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' THE JOURNAL AH iirmDirr KswarAPBB. a .u ex son ... Umt. i --T. klnH at tk snetDfno ' for traaanilaeloa UMt cl AM better. neo at PorUM. 0ro. rh tha mall aa aeeee'l TILU'HONCS. 101 HI BOMM liwUiii Office ..Mara MO ..Mala BOO OCK1UN ABTKRTiaiNU niSPnSNTATIV8 rsMfsea-Beajaa.ts Saetlal tlWa AtWT lMKimii .ireat. New Tor; Tribose Xalll lac. Cli lease. T tabacrlptloa Terms kj man to ear hi U I'slted States. Caaaaa or Maileo. Will. . Oao roar Ao 00 1 Oaa awatk. ...... nu Oaa Mr X 00 I Oaa BMath 1 DAILY AND BCNDAT. Oao roar IT .00 I Oaa raoath. It is for want of application rather than of means that men fail of success. Roche foucauld. THE STRIKE SETTLED. T IS certainly in order for Port land to be congratulated, and to congratulate herself, on the set tlement of the grainhandlers' strike. 'Considerable has been loss, both by the parties to the contest aftd tne pub lic, but it is easy to see and to say in this case, "It might Have been worse." Indeed, few strikes that were so por tentous of a long and disastrous struggle have been settled with so lit tle disturbance of industrial con ditions. All parties concerned, and the great bystanding public, that though suffering could not interfere, may be thankful that they are well jotit of it. Viewed concertedly and considering only the time of its oc currence, the 'battle entailed a good leal, of aggregate loss, but from a larger viewpoint, taking in months in stead of days, years instead of weeks, it was fraught with no lasting harm ful consequences. ' The interesting question about it now is: What if any good resulted? Ts either or both sides to the conten tion better off? Have the men and iinncrnc Hirertlv intere&feH anri the 'public gained anything? Will such struggles be less likely to occur, will industrial peace be more likely to pre vail, hereafter? If so, then the con gest is not-tobe regretteil. viL There are truly such things as blessings' " in disguise. 'Experience surely -doe not expensively teach al- ohtrym vain. Lessons that cost , are Wisely to reach home and stick. f 00 while we cannot say that the com 'ipt was in itself a good thing, good tuy cone, of it. Every such struggle, ' especially if mutual concessions are made, ought to bring workingrhen Jand employer's closer together and fjjnake th?m more disposed to do full $ustjce to one another, "i Bpth sides in this instance claim .Ho have triumphed to some extent. aim mini arc pruoauiy rigni, inougn 11 may not be best to boast of it too ex ' nlungly. Each did, in fact, gam some points; at least the labor unions Jlfmed some; and. the employers sue successfully resisted sortie demands. Both sides seem to be satisfied, and f .so the public, that wants business to tfo on uninterruptedly and smoothly, certainly is. The central, important lesson is arbitrate. Get together. Make mu tual concessions. Try to treat the 'ofher fellows fairly. Put yourselves in their places, and think what you would do then. Arbitrate. Com promise. Meet one another half way. And meanwhile, let work and busi ness go on. THE COAST REGION. GREAT DEVELOPMENT of the coast region in Oregon, the comparatively narrow lope from the summit of the Coast Oange to the Pacific, will undoubtedly 'take nlar in .... - f... . . 1 at least one railroad will extend from Astoria to Coos bay along the coast is certain, and no more so than that there will be several roads connecting .-the coast with the Willamette, Ump ,0.ua and Rogue river valleys. This :hitherto isolated and neglected region, rmejuding Clatsop, Tillamook, Lin . coin. Coos, Curry, and portions of Lane and Douglas counties, will ere llong awaken to activity and enter prise. Forests will be converted into lumber, lands ' already suitable for idairying and other agricultural nur- 'ftafoses will be utilized to a far greater extent, and year by year new areas of cleared land will be converted into farms. Settlers will push into this region by thousands in the course of , few years, and the products of for est, field, dairy and mine will supply a large and ever- increasing traffic fpr the railroads, and for vessels touch ing at Coos bay, Tillamook, Yanuina, and at the mouths of the Siuslaw and 'Umpqua. Taken altogether, this is a region of great resources -in timber, fh dairy lands, in the making of farm ing s nds, in coal lands, and in fishing pvutada. The Nehalem valley alone ' ' '' i l l . could support a rural population equal to that of the counties In which, it is situated. The possibilities