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A SIMPLE PROPOSITION.
; t CONGRESS it ; supposed to be
, f-r ; composed of good business
.'I "" men, such as are able intel
ligently and wisely to conduct large
and important ' business T affairs.
Among other public matters which it
has to look out and care for is the
. deepeningTortheTchahhelafT'fhe
I. mouth of the Columbia rhrer, one of
: thq country's largest and most im
portant streams and one draining a
; , Wast and resourceful area. The plan
of improvement has long , been de
cided on and ty . intermittent and
piecemeal operations, carried on, and
thus a large portion of the money ap
propriated has been wasted, the work
done having in large part to be done
over again by another inadequate ap
propriation. Now it is proposed to
continue this policy, and the chief of
r .000, which the officer charge of the
, work 'says, will only be sufficient to
pay for work that tmless supplement
ed with further and -continuous work
( , until the Job '''completed will be of
little or no value. As a matter of
.- economy, of simple business common
' sense meaning no criticism of Gen
eral Mackenzie; he cuts his garments
according to the probable amount of
cloth he will getevery member of
ongr- oghi iu ague iharif-Thti;
work is to be done at all it should be
earned on continuously and diligently
until fully completed. Itisofa char-
acter that cannot be done successfully The journal," on which was printed murderous declarations against President McKinley, intended to
or without a very large percentage of expreS9 that these sentiments had been expressed by The Oregon Journal and that Mr. Ladd ap
waste and loss in any other way. nroved of them. Whether or not this was .he intent of the cartoon, and whether or not neonle whn
nt j; 4 . , i
i nrre no aispuic, no ijucsuon,
aooui mis. ji seems aa.ii ine mere
statement of the case should be suf-
ficisnt to indust the comruitrccs 1ny
ing the matter.in hand and members
of congress generally to appropriate
enough money to carry this job for
v ward to completion or make it a con
tipti'mg . contract job. Any other
; trf atnient of it is manifestly wasteful
and foolish. The important thing to
" do is to impress this upon the mem
. bers of congress who will have the
matter in charge. .
" . There is no avoiding jr Repressing
"occasional floods in western Wash
ington, and people along the streams
- - will have to take their chances and
expect overflows quite frequently and
once in an indefinite number of years
a more torrential and ; destructive
flood, such .' as occurred. lastweekt
' But where land is rich, and resources
are abundant, people, will take
chances, and perhapscagafford to
sustain an occasional flood loss. .
' The next legislature will have, sev
eral very important matters to con
sider and act upon, and all members
ought to be preparing themselves the
best they can to act intelligently and
wisely. Legislation musTTiow be
framed up to meet new and expanding
conditions, and to do it right and for
the best interests of all the people will
require' the exercise of diligent and
conscientious wisdom.
Wlti! evi gStOu" sly-pro 8 e cutTri g a few
,T " individuals "who were" guilty of un
lawful action with reference to the ac
quirement of public lands, it seems
that the great Union Pacific railroad
. was entirely overlooked when by sim
ilar or worse frauds it gained posses
sion of an immense area of coal lands
in Wyoming. .We suppose the Union
Pacific officials, however, are immune
jfrom punishment.
The Standard Oil officers say that
company is perfectly innocent an'd in
every way entirely proper, right," nice
Hand even lovely. Well,, nobody ex
pected them to plead guilty the first
-life-; r
TeddV is homeward bound again,
and it is to be hoped that what he
row knows about the canal won't be
so big a load as to swamp the ship.
