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Editorial , ! V of The Page THE JOURNAL tV g. A80. PsbUHsf A J a ..... . Tna JoMTfial BS1W v in, truth sua XaoihlU street I'grtUaA Cntm-4 She aasteftfee It rortl4, OrflD trmaMbstos UWMa the Htli SS SeOUOd- TltM aaattar. .,..., fxueraoNU gdftnrtal RMMDttfKtictktiv '' ' HulOMa O'dl'.. ....... .Mala J .aula to FtHK!fJ aDVEBTIPINO BEPResKNTATIVi ., law street. Mt lorat ft f1'11''- ui, uiaia .1 . v .-. ' , ' Babsertottoa Trma hr mall to sborsss . t the lultoa atata. C ! r alaalea. . . . lllll.T On rear ...IS M I On oeth. ...... -0 ii'iimr ae nar. ........ S3.00 1 Oaa month.'.. .....I i . DAILY AND SUNDAY. - Or ..ST.aO I Oaa most. ...... $ Be not penny-wise; riches LJiiiina and sometimes, fly- away - of themselves; aome f times they roust be set fly 4 lag to bring; in more Bacon. "THE GRAND JURY'S 1 REPORT. I-X7HE GRAND JURY has made ;- I , its report It has indicted Or ' ". lando Sherman Murray for murder; it . recommends that Judge Henry E. McGinn be punished for .contempt because of his unauthorized " intrusion into the grand jury room, -and it has refused Jo Jndict the editor ' and proprietor of the OregonTaTTor its' libelous cartoon published against Mf. William MLadd November 3. 'i This last concerns public policy, more than it does Mr. Ladd and though by many The Journal will be. deemed prejudiced, it intends to comment briefly oa what it regards as a failure of duty on the part of the grand Jury and perhaps of the district attorney and it will ask its readers to consider " . whether it speak "wisely or not for it will endeavor to lay, aside passion : and prejudice. "-..V ''''. ' '. '"' ' In its report (published on another page) the grand jury says it has re fused to lend, its aid to complaints . laid before it seeking revenge for in jured personal feelings. If this it to be, the law then the law of libel is re pealed, for until saints inhabit the earth no complaint for such an out- rageous libel will ever come before a sire for personal redress. The mo tive' pf revenge in a prosecuting wit ness is not the concern of the jury. Its sworn duty is to enforce the law; ; and if the witness testify truly and fhaOesUmefiy5howrthat-the-4aw has been broken the grand jury, under its oath, has no alternative but to bring fense be there made, , The district at torney should have so instructed the rand juryperhaps hejlid The grand jury further . says the libelous matter might justify an in ; dictment if. presented independent of a newspaper fight and it leaves it to the bar of public opinion . which, says the grand jury, has already .indicted both the Oregonian and The Journal ' for an abuse of the liberty of the ! press. Here again The Journal thinks the grand jury was in error, as to its duty. The Journal agrees that the bar of public opinion is, after all, the great tribunal. But the law, in order -to prevent men from taking the law 7 into their own hands and wreaking private vengeance, has provided that , ' whoever defames a man or annoys his -familymust be punished and it was the duty of tb grand jury to make that law effective. All matters can be left to public opinion. All matters : are in fact passed on by public opin ion. But is not a railroad to be pun- r i.hed under the law for rebating be cause public opinion has already con demncd it? This is a view of the law " which the district attorney should have called to the attention of the " grand jury perhaps he did. The logic of the grand jury's report . Is that any man may be lampooned if done in a newspaper fight: that there has been an abuse of Ah 4ibertr of the press therefore no one will be ' punished, and still greater license will be encouraged. If The Journal has been a libeler and law-breaker it was Jhe sworn duty of the grand jury to indict it; not to permit still greater li cense on the part of the Oregonian. The way , to correct license of the , press is to punish the guilty parties. That is the very thing the grand jury refused to do. The way to check any law-breaker is to punish every law breaker. That is what the district at torney as legal adviser of that body ' ' should have told the grand jury--per- hap he' did. ' , , -.