of devel opment in Coos county are almost un limited. And there are many local ities now unsettled er but very snarselv inhabited that railroads will make populous and productive. And the railroads for that region are com ing. That is too great and rich a re gion to be bottled up much longer, at the behest of any Wall street mag nate. RUEF'S DESPERATE COUP. BEHOLD, projected suddenly, not indeed from obscurity but with a dramatic bound of ele vation, that notorious if not eminent citizen of San Francisco, Mr. Ab raham Ruef, popularly known as Abe Ruef. He has gained repute and dis tinction as a boss, as a marvelously successful manipulator of mn in that city, but he appears now at a dramat ically daring and astonishingly re sourceful general in a crisis. On the eve of the threatened and almost cer tain indictment of himself and a large number of his office-holding tools, perhaps including Mayor Schmitz himself, Mr. Ruef plays a trick in the game that astonishes if it docs not confound the investigators. Mr. Ruef knows Mr. Heney, who has been employed as assistant dis trict attorney for the express pur pose of indicting and punishing Mr. Ruef and his tools in the city govern ment. Mr. Heney is a man with a reputation. He has done things. He is a fighter of 'corrupt ionists, with a lot of scalps at his belt. He has taken occasion heretofore to express plainly and publicly his opinion of Mr. Ruef. He has said that Mr. Ruef ought to be in the penitentiary, and asserted the ability to put him there. And Mr, Heney is not to be regarded as an idle boster. His performances along this line have outstripped his promises.. Mr. Ruef, then, supposing that he is guilty of what is as yet rather vaguely charged against him and nobody seems to doubt that he is is appar ently "up against it." He must play a desperate game. The acting mayor is one of his creatures, supposedly tarred with the same stick. So are the supervisors. At Ruefs command the acting mayor, the supervisors consenting, removes District Attor ney Langdon, who had appointed Heney, from office, and appoints Ruef in, his stad, who immediately re maW Hekeyi i'-A b'ig, bold play, surely. For sheer audacity it certainly was never excelled. It is indeed a dangerous thing for a city to fall into the hands of such a man as that, if he be under the surface as black as he is painted. It is incredible that this brazen coup can succeed unless the courts are also Ruefs creatures, and it has been intimated that some of them are. Ruef, it will be remembered, allied himself with Herrin in the recent Re publican state convention, in consid eration, it was reported, that Ruef should have the nomination of certain candidates for judges, and permission to work certain jobs through the next legislature. It is the courts that such a boss always seeks to own more than all else, for having the judges as well as other officials for. hia tools, he is safe; the people have no means of re dress. But it is not to be believed that the courts will permit the people of San Francisco to be choused) out of minions ot acinars, nunareds Ot thou sands, it is positively alleged, going into the pockets of Ruef and his tools, and alloV him to defeat justice by such an audacious trick as this. If this can be done, then indeed a vig ilant organization, not so much for the purpose of ridding the city of its thugs and highwaymen as of the thieves in office, is needed and would be justified. The reports concerning Mayor Schmitz's administration, and of threatened disclosures concerning it, are all the more disappointing be cause of the apparent ability ajgd. con scientious devotion with which he handled the situation after the earth quake and Tire. Even his most ran corous enemies praised the mayor for hs course of action in that terrible crisis. He appeared to rise nobly to the occasion, and to have done his full duty with surprising ability and un wearied zeal, and if now it be shown that he has so grievously betrayed his trust as it alleged, the greater will be his fall, the more conspicuous his rain. The arms of the Cuban rebels have been thrown into the ocean, but Mr. Palma continues to believe that the only way to prevent rebellion is by throwing the malcontents after their weapons. It is hoped that Mr. Heney will be able to lock the penitentiary door now that the money has been stolen. Another vessel, the first one in a long time, having been wrecked near A Little Out THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT. .I Why Vegetarians Can't Keep Warm. "I had the best of tt alt summer," aid the vegetarian, "but now that win ter Is coming on. you meat-eaters wilt htver leas than I. "A vegetarian, tt has been proved, baa a much slower puis- than a meat-eater. The vegetarian's heart baata 6 to the minute, the meat-eater's 71 to the min ute. "A slow heart mean a cool tempera ture. Hence, in the summer, the vege tarian haa the advantage.