t' Those who attend Pat Crowe's re
vival meetings should leave all but a
little small change at home, and keep
i' hold of the kids.., .':VV';
y' .The Ore-gonian, in a half-page editorial statement, came before the bar of public opinion yesterday-"with
a labdrecr-atterrrptat explanation of its falT and unprincipled "libel of Mr. Ladd. Its
defense is not. a manly apology; it .is a confused attempt to justify the outrage and is so fultfcf dis
honesty that it seems tp us to leave the Oregonian in a worse position than before. T He who is
First That Mr. Ladd is a
Oregonian' is the people's champion," especially against franchise grabbing.' ' ":, ; '
Now, in fact, thjs has nothing whatever to do with a false and malicious assault upon a man's
character, be he plutocrat or poor..:. Bitt jsince when has the Oregonian been so virtuous? . We have
printed before its defense of the blanket franchise, extending the charter of the street railways of
Portland and ita rnnternnttinu. information tn the oeonle that the rieht t6. monOOOlize the Streets of
KPprtland was worth nothing ; .that
The Journal has printed repeatedly the Oregonian's past titterances on . the subject otonese
franchises. For the present it is enough to quote once more from its editorial of November 20, 1903,
when it said : " ' , , .'...:'''':'"'.. ' :-
"The.blanket franchise agreed upon between the city authorities and the Portland consolidated
streetcar system is erne that will be looked back upon with pride in future years by every participant
in its framing. The city officials have served the public well, and the streetcar people themselves
have set an example which entitles them to the honor of pioneers in an inevitable era of profit-shar-
I ine Dv tne citv m coroorate enterprises.
recently as the question ot the use of Jbront street it had nothing to say m aeiense oi tne peoples
rights in that thoroughfare. It did turn, in a vicious assault, on the gas company and Mr. Adams
The Journal admits, for its part, that the service of gas to the people was open to just criticism, but
how far it could have been otherwise, under our rapidly growing conditions, The Journal does not
pretend to say, for the hateful cry of "Plutocrat" will not intimidate The Journal into consciously
doing7awrong to any man, rich or poor. Mr. Adams said that the hostility of the Oregonian began
because he refused to permit-the gas company to be held up by a species of extortion on the part
of ,the Oregoniaji. , , '. ' '' ""'"","" ' . ' : ..r
- Now, do the people of Portland believe that the Oregonian- reversed all. its .-.past, because of a.
suddenly acquired love for the plain people, or because it was determined to punish those whom it
could not blackmail ? The Journal will be glad to see how far the Oregonian, will, follow it in an
honest and- jnr ef fnrtitA instruct: :th pgopT in tteir fights and protect them. " ' -----
The Journal believes that the gas and electric light Juojlltxeet railway companies, and every other
public utility corporation, should either be owned by the people themselves or actually managed by
the people, but not in a way to further increase the profits of landlords. ,The Journal has always ad-
vocated this. The curious may examine the files of the-Oregonian to see' where it has stood. The
Journal has faith in the equity and justice of the single tax theory of Henry George, which would not
only compel Mr. Ladd to bring vacant property into- use, but would compel Mr. Pittoclc cither to
improve or to let go his hold of the vacant block on Washington street, which is worth as much as
the Ladd .farm. .Will the Oregonian advocate this release of the plain people from bondage?
The Journal is not wholly in accord with the details of the present effort to reform the water
system, but it believes and declares that the present system is radically wrong and tha the cost of
water mains should be paid for by the property benefited, just as sewers are. ' Unlike the Oregonian,
The Journal is against, any free gift whatever of any special privilege or franchise whatever by any
legislature or council whatever. The Journal is against every monopoly, wherever existing. It be
lieves where monopoly exists, tyranny will follow. It believes there is no greater monopoly in this
3tatethanhemonopoty70ftheA is heTfTy the pIutocratiPOregonian. The
Journal denounces the efforts of the Oregonian to belittle and "knock" Portland,-as an outrageous
use of plutocratic power, prompted by sordid and selfish fear that its monopoly may be broken. JThe
Journal believes the Oregonian to be a bulldozer of the people and a tribute-taker from the peopli of
the most unscrupulous and plutocratic type. - The Journal believes that every corporation, be it rail
way, or newspaper corporation, ought to be subject to a suit to revoke its' charter, or corporate exist
ence, whenever the corporation has been wilfully guilty of gross abuse of its corporate power. Will
the Oregonian join The Journal in advocating this protection to the people? V
It is because The Journal has always said thess things of the Oregonian, and because The Journal
has made some inroad on the treasury of the Oregonian, that the Oregonian has singled out Mr.
Ladd, the richest stockholder of The Journal, for its venom, but, as has been said so many times, Mr.