-. .' ; "The grand jury is in the curious po-. , sit ion of complaining of a great pub lic wrong and refusing to take any steps whatever to correct it : Mean while Mr. Ladd, his mother, his wife, his family are lost sight of. His . rights are unrecognised because he is a minority and powerless stockholder in this paper. The grand Jury has re- Jected his statements made under oath and left him to suffer, and has vir- . tually said to the next sufferer: "Your fellow citiseos and tht Jaw refuse yon any redress; you must take the law into your own hands."' ' " ' '' A grand jury ; is so ".much in the handle oLJbedistrktlattorneytat The Journal is at a loss to know how much of this illogical and weak out come n du" to him. But u trusts that whenever this paper is guilty of wilful and malicious libel he will, see hi way clear to a restoration of the law to its lost dignity. REMOVE THE EMBARGO. ORTLAND commercial bodies have been asked to send repre sentatives to a national con vention for the extension of the for eign commerce of the United States, to be held at the New Willard hotel, Washington, D. C, January 14. As the purpose of the meeting is directly in line with present efforts being 4-made -'by'h1 commerce, it is probable some action locally will be taken. -x The extension of foreign trade of the Pacific coast is a problem that up to -this time has hinged, almost., en tirely on the ability of this , coast to attract shipping facilities sufficient to meet its needs. It is believed that this coast would double its commerce were it possible to secure adequate shipping accommodations on land and sea. . 'l . "" ' ' V ' That the existing laws of the United States for the alleged protection of American-ship builders is restricting ocean trade with this 'country, and that its evil effects are being felt es pecially on the Pacific side of the con tinent, there has long been no ques tion. When the congressional com mittee on merchant marine and ship subsidy investigation visited Portland last year, and held sessions here, it was clearly brought out by expert evi dence that the prohibition of charters tof oreign-builrveisels - orvessels flying any foreign ' flag imposes a hardship on Pacific commerce that is gradually eliminating American bot toms from the trade and restricting commerce between domestic ports of the United States. An illustration of the existing handicap against Amer ican trade is seen in the case of the Hswaiian run. No German or other foreign vessel can carry trade be tween Portland and Honolulu, Alaska, Manila or south coast ports, because it is carried in foreign bottoms. There might be a . Japanese line operating between Portland and the orient and it would have to trade exclusively be tween this city and foreign ports, and would be prohibited from calling at HonoIiiTiT or7ny portiinder, the American flag all such ports being helrl fTrlnsivrly for the benefit of American bottoms, regardless of the real needs of commerce and transportation.- v. ,s - .;'. - ' There is" prevalent fa Portland a strong impression that the best way for the Willard hotel conference to extend the foreign trade of the United States is to modify the existing class legislation favoring American ship builders, and remove the embargo against- foreign bottoms that would if they could participate in the carrying trade between American ports. - - REMOVE THIS BURDEN, HE WILLAMETTE, river,- as 1 well as the inland empire. Is entitled to an open river. The people of the Willamette valley above Oregon City have been taxed quite long enough at the rate of 50 cents a ton on all their products shipped out and all their supplies shipped in. They have helped and are willing to help more to open, up the Columbia river and to aid in the development of different sections of the state, and the people of ll other portions of the state ought to be and we bTlieve are willing to aid in freeing their neigh bors of the" Willamette valley from the burden of this toll at Oregon City. At lesst a persistent and systematic effort shotrld be made to accomplish this result. If the federal govern ment will dd nothing the staf e should act If the value of the General Elec tee's property in the locks cannot be agreed on, it can be determined by condemnation proceedings. Or per haps the most economical thing would be to construct locks on the other side of the river. . It should be made somebody's business by the next leg islature to look into the whole ques tion and set the free river ball in mo tion.- - - " - ; v " : v The day of a toll river this near to Portland has lasted too long already, and should be brought to a close. If the people of the Willamette valley will pull hard enough,-and all to gether, they will get a free river in the near future. Portland will un doubtedly do all in her power to help in making the campaign a success. If Castcllane takes up the stage as a profession, he would continue to make a hit as Bill Sykes in -"Olivet Twist." .''