- But. con trariwise, a quick heart meana neat, means Immunity to the Icy bleats, and that la why. In the winter time, you meat-eaters don't shake and ehlver as we vegetarians do." Three Real Romances. Prom the Kannas City World. Here are three real life .romances found In the news of a single day. Take your pick: In Norrlatown. Pennsylvania; 11 min utes after marrying Amanda McClaln Walter Johnson took a drink of whis key. 'Handy deserted at once and will sue for a divorce. In Mauch Chunk. Pennsylvania. Agnes Sullivan 10 minutes before she was tc marry Charles Arner called a friend and said: "Tell Charley I do not love him and therefore cannot marry him." She didn't, either In Iola, Kansas. 10 years ago U, H. Gramly met Charlotte Hayes. Only once did they talk. Then he went sway remembering. The other day, his circumstances having changed, Gramly hunted up Miss Hayes and she la now Mrs. Seemly. Characteristics. From Life. Tou are The Other Fellow la Strong-minded, Stubborn, Self-respecting, Vain. Generous, Extravagant, Honest. Hair-splitting, Tastefully dressed, Foppish, Courteous, Servile, Dignified. Puffed up. Manly, Brusque, Sympathetic, Inquisitive, Ambitious, Covetous, Prudent, Selfish, Frank. Rude, Refined. Effeminate, Enthualaatio, Fanatical, Eloquent, Long-winded, Witty. Frivolous. Particular, Fussy, Well-read Pedantic, Successful, Lucky. Unlucky. Incompetent. Whitelaw Reid's Birthday. Wbltelaw Reld, the American ambas sador to Great Britain, waa bora near Xenla, Ohio, on October 17, 18S7. He waa graduated from Miami university In 186S. He became city editor of the Cincinnati Gasette, but at tha outbreak of the war joined the staff of General Morris, and later that of General Rose crana. .. In IMS he became managing editor of the New Tork Tribune, and upon the nomination of Horace Greeley tnr th n.M.,A 1 lift U D(A became editor-ln-chlef. When the former died, In the fall of that year, Mr. Reld became chief plupi letui as wall as editor of the Tribune. Mr. Reld accepted from President Harrison the appointment of minister to France. In ItSI he was nominated for the vice- presidency by the Republican national convention. In 117 he represented the president at the celebration of Queen the mouth of the Columbia river, the Puget Sound papers will make the most of the disaster, of course, but they will refrain from publishing the long list of ships that have met their doom while off that splendid "inland sea." Everybody is glad the strike is set tled, of course, but why the contest ants could not come to an agree ment in a good deal less than a months time is what nobody can find out However, let's not grumble, but consider that "all's well that ends When the clouds of trouble roll away they are soon forgotten. Every body along the waterfront is busy and happy again. It is a bad time or is it a good time? for Mayor Schmitz to-be in Europe. Mr. Ruef really does not cre who makes the laws as long as he can prevent their enforcement. And the needed tug, O where was It? Letters From tke People T 1 m uS Stanaflav. Portland, Oct TS. To the Editor of The Journal While the accounts that reach us from tha Brltlsb parliament (the present "seat or wer i ere aouni lees much exaggerated, coming as they do entirely from the armed, or govern mental, side of the situation, the shame of the feminine uprising, which conserv ative equal suffrage leaders universally regret, belongs, rightfully to any gov ernment that la responsible for the condition Of Injustice and oppression that give rise to the trouble. Wherever justice Is, there la harmony. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUKIWAT. new "Unole Joe" as a Boy. Newberg. Or., Oct. 14. To the Editor of The Journal "Uncle Joe" Cannon haa several schoolmates In Newberg who went with him to the old Quaker boarding school, afterward called Esrl ham college, at Richmond, Indiana. "Joe" was s little tow-head, and was tolerated principally on account of his dignified elder brother. When he came out to the Lewis and Clark exposition, an old friend said, with a wistful look in bis faded blue eyes: "Mother, let's ask Joe Cannon out here!" "Dear me," said mother, whose bright eyes and soft, fluffy hair, now white aa enow, atlll show what a pretty girl she was; "deer me, I always did con sider myself better than that Joe Can non!" 7 Si- A. U, of tne Common viMnrii'a ,v.il,u. nA aha fnllowlna year he waa orfe of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain. In 1S0I he representee me president at the coronation of King Ed ward VII. Legal Problem. A woman la New Tork Is placed In a peculiar position by the will or a olosa friend. The friend willed her a 1780 gown. Just before ber death she requested to be burled In the dress. Not know ing of the will, relatives compiled. Now the will ts In court. The estate ean't be closed up until the bequest Is said. To pay It the deceased must be disinterred or the legatee must be paid 1700 in cash. The courts are wrestling wrrl the problem. Marriage Colon. Married in gray, you will go far away. Married In black, you will wish you were back. Married In red. you'd better be dead. Married in green, ashamed to be seen. Married In blue, you'll always be true. Married In pearl, you'll live In a whirl. Married la yellow, ashamed of the fel- - low. ' " Married In brown, you'll live out of town. Married In pink, your spirits will sink. Diet Value of the Lemon. It Is not generally known that lemon Juice, taken In proper quantities. Is a most excellent tonic. The Juice of half a lemon taken In a tumbler of cold water, a half hour before breakfast every day will stimulate the liver and digestive organs, causing an Increase in the appetite and making the skin fresh and clear. If the majority of women eould be made to realise that their dull, colorless complexions generally are the results of the Inactivity of their digest ive organisms, there would be less use for objectionable cosmetics that never. In the slightest degree, resemble na ture, i October 27 in History. 1143 French frigate arrived at An napolis, conveying French minister to the United States. 1858 Theodore Roosevelt, twenty sixth president of United States,, born. 1M Federals repulsed at Hatcher's Run. Virgin I a. 1871 "Boea" Tweed of Tammany Hall arrested and balled. lit! Philadelphia celebrated peace Jubilee. . 1902 Prince Albert made half mils In 0:674- 1804 The Now Tork subway opened. At Last. The time haa come, my worthy friends, when statesmen go to jail. You're apt to see one any time haled up before the rail. What fun to step Into court where other Idlers gase, And see a senator sent down to serve his thirty daya! They flew quite- high for many years, but times are1 altered now. They greet us common people with a low end cringing bow. They dare not look us in the eye, lest we a cop should hall. The time has come, my worthy friends, when statesmen go to Jail I Tke Play By Johnston MoCulley. The coarse suggest I veness of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" has already been epparent to students of Shake speare. For this reason, perhaps, Shakespearean actors have in the past overlooked the comedy to a great ex tent, being loath to produce a play where the plot and action hinges on a subject that might prove offensive to some classes of theatre-goers It haa remained for Louis James to get the art out of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." This capable star saw that beneath the coarse suggestion there was a delicate beauty that did more than smother the coarseness, a picture of times snd manners which more than balanced untoward suggestions with suggestions of mirth and the chances for teaching a lesson in morality. It taken a man with intelligence to Interpret the character of Fa 1 staff and bis lines In stieh a manner aa to retain the beauty superior to the suggestlve nsss. This Louis James has done, and In such a manner that we find "The Merry Wives of Windsor" as dear to the heart aa the mors frequently pro duced plays of the bard of Avon. It is no small thing to portray a character such as Fa 1 staff, where the author has left the man In embryo. It may be said. Not in embryo, exactly, for Shakespeare never left a character so, but In such a position thst keen Intelligence could make a success of It, ordinary Intelli gence made a dismal failure of It. Louis James, the annual visitor, be came Louis James, the nsw star, last night at the Hellig. It was a new, a different James with new and different artifices. His work took hold at the first appearance. He looked the part He aoted tits part. He was In the part for all U 'was worth. He has