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.;: 3 RYAN'S OPTIMISM,
V f"R- BRYAN .is likable, among
Ivl other admirable qualities,
for his , unfailing optimism,
politically as well as otherwise. He
never loses faith in the growing bet
terment of humanity, and sincerely
' believing that the triumph of the
. Democratic party in this country
would be beneficial he confidently be
lieves in its success' in the near future,
and if there are any signs of such sue
rets he is sure to see theftf and point
them out. So nowhe tnkthere
"TuTtTbf the elections last Tuesday are
" encouraging to Democrats, and his
views in this respect are certainly not
- altogether visionary. ':
New York elected the Democratic
state ticket, except Hearst, who was
defeated by McCarren and other trait-
prs to true Democracy. And consid
ering that New York is Roosevelt's
stste, he can find in the result there
no cause for rejoicing. In several
Other states Democratic governors
were elected, . or Democratic candi
dates cut down the Republican ma
jority greatly. The Democrats gained
many ' seats in congress, indicating
iey- may elecLa JJjQrilj-.oL-ths.
house in 1908. T
! .The RepufiircanTTiave nad an ef
fective slogan in -"support Roosevelt,"
but with him out of the race in 1908
this appeal will not be potent, where
as if the President finally changes his
mind and consents to run for third
" term this will be resented by so many
voters a$ not only breaking an hon-
" red precedent but breaking a per
sonal pledge, that the narrowed Re
publican majority will be .wiped out
r Mr. Bryan is always encouraging
fo genuine Democrats, because of his
constant hopefulness, under even the
most adverse circumstances, and now
he has considerable solid ground on
Which to rest his optimistic opinions.
' REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM.
IN SPITE of the .overwhelming
vote , beneath , which the- liquor
T dealers wereburied InJune, the
tall tower is out with a specious argu
mentJhat bcus hops are grown in
. Oregon it is inconsistent and a viola
. tjon of morals for communities in
- Oregon to prohibit the sale of beer.
The same argument carried to its log:
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)cai conclusion wouia go iikc inn;
' . Because one man dVinfcs beer made
from hopsrth -man whei grows hops
; must drink' beer too, or he will be
inconsistent and a violator of morals.
. Also, because the man who drinks
beer gets drunk and lands in jail; the
man who grows hops must get drunk
and land in jail, too; otherwise he will
be inconsistent and immoral. Also,
because cnemah who drin!Tsbeer
made of hops becomes a drunkard,
the hop grower must Jjecome a
drunkard too.' or be inconsistent and
, immoral. Indeed, by the same meth
. nd of reasoning, it must be concluded
that because Oregon grows hops, if
y all Oregonians do not drink beer they
vill be inconsistent and immoral. .
. The argument is so unsound that it
11 presents a spectacle . about as . ludi
... crous as to see the tall tower or the
Salem brewery exercised over a mat
ter of morals or consistency. .
M'LOUGHLIN'S CABIN.
. "
X-A LL OLD RESIDENTS and
, A - natives of the Oregon coun-
: , try and many newcomers
too,, who. have read the history of
Oregon,' and . particularly 'Mc
Loughlin and Old Oregon" Will
sppland ' the efforts being ' made
at Oregon' City to. preserve
the house wherein Dr. McLoughlin
' lived, labored, suffered and .died.
Mote and more as the years pass he
' Mends out as a gretr noble, heroic
''gr( to whose memory, Briton
though he was, no tribute that can be
nsid is too treat .t ". . j ''
It is notll for a communi(yor
a state, more than an individual, to
allow commercialism to' ride down
sentiment rough-shod - at all points.
It is important for not only this gen
eration but for all future generations
of dwellers in Oregon to know who
and vwhat ' JoTi iC JTcIgTilin wasT
what he did and how, the nature and
fibre of this indomitable autocrat of
Old Oregon, the spirit which enabled
him to rule all sorts of beings with
whom he came in contact! and to do
o wisely and justly. Who shall at
tempt to measure the debt owed ly
the pioneers, and even by succeeding
generations, to this intrepid ruler of
the farthest western wilderness
The old house is an inanimate, de
caying thing, but it is eloquent, as no
living tongue can be, of the scenes
.and struggles and battles and victories
of those old, mist-shrouded, dawn-developing
days, and of the laborthat
engaged the heroic soul who dwelt
within these rude walls. It teaches
a lesson, it preaches a sermon, It is a
sacred remembrance and an uplifting
inspiration. ; , V
So The Journal hopes that as long
as it can be done the old house will
be preserved, and that when thia can
no longer be done a noble monument
will rise there, a public testimonial to
the memory of the one towering fig
ure of the early days of the Oregon
country. r - '- -, rv v
FRANCHISES AND BOODLE.
