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OREGON AT SEATTLE.
, REGON ; must shortly de
termine what she will do at
the Seattle exposition.
' .Whatever appropriation if to be set
aside for our etate building and ex
hibit, will hare to be made by the
coming legislature. Even ' if viewed
from a purely selfish standpoint, the
allowance should be adequate, for
Oregon can divide the fruits of the
fair almost equally with Washington.
If our showing be all that it is posJ
ible to make it, few of the 250.000
easterners expected at the fair will re
turn home without first seeing Port
land and a part, if hot all of Oregon.
From the selfish standpoint it is es
sential that our efforts at Seattle
should be amply financed and that
whatever1 we go' about in. the prem
ises, wedo intelligently and liberally,
i Great things are to come to two or
r t hree northwest tatet asiruit pi this
, fair. We see in a greater Portland
and a swiftly jgrowing Oregon-fruits
of the Lewis and Clark exposition.
But the possibilities of the Seattle ex
position are even greater. To edu
cate the world as to the immensity of
'Alaska is its main purpose. Even our
own people do not realize the im
portance and .yalue; of this -splendid
purchase, made by Secretary Seward
in 1867. . . - " -.' ;
Alaska is a. territory eight times as
large at Oregon, two. and a half
timea at large as Texas and 500 times
as targe as Rhode Island. ' It pro
duced $16,000,000 in gold ; last .' year
and is richer m surface copper than
ny other region on the earth.. Its
fisheries, according .' to , the govern
ment statement, are the richest on the
globe. It bas a forest wealth so im
mense that only hints of its greatness
. are obtainable, '.The whole region is
" so vast, so undeveloped and so unex
plored that it will be far in the future
before knowledge of its great pos
sibilities will be at hand.
It it because of this ' wealth of
'Alaska that Oregon should be a party
to its exploitation- and development'
' Its development means the calling on
the northwest states for more and
, more of food supplies and manufac
tures. Though not destitute of agri
cultural resources, the region must
draw on the northwest for flouri hay,
grain, meats, dairy products, clothing,
blankets, machinery and a hundred
other products and manufactures.
These, Oregon farmers, orchardists,
dairymen, artisans and tradesmen will
want to furnish, and herein, as well
as in the exploitation of our own fair
state, lies a powerful reason for ns
to, be broadminded ' and generous
when we come to deal with the Seat
tle exposition. '
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A METER SYSTEM NEEDED.
IHE MAYOR and others who
viiinpiain or ine pre
system of Portland have, suf
ficient ground tor doing o. The sys
tem is crude, inequitable, and rad-
' icalty wrong. Under it the average
householder, the people living in
small houses and using but little
water, have to pay entirely too much,
-while many people who use large
amounts of unraetered water, .'and
therefore use it extravagantly, pay
tod" little. The burden should be
more equitably distributed, and this
can only be accomplished by meters
on all service pipes.
But "the plen proposed by the
Toftland Free Water Users' asso-
; nation" is , also objectionable. It
' would, make property owners pay' in
proportion to the value of their prop
erty, regardless of the ' amoVnt of
water, used, br whether they used
any. This would not be just, except
from a purely socialistic point of
view, any more . than to provide
everybody with free fuel, free Unlit,
or free transportation,, at the public
expense.' Even, those who believe in
the single tax theory, taxing land val
ues only, as. The Journal does the
oretically, are inconsistent in advocat
ing the maintenance of a water sys
tem mholly .by property , taxati6n.
Would it be fair or just for the prop
erty owner who uses no water, or
who uses ' it only in necessary
amounts, to have to pay for the waste
and extravagance of Others?. And
this query is accentuated by the un-
doubted fact lhat a great many people
will willfully if not maliciously waste
anything that other people provide
and pay for. ' Some people , would
even injure' themselves a little in or
der to increase others' expenses.- Be,
sides, this system would add another
inducement .to tax-dodging,, which, is
to be avoided if possible.
There Is even a higher and broader
ground for .'opposing this plan, and
that its paternal feature, the giving
of something valuable without requir
ing any equivalent. This is utterly
undemocratic. It is similar in prin
ciple, though not in operation, to the
protection system. It is calculated to
undermine character, to sap manhood
or manliness, to encourage the al
ready too prevalent vice of trying. to
live off others, to become parasites,
which in however small' a way is to
be "discouraged. ' . , ."
Yet the ideal system will take care
to protect the humble householders,
the small water users. A minimum
rate of say 50 cents a month should
be established, everybody having a
service pipe to pay at least that much.