I T.aHr1 ? a mri minfirit- storkhnldpr and has nothinc Jtmla-with, the'
Uke Mr. Pittock, the controlling stockholder, he could then be held
.permitted his paper to do, v.-,u v ;; , " (; ,V
, c-rnnd-The Orewnnian sava no one could have been deceived
Lhirh renreentef Mr. Ladd clothed as a clertrvman. holdinc uo a
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gaw lt tcxk so, wc leave each
ed, it would have been easy to have had the words read, ' Editorial Page of the New York Journal,
instead of "Editorial Page of The Journal." Whv were the wnri "Mew Vtrlr" rnittffd? TMit n?
matter what paper originally printed those fearful words, Mr. Ladd was held up to the world, wher-
ever the Oregonian might circulate, as standing in hypocrite's garb and approving these revolting
sentiments. ,: .' '-, " ' -: - .,..".:. . ... -.
'. It is said that this paper has rushed to Mr. Lvdd's defense. ' It has. It has rushed to. the de
fense" 6T common decency, and it now offers its columns and pledges its help to the humblest man or
woman who shaltver be so outraged. This is no'., with The Journal, a case of rich man or poor,
man.'of a stockholder in its company or a stranger to it. It is a case of American manhood and a
preservation of the- ideals of justice and fair play. .
Third The Oregonian seeks to becloud in some way its infamy by intimating, that this is a
newspaper fight. It is not, andthe Oregonian knows it is not, and no one is deceived. But let us
say it is a newspaper fight. Does the honorable and haughty Oregonian, with no tinge of yellow in
its veins, mean to say. that anewspaper fight justifies a. resort to every infamous. .method? That it
justifies lies, and lies upon lies, and cruel and malicious lies which make women weep?
The Oregonian sneers that Mr. Ladd's aged mother, and wife, went before the grand jury Why
should they not go? The law itself says that he is a malicious libeler who out'of his mouth annoys
the family of any one. Does this infamy not annoy the family of Mr, Ladd? Shall they sit silent,
as they have for years, or should they not, in their desperatjon; lay their case before the men of the
grand jury, upon whom the law has put the duty of protecting them?
. It is a cheap defense, this sneer at women who, finding no consideration for them in Mr.' Scott's
tiger heart, no protection from" the generous impulses of manhood,, are compelled to go before the
people in the course of law and ask for help and protection. Did Mr. Scott think that his false' and
malicious attacks on her son would not cut the aged mother to the
a T t 1 . At ...t. '
-nevcr-attackea any-one out ivirrj-aaa
J What pitiful pettyfogging.
Can a newspaperJash-Jwith
mother and his children will enjoy
helpless ones, even more than tor the man mmsell, who has other means of protecting himself, and
it is out of consideration for the helpless ones that the law makes it the duty of the grand jury and
the district attorney to proceed, whether the one who has been libeled desires to, or hot.
But when the Oregonian says if has not attacked the Ladd family? it lies again. Time and time
again it has held up the dead man and his widow and the whole Ladd family to opprobrium, by direct
charge and mean innuendoThe Journal appeals to every man and woman in the community, with
an honest heart and asks, is n&t-hejwho will crutify either men or women maliciously and from re-
venge, a coward beyond contempt? A marTwho is aman-in allthat manhood implies, aman-with -clear
and honest eyes and a brave and manly heart, would as lief cut off his hand as to throw into
that widow's face sneers against her dead husband and lies against her son.
.JQwejLiheJDregQiiiar
end ot her earthly career to excite sympathy, we are replying to the Oregonian s attacks. It is
the Oregonian which has assailed women as well as men. And by-the Hying God, Mrr Scott,7The
Journal will close its doors on that day when it shall be wrong to show to an outraged people wounds
calling for their, sympathy and help. ' , ., '
-Go to any teachers of morals and decency,' Mr. Scott, to any clergyman whatever, and ask him,
in secret, what he thinks of you. .Go Jo any teachers of law and order, to the federal judges and the
judges of this county and the supreme judges of the state, and ask them what .they think of you. Try
and turn the X-ray on the secret hearts of the men of the City, of the cluby-of the Masonic lodge,
from the plutocrat to the plaii jnan, honest in his manliness, and see what each thinks of you. Close
the doors on the grand jury and on public opinion and stand up before the bar of your own con
science and ask yourself: j Have I lived an,,'honorable and worthy life? Have I done well? Have I
-leftarr honble-xample thevvOTkt-- : r
The Play
Br Johnaton. MoCulley.