LL THE municipal history of
' America tends to show that
private ownership of public
utilities is inseparable from private
ownership of public officers. There
may be many exceptions, but "this is
the rule. Nobody understands this
better than Tom L. Johnson of Clever
land whoJaJath jhi xwner jof a pub
lic utility and an officer but who
does not allow his private interests to
swerve him from his duty to the pub-j
lie He says he is not fighting for
municipal ownership for itself, nor
because people can thus get better
service at less cost, which he asserts
fthey can, but to break up the combi
nation between private ownership and
politics. Franchise values, he says,
are great prizes hung up, and. they
corrupt politics, degrade citisenship,
and render good municipal govern
ment impossible. - - '.'
Looking at St. Louis, Philadelphia,
Detroit,- San Francisco and many
other -cities we sec conf irmarionpt
this statement Under public owner
ship the officers of a city are not so
likely to sell out the people as under
private ownership, because there is
nobody ' to - deal -with, to furnish
boodle.'!. And whije various and se
rious objections may be raised to
public' ownership, "there is a strong
point in its favor in this view of the
case. .'."'. : "7X "
Kansas and Iowa came ao near go
ing Democratic that they cannot ex
pect very good crops . another year.
Minnesota will suffer a partial blight
for electing Johnson by an increased
majority. In North Dakota frost snd
drouth will show the deluded farm
era that the Dingley tariff is not a
beneficent provider to be flouted and
scorned. Nebraska will continue to
prosper greatly, in spite of Bryan,
while Missouri will have fever 'n ager
till she can't hold a corncob pipe
steady. v
Some of our Republican contem
poraries hsve the Mark Tarpley dis
position developed to a degree where
it realljnippears to be a disease. . For
instance, they are throwing up their
hats and hurrah-boys-hurrahing at
the splendid victory achieved in Tew
York." That "victory"" was of such a
splendid character that one more of
fice would have 'made it unanimous
for the Democrats. ' '
"Hearst and hi dangerous follow-
tng have been discredited and denied
the privilege of turning republican
government into a system of destruc
tive anarchy," remarks the Salem
Statesman. : Rot. " Hearst is fighting
the anarchists, the men who debauch
the nation's political life and defy the
laws the real anarchists, j, ,
Statistics show that hunters have
accidentally- bagged "more friends
th an" deer "th is easonr"buf " th ro w " no
light on the remarkable fact that the
man who could not hit a buck at 17
feet invariably kills his companion at
750 yards. -r
How .very proud, the G. O. P. of
the great empire state will be of its
senators when congress convenes, if
they venture to show up there, '
Now the canal diggers down in Pan
ama are spitting on their hands and
making other preparations to do a
few licks of work when Teddy comes.
' A French law prohibits the publica
tion of divorce proceedings, ' which
just now many French people con
sider an undue restraint of the free-
Jdom of the press..
But Boni likes it.
la the event that for their contu-
Intolerable Burden of Toll Paying
-Trri-T-Tr -r- ,t . v' , , r i r.-nya
'AN ANACHRONISM IN PROGRESSIVE OREGON WHICH
' rom.Tr-B-ASILY REMOVED.- " -
Th principle of toll taking la prlml-
tlve: the cuatom almost obnolt. It
ued to be a means of malntalnlna Dub-rlha flura ara reliable. The alta for
Ho hlahwaya when population waa apara
nd settlements scattering. But in
toll bride, the toll road and ; like' -
tabllshmenta of pioneer days and prirai
tlva . civilisation never- largely disap
peared.
Yet bars. In the center of a rich and
populous state, a state maintaining unl
versltles, colleges, end splendid cities
and communities, - 1s stream on the
banks of which the toll taker alts and
requires his fee before freight la per
mitted to pass up or down.
The spectacle la a relic of the long
ago, and It Is as anachronism In a state
that la trying to keep step with the
march of - progress. - It brings back
memories of teams, of flalla. ef the
any (be, the 'grain cradle and the log
oabln. The new Oregon, th twentieth
century Oregon, the-advancing Oregon
ought to be ashamed of the mark; and
take steps to toas this toll taking es-.
tabllshment at Oregon City into the
scrap - pile with the- old Implements
that served their time and have been
discorded. . - f
The Journal hae shown that toe lock
age fe of SO cents toq at Oregon
City takes one and a half cents from'
the sals price of every -bushel of wheal
grown - In the Willamette region. It
has shown that this fee Is a toll of IH
eents on every sack of potatoes, t
cents on every sack- of sugar, m eents
on every kick of salt, ttt cents oa every
keg of nails, t cents, on every bale of
hay, i cents on every bale of hope, t
cents on every barrel of flour. -and so
on, permitting no article shipped out
or shipped in to escape the exaction.