It can The veryhearlydemonstrated
that the average small householder
would have to pay not much if any
more than this. . The cost of' water to
him could be . reduced perhaps one
half from present charges.: Then by
a complete meter system charge all
water users for the water they ac
tually1 consume, the rate per 1,000
gallon's being calculated to make the
system self-supporting, and to pay
interest, repairs, etc
ihe cost 01 new mains and exten
sions could be defrayed either by as
sessment on abutting property, by a
general tax levy on the whole city or
by district taxation. !
BythiajnethotLeYeTybodjLWciuld
be required to pay nearly in propor
tion to the amount of water each con
sumed,' but the waste of water would
be checked. People would not be, ex
travagant with it And the moderate
water users would find that their
water tax would be much less than it
is now, and at the same time, the
plant would yield an ample income
for all its purposes. This is not a
matter of vague conjecture, for. the
benefits of a meter system, both to
the .small consumer and the munic
ipality, ' have been 'demonstrated in
other places.- .' ' '.
The Portland water system needs
reforming badly, no doubt, but while
reforming it the work should be done
right, and on the broad principles of
"equal rights to all and Special priv
ileges to none" and a "square deal,"
which would not be the case under
Mr.- Wagnon's .plan, a!thoughitr is
presented in utmost sincerity. The
water system will never be reformed
satisfactorily until a meter is required
on every service pipe,, the expense
of installation to be borne by, the lot
owner, to whom the water is supplied.
"CLASS HATRED."
S SOON as a man who stands
for and in his individuality
really . . represents actual.
specific, practical reforms becomes a
candidate for a high office, in which
he could and would 'do something
reformatory, all his opponents, includ
ing a lot of papers arid persons who
have pretended to favor the same re
forms, cry out against him that he is
tryjng to make a class, issue, that he
is inciting class hatred that. he is set
ting one class against another, and
they say this is very bad, vicious, dan
gerous, and reprehensible. The fact
is that such people and newspapers
are hypocrites; they desire no re
form; they hope to continue to fool
he hypocrites'-gaitrand
the .people's hurt.
No( sooner does Bryan or Hearst
scratch through ' the hide of pluto
cratic plunderer of the common peo
ple and show him up than his organs
and candidates begin to shout: "This
will not do; the reformer is trying to
arouse class hatred." If the real,
genuine reformer attack these colos
sal grafters and the 'meansby which
they gained their millions, you will
find the journalistic and political
hypocrites exclaiming with one Voice:
"This "terrible mischief-maker is ac
cusing and abusing these men be
cause they are richer than the ma
jority, Is inciting the hatred, of the
poor against the rich." They all
know better;that no attack: is, waJfe
upoh wealth hornestfy gahved'-f- upon
men who from greater talents or es
pecial natural, advantages r fortui
tously have amassed wealth; that a
certain "class" of rich men are at
tacked because they are grafters,
e. g., thieves, and beneficiaries of un
just lsws for. which they are largely
responsible; yet to .divert attention
and fool as many people as possible
the "class" cry is raised just. as soon
as any teal reformer opens his mouth
or lift his fingefjj .
Nobody who is worth listening to
or who can get t bearing tries to in-,
A Little Out
"THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU
'. General Funaton's Birthday.
Brljradlrr-aneral FrJ Punaton - was
born In Ohio November . lHttfi. When h
i rr old Mi family removed to
Kioni and the. future aenermt received
hi education at the hiah erhool of Iola
and the Kahaaa State unlverelty. He
did not' graduate from the last-named
Institution, however, but left It to take
up newspaper work In Kansas City. . In
l&M ha joined the revolutionists la Cuba
and fought IS months. At the outbreak
of the war with Spain he returned to the
United States and was commissionea
colonel In the Twentieth Kansas volun
teers: It was In the Philippine, where
he went after the Spanish war; that the
Incident occurred that won htm . fame
and promotion to hlh rank In the army.
At Calumplt tie crossed, the Bio Grande
river on a small bamboo raft In the face
of heavy ' fire and established a rope
ferry by means of which the united
States troops were enabled to cross and
In the battle. For this deed he was
promoted to the rank of ttrtsadrer-a-eifi
era I. " He headed the expedition that re
sulted In "the capture of Agulnaldo.
November 9 in HiatOrr. '
f T ' J
; IMS-Smlth Thompson of New York be
came secretary of the navy.
1W1 King Edward VII of Greet Britain
born.
ISfiS General Frederick Funston born.
1S7S Steamer City of Waco burned oft
Galveston bar. ... .
1390 Revolt aaalnst President Bog-ran
n. Honduras suppressed.