done many things well, but none better than Pal staff. Norman Hackett as Mr. Ford, was greeted by his admirers, and won more of them by his splendid work. Hackett acta svenly and in a maimer artistic. He has been with James long and knows the temperament of the star. He caters to it, giving a performance In sympathy with tba work of James, and there 1s between their personali ties not a Jarring discord. Nellie Mo Henry was excellent as Mistress Quickly. Aphle Jamss as Mrs. Ford revealed the faet that her best work is In the line of comedy rather than In emotional roles. She made a good Im pression last night. Lillian Lancaster did well as sweet Anne Page Horace Lyndon, as Slender, played an excel lent fool and drew laughter from the audience. The others of the company are capable supporting people. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" as played la an abbreviation of what Shakespeare wrote. There Is much thrown away, but there Is retained the central plot In all Its spontaneity and the action Is at all times rapid and, satisfying. James and his company has succeeded in reducing Shake ape are to the understanding of the average man In this production. The deep truths and beautiful witticisms of the lines are Interpreted in a manner that throws the thought with the'aotloa. Nothing of value Is lost and to the contrary much Is gained by the forceful, clean rut manner of presentation. James and his company -will give "The Marry Wives of Windsor" agsln tonight, closing bis annual engagement In Portland. From Newekoy to Millionaire Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, who began his career by selling news papers, presents the paradoxical picture of a man who has amassed a fortune of 110,000,000 through street car - fran chises and monopolistic ventures of different ktnds arraying the forces of his wealth and Influence for the de struction of the very meana whereby he ascended to power. He Is a nepotist who has discarded his privileges and arrayed himself against the throne. The gigantic corporations fear him because he Is the only enemy they have who possesses Intimate and practical knowl edge of their methods. A fighter by nature and training, John son's physical and mental endurance and resourcefulness are little less than marvelous. He goes thoroughly Into the minutest details of every matter that comes to his attention, and brings to Cleveland's municipal problems the seme Incisive mentality that In the peat has built a railroad overnight. Experts who are called Into the service of the city In technical work frequently come from a conference with Mayor Johnson saying thst before they left him he knew more about the business upon which thsy were engaged than they did themselves. It Is this quality In htm that eamsd him ths title of "the best msyor of the best govsrned city In the United States." see He says the secret of his success Is that he excels In the amount and qual ity ot work he can get out of the drat man to come along the street - An excellent example ef the way this unique mayor wins his battles occurred In Cleveland last July. Johnson had been conducting a crusade for lower fares on the street ear lines. Tha present occupant of the atreeta reiusea to accede to his demands and a new company waa organised with S-cent rare as ths basis of its appeal ror rran chlses. The city council granted It a franchise for one line, a part of which ran along a street already occupied by the old company. The street was not wide enough for the new tracks to be laid beside the old. so the council passed an ordinance requiring the old compsny to move Its tracks to one side to maae urn Thlrtv dava naaanrt without any steps having been taken toward obey ing the ordinance. a a a This was the mayor's opportunity. Mayor Johnson smuggled a few oar loads of steel rails Into the city, and on ths twenty-flfuh of July he aroae at S o'clock, marshaled 600 city employes. and with the moat' Improved track-lift ing devices, began to tear out the tracks of the old company. The mayor di rected the work personally, urging ths men to their greatest efforts; and now and then making little practical sugges tions during the progress of the work. The old tracks came out and the new ones went down with a speed and pre cision which would have shamed a pro fessional franchise grabber. Johnson had done the same thing many times before, when only his private interests were at stake The coup had been so carefully planned and so dexterously executed that the old