Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1906)
: ri Editorial; Journal of Page The THE JOURNAL - in iroirnwiKi mwp. (O.- Bv- JACKSON. 'b.i.i. mjiina irM Bandar) ant i. rift Hi Xast'hlU etraata, fartus. , Orrfoe. ' ' ; ' xatrree at the peetof See at Pertlaae. Orf go for traoaretaaloa iaratica lb alalia aa aecuadV ;..Ma1 r.njTina novoa., ... , Huefteeea OfSc........ ...Mln ftuo 1-QHBIOM APVEBT18INO MP?8'" lt Itmt, Mw York! Tribune Ball . lif, I swaee. . . . - gabarrlrtlaa forms by all to inl Mdreas la taa Call Btatea, Canada r IW . ' Oaa. nul.....iS9 t On stoats..... ...I W to rear.,. ......806 I OeeaMath. ..... DAILY AXD SUKDAT. Am mar ST 00 I Ont WOBth .'...... .$ Those who are quite satis fied, tit itill and do nothing; thoM who arc not quite satis-,, fied art the sole benefactors of the world. Landr A DOUBTFUL VICTORY. TEARST has been "defeated for rj . governor of New York, but sideling the great "Voteof that state. 'and in spite of such tremendous ef 'forts on the part of all the trusts and big corporations,Jacked by the infla : lence and power of the national ad ministration, that it if more than halt! 'a victory for him, or. rather for the . principles anJ policies -for which he stood. t '..-'..'. '"''-' ::: It is said by a short-sighted or falsi fying contemporary that this is the end of Hearst and Hearstism, and .that he is nothing more than "an ac Jcident of wealth." . This is, to say the least; a very superficial view. Hearst's ' inherited wealth enabled him to stand forth as a powerful champion of pop tilar rights and.' the common people's interests as he could not have so ef fectively 'done if he" had been a poor man; yet the ' things he advocates, wgesr proposes and demands, on the one hand, and those he denounces and assails, on the other hand, are the im portant matters to.be considered, with reference to this battle and its results. Hearst has against him not only the Republican jparty nearly joKdjJSut -jalLlherBStahejgcijrppratjons, the politrooJndaatrial grafters of high degree, the - "interests," everybody seeking fo plunder the people through politics, legislation . and administra tion, and these included many leading professed Democrats. supported him, for-'its own purposes, but Tammany is cleannd pure be side tbe organized gangs, composed of. men of both parties, that were or ganized to defeat HearstThe rural Voters largely voted with them, be- cause the country people are slower than those of cities to change, and Hearst was not a figure that attract ed and inspired confidence 'in them; but the working people generally ap-; ' prehended the. issue l and supported , their champion. This- is wnly one battle of the war, . and the man who stood for the peo ple is bat temporarily repulsed the ' cause which he champions will go marching on, lThe New .York World, that opposed Hearst, admits that Hughes' election by a small majority, unnrr me circumstances, ne Being an exceptionally unobjectionable man, is -a Republican defeat; that . Hearsts vote shows that the people are tired of the abases of corporations and the robberies of the people by men sup- Z posed to serve them, and that the re suit is a notice that the people de t mand a new deal, a square ileal and a . housecleaning. . ' If Hughes bravely and ably fights the controlling elements and forces in his own party; if he defies and "com :.i bats ;the plundering" corporations That did their otmost to elect him; if to serve the people he becomes a party wrecker, as Roosevelt began to be, the people will be satisfied; but if 1 fughes trims his sails to th e breezes bjowriy the trusts and public service - corporations, and acts the role of Mr. ' .Facing-Two-VVays, - the people will - rally around Hearst, or some similar leader, and bear him to triumphant T victory, In the near future, not only in New York but in the nation. In the results of the New York T election. Xhefe"Ti a T warriing'whicTTthe ' "plunderbund. will do well to heed. FOURTH STREET FRANCHISE. GtTY: ATTORNEY M"NARY hs rendered- an opinion that . ,the franchise Ifor the use of Fourth street to the Oregon- Central railroad was transferable to a pur chasing or succeeding corporation, and the inference is that the franchise, now possessed by the Southern Pa cific company, is not revocable by the . council. But,' it is also the opinion of the cjtyt attorney that' the railroad's we of the streetand the traffic over 'its road thereon, can be regulated by , the council at its pleasure. The rail- .. toad may -be -obliged to change rits motor power from steam to elec tricity, and M, may be prohibited from operating trains at -eer taw