1881 The prince of Wales celebrated
his 80th birthday. .
1899 Admiral George Dewey married
to Mrs. Mildred M. Hasen at Washington,
District of Columbia. .. .
IMS British squadron, commanded by
Prince Louis of Bat ten berg, visited New
Tork. .
Philosophy of a Dyspeptic.
The older a man arows the more chance
he has of being found out.
Vove ls the landlord of our castles In
the air. 1
The fellow who always agree with you
expects to be paid. ,
Borne people never atop to think, and
wouldn't think If they did.-
When a man lose his enthusiasm his
opportunities begin to' shrink. -
If you want things to come your way
you must go after them.
A root and his money are aoon parted,
and many there be 'who want a part.
Borrow trouble and you will be In debt
all your life.
A man and' hi wife are one, and there
are no two way about It.
He who yield ts temptation Is gen
erally looking for the chance.
Ages In the Animal' Kingdom.
A great variance as to Isngth of life
appear .among different animal. Some
Insect live for only a few hour, while
fish, elephants and turtles are frequently
cite the hatred of the masses for the
rich merely because.they are rich. But
if it be inciting class hatred to point
out to the common people the men
who are robbing them and the means
by whkh it is done, then let class
hatred be aroused. This claptrap
about arousing class ' hatred every
time a man tells the truth in the peo
ple's interest is about as reasonable
as to deprecate the inducement of
classhalfed byeondemnation ; of
highwaymen, burglars, train robbers.
bank wreckers and anarchists. Must
we speak very pleasantly of these fel
lows, lest we arouse class hatred?
And they are not more worthy of
outspoken condemnation than some
millionaire grafters in politics.
Of course if there is to be a Fili
pino congress Mr,.Taft will have to
go over to run it.
John Coyle's Valiant SouL
From th St. Paul New.
Do you regard your lot in life aa a
hard onef Do. you think you have not
had a square deal? Do you rail at your
fatoT
Listen!
' John Coyle of De Moines ha only
on arm.H lot one It waa th right
one by accident. Th surgeons did not
leave even a stump.
But Coyl works every day In a aewer
ditch, doe a much work aa any man
on th Job more than some and get
th asm wag of 11.75 per day.
He know nothing about the law of
the survival of th fittest, or if he does,
made no moan about It. A soon a he
gnt-ovar-th amputation lie learned how
pathetlo labors! to use his shoulders
and left urm, and h make the dirt fly
with the best of them.
' More about John Coyle:
' He not only makes a living for him
self by hard work and decent living
He supports with hi left arm, shoulder,
pick and shovel an aged father and
mother. ,
Most men In his place would have
waited for an easy Job to turn Up,ror
haunted th street corners, hat In hand,
or asked society for help.
But John Coyl hsd nerve and cour
age and grim endeavor under hi vest.
Like th soldier with broken sword, he
fought on.
. In the light of this man' high pur
pose and achievement In rough, ought
not you. with two good, strong arm,
be ashamed of your eomplalnlngsT
Unfortunately Mr. Carnegie's medal
do not come to such noble souls a John
Coyle. But, Just the same wsrp and
woof or his valiant soul, h I mad of
hero stuff.
--Kh-Sht Wanted' . -f
A MasKaehunett msn, "prominent 'irl
philanthropic circles, tell of a poor lit
tle waif who, together-withy some' fresh
air fund children, wss one summer taken
down to East Gloucester. , .
Th man had wandered down on the
rocks, and found In a quiet pise ths
wslf sitting by herself, surveying the
oreen with greet Interest.
"Why, lltfle girl," said th philanthro
pist, "you are entirely alone! Don't you
want to play with the other childrenf
"No, sir." wa th reply, "i d rather
look At-the, ovjean."
"And whnt do you find to Interest you
In 'the water?"
"There's snrh a lot of It," responded
th waif,, with quiet enthusiasm, "an'
lt' th only time In ma life I've ever
seed enough of anything.'
of tke Common'
WAIT.
centenarians. 'The average life of th
mosquito Is. three ..days. ..Toads usually
live to the site of about 16 years, while
carp have been known to reach 16S.
Chicken live from. 13 to 16 years; dogs
to the age of 10 and occasionally IS and
parrots to extreme age.' Thee bird
jiave been known to pass the age of ZOO
years. Turtle are also frequently cent
tenarlans, as are storks, and elepnsm
are said, to reach the eg of too years.
Whalss have been known to. live for 400
years. , vv. V ''.''. i-'.
Birda at Surgeons. A".