company did not have time to arrange for any physical resistance. They applied to the courts, however, and Just as the work on the tracks waa being completed, an Injunction arrived ordering it to cease. The mayor put ths Injunction In his pocket and thanked the officer who served it. Then he or dered the work to go on. That night the new tracks were se curely In place. There was nothing to obtain then but revenge. Again to the courts Mayor Johnson waa arrested and cited for contempt In disobeying the Injunction and placed under 12,000 bond. The leading attorneys of Cleveland, at last reports, were still splitting hairs over the fine legal points In the case Gold Bricks for the British. The experience of two people who narrowly escaped being ths victims of one of the American 'igold brick" gangs is related In Truth. These peo ple were on the point of going back to the states with 17,000 in hard cash, to be paid over to one of the swindlers, when their banker's caution concerning the self-same rogue with whom they had been in negotiation deterred them. The opening act of the swindle is to addreas from America letters to eetne gentleman recently deceased and whose will has been proved. The letters are designed to Imply that the deceased gentleman has been, unknown to his family, affording financial assistance to some person unknown In the fsr west familiarly al!'ided to as" "Thomas" who Is engage) In prospecting for gold. The letter snnounoes that Thomas' operations have been rewarded by the discovery of a mine of surpassing wealth, snd that he haa aecioea to con vey a half shsre of the property to his benefactor In England. In the present Instance Mrs. S. and bar brother-in-law were temped to go to New Tork and meat "Q. James Crom well." who wrote the letters. He showed them a sample of what looked like gold as big aa a tennis ball. Thomas, he said, had 73 sacks of simi tar stuff, valued at ISOO.OOO. It then aaceared tbat the vein of sold encroached on sdjotnlng property but the owner was unaware of It. So they had to go cautiously to work and purchase the land from hjm. Tne man only wanted a modest 17.000 for It, and after numerous interviews Mrs. S. and her relative came back to England to set this sum. Their hanker, however, asked them the reason for drawing such a large sum, and Ills suspicions saved them being duped. This swindle is tried on somebody In Oreat Britain almost every day with a sufficient percentage of Successes t make It highly profitable. Creeks snd Ten Lost Tribes. From the Kansas City Star. "The Indians are the most superstitious people on earth," said a man a few days ago who had taught for years In a Creek Indian school. "They have myths and legends by the score. Some of them are aa beautiful and picturesque at the legends of the old Greeks and Bomans. "I boarded for five years with a Creek Indian who had been educated at Carlisle. He knew the Indian legends and used to tell, them to me and his children as we sat around the fireplace of an evening. Tou know the Creeks have a legend that they are one of ths lost 10 tribes of Israel. This Indian was the son af a medicine man who was once great and powerful In the trlble. All his knowledge, of Indian lore came from bis father, the medicine man. "This medicine man said that the Creeks were one of the lost 10 tribes Of Israel. The legend ran that they were ones associated with the other tribes and that they had wandered and become separated. They wsndered for years far to the north until they came to a sea. There they built boats and embarked. They steered their course by the wand of a medicine man. Each morning be went to hia tepee and set i BIB IRDSEYE ef TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHAN OK. t- Everybody works but ths hobo, e e That Invention ot odorless ltmburgsr Isn't worth a scent. . e e Much of this October's weather couldn't be beaten anywhere. a a Bryan can't expect to be noUoed very muoh till we see what happens to Hearst e e "Magoon la growing," says a dis patch. Trying to become as big as Taft, perhaps. e e A oomlo opera chorus girl baa been lined for flirting. With the wrong males, probably. a e A Chicago wan has a new kind of alarm clock. His wife knocked him down with It e e On an Iron cot' In an Iron cell In Iron ton, ex-Senator Burton can meditate on the Irony of fate. a a Roosevelt cannot sit on the Ud heavily enough to keep that third term proposition down. e e Either times are unusually quiet lately In Russia, or else the censorship has become stricter. e . ' , r , ' " Some southerners began organising a lynching party on hearing that a black frost bad appeared. a a " ' ' ' " A Chicago man wants a divorce because his wife Is a witch. Doubtless he Is bewitched by some other woman. e e Moat of the prominent Democratic enemies Hearst has made ought to be good for a good many votes apiece for him. It looks as if President Roosevelt must be elected several more times If he Is the only man who can "bust the trusts." e s It Is curious what a great effort must sometimes be made In the courts, often with doubtful results, to prove some thing that everybody knows. a a A London doctor wants hoboes ex terminated, because, he says, they are reverting to apes. But apes would be no such nuisance aa hoboes a e What an argument It la that If the Republican majority In the house should be decreased a Uttle tt would be a staggering blow to Roosevelt e e Salem la-soon to have a city election. In order to support Roosevelt every Re publican candidate sbould be elected by an overwhelming majority. e e Strange to say, no paragrapher, so far as we have observed, alluding to the conviction and sentence of a Mr. Potato, has remarked that he had bugs on him. e e The woman on tbe front page of-the current number of Collier's is not only fully clothed, but wears a bat and an automobile veil. Indicating we suppose, frosty fall weather back east. A New Era in Street Railroads BY TOM L. JOHNSON. The situation In Cleveland Is only am acute aad well-defined example of a situation which Is being felt In many of the cities of the country. It seems to me that the tact that stands out most prominently le that a new era has opened In the popular con ception of the relationships between the public service corporations on the one hand, and the public, upon which they depend for their franchise grants and to whom they render service, on the other. This fact Is the most Important one. In that tt haa forced In Cleveland an admission on the part of the street rail way company that It Is to the public In general that public service corpora tions must in the future look for further privileges. , Two recent events in Cleveland emphasise this new relationship. Ths first Is tbat the present railroad com pany. In seeking a new grant of privi lege In the atreeta, has voluntart'v ap pealed to a vote of ths people, agreeing to submit to ths people the terms upon which the grant Is to be made. see The second Is tbe announcement of a broad legal doctrine by the eourta. The railway company has In times psst op posed the granting of franchises to a low-fare company; first by seeking po litical control, and later by a mass ot legislation, all being directed to techni calities and taking advantage of every quirk in the laws. As fast aa the low-fare franchises were found to be technically faulty the council of Cleveland has given new low fare grants curing the defects. The last ditch of the company seek ing to maintain a monopoly of the streets came In the announcement of the doctrine that the existing railroad had' a property right In the streets, and that the grant of a franchise carried with it certain Implied advantages run ning beyond the term of the grant; also that this property right amounted to an lmplieatlon of the exclusive right In the streets see A learned Judge. In a most carefully prepared decision, haa announced the principle that there can be no property rights in tbe streets except the rights to be found In a strictly construed franchise grant; and that the use snd benefit of the streets by the public and up his divining rod and told them which direction to pursue. They followed this rod from a warm country to a cold sea on which Ihey set sail. The sea was crossed and then they traveled toward the south again. "Ths Creeks hsve a covenant of their tribe which la kept with the chiefs. No one but the elect Is ever permitted to see this guarantee of the genuineness of the Creek faith and origin." An American's Trap for Relic-Finder. The great productiveness of the ruins of Babylon In the way of ancient coins has aroused the suspicions of visitors. An American whs- was going around with a guide became distrustful of tha ease with which these relies could be disinterred. Accordingly he , remarked to his guide while-they were searching VIEWS ORXOON IPKUOHTaV. Houses la Union all Oiled. Mitchell's school pupils number nearly 100. Lota of salmon trout la the Bust river. s e Too many bears la western Polk county. Huntington may have m alter. 