It has been shown in these columns that
the lockage charge last year coat Wil
lamette valley people not less than
tlOO.OOO perhaps a great deal more.
What makes the figures extremely In
teresting is that It would cost the gov
ernment but f SOO.eOO. to build a new and
better canal and locks on the opposite
aide' of the river at Oregon City, That
la to say, . at the most conservative
estimate, the sum the Willamette re
gion Is compelled to pay In excess
freight charges by reason of the look
age would In only five years amount to
fSOO.OOS, and would be adequate to build
a new and up-to-date canal and locks.
macy -' and -- recalcitrancy - General
Wood has not killed all the Filipinos,
a Philippine assembly will be called
next year, in which resolutions de
nouncing this government may be
passed by the natives without fear of
the retaliatory bullet. '
Oregon City will do an act credit
able to itself in buying and preserving
the old MYLoughlin home, as ia pro
posed. Interest -in it will increase
as the years pass.
The" Journal is one of three leading
papers in the United States that has
deliberately- refrained from saying
that ' "San Francisco needs a new
Ruef.-
1 New York seems to be Democratic,
all right, but is not for Hearst. '
Letters From the"
People
rosnnleatlona lntBOd Sat paMlrartoa Is
this colons akMld ke wrlltra one !! ef
ttae paper enly end int be brier. Th Joaraal
imqdmi so mponatblllty lor tbs eploloae ea
sy eootntmtsr. J
Solataoa of gnats Ownership.
Portland. Nov.- . To tho Editor of
The Journal As .government owner
ship of railroads la up for discussion, I
wish to propose state ownership of the
roadbed as a solution for the entire
railroad problem. Let the. state of Ore
gon build a flrat-olass double-track rail
road from Portlapd to Ashland, and
When the road la ready to operate from
Portland te Salem let the state throw
It open, as a tollrosd, and let any com
pany, flrm or Individual run trains en
It, but give the right of way te tralna
which carry- passeagera and freight for
the least money.. Then you would havve
a genuine competing railroad over the
same rails. - .
The state -would have the train dis
patchers and the telegraph operators,
and make all the rules of running trains.
but would operate construction tralna.)
only. j.. ......
Don't talk about taking the railroads
from- their owners.- Let them keep them
and use them as. they see fit. I would
not try to regulate them In any way.
Let them charge all the traffic will bear
and - more, too (ae they do in many
cai4iT.That la-their tustnesa and any
attempt at regulation will only annoy
the railroad companies and not benefit
the publia, ao let them have their own
way.
, Under my ayatem the state would
employ only the atatlon agents, bridge
men, aectlon men and train dispatchers.
This would be no great army of atate
employes that ia so much dreaded by
the frlenda of the railroad monopoly.
This Would be no outrage to existing
railroads; they would be"free to.dojust
as they pleased- with their own. Let'
them keep the roade they had built.
The only change they would have to
make to get business would be to charge
the same price that the atate road was
making, and to do this they would have
to go out of politics and stop feeing a
long list of lawyere In every town they
passed through; they would not make so
much money as now; ao they would not
be able to buy stste and county officers.
The atoca objection to the tollroad
plan Is that It is not practical; then
It would have too many trains running
on It. To this I will reply that the ex
perience of every union depot in the
United States Is a refutation ef this ob
jection. To eay that more trains would run on
a road than there was room for la fool
lah, as there would be ao more trajns
than there waa business for, and It
there was too muth business for the
tracks the atate would lay vnore nails.
. ' ' H. D. waonon;
Farmers of northern Crook county,
who now haul water from I to SO miles,
hsve Joined together and purchased
well-boring machinery ' and will en
deavor to find artesian water. They
ere prepared to go 1,00 fret, but hope
to find plenty of water at a depth ef
I Its feett. . , '
The estimate t the coat of new locks
li siven by. aovornment ninr, and
new luck and a canal la at the fall,
along the west bank of the river, and
the river Is the people a.