hour,-And since it is held that the franchise is propertjhfccapable of transference, and is -of undoubted -value,itceruinly-is or ought to be taxable for all it worth, or in proportion to other prop erty. If the city attorney.be correct the council, though it might not be able to annul the franchise, can com' pel tWcompany to -change radically its use of the street, and to such an extent aa to force it to build another line for its freight traffic, and the au thorities can at least make an honest effort to tax the franchise a reason able amount for municipal purposes Movement in ' these ' directions. has been already much too long delayed, and the council can find no good ex euse for not acting in behalf of the people whose interests they are sup posed to represent ' " '"' ' " " OPEN-THE WILLAMETTE. r T IS THE HOPE of The Journal , that there may soon be an end to the toll-taking at the Oregon City locks on freight np and down the Willamette." How it has happened that the people of the Willamette val ley have so .long tolerated this rank injustice ,to their interests ' without seeking"relief is a mystery;" '..l',,:. The lockage charge, is in effect a toll of 50 cents-- per ton on every pound of -freight thai goes in or out of the'valleythrough Portland." It means, as has 'been shown in ' these columns,( the taking of one and one half cents from,the sale price of every bushel of wheat grown in the' region. It is a toll of 2i cents on every sack of potatoes, 2'r cents on every sack of sugar, 2yi cents on every sack of salt, 4 cents on every bale of hay, S cents on every barrel of flour, 5 cents on every bale of hops, with corre- ponding exactions on all other prod ucts or supplies, and so strongly is the. toll-taker entrenched that the toll has to be paid before the transaction is complete. If the 50 cents per ton lockage were removed, " the steam-: boats would carry river freight for 50 cents per ton less, and that would force the railroads into a similar re duction. ' The immense, importance of the ubject to the people of the Willanv ette valley and Portland is shown by th ejac th aWunn estimated receipts of the private cor poration on freight passing through the locks, were $25,000. It is con ceded that fully three times as' much freight is carried to affected points by rail, a fact that would place the ex cess freight ; rates the ; lockage fee turns over to the railroads at $75,000 last year. The figures are believed to be extremely conservative, but even thus estimated the total 'toll the lock age charge forced Willamette valley people to pay the past year, is $100.- 000. - The sum is a very.large one, under the circumstances. It is 5 per cent interest on $2,000,000. The $25,000 that the private corporation collected in tolls at Oregon City is 5 per cent interest on $500,000, the sum that government engineers give as the es timated cost of new locks on the op posite , side of the river. For Wil lamette valley people . to be required to pay $100,000 every year simply be cause the lockage fee adds 50 cents per ton to river freight and thereby enables the railroads to charge an ad ditional 50 cents -per ton, is palpably and unquestionably unjust, and a sit uation for which relief ought to be afforded. This is a subject -upon which, the people of Portland should become aroused,' and in which the Oregon senators should interest themselves. Portland people are directly con cerned, for, in the saving of this $100,- 000 per year to Willamette valley resi- dents. who-will profit more in an in direct -way than will Portland? In deed, it is Portland's duty to herself to do all she can to So adjust trans portation that traffic : will come to Portland, because by that route the lines oflea9rTesistance are encoonta. ered The war to help Portland is to- rnake"'her-easily accessible to the people, of the Willamette region, to the people of the inland empire and alt other sections. A present and pressing opportunity is for Portland, and for that" matter, all Qregon to loin the valley of the -Willamette in a demand for the locks at Oregon City to become publicly, owned, and for the beautiful river to be made free and untrammeled. "' It toe only a" Iktle over 60r'days for , those cars of freight sent by mis take to Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine, to cross the conti nent, which is really,' about as quickly as goods could be brought around the Horn. . - I ..While on his f-Jrign-tourUr . W. J1. Bryan shipped from Yokohoma a lot of Japanese souvenirs, weighing 4,576 pounds, the freight on which to Omaha, 4.S00 miles by water " and 1.S00 miles by rail, was $57.20. , From Omaha' to Lincoln, . Nebraska. 