.,,.:. Mr. James J. Hill on the witness stand affords an agreeable and re freshing contrsft to most men of bis A Little Out T "THINGS PRINTED TO ' , Pointed Paragraphs.'' TYora the Chicago News. love never atop to O. K. the bills. It's ' often difficult . to set even with peopl who owe you mon". Lots of men pray for thlnfi ..they wouldn't be wllllnar .to work for. Aceordlnr to the theories of the pesat tola It Is folly to circulate them. Dueka haven't the better of lawyers and doctors In the matter of bleT bills. Enmity of your enemies is lees uncer tain then the friendship of your friend A man s opinion of. himself doean t necessarily . Increase the circumference of hie headcear. But few people remain In the self -satis. fled class after they one (at aoqualnted With themselves The strong-minded woman la a cross between the two sexes and she's apt to be awfully cross at that. . From Ram'a Horn. Last you btow downcast, buffeting- the storm, -; Bold high In thought some blessing you have had: A winged, word, a glance, a heart kept . warm. '.j... For that one thing be resolutely glad! And others, passing you In wind and . ram v Today, shall .find their world a braver - Place, , - 1 - " . Take strength believe In sunshine once again Remembering the courage In your face! . Sir Gilbert Parker's Birthday. , Sir Gilbert Parker, novelist, journalist. traveler and politician, waa born In On. tarlo,November 13, MM, the son of Joseph Parker, formerly an officer of the Royal artillery, and afterward a cap tain In the Canadian militia. After study ing at the normal school of Ottawa Gil bert taught for a time and then studied for the church. He took a course at Trinity college, Toronto, and soon after ward began the literary work wnicn subsequently waa to win him wide fame. In England 1 he entered on a literary career, first writing short stories and then undertaking more ambitious pro ductions. A few years later he took up politics and In 1900 he waa elected Con servative member of parliament for Oravesend. which hehaa- ever since represented. In 190 he was knighted. Adapting the Sise. 1 If. ever yon have a bottle to cork and cannot find a cork of a suitable else you can easily remedy the matter. Get a cork that la rather larger than the one you desire. Then cut out from the bot tom of It a V-shaped piece. Tou will class in the business world in such a position. He doesn't refuse to an swer or say he doesn't know; he d6es know, and it is astonishing how much. not liow little he knows; and he tells it freely and with apparent fairness. Mr. Hill has aet a very good example. , The question of biennial instead of annual sessions of the legislature is being Agitated in New York. Oregon sets a good example in this respect In Alabama, the legislature meets only quadrennially, with no bad results. Mr. Harriman is perfectly satisfied with Secretary;: Root as a possible candidate for president, and would be de-lighted to see him nominated and elected. This may or may not in crease Mr. Root's chances. e : . .. . Double, and in some cases treble tracks, and a corresponding increase of cara and locomotives, would help a good deal, but a lot of new railroads are also urgently needed, Mr. Har riman. , '.. , . - The New York Sun says Hearst's defeat effaced Bryan. That paper can see and say more things that are not so than any other one in .the country, save, possibly, our local contempo- rary. , ,- The dispatches tell of accidents, with loss of life, to six steamers yes terday, which prove that it is beconv ing almost as dangerous to travel by boat as it is by streetcar It was recently stated that not a northern Democratic senator would be in the next congress. How about Teller of Colorado and Newlands of Nevada? What is the matter with San Fran cisco? A"whoTe day has passed and not a single leading citizen has been indicted. v : . - The president promised the Porto Ricans to do all he could to secure citizenship for them. The Filipinos were listening. .' Msny Kentuckians are convinced that there is no salvation for that state or the country; 19 Kentucky counties are dry. A trust continues to be something in which the people should have.no confidence - The Lockage Fee. From the West Side Enterprise. ' The Journal recently published an edi torial in the Interest of opening up ths Willamette and the doing away of tho lockage fee at the Oregon City locks There Is no question as to the Justice of doing away with this smbargo upon Willamette valley traffic asd a united effort upon the part of Valley towns with the assistance of Portland doubt less would result In the removal of tho fee In -some way or another. Gorky may not know It, but very fev Americana will read hla book. of the Common READ " WHILE YOU WAIT. then find that It will fit Into the atopper as nicely as you could wish, t Of course the larger you cut the wedge the smaller will the cork become. As oork Is rather a difficult substance to cut cleanly you will have to -use -a aha u knife In the operation. . ., . , , - November 23 in History.'