The savings In five years would pay
for new locks, and there 1s no hand to
stay the building. Instead of grasping
the-plan that would make the tolls of
one five years ' term sufficient. . the
neoole so oa. sad On. paying the sum
over and over again. - They have al
ready- paid for new locks half a dosen
times, snd they -must act if they
would rid themselves of this intolerable
burden. , ' ,.' . - 'j t
. Riddance to the toll- taking la almost
to be had for the asking. . At Washing
ton there la a bursting treasury, and if
Oregon's delegation will make a proper
showlni of the situation, congress can
scarcely avoid acting. It la not likely
that mere is in tns country luioiner
place where the merits of the case are
so apparent. It may be aafejy asserted
that there Is no other place where the
excess freight rate made by a lockage
charge Is so great .comparatively and
the cost of ridding a water way of the
charge ao comparatively small, that In
only five yeara the saving would pay
the price of a perpetual freedom from
tbs extortion.
This feature made clear ought to
carry congress by storm. The reason
nothing has ever been done Is because
there baa never been a proper presen
tation of the facts. Probably the rea
son, the facte have never been presented
Is because the people of the Willamette
region have never risen en masss, as
they ought to have done, and demanded
thetr rights In the premises.
They should mske their demand now.
They have the best esse In the world.
Their arguments cannot be met. Their
onl opponents will be the rallrosde
and the private corporation that gets
the benefit of the toll taking. By peti
tion, by personal letters, by resolutions
of commercial bodies, the coming ses
sion of congress demsnd for a publicly
owned locks and a free river.
The Willamette region helped to build
the portage road In eastern Oregon.
Eastern Oregon, southern Oregon, Port-
hand and The Journal are ready to help
Willamette people get their due of con
gress. T
The Play
' By Johnston MoCulley.
When vAriaona"" comee to town the
small boys save up the price of a gal
lery seat and the big boya go down Into
their nookete and fish us the price of a
couple of aeata In the parquet or bal-1
cony. In other words, when "Arlsona"
comes to town it ia regarded - In the
same light as "Uncle Tom" or "Rip."
It has become a classic aa much as
anything can. become a elasste as long
as the author of It Uvea. -
The "Arlsona" . which came .to the
Helllg last night waa the same "Arl-aona-that
took the . world, by -storm-a
few years ago as far aa the lines of
the play are concerned. There was the
same old character that made us laugh
and weep and swell with patriotism the
first time we saw it. It Is what 'one
calls a rattling good play. '
And It rattled some last night. There
wss an excellent audience at the Jielllg
to greet It During the day II noble
troopers paraded the streets and ehssed
pedestrians to the sidewalks, following
a' banner advertising the show. It was
advertised diligently that there would
be IS eavslrymen oa the stage on war
like steeds, v - There were three but
these three rode in one wing entranoe
and out another with great regularity
except In spots, until there had been II
flashes of horse meat and human flesh
before the audience. Thet Is -Qualifying
the advertisement all ' right, only the
stage manager wants, to count better
and havs the three troopers make the
round trip until IS flashss have satis
fied the cravings of a longing houseful
of people.- -- - ? - -
Outside this little Joke and one or
two tragedies the presentation of "Arl
sona" this year Is distinctly worth see
ing. - It doesn't make any difference
whether you ever saw It or not. If you
never did you will have trouble to keep
your Seat, because you will become en
thused with those qualities of the play
which had the effect of causing tt to be
called "the greet Amerioan drama.' If
you have aeen It before you will, like
wise, have trouble to keep your seat.
The reason la obvious. t- '
Joseph Qreen la the name, of the gen
tleman who plays Henry -iCenby. He
has done It in' other yesrs, snd If the
entire company came up to j l standard
Augustus Thomas would "not need to
blush, Qreen la -an actor man, -every
Inch of-him. He geta off wlththe
bunch and comes under the wire In the
pink of condition. 'He Is natural and
fcreeay and gives s splendid - perform
ance. 'Alma Bradlef Is "Bonlta" again.
Alma can play some. It's no eleven and
double six for Alma. But there Is an
other Alma In the bill whose handle la
Powell end who, though she le en adept
at displaying a "fine flgger," had best
learn that everything la C. O. D. these
days and f,jrpu wantthe jnoney you
have to deliver the goods. Alma with
the Powell attached doesn't deliver the
goods In the proper packages. They
aren't tied, up right. They are rough
at the edgea and the string la twisted.
In other words Alma with the Powell
attachment is a huge disappointment In
the role she essays. '
Escamllo Fernandeg playa Tony. He,
also, has. played It before. And our
friend Escamllo plays It well, and last
night drew down more-tffcplause than
the others combined. Tommy.JIearne
tries' to dr the1 Serges ht Keller act and
doesn't - Edward J. Farrell, who plays
Denton, Is. perhaps, one of the most
artistic actors In the aggregation, not
forgetting Green. He puts some life
and fire into hla role and wins from an
audience through hard and conscientious
work. The others of the company are
mediocre.