' -"Oh, Odd! mnke thim as clay fn
my handw" "Tha Myidlo-
hiah" Act 11." . '
When tha Bclaaco thtater, oDened In
thta city, John SalnpollS played ColoaaJJ
Thorpe la "The Heart or Maryland," and
Portland playgoers declared he had
reached the arms of his ability. Teeter
day on .the stage of the Baker, John
Balnpolls played Cyrus Bltnkara In "The
MMdoman.'" and the local play-""rarel-Ised
that he had advanced a few vft.
BalnpoHa la an actor near to aanlue.
A Cyrua flletikarn In Henry Arthur
Jones, 'The allddleman,t' Balupolla lak
A HYPOCRITE UNMASKED.
plutocrat and this paper is the organ
this right, oughliaie gyjgjLawayJrec to whoever wanted it
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man to say tor himself, but it this cowardly deception was not intend-
mmseir.
r
envenomed Jie3-lheface.- of jl man
the outrage? The law of libel was
and holds the center of the stage. It la
a one-man show, but one of those one
man shows where the one tnan, to save
the play from failure, muat poaaeas
great magnetlam, muat realise the depth
of his role and muat portray the light
and hKi-f ar naturally -eunny- nature
hardened by hatred to the point ot re
venge It la a great character, and
Halnpnlls la great In It. If Is graap upon
the character 1
a exact. The light and
ehada ot his work are brought out with
fidelity. ' He has stepped Into the shoos
of EL 8. Wlllard and gives just a char'
acterlatla a performance ae did that
Star. There Is no false ring In nd
voice, no false movement In his gne
turea. He portrays the angulah of eon'
atant faiure and tha hope of ultimate
success well, i f .
Aa a whole, 'The Middleman" U one
of "the pluto-aristocrats andthe
, . 1
rolicv-nf thin r4arwr.Wr4Ji
justly responsible fofwharlir
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into the belief that th vartnon
shee' labeled "Editorial Ps of
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heart? The Oregonian says it I
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and-suppose- that- his wifer his-f
made for the protection of the
of the most sucoeaaful produetlona of
the Bakerltes. ' It Is not aa modern aa
soma of the playa the company has pro
duced, but In regard to merit It stands
near the top of the Hat, William Oleu
aon, aa Joseph Chandler, played second
to- Balnpolls alt Through. William bills
was damned by a part that doee not suit
his talenta. but he acquitted himself
well. William Harris (there Is a bunco
of Williams In the Bakerltes) had a lit
tle "bit" of character work In the flrnt
act, when, as Epiphany Danks, lie held
the center of the stage for a few mln
utesand hiaaa good In huge quantities.
Harris Is a talented actor and In a rotkt
suited to his personality can make good
anywhere. , . S
Mrs; Gleaaon dlrtiv't have much to do,
and did It well. Donald Bowlea waa fair
aa Captain Chandler, a role that la Ira-
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IJpinipnsLioncerning
Harrima
' From the Springfield Bepubllcan.
It Is to be noted that In the throwing
out of Stuyreaant Flah from the Illinois
Central the decree of B. H. Harriman
were carried out In tha board meeting
by-John.W. Auchlacloaa and Charles A.
Peabody. . The former put the motions
and the latter aeoonded them. Peabody
Is preaident of the Mutual Lite Insur
ance company of - New : Tork, aad la
trying to Jiold on; Auchtncloaa waa a
member of the company's lnveatlgating
committee: and. with Peabody and w.