. ISM Franklin Pierce, ' 14th president of the United States, born. Died lm. 1837 Father Ignatius .(Joseph ly- cestef Lyne) born. ; 1B48 Sir John Barrow, founder of the Royal' Geographical society, died.. Born 1764. . ' 18(1 Federals bombarded Confederate fortifications at Pensacola. is7 Allen, Larkln and O'Brien, the Manchester martyrs,' hanged.- 1871 Grand Duke Alexia of Russia formally received by President Grant. 18S1 Revolution caused rests nation of President Fonseca of BraiU. . fSssaBl,ni wattan QOimuisBitnT held 4ts Aist meeting In Washington. 189-Lior4 Methuea routed Boers near Gras Pan. -r - , ,' . What the Blind Can Do ; Alice Haliowell of Windsor Locks, Con necticut, M years', old and blind since- birth, haa been an Inmate of a kinder garten for the blind for 11 years. She Is able to read three languages printed In Braille type. She has also mastered mualo and haa composed a polka which a New York firm Is about to publish. The money that ahe gets from Its sale will be applied to her education.. . - , - Eels) Tenacious of Lift, i ; . Some eela are hard to kill. . A fisher man of Port Isaac Cornwall, England, recently cut Jip a large conger eel he had caught for bait for hla lobster pots, and 10 minutes afterward picked up the head to throw It Into the sea. The jaws of the eel's head opened and the fisher man's forefinger was seised between the sharp teeth and badly hurt. , . V Maybe t'Skidoo Penny. While digging a ditch last week George Bennet- of DaaviUe, Vermont, found a cent dated 1806 burled four feet below the surface.' The coin was bright. Indicat ing that It waa new when lost. The ditch has not been opened to- the depth of more than two feet within the memory of the oldest cltlsen. .' , ".. l Salty. , - . 1, In San Domingo there Is a remarkable salt mountain, a mass of crystalline salt almost four miles long, said to contain nearly 0,000,000 tons, and to' be so clear that medlum-sed print can be read with ease through block a foot thick. The Play ' . By Johnston McCulley. . ;.. "Toe called Be friend. There was no qut tlea of race, j 1 ate your foodi I lathee jeer Uufutft; I played roar gamee; t took yoa br Ue hand; joe are the sua of a white smb. I am the eon of a thief. Is what war am t sot four squir "ouoafhaart," Act III. Straeroeart is the law of rmca."- ' -Dorothy "it Is a erael, erael law." Aet IV. "Tht kalfe'ef prejudice has rat the tlee ot trieadahlt)." Aet. lit - ' Robert Edeson opened an engagement of four performances at the Helllg last night In "Strongheart" the play which His scenery was flood-bound and he used such scenery as could be got to gether from the scenic lofts Of local theatres. An honest manager made the announcement before the curtain arose, and many groaned. But before the cur. tain had been ' up five . minutes the scenery was forgotten and the. people who comfortably .crowded the Helllg realised that they were looking at a real play, played by a real star sup ported by a capable company. ' How Is Edeson In "Strongheart He Is skillful, artistic, sincere, exact. How Is "Strongheart" Itself T It haa some technical faults, but as aa interest producer and Interest-holder It has few equals on the stage - today. It has caught the college spirit without over doing It- It has pot the Indian in the walks of life , frequented by the white man and drawn the invisible but In vincible race line without being Illogi cal, melodramatle er conventional. -. In a word or two, "Strongheart" is strong and refreshing, t . The lesson Is eternal and unsolvable; the plot that- brings it out la simple.. The strength of the pleoe Is in Its sim plicity, the strength of Edeson's work- lies In the same. The story la one of an' Indian sent to the whit man" to learn the white man's wisdom, that he may return and -help his people. He la the son of a chief. He goes to Columbia university, is respected by alt, gets to be a great xootDaii player ana a great favorite, chums with a gentlemanly white man to whom he clings through trouble with the time-honored tenacity of the Indian. .Football signals-are given the oppos ing team. , Suspicion falls upon Strong heart's chum, instead of upon -Thorns, the real villain. . Strongheart saves the game by allowing the team to think he is the' guilty man. and letting his chum remain on the field. Then enters the love of Strongheart for his chum's sister, Dorothy, and her love for him. Before a grate, huddled there like -e -ohlef Iwfor the fire, ol hla tepee, Strongheart pleads his suit and is told to call for his answer the following day. That evening his love is disclosed to his fellows. They upbraid him, tell him he Is an Indian, mock him, make him feel his degradation, show him con clusively