Of course we ean't expect a plsy aged
as "Arlsona" to come west with an all
star aggregation, and whatever we have
eald about the peculiarities of, one or
two of the company doesn't apply to the
production aa a whole. It'a really worth
seeing. If you haven't seen tt, don't
miss it;" If you haven't missed It. don't
see It.
MArfxons'vre playing a matinee this
afternoon and will be the bill at the
Helllg tonight and tomorrow night.
Number 1 of volume i of the Uusl
Kansalalnen, published at Centervllleesn,
Washington, has been received. The
Item at most Interest to ue Is about an
old friend of ours, or at least one of
the eame name amplified, and begtne -s
follows: "Halmme klrjeen ersinspalva
na John H. Bmlthllta, Joka demokraat
tlen nlmltyskokouksessa psntlln rshae
tonheitsjen kokelasksl." Ws suspect It
Is the "Bslmme" - John Smith we need
.te knew, i : .
How Taylor Saved
The Globe .
Charles H. Tay lor jMH el ware be re:
membied Id the history of newspaper-
dom aa the aavior ef the Boston Globe.
. Yeara ago that paper furnished a
favorite subject for email beta -among
prlntera and others connected wUH the
pewspaper Justness. Some ef the bet
tors took the view that the Olobe would
last a few days longer two or three
days, or.' at the moat, a week. The oth
ers took the opposite aide, and those
who looked for speedy demise seemed
to have the better end and were seme
time e willing to give odds, says the
Scrap. Book. -. ' . . . .. "
The Olobe waa tottering along In the
mire of flnanoial distress, and all that
stood between It and ' extinction ' wss
Teylor, He editor. He fought the fight
sione. asaing no odda. and he slowly
lifted the paper to Us - present com-
manaing poaiuon. ; , .
. . . . e " ' ,Y .'
Do one occasion la those day a ef much
toll and scant returns, a couple of com
positors who tied. Just settled a bet
were talking over the matter. '
"What made you take ,lhe ehanee that
the paper would lest, a week longer?"
asked the loser,- .
"Oh, said the winner cheerfully, aa
he pocketed the money, ''I knew there
was paper enough to last the week out;
that, while the paper wee there, the 'old
man would hold en, and that there
wasn't a boy In the plaee who wouldn't
atlofc to him."
Taylor's aseets were hla own Intelli
gence and' persistence, and the loyalty
he Inspired In his men. With these he
aoeompllahed wonders, and the weakling
Globe, grew stronger and stronger until
it developed Into the powerful publica
tion It la today. At the very outaet it
had individuality, and hewed out a path
for Itself Instead of following the paths
of others. . .,.. ,. , ;-..
- Taylor knew hla field, for he waa born
In Boston, and he knew the newspaper
business, having since boyhood served In
various departments. He went Into a
Job' office first and -"pulled" proofs,
learned typesetting, swept up the office,
cut paper or eardboard on the old hand
machine, delivered the finished product
to customers, "kicked" - the little foot
poWer press, and thue gradually worked
up to the case. He hsd not yet reached
the newspapsr business for which he
longed, but even In a Job office there
was the smell. of Ink and damp paper.
and he was learning the rudiments of
the business. -
,.... c ss .a
At II he went on to the Boston Trav
eller, where his eppeyte for herd work
and hla ambition to be connected with
a newspaper were bo(h at length sat
isfied. At 1 o'clock In the morning he began
work at the ease and remained, there
until the forme were ready in the after
noon. Then he helped run off tha-edl-
tion. moved over to the mailing table
and helped make up the bundlee for the
local dealers and wrap the mall copies.
Finally he loaded the copies for sub
urban dealers onto a wheelbarrow and
trundled them to the railroad atatlon.
Aa It was necessary to work short-
handed to make both ends meet, extra
work waa obligatory, and Taylor put la
I four nights a week distributing type or
setting up reserve matter ror . emer
gencies. The only time Taylor left the news
paper business for - any - considerable
period was during aha civil . wsr. His
record la the army brought him hla title
of colonel, and his military career was
closed only when a bullet wound, re
ceived during the attsck on Port Hud
son, made him - Incapable of further
eervlce. . ' :
, e e . t -. . ,
' Aa soon aa he waa able to move again
Taylor went back to the Traveller of
fice, thia time as a Journeyman printer.
He eaw the limitations of that field,
and, tn order to get Into another depart
ment he made a practice of using his
noon hour to do a little police court
reporting.- He put what he aaw Into
aimple, telling worda ao that others
eould eee aleo, and people liked the new
atyle. f ..