Soortsmen declare that game birds
posiiess the faculty of skilfully dressing
wounds and even setting bones, using
their - own feathers for bandages.
Authentle .Instances are. recorded of
sportsmen having killed birds that ware
recovering? from wound previously -re
ceived, and In every case the old wound
was neatly dressed with down piucaea
from the stem feather and skilfully, ar
ranged, no doubt by the beak of th
birds. In some Instances a solid plaster
was formed, eomi-leuly covering end
protecting th wounded part, the feathers
being netted togeiner, passing alternately
under and above each other and rorming.
o to spesk, a textile fabrlo of consider
able power. , .
' , This la the Reason. .
Why do clergymen habitually .' wear
black? - - - ' ' -
Because when Martin Luther. 1n 152,
laid aside th habit of a monk and
adopted the style of dress prevailing at
the time, th elector of Saxony used to
send to him from time to tiro piece of
blaok cloth, that color then being fash
ionable at court.. Luther's disciples
thought because he wore black. It became
them to do so, and thus It nam about
that th clergy generally grew to re
gard It a the only proper color for then
to wear. , .
. Eight Hundred Years Ago. .
ft win fca raaflllv admitted that our
hospital are a phase of life that Is ab
solutely necessary to our existence as
a civilised nation; bo country with any
pretension to civilisation could, .In fact.
An without them. The.nloneer 6f these
noble Institutions was Bt. Bartholomew',
at BmiUifleld. founded as long ago as 1123.
by Raher, the prior or tne priory or
a. n.pthAlnmn'i that edlolned: and.
though- the first building has long gone,
this pioneer hospital still stands after
nearly 80S year on th sam sit.
Marathl Proverbs.;'
God take car of a blind man' now.
Gather with both hands, spend with
one. " "
He took out hi eye and his headache
wss relieved.
Where the needle goes th thread wilt
follow.
A bore cannot be judged by hi saddle.
On blUen by a snake tears even a
rope. " rs-' ':iJ''' ' ' '
Letters From the
' V:-7 People , - ,
Ooaannlestlons intended tat pabllesttoa I
this eoiusiB should be wrlttea oa one ! ef
tne mdm enlr end sitt be br!f. Tne Journal
unna m reapoesiniuty lot ue rpue ea
sy eaatriootors. j
Volttlo and Waterway. .
- Portland. Nov. . To the Editor of
The Journal Noticing In thl morning's
Oregonian th fact of th resignation
of the aecretary of th interior, Ethan
Allan Hitchcock, and the possible ap
pointment of James A. Osrfleld as bis
successor, I deslj-e to bring to your no
tice th following:
In l0t Hiram D. Llnai of Chicago.
Illinois, built an irrigation canal in th
tat of Wyoming called the "Whalan
Fan canal.' He expended about S140.
000, obtaining therefor a grant of 10,
000 acres of land from the stats of Wy
oming. This land wa segregated by
the United State government under the
Carey act. ; Th water right -was fixed
at 20 an acre, payable In ten equal
yearly Installments. A he wa unable
to finance to a successful Issue such an
undertaking he applied to th Conti
nental Trust company of Denver. Colo
rado, which, on th report tof It finan
clal expert, Ed H. Held, undertook to
Issue bonds If th secretary could be
secured. Th signature of Mr. Hitch
cock waa secured and th government
used th it mile of th Whalen Fall
Canal company's ditch a th first sec
tion of the "Pathfinder cane"
Th water rat wa Increased from
120 to ISO an acre, and the financial ex
pert of th Continental Trust company
became th vice-president and general
manager of the North Platte Valley Ca
nal dt Colonisation company. He 1 now
also th president of the Rawhide Ranch
company, Wyncote, Wyoming, nd last
May hsd about 100 acres of land al
ready broken.
It may be doubted whether th gov
ernment Is as anxlou to open the semi-,
arid lands of Wyoming to bona, fid
homestead settler as it 1 to keep In
touch with th politicians of Wyoming
and Washington, D. C- '
All I know is that four power of at
torney, which I sent from Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, and Wheeling, West Vir
ginia, were never recorded, and that I
found On my arrival at Cheyenne, Lara
mie county, Wyoming, evidence of a
dirty a steal of public domain a ever
dlsgracsd the middle or the extreme
west. Respectfully your.
H. R. SIMPSON.
Hard on a Drowning Man.