that the girl is not for him. He leavea it to his friend. His friend chides him. . . ' "The knife of prejudice has eut the ties of friendship, says- Strongheart and turns away. A short time later, at t"os football meeting, - he oaves from - disgrace the friend who has wronged him by dis closing the real culprit The friends, after a last handclasp, part. Dorothy enters, and declares she has decided to go with Strongheart back to hia people. . Tour people will not receive me." Tie declares, "but my people will worship you.: ' There comes a messenger vfrom the tribe te tell Strongheart that hla father la dead and he is a chief. Strongheart discloses his love. The Indian mes senger tells him the white girl esnnot be received by the tribe, that there must be naught but pure Indian blood In the veins of the chiefs sons, that his people have scraped together their pennies to educate him, that they arc waiting by their fires for him to return and teach them success and civilisation. The girl ' overhears. She implores Strongheart not to leave her. "If my people will not receive her," Strongheart telle the messenger, "they are not my people." ' f ., "Then where will you got" the mes senger asks. ' In these words Itrongheart's predien- i Letters iFrom the L "People Apparel la tke Blokroom. Portland: Or., Nov. tl. -To the Editor of The Journal Under the' head of "flood Clothes for Invalids' I read an article in last Thursdays Journal that came so close home to my own condi tion that I feel Impelled to add my tea. timony to that of the writer In . regard te the effect clothes will have, on one's feelings when 111 or disabled in any i jr.. I have, through an accident In alighting from- a ear, been confined to my bed part of the time and to my home) all of the time slm-e laat June, and were it not for the uplifting effect of b1ght and cheerful garments that I am pleased to clothe myself with. I would indeed find the time long and lonely while waiting to regain . my strength But aa It is, f have been able to Cispel any cloud of despondency that came my way by putting on a simple white wrapper with pink ribbons and arranging my balr aa neatly as possible to help carry out the pictures I loved to see in others, end have smiled ' to note the remarks of others when thus sttlred. ' CompareaTntrnhme--wew had soma dark, sober dress on. with nothing to light . up my -face or make the atmosphere seem attractive. And another thing that added greatly to my pleasure waa keeping a Hat of names of the friends that called upon me, and the flowers they brought, during the long summer months I wSs in bed. That stirred In me the deepest feel ing of thankfulness for their kindness, and I would say to all Invalid or dis abled ones like myself: Be as bright outwardly as you hope to be inwardly. MRS. NORA ARMSTRONG, , (21 Esst Ninth Street. Daaeea, Old ana TSTew. Portland. -Nov. 11. To the Editor of The Journal As you seem to be very generous in giving every one a chance to express his views on all subjects. would like tosay something regard- ng socials, parties and dances, aa I have attended quite a good . many in this city. The ordinary man with any experience, and who has traveled Over this country, after reading the pro gram for the dancing part of the so cials given by the -different organisations,- would - think the . younger ele ments did not know how to danoe any thing but a twoatep or waits. I think this depends a great deal en the mu sicians. The good, old, lively muslo of a few years past Is Greek to many, and understand. , as a rule, they ouotate the programs to the average committee man. In my boyhood days, for parties and dances, the floor or social commit tees always got up their own programs In a way tkat would give every One a chance to take part In the dances. We had mora fun in ona night at a dance In those good old times than the young folks of the present day would have In a month at their up-to-date dances. , , WILLIAM BALWELL. Xnjaaenlty baa ZmmortaUtty. v ' Arleta, Nov. 11. -To the Editor of The Journal In hie reply to my query. "Who is rlghtt" Albert Johnson aeems to hold to the materialists' theory that matter alone Is sufficient taaeeon for all the phenomena observed about us. Including life. That matter, of Itself is Incapable- of evolving life, or anything else, haa bee proved .long ago. .Mr. Johnson appears r to . hold that the human soul exists only in theory: that eonsequently, all religious practices, the belief In a supreme being and the ex istence of the soul in a future state are a mere waste of time and energy. . That the ideas of the ancients have suffered more or less through mlscon- tlon I am willing to admit But it is a fact, nevertheless, that the existence of the human soul la as absolutelydemon strable as is life, gravitation, beat or light - That the soul is, capable of ex. iating in a conscious condition after the death of the body can Mkewlse be dem onstrated, and that without resorting to Scripture or spiritism for proof. . . . INVESTIGATOR. ; si arttU noteoted. ' 'v-'r " - Cottage Grove, Or Nov. 11. To the Editor of The Journal There Is a pre vailing impression that the law protect. Ing elk expires this year. The special session' of - the Cregon legislature in 1903 pasaed an aet protecting elk until September II, 107. J. W. BAKER, State Game Warden. . Oregon Suffers the Consequences. 