55 miles, the freight charge was $27.46. A Little Out THINGS PRINTED" TO RE Andrew D. White's Birthday, Andrew. D. White. -American author. historian . and diplomat., waa born in Cortland county. New York, November 7. 1S1I. Ha atllillot at ll.ih.rt vnllsr&. He wa attached to the . American le cation at SU Petersburg alx months. He i proreaaor or-Malory and Knallsh literature In the UnJjk-alty of Michlaaa from lt(S to lSa. Aa a member of. the New York state senate from lStt to 1SST. he secured the passage of a bill Incorporating- Cornell university, of which hewaa the nrst president. Me since served in important publlo capacities as commissioner to Santo Domlnao to report ' on annexation In l7l: commissioner of the state of New York to the Parle -exposition; minister to Berlin '1S7B-S1; minister to St. Peters burg 1893-94; member of the Venezuelan commission It and ambassador to Germany In 1897 and through the deli cate period of the Spanish-American war. . . - November 7 in History. J794 Timothy Pickering of Massa- ohusetts became postmaster-general of t$s United States. - ibis uenerai jaexson, witn I. ooo Tennessee militia, drove the British from Pensacola. 18S7 Klot at AJton. Illinois,; K. P. Love Joy killed. 1861 Federal naval . and miliary forces, under Commodore Diipont end General Sherman, captured forts at port Royal entrance. , 1871 Apache Indians attacked stage Aaar wlckenburg, Arizona, . and killed six passengers, among tham. F. W. Lor log, the author . , 187 Captain and erew of the Vlr- glnlua executed at Santiago de Cuba. 1899 United States cruiser Charles ton wrecked on coast of Luzon, Philip pine islands. " 1901 Lt Hung Chang, Chinese states man, died in Peking. To Save Trees From Frost. Vice-Consul Risdorf writes that the Experimental Gardening . association. Frankfort Bachserhsusen. has made some trials with fumigation against night frost, which in the present sea son is frequently very - Injurious. In April nearly all the treea in the. or chard were In full bloom. In expecta tion of night frost an experiment was made by fumigation with naphthalene. It was a success and the trees were soon enveloped in dense smoke, but It was a very expensive proceeding, savon flames having consumed 6ft kilograms of naphthalene In one hour. To en velop all the trees In smoke 160 kilo grams would have been barely suffi cient A new preparation gave a bet ter result , What the Animals Teach. Learn of the animals. The ' horse teaches us to be silent under punish ment and "patient ln suffering. From the lion we learn bravado.- From the cat we learn to prowl at night - From -The Smile That Will Soon Come Off JUGGLING WITH FIGURES ' Although trammeled by gralnhandlers strikes and . car shortages, the port of Portland maneges to stay. ahead of Its neighbors on the sound In the matter of breadstuff exports, figures of osrtaln Spokane newspaper mathematicians-to the contrary notwithstanding. It would not be fair to assume that the Tacoma Ledger, has juggled the figures on flour ablnments snd we will believe that lt has been misled by statements of sound exports, as the. world. has meen misled by monthly reports of bank clearings for which -one of the sound cities has gained a questionable - reputation. - There appear to be no figures in the latest Issue of the commerce and labor bulletin to warrant the unholy Joy witn which the Ledger . chortles over the sound's export shipments. The figures furnished by the respective ports show that Portland, in August, 190. shipped 7,814 barrels of flour, coastwise and to Hawaii, while Seattle sent 897 barrels to the sams territory. Portland, In the first eight months of - 1 90S exported 9.888,870 bushels of wheat snd 487,708 barrels of flour, and would have nearly doubled this output hsd there been ade quate transportation facilities from in terior warehouses and mills to tide water. There is no appstent reason for ths esteemed Ledger to believe that Portland ts losing prestige in the flour and wheat trade. . l As far as Seattle Is concerned. Its For 6.000 miles the charge was $1.25 per 100 pounds; for 55 miles the charge was 60 cents per 100 pounds. Hence Mr. Bryan thinks railroad re form in Nebraska is desirable. The Seattht .Times," in a compar ative tabie, puts Portland's popula tion at 130,000 jtnd Seattle's at .200,000. The Times is generous enough to al low Portland 5,000 more than does the Oregonian, fronvwhtch- forits own- purpose it gets its information. Bank clearings alone excepted, every thing shows that Portland's popula tion exceeds Seattle's, but people who rely upon the morning knocker's fig ures will of course suppose that Seat tle is about one third larger than Portland.'