In 1171 he became the editor of the
Globe. The paper was all but dead. It
waa without circulation, without In
fluence, without any settled policy ex
cept that -of creeping along from day to
day. The plant wae Junk, and would
not have paid a'ttthe of the paper's
debts, ' Taylor built hla paper out of
auch unpromising material. The fight
waa a long one, for the wreck had to be
eleared away, a new policy had to be in
stituted,, and a following had 'to be
gained.- . , - ;
At thia time Taylor eeuld easily hsve
Obtained the editorship of ether papera
and received a big salary for hla work.
Ha preferred to stick to the Globe end
make a newspaper . for himself. He
steadily gained In the Bos top field end
then pushed out beyond tt Today the
Globe la a New England rather than a
BosVn paper. - The-value of the prop
erty .Is enormous. , All that It Is.. It has
become within tha last as yeara, for In
1171, when Taylor began hla work of
making prosperous a paper that had
apparently come to ita last gsap, a man
would have been considered foolish hsd
he been willing to put any money lato
the property. . - . i
,,-.. if "j jm 1 1 e ' i1 i 1 1 c mi '' . i
i ... ..;.:..-'.; cioee Questioning.
' from the Washington Star.
In recalling Incidents connected with
Virginia politics aome years ago. a
prominent Virginian recently related to
a Washington man an account of ait In
vestigation of election frauds In the
lower sect ton 'of the atate. In the course
of the proceedings It developed that the
ballots In an Important precinct had not
been sealed after the final count, there
by being exposed to fraudulent prac
tices. Ths chairman Of the Investigat
ing committee closely questioned the
election Judge aa to Why the prescribed
duty of carefully securing. the ballota
had been neglected.
"Could you not obtain any mucilage
In the townr
'No, air." - '
- "Could you not procure aome sealing
wax some shoemaker's wax, If nothing
eleer ...
"No, air." ' V ' -:'',-'
"Well, then, air, why didn't you go
out Into ths woods and get aome resin T
Do you mean to tell me that there were
no pine, trees around there shedding
tears at your Infamous rascalttyt"
In a Hopeless Condition.
' From the Salem Journal.
It palna ue to think that the last
vestige of dignity Is gone from Port
land journalism. In ths mad ohaae for
the ehlnlng dollar the last dally thsre
has gone over to the yellow eupplement
and red headline abomination. ' Alas,
what Is to become of our state If we
are no longer to bk protected by the
chaste publlo moral tone that black Ink
alone ran guarantee to a community T
The Idea of Maud disporting and Lean
der meandering amid frigid denuncia
tions of official unrighteousness and the
dally exhumations of Senator Mltohetl's
remains oh. It Is too munhX and Ore
gon will never be herself again. , ' . -
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
" TIMELY TOPICS
SIIALL CHANGE.
The trusts are atll! safe.
. . . e - e .'.--.-'.
" Count Bonl needs a good haalng. " v "
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Lo the poor Ute; hee -really quite
CUte. ,.. V"! - .. .. -.
t ,. -, - e . ; t - . -r
- Missouri has had enough, o Jtlal O.
O, P. . ;
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, Hearst Isn't like a man who goes
broke., i - - -. . . .
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Oregon alaa haa delightful football
weather. '' '. '.
' .' ' e , e .-. .
Professor Wlthyeerabe has quite a lot
of Company, ...
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No need to ..worry about drouth or
forest flree. , .
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What'a the matter with Kansas? Hock
der governor. i
,. . e " e ' i t-
. Bryan desired Hearst's 'election hut
he won't ery.' . .
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Now Bryan will be the terribly dan
geroua fellow.
e e
Root will think he did it with hla
knotty knock.-
....-' e e v.- ,.
Hughes ' will wear his whlskere
trimmed now.
e e " '"(
Nice time to visit the coast, Jf you
Ilka wnd and wave. .
, e e .,';'''' ""
It seems that reform muat count on
being whacked by the big atlck.
, ' ; .''' -v.
Mlse Arlsona aays: Not on your life;
I won't be even a sister to the greaser,
. ' e.
Now Bryan will reeelva a little more
notice than he haa been accorded lately.
. ,t .. -'" e e - .....
Whether there is need of more Judges
or not thsre are lawyera In need of an
office- .-...-..MJ.....?l..i..w. .
s .; e
ft waa time that Jupiter Pluvlua sroV
busy, r Oregon's reputation would have
Buffered. ' . "
e e ....