Vleuxtemp. the famous : violinist,
used to tell the following story;,
When crossing London bridge on
day, ' he wa suddenly brushed aside
by a tatterdemalion who climbed the
parapet and plunged Into the river. The
foot passengers crowded around Imme
diately to watch the unfortunate man
a he roe o the surface, and In arrle
some one shouted, "I'll bet he drown I"
"Two. to one he'll swim ashore!" was
the aas.tfef . - The rest ef th pedestrian
JrHned in th betting.
Mewnnme Vleuxtemp had rushed
fown to . th river bank, sees red., a
waterman and rowed out to th reectte.
Just as the boatman wss about to
reach' forth nd grasp th roor' f'llow,
who by this time was floundering about
In th water, having lost hi desire for
death, th spectators sbove pried nut:
"Leave him alone! There's a bet on It!"
The oarsman drew back Into th boat',
nd th unfortunate wretch ssnk before
their eye. , . . ' .
Don't Disobey Papa.
Chicago Tribune. '
Miss Jarmer Papa ssys f mustn't
see you any more. Toung Rpnonall
Well, w mustn't disobey pupa. I'll turn
the light a little lower tlii ...
Pcnn Held Land
.Lottery
. The men who aided In founding this
state, to whloh they, gave the name
John, Thomas and Richard Pena. were
not above holding a lottery to dlapoe
of their lands, and they must have made
a mighty good thing of It . Major Isaao
M. Brown, secretary of Internal affair.
in, going over om old papers in hi
department found one ancient manu
script, says the Harrlaburg correspond
ent of th Philadelphia Record. -which
proved to be a "Scheme of a Lottery for
lon.ooo Acre of Lend In th Proving
of Pennsylvania." - Th scheme was pro
mulgated on July 13. 1T35. and read;
The Honourable the Proprletariea of
th Province of Pennsylvania, having
considered a proposal mad to them for
tne sale 01 on hundred thousand acre
or land by way of Lottery, and finding
that the same tends - to Improve and
cultivate th Land, and consequently
increas th Trad and Riches of this
Province; and also considering that
many families are through inadvertency
etUed on land to which they hav no
right, but by becoming adventurer In
uch a' lottery may hav an opportunity
of aecuring those Land and Settlements
at an easier Rat to Themselves and
their Posterity; hav therefor agreed:
To sell by war of lottery on hundred
thousand acre of Land, and estimate
th sam at the settled prices of fifteen
pound ten shillings, current money of
th province, lor on hundred- acres.
And that th earn be purchased by
th aale of T.150 tjekcta at forty hil
lings each, which amounts to fifteen
hundred and fifty pounds.
n prises in th lottery, for whleo
th T.750 tickets were sold, war as
follow: '
. -Aof 1.800 acre.
let 1,600 acre.
10-of 1,000 acre. .
- f e of toe acre. : -i
140 of too acre.
150 Of ,1100 acres. '
. 260 of 60 acre.
760 of 26 acres.
'Besides the above there waa a prise
of 200 acre for th first number drawn
and S00 acre for' the last number
drawn, making 100.000 acres in all.
Clement Plumsted. .Thnmae Lawrence.
Charles Read. Thorn Graem and Pat
rick Balrd were appointed to superintend
the whole management of preparing th
ticket and drawing the lottery. Ad
venturer, or squatters, as they, would
be .called now, were given th right, if
they drew a pris. to keep th property
iney originally squatted on. or they
might select any other unoccupied lands.
in American dollar th 11.610 would
amount to $7,760, which at the present
day would hardly purchase a good-sised
farm in Pennsylvania, snuoh lssa 100.000
acres of land. There 1 no Indication
in th lottery scheme aa to whr these
land were located.
Meanings of MVorJs
Change
"It may seem whimsical to attribute
a quality of original sin to th dic
tionary," says an eminent English phil
ologist new In this eountryv "but there
I certainly some tendency in words, a
triers is In human nature, that la in
the nature of degeneration." t -
Through th ktndneaa ef th authority
mentioned th writer I enabled to give
th following Interesting example of
word degeneracy:
- A word come Into th world Ilk a
babe. In a atate of innocence. Observe
It a few centuries, or vn a few de
.cade later, and th chance are that
you will find It coarsened If not actual
ly soiled. To take a' very slmpl and
obvious Instance, on would aay that
"knowledge" wa an Idea so definite and
exoellent that It eould not take on any
unworthy significance. Yet to say that
a parson is "knowing" 1 not alwaya
an unadulterated compliment: It ug
gests wisdom plus certain other qual
ltlee that had no place in th original
meaning. Still more sad la th case of
th word "ounnlng." atymoloaically
Identical with "knowledge," but now so
far removed from It that only student
of languag know that they are re
lated. Think, too, of our forefather'
uphemlam for a witch "wlae woman,"
wis with wisdom a th "cunning"
man Is learned with th knowledge of
an Inferior world to this. .