- - . The Pendleton Tribune answers The Journal's criticism of President Roosevelt interfering in state elec tions by ' citing Governor 'Chamber lain's activity in his own behalf. The illustration supports rather than weakens The Journal's position- If Chamberlain should send out his ap pointees to influence municipal elec tions in Pendleton, Ashland, Astoria and other cities, his action might then be compared to that of Roosevelt in his interference in state elections. Considering what a terrible man he is Hearst got a whole lot of votes. It seems t' some 'people who were talking a good, dell tobout a jute mill did not know much about it But of the Common AD WHILE ' YOU WAIT. , ithe dog we learn-how to be faithful to a friend. The, camel teaches' us ab stinence. The elephant teaches us how to be cslm in adversity. . The hippo potamus teaches us reuossIhesh)i little' rabbit teaches, us how- to dU without a murmur.. The antelope teaches us the foolishness of curiosity The hoptoad teaches us the evils of gluttony. The ant teaches us industry and wisdom In counclL The hen teaches us to go In out of the wet (yet I have seen fool hens which did not know the difference between sunshine and rain) Some people might learn of hog how to be gentlemen. - . The Gentle Cynic From the New York Times. Oenlus occasionally wears clothes that nr. I Killing time la the assaaslnatlon of opportunities. . . Some people hate to take advice, even when they pay for It'--. ' ' ,o A diamond ! one thing that matches every woman a complexion. - Perhaps you have-noticed that .he married Cynic Is usually anonymous. There are few things that pleas a woman more than to pose as a martyr. it doesn't- tend to make a man any more cheerful. to realise that he must die to be appreciated. ; The poet takes life seriously, but the average editor would take the post s life with positive glee.' - A Legend Concerning Tea. A Chinese prince waa called upon to teach the existence of a god. He took a Vow that he would never aleep or eat until " heconverted -ttls-people. Being very faint he ate of an herb and waa so stimulated from It that he found ha re quired no effort to keep from aleeplng. He was the first to steep It In. water, and although ha failed In his mission, we have, because of him, our knowledge of. tea aa a drink.-..;', , The Dark House. Midnight and down the silent street Only the faithful watchman's feet Shuffling along his lonely beat. House after bouss he -passes, all Alike black window and black wait Wrapt In the' shadow woven pall. At lastone window and a light ' And persons moving left and right. . The' weary watchman sees tonight But 'of the many houses none - Is dark aa this whsreln lies one For whom the day of life Is done. Frank Dempster Sherman. Britain's First Colony. . To accommodate surplus populations, big powers must colonise. England's pioneer colonising settlement was In 1881. when Sir Humphrey Gilbert planted the English flag m-the shores of Newfoundland end took possession of the Island in the name of hla sovereign. GIVES SOUND CITIES JOY. own figures show that It has not at any time been la the breadstuff game with Portland.'" This city's only .threatened rival thla year has been Tacoma. which In August shipped 9.884 barrels of flour coastwise and. (0,508 barrels foreign. While In this month .Tacoma exceeded Portland slightly in flour -shipments foreign, on account of impending dock laborers' Strikes in Portland, this city's coastwise shipments exceeded those of Tscoma sufficiently to put this port ahead on the aggregate shipments! Ta coma'a total' flour shipments to the ori ent, and coastwise,- In August were 70t 887 barrels, nothing from that port going to Hawaii. Portland's total flour shipments lrt August, to. Hawaii, the orient and coastwise were 71,847 bar rels. . This In spite of the aggravated car shortage, with Portland hsvlng but one railroad system connecting ..with the wheat belt, while the sound "has two railroads tapping the asme territory. It Is well.-however,- for the Interior and sound brothers who feel thst they have sny glee coming to tw gleeful now. There is another day coming, when ths north bank lines of the Oreat Northern and Northern Pacific roads will be In operation, and the wheat they are now lifting over the mountains to the sound will roll down the Columbia river. The Spokane smile is notllkethe smile that will not come off. there is 'nothing new or strange in that. ' . .'. Governor Chamberlain will doubt less send a congratulatory word to Go verno Johnson of Minnesota - Great Republican victory; the party lost only some 60 seats in congress. 