H. . Truesdale, Auohlnoloaa prevented
anr aave a whitewashing investigation
and -ttrae -forced - flarr-tn hrmesty-aJid
self-reepect off theeornnUttee and out
of the Mutual'a directory.' Now Pea
body and Auchlncloaa appear as Harri
man agenta In the punishment of Flab
for refusing to be tied to tha Harriman
chariot. How do the Mutual'a policy
holders enjoy thle exhibition T
. rrora the ChloagO Reoord-Herald.
- Control of .-that road la now desired
by tha group of "sure thing" gamblere
who -make.-aa4.-mta fortuaea-' at , their
secret conferences on a scale that was
never before deemed of. The United
Btatee. If not the world, la their oyster,
and what they may do with the Illinois
Central or any other property depends
to a rery large extent upon their win,
Naturally, the people of Illinois do not
relian. the prospect, and we anouia sup
pose that the small stockholders would
feel soma alarm over the thought that
the road may be made part of the gam
blers' paraphernalia. "W aaythle with
au due allowance for the constructive
work that baa been don under the di
rection of the system. ( . I
ironCHa,OeyaUnA-Plate-I)aIefc
It thus appears that on of the most
upright and conservative of American
railway presidents has been ousted by a
notorloua and typical representative 'of
the "system" convicted, among other
things, of using Insurance runas to
f Inane these great corporate Interests;
whose well-earned fame as- a railway
builder la eclipsed by his notoriety aa a
Wall-street operator. Hla possession, or
control of the Illinois Central will
atrengthen a hand already so strong as
to be a public scandal and danger, and
Influence a public sentiment whloh Is
becoming almost aa menacing to -legit
imate bualneaa aa It la to financial
buccaneering. , '
Frbm the Philadelphia Record.
Btuyveaant Flab, for-II year presi
dent of the Illinois Central, under whose
management the road has made great
progress, ha been ouated by Harriman,
and, we may see another great railroad
merger, that road being aosorDea oy
the Union Pacific In New Tork Har
riman baa the reputation of regarding
the stock market - aide of a railway
company aa far more Interesting than
the tranaportauon aide.- -
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch,
Not content with his unsavory fame
in having kept secret the dividend of
10 peg cent declared on the union
Pacific railway stock until. his friends
could buy this stock from the unsus
pectlng public at price far below Ita
Intrinsic worth. Mr. m. n. uarnman
has again hoisted the lack flag of
political high finance In depoalng Htuy
veeant Flah, ' preaident of the IlUnole
Central railroad. j
From thai Philadelphia Prea.
Th aummary vot by which Btuyve
aant Fish has bene turned out of the
president of the Illinois Central ' rail
road by E. H. Harriman is on of those
ruthless exercises of the power of sheer
nrtrrnmg-nre diminish bubiie conn-
denc In railroad Investment and make
the small tnveetor feel that be haa no
security, no adequate defense for his
rights, and no efficient way to exercise
hla voting power.
' From the Hartford Time.
Mr. Harriman will not fool anybody
by asserting that he is not the prime
mover In displacing Mr. Flah. The con
trol of the Illinois Central I easentlal to
the completion of his trans-continental
ltn between New Tork. and San Fran
cisco, no lea than for atopping compe
tition -with- the Southern Pacific at New
Orleans.
From th Chicago Record-Herald.
There are people who believe Br IT.
Harriman Is now doing- more "than all
other force combined to advance the
principle of government ownership of
railroads. 1
Good for Dayton.
From the Dayton Optimist. '
Tha - Journal la offering space . for- a
l.SOO-word wrtteup to any town in Ore
gon, wltb the additional Incentive of a
full-page Illustrated writeup of the sec
tion that geta "up the best article.
Th Dayton Commercial club has
taken up the matter and will get facts
together for an article on Dayton. You
can help in this' movement by handing
any Industrial facts to any "business
man In Dayton. ,
Let us make this a good article, for
we have wonderful resources and a
simple atory of what has been done and
can be done .In this part of the valley
should win the prlxe of the full-page,
Illustrated wrtteup.
portant from hearsay rather than
through direct acting.- Mlaa Lawrence
aa Marr Bhsnkarn played-with her usual
skill, but waa plainly out of her element.
