Ashland last week. The bird 1 a
rare one, and is seldom seen in this Dart
of the world.
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Thla has been a hard year on the
Sherman county farmer, aaye the Union
Observer. "But." say most of them, "It
might have been worse.
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Some pheasant hunter forget the
law's limit aa to the number that may
be legally killed In one day; others
don't need to remember It.
Several more steam icfiooners for tlie
.ost lumber trsde sre to be buttr Im
mediately. We hope some of the con
tracta will come to Coos bay. aays the
Marshfleld News. a
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Drain Nonpareil. The editor of this
paper had about 2,000 feet of lumber
shipped from Cottage Drove, s distance
of 18 miles, and the freight btll was
$11.40. Such cold-blooded robbery rs
even worse than to have a gun poked un
der the nose and being held up In a J
cent manner.
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Moro Observer: Oregon sheepmen
Were never before so prosperous In Ore
gon aa they have been this yesr. Six
thousand head of Oregon sheep sold In
Montana last week at $5 a hfad. an 1
the owner Is holding 30.000 head for s
stilt further advance. And this la only
one of several similar Incidents
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During the height of the hnppicking
season the Independence Enterprise
said: "There are In the Independence
hop fields 15.000 pickers. Of this num
ber 7.000 are rosy-cheeked. shapely
necked hopyard queena In 81a Hopkins
aprons. There are !.o00 mothera, 4.000
men. 400 Indiana, 1,000 dudes, nine
preachers, two wrestlers, one prise
fighter, 58 Jape 12 Chinamen, seven agi
tators, two maahers. II detectives. i9
gamblers, one politician and one deed
game sport. There are also 1.500 bll,
I.J0O preferred stock and 30 common.
to Ckeer Looey
V. HOBART.
"I couldn't nay," aet der doctor; "I
vaa never called In to attend vun."
Vun day a man came up to Oust und
aet. "Bay. doan'd you vant to buy eVun
of dose attachments day pot on a piano
to make It go?"
"Neln." set Oust; "der ehertrr put vun
on' our piano two days ago, und It's
gone!"
A tramp rushed up to Oust vunday
vile he was In der bureau und' tried to
vortt him for dar price of a ticket.
"I vaa trying to get home to my
poor olt mother." set der tramp. "She
ain't aeen my face for 10 years."
"I guess dot vaa der truth." set
Oust: "vy doan'd you vash It vunce?"
Out vaa buying a horse vun day
from a horse dealer In New Bochelle.
"Is der horse sure-footed?" Inkvlred
Oust.
"Dot horse sure-footed(" set der
dealer; "veil, I should aay ao! Vy, ho
kicked my vlfe's mother three times In
der same spot."
Oust has a dog. It Is a dachshund. '
Oust calls him a bird dog because
he valks pigeon-toed.
Sometimes I dink Gnat's dog must be
s spaniel, because he likes to chump in
der vater und soak.
I dink Ouat'a vatch must be a
spaniel also. It is In soak most of der
tuna.
Oust s dog ifcunce saved a house from
burning. Der dog foand a box qf
matches on der floor und svallowed dem
before dey dit any damage.
Der dog haa bean light-headed efer
slnoe.
Ouat's dog la very smart. He vanted
to learn to be a vatch dog, so he ate
der alarm clock.
I hope deee vlll cheerful you. Looey.
But If dey doan'd tease your lsugh
ablllty. remember. Looey, dot oust Is
der manufacturer. ,
Your father vaa only der retailer und
ahould be kept blameless. Yours mit
luff, D. DINKELSPIEL.
Per George V. Hobart.
Portland's rapidly Increasing population,
realising that the larger our principal
city becomes the batter for every
smaller on and for all sections of the
stste.
Don't quarrel, brethren, for whether
larger or smaller. Portland la the pride
of Oregon, and Its bualneas men are
assisting nobly In th dsvelopment of
very part of the commonwealth.
Tobacco and Crime.
From the Philadelphia Bull-tin
' The relation of tobacco to crime waa
the tnn-den of an Interesting discourse
the other day before the International
homeopathic congress at Atlantic City.
Its conclusion waa that the smoking
and chewing of the weed, for whose
aka the genial Lamb waa willing to
do anything but die, waa to enfeeble
and pervert the mind, and that the free
use of cigarettes by boys had a ten
dency to make thieves and liar of thm
With all that waa uttered aa to lta
baneful influence on th physical, intel
lectual and mora naturae of youth we
have profound sympsthy, because lta
correctness Is established by experience.
But we cannot accept the theory that
the use of tobacco In the adult gives
criminal determination .to his character.
There waa only recently a men who
ought eoeaslons to declare his
horrenee of It. and who waa proved to
be about the biggest rascal that had
com this way for some ajs. Wm
nam waa Hippie,