1 tasBBiaiewesiaBaaaaaasaaaaBaaasssBaBSBSSBaBsesaat. Have the president and Secretary Taft Jueard from" Idaho? 'IZ " " Why Husbands Run Away. - A woman who hss msde a deep study of the problem of home life investi gated 574' esses of wife desertion with the object or finding out what led to the trouble., : She discovered that lack of money had generally more to do with such de sertions than, disagreements The- man who has an established business, for Instance, very rarely abandons It, how ever harassed he may be by his wife. Mothers-in-law are not so often the cause of dissension between man and wife as' might be supposMll"r only 29 nf the 574 canes tnqulretrlnto had the wife's mother-joined 4he family circle. Of the 574 deserted wives, only 20 were childlen. 108 had one child, 154 had two children and . 125 ..had three. The bigger the family the smaller ts the likelihood that the father will de sert It. Of the 574 runaway husbands only two hsd 11 children. ' . ,- . The majority of desertions pceur- be tween the third and Xifth years of mar ried life. A couple who live together for five years are probably proof, there fore, against all temptations to part Intemperance. In -i wives -drove 48 of the 574 husbands froln home. One left because his wife pokeso slowly that she made him nervous. One hundred disappeared Just-before- or Just after the. birth of a child. ,. It Is tdo much to hope thst tlU new rale law will regulate the Pullman car porter. . th roommnnleatlnna Intended for publication In thla. aotiuaa should ae written aa ona. lid ef tb ptwt oalr and mint be brief. Tba loernal Mumea do raaaonatlillltr tor the rplsloaa as DrasMa by coatrlbatoim.) . . , Some W6saea and KeformSTs. FortlandUlJov.. i, t- the Sditr-f The Journal 1 am ah Equal Suffragist jubi me eame ae every honest unset fish man- or woman jnust a friend of justice, simply because circumstances nave placed ; In certain hands tower tnai ngntiy should be distributed among all does not prove (hat the pres ent laws governing the franchise are right any- more - than -because the grafters and extorters are generally in control of the government proves that grafting and extortion are proper and we sea that the . right-minded men are all for reform and are driving oth era, against their' will. Into the army or rignt'. no l. expect to see Justice given women by this very same army of reformers. Although the whole army Is not righteous. Just band, yet It members are liked ny men -tit both grand parties who are right at heart and -will s Juetlce done. If an organisation Is to help accom plish the desired result the leading spirits must be selected from live,, en ergetic. Just and wise bustnees and professional women, not from' society's shielded -and petted women. I did not participate In the election. neither have I been spoken to in re gard to It although urged by card to be There;-tmtr-weil. I knew - the- be- frllled and beapangled ' society women who could automobile- around on elec tion day, . pat . us women . who . were working In the - rain, and urge u to stay .with It", would be the ones se lected to fill offices, just as they were the ones who "received credit for work done on election day. No, when they admit they can't work with women of other vlewa than their own It suggests to others' the advisability of transporting them, -and their ctlq.uestoatons Island su they can work for if allowed to- vote and have to be mixed In with "many men with many minds," the past event shows how Intolerant they would be, which la one of the greatest undermln ers of our greatest of all governments, end we do not wish to add to this dan ger, but help these- reformers to build up again these fundemental rocks un der our government. God bless the re formers and give them special Insight to all our Injustices and give thsm wisdom and power to deal In these restless days and give alt men and women juetlce, with no privileges or exemptions. .".' ROSE TULLEY HUGHES. The Morning Solly. Portland, Or., Nov. 5.To the Editor of The Journal Allow roe-to congrat ulate you upon the reply you made to the dastardly attack 'Snade upon you and Mr. Ladd In the Oregonlan by the publican of the dirty cartoon In that sheet recently. " It . was entirely un cailad for and had not the leaat ground la fact for lla publication. I wish to ssy that I have read both The Journal and the Oregonlan dally for aeveral years past and The Journal has been a clean in every respect and a great deal cleaner than the morning paper. There Is no paper in the .United States that is more scurrilous, vindictive