Th role is not suited to Miss Lawrence
Frances Slosson was excellent as Nancy
N6' iiewspa'per' reporter would ever act'
as did Leo Llndhard aa Dantper In th
first act. . .
Thereforer Balnpolls I the ahow. and
keeps the , movement of the drama,
which Is strong In conception and treat
ment, progressing rapidly and with In
tense feeling. 'Th Middleman' ts
worthy a visit by the moat exacting the
atre-goer In Portland. The klliv scene
In the third act, where tha climax of
Blenkarn'a ' 20 yeara of wrrk and pa
tience Is reached, la worth many tlmos
the price of admission. "
The Middleman" will be the bill all
week at the Baker, with a matinee Bat
urday, In all sincerity. t Is worth so;-;
lng.
Peck's Bad Boy.'
As old aa the hills and then soma Is
Peck's Bad Boy." which opened at the
Empire yeaterday afternoon for a week's
run. .And aa popular aa "Unci Tom
with -the. Juvenile population U la, ami
conaequently may b expected to draw
a record crowd at the Morrison street
playhouse. It has delighted a multitude
of people and will, perhaps, continue to
do so for several years to' com.
This season tha piece has been fresh
ened by new jokes and tflctlrk; and while
the baslo idea Is old. there are enough
new things to draw out many a laugh.
The company , thia year la fairly good.
Cora Quentln Is excellent as th "Bad
Boy."- Jack Marsa Is good as Everett
Wrest and his Juggling Is worthy (if
mention. All week at th Empire -with
matinee Wednesday and Saturday.
I
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
- TIMELY-TOPICS
; Small change. .
It waa an unseasonable Chinook,:
. Bonl might get a Job "aUnglng hash."
Anna got hers and tha no-count hla.
a . ..J.'...,;',.'-
. Nobody weepa -when . Rockefeller
loaea. ., - , , ,
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' Mayor Sohmlta will also be welcomed
horn. r .
To serve the people, Hughes must
be a party splitter. , . ,
3ealdes, Hermann needs tha salary
until Maroh 4 next
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It rained alao at Colon but Teddy
la not afraid to get wet.
Market Item (ltOTi Bgga in brisk
demand at 10 centa a dosen. :
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- Ar the landalldea ocourrlng .over in
Waahlngton also Republican T
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These ' ar days when on can ae
fine games of Irrigated football.
-v ' e e
- Silver without th .mint stamp 1 be
ginning to look reepectable again.
1 tr-w?".-f
Look Ilk Portland ' would extend
out to Fair view and Troutdal In a few
year, ;.'!.
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.Uncle Joe wllL be a bigger boaa - ot
legislation, than ever. Smll when he
euasea. " -. ' ; . ,
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Country people act a If poultry and
egg money were tainted; few of them
want It
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: CoL Hofer seems e -entertain hope
yet.He jemarka: "Malcolm la not
yet collector: . -
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Whatvr happen to young Murray,
other young men will notice what hap
pened to young Whitney,
. , , . !. " e e
Governor Qoodlng waited until after
th election' to iaaue hla Thanksgiving
proclamation. Now he meana It
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And th rains dlscended and ' . th
flood came, and the house along th
rivers emptying into Puget Sound had
to b vacated..
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Upton Sinclair reoetved only 71 1
votes for representatlv In congress In
a New Jersey district, and now he re
gards that atat aa a Jungle.
'. e e
whether flghta are Immoral or not but
ooes anow mai' mey ar unDecomlng
to most women. How can b know
any auch thlngT , -
Notmg 'ha-birth-0fnv8grrirl6
on boy In Spokane, the Pendleton Tri
bune aaya that at thla rata th aervant
girl question wUl be aolved In a few
yeara. Vain and Impotent conclusion;
girls ar not born theae day to be
come servant girls, mister. , Th sug
gestion 1 a gross Insult to the little
pink darlings. ; --r
Men and Women
No Lore In These Weddings.
From tha New Tork American.
Nothing la rn$rorThsnovslgrmH
sac Could be more squalid than-th un
happy story now before the courts of
th marriage of Bonl d Castellan and
Anna Gould.