Th sam debasing lnfluenoe may b
seen in such word "notorious." Thl
word ha not gon vary far on th
downward path, a has, for Instance,
"enormity." but it has long since ac
quired th specific meaning of fame in
an evil sens. Ton can call an anarch
ist notorious, but not a statesman. It
la -only within recent times, probably
sine th arrival of musical comedy,
that th push has been given th word
"suggestive." You max still speak with
perfect correctness of s, "suggestive"
book or a "suggestive sermon aa on
charged with thought, but whan you
speak of a "suggestive" play It 1 not
aa a rul It Intellectual quality to
which you wish to call attention. It
I merely by th. differentiation of
spelling, a modern Innovation, that th
word 'Hiollday" has been saved from a
similar, though not so sinister, double
meaning. Quit analogoua la th ehang
In th word "Imp." Did not Baeona
"Pathway uhToPrayerali-air-rti
Britishers to "prey for the preservation
of the king's moat excellent majesty,
and for th prosperous suooee of hi
entirely beloved son Edward, that most
angsllo tmpf"
Cuttlefish Milk. .
Does any one know that cuttlefish are
eultlvated on farms te be mllkedT These
cuttlefish farms are located on the
coasts of Great Britain, and the cuttle
fish r kept in tank or ponds, to b
milked of their Ink. Th pond or tank
I connected with the sea by a pip, and
a thousand or more cuttles ar kept
In a alnal on. ' -- .
They form a most curious 4ght Sj
thsy mov about, trailing their long
arm and staring out of their bulging
yes. They ar guarded by screen
which prvnt them from being acaryd,
for .If thy are suddenly .frightened they
will squirt their milk into th water,
and it would therefore b Inst. Thl
fluid or milk I very valusble, and a
cuttle will yield about 13 worth a yesr.
It Is secreted in a hag which can he
opened and closed at will, th cuttle
ejecting the fluid to darken th water
o that t may eane unseen when at
tacked. ' .
The best eutttoflsh are procured In
China, wher for om reason or other
they produce the best quslty of milk.
When the farmer considers :t opportune
to milk the cuttles, he proceeds by open
ing the sluices of tu pond and gently
agitating th water. Th euttlea, then
awlm around th pone ana a oon as
on passes through th alvioe I closed.
Th cuttl passes down a small chan
nel into a basin or metal receptacle, and
a snrl a -t I securely there th water
I drained Off. It I then frightened
and at one squirts th fluid from th
bag. Whsn it I exhausted It is lifted
out. th milk is collected and the basin
prepared tor another. 1 . '
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
-TIMELY-TOPICS
' SMALL CHANOtt. ;
Good paving of atreeta ts prefltabl.'
The1 turkey has his good time ' first.
anyway. . 1
Mr. . Pish I giving Ahgler Harrlman
quit good sport.
Will Teddy nominate Hughe Instead
ofxTaft for president!
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Th president is de-llght4 with th
result In Pennsylvania, v
Little Rhddy ,lo got her back UP
and elected a Democrat for governor.
tt i small consolation for th man
Who lost to think that h got big odds.
Among various plecee of good nw
i th report ths t Maris CorUI Isn't
coming te the United State. .
Many profeesed Democrats talk a good
deal about "the Jeffersonlaa school"
who ought to have gone to a grammar
SchOot. . .,
"What 1 whiskey?" asks aa xchang:
Th definition of th "Invialbl spirit
of win" 'given by I a go may de for an
answer. ;
Th man whose 1140 overcoat waa
stolen from a . Portland hotel wishes
now that he had contented himself with
a 140 overcoat
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If Hughee had run-out in Nebraska.
wher some Populists ar left, he might
have received a few vote oa account
of hi whisker. :
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If the Astoria team can't kick the
pigskin sphere victoriously, the Astoria
newspapers - can do eons kicking and
squsaling on lta account. , - . ,
Wherever. Sir Thomas Llptoa goes.
th girl ar th loveliest anywhere.' He
loves them all o much that he cannot
decide on any on to marry.
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Th Hartford man who offered to aell
hi vot to th Republicans for tS cent
with which to buy whiskey waa prop
erly pulled. He wasn't dependable.
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" According to Mr. Harrlman. Mr. Flh
la no gentleman beoauee h ma not
keep a "business agreement." Mr. J. J.
Hill is also in Mr. Harrlman' black
book.