or Indecent in Its attacks on those who do not kneel to it. - I . am writing thla letter to you for the reason that I feel under obligation to the publishers of The Journal for the good fact that at last we have in Portland a paper that ta able to hold Its own against the tyranny of the morning bully. May you continue to prosper, and 1 assure you that what ever aid 1 ean give-, you In my humble way will be freely given. . - GEORGE I. BROOKS. The Great Sorrow of Saw Buck" Z Sawbuck, Or.. Nov. 4. Ed. of th Ournel Deer Sur: I wl'sht yu wud in form us tnru yur psplr or other wis how to go to wurk to git rid ov the ornerest, low lived, onganllest cus thet evor lived say In nuthln about holdln the offla ov P. M. In this or eny other plats It Is no othor than Bill Oinkason that his got it hear an I geae I am the only on that elnt a-frade to aa It he' ha been hear In thet plaea now for or 8 vers and ov al the low down russrdness he hss bin In to It wud take 10 yers to tell he wunt let a postal klrd go out ontll be ha red It all an he dont Kansll a stsmp on a letur ontll It eums off h puts it out sld an writs on lt "held fur postlg" registered males yu cant git et at. -t Wldder Lafferty haa bin glttln a pen shun for 20 yers an fur th last six quarters h has bin takln hur chex to th bank and glttln urn casht an tellln the bank that the pore woman la to sick to etim an when abe Trent to luk It up he tole hur that Pres. Rosyfelt usshud order thet none but'.widders of rufgh riders wud git penshuna her af ter. " he got Inter th the.offls by ktllln th former P. M. an he d ho other reson than emus he wud not 'eel htm postlg stamp on tick, he hed his own pettshun al mad out an sent In fore he shot him an sed the reason? for him resinln wss best none t his self so he got his eomlshon - to- - tak - th - offla "near day after the funeral. Laa summer when he got order to way the male he held It al fur six weeks befor hsnd so to msk a big showln an their by git hla salary Increased, now If ' this; ant ai. nurr fur to nre mm ineir is iota mor I alnt told agin him 1 can tell prnv. 1 write this to yu an hav. to walk 18 ml to male lt In another plase or he wud stop It shur. hope If yu Kan yu wll send a corespondent here to rite him up an help us out In this as it Is very anoyln to al us resydsnts tiear, even th jpinister kiks.. ' , zoura ror Anutner p. m. ' JOSIA TOMSON. P. S. Idont pertlckly - want it my self. J.. B. Tariff Revision Inevitable. . , From th Astnrlan. " . ' Thl paper la of the Republican, Re' publican; but We are convinced, as the humor of th eouqtry I measured at this moment that the perty of protec tion could not go before the nation upon a purely protective propaganda and win out . Tariff revision Is In the air. The people are weary of the doctrine that hedges and amplifies and rendera impe rial the colossal interests that are be yond all' need of the policy. ..!. From the Eugene Ouard. - Th Portland Oregonlan . announce that hereafter it Sunday edition will be made up of colored magasln supple ments, comle pictures end other "yel low" features.. Look Ilk The Journal bad scored again. - ' "Letters LFrom : People "DIRDSEYE VIEWS J- ef TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANGE. Some . Cubans iadronlsh again,. are ' beginning to b ." - ,.,' e A man who "smiles" often downtown cannot expect smiles at home. 1 ... ' e e ' , This Is not the time of year for pre- gun io ao, ajiynow, pomi4iy, e e ; . It Is suspected that a contemporary la afflicted with yellow , jaundice, ''..' e e ' Now we see th necessity of a big -standing army; there s them utes, e ,e' -'-..;.' , It has also been a good year for th cat crop. But every year is that ". -'e ' .',-. ' i - A New Tork boy , waa arrested for registering 14 time not old enough. In putting up sausage most th pack ers mention the breed of the canine? If we have no Indian aummefglrls In Oregon, we have something Just aa good. t - .v. e e , An exchsnge describe -: Hearst as 'quiet" The trust, think he la rather lively. ' . , . Opportunity must have mteeed some other fellow by knocking at Cortelyou's door so often. A cook up In eaetern Washington was hugged by a bear, but being a male eook did not like it. Perhaps it will be considered erlmlnal after awhile for two old fogies to play checker or chess. .'..''