They ar fighting for a legal separa
tion. - Apparently the "oount" wlahea
a large share of hla wlfe'a money. Th
oounteaa" wishes only what any wom
an parted frdm her husband ahould
have, th custody of th children. '
A a matter of fact there . 1 no
'count" -'hor Is thr aay "counteas,"
since In France, titles of this sort under
the law are as purely a matter of cour
tesy as th title of "Hon." la In th
United Statea when prefixed to th nam
of a man who run for th state assem
bly and falls for election.
D Castellan - came to New Tork
avowedly a a fortune hunter. He had
a nam which belonged to him, nd a
title to which he had no real. right-and
a Hat of creditors, which waa hla only
achievement In life.
He succeeded In getting admission to
what Is really the )emt admirable ao-
clety In America H , dazzled this
American girl with stories of his aris
tocratic 1 In cage and hi
aces, and ahe married him.
Ja the United State on who calls
himself a gentleman does not ask the
amount of th fortune of th girl he
may desire to marry. He marries her
for herself alone, and not for the money
which her parents may be willing to
glv her. - - -
To the average American auch a mar
riage contract aa that of d Caatellane
Is utterly Incomprehensible. And th
amazing thing about not merely this
do Castel lane-Gould marriage, but about
manyolher which hav come, or ar
coming, to Ilk ignominious conclu
sions, is that the girls Involved should
b-eo -eaallyda led by the glnmeuy of
a title, and that the hard-hearted busi
ness men who a re their fathera or their
brother should, permit themselves to
pay spurious counts or doubtful dukes
an enormous price to marry women who
In themselves ar ibov price.
. Entirely Financial
From th St Paul News.
Th failure ot th two most famous
International marriages ' haafSihttracted
th world's Interest as does fa failure
of a government. orof a barne. The af
fairs of AnnaT Cbuntess of Caatellane,
of Consuelq,' Duchess of Marlborough,
ar as-enwh discussed as the nffSTrs 6
say,- Thereae Humbert or of Casals
Chadwlck, and In much the anme tem
per. Th world, especially tha Ameri
can world, looka Aipon these marriages
a no more and no. less than financial
transactions. It would be well if thl
world would consider that'th failure of
these marriages has no more spiritual
significance than though they were
Classed as financial transactions. -
Yet It must not be supposed that th
end of International marriages Is In
night. The past holds other alliances
than these failures. There waa Mary
Anderson-Navarro, if there waa also
Nelll Grant-Sartorl. There has been
an American -. quern of Portugal with
succeas; there was Margaret Fuller
Oasolt in th mid-century; , there was
Lady Curxon, whose marriage waa a
success In both, private and public rela
tions; there la the Countess of Cham
brun, sister to th president's son-in-
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OREOON SIDELIGHTS.
A' band haa been organised at Amity. '
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Enough, aay th farmera, speaking of
rain. ,
Benton county will hold a fair next
yearv - - . - - -;. ,
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. Bom exceptionally ' fin 'corn was! '
raised near Eugene. , '
Cottage Qrove business men have ta
nlarg their premise. .
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Th express company charged IKS .
for carrying away the body-of murderer -and
aulclde DAnna from Salem.
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A Newberg woman dug 10 pounds of
poUtoes from one hill. , Moral: . Let
women attend to th potato crop.
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The -wheat crop around -CrttagiS'tJroTil"""
was larger and better than for year
before, and moat farmers ar holding It.
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Considerable pure-bred stook has been
lately added to the large number al
ready In Polk county, which la becoming
celebrated for ita flna Block. T .,-
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" Harm la ton is lively; above and below; -ar
various camp -with aevaral tenis
aoh for mile along th O. R. N.
where men ar engaged at ditch work '
for tha east Umatilla project -
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"Bugen Register: " When Hood River '
and Willamette valley get to nuarrllnej"
over which can raise tha best apples It
Is a hopeful . sign that a -rivalry has
sprung up that will prove beneficial to
both in th fruit lnduatry of th two
actlona. . - " . :, ;
Raw land"around- Echo that waa consid
ered almost worthless only a few year '
ago, and which ha changed hand at
from S to It per Iter for graslng pur
pose la now worth from 140 to 7S per
acre and aa soon aa it Is fully reclaimed
will be worth .o0 per acre and upward.