2, From-the Co rv all Is Times.-" Mr. Hermann was erected In defiance of that fact and with full knowledge that the president had dismissed him. Voters, however, were told that Roose velt had his eye on Oregon and that Hermann's : election waa Important as an indorsement of the administration, ir war the trick of the politicians and it worked. Voters wars duped, and Mr. Hermann was elected. The result Is the present humiliating spectacle of Oregon unrepreaented in the lower house M Washington. - Though he Is congress man, Mr. Hermann la discredited. Hla Influence is gone. The mere repute of complicity in any way with Oregon land frauds is any man's undoing. It is an Indictment for land frauds that bangs over Mr. Hermann. ' He cannot help Oregon at Washington. ' Nor can Mr. Williamson for the same reason. ' The state Is simply unrepresented In the-lower house, and If neither will de cently resign Oregon must suffer the consequences, and go unrepresented un til the terms of both expire. In the meantime, those voters who Insisted on Mr.- Hermann's election have a notable example of the folly of obey ing the behest of politicians at voting time. - ment eomes home to him and he reslises that he must stand by his tribe. There Is a trace of gratification ever the fact that while the white man will not re ceive him on a plane of equality, neither will hla people receive the daughter of a white man on a plane of equality, but the gratification does not smother the agony of a powerful love . eome to naught Strongheart sends ' the girl away; the call of race has been stronger than the call of love. Edeson. In the role ef Strongheart' la little less than wonderful. , He gives the Indian temperament exary. His fidelity to the Indian traits -le exsct Whether the role suits his, I lents or not la not the question he fas msde It suit them. . ' , The best, work among others r.f the company- wsa ' dons by Sydney Alns worth as Thorn, Byron Beasley ss Dick Livingston, - Frank - Mclntyr aa Billy Saunders, Marjorle Wood as Molly Liv ingston, Mary Boland as Dorothy aral Ira A. J'ards ss Black Eagle.. The -women In the cast do not have .much of a chance, but they do their work well. - There Is not a weak - corner In the entire company. It Is, anticipated that the "Strong hearf acenery will reach Portland to day and be used for the rest of the en gagement fjtronghesrt' will be tits will at the Helllg tonight tomorrow night and tomorrow, matinee. .You'll get your money's worth, . ' - RIRDSEYE VIEWS - cf TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANOK. ' Pew people dare say Just what they think.; -.' . .; -, : ' V '.'. V---" Some people get a lemon in return for taffy, - " T .-. . ... . e e : Some people" mistakenly think Indo lence is rest. - '. e . e . , vv The country won't always stand pat on the standpatters. .. e e " . Mrs. Wood discovered that with gay Old Senator Piatt it waa not always Mae. A self-satisfied person Is more dis agreeable, than A discontented one to live with. (,- : , ,. . . .,. . .. .. e a ; ., ' -v. If Castro Isn't really dead, he might aa well be, for all we hear about htm these days, . . . e The turkeys will be happy "f or about a week longerand never unhappy thereafter. . , V : ' Perhaps if ieary got the north pole he would make Vloe-Prestdent Pair- banks a present of it k .' . - ; a e Now, you Hood River medal wearers. what do you think ef 'em these Wil lamette valley apples. ." . Still there would be something for policemen to do occasionally If the Chinaman all quit gambling. . ,'.-.. . e , . f It the law permits, Bon I can get an other rich American girl easily enough but maybe not ens quite so rich, ; , -' .. -e . ;.. ..;, y , ,.''. ... If it be not A graft for me,' j ' ' It shan't be ana for Willis C. " " r-F. C B. " '''., - '"''...' There are all sorts ef lawyers, but the most of those in Oregon are worthy professionally and good fellows besides. ' J , e e j '..' -," '', .''' A San Francisco woman sold her hus band for 128. SOS. Not many women can get or get rid of. a husband like that Governor Pennypacker says the neonle ef Pennsylvania are both honest and in telligent. His thinking so Is some evi dence to the contrary, f , e - ',.