. Something .ominous; a whole week without the purchase of a single big railroad by Harrlman; - . A profeeeor 'says young Intellectual' prodigies are Idiots. It waa rather bard work, for him to .learn. . " "" -.' r . e e '.. i Kansas and Nebraska want more windmills. Are there not a lot of cam paigners In those states? : .. .. v -r - - No very large aching void will be left by the retirement of Senator Clark of Montana from publlo life. Teddy got .only on wild turkey, but aa that was the first. one h aver killed It looked as big aa a doien.' - . ' e, a. . '." " - . If ether topic run short thl month th newspapers can fill up with fore casts of the president's message, . - ' A newspaper man can always have the last word unless th other fellow I a newspaper man, too, or a woman. . e a .' ; -Uncle Jo Cannon says the' Republican majority In the .next house will be "re spectable." - Ha anybody been-hinting that It might be dlerespectablef - - , e a -.,., If Tom Rysn gets- In with King Leo pold In the Congo rubber trust be ought to be able to tell the government how to solv th problem ef an elastlo cur rency. . . . Setting the Brakes on Commerce CAR SHORTAGE CAUSES LOSS Th Pacific northwest I In th grip of an unprecedented and prolonged' car shortage, at a time of unparalleled busi ness activity and opportunity. Wheat grower and ahtppers, and buyer of all aorta of vegetabl and fruit products ar suffering great financial toes' a a result of Inability to reach waiting markets with .their commodities. - The mercantile Interests are groaning under condition that render It Impossible for them tn get goods to supply their trad or reach out after new business. Ths operators of lumber mills not possess ing cargo shipment facilities ar suffer ing heavy losses for lack of cars, and some of the smaller' and mor helpless mills ere practically ruined. ... When the railroad companies fall In so Urge a sense to furnish a sufficient supply of ears Into which the products and . merchandise of a community or state may be loaded and -moved expedi tiously, they are setting the brakes on commerce; stifling trade, and repudiat ing th charter granted to them by the tat. These are -very serious matters, th knowledge of which one lodged In th mind of th people, will take year and much Investment et money to dis lodge. , Such a short-sighted policy a th railroad Owners hav displayed In the matter of rolling stock for the Pacific northwest Is not understandable to the man who. vlewa lt strictly from a busi ness standpoint- It Is incredible that men of the shrewdness that typifies the average rallrosd manager would kill the goose that lays th golden gg for the railroads. . From only one -view doe th puszl seem solvable. At the present time the sound country la dominated a absolute ly by the Hill lines as Portlsnd la under the transportation domination ef th - Harrlman roads. - Th respective railroad group do a they Ilk about Theory of Character. '' It Is bscomlng mor -and mor' evi dent that eoiora ought not to be used lightly and unadvisedly, and equally certain that we can do a. great deal by mesns of them, and that w-ar very touch mor under their control than wa at present realise. Th latest theory I that all women who have played a prominent part In th world' history or who hav mad great name for themselves will be found to hav af fected distinctive oolor or to hav had color associated with them at aoma time. Cleopatra, w ar rmlndd, loved brilliant yellow, Queen Elisabeth wa devoted to red. La Pompadour first gave u pal pink and pal blue In eon Junction, the great Isabella of Spain was responsible for th shade known as Isabeau, and even In our own time we And, if we tak th troubl to think nd make Inquiry, that om on color seems always to get mixed up, ao to say. wll', th lif of any woman who hag ambition or genius, or both. On thl prlncippla w feel w ean to som xtntdlcovr who nf th woran of our generation who are likely to Influ ence thlr age orleave nhelrname written oh the scroll of th Immortals; It Is not msintslnd that th us of certain colors . Indicate beauty or strength of chsracter, or, contrariwise, that thnae who hy , some mrs-tsrlous force' ar associated with certain selora OREGON SIDELIGHTS A Junction City man has a J103 goat 'Springfield la "Ye- have large match factory.- . " " ' e ., No healthier piece than More, says th Observer. - . --..:' - ' Harney valley wheat proves as good a any for flour, - -. - Ovr In- Ala people live chiefly on flab, venlaon and honey. " ..' :','' . '. .' "- ' ' '. ' :;. . On day last week ts people arrived tn Klamath Falls toy stage. . '' : ' e ' e - ;,. . More prunes are' being shipped east from Albany than from any Oregon city. . -: . . e e ' - October postal receipts In The Dalle were 10 per cent larger than in Ootober, 1905. ..-..'.'-. .. i e e '--j I-. i A Phoenix man raiSM 8 8 00 worth of - strswberrles on two fifths of an acre of ground. 1 . '.