Looks like Indiana waa getting In ths
doubtful column again. Brers. Fairbanks
and Beverldge. .- v ;'-
Curious: Teddy assays battle against
the trusts la tha eourte and aupporta
them at the polls. -
"Why Cola will ia elected.' waa the
title of a long editorial la Jest Sunday's
St Paul Pioneer Prees. ; Slnoe then It
has given- some reasons why Cole waa
beaten by 10,000.
i . . e
The smallest thing with a backbone
Is the slnarapan, a little fish recently
discovered by scisntlsu In the Philip
pine Islands. Thia Isn't so curious aa
soma large animals In the shape of men,
particularly politicians, . without any
backbone ; , jl
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ JWHILE YOU WAIT.
. Speaking Across tha Water.
'An event of universal Importance oc
curred on August tt. ItiO. On that day
Jacob Brett laid the pioneer cable line.
It waa from Dover to Calais, and upon
Ita being hauled up at Cape Orlsnes
messages wsre exchanged, and thue for
the first time known to history - two
eountrles spoke to each other across tha
water. t?nfortunately. the cable aeon
snapped and had to be replaced by an
other. :-
This Is the Reason.
Why Is the rabbit or hare associated
with Easter and Easter eagsf Because
In Europeaa aa well aa Aslatte countries
the bare tiaa been from ancient times
the symbol for the moon, and the mov
able feaat of Easter le governed by the
lunar orb. The moon la the "open-eyed
watcher of the night," and the hare le
a nocturnal animal. The young of the
hare are born with their eyea open and
are eald never to close them.; In many
parts of Germany the children flrmly be
lieve the; myth that the hare lays the
Easter egg, and the association of the
moon. Easter rabbits, and. Esster egge
Is everywhere the same, with Ita sym
bolism ef spring and the awakenlnf of
life. "- -4 -
Question of Flnaneey
Sordid Questions of finance enter Into
the consideration of the eligibility of
those upon whom King Edward woul.1
oonfer the distinction of knighthood. It
la a rule that knlghtshlp shall not be
conferred upon any one who haa not an
Income of at least $11,000 upon Wlon
to maintain hla knightly dignity, while
a baronet, serore nie creation, mu
only be found to have an Income of at
able to purchase a'eountry aeat and o
provide aultably for hla eldest eon.
The Changing Seasons. ,
Exit the men-who-rocke-the-boet
And other fool Ufe-rlskars, i
And enter now the Chrlstmea dolt .'.
In cotton, batten whiskers. ? -
Buffalo Newg.
' Joaquin Millar's Birthday.
- Joaquin Miller, "the" poet ef the Sier
ras." was born at-Wabash. Indiana, N6-
cemner 10. 1141, and went to Oregon
with his parenta nine year.
. J ..a. i. nintns' In Call for-
nla. but in lo returned to
Studied law ana Became . ' i.
iin h. ...1 to London, where he pub
lished hie first book of posma. He went
to Waahlngton wnere re " - : " -paper
man for several yeara. Asa!
however, the call of th, "Oreat West
took him to Oakland. Cs';
.... .. t... his home since.
The past aummer. however, he apent la
Elfanbofougho Sarcasm. .
There are few placee that have given
birth to mere humor and wit than the
ooortreom. Many .have heard of the
humor of the famoue Lord Ellasbor
ough. 1 '
. One day a young membet of the ber
rose to addresa the oourt -In a grave
criminal caae. "My unfortunate client"
he began; repeated It two or throe
times, and then etopped ehort,
-Oo en, air, go onl" aald Bllenbor
ough. "So far the court Is with you."
At enother time Rsndle JSckson, who
despised technicality and reveled In elo
m
ORE0ON 8IDEHGHT3,
-New fl.100 creamery at Bonancii
... , "V"".;. -Albany
may have a mammoth cream
ery. - . ,
- JLalulaw la becoming quite a telephone
eenter. - - ' -
. ... e e.
Hawks are caDturlns- much ; n.ni..
. ' T ' -F arw,....
around Bend. -
" .--' e .... :'-,.:
Myrtle Creek region enjoying a eteedy,
aubstantlal growth.'
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The Myrtle Creek Mall speaks of "oui
turkeya 1,000 strong. "
' ' . e ; ' ''.'-'':;
- Geese, ducka and awaq are very plan
tiful lu thd, Harney lakea. V ,
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Bend aawmlllb dolnsr - three -times aw
much business aa last year, - -
e - '.',., .";
Net all gold bricks are do
tar man haa one worth f 2,004,
Tha Alhanv MereM la tw Im-
proved; wake up Mr. Democrat .
i - e e - s
A Bend Tnrl la wIia am.Wmaa h
a bear says he broke Ha Jaw with hla,
handa. ;. ,
Albany needs brick, .but not nrlncU
pally for people to throw at onan-
- A alia Is a enHou. kin k
. ...... m w ww,
but 'One did In Dourlem cniinfv iluHi.
taheoua combustion. . , -
Threehlne- na till tm e,,lt klaai
laat week In tha unoer end of Butts
valley In Klamath' county.