-". ..." Mr. Harriman wants no control of railroads, but he won't keep hla hands oft the government - He wanta govern ment of, by and for the railroads. f- . ; . .? e e . .'",'.. The Pendleton Tribune suggests that Frank Baker's offer of his printing plant to the state is so that the atate printer's graft .may be Dunlway with. - e e - - - Well, If yon will stand around and watch the football games, don't wonder ?ut loud how you got such a cold hough you might have caught It lust the same U you bad been anywhere; else. :. . e 4 e . .'...-." '' Wife. 1 a. m. There's a burglar In the house; get up and drive him ou. Husband O, let him alone; there's noth ing valuable he can carry off. Wife O yes there Is; there's nearly a whole dosen eggs la the pantry. , Tke Latest News REPORTED BY A. BENNETT, A "gentleman," er" ruther a drummer at the Bunco house the other day at dinner waa onlucky enuff to have Loo- loo, the girl . what pack e - the grub around the table to the boarders, drop a plcber onto Ms back, and he went out to Bunco a mad ss a hornet t and wanted pay or his cote, saying Looioo had ruinated It by spilling cream all over it Bunco told the feller he was a darned lyar aa there newer had been a spoonful of cream In the Bunco bouse sence he owned It '. , s e e ,. --A funny esse eome before the -squire laat weak. A feller from over Mosler way brung soot agin his wife for di vorce on account of her being to lasy to work, and some of her friends sent to Hood River and got a lawyer relies to come up and rite the ease for her. So the lawyer feller he made a motion to move that the case be dlsmlst for the reason. that a squire eood not try divorce cases, and the. squire says., says he. if you ean show me In the statoots that a squire eannofTtri divorces I will set up the per script! ona Ton see the squire had him there, for he had hd hla set of statoots ' under the house before the trial and as they was not annother set In Rabbltvllle the squire made him back up, and the caae preoeeded. Well, the feller ewore his wife did net era her salt and then she swore that she had been farefoot three year, haddent had a stocking for four year nor a. new dress for Sve year. Then the squire Issued a writ of man dam us to the feller ordering alra to give his wife one pair shoes, two pair 10 cent stockings, one callko dress and ten yards muslin Inside two weeks and pay Into the eourt a fine of six dollars or go to JaiL And the feller paid up and he And hla wife went home together. So If some smart lawyer says a squire cant try divorce cases yov iou ju in am uuu i juivw wu A squire can do tf he has got the brains and a few perscrlptlons under his shirt . . ' ' r- . Well, the elty drug store Is most probably one of the gratest and most compleet drug stores In this land. The Rabbltvllle drug store' la aln nonlmous for progress and push and merit No man can ever tell or even gess what they are going to do next for they be always doing something surprising. And their laat great jnaater stroke is to put In a pool fable In the. back room. At an enormsas expense they- have brung this table from Portland and sot It up for the benefit of therr customers! A good table too, most as good as new. And a good sett of bawla, only the It bawl Is a little spilt on one corner and the ten bawl Is a little oat on the left hand side. But none of us Is export players and they be plenty good enuft Talk eibout enterprise! Why the Hon orable Jefferson Myers haa Just writ me that In the east where they have fine drug stores, not ons in a hundred haa a pool tablet I tell you Rabbltvllle Is going at a rapid pace! If w had one or two more concerns Ilk the city drug store and one or two mora broad-minded and eddloated men like me, Rabbltvllle wood be the metroppolls ef Wasco eoun ty In no time. Jv .. " e .- ' Our lltterary society wilt give a little blowout next Batter-Say nltfl at the Bunce house Salong, wich la the new French name they give to the room they call the parlor, I always thought 13 OREGON SIDELIGHTS. - Two Condon men on one trip bagged 1 geeaa. ... . ,, . t- ' -' .. .-.. - : .... ' Mary settlers .are locating around PoQll buttea, v . , .... . -' '. ; . '' m ' " . .. " . ' ' Five new residences finished In Wal lowa last week.. -. - ,, . . - e . e ... ;. Pork la so scarce In Bend as to be al most a delicacy. ' '-:..,;.' - : - -r . ., . A shipyard on the lower Coqullle near ' Bandon Is assured. - , V - v";. ' ' " Dairy and poultry farms are needed near Klamath Falls. ( -. '- . -'.f'''"; 'V ,,'':' A' Myrtle Point man- has' a potato weighing four pounds. ; ' . " , a . e '.'