-. ; ' : .; . ; " There Is much good apple' land In Umatilla eounty also, says th East' Oregonlan. ' . ., -'.' '.''' .. 'i ' ' . ; .'" : .More log have-been eut on the Bins law than ever before; over 18.000.000 feet are now on the rlvev ' Harpole Hill correspondence of Junc tion City Times: "Wanted, a Job of put ting wood In th shed by Elst Bailey. -;.r, e '. , The Springfield Mews -thinks the pro prtetor of an Illegal "boose-Joint" of th worst sort at Marcola deserves a treat ment of tar and feathers. . . e e Sllats correspondence of Toledo) Leader: Spencer Scott killed a big black bear recently and got five gallons of Iktt. Bears ean be seen must anym-nere. -They are after sheep and apple. - A Toncalla man from If hills of cu-- cumbera got enough for two barrels of pickles besides furnishing three fsmi-. lies with cucumbers all summer, ' and they are still bearing. One meeaured MH by Jl inchea. ' , . -.. . " '.''-' .' "'. t ' . A colored preacher who ha turned up In Albany again after several years' ab sence In th orient la named David John Henry Allen 2mboen Swackhanuner Jr. To carry thta around he needs good sup port in th way, of vlttle. e ,"' ' . ' '.- Th atag between Bhanlko and Prlne vllle, carrying mall, wa held up II hour, over night In Cow canyon bv freight wagona left In the narrow road, the freighter having taken their team away for feed. ' The language uaed by the atag driver and paaaenger la not found In Sunday school books. Over 840.000 hae-been paid out to th rancher surrounding Prairie ' thle fall ' for cattle, saya th Miner. About 10. 000 will be distributed for grain. In addition to this the mines will spend In the neighborhood of 880,000 making a total of 8100.000. In the district ar about 860 votera and 1.000 Is the total population. . : - - -V -: - -n TO ALL BUT RAILROADS. furnishing farillttea for, "handling .th " traffic. The O. R. A N. company.' for example, know that- in the territory exclusively Its own there is a given amount of tonnage that -cannot ba moved unless by the railroad' consent and co-operation. Regardless of th outcry for cars, th railroad company, knowing that there la no danger of -Its losing th carrying business of that territory, that th tonnage will stay there until the railroad's own sweet will I to haul it to market, make no effort to procure car. The same altuatlon confronts sound territory servsd exclusively by the Hill roads.- Thus th ear shorts ge la a one sided affair, so far as losses ar con cerned. - The shipper who lose by fall-' -urs to deliver hla prpducU or merchan dise within the time contracted, haa -no way to lecover., . The rallrosd com-, pany, while lt fall to reap the rich har vest today, knew that th earning ar . merely postponed;- that - the tonnage must ultimately move, and that It will get the business whenever It brings the cars, be jt next week. or. a month -hence. The market price of the product may have changed, the profits of ; the shipper may have been eliminated by lower prices or warehouse charge, or loe of customer, but th freight ratea remain the ame. And the heavens thst weep know that the freight rat Is high enough. , ... . That these oppressive condition ex.. Ist. ls prqbably.tha fault ofr th people snd their legislators.. - There should be a legal remedy. A railroad company that accept Charter and franchise take on an Implied responsibility to which It should be held by law. It as sumes to tak reasonable care of traf flo . needs.- A law providing ear demurrage charge against - th railroad company aa well aa the shipper would today be a valuable, weapon In the hand of th .. business met) of th Paolfle northwest ar necessarily Cleopatraa or Pompa--doura or such Ilk. It I only pointed . out that women of note-good. bad. and' indifferent at all periods, have shown a marked taata for color, and what It behoove us to do Is to And out., what woman among u may" stand any' chanc of being numbered among the elect. In an Old Gallery. ' ' By Ella Wheeler Wlleoa. ' ' 1 Befor th starn of a giant Hun, " " Thar stood a dwarf, mlsahapen and uncouth., i , ; Hla lifted eye seemed asking, "Why, :, , In aooth, ' ; Wa I not fashioned Ilk this mighty , on; ' Would God show favor to an older son, Like earthly king, and beggar wtth- , out ruth. , - , Another, who sinned Only by his youthT Why should two Uvea in such fllvr - gence run?" . , Strange, as he gases, that from a van . Ished pset, " ' ' , r. No memorie revived, of war, and atrifa. Of, misused prowess, and of broken law, . . that old Hun's Spirit, In the dwarf re- .csst, s ';""..." Lived out the sequence of an early Ufa, , . it waa th statu ef himself h saw! j , -3 ,.-v--r-.:'' .. . X "