If Mr. T. Gobbler were wise, he would
take to th tall tree top and abstvln
from food a much aa possible for th
next two week, but ala for, him, he I
ss foolish as scm people.
It Is reported that a good many west
ern corn raisers voted th prohibition
ticket. Ana yet it na . lareiy , nen
demonstrated that whiskey .can be mads
of xorn cobs aa well aa or corn.
A Chicago Institution Is called the
Gammon . Theological - sohoet, ' and it
new president announce that Adam wa
th first man and Ev wa created from
on of hi rib. But there ar heratlc
why will say, "O, gammon."
Tne Press Councils rVitli Japan
Japan Too Easily Offended.
rrom the Detroit Tfews.-
It Is Just possible that an unnecea
sary amount of consideration Is being
given to the Japanee susceptibilities
regarding the exclusion of their chil
dren from th publlo schools of Sen
Francisco which ar attended by the
whit children thsre. and th tabllah
meat of special school for them. -It la
undoubtedly true that the American peo
ple generally disapprove of th discrim
ination, and would b glad to e it dis
continued. ' But that I not to th point.
If the children excluded are ettlsen
of th United States, the Japanese na
tion and government hav nothing te
do with the ubject, and hav no right
to complain, even though th parent
of the children may one hav been
subjects of th mikado. Thsy sr abso
lutely subject to American Jurisdiction
and must depend upon American law for
the protection of their right.
If, on th other hand, th parent and
children In queetlon ar still alien, they
hav no right In th school except
uch a th ovrelgn tata of Califor
nia may graciously afford them. Th
federal government ha nothing to do
with th matter, and though trestle
become part of th law of th country,
no treaty can amend the constitution of
th union, under which each state I in
uprem and sol control of its own
chools. 1 '
It 1. therefore, something which may
he regretted that California, or San
Francisco, -haa .dlscrlmlnsted In the
treatment of Japanes children rn th
school, and It may be proper for Wash
ington to express suetf regrettnthe Tor
klo government, as Mr. Blain told th
Italian government, on a similar oc
casion, that th whol matter Is abo
lutely . within the Jurisdiction , of the
sovereign state of California. Japan
may not b abl to understand thl. as
Italy was not but tt is a vital lmnt
In our system of government, and It
cannot be. chsnged to pleasr all Asia.
It never was changed to pleas all
Europe.-
.No Trouble With Japan.
From th Birmingham Ledger. '
In th mstter of th Ban Frnolco
schools, Jspan ha to mak a show of
interest. It I due to her that she hve
an explanation, but thst will be all. She
will find that our mikado doe not med
dle In tat, or city matters, unless,
some greet principle Is Involved, or th;
larger right of th cltlsen.
linn FrnnnlBPO Blmnlv excludes all PU-
Tlls not whit from th whit ehool.
The Idea or separating races i noi nw,
or unusual, or cruel. It is th most nat
ural thing In th. world. It Is human
nature. . , r , ' ;
A Delicate Situation.
From the Mlnnpnlla' Journal.
Reader of th newspaper ar ac
quainted with the feet that our. govern,
ment haa been , taking extraordinary
pln of lat to remove th friction be
tween our country and Jspn growing
out of th exclusion of JspSnese chil
dren from publlo schools ronductsd for
whit children In Ssn Frsncisoo, and out
of th shooting of Jpn seal poach
r In Bering sea, 1 -
Neither of these Incidents tskea by
themselves have' seemed to Justify th
ctlvlty of our govrnmnt nd th ex
traordinary action of th president In
ending th crlry ef stat serosa
th eontlnent to eompoaei those -minor
difficulties. The theory that Japan Is
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, OREQONjSZDE LIGHTS.
Bend. ' - '-- .
Big agricultural possibilities In lakt
eounty. , . .J'.'.".
A Milton man has rained anme full . .
dviopa peanuta . i, ;
A fish ladder at the tTmnnnn iIm
aam is touaiy aemandea ; 1
The little but lively 'town ef Halaea
haa 11,617 la its treasury.
.'...w..w,:.v, . .-' e ., ---i.'-Union
county" apple Crop xceede all
former onea by II or 10 per cent. .
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AtlttA AM In.lA.MM Vl.-.tk W.1I.
a miiiion-oouar aasn and door rao-
tory may be establlahsd en Coos Bay. :
Th North Powder News has a new
press, type, eto- and will b nrlntad :
"all at homev',-.-
Prosecution of the Upper' Klamath
reclamation project I causing great ao- .
tivuy around sonanaa.