-", ' ' '. ' ; : - ''A' good deal of Improvement Is In pngaa at JJnn tlnylp , ; , '.' ; S ' ' - '.' - ' . '' ''.".. :'. O. Heltkemper of Portland has opened a Jewelry store Jn Klamath Falla. "' . e. ' e .... : . ; " . ' ; Newport Is to have a band. And it expects lots -of . visitors next summery too. -; .' ... ' - .''..'' - ' e a : , r; Klamath Falla people will clear the Link river- channel for towing pur-.: poaes, ate. . . - ,.: . - . . i ' '. . '.'-, - .. ,!.'.. : Bandon haa raised liquor, license te : 1490; it has four saloons and another In prospect ,.- . A ; ,- ' ;"" Having lately aecured an undertaker ' Springfield now haa a lawyer. Must be looking for trouble.,.. , .;. .-. , .. e. e .' "'..' . Some boys have 'killed as many ss ( ducks In a day en Sand Lake, says the ClovSrdale Courier. . - y , - : e "e --..-. , ';'.' .. Willamette valley towns want brick; fine brick can be made near Browns ville, but nobodx does It . . - , For- a lecture delivered at Browns- : vtlle David John Henry Allen Zambose SwackhSnner took In 47 cents. The . Klamath Falla Republican has offered a .reward of 1100 for the beat augar beets; 1500 will be raised. -v." J '" "'"' An eastern Oregon man begins aa ad vertisement: "I am to be .reliable.' Somebody may. ask turn "WbenT":- .-. .,''..' e e : " ' : 7. .. The Wallowa county school superin tendent haa received about SOS books for the School libraries of that eounty. '..,.... , ;- e .e ', . . , , Pine Grove (Hood River valley) -sales: A small fruit farm for lll.OOOt 11 acres at till an acre; 10 acres foe $6,1 SO. 1 ' ' . ; ' e '. e. 1 -.,;' There are l.SSO IndUna of all sorts and slses on the Klamath reservation; the first payment f oS thetrands-wH be llf.000. . .- - K ; ,e e , .'i.jt,i The Tillamook Headlight thinks that -the result of the Hembree' trial - "caps the climax for Injuatloe,". and insist . that he waa clearly guilty ef tha mur der of his wife and daughter, . . - From Rablntvxlle OF THE-DALLES OPTIMIST. X was atranelng a few points to call it a parlor, for it Is used aa a washing room day' tlmea and folks sleep into t at night tlmea. But old man Bunco has a sine 8a long over the door wloh he says is the name they use In big hotels back east - Well, annybow, la thle room called the Salong we will have a opry next Satterday nlte. at wich I will play the play of "Hamlet" for the first time In this town.. Lisa is to play Offell and Hank Stlfel will act as the gohst I tell you It will be worth seeing, for we will play It ss good as it la seldom played even In the big towns. We are putting the play on here for exercise, and will play It the following weak at Cactus Three Corners, and then at AI- fsjfa Center and then at hood Jtlver, and if we are awl out of Jala by that time we will go on and rent the Met tropollltaa opry house In New Tork and ahow them New Torkera such an acting of "Hamlet" as they newer dreemed of seeing, and then go on to London and Parrlal . ; e .' .,.",' How Is thst for a skeme to bring Rabbltvllle to the front? Do you think even Tom Richardson ewer thought of'1" playing "Hamlef his own self to boom a town that he la booraingf But then Tom oant act like I can, but If he had the Jeeniua he wood try to act It once or twice anyhow. They say Tom get t thirty a month and his board and washing and his box darned, and a el- lowanoe of I bltta per diem per day for .. perscrlptlons to boom Portland, and ha mite at leeat try to urn his sallery. - If he wood pay my expenses I wood be willing to go down te Portland and give htm eome lessons In acting. I gess I will wright to htm abowt It -- .-,,, , Watch Rabbltvllle get to the front I'M With both ef your 1 eyes watch her both feet! ' . '. . x ' .: ...... - v ..,. Dictionary of Misinformation. ' - Wex Jones, Lexloographer. ' CAT: A furry animal of which the principal occupation is being sat upon" in chairs where It haa gone to sleep. It Is smaller than a woman, but not act , much afraid ot mouse. CODFISH: ally a ball. Somstlmes a flab. . Usu- COW: A ' eeml-domestleeted animal occasionally used by dairies.' See the gentle oow; ; . '; . - It weare no gown ef silk, - ' No Jewele deck Its ears, . , But It gives us quarts of mirk, . - R- Klpllne;. DUCK: '" A bird of gracious presence, frequently kept around the house by admirers ef ita winning waya and merry song. Duck's Egg! So called, first, because It's not an egg, and, second, because It's not a duck's ex. A duck's egg la something, but nothing is duck's egg. EGG: A thing concealing under a' hard exterior a soft heart, - - , FLTi'' A little brother to the ele phant, which It resembles in Its fond neas for perching on bald heads. ' ZEBRAi ' One ef the few animate with an excruciatingly loud tests In dress . . i -'-.-. ,. , 1 I