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Canby Tribune:' If om enterprising
man will put In a aheet at Hlto, Boon
Ferry, Barlow, Needy, Woolfer, Prairie,
Molalla. Macksburg, ButtevUle, and two
or three other place where there 1 a
couple ot houses and a barn,, th flelJ,
would be pretty well covered. There Is '
nothing Ilk a newspaper as a money
maker. . . - - . .
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' Scio New: It 1 true that men did
get drunk when w had a lioenaed aalooa
in town. - It la tru that mn ar en
drunken even more frequently alno th
town was cloaed down. They do not get
th liquor In Sclo. Package received, ''
by expreas tell th story. Th Uquor
question Is a dlffloult problem to solve. -Just
which Is th better system haa not
yt been olvd .
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fTfcMInnvni Telepbone-Reglstari-Th-'
exhibit of cholo fruit haa demonatrato-i ,
th fact that th Willamette valley oan -produce
apples aa fine aa oan be
raised la th world, when palna-talcing
and Intelligent effort la put forth,
by th farmer In cultivating their or-
chards and preparing their fruit forih'
market . ...
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. Sell Themselvef ,
law; there ia Mrs. ChamberlX ., V
N
of Britain's ona great man. rand thr
U-damaemanseauJwja gty
French prim minister. No,, he lit
national marriage la Just 'as nosslbi.
success aa the noma alliance. , nut.
ancb. , But
aetlllngS f
must be founded on someti
than finance.
ptea.;-.y'
It Waa to B Ex
- From th Detroit News.
Tha Castellan row, which appears to -hav
reached Ita climax. 1 In on sens ,
a family affair which does not concern -outaider.
In another -Sena It Is in '
affair of national concern, because It is
an aggravated case of a sort that la al-
together too common. When Mlsa Gould
entered tnto a deal with-the Castellan
family by which ah paid, out of. '
dower of 110.000,000, to the mother of
Count Bonl. 12,000,000 for her consent,
and to th count himself 11,000,000, ah
gav a demonstration of the maxim that,
a fool, and hla or bar money ar soon
parted. .
Thl whole affair waa vibrated ' be
tween the state of an International Jok
and a world-wide acandal. - It haa been :
humiliating and disgusting to th sensi
ble Gould e. J ,
Some American women who ' marry
foreigner find dlaappolntmnt when
they discover that th man they hav
supposed to be th superior of those "
with whom they hav asaoclated la
usually less attentive and leas com
panionable than waa expected. In Eu
rope, marriage for love I common
enough,vbilt th commercial aid la al
ways conspicuous. Tha percentage of
fortune hunters Is greater and profli
gacy la more common.
-, The Duke to a Flat.
It la reported that tha Duka of Marl
borough will close his great . Blenheim
palace at once. The duke will be lucky
If he manage to keep up a two-room
Hat,: now that ; tha "Vanderbilt Income :
haa been taken away from him. - -
Keen Sympathy. V
From tha Chicago Record-Herald.
'.Count Bonl de Castellan' probably
Sympathises deeply with th king of
Annam, who has recently been getting
Into troubl by having, on of hla wive
killed and cooked.
An Infallible System.
Iphla Ledgiw
Th stranger gaaed smiling around
th office and removed his hat which
h laid aside. - -
"I hav here," h began, "a comp1t
memory ystem perfected by myaelf. It
rejuvenates th power of recalling th
past. - Buy it and no more the string
about , th finger. Never again a r
proetchfutglanee as your - wife ftahe
forth the unmalled letter. Never "
"Nothln doln'," aald th sad-yd man
addresaed; "there I ao much , t want
to forget."
Th visitor went away, but returned
breathlesa In a few minutes. . H had
com back for hla hat. ,j .
Quotations.
" From Puck.
Robinson How's th market?
Crusoe Dull. Straight ticket voter.
Ill bid and 120 asked; no call - for
ticket aplltter at II, or repeaters at la.
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