" ' e e
TSgga ara ao foaree tn Bend that home
housewives . can afford to buy only one
or two at at time, says the Bulletin.
".. e' e ' , . . ; .-'. v
' A good many people persist In killing
deer, - though now- Illegal; if possible
they should be caught and pinched.
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There are still a very few papera In
Oregon that clamor for development of
the whole atate In one breath and ad
vocate boycotting Portland In the next
"Counties that are out of debt and
have money In tha treasury should go
after . good roods," aays the Portlsnd .
Journal. Marlon Is one of them, and
Is going after good roads; and Salem la
going after good streets, asys the Salem
Statesman.-
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The folKewlng from the Albsny Her- '
aid Is a sample of a thousand and one
similar items, more or less. In the -"country"
press : Driven by hunger
from the faatnesa of the Cascades, largo
numbers of bears have em I seated be
low theyoothllls, and In many Instances
are eald to be destroying property of
the termers living In the thinly settled
sections of the valley.
of the Common
the east He la the author of a large
number of poetle writings and also
several plays. - "The Ship of the Desert"
le .from his pen, aa are also. "Sons of
the Sierras," "PaclAe Palms." "Sons of
the Sunland," "Ufa Among the Medoea."
"Tha Danltea of the Sierras!" "Ths One
Fair Woman" and "Shadowe of.Shaila
, . November 10 In Hiatory. .
ITIS Bonaparte declared first consul.
. 1S2I Siege of Blllatrla raised.
1141 Joaquin Miller, American poet '
born.- - .
1S4S- Duke of Fife born.
llil President Pierce turned flref
aod ef Washington aqusduet.
it IS Treaty of Zurich signed.
1I7S Centennial exposition. Philadel
phia, closed; total admissions S.TSS.3SI.
Ills Roman Catholic centenary In
America celebrated at Baltimore.
1SS0 British torpedo-boat - Serpent
wrecked on Spanish coast;' 17J lives
lost. ..-.''..".'.
1 SOI President Roosevelt' sent to
congress bis message on Cuba. "
The Father of All Novels.
A great branch of literature, undoubtedly-the
most widely populnrmnd one
In which England showed the way to
the world, la the novel. In the year 174
readers were delighted with a new kind
of book, a psoae romance, not of legend,
but of their own day and mannera. It
waa the pioneer novel; wae called -"Pamela,"
the work of Samuel Richardson,
a London printer, and the great success
It met with soon brought forth a host of
other". . ; ,
The Reason.
, Why Is anmafrled.JvojnaneJljl
a "splnstsrt'r"r:' '
. Because women were prohibited - In
alden deya ' from . marrying until they .
bed apun a full set of bed furnishings,
and thus, until their marriage, they
spent much time at the eplnnlna-whecl
and were, therefore, "spinsters.'' i ,
': X Lata Philosophy. "
' From the Atchison Olobe. '
' We like nice weather, but we're no
Jig! .w da not insist on It when the
armors need rain. '-. - '
We do net Intend to , rajmeeroiT'New
Tear'e day. -we Intend t ery, because
the beet' yeer In history la dead. - ,
' We eympathlse with the efforts of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty te' Animate, but we will say
that unless you Whip a livery boras hf
trals mighty alow. N
"When. I have fully developed," eald
a man today, "It will be the greatest
thing en earth." We have fooled, with
dosen things we, thought woulcj de- ,
velop Into the greatest things on earth,
but none ot them ever did. .
quence, began hla argument wlth.'j
fhe book of nature It la wrftteg 7
Ellenborough broke In with, "Be go-d
enough te mention the page from which
you are about te quote."
One day during an Important criminal
trial a aurgeon wae called to the stand,
and whsn asked hie prefesstsn he said,
"I employ myself aa a physlolsn."
"But" eald Ellenborough, "does any
one else-employ you aa a physlolanT"
- Whan Weetmoreland waa in the house
ef lords he rose te give hie opinion ot
a queetlon In debate and eald, "At this
point I aek my eel f a question.;' -
"And a atupld enawer you are euro
ta get te It," gsurronred Ulleuberougit,
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