400-ton The first brick realdenoe sf Joaenb Is being built e e Weston has sunflowers four feet la circumference. e e Several Portland people are investing around Moslar. e s Rainier will have a complete tele phone system. e e Bigger livestock business than for years la eastern Oregon. e e Some people around Toncalla make a good living on 10-acre tracts e e s A Scrogglns valley maa baa killed es helped kill 10 bears this season, e . s A tunnel of the Grand Rondo Water company will be 14.000 feet In length, e e About 100 deer have been killed thia season along Evans creak In Jaokson county. e a A Pendleton man knocked a large eagle out of a tree with a rock and cap tured It e e. The front name of a Tillamook boy Is Brown as tf there were not enough Browns. e -e A Myrtle Petat minister haa married the 100th couple, and only one baa been divorced. e e A Coos bay maa raised a big crop of cranberrlea, but has difficulty in getting them picked. e e The commercial clubs of Myrtle Point, Coqutlle and Band on may form a union for cooperation. e Rainier children must hereafter be off tbe streets at o'clock p. m., aad must go to school. . Aa eastern Oregon horaethlef Is named Qeordge. but this way of spell ing It Is not a legal excuse. e e A Smythe A Sons of Arlington nave In several counties In Oregon and Wash ington about 13,000 head of sheep, e e A man neea, Sheridan has a goat ranch and bears like Vest meat but In two years he has killed 40 of them, a a A Myrtle Point man shot a blue crane measuring six feet and aa tall as a man. Alive, It was a beautiful creature. A Lake view boy 6 years old was badly burned with flame from powder that be had extracted from cartridges' and lighted. Bad playthings for kids. for the public, whether In the form of supervision of existing roads or the authorisation of competing ones, must be at all times paramount to any Im plied privileges or advantagea of a former grantee. Thua we see In Cleveland the situa tion reduced to Its loweat terms namely, that the existing public service corporation Is merely a tenant upon .tha property of the municipality, and that any further favors or grants of what ever nature must be secured by aa ap peal to tbe public and the people own ing the streets. Naturally, at the end of a five-year struggle the people ot Cleveland are perhaps more highly educated In the matter of franchise values and char acter of public service than are any other people la the country. a a The two great events that have grown up around the granting of spe cial privileges to great public service corporations have been political ac tivity, resulting In the debauching ot public service, and overcapitalisation, resulting In unfair and excessive rates and meager extension of service. Taka the right to grant franchises worth millions from the council, or rather put It back In the first Instance to the people themselves that they may direct the council to do their will, and political graft and corruption must be materially lessened. It may be possible to corrupt a small body of lawmakers, but It la hardly possible to corrupt the public at large. Grunt franchises on condition - that the books of public service corporations must be open at all tlmea to public scrutiny, and campaign contributions and lobby funds cannot be hidden. , Have the books opsn snd the publio Informed aa to tiie coat of construction, maintenance and operation, and the pub lic will know whether or not the ratee which It pays for services nrqfstr... As far as I have seen, I bel'leve that the public of Cleveland are most jeal ous In guarding the rights of Invested capital, but I believe thst they can no longer be deceived by watered stocks and bonds. I believe that dut of this struggle will come a better public service, cleaner politics, lower cost to the pub Uo; and that this will be accomplished without working the least hardship to legitimate Invested capital. about the tower of Nlmrod that he particularly wished to find one coin with a special dealgn. On the one aide was a horse s head, with soma sticks placed roughly between the ears, and on the other aide a bull and a fowt M the act of crowing. Tbe guide re quested him to draw on paper e picture of the two sides of the coin, which the traveler did. About a week after ward tha very coin came to light Carnegie Spelling. From ths Pittsburg Post. "How did you like the new preacherT" "Pretty well. Hs runs a gOod deal to the blsarre." "Well, tf he csn't rates funds . In no other way I don't blame him far gtvln' aa occasional fair."