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Th Grand Rond valley haa Its first
corn erib, near Cove, where a fermer
naa raised 11 bushel of corn Per aore
on It aorea. - . - ; -
Eating too much aauerkraut nearly
caused the de-th of J. F. Nswlln ef
Klamath rails. H waa formerly school
superintendent of Umatilla county. .
A eonduotor en the Sumpwr Valley
railroad rafuses to allow drunken men
to get aboard the train at Sumpter, th
money which they paid for ticket be-
Ing refunded. . .... . .'. ,. . ,
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Sandlak - haa produced-- ever 1,004)
bushels of cranberries this year, also
about 100 bushels of fin onion and
about 100 cases of cheese; -With good
roads and transportation facllltl muon
mor would b produced. . -
. An exchange having asked for a few
boxea of apples on subscription the , .
Haines Record -Says: r'Befor the win
ter is over the editor of the Reoord will
ba glad to accept the boxea without the
apples, unless the fuel famine' scare
blowa over."
Four unarmed men, bunting timber In -
Lak county; encountered a female bear
and two cubs; the latter climbed tree. f
in moinvr muv iw ine man, iwu
fought her with club whll twa went
for gun; the latter became lost, the ,
other ran away after a long fight, and
Mrs. Bear and her kid are sun alive
and happy. . ,
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Af tar several days' hunttng a cele- , .
brmted old grissly ef th Dechuta re- .
glon wu killed by two Bend men and'
their doas. The bear has crossed the
river twice eaoh year for II year, and
many, a hunter baa tried In, vain to get.
him. His track measured 14x1 inches, ,
hla forelege war 14, Inches around and .
he weighed over 1,000 pounds, . Th dogs
that worried htm hav trailed II bear,
that hav been killed. .. " , . ; cT-
seeking for some pretext for a break -with
th United State rest upon th
proposition that -Japan is still dlssatls
fled with ths Portsmouth treaty, sore
because of the infhienc of th United ; '
State In urging Japan to accept th
terms Of that treaty and In alliance with
England to deprive the United States
of any advantages which we might ex- -pact
, to enjoy in oriental trad by rea- -son
of, our Pacific, front
It is an Intensely interesting story;
It possesses th element of probability
and a an aspect of th situation Is .
worthy of consideration and study.
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.Japan and the. Color Line.
- From th Boston Glob. ' --
Japan is taking probably ber first '
leescm In th principle of th constitu
tton of th United State. The older
treaty power of Europe have received,
many lessons en th sum complex ub
Jeot but It Is doubtf uj If they hav
lesmed much. .
Just now th government Bt Washing
ton la doing Ua best to explsln to th
Indignant government af Toklo that th
president and congress could hav hail
nothing to do with th exclusion .of
Japanes children -from white orl4 -and
th establishment of - seperate
soheols for th Japan In the stats of
California. The administration has to
confees that If California should ref uen
these little brown people admission t
sny school at all th national authorl-.
tie eould not atop It or even if th. ,'
Callfornian should boll them In oil the
national author! tlea oould do nothing
toward th punishment of th offenders. 1
What Congress Won't Do.
- From St. Louis Globe-Democrat ' ,
The California labor unlona ar rats -Ing
an Issue for us which may. be em
barrassing. 'Americana in general are
not likely to become ao hostile to Japa
nes Immigration as they were that of
)the Chinese. Th Japanes ar leee V
clennlsh than th Chine, they demand
higher wage, and they make an at-
tempt to live in th American style, so '
fsr ss their meana will allow; They
do not gather in auoh larg number aa .
th Chines In th great business can
tars, but diffusa themselves through the T
farming districts, AS th population of
Japan Is only about an eighth as large
a that of- China, th Japanes could
never b so "much of a menaoe to u
aa Immigrant aa th Chinese would be
If the bsr against th latter were re
moved. Congress, in . th eomlng see-.
Ion. will be asked to psss an act abut- .
ting out the Japanesa aa w hav al
ready shut out th Chinese, but congress -will
not pass sny such law. ,
N School Children and Missionaries, f
' From th Washington Stsr. v
If th United State bar Japanass
school children, Asia will again be won- .
derlng why it should receive our mis
sionaries. , '
Awful Responsibility. -
From th Detroit Journal.
Think 6t th responsibility of Ambas- ,
sedor Aokl in this Yankee-Jap spat ,
keeping Generals Oyama. and Funston, ,
out of ech other' halrl ', j ''
'i A Big ciri Now. : ; , v..;
From th Washington Pot
Japan Intimates thst sh ha paedT"
th point which sh I willing to sit
still and allow any nation te make fee
at haa :
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